Re: Songs that made you realize your favorite band was going downhill
The Cars - Shake it Up
How can both the worst song and the best song the Cars ever did (Since You're Gone) can be one after the other on the same album is inexplicable. The first two Cars albums are classics, and the third one was exhilerating, experimental and dark...and boded well for the band's future. But then the two subsequent albums (Shake it Up and Heartbeat City), while having its share of joyful music, got more "pop" and less interesting. By the time the last Cars album, Door to Door, came out, their sound was a mess.
It would've been interesting if instead of going in the direction they did with Shake it Up, The Cars and principal song writer Ric Ocasek had instead delved even deeper into the dark side that their third album, Panorama, promised. If all you know of the Cars are their hits, you should check out this album.
But hey, even their later albums have some really great songs.
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