THE CURE - "KILLING AN ARAB"*, "10.15 ON A SATURDAY NIGHT" AND "FIRE IN CAIRO" - OH TO HAVE BEEN IN THE UK AT THIS POINT OF THE IMMEDIATE POST PUNK EXPLOSION . . . . A BAND WHOSE ORIGINALITY OF SOUND AND SONGWRITING STILL HOLDS ITS OWN THIRTY FIVE YEARS LATER . . . . DARKNESS AND MELONCHOLIC INTROSPECTION A CONSTANT IN ROBERT SMITH'S LYRICS . . . . FUCKING BRILLIANT !!

*. . . . AND NO, "KILLING AN ARAB" WAS NEVER IN ANY WAY REMOTELY ASSOCIATED WITH RACISM, THE NATIONAL FRONT OR JINGOISTIC FERVOUR . . . . ANYONE WITH A DRAMA ON THAT ONE GO AND DO SOME RESEARCH AND GET BACK TO ME.