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The Cure — A Forest (tree mix)
Album: Mixed Up
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Released: 1990
Length: 6:47
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Come closer and see
See into the trees
Find the girl
If you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes

I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees

Into the trees

Suddenly I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again and again
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This is all well and good but I'll take the original version any day.
Posted 1 month ago by bialia    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:
Great ! I F.... love it !!
And yet Robert is the one who released it.....


Posted 1 month ago by GreBen    [ Reply ]
 tm wrote:

people please try to listen to music with better headphones and better speakers. get the best you can afford and look it all up - it matters. the hi hat cymbal that is present is your heart racing as you run through the forest not knowing where you are!



AND -- remember to set your Radio Paradise stream resolution to "FLAC" to take advantage of William's investments to heighten our listening pleasure. 
Posted 3 months ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
 pilgrim wrote:
Man, this was great live...


Yes its was..... when I saw them in San Francisco 27 years ago....  
Posted 3 months ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
Man, this was great live...
Posted 3 months ago by pilgrim    [ Reply ]
Damn, that tasty jangling guitar.. incredible
Posted 3 months ago by jasko    [ Reply ]
people please try to listen to music with better headphones and better speakers. get the best you can afford and look it all up - it matters. the hi hat cymbal that is present is your heart racing as you run through the forest not knowing where you are!
Posted 4 months ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Very little can even get near to touching this.
Posted 5 months ago by deniseperry    [ Reply ]
 edgar_f_stone wrote:

I really do like the original version much better



Agreed. Although this is fine. 
Posted 5 months ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
The crowd at the Berlin  show I was at last Fall went absolutely wild for this song.
Posted 6 months ago by drintensity    [ Reply ]
Posted 7 months ago by SpamNRice    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:

And yet Robert is the one who released it.....


That's why it's genius  
Posted 1 year ago by gew55    [ Reply ]
This is great. The original is great. I don't see why they can't both be great at the same time. Well not literally at the same time, but you know what I mean.
Posted 1 year ago by horseplayer    [ Reply ]
recently discovered that there's some really excellent live versions of this on youtube.
Posted 1 year ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
Lovely palette cleanser after "Humankind" by Coldplay.  Thanks RP.  My feet are tapping again.
Posted 1 year ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:

Great tune, except for that annoying clicking noise!




I AGREE!  GREAT TUNE! ...annoying clicking noise!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Been a fan of the band since the early 80s and loved the original. Have to admit I wasn't a fan when this came out in my Uni years but I've grown to love it over the years. I hear the darkness alongside the upbeat tempo of 1990 Britain (Stone Roses, the Mondays and all). Lets dance to this at the end of times... should be along soon the way things are looking ;)
Posted 1 year ago by glowworm    [ Reply ]
SuPeRcUrE !
Posted 1 year ago by skurin59    [ Reply ]
why this annoying re-mix?
Posted 1 year ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Great tune, except for that annoying clicking noise!
Posted 1 year ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Had to add 1 to the 8 to = 9 cause every time RP plays this I get a significant nostalgia boost!
Posted 2 years ago by sonicsurfer    [ Reply ]
I steel loving The Cure.
Posted 2 years ago by richardsimao    [ Reply ]
 studioDEC wrote:


There is a "club' (camp) at Burning Man called Planet Earth that plays new wave /80s dance music every year  (except this past cancelled year)... where you might find someone dressed like this dancing.. to this song
 
I might be a bit old for this, but let me in anyway...
Posted 2 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:

Sweet reply, friend.  Works for me, too.


 

There is a "club' (camp) at Burning Man called Planet Earth that plays new wave /80s dance music every year  (except this past cancelled year)... where you might find someone dressed like this dancing.. to this song
Posted 2 years ago by studioDEC    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:

Sweet reply, friend.  Works for me, too.


 
Perfect picture for this moment.
Posted 2 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
KIck.  Ass.
Posted 3 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]
Actually this  song  is recorded from scratch on Mixed Up album, its not mixed version of original.
Original master tape of A Forest was lost.
Posted 3 years ago by jasko    [ Reply ]
Gave 10 quickly in the intro, as I thought it is the original version, but still.
Posted 3 years ago by omerozer2001    [ Reply ]
 Ming_En_Duo wrote:
why?
 

$$$

Posted 3 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
As great as the orginal!
Posted 3 years ago by Pristina    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:

And yet Robert is the one who released it.....
 
It is still a sacrilege.
Posted 3 years ago by Nix    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
Disagree. One version is great for at home while you're burning your incense and writing poems and the other is great for when you're at the goth club and you wanna get all the perky goths up, dancing, and buying drinks.
 
Sweet reply, friend.  Works for me, too.


