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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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6. Gone Too Soon

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Sun Sep 8, 2024, 04:30 PM

Sep 2024

Pancreatic cancer. Rotten way to go. Only 53.
We did the song you posted, back to back with You're All I've Got Tonight coming first.
That was an awesome debut album.

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Benjamin Orr of the Cars was born on this date. [View all] Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2024 OP

Cleveland boy I believe. JohnnyRingo Sep 2024 #1

God they had that sound down.... displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #2

I saw them play in 1979 at the Yale Bowl. CentralMass Sep 2024 #3

Great singer. Two of my favorites from the Cars: Just What I Needed & Drive highplainsdem Sep 2024 #4

The Solo On The 1st Song You Posted... ProfessorGAC Sep 2024 #5

It is a perfect song for your band to have covered. By any chance do you have video of that? highplainsdem Sep 2024 #8

No ProfessorGAC Sep 2024 #11

Gone Too Soon ProfessorGAC Sep 2024 #6

Yes. Much too soon. I lost a friend to pancreatic cancer several years ago. She was about to retire, highplainsdem Sep 2024 #9

Orr also made a solo record at about the same time as the Cars... keep_left Sep 2024 #7

Thanks! A couple of threads from last summer have videos of his music before and long after the Cars: highplainsdem Sep 2024 #10

Thanks much for the links! keep_left Sep 2024 #12