Members Willyguitar Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 Love 'em to bits. One of my fave songs and riffs: [video=youtube;UH3f39iMhAM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH3f39iMhAM Live: [video=youtube;zR3gr2k-B5E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR3gr2k-B5E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 As long as you stay far away from the last two studio albums by The Cure, you'll be alright. Mood Swings, from about 15 years ago, was also largely a turd. Bloodflowers on back (except Mood Swings) to their beginning in the late 70s are the worthy Cure albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 pornography and disintegration is all i ever really need of the cure. maybe kiss me (etc) ... but those two records? damn. brilliant. thank god i dated that lil goth chick when i was 19, i probably would have never cared about them. fun trivia - my old metal band did a rad cover of "fascination street." man, that was fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragoro Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 Great band but terrible live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arrowhen Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 pornography and disintegration is all i ever really need of the cure. maybe kiss me (etc) ... but those two records? damn. brilliant. thank god i dated that lil goth chick when i was 19, i probably would have never cared about them.fun trivia - my old metal band did a rad cover of "fascination street." man, that was fun. Personally, I don't think they had a good album since Head on the Door. Disintegration wasn't bad, but it mostly just sounded like a bunch of old guys trying to sound like The Cure again. Robert Smith is one of my favorite guitarists and a great songwriter, but I think he's one of those creative types who has great ideas sometimes but just can't tell a good idea from a bad one. He seems to need someone around him who can tell him he's full of {censored} and whatever he's trying to do is stupid. When he doesn't have that, he ends up doing what he's done for the last twenty years... writing songs that would be a lot better if they weren't all at least five minutes too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr Songwriter Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 There are a few newer songs of theirs that I like (eg: Lovesong) but generally speaking I prefer their earlier, more guitary stuff, particularly the first album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 Personally, I don't think they had a good album since Head on the Door. Disintegration wasn't bad, but it mostly just sounded like a bunch of old guys trying to sound like The Cure again. Robert Smith is one of my favorite guitarists and a great songwriter, but I think he's one of those creative types who has great ideas sometimes but just can't tell a good idea from a bad one. He seems to need someone around him who can tell him he's full of {censored} and whatever he's trying to do is stupid. When he doesn't have that, he ends up doing what he's done for the last twenty years... writing songs that would be a lot better if they weren't all at least five minutes too long. i think that's a bit dismissive. there're some great songs on disintegration. though i have to admit my exposure to the cure is limited to what i was shown by said goth chick girlfriend some 15 years ago. i can say i never much further explored their catalogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arrowhen Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 Some cool old Cure songs: This is a textbook-perfect pop song:[video=youtube;P9hOFOgqOds]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9hOFOgqOds One of my all-time favorite guitar solos:[video=youtube;Eh2Ye5It6Jg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh2Ye5It6Jg I like this song a lot, but what I really love is the way it's produced. It's so minimalist it's barely even there:[video=youtube;7ZwVgQ4Wq7E] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 i appreciate your input, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members turnip Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 My favorite band, but I have to whole-heartedly agree with Reality Check: Bloodflowers and prior, with the exception of Wild Mood Swings. Well...half of Bloodflowers. Some of it is trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bee3 Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 There are a few newer songs of theirs that I like (eg: Lovesong) but generally speaking I prefer their earlier, more guitary stuff, particularly the first album. You realize that was released 22 years ago? I was a big Cure-head in my teens. Haven't listened to much since Wish (92). But Disintegration, Kiss Me, and Head on the Door are classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newbuilder Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 i have been a cure fan for about 24 years now and from the beginning to fascination street is where I still can listen and enjoy all of their music. Push, from the Cure in Orange was awsome, thanks...I haven't seen that video in many many years and now the whole 109 minutes are free on Google video.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3278654270900993659# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brianeharmonjr Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 Huge Cure fan here. Love the early stuff, love the really popular stuff, even love the last couple of albums. Only one I couldn't get into was the remixes album. Never seen them live, but have a couple of DVDs and love to watch them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members citizens_X Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 [video=youtube;AeNRYUVkIzE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cbh5150 Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 Not a HUGE Cure fan, but I do appreciate some of their stuff. Can't believe Smith just turned 52. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 I missed the cure the first time around, because when they got big (early 80s, I believe) I had the bad luck to be living in Idaho Falls -- hardly the center of the world for alternative music -- and was involved in starting a family, finishing school, etc. and thus had little time for music. I've rediscovered them since (mostly owing to my daughter) and have to say I'm sorry I missed them the first go-round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr Songwriter Posted April 23, 2011 Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 You realize that was released 22 years ago? I was a big Cure-head in my teens. Haven't listened to much since Wish (92). But Disintegration, Kiss Me, and Head on the Door are classics. Well I haven't been counting the days since it was released but I'm well aware that it was a long time ago - I bought their first single when it came out! there really wasn't anyone else like them at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willyguitar Posted April 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 23, 2011 Another of my faves. Sadly very bad quality recording: [video=youtube;KWYQt9CrZXw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWYQt9CrZXw&feature=fvsr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peskypesky Posted April 24, 2011 Members Share Posted April 24, 2011 fantastic band. so many great songs and great albums. unique and visionary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members faberbz Posted April 24, 2011 Members Share Posted April 24, 2011 Used to be into The Cure BITD, but I just couldn't connect with anything after Disintergration. Boys Don't Cry is a classic. They peaked with Head on the Door, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjcarl Posted April 24, 2011 Members Share Posted April 24, 2011 I had the bad luck to be living in Idaho Falls -- hardly the center of the world for alternative music And yet so close to Rexburg(of course, the source of inspiration for the classic alternative anthem, "Private Idaho" lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zooLemon Posted April 24, 2011 Members Share Posted April 24, 2011 [YOUTUBE]LSsM6dFYECg[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrockbridge Posted April 24, 2011 Members Share Posted April 24, 2011 The Cure is one of those bands that I resisted at first. I guess I sort of wrote them off as too pop for me. But, I kept getting introduced to Cure music by friends who were fans. I eventually came around. I'm still not a proper fan, but I do like a lot of it. Plenty of it is very clever, hooky and good story telling. I saw surprised to hear Lullaby performed by Plant & Page live on their first concert tour. Porl Thompson was a supporting guitarist on that tour, so I suppose that was a way of giving a nod toward him. They all pulled it off very well, but it was such an odd song to hear in that context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members faberbz Posted April 24, 2011 Members Share Posted April 24, 2011 And yet so close to Rexburg(of course, the source of inspiration for the classic alternative anthem, "Private Idaho" lol) really? Rexburg?! It's not much of a muchness. Makes sense, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjcarl Posted April 24, 2011 Members Share Posted April 24, 2011 really? Rexburg?! It's not much of a muchness. Makes sense, I guess. The song was written after a gig played at Ricks(now BYU-I, apparently) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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