Just Like Heaven
The theme I chose for this year is
Greatest Hits as suggested by AI
It’s important to note that AI was only used for the song suggestion, not in the actual putting together of the post.
Today our suggested Greatest Hit is: Just Like Heaven
Wikipedia tells us this about the song:
In order to develop material for Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Smith forced himself to write music for 15 days of each month. During this regimen, he developed the chords and melody which form the basis of "Just Like Heaven". Structurally, Smith found what he had written was similar to the Only Ones's 1979 hit "Another Girl, Another Planet". When he brought an instrumental demo of the song to the album recording sessions in Southern France, Cure drummer Boris Williams increased the tempo and added an opening drum fill which inspired Smith to introduce each instrument singularly and in sequence.
When the French TV show Les Enfants du Rock asked the Cure to provide a theme song, Smith offered the instrumental version. As he explained, "It meant the music would be familiar to millions of Europeans even before it was released". He completed the lyrics when the group moved the sessions to Studio Miraval, located in Le Val, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The band completed the song quickly, and at the time Smith considered it to be the most obvious potential single from the songs the band had recorded during their two-week stay at Miraval.
Enjoy!
AI picked a pretty good one here!
ReplyDeleteI always liked the Cure.
ReplyDeleteThe Cure was always great. Another great choice today.
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Tim Brannan, The Other Side blog
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Sounds like Smith did about a half-version of the A to Z Challenge every month! :-) Visiting from thankfulme.net
ReplyDeleteNice choice! I already kind of liked this song, but after reading the backstory, watching the video I like it even more!
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