Any chance people can stop using the word “underrated” in connection with the band or the musicians? They were NOT underrated by anyone anywhere at anytime. They were world famous. They had repeated world-wide hits. Fans and critics loved them. Decades later their musical talents remain to be known and respected. They were “rated” just fine. They had money and fame and all the awards and rewards they earned. The Cars were - and are - awesome. And everyone knows it.
Why was he not front and center in videos I saw on MTV in the 80's? All I ever saw was Rick? Never knew this beautiful, talented man was the voice of all these songs I love. He deserved more attention!
Ric was in charge of that band..he wrote all those songs. Ric had that quirky new wave voice as well. But I agree with u..Ben was the star on that stage
@@howardwalton1876 He was in the US Army around 1967 drafted for 18 months . Ben got a deferment got honorable discharged. Then, back to rock and rolling!
While Orr is getting all the attention, Easton is back there making magic. Sooooo underrated. And the incredible Hawkes probably is the most overlooked of all, yet his playing alone literally made their 'sound'. Damn that band was good.
Nah, Easton is no longer underated. He's a legend! This band were so much better than many of their contemporaries. I think U2 sucked by comparison. Can't compare the Edge with Elliot Easton, nor Ben Orr with poncy Bono. Just my opinion.
A lot of people used to think the Cars were a British group and Ben looks it here plus something about his beautiful enunciation…What I love about this footage is how he and and Elliot interact especially at the end. They do this in a lot of Cars videos and someone used to call them The Twins cuz Elliot being a lefty, he and Ben could stand so close and relate so intensely and it is sooo endearing…RIP Benjamin
One of many things I like about The Cars was their ability to make their live concerts sound like the album. Ben has only slight variations in his voice while singing, the keyboard, drums and guitars all sound nearly the same.
@bushbeachlifestyle6721 I've been enjoying The Cars on UA-cam for the last few months (hunky says I'm obsessed). I got a Cars cd (not Candy-O) and I love all the live performances over the cd. I do need a new stereo, but waiting for a newer car. 😊
The Musikladen tapes are some of the best Cars live performances. I dig the interaction between Eliot and Ben, a great rock duo, and those crazy Germans dug it as well.
Was there a more riveting front man than Ben Orr? Doubtful that the Cars, despite the musical talent and genius songs, would have achieved half the fame/popularity without him.
The word riveting doesn’t come to mind when I watch him. Cars would have been less interesting without Okasik, even though Ben Orr was better signer, and the ladies would say better looking.
No way...there would be NO CARS....BENNY WAS OTHER WORLDLY n I intend to see him in the afterlife.....23 years gone....feels like yesterday.misd u so , Ben.😢
Growing up in Austin,Texas in the '70s and '80s, I have seen my share of live concerts. At the top of the list is The Cars at Southpark Meadows in 1984. Today that venue is box stores galore. It hurts and feels somewhat selfish to think we'll never get to see some of these bands again. But the memories will remain in our heads and in our hearts. Tom Petty, David Bowie, Ric Ocasek Benjamin Orr, Neil Peart. Local favorites like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender. The show's I have seen. Amazing. AC DC twice, first time front row blowing a hit off a doob at Angus who was right before me. The cloud turned blue in the spotlight as it engulfed him. He snarled smiled at me. Pat Benatar twice, the B-52's twice, Kate Pierson an arm length away in 1982. I stood before Todd Rundgren, the original Van Halen twice The Police twice. 80's bands like The Fixx, INXS, Adam Ant, the Go-Go's on and on. I saw Devo and Billy Joel the same night at different venues. Frisked to enter an Ozzy show. Robert Plant solo and again with Jimmy Page. Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks with an over sized Gypsy like bun of hair and sleeves that draped long flowing material as she waved both arms putting me into a trance. Heart and Aerosmith not holding back 1 oz on the vocals. Cheap Trick, Def Leppard, ZZ Top, Madonna. I could go on and on. Last count was over 80 big name shows, but in my mind it was this band that was the best that I've ever seen live. They were that good. Tight. Rush was a close 2nd. Still have a t-shirt from that show Heartbeat City tour. RIP those who rocked our world while they were here.
