Drummer reacts to "You're All I've Got Tonight" by The Cars

[@ronlyster5667]

One of the greatest debut albums of all time!! Every song is killer. Dontcha stop at just one!!

[@lmkeniston216]

Get their debut album and listen all the way through in one sitting. Every song is a gem and the production is perfection. It would be a killer album reaction!!

[@pianocovers4227]

Sure Man !! 💜

[@jimdukeproject]

It’s a 10/10 album

[@kato0828]

Facts.

[@donpardo2510]

@L33Reacts, Ric Ocasek's lyrics are a treat. His wordplay is unique

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Absolutely.

[@Bourberic]

They were my favorite band 78-81 and Ellliot Eastons guitar work is underrated. Moving in Stereo is their best in my eyes.

[@ChuckDrennen]

I'm partial to Candy-o

[@mightyV444]

I'd heard 'Cruiser' for the first time not long ago and it became my new favourite song by them 😊 But they also have many, many other great ones 😀

[@MissAstorDancer]

"MIS" might be my fave! Just amazing, hypnotizing, fascinating! STILL, after all this time!!

[@Bourberic]

I love the jingle bells! My car had house speakers in the back seat and the clarity was unreal. Even on eight track lol

[@SoundLevel11481]

CARs from Boston. This Album hit the airways with Thunder. Almost every song was played constantly for years. About 7 years ahead of their time, the Cars issued in "New-Wave" music. Mostly up-beat happy music, almost all is about Man/Woman relationships. CANDY-O Album is a great suit of 4 songs that must be played together to get the whole feeling. That suit will send shivers down your spine when listened as a whole.

[@jeffmaxwell2363]

Just saw Elliot last week playing with The Immediate Family and he’s still got his chops.

[@johncagnettajr344]

Elliot Easton one of the best guitar players in rock history totally underrated totally overlooked his guitar parts are original crunchy shredding and fit right in the song.

[@tlucas9798]

I can’t imagine getting to discover The Cars for the first time again….❤ “moving in stereo” is awesome in headphones

[@bobschenkel7921]

Back about 1977 I walked into a club out in the woods near Manchester, N.H. and I asked the doorman who was playing and he said "I don't know, The Automobiles or The Cars or something like that." What a difference a year or two made. They were EVERYWHERE in the late 70's and into the 80's. Great first two albums.

[@L33Reacts]

Been to Manchester. Kinda scary nowadays 😬 like nashua.

[@bobschenkel7921]

I'm a graduate of Nashua High, now Nashua South, Class of 1976.@@L33Reacts

[@jrusso4753]

Benjamin Orr (Orzechowski), Cars bassist and vocalist, graduated from my high school 4 years before me! Used to see him in bands all around Cleveland, Oh. His chance meeting with Ric Ocasek in Cleveland led to a great partnership that became the Cars out of Boston. Ric is singing on this track. Very cool and successful 80s era band. Many great songs. You mentioned Drive. That's Benny Orr on lead vocal. Cleveland radio was huge back in the day. Our local stations are responsible for making stars out of Springsteen, Bowie, Rush, Genesis, just to name a few. Keep up the good work, Lee. Love this channel. Peace and love to all and may God bless us all!!

[@waynemoon5359]

Good job of giving props where props are due. Just had dinner this evening in Ben's home town of Parma, Ohio

[@jrusso4753]

@@waynemoon5359 I grew up in Parma Heights! Valley Forge class of 1970.

[@altaclipper]

The Cars were the group that other bands listened to in their free time.

[@Pait728]

"Moving In Stereo/All Mixed UP" is a great one-two Cars combo.

[@tomroome4118]

The Cars, The Police, Blondie etc. were the start of New wave in the late '70s.

[@yes_head]

Takes me back to junior high. The Cars started out as masters of this kind of punky pop-rock, until they sort of lost the script a few albums later. But I'll never forget hearing "Just What I Needed" and knowing instantly it would become a huge hit. And yeah, almost every song on this album was a hit on some level. Talk about a smash debut record.

[@dawnschneider187]

Love The Cars!!! They helped bring a punk edge to rock and pop really. They came out at the end of the 70's in the face of disco.

