Fact #157706

“The 80s start here,” was the remarkably prescient headline when Melody Maker reviewed the first Cure album. With punk fast vanishing up its own piercings, here was that genre’s formerly vibrant spirit re-energised by a fresh, sophisticated approach to songwriting. Here too were sparkling guitar lines and dream-like lyrics that set The Cure apart from the mob. Although still teenagers they had already mastered the classic three-minute pop song format, but spiked it with lyrics that could encompass the starkly documentary suburban alienation of 10:15 Saturday Night and the literary eloquence of Killing an Arab’s take on war and racism.
(Source : Johnny Black)