The Mysterious Life Of Benjamin Orr

[@justmyself1000]

Miss him. Not only talented, but a class act. Never saw him acting like a fool or doing anything annoying. Been over 20 years since his passing and he is still missed.

[@Doug-nr3gh]

Ben was always super cool handsome . He left us way too early

[@ForceWinds3]

A beautiful man in talent, spirit and looks. So very missed. 🌹🎸♥️

[@kimschultz2703]

Wonderful voice…. He could sing anything!!!!

[@marneeklintworth9300]

Indeed the truth & some tough tunes that many others couldnt pull off.

[@BruT-wz8jl]

Totally agree

[@Patricia-u5j]

Love the song he sang in 1985 at a benefit. "Drive" wow!

[@tylercass2584]

Live Aid?

[@ellzedd4113]

He's known for so many great songs

[@synchronicity1470]

DRIVE, The only Cars song that ever hit Number 1 on the charts.

[@lauraschleicher7315]

…and he was handsome too❣️

[@edcollins9377]

but not as handsome as Ric and Greg!

[@MichelleQuintiaVLOGS]

He’s my only rockstar crush. 🤭😍🥰

[@jackiebarrett4063]

I remember crying when I heard he passed away. Lived in Boston at the time and got to record at their studio, Synchro Sound. I loved his talent, and what a beautiful voice…💙

[@regissuchma5764]

Seeing interviews with Benjamin orr you can tell he’s a laid back guy with no ego

[@suefields4254]

Ben was in The Grasshoppers, not The Grassroots, a well known group...

[@melissasalvatore2831]

Definitely a wonderful guy. I miss him terribly and was taken wayy to young. 😢

[@jerryfitch8355]

Ben Orr was never in The Grass Roots!!! His group in Cleveland was The Grasshoppers!!!

[@americanstyle6280]

Rest in Peace Ben Orzechowski ❤

[@rman52]

Title ? What's the mystery about Ben ? He was actually quite normal and grounded. And of courses incredibly talented.

[@johnNYjets12]

Maybe grounded and kind are the mystery. Rare commodity for famous people.

[@synchronicity1470]

just a click-bait title, that's all.

[@dexculpepper-py1jr]

Orr sang all their great songs

[@dexculpepper-py1jr]

@MC-eu1hx look it up Rick said Ben sang the good songs, Rick sang a lot but look at the best songs it was Orr sang almost all them, that came out of Rick's mouth

[@dexculpepper-py1jr]

@MC-eu1hx misunderstood sorry

[@edcollins9377]

@@dexculpepper-py1jr Ric sang My Best Friend's Girl, Let The Good times Roll, The Dangerous Type, You Might Think, Magic, Hello Again, Why Can't I Have You, You're All I've Got Tonight, Touch & Go, Gimme Some Slack, Since You're Gone, Shake It Up, Tonight She Comes, I'm Not The One, Heartbeat City. On the first 2 albums, they split the hit songs about 50/50. Ben sang on Just What I Needed, All Mixed Up, Bye, Bye Love & Moving In Stereo from the 1st album (about half of the songs). On Candy-O, he sang on Let's Go, It's All I Can Do, and Candy-O. However, after the first 2 albums, most all of the hits were sung by Ric. Drive was one of the few exceptions. There were a few songs where they shared lead vocals such as Since I Held You, It's Not The Night, and You Are The Girl.

