[BBC Sessions] - The Cure - Their Evolution Through Ten BBC Sessions

THE CURE
Their evolution through ten BBC sessions

Chris Hawkins looks back at the Cure's evolution, musically and as a live act, through ten sessions the band recorded for the BBC between 1978 and 1985.

Boys Don't Cry (Radio 1 Session, 4th Dec 1978)
10:15 Saturday Night (Radio 1 Session, 4th Dec 1978)
Fire In Cairo (Radio 1 Session, 4th Dec 1978)


Subway Song (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 9 May 1979)
Accuracy (Radio 1 Session, 9 May 1979)
Plastic Passion (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 9 May 1979)
Grinding Halt (Version 1) (Radio 1 Session, 9 May 1979)


Seventeen Seconds (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 May 1980)
M (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 May 1980)
Play For Today (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 May 1980)
A Forest (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 May 1980)


All Cats Are Grey (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 7 Jan 1981)
Holy Hour (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 7 Jan 1981)
Primary (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 7 Jan 1981)


A Drowing Man (Radio 1 Session, 26th Feb 1981)
Faith (Radio 1 Session, 26th Feb 1981)
Funeral Party (Radio 1 Session, 26th Feb 1981)


Figurehead (Radio 1 Session, 21st Dec 1981)
A Hundred Years (Radio 1 Session, 21st Dec 1981)
Siamese Twins (Radio 1 Session, 21st Dec 1981)


Let's Go To Bed (Radio 1 Session, 24 Oct 1982)
Ariel (Radio 1 Session, 24 Oct 1982)


Love Cats (Radio 1 Session, 26th Aug 1983)
Mr. Pink Eyes (Radio 1 Session, 26th Aug 1983)
Speak My Language (Radio 1 Session, 26th Aug 1983)


Banana Fish Bone (Radio 1 Session, 2nd Feb 1984)
Give Me It (Radio 1 Session, 2nd Feb 1984)
Piggy In The Mirror (Radio 1 Session, 2nd Feb 1984)


Sinking (Radio 1 Session, 30 Jul 1985)
Six Different Ways (Radio 1 Session, 30 Jul 1985)
Empty World (Radio 1 Session, 2nd Feb 1984)
Screw (Radio 1 Session, 30 Jul 1985)