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The Cure — Jumping Someone Else's Train
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Cannon
(San Diego)
Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 10:23
 
 chadlymn wrote:
In my opinion, this is the best Cure song ever!!!!!  {#Dancingbanana}
 

Yup, agreed!

treatment_bound
Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 10:21
 
 Proclivities wrote:


This song pre-dates the existence of R.E.M., but there is a similarity.  This was before The Cure got into their Gothic personas.



 
The first Cure album is still their best.  It seems like that's the case for many groups.
akiml
(Cambridge, MA)
Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 18:12
 
This is a rare - very rare TEN!!  Brilliant song.

Dyn0hub
Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 09:31
 
Oh yeah!!!

Rotterdam
Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 23:58
 
That_SOB wrote:
There's smoke flying out of my gerbil's running wheel.  . .
 
{#Lol} Go Gerbil go!!!

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 13:18
 

They've always denied it but the cover is Robert Smith without his makeup.



That_SOB
(In at least 2 places at once)
Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 13:35
 
There's smoke flying out of my gerbil's running wheel.  . .

suesblues
(Sydney, Australia)
Posted: Jul 01, 2012 - 03:15
 
 garycha wrote:
...plenty sounded like this in 1979 in UK. Few still sound good today though. I recall as a student that Cure caused a furure with their song Killing An Arab offending a number of the Student Left wingers across the country. Ha, so tame now. I preferred the Cure before Goth was applied as their label. My 5 year old loves A Forest.
 
Killing and Arab's a brilliant song (haven't really thought about it's political correctness or otherwise) - I thought it was based on Camus' The Outsider' where the scene on the beach is a critical moment in his existential wranglings...  Having a Cure revival right now.  Agree they looked and sounded much better before they became Goth

garycha
(Bristol, UK)
Posted: May 14, 2012 - 07:02
 
...plenty sounded like this in 1979 in UK. Few still sound good today though.

I recall as a student that Cure caused a furure with their song Killing An Arab offending a number of the Student Left wingers across the country. Ha, so tame now.

I preferred the Cure before Goth was applied as their label. My 5 year old loves A Forest.

aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Apr 28, 2012 - 11:31
 
Definitely one of my all time fav Cure songs! Simply awesome - and to thing it was '79. Very little sounded like this.

emulet
(Spain)
Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 10:49
 
 Sasha2001 wrote:

Nailed it, as usual. Cure circa 1979. Can you identify Robert Smith?

The Cure Circa 1979 
 
But...... they look....... normal!!!

I just can't watch this.........


MaryAndrea
(Vada (Li) Italy)
Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 10:46
 
A masterpiece! Reminds me when I was 20 and we went with friends with the car, looking for girls   {#Dance}

whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA)
Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 10:42
 
NICE

Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window)
Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 19:36
 
 Proclivities wrote:


This song pre-dates the existence of R.E.M., but there is a similarity.  This was before The Cure got into their Gothic personas.
 
Nailed it, as usual. Cure circa 1979. Can you identify Robert Smith?

The Cure Circa 1979 

mrdak
(Middle GA)
Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 08:39
 
Oh yeah................. most e xcellent bra!

chadlymn
(Apple Valley, MN)
Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 08:34
 
In my opinion, this is the best Cure song ever!!!!!  {#Dancingbanana}

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 10:55
 
Yeah, finally a different CURE song..about time..

terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, SC)
Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 21:09
 
Great early Cure song.  It's almost two different bands, then and now.  Both awesome.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Oct 05, 2011 - 06:14
 
 NeilBlanchard wrote:
The first couple of chords make me think of early R.E.M.

Neil
 

This song pre-dates the existence of R.E.M., but there is a similarity.  This was before The Cure got into their Gothic personas.



NeilBlanchard
(Greater Boston area, Massachusetts Eaarth)
Posted: Oct 05, 2011 - 06:10
 
The first couple of chords make me think of early R.E.M.

Neil

o_unico
Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 15:25
 
This music is about bandwagon. 

kcar
Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 10:21
 
 rowgal wrote:
After only 2hrs sleep in the past 28 hours, this set is exactly what I need to hear!  I found myself brushing my teeth while doing some 80's pogo dancing.  Now I am ready to face to world or at least the kindergarten car pool.  Once again, thank you Bill and Rebecca.{#Bananajumprope}
 

Kindergarten car pool...words that encircle the soul, perfecting a small frenzied hell. 

Snoopy2
(A Snoopy Lovin' House)
Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 10:18
 
Pretty good song

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jun 17, 2011 - 05:07
 
Great song off a great album!{#Clap}

ick
(The 619)
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 14:21
 
Goth Juice

shape5
(Israel)
Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 11:17
 
Not specific to just this song, but this bunch of songs is totally the energy booster I need now while I recreate 2 hours of work eaten by Windows. Good drum beats to help me keep typing and not bang my head against the monitor. Too much, anyway.

sportskid
(Earth)
Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 11:16
 
It's Boogie-Woogie, CURE style.......................

ziakut
(A place with air, water and chocolate.)
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 09:50
 
Sorta like Cure...

