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Quotes:

I don't have anything to say, so let's get on with it...
- Robert Smith [Heard in concert, 30/11/96]

The Cure, is the kind of band that wanders in and out of the mainstream's gaze.
- Robert Smith - The Boston Globe 1997

You know, the Internets made us more aware of what people think about us.
- Robert Smith - From Australian Radio 3RRR 20/10/00

I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.
- Robert Smith

...I mean there's a Holy Grail for Cure fans which has always been the Disintegration tour of 1989 and I was quite shocked to find that as we were going along this year the internet reviews were getting more and more glowing. They've reached the giddy heights of 'as-good-as-or-if-not-better-than-the-Disintegration-tour'. There's no higher accolade from Cure fans than that. It's been great. [Referring to the Dream Tour 2000]
- Robert Smith X-Press Magazine 9/00

You don't really know a song until you play it live.
- Robert Smith

That we truly were an alternative group.
- Robert Smith [Referring to what should be on his epitaph]

I think we're in the Top 10 most bootlegged bands in history according to a web-poll. Pretty much every show we ever do is bootlegged, but it�'s very rare that one is of good enough quality to be listened to by anything other than the most fanatical people though I suppose only fanatical people buy bootlegs.
- Robert Smith - X-Press Magazine 9/00

It has nothing to do with me if there's a lot of bootlegs of the Cure; I've never objected to them, no-one's ever had their tape recorder confiscated at a Cure show, it doesn't bother me in the slightest.
- Robert Smith

The atmosphere at the end was incredible, it was so bad. They all thought it was commercial suicide. This was one of my blackest moments. I thought it was my masterpiece, and they thought it was shit. They'd turned up expecting Kiss Me Part 2, and they got Pornography Part 2.
- Robert Smith Uncut 1/2/00 [Referring to the moment the band unveiled the finished Disintegration to their record company-the record company was wrong - Disintegration was on the music charts for 55 weeks]

Seeing someone f**k a monkey doesn't particulary shock me. I get much more shocked by someone attacking someone else for doing it.
- Robert Smith [Referring to his views on pornography]

...even if they [the fans] think some of the early singles are lightweight or they want you to go back to something you did three albums ago, they're still prepared to stick with the group because they know that I'm writing songs and recording them not to be famous, but because I want to.
- Robert Smith - Addicted To Noise '97

It's a bit of a crass generalization, but people whose favorite Cure albums are Pornography and Disintegration are generally more alert and have thought about things.
- Robert Smith

This is one of three classic Cure albums [Bloodflowers]. I accept now that The Cure have a sound, and this album is the sound of The Cure. The difference is, now I like the idea, I like the fact that you know it's The Cure within 30 seconds of it starting. It's a testament to what we've achieved.
- Robert Smith Uncut 1/2/00

We wouldn't have been able to handle the fame if it would've hit us all of the sudden. When I was young I always dreamed of having a group that was adored by few and ignored by the rest of the world, like Nick Drake. Fortunately, when we became famous, I had no time to reflect upon anything anymore.
- Robert Smith De Standaard 16/11/01

It's been the most enjoyable Cure tour I've ever done. I think that's probably because we've been playing songs that I really like, the side of The Cure that I really prefer live, which is the darker side. [Referring to the Dream Tour set lists]
- Robert Smith X-Press Magazine 9/00

There are countries where the organizers don't know what they're doing or what's going on - but I wouldn't name Italy and Spain!
- Robert Smith

We started off the tour [swing tour] in Britain and the difference is quite stunning between the audience there and over here [U.S.]. I mean, they're so loud over here, I've forgotten how...keen everyone is to having a good time in America.
- Robert Smith - Radio station KROQ 1995

...but what we do I think attracts a certain type of person. I don't think age has much to do with it, you either get into it or you don't. You could be 16 or 60 and you're either gonna like us or not depending on your sensibilities..
- Robert Smith X-Press Magazine 9/00

[After listening to old tapes for The Greatest Hits Album] I realized we have been playing 'Let's Go To Bed' wrong since it has been released. The bassline has been played wrong for almost 20 years. I still haven't got round to telling them. [the band] 
- Robert Smith - JAM! Showbiz 11/01

I hardly ever listen to any of our old stuff now. Once the songs have been recorded and put on to vinyl they become someone else's entertainment, not mine.
- Robert Smith

