X-Files Soundtrack radio/internet special
(June 4th, 1998)


Here's a transcript of Robert's interview on Tuesday's X-Files special from Rocktropolis (you can still hear the
interview at their site for the rest of this month) :

Don Was: Not only are Chris (Carter) and I fans of all the artists included on this album, but they in turn are big
fans of the show. Especially The Cure's Robert Smith.

Robert Smith:I'm a huge fan.To the point where I have to wait until the whole series comes out on a video
collection, and then I watch it all in one go, I watch them all back to back. So I think I'm probably like two series
behind, certainly behind everyone in America, I think series four has just aired in the UK. But I've got one, two,
and three on video. I just, because I'm never around , I never know where I'm going to be, I can't guarantee that
I'm going to be able to see it. And I hated the idea of, because again it does actually follow on, there's like an
internal logic to the whole series, I think it's like brilliantly done. There's a lot of self reference, and so if you've
missed out on too much of it, you don't really understand who's playing what part, or you know, who's supposed
to be the bad guy kind of thing. So I am, yeah, a huge fan.

Don Was: We asked Robert if he believed in the conspiracy theory and alien abduction?

Robert: I must admit I'm not a great believer in, certainly not in the alien abductee phenomenon, I think its
rubbish basically. I think it's an internal thing, I don't think I actually believe in it as an external reality. Some
of the other things, you know, it's one of those things, I have a problem because I'm very, I'm not really cynical,
but I suppose like with Mulder's character, I mean like the song "More Than This" that I did, was kinda like, I
think there's something in everyone that sits down and thinks that you desperately want something more than this,
you know, you just want there to be other things, you want to believe in, because it just makes life more
interesting, more exciting. There is unfortunately a part of me which thinks well there isn't any more than this,you
know, that kinda like dull reality is it. So there's this, I have like an internal tension so I, when I watch the X-Files
I kinda like, I feel really good, cause I do, I'm able to suspend my disbelief and to really get into it.

A lot of the alien stuff I find, certainly as the series has developed, I think that's become kinda like the central
issue. The cover-up or the fact they're among us sort of thing, I'm not too, you know, I don't really go for that.
But certainly the whole idea of the conspiracy theory side of what goes on is very believable, you know. The
thing is you never really know, which is why I suppose the X-Files can exist as a believable kinda genre, because
you don't really know. I don't think anyone really knows what's going on. I find, I suppose the most problematic
area is that you honestly couldn't believe that governments can be that effective, as to genuinely cover up huge
secrets, because they're so hopeless at everything else that they do in the main, it's sometimes, it does defy
belief that you could coordinate that many people to keep their mouths shut.

"More Than This" is played.

Don Was: A great song from Robert Smith and The Cure called "More Than This". The band is currently back
in England in a studio about an hour outside of London recording songs for their next record.
 

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