The Cars - Good Times Roll - Live 1978

[@redhead5762]

These guys came bursting on the scene with 10 great songs right off the bat no one else sounded like them and boy they sound terrific live.. love this band

[@mikeclaunch3135]

🎉❤🎉

[@deppilisa]

Yes! I was in high school, Journey was getting popular at about the same time. All of my friends were really into Journey, not me, I became a huge cars fan as soon as I first heard them. I always will be.

[@joeywho534]

Still sounds like nothing else

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Sure did! New Wave cool, saw them in ‘79 Arrowhead Stadium. Wish it had been a small intimate venue like this though, up close and personal.

[@malcolmharing3744]

@deppilisa I agree, I hated Journey after they brought on Perry. This has to be one of the best debut albums of all time. Too bad Rick and Elliot developed bad blood somewhere along the line.

[@martinaddison1461]

When I was down the cars always made me happy

[@lindaetheredge7972]

Me too

[@ProMediaLLC]

One of the most original and unique sounding bands of the 70s. You could never mistake a Cars song for anyone else.

[@vincentberte7675]

Right On the Money Sir

[@michaelandrewtaylor2172]

Amazing sound effects and songs that Rock

[@charleswills4554]

Takes me back to a simpler time. No such thing as a band like this today.Gone are the days when bands could play instruments and sing.

[@basidiomycota5067]

Not true. There's plenty of great rock bands still. Check out "Pond" or "King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard"

[@bud2935]

Wish we could go back to those days! 😊

[@vincentberte7675]

When you right your right and your 100 percent right

[@gardengremlin]

"Let them brush your rock ’n roll hair.” One of my favorite lyrics in the myriad of great Cars lyrics.

[@dennis9707]

Yes Gretchen, When I had all the hairs to brush then too.

[@athletic-dashole8648]

"Tonight She Comes"!!!!

[@timetofly291]

I just started High School when this came out. Had a head full of hair back then(LOL). I know what you mean.

[@jayvonck3311]

Indeed Gretchen! Indeed!!!

[@johnsullo7269]

My favorite group! After the Beatles!

[@6strings1pickup12]

I'm a serious metalhead but I love The Cars. Always have. They really kicked ass in their own way. In fact, I know quite a few other metalheads who love them too. They had that ability to reach across the lines. Not many bands do.

[@jetman1965]

So true.

[@visionaerie]

not a metalhead.. tried and true punk.friends used 2 think that the cars were a too slick"nuwave" band....but the cars ruled. always have. eliot easton is the boss.

[@triciastewart9287]

Aerosmith

[@biomadnesstrip]

I'm a metalhead too and I truly enjoy the music made by this fantastic band.

[@v.dargain1678]

Right ! Everybody could relate to The Cars stuff . This is a classic example .Goodtimes indeed .

[@bradharp4612]

rest in peace ben orr and ric ocasek. you both made the good times roll.

[@vincentberte7675]

Amen to that

[@lindabergman3127]

Yes they certainly did ❤❤❤❤

[@swanladylinda]

I just found my Happy Place ; ) My sista' & I just bought our first High fidelity Stereo & speakers when the Cars released this album!! We smoked pot! Moving in Stereo!!! OMG! The Cars were my first love!!!!! Please help to get them into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame if you LOVE them as much as I do!!

[@jamilgotcher5456]

I'm glad Ric was still alive when they were inducted.

[@santanag23]

I think it's so fucking awesome to have these videos from that time(especially the live ones) it's like walking into a time machine.

[@CanadianDrifter777]

This version of this song kicks fn ass! These guys are fn cool! Rock, man!

[@Looking4truth333]

I think The Cars first two albums are as good as any first two records from any band. Been listening since 78 Let the good times roll.

[@davekay9495]

Panorama

[@Delilah122]

Still listening in 2024 🥳

[@MetalSanta7766]

Definitely agree, and I'm a headbanging metalhead And I wore out the first album and the candy o 8 track

[@larryjohnson8687]

The Cars were simply amazing with this tremendous lineup, and they we're blessed with great songs and phenomenal delivery and stage presence. Hall of Fame worthy for sure.

