The Cars
The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the new wave scene in the late 1970s. The band originated in Boston, Massachusetts in 1976, with singer, rhythm guitarist and songwriter Ric Ocasek, singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, lead guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson.
The Cars were at the forefront in merging 1970s guitar-oriented rock with the new synthesizer-oriented pop that was then becoming popular and which would flourish in the early 1980s. Robert Palmer, music critic for The New York Times and Rolling Stone, described the Cars' musical style by saying: "they have taken some important but disparate contemporary trends—punk minimalism, the labyrinthine synthesizer and guitar textures of art rock, the '50s rockabilly revival and the melodious terseness of power pop—and mixed them into a personal and appealing blend."
The Cars were named "Best New Artist" in the 1978 Rolling Stone Readers' Poll and won "Video of the Year" for "You Might Think" at the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. Their debut album, The Cars, sold six million copies and appeared on the Billboard 200 album chart for 139 weeks. As of 2001, the Cars have sold over 23 million albums in the United States.
The Cars (album)
The Cars is the eponymous debut studio album by the American new wave band the Cars. It was released on June 6, 1978 on Elektra Records. The album, which featured the three charting singles "Just What I Needed," "My Best Friend's Girl," and "Good Times Roll," as well as an abundance of radio hits, was a major success for the band, remaining on the charts for 139 weeks. It has been recognized as one of the band's greatest albums.
Background
Formed in Boston in 1976, the Cars consisted of Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, David Robinson, and Greg Hawkes, all of whom had been in and out of multiple bands throughout the 1970s. After becoming a club staple, the band recorded a multitude of demos in the late 1970s. Some of these songs later appeared in finished form on The Cars, such as "Just What I Needed" and "My Best Friend's Girl", while others were saved for a later release, such as "Leave or Stay" and "Ta Ta Wayo Wayo" (both of which later saw release on their 1987 album Door to Door.) The demos for "Just What I Needed" and "My Best Friend's Girl" were often played on Boston radio by DJ Maxanne Sartori, giving the band frequent airplay.
Podcasts:
The Cars
ALBUMS
- Studio Album Collection: 1978-1987 released: 2014
- Move Like This released: 2011
- Candy-O released: 2008
- Unlocked - The Live Performances released: 2006
- The Essentials released: 2005
- The Definitive released: 2002
- Complete Greatest Hits released: 2002
- Shake It Up and Other Hits released: 2001
- Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology released: 1995
- The Cars released: 1993
- Panorama released: 1990
- Door to Door released: 1987
- The Cars Greatest Hits released: 1985
- Heartbeat City released: 1984
- Shake It Up released: 1983
- 1978-09-14: El Mocambo, Toronto, ON, Canada released:
- The Very Best of The Cars released:
The Definitive
Released 2002- My Best Friend's Girl
- You Might Think
- Just What I Needed
- Drive
- Let's Go
- Shake It Up
- Tonight She Comes
- Touch and Go
- Magic
- Hello Again
- Why Can't I Have You
- I'm Not the One
- You Are the Girl
- Since You're Gone
- Good Times Roll
- Bye Bye Love
- It's All I Can Do
- Moving in Stereo
- You're All I've Got Tonight
- Dangerous Type
Complete Greatest Hits
Released 2002- Just What I Needed
- My Best Friend's Girl
- Good Times Roll
- You're All I've Got Tonight
- Bye Bye Love
- Moving in Stereo
- Let's Go
- It's All I Can Do
- Dangerous Type
- Touch and Go
- Shake It Up
- Since You're Gone
- I'm Not the One
- You Might Think
- Drive
- Magic
- Hello Again
- Why Can't I Have You
- Tonight She Comes
- You Are the Girl
Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology
Released 1995- Just What I Needed
- My Best Friend's Girl
- Good Times Roll
- You're All I've Got Tonight
- Don't Cha Stop
- Moving in Stereo
- Take Me Now
- Cool Fool
- Let's Go
- Candy-O
- Dangerous Type
- Double Life
- Got a Lot on My Head
- It's All I Can Do
- Nightspots (Early version)
- Slip Away
- That's It
- Panorama
- Gimme Some Slack
- Don't Go to Pieces
The Very Best of The Cars
- Just What I Needed
- My Best Friend's Girl
- Good Times Roll
- You're All I've Got Tonight
- Bye Bye Love
- Moving in Stereo
- Let's Go
- It's All I Can Do
- Dangerous Type
- Touch and Go
- Shake It Up
- Since You've Gone
- I'm Not the One
- You Might Think
- Drive
- Magic
- Hello Again
- Why Can't I Have You
- Tonight She Comes
- You Are the Girl
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You're All I've Got Tonight
by: The Carsi don't care if you hurt me some more
i don't care if you even the score
you can knock me and i don't care
you can mock me and i don't care
you can rock me just about anywhere
it's alright
'cus you're all i've got tonight
you're all i've got tonight
you're all i've got tonight
i need you tonight
i don't care if you use me again
i don't care if you abuse me again
you can make me i don't care
you can fake me i don't care
you can love me just about anywhere
it's alright
i don't want to feel sorry for you
you don't have to make believe it's you
you can pump me i don't care
you can bump me i don't care
you can love me just about anywhere
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