"Just what I Needed" "My Best Friends Girl" "Lets Go" "Shake It Up" "Candy-O" "Moving in Stereo" You're All I've Got Tonight" "Let The Good Times Roll"
I hold this as a masterpiece by the Cars. Hands down it's my favorite song by them. It is a song about confronting a woman about her deteriorating mental health. That why you see what you see in the video.
Thank you! The girl is in a psych ward, falling to pieces- mood swings, hallucinating. The anguish in his voice is someone who is grappling with his helplessness in this situation.
This is bassist Benjamin Orr he passed in pancreatic cancer in 2000 . Ric Ocasek was the main lead he passed in 2019 . You would love some of the early songs to start,Just What I Needed,Good Times Roll, and My Best Friend’s Girl
This is my favorite The Cars song, but you'll learn as you do more that this song is quite different than many of their other songs. This one Benjamin Orr is singing which he didn't do as many songs as Ric Ocasek did as vocalist for The Cars Recommend other songs by them - Just What I Needed, Moving in Stereo, Good Times Roll, Magic, Lets Go, My Best Friend's Girl, You're All I've Got Tonight
The stats about who did the vocals show that Ben did half of the Cars material, as Ric stated , if the song was good i sang it, if it was a great song Ben sung it. What separates the HeartBeat City album is that it has a big name producer at the helm in John Mutt Lange , you can hear shades of the album in Shania Twains 'That Dont Impress Me much' . The Cars debut album is the real deal, probaby one of the greatest debut albums ever made. That said HeartBeat City is a great album.
@lucitonstjames3925 great post - you nailed it. It usually was about 4 songs for Ben per Album but man they usually stole the show. With Ric writting - I think he could have slide a few more Ben's way. Just my opinion
They were the one of the first bands to have major success in the New Wave Genre. They got a lot of radio play for quite awhile and their videos were popular.
@@janleonard3101 don't make assumptions about others based on rumor. Her words. ""The biggest misconception about my marriage to my husband was that it was a toxic marriage because it ended so poorly," she tells ET. "We had an amazing 25 years. Ric gave me the love that I so needed. I just wanted, my whole life, I wanted to be loved by one person who would love me best. I didn't have it from my parents, and I didn't have it in my childhood. And I was desperate for it, and Ric gave that to me. And I was very happy to pay whatever price was then required to have him love me this way."
@@jeffrogers2180 It's sad to me because she was only 19 and I see her as having been taken advantage of and manipulated due to that and the situation she came from. People will interpret things different ways but I find it sad.
@@janleonard3101 I've heard her say it was difficult because he was very jealous so she changed aspects of her life. Jealousy isn't that unusual and while it causes problems, I wouldn't describe it as terrible abuse. You exaggerate too much.
This song is so different than any of their other works. This song was very different from anyones other work. This is such a unique sounding song. Very haunting. I remember hearing it for the first time.....I was driving with a friend of mine and it came on. I was quite surprised when the disc jockey said it was the Cars. I immediately went and bought the album that night.
Great song and a massive hit. This is as "soft rock" as the Cars get. Most of their stuff is quicker and more energetic. If you want to hear their signature sound, the sound that was so different from anything else on the radio in the late 1970s and help to usher in New Wave, I recommend some listening from their first album, which is one of the most outstanding debut albums of the classic rock era. "Let the Good Times Roll", "My Best Friend's Girlfriend", "Bye, Bye, Love", "You're Just What I Needed", are all great choices. And when you think you have a feel for their music and are ready for some hardcore New Wave magic, listen to "Moving in Stereo / All Mixed Up". (These songs were intentionally run together on the album and are typically listened to as if they are one big song.) Pure fire!
This song has always made me sad. Even as a kid, 40 years ago, it made me feel melancholy. That being said, I absolutely love it and can't get enough of it.
The lead singer on this song is the late great Benjamin Orr. Check out "Magic" and "You Might Think" (and especially the video of You Might think) off the same album sung by the late great Rick Ocasek. That will give you a feel for the uniqueness people are telling you about. And let me add: I always took this song as the narrator of the song is saying this to a woman who is in a bad relationship with another man. The narrator is asking to drive her home, but in a way, he's also asking her to leave the other man and start a new relationship with him (the narrator).
That's incorrect - yes Heartbeat City represent The Cars at that moment but the 1st 3 are way different. The 4th is the bridge between those and what Heartbeat City would deliver. Plus it was a different Producer. Would be interesting to see what Heartbeat City would have delivered under the old producer.
This song was played to accompany a video of the Ethiopian famine shown at live aid (Wembley 1985). David Bowie gave up one of his songs so it could be shown. It is one of the most harrowing things you could ever see and this song always takes me back to that moment.
