The Cure
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Toxana Mellor
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The Cure
Getting into them too, excellent band.....have greatest hits & kiss me kiss me kiss me, anything else that should be recommended?
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Anything from 1985-1996!Toxana Mellor wrote:Getting into them too, excellent band.....have greatest hits & kiss me kiss me kiss me, anything else that should be recommended?
And fuck anyone that disagrees!
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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'Pornography' is my favorite album by the cure. Hanging Garden is an amazing track.
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Disintegration is a must.
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Generally speaking or re: The Cure?JennyB wrote:Disintegration is a must.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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BostonBeaneater
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stick with the best of
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
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I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
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threecoffins
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I agree, good singles band.eumaas wrote:stick with the best of
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I have Staring at the Sea (best of 79-85 ish) and Galore (best of 86-96ish) and that suits me well. I think the single disc best of would be lacking a bit. I own Disintegration as well but never really got into it. Beyond really long versions of the great songs I knew from Galore, it just had a bunch of other really long songs that were less interesting.threecoffins wrote:I agree, good singles band.eumaas wrote:stick with the best of
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Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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*botched entry edit attempt*
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Marky Dread
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The Peel Sessions are great will up them for you if like, also the mini album Japanese Whispers is cool.Toxana Mellor wrote:Getting into them too, excellent band.....have greatest hits & kiss me kiss me kiss me, anything else that should be recommended?
Here's a bootleg called obsCUREties enjoy.
http://rapidshare.com/files/127359272/T ... S.rar.html
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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a forrest was about as joy division as you could get. boy's don't cry a quality 45. everything since has just been milking it.
the associates did that whole thing way better, indeed "it's better this way" plus the cure bass player never sounded as
good as when he played for the dundee beat combo.
the associates did that whole thing way better, indeed "it's better this way" plus the cure bass player never sounded as
good as when he played for the dundee beat combo.
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Rat Patrol
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I agree with getting the Staring at the Sea (1979-86) and Galore (1987-97) best-ofs. There's another one, Greatest Hits, which is a full-career retrospective, but because it's single-CD it misses too many great songs. Get the DVD of that, though, because they made some great videos.
I love the goth years, but they're definitely not for everyone because of how far they milk the misery. If you like the singles from that era, delve into the early albums--Seventeen Seconds, Faith, and Pornography. Three Imaginary Boys is a nice one, too; it pre-dates the gloomy stuff and is a little quirky because of the way it was produced. Otherwise can't go wrong with their 1985-89 peak--Head on the Door; Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me; Disintegration. Good news: all of their albums (including Staring at the Sea) have been remastered at-last. Get those if you're buying. The Cure had some of the shittiest and most inaudible CD mastering jobs that I've ever heard on the original pressings, so the remasters make an immense difference.
I would avoid anything past-1995...that's well into their diminishing-returns phase and Smith annoys the fuck out of me with his tired/ready-to-retire lyrics that he's been milking on every damn song for over a decade now.
They were great live in their peak, so also worth picking up some of that. Concert, from '84, is a good one although that was with their short-lived Simon Gallup-less lineup. Concert, from '92, ain't bad...although I actually prefer Paris ('93) because it's got an older-tilting setlist. Youtube's also got a lot of great footage of them; most of it is from the last couple of years, though, so I'd sift through and pick out the clips >10 years old. Youtube's actually a great way to sample the goth-era stuff since that material packed a lot more natural energy and snarl onstage than the intentionally deadened post-punk album production.
Actually, there's some Youtube vid of the TV broadcast of their set from the very same July '85 Greek Music Festival in Athens that The Clash headlined for their very last show. Nice quality...just to give you an indication of what the Clash II footage would look like (since that was broadcast too) if that holiest of holy grail of pro-shot video were ever to surface.
I love the goth years, but they're definitely not for everyone because of how far they milk the misery. If you like the singles from that era, delve into the early albums--Seventeen Seconds, Faith, and Pornography. Three Imaginary Boys is a nice one, too; it pre-dates the gloomy stuff and is a little quirky because of the way it was produced. Otherwise can't go wrong with their 1985-89 peak--Head on the Door; Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me; Disintegration. Good news: all of their albums (including Staring at the Sea) have been remastered at-last. Get those if you're buying. The Cure had some of the shittiest and most inaudible CD mastering jobs that I've ever heard on the original pressings, so the remasters make an immense difference.
