THE CARS ― JUST WHAT I NEEDED (1978)

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  • Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
  • JUST WHAT I NEEDED:
    i don't mind you coming here
    wasting all my time
    'cause when you're standing oh so near
    i kinda lose my mind
    it's not the perfume that you wear
    it's not the ribbons in your hair
    i don't mind you coming here
    and wasting all my time
    i don't mind you hanging out
    and talking in your sleep
    it doesn't matter where you've been
    as long as it was deep
    you always knew to wear it well
    you look so fancy i can tell
    i don't mind you hanging out
    and talking in your sleep
    i guess you're just what i needed
    i needed someone to feed
    i guess you're just what i needed
    i needed someone to bleed
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Комментарии • 8 тыс.

  • @GrandMerc89
    @GrandMerc89 4 года назад +2142

    My mom still tells the story about how my uncle (her older brother) sat up in the middle of his sleep and said "I don't mind you coming here and wasting all my time" then falling dead asleep after he had been out all night at a concert.

    • @ManicMercurianAstrology
      @ManicMercurianAstrology 3 года назад +65

      Favorite comment on this video lol, love it

    • @kinkanalchemist
      @kinkanalchemist 3 года назад +106

      I don’t mind you comin’ here
      And talking in your sleep......
      Guess he took those lyrics to heart!

    • @donnapage8894
      @donnapage8894 3 года назад +37

      My son was out all night
      I went to his room he was out.
      I said
      You are a real nowhere man ..
      laying in your nowhere land..blah blah
      He opened his eyes and turned his gaze to me
      and croaked , “isn’t he a bit like you and me?”

    • @jessedupuy4124
      @jessedupuy4124 3 года назад +12

      It was a Freudian slip

    • @vinceraver7764
      @vinceraver7764 3 года назад +15

      I saw them in Denver. Benjamin Orr was incredible. I'm going to sing this on an album I'm getting ready to record. Love it. Used to play it in my live show. Grew up on it.

  • @EricBlackmonGuitar
    @EricBlackmonGuitar Год назад +94

    Hearing Ben Orr's voice on this track was just what I needed. Ben, you are missed.

  • @GippyHappy
    @GippyHappy 4 года назад +3494

    This song is just what I needed.

  • @jamespearson3889
    @jamespearson3889 10 месяцев назад +60

    I'm 43 and when I was a kid in the 90's I used to ride in the truck with my dad and he would bump this album I'm still bumping this in 2024 much luv and respect 🙏

    • @markb8468
      @markb8468 8 месяцев назад +1

      Word! Me too. Listening to Def Leopord tapes too. 😂😂

    • @jodyvanhomoet9558
      @jodyvanhomoet9558 7 месяцев назад +1

      This really is a wonderfull piece of music, still love it since i heard it for the first time in 1978..this was their best album, should have been much more famous in europe..such a shame it wasnt..Just what i needed, All mixed up, great songs..

  • @elizabethwright2402
    @elizabethwright2402 10 месяцев назад +11

    The "time...time" bit is such a flex from a great band and I live for it. I like to imagine that's something they came up with for a band competition in high school.

  • @adityasangore5323
    @adityasangore5323 4 года назад +1065

    Way ahead of its time, I wouldn't believe that this song is from 1978..

    • @ESCMaia
      @ESCMaia 4 года назад +14

      I know, it sounds like it could be a Sea Girls song

    • @adityasangore5323
      @adityasangore5323 4 года назад +4

      @@ESCMaia yes

    • @marcusfarren7047
      @marcusfarren7047 4 года назад +62

      It's just really good classic rock. It's timeless

    • @adityasangore5323
      @adityasangore5323 4 года назад +32

      @@marcusfarren7047 Yes it's the start of new wave too

    • @mickybeason3963
      @mickybeason3963 4 года назад +52

      This song is like a template for modern “Easycore” bands. It has Palm muted verses, synth, and gang vocals. Also catchy af. SOOO AHEAD OF ITS TIME. It honestly sounds like a song from late 00s

  • @turtlq
    @turtlq 3 года назад +303

    I remember my dad listening to this song in the garage all the time I just wish I could go back.I miss you dad🕊

    • @moussetache1815
      @moussetache1815 Год назад +9

      One of the things that keep me going is exactly what you wrote; I hope my little boy will think exactly the same thign, when he's a grown man and I'm not here anymore, so he'll have music to remember me by.

    • @erich5363
      @erich5363 Год назад +5

      Same im 47

    • @nb3344
      @nb3344 Год назад +4

      you make me cry. God bless your dad's soul.

    • @echohunter4199
      @echohunter4199 Год назад +3

      He knows.

    • @brandonfoisy8736
      @brandonfoisy8736 10 месяцев назад +5

      Same, except it’s my mother…luckily my father is still alive and turns 74 years old in a few days! I MISS & LOVE YOU TO THE MOON & BACK MA! ROCK THE HEAVENS! 🙏🙌🏼😘

  • @blachubear
    @blachubear Год назад +231

    One of the greatest rock songs ever written.

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 Год назад +1

      Hi I recommend a song called 'The Bond Villain' By Robert Nix

    • @vpreggie
      @vpreggie Год назад +1

      Totally ‘80s (OK, late ‘70’s!), completely entrancing and never gets old. A true classic.

    • @TheManamba
      @TheManamba 11 месяцев назад +2

      I've been hooked to it since it came out. Not a month goes by without me listening to it

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 5 месяцев назад +1

      It stands the test of time. 😊

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton 5 месяцев назад

      It is

  • @tucko11
    @tucko11 11 месяцев назад +5

    These Cars are awesome !

  • @gfriedman99
    @gfriedman99 4 года назад +875

    The intro to this song is so badass especially when the drums come in.

    • @ericsnyder6837
      @ericsnyder6837 4 года назад +17

      i was just thinking that, that first drum kind of roll.....so awesome

    • @mloftin6472
      @mloftin6472 4 года назад +7

      And then the bass makes my pee pee tingle.

