The modification of ‘Killing an Arab’ to ‘Killing Kevin Keegan’ caused most likely from Robert Smith’s football adoration. On 28.05.1980 the European Football Champions final was played in Madrid, at Santiago Bernabeu, between the english club Nottingham Forest F.C. and the german club Hamburger SV. The english player Kevin Keegan, voted European Footballer of the Year, played for Hamburger SV these days, something Robert seems not to like … at least that evening.
THE CURE 