Cars Movie Soundtrack (Sheryl Crow - Real Gone)
Cars is a 1979 song by British artist Gary Numan released as a single from the album The Pleasure Principle He reached the top of the charts in several countries, and is now considered a new wave base in the UK charts, it reached number 1 in 1979 and 1980 hit number 1 in Canada for two consecutive weeks on the single national graphical RPM 2 3 and increased to US Billboard 9 issue of Hot 100 While Numan had hits chain in the United -um, Cars was the only song in the US Hot 100. It debuted on American Top 40 March 29, 1980 and spent a total of 17 weeks in the AT40, peaking at 9 Cars was released under the Atco label with catalog number 7211.
The song was the first release credited solely to Gary Numan after dropping the name of Tubeway Army Group under which name he had released four singles and two albums, including the number one hit in the UK are Electric friends and its parent album , Replicas Musically, the new song was a little lighter and more pop-oriented than its predecessors, Numan conceding later that he was successful in graphic spirit This was the first time I wrote a song with intended perhaps it could be at once; I wrote this before Are Friends Electric arrived 4.
Cars based on two sections of a musical instrumental break verse and a bridge Recording features a classic rock rhythm section of bass and drums, although the rest of the instruments used are mainly Minimoog analog synthesizer bass riff INCREASE recognizable the song and the keyboard Polymoog, providing lines of austere synthetic strings on the bass riff the bridge section also includes part of tambourine vocal Numan is sung in an almost expressionless style robotics There is no chorus in as such song is also instrumental 1 30 points until the end.
According to Numan, the song's lyrics were inspired by a driving rage incident.
I was in traffic in London once and had a problem with some people before they tried to beat me and get me out of the car, I closed my door and finally led to the sidewalk and got away from them it is kind of done with this he explains how you can feel safe in a car in the modern world when you are in, your whole mentality is different, it's like your own little personal empire with four wheels on the 5.
The selected Numan backing band music video then underway, including Billy Currie of Ultravox band although it has not actually played on the registration of cars towards the end of the video, a multitude of Gary Numans are represented driving in upright position, into an imaginary steering wheel along a Polymoog keyboard.
The British original single was released in August 1979 backed with a non-instrumental track album entitled The Asylum United States B-side was metal, the album pleasure principle The track was a hit in the UK Top 20 in Numan 3 successive decades on its original 1979 decision number 1; in 1987 as the E model Reg remix outlet number 16; and again in 1996 following its use in a commercial for the number of beer Carling Premier 17 Numan regularly performed the song on stage since its original version and it appears on all but one of its official live albums to date .
An official list of selected live recordings and remixes of Numan.
White Noise 1985 live recording also published on EP Live.
Cars Reg E Model 1987 remix released into 7 unique 12 with two other mixtures 1987 and the compilation album Exposure.
The Peel Sessions Volume 2 1987 1979 live recording studio for BBC Radio 1 John Peel issue published as EP.
Sprint Cars 93 1993 remix EP released in 1987 as two of three mixtures and other mixtures in 1993 and the compilation album The Best of Gary Numan 1978 1983.
Cars First Mix 1996 reissued rebadged 1987 remix released as a single and The Premier Hits compilation album.
Mix the mixture 1998 three remixes Spahn Ranch, Talla 2XLC Mix and JLAB.
Live at Bush Empire 2004 live recording from Shepherd.
Life Ornaments 80 2005 reissued expanded live recording originally released in 1981 under Cars.
Hiding all the stars Michael Woods Remix Chicane, 2009.
Numan made cars using a set of two dozen cars and their horns in an innovative trade for 2010 DieHard All were powered cars one battery James Frost Zoo Films directed the video and Synn Labs who had previously worked with the OK Go designed cars 17.
Fear Factory A group of American heavy metal, has recorded a version of cars and released as the second single from her third studio album, Obsolete The song was included as a bonus track on the digipack reissue limited edition obsolete and would be instrumental Fear Factory to break into the mainstream in their interpretation, Gary Numan performs a duet with vocalist Burton C Bell.
According to Bell, around 1996, the group began playing Cars as yet to European concerts spread that Fear Factory was performing the song and following manager Gary Numan in contact with them, upon request, the direction of Numan he has flew to Vancouver studio for a period of three days to record vocals on the group Cars Numan also asked to record a speech piece for the introduction of 18 Obsolete.
