The only good Cure song

[GirlinContempt]

was A Forest.

Discuss.

Actually, Love Cats was pretty good too.


Thats all.

[lady raven]

1. Depends on your taste.

I love a lot of Cure songs. My favorite, though, is One Hundred Years.

[tuvor]

2. You must tell us why.

I stopped listening after Disintegration, but it's all good when you're in the mood.

Charlotte Sometimes, I find, is their most moving of songs.

[GirlinContempt]

6. Pppppft

I can make all the arbitrary statements about music I feel like, and YOU can't stop me ;)

[DS1]

3. Burn - yes off The Crow soundtrack

I don't think much of them otherwise

[GirlinContempt]

7. Burn

was an awful song.

[DS1]

8. Hahahah

It's not great, no, but better than the rest of the whiny pretty boy in mascara crap I've heard out of them

[GirlinContempt]

9. Love Cats

isn't whiny. Its silly and dancey. I actually really hated the Crow sountrack... I think I'm one of the few :shrug:

[d_b]

119. Burn is a great tune

I can listen to that song over and over again.

[Left Is Write]

4. They had more than one good one.

But I'm partial to Just Like Heaven.

[sundog]

5. fuck... the cure is great!

head on the door?

sorry... that is stellar too :7

[Trajan]

15. I'm with ya Sun ...

The Cure created some memorable music ...

Is it 'bad' music ? .... chuckles .... How can THAT music be bad ? ...

It is energetic, sometimes frenetic, always wistful and wry ....

I am amazed at the 'hatred' expressed at such simple and benign subject areas like art and music ... The Tom Cruise hatred threads really disgust me; its as if running someone into the ground simply because they arent your personal cup of tea has become vogue here ...

I can assure EVERYONE that those on this thread who gratuitously spit upon a decent artist like Robert Smith, simply for the pleasure of ramming someone into the mud, has never created a single artwork of value .... not a one ...

There is something ugly about character assassination like this ...

[GirlinContempt]

16. *chokes*

Get a grip

[Trajan]

20. Mean ....

What more need be said ?

[billyskank]

70. I quite liked Spiderman

does that put me beyond the pale?

[sundog]

18. er... ummm...

i like the tom cruise bashing threads :blush:

:P

[Trajan]

21. Figures ....

Tell me: where can I find a nice person in here ? ...

Just wonderin ....

[GirlinContempt]

27. Nice person

= someone who agrees with you on everything? :eyes:

[Trajan]

32. No .. not at all ...

Someone who doesnt attack others for selfish reasons ...

Cruise acting is sometimes blah, sometimes incredible ... but the viciousness of the diatribes against him here seem animalistic ....

If one of my friend participated in such gratuitous meanness: I would chastise them as well ... why shouldnt I ? ...

What of civility ? ... Does it NOT exist ? .. only for a moment ? ... sometimes, except when we 'hate' someone ? ...

Hatred, even in jest, isnt a pretty thing ...

This shit is ugly ...... Disliking an artist is fine and dandy, but the self righteous smears and pandering to the lowest rank is low brow ....

[GirlinContempt]

35. Ok, are you reading whats being said?

Saying "The only good Cure song is blah, discuss" isn't an attack, or a smear, it's a comment about which cure song I think is good, and a reference to how I feel about the cure. I didn't say Robert Smith is a loser, I hate him, he's a talentless hack. You need to get some perspective if you think THAT is a smear. Am I attacking people for saying "I like the cure" or "I like this cure song?" No. Get over it. You are way off base here.

[sundog]

36. cruise deserves to be attacked...

for being a pos...

i'm not sure he is being attacked for 'selfish reasons'

[Left Is Write]

31. There are plenty of nice people here, sundog and GirlInContempt

among them.

What I'd like to know is how not liking an artist's music translates to "character assasination." Where is this character assasination on Robert Smith?

[sundog]

34. xxoo

:hug:

[sundog]

33. SNAP!

:eyes:

[sundog]

41. look, anyone in the public eye is subject to criticism...

it goes with the territory... the guy rakes in millions upon millions of dollars & sues poeple who say he is gay... and i'm supposed to feel sorry for him?

