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The Only One
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I want Jupiter Crash. Is that wrong?
ReplyDeleteseriously. when do you actually sleep Craig? I never seem to notice any down time around here...
ReplyDeleteone half doesnt sleep, the other doesnt do any work...
People... About time you get it: Craig is actually Lestat!
ReplyDeleteCraig, what exactly do you do for work that allows you this much freedom?
ReplyDeleteYeah, Craig, are you on your computer 24/7? When do you find time to eat and sleep?
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteI was at the show last night 4th row from Porl and I must say that has to be one of the funnest Cure shows I have ever been to. Robert was dancing all night and the mic toss (you see in the videos) was awesome. The guy didn't know what to do and Robert egged him on to sing. Everyone was having so much fun and it was very infectious. Everyone have fun tonight in Phoenix!!
I knew that: Robert is a funny guy! ;)
ReplyDeletechristinefalls is that you?
ReplyDeleteI WANNA SAY HI TO ALL MY COUSINS AND FAMILY WHO ARE AT THE SHOW RIGHT NOW! TAKE SOME GOOD PICTURES, DUDES!
ReplyDeletewait. i'm the one one who is here to read this...
:| i'm so bad at shout outs!
Can't wait to see the Close to Me clips at lunch break. Thanks for the links!
ReplyDeleteWon't be able to hang around here much today. Tons of work. :( You guys have fun! And I might pop in for a while during lunch break. :)
From now on I'm saying this at every show: I want WANT!
This master list, it was hard to make it out, does anyone want to transcribe the tracks they havent played off it yet?
ReplyDeleteI pick Underneath tonite
I won't be able to make it tonight...but have fun !
ReplyDeletehi yesteday i put a commnet about
ReplyDeletehow the cure should celebrate
30th aniversay, but nobady took me
seriously, so here i go again...
the london suede celebrated his
10th aniversary playing every song
of every album even besides and
rarities, so my point is, why
don't we togueter write to the
cure or in
this web, how we the fans want
celebrate 30th aniversary of the
cure, i think here there are
people influential who can be grow
up this idea, imagine the cure
playing every album even besides
and rarities to us, it would be
the best way to pleased us.
it is a god idea,isn't it?
Robert is such the cutie.
ReplyDeleteTx for this Craig. :-)
ram, that would be wonderful, but the cure have so much material that it would last for days
ReplyDeleteWhat a way to start the day!
ReplyDelete1st - a fantastic video of Simon - be still my beating heart
2nd - travel to an off-site meeting (45minutes out of my way) to get stood up!!!!! (by a guy named Simon)
The upside to point 2, is I am in the office before the show starts!
3rd - I've decided to put in for some leave to be able to do the Monday & Tuesday shows from home.
Life is good!
RAM: it would probably take about 2 weeks straight - playing 3 hours a night - for the Cure to play all their songs...
ReplyDeletewell this is my mathematical....
ReplyDeletethe cure has 300 songs....
if they play 33 song by concert (not playing the same songs)
in 9 concert it resolved this problem....
i still crazy and confused?
I think there are missing: Figurehead, Siamese Twins,Drowning man, Charlotte Sometimes, Holy Hour, Hanging Garden, the Big Hand,Shiver and Shake, Torture, Watching me fall,Want, Same deep Water as you, Club America, ABINK and 6? Songs from the new Album.
ReplyDeleteBTW, does someone knowes if they already played Wrong Number and Never enough?
Take a look at the song tracker on the side of the blog. :)
ReplyDeletebernie, yes to both
ReplyDeleteram, nice sentiment, but i'll settle for 3 per album plus some b-sides, as they couldn't possibly do ALL their songs. LOL. But yeah, sure, they could do a 5-6 hour anniversary concert (with an intermission) and I have a feeling we'd all be killing each other for tix.
ReplyDeletei know this is a big challenge,of
ReplyDeletecourse this idea is not for this
tour, maybe for september, because
i think if they wish come true
this dream, they could do it in 4
concert by month so in 9 week, 1
concert by week it will fixed...
it still a bad idea?
bernie, the correct question is, when have they NOT played WN and NE?! Last nite marked the first time they did not play them. :-)
ReplyDeletei repeat 33 songs for concert in 9 concert...it's 300 songs....
ReplyDeletei guess this is possible....
what do you think about it?
Do you think that we're going to get any other new songs on this tour? It's been a while since any new stuff debuted. This new album can't get here soon enough.
ReplyDeletei'm hoping for one more new song
ReplyDeleteCat - Actually, last night was the second night they didn't play both of them. They didn't play them at the Shrine either. So hopefully, it's a TREND!!!