Posted 3 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 Nix wrote:
Please, this is a sacrilege. Disco version of Cure is wrong on several levels. They were a "darker" band, this is just wrong.
 
And yet Robert is the one who released it.....
Posted 3 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
I really do like the original version much better
Posted 4 years ago by edgar_f_stone    [ Reply ]
ummm... All of you trashing this realize (I am sure) that these remixes were done by Robert Smith himself, right?  :D!!
Posted 4 years ago by kremfresch    [ Reply ]
 Ming_En_Duo wrote:
why?
 

Wtf?
Posted 4 years ago by Noni163    [ Reply ]
why?
Posted 4 years ago by Ming_En_Duo    [ Reply ]
Urgh. Typical case of Smith & Gallup Need Cash.
Posted 4 years ago by roeland    [ Reply ]
 Nix wrote:
Please, this is a sacrilege. Disco version of Cure is wrong on several levels. They were a "darker" band, this is just wrong.
 
On the other hand. . . I class this as a wonderful interpretation of the track and love it to pieces. Thus, I have the Yang to your Yin. . . or something 
Posted 4 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
My fave Cure song...prefer slower version ..cool bass line
Posted 5 years ago by vanillagorilla    [ Reply ]
HA HA HA!
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 Dinges,_the_Dude wrote:


Agree: the original was good, this is an unnecessary remake. As if meant only to make more money from the original song. A real pity.

 
Disagree. One version is great for at home while you're burning your incense and writing poems and the other is great for when you're at the goth club and you wanna get all the perky goths up, dancing, and buying drinks.

Also, does anyone know who Anna Gayne is?
Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Make it stop{#Drunk}
Posted 6 years ago by Bert7    [ Reply ]
Please, this is a sacrilege. Disco version of Cure is wrong on several levels. They were a "darker" band, this is just wrong.
Posted 6 years ago by Nix    [ Reply ]
Lovely mix ! And very interesting  versions in this album.
Posted 6 years ago by cebadores    [ Reply ]
Brilliant. Robert Smith is a genius.
Posted 6 years ago by IndyDoug    [ Reply ]
tomorrow I will catch them live...
BOB ON! 
Posted 6 years ago by Vakse    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
such a great song
such an awful mix
 

Agreed!

You can't see the forest for the trees.

—-M. Nesmith
Posted 7 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
such a great song
such an awful mix
ditch this and give us the original with the brilliant guitar work, not this '80s dance club remix" synth crap 
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Ya man.
Posted 7 years ago by big_wobbly_one    [ Reply ]
 Pristina wrote:
Not a big remix fan but this one is outstanding and really adds another dimension to the original song.  

 
Yup
Posted 7 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
Not a big remix fan but this one is outstanding and really adds another dimension to the original song.  
Posted 7 years ago by Pristina    [ Reply ]
Good stuff but all these Cure tunes were mixed up quite well enough the first time for me and the remixes all come a little shy of the originals.
Posted 8 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
Love the original but this is very good too!
not heard this version before.
Posted 8 years ago by Oldfastbowler    [ Reply ]
Not always big on these remixes, but...this is great!
Posted 8 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Cool!! I never cared a ton for this song, but this remix works for me. I really should grab a copy of Mixed Up... 
Posted 9 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
These chaps can do no wrong in my book.  Play some more, please!  Big fat 10 from my office, all around.


Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 Nix wrote:
OK, I understand the high scores, but I see no point in this mix. The original as much, much better. It was darker, this sounds a bit lame. So, sorry, I cannot give it high score, knowing how the original sounded.

 

Agree: the original was good, this is an unnecessary remake. As if meant only to make more money from the original song. A real pity.
Posted 9 years ago by Dinges,_the_Dude    [ Reply ]
OK, I understand the high scores, but I see no point in this mix. The original as much, much better. It was darker, this sounds a bit lame. So, sorry, I cannot give it high score, knowing how the original sounded.
Posted 9 years ago by Nix    [ Reply ]
Given a choice I would (always) opt for the original...
Posted 9 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
{#Heartkiss}   8 >>>>>>> 9
Posted 9 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:

Yeah, maybe, but those monkeys are keeping a tight beat .....

 
And I couldn't get to my PC fast enough to give this a 9.
Posted 9 years ago by Piranga    [ Reply ]
What an awful muzaked out version of something terrific
Posted 9 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 yenco wrote:
Please please play the original. This (tree mix) is OK but nothing on the original track.

 
I concur! 
Posted 9 years ago by glowworm    [ Reply ]
 daveinnj wrote:
worst song ever. took me 5 minutes to find the login so I could post this comment, so that's how much I dislike it. It's like a band of monkeys firing mis-chord after mis-chord.
Uggggg...
 
