Three Imaginary Boys

The Cure are probably the biggest band in the Alternative/Goth/Emo/Pop/Darkwave/Eighties genre and are one of my favourite bands.

I have however realised that people do have a preconception about The Cure. I realised this when I was walking to school one day wearing a Cure t-shirt. Two charming young men drove past me in their 'fully sick' Commodore, their matching rat tails were blowing majestically in the wind caused by their 'hectic' speeding. These two rather intelligent young men deemed it necessary to yell at me:

"The Cure?! Go eat a baby, you emo!"

To which, using all my dazzling wit, responded with a four letter word followed by "off!"

Now, I guess having the impression that The Cure is inherently depressing is not too far from the truth. Alot of their music isn't exactly cheery, which is why Three Imaginary Boys is such a good album.

It is The Cure's early work and is very different to their more well known stuff. The majority of the songs are actually upbeat and quite fast, rather than the slow depressing Cure we have come to know and love.

This album also features their iconic song Boys Don't Cry. But in my opinion this song while it is the best known is not the best on the album. My favourites are Killing An Arab, Fire in Cairo and 10:15 Saturday Night.

This first one, Killing an Arab actually was banned in America after 9/11 for fears it might insight violence towards Arabs. However, before you jump to any conclusions and raise your eyebrows in a disgusted manner, this song is not racist. It is about Albert Camus' book The Outsider. So don't worry it isn't racist it is just pretentious.

Killing an Arab


Fire In Cairo





10:15 Saturday Night

If you like this sort of thing then definetly check out the Album as it is much the same. And just for those of you who haven't heard it, here is Boys Don't Cry. Just so when you get into a conversation and someone says they like Boys Don't Cry you can say "Boys Don't Cry is alright, but I prefer some of the other songs of that album, like Fire in Cairo and 10:15 Saturday Night" causing the person you're talking to to think you are amazingly cultured.



And if you really like what you hear check out this site:
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Cure
it is pretty much a list of their discography plus similar bands, you can even buy their music here. Or just look at the album names and use torrents, it's up to you.