The Cars ~ Dream Away

[visionarydreams]

The Cars were awesome, in their own way, like the Beatles the Stones, Led Zeppelin,

no one sounded like the Cars but the Cars...

[kd4adv]

They need to re-record "Dream Away" like this because the original doesn't have the wider range of sound and bass like this one has.

This live version sounds better than the original one.

[THECARS7879]

@kd4adv they should leave dream away alone cause Benjamin Orr isn't with us anymore.

[thecoolestdad]

When I hear the Cars,it makes me think of nuttin but 80's baby! This was the ulimate sound for the 80's.if no other band allowed anyone that lived there to recall the 80's,The Cars would.This was a cool band with a cool sound and cool songs.May Benjamin rest in peace.

[suisuimat]

I've been a huge fan of the cars since 1979 when I was 16 and I am ashamed to say that after all this time I STILL don't know all the words to this song because every time it comes on, its almost like I go into a trance..just going along with that cool bass beat. I'm always surprised when the song is done like "Hey..where did those 5 minutes go?" The Cars always have been and always will be fabulous!

[TheSONGBIRD1959]

The good life......it's just a dream away. Love it!

[jleary6]

Yep, Ric sings this song on Shake it up, the song Ben sings live using the keyboard bass was Think it over, same album, but Dream away is & has always been a Ric song.

[Juetersonke]

This video is just incredibly awesome. Listen to it over and over. Thank you so much for posting this. :)

[1danrobbins]

This is an absolutely awesome song. I would of loved to have seen them play this live.

[eyewarnedyou]

I like this version MUCH better than the studio version. They're really into it and seem to be enjoying it too.....

[pfimbres83]

This was a great album!

[Tjs964]

This is so freakin' good. Brings back memories. Thanks for posting.

[superdave35]

Fantastic! Thanks for posting. I saw The Cars back in '82 or so in Madison, WI. I so miss those days!

[ktbk43]

This live version may be even better than the awesome recorded version... Thanks for posting it!

[JDeGroom]

@ktbk43 i was just thinking the same thing. the cars were noted for playing their live songs exactly like the album version. they seem to let loose a little more on this one and the band really shines. oh, they were so good.

[darkrebel09]

Cool tune

[Gina97xls]

one of the best concerts I've ever been to! woohoooo!

[12monkeys55555]

@Gina97xls Your SOOOOOOO lucky!!!!!!!!

[MegaTillydog]

BEN ORR SINGS THIS SONG ON THE SHAKE IT UP ALBUM..WHEN I SAW THEM AT THE NASSAU COLLISEUM ON THIS TOUR NOT ONLY WAS BEN ORR SINGING THIS SONG BUT HE DID THAT "BASSLINE" ON A KEYBOARD THAT I BELIEVE WAS ON HIS LEFT AS HE STOOD CENTERSTAGE AND SANG IT.....DID I MENTION THAT HE SANG THIS SONG

[GetRealLLC]

@MegaTillydog - YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG !! You are confusing this with Think it Over, which Benjamin did play keyboard bass on. Ric Ocasek sings lead on Dream Away. I saw the Shake It Up tour at the Capital Center in Landover, MD just outside Washington, DC and Ric Ocasek sang lead on Dream Away.

[cudaj2]

@GetRealLLC Aaah! The good ol' Cap Center! Been to many a great gig there, totally miss it! And you are absolutely correct about Ben, his bassboard, and the song he played it on.

[ktbk43]

@GetRealLLC

You're absolutely CORRECT GetReal. Ben could have easily done the song of course and maybe did at the occasional gig. But this has always been a Ric song, in the Shake It Up recording and in both the HBC and DtoD tours that I attended.

[KaiTendo174]

@GetRealLLC Great correction... :D

[CJurasin]

You can tell they enjoyed doing this song! What a TIGHT band....they were totally "in sync" with each other (as any great band usually is).

[12monkeys55555]

MY ears have "EARGASMS" when I listen to this band!!!!! :P

[scottami7777]

Missing Ben Orr RIP

[PlanoHorn]

Such a musical masterpiece.

[csopr]

Fuckin awesome, what a gig this was.. Thanks for posting, I've found almost every song but this one..great baseline and such an underated band in the Uk in my opinion..

