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Yeah, but look at the albums above it! There's a lot of tracks I love on Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, but there's also a lot of stuff that would have easily been chopped if they'd had to whittle it down to a single album.
I've never really been a big fan of 'Fight', for example.
― Turrican, Thursday, 19 May 2016 22:45 (eight years ago) link
not loving disintegration to me is weird. but putting head on the door tells me you like different things about the cure than I do (which is towering monoliths of gloom sound)
― akm, Thursday, May 19, 2016 6:39 PM
I like sex-crazed drug-addled pop Cure.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 May 2016 22:46 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, akm, but I ranked Faith second and Pornography third, and we're talking about a less than paper thin difference between the rankings at the top end there.
― Turrican, Thursday, 19 May 2016 22:51 (eight years ago) link
also how anyone can dislike homesick I don't know
ditto
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Thursday, 19 May 2016 22:51 (eight years ago) link
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as opposed to... sex-crazed drug-addled gloom Cure?
― Turrican, Thursday, 19 May 2016 22:53 (eight years ago) link
you bet!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 May 2016 22:55 (eight years ago) link
Ah, for me it's never really been a question of "happy Cure vs. gloom Cure" ... I think it's entirely possible to like both sides of what the band do, and I do. I just prefer the way they did the former on The Head on the Door to the way they did it on Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, and the way they did the latter on Faith and Pornography to the way they did it on Disintegration.
― Turrican, Thursday, 19 May 2016 23:03 (eight years ago) link
There's a lot of tracks I love on Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, but there's also a lot of stuff that would have easily been chopped if they'd had to whittle it down to a single album.
I might let you cut some tracks off KMKMKM, but only if I get to replace them with "A Japanese Dream", "Breathe", and "To The Sky".
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 19 May 2016 23:43 (eight years ago) link
The Cure in Las Vegas tonight. it's getting closer, i could not be any more excited for Sunday Night.
― Bee OK, Friday, 20 May 2016 03:09 (eight years ago) link
I'm also bemused by the disproportionate focus on Disintegration in the band's catalogue.
Love a good ranking exercise:
FaithThe TopKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeWishJapanese WhispersSeventeen SecondsPornographyDisintegrationThe Head on the DoorThree Imaginary BoysWild Mood SwingsThe Cure4:13 DreamBloodflowers
― Birds in Hell, Friday, 20 May 2016 08:25 (eight years ago) link
In terms of how often I play them -
Seventeen SecondsThe Head on the DoorConcertThe TopFaithJapanese WhispersDisintegrationPornographyStanding on a BeachThree Imaginary BoysKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeBloodflowers... the remainder, played once or twice each ...
― MatthewK, Friday, 20 May 2016 08:33 (eight years ago) link
PornographyFaithDisintegrationThe TopKM^3Japanese WhispersWish4:13 DreamSeventeen SecondsThe CureThe Head on the DoorThree Imaginary BoysBloodflowershi-def coprophagy videospounding nails through my fingertipsWild Mood Swings
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Friday, 20 May 2016 13:18 (eight years ago) link
wow, 4:13 so high?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 20 May 2016 13:22 (eight years ago) link
yup
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Friday, 20 May 2016 13:25 (eight years ago) link
punk Cure and gloom Cure >>>> pop Cure
― ejemplo (crüt), Friday, 20 May 2016 13:35 (eight years ago) link
pornographythe topseventeen secondsfaiththe rest
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Friday, 20 May 2016 13:37 (eight years ago) link
pop Cure is great but I prefer it as frosting on a morose cupcake
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Friday, 20 May 2016 13:37 (eight years ago) link
i've always felt they hit their peak of well-frosted cupcakes on Hi-Def Coprophagy Videos
― ejemplo (crüt), Friday, 20 May 2016 13:45 (eight years ago) link
ew cupcakes
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 May 2016 13:46 (eight years ago) link
The Head on The DoorJapanese WhispersThe TopWishThree Imaginary BoysSeventeen SecondsFaithSeventeen SecondsDisintegration
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 May 2016 13:47 (eight years ago) link
Seventeen SecondsHead On The DoorDisintegrationFaithKMKMKMJapanese WhispersPornogrphyThe TopThree Imaginary BoysWishNever Heard anything recorded after Wish
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 20 May 2016 14:02 (eight years ago) link
No 'new' songs on this tour last night, but given what they've dug up so far who can complain?
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-cure/2016/the-chelsea-las-vegas-nv-6bfebac2.html
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 20 May 2016 14:17 (eight years ago) link
killer #17-20
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 May 2016 14:18 (eight years ago) link
hopefully by the time they reach Washington State they've realized everything after 1989 is pointless and just play the good stuff (except Never Enough, they can play that).
