re: 35 years ago today, The Cure released a perfect album - “Disintegration”

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And I’d rather some of their older songs to some of the songs on Wish

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So obviously the 1992 live version of A Forest is the greatest rock song of all time. It is simple and not so at the same time. It can be riffed on like a great jazz song and not lose its soul. What's your 2nd favorite Cure song? Mine is The Kiss, especially the extended Trilogy version. A guitar solo with a sound like I hadn't heard prior.

Yeah, I've had about 7 Knob Creeks neat up to now.

Here is their latest single release in March.
Remaster of A Letter To Elise live in Paris
One of my favorites from Wish

Wow!! I’ve been a Cure fan since the eighties and I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I’ve never heard these instrumentals before.
Thanks for posting

New Orleans 2023


Unbelievable Concert. They sounded amazing with great energy
One of the highlights of my mundane life
Robert Smith is a National Treasure.

Side 1: Standing on a Beach – The Singles
"Killing an Arab" (Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey) – 2:22
"Boys Don't Cry" (Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey) – 2:35
"Jumping Someone Else's Train" (Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey) – 2:54
"A Forest" (Smith) – 4:53
"Primary" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup) – 3:33
"Charlotte Sometimes" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup) – 4:13
"The Hanging Garden" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup) – 4:21
"Let's Go to Bed" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 3:33
"The Walk" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 3:28
"The Lovecats" (Smith) – 3:38
"The Caterpillar" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 3:38
"In Between Days" (Smith) – 2:56
"Close to Me" (Smith) – 3:39

Side 2: Standing on a Beach – The B-Sides

"I'm Cold" (Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey) – 2:47 (from "Jumping Someone Else's Train")
"Another Journey by Train" (Smith, Gallup, Tolhurst, Hartley) – 3:04 (from "A Forest")
"Descent" (Smith, Gallup, Tolhurst) – 3:07 (from "Primary")
"Splintered in Her Head" (Smith, Gallup, Tolhurst) – 5:16 (from "Charlotte Sometimes")
"Mr Pink Eyes" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 2:42 (from "The Love Cats")
"Happy the Man" (Smith) – 2:45(from "The Caterpillar")
"Throw Your Foot" (Smith) – 3:33(from "The Caterpillar")
"The Exploding Boy" (Smith) – 2:52(from "In Between Days")
"A Few Hours After This" (Smith) – 2:26 (from "In Between Days")
"A Man Inside My Mouth" (Smith) – 3:05 (from "Close to Me"/Half an Octopuss)
"Stop Dead" (Smith) – 4:02 (from "In Between Days"/"Close to Me"/Half an Octopuss)
"New Day" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 4:08(from Half an Octopuss)

First song I ever heard by the Cure was Close To Me on KNLU when I was in high school and I was instantly a rabid fan.

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Perhaps this is known to those interested in this thread, but note that Fascination Street was inspired by their time on Bourbon Street.

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I didn't know that:

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"Fascination Street" was inspired by an alcoholic night in New Orleans.[4]

In the liner notes for the compilation Galore, Robert Smith describes “Fascination Street” as:

A ‘generic’ song about the (often cynical) delights of exploring a new city nightlife; based loosely on one particular ‘band adventure’ in New Orleans 1985 – Bourbon Street, the cliche perhaps.

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