Classic Rock

THE CARS HEARTBEAT CITY

Ialways wanted our songs to pop and kick,” The Cars’ Ric Ocasek told me in 2005. And on the band’s fifth album, Heartbeat City, they did just that.

You might think of the pop in Pop Art terms: bold colours, sleek lines; bangvroom choruses, the kick

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