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| From | Paul Myers <paulm@shaw.ca> |
| Subject | Late to the table, my two cents on New Cars |
| Date | Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:50:54 -0700 |
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I've been busy for the last week with, what was it called?
Oh yeah, having a life!
But I wanted to add my two cents on The New Cars, based entirel on
seeing the boys on Craig Ferguson last week.
I agree with many auditeers that this is a cynical excercise etc.
But I have to say I was happy to see Todd up there in fine pop rock
voice (am I like one of those crazy loyalists who refused to
surrender after the war?) fronting a tight band of professionals
featuring Elliott Easton laying in the timely guitar fills. A song
like "But Not Tonight" (is that the correct title?) rivals Fountains
of Wayne (before you flame me, remember that I am practically FOW's
biggest fan!)
If this "band" were called anything but the New Cars, they would be
a going concern. I know that they felt that they had to exploit the
Cars legacy, and besides, mortgages are mortgages and Ric and Ben
probably got more royalties in the heyday, but They should have
called themselves "Pedigree" or "The Chug RIffers" anything but New
Cars.
Surely, the marketing could have loudly proclaimed "A NEW band,
featuring Todd Rundgren and members of the Cars!!"....
It's Dumber and Dumberer all over again, oh and Basic Instinct 2
flopped as well.
Paul Myers
Broadcaster / Writer / Musician
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