The Cars - Drive (Live Aid 1985)

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  • @mesaeddie
    @mesaeddie Рік тому +86

    My favorite Cars song for sure. He left us too early .

  • @annemarieschierl2042
    @annemarieschierl2042 9 місяців тому +329

    One of the best Songs from 1985

  • @63riv68
    @63riv68 11 місяців тому +606

    I was 24 and about 50 feet from the stage on the left and I have never forgotten this

    • @csmelen
      @csmelen 7 місяців тому +36

      We saw history in the making. I was 23. Live Aid will never be matched.

    • @csmelen
      @csmelen 7 місяців тому

      @@GiveMeMyStapler LOL

    • @jerryrexmmiiireg3271
      @jerryrexmmiiireg3271 7 місяців тому +12

      What a great experience

    • @ChetanAcharya
      @ChetanAcharya 7 місяців тому +15

      very VERY jealous!

    • @guayapizza2314
      @guayapizza2314 6 місяців тому +9

      Amazing song!

  • @timoraymo
    @timoraymo 9 місяців тому +120

    This audience must have been in heaven having these keys fall on them.

  • @KenGraham-b8m
    @KenGraham-b8m 11 місяців тому +114

    this song will last for ever

  • @rvvega122
    @rvvega122 Рік тому +173

    Take me back to 1985 🥹

    • @marieboyd521
      @marieboyd521 7 місяців тому +9

      Listening to this 80's music I fell like teenager again.

    • @cathalmckenna8198
      @cathalmckenna8198 3 місяці тому +3

      Marty!! Great Scott.. roads! Where were going we don't need roads...

    • @bobstuckrath1805
      @bobstuckrath1805 3 місяці тому +2

      I'm going.

    • @SwisstedChef2018
      @SwisstedChef2018 2 місяці тому +1

      PLEASE

    • @artrogue4150
      @artrogue4150 2 місяці тому +1

      Did you figure out the answer to get there?

  • @YpapayY
    @YpapayY 9 місяців тому +57

    My favorite cars song. Brings back so many good memories when I was a snot nose kid.

  • @jdr1747
    @jdr1747 9 місяців тому +88

    good voice, good looks, good hair

  • @ersway
    @ersway Рік тому +184

    Benjamin Orr...the coolest guy that day bar none, he owned that moment and still does to this day...

    • @gwshark07
      @gwshark07 4 місяці тому +17

      Secure enough in my manhood to admit he was one good looking dude and so freaking cool 😎🎸

    • @gustavobordenave4734
      @gustavobordenave4734 3 місяці тому +6

      ❤❤❤ Benjamin y Rick son atemporal, saludos desde Pehuajó provincia de Buenos Aires Argentina

    • @jacekm
      @jacekm 2 місяці тому +3

      Benjamin Orr. - polskie korzenie.

    • @squaretriangle9208
      @squaretriangle9208 24 дні тому

      ​@@jacekmmore Rusinian-no?

    • @jacekm
      @jacekm 24 дні тому

      @squaretriangle9208 Co???

  • @Mummapuss226
    @Mummapuss226 9 місяців тому +383

    RIP Ric and Ben from The Cars and thank you for the music which lives on.

  • @mikegobin3169
    @mikegobin3169 9 місяців тому +122

    I really miss his voice.

    • @stevenparker1063
      @stevenparker1063 Місяць тому +4

      Ben was way better than Rick, such a short life

    • @felipedejesusmongeandrades8869
      @felipedejesusmongeandrades8869 7 днів тому

      No viene al caso la comparación. Ambos eran buenísimos. Lastima se nos fueron ambos. Aunque Ben muy joven

  • @murrygandy6546
    @murrygandy6546 11 місяців тому +64

    One of the greats from 1984!!

    • @효원장-b8h
      @효원장-b8h 2 місяці тому +1

      그렇군요 위대한사람 Ben Orr❤❤❤ 영상보면서 매일 그리워합니다❤❤❤

    • @mariastenfeldt5564
      @mariastenfeldt5564 2 місяці тому

      ​@@효원장-b8h💗🙏☕

  • @conan5885
    @conan5885 Рік тому +519

    Man..., watching this makes me just want to break down in tears of how much i miss the 80's.... This just feels like "yesterday"
    R.I.P. Ben and Rick

    • @LittleMissHoop
      @LittleMissHoop 11 місяців тому +11

      I felt that. Same...

    • @meredithhopkins1411
      @meredithhopkins1411 11 місяців тому +14

      I so get you. I had the great pleasure of being able to jam in the 1970's and the 1980's. It was the best time to be young so far.

    • @jamierussell-satterfield8443
      @jamierussell-satterfield8443 10 місяців тому +9

      I’m tears right now. Just the best of times.

    • @DanielGerraty-eu3lx
      @DanielGerraty-eu3lx 10 місяців тому +8

      80's music is the one!

    • @chriscooper7642
      @chriscooper7642 10 місяців тому +13

      I know. It’s a reminder of our own mortality. I had so many good times in the 80s that I can’t ever duplicate or recreate simply because I’m older now. I think we all grieve somewhat for our youth😢

  • @JAFO44
    @JAFO44 9 місяців тому +155

    The late 70's, 80's..What a great time to live, thee BEST music. When the Cars dropped, wow..
    Ben Orr had it all. Looks and TALENT!
    I am 65 now and it's somewhat perplexing. How I'm watching this music video and thinking back to my youth and the music of the cars, how it can bring tears to my eyes now is perplexing..
    Thank you Ben,
    You were Taken way too soon 😢 but your voice will live on forever
    Rest in gods grace

  • @bubblegumidols
    @bubblegumidols 10 місяців тому +46

    An atmospheric song that hurts so good and leaves you with that weird impending feeling
    No other song like this tbh

  • @gibsonguitarplayer
    @gibsonguitarplayer 11 місяців тому +52

    And here I am again a year later from my last post. So hard to believe but this year 2024 will make this song 40 years old.

