The Cure – Friday I'm in Love

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  General Comment:Even if you don't understand this song, the atmosphere is happy and lovely! The Cure always were able to do that in songs, either make the atmosphere really dark or really happy! There was no middle, that's what I love about the Cure!

  Flag Angels7on March 08, 2013   Link

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  General Comment:Love the band. Creative song. It's about living for the weekend and living for a love interest, especially on the weekend. IT'S THE WEEKEND. Relax and enjoy. Very, very soon the sun will shine high in the sky, the birds and bees will be in full swing, beach sand will be between the toes, and nothing else (and no one else) will matter. Love the song. Just relax and enjoy the weekend.

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  General Comment:Wow. 129 comments. I've always hated this song for personal reasons, but lately I've been listening to The Cure and I must admit that this is an excellent song...musically. Even the lyrics are creative. For a band to make a song about a lack of empathy about a supposed love interest sound good, just shows how very talented The Cure is/was. Not sure why I relate the The Cure with The Killers, but I suppose it's due to the great talent of both lead singers. Very, very impressive musicians...

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  General Comment:The lyrics make lots of Islamic references.
  
  Friday is the Islamic day of rest, "Dressed up to the eyes" is a reference to the clothing, "Always take a big bite" and "To see you eat in the middle of the night" are references to Ramadan. The former being a reference to what anyone would do when breaking a fast.
  
  Also, the lyrics should say " As sleek as a Sheikh". Which is an Arabian honorific.

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  General Comment:Creative song, but overplayed. About someone who looks forward to the weekend (fun) but doesn't give a crap about the person he's with until s/he's useful to him/her. It's a favorite again this week. Enjoy the chase:)

  Flag losethetudedudeon January 23, 2012   Link

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    Oh no, that's not the meaning at all. This is a love song not a day of the week song. Friday is a metaphor for the feeling of LOVE; "it's friday BECAUSE i'm in love".

    Flag frogsmoreon August 17, 2012  
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  General Comment:The ups and downs with love throughout the week?

  Flag Thia007on December 05, 2011   Link

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    "Love" lol. Thanks, Kara, for the song recommendation. You are always the epitome of predictablity. Must be because you're so FREE and such a non-conformist:) Hurry and freshen up both you and the place so she'll get a good sleep tonight (for lack of a better word:). And please do me a favor as you normally do and post your evening's entertainment. It's such a joy to live vicariously though your FREE spirit. Although, you have provided me with the inspiration to go out for a second night in a row. Might as well try to match you. You're such a great role model!

    Flag cumonbabylitemyfireon January 07, 2012  
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  General Comment:Its about going out on a friday night and having a one night stand with a girl, and then not talking to them for the rest of the week, he's being ironic by saying that getting laid is love when really it isn't

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  General Comment:To me this seems to be about loving something or someone with intensity and uncertainty all at once. You're hurt on Monday, or you notice something frightening about it, the week is blotched and ruined... doesn't even matter. and then all at once you're reminded why you loved it/them in the first place and it's "Friday, I'm in love" all over again.
  
  Whatever it's about it's a great song.

  Flag corvidianon October 07, 2011   Link

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    Good try, but the more sinsister meaning seems more like it :) This song has been played so often that it makes my head spin...like any song that is overplayed and thus becomes boring.

    Flag ComeOnEileenon October 09, 2011  

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    Yeah, I got kind of bored of it back when the album first came out and it was being played everywhere, but I found that when I listened to it again recently (this is after *years* of not listening to music at all, except the occasional classical) I liked it again.
    
    ComeOnEileen: Sorry, I wasn't sure what you were referring to by "the more sinister meaning"...could you clarify? You managed to intrigue me by your choice of words ("sinister" ). TIA.

    Flag picturesofthesunon December 09, 2011  
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  General Comment:It's an excellent song...lyrically creative...has a good beat...nice sound. But it is not a love song by any stretch of the imagination. The majority of the song seems to be about a guy (or girl) who doesn't care too much for his love interest (using the word 'love' loosely), but s/he matters to him when the weekend comes around and there's fun to be had. If one removes the idea of a "significant" other from the song, than it's about losing all worries and responsiblities once Friday arrives. Great song from an obviously talented band.

  Flag MissCharlotteSometimeson September 16, 2011   Link

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    I completely disagree. "such a gorgeous site to see YOU eat in the middle of the night" "Can't get enough enough of this stuff. It's Friday, I'm LOVE". Friday is just a metaphor for the overwhelming feeling of love felt for his lover.

    Flag frogsmoreon August 17, 2012  
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  General Comment:Three things I have to say about this song.
  1) When it came out, I hated it, and it signaled the end of The Cure as a creator of superior music and lyrics.
  2) My hatred for it did lessen when I saw them in concert with an ex, and in my mind gave it a sarcastic, cynical point of view -- making fun of happy love songs, and long in general. "Hey it's Friday, let's be in love!"
  3) The lyrics are consistent with the theme of "It's Friday, time to relax/party". I'm fairly certain in one version of the song he sings "It's Friday I'm in love with." I agree with the comment about the lyrics about dancing. Eating at midnight? On Friday you can stay up. No school/work the next day. Friday is the start of the weekend, after drudging the whole week.
  Or maybe it's about drugs. Gotta wait till Friday so's to not be intoxicated at work.

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