...soon I started to buy records on my pocket money; the first one was Bowie's Ziggy Stardust. And the first concert I attended was Hendrix on the Isle of Wright; I was 10.
- Robert Smith -Les Inrockuptibles 28/10/97

Jimi Hendrix changed my life. Each generation influences the following one and as a consequence brings it back to the past... [Referring to the influence The Cure purportedly has had on young English bands]
- Robert Smith- L'Express 2/00

I became an adult in an extreme way. I was recently sorting some old photographs and I found another Robert Smith wearing make-up, charicatural and aggressive. I didn't invent this character: he escaped from me. My anger is still the same, but I make it positive.
- Robert Smith - L'Express 2/00

Mary has been the great influence in my life, the rock that stays strong when I lose my head. She noticed, for example that I become aggressive and unfriendly when I cut my hair. So I make it long. Mary is very maternal with me. And very, very tolerant.
- Robert Smith

[Referring to his passion for music] It's not always easy to cope with it. I realize I'm still with Mary just because she has always been so incredibly tolerant with this fire that moves me. I only live for my music, the rest is of no importance.
- Robert Smith

Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up.
- Robert Smith - Melody Maker 7/3/92

I do a job I really, really love and I kind of have fun with. People think you can't be grown up unless you're moaning about your job.
- Robert Smith

...there have been very few virtuosos in the history of the group, but there have been a lot of really nice people. The Cure backstage is a notoriously fun-filled zone.
- Robert Smith - From Jam TV

If any of our songs ever did make it on the top ten, I'd disband the group immediately.
- Robert Smith
I'm in my 40s now, and I found I was having to go to people who are in their 30s to ask their permission to do things, and that cannot be right. [on one of the reasons why the band has left its record label]
- Robert Smith

We [the Cure] are supposed to be very mysterious, reading French Romantic poetry by candlelight.
- Robert Smith - The Age - Melbourne Online 2/11/97

I've had enough of being perceived as a doomy Goth casualty.
- Robert Smith

The Press try to categorize me a 'gloom-and-doom' singer. But, take a look at Morrissey! That man's a professional moaner!
- Robert Smith
I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.
- Robert Smith - Rolling Stone 1997

I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore.
- Robert Smith - L'Express 2/00

I was 21, but I felt really old. I actually felt older than I do now. I had absolutely no hope for the future. I felt life was pointless. I had no faith in anything. I just didn�'t see there was much point in continuing with life. In the next two years, I genuinely felt that I wasn�'t going to be alive for much longer. I tried particularly hard to make sure I wasn't.
- Robert Smith - Uncut 1/2/00

[Referring to WMS lower than expected record sales and concert attendance] I'm not going to worry about the Cure slipping down into the second division; it doesn't bother me because I never expected to be in the first division anyway. [A soccer reference]
- Robert Smith - Alternative Press

You can't drink on an eight hour flight, pass out, and then go onstage...well you can, but then you're Spandau Ballet.
- Robert Smith

I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap.
- Robert Smith - Spin Magazine 7/87

I go off-roading occasionally, drunkenly at night across fields.
- Robert Smith

I never wanted to be the personality of the group. When I was with the Banshees, I was only a guitarist, and it's great being just that. What happens with this group is that the others don't talk, only when they're drunk. Well, Roger speaks all the time, but what happens is he just speaks stupidities. I hope nobody translates this interview to English. Roger, I'm sorry, I didn't want to say that. [laughs]
- Robert Smith - De Standaard 16/11/01 (Belgium Newspaper)

There is a reason for me always shoe-gazing. I simply can't look into the eyes of several thousand people.
- Robert Smith - Article by Jane Stevenson, Toronto Sun

If I didn't wear make-up I couldn't get on stage. I'd be much too self conscious.
- Robert Smith

Sometimes I'll get to the end of a song, open my eyes and there's all these faces peering at me. It's quite horrifying.
- Robert Smith
There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off.
- Robert Smith

I wake up and look at myself and think, 'yuck!
- Robert Smith - MTV

Nobody notices me. Nobody thinks I'm me. But then I look less like me than most of the people coming to our concerts.
- Robert Smith

I'm big in the uncle department...I like having kids for weekends...I just like taking them out and teaching them bad tricks...I hate the idea of being a dad. I'm too undisciplined and too selfish to be a father.
- Robert Smith - From Jam TV

A couple of years ago, we went to Eurodisney. That too was bearable, although it was a bit weird when Mickey Mouse came to ask for an autograph.
- Robert Smith