Yeah, maybe, but those monkeys are keeping a tight beat .....
Posted 9 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
I bought this LP when I was thirteen. ...In the 90's... Today, I love it again (and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again...) {#Angel}
Posted 9 years ago by Nenelena    [ Reply ]
Please please play the original. This (tree mix) is OK but nothing on the original track.
Posted 9 years ago by yenco    [ Reply ]
 MortimerS wrote:
A reasonable imitation of the 'burbs. Jan Polings voice is better though.

 
Uhhhhhhhh, that's CHAN Poling.




Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
worst song ever. took me 5 minutes to find the login so I could post this comment, so that's how much I dislike it. It's like a band of monkeys firing mis-chord after mis-chord.
Uggggg...
Posted 10 years ago by daveinnj    [ Reply ]
A reasonable imitation of the 'burbs. Jan Polings voice is better though.
Posted 10 years ago by MortimerS    [ Reply ]
This version just stretches like a bubble gum.
Posted 10 years ago by itaish    [ Reply ]
Great Band, great song, mediocre version.
Posted 10 years ago by palatin8    [ Reply ]
Don't normally like Cure or Robert Smith. I do like this though...perhaps its because it doesn't have RS wailing around throughout the song. Could almost be a DCFC instrumental.
Posted 10 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
The "tree mix" was interesting when it was released, but for me it just doesn't hold up any more.  The original has aged better. 
Posted 10 years ago by bluejay08003    [ Reply ]
Love this song!
Very nice in this "tree" mix!
Thanks!
Posted 11 years ago by vanmas    [ Reply ]
A eletronic samba made in England! Só faltou a cuíca...
Posted 11 years ago by Orodrigues    [ Reply ]
 redmachine wrote:
Another great rack ruined by some geek with a computer. Oh look at me i can programme a computer.
no talent hacks.
Leave Bob's music alone!
 

you and I may have different ideas of what is meant by a 'great rack'. What I think of as a great rack cannot be ruined by a computer, unless the computer is large and blocks the view, or heavy and squashes it.
Posted 11 years ago by jt1    [ Reply ]
 redmachine wrote:
Another great rack ruined by some geek with a computer. Oh look at me i can programme a computer.
no talent hacks.
 
All photos in Playboy are airbrushed, everybody knows that.

Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 slr242 wrote:
well, I far prefer the original to this remix, but it's great song either way. :-)
 
Yes!  PLEASE stop playing this version.  This seems to be the only Cure I hear on RP and I want the original!!!
Posted 11 years ago by cvandoren    [ Reply ]
Simon rocks

Posted 11 years ago by LongGoneDaddy    [ Reply ]
This was the only Cure song on this album that I liked remixed.  It's great.  
Posted 11 years ago by terrapin52    [ Reply ]
 Leatherpoker wrote:
Anyone else hear the similarities between this song and Puncture Wound on Steven Wilson's solo album Insurgentes?  The vocal melody is almost identical with a similar cadence!{#Eek}

LP
 
Not entirely unexplainable considering Steven's previous cover version... Therefore, Puncture Wound might qualify as an obvious tribute rather than a blatant and shameless rip-off {#Wink}

Posted 12 years ago by jpdribbler    [ Reply ]
 redmachine wrote:
Another great rack ruined by some geek with a computer. Oh look at me i can programme a computer.
no talent hacks.
Leave Bob's music alone!
 
What he says...

Posted 12 years ago by Neil66    [ Reply ]
Another great rack ruined by some geek with a computer. Oh look at me i can programme a computer.
no talent hacks.
Leave Bob's music alone!
Posted 12 years ago by redmachine    [ Reply ]
Classic late 80's muzak!!!! {#Roflol}

Posted 12 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
OMG!  Now that you mentioned Devo, I keep seeing the Cure doing this with flowerpots on their heads!  

 uncled wrote:
Stop me before I say "Devo's Gut Feeling"

 


Posted 12 years ago by bubink    [ Reply ]
 ukhh wrote:

I like this version. Very much!!!

Had this on my marriage. Cool party.
Have nearly all Cure records.
 
You had this for your whole marriage!    Not just your wedding?   I'm impressed!  {#Whistle}


Posted 12 years ago by bpkengor    [ Reply ]
6 - original is much better
Posted 12 years ago by otaznick    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:


{#Yes}
 
I like this version. Very much!!!

Had this on my marriage. Cool party.
Have nearly all Cure records.


