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1. ourculturemag.com › 2021/02/21 › a-deep-dive-intoA Deep Dive Into The Cure's 'Boys Don't Cry' - Our Culture

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   Feb 21, 2021 · In 2019, 40 years after the original release of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, the Cure performed the popular single on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury. When frontman Robert Smith took a look at the audience, the timeless nature of the song suddenly struck him: “I realized that it has a very contemporary resonance with all the rainbow stripes and ...

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   Oct 3, 2024 · Featuring Robert Smith on guitar and vocals, Michael Dempsey on bass and Lol Tolhurst on drums, the band were signed to the new label Fiction at the end of 1978 and were considered a hip young...

3. consequence.net › 2023 › 11The Story Behind The Cure's "Boys Don't Cry": Podcast

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   Nov 20, 2023 · The Cure‘s songs are hauntingly timeless, and drummer and keyboardist Lol Tolhurst takes us back to the hit that launched them into the mainstream, “Boys Don’t Cry.” A classic post-punk song about lost love and the inability to move on, the tune proved to be the track that helped the band pick up steam in the late ’70s and early ’80s.

4. www.vice.com › en › articleBoys Don’t Cry: A Story of Rock ‘n’ Roll and Surviving The Cure

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   Jul 27, 2016 · New York in the early 1980s, the New York of Mayor Ed Koch, was not beautiful. Run-down, covered in graffiti, and plagued by vio­lence and crime, it was a gritty place, to say the least. We...

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Boys_Don't_Cry_(The_Cure_song)Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song) - Wikipedia

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   "Boys Don't Cry" is a song by English rock band The Cure. It was released in the UK as a stand-alone single in June 1979, and was included as the title track on Boys Don't Cry, the American equivalent to Three Imaginary Boys.

6. www.yahoo.com › entertainment › story-behind-cureThe Story Behind The Cure’s “Boys Don’t Cry” as Told by Lol ...

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   Nov 20, 2023 · The Story Behind The Cure’s “Boys Don’t Cry” as Told by Lol Tolhurst Consequence Staff The musician talks about the creation, history, and legacy of the post-punk and goth classic.

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   Who wrote 'Boys Don't Cry'?

   • On this episode of The Story Behind the Song, Tolhurst chats with host Peter Csathy about his time in the group, writing “Boys Don’t Cry,” and about his new book, Goth, a History. He also gets into his new album, Los Angeles, recorded with Budgie of Siouxsie and the Banshees, along with producer and multi-instrumentalist Garrett “Jacknife” Lee.

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   Is 'Boys Don't Cry' a good song?

   • "Boys Don't Cry" is widely regarded as one of the Cure's best songs. In 2019, Billboard ranked the song number four on their list of the 40 greatest Cure songs, and in 2023, Mojo ranked the song number three on their list of the 30 greatest Cure songs.

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   What is the story behind 'Boys Don't Cry'?

   • In ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, the song’s protagonist is unable to escape those internalized societal pressures. The narrative is a simple and familiar one: boy meets girl, boy mistreats girl, boy loses girl.

   A Deep Dive Into The Cure’s ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ - Our Culture

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   Why is 'Boys Don't Cry' so popular?

   • “I thought, ‘Well, it’s part of my nature to rail against being told not to do something’,” Smith told Rolling Stone. The Cure were just being themselves when they wrote ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, which is precisely why it works both as a slice of pop perfection, a simple love song, and a cultural artifact.

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   Why was Boys Don't Cry not a hit?

   • That’s because ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ wasn’t a hit when it first came out, despite efforts from the band’s manager, Fiction boss Chris Parry, who was confident it would’ve been a success and blamed the label’s parent company, Polydor, for the fact that it didn’t even crack the Top 75.

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   How did 'Boys Don't Cry' get red eyes?

   • Behind a curtain, Smith, Tolhurst and Dempsey (in his only appearance with the band since his 1979 departure), appear as the children's shadows, with red eyes. This effect was attained by painting their eyelids with fluorescent paint. "Boys Don't Cry" is widely regarded as one of the Cure's best songs.

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8. progrography.com › cure › cure-boys-dont-cry-1980[Review] The Cure: Boys Don’t Cry (1980) - Progrography

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   Nov 3, 2017 · A review of the early compilation album Boys Don't Cry, released in 1980 and featuring material from the first Cure album plus assorted singles.