Shake POLL Shake: The Cure's "The Top"

so is "the empty world" just a rippling fart for 2:36? It's not among the four or so tracks I kept from this.

Glad that the Caterpillar won, but also that there were more loony diehards not voting for it than silent squares voting for it.

Even as a saddo fan of "Dressing Up" I have to say that I feel no remorse for voting here for GIVE ME IT GIVE ME IT!!! For me that one is probably in my top 20 Cure songs of all time.

wish i listened to this one more time before voting.

have no regrets, however, for voting "Give Me It."

You did the right thing.

so is "the empty world" just a rippling fart for 2:36? It's not among the four or so tracks I kept from this.

it's the one with the fife and drum; it sounds more like a B-side than the actual b-sides.

The imagery in "The Empty World" is fantastic

Like, it seems to be about a little girl playing war games with her toys, but it also kind of seems to be about someone's psychosis causes the apocalypse.

OTM - it's a variant on "Games Without Frontiers"

I've always liked "The Empty World", I don't know why it gets no love. I think Robert's singing really matches the despair of the lyrics.

I'm glad I gave "Wailing Wall" its only vote. Another underrated gem IMO.

"The Empty World" was another song based on the book Charlotte Sometimes.

listening to this right now. they played so many The Top songs in this summer tour, seeing them live this year was one of the few AMAZING things that happened this year.

"This girl has got a smile
That can make me cry
This girl just burns with love
She's burning burning deep outside

Night time night time
Sets my house on fire
I'll turn into the melting man
I'll lose my life
To feel I feel desire"

this results are whacked but i think ILM was in burn out mode from all the Cure polls at the time, we had poll after poll.

after listening right now:

The Empty World >>> Bananafishbones

don't think i would change my vote from up-thread: "Give Me it" but i could see voting differently today. also now one of my favorite Cure albums, never thought i would say that.

I still really love this era and the Japanese Whispers stuff. wasn't it around this time that Chris Parry gave Smith a bit of a lecture/pep-talk about doing too many drugs? the story is in Ten Imaginary Years I think. also isn't one of the songs pitched at slightly the wrong speed and it was sorted out on the reissue?

I love the way the drums are treated on 'The Empty World' ... that cavernous bottom end mixed with the relatively tighter sounding snare.

also isn't one of the songs pitched at slightly the wrong speed and it was sorted out on the reissue?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Grk9uD-cbM

My best image.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_WvRGacwQU

it's classic

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and because i was at this fucking amazing show

our version of rock:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_WvRGacwQU

sorry

"Our version of rock:"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgFcfR12HNw

i can't believe how gread this band is and how good, in particularity this album is. last one for my drunk Friday night. my all-time favorite band and it really isn't even close:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNBrJy4Y4dk

bonus, because this is actually a good live, at the time, version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa2Y1H9bIU8