My favorite song from the The Cure is probably "Pictures Of You". It's definitely a melancholy tune, but I love the words. When I visit some of my friends houses, they still have a few pictures of us in the 80's and this song makes you recall those moments. Thinking back I wish I'd taken more pictures, but when you're living in the moment you just don't think..."Hey wait a minute this would make a great shot, where's a camera." ...unless you're Isis that is..ha . Oh well, at least some of my friends took a few pictures from the 80's.
Anyway the point is: That this song makes me think about the 80's and how pictures aren't real, but they can spark your memory of the times you enjoyed so much.
What Cure songs do you dig?
[ 22. January 2006, 07:09: Message edited by: Valley ]
Posted by Louden Swain [formerly The Pixies] (Member # 3671) on :
10:15 On a Saturday Night Jumping Someone Else's Train The Forest
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
Man, if I really put down all the songs of my favorite group, Rewind will get shut down again due to no more Disk space! Anyway, I will keep it down to just my top 100 Cure songs, so no worries.
Fire in Cairo Down in the Subway Killing an Arab Jumping Someone else's train M A Forest At Night Seventeen Seconds Drowning Man All Cats are Grey Funral Party Charlotte Sometimes 100 Years A Figurehead Siamese Twins The Blood A night like this Inbetween Days Close to me Just Like Heaven Disintegration Feascination Street Into the deep green sea Apart A letter to Elise This Twilight Garden
Just too numerous to mention.
Posted by MotleyRulz (Member # 3598) on :
Just Like Heaven Friday I'm In Love 100 Years
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
It is amazing how many different songs The Cure have released. They truly have a song that appeals to everyone. Like some of the others, I'm more mainstream Cure fan, but if I'm in the right frame of mind, I can listen to any songe from The Cure. Riptide you are definitely an obscure songmeister....I never even heard of you favorite Cure song. My favorite didn't even make your top 100 list though...ha.
The Cure Posted by cindymancini (Member # 679) on :
Good choice Valley. I never get tired of "Picture of You." Great song with alot of emotion. The Cure were alright in my books but I was more of a Psychedellic Furs fan !
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
Funny thing Valley is that I have about 20 more I could list. From 1979-1992 they were so prolific and had so many good songs and b-sides. I have all their albums, bootlegs, box sets. Looking at that list I still could list about twenty more. What is your favorite song Valley? Funny that the Cure never even had a song called the Cure, like Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath had a song of their namesake.
Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
Oh gosh I love Pictures of You. The song reminds me of this guy I went to high school with. So every time I hear it I think of him and the memories just come flooding back... Posted by Earth Angel (Member # 3301) on :
Arrrrgh my favourite band!!!!
My faves are:-
In between days
Love Cats
Just like heaven
Jumpin someone elses train
love song
strange girl
Posted by Canyoudigit The Sequel (Member # 4506) on :
I think Riptide just about covered them all besides my Fav - Boys Don't Cry. I always thought they lived in the shadow of The Smiths(in the UK at least) just like The Wedding Present.
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
I think with 1985's the Head on the Door album, The Cure started to make big waves in North America. I also hear that when they brightnened their sound up in 1983 with Let's go to Bed, that's when teenage girls in places like California started getting into them. THose eyecatching videos with Julian Pope really caught on as well. As for the impact in the UK, I'm still flabergasted that such a dour, dark album such as their 1982 masterpiece Pornography made it to #8 in the UK album charts.
I guess for a while the Smiths became the band of their generation, certainly from 1984-87.
Posted by Stitch (Member # 2895) on :
I have to admit I only really know a few of the more commercial Cure songs...
Love Cats Friday I'm in love Close to me
That's it. That's all I know.
Posted by Farmer Ted (Member # 2663) on :
Letter to ELise
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
quote:Originally posted by Canyoudigit The Sequel: I always thought they lived in the shadow of The Smiths(in the UK at least) just like The Wedding Present.
Wow, it's weird that The Cure lived in the shadows of The Smiths in the UK. In my opinion, it was the exact opposite in the US, The Cure was progressive mainstream while The Smiths were progressive cool.
And NowhereGirl, I loved the The Psychedelic Furs! They were the kings of 80's movie soundtracks.
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
The Cure were everybody's goth darlings in the the US in the 80's. i remember how surprised I was when Love Song went very high on the US pop charts in 89 and Disintegration was a top 10 album. What a masteriece of an album that was.
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. Oh well, at least some of my friends took a few pictures from the 80's. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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