― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 1 November 2002 21:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 1 November 2002 21:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Yancey (ystrickler), Friday, 1 November 2002 22:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
what ever happened to the robert smith solo album?
― kephm, Saturday, 2 November 2002 01:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
As for Smith being a lover, Custos, obv you're forgetting the Pornography sessions, which were apparently huge melees involving copious amounts of both alcohol and contusions.
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Saturday, 2 November 2002 02:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 2 November 2002 02:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Saturday, 2 November 2002 02:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 2 November 2002 03:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 2 November 2002 03:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 2 November 2002 04:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
"Putting my solo album out with the Cure album is because there's been so much speculation about it, it's been going on for so long, that if I put it out as a solo album, people will think "That's fucking awful". It's like it can't possibly be as good as people think it's going to be. So if it's free with the next Cure album, then people will think...if they don't like it then it doesn't matter, and if they do like it, they'll be getting two good albums for one. The real reason is that it takes all the pressure off me to feel...I've talked and talked about it, and I've been really worried that I'll bring it out and people will sort of go "Is that it?", you know, cause it happens all the time, you hear about an album and it's like, and then you hear it and it's like, it's fucking awful. For me it's kind of a way round a problem, cause I still get to release it, but it's no longer like, you know. And also I suppose, very importantly, I wouldn't have to promote it and I don't really want to do solo stuff"
Of course we can't ever *really* believe anything the man says in interviews...
― Paz, Saturday, 2 November 2002 04:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
Smith always wrote all the songs and made all the decisions regarding the direction of The Cure. There was a passage in 10 Imaginary Years that said something to the effect that "Democracy in the Cure meant that everyone did it my way, and we all shared in the writing credits."
If you look at it, The Cure has not been a real band since Michael Dempsey was kicked out before the Faith sessions. It was pretty much Robert Smith and Lawrence Tolhurst, the latter being kept around as an object of abuse. The line up shifted often throughout the 80's whenever studio work or touring was necessary.
I really loved The Cure when I was 12-14. Even then, the shtick started running thin. I really have no idea what they did after the released Wish. That album pretty much ended any fandom I had for them.
― Mike Taylor (mjt), Monday, 4 November 2002 07:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― esiotrot, Monday, 4 November 2002 09:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
I don't think Simon Gallup played on any of those albums. I know he didn't play on Japanese Whispers.
― Torstein Dyrnes (Toshy), Thursday, 14 November 2002 13:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 14 November 2002 18:23 (twenty-one years ago) link