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Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by The Cure Played on the Sound Burger

Solidly pop in structure yet pushing against the walls of pop sensibilities to take the commercial formula into dark and sad and foreboding directions. Solid musicianship, although they don’t get the just credit, especially the understated but masterful guitar work. The Cure joined a subgenre of New Wave that was gloomier, and like Siouxsie and the Bans…