Talk:Robert Smith (musician)
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This article has some serious NPOV issues. I'll tackle them when I get a free moment or twelve. Also, a lot of it is more about The Cure than about RS.
Discrepancy: RS's DOB here is listed as in 59, but in this 2000 article (already cited for the this page) http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2000/cure.htm he is quoted as saying: "ROBERT: We owed our record company one album and now we fulfilled our contract. I promised myself that when I got to 40 I would do something new. I'm almost 40 now and it seems like a good time to start something new." If he was born in 59, he would have already turned 40, in 1999. Something's amiss.
"His hair is legendary" is questionable for inclusion in this article as not only is it kind of trivial but is not detailed enough, as it neglects the period c.1988 when he cut his hair for just the reason of statements such as these. --Daniel C. Boyer In addition, film director Richard Burton has similar hair, as does one of his film character's, Edward Scissorhands.
robert smith came before the edward scissor hands movie, its been rumoured that scissorhands was partially inspired by smithFarquad92 19:31, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] discography
This discography is basically just the Cure's. It could be made more complete (e.g. blue sunshine, blink 182 self-titled, the relevant siouxie albums, the albums he's recently produced) or simply dropped. Jon Dowland 17:13, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I am going to get rid of it. This is The Cure's discography, not Smith's. 66.61.143.204 21:50, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] south park appearance
I've rved an edit which contained the following sentence only:
- He also appeared on an episode of South Park, in which he battled an evil Barbra Streisand.
I did this because it was tacked onto the end of the para regarding John Peel. The page should be kept in some kind of chronological order. According to List_of_South_Park_episodes#Season_1:_1997-1998, that south park episode was aired in February 18, 1998, so this sentence belongs before the Peel one (and perhaps others).
I haven't stuck the sentence back into the article as I think it could also be expressed better (E.g. Barbara spelt correctly)
-- Jon Dowland 15:43, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Vegetarian?
Really?!?! I remember back in the 80s he says "If Morrissey says to not eat meat, I'm gonna eat meat because I hate Morrissey!" Could someone please give a source to his vegetarianism, thanks.
Well, here's an interview from 1984 where (a third of the way down) he says he hasn't eaten red meat for a year: http://www.musicfanclubs.org/cure/press/I28.html Other than that much, there's not much else that my web searches reveal, so either he's changed his mind or just doesn't talk about it much. --Stuart mcmillen 15:08, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Gay?
Rumor? --Psycho78m 23:00, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
- Yes. Folkor 20:53, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- I don't think so...i've heard he has a fiancee or a long time girlfriend or something like that.
- He's married...to a woman. Though I must admit he does seem kind of..."gay".
- Yes, he's married. To a woman. And has been since 1988, when he married his long-time love (they had known each other since adolescence, so it's said), Mary. Type "Mary Smith" or "Mary Poole" into Google...
- He's emo, that makes him bi it's the law of the clique.
Yeah, I'm sure Googleing "Mary Smith" will only return a few hits and only ones pertaining to Robert Smiths wife as that isn't a very common name.
His song Love Song is well known to have been written for his wife. To paraphrase Hugh Grant, All english men are a little gay.
Robert Smith is not gay, although he doesn't appear to be homophobic. On the contrary, he has been supportive of gay rights. For instance, he organized an Easy Cure concert as a benefit for a gay schoolteacher who was fired.
[edit] Picture
I would have to say the recently uploaded picture looks strange to me. I wouldn't call it a characteristic picture of RS from his heyday or from now. May I suggest a change? Folkor 06:22, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
- I second that...maybe use something from the cure's press kit?
This page needs a clean up as it has currently looks like a Cure fans bedroom wall. I think it only needs one picture, if any. WhizzBang 08:11, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
- Can we have a decent picture of Robert Smith and not this blurry image ?
I think a picture of Robert before his signature look would be nice in addition to a picture of the modern Smith. Something from the Seventeen Seconds era, perhaps.
[edit] Clinical Depression?
I removed the statement and Category regarding Clinical Depression.
There is no basis in fact in the Article. No reference to when and by whom this diagnosis was made.
- Michael David 15:48, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Collaborations
I added his cowriter/vocalist collab with JunkieXL for "Perfect Blue Sky."
I suggest changing the classification of the Blank and Jones version of "A Forest" from a "remix" to a "cover." While the distinction between the two is often blurred these days, "A Forest" is an entirely new recording by B&J featuring new vox by Smith. Since it contains no parts from the original recording, it's probably better termed a "cover." --Nulldevice 19:24, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] musical credits
as far as i know robert has never been credited with playing drums or horns of any sort and i have all there albums.Curefreak 11:04, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] spirituality?
spirtuality?
it says he has written many songs about "spirituality", especially in the aptly-titled album Faith. robert smith is an avowed aethist his songs about "faith" usually come from a questioning or antagonistic viewpoint in my opinion. so saying hes written songs about "spirituality" would lead non informed people to think that they are a christian rock band especially with a name like "the cure" or expose that viewpoint in some of there lyrics wich is very far from the truth. i want to edit that but im not sure what i should say or put in there to correct it if someone can offer me some advice on how to change it i would love it cause its really bugging me :\ Curefreak 11:16, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] picture
isnt there a better or more recent picture to be used? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Farquad92 (talk • contribs) 17:23, 4 January 2007 (UTC).
