MP3 of the Day
On this day in 1980, The Cure released their second studio album, Seventeen Seconds on Fiction Records. This was the only Cure album to feature keyboardist Matthieu Hartley. Robert Smith and Hartley had clashed over the complexity of his keyboard lines. Hartley enjoyed playing complex chords, while Smith wanted single notes. Hartley left the group after the recording of the album. Exactly one week earlier, (4/15/80) the band was playing the first of three shows at Hurrah’s in New York City. This was The Cure’s first trip to the United States. Their set-list looked like this:
Seventeen Seconds
Play for Today
Three Imaginary Boys
Fire in Cairo
Grinding Halt
In Your House
Subway Song
M
10.15 Saturday Night
Accuracy
At Night
Boys Don’t Cry
Jumping Someone Else’s Train
Another Journey By Train
A Forest
Secrets
Killing an Arab
Plastic Passion
Today we have a live recording of Play For Today by The Cure.
MP3 of the Day
On this day in 1980 Rosie Ruiz, age 26, finished first in the women’s division of the Boston Marathon. She was awarded a medal, a laurel wreath and a silver bowl. Ruiz was unknown in the running world and her victory raised suspicions because her time was then the third-fastest marathon time in history for a woman. After studying race photographs, Ruiz didn’t appear in any of them until the very end. Eight days later she was stripped of her victory after race officials learned she had jumped into the race about a mile before the finish line. It’s believed that she intended to jump into the middle of the pack of runners but miscalculated when she joined the marathon one mile from the end, not realizing she was ahead of the other 448 female competitors. Ruiz never explained why she cheated. Today we have the song Girl On The Run by Honey Bane.
Also, former Who’s The Boss star, Tony Danza and former Tullycraft guitarist, Harold Hollingsworth are both celebrating a birthdays today. Happy Birthday Tony & Harold!
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