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Post by Trouserdog on May 19, 2008 16:27:07 GMT
Most people grow out of The Cure when they leave the sixth-form and become adults.
As I'm mentally yet to become an adult I'm still allowed to like them, even if Robert Smith has now morphed into Jo Brand.
The new tunes aren't as good as the classics ("Just Like Heaven", "Inbetween Days" etc) but they still knock spots off the fucking Wombats and friends in the pages of the NME.
Goooaaarrrn Fat Bob.
- new Cure single.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2008 17:06:58 GMT
For some reason I have been singing this line all day: Hand in hand
Is the only way to land
And always the right way roundAnd now I see this thread and realise it's from the Love Cats  |
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Post by Zippy Moon Dust on May 19, 2008 17:40:08 GMT
I didn't mind a bit of Fat Bob up until the late 80s.
What I didn't like were The Cure fans - mostly all po-faced fake part-time Goths.
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Post by Trouserdog on May 19, 2008 17:54:40 GMT
btw zippy I have finally got my copy of "Imperial Wax Solvent".
Some absolute belters on there..."Wolf Kidult Man", "Latchkey Kid", "Senoir Twilight Stock Replacer" and "50 Year Old Man" (especially the banjo break) are all absolutely great.
Doesn't seem to be as much obvious filler on there either as some of the other Fall albums.
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Post by trend....... on May 19, 2008 18:02:33 GMT
the wombats are fucking AWESOME! the best band ever.   |
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Post by thepremierbanksy on May 20, 2008 17:25:12 GMT
There is a song on the radio that sounds almost exactly like Lovecats, is that teh wombats?
Anybody like Fiery Furnaces?
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Post by GlennA on May 20, 2008 17:53:54 GMT
My adoration for the Fiery Furnaces makes all my insides ache at once. They are superb.
As for the Cure, can anyone tell me how to import the "CUNT!" emoticon from UNPC?
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on May 20, 2008 18:09:42 GMT
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Post by thepremierbanksy on May 20, 2008 18:10:33 GMT
I only heard of them as Widow City was coming out (the best thing Marc Riley has ever done was caning this record and bringing it to my attention), you can imagine how astoundingly pleased i was to discover they had a wealth of records out, all equally as good. I don't think i've heard a song of theirs I dislike yet and I've been through 4 of the records rather thoroughly now. As far as creativity is concerned they kick most of the rest of the current musical umbrella into a big shit filled river. Eleanor Friedberger being hotter than the handle of a balti dish really is the cherry on the cake.
Have you head of A Hawk and a Hacksaw, glenn?
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Post by GlennA on May 20, 2008 18:23:43 GMT
I saw the Hawks & Hacksaws at ATP last December while the others were all elsewhere being more fashionable (I expect.) They whipped up a proper Hungarian goulash and it ruled.
Mr Daftburger - thanks! That'll teach me to try things before coquettishly pretending they're somehow beyond me. 'Karma' whatever that means.
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Post by Trouserdog on May 20, 2008 18:31:45 GMT
I thought this thread might tempt you out museum boy.
Admit it, you love fat 50-year-old men in make-up singing about cats, just as much as I do.
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Post by GlennA on May 20, 2008 18:53:58 GMT
I thought this thread might tempt you out museum boy. Admit it, you love fat 50-year-old men in make-up singing about cats, just as much as I do. You're quite right. I do! And no doubt all my requirements in that department will be met at Etruria Canals Festival, 31 May - 1 June 2008, 10.00am - 5.00pm, admission FREE! |
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Post by thepremierbanksy on May 21, 2008 9:38:03 GMT
I was more than a little bit miffed at missing out on ATP, but at least i didn't have to endure sunn O))).
Was there owt else exciting there that you'd care to recommend? The trouserdog here started his recommend a band thread a few weeks, but i think he fucked off by the time I'd replied. He should be a fully fledged cannibal ox fan by now, but is instead still trapped in the 80's.
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Post by Zippy Moon Dust on May 21, 2008 10:09:59 GMT
Anybody like Fiery Furnaces? Widow City is excellent but like Banksy said, that's thanks to listening to Marc Riley. |
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Post by growler on May 22, 2008 9:07:56 GMT
Mid 40s and still love the Cure.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2008 11:42:27 GMT
So, TD. Do I buy the new one or not?
Close to You and In-between Days were classics (when "Years Old" had a much smaller number before it!), but a lot of the album stuff then was a bit ... pants.
So: Buy it, or rob it?
ah
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Post by skip on May 22, 2008 21:53:05 GMT
The Cure are not The Cure anymore but bunch of doom metal imposters. Quite dreadful.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2008 13:31:23 GMT
Thanks Skip; I sort of suspected as much ...
Cult --> Cure
Far too similar in the first place!
ah
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on May 23, 2008 15:50:49 GMT
I wouldn't say I'm a dead big fan but I do like them, I have Japanese Whispers and Wish.
JW is one of my favourite alnums but outside those two CDs I don't really know much by them.
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Post by Trouserdog on May 23, 2008 18:17:03 GMT
The Cure are not The Cure anymore but bunch of doom metal imposters. Quite dreadful. Doom metal imposter...could be a fall song title, but not an accurate description of The Cure's current sound. In fact, stylistically the cure sound exactly like they always did* (well, since the mid 80s anyway). Like most bands who survive 30-plus-years,(The Fall being the obvious exception) the quality of their output has unquestionably dipped since their peak. The miserable stuff is still great (see "Bloodflowers" from 2000), but even though the odd passable-toe-tapper gets churned out (like the new single), even the most die-hard Cure fan would probably admit that Fat Bob hasn't written a pop classic in over 15 years. They're still one of my favourite ever bands though. Going to stick "Disintegration" on now, just to remind me of the good old days of feeling sorry for myself at Sixth-form.  *tap-in for GlennA here. |
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