(TV) Orr

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@volpe.dot.gov>]

I saw the Cars when they went under the name, Captain Swing, at the Rat in Boston----- besides me and my girlfriend there were maybe 12 people in the audience (I  eventually lost interest in their career (I like to think because I simply  outgrew them,  or maybe it was the overplay of their music on Boston radio).

I remember years later, The Cars, seeing Ben Orr and their keyboard player (?name?) at Boston's Paradise Club watching  Ultra Vox perform.  Soon after in October 1981, I saw TV on his first solo & Dreamtime tour at The Paradise, and most of Boston's local musicians paid homage by attending.  I remember I was (for some strange reason) a little disappointed that Orr et al didn't attend, but I'm not even sure The Cars knew of,  nor cared for, Television/TV's music in 1981 (despite TV being asked to play on Ocasek's record in late 80's early 90's)

	Leo 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Noah Lopez [SMTP:noahl@U.Arizona.EDU]
> Sent:	Friday, October 06, 2000 3:12 PM
> To:	TV
> Subject:	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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