why did it take me so long to listen to the cure

[Trotskilicious]

what was wrong with me?

[fuzzyroes]

That is certainly bizarre, you seem to be on top of things music wise.

Enjoy em, they're a fantastic group

[Shallowed]

Here's why it took me a long time,

I used to listen to blink-182 a lot. Their self titled album had a song featuring Robert Smith, and the liner notes said that they had always been big big fans of The Cure so it was an honour to work with him.

So I picked up the first Cure CD I found, which was Seventeen Seconds. I was like UGH where's the inane, juvenile lyrics? Where's the lightspeed drumming? Where are the drums that don't sound like a drum machine?

And then it was a few years 'til I picked up Unknown Pleasures and Closer and was like hmm this is um okay I guess and then after a little while was like WOW THIS IS FUCKASS AWESOME WOW IAN CURTIS WAS SO DERPRESSED AND SHIT and went back to Seventeen Seconds because I remembered that it was kind of similar

Still only heard that album, Pornography and Disintegration though. Disintegration is by far the best that I've heard. Anything else by them that's similar to that kind of dream pop like sound on Disintegration?

[Shallowed]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

what was wrong with me?

I suppose it didn't have anything to do with liking blink-182

[fuzzyroes]

the ultimate, chill-groove

[bignothing]

I'm not a terribly huge fan, but I love this:



"Between you and me, it's hard to ever really know who to trust, how to think, what to believe."

[Rairun]

I do think Bloodflowers is as good as Disintegration, but it probably helps that I got into them when that album was released. It's hard to tell.

[redbreegull]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

what was wrong with me?

http://i.somethingawful.com/u/Viconi...__emo_dino.jpg

[noyen]

i'd like to know why, B. there is A treasure trove of delicious songs, and some people like the crap songs posted in this thread. they've basically been 4 or 5 different sounding bands. they are the best ever of all decades.

[Elphenor]

Originally Posted by Rairun

I do think Bloodflowers is as good as Disintegration, but it probably helps that I got into them when that album was released. It's hard to tell.

I can't believe anyone would say this....

[Elphenor]

Listening to 17 seconds for the first time was a religious experience

[redbull]

bloodflowers is really pretty good. by far the best thing they've put out post-wish

I agree that 17 seconds is fucking amazing tho. easily my favorite release by them

[Elphenor]

It's okay, but it's no Dis.

[null123]

Good band. Feel like they're considered a dorky thing to like

[slunken]

bloodflowers was my first one too.

head on the door is probably my favorite.

[redbull]

head on the door feels too unfocused to me, although it has some banger songs on it

[redbull]

can we talk about how good Shake Dog Shake is

[null123]

Yes I love that song. Makes the rest of the album seem kinda lame in comparison though

[D.]

I've never been able to get into the Cure tbh. :\

[ButtHash]

My favorite is Pornography. Absolute depression perfection. I like that they could do stuff like that and then do poppy stuff and it all worked

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by noyen

i'd like to know why, B. there is A treasure trove of delicious songs, and some people like the crap songs posted in this thread. they've basically been 4 or 5 different sounding bands. they are the best ever of all decades.

i thought they were "gay" in high school. then i dunno i just was listening to other things and then just recently i FINALLY listened to disintegration and i was like omfg how was i a shoegaze giant guitar fan without knowing the cure

last night i was listening to dino jr and i was like how come i forgot they played this hilarious cover, and what cure album is just like heaven on? so i listed to Kiss Me x3 and I was like omfg what the fuck was wrong with me



i love the metal screams and riffing coming out of nowhere, and the big ass J mascis solo

[Trotskilicious]

oh and that's from the reissue no wonder i don't remember it

[slunken]

[Trotskilicious]

WHAT

[null123]

It said his favorite Cure song was Sugar Girl

[noyen]

Their bsides are probably my favorites. I enjoy everything up until wild mood swings which I thought was awful. There are a handful of songs from self titled and bloodfloeers I like but generally not my thing. I can hang with the rest and am glad it is there in mass to still listen too. lost wishes is great too. But I can find something if not everything to like about all their albums, even the ones I kinda hate. I highly reccomend also listening to the glove deluxe reissue that has Robert Smiths voice on all the tracks rather than the awful singer they used. Its fucking great. Join the dots collects all the bsides which have some real gems. That output alone blows away some other bands entire discography. But I am a cure fanboy so.. Too many good songs to list but if you want my list of fav songs I can send you a DM or a Spotify playlist. I wish they'd break up and Robert do or release his mythical solo album but he talks more trash than Billy its hard to know what is true and isn't. He was notorious for lying to journalists forever and has kept fans on a leash for decades not releasing material he says he will. For a while reissues were coming out but then just stopped. They'll probably always be my favorite band in the world that impacted my personality and listening enjoyment for my short life. I always wanted to be like them, look like them, sound like them. I'm almost 40, and some of their stuff just gets better with age. So much of it obscure to casual or even more interested fans. Nothing I enjoy more than talking with other cure fans who got as deep as I did and close to them as possible. I have so many friends and online friends from just decades of being a cure fan. I generally like them all and even the ones who still play dress up. Its cool seeing younger people into their newer shittier music too because it just means someday they'll go back and discover the real goldmine so I can't even hate on it. I fully endorse youngins aka hipsters wearing cure t-shirts and OK like bloodflowers but they had better days and I am happy you tipped your toes in the water. Disintegration is good. The bsides to it and kiss me could've made another two hit records. Anyway let me know if you want my ultimate playlist. Much like any other band with lots of hyper collective fans they have maybe thousands of bootlegs and then all the rare rare stuff is fun to discover. The Dino Jr cover might be one of the only good ones. Converge does a pretty good cover of disintegration but most covers are awful (311 the worst offendor). Deftones did some really quite good covers but yeah. Most who attempt have been shite.

[Trotskilicious]

CONVERGE

i just love how dino jr that cover still is, even though it's absolutely recognizable as the cure. plus it tips the hat too, i mean so much of what the cure did impacts everything that i love. it's just so weird it took me this long

[Trotskilicious]

i am on the spotted fi aslo, how do you find people on there without using fucking facebook

[noyen]

I love the Dino cover. J mascis shreds. I like him better than Jimi Hendrix. He is old and weird and probably autistic but Jesus lord he is amazing to watch live. Their take on jlh is still awesome. I think they still play it live too. I am also surprised he just started liking them I thought you already did. You can find that converge cover on YouTube I haven't seen it on Spotify or anything. It is purty damn good and I'm only sort of into converge.

[noyen]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

i am on the spotted fi aslo, how do you find people on there without using fucking facebook

I don't have Facebook but I think my username is noyen on it too but I remember I had to send some weird number code for people to find me on it since I too am also not on the fb anymore. There is some convoluted way to find people I had to google it to get two of my friends to find me on there.

Edit: my name on Spotify is "noyenx". I'll make a pub playlist on there. Its not all on Spotify but most is.