@rufusrose Back then, I don't think Easton got the credit he deserved for his guitar work because he didn't do a lot of lengthy, wanky, check-out-my-skills kind of solos like a lot of his contemporaries did. That wasn't what The Cars were about. But he's definitely an excellent guitarist.
Unbelievable performance. Great band and their early stuff especially was kick ass. Seriously how could anyone give this a thumbs down. If they don't love this then what do they love.
This absolutely rocks... for me the measure of a band is how they perform live... and this is such a good performance... Great energy... I had no idea how many of the Cars classic tunes Ben Orr did the lead vocals... He was fantastic... I think he sang most of my favorite songs. Thanks for the post.
If I could be a rock star for one day, it would be as Ben Orr here. So damn cool! Also, am I the only one who dug how Elliot and Ben were interacting at the end of the song?
@@daytripper9222 They do the same thing during the France concert. That time, though, Benjamin has a smile that just lights up his face. So handsome. ^_^
Elliot Easton and Benjamin Orr have this connection onstage that comes out visually as well as musically, as if they are separate! The Cars show many of their synergistic qualities. Robinson's drum work is a powerhouse. I just picked up "The Cars: Complete Greatest Hits", and it's totally cool to hear the studio cuts and then, as here- "Bye Bye Love" Live in the "Candy-O tour. Those who were at those gigs had a memorable experience. The Cars, with Ric Ocasek's diverse but intelligent punk writing like a Beatnik messenger to Hippy acres for gig with shades & double breasted suit. This band band is a precision focused Unit, both in studio and Live. "Let's Go!"
seriously this has to be one of the greatest bands of all time. i find them equally as impressive as floyd or zep or even rush. incredible, original and very talented!
This was mind blowing shit in 1979. Consider what was happening with disco still the dominant force in music. Punk was barely 3 years old. New Wave was just starting. The Cars were on the forefront of the New Wave movement. I listened to the established English bands (LZ, The Who, etc.), southern rock, etc, so when stuff like this came out I was blown away. Sounds a bit primitive today (I still like it quite a bit) but this sort of music had a profound impact. Wonder what sort of music will kill the Hip Hop/Rap vortex of sonic pain that we have been experiencing for the last 15-20 years?
I'm just not getting with primitive, but that's ok, I know why you are here. I feel that the music of The Cars has really stood the test of time. There's some Hip Hop that I listen to, Aesop Rock being my fave, and I listen to mostly college radio so I hear a bunch of new stuff. Love new stuff. That being said I'm not one to only listen to the music back from my young twenties, in fact I only just started to again recently but... I have to tell you guys that I saw The Cars in Chicago in 1979. Yes I did.
Great!! A band that was much more original and tight then they are often given credit for. EE's lead work is right one. Country riffs played thru a LEs PAul w/ distortion makes for a rockin sound.
i think they are a very influential band. The way they designed their presentations in videos is very "high concept". They were a smart bunch and had some awesome songs. They were also campy and satirical. There is a lot to engage the mind in what they did.
Its an orangey sky, always with some other guy, its just a broken lullaby, bye bye love.......bye bye love......bye bye love.....bye bye love..miss you ben!!!!
Who's here? Vote The Cars for the Rock Hall of Fame! I know, I know, but still they should be in. Voting is going on now. They are #4. Vote every single day.
Best keyboard solo in the history of Rock. Keith Emerson may have #2 through #10, but this is #1, by the GREAT Greg Hawkes. Such economy, not a single note wasted, tells a quick story, says what he has to say, then GETS OUT.
There is another video of this much sharper from an angle to the left of this view. It shows the interaction between Ben and Elliot at the end. Wonderful.
