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In memory of Ric Ocasek (Original Post) MustLoveBeagles Sep 2019 OP
RIP...... Heartstrings Sep 2019 #1
+1 MustLoveBeagles Sep 2019 #2
... 2naSalit Sep 2019 #3
+1 econron Sep 2019 #4
It's funny, I always think of Ocasek as the Cars' singer sweetloukillbot Sep 2019 #5
So did I. Ric and Ben's singing voices sounded very similar to me. subterranean Sep 2019 #8
It's almost unfair that the Cars had two great vocalists. Dr. Strange Sep 2019 #10
I saw them at Blossom Music Center near Cleveland in '84 JohnnyRingo Sep 2019 #6
This is a heartbreaker lillypaddle Sep 2019 #7
the best album he ever produced............... Bad Brains - Rock For Light Celerity Sep 2019 #9

econron

(152 posts)
4. +1
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 10:18 PM
Sep 2019

Thanks for the clips... brought back some great memories in my dads 1978 Mercury Grand Marquis cruising around with my buddies.

Actually got picked up for speeding rocking out to the Cars one night ... worth the money

sweetloukillbot

(11,009 posts)
5. It's funny, I always think of Ocasek as the Cars' singer
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 10:37 PM
Sep 2019

Yet my favorite songs of theirs were sung by Orr (RIP also)...

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
8. So did I. Ric and Ben's singing voices sounded very similar to me.
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 12:57 AM
Sep 2019

I could never tell just from listening to them which was which.

JohnnyRingo

(18,628 posts)
6. I saw them at Blossom Music Center near Cleveland in '84
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 10:37 PM
Sep 2019

Great live show. There was no other band like them.

The Cars validate the joke that vinyl sounds so much better today because the music was good then.

Celerity

(43,330 posts)
9. the best album he ever produced............... Bad Brains - Rock For Light
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 11:24 PM
Sep 2019







full album here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgf18nHYAtJyKP63NJeIJyXpEiZthvrLI

Label:
PVC Records ‎– PVC 8917
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
US
Released:
Mar 1983
Genre:
Rock, Reggae
Style:
Reggae, Hardcore, Punk
Recorded 1983 at Synchro Sound Studios, Boston, Massachusetts
Producer Ric Ocasek


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