I was at that Glasgow show, I think. (Well, I was at a Glasgow show in 84, and I doubt there was more than one.)
― Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 16:08 (ten years ago) link
Certainly Concert features one of the best set lists—probably the very best—of any Cure tour before or since.
lol, how many Cure tours since have featured a consistent set list at all?
― ͼѾͽ (sic), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 21:39 (ten years ago) link
Concert is great, but it was before Kiss Me, Disintegration and Wish so I think many tours had amazing setlists after too.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 23:47 (ten years ago) link
There was a time when you knew they were just about done when you heard the opening keyboards for 'A Forest.' This was from about 1990-2004.
Just sayin'.
― Austin, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 01:40 (ten years ago) link
ok now tell us the order of all the other songs they played
― ͼѾͽ (sic), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 02:43 (ten years ago) link
Well, if you heard 'The Walk' you could bet that 'Let's Go to Bed' was next. Same with 'Inbetween Days' and 'Just Like Heaven.'
― Austin, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 05:21 (ten years ago) link
Shake Dog Shake to open, Piggy in the Mirror or Six Different Ways somewhere early, couple from Pornography, then Primary / Charlotte / The Walk somewhere, A Forest, 10:15, Killing an Arab, done.I think I'm showing my age.
― MatthewK, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 12:04 (ten years ago) link
The Wish tour setlists were the most rigid ones they've had - otherwise, yeah you can always expect a couple of curveballs per show
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 13:53 (ten years ago) link
Behold! 4:14 Scream
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/feb/03/the-cure-new-album-live-dvd-trilogy-shows-2014
― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican), Monday, 3 February 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
I hope they don't keep that title
also WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 3 February 2014 14:35 (ten years ago) link
I wonder if there's any allusion there to Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis? Exciting news, anyway.
― one way street, Monday, 3 February 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
Huh, is this featuring the keyboard-free four-piece version of the band? I didn't like that line-up live much.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 3 February 2014 15:03 (ten years ago) link
yeah I dunno any news from The Cure is exciting, esp when it comes to recording - but I'm a bit disappointed these will just be eftovers from 4:13 released 5 years later. C'mon how about getting back in the studio?Live DVDs OTOH...
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 3 February 2014 15:18 (ten years ago) link
Well I'd been wanting to hear that other set of songs since they announced it, they kept talking about a second album. They definitely have had a weird/relaxed rest on their laurels career for the last few years, though -- though they pulled it off really well, based on all the various live shows and broadcasts and etc.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 February 2014 15:40 (ten years ago) link
Any updates on the reissue series?
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 3 February 2014 17:19 (ten years ago) link
They definitely have had a weird/relaxed rest on their laurels career for the last few years
Indeed. I'm a bit surprised RS has seemingly accepted for teh Cure to become solely a nostalgia act. A bit disheartening considering how well Depeche Mode - their most obvious peers - have managed their twilight years.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 3 February 2014 17:44 (ten years ago) link
Well, what's interesting to me is that Smith hasn't NOT been doing stuff -- he's on a seemingly endless round of one-offs, collaborations, remakes, etc. Maybe he just wants to do that.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 February 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
I'm a bit surprised RS has seemingly accepted for teh Cure to become solely a nostalgia act. A bit disheartening considering how well Depeche Mode - their most obvious peers - have managed their twilight years.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 3 February 2014 17:44 (1 hour ago) Permalink
Yeah, Depeche Mode have managed their twilight years quite well, but at the same time it's arguable that Depeche's situation has a lot to do with the fact that they never fail to do a mammoth tour every time they release an album. If one was to judge Depeche's last 7 years or so based on recorded output alone, the opinion of whether they've managed their twilight years or not would depend upon how much of an obsessive hardcore fan you are. It goes without saying that I love Depeche Mode, and at their very best they're incredible. They're still able to go around the world touring (as are The Cure) and pack the venues, but their recorded output isn't what it once was, I'll admit. In spite of that, I'll still follow them regardless, and I am exactly the same with The Cure.
― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican), Monday, 3 February 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
I like dp's last couple a lot better than the cure's. Which I maybe listened to once. DPs I listened to at least twice, maybe three or four.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 3 February 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
Xp Well I wasn't talking about tours but simply that DM post-peak albums >>> Cure albums (and I consider myself first and foremost a hardcore Cure fan)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 3 February 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
I'm probably in the minority thinking that DM's last 5 albums or so are pretty much on par with the rest of their albums (Playing the Angel being a career highlight IMO) but beyond that - DM just seems to have maintained a pretty steady path, releasing a decent album ever 4 years and touring behind it. I don't see them doing trilogy shows or festival tours for the time being
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 3 February 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, they've pretty well spent this century working on becoming a great goddamn live band through and through, with one standout album in Playing and good albums in general otherwise. I get a sense Dave really takes his second chance at life very seriously but also from I can tell exuberantly, and the fact he seems to have gotten better as a singer/performer is helping as Martin's voice, originally a key saving grace when Dave ran himself too ragged, is starting to audibly give ground. Handy, really.
But to turn back to the subject at hand -- Robert and the band, in whatever formation, seem to just keep on keeping on. That Lollapalooza live set last year was A+.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 February 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
Jesus H, this setlist!