[@dgator3599]

The Cars were fire back in the 80s. Used to jam out to them all the time, and you're right, their songs were all over the radio. We called them new wave. They made the 80s so much more tolerable! Great to hear them again and will make sure and put them in my driving music. RIP Ric Ocasek (pronounced O-kay-sick)

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Well said about the whole world of music to explore. That has never changed for me and I'm 60 years old now. A musician for life, amongst other things, and therefore a music lover of all things old and new and all over the world and everything in between. What we know is but a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.

[@justjack0715]

The layering of the vocals are unique and reminiscent of Queen largely because they had the same producer - Roy Thomas Baker 👍👍👍👍👍

[@johncollins1177]

It got LOTS of Radio plays for us in our 50’s

[@KennethSavage-nn2vv]

A huge hit for the Cars

[@genecase9464]

Pop/New Wave at it's finest! Their debut album could have been called "The Cars Greatest Hit's Vol 1".

[@deuceman32]

An incredibly tight band when playing live. Check out some of the early stuff from "The Midnight Special" Tv shows, there is an excellent performance of Just What I Needed. Ric Ocasek once said, "When we wrote a song that needed a real singer, we gave that one to Ben".

[@mightyV444]

😄👍

[@nyrocks5580]

Absolutely fantastic band, one of my favorites.

[@ReggieandMiloTheCat]

Definitely MORE Cars!!!! Their debut was rock perfection. Second album, Candy-O is also killer.

[@naturesounds-ib5dh]

Love the drums on Dangerous Type

[@BritIronRebel]

Terrific band with SO many hits. Just What I Needed My Best Freind's Girlfriend Moving in Stereo

[@itchyandred4131]

A rabbit hole worthy of going down ✌️

[@mcbeezee2120]

I remember when these guys first hit the airwaves. Completely different. Crazy, party times.

[@L33Reacts]

I wish popular radio music was this good these days... this was awesome!

[@johncollins1177]

React to Candy-O, you will not be disappointed. When I saw them live in about 1981, I had never felt the driving bass. I will never forget it and I forget a lot.

[@marygaul4384]

You can’t go wrong with The Cars. So good!

[@timelkins3537]

Oh, this song was on the radio- plus several other tracks from this album. You need to react to their first hit “Just What I Needed” which Benjamin Orr sings. Both Rick and Ben have very unique vocals.

[@AttackChefDennis]

The next song on their 1st studio album is a slapper! The entire 1st album is a tour de force for a debut 'new sound' band. We all were very happy with The Cars in 1979......I was 11 or 12.

[@DougJables]

You can’t go wrong with the first 3 albums! Keep it going

[@edwardhubschman3610]

Drive was an atypical track for these guys. They were big for several years. Okasek did the lead vocals on this, and the vast majority of their stuff. Ben Orr did vocals on Drive. Excellent new wave stuff.

[@L33Reacts]

Thanks for the clarification. You never know until someone tells you lol thank you! Drive is such a good track. And just what I needed as well, I know that one too apparently. I didn't know that was the cars though 🤣

[@darrylvonrokk]

their first 2 albums are classics!!

[@ChuckDrennen]

"Oh-kay-sick"

[@gracegeek4678]

Ric pronounced it O-Cass-Ic

[@matthewreed7471]

Check out Bye Bye Love and also the next track that followed "You're All I've Got Tonight". Actually the whole album is awesome, amazing debut. And it's "Oh-Kay-Sec". Keep up the great work!

[@matthewreed7471]

Ok Der, Bye Bye Love is the next track 😆

[@ChuckDrennen]

The Cars were a fresh new sound. The first hit was "Just What I Needed."

[@L33Reacts]

Oh shit I think I know that one too. That's the cars?? No shit

[@antoniocastro6345]

The Cars is amazing band!

[@acb9231]

Love The Cars! They had so many hits! Driving music, party music, or just sit n listen to music! The band's first album, The Cars (1978), was one of the best-selling albums of the 1970s, and it is considered one of the best albums in rock history. ✌️

[@lathedauphinot6820]

They were very influential; played ‘80s music in the late 70s. A lot of their songs go straight into the next. Their first two albums are absolute classics. I’d start by listening to the first album start to finish.

