The Cars: Classic or Dud?

I am a millennial and I like Door to Door. I don't know how millennials in general feel about the Cars, but there's a lot of Ben Orr fangirling on tumblr

I am a millennial and the Cars are unimpeachably great imo

Candy O only clicked for me recently. It's side two which I think is the better side. Shoo Be Doo onvwards is just such a great run of songs

Any love for Ric's Beatitude album? Currently playing it more than any actual Cars

"Jimmy Jimmy" is as good if not better than many Cars songs.

I think Jimmy Jimmy might be my favourite Cars related track, especially this 12" version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010iE30pjB8

HOLY SHIT

the "We're all in this together" section is so uncharacteristic of Ocasek, who likes to play Mr. Cynic behind the shades.

ooh gotta check out that Ocasek 12"

while we're touching on solo stuff, this is also totally great, whole LP is worth finding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC-0B2KSacc

I like Niagara Falls too, in terms of solo albums I can't think of another one that sounds so much like the band that person was in with all the other members contributions muted, like Shake It Up-era Cars tracks that haven't had the vocal or guitar part added yet.

Elliot Easton's Change No Change album is great as well, sounds a little less like the Cars than the others solo records, less new wave and more power-pop

Ocasek's Fireball Zone, co-produced by Nile Rodgers, has a handful of interestingly arranged tunes: keyboard textures, dance grooves.

Listening to 'Candy O' for the first time in years, it really hit me how much the track "Shoo Be Doo" was Ric Ocasek doing a studio track having fun doing Alan Vega with the delay on the voice. It's definitely got that Suicide choogle going on.

Here's where I stand.