My buddy and I drove to California in 1978 because it was the cool place to go. We finally made it to Santa Monica and stayed in a Hotel on the beach across the street from the civic center. We kept seeing signs all over about "The Cars" so I asked some skate boarder kid what that was all about, he said he thought it was a concert. It was... crowd was make a ton of noise that night and we heard the song "My best friends girl" on the radio on the way back.
You got to check out early cars songs, they were way ahead of their time. Just what I needed, good times roll, best friends girl, or the cult classic moving in stereo, or the rocking you’re all I got tonight, you won’t be disappointed
I graduated HS in 81 and every time I hear a Cars song it takes me back. No other band sounded like them. A lot of the drums are off beat. A little hard to dance to. Candy-O and My best friends girlfriend are big ones.
5:23 Interesting Fact for you, Phil and Sam: Whenever they'd filmed the music video for this song, they'd actually had to stop filming a couple of times because the film crew had thought that the actress in this video was having an actual emotional breakdown because she was so in character they'd thought her emotional breakdown footage was her really having a breakdown
Out of all the 80's music I enjoy hearing and singing to but this is my number 1 80's song in history of all time and that's because I am only 38 years old and Yes I am a 1985 mid 80's baby... 2nd top best Mr. Mister " Broken Wings. 3rd. Benjamin Orr " Stay The Night ". 4th. Kristian Conde " Dolce Vita" American version "... The rest goes on... The greatest music era and more... 1980's...
Nostalgic, sadness and reality. Definitely, this is the 80's sound. I love Ocasek and Orr voices. One of my favourite songs ever. GREAT REACTION, GUYS! GRETTINGS FROM SPAIN!
This is the song that when you arrive in your driveway late at night and this is playing you sit in your car until the end. Also, turn up the volume!!!!!!
I wouldn’t say that’s accurate. Orr sang songs like Just What I Needed, Bye Bye Love, Let’s Go and Candy-O. He wasn’t the ballad guy. I mean, they didn’t even do a lot of ballads.
@Tat2Dragons yes, strange to you and me. However, plenty aren't even aware of 2 different lead vocalists. I didn't say I understood it or could explain it, or I could just be wrong about it. The differences are perfectly apparent on a song like this one, but on some others, I think it might be less discernable for some because of the production on the vocals in some songs, just a guess, or maybe they just aren't listening that closely.
They were at the for front of the New Wave/Nu Wave scene coming out of the late seventies. They had several hits with the whole poppy rock. But this is their biggest hit because they really wanted to show that they had more range so they did this to actually prove that they could make a more serious song versus their previous songs that were poppy and light.
Video was directed by actor Timothy Hutton who was in Ordinary People (and won an Oscar), Taps, The Falcon and the Snowman (all great movies) and in the TV show Leverage. And Paulina, the model in the video married Ric Ocasek. He is not the singer in this song, but plays guitar on this one.He has since passed away but she is very vocal on social media about women and how society treats them as they age.
This is a great song, but to really understand the Cars and why they were such a phenomenon, you've got to hear some of their earlier hits like, Just What I Needed, My Best Friend's Girlfriend, Candy-O, Moving In Stereo, etc.
I have a strange relationship with this song. My then 5 yr old daughter suffered with nightmares. For some inexplicable reason, playing this song on a loop all night made her sleep undisturbed. You won't be surprised that, after hearing this tune as background music every night for a year whenever I entered our daughter's room, I never listened to it again. 😅
@@garybradford8332 My age will become obvious when I say that Geneviéve was five before CDs arrived in Europe, and before Enya went solo. 👴 I love her music though, as I do the records she made as a part of Clannad.
This from 84 but The Cars were very 80s in the late 70s ..Their first album came out in 78 and Candy O in 79 and that one really was quite a big jump in the futuristic sound that made the 80s what it was..They were not totally the only one band that was making the trend but they were a huge influence of what as coming.. Check out - Moving in Stereo and Its all mixed Up --- preferably both together
As someone with an alcoholic spouse, it's about needing to confront them about how their addiction affects everyone around them. Like many have said, love the song, but it makes me cry every time.
A beautiful song with a difficult subject. Taking care of and protecting a person going through deep depression is no easy task. The writer, Ocasek, asks the important question to that person that needs his strength. Who's gonna drive you home tonight?
When Benjamin Orr left The Cars he had an awesome solo hit ballad on his '86 The Lace LP/CD. You will love his song "Stay The Night" which is just as good as "Drive." Another singer you may like is Phil Seymour. His biggest hit was "Precious To Me" along with a really good unknown song on his LP/CD titled "I Really Love You."
The Cars were one of the major New Wave bands to grace the 70s and 80s. The use of synthesizer was more prevalent in this ballad, as opposed to many of their other songs. They had many hits, but in my humble opinion, their first album is their best! Just What I needed was their first hit, and more indicative of their sound. I think that should be your next reaction to them!