    • @Swazified
      @Swazified 3 года назад +1

      Crazy Benjamin Orr wrote their best song ☠️

    • @barackobama5304
      @barackobama5304 3 года назад +9

      @@ericsnyder6837 The crazy thing is David Robinson leaves out that drum roll every time he plays this after this studio version. It blows my mind cause that's what hooked me on the Cars when it was released.

    • @barackobama5304
      @barackobama5304 3 года назад +6

      @@Swazified Did he? I thought Ric wrote this and asked Ben to sing it.

  • @letmegoletmego
    @letmegoletmego 4 года назад +324

    Incredibly tasteful guitar playing.

  • @Tibbz1313
    @Tibbz1313 3 года назад +546

    When a song that you have heard thousands of times can still give you the chills and make you sing along at the top of your lungs you know it's both epic and timeless!! It's just what I needed!!

    • @valeriequagliara5778
      @valeriequagliara5778 2 года назад +8

      This reminds of my first boyfriend

    • @monicachildoftmh9053
      @monicachildoftmh9053 2 года назад +2

      Yes

    • @terridestefano7185
      @terridestefano7185 Год назад +2

      Exactly. This is one of those songs.

    • @Gankthewabit1
      @Gankthewabit1 Год назад +1

      or, and just please hear this ...
      hear meh, you have had too much to drink lol. Me too :)

    • @aaronanytime8897
      @aaronanytime8897 Год назад +2

      This song is rooted in a very specific point in time. It is not timeless. It is the opposite of timeless.

  • @jeffvikings6240
    @jeffvikings6240 Год назад +187

    This band was so popular when I was in high-school, on Friday nights after the football game we would cruise main street with friends and among other very popular music at that time you heard a lot of The Cars coming out of people's cars...What a time to be a teenager, Nothing but love ❤️

    • @jaydemo5792
      @jaydemo5792 Год назад +12

      Your so right ! The late 70's & the 80's truly were a great time to be a teenager , with no major responsibilities , just partying with so many great friends that I still have today....

    • @dagnabbit6187
      @dagnabbit6187 Год назад +2

      I feel you but this was a private room album by yourself or with the girl you loved for me . The car blasting cruiser was the follow up , the Candy O album .

    • @nb3344
      @nb3344 Год назад

      ya' mean you don't like RAP!!! Ha ha ha ha ha trash "mucic"!!!!!!-

    • @convertpathwalker
      @convertpathwalker Год назад +2

      My dad grew was in high school in socal in the 80s, he told me a saying him and his friends had: “There’s music, and then there’s The Cars.”

    • @echohunter4199
      @echohunter4199 Год назад

      You said it! I graduated HS in 1983 which was a perfect age to experience the best of both eras. Right around 1990 it seemed like someone turned off the light switch on the music we loved, just bad timing I suppose, bands can’t stay together forever but, it was AMAZING!! Now my daughters are loving the same music I grew up with, I wish they could’ve experienced a Friday night down cruising main on a summers evening.

  • @davidcook8323
    @davidcook8323 Год назад +145

    The left-handed lead guitarist, Eliot Easton, has really flown under the radar forever. He is one of the best guitarists there's ever been. Such a clever guitarists. With headphone, you can hear layers of his geniuses in every note. His leads sound simple until you learn to play them. Great stuff.

    • @sunburstshredder
      @sunburstshredder Год назад +9

      Agreed! I learned it for my cover band, that last phrase of the solo is tough

    • @DJREBELINA13
      @DJREBELINA13 Год назад +5

      True genius

    • @anakina1
      @anakina1 Год назад +6

      All great musicians, but yes, he is not given the credit he deserves.

    • @RCAvhstape
      @RCAvhstape Год назад +1

      He certainly has a unique style. Wonder what he's up to nowadays since The Cars are no more.

    • @paulburgess8909
      @paulburgess8909 Год назад +3

      Agreed! I have said this kind of thing to people for years. Easton is distinctive and awesome.

  • @cassandraachorne-klein3415
    @cassandraachorne-klein3415 3 года назад +379

    I've been unwell for over 2 years with an illness that apparently has been unable to diagnose. My entire life is upside down and very limited. Thank God for The Cars ... as ridiculous as it may sound. They have kept me from slipping into insane and kept me positive. Have been a fan from the instant I heard them on the radio !!! And never have stopped playing their music. I wish Ben was still with us so I could thank him for keeping me going ♥️

    • @j.d.leslie8458
      @j.d.leslie8458 2 года назад +21

      I hope that you are doing better.

    • @giantclam1822
      @giantclam1822 2 года назад +6

      Yeah

    • @roymeadows1708
      @roymeadows1708 2 года назад +12

      Get well soon Cassandra.x

    • @cassandraachorne-klein3415
      @cassandraachorne-klein3415 2 года назад +12

      Thank you everyone. So kind 👍🎶🎶🎶

    • @judithdavies6200
      @judithdavies6200 2 года назад +16

      I hope you get a diagnosis...don't give up! With me, it took almost dying, and a cortisol test to find that it was Addison's Disease (adrenals). I'm OK now. Get a second, third opinion if you can. Good luck!

  • @DMGregAdventure
    @DMGregAdventure 11 месяцев назад +2

    Just a great pop song. Love it.

  • @thegroove14
    @thegroove14 5 лет назад +853

    RIP Ric Ocasek
    Your music is just what I needed

  • @mariogarcia5917
    @mariogarcia5917 5 лет назад +887

    Nostalgic! Back in 79 when a girl named Tess hated this song. 50 years later she's still my wifey ahaha

  • @javierescribanofernandez8759
    @javierescribanofernandez8759 3 месяца назад +8

    I'm spaniard, 58 y.o. and when I was a student pilot I used to play this song in my "walkman" after a nice & smooth landing. I don't know why.
    After more than 30 years flying all around the world I still do it sometime . . . and even now I don't know why.