When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.
- Robert Smith

I actually listen to a lot of instrumental music at home because I find myself criticizing lyrics. I hear something interesting and the intro sounds really good and then here come the lyrics and I think, 'Oh f * * k!'
- Robert Smith

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.
- Robert Smith - The Hit 21/9/85

Each time I play a song it seems more real.
- Robert Smith

I never answer if someone knocks on my door and only the band and my manager have my phone number. In any case my phone doesn't ring so I never notice it. I occasionally just walk past and pick it up to see if anyone's there.
- Robert Smith
I hate Madonna! She looks like she stinks!
- Robert Smith

What I really had against Lol, is that he had taken away more than a year of my time...our argument puts a shadow over my life.[Speaking about the former band member, Laurence Tolhurst court case against him that Robert eventually won]
- Robert Smith De Standaard - 16/11/01 (Belgium Newspaper)

[Robert Smith referring to some of his favorite songs]<
Faith: I don't think I'll ever write a song that'll ever move me as much as Faith, that'll change my life as much as that song did, or encapsulates a period of my life as well as that one does.
Just Like Heaven: The best pop song the Cure has ever done. All the sounds meshed, it was one take, and it was perfect. I love Dinosaur Jr.'s version of the song, and they've influenced how we play it.
A Forest: The archetypal Cure sound, it was probably the turning point when people started listening to the group and thinking we could achieve something, including me.
- Robert Smith - Chicago Tribune 12/7/92

 

Band Name Origins:

  • This band was a "Cure" for top 40 radio. Submitted by: Sanford
  • The earliest incarnation of The Cure was The Obelisk - a highschool band from a Catholic school during the early 70s who attempted to sound "mock-religious", hence the name. Later in 1976 some of the members from The Obelisk played a couple of gigs as "Malice", so named in keeping with their heavy rock sound. The following year the band became more influenced by punk and changed their name to "Easy Cure", which was the name of one of their newer punk-style songs written by drummer Lol Tolhurst. When guitarist Robert Smith became the permanent singer/lyricist he convinced the band to change their name to The Cure because he thought "Easy Cure" was stupid and he liked band-names beginning with "The". Submitted by: Michel

Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:

Song Name
Comments & Submitter Name
"A Letter to Elise"Elise is named several times in the song, but the words "A Letter To" are never used. - Nat
"Open"This is the opening song for the album "Wish" hence the song's title. - JohnHowarth
"Alt.end"I want this to be the end. - JohnHowarth
"Love Song"The word song never appears in the song.. - Joe H

New Band Names:

New Name
Why It's Better
Submitter Name
The RemedyThey mean about the same thing.Brit Boxx
The CauseIt is saying that you really can't cure anything.Amanda

New Song Names:

Original Song Name
New Song Name
Submitter Name
"Heidi, I'm In Love""Friday, I'm In Love"Lisa Basil
"Pitchers Of Brew""Pictures Of You"D. Melody Dole, MD
"A Man Inside My Myth""A Man Inside My Mouth"Ron N. O'Connor
"A Mii Inside My Mouth""A Man Inside My Mouth"Kathy
"Just Like Hell""Just Like Heaven"Kaylie L

There are additional new song names available.

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer
Comment
Submitter Name
"A Man Inside My Mouth,"A man can't fit in someone's mouth.Natalie
"Just Like Heaven,"How would you even know what Heaven is like?GlamRockNinjaLord
"Boy's Don't Cry,"They sure do. Everyone cries at some time!Evan

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name
Song & Band Name
"How Long?," Ace"A Thousand Hours," The Cure
"All I Know," Art Garfunkel"Never Enough," The Cure
"Movies," Alien Ant Farm"Boys Don't Cry," The Cure
"867-5309 (Jenny)," Tommy Tutone"Wrong Number," The Cure
There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available.

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Just Like Heave" originally "Just Like Heaven"
Peter
"A Man Inside My Moth" originally "A Man Inside My Mouth"
That would be literally impossible.
Whatever you want to call me
"Let's Go To Ed" originally "Let's Go To Bed"
Genevieve
"Frida I'm In Love" originally "Friday I'm In Love"
Captain Irk
"Just Like Haven" originally "Just Like Heaven"
Jessica Childress

Add a Letter to a Song Title:

"Closer To Me" originally "Close To Me"
Serafina
"Win Between Days" originally "In Between Days"
Alina
"Love Coats" originally "Love Cats"
Samantha Wayland
"Why Can't Di Be You" originally "Why Can't I Be You"
Di, as in short for "Diana"
Naomi Swanson
"Why Can't It Be You?" originally "Why Can't I Be You?"
Serafina

There are additional song titles with a letter added available.