[@davekay9495]

To me they were the led Zeppelin of the late 70s and 80s

[@vincentberte7675]

Yes sir I agree with you 100 percent and well said

[@HungryH1951]

"blessed with great songs" Thank Ric Ocasek

[@SD_Marc]

Man, these guys can lock into rhythm like nobody's business. KZbin really opened my eyes to a different side of the Cars than I loved them for when I was a kid.

[@petechilds788]

Exactly, great bass player who is not flashy and a tight drummer with tasty fills but solid groove.. what's not to like?

[@rickfohr480]

Me too

[@shawnnoble4329]

When a band member dies and is not replaced.True respect for them .R.I.P. BEN

[@Cristiano48239]

Did they carry on without Ben. He was the most handsome one, amazing voice too x

[@purplesunflower8242]

Love the Cars but always feel sad regarding the passing of Benjamin Orr.....He was Talented Cute and really good guy so I hear ! RIP

[@Cristiano48239]

He was so handsome was Ben.

[@blackwingvalleylover]

@@Cristiano48239 One of the most handsome men in rock n roll.

[@Cristiano48239]

Definitely @@blackwingvalleylover

[@stephanerichard6267]

put these guys in the rock and roll hall of fame

[@stephanerichard6267]

me too, nice to know they are touring still.

[@Leen61]

+Stéphane Richard Agreed. They belong. By far the best of the New Wave.

[@rjpg]

+Stéphane Richard not the Cars w/out Orr

[@g57462]

agree with u stephane

[@YandTIII]

Induction committee, are you listening!?

[@joeevansevans9117]

Remember when it came out like yesterday

[@tolfan4438]

I saw these guys open for foreigner dec. 78, 1st album for both bands.

[@partyspecialists]

RIP Ric You and Eddie Money in just a few days apart is too much. Thanks for the music.

[@LetArtsLive]

Yeah they're dropping like flies it's sad

[@HeleneLouis-x7i]

Ahhh I always get thrown back into my high school years!! Never gets old and I'm 61 now. ❤❤❤

[@gwenmay3701]

The Cars have always been in my top 3 list of alltime greatest bands.

[@davidelliott8113]

Ric, you truly let the good times roll. RIP 9/15/19.

[@that417]

Tell that to the wife. After he cut her throat.

[@michaelandrewtaylor2172]

RIP Ben Orr too 🙏🙏🙏

[@KikiaVilla]

In 1979 I was 19 years old and the good times rolled non stop. Long live the good old days

[@Jeanninecomeau]

Me too. San Diego in a Camero with The Cars blaring out of my car.

[@PunkinPistolero]

I remember when this came out and a friend had the album. He sat me down telling me this album is your sound, your kind of music....from the opening chords I was hooked. Although, they have so many great songs, this is the one I link to them always. RIP Ben and Rick and thanks for the good times...

[@danalarose846]

I agree, this song is thee cars song.

[@hookipaboy3412]

The music of the Cars was a big part of the soundtrack to my life growing up as a teenager in Hawaii🤙🏽

[@charliebell01]

this made me realize we dont have bands like this anymore :[

[@purplesunflower8242]

We don' you are sooo right no more great band throw away society !

[@moeb434]

We definitely need another band like the Beatles or Cars...highly creative, simple, fun songs by highly talented good time musicians. Maybe in the 2020's coming up. We need to get back to Rock and Rolling before we all bust!

[@yaboi2500]

@@moeb434We’ve had a band like that for about a decade now, and they’ve slowly been picking up steam. They’re called King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Fucking phenomenal band with zero bad albums (and that’s saying something when they have close to 30 studio albums).

[@podline66]

In a sense they are like the Beatles.. each one had a job, and did it to perfection. The whole became greater than the sum of the parts.

[@johnbates5389]

Larry L said perfectly!

[@christopherstone76]

Brilliant observation! Wish that I had thought of it. Well done!

[@75397]

+Larry L I love the Cars first two albums but as to the Beatles, they were weak vocalists, the Bee Gees put them to shame. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJuVhHl8fL1rmac

[@SueRosalie]

yes - the essence of a great band!

