It's All I Can Do (The Cars)

Benjamin Orr/The Cars fan video. For entertainment purposes only. Not for commercial use. No copyright infringement intended. Made with Magisto.

[@kevinhelgerson982]

We didn’t realize we lived in the good old days back then. We realize it now.

[@ic5761]

The drummer is bad ass

[@melaniebrown4947]

Yes, so agree. Those were great days.

[@judethaddeusschork2855]

One of the best songs ever written. Way underrated.

[@charlesheath2062]

I agree. I remember going through one of many break-ups at the time, and this song just killed me whenever I heard it.

[@ericjohnson26]

Elliot's solo in this song is 18 seconds of melodic perfection!!!

[@jimbo91262]

Just perfect. The whole song construction is brilliant.

[@marcchaffee7751]

God, what a classic , what great times ! I miss them so bad , it hurts .

[@deanrobert9953]

Music junkies debate the greatest rock songs of all-time. The Cars rarely get in that coversation yet here's your winner...

[@SFB66]

Yes!!!!

[@jimbo91262]

Truly!

[@BobGallagher-te7wq]

The keyboard in the verse after the solo, building the tension and lifting the whole song back into the chorus is just phenomenal songwriting

[@deanrobert9953]

Is that what's happening? I always thought it was magic...

[@calvin8677]

Skating rinks,video arcades,cruisin the mall for chicks..glad I was alive then

[@janetmoore5645]

Thats all i can do. Cars. Dreamed your were there. Awesome song. ❤

[@user-hl9hm9he5q]

Oh my gosh Benjamin I can't believe it's been 24 years since you've been gone. I'm 69 now, I was 24 when I saw you guys live. You would've been 77. I'm so sorry you're gone. I lost my son to Cancer 4 years ago. No one should die before their time. I'll never forget you. I know how much you must have suffered because I took care of my son until he died right in front of me. I think he would've loved the Cars. He always loved bands that were different just like me. I pray that there is a place in Heaven for you and of course my son. I want all the good ones to be there. 😔💔💙💙❤️❤️😇😇🙏🙏🙏💕💕

[@carldempsey4026]

Ben definitely underrated one of the best.

[@randallsounhein7462]

Absolutely and simply the best. Nothing even come close these days ...

[@jimbo91262]

This song gives me goosebumps. One of my all time favorite songs...ever!! Bravo Cars.

[@briangarza7532]

Best band in the 80's. Hands DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sixwingsram]

This song definitely marks time. Their sound is unique and hits you like truck. Love these guys. One of the greatest bands ever. ❤

[@user-hl9hm9he5q]

My most favorite Cars song ! 😘❤️🎸🎶

[@karenolsonislandgirl]

Mine too!!😊

[@steveobrien5130]

Me too

[@philiponcale1820]

The coolest things about them was their unique sound and lyrics. If you heard a new song from them on the radio you immediately knew it was The Cars. There was no confusing them with any other band.

[@BrianCarnevaleB26]

"Its all I can do, to forget completely about you!"

[@user-hl9hm9he5q]

Oh my gosh ! My most favorite Cars song ever ! I saw them live back in 1979. They were absolutely awesome ! I had the biggest crush on Benjamin Orr. I just recently found out he was gone. That damn Cancer took my son when he was 32. I was devastated. Poor Benjamin. My husband can't stand it when I talk about Benjamin but that's before we even met. I have so much love and compassion for people , especially when they die too young. But I will never stop listening to the Cars ! NEVER ! 😌💔❤️💙💙😇😇🎸🎶

[@ic5761]

Agreed 100%.

[@TheBent139]

Almost hard to listen to this because it takes me directly back to the best days of my life. I still have a great life all these years later but that was the absolute peak and The Cars were the soundtrack, especially Candy-O. It was a wild time, a free time, like no other.

[@deborahpaley21]

Well said. Me too.

[@mikechrisman2076]

Yes it was

[@orksplace81]

Absolutely....you nailed it....me too!! Seen them live at Alpine Valley....during their prime and mine.....high school days and plus. Well said!

