The Cure

Festival 2005

Festival 2005 is a live DVD by The Cure released in late 2006. It was shot during the band's headlining shows at 9 European music festivals in the summer of 2005. The video features a variety of angles "captured by a mix of fans, crew and 'on-the-night-big-screen cameras'."[1] It was the first physical (non-digital download) release by the band since guitarist Porl Thompson returned to the lineup.

An extended play containing three of the tracks from the DVD was also made available.

Track listing

DVD

1."Open" (from Wish)

2."Fascination Street" (from Disintegration)

3."alt.end" (from The Cure)

4."The Blood" (from The Head on the Door)

5."A Night Like This" (from The Head on the Door)

6."The End of the World" (from The Cure)

7."If Only Tonight We Could Sleep" (from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me)

8."The Kiss" (from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me)

9."Shake Dog Shake" (from The Top)

10."Us or Them" (from The Cure)

11."Never Enough" (from Mixed Up)

12."The Figurehead" (from Pornography)

13."A Strange Day" (from Pornography)

14."Push" (from The Head on the Door)

15."Just Like Heaven" (from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me)

16."In Between Days" (from The Head on the Door)

17."From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" (from Wish)

18."The Drowning Man" (from Faith)

19."Signal to Noise" (B-side to "Cut Here")

20."The Baby Screams" (from The Head on the Door)

21."One Hundred Years" (from Pornography)

22."Shiver and Shake" (from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me)

23."End" (from Wish)

24."At Night" (from Seventeen Seconds)

25."M" (from Seventeen Seconds)

26."Play for Today" (from Seventeen Seconds)

27."A Forest" (from Seventeen Seconds)

28."Plainsong" (from Disintegration)

29."Disintegration" (from Disintegration)

30."Faith" (from Faith)

EP

1."alt.end" – 4:34

2."Push – 4:34

3."In Between Days" – 2:43

Personnel

•Simon Gallup - bass

•Robert Smith - vocals, guitar

•Porl Thompson - guitar

•Jason Cooper - drums

Notes

[1] "The Cure: Community: Festival 2005" (http://web.archive.org/web/20061215003458/http://www.thecure.com/community/ news_comment.asp?ParentAssetID=1509480&ArtistID=491&Start=&FullStory=Y&type=). The Cure: Official Site. Archived from the original (http://thecure.com/community/news_comment.asp?ParentAssetID=1509480&ArtistID=491&Start=&FullStory=Y&type=) on 2006-12-15. . Retrieved 2006-12-29.

External links

• Festival 2005 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0902271/) at the Internet Movie Database

Hypnagogic States

Hypnagogic States EP is an EP by The Cure, released on 13 September 2008. It contains remixes of the first four singles off of the band's album, 4:13 Dream: "The Only One", "Freakshow", "Sleep When I'm Dead" and "The Perfect Boy". The EP reached the number one in Spain. The album is the second remix album/EP by the Cure, following Mixed Up.

Background

Existence of the EP was made public by Robert Smith via an announcement on The Cure's website on 23 July 2008. The songs were remixed by Jared Leto of 30 Seconds to Mars, Jade Puget of AFI, Julien-K, Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, and Cure opener 65daysofstatic.[1] All profit generated by the release will benefit the International Red Cross.[2]

Release

In the statement about the release made on the band's website, Robert Smith remarked that there may be more than one remix EP, due to the amount of people wishing to remix the four songs. The track listing was announced by Robert Smith on the band's website on August 8, 2008. Due to the overpricing of the EP on iTunes, Robert Smith has urged people to wait until it is priced around £4.00 or less, than the £7.99 being charged by iTunes currently. The iTunes release contains an exclusive remix of "The Only One" by 65daysofstatic as track 6.

Track listing

1."The Only One" (Remix 4 by 30 Seconds to Mars) – 4:25

2."Freakshow" (Wolves at the Gate Remix) – 3:18

3."Sleep When I'm Dead" (Remix 4 by Gerard Way & Julien-K) – 4:04

4."The Perfect Boy" (Remix 4 by Patrick Stump / Pete Wentz) – 3:51

5."Exploding Head Syndrome" (4 Single Remix by 65daysofstatic) – 21:27

iTunes bonus track

1. "The Only One" (Remix 65 by 65daysofstatic) – 4:28

Charts

References

[1]Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Hypnagogic States" (http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1426272). Allmusic. All Media Guide. . Retrieved 2010-08-09.

