Do you have a favorite Cars song?

[KamaAina]

[shenmue]

1. Moving in Stereo

[Tom Ripley]

2. Moving In Stereo

with or even without Phoebe Cates

also
Candy-O
Bye Bye Love
Dangerous Type

[pintobean]

19. Moving In Stereo is a great song

and I often think of this when I hear it.

[lovemydog]

3. yup

[In_The_Wind]

4. Drive

[GoCubsGo]

5. Nope.

Too difficult to pick just one.

[MrMickeysMom]

6. LA Woman… best one I can think of...

[Dr. Strange]

12. Little-known fact:

Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek were going to hook up with Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr for a music project.

They were going to call it "The Car Doors".

[hifiguy]

15. Manzarek's film set to that song is wonderful.

in his pre-Doors days Ray was a film student.

[MrMickeysMom]

21. I always learn something...

Most of it's in the lounge, naturally…

[Exhibit A]

7. "Good Times Roll"

[progressoid]

8. Yup

[ArnoldLayne]

9. Moving In Stereo, Candy O and Let's Go.

[LWolf]

10. Here's one.

[sharp_stick]

11. You Might Think

The only reason I still let the kids watch the abomination that is Cars 2 is this song is part of it.

[pipi_k]

13. Definitely "Moving In Stereo" n/t

[hifiguy]

14. Two, actually.

Love that sinister minor key change for the chorus, which has a really creepy feel. Right up my alley.

Always loved this one too, though the video is SO 80s it's almost painful to watch. Ric Ocasek's snarky ironic detachment is the only thing about it that isn't cringe-worthy. V. cool Kraftwerk-y feel to it, tho.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

16. I find "Drive" very haunting.

Got to see The Cars here in SF back in the day. Wang Chung (!) opened for them and blew the roof off the Cow Palace. The Cars set was a little bit anticlimactic, to be honest.

Was surprised at how much I loved the reboot with Rundgren.

[kwassa]

17. My favorite Cars song

[amandabeech]

18. Bye Bye Love and Let's Go.

There were so many good ones that I find it hard to choose.

I really liked Elliot Easton's guitar work.

[arcane1]

22. Elliot Easton was freakin' awesome!!!

He seldom let loose, but when he did, magic happened!

[ProfessorGAC]

29. He Knew EVERY Trick In The Book

He was fast, precise, and super tasteful. Was doing the two hand tapping thing on Candy-O when people were still asking "Van who?"

For me, his coolest thing is that you could sing his solos. They were songs within the song. I betcha you could hum the solo from "Just What i Needed" right now! I sure could. The one from Candy-O too. And that countrified thing on Best Friend's Girl.

And the whammy bar work on blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

I better stop now.

[OriginalGeek]

20. I love the Cars

couldn't even try to pick a favorite. I liked Ric Ocasek's solo album, Beatitude, too but I never kept up with his other stuff.

[Brother Buzz]

23. Speedo & The Cadillacs doing Speedoo

[olddots]

24. Ben & Ric were in a folk rock band

Called Milkwood then a kind of jazz rock art band called something or other this was a gazillion years ago .

[KamaAina]

25. Interesting Cars story

They beat out George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers for Best New Band back in the day (early '80s). I heard George say to an interviewer, "If we were in a club and they were in the one next door, which one do you think would be jumping at 1 in the morning?"

I don't know, but that would have been one hell of a scene at closing time!

[Skittles]

26. Just What I Needed

[Coventina]

33. That's mine as well.

[Number9Dream]

27. Why Can't I Have You; Candy-O

[ProfessorGAC]

28. You're All I Got Tonight/Bye Bye Love

Love both songs tremendously, but the way it changes gears with just a half second between songs is really cool.

Thanks for this thread K. The Cars are one of my all time faves.

They have the best unknown guitar player ever. Elliot Easton is a BEAST!

[DFW]

30. Nope

Not my style. The only thing I liked about Ric Ocasek was his girlfriend (Czech and balance, I guess).

[Algernon Moncrieff]

31. I'm not a big Cars fan, but Greg Hawkes is an alum of my High School

We tried to get the Cars to play our prom, but they were busy in-studio (or so they said).

[KamaAina]

34. How cool would that have been?!

[Aristus]

32. "I'm Not The One."

Very atmospheric...

[Shrek]

35. The one that's on "mute" n/t

[KamaAina]

36. The amazing thing is, this thread began as a copycat

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018722905

and it has far outlived the original.

[Grantuspeace]

37. Shoo Be Doo-Candy-O

The Cars - Shoo Be Doo - Candy-O.mp4: