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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2021 12:36:54 GMT
 When ( if indeed ever) did you stop buying or caring about the Cure ? Where they lipstick mouth miserabilists or your go to party band? I play them on a regular basis and although I obviously enjoy them, I am surprised at their popularity. |
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Post by "BING E BONG" on Dec 6, 2021 12:55:29 GMT
I feel exactly the same way about them as I do New Order and Depeche Mode - futile, foul, awfule
popular bands with inexplicable crossover cult/mainstream success.
97% of what I've heard is joyless and mechanical and leaves me cold. But there's about four or five tunes I like quite a bit.
'A Forest', 'Inbetween Days' and 'Close To Me' are great. I keep meaning to get Seventeen Seconds 'cos I saw it do very well in a Twitter 80s album poll recently - but then again, so did Sandinista! and I wouldn't pick that one up if Maya Jama dropped it at my feet.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2021 13:03:31 GMT
Awfule, really ?
I can see how they would get on your nerves. It is that crossover success as you say that is strange. I think Smith's voice is marmite.
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Post by DarknessFish on Dec 6, 2021 14:06:24 GMT
I don't mind them, but they're not a band I've ever liked enough to consider buying anything by. At their best, they were kind of a carefree Smiths, jangly guitars and those thin melodies that actually sound quite joyous. Inbetween Days, Close to Me, even Love Cats, that kind of thing. Something fun, every once in a while, but not something I'd ever listen to a full album of. Their festival headline gigs these days are an example, really, I don't know that they've got the material to do a full set, you do the knitting while they're on in the background, and tune in occasionally when they catch your interest.
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Post by cousinlou on Dec 6, 2021 14:13:44 GMT
I feel exactly the same way about them as I do New Order and Depeche Mode - futile, foul, awfule popular bands with inexplicable crossover cult/mainstream success. 97% of what I've heard is joyless and mechanical and leaves me cold. But there's about four or five tunes I like quite a bit. 'A Forest', 'Inbetween Days' and 'Close To Me' are great. I keep meaning to get Seventeen Seconds 'cos I saw it do very well in a Twitter 80s album poll recently - but then again, so did Sandinista! and I wouldn't pick that one up if Maya Jama dropped it at my feet. I think it's their best record. But I also think that about Sandinista, so we may have a pattern here. |
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Post by cousinlou on Dec 6, 2021 14:14:59 GMT
When ( if indeed ever) did you stop buying or caring about the Cure ? Where they lipstick mouth miserabilists or your go to party band? I play them on a regular basis and although I obviously enjoy them, I am surprised at their popularity. I like them and have seen them several times live but I wouldn't call myself a great fan. As a band they are wholly unlikeable. |
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Post by fange on Dec 6, 2021 14:15:28 GMT
One of the best UK singles bands of the 80s and early 90s for my money. From the early days until about Wish, they have many tunes i would call GREATE pop-rock songs. And Disintegration is a terrific album.
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Dec 6, 2021 14:19:07 GMT
Never a fan, though I do enjoy their popper stuff as radio fodder. Was a very interesting time in the late 80s and early 90s of the Cureheads in the US, for many prior to Grunge, their success spelt Alternative in the US along with New Order and then Depeche Mode's massive success,
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Post by sloopjohnc on Dec 6, 2021 15:28:53 GMT
Interesting question. They were my favorite band with Boys Don't Cry and were an epiphany to me. In the US, they sold Faith and Seventeen Seconds as double album and didn't get it at all. I jumped back on board with Head on the Door and not so much Pornography and the Top. I like my poppy Cure, I guess. They are a very conflicting artist/band for me. Love or disinterest.
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Post by sloopjohnc on Dec 6, 2021 15:30:09 GMT
One of the best UK singles bands of the 80s and early 90s for my money. From the early days until about Wish, they have many tunes i would call GREATE pop-rock songs. And Disintegration is a terrific album. I think Robert Smith is very underappreciated as an auteur. At least among US critics. I know Smith is considered the Goth Godfather, but his songs don't get the respect they deserve. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2021 16:13:39 GMT
I was a fan around the time of 'Faith' and I like the singles around then. I went off them fairly quickly after that, maybe the lipstick put me off!
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Post by DayoRemix on Dec 6, 2021 17:02:10 GMT
One of my favorite bands..Have never understood the derision and dismissal..
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Post by sloopjohnc on Dec 6, 2021 18:40:52 GMT
I was a fan around the time of 'Faith' and I like the singles around then. I went off them fairly quickly after that, maybe the lipstick put me off! I would have thought just the opposite for you. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2021 18:46:18 GMT
I was a fan around the time of 'Faith' and I like the singles around then. I went off them fairly quickly after that, maybe the lipstick put me off! I would have thought just the opposite for you. I was into much more alternative stuff from 14-17. My tastes were much less 'pop' than people think. |
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Post by "BING E BONG" on Sept 12, 2024 15:32:33 GMT
New album out soon, apparently. First in 18 years or something
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