Where does "The Cure" rank among all-time great bands in your opinion?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:23 pm    Post subject: Where does "The Cure" rank among all-time great bands in your opinion?

I feel like they are one of the most underrated bands around. They're famous and everything, but not super-famous like The Rolling Stones and others.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:28 pm    Post subject:

Out of my list of top 100 greatest bands, I place them somewhere around 3,457... maybe 3,456 but I think DM has earned that spot by the slightest of margins.

IMHO, there are much better bands out there.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:33 pm    Post subject:

They don't.

I like them, but greatest of all time?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:37 pm    Post subject:

They're #1 in my heart.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:44 pm    Post subject:

I will always love them
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:59 pm    Post subject:

They're good but nowhere near that high.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:00 pm    Post subject:

If I made a top 300 list I doubt they'd make it.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:00 pm    Post subject:

I will always love them
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:12 pm    Post subject:

Remember when Robert Smith saved the world by destroying Mecha Streisand?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:16 pm    Post subject:

Loved The Cure but it is in no small part because it served part of the soundtrack for some of the best times of my life.

From what I recall...

I still listen occasionally, but I certainly get why it is out of the rotation for most.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:20 pm    Post subject:

They put out some good songs in their time, but they were a genre band. Among the new wave/alternative bands, they were the choice of the goths. They weren't as brilliant as the Talking Heads or REM, and they didn't appeal to as wide of an audience, but they were a good pick if you wanted to wear black nail polish and contemplate suicide, I suppose. They may seem different to folks of your generation, but they are actually part of my generation.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:20 pm    Post subject:

music tastes varies more than anything else, imo---

the cure is a great band but i don't listen to them and i don't like them for some ex-gf personal reasons so yeah.

top 50 rock bands ever? for sure
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:24 pm    Post subject:

Their problem was they did not breakup, so the quality has dropped off considerably.

The Smiths are considered one of the all time greats because they broke up right at their peak. Morrissey has been great solo but he should have called it quits 10 years ago.

If you like the Cure, you might like some of the bands who didn't get huge ala Oasis and maybe Blur during the Brit pop period of the 90s.

Take a look at Pulp and Suede and even Belle & Sebastian. Great bands.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:42 pm    Post subject:

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Their problem was they did not breakup, so the quality has dropped off considerably.

The Smiths are considered one of the all time greats because they broke up right at their peak. Morrissey has been great solo but he should have called it quits 10 years ago.

If you like the Cure, you might like some of the bands who didn't get huge ala Oasis and maybe Blur during the Brit pop period of the 90s.

Take a look at Pulp and Suede and even Belle & Sebastian. Great bands.


Oasis is great, but I always thought they were really popular during the 1990s and pretty world renown.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:12 pm    Post subject:

The Cure are one of my all-time favorite bands, but I have like 1000 all-time favorite bands.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:18 pm    Post subject:

KobeRe-Loaded wrote:
Their problem was they did not breakup, so the quality has dropped off considerably.

The Smiths are considered one of the all time greats because they broke up right at their peak. Morrissey has been great solo but he should have called it quits 10 years ago.

If you like the Cure, you might like some of the bands who didn't get huge ala Oasis and maybe Blur during the Brit pop period of the 90s.

Take a look at Pulp and Suede and even Belle & Sebastian. Great bands.




Not a huge fan of the Cure, i listen occasionally. I was actually listening to Disintegration not too long ago, such a great album still.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:29 pm    Post subject:

Certainly a matter of opinion, but I rank them pretty high on my personal list of bands that I enjoy listening.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:37 pm    Post subject:

ocho wrote:
If I made a top 300 list I doubt they'd make it.


I never throw on The Cure, but they would make my Top 300 on the strength of "Just Like Heaven" alone. That is a really great pop song.

And they put out some really excellent albums in the 80's and 90's. Their sound is all their own and Robert Smith is one of the best front men of the last 30 years.

Like I said, I don't listen to them that much anymore, but I will concede they are probably better/more significant than most of the bands I listen to.

Same with REM. I don't listen to them either, but they are better than most of the stuff I listen to.

What I am trying to say is that I listen to s*** music.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:55 pm    Post subject:

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If I made a top 300 list I doubt they'd make it.


I never throw on The Cure, but they would make my Top 300 on the strength of "Just Like Heaven" alone. That is a really great pop song.

And they put out some really excellent albums in the 80's and 90's. Their sound is all their own and Robert Smith is one of the best front men of the last 30 years.

Like I said, I don't listen to them that much anymore, but I will concede they are probably better/more significant than most of the bands I listen to.

Same with REM. I don't listen to them either, but they are better than most of the stuff I listen to.

What I am trying to say is that I listen to s*** music.


Just Like Heaven is an amazing song.

"I found myself, alone, alone, alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me."

The imagery in that line is just eerie and tragic.

"Friday I'm in Love" and "Close to me" are the other best songs. They have a lot of Gothic stuff from before they went mainstream as well.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:55 pm    Post subject:

Letter to Elise
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Kick ass songs that I still have on rotation.

They have some of the top SONGS of all time, that's for sure.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:58 pm    Post subject:

Robert Smith is a fantastic singer. One of the few who can go off key on purpose (Beth Gibbons is another), and still sound good. Some probably think he's too squawky, but I don't think being a slave to sounding 'nice' is a bad thing (in fact, I think it can hold back considerably). The revolving door of the rest of the band has never quite matched that in talent. So it's kind of a one man show. Overall at their best (Disintegration) their sound was highlighted meticulous layers, at their worst, painfully long/empty dirges.

Their deep 'pop' canon makes an interesting bridge to 'real' post-punk though. The kind of music Smith tried to make before he accidently realized how good he was at selling singles.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:06 pm    Post subject:

All time great for me.

I like that they varied their sound throughout and still managed to be successful with it. They experimented with their sound and it worked out great commercially.

Pornography, Disintegration, Bloodflowers. That trilogy sets it high when you look at their prime. Plus Wish, Kiss Me and Wild Mood Swings I enjoyed. Just a nice mixture of dreamy music.

Bought Join the Dots as well and it helped me cement them into my music library. Put in so much work with their length of discography and still making music. I like that. Though past their prime, they were one of the bands that got me exploring for new music genres and be open minded above all else.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:54 am    Post subject:

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Letter to Elise
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Kick ass songs that I still have on rotation.

They have some of the top SONGS of all time, that's for sure.


Letter to Elise is a great song.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:02 am    Post subject:

They certainly were one of the top bands of their period and have some of the genuine songs that still resonate 30 years later. But even so, they don't have that TRUE "timelessness" that makes them a band I would consider in the "All Time Greatest" spectrum.
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