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

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.

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

This song is UBERCLASSIC

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

Brilliant song here

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

just one kiss, too

everyone OTM

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

The surreal nastiness of the last phrase is amazing.