Kimmelwick's post sent me down the Cars rabbit hole today... which is a good thing. They're one of those bands I somehow forget about, but then listen to and realize they have a lot of really great tracks. I remember being in a bar in Boston maybe 15 years ago - quite drunk - and they were blasting the Cars (hometown heroes?) at an ear shattering volume. It was awesome.
Seriously, though, the Cars were a cool band. They had a cool (if decidedly weird) image, with a knack for catchy (and decidedly weird) pop. Early on, they also had definite snarl to their sound that they eventually smoothed over (not a bad thing). That they were able to get back together for one more album (even without Ben Orr) was awesome. Their 2011 "comeback" disc was better than solid, a decent coda to their career.
I'll forgive that fact that some of the members got back together with Todd (say it in your best Beavis voice) RUND-gren as the New Cars.
Agreed about the comeback record. It was so much better than anyone should expect.
The one big weak spot was that as a live act they kinda sucked. I remember paying big big money for a bootleg, one of those live records sent to radio stations to pretend to broadcast a concert. The series was called Supergroups in Concert. Anyway, I had to have this, both as a completist and its relative rarity. And it sucked. Holy Hannah, it sucked. Just totally flat. I played it a few times and eventually sold it. When file sharing came in, I dl'd a copy and, yup, it still sucks.
Hello,
I believe I've mentioned it elsewhere but I'll say so here again - The Cars were very disappointing live; really boring and flat. I like their singles and if I had a free ticket, I'd go see them - but I wouldn't pay to see them.
Kimmelwick's post sent me down the Cars rabbit hole today... which is a good thing. They're one of those bands I somehow forget about, but then listen to and realize they have a lot of really great tracks. I remember being in a bar in Boston maybe 15 years ago - quite drunk - and they were blasting the Cars (hometown heroes?) at an ear shattering volume. It was awesome.
Seriously, though, the Cars were a cool band. They had a cool (if decidedly weird) image, with a knack for catchy (and decidedly weird) pop. Early on, they also had definite snarl to their sound that they eventually smoothed over (not a bad thing). That they were able to get back together for one more album (even without Ben Orr) was awesome. Their 2011 "comeback" disc was better than solid, a decent coda to their career.
I'll forgive that fact that some of the members got back together with Todd (say it in your best Beavis voice) RUND-gren as the New Cars.
Agreed about the comeback record. It was so much better than anyone should expect.
The one big weak spot was that as a live act they kinda sucked. I remember paying big big money for a bootleg, one of those live records sent to radio stations to pretend to broadcast a concert. The series was called Supergroups in Concert. Anyway, I had to have this, both as a completist and its relative rarity. And it sucked. Holy Hannah, it sucked. Just totally flat. I played it a few times and eventually sold it. When file sharing came in, I dl'd a copy and, yup, it still sucks.
Hello,
I believe I've mentioned it elsewhere but I'll say so here again - The Cars were very disappointing live; really boring and flat. I like their singles and if I had a free ticket, I'd go see them - but I wouldn't pay to see them.
B - ET is a fucking movie and has fucking nothing nothing to do with music.
I'm surprised that, with your encyclopedic knowledge of the band, you couldn't at least guess at E.T.'s favorite Phish song.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
B - ET is a fucking movie and has fucking nothing nothing to do with music.
I'm surprised that, with your encyclopedic knowledge of the band, you couldn't at least guess at E.T.'s favorite Phish song.
The lady sitting next to us is from Canada and cried foul because she didn't know the quintessential MTV question.
The first video ever played?
Should be "which band does Lisa interview for MTV on Newsradio when she tries to prove she can still be hip and contemporary?"
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
I'm surprised that, with your encyclopedic knowledge of the band, you couldn't at least guess at E.T.'s favorite Phish song.
The lady sitting next to us is from Canada and cried foul because she didn't know the quintessential MTV question.
The first video ever played?
Yeah. She did offer me her tokens which would have given me the win but I politley declined.
The more challenging question is what was the *second* video ever played?
Gonna assume "some garbage" will suffice as an answer.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
