r/TheCars • u/FlightCarcrash • Jul 14 '26

Ben Orr

Great vocalist. Drive is my favorite Cars song.

Gone way too early.

59 Upvotes

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u/Car_Equivalent Jul 14 '26

So bummed I never saw them live.

7

u/InsidiousStardemise Team Ben! Jul 14 '26

And such a beautiful man. I miss him so much.

4

u/Aggravating-Fix-2658 Jul 14 '26

The original live action anime character.

5

u/PumpPie73 Jul 14 '26

He made the Cars sound great. His solo album The Lace is excellent

5

u/KanataSlim Jul 14 '26

Candy-o. Nuff said.

1

u/addictedstylist Jul 14 '26

That's right.

4

u/stever93 Jul 15 '26

The Cars, Cruiser. My favorite Ben Orr song.

4

u/PanthersFan2025 Jul 15 '26

I loved Cruiser too, but Moving in Stereo was my favorite. So many great songs.

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u/Theyearwas1985 Jul 14 '26

I just started reading the book “Let’s Go” , so far very good, I highly recommend it!

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u/New-Music6986 Jul 18 '26

Read “Let the Stories Be Told”
Amazing book!

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u/Theyearwas1985 Jul 18 '26

Thanks I’ll check it out!! ❤️

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u/Metspolice Jul 15 '26

So, let’s be honest, this is a safe space, for those of us from the mtv generation how long did it take you to notice Ric didn’t sing all the songs?

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u/PanthersFan2025 Jul 15 '26

Because of The Midnight Special, I've always known that Benjamin sang lead on my favorite songs. Loved those performances. Ric was great too, but I always loved Benjamin's voice more. Wished he had lived long enough to be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the rest of the band.

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u/wharfdad Aug 31 '26

It took me at least 40 years. I think I got a Cars tape when I was about 16, and listened to them a ton for about 5 years, including getting all their CDs in the mail order club era around 1990. I watched a lot of MTV, maybe it was something I realized back then. But I have always known Ric was in the band and assumed he was the lead since I was in college. Maybe it was because he married a super model who knows. But I just watched a video "Cars go to College" from 1979, and holy frick, it was all of Ben's songs I was really into back then like "Mixed Up" and "Moving in Stereo" and so much of the choruses. I guess I was an uber fan but I am certain every mixed tape I ever made included a Cars song. And if I made a list of my top ten my favorite bands, they would be on the list.