[kj] (OT) Sad Songs

[Brendan Quinn]

My earliest memories of The Cure:

Wathcing Lullaby on television (was no 1 or 2 for several weeks) - I thought
Bob Smith was gay and the song was about his fight against rising feelings
of gayness (gaydom?), personified by a spider / spider web.

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Peter Moltesen
Sent: Friday, 27 March 2009 15:44
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Sad Songs

I loved pretty much everything they did up to and including
Disintegration

even The Lovecats :o).   

 

I first heard the Cure in earnest in 1984

They were the first band that made me realise that there was more to
music

than heavy metal..which was mostly crap by 1984 anyway.

 

Shit - I'd have absolutely LOVED to have seen them on the 

Pornography tour. 

 

I remember seeing them at Glastonbury in 1986 in the middle of a
spectacular

Thunder & lightning storm, having narrowly avoided getting arrested at 

Stonehenge the day before. One of the best gigs I've ever seen (the
Cure, that is)   

 

For some reason Primary almost reminds me of something Hawkwind might 

have done in about 1978 (a good thing in my book) - I can imagine Robert
Calvert singing it.  

 

Peter

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
On Behalf Of Brendan Quinn
Sent: 27 March 2009 03:58
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Sad Songs

 

Primary is a brilliant, brilliant track. And A Forest.

 

Every time they've tried to be upbeat and happy it's kinda sucked, well
at least not lived up to their other stuff, in my opinion. If that was
all they did I'd never have picked up a single Cure album. Catchy songs,
but nothing too special. 

 

Lovecats is fucking stupid, sounds like something a sad drama teacher
cooked up for a class to perform. 

 

Having said that, Primary has an upbeat feel and energy to it.  

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
On Behalf Of J Casavola
Sent: Friday, 27 March 2009 13:55
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Sad Songs

 

I'm more of the older stuff, like Seventeen Seconds, Pornography, and
the Top. Disintergration was pretty good too. But Seventeen Seconds is
memorable for me, as far as the Cure goes.
 

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From: choonyfish at biftas.co.uk
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:54:43 +0000
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Sad Songs

Well, I'm biased of course, I really like 4:13 Dream.  

 

But Bloodflowers was bloody fabulous, IMO.

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
On Behalf Of Peter Moltesen
Sent: 25 March 2009 20:39
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Sad Songs

 

They're not going to make a good one again, are they ?

I lost interest after Disintegration - really didn't like the 'We've 

always had a dance element to our music' remix album.

 

Occasionally I've tried to get back into them, I bought Bloodflowers 

Which I thought was rather dull. I tried that one that was produced

By the bloke who produced Slipknot - that one was REALLY shite !!

I also bought 4.13 Dream a few weeks ago - kind of a last attempt, 

but having listened to it a few times I have to say it sounds pretty
tepid 

too, sadly :o( .

 

Peter 

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
On Behalf Of ade
Sent: 25 March 2009 20:26
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Sad Songs

 

Their last good album, full stop.

	-----Original Message-----
	From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Brendan Quinn
	Sent: 25 March 2009 18:25
	To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
	Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Sad Songs

	Yes Yes Yes. Pictures of you and Just Like Heaven and Praying
for Rain and the whole of Disintegration.

	 

	Rolling Stones Angie. 

	Bob Mould Can't Fight it. 

	Sarah Maclachlan Hold On.

	Juliana Hatfield My Sister

	Smashing Pumkins Rhinocerous plus loads more.

	 

 

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