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Friday, February 11, 2011

Thursday Night Music #5 -- Music We Like

This week, it's a tribute to the late Benjamin Orr who, along with fellow vocalist Ric Ocasek, guitarist Elliott Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson, significantly shaped the sound of the 1980s as members of The Cars. Orr, who played bass and sang many of the band's hits, died of pancreatic cancer in 2000.

This song, Drive, was among three songs that were in the Billboard Top 10 at the same time during 1984 from the album Heartbeat City ("Magic" and "You Might Think" were the other two). Czech model Paulina Porizkova is featured in this video, and it was while filming the video that she met her future (and current) husband, Ocasek. The video was directed by actor Timothy Hutton.

Enjoy Ben's amazing vocals.

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