Kiss Me‘s best songs, like “Why Can’t I Be You” chase away dizzy pop and bounce into a snarky funk that dissolves into ethereal serenades. “One More Time” slides into jazzy ditties and “Hot Hot Hot!!!” scats toward Beatnik Rap that then bursts into the sludgy psychedelia of “Shiver and Shake”.
uh, what
― Marvel Puzzle Quest is my favorite gasm (DJP), Saturday, 17 June 2023 03:40 (ten months ago) link
I love how you can see a wall of bills advertising the “Mint Car” single in Mike Leigh’s 1997 film Calendar Girls, which then segues into a brief conversation among the two protagonists who talk about no longer following the band
― beamish13, Saturday, 17 June 2023 03:49 (ten months ago) link
I still like this, still listen on occasion. It's in my "headcanon" as the Cure's last album--not near the heights of about everything through 'Disintegration,' but to my ears, better than 'Wish' and certainly far, far better than the 'Wild Mood Swings' that was actually issued:
This has stayed in my rotation all month. And after spending more time with 'Connect the Dots,' probably contains most of my favorite Cure b-sides. . . The Cure - 'This Is A Lie' 'Wild Mood Swings' Reconsidered 01 - Adonais 02 - Jupiter Crash* 03 - A Pink Dream 04 - Treasure* 05 - Home 06 - Waiting 07 - Dredd Song 08 - It Used to Be Me 09 - Numb* 10 - Ocean 11 - Bare* 12 - This Is A Lie (Ambient Mix) Total Time: 53:43 * From 'Wild Mood Swings'― Soundslike, Tuesday, August 15, 2017 12:34 AM (five years ago)
The Cure - 'This Is A Lie' 'Wild Mood Swings' Reconsidered
01 - Adonais 02 - Jupiter Crash* 03 - A Pink Dream 04 - Treasure* 05 - Home 06 - Waiting 07 - Dredd Song 08 - It Used to Be Me 09 - Numb* 10 - Ocean 11 - Bare* 12 - This Is A Lie (Ambient Mix)
Total Time: 53:43
* From 'Wild Mood Swings'
― Soundslike, Tuesday, August 15, 2017 12:34 AM (five years ago)
― Soundslike, Saturday, 17 June 2023 21:36 (ten months ago) link