― Star Cauliflower (Star Cauliflower), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 01:57 (nineteen years ago) link
But for many of us born in or around 1974, this issue is fairly cut and dried. For a decade, The Cure made (mostly) great, emotive music to match the self-indulgent drama of teen angst. I too, found romance with a girl because of it. She was into Sylvia Plath 'n shit and thought Robert Smith was really good at painting with words in his lyrics. I felt the same. Even his terrible voice was welcomed as a strike for the blemished and the meek (read 'indie') against mainstream, hard-rock masculinity (what we call 'bogans' in Australia).
Then, as Paul and others have pointed out, we came of legal age in the early 90's and were lucky enough to be doing so right when music got a huge shot in the arm - with much better drugs and, yes, prettier girls. How convenient it was to feel disillusioned with "Wish" and all Cure work since. But my best efforts at objectivity still tell me, as they do to so many others, that The Cure are 80's classics and 90's duds. You can neatly bookend the best of this band up to and including "Disintegration".
― Stephen Stockwell (Stephen Stockwell), Friday, 27 August 2004 03:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stephen Stockwell (Stephen Stockwell), Friday, 27 August 2004 03:50 (nineteen years ago) link
I was born in 1973 and I approve this post.
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 27 August 2004 03:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 August 2004 04:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stephen Stockwell (Stephen Stockwell), Friday, 27 August 2004 05:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 27 August 2004 17:38 (nineteen years ago) link
Robert Smith guest presents the John Peel Show tonight 11pm - 1amhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/johnpeel/index.shtml
you can listen live via the web stream.
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 21 October 2004 17:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 21 October 2004 21:31 (nineteen years ago) link
-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), March 26th, 2001
?!?!?!?!?!?!?
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 21 October 2004 21:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 October 2004 21:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Thursday, 21 October 2004 21:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 21 October 2004 21:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 October 2004 21:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 21 October 2004 21:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 October 2004 21:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 21 October 2004 22:07 (nineteen years ago) link
Smashing Pumpkins - '1979' - (Hut)The Cure - 'Desperate Journalist' - (Fiction)Joy Division - 'She's Lost Control' - (Strange Fruit)The Pixies - 'Monkey's Gone To Heaven' - (4AD)Led Zeppelin - 'Communication Breakdown' - (Atlantic)The Deftones - 'Minerva' - (Sire)Cranes - 'Jewel' - (Wergo)Nirvana - 'Heart Shaped Box' - (Geffen)David Bowie - 'Saturday Night' - (EMI)The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - 'Swampsnake' - (Mercury)Mogwai - 'Killing All The Flies' - (PIAS)Tricky - 'Moody' - (Epitaph)Placebo - 'The Bitter End' - (Virgin)The Beatles - 'Eleanor Rigby' - (Apple)The Rolling Stones - 'Paint it Black' - (Decca)Janis Ian - 'Tea and Sympathy' - (Sony)Thin Lizzy - 'Don't Believe A Word' - (Warners)The Clash - 'White Riot' - (Sony)AFI - 'Girl's Not Grey' - (Nitro)Blink 182 - 'Down' - (Island)The Cocteau Twins - 'Lorelei' - (4AD)My Bloody Valentine - 'I Only Said' - (Sony)Sneaker Pimps - 'Low Place Like Home' - (One Little Indian)Tom Waits - 'Looking for The Heart of Saturday Night' - (Anti/Epitaph)Supergrass - 'Alright' - (Parlophone)The Cooper Temple Clause - 'New Toys' - (RCA)Scarling - 'Crispin Glover' - (Sympathy for the Record Industry)Interpol - 'NYC' - (Matador)Jimi Hendrix - 'Are You Experienced' - (MCA)
― Vic Funk, Thursday, 21 October 2004 22:14 (nineteen years ago) link
Underworld 9.5/10 [they mixed things up, had some special mixes, plus had the buzz of the chat room, and added humour]Siouxsie Sioux 7/10 [Siouxsie came across as a broadcasting professional, in control, measured - however i expected some more fun like when she was on 6 Music roundtable]Robert Smith 6.0/10 [too many predictable choices, reminds me of guest slot hour on Xfm]
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 21 October 2004 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link
siouxie had a patch where she was talking under something rather than over it. but nice enough. didn't like her question answering session.
