The Cars (Official Thread)

[LG]

Re: The Cars

Yeah it was an exciting time in music back in the day, all the old bands were being displaced by newcomers, many of whom had a chip on their shoulder. But some of the old dinosaurs survived and released some good music right till the end of the 80's.

Blondie, Talking Heads, The Cars, The Clash would be some of my favorite bands from that era of music.

 

[ThinLizzyFan]

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Yeah it was an exciting time in music back in the day, all the old bands were being displaced by newcomers, many of whom had a chip on their shoulder. But some of the old dinosaurs survived and released some good music right till the end of the 80's.

Blondie, Talking Heads, The Cars, The Clash would be some of my favorite bands from that era of music.

and the Ramones and the great Elvis Costello...

did You know that the Clash named the Lizzy Album above, calling Phil Lynott "Live and Dangerous"... and Phil performed with a band called the Greedies with members of Sex Pistols , and Jimmy Bain..

 

[LG]

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No I didn't know that TLF,,,but it's nice to hear bands like the Clash respected Thin Lizzy and Phil Lynott.

 

[ThinLizzyFan]

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I don't think the Cars were punk either. Punk implies guitars, not synthesizers.

what about stuff like Elvis Costello and Blondie which used keys?

 

[gguerra]

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No offense intended TLF, but I always thought of them as exactly that..."New Wave", fits them like a glove.

IMO, I think the term "New Wave" was in the context of the times (late 70's) kind of an "out with the old and in with the new type of thing". Almost no one uses the term anymore since there is nothing "New" about it, lol.

They are listed on rateyourmusic.com as New Wave, Pop/Rock, Power Pop, Pop, Synth Pop..

http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_cars

 

[ThinLizzyFan]

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IMO, I think the term "New Wave" was in the context of the times (late 70's) kind of an "out with the old and in with the new type of thing". Almost no one uses the term anymore since there is nothing "New" about it, lol.

They are listed on rateyourmusic.com as New Wave, Pop/Rock, Power Pop, Pop, Synth Pop..

Albums by The Cars - Rate Your Music

cool..and I love UFO!

 

[ladyislingering]

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Everything I ever needed to know about being cool, I learned from Ric Ocasek.

That is all.

 

[LG]

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^^He might be the essence of Cool for you Lady, but if you are going to play a live concert you better get off your ass and put out some effort. They could have replaced him with a puppet and no one would have noticed. And it's not like a Supertramp concert, where you expect the music to be the main focus rather than extravagant stage presence, but the Cars material is geared to having a good time, simple light hearted pop/rock. That is the only concert I ever attended where almost everyone was bitterly disappointed afterward.

The Tubes were magnificent, they kicked major ass when they opened, and then the headliner with the full sound system and light show effects etc. paled by comparison.

 

[ladyislingering]

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I remember reading somewhere that there was a reason for their dead presence. Something along the lines of, they didn't really want to make a huge deal about it because they were just there to play their music.

I really don't remember, though. Been ages since I've been connected with a network of huge fans.

 

[ThinLizzyFan]

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anyone like Possum Dixon here?... Ric was involved with them