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Classic Tuesdays – The Cure

This week’s Classic Tuesday is not only a love shared by myself, but also dad’s favourite bands that I grew up listening to. Crawley born The Cure, who formed in 1976, have shared many successes in different genres of music and suffered many changes in membership which has resulted in lead vocalist, guitarist and writer Robert Smith.

The Cure began their illustrious career in the 1970’s with their debut album Three Imaginary Boys. Their second single, “Boys Don’t Cry”, became a hit; this, along with several other singles, was part of the post-punk movement that had sprung up in the wake of the punk rock revolution in the UK. During the early 1980’s, the band’s twisted turn musically was the glue that began the emerging Gothic rock genre.

The Cure have been described musically as to of having “dominant, melodic bass lines; whiny, strangulated vocals; and a lyric obsession with existential, almost literary despair”. Their catchy and rhythmic lead guitar that sets up every song have been the ‘hum that song’ legends since their birth; ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ being the perfect example. Alongside that, ‘Friday I’m in Love’ which came from their second album ‘Wish’ is an all time personal favourite of mine. It won the European Viewer’s Choice for Best Music Video at the 1992 MTV Music Video Awards.

The band is estimated to have sold 27 million albums as of 2004 and have released thirteen studio albums, ten EPs and over thirty singles during their career

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