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Category:Songs written by Ric Ocasek Pages in category "Songs written by Ric Ocasek" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Beatitude is the debut solo release by Ric Ocasek, lead singer and principal songwriter of the Cars. It was released by Geffen Records in January 1983. It features Greg Hawkes of the Cars on keyboards, as well as Jules Shear and Stephen Hague from Jules and the Polar Bears.
Ocasek and Orr then performed as an acoustic duo called Ocasek and Orr at the Idler Coffeehouse in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Some of the songs they played became early Cars songs. Ocasek and Orr later teamed with guitarist Elliot Easton (who had also studied at Berklee) in the band Cap'n Swing.
" Emotion in Motion " is a song by Ric Ocasek, the main songwriter and co-lead vocalist for the Cars. It was featured on his second solo album, This Side of Paradise, and released as a single in late 1986. The tune topped the Album Rock Tracks chart and reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song features Tears For Fears ' frontman Roland Orzabal as a guest musician. It was Ocasek's ...
Robert Christgau of The Village Voice wrote, "Ric Ocasek writes catchy, hardheaded-to-coldhearted songs eased by wryly rhapsodic touches, the playing is tight and tough, and it all sounds wonderful on the radio.
Other endeavors Hawkes also played with Ric Ocasek as a solo artist, often playing both keyboards and bass guitar. Hawkes received a writing credit for "Service with a Smile" on Virginia-based progressive rock band Happy the Man 's second album, Crafty Hands, in 1978. He released a solo album, Niagara Falls, in 1983.
The song's video was directed by actor Timothy Hutton and features Ric Ocasek arguing with a troubled young woman played by model Paulina Porizkova (whom Ocasek would later marry).
It was produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars. The 1991 re-issue was remixed by Ocasek and bass player Darryl Jenifer. The re-issued version has some extra tracks, an altered track order, significantly different mixes and, on most tracks, a speed increase of the master which results in a raising of the pitch by one-half step. [1]
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