LOVE THE ROCK-INFUSED SOUND OF THE CARS! First Time Hearing The Cars - Just What I Needed Reaction

[@Littlebigbot]

"My Best Friend's Girl" and "Bye Bye Love"

[@anthonyfoster6737]

"Bye Bye Love" such a great tune!

[@raymo6795]

...this whole album was great

[@user-gt2uf8cq9y]

Stacy's Mom...

[@warpig4942]

One of the greatest albums of all time. Almost every single song got massive radio play and still does.

[@pmv1969]

Moving in Stereo and All Mixed Up are great songs.

[@imsirius2]

And must be played together.

[@thorfinsky1427]

Ooooh.....Pheobe........🥰

[@kurtpflegl30]

Please, PLEASE do Moving in Stero next!

[@kallsop2]

This was their debut album and not a bad song on it. This came out close to when The Police came out and is what their real sound is. This was the big change in rock in the late 70's and was the beginnings of what some call new wave. I wasn't really sure about them until I bought the album and listened to it completely and was hooked.

[@ronbecker7939]

1978 and I was 12 and it was an awesome time to be alive.

[@theemaygoogleme151]

​@@ronbecker7939I was 18 it was even better, society was freer then.

[@light9999]

There are some who call it... Tim!

[@kallsop2]

@@light9999 😂

[@markhodge7]

This album was a huge influence on the next couple of decades.

[@RKOENT]

Check out My Best Friends Girl, Good Times Roll, Let’s Go and Shake it Up

[@RKOENT]

And how can I forget Since You’re Gone

[@theodoreritola7641]

Cars 70s The Best Cars like 70s Heart , Areosmith Queen Van Halen ,Kiss Boston Styx ,Super Tramp Reo Speed Wagon. Blondie ,The Police . Toto 70s Any thing better than they where in the 80s

[@Lovegun-w4s]

​@@theodoreritola7641 Agree 💯

[@joelhammond4162]

Agree but add Moving in Stereo and You’re All I’ve Got Tonight

[@Eowyn187]

​@@joelhammond4162 yes yes yes

[@RichardWilson-be8zp]

RIP Benjamin Orr, the most humble and down to earth rocker there ever was.

[@CC-Wulf]

True and my sisters and girlfriends all loved his looks.

[@beedeegee9374]

He was a beautiful man with a wonderful voice. R.I.P. Benjamin

[@jackgilchrist]

Oh yes, early Cars is definitely the best Cars by a long shot imo, and this is one of the greatest debut albums of all time. Elliot Easton is one of my favorite guitar players, too, and doesn't get the love he deserves.

[@markcox731]

He learned how to play Left handed guitar when his Manager told him it would look better on stage with Ben and Rik playing right handed.

[@strqrt70]

⁠@@markcox731No. He’s played left handed his whole life, because he’s left handed. It would be far too difficult to switch just because someone thought it would look good.

[@wrldchamps04]

Unfortunately the Cars style of music/songs didn't really allow him to shine to his full talent level.

[@markcox731]

@@strqrt70 I Just seen him say in a Interview , Maybe he was lying ?

[@strqrt70]

@@markcox731 Ok. I found a documentary on Elliot Easton on KZbin in which someone, not Elliot Easton(maybe a manager?) made a joke about how Elliot Easton used to play right handed but he convinced him to switch. He literally said he was joking. I also read an article where EE talked about the difficulty in finding left handed guitars when he was young. In addition, there is a photo of EE playing a ukelele at about age five, already left handed. Do you play guitar? If you did you would understand the incredible difficulty in switching from right handed to left handed (or vice versa) simply because someone thought it looked better. It wouldn’t be a realistic pursuit for almost any guitarist. It would be like learning all over again, and would always be difficult and awkward.

[@robertfindley921]

This one is pretty good. "Let's Go" is my favorite. "She's so beautiful now, she doesn't wear her shoes."

[@acornsucks2111]

Too many guys took that to heart.

[@sirmister4411]

The cars were a breath of fresh air with the new sound back then ! That whole album is great. The Candy-O was good to I like the early cars

[@markvanderstelt8999]

Early Cars Is by far The Best .

[@diggersouth]

The Cars were an unusual band. Their first album was like a greatest hit album. Everything they did was good.

[@Fritzw75]

I saw them in 1982. So so good!