[2]"The Cure – Hypnagogic States" (http://www.myspace.com/thecure). The Cure. . Retrieved 2010-08-09.

[3]" Lescharts.com – The Cure – Hypnagogic States EP" (http://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Cure& titel=Hypnagogic+States+EP&cat=s) (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.

[4]" Spanishcharts.com – The Cure – Hypnagogic States EP" (http://www.spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Cure& titel=Hypnagogic+States+EP&cat=s) Canciones Top 50. Hung Medien.

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Singles

"Killing an Arab"

"Killing an Arab"

Single by The Cure

Released December 1978 (UK)

February 1979 (UK reissue)

Recorded 1978

Genre Post-punk

Length 2:21

Label Small Wonder (1978)

SMALL11

Fiction Records (1979)

FICS001

Producer Chris Parry

The Cure singles chronology

"Killing an Arab" is the first single by The Cure. It was recorded at the same time as their first LP in the UK, Three

Imaginary Boys (1979) but not included on the album. However it was included on the band's first US album, Boys Don't Cry (1980).[1]

History

Composer Robert Smith has said that the song "was a short poetic attempt at condensing my impression of the key moments in L'Étranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus".[2] The lyrics describe a shooting on a beach, in which the Arab of the title is killed by the song's narrator; in Camus' story the protagonist, Meursault, shoots an Arab on a beach, overwhelmed by his surroundings. Meursault is condemned for his honesty about his feelings. He is considered an outsider (or "stranger") because "he refuses to lie" and "doesn't play the game".[3]

The track has a controversial history, since it has often been viewed as promoting violence against Arabs. In the US, The Cure's first compilation of singles, Standing on a Beach (1986), was packaged with a sticker advising against racist usage of the song. Smith and Elektra also requested that radio stations discontinue airing the song. It saw controversy again during the Persian Gulf War and following September 11th.[4] "Killing an Arab" was the only single from the Three Imaginary Boys era not to be included on that album's 2004 remaster although it remains available on the album Boys Don't Cry and Standing on a Beach.

The song was revived in 2005, when the band performed the song at several European festivals. The lyrics, however, were changed from "Killing an Arab" to "Kissing an Arab". Smith added a whole new opening verse when the band

performed it at the Royal Albert Hall, London on 1 April 2006 as "Killing Another". The "killing another" lyric was also used during the 2007-2008 4Tour.

The band performed the song as "Killing an Ahab" with lyrics inspired by Herman Melville on 2011's "Reflections" tour.[5][6]

This song lends two of its lines to the titles of one of The Cure's compilation albums, Standing on a Beach, and to its CD/video counterpart Staring at the Sea.

"Killing an Arab" has been covered by Frodus on the 1995 Radiopaque compilation Give Me The Cure, and again in 2004 by DJ Riton. Also, the Electric Hellfire Club copied it on their 2000 Cleopatra Records compilation Empathy for the Devil. Recently, Santigold covered the song at Lollapalooza 2009 and by Ya mum from Sydney in 2011.

In 2009, Speed Caravan, a French arabo andalusian music combo gathering Medhi Haddab, Pascal Teillet and Hermione Frank covered the song on their album "The kiss of electric sand" issued by Bower&Wilkins' Society of Sound.

Track listing

7" single

1."Killing an Arab"

2."10:15 Saturday Night"

Personnel

•Michael Dempsey – bass guitar

•Robert Smith – guitar, vocals

•Lol Tolhurst – drums

Notes

[1]De Muir, Harold. "An Interview With Robert Smith of The Cure" (http://www.musicfanclubs.org/cure/press/I94.html). Eastcoast Rocket. . Retrieved 27 April 2011.