[Gina97xls]

@csopr they're not from the UK... they're from Boston, MA in the good ole US of A :) 100% American

[nyalta77]

phat bassline, RIP Benjamin Orr

[decompressionchamber]

Please come to NC and play this. thanks so much.

toph

[decompressionchamber]

43 people hitchin' a ride on the waves of the cars

[beenkissedgoodnight]

Ben and Elliot do Crockett and Tubbs!!

[eyewarnedyou]

One of their BEST songs......WHAT A GREAT BAND!!!

[decompressionchamber]

lyrics plus greg hawkes! and elliot and ben and david. what a great band.

[TheDouchesupreme]

so good

[Gina97xls]

one of my favorite non-Ben songs :) because I love every song he ever sang!

[MegaTillydog]

@Gina97xls this is a Ben song

[Gina97xls]

@MegaTillydog I disagree... Ric sings this on the Shake It Up album...

[CUNTSEE]

just a dream . . .

[Fatheads144]

A Great song!

[caregvr4u36]

this sounds great!! thanks for posting

[ladyislingering]

I love Ben's shades. :D and I love, love. Love this song. So mellow, so nice. <3

[ladybluluv]

Not one of my favs from that album. I also preferred the sound from their older stuff.

I saw Greg once walking down the side walk and I followed him into a book store. I wasn't gonna say anything, but a soon as I went to the same book Isle, he got up and left. I had always hoped it wasn't cause of me. I wasn't going to bother him. It was just cool to be that near one of the members of my favorite band at the time. Ben was actually my fav. in the band anyway.

[cyberzonie]

I saw them live in 1982, they were awesome!

[caraphyllis]

this is trance music - pure and simple, it hooks you right in

[sirbevo]

it's on Shake it Up

[CJurasin]

I've gone through all their albums for sale on Ebay and can't find this song anywhere......Where can I find this?

[CJurasin]

What a great song!!! WHY isn't this song on their Anthology double CD???

[jellycolors]

I think Rick had the worlds largest Adams Apple on the planet

[lemonkooler]

ROFL you may be right

[hr2trl]

I think it is a normal sized ones It's just that he's such a pencil neck

[overandout58]

cool dudes..........

[julieswahn]

EE makes some pretty cool noises in this song! I am fast becoming a fan of his.. so often the keyboard-heavy sound of The Cars has made me overlook just how good Elliot (sp?) is. I like his style, too (hair/shades/clothing/carriage­). He almost seems like he could have been in a slightly different version of The Ramones!

[zetsusama23]

Lol, I like Ric better.....Good singer/writer/....looker.

*ahem*

[markjagger66]

best band ever!-anyone know where I can get dvd of Houston concert(UK area)? Still listen to their songs evri week!

[berserker1967]

Thank you for posting this. It took me back 25 years. I was 16 and had this album on vinyl. I used to read and listen to the whole album. Funny how this can trigger memories. I was reading "The Quest for Fire." Thanks again for the memory.

[julieswahn]

When Ben fires up that bass near the beginning (not *at* the beginning) the song really kicks in. Such a fantastic and often overlooked song.

[zetsusama23]

God, poor Ben...Died recently, didn't he? (If he didn't, I'm hitting myself..)

[sekmand]

Yeah, a few years back...cancer

[zetsusama23]

Poor guy....Nine years back, now, I've checked it. ._.''' He was only 53... That's too young to die...

[railfan456789]

Thanks for posting! I've got this concert on CD.  This version is the best!!!

[eamon54]

Ric must've got sick of playing bar cords or the neck is wider on the Strat because the capo wasn't usedwhen he played his Gibson SG on the other tracks - Great cool song.

[livinintraffic]

Remniscent of Talking Heads. Interesting song. Never heard it b4.

[fenderrlee]

A DREAM AWAY- I have listened to this song 20-30 times in a row off the studio album. I love it

[Chuck1701]

I respect Ben, despite all his talents, lending only back vocals, and that almost alberti bass line throughout the entire piece. I wonder how many times he repeated that sequence.

[zetsusama23]

Lol. Only like a million and two.........

[KaiTendo174]

@Chuck1701 Wow, you are right...

[visionarydreams]

Amazing song..great sound on this one, thanks..

[DayNightEclipse]

yeah it is an amzing song

[Klogsigarok]

Love it! thanks for posting this great version!:D

[Gina97xls]

best quality of this concert! If this is the Houston concert... I was there!!!!

[railfan456789]

Your soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo lucky!!!

[WildBillVMS]

One of the few songs that Rick sings, I Like....