ReplyDeleteclockwise, it's not necesary 5 or 6 hours to play them,,,,only 33 songs in 9 concert, the result is 300 songs..... they could do it.
ReplyDeletei am a dreamer guy or stupid?arent'i?
30th...that is all
ReplyDeleteRam-you're a dreamer...but it's okay, i'll dream along with you
ReplyDeletewell nobady want to support my idea?
ReplyDelete.....i'm waiting.....
i support it, i just don't think it's likely that it will happen
ReplyDeletewell this is the best web about the cure in internet, so if somebody post it in this webside maybe robert could read it and we leave him with a new idea....possible maybe.....
ReplyDeleteRam, good thought, just not feasible.
ReplyDeleteNow, maybe they could poll their fans and play the Top 30 songs requested..keeping with your 30th Anniversary theme, all songs on the table, b-sides and all.
All fans send in 30 songs...Top 30 get performed. Easy as that.
that would be wonderful...top 30 songs...and then an encore or two
ReplyDeletethank you andrew....we are two by know.....anyone else?.....
ReplyDeleteram, i'd have to think it over a bit more, but basically what you are suggesting is that they play several albums each night chronologically. it sounds good on the surface, but when you get to wms/bf/tc, the idea won't be as popular. i myself would go to that show very happily! but perhaps others would not, and it would be an empty room. but then i'd have the room to myself, so maybe I do like this idea. :-)
ReplyDeletei think everyone would be on board with the idea, just doesn't think it's possible...tim's idea is a good alternative
ReplyDeleteit might be less popular with those albums, but would still be amazing
ReplyDeleteRam - I think it is a nice dream, but think you would have better luck with Tim's suggestion.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of fans being able to choose the set list as it will remove the 'casual songs' and bring back the darker, more atmospheric tracks.
OR perhaps you are suggesting that they play the songs randomly? even so, some sets will be wildly better than others.
ReplyDeletei like tim's idea better. :-)
and we can add to tim's idea that for encores they play b-sides - chosen by fans of course.
yes but wtf video? both songs are cut off! D; i want to hear raaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnn
ReplyDeletei would want Robert to choose the encores and surprise us
ReplyDeleteok tim ....you are right....30 songs by every concert it sound good to me......
ReplyDeletewe are by know......anyone else?
Aw, Craig is writing personal notes to me on the front page.
ReplyDeleteBE MY ATLANTA DATE CRAIG! OR CHARLOTTE! OR FT. LAUDERDALE!
andrew, i concur...but the poll could be hidden and we wouldn't know the results and robert could still surprise us. :-)
ReplyDeleteNext year might bring some shows that do include nothing but fan favorites, but I doubt another entire U.S. tour.
ReplyDeleteThey'd have to add a couple of folks to the band to pull off certain tracks and relearn them as well. I'm certain they're rusty on quite a few.
Thing is, Robert Smith KNOWS we want our favorite songs but homeboy is gonna do exactly what he wants to, when he wants to and we're just gonna have to be happy with whatever results he decides to give us.
2late and birdmad girl, robert!
ReplyDeleteyou, me and some excellent songs. lets make it happen!
excellent idea, cat
ReplyDeleteHow about the "Sunny Trilogy?"
ReplyDeleteHead on the Door, Kiss Me, & Wish.
that would be great :)
i would kill to see wish performed in its entirety!
ReplyDeletei don't want to thay removed any song, they can play all songs
ReplyDeleteive NEVER heard someone refer to smith as "homeboy". the man has a new nickname!
ReplyDeletebut i will call him "holmes"
I can't listen to the UTS version link on the front page (oops, I should be more specific as there have been so many UTS links). The most recent one. Does it have the dreamy end like Red Rocks or is it the yelling end like the Hollywood Bowl?
ReplyDeleteIf it is the latter, then I am with Cat.
i loooooooooove that new ending to UTS. perfect accompaniment to the guitar work. the question is...will we see either version on the new album? :/
ReplyDeleteThese Pacific Time Zone shows are killing me...soo glad they are coming back East.
ReplyDeleteCraig I do like the new UTS version now that I've seen the VIDEO of it! I don't understand that, though, because just listening to it I have a different reaction.
ReplyDeleteI do think that for the album, though, Robert should tone down the vocals and intensity of the ending just a bit.
Still, all in all it's a brilliant fucking song, but I need to stop listening to it.
i don't know which version of UTS i prefer...they are both incredible
ReplyDeleteelise, you might like it better if you see the video. somehow, it works. i kinda hope they do the dreamy version for the album, though.
