The Cure: Classic or Dud?

wow, that's great!

I don't know if anyone remembers a remix called the Antidote Megamix - might have been one of the first well-thought-out remixes I ever heard.

At the line "Suddenly I stop," the guitar stops. When I was perhaps 20 or 21 and probably full of mood-altering chemicals, this blew my tiny mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c2Vvx3GXMM

(You can listen to the whole thing - and you should - but the moment I mentioned is about five minutes in.)

Thought that was going to be a video of the school play.

lol same

I got tricked by the On-U-Sound label and bought that as an excited teen

I was wondering about that. Is it not affiliated with the label?

I’m realizing now I got totally ganked by my friend who charged me $250 for her extra Cure ticket at the back of Madison Square Garden. I balked, but she assured me that was a reasonable price.

Some friend!

I’m not happy about it. But The Cure were good. I have no idea how 60-somethings have the stamina to do three 3-hour gigs at Madison Square Garden in a row.

Probably easier than when they were travelling in between the gigs on other days tbf

so, I came with an open mind but that Lol/Budgie single with James Murphy is really terrible, isn't it

I like the instrumental track - almost early Creatures in feel - but would've preferred another vocalist.

It sounds like it was written for Siouxsie

struggling to identify Lol’s contribution to it

just saw my kid in his drama school production of The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe and noticed that the sound bed they used for the witch was an extended intro to A Forest

― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length)

Just read this -- wow.

I'm not deep in the weeds enough to know if the set was particularly notable, but they were great last night. Deep cuts (to me) were "Cold" and ... "At Night"? Might have dusted off "High" for the first time this tour, but I'm not sure, since that song is pretty popular, I thought. Also got "Fascination Street," which I don't think they've been playing much.

We got "High" in SF (if you will).

Weird, Setlist.fm has "High" as a tour debut last night, the only time played in 2023. They're usually good with that stuff. But I trust you!

Cold: 10th time in North America 2023, Street: 7th, At Night: 21st — and setlist.fm says Chicago was the first High (if you will)

xp!

Huh, so they've been playing At Night a lot more than Fascination Street?

Boy that's strange. Convinced I saw "High" at the Shoreline this year. (I did definitely see it in 2016 at the same venue, thus the possible confusion.)

Either way, I've only ever seen the band with Jason, but for whatever reason last night was the first time he really clicked for me. Felt like the MVP, in fact, Bob aside.

Yeah Jason has now really figured out his place in the band’s sound and is fantastic

Agreed.

yeah no High at the shoreline show I attended. I would have loved that.

Roger O'Donnell talks at length about his keyboards

I love the idea that Roger O'Donnell has a warehouse full of synths that he only ever plays with two or three fingers.

(that was a joke, mostly)

It's that technique that allows him to play three, four or five synths at the same moment

Any chance we get an album this year?

Kind of wild to realize it's been 16 years since the last album, nearly the same time gap encompassing Three Imaginary Boys to Wild Mood Swings.

A @TheCure fan brought this relic to @RoughTrade last night to show to @AndyVellaDesign and me.

If it's genuine - and sources close to the horse's mouth believe it is - then it's an absolute Holy Grail of @RobertSmith memorabilia.

"Where it all began, really" as the owner said. pic.twitter.com/sChp9drSLZ

— Simon Price﮷ (@simon_price01) January 19, 2024

wow!

1. Did Robert return it?

2. Did no one else ever check it out?

Form: 69
Book Condition: Yes

I check books out from the university library and a lot of them were last borrowed in like 1977 or 1985!

Love it. "RJPC Smith"?

fwiw Rik Mayall went to my school and kids used to write "Richard Mayall" in their text books all the time

lol at all recent posts

That's even better than Trent Reznor's Volvo of Despair.

That's really an amazing and awesome find.

I reckon it’s genuine, that handwriting is very distinctive and a match for later scrawled autographs etc. https://pin.it/6mqYBuyfG

sorry https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d8/fa/b8/d8fab8130e18f32fb56e44a27eea9c67.jpg

George Costanza : Hey... you don't think... sure, that's Jon Voight's pencil!

Jerry Seinfeld : With Jon Voight's teeth marks.

pulls out the owners manual from the glove box

Jerry Seinfeld : Owner's manual... you know what? This car was owned by Jon Voight.

George Costanza : Ah! See? I told ya.

Jerry Seinfeld : Except Jon is spelled with an H. J-O-H-N.

George Costanza : So?

Jerry Seinfeld : Doesn't Jon Voight spell his name J-O-N?

George Costanza : So, what are you saying?

Jerry Seinfeld : Nothing. I'm sure "Jon" probably mispelled his own name. I know sometimes I spell Jerry with a G... and an I!

George Costanza : Get out of the car!

Jerry Seinfeld : What?

George Costanza : That's right, you heard me. Get out. You are ruining this whole experience for me.

Jerry Seinfeld : Oh, look! There's Gregory Peck's bicycle!

George Costanza : Get out!

Jerry Seinfeld : And Barbara Mandrell's skateboard!

George Costanza : Get out!

Enjoyed watching Lol on drums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI_yHkV7XTE

The reissue series continues as such -- slightly expanded version of Paris up next:

https://store.rhino.com/en/rhino-store/artists/the-cure/paris-cd/603497825103.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiWJfCSsduc

Sounds great at that pace - really thick and druggy

It’s such a shame they play everything to a click now

Is Paris the last release with Boris? Excepting that odd unplugged thing from the hits compilation.