If you haven’t already done it, The Cars 1978 debut album is still their best IMO. The entire Side 2 of the album runs pretty much nonstop and should be listened to all the way through. It is epic! The link is below. ruclips.net/video/h3FOhCYwFGY/видео.htmlsi=LgVosgvM4rDyzNmO
They used this song as a backdrop to a video of the famine that was the cause of Live Aid in 1984. It's very heartbreaking to watch. But if people wanted to understand Live Aid & We are the World, it was these scenes that inspired Bob Geldoff and the Rock community to come together.
the video of the famine gave the song much more feeling & the two combined made it far more impactful!! one of the standout songs from 'live aid'! must be played very loud!!..................................................see? i told you!!!
The Cars an important group. New wave. Two lead singers (Orr and Ocasek). As for the somewhat sharp break between 70s and 80s sounds, I always interpreted it as more commercial influence in production, wanting to make everything sound the same, which to higher ups is the sound of money. As in, "Can you make this song sound like that other successful song?"
That also happened in the 70s . If you listen to one T-Rex song you‘ve heard them all, same with Status Quo, Bay City Rollers, Sailor and all that 70s 3min disco stuff. Or think about all the surfing songs in the 60s. 😉
@@leroyrs Of course there was commercialization in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. The 50s were particularly commercial. Popular music is a BUSINESS, and labels were always powerful. That doesn't change what I said. If you thought to "correct" me, no, you're just wrong. Go talk to people in the music industry and get their opinion.
@@SG-js2qn I don't get your point, but it seems that you take it personal. When charts were always commercial, why are the 80s so different ? Stock, Aitken, Waterman were the curse of the 80s - everything sounded same, but there were so many different artists and styles - way more than in former decades.
In both cases it's an over generalization. There were many contributing factors for it, but more prevalent depending on the genre. New Wave sound was definitely hugely impacted by the advent of the synthesizer. That started in 70s but became more common place and commercialized as the synthesizers became smaller and more portable. Everyone seems to remember the 70s for disco, but that was just one genre happened to get very popular and fade out just as quickly. Surf had its signatures sounds and reverb, but again just one genre or even sub-genre, plenty of non-surf music. One genre or sub-genre regardless of how popular does not define a whole decade of music.
I will say that anything that generates profit will certainly foster mimicry and imitation often pushed by the record labels just like happens every else, Hollywood, etc.
Excellent song to start your Cars journey. One of the great deep cuts of a great band. You'll be swamped with Just What I Needed and You Might Think, but this lesser-known style that permeates their albums, you should also be aware of. The Cars were huge and have so many great songs. A distinct sound, there was never a question of what group you were listening to.
Deep Cut? ...it was their most popular song? Went to number 3 on the billboard charts Was a top 10 hit in a dozen countries None of their songs charted higher
@@flerbus I was surprised by that fact myself while reading the comments. I bought all their albums when released. I simply remember that this song didn't get the most airplay of Cars songs as many of the more poppy songs were. I'm glad they did this one first.
This song came out while I was in high school. I had a huge crush on a girl but she was seeing the same guy all four years. He lived in my neighborhood and didn't treat her very well. I always let her know, without saying anything about their relationship, that if she ever needed a ride home, I would be there for her. She never called, but I always took this song to heart hoping she would need me to drive her home.
The Cars were one of the first bands to introduce the 80’s new wave synth sound. Their first two albums will give you a better idea of how they first started to create that sound. You should definitely listen to “Just What I Needed “, “You’re All I’ve Got Tonight “ and “Candy-O”.
"Lets Go", "Candy-O", "Magic" will give you a variety of their flavor. Definitely a new sound that came onto the scene in the late 70s into the 80s when they really hit it big. It didn't hurt that Paulina Porizkova, then supermodel was in the videos when MTV was the medium for music taking over.
I used to listn to radio late at night on my radio headphones in the late 80s and this song was one of those that I listened too and it's still amazing.
This beautiful, haunting song is all about the intensely sad inevitability of heartbreak, when dealing with/caring for someone with mental illness/addiction issues. It is The Cars' most unusual song! The Cars were an absolute HIT MACHINE. They were a band where you really had to DIG to find a bad, or even mediocre, song! And OMG, that fantastic debut album with that ICONIC cover!!!!💣😎 Definitely you should dive way more deeply into The Cars! You will get lots of views and likes, and you will have a great time!🎧🎶👍
If you can I suggest Candy O, Best Friends Girlfriend, Dangerous Type, Moving In Stereo, Good Times Roll, Touch And Go, You're All I've Got Tonight, Bye Bye Love, Shake It Up. As much as the Cars tried to stay true, by 1984 they like so many other bands and artists became commercialized in the MTV era. The Cars best work, to me, was their first three albums in '78, '79 and '80. They weren't "That 80's sound" they were part of the new wave rock of the late 70's that included The Police, Gary Neuman, The Clash and others.
