Comments on: Let the Stories Be Told

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:04:07 +0000

After Translator’s gig at The Roxy, we repaired to the Ratt for drinks and had a fun evening hanging out with Elliot Easton. Nice to see him get some deserved kudos! Great player, cool guy.

By: JamesP

JamesP — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:53:14 +0000

I’m glad the author mentioned Easton for something other than simply his technical ability (which is certainly notable). I’ve long pointed out to people that the guy is the absolute KING of the 8-bar guitar solo. He gets in, kicks a** for exactly 8 measures, and gets the F out. Brilliant.

By: John Flaherty

John Flaherty — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:51:29 +0000

Growing up in Boston, I too, recall hearing the Cars often. In high school, taking the school bus to and from our baseball games, an older student named George would blast their music from his boombox. To this day, when I hear any song from that first album, I’m back in high school and on that bus as an underclassman…

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:14:29 +0000

I was at the pre-release book event, the Author, Greg and David were there answering questions and telling stories, was hosted by legendary Boston DJ Oedipus.

David and Greg hung around for quite awhile after signing everyone’s copy, and the author had already signed them.

I’ve been to all of their houses, knew Ric’s sister and parents, Ben was the one that got me drinking Bacardi….

Greg plays with a band called Eddie Japan, playing songs by the cars.

By: Ronald

Ronald — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:28:52 +0000

To me, the first 3 albums were them getting stalking steadily more weird and interesting, then their record label told them to make something that sells, do the interesting stuff as other projects.

But, Candy Apple Grey is my favorite Hüsker Dü album.

By: BigDumbDinosaur

BigDumbDinosaur — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:40:13 +0000

Call me an old stick-in-the-mud, but none of those rock bands did anything for me.

To my (musically trained) ears, listening to them is the audio equivalent of being mugged on a Chicago street, their “music” being a cacophonous mixture of wailing vocals about who-knows-what, screeching guitars being played through 1000-watt amps full of harmonic distortion, and bowel-blockage-clearing bass—also played through a 1000-watt amp full of distortion, with the mugging being perpetrated by alarming-looking dudes who you might not want near your daughter. 🙂

I grew up back when rock ’n roll was rock ’n roll, not a source of permanent otitis. Give me Buddy Holly, Fats Domino and Elvis any time. And a pox on so-called “classic rock.” Ain’t nothing classic about that racket!

By: wilson

wilson — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:29:08 +0000

FM and The Cars extinct soon. Good.

By: John Neidhart

John Neidhart — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:39:39 +0000

I first saw the Cars at the Rat in Kenmore Sq. during the 70’s and promptly wore out two copies of their first record due to extreme overplaying.

During the 80’s, I played in a Boston band wherein the guitarist was married to David Robinson’s sister. He and she lived in a carriage house on David’s property on the North Shore where I spent numerous weekend afternoons playing croquet and barbecuing. David was a consummate host, an extremely nice guy, and possessed a large collection of original Vargas paintings displayed in his lovely home.
David was a consummate musician, and was largely responsible for the amazingly sparse, but utterly perfect early new wave drumming. He was no slouch programming early drum machines either.

I always felt like I was visiting a hero when I was there. Interestingly, I was there the night of the Perfect Storm that sank the Andrea Gail; the road to his property got washed out and we had to drive across a nearby golf course to get back to Boston.

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:57:27 +0000

I discovered The Cars when I first saw the video for You Might Think on NBC’s Friday Night Videos in early 1984 at age 14. Became an instant fan. Went out and bought a cassette of Heartbeat City. The song Drive still reminds me of my early days as a high school freshman in fall 1984. As I got older I discovered their earlier work and their debut album The Cars became my favorite. And who cannot hear Moving In Stereo without thinking of Phoebe Cates in Fast Times at Ridgemont High!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:43:49 +0000

In reply to Matt D. I always kinda liked “Touch and Go.” It's about the only song from Panorama that I ever could get into. If I had to pick one, “Double Life” is my gun-to-the-head favorite Cars song.