Richard Theodore Otcasek (born March 23, 1944), known as Ric Ocasek, was a singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. He is best known as the vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter for the band The Cars that he formed with his friend Benjamin Orr. The band had several hits from 1978-1988; Ocasek played guitar and sang lead vocals on most of them, and Orr played bass for the Cars. Ocasek released a solo album in 1982 that was a little more experimental than the Cars’ “new wave sound” he even played all the instruments on some of the tracks. The Cars disbanded in 1988. Ocasek made no public music until he released another solo album in 1990. He has also been a successful producer and has produced music for various artists over the past 20 years. The Cars reunited and recently released an album in 2011 and were inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2018. In April 2018, The Cars were inducted into The Rock and Roll of fame. Ocasek has also appeared in films and is a talented songwriter. Ocasek is one of the critical members of Power Pop and New Wave. His peers and fans admire Ocasek.
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I posted 10 times in 2022
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I tagged 10 of my posts in 2022
#the cars - 10 posts
#david robinson - 9 posts
#ric ocasek - 7 posts
#benjamin orr - 6 posts
#greg hawkes - 6 posts
#elliot easton - 5 posts
#videos - 4 posts
#i'm not the one - 2 posts
#heartbeat city - 2 posts
#music videos - 2 posts
Longest Tag: 38 characters
#jonathan richman and the modern lovers
My Top Posts in 2022:
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The Cars - I'm not the one
This is my personal favourite Cars song. ♡
I just find it so dreamy, tragic, and sorrowful - just beautiful. ♡♡♡
Which song by The Cars is your personal favourite?
~Alexandria
3 notes - Posted February 22, 2022
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Happy 11 years to MOVE LIKE THIS!! 🥳🥁🎶
~Alexandria
4 notes - Posted May 10, 2022
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Hi, Alexandria here - Happy Sweetheart's Day! <3 Here are my virtual gifts for all of you as your friendly neighbourhood admin, lol, featuring DR's favourite "programmed" Cars song! 💐🧸��🍫
4 notes - Posted February 14, 2022
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The Cars - Its Not The Night 1984
Hey guys, what is your favourite live performance of The Cars? (Like that you've seen in person, or on YouTube etc.) Mine is "It's Not The Night" from the Heartbeat City tour. ~Alexandria
5 notes - Posted June 4, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
Today (or was it yesterday? Think it was an 'after midnight' thing... so either one) has been 11 years since I created this fan page, although I didn't "officially" open it to the public until April 2nd the same year on David's life-day, that is. ♡
Here is a rare photo of David with a guinea pig! I remember Yukiyo sharing this one years ago. Thanks again, my friend! ♡
~Alexandria
8 notes - Posted February 23, 2022
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SONG OF THE WEEK “Lonely Room” by Kris Ryder a.k.a. Chris Andrews.https://timchrisandrews.bandcamp.com/track/lonely-room ...This wouldn’t be the first song about breaking out of a lonely room, but Chris Andrews a.k.a. Kris Ryder put a funky synthpop spark into the theme, joined by bassist Mo Foster, guitarist Phil Palmer, and synthesizer work by the late Billy Lyall (Bay City Rollers, Alan Parson’s Project, Pilot). Released in 1979, the Kris Ryder debut LP forecasted the sounds of the 80s, mixing classic rock, New Wave, and synthpop. It was produced by Christopher Neil (a-ha, Sheena Easton). On a cosmic jukebox this would play somewhere between The Cars and Christopher Cross. Listen here:
If this is your introduction to Chris Andrews, he’s a British singer-songwriter and recording artist whose songs have been covered by Roger Daltrey, David Essex, and Davy Jones (Monkees). Under the name Tim Andrews he was a champion of late 60s psychedelic pop and was part of the seminal 60s freakbeat band Fleur de Lys.
#synthpop #britpop #classicrock #synthesizer #NewWave #TheCars #christophercross #chrisandrews #krisryder #singersongwriter #recordingarist #britishrock #philpalmer #christopherneil #rogerdaltrey #davidessex #davyjones #monkees
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