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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1641615" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[ATTACH=full]10396[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Late afternoon pick of the day.................</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cars[/URL]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]10397[/ATTACH]</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Cars.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/The_Cars.jpg/220px-The_Cars.jpg" alt="The Cars, 1984. L–R: Benjamin Orr, Greg Hawkes, David Robinson, Ric Ocasek, and Elliot Easton." class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><br /> The Cars, 1984. L–R: Benjamin Orr, Greg Hawkes, David Robinson, Ric Ocasek, and Elliot Easton.</td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr></table><p><strong>The Cars</strong> were an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" target="_blank">rock</a> band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_wave_music" target="_blank">new wave</a> scene in the late 1970s, the line-up consisted of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Easton" target="_blank">Elliot Easton</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_guitar" target="_blank">lead guitar</a>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hawkes" target="_blank">Greg Hawkes</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_instrument" target="_blank">keyboards</a>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Ocasek" target="_blank">Ric Ocasek</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_guitar" target="_blank">rhythm guitar</a>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Orr" target="_blank">Benjamin Orr</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar" target="_blank">bass guitar</a>), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Robinson_(drummer)" target="_blank">David Robinson</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_kit" target="_blank">drums</a>). Ocasek and Orr split lead vocal duties, and Ocasek served as the band's principal songwriter.</p><p>The Cars were at the forefront of merging 1970s guitar-oriented rock with the new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthesizer" target="_blank">synthesizer</a>-oriented pop that was then becoming popular and flourishing in the early 1980s. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Palmer_(writer)" target="_blank">Robert Palmer</a>, music critic for <em>The New York Times</em> and <em>Rolling Stone</em>, described the Cars' musical style: "they have taken some important but disparate contemporary trends—<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock" target="_blank">punk</a> minimalism, the labyrinthine synthesizer and guitar textures of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_rock" target="_blank">art rock</a>, the '50s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockabilly" target="_blank">rockabilly</a> revival and the melodious terseness of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_pop" target="_blank">power pop</a>—and mixed them into a personal and appealing blend.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]10398[/ATTACH]</p><h3><em>Heartbeat City</em></h3><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p></p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr><tr><th> <h2><br /> Track listing[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heartbeat_City&action=edit&section=3" target="_blank">edit</a>]</h2> All tracks are written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Ocasek" target="_blank">Ric Ocasek</a>; track 7 co-written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hawkes" target="_blank">Greg Hawkes</a>.<br /> <br /> Side one<br /> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>No.</th><th>Title</th><th>Vocals</th><th>Length</th></tr><tr><th>1.</th><td>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Again_(The_Cars_song)" target="_blank">Hello Again</a>"</td><td>Ocasek</td><td>3:47</td></tr><tr><th>2.</th><td>"Looking for Love"</td><td>Ocasek</td><td>3:52</td></tr><tr><th>3.</th><td>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_(The_Cars_song)" target="_blank">Magic</a>"</td><td>Ocasek</td><td>3:57</td></tr><tr><th>4.</th><td>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_(The_Cars_song)" target="_blank">Drive</a>"</td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Orr" target="_blank">Benjamin Orr</a></td><td>3:55</td></tr><tr><th>5.</th><td>"Stranger Eyes"</td><td>Orr</td><td>4:26</td></tr></table>Side two<br /> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>No.</th><th>Title</th><th>Vocals</th><th>Length</th></tr><tr><th>6.</th><td>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Might_Think" target="_blank">You Might Think</a>"</td><td>Ocasek</td><td>3:04</td></tr><tr><th>7.</th><td>"It's Not the Night"</td><td> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Orr</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ocasek</li> </ul> </td><td>3:49</td></tr><tr><th>8.</th><td>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Can%27t_I_Have_You" target="_blank">Why Can't I Have You</a>"</td><td>Ocasek</td><td>4:04</td></tr><tr><th>9.</th><td>"I Refuse"</td><td>Ocasek</td><td>3:16</td></tr><tr><th>10.