Milkwood - How's The Weather - Timetrain Wonderwheel 

It's great to hear this side of these two talented musicians. It's so different than the music that made them famous...but REAL musicians have color and poetry in their souls that simply must be heard.

Great song! Ric Ocasek rules! A musical genius! R.I.P.

So cool😎😎😎

I never knew about this band. a fine tune indeed.

So cool! Got to love RU-vid..I knew off this album for years and it's Cars connection, and so I google it and wa-la!!!

This is a beautiful and clever song - the chorus is great - and quite recognizable as the work of Ric Ocasek. Just in a softer style, less organized, but still has an aggressive edge. Yeah, it's the same guy who ended the Door To Door album (and The Cars's career, it seemed) with the sound of a harsh slamming car door. Long instrumental, though, damn! Greg's horns have an attitude, too. I really like this one.

Rip Rick 😕

He sounds so much like McCartney sometimes. No wonder The Cars are so amazing, they had been masters for a long time.

Ric and Ben were paying their dues in this Milkwood project. What influenced them to alter their style so drastically? Richard Hell, New York Dolls? Suicide?

Thanks for posting these Milkwood tracks! I had not heard them before. This song initially sounds a bit like Buffalo Springfield, then the bridge does a jarring Chicago-esq thing with the horns. The funky mix sounds very 60s-era, like a 4-track production where they bounced a bit too much and various parts are either jumping out or buried under. How cool to hear Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr working hard on their art five years before The Cars debut. What a transformation they went through in between the two albums. The first Cars album really crystalized a more unique and memorable sound, compared to this Milkwood album that sounds much more derivative. We'll miss you Rick and Ben!

Kind of Moody Bluesesque.

Did Benjamin play the bass on this album? I notice that it's a pretty good bass line with a *really* great sound, so I have to know if it's him. I also like the way the vocals come together and drift apart.

OMG! This sounds so much like early Justin Hayward and the ('Core Seven') Moody Blues!!!!!

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