[@doomhunter697]

in 1979, a young woman crashed my HS graduation party. When I went to confront her, she asked me to dance. This song was playing. We had 43 wonderful years together.

[@BrettLesPaul]

This entire album is fire 🔥 and in my book is the birth of New Wave.

[@TraceyL.ByeByeLvTheCars]

Great reaction! ~~Moving In Stereo~~ is a must to listen to.

[@phantomrockerr]

Agreed!

[@zzz7zzz9]

Especially with headphones.

[@kurtpflegl30]

Please do Moving in Stero next!

[@MuckoMan]

There first and second albums rocked.

[@terryv2006]

This is one of my favs from this album. The other is Bye Bye Love That one’s a real banger.

[@OrangeMonkey2112]

One of the few bands that weren’t metal that were accepted by many hard rock & metal fans. Great group

[@ALAN_COX]

The first two Cars albums (The Cars & Candy-O) put them on my list of all time favorite bands. Those albums were quite different than most anything of that era. I call the style avant garde. Their next three albums were also good but leaned more toward a commercial sound. If you want to hear the full on quirkiness of The Cars then check out the song I'm In Touch With Your World from their first album. The keyboardist, Greg Hawkes, uses various gadgets and whistles and synths throughout the song. There is a video of it Live @ Musikladen which shows just what Greg is doing. Also from their first album the songs Moving In Stereo and All Mixed Up run together and would make a great double header reaction. Moving In Stereo brings the avant garde and All Mixed Up provides the rock and roll. Take care and have a great day!

[@timlacreta8221]

The Cars must listen set: (Moving in stereo, Good times roll, My best friend's girl, Since your gone, I'm not the one, Let the Good times roll, Let's go, Just what I needed, It's all I can do [Benjamin Orr], Shake it up, Drive [Benjamin Orr])

[@iceman1036]

Still have this album from 78. I was 16.

[@kpcallahan]

This is an incredible album - one of the best debut albums of all time; right up there with Boston's debut, Van Halen's first album, and Led Zeppelin's initial release. The songs are catchy, and complex, and blend guitars and keyboards perfectly; the first hints of what' would become "new wave" music.

[@nolansteiner4771]

one of the best albums of all time -- their debut, which included this one. Every song is fire! We used to listen to albums from start to finish back in those days.

[@nicholasferrara7299]

Great song! Sung by the late great Ben Orr. A cool and chill beautiful man! Thank you to the fan who submitted this request.

[@tommythompson9565]

The Cars drove us fans crazy with their eclectic and pedal-to-the-metal sound. No one else like 'em then, and never will be.

[@donnyrodenbergerjr4757]

Check out the songs Candy-O, Dangerous Type, and Since You're Gone, also from the Cars.

[@gswithen]

Guitarist Elliot Easton also had a phenomenal solo record in the 80s called Change No Change.

[@PatCoppock]

When this album came out, everybody knew they were ahead of their time.

[@mikedauplaise7477]

As a child of the 1970s, I grew up with The Cars and consider them my favorite band. In fact, they were the first live concert I ever attended. Ric Ocasek wrote the songs for this and their second album at the same time, so all of those tracks have the same sound. For most fans, these first two albums are quintessential The Cars and you can't go wrong with any track.

[@todvball]

Great tune ~ ps you guys r gr8 !!! Another I enjoy: Shoobeedoo/Candy-O It's a two-fer !!! It shows a bridge of rock & new wave

[@michaellynch9550]

They were just simply one of the coolest bands back in the day

[@rubenalvarez48]

Need to listen to this entire album!

[@TheOneAndOnlyFloridaMan]

You've gotta listen to Moving In Stereo!

[@karenglenn6707]

Aussie here, that one is my favourite! 👍

[@jonfazzone5125]

Great Song Wonderful Band The Cars 1st two Albums are Basically Greatest Hits Albums A Late 70’s Band who Ushered in the 80’s Sound. Lucky enough to have seen them Live at the Spectrum in Philly in ‘79

[@stevedahlberg8680]

This is one of my favorites from them, but it was amazing to be there when they first kind of arrived on the scene. I saw them opening for other larger name bands in rock music, usually that were pretty hard rock in comparison to this. It was a strange comparison but I loved the mix of the crowds. Everything about the feeling of disassociated punk, but still has a rock edge, it's still borderline pop in a way, and there's a little bit of country phone in there every once in a via the guitar. We actually covered this for a number of years in my Honky Tonk band, with our pedal steel player playing that iconic keyboard lick. We had so much fun with it, and the backing vocals, and people would dance their asses off to it.