Numan was a longtime aversion to be associated with what he perceived as dated music, what made him first apprehensive to work with Fear Factory until he realized that there was a chance that this could introduce me to a new generation of people who did not know my story and that can be helpful, because my music was much heavier and darker anyway the result would be satisfactory to both parties, and Numan made praised as brilliant group, really easy to work with, they didn t have a bad word to say About somebody 19.
The contrast made somewhat unusually lively and bright with Fear Factory's reputation for intense grinding metal, while the intensive use of the synthesizer and other electronic components corresponds to an industrial-style drummer Raymond Herrera group described coverage as fundamentally as a plan of a futuristic car he said that while other songs were considered, the group chose cars because all the group members knew and appreciated and because alternative keyboards Herrera Fear Factory sound later noted that the group would first register the day of the New year U2, but Cars has chosen because they had the chance to have participate Numan Fear Factory cover later a U2 song different, I Will Follow, in 2005 20.
Cars have been important in the state of Obsolete as the biggest selling album of Fear Factory in 2001, it had sold over 750,000 copies 21 According to Herrera, the cover has received more enthusiastically than the UK in the original US group, which has been validated by its graphics state During the promotion of the song, Gary Numan joined the group for a concert in Brixton London 22 great enthusiasm.
After the trade publication list RR Radio Cars as the most added track at both the active rock and mainstream rock in May 1999, the song got breaker status and continued to sweep the table car debuted and peaked at number 57 in the UK Singles Chart 9 23 October.
Numan also appears in the sci-fi music video, directed by John S Bartley and filmed in Vancouver, which began in June 1999 Bell enthusiastically described the video as ambitious with Stanley Kubrick-type vibe to it.
Bartley to Gary and me in the harness and we had to simulate floating in space We were floating around that scrapped on 79 Trans he had for this car in the space, and we're coming to what they had another 70 Trans Am that was transformed into a spaceship, and that s what we drive in this work was wicked It was amazing it was like a dream come true 24.
The song appeared on compilations such as the soundtrack Freddy Got Fingered, GT2 Music at the speed of sound Kerrang Vol 2 album and rock monsters in the video game Test Drive 6 October 1999, a version called Cars MPH Mix appeared on NASCAR crank It Up in 2002 from late 1999 to early 2000, the Fear Factory version was used in an advertisement for Blue by the credit card company American Express.
The track was included on the Best of Fear Factory in 2006 Numanoid Cars Mix, a version containing only Numan voice, appeared on the rarities compilation Hatefiles in April 2003 Stewie sings a parody of the song at the end of the episode Family Guy Whistle While your wife works as a way to make fun of how stupid Brian his girlfriend.
In 1980, Frank Zappa played cars during live shows, but sang the lyrics of his song in France instead of originals When in France was released on his 1984 album Them or us he got his own blues background instead 25 Kool G Rap DJ Polo released their own version of hip hop cars on their debut album road to Riches in 1989 SF Bay area Lifeunderwater band covered the song on guitar during their concerts in the late 1980s cars was covered by Judybats on 1991 single daylight and shampoo only on the Power girl in 1995 Dave Clarke performed the song on the tribute album randomly in 1997 Nine Inch Nails performed cars several times during their Wave Goodbye tour 2009, Numan singing.
On December 21, 1999, during a performance of Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the band Luscious Jackson segued into a variation on cars titled Sleds, using the same music but changing the words to describe winter activities 26.
The song was also heavily sampled in the song in 2000 Koochy by Armand Van Helden 27 reaching # 4 in the UK Singles Chart The rhythm was later used for the song Hot Wheels by the hip hop group Jim Crow for 2009 songs Hiding all the stars by Chicane and trucks by J Dilla both samples cars 28 29 the new car song by Cledus T Judd used the instrumental cars after each chorus, partially executed with horns song was remixed with Technologic by Daft Punk with Here Comes My DJ by Grandmaster flash is presented as a playable track in DJ Hero Toronto quartet -Based Sloan alternative rock produced a version of the song in June 2011 for the series Undercover AV AV club 30.
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