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[asuddensway]

[citizen62100]

Robert James Smith est un musicien anglais né le 21 avril 1959 à Blackpool. Essentiellement connu pour son travail au sein du groupe The Cure dont il est le chanteur et le guitariste depuis sa création en 1976, il est l'auteur de la quasi-totalité des textes qu'il interprète et le principal compositeur des musiques. Il est également producteur. #RobertSmith #TheCure #PorlThompson #LolTholhurst #AForest #Seventeensecond #letsgotobed #Killinganarab #Closetome #Kissmekissmekissme #Thelovecats (à Blackpool)

[peoplemoments]

The Girl Who Loved The Cure.

The summer before seventh grade, Iraq invaded Kuwait, kicking off the First Gulf War, aka Operation Desert Storm. By back-to-school time, classmates with military family members being deployed saw my face as that of the enemy. Recess was when I got taunted and ganged up on, even pushed and pinned down on the snowy ground.

Needless to say, from my experiences, kids are ruthlessly cruel.

Also in seventh grade, I had a music class. One of the assignments for this class was to bring in a favorite song to play on the stereo. I don’t remember what song I brought in, but I do remember that someone brought in The Cure’s “Killing An Arab,” the band’s first and most controversial single.

I remember that I could only cry in response that day in class, how everyone was looking at me as if I was crying for no reason. What I didn’t remember until just a few weeks ago was exactly who it was that chose that as their favorite song that day. It was The Girl Who Loved The Cure. She had curly chin-length hair and wore crazy tights. Everyone knew her one and only true love was The Cure’s Robert Smith. I found out it was her because she reached out to me on Facebook to apologize. She said she grew up in a racist household, her motivation more sinister than I had imagined at the time. She said when she saw me cry that day it made a huge impact on her.

I told her I forgave her, sent her on her way.

Then I got to thinking about how she used to look at me in seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth grades. How she never spoke to me and just looked at me like I was a curiosity she didn’t find particularly pleasant.

They say you should forgive people for you, not for them. I did that, but I don’t feel peace. I never thought the bullies of yesteryear were mean to me out of unfettered, undiscriminating racism - I thought they were mean to me because their loved ones were being sent far away and they were lashing out from the pain. They hurt me, but I took comfort in the idea that they were in pain, too.

Then I got to thinking about how long The Girl Who Loved The Cure waited since that day in music class to grow a conscience. I thought about how she’d treated my DMs as a confessional, and me, her victim, like a priest, ready and willing to absolve her of her sin.

I forgave the woman who was the Girl Who Loved The Cure, nothing I can do about it now. I guess it’s a good thing I’m not a priest.

[nojarama]

Happy anniversary to The Cure’s compilation album, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’. Released this week in 1980. #thecure #boysdontcry #threeimaginaryboys #robertsmith #killinganarab #jumpingsoneoneelsestrain #tenfifteensaturdaynight #sowhat https://www.instagram.com/p/BtgFUe4g28M/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k5izn8bmfxqt

[pineygir]

Amazing gig last night @thecure.official @bsthydepark #fridayiminlove #killinganarab #spidermanishavingmefordinnertonight ❤️❤️❤️ (at Hyde Park)

[rupturerecords-blog]

Vinyl of the day : Standing on a Beach by The Cure. Compilation du groupe anglais sortie en 1986, on y retrouve notamment la fameuse Boys Don't Cry. Excellent état : 30€. Disponible au magasin. #thecure #standingonabeach #killinganarab #boysdontcry #aforest #closetome #robertsmith #rogerodonnell #simongallup #reevesgabrels #jasoncooper #coldwave #rupture #rupturestore #3ruedelafidelité #vinyloftheday #grandhotelamour #petiteamour #ideecadeau (à Rupture Store)