[@mikewhitaker8496]

Giant rabbit hole here...one of the best debut albums ever. Let the good times roll, My best friends girl, Since you're gone, Your all I've got tonight, Moving in stereo, Dangerous Type, Touch and Go, I'm not the one, Shake it Up and lots more. Can't go wrong with any of these.

[@bski308]

moving in stereo should be the next song

[@ianhamilton2035]

One of my favorite albums when it came out!! 😃

[@BaronVonMunch]

You should do every song on the 1st album, plays like a greatest hits. Their sound did change in the 80s, probably due to the advice of the music industry. I cannot say it was to be more commercial because this 1st album is what made the Cars huge. It wasn't like this struggled and they needed to change to become popular. Pretty much every song on this album was played on the radio before the later stuff came out.

[@jackgilchrist]

Right, but their later stuff was played on MTV, which was practically the be all, end all of popular music in the '80s and gave them new life. Just like it did for ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Heart, etc. Can't say I'm a fan of the '80s version of any of these bands (except maybe ZZ... their '80s stuff doesn't compare to their '70s stuff, but they managed to do the '80s thing and still be pretty cool) but MTV certainly made them known and popular in a way they hadn't been before.

[@johneldridge8678]

Everybody would scream, "Just what I needed!!!" when that part would come on. So lucky to grow up in this Era.

[@SimonRobertElder]

I just love the change to emphasising the off beat on the drums after he sings time.

[@rorygrime1202]

The late Benjamin Orr on the bass guitar. Plus background vocals

[@suucat]

RIP Ben and Rick, thank you for the music.

[@rayvanhorn1534]

So glad y'all did this one, what a great album. These guys have some fantastic songs. So many weekends cruisin the strip with this album in the cassette deck.😎🤘

[@jonicantrell7849]

This whole album is awesome. Just do it

[@johnzubil2875]

" Bye Bye Love"," You're All I've Got Tonight" would be my next one. But that debut album was great, not a bad song on it.

[@rhphotocdn]

The Cars, SO MANY HITS, Such a Great Band!! This ALBUM was COMPLETE FIRE!!!

[@bretttodd6470]

Moving in Stereo. Check it out.

[@kevinmassey1164]

This is what I think of when thinking about The Cars

[@jamesdipinto1972]

One of the best bands out of Boston

[@joshb23]

That simple flip of the backbeat on the third verse was genius! So subtle I bet most people don't even notice it, but coming back into the normal beat gives it such a great lift, just perfect economical drumming!

[@SWLinPHX]

R.I.P. Ric Ocasek (died just five years ago).

[@tpernis23]

Yes more from their first 2 albums. "You're All I've Got Tonight" is a great rockin song.. also “My Best Friend’s Girl” and "Lets Go" are good too

[@denisegeary6603]

Great reaction! The drummer David Robertson owns a small art gallery in Rockport, Massachusetts. We brought an album in, and he signed it. Very nice guy. ❤

[@michaellynch9550]

Moving in stereo, good Times roll, hello again, dangerous type, heartbeat city, why can’t I have you, stranger eyes. You two have some incredible songs to get to by the cars.

[@laurenpeck3609]

Let’s Go, Bye Bye Love, It’s All I Can Do…all so good! Many more…

[@DEWDLES]

Love this takes me back to my youth

[@wombatwilly1002]

This album was big when i was in high school.

[@bostonvair]

Hey, your fan in Boston always here to show love to all the great rock bands from Boston. You guys are in for a treat. The Cars were a ground-breaking band that influenced a lot of bands that were part of the 1980s "New Wave" scene. Whenever you are back from your hiatus, you should do a deep dive into the Cars' first two albums. This song was from their 1978 debut just called "The Cars." At least half of the songs on this album were radio hits and worth a reaction. I recommend "My Best Friend's Girl," "Good Times Roll," "Bye Bye Love," "You're All I've Got Tonight," "Moving in Stereo"... the last two songs are on the album back to back with "You're All I've Got Tonight" kind of segue-ing into "Moving in Stereo" and are often played together. Their second album, "Candy-O" (1979) was even darker and edgier than their debut and had several songs worth a reaction: "Let's Go" (party anthem for my senior year in high school, when this song was popular), the title track "Candy-O", "Dangerous Type," "Double Life," "It's All I Can Do." Those would be a good start. Really all the tracks on both of these albums are worthwhile and I think you both will appreciate them.