[Trajan]

10. I occasionally love a well written pop song ....

And 'Friday, I'm In Love' is an ideal pop rock song ....


I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate...

I don't care if Mondays black
Tuesday, Wednesday - heart attack
Thursday, never looking back
It's Friday, I'm in love

Monday, you can hold your head
Tuesday, Wednesday stay in bed
Or Thursday - watch the walls instead
It's Friday, I'm in love

Saturday, wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate...

Dressed up to the eyes
It's a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes and your spirits rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the sound
And as sleek as a shriek
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite
It's such a gorgeous sight
To see you eat in the middle of the night
You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
It's Friday, I'm in love

I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love

[GirlinContempt]

11. I dunno

anything I heard at work on Staples radio isn't something I should hear when I go to a so-called 'goth' bar. Though, I did enjoy dancing to Human League in the back computer room.

[tuvor]

13. Just wait.

Those goth-bar tunes will be selling cars before you know it.

It only gets worse as you get older. Sorry.

[GirlinContempt]

14. I somehow don't think

'christ fuck' is ever gonna be in a Mercedes ad.

[tuvor]

23. When Goth-TV goes on the air, you'll remember this thread!

(Never heard of the song, BTW, but mark my words.)

[GirlinContempt]

25. LOL

That would be amazing and hilarious

[Left Is Write]

37. I'm still amazed at Iggy Pop on a cruise line ad.

[GirlinContempt]

I haven't seen that

But then, I dont get tv :(

[Left Is Write]

39. They use "Lust For Life" in a series of ads for one of the cruise lines.

I don't remember which one.

[GirlinContempt]

44. Weeeeird

At least it wasn't 'Passenger'

[Dukkha]

53. christfuck! christfuck!

you had so much to give
you had your time to live
christfuck! christfuck!

That was quite popular when I was still DJing last year

[GirlinContempt]

55. Really?

Hasn't been popular around here for a long time.

Then again, I get asked for Wreath of Barbs and A23s Disappoint like every 5 minutes :eyes:

[Dukkha]

60. i got so sick of wreath of barbs

especially the neuroticfish remix. A couple times I interloped Enigma's Return to Innocence with it just for a change. Same drum loop sample.

[GirlinContempt]

61. My friend actually did a really good

Wreath of Barbs mix, and the dismantled mix was ok. but yeah, that song jumped the shark a week after it was released.

[Trajan]

17. You seem to have a little world ...

Consisting of a Staples store and a Goth Room ...

Your world .....

small .......

[GirlinContempt]

19. wtf

:eyes: get over yourself

[Trajan]

22. Gaze upon the mirror ......

See yourself plainly ....

THAT is all ...

[GirlinContempt]

26. Right.

Ok there, dude. Time to chill the eff out. Saying I only like two cure songs isn't 'spitting on robert smith'
And saying I don't like 'Friday I'm In love' doesn't mean I live in a small world.
I think you need to stop attacking people for not sharing your musical taste, and get the hell over it.

[elshiva]

30. Please don't take that personally, hon.

:yourock:

[GirlinContempt]

43. Pretty hard not to

but thanks :)

[elshiva]

49. No problem, hon. You are lovely and loved!

[Trajan]

38. sighs ...

Im just tired of the ugliness ....

This seems one facet of the whole human propensity for ugliness ...

This one is the Cure, the other was Cruise ...

Its tiring to see such negativity ...

Oh well: I can see my beliefs that artists should be embraced and admired, even seemingly mediocre ones, is not a very popular stance ...

I will apologize for interfering, and beg your forgiveness ... and the forgiveness of the others on this channel ...

I will leave, and seek a human heart ....

Please alert my posts and have them removed ... I would hate to make DU so unpleasant for artist bashing ....

[GirlinContempt]

40. To quote Family Guy:

"I'll be on the veranda since you're already on the cross"

[sundog]

54. who the fuck is bashing the cure?

