I never had a Cars record. They were always on the radio, from 1977, when “My Best Friend’s Girl” made listeners laugh and dance at the same time, through the ‘80s, when “Shake It Up,” “You Might Think” and “Drive” left us gyrating on the line with their irresistible hooks. Ric Ocasek’s passing this week …
Ric Ocasek won. He had the hottest wifey in Rock and they were in love forever and ever. He got the girl, he got the hits in the 1980s hiding the fact he was as old as Mick Jagger. I don’t cry for guys like Ric. If I knew him maybe. 75 years in Rock …