# Ric Ocasek - The Cars, RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [September 16, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297 "2019-09-16T00:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/1 "2019-09-16T00:53:27Z")
Dammit. > **[Ric Ocasek, Lead Singer of The Cars, Dead in New York at 75](https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ric-ocasek-cars-singer-dead-in-ny-at-75/1991236/)** > > Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ric Ocasek, lead singer of the rock band The Cars, died Sunday in New York at age 75. ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/2 "2019-09-16T00:56:13Z")
Now we know what happened to Eddie’s extra ticket. I’ve reached the age where the musicians I looked up to as a wanna-be rock star are starting to pass away and it’s fucking depressing. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/3 "2019-09-16T00:59:38Z")
Just what I didn’t need. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/4 "2019-09-16T01:03:59Z")
Well crap. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/5 "2019-09-16T01:07:41Z")
Crap. RIP, Ric. 75’s a ripe old age, though. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/6 "2019-09-16T01:28:57Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Just what I didn’t need. RIP. Ben sang that ftr. Ben…who also is no longer with us. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/7 "2019-09-16T01:31:59Z")
“I don’t mind you coming here And wasting all my time” Unofficial Anthem for the SDMB? ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/8 "2019-09-16T01:35:58Z")
He was 70? Or 75? Shit, I feel so old now. RIP, Ric. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/9 "2019-09-16T01:40:57Z")
Weird. Not on the NYTimes. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/10 "2019-09-16T01:43:42Z")
Daniel Johnson, Eddie Money and Ric Ocasek are gonna make for a really weird jam session in the afterlife. ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/11 "2019-09-16T01:43:53Z")
[The coming death of just about every rock legend](https://theweek.com/articles/861750/coming-death-just-about-every-rock-legend) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/12 "2019-09-16T01:47:47Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > … > Shit, I feel so old now. > … How about it. Dopers, remember that music video you liked in 1984? That one with the bumblebee? That was 35 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/13 "2019-09-16T01:58:16Z")
By the way whenever the age old question of “What’s the greatest American band not named Beach Boys?” was asked…I always said “The Cars”. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/14 "2019-09-16T02:03:58Z")
The Cars are my favorite group. I have all seven albums, including their 2011 album Moves Like This. I listended to Heartbeat City this morning. Everything’s a mess. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/15 "2019-09-16T02:04:05Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > How about it. Dopers, remember that music video you liked in 1984? That one with the bumblebee? That was 35 years ago. A fly actually, > **[Readers' Poll: The 10 Greatest Videos of the 1980s](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-greatest-videos-of-the-1980s-20416/10-the-cars-you-might-think-221359/)** > > Your picks include 'Sledgehammer,' 'Billie Jean' and 'Hot for Teacher' > [@](#): > > The Cars’ 1984 video for “You Might Think” won the Video of the Year trophy at the first-ever MTV Video Music Awards. Very few videos were utilizing computer graphics at the time and it was highly influential, but one must admit it comes off as a little creepy today. Model/actress Susan Gallagher is simply trying to go to the dentist, take a bath and get ready for bed, but creepy Ric Ocasek just won’t leave her alone. He shows up in her lipstick, in her bathtub and in her mouth at the dentist – even taking the form of a fly and King Kong. And yes, RIP ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/16 "2019-09-16T02:12:31Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > The Cars are my favorite group. I have all seven albums, including their 2011 album Moves Like This. I listended to Heartbeat City this morning. > Everything’s a mess. I haven’t listened to all of “Moves Like This” but [i have ‘Soon’ saved on Spotify](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5z4r6L4YKc&list=PLAC785A08A7072392&index=9) Often a band reforming doesn’t even remotely have it anymore…but that song is a slice of heaven in a time machine. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/17 "2019-09-16T02:14:49Z")
> [@zombywoof](#): > > [The coming death of just about every rock legend](https://theweek.com/articles/861750/coming-death-just-about-every-rock-legend) That really is a sobering list. And, to it, for me personally, I can add members of my very favorite groups: Jeff Lynne (ELO) 71 Brian May (Queen) 72 Jon Anderson (Yes) 74 Steve Howe (Yes) 72 (but looks particularly old and frail these days) ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/18 "2019-09-16T02:24:10Z")
Well, shit. Ric was one cool dude. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/19 "2019-09-16T03:02:41Z")
RIP Mr. Ocasek; you done good. Excellent songs. One of the most boring live bands I’ve ever seen, but they did have excellent songs. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297/20 "2019-09-16T03:10:20Z")
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