On the surface, Wish sounds happier than Disintegration, and the sunny British Invasion hooks of the hit single "Friday I'm in Love" certainly seem to indicate that the record is a brighter affair than its predecessor. Dig a little deeper and the album reveals itself to be just as tortured, and perhaps more despairing. Granted, the sound of the record, with its jangling guitars and simple arrangements, is more immediately accessible than the epic gloom of Disintegration, but nearly every song finds Robert Smith wracked with depression. Unfortunately, the even-handed production makes the record sound very similar, so it is less compelling than it might have been, but there are a handful of gems ("High," "A Letter to Elise," "Wendy Time," "Friday I'm in Love") that make the record worthwhile.
"Tim Pope":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pope does it again, with his very well done homage to Brazil - he almost does it better than Terry Gilliam himself. Almost. He turned the Gamma up so high that it almost looks like a comic book, but that's all part of the charm.Probably my favorite Cure song of all time.
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augh! i got the new cure dvd today, Festival 2005, which "celebrated the return of former guitarist Porl Thompson with a series of nine eclectic headline festival shows across Europe (SPAIN / BELGIUM / FRANCE / GERMANY / SWITZERLAND / SICILY / HUNGARY / GREECE / TURKEY)." while i have not made it thru the whole thing, if you are a cure fan this is a must have. i was blown away by more than a...
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For some reason I constantly forget this song exists, then I hear it and remember that it's actually my favorite Cure song. How can that happen? I don't know. I think this song became my favorite Cure song the first time I heard it. And yet, I always forget it's there. WTF?
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"Tim Pope":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pope does it again, with his very well done homage to Brazil - he almost does it better than Terry Gilliam himself. Almost. He turned the Gamma up so high that it almost looks like a comic book, but that's all part of the charm.Probably my favorite Cure song of all time.
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augh! i got the new cure dvd today, Festival 2005, which "celebrated the return of former guitarist Porl Thompson with a series of nine eclectic headline festival shows across Europe (SPAIN / BELGIUM / FRANCE / GERMANY / SWITZERLAND / SICILY / HUNGARY / GREECE / TURKEY)." while i have not made it thru the whole thing, if you are a cure fan this is a must have. i was blown away by more than a...
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