Change a Letter:

"Why Can't I Be Lou?" originally "Why Can't I Be You?"
Because that's not your name!
Jen
"Jumping Someone Else's Brain" originally "Jumping Someone Else's Train"
Peter
"In Between Bays" originally "In Between Days"
Jane C. Moore
"In Between Dads" originally "In Between Days"
Jane C. Moore
"In Between Ways" originally "In Between Days"
Mia

There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.

Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
"Lullaby.""The Schneiderman Comes."Monstermaster13
"Just Like Heaven""Just a Lemon"the_conqueror_of_parodies
"From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea""I Know I Need More Gasoline"Karpfen
"Friday I'm In Love""Wrestling Smark"Goggleboy
"Torture""Torture"Ana Fana An' A Panoply O' Paro' Pals
"Friday, I'm In Love""To Snow White They Make Love"Peter Andersson a.k.a K1chyd
"Lullaby""Qualify"the_conqueror_of_parodies
"The Lovecats""Rugrats"spencer griffin
"Friday I'm In Love""Friday Let Me Shop"John Lomain
"Just Like Heaven""Stuck in Resin"Blaydeman

There are additional song parodies available.

Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

Song Name
Product
Submittor
Friday I'm In LoveTGI Friday'sKerry
Play For TodayDaycareAlana
Pictures Of YouHP PrintersLynz Midori
Other VoicesMental Illness Hotlinea

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name
Company/Organization
Submittor
Friday I'm in LoveDivorce CourtTatiana
Jumping Someone Else's TrainAmtraktckma
Prayers For RainNew Orleans City Halliak
If Only Tonight We Could SleepThe Center for Sleep DisordersJess
Fire In CairoCairo Tourism Boardtckma
There are additional on hold music ideas available.

Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

First Band/Song Name
Second Band/Song Name
New Song Name
Submittor
Danny's Song
   Loggins & Messina
Love Song
   The Cure
Danny's Love Song
Serafina
You Give Love A Bad Name
   Bon Jovi
Lovecats
   The Cure
You Give Love Cats A Bad Name
Hugh Jim Bessile
Mama Sang A Song
   Walter Brennan
Love Song
   The Cure
Mama Sang A Love Song
Random Madeupperson
This Is My Song
   Petula Clark
Love Song
   The Cure
This Is My Love Song
Serafina
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:

Petty Cure
Tom Petty combined with The Cure
A wordplay on "pedicure"
Submitted By: Megan
Jane's Addiction Cure
Jane's Addiction combined with The Cure
Submitted By: Donna Gelpigi
The Motley Cure
Motley Crue combined with The Cure
It basically transposes two letters in the first band's name!
Submitted By: nally
The Cure For Anthrax
Anthrax combined with The Cure
They could be a charity band that does gigs for people who got mysterious white substances in the mail and such.
Submitted By: Offender

There are additional Cure Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.

Misheard Lyrics:

"Catch"
Misheard Lyrics:
Want to
Original Lyrics:
One, two
"Close to Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Something something something
Original Lyrics:
Show me, show me, show me
"Pictures of You"
Misheard Lyrics:
These pieces of you
Original Lyrics:
These pictures of you
"Close to Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Little bear
Original Lyrics:
Never been
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"Friday I'm in Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a glorious surprise
Original Lyrics:
It's a wonderful surprise

Story about this misheard lyric by: Cody Finke

Sounded like it WAS a glorious surprise

There are additional misheard stories available.

Song Parody Fragments:

"Friday I'm in love"
Better Lyrics:
Monday morning, eggs on toast.
Tuesday, scrambled; Wednesday, poached.
Thursday's eggs were just plain gross.
A fried egg! I'm in love!
Original Lyrics:
I don't care if Monday's blue,
Tuesday's gray and Wednesday too.
Thursday, I don't care about you.
It's Friday, I'm in love!
Submitted by: David Shobe
"Friday I'm In Love"
Better Lyrics:
I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday, Wednesday, can go screw
Thursday, oh the hell with you
It's Friday I'm in love
Original Lyrics:
I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's great and Wednesdays too
Thursday, I don't care 'bout you
It's Friday I'm in love
Submitted by: Cody
"Pictures of You"
Better Lyrics:
I've been living so long with these sisters of yours
Original Lyrics:
I've been living so long with my pictures of you
Submitted by: Kralia

