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the cure - close to me (closet re-mix) - october, 1990.
what's that about being hoisted by one's own petard? just when we all thought it was safe to go back in the bedroom, the cure re-do the wardrobe video for a new mix of the song. and... just when i thought we'd all finally got ourselves out of the closet, nope, we were back inside, though this time i was obviously careful to insist that the catering did not include too spicy a menu for the cure's collective stomach. [see close to me.] the starfish was played by the cure's manager, poor chris parry - the man who once told me that his only job left to do for the band was to ensure his letterbox was large enough to accomodate the large cheques coming through it. perhaps this is why they jumped so viciously on to his stomach, in this video, when he is lain out and exposed. there was always sadistic tendencies in cure videos, but this leaping sally by boris, the group's drummer, must surely rate as one of the most heinous. after that, it's an open field and simon, the band's bassist, takes a plunge at chris. the octopus was played by bruno, the group's driver. thinking philosophically a moment, why would we even attempt this? to repeat perhaps our most famous video moment? was it an attempt genuinely to follow through with what happened to do our hapless heroes, beneath the waves? or, rather, was there some deep cynicism involved? you decide. [back in the closet photo.]
what's that about being hoisted by one's own petard? just when we all thought it was safe to go back in the bedroom, the cure re-do the wardrobe video for a new mix of the song. and... just when i thought we'd all finally got ourselves out of the closet, nope, we were back inside, though this time i was obviously careful to insist that the catering did not include too spicy a menu for the cure's collective stomach. [see close to me.] the starfish was played by the cure's manager, poor chris parry - the man who once told me that his only job left to do for the band was to ensure his letterbox was large enough to accomodate the large cheques coming through it. perhaps this is why they jumped so viciously on to his stomach, in this video, when he is lain out and exposed. there was always sadistic tendencies in cure videos, but this leaping sally by boris, the group's drummer, must surely rate as one of the most heinous. after that, it's an open field and simon, the band's bassist, takes a plunge at chris. the octopus was played by bruno, the group's driver. thinking philosophically a moment, why would we even attempt this? to repeat perhaps our most famous video moment? was it an attempt genuinely to follow through with what happened to do our hapless heroes, beneath the waves? or, rather, was there some deep cynicism involved? you decide. [back in the closet photo.]
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