RIP: Ric Ocasek

[eDave]

Found dead in NY. 75

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by patteeu

[i]The Coming Death of Just About Every Rock Legend

Rock music isn't dead, but it's barely hanging on.

All of which means there's going to be an awful lot of mourning going on.

Behold the killing fields that lie before us: Bob Dylan (78 years old); Paul McCartney (77); Paul Simon (77) and Art Garfunkel (77); Carole King (77); Brian Wilson (77); Mick Jagger (76) and Keith Richards (75); Joni Mitchell (75); Jimmy Page (75) and Robert Plant (71); Ray Davies (75); Roger Daltrey (75) and Pete Townshend (74); Roger Waters (75) and David Gilmour (73); Rod Stewart (74); Eric Clapton (74); Debbie Harry (74); Neil Young (73); Van Morrison (73); Bryan Ferry (73); Elton John (72); Don Henley (72); James Taylor (71); Jackson Browne (70); Billy Joel (70); and Bruce Springsteen (69, but turning 70 next month).

So Ric Ocasek was the same age as Keith Richards. Think about that for a moment.

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by Dartgod

So Ric Ocasek was the same age as Keith Richards. Think about that for a moment.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

LOL

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

75, that’s probably a pretty good life for Rick... if there is a Cars song I don’t like, I’ve never heard it

RIP, Rick

I never cared for Drive. But my housemate and I played them a lot during college.

[BlackHelicopters]

Grew up dating and mating to the Cars.

[Halfcan]

Originally Posted by BlackHelicopters

Grew up dating and mating to the Cars.

This.. I sent off for a demo of the Cars 1st record and played it about a year before they were signed. Then I had them on 8 track, cassette, record, CD and now downloaded in a file.

Great songwriter. RIP

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan

I never cared for Drive. But my housemate and I played them a lot during college.

That was the age of the ballad, everyone had one back then... loved the lyrics, a sad song that hits home during a breakup

[Tombstone RJ]

Bummer, the first concert I ever saw was the Cars. It's been a long time since Benjamin Orr died (the bass player and other frontman/singer) and now Ocasek is gone. Very sad indeed

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by patteeu

[i]The Coming Death of Just About Every Rock Legend

Rock music isn't dead, but it's barely hanging on.

This is true in at least two senses.


...Yes, we've lost some already. On top of the icons who died horribly young decades ago — Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, John Lennon — there's the litany of legends felled by illness, drugs, and just plain old age in more recent years: George Harrison, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Prince, Leonard Cohen, Tom Petty.

Those losses have been painful. But it's nothing compared with the tidal wave of obituaries to come. The grief and nostalgia will wash over us all. Yes, the Boomers left alive will take it hardest — these were their heroes and generational compatriots. But rock remained the biggest game in town through the 1990s, which implicates GenXers like myself, no less than plenty of millennials.

All of which means there's going to be an awful lot of mourning going on.

Behold the killing fields that lie before us: Bob Dylan (78 years old); Paul McCartney (77); Paul Simon (77) and Art Garfunkel (77); Carole King (77); Brian Wilson (77); Mick Jagger (76) and Keith Richards (75); Joni Mitchell (75); Jimmy Page (75) and Robert Plant (71); Ray Davies (75); Roger Daltrey (75) and Pete Townshend (74); Roger Waters (75) and David Gilmour (73); Rod Stewart (74); Eric Clapton (74); Debbie Harry (74); Neil Young (73); Van Morrison (73); Bryan Ferry (73); Elton John (72); Don Henley (72); James Taylor (71); Jackson Browne (70); Billy Joel (70); and Bruce Springsteen (69, but turning 70 next month).

A few of these legends might manage to live into their 90s, despite all the … blah, blah, blah...

He missed Ozzie Ozbourne and others who will soon pass

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

That was the age of the ballad, everyone had one back then... loved the lyrics, a sad song that hits home during a breakup

I don't mind ballads. But it was so out of style for them and then with a different vocalist. I prefer ballads where you can tell it's the same group.

But I don't want to go to negative on a remembrance thread. I listened to the original album and Candy O a ton.

[scho63]

Originally Posted by Dartgod

So Ric Ocasek was the same age as Keith Richards. Think about that for a moment.

Keith Richards liver needs to go into the Smithsonian.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan

I never cared for Drive. But my housemate and I played them a lot during college.

One of my all-time favorites.

[Frosty]

I had no idea until now that The Cars released two more albums after Heartbeat City, including one in 2011 with the original members (minus Orr, of course). For some reason, I thought Heartbeat City was their swan song.