  • @drumsport
    @drumsport 2 роки тому +1769

    Man, ballads don't get any better than this Top 100 tune of all time. RIP Benjamin. You were superb!

  • @anniek5880
    @anniek5880 9 місяців тому +305

    I’d trade all tech to go back. We didn’t even know how lucky we all were then ❤❤❤❤

    • @darringraham2613
      @darringraham2613 6 місяців тому +12

      We were lucky to have been young in the best era, genx ❤

    • @albertsp1085
      @albertsp1085 6 місяців тому +3

      True

    • @liebemacher66
      @liebemacher66 6 місяців тому +3

      Me too 🎶🥹

    • @donconry7894
      @donconry7894 5 місяців тому +3

      True

    • @Martin-mt3wz
      @Martin-mt3wz 5 місяців тому +8

      Would love too. We all socialized ,went out the the malls shopping . Went to the movies. Kids now a days don't have any of that.

  • @ALEX_JOTA
    @ALEX_JOTA 3 роки тому +746

    One of the most beautiful songs of all times.

    • @kathygrinder3076
      @kathygrinder3076 2 роки тому +25

      THE most beautiful song of all time...sung by the most beautiful man

    • @Knacker
      @Knacker 2 роки тому +29

      And one of the most underrated songs of all time.

    • @kathygrinder3076
      @kathygrinder3076 2 роки тому +4

      @@Knacker true...

    • @retromantic9706
      @retromantic9706 2 роки тому +11

      It's my favourite of all times, masterpiece!

    • @bobablaw1298
      @bobablaw1298 2 роки тому +5

      @@Knacker
      True.
      I grew up "completely '80s," we could say. 1985 = end of 5th grade; 1988 = Jr high grad; 1992 = HS grad.
      This particular song really grabbed me at the roller rink I lived at, for the better part, throughout the 1980s.
      Now I hear it nostalgized within my memories of that Roller King, which no longer exists.
      But this song is the absolute easiest that I've ever figured out on guitar.

  • @phantom0456
    @phantom0456 11 місяців тому +257

    Ben Orr was an incredibly good-looking and talented man. I also have to give respect to Ric Ocasek for letting Orr take front and center as vocalist on many of the songs he wrote because he knew he would do a better job performing them. That takes a certain kind of humility and grace that isn't present in many individuals.

    • @SnowmanRH
      @SnowmanRH 9 місяців тому +13

      Ric had a successful solo career; yes he was a very talented song writer too.

    • @nancyfilingeri414
      @nancyfilingeri414 9 місяців тому +5

      S0000000 Great looking.... Gr
      😊❤

    • @av8rgrip
      @av8rgrip 9 місяців тому +2

      @@SnowmanRHand he scored a supermodel

    • @Scarlet01812
      @Scarlet01812 9 місяців тому +12

      Ben and Ric were equals. People forget that. Ric just happened to get to be seen as the face of the Cars because he was quirky looking and the videos. Look at the song credits

    • @andievo3805
      @andievo3805 9 місяців тому +2

      😊

  • @FreddieFreethinking
    @FreddieFreethinking Рік тому +37

    One Of The Greatest Popsongs Ever Recorded.

  • @yvonnedelmer461
    @yvonnedelmer461 8 місяців тому +80

    Drive is our song our first song to be played at our wedding

    • @apmeehan
      @apmeehan 23 дні тому +2

      "Who's gonna tell you things aren't so great?" 👀

    • @thewall7521
      @thewall7521 14 днів тому

      "Who's gonna plug their ears when you scream?"😊

  • @HardRockMiner
    @HardRockMiner 3 роки тому +5836

    In the whole history of humanity, this was the greatest time to be a young person. Nothing else is even close.

  • @socialmaven3346
    @socialmaven3346 6 місяців тому +381

    I'm 68 and still listening to this great music today. I grew up in the best time to be alive and see all of the great groups live. RIP, Ben.

    • @karenschuyler1342
      @karenschuyler1342 6 місяців тому +17

      I am 80, and this is still one of my all time listens

    • @wendym2544
      @wendym2544 6 місяців тому +13

      62 and feel the same way! I thought all the endless fantastic music was just the way it was. But I definitely appreciated every minute of it. Flash forward to today. What happened?

    • @EdwardBrook-cf5lo
      @EdwardBrook-cf5lo 6 місяців тому +13

      58. All my teenage years were in the 80’s. Best time of my life. 😎

    • @ivetaurbankova9082
      @ivetaurbankova9082 6 місяців тому +3

      I feel IT likes you

    • @ernestassiusis1333
      @ernestassiusis1333 5 місяців тому +5

      Me to. I'm 37

  • @C_los78
    @C_los78 5 місяців тому +263

    Who’s here 2024. This is one the greatest songs I’ve heard in my opinion. Just perfect and graceful.

    • @hindlewalker9330
      @hindlewalker9330 4 місяці тому +6

      In this life l feel less and less connected this helps.

    • @bobbya.7854
      @bobbya.7854 4 місяці тому +5

      True words.