[@fastech7635]

Agreed 100% an 8 track and my 79 Z28 Let the Good Times Roll

[@Sparky1979AB]

So true. The best of times !!

[@wespenn7243]

Best cars song by far!

[@Retiredhoghed]

“Its all I can do” is my favorite

[@noelkelly3223]

Legends god bless you all tanks for the great music and god rest your gentle souls 😊❤😢

[@johnmarlega38]

My opinion the best Cars song

[@toddgiesler7846]

The guitar solo in the middle is hauntingly perfect. Brief and simple.

[@lillacrisanty6309]

I remember the cars way back when I was about 16 17 that was the 1978 and '79 I am now 62 years old

[@wb3161]

I don’t know why but this is an awesome song

[@sandflea23]

But a moment in time, well spent, so many years ago....

[@roberttompkins6489]

It is clear from the many comments, and I agree, the Cars evoke some of the strongest feelings of nostalgia for that era when compared to other bands of the period. I think in addition to the music being so good, it was due to the real shift in rock sound and cultural change that they ushered in.

[@carlwood184]

I love this group be 61 January 18th my boy Elliott Easton can throw down on that guitar they all are so very talented and amazing never be music like this anymore but it will be around forever.

[@vanhalenrulz9474]

My favorite Cars song.

[@ljb2241]

There’s something about this song that I can’t adequately explain but it’s so great. Now more than ever I think back to how great we had it back in the 80s

[@garybalian]

Right! That longing that I felt so deeply in high school. Perfection!!!

[@vetb882]

It DOES hurt listening this. I was 18 in 1980, I'm 61 now and this song hits me even DEEPER than in my youth. Scary to think Benjamin and Rik are on the other side of time. I hope they're allowed to peel back the veil and take a peek on Earth to see just how much they meant to SO MANY Souls. THANK YOU guys, for sharing your art and talents with us, we appreciate you. Till we see you on the other side...but not yet, not yet! 😎😎🙏🇺🇲🇯🇲🙏🏿🥰 😎☺️💖🥰🐞☘️🏁🙏🏽🙏🙏🏻🙏🏿😇😇

[@waveblast2]

damn well put !

[@julianjohncraft3091]

A better comment can hardly be imagined.

[@ronaldp4]

@vetb882 I think you and I are friends on this side here today! Nice (and true) comment.

[@timpenfield5]

Raining like hell at my very elderly parents in Glendale CA tonight./this morning A bit depressed, thinking bout all the friends and family that I had when this song came out, Most are gone now, some way to young. My bros and I thought the Cars were from England, since they adopted accents from the beatles etc... just needed to hear this super catchy tune to shake that sickening depressing feeling that comes with the passing of time. Wish I could go back to the fall of 1980

[@daveredinger1947]

Beautiful comment. !!!

[@SKRATCH587]

One of the most important songs in my 52 years on this rock

[@drewrosecrans9728]

I'd go back to 1979 in a second 👍👍👍👍 back to 7th grade!! God that was such an awesome time!!!

[@stevetellers7194]

Magnificent guitar work by Elliot Easton.

[@Nudiescorner]

The last two years of the seventies were unlike no other....Like no other...

[@dallasryle7740]

BARBARA, I MUST CONFESS I WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, THE RESISTANCE TO CHANGE, BUT tHEN I CAPITULATED..OMG!, THE CARS, THE POLICE, DIRE STRAITS, THE PRETENDERS TOM PETTY,AND THEN OF COURSE TALKING HEADS, BLONDIE, ALL PREDICTING A NEW NEW THING, HOW RELUCTANT WE WERE TO GO ALONG...ALL THOSE BANDS HAD SEMINAL ALBUMS IN 1978 1979 THAT WERE TOTALLY "NEW," AND PREDICTED THE ONSLAUHT OF THE 80S ...AS YOU SAY LIKE NO OTHER WAS 78 AND 79

[@kentphillips581]

you may have a point there, you twisted the gate ?