</th><td>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbeat_City_(song)" target="_blank">Heartbeat City</a>"</td><td>Ocasek</td><td>4:31</td></tr><tr><th>Total length:</th><td><strong>38:41</strong></td><th></th><th></th></tr></table></th><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></table></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr></table> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr></table><p><em><strong>Heartbeat City</strong></em> is the fifth studio album by American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" target="_blank">rock</a> band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cars" target="_blank">the Cars</a>, released on March 13, 1984, by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektra_Records" target="_blank">Elektra Records</a>. The band produced the album with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_John_%22Mutt%22_Lange" target="_blank">Robert John "Mutt" Lange</a>.</p><p>�</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th><em>Heartbeat City</em> spawned six singles. "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_(The_Cars_song)" target="_blank">Drive</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Might_Think" target="_blank">You Might Think</a>" reached the top 10 of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a>, peaking at numbers three and seven, respectively.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbeat_City#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[8]</a> A number of songs from the album gained significant radio and television exposure, notably "Drive", "You Might Think" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_(The_Cars_song)" target="_blank">Magic</a>", which all received heavy rotation on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV" target="_blank">MTV</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbeat_City_(song)" target="_blank">title track</a> served as the album's sixth and final single outside North America.<br /> <br /> The lead vocals on "Drive" were performed by bassist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Orr" target="_blank">Benjamin Orr</a>. The song's video was directed by actor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Hutton" target="_blank">Timothy Hutton</a> and features <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Ocasek" target="_blank">Ric Ocasek</a> arguing with a troubled young woman played by model <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulina_Porizkova" target="_blank">Paulina Porizkova</a> (whom Ocasek would later marry). "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Again_(The_Cars_song)" target="_blank">Hello Again</a>" had a video directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol" target="_blank">Andy Warhol</a>, who also appeared onscreen</th><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th>The Cars always were a fav of mine....Different approach with great results........I have most of their albums but this one is my first pick if I'm in a Cars mood....My favorite song on Heartbeat City is ""Why Can't I Have You ""..........haunting background vocals, with a pertinet but subtle bass drum backbone......</th><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><th></th></tr><tr><th>[ATTACH=full]10399[/ATTACH]</th><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>"" Jimmy, when I'm down and out , I listen to<strong><em> The Cars on Spotify</em></strong>, and all my worries and cares float away.....They rock,they really do..WOW</th><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><th></th><th></th></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1641615, member: 3916"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="200 (16).gif"]10396[/ATTACH] Late afternoon pick of the day................. [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cars[/URL] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1625004587508.png"]10397[/ATTACH] [TABLE] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Cars.jpg'][IMG alt="The Cars, 1984. L–R: Benjamin Orr, Greg Hawkes, David Robinson, Ric Ocasek, and Elliot Easton."]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/The_Cars.jpg/220px-The_Cars.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The Cars, 1984. L–R: Benjamin Orr, Greg Hawkes, David Robinson, Ric Ocasek, and Elliot Easton.[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [B]The Cars[/B] were an American [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music']rock[/URL] band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_wave_music']new wave[/URL] scene in the late 1970s, the line-up consisted of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Easton']Elliot Easton[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_guitar']lead guitar[/URL]), [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hawkes']Greg Hawkes[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_instrument']keyboards[/URL]), [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Ocasek']Ric Ocasek[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_guitar']rhythm guitar[/URL]), [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Orr']Benjamin Orr[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar']bass guitar[/URL]), and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Robinson_(drummer)']David Robinson[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_kit']drums[/URL]). Ocasek and Orr split lead vocal duties, and Ocasek served as the band's principal songwriter. The Cars were at the forefront of merging 1970s guitar-oriented rock with the new [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthesizer']synthesizer[/URL]-oriented pop that was then becoming popular and flourishing in the early 1980s. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Palmer_(writer)']Robert Palmer[/URL], music critic for [I]The New York Times[/I] and [I]Rolling Stone[/I], described the Cars' musical style: "they have taken some important but disparate contemporary trends—[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock']punk[/URL] minimalism, the labyrinthine synthesizer and guitar textures of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_rock']art rock[/URL], the '50s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockabilly']rockabilly[/URL] revival and the melodious terseness of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_pop']power pop[/URL]—and mixed them into a personal and appealing blend. