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Yes, Benjamin has a “great voice.” But as a lifelong singer, this is only half of the equation. His SKILL made him a great singer. He knew how to use and manipulate his high baritone luciousness.
As much as I love Heartbeat City, Shake It Up and Door to Door, those first three albums were raw and more energetic. Candy-O, to me at least, is as powerful and amazing as the first album.
The Cars are probably my favorite band of all time, but _Panorama_ is the only album of theirs I don't care for. ("Touch and Go" is the really only standout track, in my opinion.) But yeah, _Candy-O_ is an absolutely stellar second album.
When I was about 9-11 years old and my sister about 6-8 years old (so around 1982-85) Our mom kept The Cars cassette in the old Volvo while she’d drag us around town to garage sales, yard sales, flea markets, estate sales, thrift shops... and to her numerous women friends homes who were also into that whole scene. But those Cars tapes (first 3 albums I believe) were on HEAVY rotation through those days. Enough that to this day my sis and I still know all of the lyrics to all of those great songs. I also recall her playing The Beatles, The Doors, Blondie, Cat Stevens, Neil Young, The Moody Blues. But The Cars were (still are) my favorite amongst those groups/artists. Our dad usually had The Stones... -Sticky Fingers -Tattoo You -Hot Rocks 1964-71 Each of our parents (born 1951-52) had massive (1,000+) album collections. They were late 60s-Early 70s Hippies so their albums were of that era -Beatles -Stones -The Who -Cream -Hendrix -Zeppelin -Dylan -CSNY -Grand Funk RR -The Faces -The Yardbirds -Santana -Johnny Winter -Canned Heat -Chicago -T. Rex -Bowie -ABB -Skynyrd -Waylon -Fleetwood Mac(P.Green Years) And on and on and on.... my sister and I are extremely grateful for receiving that heavy exposure to the best era of Rock music there’s ever been and probably ever will be.
The older I get the harder it is to get out of bed. I did get up at 5AM to feed the cats though. But it’s also the case that the older I get the more I like “The Cars.” Luckily they continued to drive themselves until the end and didn’t go autonomous. I fear for new bands when AI takes over and they have nothing to do except install firmware updates on their instruments.
They used to open their set this way when I saw them Panorama and Shake it Up tours. They changed it up though with Heatbeat City on their next tour in support of that album.
Ben Orr's voice was so smooth! He had a great voice!! And it never seemed like much effort for him either! Just so good. This has to be my favorite song of theirs and this album was my favorite. Glad to see another old live version on the YT!
I love the Midnight Special, cause it was a way to watch your favorite rock groups and enjoy the music 🎶 🎵 you loved to hear. I'm grateful for growing up in this amazing time.
I much prefer Ben Orr's vocals to Rick's. Ben's voice is very masculine, full of vigor, and power. Rick's voice is almost cartoon-ish sounding, a little silly sounding, and frankly Rick's voice annoys me. Also, Ben was HOT!
It was such an honor to have experienced these great bands that graced our stages! Happy Thursday... thank you for sharing! 💖 Happy Holidays! 🎄✨️🎁🦌🎅🤶🧑🎄
Some of the best live renditions ever. When live sounds as good as the record on the radio, you know all that you've been hearing/expecting was the real deal.
Loved this band and this upload. Raised my daughters on The Cars albums and gave them my Panorama and Shake it Up tour tee shirts. Makes me smile when I see one of them wearing one.
“ Can you help me “ IN?? “. No one ever brings up that line~lyric so there…I did it… Sexy lil’ ditty there Ric,- what a great songwriter he was. Whew Benjamin’s smokin’ 🥵!
If you've never listened to this album, you are missing something BIG. Best 36:25 you can spend - every song is a gem. It will forever live in the shadow of that first great album, but it is my personal favorite by the band. The sound quality and engineering on the vinyl in great, so even a 40+ year old version sounds great.
Could be, I know the song writing skills of Ric O. remind me a lot of Bowie, very quirky indeed. Roy Orbison was Benjamin’s favorite musician; he was very pleased to procure Roy’s autograph ✍️
Benjamin's first bands were actually rockabilly. He wrote a few songs but was never confident in his ability. But definitely Benjamin was a very fashionable person!
Thank you The Midnight Special!!! Another great, great, great performance by The Cars, I just can't have enough for this amazing band!!! I love them!!!!! Thanks!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
The Cars were in a category of their very own...not exactly rock or New Wave..entrancing hip rhythmic beats...definitely my top 5 favorite of all time!!🎵❤️🙏🎶
I remember my mom bought a couple of cassette tapes as a Christmas present for my cousin. One of them was Candy Oh, I think the other was Christopher Cross. I couldn't have such tapes because all Rock music was "of the devil" and my folks were suckers for the satanic panic crap. We had to listen to Christian music, which to my ears is pure cringe.
The crowd clapping mixed way too high ruins most of The Cars songs on this channel. Bummer, because otherwise they would be incredible. RIP Ben and Ric. Also, Elliot Easton is the man.
Fun video to watch of this live Cars performance. It really takes you back to that 1979 vibe which I remember well. Elliot Easton with his sunglasses cool look was an underrated guitar player.
The Cars' members quirkiness, each layered with unique timing, sounds and vocal inflections, creating crafty rock masterpieces... could never be replicated as brilliantly as the original.
"Candy-O" is my personal favorite Cars album. It rocks like the first album, but with a bit more edge. "Panorama" was a bit out there, but still interesting and well-produced. But the first two albums are solid gold.
Judging from the two separate performances The Cars did for the Midnight Special, I can't figure out if Ben Orr's is either a natural blonde or brunette! But he was without doubt an exceptional vocalist and bass player who left us far too soon.
They weren’t flashy but their music was tight. Saw them at the Kaplan arena at William and Mary on their Panorama tour. By far the best sounding tour of three I saw as the other two were in much larger venues.
Lucky to see them on September 20th 1979 in Portland Oregon at the Paramount theater. They were great, Ben had this hair color. Saw lots of great bands there, including Pat Benatar on November 23, 1979. Those were the times!
Fantastic stuff! Such a talented band. I dont think they got recognized as the great musicianship they displayed. Lead guitar smokes. New wave pop electronic rock quirk masters. Them a Talking Heads 💯
I cannot get over how tight this band was. By “tight” I’m talking about obvious countless hours of practice and rehearsals. 5 guys all in tune with their instruments as well as with one another. It’s honestly not all that common to see a band this tight. To name a few that I am aware of.... -Steely Dan -Allman Bros -Boston -Original (Real) Skynyrd -The Beatles -Early Zeppelin
There is no global warming... But I agree with the cool factor... I mean... Candy-O??? What more can you say? Better than ANYTHING out there today. The younger generation has no clue as to what good music is. The cars were definitely THE 80s band... BEFORE the 80s even started.
I wasn't that much into all that but I lived through all that to the 70s 80s and I remember having all the records for no reason at all when I was actually listening to all the the the pop songs and stuff but they were friends I love them daylight the weirdest people that that was when things were fun even when I heard the records like what is that when he sang Candy-O why can't those times come back one day again
I didn’t like them much back then because they got so much airplay on FM radio. 40 years later, I’m a fan. Band was flawless looking at their live performances on RU-vid.
Ric Ocasek grande gênio, compositor fantástico. Era uma figura um pouco estranha, mas a alma da banda, ainda permitindo que o Benjamin Orr cantasse algumas músicas
He makes me laugh when he when in the beginning because of that hair do he has it's like funny and mysterious you know his eyes are like black like some kind of creature
