[Music] The Cure

Harry Wilson's tackle said:

If you like the Cure then it is worth hunting down Blue Sunshine by The Glove. I just went a-hunting for a track to post and found this, which is a new (?) version of the original track. The original had female vocals but here the song is sung by RS himself. I had never heard it before. I post also another track to give a better flavour of the original LP. My vinyl was blue . The band was basically Robert Smith and Steve Severin of the Banshees, plus a female vocalist who was a hairdresser they met in a club (or somesuch). The album has bits of found sound, and quite a lot of it is instrumental. My favourite 'Cure' record.

Edit, youtube has a whole load of The Glove remixed with RS singing. Sorry, but I prefer the original so I am putting an original track at the top:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8LzZpZVfxM&list=RDEMEu9Rk6jfSI4esauidY3G-w&index=4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9BNGl5yOs&list=RDEMEu9Rk6jfSI4esauidY3G-w&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tEcRZTLEGM&list=RDEMEu9Rk6jfSI4esauidY3G-w&index=2

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

If you like the Cure then it is worth hunting down Blue Sunshine by The Glove. I just went a-hunting for a track to post and found this, which is a new (?) version of the original track. The original had female vocals but here the song is sung by RS himself. I had never heard it before. I post also another track to give a better flavour of the original LP. My vinyl was blue . The band was basically Robert Smith and Steve Severin of the Banshees, plus a female vocalist who was a hairdresser they met in a club (or somesuch). The album has bits of found sound, and quite a lot of it is instrumental. My favourite 'Cure' record.

Edit, youtube has a whole load of The Glove remixed with RS singing. Sorry, but I prefer the original so I am putting an original track at the top:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8LzZpZVfxM&list=RDEMEu9Rk6jfSI4esauidY3G-w&index=4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9BNGl5yOs&list=RDEMEu9Rk6jfSI4esauidY3G-w&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tEcRZTLEGM&list=RDEMEu9Rk6jfSI4esauidY3G-w&index=2

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Dolph Ins said:

Blimey we were watching last night and remember seeing them at Glasto back in the 80's with thunder and lightning all round the stage.

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Weststander said:

I love The Cure, but Joy Division/New Order are just ahead for me ... personal taste.

The Smiths and The Jam are also modern greats to my mind.

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Questions said:

The Cure ? Meh

I thought ‘Prevention’ were better.

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pearl said:

The Cure were Easy Cure a term for Euthanasia

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pearl said:

I have a very varied taste in music, but I am obsessed with Joy Division. I played The Complete BBC Recordings the other evening and felt transfixed by their incredible sound. I first saw them on TV (Dec 1979-ish) and watched Ian Curtis sing She's Lost Control, jittering about like he was fitting. I remember my mum's comment 'He doesn't look well' ... how right she was

Oh, I love The Smiths too

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Bevendean Hillbilly said:

I used to play football with Robert. Bloody good little winger he was. Midfield dynamo.

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Bevendean Hillbilly said:

Used to play football with Robert Smith for Sussex schools. Good little winger before he went all mascara and big hair.

The Cure are well up there in answer to the OP. But I’m not sure they were trailblazing. They were one of a real load of great indie bands.

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bn9 bha said:

We know. you have already told us

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Bevendean Hillbilly said:

Did I mention I also shagged Wendy James? That’s here somewhere.

Friend of the stars me.

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Bevendean Hillbilly said:

Did I mention I also shagged Wendy James? That’s here somewhere.

Friend of the stars me.

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Weststander said:

I still adore the music of Joy Division/New Order. Goosebumps every time if Atmosphere or Love Will Tear Us Apart unexpectedly get played on the radio. I was far too young to see JD live, but the greatest gig I ever went to was New Order at Portsmouth Guildhall before they started playing at large venues.

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Peter Hook and The Light at Concorde 2 a couple of years back unashamedly played the lot, quality.

Yep, The Smiths were brilliant. Did you go their Brighton Polytechnic gig in Feb 84?

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zefarelly said:

The Cure. . . .Meh. I do like 'killing an Arab. Doesn't seem to be on their set these days.
I Saw them at glasto '95 but don't remember anything of note.

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pearl said:

I didn't really 'get' The Smiths until after Glastonbury '84. Friends told me they were brilliant, but the crowd threw beer cans at them!?

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Trufflehound said:

Festival crowds can be pretty poor judges sometimes.

Same thing happened with REM supporting U2 at the Milton Keynes "Longest Day" in 1985. I thought they were brilliant, but a load of pissed up people at the front took exception to them following their downbeat opening with 'Feeling Gravity's Pull', and decided to lob plastic bottles full of piss at them throughout the set...

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