ReplyDeletesofia: i prefer bobby, or better yet, a merging of the two: homebobby
ReplyDeleteI think that once the cure leave the west and come into texas - the southwest, and the gateway to the deep south - we will see a change in setlists. maybe not a dramatic one, but a change.
ReplyDeleteCat - good to hear.
ReplyDeleteElise - oh no, you too?
I love both, but the soaring vocals are fantastic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1wEFfrko6Y
ReplyDeletewho are these dillweeds?!
LOL - Craig is just too cute lately! Elise, now he's flirting with you.
ReplyDeleteok i to give up........
ReplyDeletebut i like the sunny trilogy...
hahaha i love it when people use the term dillweeds
ReplyDeletecraig, in the video, you can see robert sing them with such passion, and so they make sense in that context. perhaps i just wasn't prepared the first time when i merely listened.
ReplyDeletesofia, how dare you! that's my boyfriend and my brother.
ReplyDeleteI can't help but wonder if we'd be this excited had the album been out before this tour...were these delays just sort of brilliant marketing by "home-bobby"? I mean really...just about EVERYBODY panned The Cure and could have cared less if they played anything from that disc when they went to Curiosa. Now, we're begging them to play new material and hoping to hear more new stuff.
ReplyDeleteIt's just a thought.
cat- oh yeah? well they are knob gobblers!
ReplyDeletei know theyre not. you said your bf is a snooty frenchman!
sofia-your insults incredible!
ReplyDeleteyour insults are incredible*
ReplyDeleteandrew, pfft. that wasn't nuthin!
ReplyDeletewhat else have you got? lol
ReplyDeleteandrew, obscenities like these are like fine wine, dude. savor them. more as the night wears on...
ReplyDeleteBeavis: Huh huh, Andrew's a dillhole.
ReplyDeleteButthead: Shut up, Beavis! ::smacks Beavis::
Cat/Craig - I will check out the video at home tonight, but at this stage my vote is for the dreamy version on the album - it makes me melt everytime I hear it!
ReplyDeleteMmmmm...knob gobblers.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, my bf is indeed a snobbish frog.
tim: i have thought the same exact thing. you are onto something. it's reverse marketing, and has worked very well.
sofia-i will be looking forward to hearing more throughout the night!
ReplyDeleteIs Before Three on the list? I want more Bloodflowers!
ReplyDeleteBut i'll take anything... 3 hours of the Cure - you just can't go wrong. I never thought we'd see them performing shows of this length again after 2000. Thank You Robert!!!
(now get to Florida ASAP)
morris-before three isn't on bloodflowers
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ReplyDeletewhat up V?
ReplyDeletehaha okay, i'll take your word on that one
ReplyDeleteOpen or Plainsong?
ReplyDeleteHey V!
ReplyDeletehi v!
ReplyDeleteso Morris...just where would that comma have gone?
ReplyDeleteHiya, v.
ReplyDeleteClockwise: Still finishing making dinner, but had to stop in to say hi. :)
ReplyDeleteMorris - hoping for UTS, expecting Open.
ReplyDeleteMy money's on "Open", as well.
ReplyDeleteme as well...and i'm currently listening to Open, so that would be fine with me
ReplyDeletev, you stopped making dinner just to gamble? ive got a number to give you. i found it on a card in vegas...
ReplyDeleteCraig dear, I'm gonna have to disappoint you. I watched it again and while I DO like it, I only like it LIVE. I don't want it to be like that on the album. It just doesn't have the same effect as the dreamy version. It flowed a bit more before. Now it's a rather startling abrupt change in tone.
ReplyDeleteI feeling tonight will be Open, being they played last night.
ReplyDeleteI think they are saving Want for Cat in Texas..giving her as much WMS as possible....just don't see them closing with Bare, although they did for the majority of the Swing Tour.
V, what's on the menu this eve?
ReplyDeleteSofia: Naw, just passing the time while I wait for it to finish. :)
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ReplyDeleteI love the anticipation of getting the first message with the opening song. : )
ReplyDeleteI agree with the masses - I think it will be Open tonight.
ReplyDeletetim: Want would be cool, but OOTW or The Holy Hour would be sublime.
ReplyDeleteBut since I am going to four shows, here are my dream openers: UTS in Texas, Want in Ft. Laud, OOTW in Atlanta, Holy Hour in Charlotte. End with the best.
im so excited for my family at that show right now!!!
ReplyDeleteabout 12 of them are there right now! and although we are mexicans they came in TWO vans. not one volkswagon beetle. har.
v- you got croc there in that jambalaya?! yummy...
ReplyDeleteHi everyone.
ReplyDeleteGood night !!!!
What are the feelings about tonite´s show?