Funniest Song Lyrics:

"Lullaby"
The Funny Lyrics:
His arms are around me and his tongue in my eye.
Why They're Funny:
Ok...um, eww, anybody? Wow, that's some freaky dream. You kinda hafta shrug this one off with a confused giggle, right? Well, I do, anyway.
Submitted by: Ken
"Friday I'm In Love"
The Funny Lyrics:
Dressed up to the eyes.
It's a wonderful surprise.
To see your shoes and your spirits rise.
Throwing out your frown.
And just smiling at the sound.
And as sllek as a shriek.
Spinning 'round and 'round.
Always take a big bite.
It's such a gorgeous sight.
To see you eat in the middle of the night.
You can never get enough.
Enough of this stuff.
It's Friday, I'm in love.
Why They're Funny:
Nothing in the entire verse makes sense! But I never knew it was possible to get so much enjoyment from watching someone eat!
Submitted by: Joy

Repetitive Song Lyrics:

"High"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
When I See You... (x7)
Why They're Repetitive:
It's the beginning of every verse! Smith must've seen this girl a lot!
Submitted by: lordsquidy13
"Friday I'm in love"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
It's Friday I'm in Love
Why They're Repetitive:
Robert! You must really like Friday. You say it at the end of every verse.
Submitted by: Alan the Ottoman
There are additional Cure repetitive lyrics available.

Nonsensical Song Lyrics:

"Why Can't I Be You?"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Oh why can't I be you?
Why They're Nonsensical:
Sorry, Robert. You are who you are, and that's that.
Submitted by: Amanda Huggenkiss
"Friday I'm In Love"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Always take a big bite
It's such a gorgeous sight
To see you eat in the middle of the night.
Why They're Nonsensical:
I'm baffled by these lines. Why would Robert Smith enjoy watching someone eat their food? And in the middle of the night? That's crazy if you ask me.
Submitted by: Mr. Critic
There are additional nonsensical lyrics available.

Insulting Song Lyrics:

"Friday I'm In Love"
The Insulting Lyrics:
Thursday, I don't care about you.
Why They're Insulting:
Why would Robert Smith not care about his (assumed) girlfriend on one particular day of the week? This comes across as insulting.
Submitted by: Charles
 

Inappropriate Song Lyrics:

"Why Can't I Be You?"
The Inappropriate Lyrics:
I'll eat you all up
(later)
You make me, make me, make me hungry for you!
Why They're Inappropriate:
Maybe it's just me, but these lines (which occur nonconsecutively in the second verse) seem to imply cannonballism. That comes across as inappropriate.
Submitted by: Mr. Critic
"Let's Go To Bed"
The Inappropriate Lyrics:
You can't even see now, so you ask me the way.
Why They're Inappropriate:
Maybe it's my misinterpretation, but I don't think it is appropriate to take advantage of someone who is that incapacitated. Then again, maybe she's just blind...
Submitted by: Alex
There are additional inappropriate lyrics available.

Dirty Song Lyrics:

"Lovecats"
The Dirty Lyrics:
Should we have each other with cream?
Why They're Dirty:
It's quite elementary, my dear Watson. Mee-YOW!
Submitted by: City Cat
"All I Want"
The Dirty Lyrics:
Tonight I'm feeling like an animal
Tonight I'm howling inside
Tonight I'm feeling like an animal
Tonight I'm going wild
AND Tonight I'm screaming like an animal
Tonight I'm losing control
Tonight I'm screaming like an animal
Tonight I'm getting so low
Why They're Dirty:
This sounds like an obvious metaphor for both having sex and having an orgasm, but it seems quite easy to figure out because Robert Smith looks as though he did not try to hide any sexual references!
Submitted by: Alana

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"Fascination Street"
Opening Lines:
It's opening time down on Fascination Street.
Comments:
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
"Pictures of You"
Opening Lines:
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you.
Comments:
Submitted by: Brian Kelly

Scary Song Lyrics:

