Filming went to sunrise and was, in the words of Pope, a "party party party," much to the annoyance of the neighbors. The location was a house in North London that was on the market - the group convinced the real estate agent that they were interested in buying and to let them stay there overnight. The idea was simple, a couple of alleycats stumble onto a swingin' party populated by the band and other felines - real, stuffed and a few Cure members dressed up in cat costumes. Their third collaboration together, "The Lovecats" video was another turning point for The Cure that made the best use so far of Robert Smith's undeniable charisma, cementing his "hearthrob" status. It's also the last Tim Pope/The Cure video collaboration, though with a new album on the way there's always hope for more. "Watch the video knowing that story it is hilarious." "Wrong Number" is not the best cure single, but it's very mid-'90s video is a blast. "I pushed Robert in to start dancing with this guy, and the look of terror on Robert's face just makes me laugh every time," he told The Quietus. "Wrong Number" adds a party-full of wacky guests to the mix, including a man who looks like he could be a 1970s used car salesman and opens his jacket to reveal a bunch of flying heads who escape his body. For it he used the tried-and-true method he used on their first collab, "Let's Go To Bed": put the band in a whimsical set with a bunch of props, and follow Robert Smith around as he mimes and mugs for the camera. "I remember the band all saying, 'Thank God you're back,'" the director told The Quietus. Pope's sensibilities once again fit perfectly for the only new track on greatest hits comp, Galore. "Wrong Number" was Tim Pope's first time working with The Cure in five years after a disheartening attempt at breaking into Hollywood with The Crow: City of Angels and working as a commercial director. THE CURE'S 10 BEST VIDEOS DIRECTED BY TIM POPE We picked our 10 favorite of the collaborations and you can read our list below. Pope has, to date, directed 23 videos for The Cure, as well as two concert films - 1987's The Cure in Orange and Anniversary: 1978-2018 which was shot at London's Finsbury Park for the band's 40th anniversary - and most of them have held up remarkably well. "It was like an alternate world we created with Tim," Smith said in an interview with MTV. Pope, or "Pap" as he was nicknamed by Smith, made tons of videos in the '80s, including many for Soft Cell, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Talk Talk and Psychedelic Furs, but few rivaled what he did with The Cure. He brought out the best in the Cure and vice versa. That decade when they worked closely together featured many classic albums and singles but you can't discount the effect Pope's videos had in The Cure's success.
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