[@jerryhoward8133]

Such a terrific piece of music. The Cars were very special musicians. Their music is some of the best ever recorded. RIP. Ben and Ric.

[@Larry-nq1mw]

Benny Orr you are a rock star Cleveland Ohio that's where I'm from we are so proud of you

[@brbuck8022]

A terrific 80's band whose music continues to be relevant in today's music world. Never be another band like them. They were unique.

[@crapple009]

First two albums (their best, imo) were released in the great, late 1970's. So, they were not a true 80's band, but yes-they were ahead of their time (and still are, in a sense). Kajagoogoo, on the other hand, and their ilk were totally 80's.

[@fredgarvin716]

Man, time flies by. Seems like just yesterday hanging out at Tower Records with friends, flipping through albums back when Candy-O was brand new. Now I'm an old man and The Cars are classic rock. RIP Ben and Ric.

[@lindabutcher7014]

Tower Records in PHX. AZ.? Or are there Tower Records in ALL US CITIES !?! 😁..✌🎸🎷

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

@@lindabutcher7014 I hung out at the Tower Records Store on Beach Blvd. in Buena Park , CA. Spent Way to much money .

[@lindabutcher7014]

@@lilorbielilorbie2496 WHO DIDN'T!! 😋✌😁🖤🖤

[@christineherbst199]

Tower Records on South Street in Philly!!! Wow, your comment brought back memories. I love this song.

[@drewp1591]

Yes I used to go to the a south St. one too. I’ve always liked the Cars

[@julenepegher6999]

“It’s all I can do not to cry, for Ben for Ric and my beloved Cars, best times back then. Love this !

[@carolebarker2195]

This and "All mixed up" are my fave songs of The Cars.

[@julenepegher6999]

I can’t get thru this song without tears, All mixed up is my favorite too! Another great song they hardly ever performed. I’ve only saw one performance of it.

[@oatnoid]

The harmonies are perfect. Tears here too.Drive , Tonight she Comes, Magic.....

[@carolebarker2195]

@@oatnoid Benjamin's voice on this was so expressive. He was such a special man. A phenomenon like The Cars was a one-off - it will never be seen again.

[@stevek13941]

A lyrical masterpiece by Ric Ocasek

[@vince1638]

Who ever thought we would miss the 80s? This music is priceless, especially all the great memories of our lives 40 years ago.

[@raymoore1397]

Cars best song IMO

[@harryparatesties8078]

Another stunning solo by the criminally underrated Elliot Easton

[@joecap2919]

I saw him at Wurlitzer music in Boston when I purchased a couple of drums back in 1983. He was being a complete pompous condescending asshole to the clerk, I felt so bad that I went to the clerk after he left to see if he was ok, he said yes he is like that to everybody..

[@moderntreasure1828]

@@joecap2919 thats sad

[@randombotdude2083]

Joe Cap yeah, sorry but I don’t see him that way. He might’ve been an asshole then, but I’m sure he was just going through the struggles of fame. I’m sure he’s a much better guy.

[@stutzbearcat5624]

That dude is a SICK PLAYER!

[@jamesavdelis6610]

He's like the Eddie Van Halen of the Cars

[@mmes307ify]

I always find myself playing this timeless classic when I’m on KZbin.

[@venderstrat]

Every member of the band was so good at what they did.

[@stevejump9630]

RIP Benjamin

[@ervinasturias1857]

One of the All time Greatest cars song ...

[@patricepierson2960]

Aw

[@robertsmart4449]

If not the best

[@irishseano]

Timeless

[@monicasehuprt3298]

It is the greatest song from the Cars !

[@chrischampagne4307]

"Drive"

[@elizabethmcleod246]

I miss Ben ❤

[@markponn9622]

Best Song of The Cars. Period. 👈❤️

[@michaelschneider-]

Damn ,,, the drummer’s timing is tier one … wow ..

[@ratter531]

R.I.P. Benjamin and Ric all of your fans miss you so deeply 💖

[@janetrichards6303]

love you Ben, love you Ric

[@suemccann2010]

Love Love Love this song!!! If only to go back just one day 70's -80's were absolutely amazing times!!! 9-20-23

[@patricias5122]

Benjamin Orr was an excellent actor, he could have been very successful had he chosen the path.

