One of the best singles bands ever. For all the dark emotive stuff they do on their albums. For all their dark gothic fans. The Cure made a succession of classic pop singles in the Eighties. Their greatest hits set is full of these brilliant pop songs. Where a lot of Best ofs contain album tracks their first one was just single after single.
Even when they got to their second best of album the first bunch of songs continues to be simply great.
I first heard this song at the Venetian Room in the heart of Melbourne. Ronny and Michael had this upstairs club in a pub which was very cool. Great stage. High DJ box. I even got to do a bit of DJing there myself and met Jason who would later come and help me start the Lizard Lounge. A lot of great bands played gigs there even though the place was quite small. The Go Betweens and The Church to name a couple. A totally brilliant gig. Little Murders played their final gig gig there too in 1985. We were talked into coming back and playing some bigger venues like the Prince of Wales and the Jump Club I guess to pay off bills. And we're still coming back. But that night at the Venetian is still a magical memory for me.
I've seen the Cure a few times. From playing little pubs in Melbourne on the same stages we played . Through to the huge Rod Laver Arena back in the 90s. Never got the same thrill as when I heard this song and others like it busting out of the record player though.
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