The videos on the tape are still amazing, over 35 years later. Their hits are included, of course: “Rio,” “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “Girls on Film,” “Save a Prayer,” “Planet Earth” and the aforementioned “Is There Something I Should Know?” but also the less well-known videos like “Lonely In Your Nightmare,” “Careless Memories,” “My Own Way,” “Nightboat” and “The Chauffeur” (you’ll need to turn off parental controls to view that one).

And in case you need reminding of how amazing Simon LeBon looked in “Hungry Like the Wolf,” here are some stills I shot while watching it today.

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Heartbeat City is The Cars fifth studio album and it reached #3 on the US charts, #25 in the UK. Most music critics place The Cars in the new wave category but I’ve always had a hard time with this description, despite the sleek and prominent use of synths typical to the new wave label. To me The Cars are fairly straight-forward 80′s rock-n-roll. For evidence, I’ll just cite the fact that the track “Stranger Eyes” was used in the trailer for Top Gun (though it did not make it on to the movie’s soundtrack).

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