  • @rogerlawrencewhite1475
    @rogerlawrencewhite1475 3 года назад +184

    Funny how the Cars are considered a quintessential 80’s band , yet so much of their best songs were written in the 70’s !!!

    • @jasonnstegall
      @jasonnstegall 2 года назад +30

      Same could be said of both Dire Straits and The Police.

    • @MrSCAVENGER1000
      @MrSCAVENGER1000 2 года назад +3

      U got that right Jason and roger

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton 2 года назад +6

      Yep, they were 1978 and 1979. Candy-o I need you so.

    • @mortsnerd5100
      @mortsnerd5100 2 года назад +4

      @@jasonnstegall Blondie, too.

    • @mortsnerd5100
      @mortsnerd5100 2 года назад +11

      The 80s really started in the late 70s, if you consider some of the New Wave bands from then. "Cars" by Gary Numan can be considered the first New Wave song, and that came out I think in 78 or 79.

  • @tylergann5
    @tylergann5 5 лет назад +1638

    Rest in Peace, Ric Ocasek!! At least you get to see Benjamin again!!!

    • @blairmcpherson769
      @blairmcpherson769 5 лет назад +21

      Just heard too flew to this song

    • @Titan12
      @Titan12 5 лет назад +18

      Yup. Sucks. Very sad news :(.

    • @MrBiggysmalls87
      @MrBiggysmalls87 5 лет назад +37

      Yesterday was listening to Eddie Money remembering him, and then 4 hours ago I heard The Cars in the car, and said I should listen to some cars, not knowing, then I heard. Fuckin trippy man. Fuck.

    • @SRLula79
      @SRLula79 5 лет назад +8

      Sad news from 2019 worst year for lives

    • @jonrogers1497
      @jonrogers1497 5 лет назад +2

      Cheers. mate. That's why I showed up

  • @LeylandCatmanEWC
    @LeylandCatmanEWC Год назад +14

    I may not have been born in the 70s or the 80s or even the 90s but I still listen to these songs even though I am from the 2000s. They make music differently these days and what they did before, and yet I am still listening to these songs because of how good they are.

  • @KawaiiNai
    @KawaiiNai 5 лет назад +335

    Bummed about the passing of Ric O. This is still my favorite Cars song. ❤💔

  • @brandontuttle5571
    @brandontuttle5571 Год назад +43

    One of my top 5 favorite songs to sing at karaoke. The crowd last night was really getting into when I sang it. RIP Benjamin Orr.

  • @TheRobinisnightwing
    @TheRobinisnightwing 4 года назад +100

    Absolutely way ahead of its time and its a timeless classic

    • @jmcuzzupe84
      @jmcuzzupe84 2 года назад +5

      I agree … this is 80s music that came out in 1978

    • @nb3344
      @nb3344 Год назад

      considering most crap we have in '23, this Cars was the ONLY music!

  • @michelel.egerton6369
    @michelel.egerton6369 5 лет назад +338

    RIP Ric Ocasek...been a fan of yours since I was 11 in 1978

    • @samfosdick9874
      @samfosdick9874 5 лет назад +11

      I was 13! Not just the good old days...the best days ever!

    • @debrawillard3034
      @debrawillard3034 5 лет назад +5

      i was 14 and been a fan ever since !!

    • @ekop1778
      @ekop1778 5 лет назад +2

      I WAS 7 --
      MUSIC THESE DAYS SUCK KRAP
      RAP SYNC REMAKES AND OTHER KRAP THAT DONT MAKE SENSE

    • @digi541
      @digi541 5 лет назад +2

      Michele L. Egerton I was 16

    • @miavinson2726
      @miavinson2726 5 лет назад

      my mom was 2 and i wasnt even born lmao and i love this song

  • @iron_rain_band
    @iron_rain_band 7 лет назад +459

    Another 70s-80s band that sounded like NO one else. Every member a true talent, and if you were lucky enough to be around when that debut album dropped, you remember how amazing it all was. Every. Track. Wonderful music.

    • @Lado93
      @Lado93 6 лет назад +10

      they sound soo modern in those time it must be pretty revolutinery

    • @ookthebomber
      @ookthebomber 6 лет назад +1

      probably high as f and speading STIs too

    • @doozerace
      @doozerace 6 лет назад +2

      One of the tightest drummers ever to sit their ass down behind a kit

    • @leslielearnorth
      @leslielearnorth 6 лет назад

      Yeah I get it. I was totally there, just graduating from high school, MTV debute era.

    • @classygary
      @classygary 6 лет назад +5

      BT Design I was majoring in “cafeteria” @ Massasoit Community Collage in 1977-78 and one night Busch Beer staged a promotional concert there 50cents to see three bands about a buck a beer ... by the time the third band came up I was basically shit faced and all danced out ... then something virtually out of the blue happened ... The Cars came on ... no stage ... right on the floor directly in front of me were the strangest bunch of blokes I had ever seen with the weirdest set up to boot ... I had not a clue who they were but as a result of WBCN Charles Laqadera having been playing all the demos from this album relentlessly for probably a solid year before it was released which was unheard of then and still is now ... I knew every freakin song ... which required me to sober up right quick as I knew straight away I was witnessing musical history from the very first note played and seeing this skinny as a rail tall dude in a black leather and black shades and pointy boots shimmy and slide to a type of music previously unheard of . Mind blown ... they played every track from the album which was to debut with a few weeks after that . Few things musically ever topped that a case in point was seeing Floyd perform Dark Side in quad sound cover to cover a few years before . Not to be repeated ever .

  • @williamdon3442
    @williamdon3442 5 месяцев назад +2

    I love the echoed “just what I needed “. Just a great great song 🎶.