:wtf:

besides, what the hell is so bad about laughing? :shrug:

[ghostsofgiants]

74. Are you even reading what you type?

So we should all like every musician in the world now just because they make music? That's ludicrous and you know it. Not a single person bashed The Cure in this thread. They expressed that they weren't fans, but they DID NOT bash them. So where is this ugliness? Does not liking a band make one a bad person now?

As for Tom Cruise, I try to avoid the Tom Cruise threads at all costs, but frankly, there are legitimate reasons to express a dislike for Tom. It has nothing to do with him dating Katie Holmes, nor is it relevant at all who he is dating. It doesn't even have to do with his movies (some of which I quite enjoy). But I think it's fair to call him on some of his recent bullshit.

Sorry if that upsets you.

[sundog]

57. so this philosophy is supposed to deliver us all from evil?

:shrug:

[GirlinContempt]

59. for THY is the kingdom

the power and the glory :P

[Pithlet]

79. That was really nice

Your post just radiates kindness. Especially for someone wondering where all the nice people here are.

[Zuni]

12. Killing an Arab?

good song

[mzmolly]

65. They lyrics to that song are based upon a book.

http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=7476

"...it is from a book called "The Stranger" written by Albert Camus in 1946."

[Zuni]

71. I know, I have read it

[mzmolly]

24. They have many great songs.

:)

[GirlinContempt]

28. Such as?

[Maestro]

50. These might do

but I am a huge Cure fan. I've been one since '84. ;)



or these



That is just for starters though.

[GirlinContempt]

56. A couple of those

are ok

[mzmolly]

64. About every song they have ever recorded as far as I'm concerned.

I actually responded to the thread because my daughter wanted to create a smile face on the computer, but the Cure is one of my all time favorite bands. I enjoy most of their music.

Seems pointless to create a long list of songs. I could name the more common songs like:

Lullaby
Just Like Heaven
Pictures Of You
Close To Me
Lovesong

Blah, blah, blah.

Love em all! ;)

[Maestro]

113. Thank you.

Are you pusing 40 like me? I have been listening to them for a long time.

[mzmolly]

114. Shhhhhhhhh, I am.

Just turned 40.

I wonder if the "kids" realize their influence on modern music? I also wonder if they have heard their early "stuff?"

:hi:

[Maestro]

117. Great!

Somebody my age likes the Cure!

[GirlinContempt]

125. A Forest is off their third album

released the same year as Boys Don't Cry (which I'm sure everyone knows). Is that 'early' enough for you?

[mzmolly]

128. Actually I wasn't referring to you as being "young."

Frankly, I was thinking of a new group of youth that is NOW discovering the Cure ... including my 14 year old niece. I don't think many realize that the band was a "first" in many ways musically speaking.

I actually own "A Forest" so I'm aware it's an earlier song.

[GirlinContempt]

129. I haven't

noticed too many kids listening to them. Weird. Then again, I don't even get the TV so I'm a little out of touch on that score.

[mzmolly]

130. They are making quite a comeback among "goth" youth from what I gather.

:shrug:

[lateo]

29. They have lots of great songs...

"A Forest" is just one of them.

[NeoTraitors]

45. The Cure is nowhere near one of my favorite bands,

but they had a ton of great songs. My favorite is 'Boys Don't Cry'.

'Standing on a Beach/ Staring at the Sea' which is a sort of greatest hits from their early years is fantastic from start to finish. 'Disintegration' is also great when you are in the mood.

This band wouldn't even make my top 100, but they still did some great stuff.

[HEyHEY]

42. Uh, just like heaven!

[opiate69]

46. Next to the Smiths and Pixies..

The Cure is the most overrated bunch of hacks in the music biz... well, that was until The Strokes/Hives/Vines etc came along.

[GirlinContempt]

47. I'll pretend

the smiths never appeared on that list

[opiate69]

48. Sorry.. I just have a hard time

seeing how a band (The Smiths) who've sold just enough records to get them booted off any self-respecting label can be considered "seminal". Did they have good songs? Yeah.. we're they nearly as influential as Rolling Stone or Spin would have us believe? Of course not...

