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"Lovesong" (sometimes written as "Love Song") is a song by English rock band the Cure, released as the third single from their eighth studio album, Disintegration (1989), on 21 August 1989. The song saw considerable success in the United States, where it reached the number-two position in October 1989 and became the band's only top-10 entry on ...
"Friday I'm in Love" is a song by British rock band the Cure. Released as the second single from their ninth studio album, Wish (1992), in May 1992, the song became a worldwide hit, reaching number six in the UK and number 18 in the United States, where it also topped the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Songs of a Lost World was several years in the making, and is the Cure's first studio album since 4:13 Dream in 2008. The album was originally intended for release in 2019. [ 6 ] It is the band's first full-length album to feature Reeves Gabrels on guitar since he joined as a full time member in 2012, although he was previously featured on the ...
The Cure’s penchant for squalling psych-rock exorcisms reached a powerful zenith on this howl from the heart of 1992’s Wish. Almost eight minutes of typhoon rock bereft of flab or indulgence ...
The song's central hook is formed from a descending guitar riff which appears between song verses and in parts of the bridge and the last verse. This guitar line contrasts with the "fuzzier mix" of the rhythm guitars. [7] According to Smith, "The song is about hyperventilating—kissing and fainting to the floor."
Smith's guitar work was first heard on the first Cure single "Killing An Arab", which was released in December 1978, where Smith performed an intricate Middle Eastern sounding descending and ascending guitar riff to accompany the song, as well as the B-side "10:15 Saturday Night", where Smith played a heavily-distorted 'tremolo bar' solo.
Pearl Thompson (born Paul Stephen Thompson; [1] 8 November 1957) is an English musician and artist.Thompson is best known as a member of the English alternative rock band The Cure from 1983 to 1993 and from 2005 to 2011, during which he was credited as Porl Thompson and played mainly guitar with occasional keyboards and saxophone.
The Cure. Robert Smith – guitar, keyboards, vocals, recorder on "The Snakepit" and "Like Cockatoos" Simon Gallup – bass guitar; Porl Thompson – guitar, keyboards, saxophone on "Shiver and Shake" Lol Tolhurst – keyboards; Boris Williams – drums, percussion; Roger O'Donnell – keyboards on live tracks from the deluxe edition; Guest ...