  • @josephwoodard1556
    @josephwoodard1556 5 лет назад +382

    R.I.P Ric Ocasek...A rock legend of my era

    • @marisolmanzano2041
      @marisolmanzano2041 5 лет назад +7

      Just found out … one of the first albums I bought....

    • @bryanc.8441
      @bryanc.8441 5 лет назад +1

      @Crazy Train Dude he played in the band . Doesn't matter . Let us mourn on peace .

    • @kansascityshuffle8526
      @kansascityshuffle8526 5 лет назад +2

      Crazy Train dunno if this statement is inconsiderate, stupid or both.

    • @indigopursue1542
      @indigopursue1542 5 лет назад +1

      #300 and yeahhhhh😭

  • @jaimebanks8377
    @jaimebanks8377 3 года назад +104

    I fell in love with that smooth Moog sound when I was just a kid. I was obsessed with New Wave as a teenager. I used to listen to this song and other Cars hits on my portable cd player, every day, when I was 14-16. Now I'm 38 and coming back for more. So many great memories. This song still makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

    • @MrPQ2112
      @MrPQ2112 3 года назад +2

      Are you me?

    • @DagDebrini
      @DagDebrini 2 года назад +2

      Love this song, it always reminds of the days when I encountered the pretty girls in my neighborhood as a boy. Sigh! I wish I was a kid again.

    • @MinaNewWave
      @MinaNewWave 2 года назад +1

      I’m 36 and have a similar experience, except with both new wave and classic rock. Currently there’s at least synthwave, retro wave and vaporwave to satiate the craving. But nothing beats the real deal. And there’s really only a couple of current bands that even attempt the classic rock sound.

    • @315Uzin
      @315Uzin 2 года назад

      I live that noise to I need more of it😭😭

    • @avanishpatel3076
      @avanishpatel3076 2 года назад +2

      The synth used in this song was actually a Minikorg, not a Moog!

  • @beltrams
    @beltrams 6 лет назад +80

    These guys played at my high school a month before this album was released. Our student body at the private school I went to had met a fundraising goal for an annual raffle and the administration said they'd get us a concert since we met our goal. One of the English teachers was hooked into the Boston club and entertainment scene and he booked us J. Geils. The Cars were the warm up band. The production company crammed a rock concert stage into our gym. I can't recall what the tickets cost, but they were pretty steep. Just the same, we couldn't believe it: Xaverian Brother's High School, March, 1978. 'So long ago now.

  • @m1nn1s
    @m1nn1s Год назад +1

    Elliot Easton,has tonight ..(13th)just filled in for Waddy Wachtel with The Immediate Family 👪 gig,at
    'THE MINT'....
    They played.....
    'JUST WHAT I NEEDED '
    perfectly !🤓💖☮️
    Elliot took the lead guitar 🎸 and synth leads (on Lead 🎸) too!💖☮️🎸🎶

  • @hyperdrive282
    @hyperdrive282 3 года назад +292

    The synth in this song is amazing! Synth as a whole is incredibly underrated!

    • @zamanfu2935
      @zamanfu2935 3 года назад +20

      We are living the great synthwave revival right now.

    • @Nastard2
      @Nastard2 3 года назад

      Yes, Myles.

    • @ouchthathurts6350
      @ouchthathurts6350 3 года назад

      Tell Rick Wakeman.

    • @TheKiller1922
      @TheKiller1922 3 года назад +1

      MiniKorg-700, strange and simple one, great sound nevertheless.

    • @kurtpotter2258
      @kurtpotter2258 3 года назад +3

      I work at Moog music inc. and was wondering if they were playing a Moog ? Love seeing our instruments bring happiness to the world !

  • @antoniolopesk3713
    @antoniolopesk3713 4 года назад +653

    Best The Cars song

    • @brianwilling432
      @brianwilling432 4 года назад +16

      Yeah, covid, BLM, Antifa, democratic socialist / comunist party anti constitution, anti American, anti police, nuf said - not taking away my life or freedoms or that of my grandchildren, period.

    • @daveferrato3400
      @daveferrato3400 4 года назад +3

      My brother will agree with you but I prefer My Best Friend's Girlfriend.

    • @max3784
      @max3784 4 года назад +1

      Congrats on getting pinned

    • @johnsmythe1841
      @johnsmythe1841 4 года назад +40

      @@brianwilling432 Why is it conservatives always have to show the world they're 'conservatives'? Can't you just enjoy a song and leave politics out of it for once?

    • @brianwilling432
      @brianwilling432 4 года назад +7

      @@johnsmythe1841 well said sir,! I concur.

  • @stephenwright8824
    @stephenwright8824 6 лет назад +13

    I love how this song starts. Two tracks of guitar, a third track, then voice and percussion. Bloody brilliant in a pop song.

  • @mikehottart9332
    @mikehottart9332 2 года назад

    That's Maxanne Sartori in the photo. She's a Boston DJ who played The Cars demo tapes on the air!!! When I first looked at the photo I thought she was wearing a hat but at a closer look, it's her arm across her forehead. It would have been so much cooler if it were a hat... but that's just me. Great song!!! I love when it pops up on my oldies station when I'm driving. I turn up the volume!!!😀

  • @lilacruz4875
    @lilacruz4875 9 лет назад +27

    RIP Benjamin Orr! He was a great singer and amazing musician. aside from being really good looking , I'm glad to hear from people that knew him and met him attest to the fact that he was genuinely an awesome person as well. the tracks that he sang for the Cars ("Just What I needed", "Drive,""All Mixed Up","bye bye love","let's go", "Candy O", "Moving in Stereo" and others) are my favorites!

  • @TheDarkbluenight13
    @TheDarkbluenight13 3 года назад +25

    I remember a young drunk Marine playing this at full blast as a child and it's been burnt into my soul ... that man has since left this place a month ago and I sit here and think I had an awsome person to show me what real music is....