[dean_dem]

85. Seminal? No.

They were just better.

[Omphaloskepsis]

51. And...

Waiting Room is the only good Fugazi song..

[GirlinContempt]

58. If that

[GirlinContempt]

62. Also

come on MSN I'm bored :P

[Dukkha]

52. the only good cure songs

ALL of Disintegration & Pornography, most of Wish & Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss me, and a lot from Head on the Door and Faith.

I'd go as far as to say Disintegration is one of the top ten best albums in rock history.

[NMMNG]

63. Lullaby is exquisite

Pictures of You is fabulous as well.

I like a number of their other songs too.

[enigmatic]

66. "Just Like Heaven"

Though Dinosaur Jr. did a better version on it..

[GirlinContempt]

67. Weird

I was just listening to Dinosaur Jr

[enigmatic]

68. My man J. Mascis

I saw Dinasour Jr. and My Bloody Valentine at at show in Columbus, OH about 12 years ago and he totally ripped through that song; God, that was a great show..

[sniffa]

73. i Like goLdfinger's version

in doubLe time. :thumbsup:

[dad]

69. The Cure are secretly one of my all-time favorite bands.

I never even realized it, until one day I realized I've got almost all their albums and they're all great.. remixes, live stuff.. you name it.

[jonnyblitz]

72. I never cared for them much.

I don't even think I could name a song by them.

[RandomKoolzip]

75. The only good Cure song was the one that goes like this:

"Sitting ona park bench! Eyeing little girls with bad intent!
Snots running down his nose!"

Whoops...wait, that was "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull. I'm sorry; there ARE no good songs by the Cure. The Cure suck dead giraffe cock sideways.

[GirlinContempt]

76. I'll have to refer

this to another user:


I will apologize for interfering, and beg your forgiveness ... and the forgiveness of the others on this channel ...

I will leave, and seek a human heart ....

[RandomKoolzip]

77. Your post makes no sense.

Just like Robert Smith's lyrics.

[GirlinContempt]

78. Ouch

hurt in the feelings

[RandomKoolzip]

80. Why?

Honestly, I'm perplexed here. I just want an explanation of your previous post.

Oh, and to slag the Cure.

But mostly the explanation thing.

[GirlinContempt]

81. Read

the rest of the replies to this post and you'll see

[RandomKoolzip]

82. I know.....

I'm a an ex-rock critic. I LOVE dealing with people who think that you cannot criticize an artist unless you are a BETTER artist yourself. Fucking ludicrous.

Plus, the Cure sucks the cheese off of a Dead Babylonian's nuts.

[GirlinContempt]

84. *gratuitous Hitler reference*

Man, the stink that was raised when this girl I know gave some old classic rock band a bad review, funniest thing ever. Even local radio hosts were trashing her on air for daring to say AC DC/Van Halen/Motley Crue/some other band (I can't remember) didn't put on a fantastic show. How dare you criticize someone who's sold millions of albums. Have YOU sold millions of albums? :eyes:

So do you like any 80's "underground"?

[RandomKoolzip]

86. Some of my favorite music was 80's "underground" stuff.

Not the phony mid-level no-PR budget major label loss leaders like the Cure and Depeche Commode or the Smiffs, though. I liked the actual stuff.

I liked most of the SST material (almost all of it, in fact; I even liked it when SST got off the post-punk kick and got into avant-composition like Elliot Sharp and Henry Kaiser) and most of Homestead's stuff...

Shit, I'll just make you a list off the top of my head of the shit I dug from that era:

Squirrel Bait
Glass Eye
Mission of Burma
Volcano Suns
Great Plains
Gibson Brothers
Fire in the Kitchen
Dustdevils
Husker Du
Minutemen
Men and Volts
Stains
Naked Raygun
Lydia Lunch
Bad Brains
Christmas
The dB's
Eyeless in Gaza
Head of David
The Scientists
Chris Knox/Tall Dwarfs
The Clean
The Bats
76% Uncertain
Swiz
Jawbox


etc. etc. I tended to stay away from anything on major labels.

