The Cure FAQ
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The Cure FAQ

All That’s Left to Know About the Most Heartbreakingly Excellent Rock Band the World Has Ever Known

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eBook - ePub

The Cure FAQ

All That’s Left to Know About the Most Heartbreakingly Excellent Rock Band the World Has Ever Known

About this book

Led by the iconic frontman Robert Smith, the Cure remain one of the most beloved and influential bands in the history of alternative rock. Thanks in part to classic singles like "Just Like Heaven," "Boys Don't Cry," "Lovesong," "In Between Days," and many others, the Cure have sold millions of records worldwide and have performed in front of countless fans in every corner of the globe. Albums like Disintegration, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, and The Head on the Door are universally hailed as landmarks of the genre.

For the first time, The Cure FAQ covers the band's forty-plus year career while offering fresh insight into each song in the Cure's vast canon. Each album is dissected and reviewed with candid commentary and extensive research. With their March 2019 entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame firmly establishing the Cure's place in the musical stratosphere, the timing for a career overview is perfect and The Cure FAQ delivers.

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Table of contents

  1. Foreword: Wind on My Face, Sound in My Ears by Mark Saunders
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction: O Death . . . Rock Me
  4. 1 Sordid Details Following: Robert Smith
  5. 2 So Close to Something Better Left Unknown: The Formative Years
  6. 3 Radio-Friendly Unit Shifters: Chris Parry and Fiction Records
  7. 4 Degenerate the Faithful: ā€œKilling an Arabā€
  8. 5 You Would Cry Too: Three Imaginary Boys
  9. 6 Ticking Away the Moments: Seventeen Seconds
  10. 7 Thunder in Our Hearts: Simon Gallup
  11. 8 The Ghosts of My Life: Faith
  12. 9 Bereft in Deathly Bloom: The Cure in Goth
  13. 10 Sex Is Violent: Pornography
  14. 11 Once Upon a Time in a Land Called Fantasy: The Pop Singles
  15. 12 Pictures Came and Broke Your Heart: The Cure in Video
  16. 13 Twisted Under Sideways Down: The Glove’s Blue Sunshine
  17. 14 A Siren Singing You to Shipwreck: Robert Smith as a Banshee
  18. 15 Feed Your Head: The Top
  19. 16 Lost in Motion, Locked Together: The Extended Cure
  20. 17 Never Quite as It Seems: The Head on the Door
  21. 18 Hold on to These Moments as They Pass: The Cure Compiled
  22. 19 Started Out Down a Dirty Road: The Cure in Concert, Part 1 (1976–1986)
  23. 20 There’s Fever in the Funk House, Now: Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
  24. 21 What You Had and What You Lost: Disintegration
  25. 22 Playing That Organ Must Count for Something: Laurence Tolhurst
  26. 23 Feel Like Swirling and Dancin’: Mixed Up, Torn Down, and the Remixes
  27. 24 I Will Rise . . . and You’ll See Me Return: Wish
  28. 25 Reach Out and Touch the Flame: The Cure’s Live Albums and DVDs
  29. 26 The Rhythm Has Control: The Drummers
  30. 27 Believe Me, I’m Going to Be Big: The Cure in Popular Culture
  31. 28 We’ve All Gone Crazy Lately: Wild Mood Swings
  32. 29 The Good Old Days May Not Return: The Cure in Concert, Part 2 (1987–1999)
  33. 30 Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: Bloodflowers
  34. 31 This and That, These and Those: The Cure’s Hidden Gems
  35. 32 Just When You Think You’ve Got It Down: The Cure
  36. 33 Seemed So Very Real: 4:13 Dream
  37. 34 I Guess I’ll Know When I Get There: The Cure in Concert, Part 3 (2000–2019)
  38. 35 They Shine for You, They Burn for All to See: The Cure’s Legacy
  39. Selected Bibliography