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** Ben is a more classic example of this. He was often called "the sexy one," by Ric, which he denied though he admitted to being the "randy one."
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* BreakupSong: A few here and there.
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* BreakupSong: A few here and there. "Since You're Gone" is one of them, and notably finds Ric doing a BobDylan impression.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Ric and Ben. Not ''entirely'' heterosexual for at least one half of the partnership (see BiTheWay above) but they knew each other since high school and were very, very close. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1QYxMjRnc Silver]] from ''Nexterday'', Ric's first solo album released after Ben's death, is about Ben, and the ''Move Like This'' album is dedicated to him.
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* HoodOrnamentHottie: ''Candy-O'''s cover is a classic example.
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* ShoutOut: From "They Won't See You":
-->Let's turn on the TV and [[Franchise/StarTrek relate to Spock]]
-->Let's turn on the TV and [[Franchise/StarTrek relate to Spock]]
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* WordSaladLyrics: "I'm in Touch with Your World", "Gimme Some Slack", "A Dream Away".
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** "Double Life" to "Shoo Be Doo" to "Candy-O."
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* BiTheWay: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci7z6_auVQA Ric.]]
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They took a break in '82; Ric and Greg released solo albums. They reunited in '83, and after eight months of studio tweaking with producer MuttLange, released their MagnumOpus, ''Heartbeat City'', in early '84. With this album, they nearly completely ditched their PowerPop tendencies and instead went for high-energy, synth-laden high-tech but still rocking Music/NewWave. Five songs were Top 40 hits, the ballad "Drive" went to #1, and MTV put the videos for "You Might Think", "Magic", and "Drive" into heavy rotation. They performed at Live Aid, and were superstars... [[FifteenMinutesOfFame for about two years]].
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They took a break in '82; Ric and Greg released solo albums. They reunited in '83, and after eight months of studio tweaking with producer MuttLange, released their MagnumOpus, ''Heartbeat City'', in early '84. With this album, they nearly completely ditched their PowerPop tendencies and instead went for high-energy, synth-laden high-tech but still rocking Music/NewWave. Five songs were Top 40 hits, the ballad "Drive" went to #1, was their highest-charting hit at #3 ({{Prince}}'s "Let's Go Crazy" kept them from #1), and MTV put the videos for "You Might Think", "Magic", and "Drive" into heavy rotation. They performed at Live Aid, and were superstars... [[FifteenMinutesOfFame for about two years]].
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* AGoodNameForARockBand: And one that provided Ric with plenty of opportunities for puns and double entendres.
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** Elliot Easton from Elliot Shapiro.
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** Elliot Easton changed his last name from Elliot Shapiro.
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** Babe-laden album covers, especially ''The Cars'', ''Candy-O'', ''Shake It Up'' and ''Heatbeat City''.
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** Babe-laden album covers, especially ''The Cars'', ''Candy-O'', ''Shake It Up'' and ''Heatbeat ''Heartbeat City''.
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** Babe-laden album covers, especially ''The Cars'', ''Candy-O'', ''Shake It Up'' and ''Heatbeat City''.
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They took a break in '82; Ric and Greg released solo albums. They reunited in '83, and after eight months of studio tweaking with producer MuttLange, released their MagnumOpus, ''Heartbeat City'', in early '84. With this album, they nearly completely ditched their PowerPop tendencies and instead went for high-energy, synth-laden high-tech but still rocking Music/NewWave. Five songs were Top 40 hits, the ballad "Drive" went to #1, and MTV put the videos for "You Might Think", "Magic", and "Drive" into heavy rotation. They performed at Live Aid, and were superstars... [[FifteenMinutesOfFame for about two years]].
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* {{Bishonen}}: Greg. Just look at the picture above.
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* MrFanservice: Ben.
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* Bishounen: {{Bishonen}}: Greg. Just look at the picture above.
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They released a best-of in '85, with one new song, "Tonight She Comes". They took another break in '86; Ric, Ben, and Elliot released solo albums. They reunited for their last album, ''Door to Door'', in '87. ''Door to Door'', produced by Ocasek, brought them back to their roots as an early New Wave band with a lot of [[PunkRock Punk]] influences. They tried to get away from the mechanical sounds of their previous albums, but they didn't make it. Critics panned it, and sales were modest, nothing compared to ''Heartbeat City''. They saw a few too many empty seats on the tour, and called it a day in February 1988.