[@SWLinPHX]

"My Best Friend's Girl" was another huge hit from this LP.

[@grandwazoodebris1015]

Great album, sounds like a greatest hits album, every song's super. Great songs, great performances, great production. Brilliant all around

[@robertbunker817]

The sound the band always takes me back to Junior high. Cuz that's when they came out. Interesting times. The Cars Madonna Cyndi lauper Michael Jackson interesting interesting interesting all the different looks of all of us kids that were in school

[@Jude_196]

The Cars had a TOTALLY DIFFERENT SOUND!! I STILL LOVE IT!!! They, to me, were very innovative!! I DIG ALL their songs!! ENJOY, YA'LL!!!

[@jackdubz4247]

My fave song by The Cars.

[@theodoreritola7641]

Mines anther great 70s great MOVING In SterEo another great 70s Music for sure

[@bmoore7817]

Hard to go wrong with any song on this album

[@GS-xt8fu]

One of my favorites as well. “YOU MIGHT THINK”. Love it mm

[@jonm1114]

Yes, this is the sound that hooked all of us on the Cars back in 1978. Their first album is one of the best debut albums ever. There were several hit songs on that album, and even the deep cuts are amazing. "Bye, Bye Love" is another song from this album you definitely need to hear.

[@ckobo84]

Hm ...I don't notice any difference between this and 80's stuff. Both super catchy poppy

[@markmcelligott2542]

The first two Cars albums were a huge part of the soundtrack of my teen life... so unique, so good, so many memories!

[@kbrewski1]

Their debut album is so good it's like a Greatest Hits album. Best tunes: >GOOD TIMES ROLL >YOU'RE ALL I'VE GOT TONIGHT

[@cspaikido]

Their first chart success.

[@bradleyhonchelll6828]

By far, their best album! Definitely need to listen to other songs from this! Let the good times roll, Bye bye love....

[@brendo69rock92]

Still to this day one of my favourite albums.

[@robertfitterman3777]

My favorite Cars song from my favorite Cars album. Their debut is a banger! All songs are great! Check out: My Best Friend's Girl, and Moving In Stereo. Their second album also rocks: The title track of Candy-O is another banger!

[@alva1370]

The whole album is good. I’m gonna binge The Cars this afternoon. Thank you.

[@terrylandess6072]

The radio loved these guys. Simple, clean, short and sweet for the most part. Punk was raw while 'new wave' was safe.

[@spydude38]

I remember purchasing the half-speed master recording of this album and being blow away at the sound quality the engineers put into making the album. Very clean and tight sound. Of course this was new wave and was a welcome sound after having endured through the many years of disco that had taken over during that time frame. When you make it to the "Candy O" album, be sure to start with "Lets Go".

[@markv1113]

As a young kid in the 70's, I would go to the local record shop "The Carousel" every Saturday and almost every time the owner would play something new and catchy and I would of course ask what's playing and end up buying the 45. This was my introduction to The Cars, the song "Let's Go". Their earlier stuff is definitely my favorite. Another banger you should check out is "Dangerous Type". LOVE that one.

[@bretttodd6470]

Let them brush, your rock n roll hair. Let the Good Times Roll.

[@MarcDuncan-vd3bp]

Y'all might as well just listen to this whole album. It ROCKS!!! This album was huge!!! I remember when this came out in 1978 and what a fresh new sound, a mix of rock, club music, and catchy lyrics all rolled up into one great sound of New Wave. The late Ric Ocasek was a songwriting genius!! Great reaction guys, love the channel!!

[@Lovegun-w4s]

I had seen them in their early years...just awesome 💯💯👍😉

[@robertgarcia3031]

Lots of hits by the Cars. This is my favorite by them.

[@MisterFastbucks]

Monster album. One of the greatest debut albums ever. 1978 was also a monster year for great music.

[@MrRukiddin]

One of thee great debut albums of all time.

