Was flipping through magazines at Ink on A (66 Avenue A) the other day... came across the March issue of Mojo, essentially a tribute to the Cure... including the band's 30 greatest songs... No. 1 on the magazine's list? "A Forest" from 1980 ...
Good pick, though not my No. 1.
This is all really subjective ... I'd put "The Catepillar" atop the list ... (No. 10 at Mojo)...
"Six Different Ways" would be in there (didn't even rate a mention in Mojo)...
... and "Primary" (No. 16 in Mojo)...
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.. and "In-Between Days" ... (No. 2 in Mojo)...
... and one that didn't make the list..."Cut Here"...
Been listening to healthy doses of the Cure these days. (More than usual.) Here's "Grinding Halt" from the soundtrack to the 1980 NYC classic "Times Square." (Not sure when this video was recorded in the 1980s...)
You can see "The Cure – Anniversary 1978-2018 Live in Hyde Park London" Thursday night at City Cinemas Village East, Second Avenue at 12th Street ... and the Regal Union Square on Broadway and 13th Street. Show time is 7 p.m. at both theaters.
Now enjoy this flashback to July 2, 1981, when the Cure played the Rock Werchter Festival. They were told to stop their set early to make way for Robert Palmer. So they ended with this 9-minute version of "A Forest"...
