Music videos that feature Thunderbirds

[Basvarken]

Who would have thought! The Cure playing my favorite Thin Lizzy song.
Robert Smith even plays the solo pretty accurate.

And there's a Thunderbird.

What's not to like? 

[gearHed289]

  Wow! That's as unexpected as Page & Plant doing a Cure song.

[OldManC]

Wow! That's as unexpected as Page & Plant doing a Cure song.

  No doubt!

[4stringer77]

Heritage Cherry 64' Thunderbird from Norm's. Would that be a factory original finish?

[uwe]

I have serious doubts that a cherry fin (of all fins) would retain that much red pigment over the course of 57 years - not impossible, but highly unlikely. I've seen how vintage cherry has faded over a 15 year period in my office - with very little UV.

[Ken]

I have serious doubts that a cherry fin (of all fins) would retain that much red pigment over the course of 57 years - not impossible, but highly unlikely. I've seen how vintage cherry has faded over a 15 year period in my office - with very little UV.

Are you expecting sympathy for not having lost your virginity?

[amptech]

I have serious doubts that a cherry fin (of all fins) would retain that much red pigment over the course of 57 years - not impossible, but highly unlikely. I've seen how vintage cherry has faded over a 15 year period in my office - with very little UV.

So it's just the UWE exposure it reacts to?

[Basvarken]

He does mention he kept it in a case for 25 years. Not much UV going on in a closed case I'd say.

[Granny Gremlin]

Wow! That's as unexpected as Page & Plant doing a Cure song.

Not really - the Cure's guitarist was their hired gun on that tour. I was mid high school at the time and a friend tried rope me into it on that bassis (I might have but the ticket prices; yikes). The Cure album at the time (Wish - don't judge it by the single Friday I'm in Love) has amazing guitarwork on it. One of their best albums IMHO (in my top 3 anyway). Very not Zep, for sure.

[gearHed289]

Not really - the Cure's guitarist was their hired gun on that tour.

Yeah, I'm aware of that, but still pretty shocking to me. 

I once had a bootleg video of their Milwaukee show ('95 I think). Page did not look good, and at one point, he had a strand of drool over a foot long hanging from his chin. 

[Granny Gremlin]

LOL yeah sorry I didn't watch the vid before I posted, didn't realise he introduces him right off the bat, but that's a very classic rock thing to do - play a song buy the dude from another group that's with you on stage.  Not sure what other cure song would be more 'them' - this has got that iconic lead line.  Surprised Jimmy didn't pull out the violin bow or generally fill up a bit more space - he's just standing around a lot of the time.  Whole note pads are beneath him I guess, but like crazy feedbacky sustain was (one of ) his thing(s) and it really coulda worked here.

[westen44]

Yeah, I'm aware of that, but still pretty shocking to me. 

I once had a bootleg video of their Milwaukee show ('95 I think). Page did not look good, and at one point, he had a strand of drool over a foot long hanging from his chin. 

Maybe the drooling can be a guitarist thing sometimes.  I was in a band with a guitarist who often did that.  It wasn't because of drugs or alcohol.  I don't think he ever did those.  I attributed it to him being lost in concentration.  It was weird, but I just kept my distance. 

[uwe]

But Friday I'm in Love is my favorite Cure song, Jake! It sounds like The Darkness before The Darkness were invented.

[Granny Gremlin]

It's not a bad song at all, but the point is rather that it's the only happy/camp/jangly/accoustic/up tempo/radio friendly number on the entire record; totally unrepresentative of the album.  I love the whole damn thing.  Probably their last great album (nobody asked but their alltime best top 3 according to me are Boys Don't Cry/3 Imaginary Boys, depending where you live, Disintegration, and Wish; I like to get into fights with hipsters over not including Pornography and candy goths for exluding Head on the Door, both good records, but not as much of a solid full listen-through).

Comparing it to The Darkness seems a bit of a stretch even if Smith was bringing back his yodel/yeowl on that one.  He runs his vocal chords on a low gain setting.  I don't think he can even push any harder judging by his thoroughly cringey performance in that recent Gorillaz collab. 

[uwe]

The Darkness owe a lot to The Cure and Justin Hawkins is the first to admit it. Ignore the crunchy guitars, the Queen/Thin Lizzy type harmony guitars and his falsetto exploits, their melodies are often straight from the Cure songwriting manual - and so is his vocal delivery, he must have listened to more Robert Smith than Robert Plant as a teenager.





And I wouldn't be surprised if Friday I'm in Love was on their mind when they wrote this: