Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow...

The New Cars website is up and....

Oh wow.  Kasim Sultan absolutely and completely butchers "Drive."  I mean it
sounds worse than some karaoke version at a pool hall.  It's like some choir
teacher grabbed him by the lapels and screamed in his face, "Enunciate,
Kasim, enunciate!"  Oh man, it is so painful to listen to.  The other
samples are passable, although, Ocasek, Orr and company did them much better
20 years ago.  Nothing new here except who sings the songs.

I can see singing these songs in concert, but an album full of Cars remakes
without Ocasek and Orr on vocals is pointless and senseless.  Rundgren has a
fine rock voice and has carved out his rightful place in rock history, but
if there are only three new tracks on the disc and the others are Cars
remakes with him singing....hmmmm....I seem to recall a Cars tribute album
on Not Lame that is tons more interesting than this.

What a complete disappointment.  But I'll repeat, if you want to hear what
could've been, go to www.dougpowell.com and listen for the five streaming
tracks that sound like songs the Cars would do.  THAT would've been worth
hearing.

Here's the New Cars link.  Listen for yourself.  This is just one guy's
opinion.

Best, 
Rick

http://www.thenewcars.com/index.cfm - click on the small jukebox.