Benjamin Orr interview, MTV 

Ďeus o tenha.

Just got over being sick

Frank Zappa put it best. He said being interviewed is one step removed from the inquisition and called it a very unnatural process, which it is. I would imagine that being asked the same questions again, and again, and again becomes very stultifying and predictable. I’m sure to celebrities, it becomes the embodiment of mediocrity.

His voice needed to be heard more. Never go full Ocasek.

Miss you so very much Ben❤

Best looking singer ever.. I’m a sucker for guys that look like this… Rutger Hauer is my fav actor & he looks like Ben.. although here, Ben looks a little like Josh Dallas… who is also quite cute.

​@@desertrose1226I looked that guy up...nit even close and Ben was better looking than Hauer

U dam skippy!!!

Absolutely ❤ 💯

That's not true about Ric. Ric wrote the song, 'Drive', and Ric had the foresight to know that Benjamin should sing it. It was their highest ranked song on Billboard charts.

@@OttoByOgraffeyexactly, these Ben Orr sycophants want to put the blame on Ric when Ben had his own issues to deal with. Just because he was good looking that doesn’t negate some of his own faults that contributes to what happened to the band. I won’t sit and defend Ric’s behavior either as we all know how aloof and controlling he could be, but to say that it was all Ric’s fault is ludicrous and preposterous. I knew Ben personally and he could be moody and did have some bad habits that contributed to his downfall. Let’s leave it at that. I’m thankful for the catalog of awesome music The Cars left us and the boys definitely were part of the soundtrack to my life!!

How in the world is that lady behind him keeping her hands off him?

Absolutamente adorable!

@@stacyward4309 😃😃😃😃

I know. Those questions were really lame.

Yes, many people don't know he was the other lead singer in The Cars.

@alterdestiny Obviously. Not Benjamin's or The Cars' fans.

The whole band were underrated and underappreciated, especially in the UK and Europe. I just watched a 2000 interview where they talked about how the Brits seemed to hate them early on when they first broke out and went to England to do some very minor touring there and Europe. They said the crowd were insulting and throwing things at them.

@@HighlanderNorth1 Yes, you can see it in the footage from Rock Goes To College. The audience was rude, but The Cars kicked ass.

Oh hell no ! Ben was and is Awesome. RIP Brother.

Great songs. RIP

Even his teeth were sexy! 🤣

@@rsmith8434 lol they were! 😆

​@@rsmith8434 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 great 👍👍👍Ben was a funny friend to me.🤣👏👏👏RIP

Not many like him nowadays he's so chill and sweet and seems so kind. Everyone's fed up and angry these days ...

@@desertrose1226 It's the sign of the time's man! That's why people are so wired,angry and stressed out nowadays!

DesertRose122 yeah I hate people and life nowadays. Loving is the most natural thing to me and everyone just stays very mean and hateful towards each other. I have thought about taking my life.

@Desert Rose No you don't want to do that! Because when it's over here it's starting somewhere else probably in Hell..and eternal separation from God. I happen to be a Christian and life is a gift from God and God's Son Jesus Christ,Who came and died on cruel Cross for you and I and everybody that has ever lived...thing's are hard for me to..I'm disabled,I've been very sick I fell down the stairs and hurt my back very badly..but I'm not giving up...I'm a survivor and you can be to! But please God get some help and Pray to God He's listening and He loves you..just Pray "Father God in Jesus Precious Name, I don't know what to do anymore,I don't want to take my own life please help me Amen...and He will help you if you want His help? Look Ben I'm sure many times wanted to give up but he didn't he was a trooper till the very end. If you need to please,please call a suicide prevention hotline..life is just to precious to just throw it away Don't do it ok please?

@Desert Rose And not all people are mean and hateful ok? There's alot of good people that still want to help you like me and I don't know you personally but I know all life is a precious gift from God and Sacred...the only one who wants you to give up on life is Satan..yes there is a Devil out there and he exsists but I think that alot of people just forget about him..but that's what he wants you to do forget about him...and think that this thought of suicide is not from him, but of course it is... Look mankind was God's greatest creation..and Satan can't stand that because he blew it with God... So ever since THEN, since he can't destroy God,he instead goes after us... But if God didn't love you so much why would He sent Jesus to die for us on a Cruel Cross for our sins yours,mine,everyone's... Just think about what I've said and pray and get together with your mom and family go to a good church and you'll be alright!

Me ... too.