It depends on where you were. Candy-O came out a year after Devo was on SNL. Talking Heads had 3 albums out by 1979, as did Elvis Costello, The Stooges, and the Boomtown Rats; Blondie had 4, as did the Ramones. If you lived on either coast of the US (and you didn't have your radio stuck on a metal or country station) this kind of music had been around for some time, arguably ever since Ultravox had mashed David Bowie's style and Kraftwerk's synthesizers together. Orr's haircut is a clear homage to Bowie, as were the two Iggy Pop albums that came out before 1979. Roxy Music had been putting out records since 1972; in 1978 they (along with Marc Bolan and David Bowie) sparked off a whole new branch of "New Romantic" new-wave bands (e.g. Duran Duran). The Damned toured with T Rex in 1977. Their albums, and Wire's three 1970s albums, created yet another branch (e.g. Siouxsie, Bauhaus, The Cure - whose first album came out in 1979 - inspiring the likes of Depeche Mode). We have this mythology about decades, but much of 'the 60s' happened in the early 70s, and much of 'the 80s' happened in the late 70s. It took a while for this to percolate. Once MTV came out, geography stopped being an issuse... anyone with cable had access. New wave bands were more likely to make videos, resulting in a second New Wave modeled mostly on what was on MTV.
So what your saying is MTV going corporate and then changing after the 80s to only promoting Gangsta Rap to the next generation that ended the real rock and roll and its influence to the next generation. I guess you had to be there...
Thank you "Cars" for giving us so much great music through the years. Being in a top 40s band, rock bank , original band , we always had a set that we did top 40 rock.. and there was always a "Cars" song in that set.. it was always so fun playing your tunes and there was always more crowd response to your tunes than most any other.. love you guys and again thanks for the music...
Any chance people can stop using the word “underrated” in connection with the band or the musicians?
They were NOT underrated by anyone anywhere at anytime.
They were world famous.
They had repeated world-wide hits.
Fans and critics loved them.
Decades later their musical talents remain to be known and respected.
They were “rated” just fine.
They had money and fame and all the awards and rewards they earned.
The Cars were - and are - awesome. And everyone knows it.
👏👏👏🥳
You forgot, they are in the RRHOF too!
Benjamin Orr, my God what a rockstar!
RIP🕊️
Why was he not front and center in videos I saw on MTV in the 80's? All I ever saw was Rick? Never knew this beautiful, talented man was the voice of all these songs I love. He deserved more attention!
Ric was in charge of that band..he wrote all those songs. Ric had that quirky new wave voice as well. But I agree with u..Ben was the star on that stage
Ric never allowed Ben any of his songs to be sung and discarded any of Ben's input.
@@michaelprosperity3420that's odd Ric himself said in an interview that he'd sing but if it needed to be sung well Ben would sing it.
✔️💯
E.E. makes it look sooooooo easy. Like I could just pick up a guitar and play it myself. Sign of a true professional.
Never overplaying or too many notes...just in the pocket,the great Elliot Easton.
He's an exceptionally talented and gifted guitarist... You said it perfect
One of the greatest debut albums of all time
If not THE greatest. I stack it up next to Boston and that is saying something.
Benjamin Orr! Killer voice. He’s wearing his Army marksmanship medal on his right pocket here.
Was that in honor of his brother?
I imagine he just thought he'd acknowledge own Army service, however brief.
@@mamboqueen999 he served in the Army. Not sure of the details.
@@howardwalton1876 He was in the US Army around 1967 drafted for 18 months . Ben got a deferment got honorable discharged. Then, back to rock and rolling!
@@Km-jl2cu wild to think of Ben serving in Vietnam, makes me wonder what he did…🤔
The most underrated band of all time. Versatile and unique
That “word” again 🤓.
Waited 20+years for a re union that never happened
While Orr is getting all the attention, Easton is back there making magic. Sooooo underrated. And the incredible Hawkes probably is the most overlooked of all, yet his playing alone literally made their 'sound'. Damn that band was good.
Orr rarely gets attn either tho, only Ric
@@cultfilmfreakreviews 50% or more of the listeners/fans during that time were girls, and they were staring at Ben, not Ric.