"Subway Song"
The Lyrics:
She tries hard not to run but she feels she's not alone
Echoes of footsteps follow close behind
But she dare not turn around.
Why:
It’s a creepy song in general with the instrumentals and those lyrics seem very eery but the thing that makes it most creepy is that at the end of the song there’s a jump scare scream which indicates that the girl… y’know…
Submitted by: Clever Name
"Pornography"
The Lyrics:
One more day like today and I'll kill you
A desire for flesh and real blood
I'll watch you drown in the shower
Pushing my life through your open eyes
Why:
That doesn't sound psychopathic at all...
Submitted by: Nat

Song Title Space Change:

"Sin King" originally "Sinking"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Closet O' Me" originally "Close To Me"
Submitted by: Peter
"Close Tom E." originally "Close To Me"
Submitted by: Peter

Band Name Anagrams:

C U There Submitted by: Gigi
shorthand for 'See you there'
Cree Hut Submitted by: R. Jeanine O'Succinate
Uh, Crete? Submitted by: Anita Corning
Hesitatingly giving "Crete" as answer to question
Her Cute Submitted by: George Straitjacket
...cute what?
Eh, Truce Submitted by: Darryl Hannah Montana

There are additional Band Name Anagrams available.

Song Title Anagrams:

"Covet The Sal" originally "The Love Cats"
Submitted by: Christy Blanchard
"To The Calves" originally "The Love Cats"
Submitted by: Gigi
"Love The Cast" originally "The Love Cats"
Submitted by: Wayne
"I Have Steel Junk" originally "Just Like Heaven"
Submitted by: Joe Siebert
"Elevate His Junk" originally "Just Like Heaven"
Submitted by: Joe Siebert

There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.

Songs That Are Banned:

"Killing An Arab"
In late 1985, Ghadafi (then the Libyan leader) was raising a ruckus with his terrorism, causing tension with Europe and friction with the U.S. The band had just put out their first hits compilation which included their first hit which was inspired by the writer Albert Camus. The album came with a sticker stating that "Killing An Arab" has no racist overtones, that it's a song that decries hate in all forms and the Cure condemns the use of that song to promote anti-Arab feeling. Also, the Cure asked that radio stations stop playing that song. I've heard it here on American radio a few times. This kind of seems to resemble how everytime America has a war the armchair warriors at their pro-war rallies usually play "Born In the U.S.A.", which is an ANTI-WAR classic by Bruce Springsteen. Some people just don't get it.
Submitted by: Look Beneath the Skin
"Why Can't I Be You"
The video was banned because in one part, when Robert Smith says "can't", it sounds like he is saying "c*nt"
Submitted by: JeReMy
"Why Can't I Be You?"
The video was banned in America because in one line, it sounds like Robert Smith is saying "c*nt" instead of "can't"
Submitted by: JeReMy

Super Long Pop Songs:

"Pictures of You" Length: 7:24
Submitted by: Evan

Song Title Acrostics:

ALE: "A Letter to Elise"
Submitted by: /

Song Title Spoonerisms:

"Flay Poor Today" originally "Play For Today"
Well that wouldn't be nice!
Submitted by: Adlai Alda
"Play Door To Faye" originally "Play For Today"
Submitted by: Ned MacCamden
"Gets Low To Bed" originally "Let's Go To Bed"
Submitted by: Mae Beam
"Just Hike Leaven" originally "Just Like Heaven"
If one could find a long enough streak of leaven
Submitted by: Natalie Stonecipher
"Bets Go To Lead" originally "Let's Go To Bed"
Would usually go to whoever can get the lead out!
Submitted by: Twila Paris Hilton

Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:

"Cut Here"
The Lyrics:
I should've stopped to think, I should've made the time;
I could've had that drink, I could've talked a while.
I would've done it right, I would've moved us on,
But I didn't, and now it's all too late;
It's over and you're gone.
Why:
Robert Smith wrote this dancey number about his friend Billy MacKenzie (from The Associates), who died by suicide - it's about how Smith regrets not spending more time with him while he had the chance.
Submitted by: Nat
 

Onomatopoeia in Lyrics:

"10:15 Saturday Night"
The Lyrics:
And the tap drips:
Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip
Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip
Why:
'Drip' is the sound a tap makes when it's leaking water
Submitted by: Nat
 

Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name:

Government vaccine campaign
Submitted by: Kerry
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Submitted by: Evan

Movies Named After Song Titles:

"Boys Don't Cry"
1999 film w/ Hilary Swank & Chloe Sevigny
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
"Just Like Heaven"
Based on the novel "If Only It Were True".
Submitted by: Brian Kelly

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