{"product_id":"the-cars-the-cars-4","title":"The Cars – The Cars","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"80\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"80\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"114\" data-start=\"82\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"92\" data-start=\"82\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Cars | \u003cem data-end=\"114\" data-start=\"104\"\u003eThe Cars\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"175\" data-start=\"116\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"146\" data-start=\"116\"\u003eYear\/Genre\/Sub-Genre\/City:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1978,  New Wave, Boston\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"197\" data-start=\"177\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"190\" data-start=\"177\"\u003eMatrix #:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6E 135\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"235\" data-start=\"199\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"213\" data-start=\"199\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e VG+ sounds great (TC)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"256\" data-start=\"237\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"256\" data-start=\"237\"\u003eCultural Facts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"812\" data-start=\"257\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"437\" data-start=\"257\" data-section-id=\"1vtsglo\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"281\" data-start=\"260\"\u003ePersonal Struggle\u003c\/strong\u003e Ric Ocasek had spent years in failed bands and dead-end scenes before this, arriving at success older and more hardened than many so-called new wave peers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"625\" data-start=\"438\" data-section-id=\"19aaua5\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"455\" data-start=\"441\"\u003eBand Drama\u003c\/strong\u003e The Cars looked sleek and controlled, but their dynamic depended on tension between Ocasek’s detached writing and Benjamin Orr’s more direct charisma and vocal presence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"812\" data-start=\"626\" data-section-id=\"jtdve3\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"648\" data-start=\"629\"\u003eMedia Narrative\u003c\/strong\u003e Their debut helped make new wave commercially viable in America, translating art-school cool and synth textures into something radio could sell at a massive scale.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Power Plant Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45811006668987,"sku":"","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/4204\/1658\/files\/R-2763010-1688097780-2013.jpg?v=1712016807","url":"https:\/\/power-plant-records.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cars-the-cars-4","provider":"Power Plant Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}