[@bobbyrodriguez5309]

I'm a total Metalhead, but The Cars struck a cord with me. Their songs are very melodic and smartly produced. Their first two albums were more on the Rock side, but they started sliding into a more "New wave", "pop rock" sound for their 3rd album and subsequent albums. Their debut album is a rock masterpiece. You ABSOLUTELY have to listen to: "Good Times Roll", My Best Friends Girlfriend", "Moving In Stereo", "Let's Go", "Candy-O (with the preemptive "Shoo Be Doo"), "Touch and Go", "Since you're Gone", and "Think It Over". I know it's a lot of suggestions, but they really are that good.

[@BettyBicepGirls]

I was a junior in high school when this debut album came out and their music was played at all of our parties and teen activities… The fun new sound was the perfect soundtrack to a new coming of age generation of teens moving into adulthood at that time. They were the leaders of the new sound of“ New Wave Rock” that exploded then.

[@mucksmith3569]

This IS the cars! In HS this album was huge and was the freshest sound we’d ever heard. Reminds me to of the first Police album. Another big HS album. We still loved hard rock, southern rock, prog, but this was new with short little rocking diddies. The lyrics were short, repetitive, and we loved it.

[@DforDelinquent]

I was in grade 9 in small town BC when this seminal LP came out. We played it all summer...at the beach, at parties, and in our cars, or course. The first three Cars albums are amazing examples of late 70s/early 80s power pop/new wave.

[@jettechdonatkins]

The Cars had many great songs.This is one of my favorites,with Ben Orr on lead vocals.Ric Ocasek was also a great singer.Elliot Easton on lead guitar was great and might still be playing.One of the great bands to come from the 1970's.A shame Ric and Ben are gone now.Do more songs from these guys!

[@bobbyscott8024]

This is signature Cars sound for sure! ''Let's Go'', ''My Best Friends Girl'', ''Good Times Roll''.......take your pick! Also they were very good at performing live in keeping with the studio version. Check out their appearance on The Midnight Special? I think it was. Great reaction, btw y'all!

[@Johnnyultra1]

Their first album is like a greatest hits album. Just fantastic. I'm from the Boston area (where the Cars are from) and the didn't get the respect they deserved till years later. I listen to them now and realize how good Elliot Eason was on the guitar.

[@chrino21]

The bass/snare drum switches at 5:54 and 6:09 are pure "Cars" David Robinson mathematical genius. At the time, this sounded like it landed from Mars.

[@pollynicklas5220]

Nearly all their debut album was released as singles and were hits! Not many other debuts can boast this!

[@gesundheit602]

The Cars is one of those bands who sounds the same live as on the record. I'd recommend "Bye, Bye Love" from the Rock Goes To College Concert. The title of the video is "The Cars - Bye Bye Love - Live 1978" It will give you a good look at them live during the time their first album came out. They sound fantastic!

[@DouglasCurran-u3g]

As others have said, EVERY song on this, their first album, was fire. In my opinion, one of the best first albums of a band in rock history. It's on the cusp between punk and the new wave to come - very influential.

[@raybernal6829]

❤❤ the first 4 albums were top tier.... Just an awesome sound of new wave and rock that was dance oriented.... As a mobile DJ in the 80s playing The Cars would get people dancing 🔥

[@donaldhynson4538]

One of the greatest albums ever

[@xifled63]

I think of how fortunate I was to have this album come out while I was in high school (along with many other greats) when my life revolved around how loud I could get my car stereo to go…

[@raymo6795]

...this was before 5000 watt amps and 12' subwoofers...this was power booster and Jenson Tri axial

[@xifled63]

@@raymo6795 exactly. Jenson were the coolest thing out back then.

[@Gforceracing20]

'Double Life' is my favorite Cars tune

[@leannlaplante3643]

This entire album is outstanding!

[@timwhitnell7145]

The Cars' debut album is one of the best debut LPs ever and one of the best albums period ever. Every song is amazing. It is an eclectic mix of pop, synth, rock and a bit of roots rock guitar. Ben Orr is the lead singer here. Ric Ocasek was the other lead singer and wrote their quirky, memorable lyrics. Both are no longer with us unfortunately. Elliot Easton is an underrated guitarist. Love Greg Hawkes on the synths/keyboards. Can't forget drummer David Robinson. You need to react to their first single, Let The Good Times Roll, plus Bye Bye Love, My Best Friend's Girl, All Mixed Up, Moving In Stereo, Dangerous Type.... you know what, just react to the entire first two Cars' albums. I love every song off their first two LPs. I can't say that about many bands.