Ric Ocasek RIP

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Ric Ocasek RIP Sept 16, 2019 6:29:37 GMT BSJ likes this

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Post by dillwyn on Sept 16, 2019 6:29:37 GMT

Terrible news this morning....

www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/16/ric-ocasek-frontman-of-the-cars-dies-aged-75?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR22FSW5WZ_1mba3vKMMzOLUWi2zfo7y2f6fGgGMBvIhsY7iEr7dsm_pMec#Echobox=1568600740

tremblinwilbury Megastar As I gaze around at these strangers in town, I guess the only stranger is me Posts: 1,224	Ric Ocasek RIP Sept 16, 2019 8:15:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tremblinwilbury on Sept 16, 2019 8:15:52 GMT Very sad news No one should ever forget this...

Horacewimp Administrator Brenin of the Chwyrligwgan Posts: 10,179	Ric Ocasek RIP Sept 16, 2019 9:37:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Horacewimp on Sept 16, 2019 9:37:46 GMT RIP Ric

dillwyn Megastar Posts: 1,813	Ric Ocasek RIP Sept 16, 2019 11:12:09 GMT orioles70 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dillwyn on Sept 16, 2019 11:12:09 GMT silly video ... aimed at the MTV generation no doubt...great song though

Timeblue Supergiant I wish I was back in 1981... Posts: 9,958	Ric Ocasek RIP Sept 16, 2019 11:12:16 GMT elophile likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Timeblue on Sept 16, 2019 11:12:16 GMT Sad news indeed,Best Friends Girl is a classic from '78. Didn't realise he was that old though...
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Ric Ocasek RIP Sept 16, 2019 13:44:48 GMT elophile, Timeblue, and 4 more like this

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Post by orioles70 on Sept 16, 2019 13:44:48 GMT

Ric was from the Baltimore area and The Cars were the first real concert I ever went to - Meriwether Post Pavilion in Maryland.

glad he got his HOF induction in time
but very sad to lose another of the '70s rock legends

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Ric Ocasek RIP Sept 16, 2019 20:10:42 GMT Horacewimp, unomusette, and 4 more like this

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Post by elophile on Sept 16, 2019 20:10:42 GMT

Sept 16, 2019 11:12:16 GMT Timeblue said:

Sad news indeed,Best Friends Girl is a classic from '78. Didn't realise he was that old though...

This one hit me hard! To me those Cars songs don't even sound dated yet...

"You've got your nuclear boots

And your drip dry gloves"

That song is so perfect and eternally cool !!!

Last Edit: Sept 16, 2019 20:14:36 GMT by elophile

You diss Jeff. You die. Seems fair to me.

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Ric Ocasek RIP Sept 17, 2019 0:58:55 GMT via mobile Chippa likes this

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Post by nobodyschild on Sept 17, 2019 0:58:55 GMT

Sad news indeed

I’d heard it on the radio on my drive to school followed by Shake it Up, in honor of him. What an iconic voice, a pity so many rock n rollers are gone. I don’t want to imagine a world one day with none of them left, at least their music stays with us forever.

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Ric Ocasek RIP Sept 17, 2019 1:44:43 GMT dillwyn likes this

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Post by elophile on Sept 17, 2019 1:44:43 GMT

ok. does this officially make me a bad person? smileys-whistling-823718

i was feeling all nostalgic and watching Cars videos when I was reminded of how incredibly hot Benjamin Orr (also RIP) was...

and I've always said I don't like blondes...

watch at your own risk!

Last Edit: Sept 17, 2019 1:49:39 GMT by elophile

You diss Jeff. You die. Seems fair to me.

orioles70 Global Moderator when I was a boy, I heard a band Posts: 1,906	Ric Ocasek RIP Sept 17, 2019 3:00:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by orioles70 on Sept 17, 2019 3:00:08 GMT I don't remember hearing that. Orr passed away at 53! At least he made it one year older than Roy Orbison. Pancreatic cancer. Too much booze? Or just bad luck. Doesn't matter, that's way too young. : (

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Ric Ocasek RIP Sept 17, 2019 4:11:25 GMT Horacewimp, Timeblue, and 5 more like this

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Post by denny on Sept 17, 2019 4:11:25 GMT

After ELO the Cars were my favourite band. When I started to take up the bass guitar and then attempted to write my own songs it was obvious that Ric’s work was my biggest influence (Jeff is just soooo musically gifted I could never emulate his style). Speaking so selfishly I will always be sad that I never had the opportunity to see the band in concert. I was.too young when they were in their prime and the tours didn’t come close enough to my part of Canada. I spent so many happy hours listening to the music of the Cars. All I can say is thanks, Ric and Ben. My condolences to the surviving members of the band and all the families and friends.

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Ric Ocasek RIP Sept 17, 2019 7:12:13 GMT elophile, Chippa, and 1 more like this

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Post by dillwyn on Sept 17, 2019 7:12:13 GMT

Another article on the man ...

www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/16/ric-ocasek-tribute-cars-new-wave-pop-?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3R6zspKfFpg6E9ITeeWOIrvy54x7-OVvc8Dd_Aeg8UYcmo1h-avwVCuk8#Echobox=1568648559

if you have a moment have a look at his rock and roll hall of fame speech.. he makes the same point about Ben Orr and that's how he became relegated to songwriter

His list of production credits are long and impressive Weezer, No Doubt amongst them

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Ric Ocasek RIP Sept 18, 2019 17:53:51 GMT orioles70 likes this

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Post by Chippa on Sept 18, 2019 17:53:51 GMT

The Cars had a fantastic sound. Those greasy analog synths, dry guitars, unique vocals, and some really interesting songwriting. Maybe its just me, but I hear a lot of similarities between some of those Cars records and the songs on Time and Secret Messages.

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Ric Ocasek RIP Sept 19, 2019 1:20:20 GMT Horacewimp and BSJ like this

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Post by denny on Sept 19, 2019 1:20:20 GMT

Sept 18, 2019 17:53:51 GMT Chippa said:

The Cars had a fantastic sound. Those greasy analog synths, dry guitars, unique vocals, and some really interesting songwriting. Maybe its just me, but I hear a lot of similarities between some of those Cars records and the songs on Time and Secret Messages.

I think i mentioned this before on the other ELO message board years ago, but I recall the Rolling Stone review of the Cars album Door to Door in 1987 where the writer said something like they were the American ELO, conveyor belt of hit singles... I knew that comparison to the eternally "uncool" ELO would be the kiss of death for the Cars! I guess the critics were getting sick of all the Cars success (4 sizable hit singles from the preceding Heartbeat City album, and a top ten new song from their Greatest Hits album) - kind of like ELO's incredible run of singles from Face the Music through the Hold on Tight release. The biggest difference, at least according to the US RIAA is that the Cars moved a lot more albums (especially The Cars, Candy-O, Heartbeat City, Greatest Hits) than ELO did.