I signed a petition long ago to get the Cars into the hall of fame. Just sad when I see some of the bands in there that didn't have half the influence this band did. They defined my teen years
*+1. Agreed! :)* *I'm in (!) -- so where can I sign-up for the (or any...) Petition to help get THE CARS into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame...? I know right...(!)...its makes NO SENSE that of all the music acts past & present -- that THE CARS are still not in there...give us all a break already...! THE CARS have been and always will be so very influential in all musical (The Arts) cultures. And as for BENJAMIN ORR aka "Benny 11-Letters," (May His Soul Rest In Peace...) -- BENJAMIN was and will forever be a Musical Genius = LEGEND.*
*Where can I sign-up for the (or any...) Petition to help get THE CARS into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame...? I know right...(!)...its makes NO SENSE that of all the music acts past & present -- that THE CARS are still not in there...give us all a break already...! THE CARS have been and always will be so very influential in all musical (The Arts) cultures. And as for BENJAMIN ORR aka "Benny 11-Letters," (May His Soul Rest In Peace...) -- BENJAMIN was and will forever be a Musical Genius = LEGEND.*
I respect Ric's...work and talent. He wrote her out of his will because who filed for divorce? I would not keep my ex husband in my will if we had filed divorce papers. He never said one bad word about her. He simply stated he was abandoned I think he meant emotional and physically as in intimacy...she still lived with him that's the weird part.
Because she didn't abandon him. She was getting older and that pissed him off. Ric was an awesome guy but maybe not the greatest husband toward the end..he had two divorces behind him and wrote his own kids out of the will, three sons I think. But they had a long run in marriage and who knows what really goes on between two long time married people. I think both were probably right and wrong..but the thing is paulina made a lot of money on her own and had million dollar contracts with makeup companies. She and ric didn't keep separate bank accounts. They shared money, there was no his and hers. So she was froze out of her own money when he died and she was written out of the will. She was fighting for her money in court not just rics money.
I kind of like it that they're not in the Hall of Fame. That makes them different and us different because they're less n the mainstream. It also just proves how dumb the powers that be are.
Wow just stumbled on to this interview. The Cars are not The Cars without Benjamin Orr. Ric is the reason the band broke up and Ben was obviously devastated. It seems disrespectful for them to reform the band. Ric admitted that he was too controlling and he wrote Paulina out of his Will, so I think we get a good idea of what kind of person he really was. He betrayed the 2 people that were closest to him. There is no way you can have any respect for this guy.
His singing voice is so annoying, yet he writes the best songs I've ever heard. His guitar parts are not amazing, they are adequate at best but really catchy. He's one of my idols.
Sad. He passed away 2 years later. Sometime in 2019. Paulina had something "done to her body" a few days ago. I won't say what. But she told her fans on Instagram. So honest. Brutally even. Its something that would affect a ex-supermodel A LOT. Or so you'd think. It would affect a ave joe or jane... Interesting. If you look at all the husbands of Supermodels they usually aren't also models who do GQ photo shoots all the time. Not even pro athletes. As some actresses do. The husbands are usually very average looking. Though Ric was an ex-pop star. Was once in The Carrs a popular band. Maybe they're tired of the "God's gift to women" guys. The kind that would cheat in a heart beat. Tired of being burned by that type. "Dorky"?? :) OUCH. I guess he was...I just thought of him as another 80's pop band lead singer. Had a few hit tunes. I bet Paulina was pissed. She doesn't take crap. Very upfront. Honest. She'll trade punches. and go for the KO.
This guy is an awful interviewer. No soul. But his producer put some pre-recorded laughters (like in "Friends") that make people think gens brillant. Take an ear to the laughters, they are all fabricated...
I don't like him at all. He basically cut his wife out of his Will and alienated her after she started aging. So let's stop pretending he is praiseworthy because he's certainly not. He's not even good-looking.
paulina mixed her money in a joint account with ric, so he cheated her out of her own money, in addition to his money___narcassist a$$hole__she made more money than him