Ric Ocasek, leader of thecarsband and new wave legend, has died at age 75 but his music lives on
." Then rock-radio DJs or streaming algorithms can do the rest, spinning"You're All I've Got Tonight" a few times per day to let it burn into your soul. The Cars's hits, especially the unimpeachable run that kicks off their staggering 1978 self-titled debut, are classics, but not because DJs played the hell out of them. It's quite the other way around.
The songbooks of both Ocasek and his contemporary Tom Petty are full of American standards, and that's exactly why both artists were staples of early MTV., they're both officially Rock and Roll Hame of Fame inductees as well. Like Petty, Ocasek could deploy a candy-coated melody over four familiar chords and make you feel like maybe you could've written it, too — like you never realized it could be so simple, and that maybe it was.
Looking closely at even the most commercial Cars hits like"Just What I Needed," perhaps their signature song, reveals the depth of both melody and arrangement chief among Ocasek's many musical gifts. That ticking. Those quick stabs. The big chorus after more skeletal verses. Every one of them is a bow on top.
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