"Reflections" by Robert Smith (Mixtape 2011)

Modcast #80: "Reflections" by Robert Smith by modularpeople

"HERE ARE A FEW SONGS WE USED TO LISTEN TO AS WE DROVE AROUND A SMALL WORLD IN A SMALLER VAN...
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Update (June 22): we've now made Robert Smith's "Reflections" mixtape into a downloadable Modcast. Get it here.

As the dust settles from those once in a lifetime The Cure: Reflections shows performed at the Sydney Opera House for Vivid Live 2011 - we've got something truly special to share with you today.

We asked Robert Smith what he was listening to as he worked on the first three masterpieces from The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds & Faith.

He came back to us with this very special mixtape, a collection of 10 songs that had an impact on him while he was making The Cure's first three albums. Take a listen.

Track-list:

1. Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio) - Aram Khachaturian (Gennady Rozhdestvensy - from '2001 A Space Odyssey' (1968)
2. Hanging Around - The Stranglers (1977)
3. Sweet Thing - Van Morrison (1968)
4. I Don't Want To Go TO Chelsea - Elvis Costello (1978)
5. Everybody Wants To Be A Cat (From 'The Aristocats' Soundtrack) (1970)
6. What Do I Get? - The Buzzocks (1978)
7. Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake (1969)
8. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (Live at the Isle of Wright Version) (1970)
9. Always Crashing In The Same Car - David Bowie (1977)
10. Overground - Siouxsie and the Banshees (1978)

Modcast #80: "Reflections" by Robert Smith

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In a special mid-week edition of the Modcast we've made the wonderful mixtape Robert Smith put together available for you to download.

Earlier in the month as part of Vivid Live 2011 at the Sydney Opera House, we presented the magnificent The Cure: Reflections. A once in a life time performance of the first three masterpieces from The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds & Faith in full.

This mixtape is a collection of the songs that had an impact on Robert Smith while he was making these first three albums.

Track-list:

1. Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio) - Aram Khachaturian (Gennady Rozhdestvensy - from '2001 A Space Odyssey' (1968)
2. Hanging Around - The Stranglers (1977)
3. Sweet Thing - Van Morrison (1968)
4. I Don't Want To Go TO Chelsea - Elvis Costello (1978)
5. Everybody Wants To Be A Cat (From 'The Aristocats' Soundtrack) (1970)
6. What Do I Get? - The Buzzocks (1978)
7. Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake (1969)
8. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (Live at the Isle of Wright Version) (1970)
9. Always Crashing In The Same Car - David Bowie (1977)
10. Overground - Siouxsie and the Banshees (1978)