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Ric Ocasec ( the cars ) wont be down

saw the Cars play 2 times
once with the Police both were in their prime in 81 I think
and the Candy o tour
tunes you grew up with
first heard them in high school
RIP
 
****. This is bad.
The first two albums were awesome. The soundtrack of my late teen years, that I still listen to.
Candy oh...
I need you, Sunday dress, ruby ring
Candy oh, I need you so, won’t you help me in.

Can’t write better stuff then that.
R.I.P. Ric
 
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Ric Ocasek, the lead singer of the 1980s band the Cars, has died at the age of 75.

New York police confirmed to the Washington Post that officers responded to a 911 call on Sunday afternoon. Ocasek was pronounced dead at the scene, with no sign of foul play.

The Cars topped the charts in the late 1970s and 80s, with 13 top-40 singles including Just What I Needed, Shake It Up, Good Times Roll and Drive. The band’s sound helped kick off the new wave movement, and saw them and Ocasek inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

The Cars broke up in 1988, after which Ocasek focused on his solo career. He recorded seven solo albums in total, and produced records for Bad Brains, Guided by Voices and Hole, as well as The Blue Album and the Green Album by Weezer.

Musicians have begun paying tribute to Ocasek on Twitter, with the New Pornographers’ AC Newman saying: “I will never stop imitating the first Cars album. His influence will always stay with me.”
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R.I.P. Ric :(



 
When The Cars hit the national scene in the late 70's, I at first sort of blew them off as part of the "new wave" stuff I didn't particularly care for - I was a "rock snob" and new wave bands were just, well, weird to be weird.
Nobody took any of them seriously, really; only people trying desperately hard to get attention, to be "cool", whatever, did.
A buddy of mine back then talked me into going to see the band at a local venue in DC in those days and as
usual, the attending audience was tee-totally "that" bunch I looked sideways at - but as I got a taste of the Cars playing
live, I discovered they had actual chops!
Ben Orr on bass and Elliot Easton on guitar especially could actually play. While Ric Ocasek was all about a certain look and projecting a certain strangeness associated with a new wave/punk persona, the other guys were obviously into more into the groove. Ocasek wrote pop tunes; Orr, etc. were more rockers.
I wound up a big fan of theirs during the first few albums especially and saw them go from clubs to arenas in a short time.
Of course, who doesn't remember the album covers, too?
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It was sad when they broke up - but it was inevitable, too.
Ocasec was obviously of one mind on writing and the whole glam aspect of things; Ben Orr quite another.
You could hear it in Ric's interviews; there was sort of a resentment of sorts towards Ben Orr almost;
he saw him as much as the "pretty boy" of the band, who he readily acknowledged had a better singing
voice and stage presence.
There was a good end to the story, though - the band did get back together eventually and had some time
to enjoy each other again before Orr's death from cancer, thankfully.
Together, they were a Hall of Fame caliber band, each with their strengths.
RIP Ben Orr and Ric Ocasek.
Soundtrack of our youth, really. Very few were as good or big as they were in their prime.


 
Wow!

Rest In Peace!
 
I had no idea he was 75 which means that the group hit their fame when Ocasek was in his mid-30's. No wonder they came and went so quickly.

RIP
 
Bassist kicked odd a few years ago, right as they were talking about a tour IIRC.

Eliot Easton extremely under rated.

Every now and then unloads some very cool stuff but is usually somewhat a minimalist.
 
The Cars were yet another of the great bands that helped me through the disco era. They made new wave mainstream. I wore out several copies of their first two albums. RIP Rick.
 
"Took the big vacation"
God bless him.
Some good stuff.
 
Lionized said:
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According to this jackwad losers comment about about me in another post. I'm sure that I'm a loser again for having everyone of this band's LP's as well as his solo stuff?
RIP Rick!
 
69a100 said:
According to this jackwad losers comment about about me in another post. I'm sure that I'm a loser again for having everyone of this band's LP's as well as his solo stuff?
RIP Rick!
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:wtf:
Hahahaha, WHAT?
In which thread did I make a personal comment about you?
 
Lionized said:
:wtf:
Hahahaha, WHAT?
In which thread did I make a personal comment about you?
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I can see you don't know what and where you said it, Really? Get a clue and go find it if you can't figure it out!!
 
guys,

I dont think this particular post is a good place for this.. this is about respecting the legacy and memory of Ric O.
 
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