  • @pash2384
    @pash2384 6 лет назад +165

    My dad used to always play this song. I had the lyrics memorized at one point but I completely blocked out this memory and this band and heard this song today and was overwhelmed with nostalgia...

    • @xlatimer24x
      @xlatimer24x 5 лет назад +1

      Me too

    • @jiffjiffernson7292
      @jiffjiffernson7292 5 лет назад

      Cool. If you ever want to open a party up with music or get one going, drop it with some volume and see what happens. Also, if you like this you may like this too, ruclips.net/video/1WDly1Oc_P4/видео.html

    • @dancherr9090
      @dancherr9090 5 лет назад +1

      No one cares

    • @onfoenemgrave
      @onfoenemgrave 2 года назад +4

      I care

    • @yunarukami14
      @yunarukami14 2 года назад +2

      @@dancherr9090 I care.

  • @DipsPullupsPushupsBurpees
    @DipsPullupsPushupsBurpees 4 месяца назад +6

    This is the greatest song ever lot of good memories miss those days !

  • @Bushwick1967
    @Bushwick1967 5 лет назад +80

    I was in HS in the 80s and listening to The Cars is like stepping into a time machine! RIP Ric.

    • @spunchbop5081
      @spunchbop5081 4 года назад

      I love hearing stories from people who were alive back then... if only I could've been alive when my favorite artists were around

    • @nellyotcasek7263
      @nellyotcasek7263 4 года назад

    • @teddyritola2655
      @teddyritola2655 3 года назад

      I Was in high school in the 70s And it was the same

  • @mr.flipflop2630
    @mr.flipflop2630 3 года назад +17

    My Father always play this song and you know what? I'M LOVING IT!

  • @Liberal_US_Army_Vet
    @Liberal_US_Army_Vet 9 лет назад +12

    Saw them back in 79 for the Candy-O tour at El Paso Coliseum, I was stationed with the US Army some 50plus miles away at White Sands Missile Range, NM
    what a great live band....RIP Benjamin Orr

    • @bluefalconkiller3887
      @bluefalconkiller3887 9 лет назад +2

      +Enrique Benitez "doesnt matter where u been as long as it was deep"

    • @Liberal_US_Army_Vet
      @Liberal_US_Army_Vet 8 лет назад

      +Daniel Nordeen good post....live bands are a rare breed nowadays

    • @datelbunboi2233
      @datelbunboi2233 8 лет назад

      I didn't know they came to El Paso

    • @Liberal_US_Army_Vet
      @Liberal_US_Army_Vet 8 лет назад

      Look it up on google...it was 1979 I went to that concert at El Paso Coliseum at the time one hell of a rat hole to have rock concerts there.

    • @wandson5410
      @wandson5410 6 лет назад

      R.I.P

  • @frankmcdonough5746
    @frankmcdonough5746 2 года назад +5

    The first timeI heard this in ‘78 I thought The Beatles had some kind of unofficial reunion…Ocasek really sounded like McCartney to my 14 year old mind

  • @paulalowery7411
    @paulalowery7411 6 лет назад +226

    My husband LOVED the Cars! We both did......but this one is his. R.I.P. Pat!

  • @emmanueldunk8290
    @emmanueldunk8290 7 лет назад +11

    I love the synthesizer hook. Has one of the best hooks in music history.

  • @Coasterdude02149
    @Coasterdude02149 3 года назад +30

    11 Years old when this came out and it's still a kick ass song...SO many great memories. The Cars were awesome!

    • @erich5363
      @erich5363 Год назад

      I was 2 yrs old n remember IT!!

    • @beckymartin12
      @beckymartin12 Год назад

      i was 10 when this came out,,, i love and dig this ALBUM to this day,, i still jam this out in my car today

  • @Bexks
    @Bexks 11 месяцев назад +1

    Whoa! This takes me back. I feel soooooooo nostalgic right now listening to this. The Cars were underrated imo. Love this song and it’s aged beautifully!

  • @gnudarve
    @gnudarve 5 лет назад +53

    This song just sounds so good. It's awesome and will never die.

    • @zekeram129
      @zekeram129 5 лет назад +1

      Buck McGibbony And it'll float around in space. Although it wishes for death, it is unable to die...
      Eventually, the song stops thinking.

    • @ericmaw1529
      @ericmaw1529 2 года назад

      @@zekeram129 comment I was looking for 😂

  • @steelyman08
    @steelyman08 Год назад +11

    What a thumping track this is! I play their greatest hits album almost every day just because I enjoy mixing it all up (there's a pun in there somewhere). I remember when this album first came out in the UK. I think the biggest hit was "My Best Friend's Girl" (in the UK). I was chucked in a boarding school for years (until I was expelled), and this was always on the turntable. Joe Jackson's "I'm The Man" was the other I remember. Boarding school made music extremely important because it gave you an outlet. This album was perfect!

  • @stephenbailey6709
    @stephenbailey6709 2 года назад +8

    The Cars one the greatest bands ever. I don't mind hanging out listening to great songs. Just what I needed.

  • @BigCheech-wy9os
    @BigCheech-wy9os 8 месяцев назад +5

    I remember driving with my Dad Listening to the cars!! Miss you Pop

  • @QuantumRift
    @QuantumRift 5 лет назад +27

    RIP Ric! Loved The Cars. YOUR MUSIC was a BIG part of the background music of my life in the 70's and 80's...You will be missed!

  • @Neuroticmancer
    @Neuroticmancer 8 лет назад +131

    god this song just perfectly captures such a specific emotion

  • @nataliecote2645
    @nataliecote2645 5 лет назад +195

    My dad absolutely adored The Cars. I'm remembering him today (and always). RIP, Dad.

    • @bretcantwell4921
      @bretcantwell4921 5 лет назад +6

      I feel the same way about my dad and Johnny Cash.