SuzG
(at my desk)
Posted: Nov 08, 2010 - 14:07
 
 Shaker wrote:
Radio Paradise has helped me to appreciate The Cure more.{#Bounce}
 

This.

And I never thought I would EVER appreciate the Cure.

manonfortini
(Québec, Canada)
Posted: Nov 08, 2010 - 14:04
 
 chadlymn wrote:
This is in my top 10 albums of all-time.  One of the best songs on the album!!  So many great memories of my carefree youth!!
 

Same for me!

chadlymn
(Apple Valley, MN)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 08:47
 
This is in my top 10 albums of all-time.  One of the best songs on the album!!  So many great memories of my carefree youth!!



Shaker
(Canada)
Posted: May 17, 2010 - 09:53
 
Radio Paradise has helped me to appreciate The Cure more.{#Bounce}

FrankMc
Posted: Apr 15, 2010 - 15:42
 
Hmmm, saw note below downstream. We're looping today. You can loop this song all you want. Wonderful tune.

Posted: Nov 14, 2007 - 13:01
Bill, your segues are truly amazing. Who would have thought THAT after Subterranean Homesick Blues?

And what is even more strange: who would have thought that it works???




dogpound
(the island on which I belong)
Posted: Apr 15, 2010 - 15:41
 
{#Bananajam}SMELL THE HAIRSPRAY

rowgal
Posted: Feb 11, 2010 - 11:27
 
After only 2hrs sleep in the past 28 hours, this set is exactly what I need to hear!  I found myself brushing my teeth while doing some 80's pogo dancing.  Now I am ready to face to world or at least the kindergarten car pool.  Once again, thank you Bill and Rebecca.{#Bananajumprope}

evergreener
Posted: Dec 10, 2009 - 16:17
 
It's like Bill is reading my mind.
 

Phlegmaticman
(270 miles south of Paradise, CA)
Posted: Dec 10, 2009 - 16:16
 
Better than the average Cure song.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 24, 2009 - 16:58
 


This song is good for the ears...



Netto
(Himki, Russia.)
Posted: Aug 22, 2009 - 15:08
 
Yes. Goodlike.

ThirdRail_33
(Beautiful Bonita Springs in Sunny Florida)
Posted: Jun 20, 2009 - 05:26
 
From start to finish, this song just ROCKS.  My all-time favorite Cure piece.

ce
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Mar 17, 2009 - 07:55
 
I really don't care for The Cure anymore, ever since, oh, 1987 or so. I guess I grew up.
But this track at least reminds me of what I enjoyed in their music when I were a lad...
And no, it's not the vocals.

I still like "A Forest" though.

alaken
(Missoula, MT)
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 21:37
 
Great blast from my past - what a track! Amazing bass work.

linden
(Santa Cruz, CA)
Posted: Dec 12, 2008 - 11:17
 
 Grizzly_old_man wrote:
When my daughter was quite young I would play this album along with several others from the era on a pretty regular basis. One after noon we were playing cards while a stack of albums was playing and when this tune came up she put her cards down and looked at me and said, “They really aren’t talking about trains are they“. That was my first clue that she was growing up.
 
My daughter is five, and she's mystified by the Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"

"Why can't he stay or go?" "Why will there be trouble?" These are the questions I get.


Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Dec 12, 2008 - 11:15
 
Quite the rarity - a decent Cure song.

FrankMc
Posted: Nov 26, 2008 - 16:32
 
Great song. I love the percussion train thing at the end.

ninja_band
(chicago, il)
Posted: Nov 10, 2008 - 21:59
 
the guitars here remind me a bit of what Pete Buck was doing on the Chronic Town EP.  Late 70's, early 80's: something in the air

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Sep 24, 2008 - 11:30
 
Grizzly_old_man wrote:
When my daughter was quite young I would play this album along with several others from the era on a pretty regular basis. One after noon we were playing cards while a stack of albums was playing and when this tune came up she put her cards down and looked at me and said, “They really aren’t talking about trains are they“. That was my first clue that she was growing up.


Great story, thanks for that! 



mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Sep 24, 2008 - 11:23
 
...this is a favorite of mine...

Phonedave
(Northeast NJ)
Posted: Jul 23, 2008 - 06:17
 
Zeito wrote:


Attacking other peoples furnaces. Luckily I have a Lennox furnace and not a Trane, so I don't have to worry about Robert Smith sneaking into my basement and jumping my furnace.


Thanks.

That was classic. Made me laugh out loud this morning.

-dave

bugleboy624
(Bluefield, WV)
Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 12:00
 
andrewimft wrote:


I'm not sure what it's really about; my interpretation is it's about people pretending to be hip and following the latest fads and not being genuine, but I'm not sure. Mostly I just love the music, which is absolutely great classic Cure and just jumps off the stereo and rocks.


I think you've pretty much nailed it.