The Cars’ Often-Overlooked ‘Candy-O’ Still Revs With Excitement
‘Candy-O,’ released on June 13, 1979, wasn’t quite as immediate or artfully cool as the Cars’ celebrated debut. Here’s why we love it, anyway.
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Todd Rundgren jumpstarted the New Cars’ surprisingly fun It’s Alive
The New Cars, who released their lone album on June 6, 2006, made a canny choice in replacing Ric Ocasek with the multi-talented Todd Rundgren.
Empty Hearts [Andy Babiuk, Wally Palmar, Clem Burke + Elliot Easton] – Empty Hearts (2014)
Sturdy rock and roll that pays tribute to its influences without sounding trite.
The Cars, Kiss, Dire Straits, The Clash + Tom Petty – ‘The Best of ‘Fridays” (2013)
The scope of its musical tastes, despite such a brief lifespan, was in many ways as interesting as the skits were on ‘Fridays.’
Almost Hits: The Cars, “Since You’re Gone” (1981)
This is, even more so than the title track hit from 1981’s Shake It Up, the exact midpoint between the harder-edged new wave of the Cars’ classic 1978 debut and the sleek MTV smash Heartbeat City still to come. You May Also Like: Todd Rundgren jumpstarted the New Cars’ surprisinglyRead More
‘Sometimes they sound downright silly’: The Cars’ Ric Ocasek separates lyrics from music in new book
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6G-qb1RRCo&w=500&h=305] Ric Ocasek, singer and songwriter with the Cars, has a new book that combines his songs and other writings, titled aptly enough Lyrics and Prose. It’s taught him that you have to be careful around words with no music. You May Also Like: Todd Rundgren jumpstarted the NewRead More
One Track Mind: The Cars, "Blue Tip" (2011)
“Blue Tip” is tensile and itchy then soaring and romantic — the closest this new record, the Cars’ first in 24 years, gets to approximating its own career-making mixture of Ric Ocasek’s weirdo aloofness and Benjamin Orr’s sun-drenched pop warmth. Orr, of course, passed in 2000 after a bout withRead More
The Cars, “Sad Song” from Move Like This (2011): Something Else! sneak peek
You expected the Cars, reformed without the late bass-playing vocalist Benjamin Orr, to come out with a sad song. Not a track called “Sad Song” that sounds anything but. You May Also Like: Todd Rundgren jumpstarted the New Cars’ surprisingly fun It’s Alive The Cars’ Often-Overlooked ‘Candy-O’ Still Revs WithRead More
Todd Rundgren sets tour dates, will perform two complete albums
Photo from Todd Rundgren’s MySpace page by Something Else Reviews Todd Rundgren has announced five spring concerts, during which he will perform a pair of albums in their entirety, Todd and Healing. The first-ever live stagings of these two releases, held in September of last year, found Rundgren on stageRead More
Quickies: Todd Rundgren, Ben Folds, Jovino Santos Neto/Weber Iago
There’s so many records just coming out that I’d love to cover but there’s only time for three at the moment; next week promises more. Two of these three are what we like to call “baby boomer bliss,” in that even though they’re new, they conjure up the spirit ofRead More