    • @Tom78777
      @Tom78777 5 лет назад +6

      He had great taste for sure. Peace

    • @therapist6328
      @therapist6328 5 лет назад +3

      Sorry for you and your families' loss. My Dad died 18 years ago in July. Time heals all wounds and good memories nd the lessons he taught you won't fade away, especially if you keep them alive.

    • @The_Real_Indiana_Joe
      @The_Real_Indiana_Joe 5 лет назад

      @Elliot Rodger Watch NDEs, they will give you hope. One brain surgeon had one a while back, it lends much validity. Also, some cases of 'blind from birth' having them. They could see during them! It is true. We are eternal spiritual beings. Our minds are not our brains.

    • @The_Real_Indiana_Joe
      @The_Real_Indiana_Joe 5 лет назад

      @Elliot Rodger There is much evidence against such statements
      ruclips.net/video/BqHrpBPdtSI/видео.html

  • @ApothecaryGrant
    @ApothecaryGrant Год назад +2

    Damn it doesn’t feel like over forty years has passed .

    • @carolki1315
      @carolki1315 Год назад

      I totally agree…I guess we all were partying and having too much fun in the 80s. But I gotta agree. It feels like all that was just yesterday or last week.

  • @sweettexast2894
    @sweettexast2894 5 лет назад +48

    The BEST music...my teenage years in every song. Got to see them in concert. Rest In Peace Ric.

    • @PAULY-P
      @PAULY-P 5 лет назад +1

      Wish i got to see them. You have a great memory to take with you my friend.

  • @timemusic3600
    @timemusic3600 2 года назад +25

    This song is a masterpiece..
    It was a privilege for me to have lived in the 80's...

    • @anyesvedel5124
      @anyesvedel5124 2 года назад

      same here :)

    • @robertovalenciavalencia4427
      @robertovalenciavalencia4427 Год назад

      Me tooo 🤘🙏👽🚀🍻🍺🍺🍻💊💊💊😜👌🍻🍻🚀👽🚀😊

    • @catiehart2820
      @catiehart2820 Год назад +1

      this was a late 70's song. The cars set the precedent for 80's rock! every last band in 1980's that had a single hit should be kissing the Car's hairy bean bags! they showed everyone a way out of the 70's!

  • @cecm8897
    @cecm8897 7 лет назад +8

    FINALLY and officially inducted into the 2018 Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Well-deserved!

  • @gmandersonjr
    @gmandersonjr Год назад +1

    I saw these guys at Hampton Beach NH in 1978 before they got huge as a kid.

  • @CaucasainAsian
    @CaucasainAsian 5 лет назад +317

    This song was.....JUST WHAT I NEEDED

    • @ANTO-kn7rj
      @ANTO-kn7rj 5 лет назад +3

      well played sir

    • @johnm2631
      @johnm2631 5 лет назад

      John Moore, well played mate.

    • @HBOMB-ht5pm
      @HBOMB-ht5pm 5 лет назад

      Buh dum tsssssssss

    • @edgiestofcars
      @edgiestofcars 5 лет назад +1

      Atticus Moore I NEEDED SOMETHING TO HEAR

    • @johnm2631
      @johnm2631 5 лет назад

      @@edgiestofcars Cool

  • @throwabrick
    @throwabrick 4 года назад +76

    I lost my cat a month ago. I was whistling this song as I put up the poster farthest North from my house before turning back and finishing my route, sick with the flu and crying a fair bit. April 1st a lady who lived just a couple houses from that poster said she saw my cat. And she did. She gave me just what I needed.

    • @allenhinds3913
      @allenhinds3913 3 года назад +4

      Awesomeglad yoi got yer cat back their unbelievable animals once you let em in yer life

    • @throwabrick
      @throwabrick 3 года назад +11

      @@allenhinds3913 He just passed away last week, but having the last year together was a blessing.
      I will always think of my buddy Anubis when I hear this song.

  • @davidcook8323
    @davidcook8323 Год назад +10

    Rick Beato did a what makes this song great episode on this song. It's sounds simple, but really, it's loaded with layers of all the instruments. Hearing each instrument isolated playing parts that sound so different , and then how it all works together is amazing. The arrangement is a masterpiece. I was in high school when this song came out, I've heard it a million times. And never noticed in one section of the song that the snair drum switches from the third beat to the first beat. It's brilliant. I like the song more now at 57 yrs old than I ever did. I love reading all the comments. Everybody has positive things to say about it. Watch the breakdown Rick Beato did with it. Then you will truly understand how good a band the cars were. It blows my mind how complex this song really is. It's a perfect piece of music. For me personally, this song has always put me in a good mindset. It emits a wonderful vibe. And it's 45 yrs old!!!

  • @notmomoayase
    @notmomoayase Год назад +2

    that guitar picking at the beginning sounds like someones ready to get a gunfight scenes in any movies with hollywood actors in it

  • @lorigaines2659
    @lorigaines2659 5 лет назад +209

    This is the The Cars' best album. Cant believe the song is 40 yrs old now.
    Anyone here because they just genuinely love the song...

    • @debrawillard3034
      @debrawillard3034 5 лет назад +5

      41 years old!!

    • @kevinbeck6785
      @kevinbeck6785 5 лет назад +4

      still think they were under rated band still have picture disc album and singles

    • @Elsiegirl
      @Elsiegirl 5 лет назад +3

      Hell yeah! 51 years old and this is still my favorite album of all time!

    • @tomservo4president61
      @tomservo4president61 5 лет назад +3

      @@debrawillard3034 me too. Quality music died with 80s and early 90s

    • @paulmaudlin7651
      @paulmaudlin7651 5 лет назад +1

      I bought this LP in 78, when it first came out.
      I was a senior in high school..the whole album
      Completely ROCKED...now I'm 60 yrs old.
      Time sure does fly when you're having fun !!!
      RIP Ric Ocasek

  • @broadfan
    @broadfan 3 года назад +7

    This song ignites those past happy moments and memories. Nothing specific, just happy memories from a time long ago.