[@seanblack6545]

Love the Cars, especially Ben Orr. I live in Lake County Ohio, and just found out Ben's buried just a couple miles away. Think I'll make a pilgrimage and say hello. So sad man. We're runnin' low on all the greats.

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

Sean Black Say hello for all of us.

[@kathygrinder3076]

@@chadbest5411 not what some would expect. Not ornate at all. Small engravings of a guitar and cross. Not a large stone. Small country graveyard. Have visited twice. Going back in next few weeks

[@laurenmccullough8838]

This song is so amazing. Seriously, I can't say enough about Benjamin's voice. ❤💯🎶

[@williammckindley7533]

I love there music. Shame there gone . Ill b next im from pittsburgh area .just wanna say that because that area and Pittsburgh hate each other .but i dont

[@lindabutcher7014]

@@williammckindley7533 Can I play school teacher? Please, I miss my class 😂 I love THEIR music... 🙃🖤 Shame THEY'RE gone...🖤🙃 Btw I'll be right there with ya! I'm on my way out also(69)😭 It sucks to get old n still feel young!! I'm from Detroit the Motorcity n the mad man Ted Nuggent n Motown area we'd go to Ohio to see Benny.. I use 2 call him Benny n "his jets"✌

[@williammckindley7533]

@@lindabutcher7014yeah brings back memories

[@lindabutcher7014]

@@williammckindley7533 LOTS of fun with NO STRESS NO PHONE just good MUSIC!

[@williammckindley7533]

@@lindabutcher7014 we need to hookup

[@wjb8855]

IT'S ALL I CAN DO... I'm sooo glad I grew up in this era of music. And sooo sad for all the kids/younglings today that think what they've been listing to is good (cough,cough) music.

[@genebyron1312]

The Candy-O album was legendary. Not to mention the cover art! :)

[@drewrosecrans9728]

It takes me back to 1979 7th grade wow 😳 and reminded me of a girl i had a crush on but in 78 i was in 6th grade and she was in 8th grade and i remember slowing dancing with her OMG & this song brings back memories 💯 long blonde hair and such gorgeous girl ❤️ and she always invited me to her house for dinner and parents liked me& she was the one that got away! I hope that she's okay 💯👍 but this song just takes me back to a simple time and just beyond awesome 💯 vs today beyond crap!

[@tomswanson7446]

Well deserved "Rock and Roll hall of fame" members

[@USCG.Brennan]

FANTASTIC '80S BAND......NEVER GOT THE RECOGNITION THEY SHOULD HAVE!!

[@DonByronDukeoftheArctic]

Oh, they were recognized. The clubs on Ft Carson played them in regular rotation. But flipping vinyl was time-consuming. They eventually put them on reel to reel and let it ride. The Cars, The Police, REO, Styx, Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Boston... Times were good. Music was peaking. I miss my team. My unit. My brothers and sisters.

[@rickwilliamson9248]

Ric may have been 'The 'Face' of The Cars, but to me, Ben was 'The Voice' of The Cars. All of my favorite songs have Ben on lead vovals.

[@stephendailey8412]

High School yeah baby ❤❤❤

[@1956tojo]

Both Benjiman and Ric did fine on the vocals, but thru the years there have been so many people say that they sound so much alike..... I could tell who was singing when their second album came out because I got familiar with the first one... Ben was WAAAAAAAAY better a singer than Ric could have ever been.... Rics voice nearly always had a hint of strain from a rough bowel movement or something... He was always on key and in tune, but there was an absolute difference... and every member of that band was an excellent musician... I was always a guitar Rock kinda guy, but The Cars worked their way in somehow and man did the ladies get out on the dance floor for their music....

[@DanielHBuchmann]

I like this band more and more with the passing of time.

[@DonnaJohnson-ue7ex]

Awesome song

[@oatnoid]

Bright flames burn hot then they're gone. A brief moment of warmth and then emptiness and darkness. So sad to see them gone.

