The slow three chord start has gotta be one of the more famous openings in rock, jumping into the simple up-and-down lead guitar and the peppy percussion and bouncy rhythm guitar.
My favorite part might be Robert Smith doing his own wailing background vocals over the "I thought that you needed me more" line about 2/3 of the way through.
One thing you notice if you listen to a lot of Cure is that the bass is doing all kinds of shit; the bass is doing more on Cure songs than for most so-called funk bands. Kind of like the Beatles and McCartney.
The lyrics always struck me as misplaced. Boys Don't Cry? Isn't this a jock's lament? You goth boys are allowed to bawl like babies, tears spilling out onto your poetry notebooks, smearing your words and everything, no?
Rating: 81.
The video here is really fucking good (even though it's not exactly the original studio version of the song):
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