New Wave Outpost Forum

The Cure are one of those groups that are so ubiquitous in new wave that I rarely bother to play their stuff anymore, in favor of more obscure things. However, I'm never disappointed when I hear it.

They went through alot of changes/phases...which Cure period do you like to hear the most??

I think my favorite is when they were coming off the real somber, dirgey-type stuff like Pornography and getting into catchy, synth-derived stuff like Love Cats, the Walk, etc found on the 'Japanese Whispers' lp and then the 'Head on the Door' lp. Alot of good songs on those.

I was losing interest in them when Disintegration came out, but now I go back and listen and it's quite good; really like the last song on that, called 'untitled'.

I must admit my favourite period is the pre-Pornography stuff too. 'Primary' is still brilliant. Having said that, have you heard the live version of 'Trust' from the 'Show' CD. Just beautiful.

No questiosn in my mind that they're among the giants of new wave, but you're right that I take them for granted due to their ubiquity. I also think that they had a bit of a soft middle with greatness at the beginning and even at the end, even early 90s s

"seventeen seconds" & "pornography" & "japanese whispers" was their best. bpdp3 put it well, however. those might be slightly different sounding albums, but they really captured the cure's early sound. "head on the door" was already too poppy--i didn'

This is my list...

1. Disintegration
2. Three Imaginary Boys/Boys Don't Cry
3. Seventeen Seconds

I don't think they had a specific period that defines them. What makes Robert Smith so great is he has proved he can write rock, pop, wave, love and

I think the Cure were always a great singles band. A lot of the b-sides even better than the hits. Their best period was 1980-1983 (Seventeen Seconds up to the Love Cats single). The Top is good; but a little uneven. I much prefer Roberts' side projec

For many years I thought that the "Standing on the Beach" tape was all The Cure I needed.
How wrong I was.

Please correct me if I'm wrong,
But wasn't "I Dig You" (..Do U Dig May?) by 'Cult Hero' another Robert Smith side project?
(great bass hook)[^]

Kyoto Song--one of their best but rarely heard.

I must disagree with Cubby, I thought Bloodflowers was their best album since Disintegration. Wish had a few good songs and I didn't really care for the other 90's albums, a few sporadic songs excepted.
I understand about always passing it over when c

from the Curiosity FAQ:

The Cult hero was a one-off side project featuring Frank Bell, "The Cult Hero", on vocals. The instrumentals were done by The Cure and many of their family and friends, including The Obtainers, Robert's sisters Janet, who played

From the "Shameless Self Promotion" Department...

www.theidealcopy.com is having a sale on the new Cure "Join The Dots" boxset. We're big Cure fans, so we purposefully found a supplier that we could buy a big quantity for a low price - and have tried t

That's the kind of shameless self promotion I like jfiber. I'll be picking that one up!

I always thought they were overrated. The lipstick didn't help either. [xx(]

I'd rather listen to the Femmes than the Cure.....anyday