    • @linhooker8838
      @linhooker8838 4 місяці тому +9

      I miss this kind of talent, get shivers everytime I hear this it's so good.

    • @stephenhourd4653
      @stephenhourd4653 4 місяці тому +3

      Totally agree!

    • @killmore75
      @killmore75 4 місяці тому +2

      Stop it with this question! Don't need it!

  • @fivestring65ify
    @fivestring65ify Рік тому +405

    Ben had it all. Great voice, good looks, and amazing talent. Like all great singers, you knew it was him when you heard him.

    • @kristinm784
      @kristinm784 Рік тому +7

      ❤❤❤❤❤

    • @fidam3837
      @fidam3837 Рік тому +8

      Oh Yes, Really impressive. His original is perhaps better than this.

    • @fidam3837
      @fidam3837 Рік тому +3

      Thanks a lot.

    • @jessehubbard2513
      @jessehubbard2513 Рік тому +4

      yes this was one of the greatest concert of all time music that get to your soul ,music with meaning, purpose 🎶

    • @vampirekangaroo5536
      @vampirekangaroo5536 Рік тому

      #300 here. Just saying. 😆

  • @curaeus007
    @curaeus007 2 роки тому +541

    One of the best songs ever written! RIP Benjamin. What a voice!

    • @zoomkitty
      @zoomkitty Рік тому +14

      Ben does have a good voice. This is one of my favorite songs Ric Ocasek wrote. They liked how Ben sounded on it, so he always sang it

    • @petersiegfriedkrug
      @petersiegfriedkrug Рік тому +11

      @@zoomkitty Sadly, Benjamin Orzechowski passed away in Atlanta in 2000.

    • @joedecker3900
      @joedecker3900 Рік тому +5

      @@petersiegfriedkrugYes, we know this.,

    • @christianmancin3593
      @christianmancin3593 Рік тому +6

      Si,concordo vero!anche secondo me una delle piu' belle canzoni che abbia mai sentito a livello internazionale!!!

    • @Lazydaisy646
      @Lazydaisy646 Рік тому +5

      ​@@joedecker3900i didn't

  • @davidhaynes6524
    @davidhaynes6524 10 місяців тому +27

    I missed this band, I miss him, and I miss the good old days of music so much.

  • @RM-vf7fl
    @RM-vf7fl 9 місяців тому +113

    Rest in peace Ben Orr and Ric Ocasek. Can't believe they're both gone

    • @AlonzoBeserra
      @AlonzoBeserra Місяць тому +4

      😢

    • @mdwayne741
      @mdwayne741 Місяць тому +5

      Gone way too soon... Great band. They were the heart and soul of The Cars.

    • @squaretriangle9208
      @squaretriangle9208 24 дні тому +2

      The Central European heritage both Orr and Ocasek had

    • @edwinrodeo
      @edwinrodeo 23 дні тому +2

      Yeah they jammed.. good music 🎼

  • @PugDaddy-ze2gt
    @PugDaddy-ze2gt 8 місяців тому +14

    i was 14 years old. life will never be the same again.

  • @jeffreykress3505
    @jeffreykress3505 Рік тому +530

    This is such a beautiful song. It was written by Ric Ocasek, but he felt that the song needed a better vocal performance than he could give, so he let bandmate Benjamin Orr sing it instead. A very wise, and selfless, move. Unfortunately, Ben died of pancreatic cancer in 2000. Gone but never forgotten and the music will live on forever.

    • @kittensanddaisies5615
      @kittensanddaisies5615 Рік тому +40

      I have always loved this song. Ben had such a beautiful voice, perfect for this song. He is greatly missed.

    • @romeshgoonetilleke4100
      @romeshgoonetilleke4100 Рік тому +21

      Thank you for explaining that. I had no idea

    • @57highland
      @57highland Рік тому +10

      Similar to Ace Frehley of KISS, who wrote "Cold Gin" but knew that Gene Simmons was a much better singer, so he told Gene to do the lead vocal.

    • @ЛорОРР
      @ЛорОРР Рік тому +8

      Бен ОРР был лучший! Великолепный музыкант! Божественный голос!!!

    • @WavyMidnight
      @WavyMidnight Рік тому +21

      Ric wrote, Ben delivered. Brilliant.

  • @ilknurince6364
    @ilknurince6364 27 днів тому +11

    Oh God, teleport me back to the past... What a beautiful voice, what a beautiful song... Fascinating...

  • @terrijofilms305
    @terrijofilms305 Рік тому +362

    I was at Live-Aid, July, 1985…I was 21 years old and loving life! What wonderful times! 🥰

    • @donnav7103
      @donnav7103 Рік тому +13

      I was at the Philadelphia show. That a day!

    • @terrijofilms305
      @terrijofilms305 Рік тому +12

      @@donnav7103 me too, what great memories! It’s hard to believe that was 38 years ago.

    • @petersiegfriedkrug
      @petersiegfriedkrug Рік тому +10

      You must be very happy about that! Unfortunately, I only heard this song on the radio at the time. But it was also often played in discos in Austria.

    • @babaikaizxisgini1146
      @babaikaizxisgini1146 Рік тому +7

      А мне было 10лет в 1985 году 🎉😂

    • @alicesings1971
      @alicesings1971 Рік тому +3

      How much were the tickets for the Philadelphia show? It seems so crowded but I suppose just being there was enough. Lucky you.

