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Miss him. Not only talented, but a class act. Never saw him acting like a fool or doing anything annoying. Been over 20 years since his passing and he is still missed.
@@MC-eu1hx look it up Rick said Ben sang the good songs, Rick sang a lot but look at the best songs it was Orr sang almost all them, that came out of Rick's mouth
Bellos comentarios de mi cantante favorito Ben de apoco me entèro de su vida su llegado es GENIAL hoy 2024 escucho su música gracias Benjamin besos al cielo
I remember crying when I heard he passed away. Lived in Boston at the time and got to record at their studio, Synchro Sound. I loved his talent, and what a beautiful voice…💙
Such Talent! Good Looking And Very Compassionate About His Work, Wonderful! Gone But Not Forgotten God Rest His Soul.I Simple Love That Song Drive. Never Get Tired Of Hearing It!🌹
Two corrections (other than the Grasshoppers/Grassroots thing everyone else already mentioned): 1. He released two singles from his solo album, The Lace. The 2nd was Too Hot to Stop, but didn't break into the top 100. There is a music video for it, featuring a couple of Cars members, and it did make it to 25 on the Billboard Rock chart 2. The Cars didn't perform again after they broke up, but they did all meet for a final interview together a few months before he passed away for the release of The Cars DVD Musikladen
It is the 8th wonder of the world (to me, at least) that he didn’t sing lead on EVERY song The Cars made. Quite frankly I thought Ric Ocasik’s voice was abysmal. And Orr’s voice was conservatively 1,000 times better. I can remember saying out loud, hearing a Cars song for the first time where Ocasik was singing lead “Why?!?!?!? Why is not Orr singing lead?!?!?
Ben Orr and Ric Ocasek or Ric and Ben, were quite the pair. They seemed co-joined in an intriguing almost mysterious way as if they had something between them you didn’t have. Ben, with his amiable personality and rockstar good looks, was always the focus of any performance of the two of them or with the bands they fronted. If anyone had the goods to make it, Ben had it. Ric, with his lanky frame and face was their manager, promoter, leader and hanger-on. Hanger-on because he didn’t have any musical talent to speak of. He was a third rate singer at best. If they made it, it would be because of Ben’s musical talents, not Ric’s - that’s how it seemed…then. Rick had this slick, huckster like quality, which he brought to most of his interactions. They had some cred because of the Milkwood album. It was also clear they hadn’t gotten very far because of Milkwood. “I’ve been listening to Patti Smith. I can’t tell you what effect listening to her music has had on me!” Ric Ocasek told me over the phone back in 1977 or 78. I don’t specifically remember the year. He and I would talk occasionally after I returned to Vermont having failed in my efforts as a lead singer to get a recording contract, to front a popular drawing crowd band, to get noticed at all. I knew of Patti Smith. I hadn’t bought any of her albums, but I was tuned to the groundswell about her at that time. There was a seriousness and an openness in his voice I hadn’t heard before. He sounded genuinely moved. That was the last time I spoke to Ric. I joined a band called Zzebra. As lead singer of Zzebra, I, we, the world, started hearing about the Cars. Ric Ocasek and Ben Orr made it. They made it big. I still listen to their music quite regularly because I truly enjoy it, for what it represents: pop/rock music with a synthesized, digitized, forward leaning, art/rock, yet, rooted sensibility. Rick Ocasek found his voice …big time. Patti Smith and the punk/new age music explosion of the times freed him to express himself on his own terms. He doesn’t sound like Patti Smith (but if you knew him and how he sounded earlier you can understand how hearing Patti Smith opened up floodgates for him), he sounds like Ric Ocasek. I get goosebumps at times, recognizing he shared that with me. I’ve always acknowledged I never found my voice as a singer, as good of a vocalist as I might’ve been. Knowing someone who did find their voice the way Ric found his gives me a sense of satisfaction. As good of a vocalist and as charismatic of a personality Ben Orr was (he sang their number one signature song, “Just What I Needed,” and “Drive” - the ones that Ric wrote that needed Ben’s melodic good voice) he never matched his partner’s unique and singular sound and voice. As the far weaker singer, Ric became the dominant voice and icon of the group, despite his vocalist shortcomings. His vocal personality became the signature sound of the group. How far would the Cars have gotten with Ben as the sole voice, like Roger Daltry with the Who, we will never know.
This video has several factual errors. The early band was The Grasshoppers, not Grassroots. And Ben did not perform with The Cars one last time in 2000 before he died, he participated in an interview with The Cars' former band members in Atlanta, then flew to Alaska to perform with Big People. That was his last public performance before he died. Just trying to set the record straight.
Well… In American, English advent and onset are pretty much synonymous. Now in British English advent has a slightly different flavor meaning arrival rather than the beginning of… I would like to hear more about your disputation.
@@spankynater4242 I don’t mean to argue… I’m well ready and willing to be educated on this. I just referred to an online dictionary. I do think there’s some distinction between the two as I like to say, there is a distinction between a gift and a present… But in every day usage that distinction is not, really noticed. I would be very happy to hear you explain the differences.
@@johnnyxmusic It just feels wrong. I looked it up and it could be correct in this context, but it seems clumsy and certainly not common. The word I chose is a much better option. When I use the word, it's in more concrete terms, like the advent of the telephone. This is why words have slightly different meanings, so they can be used more appropriately.
