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Concert: The Cure Live is the first live album by English rock band the Cure.It was recorded in 1984 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London and in Oxford during The Top tour. The cassette tape edition featured, on the B-side, a twin album of anomalies, titled Curiosity (Killing the Cat): Cure Anomalies 1977–1984.
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976 by guitarist, lead vocalist, and main songwriter Robert Smith and drummer Lol Tolhurst. [1] Throughout numerous lineup changes since the band's formation, including stints of guitarist Pearl Thompson and drummer Boris Williams, Smith has remained the only constant member, though bassist Simon Gallup has been present for ...
"10:15 Saturday Night" is widely regarded as one of the Cure's best songs. In 2019, Billboard ranked the song number ten on their list of the 40 greatest Cure songs, [ 5 ] and in 2023, Mojo ranked the song number five on their list of the 30 greatest Cure songs.
"Killing an Arab" is the debut single by English rock band the Cure. It was recorded at the same time as their first album Three Imaginary Boys (1979), but not included on the album. However, it was included on the band's first US album, Boys Don't Cry (1980). [2] The song's title and lyrics reference Albert Camus's novel The Stranger.
"A Forest" has become the song most performed by the Cure, with over 1,000 live appearances. [7] A live version of "A Forest" appeared on a four-song edition of The Hanging Garden released in July 1982. [20] It was performed with a "rough, punk-edged" sound on the 1984 live album Concert: The Cure Live. [21]
Cure frontman Robert Smith wrote the song in memory of his friend Billy Mackenzie, the lead singer of the new wave band Associates, who committed suicide in 1997. [2] The title of the song does not relate directly to the lyrical content; it is an anagram of "The Cure".
This may have contributed to the songs on the album being heavier than previous material by the band. Smith described the record as "Cure heavy", as opposed to "new-metal heavy". [2] Robinson said The Cure's usual process was to first create the music and Smith would later bring the lyrics. He said he encouraged Smith to write the lyrics first ...
In 2019, Billboard ranked the song number three on their list of the 40 greatest Cure songs, [11] and in 2023, Mojo ranked the song number two on their list of the 30 greatest Cure songs. [ 12 ] John Leland at Spin said, "It has the bittersweet feel of a New Order record, with a hyperstrummed acoustic guitar for depth.