[@dexculpepper-py1jr]

@@edcollins9377 just telling you what Ric said

[@nicann8038]

Agreed. Most of my faves are his. ❤

[@deeesher]

Two corrections (other than the Grasshoppers/Grassroots thing everyone else already mentioned): 1. He released two singles from his solo album, The Lace. The 2nd was Too Hot to Stop, but didn't break into the top 100. There is a music video for it, featuring a couple of Cars members, and it did make it to 25 on the Billboard Rock chart 2. The Cars didn't perform again after they broke up, but they did all meet for a final interview together a few months before he passed away for the release of The Cars DVD Musikladen

[@misspaula7542]

Gone too soon Legend. You are loved and missed so much 💝

[@ЛорОРР]

Талант Легенда! Великолепный! 👌😪😪🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@41663]

By the comments he was one cool cat. He always did exert that mellow gentleman aura. An impressive life force. RIP Benjamin

[@cynthiadavis471]

He was so talented and beautiful a true Legend and is sorely missed❤️

[@ElectricAngel181]

Absolutely Stunning ❤❤

[@SamanthaRunion-s5p]

You got that right!

[@miguelinacastillo3423]

Bellos comentarios de mi cantante favorito Ben de apoco me entèro de su vida su llegado es GENIAL hoy 2024 escucho su música gracias Benjamin besos al cielo

[@CarlosPinto-v6v]

Bellisimo!! Benjamin

[@kathrynjones8544]

This video has several factual errors. The early band was The Grasshoppers, not Grassroots. And Ben did not perform with The Cars one last time in 2000 before he died, he participated in an interview with The Cars' former band members in Atlanta, then flew to Alaska to perform with Big People. That was his last public performance before he died. Just trying to set the record straight.

[@SamanthaRunion-s5p]

I really hate that videos are just thrown together without any real research and the AI voices too.

[@charlesanderson32]

So Sad, Ben You are missed!

[@NorthernLights2375]

Loved Ben Orr’s beautiful singing voice & his on stage presence & charisma. He was a very private, kind person But where is the mystery ?

[@SamanthaRunion-s5p]

Click bait

[@cynthiaarnold5807]

I think he just wanted to be a regular guy.

[@slowery43]

andd that's based upon all tha time the two of you never spent together? So tell us where you got your facts supporting your claim here

[@synchronicity1470]

@@slowery43 his interests & hobbies for one: fishing, boating, hunting, baseball, swimming, cookouts w/ friends & family, unsolicited snow removal for his neighbors. Ben Orzechowski was an all american salt-of-the-Earth kind-of guy.

[@DAVYMAC]

Synchronicity, Great response from you! You nailed it! And him!

[@ann5765]

Loved Benjamin Orr. He was the Cars

[@BruT-wz8jl]

Agreed

[@somusicasevideos3092]

BENJAMIN ORR! ❤SAUDADES ❤ AMO SUA VOZ !AMO BEN ORR❤❤

[@BruT-wz8jl]

Totally agree

[@tiamurrell963]

RIP dear Julie , re united again with your beloved Benjamin.

[@DimiStirling-mm5zy]

Rest in Peace ❤❤❤

[@NatalieMartinez-k7l]

Such Talent! Good Looking And Very Compassionate About His Work, Wonderful! Gone But Not Forgotten God Rest His Soul.I Simple Love That Song Drive. Never Get Tired Of Hearing It!🌹

[@BruT-wz8jl]

Totally agree

[@SqkTap]

one of the most amazing, haunting, beautiful singing voices

[@toradog5719]

I know Ric and Ben are sitting on a cloud in rock'n'roll heaven, sipping on Mai Tais, surrounded by hot chicks.

[@Doug-nr3gh]

Super model angel babes !

[@sararichmond8476]

Some guys too for Ric - he was bisexual

[@evilpixiedance]

He was a private man.

[@DeniseBates-c4t]

I will always love you Benjamin. I remember when you were in the Grasshoppers. I was just living just outside Boston. I finally got to see him withe the Cars playing live. it was just aweome ! I will always love you Benny 11 Letters . ☺️🙏🏻❤️💙😇🎸🥁🎹🎵🎶💘💕

[@mht525]

RIP Mr Orr. A Godfather of pre industrial metal. ✌️🤘🏴☠️🇦🇺

[@jimray2281]

Post cars Ben was so normal he would drive around after a snowstorm and plow out his friend’s driveways

[@analiajimenalopez4666]

So amazing and handsome Ben was...i miss him❤❤

[@KennoRob]

The Cars... One of my favourite groups from the mid 70's and mid 80's. I still play their music to this day . Ken ...Australia

[@dougg1075]

Great voice

[@rosemonteiro3537]

Vou Te Amar Por Toda Minha Vida I LOVE YOU BENJAMIN ❤

[@IusedtohaveausernameIliked]

Orr was awesome but this video sucks because of the annoying robo-voice. A human voice is so much better.