Ben died of cancer in 2000. The remaining members reunited in 2010, and a new album, ''Move Like This'', was released in May 2011. Greg and producer Jacknife Lee filled in on bass. ''Move Like This'' is a return to the sound of the first two albums.
Ben died of cancer in 2000. The remaining members reunited in 2010, and a new album, ''Move Like This'', was released in May 2011. Greg and producer Jacknife Lee filled in on bass. ''Move Like This'' is a return to the sound of the first two albums.
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They released a best-of in '85, with one new song, "Tonight She Comes". They took another break in '86; Ric, Ben, and Elliot released solo albums. They reunited for their last album, ''Door to Door'', in '87. ''Door to Door'', produced by Ocasek, brought them back to their roots as an early New Wave band with a lot of [[PunkRock Punk]] influences. They tried to get away from the mechanical sounds of their previous albums, but they didn't make it. Critics panned it, and sales were modest, nothing compared to ''Heartbeat City''. They saw The tour was difficult, with the band drifting apart and a few too many lot of empty seats on at each venue. It was enough to give Ric a [[HeroicBSOD nervous breakdown]], and so The Cars broke up for what appeared to be the tour, and called it a day last time in February 1988.
1988. 1995's best-of and rarities collection ''Just What I Needed'' was intended to be the final nail in the coffin. But the band members remained friends, ready to reunite any time Ric was ready.
Ben died of cancer in 2000.The remaining members reunited Ric continued his solo career, and in 2010, he put together a set of songs that he really liked. A call with Elliot led to a reunion, and a new album, ''Move Like This'', This'' was released in May 2011. Greg and producer Jacknife Lee filled in on bass. ''Move Like This'' is a return to the sound of the first two albums.
Ben died of cancer in 2000.
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They took a break in '82; Ric and Greg released solo albums. They reunited in '83, and after eight months of studio tweaking with producer [[Mutt Lange]], MuttLange, released their MagnumOpus, ''Heartbeat City'', in early '84. With this album, they nearly completely ditched their PowerPop tendencies and instead went for high-energy, synth-laden high-tech Music/NewWave. Five songs were Top 40 hits, the ballad "Drive" went to #1, and MTV put the videos for "You Might Think", "Magic", and "Drive" into heavy rotation. They performed at Live Aid, and were superstars... [[FifteenMinutesOfFame for about two years]].
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They took a break in '82; Ric and Greg released solo albums. They reunited in '83, and after eight months of studio tweaking with producer Mutt Lange, [[Mutt Lange]], released their MagnumOpus, ''Heartbeat City'', in early '84. With this album, they nearly completely ditched their PowerPop tendencies and instead went for high-energy, synth-laden high-tech Music/NewWave. Five songs were Top 40 hits, the ballad "Drive" went to #1, and MTV put the videos for "You Might Think", "Magic", and "Drive" into heavy rotation. They performed at Live Aid, and were superstars... [[FifteenMinutesOfFame for about two years]].
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One of the most successful American NewWave[=/=]PowerPop bands, and a pioneer in distilling the various strains of New Wave into something that was both progressive and accessible.
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They took a break in '82; Ric and Greg released solo albums. They reunited in '83, and after eight months of studio tweaking with producer Mutt Lange, released their MagnumOpus, ''Heartbeat City'', in early '84. With this album, they nearly completely ditched their PowerPop tendencies and instead went for high-energy, synth-laden high-tech NewWave.Music/NewWave. Five songs were Top 40 hits, the ballad "Drive" went to #1, and MTV put the videos for "You Might Think", "Magic", and "Drive" into heavy rotation. They performed at Live Aid, and were superstars... [[FifteenMinutesOfFame for about two years]].
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* EpicRiff: Many, on either guitar or keyboards.
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Ric and Ben met in Cleveland, Ohio, and moved to UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} in the early '70s, attracted to its music scene. They formed and disbanded four bands, and met various other local musicians. Finally, they started The Cars on New Year's Eve, 1977. Elliot and Greg had been in their earlier bands, and David was from their favorite Boston punk band, The Modern Lovers.
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Ric and Ben met in Cleveland, Ohio, and moved to UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} in the early '70s, [[TheSeventies 1970s]], attracted to its music scene. They formed and disbanded four bands, and met various other local musicians. Finally, they started The Cars on New Year's Eve, 1977. Elliot and Greg had been in their earlier bands, and David was from their favorite Boston punk band, The Modern Lovers.
