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Life's the same, I'm moving in stereo
Life's the same except for my shoes
Life's the same, you're shakin' like tremolo
Life's the same, it's all inside you
It's so easy to blow up your problems
It's so easy to play up your breakdown
It's so easy to fly through a window
It's so easy to fool with the sound
It's so tough to get up
It's so tough
It's so tough to live up
It's so tough on you
Life's the same, I'm moving in stereo
Life's the same except for my shoes
Life's the same, you're shakin' like tremolo
Life's the same, it's all inside you
Life's the same, I'm moving in stereo
Life's the same except for my shoes
Life's the same, you're shakin' like tremolo
Life's the same, it's all inside you
| raewah (Somewhere where the mountains meet the plains) | Posted: May 11, 2013 - 12:26 This song so brings me back to a better time. A time where my father was around...laughing and having a great time!! And as he would say...you have to follow this song with "All Mixed Up"...that is the way they are meant to be played!!! Bill...as a music person...I would think you would follow the rules :) |
| jmsmy (Music Town, Klein, Texas) | Posted: May 11, 2013 - 12:22 Awesome transition - Inhaler & Moving In Stereo |
| bronorb (Wisconsin) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 08:16 jktravl wrote: Oh this is just a rambling rant This song reminds me of my days of being an audiophile, back when the phono cartridge you used would suddenly bring out background instruments you might not hear on another, suchas an ortophon cartridge compared to a shure, and how different speakers would accentuate specific frequency ranges. And how BOSE stood for box only sound extra. Good times, and the famous maxell poster where the guy is getting blown away in his chair. It was a great industry at the time. Now I sit here listening on a set of powered speakers with little to no opportunity to fiddle with things except my sound card. The death of audio as I used to know it reduced to a set of earbuds. I want an I phone like the woman if front of me a tthe supermarket has while she pays with food stamps. But at least I have RP!!!! Dude, get back in the saddle! Vinyl still sounds better. I still have a turntable (and this album) and I play it through my original Nova 78 speakers I bought at Radio Shack in 1978. I buy digital recordings now, mainly CD's because I like to spend money on something I can hold in my hand. I tried downloading, but I feel like it is squandered money. |
| skiamigo | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 08:14 Brilliant track from one of the greatest debut albums ever! |
| phlattop | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 08:12 KaiT wrote: Nice segue Bill! From Hooverphonic 'Inhaler' to this......  hear, hear! |
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 08:10 YEAH, Baby! We had THIS to jam to in High School...thank God! and thanks to RP for keeping the quintessential Cars beat alive! |
| teleskialaska (Alaska) | Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 12:59 Saw this Concert in 1978, shortly after High School Graduation. No wonder I had such a great time in High School. |
| steeler (Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth) | Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 12:54 JaySea wrote: I still remember the afternoon I was at Janet Abanoto's house and she put this record on. Then what happened? |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Jan 30, 2013 - 00:02 jktravl wrote: . . . The death of audio as I used to know it reduced to a set of earbuds. . . . I hear ya!  |
| JaySea | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 09:44 I still remember the afternoon I was at Janet Abanoto's house and she put this record on. |
| adamcoacher | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 09:22 Bill, I guess you read those comments don't you. |
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 09:19 Poor Judge Reinhold. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 15:43 When you know an album a little too well...I'm all set for this transitioning to "She's All Mixed Up," and it...doesn't...happen. |
| jktravl (Virginia) | Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 06:52 Oh this is just a rambling rant This song reminds me of my days of being an audiophile, back when the phono cartridge you used would suddenly bring out background instruments you might not hear on another, suchas an ortophon cartridge compared to a shure, and how different speakers would accentuate specific frequency ranges. And how BOSE stood for box only sound extra. Good times, and the famous maxell poster where the guy is getting blown away in his chair. It was a great industry at the time. Now I sit here listening on a set of powered speakers with little to no opportunity to fiddle with things except my sound card. The death of audio as I used to know it reduced to a set of earbuds. I want an I phone like the woman if front of me a tthe supermarket has while she pays with food stamps. But at least I have RP!!!! |
| mrtuba9 (most likely near Normal) | Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 06:44 Phoebe... |
| sancor1 | Posted: Nov 04, 2012 - 10:15 Beautiful transition to previous song! |
| Clark_Novato (Novato, CA) | Posted: Oct 29, 2012 - 16:19 This sounds like a much more ambitious and fully realized song than I recall from high school. Love it when a song I've casually dismissed moves into "this deserves a closer listen" category. |
| meinthecorner (Toronto, gridlock capital of the western world) | Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 22:10 Nice segue Bill, from The Shins - The Rifle's Spiral to this...! |
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 22:10 Definitely feeling it...some Golden Goat and then some Glass Slipper and THIS...Oh yeah, and it's a fine Saturday night, to boot... This unbelievably cool group — always so cleverly OUT THERE ... and at the same time always so jam-edged and so totally on - the - BEAT! — came out with probably the best first two albums of all time...and any song from them can still make a hell of a soundtrack to anything! And, oh! the memories... |
| Imkirok (The Arctic Hinter Land) | Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 10:38 Just answered the age old question of "how fast can you plug the headphones in?" when this song came on. |
