Another old car off the road… Ric Ocasek dead at 75

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  1. Leadfoot J. McCoalroller

    Leadfoot J. McCoalroller Senior Member

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    I wonder if many here remember "You can't go on - thinkin - nothins wrong - ah ha"
    my fav though is (I gotta dig out my cassette cause I only remember the melody)....
    You are the Girl from door to door.
    As Joe Walsh sings Decades from songs for a dying planet 'and the eighties were a waste of time - here we are in the nineties - nine in a row - one more to go - oh" The eighties were spinnin like the disco except when you were ridein in cars - with... or moving those refrigerators and color TVs ...
     
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    Tuning my Apple Music to The Cars today.
     
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    great artists, i'm glad he made it to the rrhf while he could appreciate it. man, i'm getting old...
     
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    This is sad news. The Cars were *the thing* back in the day. Loved them. It just so happens that I was a teen at their peak...which I suppose means I'm a bit biased ( nostalgic high school memories, etc... ). It also happened to be the near the peak of MTV..back when they actually showed music videos instead of 24/7 'reality' shows. :whistle: Their videos won quite a few awards, etc...

    Some reading if interested : The Cars - Wikipedia
     
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    rip brother, you were just what i needed (y)
     
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    The video for “You Might Think” was a video effects tour-de-force. It won at least one Buzzy, I recall. I work in video now and I’m still blown away by what they were able to accomplish given the tools available at that time.
     
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    check out beatles videos from the 60's
     
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    A hard days Night Help Beatle wigs Beatle Cards Ed Sullivan Show LOL

    Hey wait a minute how'd the Beatles get into the Cars thread LOL
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Easy....they just crawled in through the passenger door.....

    I have at least one, probably several Cars song on my phone.
    I remember bombing down a back road in an old Firebird listening to several of their songs.

    Ric,
    Thanks for the memories pal.
    See you topside later on.
     
    #10 ETC(SS), Sep 18, 2019
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