And one of those things is Robert Smith's hair:
UPDATE: There used to be a picture of Robert Smith here, but some muppet linked to it from their signature on some The Rasmus forum, thereby thrashing my bandwidth to within an inch of its life. Small photo, but way too many downloads. So until Muppetfeatures gets bored and finds a new sig, I am removing the rather spiffy picture from circulation.
At some point in the early 90s, iirc, people stopped saying things like "Robert Smith from The Cure" and started to just call people by their band name. Yet whilst it feels perfectly normal to say "Richy Manic" or "Neil Divine Comedy" it doesn't feel quite right to say Robert Cure. It's still Robert Smith. And his hair is still wonderful.
The new single, The End Of The World, is a real grower and marks, insofaras I am concerned, a welcome return to form from The Cure. Can't wait to hear the album.
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Some things in life are more reliable than a Volkswagen
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Suw Charman
on Thu 22 Jul 2004 09:31 PM BST | Permanent Link
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Re: Some things in life are more reliable than a Volkswagon
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Reynolds
on Thu 22 Jul 2004 11:16 PM BST | Profile | Permanent Link
My brother and I tend to call him 'fat' Bob - because of his variable weight gain/loss.
We love him really... Re: Re: Some things in life are more reliable than a Volkswagon
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Suw Charman
on Fri 23 Jul 2004 12:16 AM BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Ah, poor Bob. He was one of my first crushes, after Terry Hall, who looks a bit like him, really.
Re: Some things in life are more reliable than a Volkswagon
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Anonymous
on Fri 23 Jul 2004 12:41 AM BST | Permanent Link
I heard of (but never saw, or heard recordings of) a Cure tribute band that used to be around the UK somewhere (touring) called "Fat Bob and the Cure Heads".
Oh, and Bob's hair does change - look at the video called ( think) "Live at Orange". where his Robert Smith Hair wig is removed as he goes on stage, revealing a haircut disturbingly reminscent of Rick Astley. Malach Re: Re: Some things in life are more reliable than a Volkswagon
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Suw Charman
on Fri 23 Jul 2004 07:42 AM BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Yeah, strictly speaking you're 100% correct. He used to have quite a short haircut, but I didn't like it so much. I think it was just a blip, though.
Did you ever see Rob Newman doing Robert Smith doing 'I'm a little teapot'? That was one of the funniest bits of TV from the mid-90s, imho. Re: Re: Re: Some things in life are more reliable than a Volkswagon
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Reynolds
on Fri 23 Jul 2004 09:12 AM BST | Profile | Permanent Link
For all your Rob Newman/Bob Smith goodness...
http://mwe.micaelita.net/ And look for the Video Downloads section, near the bottom. Re: Re: Re: Re: Some things in life are more reliable than a Volkswagon
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Suw Charman
on Fri 23 Jul 2004 01:29 PM BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Ha ha!! Good call, mate! I have all the Newman And Baddiel videos, but not The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Quality!!
Re: Some things in life are more reliable than a Volkswagon
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Anonymous
on Fri 23 Jul 2004 10:42 AM BST | Permanent Link
Oh, Suw.
As anyone who has watched South Park knows, it isn't 'Robert Smith from The Cure', it's 'Robert Smith of The Cure'! raku safe from Mecha-Streisand Re: Re: Some things in life are more reliable than a Volkswagon
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Suw Charman
on Fri 23 Jul 2004 01:29 PM BST | Profile | Permanent Link
He he he. I stand corrected.
Or rather, sit. Re: Some things in life are more reliable than a Volkswagon
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Bru
on Fri 23 Jul 2004 04:50 PM BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Yep, Robert Smith is Robert Smith... and his hair... well, as a former goth it was among my top icons ;)
Re: Some things in life are more reliable than a Volkswagon
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trav
on Fri 23 Jul 2004 05:03 PM BST | Profile | Permanent Link
VolkswagEn.
Re: Re: Some things in life are more reliable than a Volkswagon
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Suw Charman
on Sat 24 Jul 2004 01:03 PM BST | Profile | Permanent Link
Ha ha ha! Thank you Trav. ;-)
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