  • @lindaswindlehurst111
    @lindaswindlehurst111 7 місяців тому +218

    2024, still listening and will continue to do so, timeless.

  • @MegaWelshie1
    @MegaWelshie1 9 місяців тому +51

    Saturday 13 July 1985 Wembley Stadium. I was 24 years old and being there was one of the most awesome experiences of my life.....❤

    • @PaulFormentos
      @PaulFormentos 7 місяців тому

      This video from Philly JFK

    • @MegaWelshie1
      @MegaWelshie1 7 місяців тому +2

      @@PaulFormentosI know this video was from Philly I just commented that I was at Live Aid Wembley Stadium. Sorry, I should have made myself clearer ...

  • @christianebonnaves5783
    @christianebonnaves5783 9 місяців тому +48

    What a wonderful song ❤

  • @cherylb5680
    @cherylb5680 2 роки тому +603

    I revisit this performance at least once a week, beautiful man beautiful song.....still gives me goosebumps 37yrs later! Ben Orr ❤️

    • @bobwirth9256
      @bobwirth9256 2 роки тому +13

      Agree. The cars have so many great songs . I remember playing this song as a teen cruising the streets in my camaro back in the day great memories cheers

    • @33cattt49
      @33cattt49 2 роки тому +13

      Before my time just discovered , what’s beautiful song . Sad that he’s already left us 😢. Awesome song

    • @cherylb5680
      @cherylb5680 2 роки тому +13

      ​@@33cattt49 One of the best bands and songs of the 80's🎧

    • @chanthana7694
      @chanthana7694 2 роки тому +10

      My favorite band of all time. I remember buying all the magazines and whatever else as as long as it mentions The Cars.

    • @chanthana7694
      @chanthana7694 2 роки тому +7

      @X Marks don't worry, your day will come too. Even you can't escape old age. 😂

  • @prophet6171
    @prophet6171 11 місяців тому +36

    The time when the heart was really in everything

  • @theonlyredspecial
    @theonlyredspecial Рік тому +447

    I loved how live music was then. No auto tune. No nonsense. Just real vocals. It’s all the little imperfections that make it even better.

    • @ababilashari9970
      @ababilashari9970 Рік тому +5

      synths are fake as, imagine being a guitar and tolerating fake electronic music jesus have some respect

    • @franciscorafael7975
      @franciscorafael7975 Рік тому +3

      @@ababilashari9970 No se te entiende a quien le dices??

    • @Jouantiese
      @Jouantiese Рік тому

      So true!

    • @AmenYeshua
      @AmenYeshua Рік тому +1

      @@ababilashari9970Yes…I’m sure Jesus knows what you mean 😮

    • @pacman071
      @pacman071 Рік тому +10

      @@ababilashari9970 The synthesizers in the 80s were still authentic. They played it on Yamaha Keyboards like a piano, it wasn't a digital loop like nowadays.

  • @tcrutch65
    @tcrutch65 11 місяців тому +14

    I love 80's music and the keyboards/ synthesizers of the era

  • @juliettrent3601
    @juliettrent3601 3 місяці тому +23

    No one can sing 'tonight' like Ben Orr.
    What a voice, what a look!
    Loved him..❤😢

  • @GeraldWilson-pe7dn
    @GeraldWilson-pe7dn 4 місяці тому +57

    I'll turn 60 years old in 2024 and I will tell you that I am so grateful to have experienced the 80s as a teenager with all the greatest songs and musicians. Too bad I cannot go back there because if I could I would and would never return!!!

    • @jguerra1793
      @jguerra1793 4 місяці тому +7

      I feel exactly the same...oh how i miss the 80's

    • @salemdesigns65
      @salemdesigns65 3 місяці тому +4

      If I could go back, I'd go to Fall 1981. I would have taken this class called computer language.
      Silly me. 🙄 😅

    • @GeraldWilson-pe7dn
      @GeraldWilson-pe7dn 3 місяці тому +2

      @@salemdesigns65 I just started my senior year in high school!!

    • @salemdesigns65
      @salemdesigns65 3 місяці тому +2

      @@GeraldWilson-pe7dn
      I was starting my junior year. 😊

    • @janisliepnieks4454
      @janisliepnieks4454 3 місяці тому +2

      I am same age as you and still listening that

  • @mozzer920
    @mozzer920 11 місяців тому +36

    This an incredible time to be a young person - seeing this on tv. Benjamin Orr crushed this song- makes me feel young again 😃

  • @tonymagnier9846
    @tonymagnier9846 10 місяців тому +19

    I remember watching this in TV and so wanted to be there in the crowd but was too young then...but that vocal by the late great Benjamin Orr is sublime, good of Ric to let him have the lead on this one.

    • @squaretriangle9208
      @squaretriangle9208 24 дні тому

      Yeah, phantastic song, melody and lyrics, true musicianship is generous and not vain

  • @c2farr
    @c2farr 3 роки тому +349

    Benjamin Orr: What a voice (and face). Ric was asked what his favorite Cars song was. "Any song Benjamin sings" was his reply.

    • @CooManTunes
      @CooManTunes 3 роки тому +10

      I learned about this band, after hearing this song on Nip/Tuck. Great track and an even greater singer!

  • @paullake1114
    @paullake1114 Рік тому +29

    One of the Best 80's groups. Rest In Peace....Ric & Benjamin

  • @benessk1325
    @benessk1325 Рік тому +62

    Cannot believe this man is no longer with us. Thank you Ben for this song RIP.

