TUESDAY TUNES – Let’s Ride; …On the Road, Wind, or Waves.

I’d agree with you on that one, Liberty.
I was into The Cars in a huge way when they were at their peak.
Was in my early 20’s and worked as a car stereo installer, circa early 80’s.
Most new affordable cars came with an AM radio, 1 speaker, and an antenna.
We would supplant that with an indash AM-FM-cassette player, and usually 4 aftermarket
speakers. In the doors, back deck, or dash corners. Using hole saws, drills and air chisels to
take out metal where needed. The baffling that the trunk provided for rear deck 6×9 or 4×10 oval
speakers, and the door cavity for 4″ or 5-1/4″ round speakers had a resonance way better than any surface mount speakers.
Boss systems added an amplifier or an equalizer / power booster, and the volume levels
would attract attention. But when in the car, on a sunny Summer day, and a favorite, rockin’
jam would come on, via FM or tape, man, we’d crank it up.
This was in the day before sub-woofer custom boxes were popular, and before cross overs.

The great memories from those days, and all the concerts we went to see and hear from those creative bands from the 70’s…what a blast.

One or two memories stand out.
Hot, sunny day, windows down on my ’72 Buick Skylark, stopped at a traffic light.
The Doors L.A. Woman comes on, so my volume goes up to 10 immediately.
It starts, with Ray Manzarek using keyboard synthesizer and faux bass licks intro…
As the lead guitar and drums blend in, and Jimmy starts singin’,
A stunning blonde in a car two lanes over hears it, looks at me, & flashes a smile that’d cure a homo.

Another one was the complete B-side a Cars cassette had 3 tunes, always played loud.
Bye, Bye Love, followed by Moving in Stereo / All Mixed Up. More obscure. Not overplayed on radio.
A similar loudly played jam by them was Stranger Eyes.
But, there’s enough YT vids posted on this thread already.
Anybody wants to hear those ones, go searching. They’re recommended.

Great to see so many additions thrown into the mix today.
I knew you bastards wouldn’t disappoint.

Rave on, monkeys. Rave on.