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| Though not their biggest hit, it is regarded by many fans and critics as the best example of ]'s sound. The song is also notable for securing the band its first slot on ]'s "Top of the Pops". Today, this song is a concert favourite, known to be stretched out of proportions. In fact, there are versions that have lasted up to 20 minutes. | Though not their biggest hit, it is regarded by many fans and critics as the best example of ]'s sound. The song is also notable for securing the band its first slot on ]'s "Top of the Pops". Today, this song is a concert favourite, known to be stretched out of proportions. In fact, there are versions that have lasted up to 20 minutes. | ||
| The track has been re-recorded a number of times by The Cure. In 1990 the track was re-recorded and remixed as the "Tree mix" on the band's "]" album. It was redone for the second time on the '']'' box set this time remixed by Mark Plati and featuring Earl Slick on guitar. Robert Smith supplied vocals for a ] cover version in 2003. The song has also been covered by ] on their first album '']'' and by ] on their debut album '']''. The song "Dead Disco" by the Canadian rock group ] borrows heavily from the song{{Fact|date=October 2007}}. Many have said this is in reference to the group and the genre. | The track has been re-recorded a number of times by The Cure. In 1990 the track was re-recorded and remixed as the "Tree mix" on the band's "]" album. It was redone for the second time on the '']'' box set this time remixed by Mark Plati and featuring Earl Slick and Patrick Nikodem on guitar. Robert Smith supplied vocals for a ] cover version in 2003. The song has also been covered by ] on their first album '']'' and by ] on their debut album '']''. The song "Dead Disco" by the Canadian rock group ] borrows heavily from the song{{Fact|date=October 2007}}. Many have said this is in reference to the group and the genre. | ||
| == 1981 "Robert Palmer" version == | == 1981 "Robert Palmer" version == | ||
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A Forest is a song by British rock band The Cure. It was released as a single on April 8, 1980, and was the only single from their second album Seventeen Seconds.
History
The lyrics tell a vague story about a man looking for a girl in a forest. He hears her calling for him, and as he chases her, he suddenly stops and realizes that he is lost and that the girl is not there. The song is fairly upbeat compared to the other material on the album, and Lol Tolhurst's machine-like steady beat together with Simon Gallup's minimalistic bassline gives this nervous chase more depth and keeps the song on the edge of a frantic groove until the end.
Though not their biggest hit, it is regarded by many fans and critics as the best example of The Cure's sound. The song is also notable for securing the band its first slot on BBC's "Top of the Pops". Today, this song is a concert favourite, known to be stretched out of proportions. In fact, there are versions that have lasted up to 20 minutes.
The track has been re-recorded a number of times by The Cure. In 1990 the track was re-recorded and remixed as the "Tree mix" on the band's "Mixed Up" album. It was redone for the second time on the Join the Dots box set this time remixed by Mark Plati and featuring Earl Slick and Patrick Nikodem on guitar. Robert Smith supplied vocals for a Blank & Jones cover version in 2003. The song has also been covered by Nouvelle Vague on their first album Nouvelle Vague and by Carpathian Forest on their debut album Black Shining Leather. The song "Dead Disco" by the Canadian rock group Metric borrows heavily from the song. Many have said this is in reference to the group and the genre.
1981 "Robert Palmer" version
The most notorious performance of this song is the so-called "Robert Palmer" version, performed at the Werchter Festival in Belgium, July 5, 1981. Everything was late at the festival, and the crowd was mostly there to see artists that were at the time bigger than The Cure, like Dire Straits and Robert Palmer, of whom the latter happened to be the next on stage after The Cure. After twelve songs, Palmer's roadies said that if The Cure didn't stop playing soon, they would pull the plug. They reached a compromise that they would play one song before they left, opting for "A Forest", which they decided to play a lot longer than what was normal at the time (almost ten minutes), with Robert Smith adding some lyrics improvised on the spot (including the words: "Such a long end" repeated several times). When the band finally finished, bass player Simon Gallup yelled into the microphone: "Fuck Robert Palmer, and fuck rock 'n' roll!"
References in popular culture
This track is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, released for the PlayStation Portable and Playstation 2 consoles. The song can be heard on Wave 103 while driving. It also appeared on Trigger Happy TV.
Track listing
7" Single
- "A Forest" - single version
- "Another Journey by Train"
12" single
- "A Forest" - album version
- "Another Journey by Train"
Personnel
- Robert Smith - guitars, vocals
- Matthieu Hartley - keyboards
- Laurence Tolhurst - drums
- Simon Gallup - bass
External links
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