Nah, Easton is no longer underated. He's a legend! This band were so much better than many of their contemporaries. I think U2 sucked by comparison. Can't compare the Edge with Elliot Easton, nor Ben Orr with poncy Bono. Just my opinion.
They were all great musicians! Ben def easy on the eyes 😍
Yeah, I wish the keyboard solo was longer, it's amazing.
A lot of people used to think the Cars were a British group
and Ben looks it here plus something about his beautiful
enunciation…What I love about this footage is how he and
and Elliot interact especially at the end. They do this in a lot
of Cars videos and someone used to call them The Twins cuz
Elliot being a lefty, he and Ben could stand so close and relate
so intensely and it is sooo endearing…RIP Benjamin
All Americans ❤🇺🇸🇺🇸❤
They really loved british rock music and they recorded at one of george martin’s studios.
Yea Ben kinda sang with a transatlantic accent. But hes a midwesterner lol.
Music just doesn't get any better than this. They sound better live than today's crap bands do in the studio. Benjamin Orr was phenominal. RIP Ben !
Yes I so agree
❤ I absolutely agree with you!!!
@ 2:25...Ben belting it out....he was on fire here....relaxed energy
Elliot's guitar on this song is so killer,one of my favorite guitarists
@gregory young- Each member of The Cars was essential in the band’s sound.
wow never paid attention to what an unbelievable drummer David Robinson is!
great drummer!
Stunningly tight, rediscovering these early performances is a gift.
Ben totally tore this song a new one. His vocals in this version are fantastic, particularly 2:25-2:31.
One of many things I like about The Cars was their ability to make their live concerts sound like the album. Ben has only slight variations in his voice while singing, the keyboard, drums and guitars all sound nearly the same.
Ric stated they tried to make their recordings sound more like LIVE performances for a reason...and as if you were hearing them via radio as well.
@bushbeachlifestyle6721 I've been enjoying The Cars on UA-cam for the last few months (hunky says I'm obsessed). I got a Cars cd (not Candy-O) and I love all the live performances over the cd. I do need a new stereo, but waiting for a newer car. 😊
Substitution mass confusion, clouds inside your head,
One of the greatest lines any song every had.
+John OConnor I agree, you electric angel rock and roller.
And his phrasing and delivery!
You think you so illustrious you call yourself intense. I love that line too.
The Musikladen tapes are some of the best Cars live performances. I dig the interaction between Eliot and Ben, a great rock duo, and those crazy Germans dug it as well.
Was there a more riveting front man than Ben Orr? Doubtful that the Cars, despite the musical talent and genius songs, would have achieved half the fame/popularity without him.
The word riveting doesn’t come to mind when I watch him. Cars would have been less interesting without Okasik, even though
Ben Orr was better signer, and the ladies would say better looking.
That is what Greg Hawkes said/implied in his acceptance speech at the RRHOF.
@@rainmakerjim - Ben era lindo demais!
No way...there would be NO CARS....BENNY WAS OTHER WORLDLY n I intend to see him in the afterlife.....23 years gone....feels like yesterday.misd u so , Ben.😢
Ocasek once said in an interview, “If it was a good song, I sang it. If it was a great song, Ben sang it.”
Legendary! Ben's vocals always kick ass. RIP Ric & Ben!
Looked tight, played tight. Goddammit I love The Cars.
These guys were bloody awesome.
Ben Orr...So much talent, so short a life...R.I.P. Mr. Orr!
Ben Orr I just wanna give him a big hug
So many of their tunes could have been HIT singles! It would be awsum to have a CD now called "All The Could Have Been Singles!"
Benjamin! You made this band buddy!! RIP!!
How can anyone have so much swag !!!!! .. Love the 🚗 🚘 🚙
Ben and Elliot flowed so well! It really was magic in a bottle!