Men he looks so good really love the cars wish could of seen them .rip Ben and Rick

@@HeatherCapehartRic*

@Michelle Miller Stunningly gorgeous was definitely the right word to describe Ben! swoooon!😄 right? Yes I've seen other men and women who meet this category..you just see them and you have to catch your breath, and say WOW that person is gorgeous! But sometimes though I've met people who are stunningly gorgeous..but because they know they are gorgeous people their personalities stink..they are just gorgeous on the outside but ugly on the inside.. Ben was different though he was a beadutiful person inside and out..and he seemed a very modest and nice person which is a rare quality in people indeed nowadays!

I been listening to the Benjamins album and I just gotta say that it's a great album. Every song on it is wonderful. My favorites are In Circles , To Hot to Stop, Hold On, Skyline, Spinning, The Lace. Geez almost the whole album. He is so loved

He was truly a handsome man. Today’s men don’t come close whatsoever.

He had it all- good looks and talent!!

Always listening them but these interviews are gold never saw them in Finland. Afterwards it is nice to see that they were really nice lovely guys.

Yes.

I get the same feeling watching this.

He had a rep for being reticent about interviews

It’s how people were then… today people are coddled and have their hands held. Good in some ways but people now are far less strong and stoic.

Beautiful eyes

Yes he was, damn.

Yeah, he was the only member who actually looked like a rock star. He seems like a good guy too, not arrogant or condescending. Although I'm sure that dealing with the media isnt his all-time favorite thing to do!

Binky, that was my cats nickname.. Miss my Cubbie.. Yes Benjamin was very gorgeous! What a smile..

@@wendeehancock3616 beautiful understatement. Punctuation implies the opposite; like being thunder-struck/gob-smacked/breathlessly, momentarily incapacitated. Am I reading too much into "Yes he was, damn."? (smiles)

evenmix1 so you look like Ric?

He was kind, so I think people took advantage and hurt him...just a hunch. Not saying it's truth or anything,..before anyone gets their knickers in a twist..lol..

I think that's why "Drive" has such a hauntingly deep sound. Rick put the pen to paper and Ben projected the feelings.

@@desertrose1226 It's true. Ric took advantage of him and rode on his back to stardom when Benjamin was the only reason they even made it in the beginning. My opinion. The songs that made them famous were ones that Benjamin sang. Ric couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. Beautiful Benjamin...we miss you.

@@anndriggers6660 por fin alguien que dijo las cosas como fueron realmente. La verdad mejor dicha 👏👍

Sii un misterio y eso lo hacía mas hermosamente enigmático me produce mirarlo y mirarlo escucharlo y escucharlo desprendia un magnetismo dificil de controlar para nosotros jaja

Big contrast with the reunion interview in 2000. Benjamin is second from the left and was in the final stages of pancreatic cancer. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y9LQ3VfvH_Q.html

@@daviddd99 WOW! My sister had Pancreatitis and yes it is very,very painful! And unfortunately she is no longer here either! But passed away in 2017.

@@chancycat9822 Sad to hear. The survival rate is very low indeed for this kind of cancer and so difficult to detect in the early stages.

@@daviddd99Thankyou but she didn't have Pancreatic Cancer..just Pancreatitis (so there's a difference there ...either way though it's very painful)..I could see my sister wincing in pain alot unfortunately her alcoholism didn't help either.. But she had a problem a big problem you know what I mean? If she didn't have a problem with drinking..she maybe alive today.. But people who are addicts..drugs,or alcohol addiction..an addiction in the family not only causes problem for the addict but the addicts family So I say it was a combination of both diseases that did her in But my sister like Ben will be very much missed..he seemed to be a very sweet guy! Why does it seem that in life we always lose the good one's to young?..My sister was only 57 yrs old, only 4 years older then Ben...either way to young to die! Someone in their 50's is not old by any means!..you're older..but you still have alot of living to do like 30 to 40 more year's if you're fortunate...

Purple Sunflower it sure be agens the law to look that good. god biss ben o.

@Kathy Jackson will all of those great qualities kind,polite,thoughtful,charming,and handsome to boot Most women would give their right arm to have a man like Ben! Oh yes indeed!

Chancy Cat if I wasn’t already married to a man I adore, then a man like Ben would be beautiful. My first pick would be Rutger Hauer though.

Yes

Yes, Ben was the boy next door your mother would approve of. So humble and gracious all whilst being a famous talented multi-instrumentalist, awesome singer, and the most beautifull face that Ive ever laid eyes on. ❤❤❤❤

Benjamin orr 🤔✍️✍️✍️✍️ good

@@aventureabeille2599 ?

Rock 👈😉

Eu amo esse cantor e suas músicas.🇧🇷🇧🇷

I cry everyday im crying now , my heart is broken

You'd be surprised. Not saying.

