Who covered that Cure song, 'A Forest'?

September 17, 2007 8:02 PM

Which band did a cover of The Cure song called 'A Forest'?

It's been a while since I heard it. It has a Latin sound to it but it is sung in English. It was an acoustic version if I remember correctly.

Thanks!

posted by pelican to media & arts (10 answers total)

Wikipedia says that Robert Palmer did a 1981 version.
posted by amyms at 8:04 PM on September 17, 2007

Also covered by Nouvelle Vague (same Wikipedia link as above).
posted by amyms at 8:05 PM on September 17, 2007 [1 favorite]

Searching by song on allmusic.com returns three pages of possibilities. You want the ones composed by Simon Gallup.

(But my money's on Nouvelle Vague.)
posted by hydrophonic at 8:10 PM on September 17, 2007

According to The Covers Project, your choices are among nine artists I've never heard of before (one's at the bottom of the list).
posted by booth at 8:51 PM on September 17, 2007

Death Lies Bleeding did one that was on an album called 100 Tears - A Tribute to the Cure. My guess is that's the one you're looking for.
posted by ikkyu2 at 9:21 PM on September 17, 2007

Nouvelle Vague mp3 here...
posted by creeky at 10:49 PM on September 17, 2007

Yeah, you're thinking of the Nouvelle Vague cover from their first album, Nouvelle Vague.
posted by Mocata at 5:11 AM on September 18, 2007

Wikipedia says that Robert Palmer did a 1981 version.

It does not say that, though I can see why you'd think so from the subhead. The "Robert Palmer" version is a particular Cure concert performance.
posted by D.C. at 6:30 AM on September 18, 2007

You're right, D.C. Mea culpa.
posted by amyms at 6:54 AM on September 18, 2007

Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest covered this on their "Black Shining Leather" lp.

It's out of character for their normal sound, and surprisingly good.
posted by punkrockrat at 9:54 AM on September 18, 2007