[@rubbersole79]

This album and "Candy-O" are must haves. Good hard clean rock.

[@danjmcs]

This whole album is brilliant, start to finish... one of the best debut albums of all time.

[@L33Reacts]

Yeah that's crazy how much of a hit their first album was apparently. Every song was a hit!

[@sherrisykes4764]

YES! It got lots of airplay. Also, on MTV (that's when they played music video's).

[@anakina1]

They were all accomplished musicians and although Ric wrote the songs, each member contributed greatly. They brought the 80s in around 1978. I know i am late here, but the se ond side has to be listened in one shot.

[@stephanie.r382]

One of my top ten songs of all time is by the Cars. It's called Just What I Needed.. I hope you listen to it. Great reaction as always Lee!

[@kato0828]

Tons of radio play and in fact most times they let it play right into the next song which transitions seamlessly. One two punch of power pop rock.

[@davidteller7681]

"You Might Think", "Let's Go", "Magic", "My Best Friends Girl", just a few catchy choices from The Cars. Ric Ocasek was the 'hook' master

[@L33Reacts]

I can tell from this one song that they will always have a catchy hook to a song. This was too... easy. Like it was another day at the ballpark to create such a hit and catchy song lol

[@mightyV444]

'You Might Think' was the first song I'd heard by The Cars, so I'd also assumed then (in '86) that they were a brandnew band - until about 20 years later, when I came across 'Anthology - The Best Of The Cars' at the local library and heard all of their early Hits for the first time, and I realised they'd been around already for quite some time _before_ 1986! 😅

[@Carnivoracious-rm8tl]

HUGE radio play, yup! It was like...every two to four weeks a new Cars song would be introduced and kinda crush the competition. It seemed that each new song was better than the one played to death before it.

[@georgeperkins4171]

They were king on the radio and mtv. Me and my friends were concert goers in the late 70s then the cars came along with their fresh new wave rock that still holds up. There's alot more.

[@mattpobursky850]

Songs from this album and their 2nd album, Candy-O, got played continuously on radio back then. As much as they got played they never got old or tiring. Candy-O had awesome album art too 😁

[@curtadams7406]

Thanks Lee, glad you liked it. The album this comes from (their debut album) is all really very good, and it begs to be played loudly. This was out when I started dating the woman I married, and despite the "loser" implication of the unromantic title, we referred to it as "our song." Today, 40+ years later, we still laugh at that whenever we hear "You're all I Got Tonight."

[@L33Reacts]

Thank you so much curt! Glad you enjoyed the video. I had a great time with this one. Such a catchy, fun song. Glad you have a funny "our song" story for it hahaha

[@yankri88]

Rik Ocasek sang this song. He wrote most of their stuff but Benjamin Orr probably sings about 2/3s of their songs. He has a great voice. He sings lead on "All Mixed Up", which I highly recommend, and one of the best pop rock songs ever written, "Just What I Needed", as others have suggested.

[@seanhughes2815]

Rik was asked in an interview how they decided who sang lead on which songs and his reply was, “If it’s a good song I’ll take it, if it’s a great song I give it to Ben”.

[@submandave1125]

The Cars set the tone for '80s New Wavy in '78. Nobody sounded like them until everyone else caught up.

[@babylonsister118]

Lee, I really would just love to see your reaction to Moving In Stereo/All Mixed Up. by the Cars. This shit is just timeless! Thanks for this great reaction!

[@randyteta9170]

So many iconic songs from the Cars, got to see the original band back in the day

[@davidmckenzie420]

The whole album is great.

[@melissadambro8873]

The New Cars version of this song is also awesome - Prairie Prince on drums, Todd Rundgren on guitar and lead vocals, Kasim Sulton on bass, Elliott Easton on lead guitar and Greg Hawkes on keyboards!

[@HareDeLune]

You're not alone, brother. We're right here with you and we got your back. 🤗

[@swampfizz]

Have you heard MOVING IN STEREO...great tune ...this was Ric singing...Ben sings Drive..luv The Cars..I was lucky and grew up with all the great stuff

[@stuBdoc]

Great, quirky New Wave music with tongue-in-cheek lyrics and catchy tunes and hooks. Outstanding musicianship and a deep catalogue. Dive in.