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1625004711009.png"]10398[/ATTACH] [HEADING=2][I]Heartbeat City[/I][/HEADING] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [TABLE] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][HEADING=1] Track listing[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heartbeat_City&action=edit§ion=3']edit[/URL]][/HEADING] All tracks are written by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Ocasek']Ric Ocasek[/URL]; track 7 co-written by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hawkes']Greg Hawkes[/URL]. Side one [TABLE] [TR] [TH]No.[/TH] [TH]Title[/TH] [TH]Vocals[/TH] [TH]Length[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH]1.[/TH] [TD]"[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Again_(The_Cars_song)']Hello Again[/URL]"[/TD] [TD]Ocasek[/TD] [TD]3:47[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]2.[/TH] [TD]"Looking for Love"[/TD] [TD]Ocasek[/TD] [TD]3:52[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]3.[/TH] [TD]"[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_(The_Cars_song)']Magic[/URL]"[/TD] [TD]Ocasek[/TD] [TD]3:57[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]4.[/TH] [TD]"[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_(The_Cars_song)']Drive[/URL]"[/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Orr']Benjamin Orr[/URL][/TD] [TD]3:55[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]5.[/TH] [TD]"Stranger Eyes"[/TD] [TD]Orr[/TD] [TD]4:26[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Side two [TABLE] [TR] [TH]No.[/TH] [TH]Title[/TH] [TH]Vocals[/TH] [TH]Length[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH]6.[/TH] [TD]"[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Might_Think']You Might Think[/URL]"[/TD] [TD]Ocasek[/TD] [TD]3:04[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]7.[/TH] [TD]"It's Not the Night"[/TD] [TD][LIST] [*]Orr [*]Ocasek [/LIST][/TD] [TD]3:49[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]8.[/TH] [TD]"[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Can%27t_I_Have_You']Why Can't I Have You[/URL]"[/TD] [TD]Ocasek[/TD] [TD]4:04[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]9.[/TH] [TD]"I Refuse"[/TD] [TD]Ocasek[/TD] [TD]3:16[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]10.[/TH] [TD]"[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbeat_City_(song)']Heartbeat City[/URL]"[/TD] [TD]Ocasek[/TD] [TD]4:31[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]Total length:[/TH] [TD][B]38:41[/B][/TD] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [/TABLE][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [I][B]Heartbeat City[/B][/I] is the fifth studio album by American [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music']rock[/URL] band [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cars']the Cars[/URL], released on March 13, 1984, by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektra_Records']Elektra Records[/URL]. The band produced the album with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_John_%22Mutt%22_Lange']Robert John "Mutt" Lange[/URL]. � [TABLE] [TR] [TH][I]Heartbeat City[/I] spawned six singles. "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_(The_Cars_song)']Drive[/URL]" and "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Might_Think']You Might Think[/URL]" reached the top 10 of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100'][I]Billboard[/I] Hot 100[/URL], peaking at numbers three and seven, respectively.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbeat_City#cite_note-8'][8][/URL] A number of songs from the album gained significant radio and television exposure, notably "Drive", "You Might Think" and "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_(The_Cars_song)']Magic[/URL]", which all received heavy rotation on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV']MTV[/URL]. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbeat_City_(song)']title track[/URL] served as the album's sixth and final single outside North America. The lead vocals on "Drive" were performed by bassist [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Orr']Benjamin Orr[/URL]. The song's video was directed by actor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Hutton']Timothy Hutton[/URL] and features [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Ocasek']Ric Ocasek[/URL] arguing with a troubled young woman played by model [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulina_Porizkova']Paulina Porizkova[/URL] (whom Ocasek would later marry). "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Again_(The_Cars_song)']Hello Again[/URL]" had a video directed by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol']Andy Warhol[/URL], who also appeared onscreen[/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH]The Cars always were a fav of mine....Different approach with great results........I have most of their albums but this one is my first pick if I'm in a Cars mood....My favorite song on Heartbeat City is ""Why Can't I Have You ""..........haunting background vocals, with a pertinet but subtle bass drum backbone......[/TH] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][ATTACH type="full" alt="G6rBo3.gif"]10399[/ATTACH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]"" Jimmy, when I'm down and out , I listen to[B][I] The Cars on Spotify[/I][/B], and all my worries and cares float away.....They rock,they really do..WOW[/TH] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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