The band’s first album,The Cars(1978), was one of the best-selling albums of the 1970s, and it is considered one of the best albums in rock history. With Orr and Ocasek taking turns on lead vocals, the record features a mix ofguitar-driven songs that span 1950srockabilly(“My Best...
Here are the ten best Cars songs to play in your car. 10“Good Times Roll”(1978) “Good Times Roll” was the first track onThe Cars’ debut album. The album was so chock-full of hits that this was the 3rd single, not getting radio airplay until 1979. ...
keyboards over easton’s guitars in the mix—the cars wind up emphasizing their artiness while staying fixated on ocasek’s sharp pop hooks. in the context of panorama , those hooks, whether guitar riffs or vocal melodies, don’t necessarily contribute to the kind of songs that would tear ...
41: The Cars The Cars were part of a trend where power pop merged with synths, ultimately falling under the '80s-era umbrella of New Wave – but way before MTV. There was some punk, some rockabilly and art rock in there too. That made for a 1978 debut album that played like a grea...
Greg Hawkes and Elliot Easton teamed up with Todd Rundgren to form The New Cars, a pop supergroup whose repertoire included Rundgren’s solo songs, the Cars’ past hits, and some new material. The New Cars toured with Blondie in 2006 and released one record, the concert album It’s Alive...
Blondie and singer Deborah Harry had their commercial breakthrough with "Parallel Lines," an album with a famous striped black-and-white cover that featured "Heart of Glass." It's joined this year by another new wave classic from the same year, the self-titled debut album by the Cars. ...
with its sex-symbol vocalistDeborah Harry; thedisingenuoustunefulness ofJonathan Richmanand the Modern Lovers;the Go-Go’s, whose debut album,Beauty and the Beat,reached number one in 1982;the Cars, who found immediate Top 40 success with “Just What I Needed”; and an artier avant-garde ...
The Cars in 1978 were raw and edgy, even as their debut album spawned some of their most radio-friendly hit songs, including “Good Times Roll,”“My Best Friend’s Girl,” and “Just What I Needed” (the first three tracks on the first record, and some of the biggest...
, The Strokes delivered New York punk for a new era, taking the best from the past – mainly the Cars, Stooges, and Velvets – and channeling them into songs that are invariably short and tasty (all under four minutes) and never quite linear. Originally catching on in late 2001, it ...
The songs of The Past Is Still Alive traverse the Florida heat and San Francisco’s Castro District, graffitied boxcars and a toxic Superfund site all in service of the poetry—yes, poetry—of a queer and anarchic survival. The tales could be a movie, or a book—they’re an album ...