"4:13 Dream" by the Cure

i'm so mad i missed this tour but told myself don't see them until there is a new album out. now, after reading this thread, that was a huge mistake. can't wait for the new album and looking forward to seeing them real soon or end of this year, beginning of 2009.

Another video showed up on YouTube, definitely worth checking out. This is a new song they played in Houston (for the first time on the USA tour), and along with "Underneath the Stars," it's by far the best new song they've played live.

LIVE! A Boy I Never Knew - The Cure Toyota Center in Houston, Tx 6/9/08

Alright, the new single "Freakshow" is seriously great. I haven't been so excited about a new Cure album since "Wish"

"Freakshow" is their best single since "The 13th".
And this line-up is definitely ace.

"Freakshow" is their best single since "The 13th".

Very apt comparison. And HI DERE Marco!

still able to find 5 minutes to check ILM every now and then.
and ciao to you, Ned! :)

I still don't care for "Freakshow," bah.

"Freakshow" is a bit like a successful "Screw". HI DERE

Whatever, "Screw" is not half bad. Killer bassline.

"Screw" is awesome! (So is "Freakshow".)

oh shit I am finally listening to "Baby Dog Rag Book" and wau

lol or whatever it's called

It's called something like that! And see, I TOLD you you'd love it.

O SHIT IM FINALY LISTENNG 2 BABY DOG RAG BOK AND WAU

-- HI DERE, Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:58 AM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

LOL OR WUT ITS CAL3D

-- HI DERE, Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:58 AM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

ITS CALED SOM3THNG LIEK TAHT!1!11! OMG WTF LOL AND SE I 2LD U U LUV IT
!!!1!!!!! OMG

-- Ned Raggett, Saturday, June 14, 2008 11:17 AM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

You kids today.

The English-to-12-Year-Old-AOLer Translator

U KIDS 2DAY
!111!!1! WTF

-- Ned Raggett, Saturday, June 14, 2008 12:00 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

JUST SAW THE CURE FOR THE FIRST TIME LIVE

a set so good but they didn't play a few tracks I'd been expecting -- is this like the first concert in 20 years where they haven't played a single note of "Plainsong"? :(

They didn't play it at the Bowl! Luck of the draw, duder. But glad you caught 'em. :-)

NU ALBUM.!!11111!!!!!1!1111 WTF LOL 5/3/206 42941 PM - BY CUREROBRT
NO RAAL NEWS
WHICH SI Y THEIR SI LITLE POST3D HERE
BUT.
THIS!!1!1!!!1!!!11!!! OMG LOL WEK SI OUR SIXTH IN TEH STUDIO
AND W3 WIL FINISH TRAKNG (EI RECORDNG DRUMS/BAS/GUITARS/GUIED VOIEC) OUR 20TH SONG THES FRIDAY.
EVARYONA!1!1!1!!!!!!!!1!!1!!! OMG WTF SI V3RY HAPY
AND IT SOUNDS GORGAOS
WE!!!111 WTF R TAKNG A BR3AK NEXT WEK SO I CAN FIGURE OUT DA A-LIST SONGS AND G3T DA WORDS 2 WORK.
AND!1!11!11!!!!11!! OMG TH3N W3 WIL B BAK IN2 SNGNG AND OV3RDUBS AND R3-RECORDS AND MIXNG.
STIL!11!!!!!!11!1!1!1 OMG WTF HOPNG FOR A HALOWEN RAL3AES
BUT UNTIL IT HAP3NS.
IS!!!!1!1!11!!11111!!11 OMG LOL THES NAWS!
RX?!???!!1111111!1! WTF LOL

Going to see them on Wednesday night... for the first time ever!
I didn't even know they were coming because I don't really stay in touch with things. my wife tells me today "hey we're going to see the Cure. i bought tickets ". WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

anyway, im excited. i hope they play.. hell i don't even care what they play

Hahaha, that's pretty nice.

