Video footage: Ric Ocasek for SPIN (full acoustic set)
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- I wish this was sharper video footage, but it's the best I've got and I'm not well-versed in how to tweak it to make it better. Sorry! The sound quality is pretty great, though, and I easily get lost in the mood of this gentle, cozy performance.
From SPIN Magazine writer Andrew Leahey: "Nexterday, Ric Ocasek’s latest album, was recorded in the musician’s home. Still, it felt slightly surreal to have the ex-Cars frontman in our own living room last Friday (Oct. 14), playing a quick set to a rain-dampened mass of Spin personnel and friends. Perched calmly before a seated audience in weathered jeans, black-framed glasses, and clunky lace-up boots, Ocasek looked and sounded like the new wave godfather of indie kids everywhere.
"Songs from Nexterday comprised half of the 30-minute set, but Ocasek never mentioned the new album. He didn’t have to. A stripped-down 'Moving in Stereo' - its steady, grounding pulse provided by guest bassist Ted Casterline - could’ve come from the same record as 'Bottom Dollar,' a song 17 years its junior, while the rhythmic strut of Nexterday opener 'Crackpot' comfortably gave way to 1981’s 'I’m Not the One.' By the time Ocasek launched into 'My Best Friend’s Girl' with a nostalgic smirk, the audience was more than happy to join Casterline (from Ocasek-produced co-ed noise-pop outfit the Hong Kong) on those familiar handclaps."
(You can read the full write-up here: www.spin.com/2...)
SET LIST:
00:10 "Moving In Stereo"
03:04 "Bottom Dollar"
05:48 "Carousel"
09:30 "Crackpot"
13:01 "I'm Not The One"
16:34 "My Best Friend's Girl"
20:38 "Drive"
This video is likely being uploaded as a supplement for an article I wrote about The Cars. Because the purpose is to non-commercially educate and offer a critical assessment, it is being uploaded under the terms of Fair Use. No copyright infringement intended.
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SET LIST:
00:10 "Moving In Stereo"
03:04 "Bottom Dollar"
05:48 "Carousel"
09:30 "Crackpot"
13:01 "I'm Not The One"
16:34 "My Best Friend's Girl"
20:38 "Drive"
Gracias por compartir. Un abrazo 🤗 desde Colombia.
Thank you for posting this!
Man I love the cars, takes me back to my teenage years of 1978
New appreciation for Ric’s vocals - sweet and vulnerable
Thank you Donna. You always post such great stuff. I really miss Ric and Ben and it's cool to have this to watch.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Don!
I have rediscovered Nexterday. It is really more brilliant and meaningful to me that I ever would have guessed.
This is fantastic
I sold my soul to nexterday for a little more shaking like tremble low.
Ric and Ben you are so sorely missed. Thank you Donna
Thanks for this Donna! What a beautiful performance! The sound was great and so was Ric (and a nod to the bassist!) I will be revisiting this alot. Very relaxing....
Wow, I always love Ric Ocasek's vocals and here we have Heaven. Love Ric singin' . This man is in Heaven ... ... ... to be continued.
Good to see you Ric… RIP… Thanks Donna.
A great performance
This is wonderful ❤
Thanks
Love you my Brother 🌹🔥❤
I have never seen or heard anything like this before. They seem to be performing 🎭 in front of a very small audience. I like the bass player accompanying Ric also.
He took on that Roy Orbison look as time went on. He looks so cool in this setting.
Maravilhoso Ric
❤
Is this before or after Ben died
Is this before. Or. Afte r Ben died?
2005