The only band that can be said to be better than the Cure is the Beatles.
I’m not saying the Cure is the second-best band to ever exist. (Though, pointedly, I am not not saying that.)
I am merely saying there is a rarefied place where the Beatles hover that few groups get to, where their achievements are so singular and monumental, and their influence is so vast, that they can’t be measured against anyone in any real way. There’s just no point in debating the Cure versus Fleetwood Mac or A Tribe Called Quest or R.E.M.; they’ve all become fundamental parts of the universe, an entire color.
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