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"A Forest" is a song by the English alternative rock band The Cure. Co-produced by Mike Hedges and The Cure's Robert Smith, it was released as a single from the band's second album Seventeen Seconds in April 1980. It was their debut entry on the United Kingdom chart, where it reached number 31. The accompanying music video was first shown on BBC's Top of the Pops programme on 24 April 1980.
Recorded and mixed over seven days, along with the rest of the songs from the album, "A Forest" is representative of The Cure's early 1980s gothic rock phase. The song has featured on the band's setlists for many years. Several versions have appeared on concert albums, and it was remixed and released as a single from the Mixed Up album in 1990. The song has been covered by several artists including Blank & Jones, Sophie Barker and Ror-Shak.
Mike Hedges co-produced the album Seventeen Seconds as well as "A Forest" with The Cure's Robert Smith. Hedges had first worked with the band on the track "Killing an Arab". Interviewed in 2004, he did not recall any demos existing for Seventeen Seconds; the band generally played the track in the studio before laying down a backing track to which overdubs were added. At the time of the recording of the album, bass guitarist Simon Gallup and keyboardist Matthieu Hartley had been added to the band's lineup. Gallup had replaced Michael Dempsey, who had departed to join The Associates. Gallup and Hartley joined remaining Cure members Smith (vocals) and Lol Tolhurst (drums) in late 1979 during the group's Future Pastimes tour, on which "A Forest" was one of the new songs added to their setlist.
Songs Of A Lost World :: The new album Pre-order now: https://TheCure.lnk.to/SongsOfALostWorldYT Arriving November 1st Explore more music from The Cure: https://lnk.to/TheCureHits Follow The Cure: Spotify - https://TheCure.lnk.to/Spotify Facebook - https://TheCure.lnk.to/FB Twitter - https://TheCure.lnk.to/Twitter Music video by The Cure performing A Forest. (C) 1987 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group A Forest · The Cure Seventeen Seconds ℗ 1980 Fiction Records Ltd. Released on: 2005-01-01 Associated Performer, Vocals, Guitar, Producer, Assistant Producer: Robert Smith Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Simon Gallup Associated Performer, Keyboards, Producer, Assistant Producer: Matthieu Hartley Associated Performer, Drums, Producer, Assistant Producer: Laurence Tolhurst Producer: Michael Hedges Producer, Assistant Producer: Chris Parry Studio Personnel, Engineer: Mike Hedges Studio Personnel, Engineer: Mike Dutton Studio Personnel, Asst. Recording Engineer: Nigel Green Studio Personnel, Asst. Recording Engineer: Andrew Warwick Author, Composer Lyricist, Composer: Robert Smith Composer: Simon Gallup Composer: Matthieu Ha...
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The Cure - A Forest (1992)
Seventeen Seconds (1980)
Songs Of A Lost World :: The new album Pre-order now: https://TheCure.lnk.to/SongsOfALostWorldYT Arriving November 1st The Cure - A Forest (Acoustic Version), taken from The Cure - Acoustic Hits Subscribe to the official Cure mailing list: https://TheCure.lnk.to/signupID Stream the music of The Cure here: https://thecure.lnk.to/ListenID Explore The Cure Store: https://TheCure.lnk.to/storeID Shop The Cure merch here: https://shopuk.thecure.com/ Subscribe to the official Cure YouTube channel: https://TheCure.lnk.to/YTSubscribeID Follow The Cure: Spotify: https://TheCure.lnk.to/Spotify Facebook: https://TheCure.lnk.to/FB Instagram: https://TheCure.lnk.to/Instagram Twitter: https://TheCure.lnk.to/Twitter
The Cure play A Forest at the Rock Werchter Festival on july 2, 1981. This is the infamous "f***k Robert Palmer, f**k Rock and Roll" episode where the Cure were told they had to cut their set short, obviously not to the amusement of Robert Smith, Simon Gallup and Lol Tolhurst.
The Cure perform "A Forest" at the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Dive into the full 2019 Induction Ceremony video collection at rockhall.com/inductees/classes/2019 and watch all videos, read from the official Hall of Fame program bios and view image galleries from the big night and archival materials.
Into the TREES with Robert Smith , and the creepy girl from On the Shore. A haunting Folk Horror tale in three verses.A cover version by The Jimi Presley Experiment.
"A Forest" is a song by the English alternative rock band The Cure. Co-produced by Mike Hedges and The Cure's Robert Smith, it was released as a single from the band's second album Seventeen Seconds in April 1980. It was their debut entry on the United Kingdom chart, where it reached number 31. The accompanying music video was first shown on BBC's Top of the Pops programme on 24 April 1980.
Recorded and mixed over seven days, along with the rest of the songs from the album, "A Forest" is representative of The Cure's early 1980s gothic rock phase. The song has featured on the band's setlists for many years. Several versions have appeared on concert albums, and it was remixed and released as a single from the Mixed Up album in 1990. The song has been covered by several artists including Blank & Jones, Sophie Barker and Ror-Shak.
Mike Hedges co-produced the album Seventeen Seconds as well as "A Forest" with The Cure's Robert Smith. Hedges had first worked with the band on the track "Killing an Arab". Interviewed in 2004, he did not recall any demos existing for Seventeen Seconds; the band generally played the track in the studio before laying down a backing track to which overdubs were added. At the time of the recording of the album, bass guitarist Simon Gallup and keyboardist Matthieu Hartley had been added to the band's lineup. Gallup had replaced Michael Dempsey, who had departed to join The Associates. Gallup and Hartley joined remaining Cure members Smith (vocals) and Lol Tolhurst (drums) in late 1979 during the group's Future Pastimes tour, on which "A Forest" was one of the new songs added to their setlist.
Come closer and see
See into the trees
Find the girl
If you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes
I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees
Into the trees
Suddenly I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing