The remasters are ok; i know some people have complained that they're overly compressed but I don't really have any issues with how they sound; I guess there's also an edit problem with Shake Dog Shake on the Top. The bonus tracks though, for the most part, never grabbed me; good to listen to once, but not lifechanging. Join the Dots is a better companion. Let's just say: I got rid of all my cds of the remasters (except for Disintegration) and kept rips of them because I didn't feel that wedded to them.
― akm, Friday, 27 May 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link
also don't think Ned and I both didn't think of Dan when they played Push
― akm, Friday, 27 May 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
What's the edit problem on "Shake Dog Shake"?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 27 May 2016 17:43 (eight years ago) link
Part of the initial drum roll is cut off. It's very slight, but definitely noticeable if you're very familiar with the song.
― Austin, Friday, 27 May 2016 17:49 (eight years ago) link
I think the remastersame sound great, much better than the originals. It's the bonus disks that aren't essential.
― Bee OK, Friday, 27 May 2016 20:55 (eight years ago) link
Stupid spell check
bonus dicks would have been better
― rip van wanko, Friday, 27 May 2016 21:02 (eight years ago) link
Remastersame is a word?
― Mark G, Friday, 27 May 2016 21:54 (eight years ago) link
My spell check put those two words together
― Bee OK, Friday, 27 May 2016 22:08 (eight years ago) link
Or something went haywire
― Bee OK, Friday, 27 May 2016 22:10 (eight years ago) link
I was just trying to add an s
― Bee OK, Friday, 27 May 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link
I like the sound of the remasters that I bought (first 4), but the lack of quality control and lack of complete bonus discs put me off the next batch.
Quality control issues: pages missing from booklet from 1st LP, dropout during "M" should have been repaired, "Other Voices" intro at end of "Primary" track...
― lingereffect (Kent Burt), Saturday, 28 May 2016 00:39 (eight years ago) link
they played two new songs at my show, here is the other one called "Step Into The Light":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ENsKMYaNk
― Bee OK, Saturday, 28 May 2016 01:50 (eight years ago) link
yeah they did that last night too. it's alright. the other new song is better.
― akm, Saturday, 28 May 2016 02:52 (eight years ago) link
Nobody mentioned "Pictures Of You", which had a single mix, an extended mix, and the extended dub mix that made it on Mixed Up.
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 28 May 2016 12:18 (eight years ago) link
Friend of mine made a playlist of every song they've played on this tour
https://open.spotify.com/user/12137425947/playlist/2lbeYZWuBordnJCE9Hgwya
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 28 May 2016 13:32 (eight years ago) link
I've listened to the bonus discs on Spotify and decided I can live without them.
Just listening to The Top right now - one of my favourites. The title song is amazing
― Duke, Monday, 30 May 2016 21:02 (eight years ago) link
The title track is one of their most underrated songs, IMO. One of those tracks they really should be playing live.
― Turrican, Monday, 30 May 2016 21:05 (eight years ago) link
The Top also has THE MIGHTY BANANA SONG!!
― Austin, Monday, 30 May 2016 21:16 (eight years ago) link
So-called because it sucks mighty banana!
― Turrican, Monday, 30 May 2016 21:24 (eight years ago) link
Salinger reference an' all.
― MatthewK, Monday, 30 May 2016 22:31 (eight years ago) link
No way, Turrican. No way.
― Austin, Monday, 30 May 2016 23:15 (eight years ago) link
i love "Bananafishbones."
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 00:05 (eight years ago) link
^ this.
Best part of 'The Top' is when the drums return after the line 'you just imagine it's cold'. Also, I discovered embarrassingly late that the toy heard in the first and last few seconds of that song is called ... a top. [Insert obligatory 'English is not my native language' comment here.]
