The Cars - Heartbeat City live @ The Fox Theatre in Oakland CA on May 13, 2011

The Cars performing " Heartbeat City" live @ The Fox Theatre in Oakland CA on May 13, 2011. The Fox Theatre's website is www.thefoxoakland.com/. This is a great venue to see a show.

[@bigguy418]

I heard Ric on a radio interview back in the late '80's, and the guy asked him what "music" meant to him. Ric said, "It takes you back to a time and a place in your life." I've been a Cars fan from the very beginning, and this song has a special place in my heart . Can't imagine life without "music". It's what keeps us alive and gets us through some hard times. Thank God for "The Cars !!". Some of the greatest music ever made !!.

[@user-hi6mz8dv6n]

i am your biggest fan ricky ocasek forever💓💞💕❤

[@user-hi6mz8dv6n]

i will always be your fan forever

[@lisaknell1809]

Ric isn’t the only artist to forget lyrics or sing from words on a monitor. At least he was still performing and pleasing fans. Now, he’s gone on to meet up with Ben in a better place. 😢

[@eowynxwenham3548]

Will always love the Cars . Could never get sick of them . My only regret? Never seeing them live .

[@wvufreak56]

Respect to Ric Ocasek and the Cars for not trying to replace the bass guitar and Ben Orr. Greg Hawkes would add in the bass notes on his mastery of the keyboards. Heartbeat City to me, will always be the most iconic song by the Cars. Ric was such a prolific songwriter and innovator when the MTV video age hit. So many have no idea how amazingly talented Ric was as a writer and producer. That entire band was very, very talented and never stepped on each other's shoes! RIP Ben Orr & Ric Ocasek 🙏🌟🎸🎹

[@moniaguerra8023]

MISSING BEN ORR ♥

[@karlnelson7550]

I love heartbeat city live aid 85

[@cesarherrera2337]

My favorite the cars song

[@TheSunnycal]

I appreciate The Cars much more now than when i was listening to music in the 80s,Great group,great sound.

[@BenCulture]

Some people on this page don't know what it's like to be a prolific songwriter. Or to get old. Every Cars album and Ric Ocasek solo album has started with ~20 new songs, whittled down to 10 or 12, lots of leftovers, and Ric has never stopped writing new songs. He just throws the leftovers away. He wrote this song in 1984, if not earlier. The man is currently 66. I'm only 44, and I've already learned how shockingly unreliable memory becomes with age. It isn't sad -- it's just _fucking inevitable._ It's going to happen to YOU, if you live long enough. Just hope that you do anything in your life that ANYBODY ELSE remembers.

[@MrJuliesguy]

Okay, shut the hell up, you don't know a fucking thing about anything except being a human toilet

[@wickedhouston5538]

44? you look 74

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

Benjamin Orr was 53, when he forgot to not let Pancreatic Cancer kill him. Try to not forget to try it, at Home!

[@Bondfinesse]

In March of 1984 You Might Think was playing on Mtv and i was hooked forever, The Cars was from that moment were my fav. band. They really impressed my 17 year old mind, they really helped me get through the rest of my teenage years, when things were going bad i could grab my Heartbeat City tape and go to a safe place. A big thank you to the Cars....you guys kept me sane during insane times.

[@stewartwatling1445]

One of my favourite "Cars" songs :)

[@haydenwittig8877]

A PIECE OF ARTWORK PUT THIS INTO A MUSEUM FOR ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS.

[@adostereo1986]

The Cars Magistrales!!!

[@jesusmgw]

I wish I can look that cool when at 66 years old.

[@claudioctc]

What a masterpiece!

[@adostereo1986]

Impecable The Cars a prueba del tiempo!!!

[@philmann618]

ABsolutely luv the cars!

[@Richard-fv7rq]

This also sounds great on the live aid (1985) version. Ric is very tall!

[@ghosttgirlghosttspook5478]

beautiful song,....

[@hasnib72]

the cars restent toujours les meilleures memes apres ces anneés !!!!!!

[@humdae6738]

bah wé!!!

[@jeremykirkf2]

drewczu61....I love the cars..I was happy to see them live after not touring for 17 years. Im sure Rick forgot a few lyrics. The point is he's not lip syncing and they are performing again live finally. Lets just be happy with that :)

[@ghosttgirlghosttspook5478]

I love this song!!!!xxxx

[@nuggetmcnabb4991]

Ric sounds exactly tne same. Amazing.

[@bigguy418]

One of The Cars greatest songs !!. Glad to see them back together, with their "unique" style of music. Seems so strange, not seeing Ben up there with them. Thanks for posting !!. "Music", the soundtrack of our lives !!.

[@luismaya6149]

Great song ever,and to the end this guys are inmortal in r&roll Hall of fame

[@ghosttgirlghosttspook5478]

I appreciate them again, Rick sounds so awesome they still have it!!

[@jonathannieto3111]

!Está melodía es eterna¡ 🎸👍🏆🎶

[@tyfrey_]

Holy hell this was so good

[@user-hi6mz8dv6n]

i love ricky ocasek sooooooooo much forever💞

[@user-hi6mz8dv6n]

i will always love you so much forever ricky ocasek😍

[@user-hi6mz8dv6n]

i wich i could met you in person ricky ocasek forever💕❤💌

[@luiscaceres6564]

Lo más grande they cards

[@ghosttgirlghosttspook5478]

beautiful haunting!!

[@ghosttgirlghosttspook5478]

awesome!

[@ghosttgirlghosttspook5478]

he still sounds as good as ever!! go for it Rick love you so much!

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

"Ric" Ocasek

[@svenamsterdam3501]

They've always made it look so easy.🎶🎵🎸🎵🎶🎸🎵🎶❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ghosttgirlghosttspook5478]

Beautiful song, it gives me chills love it.....

[@danielmoen5943]

great band always liked the Cars

[@cinqo7]

This song belongs so much in a GTA game!

[@monicasaluzzi487]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@38zambrano]

thank you ,I was just going to type the same exact words.....

[@lucimaroliveira797]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@yasnaerikamadridsanchez90]

Pucha que estamos viejos....yo tambien😥😥😥

[@maxti6]

Hawkes left out a very big feature of the intro.

[@teknokrat1]

meeza lika dis.

[@rebeccasingleton5790]

stage looks EMPTY without BENJAMIN!

[@AndyCzubai]

I too, am a huge Cars fan, it saddens me to see Rick having a monitor, so he can read words that he has written. Did the song mean anything when he wrote it? Hell I remember word for word alotta things that I've said from my heart throughout my life.....

[@ghosttgirlghosttspook5478]

what year was this?

[@jeremykirkf]

ghostt girl ghostt spook 2011

[@ghosttgirlghosttspook5478]

jeremykirkf thank you, it's sound's awesome!!

[@karlnelson7550]

I love the cars but this was lackluster:(

[@mikeprobert9490]

Sadly Rick looks like he doesn't want to be there

[@alhusseinelabed5947]

No one wants to be there when Ben Orr is not around...

[@AndyCzubai]

Dont tell me Rick is readin the fu$%^n words off a prompter? WTF?

[@jeremykirkf]

Angela Han is a troll and a mean person

[@indyguy331]

wow he forgot the words of a big song he is reading off a computer. how sad

[@BenCulture]

+indyguy331 -- Ric wrote this song in 1984 if not earlier, and he has written over 100 songs since then, easily. He's had seven solo albums since then. He's more than entitled to forget the lyrics to a 30-year-old song. Not at all sad.