[@thomo74]

He was awesome! So cool and talented !

[@analiajimenalopez4666]

So perfect unique voice Benjamin Orr had..rip beautiful Ben! You gone but will never be forgotten ❤

[@jacilenesantos4587]

Saudades de vc ben orr ❤

[@veltonmeade1057]

I grew up in the 1970s listening to prog rock and studying music in high school and college, so when The Cars came out, I was floored that they even became famous, and this also went for DEVO. Why? How dare you suggest that they were more popular than Genesis, RUSH, BTO, Hadyn, Bach, and Mozart, lol. In our group of friends, one guy always brought the weird musical albums to our weekend party and he brought over “The Cars” and “DEVO”. It took a few years but I finally saw the light and to this day, I am their number 1 fan (this goes for DEVO also). And when MTV came out, I became a huge fan of punk, reggae, ska, etc. Again, I saw the light! I live about 4 hours away from Ben’s grave and some day I am going to take a road trip down to Ohio to visit. He was a fantastic singer and song writer.

[@sararichmond8476]

Similar for me. I was a serious prog rocker, a Yes fan and a Rush-head, but The Cars worked their magic and they are my favourite band now. Ric songwriter supreme, Benjamin awesome singer, Elliot greatest living guitarist, Greg trailblazing keyboard wizard. The talent they have is mind blowing ! 🎹🎸💥😎

[@veltonmeade1057]

@@sararichmond8476 I read that Elliot had been a rhythm and blues guitar player before he joined The Cars, which is why his guitar pieces are so well written and unique for the band.

[@nuday4637]

Bedroom eyes🥰

[@sandraschaffer5891]

Thats what I said too. There was something about his eyes when he looked to the side. Very Sexy. Loved their Music. 😊

[@DeniseBates-c4t]

I love you Benjamin Orr. I saw you play live when you were with the Cars back in the late 70''s. If I could've married a Music Man it would've been you. Love you forever and always for better or worse, because it doesn't matter, if you really love someone, that means you really love them no matter what. Period. 😔🙏❤️💙😇💕

[@Mistertwist.]

Dude was simply cool!

[@diannevlismas2221]

You must have been good friends. Nice to know he Had someone like you as a friend!

[@John-pc3cx]

Hands down, the coolest guy in the band

[@samgirdner7009]

Rest easy Benjamin 🕊️

[@Mark-v7y8t]

"It's an orangy sky, always with some other guy. It's just a broken lullaby.."

[@markweber4854]

I always thought it was "It's just a broken alibi"?

[@Doug-nr3gh]

Bye bye love bye ...

[@veltonmeade1057]

@@markweber4854 Same here.

[@kindness429]

What a talent! a great singer and he wrote beautiful songs! It breaks my heart he is buried in a small out of the way cemetary in rural Ohio..but probably he is happy with that!...I predict one day in the future his grave will become as famous as Jim Morrisons...

[@Tocimah]

His mother was Rusyn not Russian. It is confusing. Not the same, though.

[@gnashsang]

Ben WAS The Cars

[@CarlosPinto-v6v]

Hermoso benjamin! Se te extaña!!

[@KevlarVTX]

0:21 Um, you forgot arguably his greatest talent--vocals.

[@sachertorte64]

Benjamin Orr: just some local kid.....

[@lathamarea1437]

between Ben and David Bowie, such handsome genes..

