Ric Ocasek

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Ric Ocasek (born Richard Otcasek on March 23, 1944, died September 15, 2019) was the vocalist and frontman for The Cars and a producer for several other groups, including Bad Brains, Suicide and Weezer. Ocasek released his first solo album in 1982. Beatitude is a somewhat more experimental variation of The Cars' New Wave rock sound. A more synthesizer-heavy follow up, This Side Of Paradise, was released in 1986. A minor hit, "Emotion In Motion" accompanied the album. <a href="https://www.last.f

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5 total works indexed

1. KBase: The United States Department of Energy Systems Biology Knowledgebase

   · 2018 · cited 1,520x

2. Embodiment in Attitudes, Social Perception, and Emotion

   · 2005 · cited 997x

3. Plant molecular stress responses face climate change

   · 2010 · cited 892x

4. Untargeted large-scale plant metabolomics using liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry

   · 2007 · cited 843x

5. Mefloquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum and increased pfmdr1 gene copy number

   · 2004 · cited 686x

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Quotes

• “Oh, there's got to be true love, true love True love just to make it Oh, there's got to be true love, true love True love just to take it.”
• “Well you're looking for another end Doing time But you still can't turn away Well you're looking for a real friend Any kind That wants to play the games you play On this side of paradise Where you're never going to go through twice Stay tuned at any price To this side of paradise.”
• “You've got to keep yourself well amused Pay no attention to the faulty news Set yourself on automatic cruise Sometimes you just got to lose On this side of paradise You're never going to go through twice Stay tuned at any price To this side of paradise. You're on this side of paradise.”

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