See the Cars play their greatest hits at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2018 induction
The band opened with “You Might Think,” a brisk Top Ten single from 1984, which gave guitarist Elliot Easton a chance to play a crackerjack solo. The band then downshifted to stomp imposingly through “Moving in Stereo,” which originally appeared on their 1978 debut album.
’ first hit, which remains one of their most indelible releases. The crowd roared as soon as the band started the track’s chugging opening riff, and audience members jumped at the chance to shout the single’s rushing refrain: “Just what I needed!” On all three songs, Weezer’s Scott Shriner played bass in place of the Cars’ co-founder Benjamin Orr, who died in 2000.
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