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Wow, the Cars back story, thanks man. It has taken on a whole new meaning for me. That ASD bit is very interesting too.

I've heard covers of Are Friends Electric, but never the original. Here I go!

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Wow, the Cars back story

That ASD bit is very interesting too

I kinda feel like I almost get him now. His obsession has always been technology, and Cars shows you his fascination/obsession/introspection (especially if you watch the interview I'm about to link to). If your typical artist were to make song about cars, typically, you'd expect the artist to use cars as a muse to brag in some way.. But he's focused on how cars make him feel, the song isn't for other's, or about communicating a message, it's about/for him.. Just like the rest of his songs

But yeah, after I saw this interview when I was on my listening binge, it changed everything about his music to me. His songs have different meaning now (the part where he speaks about how ASD has affected him as an individual and a musician is around 7:15, it's very interesting imo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTKHZeP-IZQ