I would avoid anything past-1995...that's well into their diminishing-returns phase and Smith annoys the fuck out of me with his tired/ready-to-retire lyrics that he's been milking on every damn song for over a decade now.
They were great live in their peak, so also worth picking up some of that. Concert, from '84, is a good one although that was with their short-lived Simon Gallup-less lineup. Concert, from '92, ain't bad...although I actually prefer Paris ('93) because it's got an older-tilting setlist. Youtube's also got a lot of great footage of them; most of it is from the last couple of years, though, so I'd sift through and pick out the clips >10 years old. Youtube's actually a great way to sample the goth-era stuff since that material packed a lot more natural energy and snarl onstage than the intentionally deadened post-punk album production.
Actually, there's some Youtube vid of the TV broadcast of their set from the very same July '85 Greek Music Festival in Athens that The Clash headlined for their very last show. Nice quality...just to give you an indication of what the Clash II footage would look like (since that was broadcast too) if that holiest of holy grail of pro-shot video were ever to surface.
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Cure-y Youtube-y goodness. . .
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"classic" lineup Mk. I '79-82 (Smith - vox/guitar, Simon Gallup - bass, Lol Tolhurst - drums). . .
Three Imaginary Boys & Killing An Arab, Chorus TV, 1979
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Grinding Halt, 1979 (truncated unfortunately)
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A Forest (alt. lyrics), Amsterdam, 1980 (faster version)
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Fire in Cairo, Boston, 1980
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Jumping Someone Else's Train & Another Journey By Train, Netherlands, 1980
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in-between lineup '83-84 (Smith - vox/guitar, Tolhurst - keyboards, Phil Thornally - bass, Porl Thompson - guitar/keyboards, Andy Anderson - drums). . .
Pornography, Germany, 1984
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One Hundred Years, Glasgow, 1984
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"classic" lineup, Mk. II '85-89 (Smith - vox/guitar, Tolhurst - keyboards, Gallup - bass, Thompson - guitar/keyboards, Boris Williams - drums)
Give Me It, Rock In Athens, 1985
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Play for Today, Rock In Athens, 1985
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In Between Days, Orange, 1986
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Push, Rio, 1987
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Just Like Heaven, MTV Video Music Awards, 1989
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Boys Don't Cry, Leipzig, 1990
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Lullaby, Wembley Stadium, 1991
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"classic" lineup Mk. I '79-82 (Smith - vox/guitar, Simon Gallup - bass, Lol Tolhurst - drums). . .
Three Imaginary Boys & Killing An Arab, Chorus TV, 1979
[youtube][/youtube]
Grinding Halt, 1979 (truncated unfortunately)
[youtube][/youtube]
A Forest (alt. lyrics), Amsterdam, 1980 (faster version)
[youtube][/youtube]
Fire in Cairo, Boston, 1980
[youtube][/youtube]
Jumping Someone Else's Train & Another Journey By Train, Netherlands, 1980
[youtube][/youtube]
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in-between lineup '83-84 (Smith - vox/guitar, Tolhurst - keyboards, Phil Thornally - bass, Porl Thompson - guitar/keyboards, Andy Anderson - drums). . .
Pornography, Germany, 1984
[youtube][/youtube]
One Hundred Years, Glasgow, 1984
[youtube][/youtube]
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"classic" lineup, Mk. II '85-89 (Smith - vox/guitar, Tolhurst - keyboards, Gallup - bass, Thompson - guitar/keyboards, Boris Williams - drums)
Give Me It, Rock In Athens, 1985
[youtube][/youtube]
Play for Today, Rock In Athens, 1985
[youtube][/youtube]
In Between Days, Orange, 1986
[youtube][/youtube]
Push, Rio, 1987
[youtube][/youtube]
Just Like Heaven, MTV Video Music Awards, 1989
[youtube][/youtube]
Boys Don't Cry, Leipzig, 1990
[youtube][/youtube]
Lullaby, Wembley Stadium, 1991
[youtube][/youtube]
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I'd go so far as to say these are my two favorite Cure songs (in live format)
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-The Caterpillar, live in Japan 1984
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The 13th, live on some cheesy show, 1996
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-The Caterpillar, live in Japan 1984
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The 13th, live on some cheesy show, 1996
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.