The Cure
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:48 am
Seeing as The Cure's playing this year's Voodoo Festival http://lineup.worshipthemusic.com/band/the-cure-- and their performance will no doubt shit all over the Jane's Addiction show there, I thought I'd start a thread about them so we can all discuss their awesomeness...
The Cure, in all its various incarnations is by far, my favorite band ever. The first time I took note of them was when I saw the video clip for Never Enough... A strange bunch of dudes wearing make up in a little freakshow box sing a song that was unlike anything I'd heard or liked before.. At that time I had been a big fan of Faith No More and Guns n Roses so this was a huuuuge departure....
The sound of Robert's voice, the lyrics, the amazingly strikingly differing musical styles from album to album (which is something that you don't see in a lot of bands), the video clips, the live shows that go for at least two hours and up to four hours, just.... everything they do is awesome. Well nearly everything, that last album and the one before had some less than stellar moments on it, but still....
Some of my absolute favorite songs are: Open, Three Imaginary Boys, Boys Don't Cry, Doubt, Faith, M, A Forest, Faith, One Hundred Years, Cold, All Mine, Shake Dog Shake, Piggy In The Mirror, The Top, The Upstairs Room, Just One Kiss, Sugar Girl, The Kiss, A Japanese Dream, Shiver And Shake, Friday I'm In Love, Apart, Disintegration, Last Dance, Plainsong, From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea, I'm Cold, Happy The Man, A Man Inside My Mouth, Killing An Arab, Jumping Someone Else's Train, A Letter To Elise, Cut, End, Wendy Time, Want, Club America, This Is A Lie, Strange Attraction, Never Enough, Harold And Joe, The Blood, A Short Term Effect, The Baby Screams, Closedown, Fascination Street, Labyrinth, Bloodflowers, Anniversary, Like Cockatoos, Push, The Snakepit, World War, The Holy Hour.... the list goes on...
I have over 1200 bootlegs (and am always up for a trade), soooo many posters, tonnes of singles, vinyl, books, magazines, all sorts of shit I collected when I was younger. "...And Dreams Come True In '92" was the first bootleg I bought and fuck me if it wasn't just the best sound and set list.. I'm gonna listen to that tonight I think...
OK enough about me and my obsession with them.. Over to you..
Oh but I fucking HATE The Lovecats...
The Cure, in all its various incarnations is by far, my favorite band ever. The first time I took note of them was when I saw the video clip for Never Enough... A strange bunch of dudes wearing make up in a little freakshow box sing a song that was unlike anything I'd heard or liked before.. At that time I had been a big fan of Faith No More and Guns n Roses so this was a huuuuge departure....
The sound of Robert's voice, the lyrics, the amazingly strikingly differing musical styles from album to album (which is something that you don't see in a lot of bands), the video clips, the live shows that go for at least two hours and up to four hours, just.... everything they do is awesome. Well nearly everything, that last album and the one before had some less than stellar moments on it, but still....
Some of my absolute favorite songs are: Open, Three Imaginary Boys, Boys Don't Cry, Doubt, Faith, M, A Forest, Faith, One Hundred Years, Cold, All Mine, Shake Dog Shake, Piggy In The Mirror, The Top, The Upstairs Room, Just One Kiss, Sugar Girl, The Kiss, A Japanese Dream, Shiver And Shake, Friday I'm In Love, Apart, Disintegration, Last Dance, Plainsong, From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea, I'm Cold, Happy The Man, A Man Inside My Mouth, Killing An Arab, Jumping Someone Else's Train, A Letter To Elise, Cut, End, Wendy Time, Want, Club America, This Is A Lie, Strange Attraction, Never Enough, Harold And Joe, The Blood, A Short Term Effect, The Baby Screams, Closedown, Fascination Street, Labyrinth, Bloodflowers, Anniversary, Like Cockatoos, Push, The Snakepit, World War, The Holy Hour.... the list goes on...
I have over 1200 bootlegs (and am always up for a trade), soooo many posters, tonnes of singles, vinyl, books, magazines, all sorts of shit I collected when I was younger. "...And Dreams Come True In '92" was the first bootleg I bought and fuck me if it wasn't just the best sound and set list.. I'm gonna listen to that tonight I think...
OK enough about me and my obsession with them.. Over to you..
Oh but I fucking HATE The Lovecats...