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Robert
on 'The Head On The Door'...
"One
angle I haven't explained is the puppet idea. Did you mum and dad ever do
puppet shows, like draw a face on their hands and go "Whaaaaargh'"
from behind the sofa and really scare you? I've always been fascinated with
puppets like Punch & Judy because the tradition is so old. There's something
about the way a puppet's head will roll off... When they used to decapitate
people, they'd put their heads on poles and all you instincts just scream
at that. So we were gonna call it 'The Head on the Pole' and then it changed
because of the dream I used to have. It was originally be called 'The Exploding
Boy'... (Sounds 1985)
"The Head On The Door was readily only influenced by an immense consumption
of beer. We actually wanted to make a drug-free album." (Something
to Clap About, East Village Eye, July 1986).
"I felt happy, like I'd got through everything. Before, a lot of my
needs were based around being dissatisfied with everything I ever did, and
having a good group replaced a lot of what went before. The songs on The
Head on the Door fell together and I felt vindicated. After watching all
those other people who were really shit sell bucketloads of records, I couldn't
understand how we'd failed to get through for so long. If we hadn't, I might
have tried to do something else instead. But the record was a success, and
everything we'd done up to that point was re-evaluated. Suddenly, we were
an important group". (Cure News 20 - January 1999)
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