    • @Grievous-
      @Grievous- Рік тому

      I would have agreed with you when he passed away in 2000 at the young age of 53, but not in 2023 where he would have been 76.

    • @VintageLPs
      @VintageLPs 6 місяців тому +2

      @@Grievous-I’m 76, two months older than Ben. It is sad to me that he missed the last 24 years and that we missed more of his music. 🎼🎸Also, Ben’s son missed out on more years with his loving dad.

  • @edwinrodeo
    @edwinrodeo 9 місяців тому +39

    I watched this.. was 25 , miss this music 🙏

  • @K-D76
    @K-D76 Рік тому +23

    1:18 1:34 & 1:40 OMFG my ❤ just freakin melts with Bens beautiful smile!! Ben was so incredibly GORGEOUS 😍 with a rockstar body, rockstar voice & beautiful angelic voice, as well. He was extremely talented (the whole band was), & so humble. RIP Ben Orr 😢 & Ric -you both will never be forgotten. I so wish I had got the chance to see Ben perform live with The Cars ❤

  • @RaiderX948
    @RaiderX948 6 місяців тому +199

    The 80's were magic, great time to be a kid.

    • @paulcampbell1596
      @paulcampbell1596 5 місяців тому +7

      The best time indeed. We got lucky to experience it.

    • @Martin-mt3wz
      @Martin-mt3wz 5 місяців тому +9

      So many of us feel that way. Life was just so much more relaxed. We hung out at shopping malls. Best music ever made. Sure guys had long hair in bands and wore makeup. But they loved women . We knew male and female nothing in between. Would never ever want to be growing up in this day and age.

    • @JonDunnmusician
      @JonDunnmusician 5 місяців тому +4

      Best music, best cars, clean oceans- pure heaven ​@Martin-mt3wz

    • @rzorbit
      @rzorbit 4 місяці тому

      ​@@Martin-mt3wzSoo true man, so true

    • @anthonybeks3026
      @anthonybeks3026 4 місяці тому +1

      Loved the 80’s best time of my life

  • @ForceWinds3
    @ForceWinds3 Рік тому +19

    Fell in love with Benjamin Orr the first moment I saw Drive video on MTV. What an honor and privilege to have lived in that era experiencing some of the best music ever. 💕🌟

  • @j.h.7266
    @j.h.7266 14 днів тому +7

    Ben was an angel. One of the best rock singers ever. RIP

  • @thashoeboy
    @thashoeboy Рік тому +430

    This crowd has no idea how much greatness they were in the presence then.

    • @johnross2924
      @johnross2924 Рік тому +1

      I do think the UK live aid had a better line up and venue, the old Wembley stadium.

    • @HamiltonRb
      @HamiltonRb Рік тому +11

      My wife and I drove from Toronto to Philly for the concert, and we knew there were a lot of great bands playing, that’s why we went.

    • @gregkosinski2303
      @gregkosinski2303 9 місяців тому +1

      @@HamiltonRbIMO what happened was that 100,000 people just happened to be in the stadium and then simultaneously several huge musical acts ended up there at the same time and then they figured, “hell, may as well play a concert to raise money for Africa.”

    • @HamiltonRb
      @HamiltonRb 9 місяців тому +2

      @@gregkosinski2303 Damm, you must smoke better stuff than I do.

    • @Mervs-gs9zo
      @Mervs-gs9zo 3 місяці тому

      @@johnross2924 How could that be? There were 72000 people compared to 100000 people who were there at the JFK Stadium.

  • @paulbrandano3477
    @paulbrandano3477 Рік тому +22

    I fel the same way. When this song 1st came out it was nice, It was easy to sing but now in 2023 I realize just how important and great this song really is. I appreciate it much much more now. Possibly the most gut wrenching song of all time because in some mystical way, This song hits home. It's very beauriful and becaue of the unforeseen passing of Ben, It brings a certain kind of empathy.. God rest his soul.

  • @JonnyHolms
    @JonnyHolms Рік тому +29

    I remember watching this in the summer of 85, how time flies.

  • @billiejobernal7523
    @billiejobernal7523 Рік тому +23

    The size of that crowd is mind blowing, just a sea of people! Will never see that these days.

  • @kentjones6813
    @kentjones6813 Рік тому +25

    I have never seen a more poised subtle rocknroller. Brilliant in so many ways.

  • @choppsylamb4505
    @choppsylamb4505 2 роки тому +156

    Cars...Ben Orr...beautiful song. The band are so talented. Ben Orr was in a world of his own. Singing...that voice...handsome...a relaxed confident rock n roll star who could break hearts. Drive was my theme song at my 21st birthday party. RIP Ben. You were taken too early. The world misses you but you left behind a legacy of one of the best songs ever sung by a true musician.

    • @robbelliii
      @robbelliii Рік тому +11

      He lost a lot of good years and we lost a lot of good music 😢

  • @shielarosales7715
    @shielarosales7715 4 роки тому +897

    January 2021, I'm listening. Still loving...

  • @jamierussell-satterfield8443
    @jamierussell-satterfield8443 8 місяців тому +10

    Beautiful Beautiful Ben!! You ARE missed!!!!!

  • @richardwesley800
    @richardwesley800 Рік тому +31

    You were so beautiful Ben. Not only was this the Cars greatest songs its one of the greatest songs ever. What a voice. Summer of 85. I Will always remember Ben like this young and beautiful.

  • @Entrelanieve
    @Entrelanieve Рік тому +92

    This song makes me get the chills every time I listen it!

