What does /mu/ think of The Cure?
The Lovecats is the greatest song of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMLDUZGLegE
>>64477503
fun in moderation but can't stand looking at the singer
>>64477503
Music for overweight white 15 year old queers who get bullied
only thing even worth mentioning about them is that cover Dinosaur Jr did of that one song they made
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJLOr8S2d2E
One of my all time favourite bands, perfect dicography until Wish
>>64477503
they good
Killing An Arab.
For $15,000, what is a song that you could not record today?
wonderful
although i'm not as big of a fan of disintegration as some people are
>>64477822
Devo - Mongoloid
>>64477761
don't you like bloodflowers?
>>64477503
Yo, Bob. I think you've been too old for your faggy Mall Goth makeup for at least 15 years.
>>64477920
Deaths too good for him.
That guy needs to stop looking like that
>>64477761
>The Top
GOAT, obvs. The fuck is happening ITT?
Do kind of think of them as a little singles-y but their albums are still good - it's just that the singles are generally the most captivating songs imo.
Disintegration and Pornography being the obvious exceptions to this.
>>64477503
i got Disintegration on vinyl and im just waiting for a cold rainy day to play that shit but everyday it says it will rain it just ends up being brief clouds then nothing. apparently next Saturday rain is expected so i will listen to that masterpiece how its intended
>>64478245
I know. Anyone over 40 who dresses that way belongs in jail.
They invented the mall Goths cancer. Fuck them.
>>64477761
Wish is perfect. It's one of their best albums. The Top fucking sucks. So no, not perfect.
![faith[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/1fX3ybd.jpg "faith[1].jpg")
My favorite album is faith, which I've found is an unpopular opinion. I don't mind their later stuff but for some reason their early albums were the only ones that really stuck with me.
>>64478389
Why?
One of my teachers in high school was obsessed with them. He'd play Friday I'm in Love on loop every fucking Friday.
I didn't listen to them for years because of that, but after going thru their discog they are p. good actually.
The best band to put on dating profiles for getting qt girls.
Just Like Heaven is one of my all time!e favourites.
>>64477822
Of course you can. By that reasoning you can't release the book it's based on anymore.
>>64477503
under-rated guitarists
that shit holds up from ALL of their catalog
no homo
>>64478498
Finding someone to blame for mall Goths is like trying to find one nation responsible for WWI. Just futile
>>64479229
>The best band to put on dating profiles for getting qt girls
If you consider this cute.
>>64479344
Yum! I do.
>>64479344
Not in my experience, although I can see how that might happen.
>>64479344
>not thinking this is cute
You gay or do you just suck cock?
>>64477698
is that the same band that botched the my bloody valentine cover last year?
>>64478572
faith is the patrician choice of cure albums. also,
>DISINTEGRATION IS THE BEST ALBUM EVER
>>64479344
Seems more like a Type O Negative fan desu.
>>64477503
I love them but I really wish he would drop the goth look. He looks like a failed transgender.
>>64479834
>failed transgender
More like the old crazy cat lady that lives at the end of your block.
>>64478572
Faith and Pornography are both 9/10's for me
>>64479550
Faith is a solid album, though.
Disintegration is far better.
Pornography is rough but holds up better than most angsty stuff these days.
>>64479954
and Carnage Visors (sp?) was basically the template for Mogwai's modus operandi
[same-fagging, here]
>>64479331
Oh come on, we all know Manson is responsible for mallgoths.
>>64479344
Would smash desu.
>>64479893
made me lol
the rest of the band doesn't dress up any further than somebody like the Jesus & Mary Chain... a little black clothing, tussled hair and that's about it -- now get down to playing the music.
The only man who could pull off wearing girl's makeup into their 50s was Takashi Mizutani.
That said, they're one of the few mallgoth artists I enjoy.
>>64479124
don't know if you'd like this or not but it's kind of a nice version...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF12paT1yE4
>>64480237
ha ha ha ha ha!
That's like Rozz Williams from Christian Death!
>>64480237
Even Brett Michaels doesn't do it anymore.
