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The Cars - Dangerous Type (Original Post) splunge63 5 hrs ago OP
They were much better than the credit they have received. twodogsbarking 4 hrs ago #1
Well, They Did Make The HoF ProfessorGAC 1 hr ago #5
Their sound was distinctive but not always the same. So versatile. Gone but not. twodogsbarking 1 hr ago #6
My Take Is... ProfessorGAC 46 min ago #7
This Song Made Me Glad I Bought A Talkbox ProfessorGAC 2 hrs ago #2
Hawkes had it going on splunge63 1 hr ago #3
You Bet ProfessorGAC 1 hr ago #4

ProfessorGAC

(77,606 posts)
7. My Take Is...
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 01:52 PM
46 min ago

...that nobody sounded like them before & nobody has sounded like them since.
Like you said; very distinctive.

ProfessorGAC

(77,606 posts)
2. This Song Made Me Glad I Bought A Talkbox
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 11:47 AM
2 hrs ago

I couldn't justify a vocoder, as what Greg Hawkes used at the end where the keyboard says "Dangerous Type" but I rigged the talkbox to do it.
Added just the right flair to make the song cool.

ProfessorGAC

(77,606 posts)
4. You Bet
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 01:07 PM
1 hr ago

He wasn't a great player, but he sure knew how to add texture.
And the way he worked with Elliott Easton was outstanding.
Could hear everything both of them were doing, but they never got in one another's way.

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