I'll definitely look him up when I get there.

There'll be a long line of us ;)

Two devastatingly gorgeous hunks!

@@desertrose1226 Oh definitely gotta love Rutger in Ladyhawke...and I loved Ben singing Drive to but was a very sad song...but he had a beautiful voice!

I have always thought he resembles Rutger Hauer too!

@@ginamac2011 Loved Rutger Hauer in Nighthawks...Sadly he passed away 7/19/2019 RIP.

Omg you’re right. I thought he looked like someone and that’s the guy! Good observation!

Ric was 34! That was ancient back then.

Indeed. The cars were kinda like Mick Mars from Motley Crew. 10 years older than most 80s rock stars.

Richard Albert Henderson it still is now.. in fact today ppl are more hung up about age than they were then. I think 34 is young. 44 isn’t even old to me.

Radiounderground Elliot and Greg were much younger than the rest of the group though. Heck, Ric was almost 10 years older than Elliot! But that’s part of what made them so unique, all different ages and from different parts of the country.

Um Ben was kinda famous around the age of 16 ,grounded or experienced? Hmm

I cry everyday 😭 its unbelievable!

Incredibly missed!

Blonde he looks like Rutger Hauer. Brunet he looks like Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day.

No, actually, it's even better, he was talking about the fans having a good time, not them as a band. He always sang his heart out and had zero arrogance about him. He was so interactive with the other musicians on stage and folks in the audience. He just truly loved what he was doing and was very gifted at it and we are so sad that he is gone. A heart of pure gold!!!

I think Benjamin knew he was hot and talented but had a quiet confidence and didn't show off. I hate show offs who act like they're better than anyone. Benjamin was better than most singers but didn't play on it. He was real sweet.

Just so they're having a good time

Yes, he was perfection, I think the Good Lord let us have him for awhile then needed him in Heaven. RIP Dear Benjamin.

An angel sent from heaven above.

Yes!! You are so right!! He had it all- good looks and talent!! RIP Benjamin Orr!! You are so missed!!

Rotten interviewer!

Yeh you can really tell that interviewer is a total dropkick.

If he talked to me, I wouldn't hear a word...just stare into his eyes & watch his perfect gorgeous face...

His speaking voice is heavenly I can’t describe how much I love it. His pronunciations of certain words just gets me to the core.

Nancy Cole I agree with you I’d be shell shocked just looking at him🤭

Yup! I have a special place in my heart for Cleveland!

I've seen pics of Cleveland OH. it's such a charming looking place...😊

I agree.. He , in my opinion was the epitome of super mutha fucking cool.. He was mesmerizing to watch , it's to bad there isn't more performance or interview material out there...

Matthew, you are for sure a good looking guy as well, believe me!

Thats awesome , the cars are one of the greatest bands of all time.

Lit? As in toked up? Not seeing it.

That's so great! Thank you for sharing. What year was that?

@@donnasweetpurplejune6335 Summer 1980

@@jenajo4374 Cool! I was hoping I had a live recording of it, but no luck. If you'd like to share your memories and photo with me and/or for the blog, feel free to email me at onlydjn@yahoo.com. Again, thanks for sharing!

Man I sure wish I had seen him at Merriwether! Saw many many concerts there but never got to see The Cars😢

Absolutely!! My favorite 2!! Awesome!! RestPeaceFully Ben❤❤

So thoughtful of you think about his kid 😢

@@rozeitgeist Ty very much, he was absolutely 1 of the best!!

And the whites of his eyes are SO white

Jenni j :typical “jerkoff” interviewer fosho!! Ben was a gem in responding to him! 👍❤️🙏😊🌞

walshy me too. RU-vid just let’s you escape down these rabbit holes and find so much stuff. Ben....beautiful inside and out. RIP Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

Belle! ♥

One of my Favorites

@@cilliansands6166 Cillian !

I love him..so handsome 💗

Cual libro?

@@rsmith8434 Great show !! Miss them !!

cynthia cardenas Your comment is very touching,thank you....🙏🙏🙏

I need to get that one. Thanks!

Where can I get the Album Lace,love his songs.

@@amourinaioane9633 There are usually some vinyl copies on Ebay but for an easier route, Amazon has it for download in MP3 form. It's a great album.

Well I think Rachel Weisz is gorgeous and I’m a girl!

@@desertrose1226 I agree and I'm a gay man!

he had the flu...cmon

A few lines of coke too looking at his eyes 😂

@@dirtdiverdave8794 Was waiting for that comment.

Off his nut and why not

It literally killed him as well

MTV "personalities" weren't known for their intelligence...or personality.

And the most handsome. ❤️