Comments on: 10:15 Saturday Night – The Cure

By: Top 3 Love Songs Called "Love Song" | Top One-Hit Wonders

Top 3 Love Songs Called "Love Song" | Top One-Hit Wonders — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:58:20 +0000

[...] Cure’s 1989 release, Disintegration. This song is so far removed from the manic brilliance of “10:15 Saturday Night” it’s amazing the two songs were written by the same guy. But that is part of the charm of The [...]

By: Michael Waterman

Michael Waterman — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:30:43 +0000

You are correct. The Cure is not a one-hit wonder. In fact, they are a three-hit wonder. Please see the Editor’s Note at the top of the posting. And thanks for visiting Top One-Hit Wonders.com

By: blah

blah — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:31:54 +0000

Describing a group as long standing and popular as the Cure, as a “one hit wonder” is ridiculous.
Even if they technically qualify cos of only having had… etc etc.

By: Top 3 Love Songs Called "Love Song" | Relentless Earworms

Top 3 Love Songs Called "Love Song" | Relentless Earworms — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:28:01 +0000

By: Michael Waterman

Michael Waterman — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:27:59 +0000

Robert is definitely the Godfather of Goth. Some peg him as the King of Mope. Lyrically that may be true. But I’ve often heard an undercurrent of, well, joy in his music. Maybe not joy. But definitely not slash-your-wrists-life-is-sad music either.

Agree that 10:15 Saturday Night is a one-of-a-kind Cure gem.

By: Matt Thurston

Matt Thurston — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:25:03 +0000

You’re welcome.

10:15 Saturday Night is something of a minimalist classic, isn’t it? Like minimalist painting, the “empty space” between the notes is as important as the notes themselves. It also has a kind of existential vibe, musically and lyrically. Maybe Smith was dabbling in existentialism, (or maybe I’m just reading into it myself). In any case, another track from the same record, Killing an Arab, is also an existential ditty, based on The Stranger, by Camus.

Had Smith kept this rather pedestrian look, would The Cure have achieved the same degree of fame? I doubt it. I wonder if he still likes his official look? Or is it at best a “uniform” he feels forced to wear, or at worse a noose around his neck?

Also, if Elvis is the King of Rock, and Michael is the King of Pop, and Aretha is the Queen of Soul, and James Brown is the Godfather of Soul… isn’t Robert Smith the Godfather of Goth? Is there a better candidate? One could make an argument for Peter Murphy and Ian Curtis, maybe. Certainly Lou Reed, Jim Morrison, Iggy Pop, and especially David Bowie influenced the Goth look and sound, but none of them would be described as “Goth” artists. I see them more as early influences of Smith’s, the same way Elvis had his influences.

In any case, a great song. The Cure never wrote another one like it.