Growing up in Austin,Texas in the '70s and '80s, I have seen my share of live concerts. At the top of the list is The Cars at Southpark Meadows in 1984. Today that venue is box stores galore. It hurts and feels somewhat selfish to think we'll never get to see some of these bands again. But the memories will remain in our heads and in our hearts. Tom Petty, David Bowie, Ric Ocasek Benjamin Orr, Neil Peart. Local favorites like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender. The show's I have seen. Amazing. AC DC twice, first time front row blowing a hit off a doob at Angus who was right before me. The cloud turned blue in the spotlight as it engulfed him. He snarled smiled at me. Pat Benatar twice, the B-52's twice, Kate Pierson an arm length away in 1982. I stood before Todd Rundgren, the original Van Halen twice The Police twice. 80's bands like The Fixx, INXS, Adam Ant, the Go-Go's on and on. I saw Devo and Billy Joel the same night at different venues. Frisked to enter an Ozzy show. Robert Plant solo and again with Jimmy Page. Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks with an over sized Gypsy like bun of hair and sleeves that draped long flowing material as she waved both arms putting me into a trance. Heart and Aerosmith not holding back 1 oz on the vocals. Cheap Trick, Def Leppard, ZZ Top, Madonna. I could go on and on. Last count was over 80 big name shows, but in my mind it was this band that was the best that I've ever seen live. They were that good. Tight. Rush was a close 2nd. Still have a t-shirt from that show Heartbeat City tour. RIP those who rocked our world while they were here.
Lucky!! I'm jealous!😊
@rufusrose Back then, I don't think Easton got the credit he deserved for his guitar work because he didn't do a lot of lengthy, wanky, check-out-my-skills kind of solos like a lot of his contemporaries did. That wasn't what The Cars were about. But he's definitely an excellent guitarist.
the cars always had the ability to sound like their albums live, show me a band that can do that today
Yup. Saw them in KC with five other bands in 1979. Couldn’t believe how close they were to the record. Truly incredible
Agreed. Saw them in Toronto in ‘83 I think and they’re a really good live band
What the Hell is an Album anyway.
@@jeffreywilliams144 A long-playing record that spins at 33rpm on a record player.
@@nomdaploom You have the wrong guy here. By the way what are you talking about?
Ben rocked, RIP ben you made a name in rock
Great songs not just another band. The cars were at the top of their game in the 70s miss there sound!!
REMINDS ME OF MY EARLY TWENTIES!
That has got to be the best solo of all time!
Unbelievable performance. Great band and their early stuff especially was kick ass. Seriously how could anyone give this a thumbs down. If they don't love this then what do they love.
Damn, ben orr is a great singer!
Love Benjamin Orr..unparalleled. But let’s give some love to Elliott
Really the start and finish makes you play this song over and over and over and it keeps fresh almost no other song has that ever
This absolutely rocks... for me the measure of a band is how they perform live... and this is such a good performance... Great energy... I had no idea how many of the Cars classic tunes Ben Orr did the lead vocals... He was fantastic... I think he sang most of my favorite songs. Thanks for the post.
Yeah, watching these UA-cam live "Ben" performances made me realize he sang all my favorites.
RIP Benny11letters
Cool to see Ric singing to himself on the chorus to this
What a prolific songwriter but clearly Ben's vocals and style were perfect fit for this song
If I could be a rock star for one day, it would be as Ben Orr here. So damn cool! Also, am I the only one who dug how Elliot and Ben were interacting at the end of the song?
That's one of my favorite parts:)
@@daytripper9222 They do the same thing during the France concert. That time, though, Benjamin has a smile that just lights up his face. So handsome. ^_^
I lived in New England for much of the 80's, but somehow I never got to see these guys. Major regret!
Yes!!!! I love that
No kidding, The Cars' first album was absolutely huge. Making Candy O a highly anticipated follow up. Major rock n' roll players.
With you man. The Cars have done so much for the music industry, even for the little time they were around.
Way ahead of the times & one of my fave Cars tracks. RIP Ric & Ben.
Nowadays, no more fantastic music groups like The Cars
Just fantastic.
