I was never that into The Cure. I mean, I liked some of the singles- Boys Don't Cry say, The Lovecats, Just Like Heaven- it'd be stupid not to. But I didn't buy them. It was their fans I think and those silly shapeless, holey jumpers and messed up hair. Irritated me. And they did spend some time ripping off New Order's sound. Pop-goths. Pah. Hence, I stood against The Cure, despite having the Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me lp on tape and playing it secretly. There's no denying some of their songs though two decades later, like this one.
In Between Days
Never a big fan myself. Goths irritated me. Have to admit liked this, Close To You and Pictures of Me though
ReplyDeleteThis? Absobloominlutely - many's the student bop had to it. Also 'A Forest' their Peel Sessions, 'Disintegration' - I like the doomy stuff much more than the happy-poppy stuff, in fact.
ReplyDeleteI thought everybody loved the Cure during their teenage years? I certainly did. I only listen to Seventeen Seconds now though. And I miss scruffy looking students, they all look so fucking presentable these days.
ReplyDeleteSomehow there was a Cure v Smiths/New Order divide in the 6th form. And I know which side of that I was on. Speaking as a teenager who tried to dress like either Bernard Sumner or Johnny Marr the Robert Smith look didn't do it for me.
ReplyDeleteAnd you're right about A Forest Davy, especially the 12" version.
ReplyDelete... nothing beats the the 12" version of 'Primary' though, friends ...
ReplyDeleteYes, the extended 'A Forest' is my default one, it's magnificent. The Peel Session version at 5'45 is also cracking.
ReplyDeleteMaybe students 'all look so fucking presentable these days' because only the rich can afford to go to university now, Tog : (
Good point Davy.
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