[@steveelson2999]

My wife and I attended a Cars tribute band in Lorain Ohio on Friday, (moving in stereo). The Cars were a phenomenal band!!! RIP, Ben and Rick. 😢

[@broderecky]

I've never been a fan of tribute bands, but Moving in Stereo are really good!

[@MaryBartos-xs6hm]

I am from Lorain, Ohio. Love The Cars and miss my youth too. Fun to watch Cars videos on KZbin.

[@procrastinator9]

What's so cool about the Cars is that it's about really great songs performed well. Not about choreography and celebrity and antics and spandex and spectacle. Each member is like a back up to the others. They almost seem like one of those 50s or 60s bands on Ed Sullivan in demeanor and yet they are a timeless kick ass rock band. No grandstanding. The singer sings then backs up to let the other instrumentals have prominence and then cooly steps back up to continue singing. Just a cool band with cool songs. I use the word cool a lot in this comment, but that's because the Cars are so damn cool.

[@nickdameron6333]

Well said

[@giannit2777]

Absolutely!! They were brilliant!! Never again will we see a band like this!!

[@CSRookie]

well said....... not hot, not cold: just COOL

[@samr.england613]

It's called 'work ethic'. (In many of their vids, you can tell Rick and Ben are giving body language cues to each other as to how well both them, and the rest of the band, are doing their jobs of keeping with what Ric and Ben expect.) Tight formation and harmony. :)

[@lalba07]

Agree 💯%!

[@mikenardi4574]

Seen them in 1979 Marquette Michigan they were amazing. I was a sophomore in high school. Kids today are so much different than we were than. Glad I grew up in the 80's

[@harmonicpatternsOfficial]

...the RnR concert era 1970-1990

[@fastech7635]

Yea I saw them on the same tour I believe the Cars & Foreigner at the Grand Rapids civic auditorium

[@steveferguson823]

Was class of 1980 that’s ture

[@jennyyy78]

Kids nowadays have no respect or morals !

[@marlo9282]

Loved the 80s!!

[@user-lm6mn2od1u]

That's for shure.i listen to all Ben orr classics every day

[@dallasryle7740]

champagne jam 1979 atlanta ga, cars played..

[@rckptck1]

I heard Ben hated doing this song..... wouldn't do it live.....loved the Cars since first heard them on radio.1978... couldn't wait to get home to tell my wife about this band I heard

[@broderecky]

Elliot and Greg have also said they didn't like playing it live. Greg said on a podcast that he didn't like his keyboards on it.

[@Sparky1979AB]

I used to play this song over and over waiting for my wife to say YES when we were dating. I was ready to get engaged she was hesitant Now married 32 years! Also played. DRIVE over and over still do. Cars rock ! The 80s were the best !

[@sheilac8443]

Aw, that's so sweet. Congrats on 32 years.

[@julenepegher6999]

Aw, if my love played this for me I’d just melt! Congratulations.

[@luannwells3695]

Benjamin was a sexy AF. Great song!

[@sonorousbelchpipe1021]

One of those wonderful, haunting songs that instantly teleports me back to the 70's, and happier times. Heard in a Cars interview one of the band members mentioned Ben disliked this song. They never gave a reason. Did they ever play it live? Sad to think one of the most haunting melodies by The Cars doesn't rank higher in their repertoire. It does have a very heavy 70's disco beat, perhaps that's why.

[@sonorousbelchpipe1021]

Greg and Elliot are positively ethereal on this track.

[@digidrum2003]

The great days when we waited for the vinyl albums to come out......i use to buy mine at Sears,my late father would give money to spend while he would shop at the tool or auto department.

[@aspjake123]

I absolutely love the keyboards this song. Bens vocals are out of this world.

[@ronduncan44]

Wow, Benjamin was a beast. The whole band was exceptional at song writing and arranging.

[@mnoir8888]

Ric wrote all the songs except for three or four where he shared songwriting credit. They were all excellent musicians of the highest order.