Their sound was so original when they fist came out. Rock eith great synth. Benjamin Orr and Ric Ocasek shared lead vocals. Both have passed on but their legacies live forever.. As much as i love their early stuff this is my favorite Cars tune ❤ thanks guys
in 1985 , in th eUK, this song was overlayed on a famine video shot for the news originally, and use to promote the "Feed the World" charity concert event. It was so powerful, with the staving people,, you would have to made of stone not to get emotional. Will never forget the connection to that event when I hear this song.
FOREIGNER - " COLD AS ICE " and " HEAD GAMES " 1970s Rock 🎸 Classics , plus many many more Amazing songs by this classic Super Group. From 1970s and 1980s
I can't tell you how many cassettes I went through of the Cars. Great memories of them along with AC/DC, Rush, Billy Squire, The Clash, U2 and many more.
At Live Aid the song was played on BBC to accompany film of starving people in Ethiopia. It moved people so much that money was sent in incredible amount
I love The Cars, love this song. And y’all this song will forever be very special to my husband and I. For years he would see me at church (a large mega church) and had a crush on me but we really didn’t know each other too well. For 2 of those years I was away at college. Then in June of 1984 a group of us from youth group went to see The Karate kid at the theater. He was in the row behind me and flirting by throwing pieces of popcorn at me. That night as he drove home he heard this song on the radio and thought of me the whole time. 3 mos. later we started dating. 2 years later we got married. We have been married almost 38 years now ❤️❤️
"Just what I Needed" "My Best Friends Girl" "Lets Go" "Shake It Up" "Candy-O" "Moving in Stereo" You're All I've Got Tonight" "Let The Good Times Roll"
"Why Can't I Have You, Hello Again."
"Moving in Stereo" 👍
All good choices!
Bye Bye Love
Heartbeat City etc etc.
I hold this as a masterpiece by the Cars. Hands down it's my favorite song by them. It is a song about confronting a woman about her deteriorating mental health. That why you see what you see in the video.
Thank you! The girl is in a psych ward, falling to pieces- mood swings, hallucinating. The anguish in his voice is someone who is grappling with his helplessness in this situation.
True that....check out the cover by the Deftones....RIP Ben
This is bassist Benjamin Orr he passed in pancreatic cancer in 2000 . Ric Ocasek was the main lead he passed in 2019 . You would love some of the early songs to start,Just What I Needed,Good Times Roll, and My Best Friend’s Girl
Ric was also married to Paulina … one of the most beautiful models ever !
I JUST found out it wasn't Ric singing this song. only took me 40 years. LOL
@@stevenkovler5133 Yes! The gorgeous Paulina Porizkova!
This is my favorite The Cars song, but you'll learn as you do more that this song is quite different than many of their other songs. This one Benjamin Orr is singing which he didn't do as many songs as Ric Ocasek did as vocalist for The Cars
Recommend other songs by them - Just What I Needed, Moving in Stereo, Good Times Roll, Magic, Lets Go, My Best Friend's Girl, You're All I've Got Tonight
totally agree their best song!!!!!!!!!!
The stats about who did the vocals show that Ben did half of the Cars material, as Ric stated , if the song was good i sang it, if it was a great song Ben sung it. What separates the HeartBeat City album is that it has a big name producer at the helm in John Mutt Lange , you can hear shades of the album in Shania Twains 'That Dont Impress Me much' . The Cars debut album is the real deal, probaby one of the greatest debut albums ever made. That said HeartBeat City is a great album.
@lucitonstjames3925 great post - you nailed it.
It usually was about 4 songs for Ben per Album but man they usually stole the show.
With Ric writting - I think he could have slide a few more Ben's way.
Just my opinion
They were the one of the first bands to have major success in the New Wave Genre. They got a lot of radio play for quite awhile and their videos were popular.
The woman in the video is Paulina Porizkova, the supermodel wife of the band's leader, Ric Ocasek.
40 years ago, and she's still gorgeous.
He abused her so terribly it's hard for me to watch this. I hope Paulina is doing well now.
@@janleonard3101 don't make assumptions about others based on rumor.
Her words.
""The biggest misconception about my marriage to my husband was that it was a toxic marriage because it ended so poorly," she tells ET. "We had an amazing 25 years. Ric gave me the love that I so needed. I just wanted, my whole life, I wanted to be loved by one person who would love me best. I didn't have it from my parents, and I didn't have it in my childhood. And I was desperate for it, and Ric gave that to me. And I was very happy to pay whatever price was then required to have him love me this way."
