Makes me sick that this cool cat with the great voice and the solid bass left us so soon… “Drive” is a song that will forever remind me of the wickedest case of puppy love, or love period for that matter, I will ever know… RIP Ben. You touched far, far, more people than you would ever know.
I like Genesis for many of the same reasons I like the Cars. Unique, nobody like them, the molds for all I can tell are broken, ie, no one else will ever sound like either band. Though neither are on my very top shelf of all time bands I will admit, I absolutely respect the hell out of their work and I really love their music. I think dipshit Iggy Pop is disgusted that Genesis is in the HOF… Well dipshit, I hope you hate the Cars then, because they should be next…
Absolutely love this performance. I`ve already watched it 4 times over. The Cars were one of the greatest new wave bands. I remember when Ben Orr passed, I was shocked. Ric Ocasek, who`d been close to Ben since there teen years was devestated. He wrote the song “Silver” in Ben`s memorey. This is one of the few performances I seen at the Midnight Special were the crowd got into the music. Great Performance by a great band. Rest In Peace Ben Orr.
@ThePimpdaddy2019 Pancreatic cancer in October, 2000, aged 53. Crying shame- Ben was one handsome-looking guy. I always thought he was a natural blond, but he looks like a brunett here.
They were indeed original with a lot of cool hits.When my current band plays ‘Best Friends Girlfriend’ and ‘Just What I Needed’ they get the best reaction because these songs are ingrained into our DNA.
@JAB5625 Truly RIP Ben…. I didn’t know that he sang this song!
Makes me sick that this cool cat with the great voice and the solid bass left us so soon… “Drive” is a song that will forever remind me of the wickedest case of puppy love, or love period for that matter, I will ever know… RIP Ben. You touched far, far, more people than you would ever know.
One of the greatest rock bands ever!
@JAB5625 Thanks. You too. Good to see that there are still some people out there with good taste.
I like Genesis for many of the same reasons I like the Cars. Unique, nobody like them, the molds for all I can tell are broken, ie, no one else will ever sound like either band. Though neither are on my very top shelf of all time bands I will admit, I absolutely respect the hell out of their work and I really love their music. I think dipshit Iggy Pop is disgusted that Genesis is in the HOF… Well dipshit, I hope you hate the Cars then, because they should be next…
@gornhorror Absolutely perfectly said.
Amazing how well The Cars played their music live. Orr was a great lead singer.
We got down at the high school dance to this,twas awesome,still is.
Cleveland’s proud of our Ben Orr. RIP.
My friend, liked THE CARS. He’s up there with Ben, and he’s singin the hits!
Absolutely love this performance. I`ve already watched it 4 times over. The Cars were one of the greatest new wave bands. I remember when Ben Orr passed, I was shocked. Ric Ocasek, who`d been close to Ben since there teen years was devestated. He wrote the song “Silver” in Ben`s memorey. This is one of the few performances I seen at the Midnight Special were the crowd got into the music. Great Performance by a great band. Rest In Peace Ben Orr.
love the dean guitars.and ben’s MM bass really looks n sounds kool.
Qute.
@ThePimpdaddy2019 Pancreatic cancer in October, 2000, aged 53. Crying shame- Ben was one handsome-looking guy. I always thought he was a natural blond, but he looks like a brunett here.
let`s go
They were indeed original with a lot of cool hits.When my current band plays ‘Best Friends Girlfriend’ and ‘Just What I Needed’ they get the best reaction because these songs are ingrained into our DNA.
Smooth vocals. The tune was written and developed before the band existed. Cool Yank music!
Always an ear to ear grin when I watch this… thanks for posting it ! Love Benjamin… looks like a million here….( & everywhere)….xo
One of the top 5 American bands of all time.
@ThePimpdaddy2019 pancreatic cancer
what did benjamin orr die of
the Cars are one of the few bands where the keyboards really enhanced the music and didn’t kill it like with other bands.
Petition to get The Cars in the RRHOF
everything about them was original! True legends…RIP Ben
Gotta love Dean