[@mrpentium]

So glad they're in the Hall of Fame. Also with Alice Cooper. Now, only lacking The Smiths and Thin Lizzy !!!

[@Dahstin]

Love song....

[@donaldparker4844]

My girl got me on restriction for some damn reason and it reminded me of this song yeah it's all I can do keep waiting for you haha

[@cjg8604]

The definition of cool

[@seancollins408]

And once in a moment. It all comes to you. As soon as you get it. You want something new. Wow!

[@Maltmeister1]

I can still remember the Cars getting booed off the stage at summer Sunday in Vancouver BC back in the 80's.

[@coachanderson2704]

So much underrated song from the The Cars. Man I feel like still being the 80, and gradating in 87 from high school and "The Cars" albums came out in the my school years. I'm jamming the cars albums last night in my garage and my kids going; what is it like being in school in the 80's dad??? Well I going tell them it was the best years tonight when I get home from work today!

[@liborioruiz7278]

There just aren't many groups in these modern times that have the longevity or greatness of 70's bands like The Cars. Man these guys just had hit after hit well into the 80"s. RIP Ric and Ben, you guys left an indelible mark in this world.

[@EmteeTeee]

Oh my word. I haven't heard this song in AGES!!!! I just turned 17 when this album came out. Absolutely LOVED this band and their music!!!! June 1979! Brings back such incredibly beautiful memories. And Ben .. Your voice... Ohhh my word... he is just gorgeous.. just a beautiful looking man with those dreamy eyes piercing through your soul. Good gawd.

[@karenolsonislandgirl]

Damn Benjamin, why did you have to die, amazing person, singer, wished i could have met you, probably the best singer of all time in my eyes, forgot too mention, freaking Gorgeous 😢💔💋💗💞

[@justinbuddy1]

My favorite Cars song and in my top 10 All time

[@user-hl9hm9he5q]

I will never forget this video. It's just how I feel about my husband. It's been 44 years I'm still waiting..........

[@michaelwolf6424]

Don't keep us in suspense. What are you waiting for? Inquiring minds want to know. Great song to listen to while waiting for. .anything.

[@ronniebrown2517]

late 70s in austin, texas....saw them live....listened to them endlessly....this is the ultimate of audio traveling....no bombs, no fireworks, no chicks dancing around....just the sound, the emotion, the feeling, the intensity of their perfect combination of chords,,,,,,the good old days??

[@julenepegher6999]

Yes, indeed the” good old days” so many great memories (and some fuzzy memories) listening to the Cars…..

[@drh-ov7eq]

What a handsome man..what a voice...Rest in Peace Ben...and Ric

[@dallasryle7740]

THE CARS WERE F***ING BRILLIANT

[@raymondanthony8651]

These guys were f$@king great, one of the best concerts I've ever seen, clean tight pure sounding, and I've seen many of the best. Their sound was so unique with pop, rock, new wave, techno influences combining to make their own original sound. They were so fresh sounding when their first album came out, everyone was playing it at the parties. I'd go as far as to say no one was like this since The Beatles in uniqueness and sound.

[@mikemotteberg3527]

The thing with the Cars, All of their songs sound good !

[@susanbezio1529]

Bass and drums nail this one.

[@jamesarcher3065]

To Quote a puck rock band of that time , ( forget it you would not understand anyway ) the Cars are forever what a band should be and you will never hear a newer band that sounds this great . In the 80's they owned the airwaves. A very special time you would have to had been there to understand.

[@q98rt710]

The Cars have had a ton of great songs, but this one is the BEST!!!

[@gregmills6292]

Don't think they ever performed this song live. The band didn't seem to be fond of it

[@kellyrick1981]

Was 16 and had this 8 track playing nonstop in my “Pinto” that summer of 79.

[@marlo9282]

❤️

[@neilmorris1448]

Me to Galaxy 500 1971 model first car 8-track tape also.

[@iwantthe80sback59]

8-tracks, Pintos and AMC Gremlins......ahhhh, the ‘70’s.