The Cure: Classic or Dud?

i'm finally back as my sabbatical has come to an end and just in time too:

https://i.imgur.com/jBrRvVB.jpg

they had me at The Cure but add the Pixies and Mogwai to the bill? i'm going and $150 for this bill is not bad at all. a Saturday Night in the summertime in Los Angeles. a bit like heaven.

i did see the Cure at the Rose Bowl before, it was The Wish tour and Dinosaur Jr with the Cranes opened that show.

not even gonna mention the Throwing Muses are playing, huh.

Xp I think there were a few of us ilxors at that show :)

I went to the version of that show in NoCal (Shoreline, I think).

More than a few of us.

https://nedraggett.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/not-just-the-ticket-53-the-cure-june-27-1992/

(While tempted, I'm not doing this upcoming show; it would be easy enough to fly down and all but that very night Bryan Ferry is playing up here in the Bay Area, and I've seen the Cure numerous times and Bryan Ferry, never. So, priorities. Also, I rather assume they'll play here either right before or right after the LA date, so.)

DJI I think it was at San Jose State football stadium, remember the fireworks?

Email campaign to get Ferry to cover "Sinking."

i never had any interest to go to la for 55 years but the cure plus the pixies plus the throwing muses, three fave groups from when i was a twen of whom i have seen none live might change that, it is is just a 14 hour flight incl. a stop over from bloody old berlin, so why not?

alomar - um - maybe? That was a LONG time ago.

playing the last night of the Disintegration shows RIGHT NOW at the Sydney Opera House

Cool, thanks!

This is so much better than working. Thanks!

He seems so content and chill these days.

I caught the last bit of "Fear of Ghosts" and one of the instrumental demos from that time period when I woke up

looks like the whole thing is up for replay at the same link, at least for the moment

Okay this first hour is directly beamed in from god

Setlist:

00:00 ----
16:50 "Hello..."
17:20 Delirious Night
23:44 Fear of Ghosts
30:55 No Heart
34:20 Esten
38:19 2 Late
41:09 Out of Mind
44:45 Babble
---
54:42 Plainsong
59:25 Pictures of You
1:06:44 Closedown
1:11:00 Lovesong
1:14:40 Last Dance
1:19:52 Lullaby
1:24:46 Fascination Street
1:29:47 Prayers for Rain
1:35:34 The Same Deep Water as You
1:44:47 Disintegration
1:53:11 Homesick
2:00:16 Untitled

There's more than that! Three Imaginary Boys, Pirate Ships ...

2:10:50 Burn
2:17:50 Three Imaginary Boys
2:21:30 Pirate Ships

I hadn't seen that in the comments

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7zBwC-UIAABlka.jpg

omg

Also can we talk for a second about how Robert is 60 and still sounds like he did on this album?

The "Disintegration" in this Disintegration >>> the "Disintegration" in the Trilogy Disintegration.

Haven’t listened to the album yet but what a treat to hear these b sides played. I don’t think it worked so well live but still, never thought I’d ever hear them play Fear of Ghosts. Babble otoh kicked ass live. They should add it to their regular live set rotation.

(after a short youtube link following trail) btw, I didn't know about the alternative lyrics to A Forest in 1979 + the energy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCCLhCBb1I4

the energy!

Whenever I see clips like that I just think "the drugs!"

I spent a lovely evening chatting with Reeves Gabrels' wife via Twitter DM last night and got confirmation that Robert uses a bunch of vocal technique to keep his voice intact

he sounded wonderful on that livestream

also, i may be misremembering this, but that performance of disintegration seemed v deeply felt and even slightly... energetic? compared to my old trilogy dvd

I didn't know about the alternative lyrics to A Forest in 1979

In the early years their lyrics could be in flux even from night to night as they wrote songs onstage (and even occasionally after recording: Seventeen Seconds' song Three spent years in the set after turning into Forever with improvised lyrics)

Last thing I expected was a new interview with Boris Williams but it's great. I'm not sure I've ever heard him talk at length before, he sounds lovely and very chilled:

https://t.co/e61zznKlwB

Some very interesting (YMMV) insights into his time in the band, including (too briefly) why he left and how he feels about seeing the band play without him.

https://thequietus.com/articles/26614-the-cure-beyond-the-hits-rare-b-side-album-track

What fine judgment throughout, especially that one guy. Modesty forbids.

We will be holding an exclusive advance screening of "The Cure - Anniversary 1978-2018 Live in Hyde Park London" at a secret location in London on Wednesday July 3.
This screening will also feature a special introduction from director Tim Pope. pic.twitter.com/uVrmEHOKrk

— The Cure (@thecure) June 17, 2019

tim pope thingy update.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGr3vWnOcKM

Looks like it's just a concert film though?

Oh like The Cure in Orange? Twist my arm.

No, I just thought there had been some discussion a few years ago about a documentary, with Tim sorting through all sorts of archival stuff. But nothing in the trailer seems to indicate that.

Wonder if they have a recording of the Mexico City show from 2013 where they played like 50 songs?

Dunno, not really excited about that concert film either. Setlist was pretty bland and the setting too. I don’t really see the point of this (Reflections or the Disintegration show would maybe have been more interesting)

bring the Wish deluxe edition!

maybe they did a set in the rain at Red Rocks at some point they could release

Man, this looks dull :(

I was just listening to Wish, streaming it, and noticed it was branded "explicit." I assume that means profanity, but I'm trying to remember where on the album there's any profanity.

the end of Wendy Time has a "fuck" in it

Huh, so it does! Is there much or really for that matter any profanity in the rest of the Cure catalog?