[2]Cure News number 11, October 1991

[3]Camus, Albert, The Outsider, Penguin Classics, 1989, p. 118 (afterword by Albert Camus, 8 January 1955)

[4]Robb, Sean K. (29 October 2001). "'Oh God, not again': Robert Smith on Killing An Arab" (http://www.chartattack.com/news/2001/10/ 29/oh-god-not-again-robert-smith-on-killing-an-arab/). Chart. . Retrieved 8 October 2009.

[5]Ben Wener (23 November 2011). "Live review: The Cure’s Reflections at the Pantages" (http://soundcheck.ocregister.com/2011/11/23/ live-review-the-cures-reflections-at-the-pantages/86003/). The Orange County Register. . Retrieved 28 November 2011.

[6]Jon Caramanica (27 November 2011). "Goth Stalwarts in Gloomy Fettle Recall 3 Albums" (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/arts/ music/the-cures-reflections-tour-at-the-beacon-theater-review.html). The New York Times. . Retrieved 28 November 2011.

"Boys Don't Cry"

1986 cover

"Boys Don't Cry (New Voice · New Mix)" single cover.

"Boys Don't Cry" was the second single to be released by The Cure, released in June 1979. It was released in the UK as a stand-alone single, and was included as the title track on Boys Don't Cry, the American equivalent to Three Imaginary Boys.

History

Written by Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith, and Lol Tolhurst, the lyrics tell the story of a man who has given up trying to regain the love of a girl that he has lost, and tries to disguise his true emotional state by "laughing, hiding the tears in [his] eyes, 'cause boys don't cry".

In April 1986 it was re-released under the title "New Voice · New Mix", in which the original track was remixed and the vocals re-recorded. The new version has not appeared on any subsequent release by The Cure, but can be heard in the music video for "Boys Don't Cry". It was released to promote Standing on a Beach, however the original version of the song appears on the album.

Track listing

1979 release

7" single

1."Boys Don't Cry" - 2:34

2."Plastic Passion" - 2:15

1986 re-release

7" single - Polydor - 883 937-7 (FR)

1."Boys Don't Cry (Resung and Club Mixed Feb. '86)" - 2:38

2."Pill Box Tales" - 2:54

12" single

1."Boys Don't Cry (New Voice · Club Mix)"

2."Pill Box Tales" - 2:56

3."Do the Hansa" - 2:40

Personnel

•Michael Dempsey – bass guitar

•Robert Smith – vocals, electric guitar

•Lol Tolhurst – drums, percussion

Other versions

Use in film

The song has appeared in:

•The 1998 movie The Wedding Singer.

•A cover version, performed by Nathan Larson, was used as the title song of the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry.

•A cover version, performed by Grant-Lee Phillips, used in the soundtrack of the 2011 film Friends with Benefits.

•The 2006 film Starter for Ten.

•The 2006 French film "I Do", played during Luis's Cure phase.

•The 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist as Nick's cellphone ringtone (the band is referenced later in the film as one of Nick's favorite bands).

Covers

The song was covered by the Sacramento band Oleander. Their version appeared in their 1999 album February Son, and was released as a single in 2000. The band Reel Big Fish played a ska version of the song on their live album,

Our Live Album Is Better than Your Live Album.

Chart positions

"Boys Don't Cry (New Voice · New Mix)"

"Jumping Someone Else's Train"

"Jumping Someone Else's Train"

"Jumping Someone Else's Train" is a single by The Cure. The song was covered by the Brooklyn-based band "Luff" for the 2008 American Laundromat Records tribute album Just Like Heaven - A Tribute to The Cure and by Army Navy on Manimal Vinyl's tribute Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to The Cure.

History

During live performances, mostly during 1980 and 1981, the group would often segue into the instrumental "Another Journey by Train" after finishing this song. Also, they would occasionally segue into "Grinding Halt" from their debut album Three Imaginary Boys. Siouxsie Sioux contributed backing vocals to the B-side "I'm Cold".

Track listing

7" single

1."Jumping Someone Else's Train"

2."I'm Cold"

Personnel

•Michael Dempsey – Bass

•Robert Smith – guitar, vocals

•Lol Tolhurst – drums

•Siouxsie Sioux - backup vocals on "I'm Cold"