2000 Great Songs #1405: Six Different Ways
Despite a lengthy list of great Cure singles to choose from, I'm partial to "Six Different Ways," from 1985's The Head On The Door , as a key example of an album track that should've been the hit single. (It did get its day as a b-side, backing up the flamenco-tinged "The Blood," released as a single in Spain.) It's a slinky little track, obviously far less immediate than the same album's " In Between Days " yet catchy in its own distinctive way, offbeat percussion and colorful keyboards flittering about beneath a hypnotic piano line. Though for me the song is probably most indelible due to its attention-grabbing deployment in 2002's The Rules Of Attraction , rolling out of the opening credits and paired with a similarly memorable needle-drop of Donovan's " Colours " before the movie sadly pivots into something largely unwatchable. Lip-sync on French tv, 1986: Live 1986: The Rules of Attraction opening scene: Reggae ...
