What One Question Would You Ask Robert If Given The Chance?

[Lady]

Kiss me.......

Really?? Wow, eheheh!!!

I don't know, probably I'd be so embarassed by robert that I'd become of stone in front of him!

Anyway I'd like to ask him to sing "the same deep water as you" for me and dance together...but I think I wouldn't have courage!!!!!

[DJFreekSh0w]

I would ask him to come drink some white lighting with me. And when we finished it all up, I'll blow in the jug, and he can dance and sing!

Yeeeeeeeee hawwwwwww!

[robiola]

Hi I'm Robtghfn. I mean Romxzvdtpht. Marry me? Ah, no, I'm already...Blergh. Argh? Phht?*splutter*
*faint*

I'm positive I wouldn't be able to manage more than that.

My son, who is 9 and is more coherent than I am, said he would like to ask him how he manages to write songs that are so different but all so beautiful. How I love that child!

[rubcure]

i would ask him:

"what show in México City do you keep in your memories as a special night and why?"
(I was in 2004 and 2007 and I realy want to know if Robert remember one show as a special night for him) 8)

[gioez]

Do you want play football with me? You with your team (Simon, Porl, Jason and possibly Perry) vs my team. 

[cure_kitty]

There is this contest at a local radio station where I live where you can meet Robert & ask him 10 questions. I plan to enter but I'm not sure what to put down. I can't think of anything good to ask. I think what I have so far are so-so questions. Any ideas out there???

If you live near Philly & want to enter here's the link: 
http://www.radio1045.com/cc-common/globalcontestfinder.html?contest=21488

Here's what I have so far. I know not to original! 

Do you ever visit any Cure fan forums or web sites?

What Cure song are you ready to retire? (Won't play again ever!)

If you weren't a musician, what would you be doing?

What do you like better, recording a new album or going on tour?

Thanks!
cure_kitty

[revolt]

"What Cure songs are about Mary?" I'm sure that could be the basis for a very long conversation...

[The Figurehead]

I would ask:

Are there any soundboard recordings from the the prayer tour?

[Cold Colours]

I'm sure he's sick of the same old sycophantic fan questions, so I'd probably try to stay away from a Cure-related line of questioning.  The only band-related question I think I may ask him would be something along the lines of what, if push came to shove, were his top 3-5 favorite Cure concerts he's performed over the years.

I wouldn't be able to play it cool at all if the time ever came, I'm afraid.  Truth be told, I would probably take a total geek tack and ask him whether he still indulges his interest in astronomy and space stuff.  Yes, as shameful as it is to admit, my ultimate conversation with the Cure kingpin himself would be about best observing locations, favorite deep-sky objects, what kind of telescope he takes out to the countryside, science, physics that sort of nerdy stuff  .  For me, that would be f**king spectacular.  Bet you he'd remember that conversation  .  He'd probably get a kick out of it.  A refreshing change of pace.  Something personal but fun and non-threatening would probably be the best approach for me.

[japanesebaby]

Yes, as shameful as it is to admit, my ultimate conversation with the Cure kingpin himself would be about best observing locations, favorite deep-sky objects, what kind of telescope he takes out to the countryside, science, physics that sort of nerdy stuff  .  For me, that would be f**king spectacular.

ah that's my kind of stuff (i guess that makes me a fellow nerd ).
hey if you ever get a chance to chat this stuff with him, can i join too? 


sometimes you stumble to passages where someone says something that you find to be so true that it's almost shocking that it came out of someone else's mouth and not from your own.
one of the RS interview passages forever stuck into my mind due to this comes from a Q magazine interview in july 2004, where robert was asked:

Q: Is there anything you do that is completely unrelated to the band?

RS: Astronomy. That's why I moved out of London. One of the main reasons was to get dark skies. I find looking through a telescope is the most therapeutic thing I've ever done. If I ever get distressed about things I just go and look at the star for an hour. It's like icy cold water flowing through your mind.

I just totally agree with that.
One of my best personal memories from years ago are some late summers (when it's back into being dark at nights here - i live high up here in the north where we get sunshine throughout most of the night in summers ) spent on the countryside and going out to the warm summer night with a telescope and just looking up there, feeling that icy cold water flowing through your mind. that's exactly how i always felt like.
and one thing i hate the most as i nowadays live in a city is the loss of the night skies.
the saddest thing is that sometimes one almost forgets it's up there. and that most people never even think about it, i assume.


ps. don't get astronomy mixed up with astrology: the same Q mag Q&A continued:

Q: Do you believe in astrology?


RS: Do I f*ck! Anyone who believes in astrology is doomed. The whole thing is just f*cking absurd!

[japanesebaby]

the full Q mag Q & A article (mentioned above ) + some other similar articles here:

--> http://curefans.com/index.php/topic,5235.msg51712.html

most of the questions are rather boring ones, people always ask the same kind of thing all over again (and the magazine also wants to print the same kind of things all over again). yet there are some a bit more clever ones there too/some funny facts to be learned.


Q: Which South Park character do you most closely identify with?

RS: Mr. Garrison!

[Cold Colours]

sometimes you stumble to passages where someone says something that you find to be so true that it's almost shocking that it came out of someone else's mouth and not from your own.
one of the RS interview passages forever stuck into my mind due to this comes from a Q magazine interview in july 2004, where robert was asked:

Q: Is there anything you do that is completely unrelated to the band?

RS: Astronomy. That's why I moved out of London. One of the main reasons was to get dark skies. I find looking through a telescope is the most therapeutic thing I've ever done. If I ever get distressed about things I just go and look at the star for an hour. It's like icy cold water flowing through your mind.

Ahhh...thanks for that j.b..  I knew I remembered him talking about his astronomical hobby in interviews before.  I know Robert mentioned it even earlier than 2004.  I remember being so impressed reading about how he went observing at his country home.  Then I was even more excited that he actually wrote a song based around the 1994 Shoemaker-Levy comet collision with Jupiter for the Wild Mood Swings album.  It's always refreshing to know that people whom you admire have similar grounded interests and passions.  Reminds you that they are, after all, just as human as the next person.

Thanks for the interview links.

[thecupcakegeisha]

I would ask him about the details of how he met Mary, and if it was love at first sight, of if she grew on him.

[japanesebaby]

Q: Is there anything you do that is completely unrelated to the band?

RS: Astronomy. That's why I moved out of London. One of the main reasons was to get dark skies. I find looking through a telescope is the most therapeutic thing I've ever done. If I ever get distressed about things I just go and look at the star for an hour. It's like icy cold water flowing through your mind.

Ahhh...thanks for that j.b..  I knew I remembered him talking about his astronomical hobby in interviews before.  I know Robert mentioned it even earlier than 2004.  I remember being so impressed reading about how he went observing at his country home.

yes i've always read hm say that a lot earlier than 2004 (just can't remember all the exact places where!).
at least in the WMS tour book he mentioned "staring into space" as one of his favorite pastimes. but there are more precise references to it somewhere in interviews, over the years, going all the back to the 80s if i'm not mistaken(?).

Then I was even more excited that he actually wrote a song based around the 1994 Shoemaker-Levy comet collision with Jupiter for the Wild Mood Swings album.

me too. i remember i was a bit disappointed with the song music wise but lyrically i felt very much "at home" with it from the beginning, if that means anything to anyone. i remember waiting for the comet collision and later trying to observe the signs of the impacts with a small pitiful telescope (although the fact that it happened in july when the skies are way too bright for star watching around here made it a bit difficult at first).
anyway, the sheer idea that someone turned it into a song was heart-warming.

and now, i suppose 'underneath the stars' kind of lines up with this "space genre" (ha) too, in a way.

It's always refreshing to know that people whom you admire have similar grounded interests and passions.  Reminds you that they are, after all, just as human as the next person.

[Cold Colours]

me too. i remember i was a bit disappointed with the song music wise but lyrically i felt very much "at home" with it from the beginning, if that means anything to anyone.

That's too bad.  I think "Jupiter Crash" is a gorgeous song, both musically and lyrically.  It's an appealing romantic fantasy for a space fan like me.  Scanning the celestial sights on a hilltop above the sea with a distracting female significant other by your side.  No chance that Smith's songwriting  could fail me with subject matter like that . 

and now, i suppose 'underneath the stars' kind of lines up with this "space genre" (ha) too, in a way.

Absolutely.