Poll--The Weakest Link: The Cars 'Heartbeat City' Round 1

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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,032
    I Refuse
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    dankind said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    MedozK said:
    Was hoping for more than 8 votes for Round 1.
    It's not in the upper level of a superclassic album.

    I've never listened to it. Might have heard a song and two. And watched that great video with NIN.
    Every Cars album is a superclassic. OK, so I'm biased.

    Still, you heard this album basically everywhere you went in 1984-1985. Every pop/rock radio station had the singles on in heavy rotation. MTV had the videos on in heavy rotation. And working with Mutt Lange changed their sound quite a bit to make this album stand out from their first four albums.

    Their debut will always be my personal favorite, but this record can easily get in the ring with it. Candy-O, Panorama and Shake It Up are great and all, but they're inessential if you're not a Cars fan. The Cars and Heartbeat City, however, are essential to anyone's record collection who drew breath in the 1980s. Perhaps not in Sweden, I guess. That's too bad. 
    I was born in 84. Old man.

    This was my 80s:

    https://youtu.be/5x-bUTWTTcs

    Changing Pippi Longstocking to Pippi Langstrump makes her sound like a porn star.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
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    Poncier said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    dankind said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    MedozK said:
    Was hoping for more than 8 votes for Round 1.
    It's not in the upper level of a superclassic album.

    I've never listened to it. Might have heard a song and two. And watched that great video with NIN.
    Every Cars album is a superclassic. OK, so I'm biased.

    Still, you heard this album basically everywhere you went in 1984-1985. Every pop/rock radio station had the singles on in heavy rotation. MTV had the videos on in heavy rotation. And working with Mutt Lange changed their sound quite a bit to make this album stand out from their first four albums.

    Their debut will always be my personal favorite, but this record can easily get in the ring with it. Candy-O, Panorama and Shake It Up are great and all, but they're inessential if you're not a Cars fan. The Cars and Heartbeat City, however, are essential to anyone's record collection who drew breath in the 1980s. Perhaps not in Sweden, I guess. That's too bad. 
    I was born in 84. Old man.

    This was my 80s:

    https://youtu.be/5x-bUTWTTcs

    Changing Pippi Longstocking to Pippi Langstrump makes her sound like a porn star.

    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    brianlux said:
    MedozK said:
    Was hoping for more than 8 votes for Round 1.
    I would love to chime in but I don't know this album- sorry!
    Me too. Just know the three hits from their videos.

    I think I just missed out on being a fan of this band... just a tad too young to get into them at the time.

    For what it's worth, since The Cars eventually got into the Rock Hall that opens the door for a band like Weezer (eventually).
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,656
    edited September 2019
    Hello Again
    dankind said:
    Poncier said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    dankind said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    MedozK said:
    Was hoping for more than 8 votes for Round 1.
    It's not in the upper level of a superclassic album.

    I've never listened to it. Might have heard a song and two. And watched that great video with NIN.
    Every Cars album is a superclassic. OK, so I'm biased.

    Still, you heard this album basically everywhere you went in 1984-1985. Every pop/rock radio station had the singles on in heavy rotation. MTV had the videos on in heavy rotation. And working with Mutt Lange changed their sound quite a bit to make this album stand out from their first four albums.

    Their debut will always be my personal favorite, but this record can easily get in the ring with it. Candy-O, Panorama and Shake It Up are great and all, but they're inessential if you're not a Cars fan. The Cars and Heartbeat City, however, are essential to anyone's record collection who drew breath in the 1980s. Perhaps not in Sweden, I guess. That's too bad. 
    I was born in 84. Old man.

    This was my 80s:

    https://youtu.be/5x-bUTWTTcs

    Changing Pippi Longstocking to Pippi Langstrump makes her sound like a porn star.

    She's a small girl.
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,656
    Hello Again
    Listened to this POOR MANS DURAN DURAN today at work. So now I can vote.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • pjfaninindiana
    pjfaninindiana Northeast Indiana Posts: 311
    Hello Again
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Listened to this POOR MANS DURAN DURAN today at work. So now I can vote.
    Terrible song! And that stupid Def Leppardish vocal intro at the beginning. Fuck Mutt Lange! The first few Cars albums are where it's at!
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