I will confess to thinking that the idea of the New Cars, featuring Todd Rundgren on lead vocals and former Tube Prairie Prince on drums, was shameless. The lead singer and main songwriter isn’t involved, the other main singer is dead, and the drummer is not involved, presumably because he’s trapped under something heavy. Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes, it appeared, needed some money, and were not afraid to cash in on their former glory in order to get it.
And then I saw the video. Ho, ly, shit. Todd Rundgren is a dead ringer for Ric Ocasek. He even wears sunglasses in the video, like Ocasek was fond of doing. The song sounds like a vintage, Shake It Up-era track, no joke. Okay, the song’s not going to make anyone stop listening to “Just What I Needed,” but as comebacks go, this is better than you think.
To see the video, click here.
