It's easy to belittle a bandmate's contributions when he jumped or was pushed at the peak of acrimony.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 June 2015 00:29 (eight years ago) link
Today is my birthday and looking at this thread sort of makes me sad as i see Bimble wished me happy birthday in this thread. RIP.
anyways some of you are so wrong, this is a classic album. the remastered version of this is incredible and made me appreciate all over again.
i voted for "Sinking" but these days my vote would be "Six Different Ways."
― Bee OK, Thursday, 4 June 2015 01:23 (eight years ago) link
Six different ways is amaaazing
― demonic mnevice (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 4 June 2015 02:06 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I didn't want to start nothing, so I backed off, but this album is a stone cold classic from beginning to end.
There's some really great, nearly shoegazey live versions of 'A Night Like This' from the Swing tour in the mid 90's.
― austinato (Austin), Thursday, 4 June 2015 02:09 (eight years ago) link
Me on the 30th anniversary:
http://thequietus.com/articles/18610-the-cure-head-on-the-door-review
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 August 2015 13:38 (eight years ago) link
Nice write-up! I still hate "Push"!
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 24 August 2015 14:55 (eight years ago) link
Hahah I was almost waiting for that.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 August 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
I'll eternally find your dislike of 'Push' completely mystifying, DJP, even more so than your dislike of 'Domino Dancing'/Introspective... the guitar riff of 'Push' is just all-time for me, and it's one of those Cure songs that has stayed with me from the moment I first heard it!
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Monday, 24 August 2015 22:15 (eight years ago) link
nice Ned, thanks for the link.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 01:38 (eight years ago) link
The slurred introduction on In Orange sold me on Push.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 01:40 (eight years ago) link
I love The Cure, I think their output up to and including Wish is pretty much unimpeachably wonderful, yet I too can't stand Push.
― Birds in Hell, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 04:10 (eight years ago) link
I can barely make out what Smith is saying in most of the song introductions on In Orange, bar the song titles!
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 16:47 (eight years ago) link
Something about wearing a dress on the train or something?
i think he says 'this is a song about when i used to wear dresses and ride the train'
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
I think In Orange serves as a good introduction to the band as well as the first singles compilation does... it's a bit of a shame that it hasn't been re-released yet.
― Is it September 3rd yet? (Turrican), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 17:16 (eight years ago) link
NICE gonna listen to this during work today
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 17:18 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I think I'm going to give The Head On The Door a listen too... I expect I'll love it just as much as the other hundreds of times I've heard it. This album never, ever gets old for me.
― I mean, is the Pitchfork '80s list really that fucking important? (Turrican), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 17:44 (eight years ago) link
Played Head On The Door last night and loved it. Followed it up with Japanese Whispers. Nice combo.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 17:45 (eight years ago) link
otm on the summer feeling of "In Between Days"
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 17:48 (eight years ago) link
xpost:
Yeah, I completely agree! I've always been incredibly fond of Japanese Whispers... I know it's a compilation, but when I listen to it, I tend to listen to it front-to-back and I think it stands up well as a mini-album.
― I don't particularly think it warrants that much discussion, to be qu (Turrican), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link
Some mad genius has given 'The Cure In Orange' a once over via deinterlacing and it looks pretty decent. Not as good as a pro clean up job but you can't have everything can you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVS9EFUMUts
― piscesx, Friday, 16 April 2021 15:22 (three years ago) link
nice. love the version of 10.15 saturday night on there. push too!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 16 April 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
Very lucky to see IN ORANGE at the Cinefamily in 35mm some years back with a great audience. The beginning with them walking in unison through a fog of dry ice like the gangstas they were at the time is just hysterical. People nearly gave a standing ovation for Lol’s 2 note keyboard solo on the “A Forest” outro
When Lol was promoting his memoir, he attended another screening (at the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood), but I didn’t catch it
― beamish13, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 05:41 (three years ago) link
That 4K interpolation looks TERRIBLE - I have a downloaded laserdisc rip which my TV upscales beautifully. Since I can't play my VHS tape any more.
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 05:58 (three years ago) link