1989 ~ Lovesong video shoot

Boris Williams
(photo =  thecure.com)

I REMEMBER THIS VIDEO SHOOT VERY WELL IT WAS SHOT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BREAK BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN LEGS OF THE PRAYER TOUR SUMMER 1989. OF COURSE NOBODY WAS PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT GIVING UP A DAY OF THEIR TIME OFF AND ESPECIALLY FOR A SONG NONE OF US THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A HIT ! WE WERE OF COURSE ALL COMPLETELY WRONG AS IT WAS THE CURE'S MOST SUCCESSFUL SINGLE EVER, REACHING NUMBER 2 IN THE U.S. TIM POPE ORIGINALLY WANTED TO SHOOT THE VIDEO IN CHEDDAR GORGE, A CAVE IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BUT COULDN'T GET PERMISSION SO HE HAD TO RECREATE IT IN A STUDIO IN LONDON . RICHARD , THE ART DIRECTOR ( STANDING NEXT TO THE WIGS IN THE PHOTO ) MADE ALL THE STALAGMITES FROM A COMBINATION OF POLYSTYRENE AND PLASTER AND THEN SPRAYED THEM ... IVE STILL GOT A PIECE AT HOME. I HAD MY OWN CAVE OFF TO ONE SIDE SO ONCE I'D DONE MY SHOTS I WAS FINISHED WHILST ROBERT SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY HAVING WATER DRIPPED ALL OVER HIM . THATS PAUL COX IN THE MIDDLE OUR LONG TIME PHOTOGRAPHER , HE WAS THERE TO DO SOME STILLS FOR THE 1990 CURE CALENDAR. ALL IN ALL ONE OF THE MORE PAINLESS OF TIMS VIDEOS TO MAKE ..... ROGER