Best song from The Cars' THE CARS

[abcdefz]

Which classic slug of pure pop is best?

Wait for the poll, please.

[DIGI]

Drive.

[abcdefz]

You know Timothy Hutton directed the video for that song? True story.

[Laver1969]

What's the name of the song that goes, "Uh Ohhhh....it's magic"?

[abcdefz]

What's the name of the song that goes, "Uh Ohhhh....it's magic"?



"My Best Friend's Girl"

[Laver1969]

"My Best Friend's Girl"

Got it....thanks!

[abcdefz]

Got it....thanks!



I was teasing. :o

The song you're thinking of is "Magic."

You're playing with me, aren't you?


:confused:

[b-grrrlie]

What's the name of the song that goes, "Uh Ohhhh....it's magic"?
Isn't that by Pilot? And it's called Magic.

Only Cars songs I know is My best friends girl and Drive.

[abcdefz]

Isn't that by Pilot? And it's called Magic.





Pilot? You mean that band that wound up on the Alan Parsons albums?

[Bob]

whenever i think of the cars, i immediately think of that gary newman (i think!) song. you know, "in CARS" etc etc, but that's not a cars song...i don't think.

i love just what i needed. i found a mix cd i made from about 4 years ago that has that song on it, and i still sing along to it in the car. then i heard it on a commercial and now i hate it. then i saw it again on an old sifl and olly tape i have, and i love it again.

[abcdefz]

i love just what i needed. i found a mix cd i made from about 4 years ago that has that song on it, and i still sing along to it in the car. then i heard it on a commercial and now i hate it. then i saw it again on an old sifl and olly tape i have, and i love it again.




(y)


I very nearly voted for that one. It was close, and I'm still not sure if I'm right.

That album is just stone classic.

[b-grrrlie]

Pilot? You mean that band that wound up on the Alan Parsons albums?
Don't know anything about them doing something with Alan Parsons, but I remember the hit (http://www.gocontinental.com/photos2/pilot2a.jpg) from my teens.
And the Gary Numan track is called Cars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEyyZa35QSM).

[DroppinScience]

That album IS staggeringly awesome. It's like hit after hit after hit. And it's their debut album, not a greatest hits compilation. :eek:

I went for "Just What I've Needed," but I have a soft spot for that one song (whose title I'm forgetting, so refresh my memory a-z) that was used in "Fast Times at Ridgemont HIgh" (during the fantasy sequence at the pool with Phoebe Cates).

[abcdefz]

I went for "Just What I've Needed," but I have a soft spot for that one song (whose title I'm forgetting, so refresh my memory a-z) that was used in "Fast Times at Ridgemont HIgh" (during the fantasy sequence at the pool with Phoebe Cates).




"Moving in Stereo."

Yeah -- those images are forever wed to that song. (y)

Kevin Kline's a lucky man.

[YoungRemy]

you kept it going... till the sun fell down... you kept it... going...

[Laver1969]

I was teasing. :o

The song you're thinking of is "Magic."

You're playing with me, aren't you?


:confused:

Damn :eek: ...I assumed "Magic" would have been an option in your poll. But when I didn't see it, I assumed it wasn't the title.

So...please recall "My Best Friend's Girl" vote, and I hereby cast an official vote for "Magic" :D

[YoungRemy]

Damn :eek: ...I assumed "Magic" would have been an option in your poll. But when I didn't see it, I assumed it wasn't the title.

So...please recall "My Best Friend's Girl" vote, and I hereby cast an official vote for "Magic" :D

you and I , laver , are S.O.L.

Magic and You Might Think were on Heartbeat City

[Laver1969]

Didn't Rick O. have his right ear pierced? And that meant you were gay instead of cool?

Of course this a long time ago before everyone pierced everything.

[yeahwho]

Since You're Gone

[Videodrome]

good times roll, i've gotten wasted while listening to that a few times.

[FunkyHiFi]

"Good Times Roll"

(man is this going to date me :o ) )The Cars' tour for their album Shake It Up was the very first concert I ever went to. At school the next day the kids that wore one of their t-shirts with nude women on the front - but which had no actual details of any particular body part - had to wear them inside out. I still have my t-shirt hanging in my closet (and no I don't wear it anymore;) ).

[Documad]

My Best Friend's Girl isn't just the best Cars song, it may just be the best pop song of all time. Duh. :rolleyes:

[hitmonlee]

best friends girl

i love the cars

i also love gary numan

[CrankItUp!]

Moving In Stereo from Fast Times At Ridgemont High bro ! (y)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJfgVgxLGYQ&search=fast%20times%20at%20ridgemont%20high = (+)(+) !!!

[WhoMoi?]

Just What I Needed will always be my favorite Cars' song.

[WhoMoi?]

Didn't Rick O. have his right ear pierced? And that meant you were gay instead of cool?

Of course this a long time ago before everyone pierced everything.

I thought I heard that he was married to the girl in the "You Might Think" video at some point? No idea if that's true though. That was such a great 80s video. (y)

[DroppinScience]

He was/is married to Paulina Porizkova, I think.

[FunkyHiFi]

And unless he's changed jobs again, Ric is also running the Elektra label (part of the huge Warner Bros. records company) which is/was The Cars label.

In addition to producing other people's albums he done quite a few of his own, though I only own this one: Beatitude (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000000OX9/sr=1-5/qid=1150951863/ref=sr_1_5/104-6860990-8098337?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=music). It's decent IMO though kinda "out there".

[cj hood]

what about 'shake it up?'

[mickill]

'My Best Friend's Girl' cannot be the best because the guitar refrain reminds me too much of the one in The Beatles' "I Will'. And I just don't really like that song very much. 'Just What I Needed', on the other hand, doesn't remind me of anything remotely deplorable in any way, and is just one of the three best pop songs of all time.

[abcdefz]

what about 'shake it up?'



That was on Shake It Up, not The Cars.

We're focusing on the debut album. (y)

[steve-onpoint]

Just What I Needed
Because Circuit City used that song in their commercials. Man, those commercials were hot.

[cj hood]

That was on Shake It Up, not The Cars.

We're focusing on the debut album. (y)


my bad.......i thought it was just old school Cars in general.......then i say JWIN........they really blew up thru MTV in '84.....too bad ric won't go back out on tour with them.......

[Darko]

I gotta take You Might Think

[yeahwho]

That was on Shake It Up, not The Cars.

We're focusing on the debut album. (y)

I misread the intent too, the debut album rawks........Hey, uh huh huh, Hey, uh huh huh

"What I Like About You"