| KaiT (Toronto Canada) | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 13:01 Nice segue Bill! From Hooverphonic 'Inhaler' to this...... |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 16:23 bachbeet wrote: A terrific debut album! Not really any duds on this one. so true. sean-e-sean, this makes me think of you. |
| bachbeet | Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 22:24 A terrific debut album! Not really any duds on this one. |
| mjmurphy61 (Saint Louis, MO) | Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 22:24 This song creates a mood that never fails to hypnotize me. |
| JrzyTmata | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 06:31 raewah wrote: YOU MUST KEEP IT ROLLING INTO ALL MIXED UP!!!! Why is it NO RADIO STATION does that? settle down now. Bill always plays them together. |
| rushed (Edwardsville, IL) | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 06:31 A perfect song from a perfect album. |
| tulfan (Still in SE MI) | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 06:31 All mixed up? Wow! My fave Cars tune... |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 06:31 raewah wrote: YOU MUST KEEP IT ROLLING INTO ALL MIXED UP!!!! Why is it NO RADIO STATION does that? It just happened. |
| raewah (Somewhere where the mountains meet the plains) | Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 12:33 YOU MUST KEEP IT ROLLING INTO ALL MIXED UP!!!! Why is it NO RADIO STATION does that? |
| chyk5 (Florida) | Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 12:32 remoore wrote: Doesn't anyone fucking knock any more? Classic! |
| remoore | Posted: May 23, 2012 - 06:09 Doesn't anyone fucking knock any more? |
| SinisterDexter | Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 06:02 Synth80s wrote: "Hi Brad...you know how cute I always thought you were" I will ALWAYS think of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" when I hear this song.  |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Apr 21, 2012 - 12:44 I would put Rick in my category of "groundbreakers". Stylistically innovative works. |
| kysmet (Central Florida) | Posted: Mar 22, 2012 - 12:58 Synth80s wrote: "Hi Brad...you know how cute I always thought you were"  |
| blotto (127.0.0.1) | Posted: Mar 22, 2012 - 12:56 This brings back good memories of psychedelics and girls. |
| Synth80s (*Beautiful* Southern California (cough, choke, honk)) | Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 19:55 "Hi Brad...you know how cute I always thought you were" |
| lshinkawa (Berkeley, CA) | Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 14:47 Such a moody piece of music; one of my favorite songs ever. |
| coloradojohn (Moving in Stereo...to Cherry Creek!) | Posted: Feb 19, 2012 - 19:40 This sounds PERFECT for Moving In this weekend...pretty trippy stuff going on around here, got my Red Card, and digging how CHILL the Colorado home front scene is...I'm liking it WELL... Thanks, RP for the Soundtrack to The Movie! |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Feb 18, 2012 - 02:04 coloradojohn wrote: Ahh, the Moving In Stereo multiple-flashback syndrome, I know it well... Just about every time I was in my car with some gal and this came on the radio or tape-deck, no matter how much I dug her, she'd almost invariably shock me into sense (with her eyes of porcelain and of blue, mind you!) by saying, "HEY — you're not even listening to me, are you? Your mind is taken up by THIS SONG, isn't it?..." and I'd have no choice but to admit it: busted. I like how this hinted at their well-bent and darker FutureWorld mood, and Ben's wild singing on the Panorama album was mind-blowingly good; it's a stunning work, way ahead of its time — and it sounds absolutely incredible now... ya know, i just came in here to comment on how retro this sounded to me; then i saw the release date and thought, wow, how deeply must these guys have been into the future back then. outstanding, indeed. |
| mmoyer (Silicon Valley) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 16:55 Stratocaster wrote: We got it today!!! Brilliant. Yay!! |
| Stratocaster (Bermuda) | Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 01:52 On_The_Beach wrote: Ah c'mon; we gotta have our "All Mixed Up" fix! It's just not right hearing one without the other! ; ) We got it today!!! Brilliant. |
| LifeIsMusic | Posted: Jan 17, 2012 - 07:55 Have not heard this song in so long. So happy to hear it again! Great song. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 15:13 camatcba wrote:  nice shades Ben... RIP |
| teka04 | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 10:30 Yes! one of the best Cars songs!  |
| siandbeth (Santa Cruz California) | Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 15:21 Freshman year at high school and a friend was dating a senior boy with a VW Bus! Room for all! One 8 track tape was all we had, and this was it - The Cars. I will always think about that vato van, the boys with surf boards and better hair than us girls... Great times. |
| oldviolin (Esse Quam Videri) | Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 20:06 ...except for my shoes... |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 19:41 Ahh, the Moving In Stereo multiple-flashback syndrome, I know it well... Just about every time I was in my car with some gal and this came on the radio or tape-deck, no matter how much I dug her, she'd almost invariably shock me into sense (with her eyes of porcelain and of blue, mind you!) by saying, "HEY — you're not even listening to me, are you? Your mind is taken up by THIS SONG, isn't it?..." and I'd have no choice but to admit it: busted. I like how this hinted at their well-bent and darker FutureWorld mood, and Ben's wild singing on the Panorama album was mind-blowingly good; it's a stunning work, way ahead of its time — and it sounds absolutely incredible now... |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 10:49 Ah c'mon; we gotta have our "All Mixed Up" fix! It's just not right hearing one without the other! ; ) |
| jpstfx28 | Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 10:47 classic MLB 2K8 beat |
| blotto (127.0.0.1) | Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 10:44 I miss being a teenager on summer holidays. |