[@johnemerson5428]

So, so true! There has never been a badder, cooler band. NEVER!

[@josemanuelsantander6252]

The Cars playing in the 80's yet .Pretty ahead of their time.

[@michellesweeting7528]

This whole concert is amazing!

[@westchester2514]

soundtrack of my youth, very thankfully

[@QuasarDiamond]

The cars are just simply superb!

[@davekay9495]

Luvem

[@TheEleatic]

The Cars, Blondie, The Pretenders, Tom Petty, Pat Benetar... tasty keyboards plus great guitar. Who else from that "New Wave"?

[@RetrnRetrn]

Talking Heads

[@Looking4truth333]

My first concert was BLONDIE 79

[@dougshields503]

Great band, I like them even more now that I'm older.....

[@jameskendall9168]

The Cars really push it to the limit with this. It's definitive late 70s new wave post punk. This and a bunch of their other songs were and are just what I wanted.

[@garrettshepard3392]

Don't you mean, 'just what i needed'?

[@LS-tk3rr]

Eveytime I hear this song I am reminded of good times in 1979....

[@GTRJohn13]

I was a little young but I get it!

[@jigsawpartridge]

I remember actually watching this broadcast, back in 78. We all watched 'Rock Goes to College' back when TV was real-time. It was the first time we had ever seen The Cars. I decided then and there that Ric was the coolest person I had ever seen, and I was going to become like him. I appear to have failed, but I have had a lot of fun trying. RIP Ric (and Ben), thanks for all the songs.

[@PunkinPistolero]

You didn't fail, coolness is a state of mind you carry with you everywhere..

[@RichardGalarza-rx4ly]

I loved The Cars .. And their music!!! They were awesome and their music was awesome!!!!!! God bless them ❤❤❤❤❤

[@bud2935]

I have always loved hard rock and heavy metal! And I have always loved The Cars! They had such a great sound! 😊

[@adamholtz733]

Fantastic rocker from 1978 !!!

[@okguy1282]

Takes me back to Junior High. 1978. Kick ass first album. 🎸🏆

[@SusanMarie3]

SAME! Dances in the junior high cafeteria/gym 😂❤❤

[@BigRedJonson]

45 years ago today "The Cars" debut album was introduced - June 6, 1978. Thanks for the music and thanks for the memories! :^)

[@firehorse_44alpha-omega]

My first cars song. A buddy in Jr high school said I had to check out this band. So glad I did.... Legendary status in my book... Thanks Ben and Ric.... Keep on rockin it ......

[@BenCulture]

You know what? This song is really, really fun to play on guitar! Especially Ric Ocasek's opening rhythm guitar part. It's a sort of strumming on a power chord, where you hit the chord only on the off-beats (one-AND-two-AND-three-AND-four-AND). On the ON-beats, you don't bear down on the frets, so you get harmonics instead of the lower notes (mostly B or A). Ric also uses this technique in "You're All I've Got Tonight", later in the song, after the main riff has been established. Brilliant!

[@frogbones1968]

Agree! They had a lot of cool riffs!

[@GORDITO1000]

R.I.P Ric and thanks for the great jams. I wish I was back in 1978. If I only had a time machine.

[@lorrieleekelley]

Me too!!

[@Johnny35130]

I used to cruise my Kawasaki for mile after mile with this song stuck in my head.

[@kdp8133]

Ben Orr was SO fit. Can't believe he left us so young. What a great band they were!

[@ericfellner3524]

Cancer does that to everybody, unfortunately. One of the best base guitarists ever!

[@wadsworthaaron]

Ben Orr & Ric Ocasek were both pretty heavy smokers... it effected their health, though Ric later in life.

[@rkl17]

THE CARS - Way ahead of their time, excellent, intelligent musicians, and just not average enough for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame

[@elpollo652004]

The Cars was one of my favorite bands on the 70’s. What a good memories in my heart !

[@timetofly291]

While everyone else was listening to ACDC, Van Halen(whose music I also liked) I was listening to The Cars on my 8 Track player. Yes they were still putting out 8 tracks back then.

