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January 6, 2021 MANIPULATION, ANYONE? Unlike most of the other tracks on this album, Wendy Time is not a lovely track to listen to, but if you’re writing a tune about shameless manipulation and terrible pick-up lines, you probably don’t want a lovely tune – but one that reflects the nausea-inducing scenario related. And in …
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December 31, 2020 The end of the year was rapidly approaching and two Cure albums are still queueing – I’d rather like to listen to them, so I better get finished with looking at Wish. LOVE GONE WRONG, LET ME COUNT THE WAYS (finale) Cut is a jagged sort of number, a lament for a …
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December 5, 2020 LOVE GONE WRONG, LET ME COUNT THE WAYS (continued) End was one of our personal favourites on Show, which we had for yonks before Wish. I guess we’re not particularly into shiny music most of the time, so a song like this appeals to us way more than Friday I’m In Love, …
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November 24, 2020 I’m really enjoying our new acquisition Wish, on multiple levels – musically there’s so much on there that’s lovely, and even the stuff that’s not I think is the way it is to reinforce the story told by the lyrics – e.g. Wendy Time isn’t exactly a beautiful song, but the quacking …
November 12, 2020 THE MAILBOX IS GROANING CDs have descended on our mailbox thick and fast and yesterday we found Pornography in it. OMG, the things that happen when you’re ordering from the Cure back catalogue… Alas, that and the self-titled are staying in their wrappers while I take a look at the …
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