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  Encyclopedia: Japanese Whispers
In an eye-opening difference to viewers used to the gentle innuendo of Japanese TV, the chaste, childish nature of the teenagers' flirting is regularly blown out of the water by the parents' earthy humor - "The only thing stiff about you is your liver!" Mom yells at her hubby on one memorable occasion.
The Japanese expansion throughout the Pacific and Asia was halted by their devastating defeat at the Battle of Midway, where they suffered crippling losses to their carrier fleet.
The Japanese were never able to break the code when the Navajo spoke in their native language.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Japanese-Whispers   (838 words)

  
 Info and facts on 'The Cure'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Reduced to the duo of Smith and Tolhurst, the Cure released four studio singles and their B-sides as the album Japanese Whispers (additional info and facts about Japanese Whispers).
The singles from this period were uncharacteristically upbeat and accessible, though Smith would soon return to writing more melancholy (if not as somber) material.
Japanese Whispers (additional info and facts about Japanese Whispers) (singles/b-sides) (1983) #26 UK, #181 US Concert (A performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging) (1984, live) #26 UK Concert and Curiosity (1984), The Concert album with unreleased tracks on the b-side.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_cure.htm   (2408 words)

  
 ipedia.com: The Cure Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
In 1983 The Cure released 2 more singles, "The Walk" (UK #12) and "The Lovecats" the band's first UK top 10 single at #7.
The same year, Smith also recorded and toured with Siouxsie and the Banshees, contributing his writing and playing skills on their Hyaena and Nocturne albums, as well as recording the Blue Sunshine album as The Glove; (see above) and releasing the Cure album Japanese Whispers comprised of three singles and their B-sides.
In 1984 The Cure released The Top, an album on which Smith played all the instruments except the drums, which were played by Andy Anderson.
www.ipedia.com /the_cure.html   (1516 words)

  
 Trav's Music Page
For more Cope info, see my Julian Cope Page.
The Cure went from angry (Boys Don't Cry) to pensive (Seventeen Seconds) to depressed (Faith) to anguished (Pornography) to poppy (Japanese Whispers), but one thing remained constant: Robert Smith's guitar and voice.
Standing on a Beach draws from their emotional, innovative early years.
txe.swa.com /txe/music.htm   (1843 words)

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