>>64480328
the irony being Robert Smith is totally straight and Brett Michaels is faggy -- 'cuz his songs are gay.
Smith comes up with shit like "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" and "Bloodflowers."
>>64480323
Rozz Williams died when he was 34. I'm not following.
I'll be seeing them for the 4th time in Vegas in a few weeks. They're great, Disintegration is a nearly perfect album start to finish. They also put on an excellent live show, especially when they're not supporting an album, which will be the case this time.
>>64480388
Brett loves blues and country, but when he tried writing roots rawk songs (like on Native Tongue) he completely failed at it because he just doesn't know how to do anything but cockrock.
>>64480430
grown men looking like that... you are correct, he didn't last as long
sorry 'bout that
>>64478498
That's a dipshit thing to say. You can't blame a band for their fans. What are they going to say, " if you look gothy don't buy our records"? Robert didn't incite his fans to go to Hot Topic.
>>64480541
makes sense, actually...
I dug his early work but when he got that weird television show it seemed like everything fell apart
>>64480505
when I saw them last they put on a 3 and a half hour show -- AMAZING (for any band to pull that off on that level with all the light show and sonics.)
>>64480623
If I recall correctly, the whole makeup thing started about the era of Pornography just because the band had that "fuck-you" mentality at the time and it stuck and kind of a "brand" so to speak. Like a logo.
>>64480575
The makeup is really what kills it for me.
Men wearing makeup is just silly.
Robert's fine dressing in black, he just needs to stop backcombing his hair and lose some weight.
>>64480647
Flesh and Blood is the album where you can first hear them adopt more of a blues sound, then they went all-out by firing CC Deville and getting a new guitarist...unfortunately Poison just ended up looking as lame as all the other glam rock bands who tried to go alternative.
Literally none of those bands were able to adapt to the 90s except Pantera and in their case because they got a frontman out of the underground extreme metal/punk scene.
>>64480647
Gallup still playing bass live?
>>64480744
It's ok in your 20s, it sure doesn't work in your 50s.
>>64480785
He could be a priest.
>>64477920
Its this Kodak_ghost? lmao
>>64480744
Agreed.
I've seen studio footage of him where he's normal and recording stuff and he looks great. Wish he'd do that onstage like the rest of the band. And maybe lay off the beers... Like Siouxsie and the Banshees would call him, "Fat Bob."
>>64480755
That makes sense to me because that's when I lost interest in them. As I think the rest of the world did (enter grunge).
>>64480781
The last I saw them he was. And he's been making regular TV appearances, so I think so.
>>64480744
Love his music but he really should have ditched that look a long time ago. I guess it's his trademark like Angus Young's schoolboy uniform but it looks just as silly. He looks like he absorbed Mary years ago.
>>64480949
>>64481001
The thing about goth is that it never works if you overdress, and the older you get, the more conservative you should dress, especially if you're male. Women just have more leeway in pulling that look off.
Nigga should just go full Gomez Addams and wear suits and cut his hair.
I haven't really learned to like them yet. Thanks to this thread I'll give them another try
>>64481143
Holy shit, THIS! Gomez was STYLIN'!
Joy Division had it right with the dark music and just wearing business attire.
>>64481240
Do yourself a favor and steer clear of most of the singles. Their best stuff is usually the deeper cuts.
>>64481312
Worked for Nick Cave too.
>>64480724
Yeah, I think Robert feels locked into the black smock and bad goth makeup thing now, it's been his trademark for so long. I'm sure he'd love to go out on a hot stage in a pair of shorts, buzz cut and a t-shirt but the hardcore fans would probably riot.
>>64481349
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (& Dirty Three) are probably the best looking band playing / composing this style of music today in the rock-pop-arena.
I think it packs a better punch than dolling oneself up in Hot Topics gear which ultimately detracts (in my opinion).
>>64481467
This.
When you get to that age, you should be able to just be like New Order and not give a shit.
(But I do appreciate the dressing up nicely -- pic related.)