  • @DoubleM-hf6ih
    @DoubleM-hf6ih 4 года назад +8

    Those Circuit City commercials brought me here. Never fails every time I hear this song I think of that store.

    • @ItsRailfanAmelia
      @ItsRailfanAmelia 4 года назад +1

      I heard this on the radio the other day and I immediately brought up circuit city as a result 😅 (pretend this 🔴 has circuit city written in it 😅)

  • @janetperez7998
    @janetperez7998 2 года назад +5

    Sounds like the perfect song to play in a roller skating rink!!!

  • @jeddsmom3564
    @jeddsmom3564 5 лет назад +6

    I always loved that my now husband could imitate Ric's voice in so many great songs 👏🎶🎤

  • @imsleepingbeauty
    @imsleepingbeauty 5 лет назад +79

    Always loved your voice. Thanks for the good tunes. R.I.P. Ric! 😢

    • @aristotleasparaguspodcast1129
      @aristotleasparaguspodcast1129 5 лет назад +7

      Ric's passing is tragic but Ben Orr actually sang this song

    • @imsleepingbeauty
      @imsleepingbeauty 5 лет назад +1

      @@aristotleasparaguspodcast1129 I'm aware that it was the bassist that sang this song, but this is the first one that popped into my head when I found out about Ric's passing and I just happened to make a comment on it.

    • @GucciJaxsen
      @GucciJaxsen 5 лет назад +1

      Rusty hey dumb fuck the cars whole group didn’t do drugs all they did was drink

    • @cjmahusay1502
      @cjmahusay1502 5 лет назад

      @@GucciJaxsen fuck! They drank the drugs.

    • @krislvzep
      @krislvzep 5 лет назад

      imsleepingbeauty this is Ben...

  • @TheSquirrelgirl55
    @TheSquirrelgirl55 5 лет назад +26

    Hard to believe it has been two decades since we lost Benjamin Orr ( RIP Ben) but now, losing Ric Ocasek really hits home. I was in my early twenties in 1978 and these songs evoke such memories . RIP Ric..

    • @elizabethclover4
      @elizabethclover4 5 лет назад

      I was 21 when this came out. 😁 I bought every album on vinyl at first, and then cassette. I was mad about The Cars.... and still am.

  • @ericbraden7141
    @ericbraden7141 2 года назад +7

    The cars always gets me dancing and singing at work, such great music.

  • @doc3199
    @doc3199 5 лет назад +21

    Just reminded me we are all getting older, but damn loved growing up in this era. THank YOu Ric RIP

  • @henry6842
    @henry6842 5 лет назад +7

    Wow, can’t believe Ric is no longer here, but in memory in their music. One of my all time favorite bands growing up!

  • @RobertNixAlternativeArtist
    @RobertNixAlternativeArtist 5 лет назад +102

    Paying my respects to Ric Ocasek The Cars composer-you'll live on through your music like all the other icons that passed before you.

  • @chandankarkera9193
    @chandankarkera9193 Год назад +3

    When I was working in Spirit Aerosystems, Wichita , KS,
    I listened to the chorus of this song as my colleague's phone ringtone.
    I always wondered, where these amazing words came from.
    After 7 years I somehow stumbled on this song, and it was an eureka moment.
    Like reuniting with a long - lost brother.
    Such a great vibe with this song and band, always, forever
    😃

  • @wengcornel6220
    @wengcornel6220 4 года назад +11

    I always like how he sing the part "Its not the perfume that you wear" 🤗🤗

  • @BridgetStuart
    @BridgetStuart 5 лет назад +28

    Sometimes (more often than not), this song brings a tear to my eye. Love love love the Cars

    • @sammysweetheart8600
      @sammysweetheart8600 5 лет назад +2

      Same here. Watch his live performance on here hes absolutely beautiful to look at such raw talent

    • @matthewfranklin9796
      @matthewfranklin9796 5 лет назад +1

      Bridget Stuart well said Bridget 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌹🙏

    • @BridgetStuart
      @BridgetStuart 9 месяцев назад

      @@matthewfranklin9796

    • @BridgetStuart
      @BridgetStuart 9 месяцев назад

      @@sammysweetheart8600 he was so gorgeous and such a talent

  • @Guzmanlz
    @Guzmanlz 5 лет назад +10

    My first rock album-- sounds great every time even after all these years . The Cars remain unique and special to me.

  • @carl.2873
    @carl.2873 2 года назад +1

    She's awesome.... 🤯

  • @emilyfenn2315
    @emilyfenn2315 11 лет назад +118

    How does a guy get a video with over a million and a half views and not a single subscriber? Hah, I'll subscribe pal.

    • @newellish1
      @newellish1 10 лет назад +3

      Enough said!

    • @danica-m
      @danica-m  10 лет назад +21

      thanks :)

    • @digztytwo
      @digztytwo 9 лет назад +1

      +Emily Fenn ay pal

    • @THECARS7879
      @THECARS7879 9 лет назад +1

      +Emily Fenn because its the CARS, the song that made the CARS popular, they started with this one and went from there. the next album sent the CARS popularity into the atmosphere

    • @Loki44220
      @Loki44220 9 лет назад +6

      +Emily Fenn she has alot just hidden

  • @royalscam5877
    @royalscam5877 6 лет назад +59

    This is the The Cars' best album. Cant believe the song is 40 yrs old now.

    • @sammys70
      @sammys70 5 лет назад +5

      One of the best debut albums ever made.

    • @teddyritola2655
      @teddyritola2655 3 года назад

      @@sammys70 YEP AND ITS 70s

  • @kristenbeach6284
    @kristenbeach6284 2 года назад +59

    This will always be one of my favorite songs. Im only 20 years old! Rock on everyone 🤟🏻❤️

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 2 года назад +1

      Hi I recommend checking out an indie song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

    • @mortsnerd5100
      @mortsnerd5100 2 года назад

      You should check out Blondie, too. The Cars and Blondie were the two best New Wave bands, IMO.

