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    Posted: April 29 2012 at 09:13
My first taste of them was The Head on the Door, which got played daily at the record store where I worked.  Even so, it's a bit "light" to be the best Cure album.  I think the one that gets under my skin the most after all these years is probably Faith.  
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^ another (slightly) related Guardian article appeared on Friday: www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/26/goth-life-fields-nephilim 
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Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

I'm just discovering them. I tried them about a decade ago and hated them, but now I can stand the 80s sound, mostly because of the 80s revival who un-dated it (so to say). So I love Disintegration, what should I get next?
tell me about the 80s revival Shocked, havent noticed any of it,

can you please show some signs of it, evidence of revival of 80sness, just curious, as it is something that have swept over my radar


Check this out: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/jan/22/eighties-revival-decade

Another interesting piece about recent revivals in general: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jun/02/total-recall-retromania-all-rage

I remember reading Julian Cope on the post-punk revival, but I don't know where to find that one.
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I always feel that the purest goth fans are true Cure fans....and many may argue that Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me is the best album. Highly recommend getting the official " Wish" live DVD. Gives you a great snapshot of what they and the fans are about
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Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

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Ahh what a classic band
 
Disintengration
Bloodflowers - Beautiful and dark
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Seldom has a band survived so long, if they can release another Bloodflowers type album like " underneath The stars" off 4.13 dream we will be happy Cure fans again. Disintegration has to take number one spot because it is an epic album in so many ways. They really nailed the USA market with it too.
how so, im listening to it now, how is this a good aim for the USA youths, is it the dark melancholy, the longing and desperation for fealings, held back fealings
Check record sales but Lovesong, Lullaby and Picture Of You really honed in on the goth community here. A massive massive hit hereApprove
i saw this came nr 1 on the charts,

i bet the fans of the Cure also fully embraced Porcupine Tree and Radiohead, Anthony & the Johnsons,
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Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

Ahh what a classic band
 
Disintengration
Bloodflowers - Beautiful and dark
Wish
Kiss Me Kiss Me
Pornography
Seveteen Seconds/Faith
 
Seldom has a band survived so long, if they can release another Bloodflowers type album like " underneath The stars" off 4.13 dream we will be happy Cure fans again. Disintegration has to take number one spot because it is an epic album in so many ways. They really nailed the USA market with it too.
how so, im listening to it now, how is this a good aim for the USA youths, is it the dark melancholy, the longing and desperation for fealings, held back fealings
Check record sales but Lovesong, Lullaby and Picture Of You really honed in on the goth community here. A massive massive hit hereApprove
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Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

Ahh what a classic band
 
Disintengration
Bloodflowers - Beautiful and dark
Wish
Kiss Me Kiss Me
Pornography
Seveteen Seconds/Faith
 
Seldom has a band survived so long, if they can release another Bloodflowers type album like " underneath The stars" off 4.13 dream we will be happy Cure fans again. Disintegration has to take number one spot because it is an epic album in so many ways. They really nailed the USA market with it too.
how so, im listening to it now, how is this a good aim for the USA youths, is it the dark melancholy, the longing and desperation for fealings, held back fealings
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Ahh what a classic band
 
Disintengration
Bloodflowers - Beautiful and dark
Wish
Kiss Me Kiss Me
Pornography
Seveteen Seconds/Faith
 
Seldom has a band survived so long, if they can release another Bloodflowers type album like " underneath The stars" off 4.13 dream we will be happy Cure fans again. Disintegration has to take number one spot because it is an epic album in so many ways. They really nailed the USA market with it too.
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I love Pornography, a five star album.
 
Disintegration though? A lifeless bore. Can't even comprehend how it's considered competition for Pornography. But I will admit that Plainsong is a great way to open an album.
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

I'm just discovering them. I tried them about a decade ago and hated them, but now I can stand the 80s sound, mostly because of the 80s revival who un-dated it (so to say). So I love Disintegration, what should I get next?
tell me about the 80s revival Shocked, havent noticed any of it,

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Updated list, now that i'm 4 months and 10 albums into them:
1. DISINTEGRATION (Their best by far. Atmospheric, electric, rich, moody, dark & very nice arrangements. Makes you wanna smile, cry, dance and everything. Depressing like Pornography, but with a danceable twist)
2. Pornography (Never got darker than this. Depressing, simple, yet beautiful music.)
3. Faith (A perfect mix of the minimalistic post-punk of the previous and the doomy, gloomy goth-rock of the follow up. Throw in some synths and that's it!)
4. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (A very long and uneven album. Some longer, dark songs, some short pop-ish-songs, and alot of songs in-between.  Throw away some of the filler, and it could be one of the best!)
5. Seventeen Seconds (Rather simple post-punk, but far more interesting than Joy Division IMO. Very cool sounding!)
6. Head on the Door (A mostly happy album with many catchy tunes. Still got that gothic touch somewhere. Robert's hair maybe?)
7. The Top (Very uneven album. Probably has some of the worst cure songs ever, but also got some of my favorite songs like "Birdmad Girl")
8. Bloodflowers (Pretty simple rock music, but with long intros and a lovely goth-feel to it. 21st century Cure)
 
I also have "Entreat" and "Mixed Up", but i won't list them since they're not studio albums.
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The Cure is one of my guilty pleasures.
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And jazz has its roots in baroque music : you can hear "walking bass" in Monteverdi's madrigals !
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Why not go a step further, lets only listen to pre 1959 music, elvis was the orginal anyway, and all thos later artist stole everything from him and the old blues guys anyway, the beatles and the stones all they did was steal from old blues songs they dident come up with anything new or orginal. And the 80s seriusly what new music came from the 80s? everything in the 80s was done allready in the 70s and 60s, the 80s sucked big time like a big black hole for music, nothing new only theft from the old classics in the 70s that stole from the old classics in the 60s that stole from the old classics in the 50s and so on and on... serisly why dont we all yust stop listen to music alltoghter and go and do something worthwhile, music is yust a wast of time, i say lets ban music! it all sucks anyway! its yust noise and a wast of time. Stop wasting your usles life listening to usles music and do something worthile, music is yust bad for your brain and makes you stupid and lazy. (Wink)
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^ That's like saying let's scrap all this post-1979 garbage, we all know the true thing was from 1975 to 1979, what came next was degenerate thieves usurping the greatness of punk.

Yes, that is pretty much how much sense your general position makes.
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

I'm just discovering them. I tried them about a decade ago and hated them, but now I can stand the 80s sound, mostly because of the 80s revival who un-dated it (so to say).


That's a disgusting way of thinking. You tolerate greatness merely because some degenerate thieves usurped the sound and sold it back to you? That's just absurd and its exemplary of the ignorance I fight against. Say "NO!" to new music and say "YES!" to pre-89 heroes! Always go for the real deal and never, ever, support idiotic revivalists.
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Kiss me kiss me kiss me..
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Japanese whispers doesn't belong to their best albums, but it has one of their best songs, "lament" :
 
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My current list:
 
1. Seventeen Seconds
2. Pornography
3. Faith / Disintegration
4. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
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