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Soul Music: Series 25: Boys Don't Cry

Boys Don't Cry

Series 25

BBC Radio 4 - Soul Music, Series 25, Boys Don't Cry

Soul Music explores The Cure's tribute to teenage angst.

4 Extra Debut. The Cure's tribute to teenage angst. Cure drummer Lol Tolhurst describes how he and his band mates wrote the song. From 2018.

Boys Don't Cry by The Cure is, on the surface, a tribute to teenage angst and a slice of pop perfection. 

Lol Tolhurst, the band's drummer, wrote the song with his band mates in Robert Smith's parents' house extension.

Poorna Bell saw the song's lyrics echo her husband's struggle with expressing his emotions, and describes the devastating impact which that can have.

Runner Derek Redmond recalls the moment he lost his 'game face' at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, and Sara Pacella and Jeffrey Axt chart the changing fortunes of a giant Boys Don't Cry poster.

Producer: Sally Heaven.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2018.

Soul Music: Series 25

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