    • @martinkasl7578
      @martinkasl7578 Рік тому +6

      I listened to American groups and singers quite a bit, but if I liked a song, I had to say: Wow ! Greetings from the Czech republic.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Рік тому +1

      @@martinkasl7578So cool & hello! My great grandmother was from Czechoslovakia, she gave birth to my Grandma during ‘1906 San Francisco earthquake, can still remember her speaking accent when I was a little girl, thanks for the memory

  • @Number4lead
    @Number4lead 2 роки тому +235

    Is it me or does this song have a mystical magical sort of vibe? It even is strong here live.

    • @alfieholloway
      @alfieholloway 2 роки тому +10

      Yes it’s incredible. It suspends an emotion so unique

    • @richarddemp2413
      @richarddemp2413 2 роки тому +11

      It's not you,.... it's all off us.

    • @nirszi
      @nirszi Рік тому +12

      I would say this song was ahead of it's time but still today it feels ahead of its time.

    • @doctordetroit4339
      @doctordetroit4339 Рік тому +11

      The entire 80s was magical, all of it. You had to see and hear it to believe it.

    • @melvinfisher643
      @melvinfisher643 Рік тому +6

      80s vibes. Sad and happy at the same time.

  • @bradforddillman7671
    @bradforddillman7671 Рік тому +114

    I was in that crowd, technically in the video in the lower right of the screen pictured at 1:53. I was a Cars fan then, at age 17, but this was a newer song and wasn’t a favorite … yet. Now, three decades later, it’s a goddamn masterpiece. As good as it gets.

    • @rockwhk
      @rockwhk 11 місяців тому

      So, this song wasn't well known in that moment? 😮

    • @bradforddillman7671
      @bradforddillman7671 11 місяців тому +1

      @@rockwhk it was fairly new compared to their 1970s stuff

    • @delabahia3373
      @delabahia3373 11 місяців тому

      En qué año fué ??

    • @rockwhk
      @rockwhk 11 місяців тому

      @@delabahia3373 1985

    • @curlyque2717
      @curlyque2717 11 місяців тому +2

      Yes, but I was aware of the song cause I had just bought the album or cd and absolutely loved it. Used it while I rode my bike. I was 32 and living in Essington. The Concord nearly shook my duplex apart when it took off.😂 really wish I had gone.

  • @beedee8523
    @beedee8523 2 роки тому +475

    One of those songs you wish would never end. I was 10 years old in 1985, gosh how I miss the 80's!

    • @keithrushmore9809
      @keithrushmore9809 2 роки тому +20

      Same age. I so miss those days. Sitting by a radio to record songs on a cassette. Good times!❤️

    • @ВадимРогашев
      @ВадимРогашев 2 роки тому +1

      Keith Rushmore @ Same things. One by one! 👍

    • @jimminychristmas8100
      @jimminychristmas8100 2 роки тому +4

      Nice!! I was 10 in '85 too!! Watched this set over and over on VHS!!

    • @luzvuaille7406
      @luzvuaille7406 2 роки тому +2

      Yo tenia 20

    • @JMAC-rs6ey
      @JMAC-rs6ey 2 роки тому +1

      U miss dah boat

  • @susantrimble4818
    @susantrimble4818 Рік тому +74

    This is still the most beautiful song, and it still makes me cry

  • @giancarlomoscetti215
    @giancarlomoscetti215 Рік тому +125

    Incredible song, incredible group...incredible times, God how I miss them. I'm old now, but still have these memories. RIP Benjamin and Ric and so many others.

  • @raechelyndawn2580
    @raechelyndawn2580 4 місяці тому +35

    Benjamin Orr… voice of an angel. Beautiful song. RIP. ❤

    • @laisalves7924
      @laisalves7924 3 місяці тому

      Gostoso de ser ouvir essas músicas eu amor

  • @wrockins
    @wrockins 2 роки тому +448

    The good old days. No mobile phones, no internet... Everyone is having a great time and living in the moment.

    • @jdo333
      @jdo333 2 роки тому +17

      no autovoice....

    • @davidredford3111
      @davidredford3111 2 роки тому +28

      You got that right I feel same to much technology ruined the country people got lazy and nosy

    • @lorrainemarcone6912
      @lorrainemarcone6912 2 роки тому +5

      That’s a really good point

    • @davidderitis9068
      @davidderitis9068 2 роки тому +5

      And...no pay per view!

    • @17fourU
      @17fourU Рік тому +2

      @@McFly.2 Bob...He just may be alive in hearts. 🙏

  • @davidmackeown9318
    @davidmackeown9318 Рік тому +113

    Another classic from my youth that was played all the time on radio stations. Masterpiece- goosebumps central.

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz Рік тому +88

    Love Benjamin’s sunglasses 😎
    Such a great looking man with a stupendous voice-stage presence, bass players have great rhythm and he’s got it in spades.

    • @JEENAKKA
      @JEENAKKA Рік тому +8

      RIP Benjamin Orzechowski

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Рік тому +7

      @@JEENAKKAso very true, R.I.P. Benjamin Orzechowski aka Orr aka Benny 11 Letters. So many fans who adore him still ❤

  • @YpapayY
    @YpapayY Рік тому +33

    I was driving home with my daughter today and this came on. I made her listen and acutely listen to it and she loved it.

    • @WavyMidnight
      @WavyMidnight 9 місяців тому

      Parenting done right, ha!

