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So, The Cars are back. My first reaction: Seriously? My second reaction: “Let’s go!” Boy, does this take me back to the day when I pored over the paper insert of their self-titled debut album. Their latest single can be seen on the YouTube:

If you like “Sad Song” with its classic Cars clicky eighths and Ric Ocasek’s vintage voice, you can download it for free from iTunes. The Cars are dead, long live The Cars! (Does not apply to Benjamin Orr, RIP.)

Dudes. I haven’t been to a big rock concert in many years. Elton John at Madison Square Garden (in 2000?) was probably the last big one, at which point I remember saying that I was never going to a large indoor rock concert again. I have kept my self-promised and managed to enjoy some serious 80s rock by going to an outdoor concert featuring Cheap Trick, Poison and Def Leppard. Dudes. Dudes.

What more can I say? You can look up my Tweets from last night, but there’s not much to share except a few observations:

• Cheap Trick’s logo has stood the test of time best.
• There were no mullets.
• The crowd was younger than I would’ve guessed.
• The bass player for Poison didn’t make it, so they got the guy from Cinderella. (So much for your theory, Danny. That positively proves they’re totally different bands.)