![the-cure-robert-smith-2896931-326-400[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/iSCcaxu.jpg "the-cure-robert-smith-2896931-326-400[1].jpg")
>>64481001
Seems like the kinda guy who found one thing that worked for him when he was young but the as he aged he just held on to it and in a state of denial never bothered to look for anything else. Sad really
>>64481543
could also be a way to hide behind all of that drug use
>>64481001
Who cares dude i will rather live in fantasy having fun than boring real world like pinguin cold and not cool
>>64481709
*& dress like a
>Disintegration
>Best album ever made.
>>64479273
This
The guitar work is something else
>>64479273
>>64481894
Is drone-y a good way to describe it? Either way it's incredible. Subtle yet fulfilling. Never feels like they're showing off
>>64480744
Yeah bands need to give up that gimick as they age
>>64481930
desu I've never been fond of men, even rock stars wearing makeup, or painting their nails. I think we've grown out of the era where bands make fashion victims of themselves.
>>64481927
I would not say it's drone-y in the way that John Cale and his ilk were but they do have a lot of songs that are just 2 or three chords but there is a lot of jazz-style soloing exploring the sonic space that seems to get "the feels" out of me. Particularly the stuff like "The Same Deep Water as You" and the like. I'm guessing that was a combination of Porl Thompson and Robert Smith fussing about
>>64482019
TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS.
>pic related
>not the best looking band on the planet but the Pixies rock
>shit, they sing about aliens and mescaline
I just started getting into them but I absolutely adore them, A Forest is probably my favorite song so far. I heard Smith is thinking of a new record after this tour, I hope he follows through.
Kek
Thanks to this thread I'm going to start wearing makeup.
Where to go from disintegration?
>>64482019
I agree completely, it just weirds me out when grown men wear makeup, the glam era is over now.
>>64481001
I think it may also be that his look is iconic. He may feel that he needs to keep the look for recognition and to stay true to his fans. Like, if Robert Smith didn't dress up like that, he wouldn't be Robert Smith.
>>64482382
God how did he get JUSTed so badly? Plenty of guys his age haven't deteriorated that much.
>>64482336
Bloodflowers
>>64482266
Holy shit, kek indeed. That's just... wow.
Did he actually tattoo his head or is that makeup?
>>64482431
not sure what you mean by 'just'
???
>>64482431
The only one I can think if who aged worse is the dude from ministry
>>64482431
it's more a problem with his style at his age than his age itself
>>64482431
He gained weight.
>>64482494
had to look him up.
are you talking about Al Jourgenson?
'cuz if you are you are CORRECT
>pic related
Revolting Cocks, indeed
I DON'T CARE IF MONDAY'S BLACK
>>64482596
but it's CATURDAY !!!
>>64482382
Probably. He kind of seems trapped in that look. The rest of the band ditched it and would be nice to see him do it too. Doubt he goes to the grocery with Mary in that getup.
>>64482665
yeah, they're all still sltyling just fine -- and like you say can pull off going to the market like that
>>64482494
Uncle Al has died like 3 or 4 times and he looks it.
>>64482713
>"styling" <-- drunked typo
Scene kids have nothing on The Cure
>>64482741
That right there gave me a hearty laugh.
You made my day.
Thank you, Anon.
>>64482665
This look can not be justified.
Get your shit together, Bobby.
I only like Cure tribute acts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6blMskl-Dg
>>64482964
that's funny
like it
Years ago, I picked this all-Spanish version of a tribute album to the Cure and it was really good.
>pic related
but the songs are well written enough so I don't really have to know the words to enjoy, though I do understand some Spanish / Mexican because of living in the wild west
>>64482444
I've wondered the same thing every time I see that picture
>>64483171
Didn't see them on their 4:13 album tour because tickets were too expensive (festivals) but Porl was sporting that stuff on his head rather flamboyantly. I guess you Brits are more tolerant than folks in the U.S. because I had a friend who got his brains bashed in simply for having pierced ears (California, by the way). But yeah, that wouldn't fly where I hail from. Too many hicks.
It's amazing how many of them like the Cure, though...
>>64482431
I think they're a quite good band with quite good music, though personally I only actually like a few of their albums. (Pornography and Bloodflowers in particular. As much as I've seen Disintegration praised, I've never really been able to get into it.)
