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What I like so much about The Cure 's 1992 "Friday I'm in Love" is that it's such so lush, between Robert Smith's faintly throaty voice and the energetic instrumentals and the polished production. I really regret that I can't embed the music video here , since the video--to my mind, at any rate--but their 1989 "Lovesong" , which fortunately has a video that can be embedded, shares the same vibes.
Take a string section. Add two dancers from the Royal Ballet, dry ice and a little old lady in a floral print dress. Sing. The Cure in 1983 - utterly, perfect, glorious madness. Robert Smith is a god.
Robert Smith & Co. are still ticking (and typing ), but their long, storied career's more than worthy a tribute. We mentioned Perfect As Cats: A Tribute To The Cure last month when offering up Bats For Lashes' cover of Seventeen Seconds ' " A Forest ." The two-disc comp also includes this cover of later-period Cure's "Disintegration" by meditative, multi-tasking post-folk Pennsylvanians Lewis & Clarke....
Nobody does punk and gothic rock better than The Cure. Iconic frontman Robert Smith is famed for his mad hair, eyeliner and lipstick and depressing, yet still incredibly catchy songs. The Cure were founded in England in 1976 and were initially called The Easy Cure. Their first album Three Imaginary Boys was released in 1979, and [...]
Photo: Getty Images 1. The Cure, "Exploding Head Syndrome (65 Days of Static Remix)" Robert Smith wrote an angry letter to his label about the band's newest EP, in which he said of the above megamix, "YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO PAY £4.83 FOR THE 65DOS REMIX…!!! WHO THE FUCK IS GOING TO PAY THIS AND NOT FEEL TOTALLY RIPPED OFF?" We're quoting him out of context, but we totally agree. [ Pitchfork ] 2. Lupe...
Filed under: News , Gettin' Paid , Holy Hell , New Music Spinner.com : Cure frontman Robert Smith has come out swinging against iTunes over the UK pricing of the group's new remix EP, 'Hypnagogic States.'In an expletive laden e-mail to the company, posted in its entirety on the Cure's official blog, Smith says iTunes... Read more
Photo: Magunia/Getty The Cure’s Robert Smith has lashed out at both iTunes UK and his record label after the band’s new remix EP Hypnagogic States hit the digital music service with an inflated price tag. “5 tracks for £7.99? For fucks sake!” rants Smith in an open letter to his label before complaining that the overpriced [...]
You'd think Robert Smith would be in a pretty good mood this week, what with a new EP by the Cure, Hypnagogic States , being out and featuring remixes of the band's new songs by young turks like Patrick Stump and an unidentified member of 30 Seconds To Mars. But he's less than pleased—not because of the music, but because of the price point that was bestowed on his album by whoever placed it to the...
Rockers THE CURE are urging fans to boycott music download service iTunes - because the website's bosses are charging an "absurd" price for their EP HYPNAGOGIC STATES. ...
The Cure’s new album 4:13 Dream is due for release in a little less than a month, and the band has just released an EP of remixes featuring the first ...
"5 TRACKS FOR £7.99? FOR ****S SAKE!" The Cure frontman Robert Smith has posted a furious rant against iTunes on the band's official site over pricing for a charity EP the band has released. ... Read Robert Smith rants about iTunes pricing on Pocket-lint now
As promised, the Cure's emo-friendly Hypnagogic States EP -- complete with remixes of those LP13 pre-release singles by 30 Seconds To Mars, AFI, 65 Days Of Static, and Fall Out Boy -- is out. The royalties will benefit The International Red Cross. Robert doesn't want you to buy it just yet, though, because it's priced too high on iTunes. In true emo spirit, he wrote his label a dramatic letter worthy...
