#42 "KILLING AN ARAB"
THE CURE, 1980

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The opening scales of The Cure's "Killing An Arab" are amazingly simple and ensnaring (and pretty damn fun to play yourself, to boot).  As retroCRUSH fan Eric Angevine writes, "the bass player executes some kind of descending scale and then the guitar and cymbals start a very middle-eastern sounding tune. I long ago gave up any interest in the Cure lifestyle, but the beginning of that song is still cool."  Certainly a lot cooler than you'd expect by a bunch of lipstick coated nancy-boys!

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