Benjamin Orr Electric Angel 1987 with The Cars Final Tour (with Benjamin)

Because the purpose is to non-commercially share the legacy of Benjamin and The Cars , these videos are being uploaded under the terms of Fair Use. No copyright infringement intended. If you enjoyed watching these videos please add a thumbs up and subscribe. These videos are uploaded from what was to be sadly their final tour with Benjamin and to watch these always feels a touch bitter sweet yet nevertheless I delight in watching Benjamin perform. According to setlist they did about 29 concerts. (www.setlist.fm/stats/concert-map/the-cars-7bd6bee8…) The last album with Benjamin Orr , Door To Door was released on Aug. 25, 1987, it remains their only non-Top 20 album, and the last record to include the band's original quintet. Elliot Easton, Gretravelledg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr and David Robinson had tied a best-ever finish with the No. 3 1984 smash Heartbeat City, a quadruple-platinum juggernaut. The Cars vowed to do things differently on their Door to Door album , finishing the album in four months, where Heartbeat City had taken nine. "It's more down-to-earth and less synthesized," Ocasek told the Boston Globe in 1987. "I like things to be more in disorder than order. That's why I have reservations about computer music." The Tour was very different from their past tours in that not all members of the band traveled together , in fact Benjamin did not like flying and decided to drive rather than fly. Greg Hawkes told the Toronto Star in 2011. “It was pretty easy to see why we stopped. A lot of the band members weren't getting along at the time. I know that Ric and Ben weren't getting along — and I still don't exactly know why." Of course you can read much more about this in the wonderful biography about Benjamin by Joe Milliken called Let's Go! Benjamin Orr and The Cars , I highly recommend this book for any fan , here is the website @ @ www.benorrbook.com/