[@bostonwhofan]

If you've ever seen the movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", you might recognize the song "Moving In Stereo" by The Cars on their debut album during the infamous Phoebe Cates pool scene.

[@jimdukeproject]

I love the Cars haha. These albums were beloved in my collection. Elliott Easton guitar is underrated.

[@randyteta9170]

Hit-up Candy-O album, Dangerous Type- is my favorite Cars song

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Massive radio play. But based on your reaction, I really think you should listen to one of their biggest hits and it's funny because it has a similar title, but it is so compelling and it's such a classic, You're Just What I Needed. I think the actual title might just be, Just What I Needed. 😂

[@TerryKrysinski]

Nice one,Lee...their entire debut album is/was a classic. Nobody sounded like them at the time. But many singers aped them after the fact. 'Just What I Needed' was the biggest hit,but that whole album was killer! Cheers, T

[@gerrydantone6834]

Yes, the Cars were new wave and they had a mechanical feel that rocked at the same time. They had two singers, Ric and Benjamin Orr. Their guitarist, Elliot Easton, was excellent but under-rated.

[@MikeWalsh-f1g]

Theres about 6 awesome songs on that album!

[@alrivers2297]

Yes. For me it's the first 3 on side one and the first 3 on side 2. I also like 6 of their songs on their second album

[@markfilla9305]

Yeah - this was from their fantastic debut album - which I bought when it came out and listened to many, many times. I never thought of them as new wave, but they certainly foreshadowed the new wave sound of the 80s. Maybe proto-new wave is a better description? They bridged the gap between the "classic rock" sound of the 70s and the new wave sound of the 80s. A really good band no matter what!

[@PeterOConnell-pq6io]

Great song from a great album. The 'Kahs' (a local Boston band) ambiguities in this one's lyrics make it 'wickid hahed" to tell who's using whom.

[@Ferretbomber]

Practically every song on this first Cars album is a hit, one of the greatest debut albums ever made. You can totally hear how this influenced early-80s rock such as Aldo Nova, Loverboy, Nightranger, etc. Thanks for the reaction, Lee.

[@L33Reacts]

I'm definitely checking out more. This was too good for me not to lol so damn catchy

[@Ferretbomber]

it has always been a go-to album for me since I heard it on the radio as a 10 year old. It was literally everywhere. Tons of memories. @@L33Reacts

[@laurenpeck3609]

More Cars please!!!

[@marketingTUNEUP]

Candy O. Worth a visit.

[@randyteta9170]

Moving in stereo,since your gone, to many to list

[@chriswhittles1325]

It's important to listen to the albums all the way through. No joke, Candy O and the first album are a couple of the best albums ever recorded. The song placement and the recording are out of this world. Ric Ocasek was a genius producer. The music just flows out of the album.

[@johncrocker-nh7ey]

I agree with exactly what you're saying that almost any genre whether it's rock country rap psychic Progressive as you go to the earliest examples that was the birth of creativity and all these genres morphed and most of their morphine brought in more creativity ass punk became new wave and and rock became Hard Rock and Metal you get to a point that creativity begins to get lost I feel like creativity will come back but we're definitely in a lull with a few exceptions and by the way love your artwork I've been a Frank franzetta fan since I was in my early teens and I'm 67 years old years old hang in there have a great day and don't forget to laugh

[@alrivers2297]

Their first two albums are great from 78 and 79. I don't care for their 80s stuff much, except for the song Drive

[@chitownlee]

Great band who also helped in bringing an end to disco and disco still sucks.

[@wilson9696]

check out Good times Roll and their early hit, My Best Friends Girl. Great band !

[@lathedauphinot6820]

Yep. First two songs of the first album. Then you have to listen to “Just What I Needed”, and at that point you might as well listen to the rest of the album!

[@pollynicklas5220]

Nearly the entire album is hits@

[@ukiahsguitarsolos3436]

The Cars definitely have a unique sound. Try Candy-o.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

They could all sing, but Ric Ocasek was generally considered to be the front man. And you say it like this: o CASE ik. And the S has kind of a slight Z sound to go along with it.

[@MissAstorDancer]

Yer killin' it, Dude! Fantastic choices! Another absolutely iconic album with its stunning iconic album cover!!! I also agree with others who say to listen from start to finish! Even though it's not a "concept" album, it's just so good in its original presentation, gotta have that full experience! But, it's also an album, that most people won't be mad about you reacting to individual songs! By the way, where did you grow up, where were you educated! You are so articulate and INTERESTED! That's really interesting, to me! You are truly engaged! Keep up the great content! You make this old Hippie really happy!

[@L33Reacts]

Wow thank you so much!! You are too kind... I was raised in Maryland and went to a private school up till 8th grade. Then, it was a very shitty public school till I got my GED. I went to community College recently as well for addictions counseling . I've had a very tough past decade let's say but the past few years I got my act together. I'm glad you are enjoying the videos. Glad to have you ❤️

[@MissAstorDancer]

@@L33Reacts Glad to know you "know" Bill W.!

[@scottlaughlin9897]

The Kings of New Wave. These guys are great. Check out My best friends girlfriend, let’s go, the dangerous type, shake it up, moving in stereo / all mixed up. < 2 part song. And his last name is pronounced Oh Kay Sick.

[@heyskipj]

Thanks for the welcome back to new wave! Agreed about rap. If I hear a loop go on for coupla measures too long, like a lot of the mainstream rap, I'm out! Even with smooth flow, song message, or whatever. I'll read a book. Same goes for the cliché of bringing in the female vocal for the chorus so I can go, Uh-Uh... Yeah...😄

[@rapson672]

Seen them on 1st tour warmup for Ted Nugent at the Pontiac Silverdome . shoulda been the other way around !

[@timothymartin8498]

Love your reviews, but we need some Iron Maiden. Great songwriting and storytelling. Best bass player ever!

[@michaelmroz6511]

Listen to anything else other than Drive

[@tomratcliff3755]

It's kinda weird, I still think of this as new music,too.

[@captainklutz3427]

The next track 'Moving In Stereo' is well worth a listen. ;)

[@arizrich]

I got to wondering if you had heard any Cars yet. This is a pretty excellent one!

[@777indigobabe]

Elliott Easton is so bad ass . He’s so underrated. I’ve tried to learn some of his songs. He’s another of the ones with such a cool unique style

[@johncollins1177]

I am 58yo and have hated 99% of rap ever made. I knew it would ruin music as we knew it and it has. It’s not even music.

[@markallen2984]

FYI phonetically, it’s pronounced Rick “O KAY SICK”

[@ronaldelliott4373]

Did they get radio play? Ouch 👈 Yes, and yes that’s New Wave, with one foot in hard rock. Their debut album and Tour was a new direction and HUGE success, with solid tight musicianship and more than a little creativity with their lyrics. Hawks was most purposeful with his solos that weren’t climactic pieces of the songs, similar to those in the past, like Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman as his intent was to go away from heavy in the opposite direction with a POP sound. This was a New Wave formula that actually made it harder for them to initially get signed. Those scouts for the major labels were soon kicking themselves for passing on them because of their own inabilities to adapt quickly to what was coming. The Cars, The Pretenders and dozens of others created a new horizon, coming out of Disco and Punk of the late 70’s.

[@calebclunie4001]

Always buckle up, before starting up The Cars. Check your mirrors, also.

[@L33Reacts]

Trip pre check complete. Lets roll!

[@geob3963]

Punks told the record companies to fuck off. Record companies found New Wave instead. Win/Win Devo - Girl U Want Kraftwerk - Robots Cars - Candy-O Cars - Heartbeat City Cars - Touch and Go Cars - Since You're Gone Cars - Moving in Stereo

[@davidelms1100]

Brontosaurus by the Move. please

[@777indigobabe]

I’ve always liked the cars drummer ! He’s tight 🫶🏻🫶🏻 he’s deep into the pocket & pounds . I love him! He has an awesome unique style. It’s very tight. Ps I like your channel. I just found you. You seem super cool