My fav band back in early high school. I'm going to go see them in like two weeks and really excited.
The fender vi solo on The Same Deep Water As You is one of my favorite things in their entire discog.
>>64483702
He's actually looking better these days. Seems like he's lost some weight.
>>64484006
*he's wearing the Bieber shirt because Bieber was photoed in a Manson shirt.
what artists sound similar to faith?
>>64484426
The Soft Moon
https://youtu.be/jILV2bOemmg
>>64482582
JUST
>>64484003
OH YEAH!
I remember learning that on what is basically a balsa wood shit guitar and it STILL worked... but that tone; like a knife to the guts. Do you know who played that? Was it Thompson?
>>64484864
>fender vi
Gallup? That's a bass, right?
>>64484505
Yikes.
The inbreds from Duck Dynasty look better than him nowadays.
Eek.
>>64484003
The drums are pretty damn good, too.
But yeah, I get you on this one.
>>64482964
wtf this is great
How do I get into them? I really love jangle-pop and C86 type stuff, but I've never listened to any cure outside of their singles (which have all been super rad and catchy).
What's their best beginner album?
>>64486265
Boys Don't Cry and Head On the Door for their jangley stuff
>>64486265
Wow. C86... haven't come across that one in a while. If you are into jangle-y stuff then maybe their first, "Three Imaginary Boys" or its' American counterpart, "Boys Don't Cry" although I personally think this is some of their weaker material it is a lot like that 60s-styled pop.
>>64486465
>beat me to it
>>64486265
seventeen seconds
>>64479344
Holy shit yes please. Also, checked.
love them, i have to say, literally every hipterish synthpop band (with the qt singer) and electronic musician sounds like The Cure nowdays
>>64486754
He reminds me a lot of Dream from the Sandman comics in this pic for some reason.
>>64486941
>from Wikipedia:
The Sandman (1989–1996)[edit]
Main article: Dream (comics)
Neil Gaiman, author and creator of Vertigo Comics' The Sandman (1989–1996), based the appearance of his lead character partly on that of Robert Smith, and partly on himself in his twenties.[161] Other illustrators of the character over the course of the series' run have also drawn influence from other popular musicians; Sam Kieth, for instance, describes his rendering of the Sandman character as the "David Bowie/guy-from-the-Cure" version, and said that the Robert Smith look of the character was "really heavily championed" by Neil Gaiman and DC Comics editor Karen Berger.[162] Mike Dringenberg, on the other hand, compares Kieth's Sandman to Ron Wood and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, and asserts "my version ... was more like Peter Murphy or Robert Smith."[163] Conversely, Kelley Jones, who illustrated the Dream Country and Season of Mists (volumes 3 & 4 in the series), said he "just hated The Cure" and thus based his own version of the character on the angular gestures and facial features of Bauhaus front-man Peter Murphy instead.[164] Gaiman said that early conceptual sketches for the character by Leigh Baulch and Dave McKean drew influence from David Bowie's Aladdin Sane persona, and Bono from U2.[165] Cure posters were also "known to creep into the background of some of the sandman stories" and Smith told fans that he was flattered by Gaiman's reference, and thought The Sandman was "a brilliant series".[87]
i like their first album, good tier post-punk
>>64486754
nah, not minimal synth
>>64484003
awesome track. so dreamy
>>64477503
all good things must come to an end
>>64477503
Their top five albums are
>Pornography
>Disintegration
>Faith
>The Head On The Door
>Bloodflowers
>>64477920
>pornography
>C
>disintegration
>C+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FQw-PhITj8
>south american crowds
Among my top 10 favorite albums
>>64488267
Holy crap that is a lot of people.
One thing I gotta say is that nobody sings like him, what with all the yelps, whoops, "YEAH"s and the way he can scream. I guess Frank Black does that stuff as well but they sound completely different.
>>64488509
Gotta agree with you but this one is hard to listen to in a heavy rotation for me. Rough stuff.
>>64477503
Would rather have the disease.