  • @kaya8632
    @kaya8632 10 місяців тому +53

    80s was the best decade

    • @paulcampbell1596
      @paulcampbell1596 5 місяців тому +2

      Never be another time like them. it was special

    • @PrepperDawg
      @PrepperDawg 5 місяців тому +1

      yes it was

  • @ChrisKrolak
    @ChrisKrolak Рік тому +22

    Such a big fan of the Cars and Benjamin Orr especially. Great voice. So sad he passed away so young.

  • @balashsalamatbakhsh9510
    @balashsalamatbakhsh9510 2 роки тому +284

    Incredible, what a voice, what a style and what a moment

    • @jimreynolds2399
      @jimreynolds2399 2 роки тому +8

      Yeah - he could sing and he could perform.

    • @jonsmith4669
      @jonsmith4669 2 роки тому +8

      Yeah a wannbe pop singers dream, good looks ,great voice. amazing song, a classic .performing to the world. I never made it, but I'm so happy Ben did, R.I.P. buddy, but I had a good time earlier in the '67 flower power era, Ben and I we were about the same age.

    • @reginaldforthright805
      @reginaldforthright805 2 роки тому +5

      The only thing that would have made it better is if everyone there was glued to an iPhone checking Twitter and Facebook while wearing three face masks and socially distancing.

    • @ellab8897
      @ellab8897 2 роки тому +2

      @@jimreynolds2399- I can’t tell, is that a compliment or are you damning him with faint praise ? I honestly can’t tell…

    • @Estrellaperezsosa
      @Estrellaperezsosa 2 роки тому +1

      Simply unforgettable

  • @kaya8632
    @kaya8632 10 місяців тому +9

    I loved the 80s; just getting out of the Navy; meeting my Marine Corps husband; having my 2 boys. Loving the music!!

    • @DilmaSantos-zz9os
      @DilmaSantos-zz9os 9 місяців тому +2

      Me casei em 83,sempre amei as canções dos anos 70 80 assim como de BEN agora só tenho muita tristeza ,pq não tem mais essa voz linda cantando em shows é triste demais agora só temos os vidios para relembrar,fica com Deus querido Ben...😢😢

  • @ImAGoldenGod-yx6by
    @ImAGoldenGod-yx6by 6 місяців тому +54

    *June 8th ,2024* Still loving it like it was yesterday all those years ago

  • @cindycatcorn
    @cindycatcorn 3 роки тому +2172

    They just don't make music like this anymore. Miss the 80s. ❤

    • @Chris-pv2ht
      @Chris-pv2ht 3 роки тому +25

      yeah me too great time for music

    • @killmore75
      @killmore75 3 роки тому +6

      : (

    • @triarb5790
      @triarb5790 3 роки тому +25

      Of course they do. You just think your era was better. As did your parents. And their parents etc etc. Ps. I was in the crowd on the pitch at Wembley Stadium for Live Aid. Some of the music of the era was great. Some of it was bloody awful. Bay shitty rollers anyone?

    • @calmnsense
      @calmnsense 3 роки тому +30

      It is timeless. One of the most memorable from my life as a teenager in the 80's.

    • @guillermocarmona3565
      @guillermocarmona3565 3 роки тому +6

      No kidding!!!!

  • @racey1979
    @racey1979 Рік тому +55

    For me this song WAS live aid. And just how cool was Benjamin Orr ? What a guy, RIP Ben x

    • @phillyghost1256
      @phillyghost1256 11 місяців тому +2

      @racey1979 I know exactly what you are saying!👍….But the song I identify with live aid is the band Simple Minds & the song - Don’t You Forget About Me ( simply because upon arrival to the stadium🚘🏟️ this was the song I could hear outside the JFK venue and by the time I got to my seat the song was just wrapping up!…(Fantastic memories and I absolutely remember The Cars set🎸

    • @rochita07m
      @rochita07m 9 місяців тому

      ❤🥹

  • @watchjuggernaut9405
    @watchjuggernaut9405 10 місяців тому +6

    I was all of 15 years old for Live Aid…im soooo glad I was able to witness the magic of the 80’s…..Rest in peace Benjamin Orr and Ric Ocasek….definitely one of my fav ballads!!!!

  • @jimaronson2323
    @jimaronson2323 Рік тому +20

    This song is just so great. Bens voice is the perfect voice for this song.

  • @barnacles62
    @barnacles62 11 місяців тому +38

    He looked so healthy and happy. What a loss with him and Ric, they sure helped my youth and even now happier.....

  • @1010kray1010
    @1010kray1010 Рік тому +31

    The ultimate front man. Will never be another Benjamin Orr or the Cars.

  • @kennethwilson7621
    @kennethwilson7621 10 місяців тому +9

    I held my 7 year old daughter close to me an slow danced with her in my front room to this song an my life flashed before my eyes in seconds i was in tears...i love you Littles

  • @calpilot7
    @calpilot7 3 роки тому +236

    When music had real voice and REAL talent.

    • @dianegargano175
      @dianegargano175 3 роки тому +5

      No truer words ever spoken!

    • @wtulin1970
      @wtulin1970 3 роки тому +6

      ...says every generation about their own music.

    • @bunsenn5064
      @bunsenn5064 3 роки тому +9

      @@wtulin1970 Look man, when people from even the latest generations are looking back and saying the same thing about the 80s, you know there’s a problem with music of the modern day.

