The Cars - Just What I Needed (Live Aid 1985) 

Beautiful 🎉❤

absolutely!❤

Forever 🔝🤟🏻

Guitar solo is just perfect & just the right length to make you keep replaying this song to hear it again!

Me 😊

R.I.P. MISTER BEN

🙋‍♂️

Forever....RIP sweet Benjamin.

@@susanbezio1529 Benjamin was sweet, talented, and gorgeous, with angelic looks. RIP

Miss him...Always! Such a beautiful, amazing and talented man! Benjamin Orzechowski you were one in a million! 💖

Even when he was older and not feeling well, he still had it. I only wish RU-vid and social media was bigger when he passed away; we would have way more "modern" content from him. There are a few bad quality videos that exist, but not much from before he passed away.

He was born for the stage……just a natural. His voice is always just as good or better than the albums as is the rest of the band.

he had years of playing live

First time I saw this but I noticed how effortless he was with the bass, playing complex stuff while singing and having a good time and barely looking at it. The mark of an unusual talent for sure.

Ben was the man. Man. ❤🎉

Yes...Ben was the One ..

Lol. There's a Roger Taylor-ish handsome vibe about him. Ironically, given what was happening over the water.

It breaks my heart

Light the light that burns so bright and burns itself out way to early.

agrree - his best at the live aid what a perfomens thank dude

The best

♥️Ben♥️

Really??? 😂😂😂😂

He is my all time favorite.

He was ahead of his time great guitarist 🎸

His playing was amazing, it always stood out.

He crafted solos that were perfect to serve the song..short tight melodic. Berklee trained- he was a musician...

He’s off-key all the way through.

@@dragonmummy1 Whatever you say☺

@@dragonmummy1 Your nothing but a schitstain on the underwear of life🩲💩

@@dragonmummy1 Good. Go auto tune it and enjoy yourself.

@@dragonmummy1 it is little trolls like you that ruin the world........................................ You sit in the basement of your mommys home and spew SHIT

Sure was

Elliot y Ben hacían una super dupla!

Totally agree

Great outfit, too.

After all these years I am just finding out what an amazing guitarist he was.. because of Elliot I I'm a way bigger fan of the cars than I ever have been

nO aUtOtUnE, jUsT pUrE TaLeNt

No shitty autotune like all those rappers, just shitty vocoders and stuff instead

Señor... la canción es de los 70s....

@@jorgeenriquez9047 it was played in the LATE 70s but got more popular in the 80s ° the CARS were a huge 80s band regardless of the fact that all 5 members didn't even make a record till '77 or '78 ° actually that comment was 100 percent correct for CARS addicts ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Agree 💯 the CARS were the Beatles of the 80s ° Benjamin Orr's what dreams are made of for all the women out their that are Bengels 🥰 [Benjamin's Angels] 🥰💫🙋🥳💖 what a perfect male specimen ❤️

The Cars, make me want to drive

Guitars are very low in the mix here!

The same for the 70s WHEN THE CARS First started ,, The 70s BABY ,This came out in 1978 ,,,, LOOOOVE THE 70s

@@larryronkq586 Hell yeah! I was 7 when it came out. One of the greatest memories was getting ready for school to this album. I was in 2nd grade! Haha!

@Garrett Lyang same!

Same with the 70s ,,, Just what i needed Came out in 1978

Ric and Benjamin sound nothing alike. Benjamin could actually sing.

Candy-O, Moving in Stereo, All mixed up are all in my IPod playing in the car.

Where?

Hall of Fame...

No kidding they are playing Live Aid, Brad should read some stats on record sales ect.

They're amazing! I 💗 Ben!

I. Thought. Rick. Did. Too

me too!

I have to wonder if Ben's looks made Ric jealous. He hardly ever sang backup when Ben was singing lead either. I think Ben has the better voice and wish he sang most of the songs. So what if Ric wrote them, doesn't mean he needs to sing them. Jmo.

Jason Phelps - I their last interview before Orr’s passing, Ocasek said when working on the songs they’d normally both take a go at the vocals, and then decided who’d take on the lead vocals, but if he (Ocasek) knew the song “needed a good voice” Orr automatically did the lead vocals. I have to say I’ve always thought their voices sounded alike. But Ben Orr was the one who made the ladies weak at the knees.

@@kato64 Ric saying "if a song needs a good voice" still doesn't make any sense to me. What song wouldn't need a good voice? I really don't think he wanted Ben to sing a majority of them. Again, jmo.

A fantastic bass player it’s so hard to sing lead while playing bass at the same time; he makes it look easy though, a true professional.

@@KittyGrizGriz You are so right about that!

No doubt. Neck and neck with Ric in importance to band as singer, wrighter and producer.

@@PaulRobert474 Why u so rude

@@ismaelesquivel4748 Rude? How do? I wasn't trying to be.

Very true

Agree!

YEP

Totally agree

I worked on Ric Ocasek's solo album and observed Greg creating parts and sounds. Always the perfect part.

X2

R.I.P. ROCKSTARS🌟🌟🌟 RIC,BEN,EDDIE MONEY. YOU HAD A DREAM,TOOK ON THE ODDS.....AND DID IT!!!!!!!!♥️♥️♥️🌟🌟🌟🌴

sad day :(

Ric took the other tix from Eddie Money to paradise RIP BROTHERS

I don't shed tears often when famous people pass, but I did for Ben and Ric. The Cars were a big part of my teen years.

