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Re: (TV) Off topic but still...



I don't feel that's off topic at all. I came to the Cars the
opposite way...I grew up dismissing them as pop fluff, but
eventually came to them through punk rock anyway. I was stunned
to see that news today.

Noah


On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Michael Olcsvary wrote:

> I just found out Ben Orr of The Cars passed away Tuesday of pancreatic
> cancer.  I lived in Boston during the mid-to-late 70s and that band was very
> important at the time (some of the best nights I ever had were watching them
> at The Rat).  Even though they were kinda dissed by Lloyd (who saw the Cars
> as the commercial version of Television), I remember thinking the Cars could
> be the band that might lead people to TV, Pere Ubu and others.  Ah, youthful
> optimism...anyway, I thought it deserved some mention.
> 
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