The opening hour of that set was live on BBC3 last night (available on iplayer), I turned over to it by accident and was whisked back to my teens (huge, huge fan from about 15 to 18 years old), they sounded *great*. Like you say Ned, no real madness from Reeves but he was pretty sweet, got a lovely tone on Just Like Heaven etc. The live footage also showed what looked like a crib sheet for keys/chords for different songs etc next to his fx board :)
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Saturday, 25 August 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
Excellent set, way better than the "Bestival 2011" live album, FWIW.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 25 August 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, definitely agree there.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 August 2012 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
Oh man that Bestival album sounds like a nutsack
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Sunday, 26 August 2012 01:16 (eleven years ago) link
It's a competent souvenir of a particular lineup, but that's about it.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 26 August 2012 02:54 (eleven years ago) link
Great Reading set. Sounding streamlined in a way and they seem to be having fun again. Thanks, Ned!
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 26 August 2012 07:21 (eleven years ago) link
The Bestival set was *too* streamlined, it was like half the music went missing, couldn't hear the keyboards at all, etc. They sound more complete here. Point being if they wanted to release a live album from a festival show, the Reading set would have been so much better.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 26 August 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
Point being, if they wanted to be invited to release a live album for charity, they should have not played at a festival with an associated charity until ten months later because they would have known in advance how both the performance and recording would have turned out, and also would have arranged all by themselves in the 70s that the second festival would have always been involved in charity fundraising just so that it could have invited them to release the recording to that end.
― itt: i forgot that he yells at a butt (sic), Sunday, 26 August 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
Point being it's too bad that they released something that sounds kind of crap, instead of something that sounds great, choice of locations and charities aside.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 27 August 2012 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
Entreat Plus
― itt: i forgot that he yells at a butt (sic), Monday, 27 August 2012 23:57 (eleven years ago) link
all of the set is now on bbc iplayer iircamazing how much The Kids love them so much these days.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:38 (eleven years ago) link
if you're not from the UK, the BBC uploaded "Friday I'm In Love" (Reading) to Youtube... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uf32bE4LBY&feature=plcp
― UnderControl, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:45 (eleven years ago) link
Robert Smith's version of "Witchcraft" from the new 'Frankenweenie' sdtrk
http://museeffect.tumblr.com/post/32267129654/witchcraft-robert-smith
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 27 September 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
Seems that Chris Parry is selling of his Cure collection via a Record Store in Portsmouth.
http://www.musicstack.com/my/index.cgi?seller=5799&search_type=artist&find=cure
― MaresNest, Thursday, 31 January 2013 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
Incredible set list for Mexico City performance (over four hours!): http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2013/04/22/cure-mexico-city-50-song-setlist/
Lookit all the Wish numbers!
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 April 2013 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
They may never release anything again but if they keep up this kind of activity I will not complain!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 April 2013 13:37 (eleven years ago) link
"Mint Car"!
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 April 2013 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder if all the "Wish" stuff is because it's next on the reissue agenda and is therefore fresh in mind? Also, those songs are awesome live.
When did they make the drummer dye his hair? Also, LOL, Reeves is wearing eyeliner.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 22 April 2013 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
and they, er, opened with its first two numbers.
Wish remains my favorite. Looking forward to the reissue and its B-sides.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 April 2013 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
"This Twilight Garden" and "Play" and "The Big Hand" and "Halo" are so so so good
(you can totally see the massive cliff that is WMS coming in "A Foolish Arrangement" though)
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Monday, 22 April 2013 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
Dad joke of the gods:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/969756_10201282758175931_2033499428_n.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
Would anyone be able to recommend me a good book about the Cure? I've been listening to "Join The Dots" all weekend and am in the mood.
I've done a cursory search the "Someone recommend me a book about music" thread appears to contain no Cure suggestions. This thread has a recommendation for "Faith" by Dave Bowler and Bryan Dray, but the Amazon review of that book (for what it's worth) dismisses it as "stunningly banal". My own searches of Amazon throw up a couple of unconvincing-looking works such asJeff Apter's "Never Enough".
Is it worth worth spending €20 on a second-hand copy of Ten Imaginary Years?
Cheers for suggestions
― Duke, Monday, 27 May 2013 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
Yes it is worth spending that much on Ten Imaginary Years.
― nate woolls, Monday, 27 May 2013 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
I can recommend against "Never Enough" by Jeff Apter. Really horrible read. In the first chapter, he makes a comparison between Cure fans and Britney Spears fans.