[@LilianaAvila-x8k]

Benjamín otro no te olvidaremos!!!! R.i.p❤❤❤❤❤😢😞

[@kleyweslley7362]

❤

[@FlyingEagle-e7o]

Benjamin...one fine man!!❤

[@SamanthaRunion-s5p]

100%!

[@jamesbonato2836]

It is the 8th wonder of the world (to me, at least) that he didn’t sing lead on EVERY song The Cars made. Quite frankly I thought Ric Ocasik’s voice was abysmal. And Orr’s voice was conservatively 1,000 times better. I can remember saying out loud, hearing a Cars song for the first time where Ocasik was singing lead “Why?!?!?!? Why is not Orr singing lead?!?!?

[@baneverything5580]

I thought Sammy Hagar & Dolly Parton should have dueted all the cars songs with Frank Sinatra humming the background vocals.

[@mikemiller659]

NOT ONE mystery ...NOT ONE

[@sararichmond8476]

The biggest mystery is what really went on between Ric and Ben in their personal relationship. But you won't find that in any video as, according to Ric, it was "all the things that can't be told"

[@jfboomerang1310]

I believe the band's name was the Grasshoppers not Grassroots.

[@canterburytail2294]

Lovely and very beautiful man, gone too soon.

[@RichardCowdrey]

What was the last concert of The Cars that included Ben Orr?

[@davidladd8821]

I think mid-December 1987. They broke up shortly after.

[@terranceroode907]

loved this dude - had the rick star look like david gilmour, and many others of the time. loved his work. r.i.p.

[@kathydethman7218]

Rest in peace our Benjamin.

[@prjackson7802]

Great video

[@sachertorte64]

He was a Cleveland kid right up to the end...

[@LaurieValdez-zk3dy]

RIP ANGEL 😇 Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸 Nostrovia ❤❤❤

[@Speedo6677]

He was a babe, indeed! And what a voice!

[@muddlasvegas]

I never understood why he didn’t get into acting. He had the most beautiful face.

[@stevetemple8826]

RIP Ben

[@catinthehat8412]

let good times roll 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@feargal75]

😥😥😥😥

[@SimonfromAus]

Is this AI narration?

[@strummercash5601]

Seems that is almost all we get now. We can not have nice things. Such as a human narrator. Sad.

[@cjjohnson9413]

I’m not feeling a mysterious vibe...

[@mnoir8888]

Are people afraid of their own voices or something? These AI voices are fkn creepy.

[@Zzzzz_938]

He was in movie too guys. What most important. I’d like a dozen red roses. Oh hi Johnny I did not know it was you.

[@dspf68]

Ben is brilliant!

[@joejones9520]

a true rock guy

[@BugzKiller]

Yeah he was a great addition to the Grassroots

[@MR-jq4du]