@@jeffrogers2180 It's sad to me because she was only 19 and I see her as having been taken advantage of and manipulated due to that and the situation she came from. People will interpret things different ways but I find it sad.
@@janleonard3101 I've heard her say it was difficult because he was very jealous so she changed aspects of her life. Jealousy isn't that unusual and while it causes problems, I wouldn't describe it as terrible abuse. You exaggerate too much.
This song is so different than any of their other works. This song was very different from anyones other work. This is such a unique sounding song. Very haunting. I remember hearing it for the first time.....I was driving with a friend of mine and it came on. I was quite surprised when the disc jockey said it was the Cars. I immediately went and bought the album that night.
Such a great song ahead of their time.
R.I.P. Benjamin Orr
And Ric Ocasek.
Great song and a massive hit. This is as "soft rock" as the Cars get. Most of their stuff is quicker and more energetic. If you want to hear their signature sound, the sound that was so different from anything else on the radio in the late 1970s and help to usher in New Wave, I recommend some listening from their first album, which is one of the most outstanding debut albums of the classic rock era. "Let the Good Times Roll", "My Best Friend's Girlfriend", "Bye, Bye, Love", "You're Just What I Needed", are all great choices. And when you think you have a feel for their music and are ready for some hardcore New Wave magic, listen to "Moving in Stereo / All Mixed Up". (These songs were intentionally run together on the album and are typically listened to as if they are one big song.) Pure fire!
Every guy back in the day was in love with Paulina.
This song has always made me sad. Even as a kid, 40 years ago, it made me feel melancholy.
That being said, I absolutely love it and can't get enough of it.
Song is amazing at capturing that sad resignation felt, both by the addict, and by those who hove him/her, when addiction has taken over,😢😞😓💀
It’s the same style as The Motels. Melancholic pop.
My first concert back in 1980
GOLDEN EARRING - " TWILIGHT ZONE " 🎸 1983 and RADAR LOVE " 1970's these are two of their most popular Classic Rock Jams of all time.
Radar Love is still one of the best "Driving Songs" ever recorded.
The lead singer on this song is the late great Benjamin Orr. Check out "Magic" and "You Might Think" (and especially the video of You Might think) off the same album sung by the late great Rick Ocasek. That will give you a feel for the uniqueness people are telling you about. And let me add: I always took this song as the narrator of the song is saying this to a woman who is in a bad relationship with another man. The narrator is asking to drive her home, but in a way, he's also asking her to leave the other man and start a new relationship with him (the narrator).
RIP Benjamin Orr. The most down to earth and genuine rocker to ever walk the planet.
You're right. The Cars are 80s exemplified.
The Cars invented the 80s in 1978.
I was going to say the same thing!@@MarkMay-cr6bv
That's incorrect - yes Heartbeat City represent The Cars at that moment but the 1st 3 are way different. The 4th is the bridge between those and what Heartbeat City would deliver. Plus it was a different Producer. Would be interesting to see what Heartbeat City would have delivered under the old producer.
This song was played to accompany a video of the Ethiopian famine shown at live aid (Wembley 1985). David Bowie gave up one of his songs so it could be shown. It is one of the most harrowing things you could ever see and this song always takes me back to that moment.
This is burned into the mind of anyone old enough to remember Michael Buerk's report on the awful Ethiopian famine for the BBC in 1985.
My buddy and I drove to California in 1978 because it was the cool place to go. We finally made it to Santa Monica and stayed in a Hotel on the beach across the street from the civic center. We kept seeing signs all over about "The Cars" so I asked some skate boarder kid what that was all about, he said he thought it was a concert. It was... crowd was make a ton of noise that night and we heard the song "My best friends girl" on the radio on the way back.
You got to check out early cars songs, they were way ahead of their time. Just what I needed, good times roll, best friends girl, or the cult classic moving in stereo, or the rocking you’re all I got tonight, you won’t be disappointed
I graduated HS in 81 and every time I hear a Cars song it takes me back. No other band sounded like them. A lot of the drums are off beat. A little hard to dance to. Candy-O and My best friends girlfriend are big ones.
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Interesting Fact for you, Phil and Sam:
Whenever they'd filmed the music video for this song, they'd actually had to stop filming a couple of times because the film crew had thought that the actress in this video was having an actual emotional breakdown because she was so in character they'd thought her emotional breakdown footage was her really having a breakdown
"Just what I needed" Is a banger. Highly recommend 😎👍
Let the good times roll
Hell yeah! The very 1st song i was introduced to as a 12 yr old by the Cars 😎😎😎
Out of all the 80's music I enjoy hearing and singing to but this is my number 1 80's song in history of all time and that's because I am only 38 years old and Yes I am a 1985 mid 80's baby...
