transitive wrote:Not like wistful, romantic depression. More like, bleak, "am I even a person in a body?" depression.
Pornography then obviously.
I actually personally dont worship Pornography like a lot of cure fans do. It's lower tier in their 80's stuff for me. Above The top, possibly under TIB. Plus the good songs on it are so much better live anyway.
i guess i'm gonna rank the cure records now cause it had to happen some time
Disintegration Faith KMKMKM (tough call though because i dont like at least half that record, but the half i like is so good) The head on the door Seventeen seconds Wish Three imaginary boys Pornography Japanese Whispers (they call it a singles album but it has 8 songs like most early cure records and those songs wouldnt be on record otherwise and most of those weren't singles so it counts) The Top Wild Mood Swings
and everything else doesn't need to be rated.
I must insist on being a pessimist, I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind
Just had an idea to rank top 20 cure songs and then realised there's no way i can do this. But i think some of you should try.... I got the idea in part cause none of the ranked records have Charlotte Sometimes on them which is a crime.
this is one of my favorite things ever
one of my favorite bassline ever too.
I must insist on being a pessimist, I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind
transitive wrote:Not like wistful, romantic depression. More like, bleak, "am I even a person in a body?" depression.
Pornography then obviously.
I actually personally dont worship Pornography like a lot of cure fans do. It's lower tier in their 80's stuff for me. Above The top, possibly under TIB. Plus the good songs on it are so much better live anyway.
i guess i'm gonna rank the cure records now cause it had to happen some time
Disintegration Faith KMKMKM (tough call though because i dont like at least half that record, but the half i like is so good) The head on the door Seventeen seconds Wish Three imaginary boys Pornography Japanese Whispers (they call it a singles album but it has 8 songs like most early cure records and those songs wouldnt be on record otherwise and most of those weren't singles so it counts) The Top Wild Mood Swings
and everything else doesn't need to be rated.
It's weird, I find 17 Seconds and Faith to be far more depressing than Pornography. Pornography to me feels almost like the cinematic version of depression. All histrionic and showy, whereas the 17S/Faith has a disturbing quiet, bleakness to them that really unsettles me.
This was harder than I thought. 20 Favorite Cure songs
Pictures of You Plainsong In Your House Push Disintegration Grinding Halt Jumping Someone Else's Train Primary Play For Today Cold One Hundred Years The Funeral Party Faith Closedown Inbetween Days One More Time High Apart Charlotte Sometimes Last Dance
pornography is my go-to album for when my brain is in a really dark place and i don't have the will to try to make myself better. realistically i think one hundred years on repeat would probably do the trick. disintegration is my go-to for lovesickness, although i listened to it so much while crushing on one specific girl so it's a bit harder to listen to now.
i haven't listened to a lot outside of those two albums, but i feel pretty confident that pictures of you is their best song
feel like this thread should not forget to appreciate jokester Robert smith
absolutely love this song no matter how wrong it is, i mean to be fair he paints the character as a pathetic figure. Still it wasn't lost on me it was NOT included in the bonus disc of the remastered TIB. Whereas pretty much all of their other early songs/demos were. Probably even Smith cringes at this song a little now.
I must insist on being a pessimist, I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind
for some reason i have barely checked out their b-sides. i remember downloading join the dots back when it came out but never really gave it a close listen
brent wrote:for some reason i have barely checked out their b-sides. i remember downloading join the dots back when it came out but never really gave it a close listen
going to rectify this today
discs 1 and 2 and the first half of 3 are essential listening if you have any interest in this band.
I inadvertently kinda ripped this song off a few years ago. I swear it was not deliberate because i hadn't heard that song in years but it was clearly in my subconscious and then someone heard it eventually and was like "dude, this is halo" and then i was very ashamed. Like i knew i was mimicking The Cure sound wise, sure, that was not in doubt, but i didn't think it was any specific tune. I mean i suppose it's mostly the guitar line that does part of the main Halo bassline but still.
actually, may as well:
I must insist on being a pessimist, I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind
in a different internet world i'm known as the exploding boy. This was my first internet username. still one of my absolute favorite b-side. though probably my actual favorite may be
such strong memories of early internet days linked to this song. Like 1999-2000.
I must insist on being a pessimist, I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind