The Essentials: Number 5
The Cure
5. The Cure -- One word: diversity. How is possible to be so dark, so eerie, so macabre and also be so upbeat, so funky and so blissful? The Cure has done this like no one else. One moment you feel a sense of overwhelming desperation about life and the world you live in. A darkness from which there is no escape. Moments later, you are twirling around in circles, dizzy with euphoria and ecstasy. From fantasy to the most dire or exhilirating human emotion, Robert Smith lyrics touch a different part of your soul with each song. And to top it off, have you ever heard another band described as "sounds like The Cure"? That's because there is no way to describe them simply or succintly. A sound as broad and unpredictable as the realms of Smith's lyrical universe with nary a creative rut. Pick an album, any album and go for a journey to somewhere you have never been before...
posted by Dustin Dowdy at 10:44 AM
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Disintigration is a prime example of the Cure's diversity. You go from the droning bass line of "Fascination Street" to the lighter "Pictures of You" without missing a beat.
One of the greatest bands of our generation.
I don't remember exactly how or when I came upon The Cure, but at some point during the early 80's (so early I just had cassette tapes of their music) there they were. All I know is at the time their music and I were a perfect match.
Dark, moody, mysterious and unusual - all that typified the agony of adolescence in addition to being unlike most others.
As I got older and moved on to different types of music, I did lose touch with The Cure (in addition to having what music I did have of theirs stolen). Ironically, I bought their greatest hits cd several months ago and I have also been lucky to have someone graciously share his Cure collection with me. Consequently, I have been able to get reacquainted with The Cure again. Their music evokes many memories and emotions...
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