2nd top best Mr. Mister " Broken Wings. 3rd. Benjamin Orr " Stay The Night ". 4th.
Kristian Conde " Dolce Vita" American version "...
The rest goes on...
The greatest music era and more...
1980's...
"It's All I Can Do" is a favorite of mine.
Have a great day!
Nostalgic, sadness and reality. Definitely, this is the 80's sound. I love Ocasek and Orr voices. One of my favourite songs ever.
GREAT REACTION, GUYS! GRETTINGS FROM SPAIN!
This is the song that when you arrive in your driveway late at night and this is playing you sit in your car until the end. Also, turn up the volume!!!!!!
2 lead singers, Benjamin Orr more the softer ballads with his smooth singing style, and Ric Ocasek the upbeat quirky songs.🎶🔊👌
I wouldn’t say that’s accurate. Orr sang songs like Just What I Needed, Bye Bye Love, Let’s Go and Candy-O. He wasn’t the ballad guy. I mean, they didn’t even do a lot of ballads.
Many people just don't realize it was Ben singing lead on the songs that you mentioned.
I prefer the Orr songs by and large
@@joelhammond4162Really? They both have very distinctive sounding singing voices and some people can’t tell who is singing? Strange. 🤔
@Tat2Dragons yes, strange to you and me. However, plenty aren't even aware of 2 different lead vocalists. I didn't say I understood it or could explain it, or I could just be wrong about it. The differences are perfectly apparent on a song like this one, but on some others, I think it might be less discernable for some because of the production on the vocals in some songs, just a guess, or maybe they just aren't listening that closely.
They were at the for front of the New Wave/Nu Wave scene coming out of the late seventies. They had several hits with the whole poppy rock. But this is their biggest hit because they really wanted to show that they had more range so they did this to actually prove that they could make a more serious song versus their previous songs that were poppy and light.
The Cars were my favorite band when I was in H.S. '77-'81 So many good songs. My favorite is 'Just What I Needed' and 'Dangerous Type' a close second.
all time classic! ♥
❤❤CARS.😊😊. I played in the car, all the time!!!
Awesome song. Loved it from the moment I heard it in the 80's.
"You Might Think" video would show their diversity in music and give you the ultimate 80s vibe
Funny video.
Video was directed by actor Timothy Hutton who was in Ordinary People (and won an Oscar), Taps, The Falcon and the Snowman (all great movies) and in the TV show Leverage. And Paulina, the model in the video married Ric Ocasek. He is not the singer in this song, but plays guitar on this one.He has since passed away but she is very vocal on social media about women and how society treats them as they age.
This is a great song, but to really understand the Cars and why they were such a phenomenon, you've got to hear some of their earlier hits like, Just What I Needed, My Best Friend's Girlfriend, Candy-O, Moving In Stereo, etc.
My Best Friend's Girl🙏🏽
Yes, I remember this one, a great song!❤❤❤
I have a strange relationship with this song. My then 5 yr old daughter suffered with nightmares. For some inexplicable reason, playing this song on a loop all night made her sleep undisturbed. You won't be surprised that, after hearing this tune as background music every night for a year whenever I entered our daughter's room, I never listened to it again. 😅
We used an Enya CD for our kids..
@@garybradford8332 My age will become obvious when I say that Geneviéve was five before CDs arrived in Europe, and before Enya went solo. 👴 I love her music though, as I do the records she made as a part of Clannad.
This from 84 but The Cars were very 80s in the late 70s ..Their first album came out in 78 and Candy O in 79 and that one really was quite a big jump in the futuristic sound that made the 80s what it was..They were not totally the only one band that was making the trend but they were a huge influence of what as coming.. Check out - Moving in Stereo and Its all mixed Up --- preferably both together
Definitely one of my favorite songs. Was on my playlist. Still brings on tears. 🥹🥹🥹 Great reaction ❤️❤️❤️, more CARS please!!! 👏👏👏
My one and only Cars album is like a best of...so good.
“Moving In Stereo” is a must!!!
Phoebe Cates 😏
THE CARS - " HEARTBEAT CITY " 🎸 and " HELLO AGAIN " are two more amazingly Rocking 80s songs
As someone with an alcoholic spouse, it's about needing to confront them about how their addiction affects everyone around them. Like many have said, love the song, but it makes me cry every time.
Panorama & Touch And Go from the Panorama album are awesome songs
Truly impressive catalog of music, and definitely one of the bands that ushered in the 80's.
Released my senior year of high school. The cars were an excellent band to cruise to.
Being from the Boston area (Cars from Boston) I have such nice memories growing up in the late 70’s and through the 80’s listening to them…
I am primarily a metal fan but the Cars will always be my favorite band.