Shake Dog ShakeKyoto Song (First time since 2008)A Night Like Thisalt.endWailing Wall (First time since 1984)BananafishbonesThe CaterpillarThe WalkA Man Inside My Mouth (Live debut)Close to MeLullabyHighBirdmad GirlJust Like HeavenPictures of YouBefore ThreeLovesongLike Cockatoos (First time since 2004)From the Edge of the Deep Green SeaWantThe Hungry GhostOne Hundred YearsGive Me ItEncore:The Empty World (First time since 1984)Charlotte SometimesPrimaryThe TopEncore 2:Dressing UpPiggy in the Mirror (First time since 1997)Never EnoughWrong NumberEncore 3:Three Imaginary BoysMPlay for TodayA ForestEncore 4:The LovecatsLet’s Go to BedWhy Can’t I Be You?Boys Don’t CryHey You! (First time since 2004)
Encore:The Empty World (First time since 1984)Charlotte SometimesPrimaryThe Top
Encore 2:Dressing UpPiggy in the Mirror (First time since 1997)Never EnoughWrong Number
Encore 3:Three Imaginary BoysMPlay for TodayA Forest
Encore 4:The LovecatsLet’s Go to BedWhy Can’t I Be You?Boys Don’t CryHey You! (First time since 2004)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 December 2014 02:59 (nine years ago) link
A Man Inside My Mouth (Live debut)
wau
― Gland Of Horses (sic), Monday, 22 December 2014 03:18 (nine years ago) link
oh man
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 22 December 2014 03:47 (nine years ago) link
Everything about that set list is great.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 22 December 2014 03:57 (nine years ago) link
is Lol back?? seems weird doing the Lol n Bob album without him.
― piscesx, Monday, 22 December 2014 04:07 (nine years ago) link
The Top is pretty much Robert solo, he wrote and played everything exept for the drumms.
"Wailing Wall" !!
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 22 December 2014 04:09 (nine years ago) link
So it looks like 4:14 Scream hasn't appeared yet!
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Monday, 22 December 2014 05:31 (nine years ago) link
Knew those shows would be great. Gutted...
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 22 December 2014 07:47 (nine years ago) link
I'm looking for the 3-bluray box already. They ARE recording this, right?
― StanM, Monday, 22 December 2014 10:07 (nine years ago) link
whoa.
― how's life, Monday, 22 December 2014 10:11 (nine years ago) link
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 12:43 (nine years ago) link
i would have loved to have been at that show, wow what a set-list!
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
The only album that doesn't seem to be represented is Bloodflowers
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
I do like how "The Hungry Ghost" seems to be becoming a standard choice for them.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 17:28 (nine years ago) link
Always thought that The Hungry Ghost sounded like it should've been on the Head on the Door. It would've fitted in well.
― Flowersdie, Sunday, 28 December 2014 12:40 (nine years ago) link
London gigs up on d1m3 now
― MaresNest, Sunday, 28 December 2014 12:46 (nine years ago) link
Not a member. Will this trickle down to other places?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Sunday, 28 December 2014 13:33 (nine years ago) link
"So it looks like 4:14 Scream hasn't appeared yet!"
I'm happy not hearing anything new from them frankly.
― akm, Sunday, 28 December 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link
Grinch
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Sunday, 28 December 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
Yeah despite all the disillusions I will never not be excited about prospects of new Cure music
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Sunday, 28 December 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link
"Hungry Ghost" was a good one and I thought the last album was generally fun, so I'm looking forward to the next album. I think Smith said he wasn't that bothered about creating new music, so I doubt there will be much more.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 28 December 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link
So I was watching this documentary on YouTube, and it was interviews with British Cure fans talking about why the Cure are so "important", "influential", etc. I think that to their millions of fans they are canonical, but there just seems to be something about them that irks rock canon types. Part of me thinks perhaps it is their diverse fan base and the way they reached American suburbia in a way that "important" groups didn't. And what is so WRONG about suburban mopey kids anyway? There will always be that personality that will never be accepted by cynical critic types. But why is cynicism / drug addiction / urban street cred so necessary to be regarded as "important"? Are music critics really fantasists, and being a suburban fanboy or fangirl just not part of that?
Any thoughts / writings on this would be appreciated.
― SCOTTISH PEOPLE ONLY (I M Losted), Sunday, 18 January 2015 16:40 (nine years ago) link
there just seems to be something about them that irks rock canon types
The lipstick.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 18 January 2015 16:46 (nine years ago) link
It is weird that so many bands that were dismissed by the hetero macho rock crew back in the day have been completely embraced, but not the Cure. It's kind of a cool thing about them that they remain so divisive even as they are becoming the Grateful Dead of their era.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Sunday, 18 January 2015 21:00 (nine years ago) link
I like it when grandmothers drop the Cure's name or when I hear them at the drug store.
At 2x speed, this reads like affectionate parody. Live the dancing:
http://youtu.be/v4osvtUlrEc
― SCOTTISH PEOPLE ONLY (I M Losted), Sunday, 18 January 2015 23:29 (nine years ago) link
Anyone see this silhouette and think robert smith looked like some weird monster with an elephant dicknose?
http://www.8ball.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/700x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/T/h/The_cure_-_robert_silhouette_-_wht_girls_cu.jpg
Still not sure exactly what's going on with his hands here. They look so weird an big.
― how's life, Friday, 6 February 2015 13:31 (nine years ago) link
I always liked that photo in the earlier versions.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 6 February 2015 13:47 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, this is a newer version. I couldn't dig up any old versions (didn't look all that hard though). Had it in much more sharp contrast on a yellow bumpersticker when I was a kid.
― how's life, Friday, 6 February 2015 13:53 (nine years ago) link