underworld sounded a lot like the 3am comedy strand at times (which is itself worth a listen)
― koogs (koogs), Friday, 22 October 2004 08:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sansai, Friday, 22 October 2004 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 22 October 2004 18:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Edward Bax, Friday, 22 October 2004 18:08 (nineteen years ago) link
-- manthony m1cc1o (anthonyisrigh...), October 21st, 2004.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 22 October 2004 18:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 22 October 2004 18:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 22 October 2004 18:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 22 October 2004 19:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― the curefox, Saturday, 23 October 2004 09:33 (nineteen years ago) link
** The new release dates are 29th November 2004 worldwide and December 7th in the U.S. on Rhino **
The Cure's debut album from 1979 has now been elevated to the Deluxe Edition series.
Compiled by Robert Smith and Digitally Remastered by Chris Blair at Abbey Road, this 2 CD set is a must for all Cure fans as it contains 6 Previously Unreleased songs and 15 tracks on CD for the very first time! The 16-page booklet has sleevenotes by Johnny Black plus rare and previously unseen photographs from Robert Smith's personal archive.
DISC 1 - Three Imaginary Boys
01. 10:15 SATURDAY NIGHT 02. ACCURACY 03. GRINDING HALT 04. ANOTHER DAY 05. OBJECT 06. SUBWAY SONG 07. FOXY LADY 08. MEATHOOK 09. SO WHAT 10. FIRE IN CAIRO 11. IT'S NOT YOU 12. THREE IMAGINARY BOYS 13. THE WEEDY BURTON
DISC 2 - Rarities 1977-1979
01. I Want To Be Old (sav studio demo 10/77 - previously unreleased song) (@) 02. I'm Cold (sav studio demo 11/77 - previously unreleased version) (@) 03. Heroin Face (live in the rocket, crawley 12/77 - previously available on 'curiosity' mc 1984) (@) 04. I Just Need Myself (psl studio demo 1/78 - previously unreleased song) (@) 05. 10:15 Saturday Night (rs home demo 2/78 - previously unreleased version) 06. The Cocktail Party (group home demo 3/78 - previously unreleased song) (@) 07. Grinding Halt (group home demo 4/78 - previously unreleased version) (@) 08. Boys Don't Cry (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously available on 'curiosity' mc 1984) 09. It's Not You (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously unreleased version) 10. 10:15 Saturday Night (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously unreleased version) 11. Fire In Cairo (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously unreleased version) 12. Winter ('tib' studio out-take 10/78 - previously unreleased song) 13. Faded Smiles (aka I Don't Know) ('tib' studio out-take 10/78 - previously unreleased song) 14. Play With Me ('tib' studio out-take 10/78 - previously unreleased song) 15. World War (on early copies of 'boys don't cry' album 1979) 16. Boys Don't Cry (single - also on 'boys don't cry' album 1979) 17. Jumping Someone Else's Train (single - also on 'boys don't cry' album 1979) 18. Subway Song (live in nottingham 10/79 - previously available on 'curiosity' mc 1984) 19. Accuracy (live in nottingham 10/79 - previously unreleased version) 20. 10:15 Saturday Night (live in nottingham 10/79 - previously unreleased version)
the bastards are gonna make me buy their whole fucking back catalogue again aren't they? gah...
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 19 November 2004 10:54 (nineteen years ago) link
No 'Plastic Passion' either, come to think of it :-/
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 19 November 2004 15:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 19 November 2004 15:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 19 November 2004 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 November 2004 15:41 (nineteen years ago) link
On the plus side 'though, if I were to buy this, I would finally get to own "World War", after having spent the last 24 years quietly seething with self-righteous wounded indignation about the injustice of having apparently been expected to pay import prices to buy the Boys Don't Cry album, just to get that one track, when I already owned every single other track on the album, several of them more than once.