Ben Orr and Ric Ocasek or Ric and Ben, were quite the pair. They seemed co-joined in an intriguing almost mysterious way as if they had something between them you didn’t have. Ben, with his amiable personality and rockstar good looks, was always the focus of any performance of the two of them or with the bands they fronted. If anyone had the goods to make it, Ben had it. Ric, with his lanky frame and face was their manager, promoter, leader and hanger-on. Hanger-on because he didn’t have any musical talent to speak of. He was a third rate singer at best. If they made it, it would be because of Ben’s musical talents, not Ric’s - that’s how it seemed…then. Rick had this slick, huckster like quality, which he brought to most of his interactions. They had some cred because of the Milkwood album. It was also clear they hadn’t gotten very far because of Milkwood. “I’ve been listening to Patti Smith. I can’t tell you what effect listening to her music has had on me!” Ric Ocasek told me over the phone back in 1977 or 78. I don’t specifically remember the year. He and I would talk occasionally after I returned to Vermont having failed in my efforts as a lead singer to get a recording contract, to front a popular drawing crowd band, to get noticed at all. I knew of Patti Smith. I hadn’t bought any of her albums, but I was tuned to the groundswell about her at that time. There was a seriousness and an openness in his voice I hadn’t heard before. He sounded genuinely moved. That was the last time I spoke to Ric. I joined a band called Zzebra. As lead singer of Zzebra, I, we, the world, started hearing about the Cars. Ric Ocasek and Ben Orr made it. They made it big. I still listen to their music quite regularly because I truly enjoy it, for what it represents: pop/rock music with a synthesized, digitized, forward leaning, art/rock, yet, rooted sensibility. Rick Ocasek found his voice …big time. Patti Smith and the punk/new age music explosion of the times freed him to express himself on his own terms. He doesn’t sound like Patti Smith (but if you knew him and how he sounded earlier you can understand how hearing Patti Smith opened up floodgates for him), he sounds like Ric Ocasek. I get goosebumps at times, recognizing he shared that with me. I’ve always acknowledged I never found my voice as a singer, as good of a vocalist as I might’ve been. Knowing someone who did find their voice the way Ric found his gives me a sense of satisfaction. As good of a vocalist and as charismatic of a personality Ben Orr was (he sang their number one signature song, “Just What I Needed,” and “Drive” - the ones that Ric wrote that needed Ben’s melodic good voice) he never matched his partner’s unique and singular sound and voice. As the far weaker singer, Ric became the dominant voice and icon of the group, despite his vocalist shortcomings. His vocal personality became the signature sound of the group. How far would the Cars have gotten with Ben as the sole voice, like Roger Daltry with the Who, we will never know.

[@alonzovillarreal4666]

Ben was awesome

[@spankynater4242]

At the onset of the Vietnam war, not Advent

[@johnnyxmusic]

Well… In American, English advent and onset are pretty much synonymous. Now in British English advent has a slightly different flavor meaning arrival rather than the beginning of… I would like to hear more about your disputation.

[@spankynater4242]

@@johnnyxmusic No, they don't mean the same thing, even in America.

[@johnnyxmusic]

@@spankynater4242 I don’t mean to argue… I’m well ready and willing to be educated on this. I just referred to an online dictionary. I do think there’s some distinction between the two as I like to say, there is a distinction between a gift and a present… But in every day usage that distinction is not, really noticed. I would be very happy to hear you explain the differences.

[@spankynater4242]

​@@johnnyxmusic It just feels wrong. I looked it up and it could be correct in this context, but it seems clumsy and certainly not common. The word I chose is a much better option. When I use the word, it's in more concrete terms, like the advent of the telephone. This is why words have slightly different meanings, so they can be used more appropriately.

[@johnnyxmusic]

@@spankynater4242 Interesting. The advent of the Industrial Age, like that.

[@RUTHP123]

Where’s the mystery??

[@trumpetmano]

Nothing mysterious here- lame video

[@annacannon4475]

The voice sucks but it's Benjamin Orr so it's great anyway!! 🤘

[@sdanjohn]

Mysterious life? Where is the mystery?

[@fredrickm4436]

Ben Orr and Lars Ulrich look like kin.

[@vicvega3614]

Lol Lars is like the mutated evil twin brother of Ben who they hid in the basement

[@juliemathias7509]

@@vicvega3614hilarious!

[@rochita07m]

❤🥹🦋

[@ellzedd4113]

Rob Grille was the Grassroots.

[@georges2474]

Uh, so what's the big mystery?

[@Doug-nr3gh]

Uh click bait title misleading us ... But Ben was very talented ... His voice shines thru those great cars songs

[@CC-fm1hu]

Because somebody said that he was gay

[@LeadershipAlliance]

BORING AI CRAP. Can’t just be a real human? Sad.

[@LaserRanger15]

AI narration sucks. It wasn't the "Grass Roots".

[@mtwhatley3253]

This pres in ta shun sounds a lil tul Ro bot ick

[@davidrobinson4056]

Awful video! Misinformation and the worst spelling I've ever seen!