I was once in line behind Ric at a record store, and he had a stack of CD's in hand. Madonna, Social Distortion, Sonic Youth, and a bunch more I don't recall. I think it was Newbury Comics in Boston, but I'm not sure. I also saw him a second time somewhere, either in NYC or Boston again, I don't recall. I liked to Cars. Always thought he married well. That's all I have.
Dropping Like Flies
hutch wrote:shambolic-hatch wrote:hutch wrote:
The Cars actually played the 930 a few years ago…
Wasn't that with todd rungrun on vocals
at the time $85 seemed steep, now that's normal concert price
No way, it was with Ocasek
T went
Orr was long dead though of course
2011….only 10 shows and 930 got one of them
would have liked to have caught that
was in the process of moving back to DC, so couldn't have swung it
Didn't realize that Orr had sung some of these gems:"Just What I Needed", "Let's Go" and "Moving in Stereo" Always thought they were sung by RO
(so the Fast Times ref technically is not accurate …co-written by Ric Ocasek and the band's keyboard player Greg Hawkes, and sung by bassist Benjamin Orr. )
just stumbled across a demo with Ric singing Moving in Stereo https://youtu.be/cX-MOsg99jw made in his basement in 77 with just Hawkes
hutch wrote:shambolic-hatch wrote:hutch wrote:
The Cars actually played the 930 a few years ago…
Wasn't that with todd rungrun on vocals
at the time $85 seemed steep, now that's normal concert price
No way, it was with Ocasek
T went
Orr was long dead though of course
I went to that as well.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/in-concert-the-cars-at-930-club/2011/05/24/AFJV4bAH_blog.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL4iqhXc-XY
You might be thinking of this:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-new-cars/2006/filene-center-at-wolf-trap-vienna-va-1bcd8954.html
vansmack wrote:
Me and Phoebe Cates are going to pour one out for Rick tonight….
probably the wrong verb choice re: phoebe…
challanged wrote:vansmack wrote:
Me and Phoebe Cates are going to pour one out for Rick tonight….
probably the wrong verb choice re: phoebe…
Wouldn't it be: Phoebe and I are planning to pour one out for Ric (and Ben) tonight for his (their) contribution to an iconic scene
I'm sad about Ric, that debut album is soo good, what a catalog of just amazing songs they have
but the number of people who have talked about their love for him did one of two things:
called him RicK
or quoted a Orr sung song as their favorite Ric song: Drive, Moving in stereo, Just what I needed and Let's go
I do recall Orr doing Drive and always thought that was a one off kind of thing
but when most people (myself included) think of the Cars…they (incorrectly assume) that Ric did all the vocals
I hope people learn that Orr sung most of those classics they are attributing to Ric
Now Ric did write almost every song…so they are not totally wrong to attribute it to him
but the number of people who have talked about their love for him did one of two things:
called him RicK
or quoted a Orr sung song as their favorite Ric song: Drive, Moving in stereo, Just what I needed and Let's go
I do recall Orr doing Drive and always thought that was a one off kind of thing
but when most people (myself included) think of the Cars…they (incorrectly assume) that Ric did all the vocals
I hope people learn that Orr sung most of those classics they are attributing to Ric
Now Ric did write almost every song…so they are not totally wrong to attribute it to him
Problem is their voices sound similar
Orr has a bigger role at beginning but it diminished and Ocasek took over
Orr has a bigger role at beginning but it diminished and Ocasek took over
shambolic-hatch wrote:challanged wrote:vansmack wrote:
Me and Phoebe Cates are going to pour one out for Rick tonight….
probably the wrong verb choice re: phoebe…
Wouldn't it be: Phoebe and I are planning to pour one out for Ric (and Ben) tonight for his (their) contribution to an iconic scene
It was something along the lines of: rubbing one out to the image of Phoebe, while remembering Ric and the band's contribution to that iconic scene.
Cokie Roberts
Cookie Roberts. 75 is the new 27.
It's almost shocking, that famous people die, of old age now.
WalkOnBack wrote:
It's almost shocking, that famous people die, of old age now.
Given that I'm closer to 75 than 27, I'm going to argue that 75 is not old age.
Was kind of joking of my mid-life crisis purchase recently and realized that my mid life was over a decade ago with males avg age of 76 in the US.
I'd have to live to 96 for that purchase to be mid-life
I'd have to live to 96 for that purchase to be mid-life
https://theweek.com/articles/861750/coming-death-just-about-every-rock-legend
TL;DR
But there's another sense in which rock is very nearly dead: Just about every rock legend you can think of is going to die within the next decade or so.
Behold the killing fields that lie before us: Bob Dylan (78 years old); Paul McCartney (77); Paul Simon (77) and Art Garfunkel (77); Carole King (77); Brian Wilson (77); Mick Jagger (76) and Keith Richards (75); Joni Mitchell (75); Jimmy Page (75) and Robert Plant (71); Ray Davies (75); Roger Daltrey (75) and Pete Townshend (74); Roger Waters (75) and David Gilmour (73); Rod Stewart (74); Eric Clapton (74); Debbie Harry (74); Neil Young (73); Van Morrison (73); Bryan Ferry (73); Elton John (72); Don Henley (72); James Taylor (71); Jackson Browne (70); Billy Joel (70); and Bruce Springsteen (69, but turning 70 next month).
I like Blondie….but putting Debbie Harry in that list is re-duck-u-less
misinformation wrote:
I like Blondie….but putting Debbie Harry in that list is re-duck-u-less
You're right. Women do tend to live longer.
challanged wrote:
https://theweek.com/articles/861750/coming-death-just-about-every-rock-legend
TL;DR
But there's another sense in which rock is very nearly dead: Just about every rock legend you can think of is going to die within the next decade or so.
Behold the killing fields that lie before us: Bob Dylan (78 years old); Paul McCartney (77); Paul Simon (77) and Art Garfunkel (77); Carole King (77); Brian Wilson (77); Mick Jagger (76) and Keith Richards (75); Joni Mitchell (75); Jimmy Page (75) and Robert Plant (71); Ray Davies (75); Roger Daltrey (75) and Pete Townshend (74); Roger Waters (75) and David Gilmour (73); Rod Stewart (74); Eric Clapton (74); Debbie Harry (74); Neil Young (73); Van Morrison (73); Bryan Ferry (73); Elton John (72); Don Henley (72); James Taylor (71); Jackson Browne (70); Billy Joel (70); and Bruce Springsteen (69, but turning 70 next month).
Those people might be alive but their rock sauce is weak dead…they are legends for their contributions four or five decades ago except Neil
If there is any hope it’s the young
The word rock has come to mean whatever young people play…it has little connection to chuck berry or rock and roll
misinformation wrote:One could make the argument she has sold more records than Bryan Ferry, Van Morrison, or Ray Davies (unless I am way off on my sales figures I just googled) and probably has more "recognizable to common people in 2019" songs than all three together. Debbie Harry being on this doesn't seem absurd to me.
I like Blondie….but putting Debbie Harry in that list is re-duck-u-less