These guys occupy a special place in my heart. My favorite songs are "Since You're Gone" and "Double Life", but they wrote many classics, and their recorded sound set the standard for late 70s- early 80s rock. They were just so cool, and guitarist Elliott Easton is vastly underrated. This guy pulled off some of the best lead lines ever, and deserves his due. The lead vocal combo of Ric Ocasek and the late Benjamin Orr (RIP) gave this band a virtuosity that few other bands could match. This is the thing--they were a band, greater than the sum of their parts. Together, they made magic.

Here's a partial playlist from their last tour, which makes for a very nice WMP playlist--

1. Tonight She Comes
2. Touch and Go
3. You Are The Girl
4. Since You're Gone
5. Let's Go
6. Candy-O
7. Moving in Stereo
8. Dangerous Type
9. Drive
10. Hello Again
11. Just What I Needed
12. My Best Friend's Girl
13. Good Times Roll
14. You Might Think

CandyO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





- Thru our past darkly...

Grew up about 45 minuters from Boston and was in high school when Cars became big. Liked them then, but now hearing it just turns me off.

Hey Bob what about the Boston based Lyres they do a great cover of The Stones instrumental Now I've Got A Witness.

Lyres - Happy Now - Taang!66

Heard it, and did like it.