RIP, Ric Ocasek of the Cars

[Newport 66]

Died at the young age of 75 today.

 

[Old Mike]

“Drive” and “Dangerous Type” are my favorites. R.I.P. and thanks for some cool music.

 

[Moparmat2000]

Wow. The other day it was Eddie Money, now Ric. WTF. I have a bunch of The Cars music. Man I loved their tunes.

 

[Zymurgy]

Listening to Cars always brings back lots of fond memories from my youth. RIP Ric

 

[1978 NYB]

Dang!

I liked just about everything the Cars made!!!!

 

[1978 NYB]

I listen to a lot of First Wave stuff from the 90's.

Channel 33 on XMS is one of my favorite stations.

 

[mr. fix it]

I really enjoyed the Cars brand of rock music.
RIP Ric

 

[detmatt]

R.I.P..

 

[Imperialist67]

The Cars were one of my favorites during my "New Wave heyday," I saw them at least once, and they were a big part of what inspired me to start playing in bands, which I still do thirty-some years later.

My favorite Ric Ocasek performance though, was in this clip from John Waters' film "Hairspray" where he portrays a paint-throwing Baltimore beatnik, with a bongo-playing Pia Zadora!



Safe home Ric, thanks for the great music and inspiration. He leaves a rich legacy behind him.

 

[patrick66]

Wow, Eddie Money and now Ric Ocasek in a matter of days...wonder who will be number three in the Death Trifecta? Damn, literally music I grew up with...

The very last song I played as a radio DJ in November 1979, was The Cars "Let's Go".

Let's Go!

 

[Newport 66]

Great album cover

 

[66l78rat]

Cool dude n band,sucks losing these icons of my young fun days.

 

[rapidtrans]

Great road trip music!

 

[Moparmat2000]

Great album cover

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Art O Matic Loop di Loop. 4x6 Oil on canvas by Peter Phillips. Was being displayed in a museum in Nuremberg Germany.

Another Mopar inspired work by Peter Phillips is the Art O Matic Cuda Cutie.

I would love to get framed copies of both works.

My wife says I am the keeper of all sorts of useless knowledge like I'm a living google search engine. Go figure.

 

[The Goose]

Remember when concerts were about 15 bucks to get in ? Glad I got to see all these guys back in the day. I don’t know how kids afford it today. RIP & let the good times roll.

 

[413]

This is all mixed up!

 

[stubs300]

This is all mixed up!

A badass jam in my opinion!

 

[67Monaco]

Wow. The other day it was Eddie Money, now Ric. WTF. I have a bunch of The Cars music. Man I loved their tunes.

Meanwhile we have to start thinking about what kind of world we're going to leave Keith Richards.

 

[Fratzog]

RIP Rick. Loved that band.

 

[LocuMob]

That sucks. I loved The Cars as a kid in the 80's, such a great sound, and his look, pure 80's rock 'n roll.