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 08:34 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoxouXuFrLI
― Birds in Hell, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 09:26 (eight years ago) link
The end of this Sasquatch review of The Cure's set emphasizes why festivals are so shit:
"The set also went on far too long – an hour and 45 minutes. Watching a band come out for two encores when only 20 or 30 people are clapping and 95 percent of the crowd has fled was just one of the anomalies of a Sasquatch day that will be long remembered."
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 13:57 (eight years ago) link
xxxpost:
Smith claims not to remember much about making The Top, but I seem to remember reading an interview where he said they spent ages trying to get the best take when recording the spinning top!
― Turrican, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link
Also, I discovered embarrassingly late that the toy heard in the first and last few seconds of that song is called ... a top. [Insert obligatory 'English is not my native language' comment here.]― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 10:34 (12 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 10:34 (12 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ha! Fascinating when something so "obvious" understandably doesn't convey to non-native speakers. I must say that for some reason "The Top" also makes me think of the big top of a circus.
― Duke, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
There's also a top on the front and back covers - seen from above on the front, side-on on the back.http://eil.com/images/main/The+Cure+The+Top+104347b.jpg
― MatthewK, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 22:10 (eight years ago) link
The story of Robert spending an entire night in the studio, high on magic mushroom tea, trying to get the top sound "just right" is recounted in Ten Imaginary Years.
― Austin, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:03 (eight years ago) link
yeah the Top double meaning was lost on me for a long time as well (especially since the lyrics only refer to a place)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 09:07 (eight years ago) link
I thought I'd got rid of that book years ago, but I was clearing out the garage a couple days ago, and there it is.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:51 (eight years ago) link
used to know every word of that book by heart
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:20 (eight years ago) link
Somehow ... "Disintegration" is probably my most played album of 2016. Can't really explain why or why now. I think, in part, at least, playing it followed a conversation with a friend who was getting rid of 10 per cent or so of his CD collection and vaguely thinking "I should sort out my shelves of CDs" ... and just ending up seeing the album ... but, anyway, it seems beautiful right now.
― djh, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 22:58 (eight years ago) link
it is such a great album. they played like eight songs off of it at the show i just went to. they were highlight, that's for sure.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 2 June 2016 00:44 (eight years ago) link
tonight! very excited!
also as the show draws closer i'm realizing something about myself: i like to think of myself as someone who wants the deep cuts but i really want the HITS gimme gimme gimme all those sweet hits fellas don't let me down with some oh this was a b-side from a single off The Top shit
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 15:34 (seven years ago) link
B-b-but the Top b-sides were Happy The Man and Throw Your Foot
― STOP KILLING ANIMALS, THEY'RE MINT (DJP), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
I would love it to Throw Your Foot A-Wayyyyyy
― Mark G, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
DJP I'm very shallow as a person I'm finding out
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 16:17 (seven years ago) link
I definitely want to hear "Friday" and "High" and "Just Like Heaven". Might grab a beer during "Lovecats"
― medical margarita (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 16:20 (seven years ago) link
was talking to someone who was going to see them last week in denver and felt a tinge of goth fear of missing out.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
This is the band that does "Putting on the Rtiz" right?
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 16:30 (seven years ago) link
That's right
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
Imagine Robert in that video instead of Taco
― STOP KILLING ANIMALS, THEY'RE MINT (DJP), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:30 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yah recent setlists show they are doing all the hits - "Puttin' on the Ritz", "Enola Gay", "Just Can't Get Enough", "Love Will Tear Us Apart", "Tainted Love"
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 17:34 (seven years ago) link
I'm holding out hope for "Queen of Hearts", "Time in a Bottle" and "Afternoon Delight"
― STOP KILLING ANIMALS, THEY'RE MINT (DJP), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 17:36 (seven years ago) link
'Throw Your Foot' is classic as fuck.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 17:42 (seven years ago) link
I wish RS would change his look.
― Duke, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 17:46 (seven years ago) link
He looks like someone's grandmother
I completely endorse RS going full Havisham
― STOP KILLING ANIMALS, THEY'RE MINT (DJP), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link