I may just decide that I'd prefer to carry on sulking about it 'though - I really haven't decided yet.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 19 November 2004 15:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 19 November 2004 16:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 19 November 2004 16:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 November 2004 16:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixxx le Jeune (Fabfunk), Saturday, 20 November 2004 11:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― thin roberta, Saturday, 20 November 2004 13:05 (nineteen years ago) link
Never say I don't do anything for you, Baaderonixxx:
http://www.siouxsieandthebanshees.co.uk/
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - DOWNSIDE UPB SIDES AND RARITIES - 4 CD BOX SETReleased: 29th November 2004
34 Tracks on CD for the first time including The Thorn EP.76 Page booklet with an introduction by SiouxsieFull track annotation by all 3 band membersFull lyrics for all b-sides printed for the first timeSleevenotes by Mark Paytress
Disc One01: Voices ( 5.33 )02: 20th Century Boy ( 1.58 )03: Pulled To Bits ( 3.24 )04: Mettagiesen ( 4.00 )05: Drop Dead Celebration ( 4.24 )06: Eve White Eve Black ( 3.03 )07: Red Over White ( 4.34 )08: Follow The Sun ( 2.47 )09: Snap Dash Snap ( 3.40 )10: Supernatural Thing ( 4.24 )11: Congo Conga ( 4.13 )12: Coal Mind ( 3.31 )13: We Fall ( 3.38 )14: Cannibal Roses ( 4.29 )15: Obsession Ii ( 3.52 )16: A Sleeping Rain ( 4.18 )17: Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant ( 2.33 )
Disc Two 01: Tattoo ( 3.29 )02: There's A Planet In My Kitchen ( 5.22 ) 03: Let Go ( 3.36 )04: The Humming Wires ( 4.22 )05: I Promise ( 4.38 )06: Throw Them To The Lions ( 4.50 )07: The Execution ( 3.50 )08: The Quarterdrawing Of The Dog ( 4.54 )09: Lullaby ( 3.32 )10: Umbrella ( 4.13 )11: Shooting Sun ( 4.44 )12: Sleepwalking ( On High Wire ) ( 5.10 )13: She Cracked ( 3.07 )14: She's A Cuckoo ( 4.15 )15: Something Blue ( 3.55 )16: The Whole Price Of Blood ( 3.53 )17: Mechanical Eyes ( 3.36 )
Disc Three01: False Face ( 2.51 )02: Catwalk ( 4.57 )03: Something Wicked ( This Way Comes ) ( 4.20 )04: Are You Stil Dying Darling ( 4.44 )05: El Dia De Los Muertos ( 3.38 )06: Sunless ( 4.26 )07: Staring Back ( 3.16 )08: Return ( 5.02 )09: Spiral Twist ( 3.55 )10: Sea Of Light ( 4.35 )11: I Could Be Again ( 4.30 )12: Hothead ( 3.30 )13: B Side Ourselves ( 3.47 )14: Swimming Horses ( 4.41 )15: All Tomorrows Parties ( 6.12 )16: Hang Me High ( 6.05 )17: Black Sun ( 3.10 )
Disc Four - The Thorn E.P. 01: Overground ( 3.52 )02: Voices ( 5.25 )03: Placebo Effect ( 4.36 )04: Red Over White ( 5.43 )
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 20 November 2004 14:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixxx le Jeune (Fabfunk), Saturday, 20 November 2004 17:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixxx le Jeune (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 15:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 25 November 2004 02:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Thursday, 25 November 2004 03:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 25 November 2004 15:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixxx le Jeune (Fabfunk), Thursday, 25 November 2004 21:54 (nineteen years ago) link
(Found this on http://neumu.net/ )
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 27 November 2004 13:49 (nineteen years ago) link
if we were trace the Cure's influences, what would they be? the post-punk + krautrock angle seems kinda obvious (Joy Division, etc.) but where did Smith's poppier inclinations come from? I have a hard time imagining what his record collection in the 80s would have consisted of, besides his contemporaries like Siouxsie and Echo & the Bunnymen and whatnot
― twat dust and ego overload (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Dude's on the record as saying Mogwai are his current favourite band. This doesn't remotely answer the question (although it possibly explains some of the longer songs on their post-Wild Mood Swings albums)
― smexy fishy hawt joey martin (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link