Blondie/Cars

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by GarboSpeaks!

I had always heard that the Cars pretty much stunk live. Glad to hear they didn't, or maybe it's cause it's Todd vs. Ric that made them kick ass. I always thought Ric was a great singer, but I had heard from pretty hardcore fans that live, they were "eh."

More than this is a MAJORLY great song though, so kick ass treat/bonus. Ah, to see Roxy live...THAT would be cool!

That tour totally escaped me, and I am so bummed. Thankfully seeing "LIVE" and then Madonna, made up for missing Blondie. Atleast I have seen and met (hate me much ) Deb a couple of times. Next up....fingers crossed...NIN w/ Bauhaus (of which I am SURELY misspelling as I always do...damn foreign word. LOL)

Actually, I have a friend that's a Cars fan that said Ric was terrible live. Never moved, pretty much stood right at the mike. Todd Rundgren was greta though. He really enjoyed himsewlf out there.

[SuzeQuze]

Just scored 5th row center for this. Hopefully my credit card company won't reject! Woot!

[SuzeQuze]

Oh sweet, you get 10 free digital New Cars/Blondie tracks with your ticket purchase!

[amber]

^^^^ Trying to make me jealous? Because I am. The show doesn't happen to be June 30, does it? Because that would be jealous icing on the birthday cake!!

Teasing. That's awesome Suze, you get to see La Deb. Heyyy...are you getting any Cars tracks? PM.

[chiliD]

Geeeeeeez, I just read WHO the New Cars are...I just thought it was Todd replacing Ric and a new bass player...but, hell, Elliot Easton & Greg Hawkes are the only original Cars in the New Cars.

Besides Todd, Elliot & Greg:
Kasim Sulton: bass (from Todd's Utopia, Meat Loaf, Patti Smith, Patty Smyth)
Prairie Prince: drums (The Tubes, ex-Jefferson Starship, ex-Journey, ex-XTC, ex-Chris Isaak Band)

It's a SUPERGROUP!!!

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Geeeeeeez, I just read WHO the New Cars are...I just thought it was Todd replacing Ric and a new bass player...but, hell, Elliot Easton & Greg Hawkes are the only original Cars in the New Cars.

Besides Todd, Elliot & Greg:
Kasim Sulton: bass (from Todd's Utopia, Meat Loaf, Patti Smith, Patty Smyth)
Prairie Prince: drums (The Tubes, ex-Jefferson Starship, ex-Journey, ex-XTC, ex-Chris Isaak Band)

It's a SUPERGROUP!!!

Cool, I look forward to being rocked! Amber, the show is tonite! I've been dying to see Blondie for years so I'm psyched!

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

Cool, I look forward to being rocked! Amber, the show is tonite! I've been dying to see Blondie for years so I'm psyched!

Cool! So youre going then? where are they playing?

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Cool! So youre going then? where are they playing?

Bank of America Pavillion. Great show!

[SuzeQuze]

By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff | June 8, 2006

Made up of parts both fresh and vintage , the New Cars might not be in mint condition , but they proved last night at the Bank of America Pavilion that they're still worth taking for a spin.

Automotive puns aside -- and new singer Todd Rundgren used a bunch last night -- the New Cars gave fans what they wanted in a vigorous 1 hour, 45 minute set: pristine replications of the Hub-spawned band's still impressive string of new wave pop hits from ``My Best Friend's Girl" to ``Just What I Needed."

In the many moments when their own pleasure was evident, the band members got just what they needed as well, both financially and musically.

As he does on the New Cars' recent release , Rundgren pulled off the neat trick of sounding like original Cars vocalist Ric Ocasek while still injecting some of his own soulful throb into songs like ``Hello Again" and ``Let's Go."

Bassist-vocalist Kasim Sulton -- who, like mighty timekeeper Prairie Prince has worked with Rundgren in the past -- was less successful with the songs originally sung by the late bassist Ben Orr like ``Drive," but it's hard to pinpoint why. He sounded just fine and hit the high notes on ``All Mixed Up" but it felt discomfiting in a way that Rundgren didn't.