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 20 May 2016 14:38 (eight years ago) link
Wish is not pointless!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 May 2016 14:39 (eight years ago) link
You're right. Wish isn't bad. It is the album that made me give up on them though. The songs I liked best felt like intentional rewrites of Disintegration highlights.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 20 May 2016 15:22 (eight years ago) link
When they played that secret gig in 91 and premiered 4 new songs, I really thought that album was gonna be the greatest thing ever. It's still pretty good but perhaps it could have been great had they not started second-guessing things during the recording sessions.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 20 May 2016 15:33 (eight years ago) link
i haven't listened the s/t in years and am finally diving into a copy that includes "truth goodness and beauty" and "going nowhere." anyway wow "lost" is so wild, I kinda forgot
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 20 May 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
in preparation for the concernt, I decided to use my trial Tidal membership to listen to the Cure discography from beginning to end...
damn...following up Three Imaginary Boys with Seventeen Seconds is one of the great "step yo game up" moves in rock history jesus...it's kinda crazy how much they improved and focused what the band was about...like one minute they are petering out the end of an album with a half assed "Foxy Lady" cover then they are dropping shit like "A Forest"
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 20 May 2016 16:35 (eight years ago) link
I really love two albums which are not proper albums but absolutely wonderful as they condense what i love about the cure. "Mixed up", the remix album from 1990 which got very bad reviews at the time but which updated their sound and still holds today and is a terrific album for parties. The other one i love is "entreat" the live album from the disintegration period which i listened to before disintegration. And somehow i find the live versions more to the point, more touching than the studio versions. Of the proper albums faith and 17 seconds are my faves. I quite like wish - it hit me when it came out - and never understood the appeal of the top which actually was the 1st album i ever heard of the band and which turned me off them for quote some time.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 20 May 2016 17:02 (eight years ago) link
I still maintain that Boys Don't Cry > Three Imaginary Boys
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Friday, 20 May 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link
DisintegrationThe TopWishFaithPornographySeventeen SecondsKiss MeHead on the DoorJapanese WhispersThree Imaginary BoysBloodflowersThe Cure4:13 DreamWild Moon Swings
― akm, Friday, 20 May 2016 17:18 (eight years ago) link
mooon swings. whatever.
yeah BDC is better than 3 Imaginary Boys.
― akm, Friday, 20 May 2016 17:21 (eight years ago) link
Totally. It's how TIB should have been released. They took out the pointless songs (Foxy, So What, It's Not You) and added a better one (World War) and the singles.
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 20 May 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link
I don't mind "It's Not You" but it's basically "Object (Variation I)"
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Friday, 20 May 2016 17:30 (eight years ago) link
Of course. But that is one of the most obvious statements in the world. Boys don't cry is a killer song, three imaginary boys is ok but not more. It's an unfair match, a genius tune vs. an average, everyday song.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 20 May 2016 17:33 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I generally prefer Boys Don't Cry to Three Imaginary Boys too.
I often wonder what Smith thinks about songs like 'Object' and 'It's Not You' these days... I'm guessing he's embarrassed by 'em.
― Turrican, Friday, 20 May 2016 17:35 (eight years ago) link
Uh, 'Three Imaginary Boys' (the song) rules.
― Turrican, Friday, 20 May 2016 17:36 (eight years ago) link
(x-post to DJP) Exactly. I like it too, but we really only need one or the other on the album. I also prefer the Easy Cure demo of "Meathook" than the version that made it on the debut.
Alex we are talking about the albums not the songs. The song "Three Imaginary Boys" is brilliant!
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 20 May 2016 17:37 (eight years ago) link
lol well everyone covered all of my points so I'm just going to delete them and say "ditto"
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Friday, 20 May 2016 17:37 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5iHouB9ODk
― Turrican, Friday, 20 May 2016 17:43 (eight years ago) link
good old Tochurst Dempsey
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Friday, 20 May 2016 17:48 (eight years ago) link
yeah i mean when you take off some garbage songs and add one of the greatest new wave songs i'd say boys don't cry is better than three imaginary boys!
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 20 May 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
What was the story with World War again? It wasn't on the CD version of BDC for some reason, I think I read that Bob doesn't/didn't like it?
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Friday, 20 May 2016 18:00 (eight years ago) link
also
The song "Three Imaginary Boys" is brilliant!
^
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Friday, 20 May 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
But boys don't cry is a compilation. How can you compare a compilation to a real album. That does not make a lot lf sense. Obviously the comp is better as it is a sort of best of. That is trivial. And anybody who thinkks the song tib is better th a n the song bdc is crazy. bdc sleighs, tib is a sleeping pill in compsrison.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 20 May 2016 18:30 (eight years ago) link
Sorry about the spelling. It's the smartphone's fault.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 20 May 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
Nobody is saying one is better than the other. We're saying that both rule, which is true.
― Turrican, Friday, 20 May 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
add one of the greatest new wave songs i'd say boys don't cry is better than three imaginary boys
Which one, "Killing An Arab" or "Jumping Someone Else's Train" ?
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 20 May 2016 18:37 (eight years ago) link