    • @The_InfantMalePollockFrancis
      @The_InfantMalePollockFrancis 2 года назад

      No one cares how old you are.

    • @kristenbeach6284
      @kristenbeach6284 2 года назад

      @@The_InfantMalePollockFrancis You can’t speak for anyone bud.

    • @LewDanLascivious8276
      @LewDanLascivious8276 Год назад

      I don't mind your fun bags hanging out and drooling in your sleep. 😂

  • @noahbawdy3395
    @noahbawdy3395 Год назад +1

    The local radio station was just playing this. I bought this album when it 1st came out.

  • @JesusLives
    @JesusLives 5 лет назад +63

    RIP. I LOVE THIS ALBUM, CHANGED MY LIFE. GOING TO MISS YOU RICK.

  • @robertscanlan3117
    @robertscanlan3117 8 месяцев назад +7

    My dad played this a lot.
    He was an asshole. Stubborn and angry man... we didn't talk for 15 years and he died 2 years back. I told him I didn't want to grow old and not talk and he dropped all contact with me. I wish we could have connected again.
    He played this a lot and I loved it. Life is short and there's no anger worth holding onto in the end.
    Anyway. Great song, hold onto the positivity it brings! Even nearly 50 years on, it's all positive ♡

    • @goshaagaga6692
      @goshaagaga6692 6 месяцев назад +1

      Hugs

    • @glewlew
      @glewlew 6 месяцев назад

      2 sides to every story. Just saying.

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 2 месяца назад

      It is sad that you didn't reconnect 😢

  • @sammiejohnson8628
    @sammiejohnson8628 4 года назад +8

    This is a very good song every instrument and their vocals blended well together.

  • @Brainstorm4300
    @Brainstorm4300 4 года назад +5

    I'm 28 y/o from a distant country. I have been watching Rick Beato's videos and getting into 70s, 80s, 90s American classics. Thanks Rick for reviving these masterpieces.

  • @riffmaker247
    @riffmaker247 3 года назад +6

    The simplicity blows my mind. So well put together and the guitar/keyboard harmonies. Add the soul and passion; All they needed was a few chords. Much like a lot of their songs. Most of the good 70/80,s bands for that matter. They don’t make them like they used to.

    • @MrSpikebender
      @MrSpikebender 3 года назад +1

      Dude, you nailed it!! Music (I use the term music loosely) today is just plain sad. Down load you some beat and there ya go. Like anyone is going to take the time to learn an instrument that is sad too.

    • @teddyritola2655
      @teddyritola2655 3 года назад

      THE Cars are a 70s band active in 1976

  • @MrAlanjames1
    @MrAlanjames1 7 лет назад +16

    This song is, with out question, the greatest song by the Cars, and one of the greatest songs of all time. The Cars music will never be matched or comparable to any other band.

    • @joeshmoe7967
      @joeshmoe7967 6 лет назад +3

      Not only a great song in general, but the way the whole song is crafted with all the different guitar bits, and the keyboards
      Just so well put together.

  • @DellEbright
    @DellEbright 4 года назад +126

    The year is 2021, in all this chaos, this song is just what I needed

    • @teddyritola2655
      @teddyritola2655 3 года назад +1

      70s music makes me feel Sooooo good ,,

    • @Tibbz1313
      @Tibbz1313 3 года назад

      Best comment ever and I couldn't agree more, we also need bands and music like The Cars nowadays!!

    • @mullerf64
      @mullerf64 3 года назад

      I too 👍

  • @riac5388
    @riac5388 5 лет назад +15

    Thank you for defining my teenage years :) love this song, love your music! THANK YOU!!!!! RIP! you will be missed and always remembered.

  • @dingleberryhandpump802
    @dingleberryhandpump802 5 лет назад +358

    RIP Ric Ocasek. Just a couple days after we lose Eddie Money.
    Damn man...

    • @sweettexast2894
      @sweettexast2894 5 лет назад +7

      Dingleberry Handpump Always happens in 3’s too...ugh. Eddie was the Man...😢🎵🎶

    • @Anthonybchannel
      @Anthonybchannel 5 лет назад +1

      @Carol Harris I believe it. People say he was a prick

    • @mylovesongs2429
      @mylovesongs2429 5 лет назад +3

      They say it always happens in 3's. I am scared to think which great rocker could be next. :(

    • @bredgethardison7372
      @bredgethardison7372 5 лет назад

      Dingleberry Handpump I didn’t know that Eddie Money died:(

    • @jameswalls4893
      @jameswalls4893 5 лет назад

      Lost 2 generational talents!!!

  • @maxhiltin1133
    @maxhiltin1133 5 лет назад +41

    R.I.P. Ric Stay cool Brotha Thanks for the great songs, and memories 🤘🏼

  • @patriciasullivan4128
    @patriciasullivan4128 Год назад +4

    Another one of my favorite albums! My siblings knew what this sounded like 🎶🎶🎶!

    • @ohioguy215
      @ohioguy215 Год назад

      Haha...my neighbors knew what this sounded like.

  • @lenarodriguez4395
    @lenarodriguez4395 3 года назад +10

    this never gets old, i love it even more as time passes!!

  • @phillipchambers8487
    @phillipchambers8487 5 лет назад +30

    Ric made my teenage years so awesome with this Music. RIP Brother.

  • @jamesdenson7616
    @jamesdenson7616 6 лет назад +9

    Heard it all the time as a kid growing up in the 80's still love it!!

  • @jackie461
    @jackie461 Год назад +3

    Man had forgotten what a GREAT TUNE this was!
    👊🎶🎵💯❤

  • @REVLIMITER3
    @REVLIMITER3 7 лет назад +82

    Benjamin Orr 1947-2000 RIP awesome voice and great bass player