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About This Track
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. It was also their first chart single in the UK, reaching #34.
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 one of the best examples of The Cure’s sound. The song is also notable for securing the band its first slot on BBC’s “Top of the Pops”.
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 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.
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 one of the best examples of The Cure’s sound. The song is also notable for securing the band its first slot on BBC’s “Top of the Pops”.
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 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.
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Shouts
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LucifereZ wrote:
The 13 mins version is fucking amazing ! a wicked trip !
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SecretSheridan wrote:
A Forest - This is by far their best track!
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RbrtsWax88 wrote:
Love their early stuff.
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keanequeen wrote:
sombria
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sharwashere wrote:
lovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelove and always will
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kikikirsche wrote:
lost in a forest
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Forsaken-03 wrote:
best song fucking ever
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BiGoKs wrote:
One of their best songs
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chromiumnumbers wrote:
das Intro ist der Hammer...[2]
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qatacyo wrote:
running towards nothing....again and again and again and again.....yes, we all are!
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Bia_hi wrote:
perfect.
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Saranella wrote:
amazing.
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paxiano wrote:
The best Cure and 80s song. capish!
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JustMusic66 wrote:
FETT!
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devision6 wrote:
..........That is Musick .............. and Live ...........achjaaaa Live sind sie soo richtig Gut ....und das ohne übertriebene Ticketpreise ....ein kl. Beispiel cure in Hamburg ..,.38 Euro ..... The Police .......(eigentlich eine super Band ) 138- euro ...gehts noch Leudddeee ...und Cure hat auch noch 3-/einhalb Stunden gespielt .....gibt es da noch Fragen ...zweck der Leidenschaft zur Musick ...???? wohl nicht .....!
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kawanr wrote:
this fucking bass, man. this fucking bass.
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crocy2 wrote:
das Intro ist der Hammer...
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crocy2 wrote:
perfect song...
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Leito_RED_Fox wrote:
Блин, самая охуенная у них песня)) Очень нравится)
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lykanthropie wrote:
When i'm listening to that song, i really see a forest. And a girl-ghost. Thats pure magic. [2]
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