I think this is a Robert quote from an old Cure news because the others are from the old list I found, but in any case, this is what I saved at one point years back about this song:
A childhood dream (nightmare) that came true with adolescence.
The archetypal Cure sound, it was probably the turning point when people started listening to the group and thinking we could achieve something, including me.
As far as I'm concerned, every Cure concert should end with this as the very lost song. And the better the crowd, the longer the version gets played.
Lyrically, I love how the song works on multiple levels.
And Simon's bass line is perfection.
I love this idea. I love long versions of this song. I would gladly forgo ibd, and whatever other songs they want to nix to have a longer version of this.
As far as I'm concerned, every Cure concert should end with this as the very lost song. And the better the crowd, the longer the version gets played.
Lyrically, I love how the song works on multiple levels.
And Simon's bass line is perfection.
I love this idea. I love long versions of this song. I would gladly forgo ibd, and whatever other songs they want to nix to have a longer version of this.
They can't pull it off today the way they used to in 1992... unfortunately. I must say it had its fantastic moments in each year until that year. Of course 1992 was outstanding, but it should be pointed out that the frantic, 10 minute versions between 1986 and 1989, especially 1987 were just as amazing and wild.
'The' The Cure song. Finding meaning, in a meaningless world. Perhaps, influenced by Camus' notion of the Absurd. This passage from Leo Tolstoy's 'A Confession' has a similar line of thought..."Had I simply understood that life had no meaning I could have borne it quietly, knowing that that was my lot. But I could not satisfy myself with that. Had I been like a man living in a wood from which he knows there is no exit, I could have lived; but I was like one lost in a wood who, horrified at having lost his way, rushes about wishing to find the road. He knows that each step he takes confuses him more and more, but still he cannot help rushing about".
To put these complex ideas into an incredible atmospheric song with that racing heartbeat bassline is just so impressive.
Last Edit: Feb 17, 2020 12:18:32 GMT 1 by lastdance