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“Reflections” by Robert Smith
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The Cure - Robert Smith’s Reflections & Inspirations
Update (June 22): we’ve now made Robert Smith’s “Reflections” mixtape into a downloadable Modcast. Get it here.
As the dust settles from those once in a lifetime The Cure: Reflections shows performed at the Sydney Opera House for Vivid Live 2011 - we’ve got something truly special to share with you today.We asked Robert Smith what he was listening to as he worked on the first three masterpieces from The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds & Faith.
He came back to us with this very special mixtape, a collection of 10 songs that had an impact on him while he was making The Cure’s first three albums.
Track-list:
1. Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio) - Aram Khachaturian (Gennady Rozhdestvensy - from ‘2001 A Space Odyssey’ (1968)
2. Hanging Around - The Stranglers (1977)
3. Sweet Thing - Van Morrison (1968)
4. I Don’t Want To Go TO Chelsea - Elvis Costello (1978)
5. Everybody Wants To Be A Cat (From ‘The Aristocats’ Soundtrack) (1970)
6. What Do I Get? - The Buzzocks (1978)
7. Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake (1969)
8. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (Live at the Isle of Wright Version) (1970)
9. Always Crashing In The Same Car - David Bowie (1977)
10. Overground - Siouxsie and the Banshees (1978)
