RIP: Ric Ocasek [ 'The Cars' ] @ 75.....

[mrbigstuff]

Ocasek lied about his age because he was older than a lot of his peers when The Cars really hit.

[tuqqer]

Wasn't too big a fan of them, but the open chord sequence of "It's All I Can Do" remains one of the best and surprising I've ever heard.

[DavidS]

"Doesn't anybody f'ing know anymore?"

R.I.P. - also glad they got inducted into the RnR HOF. They deserved it.

[rz]

RIP Ric. I wasn't aware he was that old either. Lots of great music.

I remember getting into an argument with someone back in the late 80s. I said something about the Cars being a "New Wave" band, and he was adamant that they were a "Rock" band. Kinda pointless, I know.

The fact that he ended up with Paulina Porizkova pretty much confirmed that guitar players get all the good looking women...

[rgG]

“Drive” is one of my all time favorite songs.

[Rick-o]

R.I.P.

I grew to like the Cars after I initially panned them. MTV certainly solidified their success.

I also was shocked he was 75 Y.O.

[Mike Sellers]

Thrift Store Scott wrote: Aside from his considerable musical contributions, Ric Ocasek is the man who introduced what was then known as a "Bi-Level" haircut (and would later go on to be retroactively and derisively known as a "mullet" thanks to the Beastie Boys) to the world, and no-one ever wore one better.

Always looked like a wig to me.

And I would argue that Paul McCartney in the 70s is the only one who ever wore a mullet that looked cool.

[freeradical]

Rick-o wrote:
I grew to like the Cars after I initially panned them.

It was kind of the opposite with me. After listening to them for awhile, it got to where all of their songs sounded the same to me.

[Sarcany]

Rick-o wrote:
...I also was shocked he was 75 Y.O.

By some accounts, he was 69.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ric_Ocasek#Age?

Weird that there's such a discrepancy in the modern age. You'd think someone could check their computer...

[JoeH]

Sarcany wrote:
[quote=Rick-o]
...I also was shocked he was 75 Y.O.

By some accounts, he was 69.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ric_Ocasek#Age?

Weird that there's such a discrepancy in the modern age. You'd think someone could check their computer...
Or use some common sense fact checking across more than one source...