Contemplating: 365 Songs: Day 17-19

I've been a bit lax with the blog the last few days, so I owe three songs. Fortunately inspiration hit after attending last night's horrific Celtic's game. To say the C's didn't get it done would be an insult to epic underachievers the world over.

After the Green stunk the joint up, I got thinking back to those Boston teams from the 80's who, more often than not, did get it done, or at least gave nothing away easily. This line of thought (logically?) led to thinking about 80's Boston bands who got it done. And any short list of the Hub's best 80's bands would have to include the Cars.

Like many non-hip boys of the era, I both marveled and bemoaned the fact that lead singer Ric Ocasek (35) somehow managed to land supermodel Paulina Porzikova (19) in 1984 and actually marry her in 1989. Marveled, because it gave hope for us all, I mean look at this guy, if he could do it then we all had a chance. Bemoaned because, by the perverse logic of a 16 year old, we felt that, "Hey, here is a supermodel that likes odd looking guys, she's probably the only one on the planet, and this bozo has taken her off the market! It's unfair! He's rich and famous, he could find another one!" It's as if we somehow thought that we were part of Paulina's backup plan if things didn't work out with Ric. And apparently things did work out, since according to Wikipedia they are still married.

Well to get back at "lead singer" Ric, two of the songs I've chosen are actually sung by the band's late bassist Benjamin Orr.

Artist: The Cars
Song: Drive
Album: Heartbeaty City Album (1984)
Performance: Official Video