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| From | "Holmes Online" <bholmes_fm@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: Todd Subscription Shortsell and, gulp, The Cars |
| Date | Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:18:43 -0400 |
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> It's not called The Cars. It's The New Cars and it's a pretty unrealized
> lazy name...
And apparently as well received as "New Coke". :)
>...but it's clearly not all "The Cars".
I don't see how you can say that. The name is as close to what it was
without being exactly the same, the key band members are missing and they're
doing Cars hits and new songs that mimic the Cars' sound, cadence and vocal
style.I would bet the only reason the word "new" is in there at all is
because of Ocasek and lawyers.
I don't think anyone is really getting their bowels in an uproar over
it...as many have said, go or don't go, listen or don't listen. And the fact
that Todd is apparently admitting he's in it for the paycheck is both honest
and unsurprising. But it's also a little disappointing. I even admit that if
he went out with the same guys as "Todd Rundgren" or "Utopia" and promised
to play cover tunes from a bunch of bands, I'd probably enjoy the show. I
think it was the merch page with the New Cars logo that finally made me
swing (to the right).
b
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