Posted 12 years ago by ukhh    [ Reply ]
 slr242 wrote:
well, I far prefer the original to this remix, but it's great song either way. :-)
 

{#Yes}
Posted 12 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 koenp wrote:
The best song from the Cure ever, but don't care too much for this particular mix. Prefer the original version
 
Original = one of the Cure's best songs 

This - really annoying at times and loses points from there for making me want to hear the original version even more. 
Posted 12 years ago by cvandoren    [ Reply ]
well, I far prefer the original to this remix, but it's great song either way. :-)
Posted 12 years ago by slr242    [ Reply ]
Stop me before I say "Devo's Gut Feeling"

Posted 12 years ago by uncled    [ Reply ]
I've always liked this song, but it is even better with stereo headphones!  wow
Posted 12 years ago by sheeelaaa    [ Reply ]
love
Posted 12 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
 koenp wrote:
The best song from the Cure ever, but don't care too much for this particular mix. Prefer the original version
 

TOTALLY AGREE.  the whole album 'seventeen seconds' was a masterpiece, and a largely overlooked work by the Cure...
Posted 12 years ago by danbarry    [ Reply ]
 10th_rock wrote:
What a great way to leave work...Outstanding!
 
Good highway music too.

Posted 12 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
What a great way to leave work...Outstanding!


Posted 12 years ago by 10th_rock    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again...
 
...again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again...{#Music}
Posted 12 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
...again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again...
Posted 13 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
 DavidS_UK wrote:
Original good and this remix is a great dance track
 
...ye gads, mixed up was an abomination, never enough and close to me excepted...
Posted 13 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Needs cure!
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
The best song from the Cure ever, but don't care too much for this particular mix. Prefer the original version
Posted 13 years ago by koenp    [ Reply ]
Original good and this remix is a great dance track
Posted 13 years ago by DavidS_UK    [ Reply ]

Not sure about this particular mix - but the original version is a great track {#Bananajam} 


Posted 13 years ago by sarahg70    [ Reply ]
I love The Cure, but Wish was their last great album. Wild Mood Swings was decent. Bloodflowers was blah. I didn't even listen to their last album.
Posted 13 years ago by thaidirect    [ Reply ]
 LastChance wrote:
This song kinda grows on you.  

 Like fungus, or ugly body hair ?
Posted 13 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
One of the best Cure songs ever!  (they're all a 10+, but some are just more 10+ than others.) {#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}
Posted 13 years ago by Ntropy    [ Reply ]
Ace day for music - Broken Bells then the Cure - Bought the disintegration re-issue this morning!  I's got me a hankering for a Cure fest tonight!
Posted 13 years ago by scruffystevie    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}Great song for Earth Day-let's all go plant a tree!{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 13 years ago by Shaker    [ Reply ]
Yeah, one of the best Cure-Songs!!! LOVE ITBananajamDancingbanana
Posted 13 years ago by StefanTA650    [ Reply ]
This song kinda grows on you. I wasn't sure about it at first, but I'm groovin on it now.
Posted 13 years ago by LastChance    [ Reply ]
Anyone else hear the similarities between this song and Puncture Wound on Steven Wilson's solo album Insurgentes?  The vocal melody is almost identical with a similar cadence!{#Eek}

LP
Posted 13 years ago by Leatherpoker    [ Reply ]

I have always dug this song, love the guitar!{#Dancingbanana}


Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 tuzticzka wrote:

Hi, do you think that this song (and lyrics especially) is originaly from Nouvelle Vague? Name is same, lyrics as I listened, melody fairy also too...? Who took over from it from whom? Thanks


 
Nouvelle Vague covered The Cure, obviously..

Posted 13 years ago by double_ju    [ Reply ]

Hi, do you think that this song (and lyrics especially) is originaly from Nouvelle Vague? Name is same, lyrics as I listened, melody fairy also too...? Who took over from it from whom? Thanks


Posted 14 years ago by tuzticzka    [ Reply ]
Darkmatter wrote:
The audience seems to be splintered about this album, but this song is nothing to get barked up about. I think it is of high fiber!

 esotericderek wrote:
You're really going out on a limb to get those puns in, aren't you? Maybe you should get back to your roots. Or leave. Not that I'm trying to needle you or anything.
 
Gentlemen,

I don't think either of you can see the forest through the trees, you're both branching off from the main point. Don't beat around the bush, just state the obvious, which is; the timbre of Robert Smith's voice is less annoying than usual in this ode to our tall green friends.

Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Excellent mix...
Posted 14 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
 simme2 wrote:
I agree, no mix can ever reach the high level of the original to this one...

tompoll wrote:
IMHO a ruinous remix of a perfectly good song. Sounds like I have at least some company.
 
 
yes, but i smile if i listen The Cure in radioparadise... :)

yeah yeah yeah!!!! 
Posted 14 years ago by StrangeDay    [ Reply ]
I agree, no mix can ever reach the high level of the original to this one...

tompoll wrote:
IMHO a ruinous remix of a perfectly good song. Sounds like I have at least some company.
 

Posted 14 years ago by simme2    [ Reply ]