[@sweenykim]

This band was on the cutting edge & REEKS of talent. Late '70s Boston music scene was AMAZING!

[@jadesystem]

Wow, almost 40-years since their debut LP by the same name. Their music is timeless as is their live acts. They are the greatest in classic rock-n-roll as Beethoven and Bach is to the classics. Imagine, a whole new genre at that time which I did no know what to make of their sound. Its so unique and vibrant, so different that it just blew-out the end of the 70s in glorious fashion. The first three albums should be in everyone's record collection with all of the pops, scratches, and skips of reliving the 70s all over again.

[@childofthemosthighgod1995]

I totally miss the Cars they were one of the very few bands that changed my life

[@athletic-dashole8648]

Hard not to argue that this is the quintessential CARS song

[@mydogchance195]

When I lived in Philly I went to see The Car 7 or 8 times . Always had a blast! Really miss those days,

[@FredK2929]

This music brings me back to my youth. That first album could stand against any other band's debut.

[@chicsartorial]

The sheer variety and wild experimentation of musical styles and blends through the '70s and '80s - as represented by the Cars - will never be equaled. There was a ton of great music. Thinking back and comparing it to contemporary music today makes me want to cry. ... umm, I mean cry out to the gods, yeah, that's what I mean.......

[@Howie-tw4fl]

Black light posters, beer cans with flame light bulbs, those cheesy Radio Shack speaker lights and the Cars first album-feels like yesterday :)

[@bonner-roush7022]

This is Perfect, Sounds Exactly as Recorded💥 and as I Remember Hearing & Seeing Them in Concert🌟❤️

[@mitchjohnson9240]

I love listening to the Cars while I am driving on a long road trip. Great music and great band!

[@Thebigfatmack]

who would dislike the cars they were and are one of the most influential bands that ever lived. they have helped inspire generations and they will continue to inspire more!!!! ROCK TILL YOU DROP KZbinRS!!!!

[@judasplow25]

This song is one long eargasm!! Not many songs can do that.

[@darklordshadow99]

brings back good memories from my youth ...

[@darklordshadow99]

ya it reminds me of the good ole' days

[@kimberlynpruden]

My High School and College days and 8 tracks :) Knew words of all their songs, rock on!

[@Blackfire74]

RIP Ric,, thanks for write the score of my youth

[@MsCordially]

LQQK actual live music from real musicians - no backing tracks turned up once the hook starts like too many bands today do . Real live is just 'not exciting enough' for many boring listeners . This is real music, no fluff

[@LaurieValdez-zk3dy]

Love from ❤❤❤ Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸

[@tonykari5124]

Great albums like this one. Will never die. Great tunes.

[@GinaBenavidez]

Damn brings hella good memories to mind! Luvin it!!!!

[@travelchannel304]

Man this performance is Sooo ho good!!

[@villezlovrgrl666]

dynamite tune !!!!!! love the cars Ben Orr was a legend always will be in my eyes R.I.P

[@caroledwards3289]

This is one of the songs I heard twice and knew all the words to it and the instrumentation too. Have loved this song ever since. It came at time when so many ppl needed a great song like this and a terrific band of guys singing and playing this for us!! Wow! ❤❤❤

[@Al-xo1fd]

RIP Rick! thanks for making many good times roll!

[@ctgranto1]

It had to be amazing to have heard the Cars in clubs as they were perfecting the material on their 1st LP. The first thought had to be that you were hearing something new and fresh that was not out there. They were not an exciting band to see from a theatrical standpoint, though Benjamin Orr was eye candy for the girls and obviously had the rock star look. "Moving In Stereo" will forever be in my top 20 of "stranded on an island" songs to want.

[@gerrycollins9667]

Wore out this 8-track and replaced with a Craig cassette in-dash. Thankfully my Jensen Tri-ax's were pounding away though.. great band. Brings back many memories. Thanks for the upload!

[@jvintsol2]

I had a grundig player with jensons lol

[@TheMajorHawke]

this is way better then the album version!! i love this live version..this is some true rock right here!!

