gillespp wrote:
it's do'in here too. (I distinctly recall the where and when I listened to this newly released album.)

Very nice....And what nice memories of a more innocent time.

Thanks for the Cars combo - Moving In Stereo/All Mixed Up belong together.

Frawg wrote:

with you

Mari wrote:Well, they do run together on the original album... Nice.

... Cars ... ... X 2! ... double groove! ...

these two songs are inseparable.
way to keep'em connected

Wet Pheobe Cates.

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coffee-eyes wrote:
Another two songs that seemed inseperable were "Sho-Be-Do" and "Candy-O"

I always remember these songs as one anyway. Thanks for the natural progession Bill!

coffee-eyes wrote:
On the vinyl, they blended right into each other to form the end of the album. They HAVE to go hand in hand...

AliGator wrote:
A double shot of crap. :puke: :puke:

AliGator wrote:
No, it seems to be happy hour - two for one!

These songs were always played together back in the day. They sound incomplete without each other.

AliGator wrote:

tg3k wrote:
thats correct- the massive speakers mounted in the wall at the front of the control room aren't used for critical listening so much. Most sessions will have 2 pairs of skrs on the console 1 of which will be the engineers prefered set - studios typicaly have many types or the engineer will bring their own high end studio monitors. And .. will also have 1 cheapo in the middle for listing in mono on small 4-6" speaker.

Two Cars songs in a row? What, is it Double Shot Sunday?

I was just wearing diapers in the early 80's, what can I say, it's not my fault!

I don't see how your fetishes are relevent here.

healyf52 wrote:
Dunno if it's still common, but back in the days when this album was recorded, lots of recording studios used a variety of speaker configurations for mixdown, including mono and stereo car speakers. Sorta strange seeing a megabucks mixing console with a 6" x 9" oval car speaker in a cheap plywood box sitting on top of it.

That horn reminds me of Time Passages by Al Stewart.

they were great then. the kiss of death for them was mtv. they scored their biggest hits ever but the music sucked.

LaurieBlue wrote:

Play some Billy Joel.

"Uptown Girl" please

I'm really dating myself and clearly going against the grain of most listeners here by saying that this version was not the first one I heard, nor the one I like best. Red House Painters cover this song and I think give it a nicer feel. I was just wearing diapers in the early 80's, what can I say, it's not my fault! A great song by any measure though.

Love it - always have, seemingly always will.

s

I've always found it very hard to see anything to like about this group, and time has not improved the situation at all. Bland corporate new wave with a distinct lack of personality, little in the way of chops, no discernable world view, weak melodies, anemic hooks, cheesy arrangements, etc.

In other words, the musical equivalent of a meal at one of those chain theme restaurants with all kinds of "crazy" stuff on the walls: not horrible in any easily defined way, but at the same time horribly contrived and uninspired. Too much flair! Or not enough ...

Strangely enough, I always found Ric Ocasek's solo stuff a lot more interesting than anything the Cars did. It was still weak and forgettable, but it seemed to have at least a little more bite.

A great song from a great and sadly missed group.

You do know that there's going to be a New Cars..

with Kasim Sulton on Bass and Todd Rundgren as singer. No lie. I love the Cars, and Ric Ocasek, and think it would be hard to pull this off, but Todd is so good, I believe he could get it done.

You heard it here first :-). (or not)..

Laurie

I love this song. The most intense of things usually are all mixed up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A rare miss in a fun, engaging career.

ralphcanoe wrote:


You said it!!!