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:
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Tue September 17, 2019 1:53 pm
by bada
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
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Tue September 17, 2019 3:26 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
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.
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Tue September 17, 2019 4:14 pm
by bada
The second album Candy-O is only a slight step down from the first. It's really good.
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Tue September 17, 2019 4:16 pm
by doug rr
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..
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Tue September 17, 2019 4:22 pm
by run2death
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.
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Tue September 17, 2019 4:28 pm
by bada
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.
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Wed September 18, 2019 5:39 am
by Dev
i like the band
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Wed September 18, 2019 6:06 am
by knee tunes
Yes.
I was just doing the dishes and the line "the moonlight ain't so great" popped in my head
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Wed October 09, 2019 11:59 am
by LetMeSleep
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.
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Wed October 09, 2019 12:10 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
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.
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Wed October 09, 2019 2:07 pm
by Wendy Carlos's Twin
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.
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Sun October 20, 2019 10:29 am
by LetMeSleep
Done up to Door to Door.
Everything you guys said was right. First 2 albums and GH is all that I needed.
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Sun October 20, 2019 11:39 am
by Higgs
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
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Tue January 12, 2021 12:55 am
by knee tunes
flying like a semen kite
"that's what I always am", someone said once
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Tue January 12, 2021 2:13 am
by Peeps
Since you’ve gone might be my favorite
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Tue January 12, 2021 1:07 pm
by psychobain
I only know the Song "Drive"
Ill spin the First 2 lps
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Tue January 12, 2021 8:16 pm
by bada
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.
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Tue January 12, 2021 11:01 pm
by psychobain
Spent the whole day listening to their albums
Good stuff guys
Re: Life's the same - a thread to talk about The Cars
Posted: Fri January 15, 2021 11:46 am
by Ello Sailor
Beato unpacks Just What I Needed--easily one of the greatest songs of all time.
