"Lament" by the Cure - classic or really really reeeeeally classic?

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This is like the best song ever. It's like one vast snowscape with chilly guitars and echoey synths and ice-skating drum machines.

Is "One more ice cream river body flowed underneath the bridge..." the quintessential Cure lyric?

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 4 January 2007 07:27 (eighteen years ago)

No blood or mouths, so no. (Song = glorious.)

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 4 January 2007 07:37 (eighteen years ago)

Good lord, is that what he really says? "ice cream river body"? The things you learn on ILX...

Bimbler (Bimble...), Thursday, 4 January 2007 20:55 (eighteen years ago)

every quintessential Cure lyric is on Pornography.

In fact, when I was 8 years old (and lasting until about 13, although it's still up there), Pornography was my favourite album. I reckoned it a wonderfully imaginative, entertaining album with brilliantly evocative lyrics and great tunes. It's only much more recently that my innocence has been corrupted and I've been told by everyone that the album's meant to be one of the harshest, most repellent, unlistenable, ugly creations in recent music history. They're wrong, of course. It's still completely beautiful.

You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Thursday, 4 January 2007 21:02 (eighteen years ago)

It's always been one of my favorite Cure songs. Top 10 at least.

LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Thursday, 4 January 2007 21:58 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

That period is RS's golden age in terms of vocals.

baaderonixx, Saturday, 23 February 2008 10:34 (seventeen years ago)

This song is UBERCLASSIC

Bimble, Saturday, 23 February 2008 10:42 (seventeen years ago)

taken as an album proper, japanese whispers would be in my top 3. the upstairs room is also a rare gem.

Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 23 February 2008 13:59 (seventeen years ago)

Brilliant song here

stephen, Saturday, 23 February 2008 15:28 (seventeen years ago)

I took a walk today and realized I still don't have this song on my iPod and I wanted to scream.

Bimble, Saturday, 23 February 2008 21:45 (seventeen years ago)

just one kiss, too

remy bean, Saturday, 23 February 2008 21:52 (seventeen years ago)

everyone OTM

Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 23 February 2008 22:54 (seventeen years ago)

Today there was a tragedy
Underneath the bridge
A man walked
Cold and blue
Into La Ment
The sky coloured perfect
As the man slipped away
Waving with a last vanilla smile
Somewhere at a table
Two drowned fools
Smoking
Drinking water as they talked
Of how they loved our lady
And oh the smell as candles die

One more ice cream river body
Flowed underneath the bridge
Underneath the bridge

This is awesome on so many levels

baaderonixx, Sunday, 24 February 2008 09:52 (seventeen years ago)

The surreal nastiness of the last phrase is amazing.

HI DERE, Sunday, 24 February 2008 13:45 (seventeen years ago)


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