Elliot Easton and Benjamin Orr have this connection onstage that comes out visually as well as musically, as if they are separate! The Cars show many of their synergistic qualities. Robinson's drum work is a powerhouse. I just picked up "The Cars: Complete Greatest Hits", and it's totally cool to hear the studio cuts and then, as here- "Bye Bye Love" Live in the "Candy-O tour. Those who were at those gigs had a memorable experience. The Cars, with Ric Ocasek's diverse but intelligent punk writing like a Beatnik messenger to Hippy acres for gig with shades & double breasted suit. This band band is a precision focused Unit, both in studio and Live. "Let's Go!"
seriously this has to be one of the greatest bands of all time. i find them equally as impressive as floyd or zep or even rush. incredible, original and very talented!
Every song was great.
David Robinson on the SKINS!!!!!!!!!!!!..💜💜💜💜👏👏👏🎎🎎🎎🙋🙋🙋👍👍👍🐈
David’s a great drummer, keeping that back beat rhythm locked down tight👏❤️👏
It kills me how all those people are just sitting around at tables and stuff. I'd have been up dancing. Love the Cars. RIP sweet Ben!
i agree get up and get moving
Maybe because of filming they told them to chill. I think they are in Europe there is a German-ish word on a sign in the back when the song begins.
@@whereyat89- Yes, this was filmed at Bremen Studios in Germany.
The bass line at 0:58 is magnificent.
What a great band. Wow. So glad I've had these guys to Rock to since birth
I can remember blasting this song out of my 74 Camaro back in the 80's. Amazing band. They helped personify the late 70's and early 80's!
+Xcorgi I had a 73 Camaro. Had this on cassette and played it out!
amazing fucking band period
They are having a blast it's so sweet
This was mind blowing shit in 1979. Consider what was happening with disco still the dominant force in music. Punk was barely 3 years old. New Wave was just starting. The Cars were on the forefront of the New Wave movement. I listened to the established English bands (LZ, The Who, etc.), southern rock, etc, so when stuff like this came out I was blown away. Sounds a bit primitive today (I still like it quite a bit) but this sort of music had a profound impact. Wonder what sort of music will kill the Hip Hop/Rap vortex of sonic pain that we have been experiencing for the last 15-20 years?
Jaye Bass - you echoed my experience and sentiments exactly.
I'm just not getting with primitive, but that's ok, I know why you are here. I feel that the music of The Cars has really stood the test of time. There's some Hip Hop that I listen to, Aesop Rock being my fave, and I listen to mostly college radio so I hear a bunch of new stuff. Love new stuff. That being said I'm not one to only listen to the music back from my young twenties, in fact I only just started to again recently but... I have to tell you guys that I saw The Cars in Chicago in 1979. Yes I did.
Def not primitive, maybe primal
Let we not forget, these guys really rocked, had so many hits, and are at the top of my list in 2021!
After living all these years and always listening to the cars I can't believe this is the first time i've seen them play live.
Brilliant song from an unforgettably unique band.
So amazing makes my mind freak out bye bye love
Great!!
A band that was much more original and tight then they are often given credit for.
EE's lead work is right one. Country riffs played thru a LEs PAul w/ distortion makes for a rockin sound.
I am digging those leather pants, Ben.
Gorgeous...
So form fittingly,,,Perfect 😅
Lovin' that synth!
2:11-2:26 Greg Hawkes amazing.
Well said! 🎹🌟
Fastest / most over the top performance of this I’ve yet seen. They were having fun with this one.
a rock band at their prime....
These guys were really top of their game at Bremen Studios!
I love the way Ben says " Orange Sky" ❤
I have a dvd of this "concert." fucking fantastic! Love The Cars!
i think they are a very influential band. The way they designed their presentations in videos is very "high concept". They were a smart bunch and had some awesome songs. They were also campy and satirical. There is a lot to engage the mind in what they did.
he is damn talented. i just lv all the rifts. great guitar band.
Great song live! Whoo-hoo! Rock On! Bye-Bye-Love! Tight and loud and rocking.
Excellent performance by an excellent band. Thanks for this amazing post. Takes me back to good times & better days.
