1979-05-09 London - Maida Vale Studios / Maida Vale 4 (England)
"John Peel Session"

Accuracy
Subway Song
Plastic Passion
Grinding Halt
A Desperate Journalist (In An Ongoing Meaningful Review Situation)

Robert Smith
Laurence Tolhurst
Michael Dempsey

Songs played: 5 (5)

Day of the week: Wednesday

The Songs 'A Desperate Journalist (In An Ongoing Meaningful Review Situation)', that was played at this Session, is a variation of 'Grinding Halt' in response to a negative review for the 'Three Imaginary Boys' album by NME journalist Paul Morley.

event:	Radio Show "John Peel Session"
hosted by:	English FM 'BBC Radio 1'
recording:	1979-05-09
broadcast:	1979-05-16
performance:	Live

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The Cure on 9 May 1979 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1

from the book 'Ten Imaginary Years'

NME's Paul Morley called the album "An insulting, corny joke ... hopefully an intentional parody of the established K-Tel, Arcade and Ronco con guides."

Robert and Parry both wrote to Morley at the NME and, in their next Peel session, Robert changed the lyrics of 'Grinding Halt', parodying Morley's elaborate prose style and ridiculing his claims.
Robert: "What irritated me was that I agreed with some of what he said but the bit about the packaging making claims for social validity was nonsense. He was saying that we were trying to do something and then not achieving it, which was obviously not true. "I didn't actually like the record. I didn't think it sounded like The Cure at all. A lot of people said they liked it for its diversity but that's the exact thing I didn't like about it. It sounded like a compilation album or something."