Original members Greg Hawkes and snazzy guitarist Elliot Easton -- who was playing with a broken clavicle -- were clearly jazzed to dig into the songs again.

Easton recreated his solos perfectly but not bloodlessly , and also went off on some blazingly good tangents especially during ``You're All I've Got Tonight." Hawkes kept pouring on the hard candy coating of his sneakily seductive synth riffs on tunes like ``Moving in Stereo" and the new ``Not Tonight."

Rundgren played a few of his solo hits , including a ukulele-fueled ``Bang on the Drum All Day" that didn't quite counter the dismal weather but was cute nonetheless. In perhaps the night's most bizarre segue Rundgren's blistering, almost heavy metal guitar epic ``Black Maria" -- which stopped traffic for some but sent Rundgren fanatics into ecstasy -- was followed by the frothy bounce of ``You Might Think." Talk about grinding gears.

Blondie faced a tougher time in the first slot, playing to a half-empty hall for the first few songs. Drummer Clem Burke remains the band's tiger in the tank and Debbie Harry still sounds pretty terrific and looks icy cool, even in a dreadful neon lime green dress and track pants.

The sextet zipped through 90 minutes, hitting all the highs -- the staccato ``Rapture" rap, menacing stalker anthem ``One Way or Another" and cooing ``Heart of Glass" -- and a few left field treats including a gauzy cover of Roxy Music's lush ``More Than This" and a muscular take of ``In the Flesh" that begs for a re-release.

Unfortunately her dress really was heinous, it was the misplaced belt that made it ill-fitting though. It created that lower abdominal bulge we women so adore. She's so punk though that the dress was perfect. It worked really well in the dark too, but they started when it was way light out.

Both bands really rocked. I had such a blast and it was so cool to finally see these songs, some of which are on the soundtrack of my life, performed live.

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff | June 8, 2006

Made up of parts both fresh and vintage , the New Cars might not be in mint condition , but they proved last night at the Bank of America Pavilion that they're still worth taking for a spin.

Automotive puns aside -- and new singer Todd Rundgren used a bunch last night -- the New Cars gave fans what they wanted in a vigorous 1 hour, 45 minute set: pristine replications of the Hub-spawned band's still impressive string of new wave pop hits from ``My Best Friend's Girl" to ``Just What I Needed."

In the many moments when their own pleasure was evident, the band members got just what they needed as well, both financially and musically.

As he does on the New Cars' recent release , Rundgren pulled off the neat trick of sounding like original Cars vocalist Ric Ocasek while still injecting some of his own soulful throb into songs like ``Hello Again" and ``Let's Go."

Bassist-vocalist Kasim Sulton -- who, like mighty timekeeper Prairie Prince has worked with Rundgren in the past -- was less successful with the songs originally sung by the late bassist Ben Orr like ``Drive," but it's hard to pinpoint why. He sounded just fine and hit the high notes on ``All Mixed Up" but it felt discomfiting in a way that Rundgren didn't.

Original members Greg Hawkes and snazzy guitarist Elliot Easton -- who was playing with a broken clavicle -- were clearly jazzed to dig into the songs again.

Easton recreated his solos perfectly but not bloodlessly , and also went off on some blazingly good tangents especially during ``You're All I've Got Tonight." Hawkes kept pouring on the hard candy coating of his sneakily seductive synth riffs on tunes like ``Moving in Stereo" and the new ``Not Tonight."

Rundgren played a few of his solo hits , including a ukulele-fueled ``Bang on the Drum All Day" that didn't quite counter the dismal weather but was cute nonetheless. In perhaps the night's most bizarre segue Rundgren's blistering, almost heavy metal guitar epic ``Black Maria" -- which stopped traffic for some but sent Rundgren fanatics into ecstasy -- was followed by the frothy bounce of ``You Might Think." Talk about grinding gears.

Blondie faced a tougher time in the first slot, playing to a half-empty hall for the first few songs. Drummer Clem Burke remains the band's tiger in the tank and Debbie Harry still sounds pretty terrific and looks icy cool, even in a dreadful neon lime green dress and track pants.