Yes, it does, Great times back then.
Yep! Totally ORRsome!
Best comment award ever to u best ever to read on this song by Ben!!! Love it!...❤️👍🇺🇸☮️😻🔥🧨🙏🎶💯🎵🐱
Fabulous Ben always so damn frickin amazing this is so hot great live version!..... superb legendary!....👍❤️😻🇺🇸☮️💯🔥🧨🎶🎵
2:19 musicians feeding off each other building energy.. Awesome..
still almost unbelievable - so talented, so original
Amazing live performance!
Great guitar, drums and keyboards on this one (along with great song/singing)
Great music
Wish I could have seen them all together.❤love the cars so much.
Its an orangey sky,
always with some other guy,
its just a broken lullaby,
bye bye love.......bye bye love......bye bye love.....bye bye love..miss you ben!!!!
Who's here? Vote The Cars for the Rock Hall of Fame! I know, I know, but still they should be in. Voting is going on now. They are #4. Vote every single day.
They finally made it...
I don't know if they've ever had a live album.. I don't think they do .. they are incredible live
Best keyboard solo in the history of Rock. Keith Emerson may have #2 through #10, but this is #1, by the GREAT Greg Hawkes. Such economy, not a single note wasted, tells a quick story, says what he has to say, then GETS OUT.
This one makes me remember-- just remember.😏
I hear ya!!
🎶
“It’s an Orangey Sky”🧡 🎶
I love that line! Great visual interpretation in their songs lyrics.
Phenomenal song writing, Ric.
I had my white souped-up race car camaro with the 8 track of the Candy-O album. What fun I had woooo, my first race car.
I remember listening to this band back in Jr high School so much fun 😊
There is another video of this much sharper from an angle to the left of this view. It shows the interaction between Ben and Elliot at the end. Wonderful.
maybe the audience was stunned..this music was new and unusual at the time..New Wave!
It depends on where you were. Candy-O came out a year after Devo was on SNL. Talking Heads had 3 albums out by 1979, as did Elvis Costello, The Stooges, and the Boomtown Rats; Blondie had 4, as did the Ramones. If you lived on either coast of the US (and you didn't have your radio stuck on a metal or country station) this kind of music had been around for some time, arguably ever since Ultravox had mashed David Bowie's style and Kraftwerk's synthesizers together. Orr's haircut is a clear homage to Bowie, as were the two Iggy Pop albums that came out before 1979. Roxy Music had been putting out records since 1972; in 1978 they (along with Marc Bolan and David Bowie) sparked off a whole new branch of "New Romantic" new-wave bands (e.g. Duran Duran). The Damned toured with T Rex in 1977. Their albums, and Wire's three 1970s albums, created yet another branch (e.g. Siouxsie, Bauhaus, The Cure - whose first album came out in 1979 - inspiring the likes of Depeche Mode).
We have this mythology about decades, but much of 'the 60s' happened in the early 70s, and much of 'the 80s' happened in the late 70s. It took a while for this to percolate. Once MTV came out, geography stopped being an issuse... anyone with cable had access. New wave bands were more likely to make videos, resulting in a second New Wave modeled mostly on what was on MTV.
So what your saying is MTV going corporate and then changing after the 80s to only promoting Gangsta Rap to the next generation that ended the real rock and roll and its influence to the next generation. I guess you had to be there...
@@nexioseptimus5099- This was filmed at Bremen Studios in Germany. I don’t know where Germany was at musically at the time.
Cars were true rock!
The Cars occupied their own space.
There will never be another..
The cars were so fucking cool they didn't know how cool they really were.... KICK ASS!!
cutting edge brilliant! Just breathtaking!
Awesome song!
Thank you "Cars" for giving us so much great music through the years. Being in a top 40s band, rock bank , original band , we always had a set that we did top 40 rock.. and there was always a "Cars" song in that set.. it was always so fun playing your tunes and there was always more crowd response to your tunes than most any other.. love you guys and again thanks for the music...
What an outstanding performance of a brilliant song!
fav cars tune