R.I.P Rick Ocasek

[rudds1 102]

The lead singer of the group the cars rick ocasek has died  aged 75

Edited September 16, 2019 by rudds1

[Ridgewalk 96]

Sad for friends family and fans but personally never heard of him.

[Ontarian1981 10]

3 hours ago, Ridgewalk said:

Sad for friends family and fans but personally never heard of him.

 The Cars were a major force in North American pop music in the 80s, inducted into the Rock n Roll hall of fame last year: 

 

Edited September 17, 2019 by Ontarian1981

[ANGELFIRE1 10]

I don't know him personally, but I do remember this.

 

 

 

Angel1

[Ontarian1981 10]

53 minutes ago, ANGELFIRE1 said:

I don't know him personally, but I do remember this.

 

 

 

Angel1

Great song and my own personal favourite of theirs.However Ric didn't sing that one, that was Benjamin Orr who also wrote many of their hits.He died quite young of cancer, almost 20 years ago.

Edited September 17, 2019 by Ontarian1981

[choogling 14]

The cars were a middle of the road soft rock band, during the eighties we were spoilt for choice with some fine bands such as journey doing pretty much the same stuff ,having said that they did write some great tunes that still sound good today.

2 hours ago, Ontarian1981 said:

 The Cars were a major force in North American pop music in the 80s, inducted into the Rock n Roll hall of fame last year: 

 

One of the best parody songs ever.

[Ontarian1981 10]

3 hours ago, choogling said:

The cars were a middle of the road soft rock band, during the eighties we were spoilt for choice with some fine bands such as journey doing pretty much the same stuff ,having said that they did write some great tunes that still sound good today.

One of the best parody songs ever.

Yes British bands ruled the 80s .The major American bands such as The Eagles , Doors, CCR and Beach Boys were pretty much done and we had to put up a lot of banal stuff from the likes of Bon Jovi, Foreigner, Journey, Van Halen,Platinum Blonde, Glass Tiger and these guys. Thank goodness Springsteen and Billy Joel were on top form then.

Edited September 17, 2019 by Ontarian1981

[FinBak 12]

I personally thought this video and music was great.