Aimee Mann covers The Cars: “Drive” (American Crime Story clip)

From American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, season 2, episode 4, aired February 7, 2018. As a very brief summary, the guy in the glasses is a cold-blooded killer, and the blonde guy is his (ex)lover who can’t seem to make up his mind about how to get away. The premise of season 2 is to chronicle the actions of spree killer Andrew Cunanan, who ultimately murdered Gianni Versace in 1997. As a long-time reader of true crime, the overarching idea is intriguing to me but the show itself struck me as particularly dark and ruthless. I may not have been quite in the right frame of mind for it tonight, or it might be because it’s just one unresolved piece of a longer story and I’m left with no resolution without watching the whole season… Regardless, Aimee Mann’s performance of “Drive” by The Cars is particularly sweet, and there’s an extra layer of coolness to it when one considers that she attended Berklee (like Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes) and launched her early 80s band, ‘Til Tuesday, from Boston with a little help from Ian Taylor and Syncro Sound Studios. This video is being uploaded as a supplement for an article I wrote about The Cars. Because the purpose is to non-commercially educate and offer a critical assessment, it is being uploaded under the terms of Fair Use. No copyright infringement intended. Read more about Benjamin Orr and The Cars on my blog: https://sweetpurplejune.wordpress.com/ I've also started a blog dedicated to Elliot Easton. Visit here: https://ellioteastonblog.wordpress.com/

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