The sextet zipped through 90 minutes, hitting all the highs -- the staccato ``Rapture" rap, menacing stalker anthem ``One Way or Another" and cooing ``Heart of Glass" -- and a few left field treats including a gauzy cover of Roxy Music's lush ``More Than This" and a muscular take of ``In the Flesh" that begs for a re-release.

Unfortunately her dress really was heinous, it was the misplaced belt that made it ill-fitting though. It created that lower abdominal bulge we women so adore. She's so punk though that the dress was perfect. It worked really well in the dark too, but they started when it was way light out.

Both bands really rocked. I had such a blast and it was so cool to finally see these songs, some of which are on the soundtrack of my life, performed live.

Great! glad you had a good time!

[amber]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff | June 8, 2006

Made up of parts both fresh and vintage , the New Cars might not be in mint condition , but they proved last night at the Bank of America Pavilion that they're still worth taking for a spin.

Automotive puns aside -- and new singer Todd Rundgren used a bunch last night -- the New Cars gave fans what they wanted in a vigorous 1 hour, 45 minute set: pristine replications of the Hub-spawned band's still impressive string of new wave pop hits from ``My Best Friend's Girl" to ``Just What I Needed."

In the many moments when their own pleasure was evident, the band members got just what they needed as well, both financially and musically.

As he does on the New Cars' recent release , Rundgren pulled off the neat trick of sounding like original Cars vocalist Ric Ocasek while still injecting some of his own soulful throb into songs like ``Hello Again" and ``Let's Go."

Bassist-vocalist Kasim Sulton -- who, like mighty timekeeper Prairie Prince has worked with Rundgren in the past -- was less successful with the songs originally sung by the late bassist Ben Orr like ``Drive," but it's hard to pinpoint why. He sounded just fine and hit the high notes on ``All Mixed Up" but it felt discomfiting in a way that Rundgren didn't.

Original members Greg Hawkes and snazzy guitarist Elliot Easton -- who was playing with a broken clavicle -- were clearly jazzed to dig into the songs again.

Easton recreated his solos perfectly but not bloodlessly , and also went off on some blazingly good tangents especially during ``You're All I've Got Tonight." Hawkes kept pouring on the hard candy coating of his sneakily seductive synth riffs on tunes like ``Moving in Stereo" and the new ``Not Tonight."

Rundgren played a few of his solo hits , including a ukulele-fueled ``Bang on the Drum All Day" that didn't quite counter the dismal weather but was cute nonetheless. In perhaps the night's most bizarre segue Rundgren's blistering, almost heavy metal guitar epic ``Black Maria" -- which stopped traffic for some but sent Rundgren fanatics into ecstasy -- was followed by the frothy bounce of ``You Might Think." Talk about grinding gears.

Blondie faced a tougher time in the first slot, playing to a half-empty hall for the first few songs. Drummer Clem Burke remains the band's tiger in the tank and Debbie Harry still sounds pretty terrific and looks icy cool, even in a dreadful neon lime green dress and track pants.

The sextet zipped through 90 minutes, hitting all the highs -- the staccato ``Rapture" rap, menacing stalker anthem ``One Way or Another" and cooing ``Heart of Glass" -- and a few left field treats including a gauzy cover of Roxy Music's lush ``More Than This" and a muscular take of ``In the Flesh" that begs for a re-release.

Unfortunately her dress really was heinous, it was the misplaced belt that made it ill-fitting though. It created that lower abdominal bulge we women so adore. She's so punk though that the dress was perfect. It worked really well in the dark too, but they started when it was way light out.

Both bands really rocked. I had such a blast and it was so cool to finally see these songs, some of which are on the soundtrack of my life, performed live.

I'm suprised Blondie went first.

I told you guys new Cars sounded good!
How was the fifth row? That's close, it must have been amazing.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by amber

I'm suprised Blondie went first.

I told you guys new Cars sounded good!
How was the fifth row? That's close, it must have been amazing.

It was amazing. And Deb is so cool, she made a point to walk to each end of the stage and wave to all of us. It was really cute. She's 61 but doesn't look over 40! The people next to us were friends with the Cars' guitarist and were surprised I'd just gotten my tickets. Man that was lucky. Well, until I get the bill, oy!