Would you go to see this?

[Draconator]

Let's say a band decided to do a special tribute show, where they did The Cars first two albums (Cars and Candy-O) in their entirety, would you go to see it?

[Buffalo716]

I'm sure there's people in Buffalo who would enjoy that 

 

I'm on the road a bunch but when I'm home I try to catch shows

[US Egg]

Will Paulina Porizkova be there?

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

I generally like tribute bands. Some are really good and some are meh, but I’d check out a Cars tribute band 

14 hours ago, US Egg said:

Will Paulina Porizkova be there?

Rick Ocasic really knocked it out of the park with her … like Lyle Lovett and Julia Roberts 

[US Egg]

I think playing sets of the best stuff from bands that have similar styles would draw a wider crowd.

1st set: all Cars

2nd set: all Cheap Trick 

3rd set: all Police 

A killer combo be 

1st set: all Depeche Mode

2nd set: all Bowie

 

……if you need a spoon player or wax paper comb musician, my cousin Virgil Lee Henry is the best. Let me know.

[Draconator]

11 hours ago, US Egg said:

1st set: all Cars

2nd set: all Cheap Trick 

3rd set: all Police 

This is a great idea. 

[US Egg]

2 hours ago, Draconator said:

This is a great idea. 

Cars 1st album, Cheap Trick’s ‘Heaven Tonight’ and Police ‘Zenyatta Mondatta…..they were their best albums imo.

[Bills4everNY]

7 hours ago, US Egg said:

Cars 1st album, Cheap Trick’s ‘Heaven Tonight’ and Police ‘Zenyatta Mondatta…..they were their best albums imo.

I was in college when "Heaven Tonight" and the Cars 1st album came out and me and my roommates played them almost everyday. We saw Cheap Trick in December 1978 at the Stanley Theater in Utica. It was general admission so we got there 3 hours early to get great seats. When we got there, there was about 7 other people already there. One kid was dressed up just like Rick Nielson... baseball cap, red cardigan sweater buttoned up with a bunch of things pinned to it like buttons and other stuff, just like Rick used to wear back then. He even looked like Rick must have looked when he was 15. The door opened and Robin Zander and Bun E Carlos walked out. Robin went up to the kid dressed like Rick and said: "Hey, Rick, great to see you. You're lookin' great" and he shook his hand. We asked them for an autograph and they were both happy to give them. Bun E said: You guys are standing in this freezing cold to see us. We appreciate that. Then they walked to the McDonald's down the street.

Edited 4 hours ago by Bills4everNY

[US Egg]

1 hour ago, Bills4everNY said:

I was in college when "Heaven Tonight" and the Cars 1st album came out and me and my roommates played them almost everyday. We saw Cheap Trick in December 1978 at the Stanley Theater in Utica. It was general admission so we got there 3 hours early to get great seats. When we got there, there was about 7 other people already there. One kid was dressed up just like Rick Nielson... baseball cap, red cardigan sweater buttoned up with a bunch of things pinned to it like buttons and other stuff, just like Rick used to wear back then. He even looked like Rick must have looked when he was 15. The door opened and Robin Zander and Bun E Carlos walked out. Robin went up to the kid dressed like Rick and said: "Hey, Rick, great to see you. You're lookin' great" and he shook his hand. We asked them for an autograph and they were both happy to give them. Bun E said: You guys are standing in this freezing cold to see us. We appreciate that. Then they walked to the McDonald's down the street.

That’s a great story, I can see Bun E Carlos sitting, eating at McD’s. Never saw them. They didn’t catch on with my circle back then, I think it had to do with Rick Nielsen and Bun E’s look, but, I too listened to that album a lot.

[Bills4everNY]

1 hour ago, US Egg said:

That’s a great story, I can see Bun E Carlos sitting, eating at McD’s. Never saw them. They didn’t catch on with my circle back then, I think it had to do with Rick Nielsen and Bun E’s look, but, I too listened to that album a lot.

I can see Bun E chowing down at McDonald's too. The other people there, unless they know Cheap Trick, would never in a million years think that he is a rock star. 

We have the same taste in music. The 3 albums you mentioned are in my all- time favorites. Cheap Trick’s "In Color" is an awesome album too, imo. I bought Cheap Trick’s first album but I didn't get into it like the other 2. The only song on it that I really love is "Oh, Candy."

 

[US Egg]

4 minutes ago, Bills4everNY said:

Cheap Trick’s "In Color" is an awesome album too, imo

Like I mentioned Cheap Trick wasn’t considered “cool” by most in my group. First I heard ‘In Color’ was at my friends house where we parked for Bills games. His older brothers were biker types and always there with their pals, they apparently liked the album since they played it every game. The irony being Zander and Petersson on the album cover are sitting on Harleys, so maybe that was why they liked them? Being younger we didn’t say they weren’t cool, for obvious reasons. But that was when I started liking them.