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"My Best Friend's Girl" begins with chords in the lower register of the guitar, a two-bar progression moving from I to IV to V in F. [6] Hand claps enter in bar five, and after the eight-bar intro (following descending synthesizer sounds from David Robinson's Syndrums,) the first verse begins featuring Ric Ocasek's vocals over a lead guitar lick in the key of F. [6] An electronic piano (a ...
The Cars were an American rock band who recorded 89 songs during their career, of which included 86 originals and 3 covers.Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, the group consisted of singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter Ric Ocasek, bassist and singer Benjamin Orr, lead guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and drummer David Robinson.
The demos for "Just What I Needed" and "My Best Friend's Girl" were often played on Boston radio by DJ Maxanne Sartori, giving the band frequent airplay. [ 2 ] Both Arista and Elektra attempted to sign the band, but in the end, Elektra was chosen, due to its lack of new wave acts, allowing the band to stand out more than they would have had ...
They have also used rockabilly in songs such as "My Best Friend's Girl". [30] Critic Robert Palmer wrote that the Cars "have taken some important but disparate contemporary trends— punk minimalism, the labyrinthine synthesizer and guitar textures of art rock , the 1950s rockabilly revival and the melodious terseness of power pop —and mixed ...
My Best Friend's Girl may refer to: "My Best Friend's Girl" (song), a song by the Cars from the album The Cars (1978) "My Best Friend's Girl", a song by Steps from the album Steptacular (1999) My Best Friend's Girl, a romantic comedy starring Dane Cook and Kate Hudson; My Best Friend's Girl, a film directed by Bertrand Blier
The Cars take a portrait for the 1979 album "Candy-O." Pictured from left are Benjamin Orr, Ric Ocasek, Greg Hawkes, David Robinson and Elliot Easton.
The Cars appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in both May and September with performances filmed in May in support of the album. In August, the band participated in Lollapalooza in Chicago then two nights later appeared on The Colbert Report, performing "Keep On Knocking" from Move Like This and "My Best Friend's Girl" from their debut album.
Historically, car clubs (groups of people who share a love for custom cars and a passion for lowriding) have been predominantly led by men, with the exception of a few, such as Lady Bugs Car Club ...