Title: “The Love Cats”
Artist: The Cure
Year: 1982
Writer(s): Robert Smith
Genre: Post-punk
Highest chart position (if applicable) 7 (UK) 52 (US)
Album: None; standalone single
Did I own it? No
Album, single, both or neither? Did not own the single
Opinion then: Mildly negative
Opinion now: Mildly negative
These days: I don’t hear it any more
I was never, and probably never will be, a fan of The Cure. I wasn’t a goth - as their following was seen to be, whether this is correct or not - but my sister was. She wore all the gear, from black clothes to black lipstick and powdered face, and she loved The Cure. I didn’t get it. I kind of still don’t. I did enjoy their album
Seventeen Seconds but was not impressed with
Pornography, which I’m led to believe is the more highly regarded in their catalogue. Over the years my impression of The Cure has been mostly videos of their Edward Scissorhands-like lead singer and frontman Robert Smith looking enigmatic on stage, and some odd videos, including the one for this movie, which featured, if I remember correctly, people dressed in cat costumes dancing about. There was also a video involving Smith as a huge spider, though that may have been one of my nightmares.
I do remember liking “Friday I’m in Love” and “In Between Days”, but generally speaking I was not a fan. And I was not a fan of this song either. It had a kind of whimsical, almost cabaret feel to it that did nothing for me. I remember Karen loved it because of her love of cats, but it meant and means nothing to me. I’m sure it’s a great song and all their fans love it, but for me it was just one to shrug at and pass by if I came across it, and I doubt time has changed that attitude.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcUza_wWCfA