[GirlinContempt]

87. Nice list

:thumbsup:

Though, I love love love The Smiths

[RandomKoolzip]

88. I thought they were funny.

But probably not in the way Morrissey intended.

Plus, I knew sooooo many otherwise cool girls who used to say things like "Morrissey is the only person in the world who understands me" with a straight face that it permanently hardened me to any of the charms the Smiths might have displayed.

[GirlinContempt]

89. Girls are always

saying dumb shit like that :eyes: Andy Rourke is the only person in the world who understands me. Duh.

[RandomKoolzip]

90. See?

Had I known YOU in high school things might have have been different.

I mean, how weird you feel if I told you that "D. Boon is the only man who understands me?"

At least you had the good sense to fall into the clutches of the bass player. :thumbsup:

[GirlinContempt]

91. If you told me that in high school

I probably would have dragged you behind the vending machines.

Oh wait, inside joke.

Bassists are sexy mofos :thumbsup:

[RandomKoolzip]

92. Oh yeah?

[GirlinContempt]

93. Wanna come over?

Just... just bring the bass, baby :P

[RandomKoolzip]

95. I'm on my way.

See the outlines of movement in this pic?

[GirlinContempt]

96. Ya lost me

See the dumbfounded expression on my face?

(I just felt left out of the pic posting :P)

Now stop posting sexy bass playing pics *shakes fist*

[RandomKoolzip]

97. You're right.

Let's get serious. Back to the matter at hand:

The only good Cure song is "Slow Ride" by Foghat.

[GirlinContempt]

99. The only good Cure song is

HAHA FOOLED YOU

[RandomKoolzip]

100. AAAAAAAAGHRHEHE(BF AAAAAAAAAAAAggetete

Please...you mustn't.

My therapist is gonna get rich.

[GirlinContempt]

101. So, I shouldn't

mail your partner a DIY Robert Smith makeup kit?

P.S.
I'm done with the pics. Pinkie swear.

[RandomKoolzip]

102. My wife used to be a goth.

There's pictures of her with green spiky Robert Smith hair and too much make up and striped leggings, and a "Cocteau Twins" logo on her leather jacket. She still has all her old goth-wear.

She stopped being a goth around 1989. I'm not sure what made her change, though.

Thank you for the pic embargo! (phew)

[GirlinContempt]

103. So I shouldn't encourage her

to turn back to her gothy ways?

[RandomKoolzip]

104. No, not now that she's found Jesus.

I'm just kidding.

Actually, she still likes all the old 80's goth MUSIC, but she dresses rather conservatively now (as do I) for whatever reason. I think it's because it's easier to find a job when you don't have an entire blacksmith's shop dangling from every orifice and gallons of product forcing your every follicle skyward.

And both she and I agree that there's far more interesting colors than basic black. Flourescent orange, for instance.

[GirlinContempt]

105. You haven't seen the

'new' goths, have you? :eyes:

Fortunatly I'm a tech, so I don't have to worry about how I look. Specially since most of them are crawling all over themselves to hire women. Not that I look like a goth.

Orange wouldn't be my first choice. I bet you'd look devine in a bright green, though.

[RandomKoolzip]

106. Techs? Wanting to hire women? Whatever for?

Again, I kid.

Bright green and bright orange are my favorite colors. I try to mix them whenever possible.

My bike is bright orange:

[GirlinContempt]

108. Yeah

I've seen that pic
Sweet ride.
You gotta do something about those shoes though, dude. I have some jelly sandals in eyeblinding shades you can borrow.