A beautiful song with a difficult subject. Taking care of and protecting a person going through deep depression is no easy task. The writer, Ocasek, asks the important question to that person that needs his strength. Who's gonna drive you home tonight?
When Benjamin Orr left The Cars he had an awesome solo hit ballad on his '86 The Lace LP/CD. You will love his song "Stay The Night" which is just
as good as "Drive." Another singer you may like is Phil Seymour. His biggest hit was "Precious To Me" along with a really good unknown song on his
LP/CD titled "I Really Love You."
The entire Candy-O album is really a great listen. This song is haunting because of dealing with mental illness. Stirs up many feelings....
The best band ever!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The Cars were one of the major New Wave bands to grace the 70s and 80s. The use of synthesizer was more prevalent in this ballad, as opposed to many of their other songs. They had many hits, but in my humble opinion, their first album is their best! Just What I needed was their first hit, and more indicative of their sound. I think that should be your next reaction to them!
If you haven’t already done it, The Cars 1978 debut album is still their best IMO. The entire Side 2 of the album runs pretty much nonstop and should be listened to all the way through. It is epic! The link is below.
ruclips.net/video/h3FOhCYwFGY/видео.htmlsi=LgVosgvM4rDyzNmO
Can't think of this song without remembering the Live Aid Concert in 1985.
They used this song as a backdrop to a video of the famine that was the cause of Live Aid in 1984. It's very heartbreaking to watch. But if people wanted to understand Live Aid & We are the World, it was these scenes that inspired Bob Geldoff and the Rock community to come together.
the video of the famine gave the song much more feeling & the two combined made it far more impactful!! one of the standout songs from 'live aid'! must be played very loud!!..................................................see? i told you!!!
@@normankennith7919 It was David Bowie who suggested they use it.
i assume he had read the lyrics, which complimented the tune perfectly, before recommending the band & song to midge & bob?!@@Thundermuscle
Iconic 80's tune. ❤
The Cars an important group. New wave. Two lead singers (Orr and Ocasek).
As for the somewhat sharp break between 70s and 80s sounds, I always interpreted it as more commercial influence in production, wanting to make everything sound the same, which to higher ups is the sound of money. As in, "Can you make this song sound like that other successful song?"
That also happened in the 70s . If you listen to one T-Rex song you‘ve heard them all, same with Status Quo, Bay City Rollers, Sailor and all that 70s 3min disco stuff. Or think about all the surfing songs in the 60s. 😉
@@leroyrs Of course there was commercialization in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. The 50s were particularly commercial. Popular music is a BUSINESS, and labels were always powerful. That doesn't change what I said. If you thought to "correct" me, no, you're just wrong. Go talk to people in the music industry and get their opinion.
@@SG-js2qn I don't get your point, but it seems that you take it personal. When charts were always commercial, why are the 80s so different ? Stock, Aitken, Waterman were the curse of the 80s - everything sounded same, but there were so many different artists and styles - way more than in former decades.
In both cases it's an over generalization. There were many contributing factors for it, but more prevalent depending on the genre. New Wave sound was definitely hugely impacted by the advent of the synthesizer. That started in 70s but became more common place and commercialized as the synthesizers became smaller and more portable. Everyone seems to remember the 70s for disco, but that was just one genre happened to get very popular and fade out just as quickly. Surf had its signatures sounds and reverb, but again just one genre or even sub-genre, plenty of non-surf music. One genre or sub-genre regardless of how popular does not define a whole decade of music.
I will say that anything that generates profit will certainly foster mimicry and imitation often pushed by the record labels just like happens every else, Hollywood, etc.
Truly a great song. So many memories. Thank you for playing it!
The Cars were my cruising tunes.
Excellent song to start your Cars journey. One of the great deep cuts of a great band. You'll be swamped with Just What I Needed and You Might Think, but this lesser-known style that permeates their albums, you should also be aware of. The Cars were huge and have so many great songs. A distinct sound, there was never a question of what group you were listening to.
Deep Cut? ...it was their most popular song?
Went to number 3 on the billboard charts
Was a top 10 hit in a dozen countries
None of their songs charted higher
@@flerbus I was surprised by that fact myself while reading the comments. I bought all their albums when released. I simply remember that this song didn't get the most airplay of Cars songs as many of the more poppy songs were. I'm glad they did this one first.
"Just what I needed" "Lets go" "Let the good times roll" "Shake it up" you will love all of these 100%
This song came out while I was in high school. I had a huge crush on a girl but she was seeing the same guy all four years. He lived in my neighborhood and didn't treat her very well. I always let her know, without saying anything about their relationship, that if she ever needed a ride home, I would be there for her. She never called, but I always took this song to heart hoping she would need me to drive her home.
"Just What I Needed" is my favorite by this group.
