Live recording of Sleep When I'm Dead from the Boston show.
It's fantastic! The Cure is kicking ass once again.
Here's some info about the song from that Rolling Stone interview last month:
"At least one tune will almost definitely make the cut: "Sleep When I'm Dead," a recently unearthed demo from 1985's The Head On The Door. "It sounds genuinely 1980's," Smith says. "I don't think that's a bad thing. It's part of our heritage."
(Thanks Brad)
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awesome
ReplyDeletegreat song!
ReplyDeleteGAH! it sounds ridiculous! so good...
ReplyDeleteSuch a great song! Can't stop listening to it. How did this not make it onto Head on the Door?
ReplyDeletehaha well it's been a few hours and people haven't started the barrage of 'it's not different enough' 'there are no keyboards in this song' 'i want boris to come back...'
ReplyDeleteAnother great song, if we are right in assuming this is to be a single album, how many tracks are we likely to get? 13 is a bit TOO obvious... I think if they've recorded 33 songs, how stupid would they be to leave nearly 20 songs off the album. Wouldn't it be a waste of time, unless they do what they intended for Wish and release two albums, the pop one and the dark one. That really WOULD be great. I really love the 13 idea as well, we've all waited four years and now over 4 months we get 8 songs (A sides and B sides) and other newbies!
PRETTY COOL!
ReplyDeleteOllie - you want complaints? Here's one. How dare Robert keep this greatness from us for 23 years??? : )
ReplyDeleteAn excellent tune. Thanks so much for posting the link!
ReplyDeleteWith Porl back The Cure are once again at the top of their game. Robert has produced his best material when Porl was in the group. Can't wait for the 26th
i love it! i love that it sounds updated from the 80s too. it's rather spiky and delicious!
ReplyDeletefinally :)
ReplyDelete'it's not different enough' 'there are no keyboards in this song' 'i want boris to come back...'
ReplyDeletelol...do people really think/say that?It's 2008 for God sake!
Thanks for the response Craig - I've been reading these pages for months now and just started to post, thanks so much for all the setlist updates etc. on the european tour - I was lucky enough to go to Wembley - what an amazing night.
ReplyDeleteThis new Cure sound is so fresh it's delicious!
And yes - 23 years! And inbetween we got 'Gone!' and '(I don't know what's) going on etc.. BLAH how can he do this!
damn, where's boris when you need him?
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seriously, i said this earlier in another thread, but the guitar really reminds me of 'the three sisters.'
It's awesome! Why The Cure didn't release it before? I doubt Robert still keeps some great tunes like this in his shelf.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely the track I am most excited about now! Perhaps get rifling through those old demos soem more Smithy!
ReplyDeleteRobert, Simon and Porl are the best for The Cure, I agree Porl it's a value for The Cure.
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clearly porl is the missing link. this is incredible. alright i'll shut up now.
ReplyDeleteI am quite surprised! Awesome tune. It comes accross to me as a "Concert"-like type of song. Yet very fresh indeed...
ReplyDeleteJust great!
ReplyDeleteThis one and "NY Trip" are just The Cure when they're the best!
I love this one. It's a shame this can't be released as the next single, rather than Freakshow.
ReplyDeleteamazing!! WOW!!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all let me say a big thank you to Craig and/or everyone who it's been involved with the chain of flowers website up to now.
ReplyDeleteNice song in my opinion,i think the studio version would be even better as it sounds electronic 80's and maybe we could appreciate more synths or guitar-effect like this. And.. to be honest it reminds me a lot "LET'S GO TO BED"!
I really like "Sleep" as well. Surprised nobody has mentioned this yet: the base sounds eerily reminiscent of "Icing Sugar." I think "Sleep" sounds like a KMKMKM song. Fresh, though.
ReplyDeleteI really like "Sleep" as well. Surprised nobody has mentioned this yet: the base sounds eerily reminiscent of "Icing Sugar." I think "Sleep" sounds like a KMKMKM song. Fresh, though.
ReplyDeleteWell. It blew me away...
ReplyDeleteit's the kind of song I've been waiting for for about 15 years...
(although after the third listening I started thinking it seems like it's leading nowhere... but hopefully it was not quiet well played this first time...)
@brian: I also thought that the bassline was reminiscent of "Icing Sugar" in parts. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! Unbelievably good, best Cure song for years and years? I really, really love this...
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