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The Cure — 10:15 Saturday Night
Album: Staring at the Sea
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Released: 1986
Length: 3:41
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10:15 on a Saturday night
And the tap drips under the strip light
And I'm sitting in the kitchen sink
And the tap drips

Drip drip drip...

Waiting for the telephone to ring
And I'm wondering where she's been
And I'm crying for yesterday
And the tap drips

Drip drip drip...

It's always the same
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At the end I always expect the beginning of Accuracy ...
Posted 4 weeks ago by erdbeerita    [ Reply ]
How can someone not like this? Reminds me of Clash first album, but it's Cure!
Or am I too old?
Posted 4 months ago by nakitu.tenatako    [ Reply ]
I like how it starts breaking into System Of A Down's "Aerials" at the end.
Posted 10 months ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
This was such a great album! We all thought we were so avant-garde?!
Posted 1 year ago by xc.farmer.antoine486    [ Reply ]
Only started paying much attention to The Cure in the last few years and this one surprised me. In a good way. The lo-fi simplicity emphasizes the pain of the drip drip drip.
Posted 1 year ago by fncll    [ Reply ]
genius - love this tune and this album which I had a tape of in my truck which I listened to so frequently the tape wore out. what a great album of singles...
Posted 2 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Great song i ve never heard before - thank you RP!!!
Posted 2 years ago by Poopsey    [ Reply ]
Love this sparse, rhythm based song. There's almost nothing there and yet so much.
Posted 2 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
Solid and eerie
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
 Atombender wrote:

All i hear is a splash cymbal



yeah, i would say turn up the gain, but the guitar solo in the middle would then be too loud (also cymbals). so it's the mix. normalize, then up the gain; not sure if that's allowed for a radio station (artist's vision to have bad levels, esp. the cure) 
Posted 3 years ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
I love songs where I think I could play the instruments...
Posted 3 years ago by jamesshoemark    [ Reply ]
This song is SO low tech, and I LOVE it.
Posted 5 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
hmm, was it "Disarm"? Same in Feb 19'

 treatment_bound wrote:

Who would've thought a song with these lyrics would be a nice "recovery" from that Smashing Pumpkins song we just grimaced through, BUT IT IS!
 

Posted 5 years ago by charbo    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}
Posted 6 years ago by nancynancy    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 6 years ago by nancynancy    [ Reply ]
 melzabutch wrote:
Image result for social distortion gif

 

Think he'll ever win a game?
Posted 6 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Oh my goodness. Thank you. 
Posted 6 years ago by papersitter    [ Reply ]
 ptooey wrote:
dripdripdripdripdripdrip

 
Who would've thought a song with these lyrics would be a nice "recovery" from that Smashing Pumpkins song we just grimaced through, BUT IT IS!
Posted 7 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
Image result for social distortion gif
Posted 7 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
dripdripdripdripdripdrip
Posted 7 years ago by ptooey    [ Reply ]
No, Bill, no!  Send it to the cornfield, send it to the cornfield!!
Posted 8 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
Wow, one from the vault!  Brought me back to college...
Posted 8 years ago by pitkow33    [ Reply ]
my most favourite Cure-Song!
->10
{#Dancingbanana}

Originally first appears on this Release:

First LP

The Cure : Three Imaginary Boys

1-01 - 10:15 Saturday Night  3:42
1-02 - Accuracy  2:17
1-03 - Grinding Halt  2:49
1-04 - Another Day  3:44
1-05 - Object  3:03
1-06 - Subway Song  2:00
1-07 - Foxy Lady  2:29
1-08 - Meathook  2:17
1-09 - So What  2:39
1-10 - Fire In Cairo  3:23
1-11 - It's Not You  2:51
1-12 - Three Imaginary Boys  3:32
1-13 - The Weedy Burton  0:53 (Hidden Track)

Do not mix up with "The Cure : Boys Don't Cry", even though that album features many songs from this album, it is considered a different album.
The Cure's debut album, originally released in 1979. It was later released in the United States, with a slightly different song line-up, as "Boys Don't Cry".
Posted 8 years ago by yuel    [ Reply ]
The nearest thing to the blues that The Cure does. 
Posted 8 years ago by IndyDoug    [ Reply ]
          drawing in horns

Turned a  drip inside out to see
       that it's inside.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]

Really used to love this song.  Takes me back to walking around Mpls. in the middle of winter (Feb. 1980), freezing my "you-know-whats" off!


Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
goth juice
Posted 9 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of 1015 Folsom
 
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]
"Boys Don't Cry" what a great album from 1980. It was on heavy rotation in our dorm rooms and apartments. 
Posted 9 years ago by motobecane    [ Reply ]
Ah yes, great stuff. Back in the days before Robert Smith became a parody of himself.
Posted 9 years ago by enkay    [ Reply ]
Excellent song for a rainy night. Drip drip drip drip 
Posted 10 years ago by Falcon    [ Reply ]
This was song made in context along with Killing An Arab - sort of an Albert Camus retrospective.   Cool.
Posted 10 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]
 oldfart48 wrote:
why does this band exist? can't play, can't sing. oh i know i don't have the cure gene.beat cancer, but this .....not

 
Absolutely OK that you don't connect with it... I think its brilliant but thats how I feel.
Am always perplexed why so many feel compelled to knock a song or artist.
Is it the theraputic release served by an outburst of angry criticism ... the search for like minded critics the pleasure of being angry together.
But sad to thrive on negative emotion rather than the warm glow of shared praise. 
Posted 10 years ago by Weave    [ Reply ]
why does this band exist? can't play, can't sing. oh i know i don't have the cure gene.beat cancer, but this .....not
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
An absolute classic.  Robert Smith before he realized how cute he was.  I <3 a lot of The Cure's earlier works.  Great stuff.
Posted 10 years ago by Biscobret    [ Reply ]
If "The Forrest" comes up next, I go with cardiac death-
Posted 10 years ago by Pitjes    [ Reply ]
{#Drummer} Very big YES
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
YESSSSS!! {#Drummer}
Posted 10 years ago by Nenelena    [ Reply ]
 Lensles wrote:
I thought this might be Wire for a minute . . .
 
This is one of/my favorite Cure song but I'd still rather have Wire.
Posted 12 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
OH HELL YEAH!
Posted 12 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
I never dreamt I would hear this song on a radio station.  Very impressive.
Posted 12 years ago by terrapin52    [ Reply ]
 BikeCoachDave wrote:
I generally like The Cure. But hadnt heard this before. Not a fan of this one. not at all.
 



From one listen? This is a Cure classic - raw and untainted by the years. Full of disappointment and angst - beautifully written. Love the early stuff.
Posted 12 years ago by glowworm    [ Reply ]
AWESOME!!!  A Cure classic - one of my favorites.  VERY nice to hear it here. Many a memory to this fine tune in the early 80's...
Posted 12 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Original album

All songs written and composed by The Cure.

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Jumping Someone Else's Train"2:57
2."Boys Don't Cry"2:34
3."Plastic Passion"2:15
4."10:15 Saturday Night"3:38
5."Accuracy"2:18
6."Object"3:03
7."Subway Song"1:55
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Killing an Arab"2:22
2."Fire in Cairo"3:21
3."Another Day"3:43
4."Grinding Halt"2:49
5."World War"2:36
6."Three Imaginary Boys"3:14


Posted 13 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 Tippster wrote:

^5, brother! (Sister?)

 
Sister!


Posted 13 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
 manonfortini wrote:
drip drip drip drip drip {#Dancingbanana}
 
You are aware you can see a doctor for that, right?




Posted 13 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
I generally like The Cure. But hadnt heard this before. Not a fan of this one. not at all.
Posted 13 years ago by BikeCoachDave    [ Reply ]
I think I actually got a boner when this song came on!!! {#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by chadlymn    [ Reply ]
 AliGator wrote:


For those of us hovering around 40, why we fucking loved The Cure.

 
^5, brother! (Sister?)

Posted 13 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
Cure is definitely an interesting band. Everything from sugary pop to dark stuff like this. I have a lot of respect for what they do.
Posted 13 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
drip drip drip drip drip {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 13 years ago by manonfortini    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:

(For those of us in our 50s or older...)

Why our parents hated rock 'n' roll.


 



For those of us hovering around 40, why we fucking loved The Cure.

Posted 13 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]

(For those of us in our 50s or older...)

Why our parents hated rock 'n' roll.


Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Wow, this takes me back. Listening to Barry Jenkin on Radio Hauraki on a weeknight when I'm supposed to be sleeping before school the next day. Those were the days...
Posted 14 years ago by mindless    [ Reply ]
I thought this might be Wire for a minute . . .
Posted 14 years ago by Lensles    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:
Wow. I love this. Maybe now I "get" them. Thanks, Bill.

 

Get the hell out of here!  You don't like the Cure!  And this is the Cure song that you like!  This is the only Cure song on RP I don't know by heart.
Posted 14 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
as good as I remember, and it's been awhile.
Posted 14 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
 TravelRat wrote:

Agreed—same set today.  This was back when the Cure was a great band—after 1987, it was hit/miss, with more miss than hit.
 

Yea, I think that is an accurate assesment.{#Yes}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Great song off of a great album!{#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Wow. I love this. Maybe now I "get" them. Thanks, Bill.

Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 ercasul wrote:
9 (easy) for the song, and an extra 1 for the memories.   Thanks, Mad Bob.
 
You!! Put down that pipe and do something useful! {#Beat} I generally like the Cure, but this is not them, this is the Cause.

Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Dreadful.
Posted 15 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
9 (easy) for the song, and an extra 1 for the memories.   Thanks, Mad Bob.
Posted 15 years ago by ercasul    [ Reply ]
 queenjill wrote:
That was a really nice transition from Cold War Kids.
 
Agreed—same set today.  This was back when the Cure was a great band—after 1987, it was hit/miss, with more miss than hit.


Posted 15 years ago by TravelRat    [ Reply ]
Uh oh!  A Cure tune for which I have some respect.  Rats!
Posted 15 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
One of my all-time favorite Cure songs.
Posted 15 years ago by notremotely    [ Reply ]
That was a really nice transition from Cold War Kids.
Posted 15 years ago by queenjill    [ Reply ]
This was my first CD ever...am I dating myself?
Posted 15 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
elduderino wrote:
i love this song!
I do too...
Posted 16 years ago by typecast    [ Reply ]
exciter76 wrote:
EARLY CURE!!!! WHEN ROBERT SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE DARK ANGEL, BUT NOT IN THE VOICE....SO THIN AND SO CLEAR (NOW AT 46 STILL IS INCREDIBLY LOUD...HOW CAN YOU DO IT ROBERT??)I USE TO LOVE THEIR MUSIC, BEST IN THE LATE 80'S, THEY SAVED MY LIFE IN A SENSE....AND THEY LIGHTED THE WAY FOR MANY MANY ARTISTS YEARS AFTER WITH THEIR EARLY THINGS.... LOVE TO THE CURE!
Well, Exciter, you are loud too... It's true The Cure were a standout in the thin 80'S.
Posted 16 years ago by Dior    [ Reply ]
For anyone who dislikes mid- and late-Cure, this should dispel any lingering hope that they were ever any good.
Posted 16 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
the start sounds like an igniter trying unsuccessfully to start a burner on a stovetop.
Posted 17 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
I must admit , all that I liked was the photography (album cover) This man has seen ALOT.  The photo brings to my mind an old fellow from Greece that I knew when I was a kid.  His name was Manoli (not sure of the spelling)..anyway I used to watch him walking along ever so slowly.. cane in hand..I knew that he didn't have many steps left here on earth..he'd look at me with that worn out face and smile.  I felt his warm heart shinning out at me..God rest your soul Mr. Manoli

