Chords for Ric Ocasek and Ben Orr on Radio "Rock Line 1987" PART 2

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Back to the phones, we go to Annapolis, Maryland now as we speak with Mary.
She's listening to 98 Rock in Baltimore.
Mary, meet Ben and Rick from The Cars.
Hey, how you doing?
Hi, Mary.
Hi, dear.
I was going to address this to Rick, but I guess one of the fellows can answer this.
I'd like to ask them, seeing as how they aren't very deeply involved in their work,
what their opinion [Bb] is on rock artists using [B] their medium for political opinion [N] expressing.
Do they feel that it may be detract from the art form?
_ _ _ Well, I'll tell you.
_ _ _ I _ think if you know what you're talking about, it's good,
but I don't hear a lot of people knowing what they're talking about as far as that thing goes.
It seems to me like the last person who did anything socially with lyrics is probably Dylan and Lou Reed, maybe. _ _
But beyond that, you can make people aware of things through music,
but _ the medium of rock and roll is sort of the fast sort of_
I feel like if you do political songs, they're almost the same as pop songs
because whatever you write about politically is going to change just as quickly as _ pop music does.
What's important today will not be important tomorrow.
_ So I wonder _ about using _ _ politics and music.
The cars have been apolitical, at least publicly.
Does that carry over into your private life?
Is it something you're not as concerned with or do you take a more active stance personally?
_ _ _ Well, _ I don't think you have to be politically involved just because you happen to be a sort of a public figure. _ _
[F] _ [N] _ _ _ So I guess I don't know that we're that politically involved, _ you know, very politically involved.
I mean, I think we know about, you know, _ politics a bit or we know about what's going on in the world,
but I don't think we're anyone to teach, you know, what people can do about it.
That's a good question, Marion.
Thank you for being on tonight.
We're going to move on now to Miami as we speak with Jay.
He's listening to 97 GTR.
Jay, you're on the rock line.
Yeah, how you doing, guys?
Great to be able to talk to you.
Hi, Jay.
_ Listen, my question deals with musical ability. _
_ Do you guys think it's inherent or is it more a product of environment?
_ _ _ Isn't that a Three Stooges movie?
_ _ _ _ It's a product of environment. _ _ _ _ _
_ Don't know.
_ Some people probably just don't have any talent for music at all.
I'm sure there are people out there. _ _
I _ _ think if you just work on what you like and if it happens to be music, it could end up being good.
Yeah, we all have different talents and that question has been asked for years,
heredity or environment, and there really is no answer for that.
And there's probably a little bit of both.
That's a good question, though, Jay, and thanks for posing it.
We're going to move on now and talk to Jeff in Saginaw, Michigan.
He's listening to FM 105 WWCK in Flint.
Good evening.
Hi, Ben.
Hi, Rick.
Hello.
_ I've got two questions for you.
_ First question [C] is what happened to your original tour?
[Bb] You were scheduled to start it here in my hometown of Saginaw, Michigan, but it was canceled.
What [N] happened to that and are you coming back to Saginaw?
And the second question is on your album Heartbeat City, the last song on side two has two titles,
Jackie and Heartbeat City.
Why is that?
And Ben, I'll say it again, my sister Denise still loves you. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Okay.
It is true that the last song on the record has two titles.
We still can't decide which it should be.
_ Whichever record you have is the title.
_ And as _ far as the tour goes, I think we just merely pushed it back.
We took the first two weeks and put them at the end. _
We had to do a couple of videos and _ a couple of other things with setting up the show.
So we basically set it back two weeks.
And I have some of the tour dates and I'll announce those right now.
By the way, Rick and Ben are at Rock 100, the Cat, in Oklahoma City.
The tour starts in a suburb of Oklahoma City, Norman, on the 14th at the Lloyd Noble Arena.
You'll find them in Dallas on the 16th of October, the 17th Austin, Texas, the 18th Houston,
followed by Atlanta on the 20th, and Gainesville, Florida, the 22nd,
as well as Tampa, Florida, on the 23rd, the 24th, and Hollywood, Florida.
I'll announce more in just a few moments.
We'll take a brief timeout and [Dbm] return with Ben Orr and Rick Ocasic from [A] the cars.
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[N] Tonight and evening with the cars and from the band Ben Orr and Rick Ocasic.
Time to buckle up now.
This is called Strap Me In, the cars on Rockline.
From the brand new album Door to Door by the Cars, Strap Me In is the name of that one on Rockline.
I'm Bob Coburn.
Glad to have you listening this evening.
Give us a call.
Toll free, 1-800-344-ROCK.
Next caller is in [Abm] Indian Harbor, Florida, listening to WDIZ in [N] Orlando.
His name is Mike, and we welcome him to the Rockline.
Hi there.
Hi.
Hi Mike.
Hi Rick.
I was wondering, how come it took you guys so long to come out with your latest album as your last album?
_ _ _ Because both Ben and I were out doing our solo records, and _ we were putting some time into that.
_ Learning about life.
Yeah.
Well, you know, you say three years, which it was, but part of that time was devoted to touring behind Heartbeat City,
and part of that time was devoted to writing, rehearsing, and recording this album.
So, it really didn't leave all that much in between, did it?
No, I don't think so.
It seems like a long time, but there was a lot going on there.
There you go, Mike.
Thank you for calling tonight, and call us again sometime.
Right now we're going to speak with Gina.
She's in Pasadena, California, listening to our Southern California affiliate 95 _ .5KLOS.
Hi Gina.
Hi.
How is everybody? _
Hi.
Good.
Real good.
Yeah, I have a question for both Rick and Ben.
But first, Ben, I just want to know that I really admire your voice. _
_ _ But my question to you is, have you ever considered going into acting?
And if so, what kind of roles would you like to take part in?
_ _ _ I considered it, and nothing's come my way. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And Gina, do you have another question?
Yeah.
_ _ _ I had a chance to talk to you the last time you were on Rock Lauren, and you said you were doing a film called, I believe, Made in Heaven.
What ever happened to that film?
_ Well, it's due out in about one month.
I notice I see [Em] ads [Ab] around for it [B] now.
I think it's actually [F] coming out in about, I think [Gb] it's the end of October.
It's premiering all [N] over.
And also in that film with you is Tom Petty and Neil Young, and Timothy Hutton.
That sounds interesting.
What part do you play in that, Rick?
_ I play a garage mechanic who doesn't want to work on people's cars.
But does anyway. _
Something fitting about that, working on the cars, really.
Thanks, Gina, for the call.
We appreciate it.
We're going to talk now to John in Carmichael, California.
He's listening to 93 Rock in Sacramento.
Good evening.
How are you doing?
Pretty good.
Good job, you guys.
I was wondering on your latest album, this album, new one, if you did a lot of overdubbing tracks on your new album.
Is there a lot, or is there some live playing, or what is there?
_ _ _ _ Well, there's quite a lot of live playing.
_ _ But, _ you know, not an excessive amount of overdubs, I'd say.
You'd like to consider it texturing.
Yes, texturing is the word.
There you go, John.
Thank you for your call and your question tonight.
It's time to drive with the cars