The Cure’s Robert Smith on why ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ was nearly called ‘Live From The Moon’

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The Cure‘s Robert Smith has opened up on why the band’s latest album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ was nearly called ‘Live From The Moon’.The rock icon appeared as a special guest on Tim Burgess’ Tims Listening Party in which he ran through the band’s acclaimed 14th studio album.

Towards the end of the chat, Smith revealed that the working title of the LP was ‘Live From The Moon’ and discussed the importance of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing impacted the album’s recording.“It was the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, which I was obsessed with as a kid.

I wanted to be a footballer but then if I couldn’t do that, I wanted to be an astronaut. I thought it was kind of like ‘Well if I fail at football, I’ll be an astronaut,’ because that’s the way the world looked like it was going.

How wrong was I?,” Smith began.He recounted the day of the moon landing and how he was standing outside with his family and recalled: “I can remember my feeling of utter disbelief and being left alone in the garden looking up.