Expanding the latent arena rock sensibilities that peppered Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by slowing them down and stretching them to the breaking point, the Cure reached the peak of their popularity with the crawling, darkly seductive Disintegration. It's a hypnotic, mesmerizing record, comprised almost entirely of epics like the soaring, icy "Pictures of You." The handful of pop songs, like the concise and utterly charming "Love Song," don't alleviate the doom-laden atmosphere. The Cure's gloomy soundscapes have rarely sounded so alluring, however, and the songs -- from the pulsating, ominous "Fascination Street" to the eerie, string-laced "Lullaby" -- have rarely been so well-constructed and memorable. It's fitting that Disintegration was their commercial breakthrough, since, in many ways, the album is the culmination of all the musical directions the Cure were pursuing over the course of the '80s.
Bottom line...this is my favorite record ever made! I have always thought so, and was even floored, when I heard on the famous Robert Smith Southpark episode, that Matt and Trey had to add in the end "...Disintegration is the best album ever!!!" I couldn't agree more! Now there is a way that I think it could be better, but it's still the best...and that would be to add the b-side "Babble" after...
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I went to their 2 Sydney shows and was also lucky enough to attend their intimate sound check on Friday, all of which were absolutely amazing! Best 7 and a half hours I've had in a long time, if not, ever!Here's the setlist from their first Sydney show:openfascination streetalt.enda night like thisthe walkthe end of the worldlovesongthe big handpictures of youlullabycatchhot hot hotthe bloodpus...
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Insomnia....Funny...After all these years.....I am still listening to The Cure when I really need to sleep....Insomnia sucks! This has been the one song that I can ever remember falling to sleep to when I have insomnia.......................The Cure......Depeche Mode.....De/Vision......Mesh.....Trauma...Scorn....Null....In The Nursery...Switch Blade Symphony......Netz....Kraftwerk.....Melotron....
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someone please tell me what the mog meter is for. my friends toes are funny looking. really all toes are funny looking. Only recently I have come to truely appreciate the Cure, and this album is hearbreaking and incredibly fulfilling. One of the best things about the Cure is that to me, it has come to represent change and innovation. Robert Smith is not concerned in fitting in to a mold. Instea...
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Try as I might, I fear this song is embedded in my head for life.Just too beautiful a tune coupled with the simplicity of its lyrics...Whenever I'm alone with you,You make me feel like I am home againWhenever I'm alone with you,You make me feel like I am whole again...No one sings it (nor pulls off the Scissorhands look) like Mr Smith.
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Does anything in modern music get much better than this one song?I would love to hear other people's takes on what an absolutely beautiful song is to them.
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Some really strange weather in Philly these past few days... storms that cause me (THE Thunderstorm Queen) to jump *&* scream, thought I was a gonner all for the sake of a dry tush when I went out to my car at quittin time. Then SUN would break, then rain.Today might have been the most strange of the weird weather days. It looked like it wanted to pour on us from 9am or so. Wind shook the tre...
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(from my work-in-progress something)at the water's edge i stopped dead in my tracks, halted as if someone grabbed a hard hold of me, or as if i smacked against a wall of glass. i stood there and screamed with everything i had in me. my mom said that she had never heard such a thing from me, did not even recognize the sound. people ran down the beach towards me, asking if i was okay, asking what...
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This is a solo acoustic take on Love Song by The Cure (also sometimes listed as Lovesong).Ignored the original tempo and slowed it down to play it in my own style (some have said Neil Young style).
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Try as I might, I fear this song is embedded in my head for life.Just too beautiful a tune coupled with the simplicity of its lyrics...Whenever I'm alone with you,You make me feel like I am home againWhenever I'm alone with you,You make me feel like I am whole again...No one sings it (nor pulls off the Scissorhands look) like Mr Smith.
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The Cure are returning to Australia, promising a stunning almost 3 hours long set of music drawn from throughout their 30 year career.One of the most enduring groups to grace the world's stages The Cure last held us mesmerised in 2000 as part of their massive world-wide Dream Tour, playing to a collective global audience totalling more than 1 million in 9 months.Renowned for their stunning ligh...
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Bottom line...this is my favorite record ever made! I have always thought so, and was even floored, when I heard on the famous Robert Smith Southpark episode, that Matt and Trey had to add in the end "...Disintegration is the best album ever!!!" I couldn't agree more! Now there is a way that I think it could be better, but it's still the best...and that would be to add the b-side "Babble" after...
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I went to their 2 Sydney shows and was also lucky enough to attend their intimate sound check on Friday, all of which were absolutely amazing! Best 7 and a half hours I've had in a long time, if not, ever!Here's the setlist from their first Sydney show:openfascination streetalt.enda night like thisthe walkthe end of the worldlovesongthe big handpictures of youlullabycatchhot hot hotthe bloodpus...
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A review of The Cure's concert at HP Pavilion. There's video posted as well.http://www.mycrazymusicblog.com/2008/05/concert-review-cure-hp-pavilion-528.html
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Insomnia....Funny...After all these years.....I am still listening to The Cure when I really need to sleep....Insomnia sucks! This has been the one song that I can ever remember falling to sleep to when I have insomnia.......................The Cure......Depeche Mode.....De/Vision......Mesh.....Trauma...Scorn....Null....In The Nursery...Switch Blade Symphony......Netz....Kraftwerk.....Melotron....
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someone please tell me what the mog meter is for. my friends toes are funny looking. really all toes are funny looking. Only recently I have come to truely appreciate the Cure, and this album is hearbreaking and incredibly fulfilling. One of the best things about the Cure is that to me, it has come to represent change and innovation. Robert Smith is not concerned in fitting in to a mold. Instea...
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Sooo...I'm here. I have a feeling that I would really like this place...if I had a working CD drive, or maybe an unlimited Rhapsody account, or anything that would allow me to take full advantage of it. *le sigh*In any case, I uploaded a picture (lame), chose a skin (unoriginal, so...lame), and played a song to commemorate The Cure concert that I will be attending later this week (not lame). ...
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| 1 Plainsong |
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| 2 Pictures of You |
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| 3 Closedown |
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| 4 Love Song |
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| 5 Last Dance [*] |
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| 6 Lullaby |
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| 7 Fascination Street |
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| 8 Prayers for Rain |
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| 9 The Same Deep Water as You |
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| 10 Disintegration |
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| 11 Homesick [*] |
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| 12 [Untitled Track] |
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