― how's life, Monday, 27 May 2013 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
Cheers both. I might just give Ten Imaginary Years a shot. I get it for just over 20 EUR. New copies are going for a mere £257.52 on Amazon UK.
― Duke, Monday, 27 May 2013 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
There are a couple of copies in "acceptable" condition on US Amazon for $10.
― Brad C., Monday, 27 May 2013 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
I can get a copy here in Europe for about 20 euros, which is fine. Just joking about how expensive the new copies are going for in the UK.
― Duke, Monday, 27 May 2013 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
yeah Ten Imaginary Years is fantastic
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Monday, 27 May 2013 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
I got it as an xmas present in '92 and I still recommend it as quick toilet reading; it's especially valuable for preserving clips of original album/single reviews.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 May 2013 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
Ten Imaginry Years is excellent and I wish I still had a copy
― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Monday, 27 May 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
Ten Imaginary Years is fantastic, because it's one of those music books you can read cover to cover in a marathon session and put down feeling invigorated and having your love of the band confirmed. Or you can just pick it up, turn to some random page, read for five minutes and be completely happy.
― Austin, Monday, 27 May 2013 23:40 (eleven years ago) link
Never Enough is bad enough that I reshelved halfway through (optimistically, with bookmark still in). I just could not handle another tedious chapter of tour-drugs-album-drugs-tour-drugs-album all blurring together. Which tbh is the story of a lot of bands but blergh did it suffer in the telling.
― I wish every slot machine had EAT THE RICH printed on it (Crabbits), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
wow. alex in nyc sure got up to speed well enough (see post #9), such a diffident and even-handed start......
― m0stlyClean, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
Not that insane four hour Mexico City set -- just two -- but the Lollapalooza performance was a treat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNhojfzV0bc
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 15:13 (ten years ago) link
I just got to "From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea" and basically this is making my entire day
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 15:15 (ten years ago) link
Whoah!
― That elusive North American wood-ape (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
man they should kind of just call this "The Wish Show" (nb that is by no means a complaint)
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
Not at all. (Good GOD are they ever going to get around to finally doing proper digital video releases of the official 80s/90s concert films or what.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 15:45 (ten years ago) link
Happy birthday 'Head on the Door' - 28 today wtf o_O
― Rummmpatitum, Rummmpatitum Traboo, Traboo, Traboo (onimo), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
Wow, that rendition of the Caterpillar! It's like a more muscular version of the weird Cure.
― Ex Slacker, Thursday, 15 August 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
haha I had forgotten I was typing out the set list as I was listening to this:
PlainsongPictures of YouLullabyHighThe End of the WorldLovesongInbetween DaysJust Like HeavenFROM THE EDGE OF THE DEEP GREEN SEAThe WalkNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFriday I'm In LoveDoing the UnstuckTrustWantFascination StreetThe Hungry GhostOne Hundred YearsDisintegrationThe LovecatsThe CaterpillarClose To MeLet's Go To BedWhy Can't I Be You?Boys Don't Cry
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Thursday, 15 August 2013 22:10 (ten years ago) link
Yay! They played 'Mint Car'! :D
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Thursday, 15 August 2013 22:45 (ten years ago) link
Was To The Sky released on a single?
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 16 August 2013 00:45 (ten years ago) link
Nope. It was a leftover song from the KM^3 sessions that ended up on the Stranger Than Fiction compilation.
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Friday, 16 August 2013 01:05 (ten years ago) link
fucking reissue Wish already!
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 August 2013 01:13 (ten years ago) link
Thanks. I love that one and the Resurrection Mix is great as well. Sounds more like Disintigration than KM^3 to me.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 16 August 2013 02:06 (ten years ago) link
I really hope that second half of 4:13 Dream comes out. I hope they don't just give up on it and all is left is unfinished songs for bootlegs years later.
I remember Robert Smith saying he recorded solo albums for his own amusement, I wonder if they will ever come out.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 18 August 2013 13:07 (ten years ago) link
I don't believe a word of that
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Sunday, 18 August 2013 13:50 (ten years ago) link
one of'em is called The Top iirc
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 18 August 2013 14:00 (ten years ago) link
I also felt he might be lying. He talked about it in the early 90s if I recall correctly. When I first read about this I imagined he was keeping a masterpiece from us but now I think maybe he didn't want to release it because it wasn't anything special, possibly just quickies he fired off without much care.
For a long time he was talking about going solo but I think breaking up doesn't seem like an issue anymore because they don't feel obliged to do anything now unless they feel like it.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 18 August 2013 14:47 (ten years ago) link