Best of: Seventeen Seconds

[scatcat]

Which is your ultimate favourite song from the album 'Seventeen Seconds' ?
Cast a vote, and post a reply with the reason why this song is the best!

[Hero]

A Forest because i have very nice memories of that song, also the first cure song i ever heard but i love them all Seventeen Seconds is one of my favourite albums.

[rubcure]

A forest for me because I remember that song when I was only 12 and I watched the video (for me the first of The Cure)  but I like M, at night and Play for Today too.

[Steve]

A Forest. No question there.

But have a damned good listen to the song 17 Seconds.
It's a masterpiece.

[japanesebaby]

i really don't know what to vote here. i tend to listen albums very much as a whole and not as a collection of songs. on some labums the songs are more easily separated though, yet on some others it's more difficult. this is one of the really tough cases.

if the question was about a live song, then i'd probably say 'a forest' - but now i think i have to pass voting altogether....

[crowbi_wan]

I really dig Secrets.  Play For Today has long been a favorite of mine as well, but Secrets is the preferred track on Seventeen Seconds.  All in all, it's really a pretty basic song, just that the vocal part has some cool layering effects.  Then there's whispering of "keep quiet" at the beginning which is a perfect touch to get the song started. 

[LuvURobert]

Hmmm.  Definitely a favorite is A Forest for me as well.  It just seems so timeless and hearing it just brings back really fond memories!!  I can picture living at home with the parents and being locked in my bedroom watching this crappy VHS tape that I had with all the Cure videos on them... (BTW, sorry for getting off-topic here, but have to say after seeing this again ~ Robert does look like Ben Affleck, especially when he played in Dare Devil  )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY7wuV_C1oI  (sorry couldn't resist)

Also, I thought this little article was quite interesting on the making of A Forest.  I didn't realize there was so much going on in recording a track like this!!  My hubby tried explaining some of the terms to me, having to do with the amps, etc. but it's all Greek to me!

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec04/articles/classictracks.htm

p.s. I do also love Play for Today (but only voted on A Forest  )

Thanks and sorry to make this post sooooo long!!!

[disintegration]

A Forest for me, but all the album is very good! 

[Steve]

I really dig Secrets.  Play For Today has long been a favorite of mine as well, but Secrets is the preferred track on Seventeen Seconds.  All in all, it's really a pretty basic song, just that the vocal part has some cool layering effects.  Then there's whispering of "keep quiet" at the beginning which is a perfect touch to get the song started. 

I just played that & you are right. A very  cagey little number, but hits the spot.
Still find myself going back to a forest though.

[silversand]

I've voted for A Forest, because i love this song!!
But i love the whole album. I also love songs like e.g. at night, M, Play for today etc.!!!

[scatcat]

It has to be A FOREST for me... One I never get sick of hearing....one of the first songs that got me hooked on The Cure..
some versions of other songs,Play for Today I love live!!
M, Secrets, 17 seconds also deserve a vote.. although so hard to seperate ...ohh it's ;ilke choosing between your own children!!

[aap]

for me: Play For Today, cause it was the first song of The Cure that i heard, and till now the best!       (but A Forest rocks too  )

[robiola]

I voted for Seventeen Seconds, but it's hard for me to say why, as it was hard to choose. (What about A Forest! a part of me screams. What about M!!) Aside from the music, I remember when I first heard it the concept really grabbed me -- seventeen seconds, a measure of life....

[Sussex]

At night is the best for me..i really love the bass-line of the song..

A Forest is good too, but id rather choose the one with a bass-line that always make me goosebumps when i listen to it loudly..

[Oneiros]

I vote for 'A forest'. A classic... a deep and amazing song. But I also enjoy a lot 'Play for today' or 'In your house' from this album.