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Ric Ocasek - Fireball Zone

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2007-12-29 02:23:00 by humppazoid in HUMPPAZOID'S HOUSE
...Ocasek's solo career. His first two releases, 1983's Beatitude and 1986's This Side of Paradise , were really extensions of Ocasek's work with The Cars ; instead of sounding like grand statements made by solo albums, they both sounded like extensions of what The Cars were doing at the time. This was especially true of the latter album, which...
 
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The Cars - Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology

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2007-12-27 22:03:00 by humppazoid in HUMPPAZOID'S HOUSE
...Ocasek 3:46 2 My Best Friend's Girl Ocasek 3:46 3 Good Times Roll Ocasek 3:48 4 You're All I've Got Tonight Ocasek 4:16 5 Don't Cha Stop Ocasek 3:05 6 Moving in Stereo Hawkes, Ocasek 4:47 7 Take Me Now [#] Ocasek 4:01 8 Cool Fool [#] Easton, Ocasek 2:42 9 Let's Go Ocasek 3:36 10 Candy-O Ocasek 2:39 11 Dangerous Type Ocasek 4:32 12 Double Life...
 
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The Cars [Deluxe Edition]

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2007-12-27 07:03:00 by humppazoid in HUMPPAZOID'S HOUSE
...Ocasek 3:45 2 My Best Friend's Girl Ocasek 3:44 3 Just What I Needed Ocasek 3:43 4 I'm in Touch With Your World Ocasek 3:30 5 Don't Cha Stop Ocasek 3:03 6 You're All I've Got Tonight Ocasek 4:13 7 Bye Bye Love Ocasek 4:13 8 Moving in Stereo Hawkes, Ocasek 4:43 9 All Mixed Up Ocasek 4:15 10 Good Times Roll [live] Ocasek 3:39 11 My Best...
 
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The Cars Complete Studio Discography

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2007-12-26 05:26:00 by humppazoid in HUMPPAZOID'S HOUSE
...Ocasek and Ben Orr 's vocals uncannily recalled Lou Reed 's deadpan delivery, while the band's insistent, rhythmic pulse was reminiscent of Berlin-era Iggy Pop . Furthermore, the group followed Roxy Music 's lead and had artist Alberto Vargas design sexy illustrations of pinups for their record sleeves. These airbrushed drawings were the...
 
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Eight-X (38)

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2008-07-02 04:58:00 by Rho in Rho-Xs
...Ocasek heard the album and invited the group to his Synchro Sound studio in Boston. The resulting Ocasek-produced EP, Never Say Never, on the back of the enormous dance club and college radio airplay of the single, led directly to 415 Records' ongoing association with Columbia Records 1982's "Benefactors" kicks off with a less-impressive...
 
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Alphabet Soup II (N)

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2008-08-07 04:46:00 by Rho in Rho-Xs
...Ocasek. With little hope, they presented him with a copy of their first demo,Tafkans. Three weeks later, Ric called back with news of his intention to produce the band's album. The trio soon signed to Elektra in 1995 and cut their debut LP, High/Low, with Ocasek behind the boards. "Popular" became a surprise radio hit the following summer,...
 
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The really, really early interview with Rivers Cuomo of Weezer

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2008-10-06 08:31:23 by HASH0x8b6a0ac in Backbeat Online
...Ocasek, the former leader of that defunct Boston band. Ocasek showed up at a Weezer rehearsal a few days later and soon agreed to oversee the recording. The ten songs that emerged from these sessions sport some of the polished sonic whoosh that marked the Cars' hits, but they retain a few rough, spontaneous edges. From the lead-off track, "My...
 
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Suicide - Suicide The Second Album (2008)

2008-02-15 13:14:57 by Editor in Music Emissions Alternative Music Reviews
 
...Ocasek, which certainly drew some groans from the hip when it was released. While not as raw as their seminal debut, really the only difference is that the sound is cleaned up. Were not talking a shift to power pop here. super subway Comedian, Harlem, and Radiation bristle with the gutter vibe that made Suicide one of the most confrontational...
 
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Number 656 - Weezer

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2008-04-14 00:49:28 by The Definitive 1000 Songs of all Time 1955 to 2005 in The Definitive 1000 Songs of all Time 1955 to 2005
...Ocasek and recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City . [3] During the recording of the Blue Album, Jason Cropper left the band and was replaced by Brian Bell , a then-bassist for the band Carnival Art Undone - The Sweater Song was released as the first single. The music video was directed by Spike Jonze . Filmed in an unbroken take,...
 
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Meet the King of Stoner Rock Movies (Just in Time for 4/20!)

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2008-04-18 19:30:03 by Evan Schlansky in Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
...Ocasek sings about a clock machine as Steve Martin is checking his watch
 
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