Curt1s, who cares about "Plainsong"? Looks like you Atlanta dudes got "Charlotte Sometimes," only time they've played that all tour. I would've killed for that one in Texas. Good setlist though, I bet it was a blast.

(Tell us more about the show!)

NU CUR3 ALBUM OMG

I was standing there listening and it just sort of hit me what a phenomenal event was going on in front of me & thank god I was alive in the 21st century so I could see Robert Smith alive and in person. It hit me how much they are really one of the biggest influences in the sound & style of modern rock. This is the first band I've seen that's had that kind of mystique, and certainly the first act that's had this sort of charisma. In every note they played you could hear them outclassing every sad mallindie band that tries to sound like them. The most beautiful, emotional, playful, dark, hypnotic music you can imagine.

Peak of the night for me was probably "A Forest," the performance of which was pretty much the embodiment of everything a good rock song should be. The Cure are the not-so-secret masters of the repetitive, hypnotic hook. And "Charlotte Sometimes" did make me freak, yes!!

65daysofstatic def sound better live than on record, and their light show was impressive too!

It hit me how much they are really one of the biggest influences in the sound & style of modern rock.

There's something gratifying in realizing that, I've found. Very few of the open borrowers of the sound/style have made things their own but damn if they aren't an increasingly broad touchstone for a lot of things.

otm

"Holy Hour" in Charlotte, NC...

oh shit

wish I could go to all of these shows

1st encore: The Holy Hour, Other Voices, Drowning Man, Faith

!!!!!!!!!!!

for Ned: The Cure * Underneath the Stars * Hollywood Bowl May 31 2008

Uh, yeah, I'll take that encore there.

goddamnit fuck, why didn't they play that Faith encore in Texas, or "Charlotte Sometimes," or...

New video footage:

The Cure : Charlotte Sometimes : Charlotte, NC 6.16.08

The Cure : Faith : Charlotte, NC 6.16.08

ok, so they were fucking amazing in Cleveland last night. best seats i've ever had at a show. we were right in robert's line of sight. he totally looked right at me like 3 times. he did, seriously! so here is the set list. they played for like 3 and a half hours...fuck, so good!

Open
Fascination Street
A Night like This
end of the world
lovesong
want
pictures of you
lullaby
the perfect boy
edge of the deep green sea
kyoto song
hot hot hot
the only one
charlotte sometimes
torture
sleep when i'm dead
push
inbetween days
just like heaven
primary
us or them
never enough
wrong number
100 years
end

encore 1: at night!, m!, play for today, a forest

encore 2: 3 imaginary boys, fire in cairo, boys don't cry, jumping someone else's train, grinding halt, 10:15 saturday night, killing an arab

wow, "Torture" is back in the set. cool, they played that in Austin.

COF has posted links to the entire Atlanta show if anyone's interested

Okay wow I did a search for this thread on ILX that did not leave me confident I'd be able to find it again off the New Answers page. Any tips?

Also...
I like this damn Freakshow single. That's fucking funky greatness or something. I just wish they'd release the goddamn album already.

search for Cure's instead of Cure

Fantastic! I'll write that down and remember it thanx

new single "Sleep When I'm Dead" (Mix 13) is out on July 15th. good to see a single a month continue.

streaming here

Not my favorite song from the new record, so far.

I'm saddened by the lack of interest for the singles here on ILM

I'm interested but I also haven't had a chance to pick them up properly.

I definitely like this one the most so far.

c'mon, it's the Cure we're talking about here!!

xp

yes this is a grower and you can clearly see how they found this amongst the scraps of the 'Head on the Door' sessions

The single sounds like classic The Cure, at least in terms of style and atmosphere (even if the razor-sharp hooks aren't there anymore). Somehow, returning to (or maintaining) their "classic sound" isn't enough for me with R.E.M. (on the okay but sort of lackluster Accelerate), but it might be enough with The Cure.

I dont know - for me the "classic" Cure sound has grown to mean the 'Wish' type of dreamy jangle. Whereas, this single kind of reminds me of that transition sound the Cure had in 1984-1985, eg. say "Baby Screams"