[no name no slogan]

83. It was all downhill after Seventeen Seconds, IMHO (nt)

[earthboundmisfit]

94. Love Song & Friday I'm in Love (great for today!)

:loveya:

[BurtWorm]

98. So is Fire in Cairo.

[Cooley Hurd]

107. Please - ANY song from "Disintegration..."

'Fascination Street' is my all-time favorite Cure Song:

Oh it's opening time
Down on fascination street
So let's cut the conversation
And get out for a bit
Because i feel it all fading and paling
And i'm begging to drag you down with me
To kick the last nail in
Yeah i like you in that like i like you to scream
But if you open your mouth then i cant be responsible for
Quite what goes in or to care what comes out
So just pull on your hair
Just pull on your pout
And let's move to the beat
Like we know that it's over
If you slip going under
Slip over my shoulder
So just pull on your face
Just pull on your feet
And let's hit opening time
Down on fascination street
So pull on your hair
Pull on your pout
Cut the conversation just open your mouth
Pull on your face pull on your feet
And let's hit opening time
Down on fascination street

[no name no slogan]

110. My band plays a medley of "Fascination Street" & "Turn Me Loose"

by Canadian power-rockers Loverboy. It ends up as "Turn Me Loose On Fascination Street". It is truly majestic-- a sound to behold.

[mzmolly]

115. Where do you guys play?

I'd love to swing by and see you sometime.

[no name no slogan]

121. It's been awhile, but we used to play The Fine Line, 7th Street, etc.

Unfortunately it's been many many years since our last gig. But now that I'm getting divorced I'll probably throw more effort into the music thing, too!

I've got some MP3s of our stuff around here somewhere,.... I'll post them on my site and send the URL. I'm kind of between three different residences right now, so it's a bit of work to track down some of my stuff :P.

Oh well, at least I have a guitar handy! :D

[mzmolly]

127. Thanks, I'll look forward to the link.

So sorry your going through divorce right now. :(

:hug:

[Bouncy Ball]

109. Love Song, Pictures of You,

Killing an Arab (quite eerie nowdays, ug!), etc. LOTS of stuff they did was great.

[mzmolly]

112. Damn right.

They "rock" ... for lack of a better term.

I think many youngunz fail to realize their influence on the music world?

[mzmolly]

111. I'm listening to Disintegration right now. AHHHHHHHH, it's dreamy.

I love it!

And, I needed my "Cure" fix after this @$&*( blasphemous thread. ;)

[gmoney]

116. Let's all repeat the non-conformist's oath...

South Park Goth Kid: "To be a non-conformist, you have to dress in black, and listen to the same music we do."



Personally, I don't get all the band bashing going on around here... U2, now the Cure, and a few others that I'm spacing. Lots of great Cure songs, and U2 songs... some stinkers, too, but that's going to happen over a 20+ year career in music. It's happened to any band you can name that's been around even half that long...

Anyway, my point is why bother talking about bands you DON'T like? If you think the Cure has 1.5 good songs out of the dozens they've released, why even bring it up? Tell us what's GOOD in your opinion... and if folks are going to strike the pose of "I only listen to a Ukrainian death metal band called 'Urd' that's only available on 78-RPM vinyl," at least be positive about it.

[GirlinContempt]

118. What is WRONG with all of you?

I didn't say the cure sucks. I didn't say I hate the cure. I said I think those are the only two good cure songs. I didn't attack people who like the cure. I asked people to discuss. I was curious what songs they like.
OK, sure, I knew I'd get some people who freaked out about it. Thats where the humour comes in. Because it's hilarious to see people get so defensive about a band. I don't really care WHAT you listen to.
I happened to hear a Cure song on a mixed CD I had and realized they only had a couple of songs I liked.
Get. Over. It.

[Omphaloskepsis]

122. You don't like Fugazi?

shitcock..

[Jamastiene]

120. How can you not just

LOVE Just Like Heaven???? Hell, I even like the MIDI version of that song.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

123. The 9 minute "extended remix" of Fascination Street on the F.S. CD single

BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, BBC5, BBC6, BBC 7, BBC heaven.

:evilgrin:

:toast:

[iconoclastic cat]

124. I disagree. Some of their later stuff became pretty cheesy,

but the early albums were really fantastic.

[mvd]

126. They were pretty good up to..

that last album, their self-titled one. That one, I didn't get..

[warrens]

131. The looong, live version of Faith, was incredible

It was a limited edition 12 inch and I could never find it, but I heard it twice and was amazed, because I never cared for them. Way to histrionic. And his voice bugs me.