Rest in Peace Ric and Ben. You guys played some awesome and memorable music. I will be playing your music until my demise as well, it is great!

One of the coolest looking musicians ever.

I know right god

Really good looking

You can say that again. I stopped listening to the radio in the late 1990s.

Amazing band !!! It sounds incredible!

They really were a tight ass band, weren't they? I didn't fully realize it until recently.

yeah no kidding

Check out Joyce Manor

WOW brag much? JK I wish I was of concert going age those years but I was a toddler and little kid. I love the CARS

Prove it.

Sweet 😊

Greetings!!!! the Cars is amazing rock pop band!!!

@@ChangingTides777 No! You prove him wrong asshole! I saw The Cars in 1978 at Providence College!! Prove me wrong you tool!

Very much so!

Not underrated

Ben wasn't underrated. All those in the music community, especially his band mates, knew how very talented he was as a vocalist and guitarist.

@@pennstatefan yes the music community....but if you ask most people about the cars they probably think Rik OCasek is singing this song. Hence- UNDERRATED.

All the biggest hits were orr songs. I never did understand why he wasn't the official frontman. Ric was a cool singer at times but Orr was the voice that the casual fans know. They just don't know it's his voice.

Easton is flat on the first bend.

@@davidwhite8220 and? so? when was the last time you performed in front of 90,000 people with a TV audience of 1.5 billion? He wasn't the only one who f*&ked up on the day.

@@mixelspixels He didn't "nail it".

@@davidwhite8220 it's rock and roll. nailing it doesn't mean pitch perfect all through out. and what are you talking about first bend? solo starts on a bend. if you mean that then he was bending it fine. it's a half step bend for chrissake. he did a flat bend a bit later on but it wasn't the first bend.

@@dominicijavier1575 Errors or pitch and timing are errors. And the "first bend" I refer to means the first of the pair of phrases that are metrically parallel. He does fine on the second one. But I am pretty sure that hitting the first one flat was not his objective.

Amen!

Drive 🫶🏼

Yes, it does!!!!!!!

Im 37 years old now and im crushing on Ben. 😆😆

Dont say that, Im 18 and Im starting to feel that. I’ll be 30 in a minute 😂.

I feel the same my friend!!!

beautiful person he was.

Man he was talented and so good-looking. RIP

Total control of the song, and the moment. Legend

Yes, yes, yes, legend indeed!

He's brilliant

🎶100😏❤

Yes Rest In Peace

Sorry to hear... didn't know... died aged 53 in Oct 2000 from pancreatic cancer

So many good songs

Beautiful looks and great voice..

Great timbre

Love the Cars Yeah that's a shame great performer

Not true. Ocasek got most of the attention because he was the primary vocalist and wrote every song. To say Orr was the soul of the band diminishes the roles of the other members. Who are The Cars without Orr, with his subtle bass lines and dramatic, melodic, seductive vocals? Without Easton's concisely potent and memorable solos. Without Hawkes signature synth lines. And finally, who are The Cars without Robinson's infectious backbeats and rhythmic fills? They are but a shadow of the super group they became. But together they are the sum of their parts.

@@dvelilla Spot on

@@dvelilla eh Ric was not really the primary vocalist tbh. It’s more of a 50/50 split, and that’s generous. Orr sang the best songs objectively and statistically. Ric wrote the best songs, and also like basically every one of their songs.

@@randombotdude2083 Eh, you're mistaken tbh. They had 18 Top 100 songs. Of those 18 songs 13 made the Top 40. Of those 13 songs, 4 made the Top 10. Of the Top 10 songs, Ric sang 3 to Orr's 1. Of the Top 40 songs Ric sang 10 to Orr's 3 and of the 18 Top 100 songs Ric sang 13 to Orr's 5. That's 72% for Ric. Like I said, Ocasek was the primary singer. You cannot use the word 'objectively' when you claim Orr sang the best songs, as you obviously came to your conclusion without an open mind and without considering the facts rather than your personal feelings.

@@dvelilla lmao my personal opinion aligns with Ric’s personal opinion, he literally said Ben was a better singer in an interview, which is true. What I’m trying to say is that Ben sang a lot of the better songs or best songs, I guess it wasn’t more, but Drive and Just What I needed, two of the cars top hits, were sung by Ben. It’s just a known fact that there’s no primary singer at all really, it’s all based on who thinks what. They’re both singers of the band, and now they’re both dead. Again, Ric’s words favored Ben’s singing skills over himself.

Elliot is one of the greats!

I love Elliot is so fine guitarist..i love him

Hermoso comentario💯❤

I loved him too! I was 15 when Live Aid happened. BTW I think Ben was a natural brunette lol

@@lauramayfield5410 You could be right. He was gorgeous in my mind either way.

He really was

He was a polite handsome man ..with a perfect voice! Yeah he was beautiful

@Israel Ramirez - I agree completely! It’s too bad Ric kept walking in and out of the shots of Benjamin, fully blocking the camera *at least* twice! I don’t understand what was going on with him. Ric usually virtually planted himself stage left (on the right for the audience). What a time to choose to go rambling around on stage! Yet, a comment I saw recently said Benjamin and Ric each stepped back when the other was singing lead, to “share the spotlight.” I guess Ric didn’t get the memo.

I agree ...the camera loved him ..he was stunning

Interesting how he sang lead on most of their hits too!

Although he did wear sunglasses for part of the show 😎

He was effortlessly perfect.

Damn right!