My favorite song of theirs; it was huge when it came out- on the radio for a very long time. A classic Pop/Rock ballad.
The Cars were one of the first bands to introduce the 80’s new wave synth sound. Their first two albums will give you a better idea of how they first started to create that sound. You should definitely listen to “Just What I Needed “, “You’re All I’ve Got Tonight “ and “Candy-O”.
"Lets Go", "Candy-O", "Magic" will give you a variety of their flavor. Definitely a new sound that came onto the scene in the late 70s into the 80s when they really hit it big. It didn't hurt that Paulina Porizkova, then supermodel was in the videos when MTV was the medium for music taking over.
My favorite Cars songs were sung by Ben Orr. This one and "Let's Go " are my favorite Cars songs. RIP Ben and Rick.
I used to listn to radio late at night on my radio headphones in the late 80s and this song was one of those that I listened too and it's still amazing.
Let the Good Times Roll
A classic
This beautiful, haunting song is all about the intensely sad inevitability of heartbreak, when dealing with/caring for someone with mental illness/addiction issues. It is The Cars' most unusual song!
The Cars were an absolute HIT MACHINE. They were a band where you really had to DIG to find a bad, or even mediocre, song!
And OMG, that fantastic debut album with that ICONIC cover!!!!💣😎
Definitely you should dive way more deeply into The Cars! You will get lots of views and likes, and you will have a great time!🎧🎶👍
HUGE hit on Mtv. It was played non stop. I have seen this video so many times as a kid.
If you can I suggest Candy O, Best Friends Girlfriend, Dangerous Type, Moving In Stereo, Good Times Roll, Touch And Go, You're All I've Got Tonight, Bye Bye Love, Shake It Up.
As much as the Cars tried to stay true, by 1984 they like so many other bands and artists became commercialized in the MTV era.
The Cars best work, to me, was their first three albums in '78, '79 and '80. They weren't "That 80's sound" they were part of the new wave rock of the late 70's that included The Police, Gary Neuman, The Clash and others.
Good Times Roll and Just What I Needed hit harder
Did not appreciate how good the arrangement on this track was until I listened to it on headphones for the first time. That outro...
Benjamin Orr was vastly underrated.
Their sound was so original when they fist came out. Rock eith great synth. Benjamin Orr and Ric Ocasek shared lead vocals. Both have passed on but their legacies live forever.. As much as i love their early stuff this is my favorite Cars tune ❤ thanks guys
They were one of the gateway to the 80's bands for sure. In the late 70's we'd never heard anything like them. They were huge!
I saw them near austin Tx. in 1984 this album
in 1985 , in th eUK, this song was overlayed on a famine video shot for the news originally, and use to promote the "Feed the World" charity concert event. It was so powerful, with the staving people,, you would have to made of stone not to get emotional. Will never forget the connection to that event when I hear this song.
FOREIGNER - " COLD AS ICE " and " HEAD GAMES " 1970s Rock 🎸 Classics , plus many many more Amazing songs by this classic Super Group. From 1970s and 1980s
I can't tell you how many cassettes I went through of the Cars. Great memories of them along with AC/DC, Rush, Billy Squire, The Clash, U2 and many more.
Oh yall have alot of catching up to do on the cars! What an iconic group 😎😎😎
Oh yes, the cars. One of my favorite bands from the 70s. Very underrated this happens to be my favorite song of theirs.
After listening to the cars since they’re beginning my all-time favorite is the song take it on the run
I was stupid the song is actually called just a dream away
Brings back memories of being 14 and of 1984. 8th grade for me, Heart Beat City is still one of my favorite albums/song!!!
It's a masterpiece.
You need react to The Cars - You Might Think, is AMAZING Tha song 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
The Cars are amazing. American "new wave". So many great songs
Love "The Cars"
Thanks for the reaction ❤❤❤❤❤
Great band . Saw them live on their first tour .
My favorite song by The Cars. Ocasik sang more of their songs but Benjamin Orr sang some of their biggest hits, including Drive.
At Live Aid the song was played on BBC to accompany film of starving people in Ethiopia. It moved people so much that money was sent in incredible amount
I love The Cars, love this song. And y’all this song will forever be very special to my husband and I. For years he would see me at church (a large mega church) and had a crush on me but we really didn’t know each other too well. For 2 of those years I was away at college. Then in June of 1984 a group of us from youth group went to see The Karate kid at the theater. He was in the row behind me and flirting by throwing pieces of popcorn at me. That night as he drove home he heard this song on the radio and thought of me the whole time. 3 mos. later we started dating. 2 years later we got married. We have been married almost 38 years now ❤️❤️
I SAW THEM IN SAN DIEGO WITH A FRIEND OF MINE THEY ROCKED I DIDNT SIT DOWN ONCE!!!