[@chrismedley7422]

One of the greatest albums in Rock and Roll history

[@blacki1958]

Best 1st album ever

[@jac_2778]

Let me put it this way; Yeah I'm old, but I got to see all the cool bands... The Cars are on that list.

[@horizonchaser6030]

The Look, sound, songs...this Band a major part of my life. Leaving the High School parking lot pushing in the Cassette for this lead in Riff. So many years of enjoyment. RIP Rick Ocasek, tell Ben you kept us young. Thank YOU!

[@Lava_Girl-]

Just had a quality in his voice that was captivating. Love The Cars!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😎

[@jeffg1524]

Great video transfer, yuffenough! Very clear, almost HD-like. Thanks for sharing.

[@tigerbearish]

This song help set the mood of the 80's and thus it will live forever

[@Calvinism1517]

True Talent. No other band sounds so good in live renditions.

[@ollihp]

Yes, i remember being an 8th grader getting ready to let the good times roll into high school w/ the inventive Cars leading the way as one of the pioneers in new wave/rock music.

[@samuelsalan7176]

I like this song . !! 🎼🎹🎸🎼💙👌🏼

[@gerardinecizmar]

It's Ben 20 years since Ben died at 53. Life is really unfair and unpredictable so live in the present and enjoy every moment... and not through the lens of a cell phone camera. We didn't have them then and life was great.

[@geraldwillcox5502]

TY...One of my Fav.s ...I,m Old ...Had this ..Candy-o...Moving in stereo...Love the cars....

[@danceswithcritters]

a very special group of musicians that in a way passed under the radar.

[@sirbigboy3409]

it`s nice you preserved this video to show it to the present generation and appreciate

[@joeysplats3209]

What a tight band, on top of just being a fantastic piece of music.

[@RandySmith-g4v]

I had the pleasure of seeing them in concert in Philly, great band , great show and great players.

[@MmedicatedGoo]

What venue? Theater of living arts or the Filmore.

[@RandySmith-g4v]

It was at the Spectrum I believe

[@RandySmith-g4v]

I was 15 years old, so in around 1981

[@MmedicatedGoo]

​@@RandySmith-g4vNice! I miss the spectrum. I'm pretty sure pink Floyd played the spectrum right around the early eighties and again in the mid nineties, which turned out to be one of their best live performances. Everyone liked playing the spectrum. It didn't seem to matter where your seats were, or whether or not you were on the ground floor, it was just a good place for live music. The music sounded just as good in the nosebleed sections as it did if you were on the floor. Too bad it's gone.

[@RandySmith-g4v]

Yes I couldn't agree more, I also enjoyed the Talking Heads at the Mann Music Center

[@pjrose519]

When I was in H.S. I was a big fan, still am. Love the Candy-O album.

[@jeffroyce9513]

This album will play at my wake…..”

[@richm444]

In 1979 I was 19 with my yellow Firebird , turbo mag wheels, GT Qualifier tires - a - Pioneer super tuner cassette player with this song playing over and over and over - It was the only time in life when I believed that I was complete with everything I could possibly want in life LoL - awesome videos thank you for posting these up - I can't tell you how much I appreciate these.

[@adewey33]

I wished I had seen these guys live in concert !!!!! Dang!

[@valorra65]

Tres excellente!!! Merci beau coupe!! Thank you thank you thank you...:)

[@6909Scrappy]

From a time when musicians actually had talent, great band.

[@nongthip]

Ric Ocasek you will live on in that great music. You were a huge part of my/our youth. Awesome and influential voice. Thank you and RIP =)

[@marccharbonneau1967]

This song always makes me feel good.

[@jefferywestbrook]

I was lucky enough to see The Cars live in a small Boston venue in the early 80s. They had added horns and sax and the effect was awesome. The same year I was at some party or other where Ric Ocasek showed up to hang out and be cool. They spanned classic guitar-driven rock and modern synthesized music in a way that to me today still sounds fun and interesting. In those days we thought of them as the quintessential Boston intellectual college band.

[@Winterstick549]

jefferywestbrook Ric would be hard to miss,, lol!

[@venderstrat]

Bloody awesome. (Sorry...meant to say 'Cheers from Australia').