I think I was introduced to The Cure via The Kiss in ’86? Although the album is lost in the mists of time, it was a big hit at our place. I bought a fair few more Cure albums, but the one that I mostly strongly associated with was this one:
Those haunting eyes on Fat Robbie… so, you know, “haunted”.
Anyhow, I took to listening to this tape in 1988 while on student exhange. My friends there were all New Wavers, and an album like this just made me fit right in.
Sad really.
Oh, favourite song? Fascination Street.
27 July, 2009 at 12:59 am
didn’t this one come out during your second stay? for some reason, i associate this album with you a little and have an image of a gathering at the smuts house. i’m wondering if that was the first time i saw you upon your return.
27 July, 2009 at 7:34 am
i have this really vivid memory of lying on the bed at the wrights’ house, wearing a walkman, and watching the fan spin.