Posted 17 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
That jagged guitar solo in this always reminds me of another band from this era called Scars...
Posted 17 years ago by rtkmusic    [ Reply ]
Atombender wrote:
All i hear is a splash cymbal
Then turn it up!
Posted 17 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
wait, I'm not ready....ok I almost feel sorry for myself....wait here they come, the self pity tears, I can still remember the days when I felt The Cures pain.
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
EARLY CURE!!!! WHEN ROBERT SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE DARK ANGEL, BUT NOT IN THE VOICE....SO THIN AND SO CLEAR (NOW AT 46 STILL IS INCREDIBLY LOUD...HOW CAN YOU DO IT ROBERT??)I USE TO LOVE THEIR MUSIC, BEST IN THE LATE 80'S, THEY SAVED MY LIFE IN A SENSE....AND THEY LIGHTED THE WAY FOR MANY MANY ARTISTS YEARS AFTER WITH THEIR EARLY THINGS.... LOVE TO THE CURE!
Posted 18 years ago by exciter76    [ Reply ]
drip ... drip ... drip ... tedious
Posted 18 years ago by Hettapuddleduck    [ Reply ]
This is off the Three Imaginary Boys album. And it is as good as I remember it. It's a materpiece. And I'm not a Cure fanatic.
Posted 18 years ago by wondertoofar    [ Reply ]
Atombender wrote:
All i hear is a splash cymbal
Posted 18 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard this in about 16 years, brings back a lot of good memories.
Posted 18 years ago by TonyBear    [ Reply ]
Not as good as I remember it.
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
All i hear is a splash cymbal
Posted 18 years ago by Atombender    [ Reply ]
Bakana wrote:
fairly unbearable.
this song puts the suck in sucko-barfo.
Posted 18 years ago by donpdonp    [ Reply ]
Glockman45 wrote:
oh hell yes.... babyarm lobsterclaw
Bloody pants says hi.
Posted 18 years ago by DeerockZoolander    [ Reply ]
fairly unbearable.
Posted 18 years ago by Bakana    [ Reply ]
Wait. I had this album. Like, on vinyl. How come I don't remember this tune?
Posted 18 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
oh hell yes.... babyarm lobsterclaw
Posted 18 years ago by Glockman45    [ Reply ]
Waiting and waiting. May be the best song they ever wrote!
Posted 19 years ago by ppak    [ Reply ]
i love this song!
Posted 19 years ago by elduderino    [ Reply ]
Damn, Fat Bob sounds young. Damn, I've wanted to hear this song again for the longest time. Thanks, RP.
Posted 19 years ago by resonator    [ Reply ]
drip drip drip drip drip....wheres my cure?!
Posted 19 years ago by bajafisher    [ Reply ]
eco wrote:
if this is the cure, then i think i'd rather just keep the disease thankyou .
Never heard that one before. :|
Posted 19 years ago by TampaPurple    [ Reply ]
what a blah nothing song I've heard much better from them...
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
eco wrote:
if this is the cure, then i think i'd rather just keep the disease thankyou .
Well, I don't agree on the Cure bashing...but I appreciate the wit.
Posted 19 years ago by serendipity_blue    [ Reply ]
This is the first Cure song I ever heard (in the mid-80s, live on the 'King Biscuit Flower Hour'). Love their older stuff.
Posted 19 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
eco wrote:
if this is the cure, then i think i'd rather just keep the disease thankyou .
Ya ever cut yerself on that rapier wit?
Posted 19 years ago by phineas    [ Reply ]
phineas wrote:
For me this is a university song and album. Excellent stuff!
And here I am, 22 years later, working in the wee hours while listening to The Cure. Plus ca change....
Posted 19 years ago by phineas    [ Reply ]
Great to hear some early Cure :nodhead: 'Fire in Cairo' anyone?
Posted 19 years ago by fureanbode    [ Reply ]
For me this is a university song and album. Excellent stuff!
Posted 19 years ago by phineas    [ Reply ]
\:D/ \:D/ 8O
Posted 19 years ago by B-dub    [ Reply ]
Makes me want to be killing an Arab. Ok, no, not really, but hearing it, anyway. Great tune.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
if this is the cure, then i think i'd rather just keep the disease thankyou .
Posted 20 years ago by eco    [ Reply ]
"And I'm sitting in the kitchen sink." Great, great song.
Posted 20 years ago by ptooey    [ Reply ]
I loved the cure in the 80's, they were great. Make that a black sweatshirt, and the cloves were the second thing you smoked... 8-<
Posted 20 years ago by islander    [ Reply ]
Never ever ever liked the Cure. My roommate had this CD in college and played "Jumping Someone Else's Train" until I was ready to maim him.
Posted 20 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
Loveloveloveloveloveit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Awesome. Thanks for the old Cure.
Posted 20 years ago by Ungrounded    [ Reply ]
Wow, I haven't heard this song in ages. I used to be a huge Cure fan in the 80's. They got kind of stuck, though. But their early stuff was really progressive. Gosh, it makes me want to don a ripped sweatshirt and smoke a clove. Thanks for the memory, Bill.
Posted 20 years ago by gaucha    [ Reply ]