New Wave/Synthpop songs ranked from #200 to #1, one per day.
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Just Missed My Top 200: The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
This is the song that made The Cure stars. The year was 1979, disco and punk were waging war on the charts, and along came Robert Smith and his band of dark, brooding goths. The look was different, the sound was different, and the record-buying public ate it up. The Cure's career was off to a flying start. Note: avoid the awful 1986 re-recording of this song, which seems to have had every ounce of soul and emotion drained from the vocals by studio shenanigans and a misguided desire by Smith to sound more "mature". No, like most things in life, the original is the best (by a mile in this case). The Cure appeared on my Top 200 at #190 ("Just Like Heaven"), #77 ("In-between Days"), and #49 ("Close To Me"). "Boys Don't Cry" just missed becoming the band's fourth addition to the list.
See you next week with another great song that almost made it.
The only thing worse than the 1986 re-recording was the 1999 cover version by the execrable Oleander... remember how the amazing sounds of the 80s gave way to the 90s ... and a bunch of talentless bands making forgettable crap that all sounded the same? Well that cover version is your typical disposable 1990s music "product" at its worst. Like many other things ... I blame Phil Collins
The only thing worse than the 1986 re-recording was the 1999 cover version by the execrable Oleander... remember how the amazing sounds of the 80s gave way to the 90s ... and a bunch of talentless bands making forgettable crap that all sounded the same? Well that cover version is your typical disposable 1990s music "product" at its worst. Like many other things ... I blame Phil Collins
ReplyDeleteBlaming Phil Collins is always a good first reaction.
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