Well, I already had "Disintegration" and "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Neat! This was the third or fourth Cure album I picked up, and was I Say,ĭid I mention that singer Robert Smith reminds me a lot of Ric Ocasek of The Basically, this isn't theĬatchiest Cure stuff ever, but it's probably among the most creative. Had to become more poppy before they hit it big. You know what this also sounds like? Early U2 - another band that It picks back up with the beautifully ugly "Fire In Cairo" (with itsĭelightful refrain, "F-I-R-E-I-N-C-A-I-R-O!") and all is good again. Starts off a little weak, with three joke songs clogging up the gearshaft, but Is "dismalness" a word? Look it up and let me know. You'll soon grow to love the utter dismalness of Guitar runs, but, as with most good music, it just takes a few listens to makeĪn impression on your hand. Guess that they would take the goth-pop turn they soon took! At first, inįact, these "hooks" don't feel like hooks at all, but just poorly-thought-out Pretty cool stuff, and there's no way you'd be able to Sound, very few (if any) keyboards, and basically just sort of minor-key weird Of Four or Wire, if you've ever heard them. They started off as a trio that sounded a lot like Gang Kinda weak, but maybe it's just a temporary thing. If nothing else, they're WAAAAY too similar to Theįall for me to ignore their pop genius any longer. Well sir, I intend to dislike The SmithersĪnd Femmers for as long as possible, but I've given up on denying The Cure Grade used to always eject my Dead Kennedys tape to listen to The Smiths, Just that I honestly have gone through my entire young adult life hating TheĬure simply because this silly girl I drove to high school in the eleventh In an entire decade!!!!? I'm not trying to be snotty here, by the way. More memorable hooks in their twenty-year career than most bands come up with The CureĪren't a heavy metal band - they're a gloomy pop band who have come up with "macho" ever done for rock and roll anyway? Don't answer that. They have their moments of girlihood (like the entire Japanese WhispersĪlbum, for example), and the singer wears make-up all the time, but what has Poppy and beautiful and bouncy and drug-ridden, like the early Moody Blues orĭoors!!! And all this time, I thought they were a sissy band!!!! Oh sure, They aren't girly!!! They're dark and catchy and moody and Old tapes of my girlfriend's (she used to be "goth," apparently), andĭiscovered (much to my chagrin, quite honestly) that I love this damned Cure So I opened up my heart and started listening to all these But see, I'm 23 nowĪnd open to many a new idea, including the prospect of The Cure being a Though I've never quite gotten around to looking it up. This kinda girly nonsense was "anathema," which means something negative,
I don't even know if they still exist!!! I was a punker in high school, so I don't really know jack crap about "goth" chicks. Melodies, see, but danceable! And "goth" chicks, oh man, they gotsta dance.Īctually, I made that up.
The last two decades forging their way into the hearts of bajillions ofįifteen-year-old girls dressed in black the world round. Me Disintegration Mixed Up Wish Lost Wishes EP Show Paris Wild Mood Swings Facepaint Bloodflowers Join The Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978-2001 The Cure 4:13 Dream Hypnagogic States EP Unquestionably the kings of teenageĪngst (unless you actually LIKE The Smiths), The Cure have spent Paragraph! Three Imaginary Boys Boys Don't Cry Seventeen Seconds Faith Carnage Visors Pornography Japanese Whispers The Top Concert: The Cure Live The Head On The Door Standing On A Beach: The
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