    • @overthehills8833
      @overthehills8833 3 роки тому

      Lil Wayne better this is Lame

    • @robertciscoe9318
      @robertciscoe9318 2 роки тому

      @@wtulin1970 um today's generation are saying the same thing. Your music sucks, and you are probably the only person in your group of friends who doesn't want to admit it.
      We already know that you agree, but for some reason you don't want to admit it.

  • @shannonkeenan9542
    @shannonkeenan9542 8 місяців тому +92

    Ben looked like he was in heaven singing this song to the crowd. Beautiful to see!

  • @joniarmel7308
    @joniarmel7308 Рік тому +24

    Everything I’ve seen of him , reveals a beautiful, humble , talented man . He sings this beautifully. Rest in peace Angel .

  • @sherri2463
    @sherri2463 3 місяці тому +3

    YES!! I’m here and it’s September 10 2024& just celebrated Benjamin’s Heavenly Birthday. RIP Beautiful Benjamin. Never forgotten and FOREVER LOVED ❤️❤️🍾🍾🥂🥂🥂🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️

    • @kittykatz4001
      @kittykatz4001 3 місяці тому +1

      Wow! That is my birthday too! I didn’t know!

  • @kd5hms63
    @kd5hms63 3 місяці тому +15

    This era in time was magical and will never be duplicated again unfortunately-

  • @vijikurien2844
    @vijikurien2844 10 місяців тому +21

    For those of us who saw/ heard live Aid in 1985 , this was one of the performances that was etched in our memories along with Freddie Mercury's .

  • @iwantthe80sback59
    @iwantthe80sback59 3 роки тому +159

    One of my all time faves. Can’t believe this was 36 years ago. Thank you and RIP Ben and Ric.

  • @dansweda712
    @dansweda712 Рік тому +10

    You know, I've heard this song a thousand times if I've heard it once, but yesterday I was driving home and the song came over the radio, I turned it up a little, and for reasons I can't explain it was like I heard it for the first time, it just took on a whole new feel for me, maybe it don't mean much, but thanks

    • @taketheredpill1452
      @taketheredpill1452 6 місяців тому

      Definitely.
      This song grows, with time, independent of us...

  • @patrickriley195
    @patrickriley195 Рік тому +36

    I am so glad to grown up in the 70s & 80s. The greatest era for being young. 🎸💥🇺🇸✨

  • @freddiesoverbite6162
    @freddiesoverbite6162 3 роки тому +555

    Benjamin Orr had one of the most beautiful voices ever.

  • @broella6493
    @broella6493 10 місяців тому +114

    Everyone comments that life was much better in the 80’s. Simpler times. No cell phones, no internet and great music. I totally agree, but..in defense of the internet and modern technology, it has enabled us to relive the music videos and concerts of the past and introduce the younger generations to this great music. One of the awesome things technology has brought to us..

    • @AventureParadise
      @AventureParadise 10 місяців тому +1

      Moi je chante comme Benjamin orr ✌️🇩🇿

    • @logangarner3635
      @logangarner3635 9 місяців тому +3

      this song just reminds me of a talent we lost, and I miss him

    • @stephanie4020
      @stephanie4020 9 місяців тому +3

      Well-put.

    • @jaysoto1182
      @jaysoto1182 9 місяців тому +4

      Everyone always thinks the time they grew up in was the best time and advancing modernity is worse. A tale as old as time, perennial.

  • @buonocataldo3002
    @buonocataldo3002 Рік тому +4

    Momenti irripetibili. Fantastici. Unici. La vera cornice. Era la musica. Ancora oggi ascolto anni 80 , ho 58 anni. Mi mancano quegli anni. Forever

  • @lobo151075
    @lobo151075 6 місяців тому +142

    Benjamin Orr died of pancreatic cancer in 2000. Gone but never forgotten, I listen to his music driving across Bolivian Andean landscape.

    • @donlucho25
      @donlucho25 6 місяців тому +4

      ..Respectfull!
      .....HE will be and still present!..

    • @ismaelesquivel4748
      @ismaelesquivel4748 6 місяців тому +3

      Wait what He had Cancer😭 he too young 😭

    • @mckessa17
      @mckessa17 6 місяців тому +2

      We like it in the Rocky Mountains of Canada too.

    • @CC-fm1hu
      @CC-fm1hu 6 місяців тому +6

      He was so beautiful,life is cruel

    • @JoyJazz14
      @JoyJazz14 5 місяців тому +2

      I watched live aid in not such a big tv screen in morley leeds yorkshire.i was 22 years old and I remember thinking Benjamin from The Cars.is just great.

  • @citizen1163
    @citizen1163 2 роки тому +18

    One of the most beautiful songs & singers in the history of songs & singers❤

  • @dbrinkm1
    @dbrinkm1 3 роки тому +54

    I was born the same year as Ben Orr and have followed the Cars from their begining.Ben was humble and always loyal to his friends and early beginings back to Ohio later in his life, he said this performance was the one he cherished and remembered as his best..His talent was immense, but his humility was even greater.He gave to us a great legacy of fine music. db

    • @tbrininger6174
      @tbrininger6174 2 роки тому +7

      He was my uncle. Always a lot of fun to be around. I miss him.

    • @JonDunnmusician
      @JonDunnmusician 2 роки тому +2

      Awesome

    • @dbrinkm1
      @dbrinkm1 10 місяців тому

      Tnx ! all of us miss him !@@tbrininger6174

  • @moeenarshad6701
    @moeenarshad6701 9 місяців тому +11

    So smooth & so very very sublime; he knows what he's doing & he's loving it; best form of music❤❤❤