Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Let the GOOD TIMES ROLL!

When the Cars hit the charts, I was OH YEAH! Here were four guys that couldn't grow beards, three weren't all that handsome, and one even had a hair lip (I'm sorry, I don't know the PC term for it). The lead singer was gay as seen by his choice of ear that is pierced, and they made it BIG! To me, the world was Right and good because we weren't so jaded, we allowed good music to matter, versus looks and flash. Yeah, there were others that weren't pretty boys and girls that made it big, but it seems as the Cars faded from the spotlight, there was a change. We became shallower as a Nation and couldn't just let the music do the talking. Just call it the fall out of the video age.

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7 comments:

  1. OrbsCorbsMay 18, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    I love The Cars. Rick Ocasek writes songs with the catchiest hooks and riffs ever. Omg, I sound like a 13-year old girl. *Squeals*

    Thinking about The Cars makes me think about office furniture delivery jobs that a buddy and I had in Milwaukee long ago. "Let the Good Times Roll" came on the delivery truck radio one Friday evening as we finished up a long, hard week. We were blasting along I-43 and yelling out the song with the radio. Good times, indeed.

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  2. drewzepmeisterMay 18, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    Ah yes The Cars! Great stuff there!

    The good news is The Cars have reunited with the original line-up (minus bassist, Benjamin Orr, who died in 2000) and is going on tour this summer. Their new album, Move Like This, was released last week.

    Here's a video from the new album called Sad Song. Sounds like The Cars we all know and love. Check it out!

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  3. kkditherMay 18, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    Great song, great band. Shake it up! I believe you are looking for the term cleft palate.

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  4. SERMay 18, 2011 at 9:35 PM

    Finn-man...good selection, I too always loved listening to them

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  5. MinnesotaChickMay 19, 2011 at 12:43 AM

    Drive..

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  6. OrbsCorbsMay 19, 2011 at 1:11 AM

    I love that song, MC.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbTjzZzfR7w

    Their new stuff sounds pretty good, too. Too bad you can't hear it, Huck.

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  7. jedwisMay 19, 2011 at 7:21 AM

    Palatoschisis.... She's my best friends girlfriend.

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