Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Tue September 17, 2019 1:31 pm

One of my favorites growing up. Sad to hear about Ric's passing. liebzz has inspired me to do a catalog listen-through. I'm somewhat familiar with a lot of their stuff, but haven't listened to much of them lately.

Also, just listen to this musical perfection:

bada · Post by **bada** » Tue September 17, 2019 1:53 pm

Mix on my phone. All killer no filler.

01 Good Times Roll
02 My Best Friend's Girl
03 Just What I Needed
04 You're All I've Got Tonight
05 Bye Bye Love
06 Moving In Stereo
07 Let's Go
08 Since I Held You
09 Candy-O
10 Night Spots
11 Dangerous Type
12 Shake It Up
13 Hello Again
14 Magic
15 You Might Think
16 Ta Ta Wayo Wayo

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Tue September 17, 2019 3:26 pm

Their first album - The Cars - is essentially a greatest hits for them. A lot of casual late 70's/early 80's music fans know most of the songs on this album. Let the Good Times Roll, My Best Friend's Girl, Just What I Needed, You're All I've Got Tonight, Moving in Stereo, All Mixed Up. It is a great album that starts Let the Good Times Roll, which is perfect. Listening to that pretty much tells you everything you are going to get from this album. Nothing too serious, and a great mix of late 60's rock and early 80's "pop" rock. What a great album.

bada · Post by **bada** » Tue September 17, 2019 4:14 pm

The second album Candy-O is only a slight step down from the first. It's really good.

doug rr · Post by **doug rr** » Tue September 17, 2019 4:16 pm

bada wrote:The second album Candy-O is only a slight step down from the first. It's really good.

i bought that album the day it came out..fell in love with Its all I can do instantly..

run2death · Post by **run2death** » Tue September 17, 2019 4:22 pm

I didn't like their 80s stuff nearly as much, but was happy for their success.

They tweaked their sound without totally selling out to the times... it was more of a natural extension of their old sound.

bada · Post by **bada** » Tue September 17, 2019 4:28 pm

Yeah Panorama and Shake It Up are mostly misses. Heartbeat City has Mutt Lange all over it but many of the songs are strong. Door to Door the best songs are Leave Or Stay and Ta Ta Wayo Wayo which were old songs from the 70s. They have like 18-20 great songs that's more than any band can hope for.

Dev · Post by **Dev** » Wed September 18, 2019 5:39 am

i like the band

knee tunes · Post by **knee tunes** » Wed September 18, 2019 6:06 am

Yes.

I was just doing the dishes and the line "the moonlight ain't so great" popped in my head

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Wed October 09, 2019 11:59 am

I'm going to listen to their catalogue over the coming weeks. I've got the 1985 Greatest Hits and always thought that that was enough. It's probably top 5 best of compilations ever.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Wed October 09, 2019 12:10 pm

LetMeSleep wrote:I'm going to listen to their catalogue over the coming weeks. I've got the 1985 Greatest Hits and always thought that that was enough. It's probably top 5 best of compilations ever.

Good deal. I'm slowly working my way through. I have some saved drafts to post once I listen through again. Hard to top that first album though.

Wendy Carlos's Twin · Wed October 09, 2019 2:07 pm

LetMeSleep wrote:I'm going to listen to their catalogue over the coming weeks. I've got the 1985 Greatest Hits and always thought that that was enough. It's probably top 5 best of compilations ever.

The first 2 albums are essential and pretty much "Greatest Hits" albums themselves.

Everything after that is fairly disappointing, and the real "Greatest Hits" album covers most of the good stuff.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Sun October 20, 2019 10:29 am

Done up to Door to Door.

Everything you guys said was right. First 2 albums and GH is all that I needed.

Higgs · Post by **Higgs** » Sun October 20, 2019 11:39 am

LetMeSleep wrote:Done up to Door to Door.

Everything you guys said was right. First 2 albums and GH is all that I needed.

*just what you needed

knee tunes · Post by **knee tunes** » Tue January 12, 2021 12:55 am

flying like a semen kite

"that's what I always am", someone said once

Peeps · Post by **Peeps** » Tue January 12, 2021 2:13 am

Since you’ve gone might be my favorite

psychobain · Post by **psychobain** » Tue January 12, 2021 1:07 pm

I only know the Song "Drive"
Ill spin the First 2 lps

bada · Post by **bada** » Tue January 12, 2021 8:16 pm

psychobain wrote:I only know the Song "Drive"
Ill spin the First 2 lps

You probably know most of the first album. I thought I only knew More Than A Feeling then I listened to the first Boston album recently and I knew every song. Like inside and out. I don't remember ever listening to Boston. Some shit is just in the air.

psychobain · Post by **psychobain** » Tue January 12, 2021 11:01 pm

Spent the whole day listening to their albums
Good stuff guys

Ello Sailor · Post by **Ello Sailor** » Fri January 15, 2021 11:46 am

Beato unpacks Just What I Needed--easily one of the greatest songs of all time.

Red Mosquito

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