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Talk to me about the Cure

133 replies

KangarooKenny · 02/09/2022 18:18

Was never a fan back in the day, but enjoyed the popular songs. However recently I’ve discovered Pictures of You and what a beautiful song it is !
Any more I need to try ?

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TwoMonthsOff · 02/09/2022 19:34

Track list of Mixed up, and this is a remastered version I wasn’t aware of ! Yay thanks for thread adds to basket

Lullaby - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster ( 7:43 )
2 Close To Me - Closer Mix - 2018 remaster ( 5:44 )
3 Fascination Street - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster ( 8:47 )
4 The Walk - Everything Mix - 2018 remaster ( 5:27 )
5 Lovesong - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster ( 6:19 )
6 A Forest - Tree Mix - 2018 remaster ( 6:55 )
7 Pictures of You - Extended Dub Mix - 2018 remaster ( 6:41 )
8 Hot Hot Hot!!! - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster ( 7:01 )
9 The Caterpillar - Flicker Mix - 2018 remaster ( 5:40 )
10 Inbetween Days - Shiver Mix - 2018 remaster ( 6:22 )
11 Never Enough - Big Mix - 2018 remaster ( 6:07 )

hattymattie · 02/09/2022 19:35

I don't like the nippy ones so much but LOVE A Forest so I'm interested to know which ones are more like that.

hattymattie · 02/09/2022 19:36

Nippy ones ? Boppy ones!

mrsfeatherbottom · 02/09/2022 19:36

Podgedodge · 02/09/2022 19:18

Catch. Lovely song.

My favourite too.

Disintegration is one of my favourite albums of all time.

bellinisurge · 02/09/2022 19:37

Lullaby is my favourite

And

A Forest

Robert Smith is fab. Comes across as warm and friendly. He played as a guest guitarist in Siouxsie and the Banshees for a while

ArticSaviour · 02/09/2022 19:37

Nadal · 02/09/2022 19:19

Always a fan. Had various favourites over the years but more lately, I love Catch.

Oh God yes

Rufffles · 02/09/2022 19:37

ShirleyJackson · 02/09/2022 19:31

Wish is a poppier album, but still great. Trust and The Edge of the Deep Green Sea are two of my favourites.

From the edge of the deep green sea is a wonderful song. Wonderful!

ArticSaviour · 02/09/2022 19:38

Love Bob's stage patter...'Q'. 'Q'... 😀

ShirleyJackson · 02/09/2022 19:40

My favourite Robert Smith moment Grin

VirginiaWool · 02/09/2022 19:40

They've actually got quite a varied output as they've been around for so long. If you like Pictures Of You then I agree that the Disintegration era stuff would suit.

They started off really sharp and post-punk, only three members - stuff like 10:15 Saturday Night definitely has that DIY vibe. They get really quite poppy sometimes once they get rhythm guitar in - eg Boys Don't Cry. Then they get quite swirly and psychedelic -eg Why Can't I Be You, which also has a great dirty groove. Their Faith album is the type of music that people associate with The Cure and actually I don't think it has aged too well - very introspective and a bit self indulgent. But Disintegration is incredible - lots of different sounds, all very rich, pulling together a lot of things they thought were musically important.

They are phenomenal live, even now.

Not just in terms of how long they play for although you do get your money's worth! But they know how to play a crowd, they've been doing it for decades and they have some genuinely cracking songs in their back catalogue. A Forest is amazing live, like every time it's magical, even though they've been doing it since forever, because they're good musicians and they give a shit.

But yeah, if you like that track, start with Disintegration. Maybe Head On The Door after, for their more poppy stuff - Robert Smith having fun! And then tbh I'd go to their very early post punk output, which is very accessible and punchy.

Hope you enjoy it!

TwoMonthsOff · 02/09/2022 19:40

@hattymattie
its on the ‘seventeen seconds’ album from 1980, their darker material was early 80’s they they cheered up a bit, I liked that they cheered up actually.
you would like ‘Faith’ that’s a ‘dark’ album I love the song ‘all cats are grey’ on that

CockingASnook · 02/09/2022 19:40

The Cure's The Head on the Door was one of the first albums I ever bought, along with the Pet Shop Boys' Introspective. They're still one of my favourite bands. Disintegration is epic and devastating (if in the right/wrong frame of mind). And the poppy stuff is genius too. It's amazing to think how long they've been around (the late 70s?) and how consistently brilliant.

ShirleyJackson · 02/09/2022 19:42

The Top is a great dark one, as well, with some dirty grooves.

Ooh, thanks for this thread, OP, I’m having a cracking time going through them all!

VirginiaWool · 02/09/2022 19:43

Love Bob's stage patter...'Q'. 'Q'... 😀

🤣🤣

Bless him.

He looks like your Nan's mad Miss Havisham friend waiting for a lift to church and yes he doesn't say much but they sell out everywhere they go.

TwoMonthsOff · 02/09/2022 19:43

he did, he had some big shoes to fill though replacing John McGeogh
one of the best guitarists of his generation (and Johnny Marrs favourite guitarist of all time)
Banshees never the same without him RIP John

JamieFrasersBigSwingingKilt · 02/09/2022 19:48

Edge of the Deep Green Sea. It's so bleak. I dislike their happy songs. So contrived. Bring me Cure misery!

TwoMonthsOff · 02/09/2022 19:55

@JamieFrasersBigSwingingKilt
hehe ! ‘The funeral party’ was the pinnacle of the misery, i ponder whether they actually did that as an ‘in joke’ 😭

Mollyplop999 · 02/09/2022 19:58

A Forest the extended version. The intro is awesome. John Peel used to.play it on the Festive Fifty back in the day.

TwoMonthsOff · 02/09/2022 19:59

so Wonderfully pretty

Talk to me about the Cure
waltzingparrot · 02/09/2022 19:59

A Forest.

Best listened to, lying on the floor in the dark, I find

TwoMonthsOff · 02/09/2022 20:01

@Mollyplop999
not wanting a derail BUT the intro to ‘16 days / gathering dust’ by this mortal coil comes a very close second

BadSeedsComeAndGo · 02/09/2022 20:06

Throw Your Foot

TwoMonthsOff · 02/09/2022 20:09

@BadSeedsComeAndGo
great user name 🙂

Yorkshiredolls · 02/09/2022 20:15

TrobadoraBeatrice · 02/09/2022 19:23

I wouldn't call myself a huge fan (though I did go and see them at G-Mex in 1992), but they have many more big hits in their back catalogue than you'd think! Their 2019 Glastonbury set was brilliant, it's on YouTube and worth a watch.

Yess I was going to suggest the Glastonbury 2019 set, it was amazing. thats tonights watch sorted😊

elQuintoConyo · 02/09/2022 20:29

Burn from The Crowd soundtrack in 1994 is wonderful:

And I also love F.I.R.E.I.N.C.A.I.R.O and Head on the Door.

Ahhhh, lovely Cure rabbit hole!

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