“Just Like Heaven” was The Cure’s breakthrough hit that brought their brand of mope rock to the masses. Dinosaur Jr. took a stab at it back in 1989 and according to Wikipedia remains Robert Smith’s favorite versioin. Back in the late 80′s and early 90′s you probably could have seen these two videos back to back on MTV’s once ground breaking late night show 120 Minutes. Now MTV sucks a fat turd and considered by some critics to be one of the reasons the record industry has taken a nosedive in recent years. Since then other bands have recorded this song as well and instead of pitting one band versus another we’re going to throw various versions of the same song into a battle royale in this installment of THROWDOWN!
