Talk:Forever (The Cure song)

The Cure Is Dead
The information about the "wankers" and "The Cure is dead" lines comes from a book called Ten Imaginary Years, which is supposed to be official, but has some exaggerations and inconsistencies here and there. One of them is the information about 'The Cure Is Dead'. A thorough listening of the bootleg in question reveals that the line "Smith is a wanker, Tolhurst is a wanker, only Simon is worth anything in the band! The Cure is dead!" doesn't exist, even though Gary Biddles is clearly heard ruining the song with his "singing". The text also claims that the quote was sung as soon as Gary began, and then Robert Smith got angry and threw the drumsticks at him. Yet, the vocals (which, again, are not the line claimed to be sung) come in at about four minutes into the song and last for the entire song, which is almost eleven minutes long, and, as I said, the infamous quote is never heard.

The information booklet that comes with the double-disc deluxe of Pornography also doesn't mention this part of the supposed incident, but merely says this: They journeyed across Europe in an insular atmosphere of frustration and anger, their lack of communication erupting into sporadic violence, capped off by a final-straw fist-fight in Strasbourg between Smith and bassist Simon Gallup, after which they both threw in the towel and headed for home, ignoring the fact that a number of shows were still left on the schedule. ... There, with one last flourish, they played a bizarre, partially improvised set that ended in howling anarchic feedback, with Smith on drums, Tolhurst on bass, Gallup on guitar and a roadie on vocals. "At the end of the performance Simon and I muttered goodbye to each other and didn't speak again for eighteen months," sighs Robert. Mengsk 22:09, 10 November 2006 (UTC)