Nice to see this thread and appreciation of The Cure rise to the surface now and again!
Someone with an impeccable taste in music must have started it...
Really, are you sure about that - have you really listened to The Cure?
Granted The Cure may be a bit more "art school" than the Smiths, but the delivery is on a par, if not excelled by Mr Smith and his band of merry men from Sussex (or elsewhere).
To celebrate one of Sussex's finest exports I pose the question.
Are The Cure Englands best ever modern day rock / pop / shoegazer / whatever band, like ever?