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ReplyDeleteLeave those gators alone! : )
ReplyDeletev- no...id like to not eat pink plastic. ;)
ReplyDeletewhat if i wrestle it with my bare hands, craig? then? maybe a little? ;)
ReplyDeletehello all...just wondering if anyone plans on going to either NYC show? I am trying to decide if I should make the trip....
ReplyDeleteHey Mad Bob. Feeling it will be a good show.
ReplyDeleteCraig: We don't have gators here, either - neither the kinds that live in the water nor the kinds that wear orange and blue. ;)
ReplyDeleteCat-you should go veg! i've been veg 3 and a half years and love it
ReplyDeleteGo Gators!
ReplyDelete(i can't believe i just typed that on a Cure comments...)
; )
v - I agree totally - I do NOT get the appeal of those fugly shoes!!!!!! Seriously
ReplyDeletemad bob: we've had two good shows lately - the shrine which will forever being "enshrined" in cure history, and the wackyness of san diego.
ReplyDeleteClockwise: I believe Colorado is responsible for those gnarly shoes, too! If I'm not mistaken, the Crocs company is based in Boulder. :)
ReplyDeleteA part of me misses the gators in Florida, but I will admit that Prairie Dogs are cuter.
andrew, i was vegetarian for five years. i am a lapsed vegetarian now. *feels very guilty*
ReplyDeleteMorris: Did you go to UF?
ReplyDeleteMad Bob: Did I say hi to you already? :) If not, hi!
No sofia, leave...the...gators...alone!
ReplyDeleteUnless it's those Florida Gators. you can have them. : )
April - Though about the NYC show (thanks to a comment from Craig yesterday), but with the flights starting at $3,000 it is a bit pricey. But if I win lotto tonight, I am THERE!
ReplyDeleteSorry, Craig, but as far as I am concerned, THIS is the ultimate COF Kitten-pleaser video. Check out starting at 2:44 - meeee-yow!
ReplyDeletecat-i just don't see how i could ever eat meat again...i understand that some people lapse, i just really hope that i don't
ReplyDeleteHey! Did I miss anything or they haven't started yet?
ReplyDeleteCat - Go Veg. It's the only way, it's the only way to be. : )
ReplyDeleteI´m agree, as all i wish to see UTS played indoors.
ReplyDeleteBut Open looks more possible.
Let´s see.
Rev: I think I know which one this is... :)
ReplyDeleteV, shame on Colorado for making such skanky footwear! you should move.
ReplyDeletecraig, what is that? basketball? bah!
ReplyDeleteClockwise: Working on it! :)
ReplyDeleteelise - yeah, I'm lucky, i have a free flight and I work in hotels so I can get a cheap room...but its 3000 miles....just wondering if its worth it
ReplyDeleteRev - I'll have to wait until I get home from work to watch the video - DAMN those firewalls!
ReplyDeleteHi to you all by the way! lol
ReplyDeleteHeron - yes, we all know already. : )
ReplyDeleteHi Fantac!
ReplyDeletehi fantac, how are you tonight?
ReplyDeleteif i told any normal person that i was flying 3000 just to see a concert they might think i was a bit off the rocker
ReplyDeletehiiiiiii everyone!
ReplyDeleteandrew, try being romantically involved with a french person who cooks really delicious meat dishes! he can cook veg as well, but i just finally got very weak. i would actually love to be a VEGAN, and have been threatening to do so for a while.
ReplyDeletebut i am still 80% veg - meaning that i don't eat meat ALL the time, and often still go for the veg options at restaurants.
does that count? *is hopeful*
Sofia - basketball, baseball, but mainly, those football gators.
ReplyDeleteApril - "Is it worth it" - If it wasn't for the cost I would travel the 11,632 miles to see them in a flash!!!!
ReplyDeleteWelcome Fantac
ReplyDeleteI'm late! lol
ReplyDeleteWell apparently not actually ;o)
I'm good Andrew! Thanks for asking. You guys doing good? Party started already? Did Bob maim a front-row fan yet? he he
Hi Sofia, how are you ?
ReplyDeleteApril: I flew from CO to Germany to see them...twice! Over a long weekend! Was it worth it? Hell yeah! :D
ReplyDeleteCat - no, it doesn't count. : )
ReplyDeletecat-that is the only way i could see myself eating meat-in France...i'm studying French right now and learning about how much their culture relies on eating meat...i actually used to be vegan...i kinda go on and off a lot, because i love cheese!
ReplyDeleteapril, im going to both shows here in nyc and i'm *told* the RCMH show should be legendary
ReplyDeleteit´s just me aor the show isn´t started yet?
ReplyDelete10.16 pm Here, 8.16 pm there.
Is everything ok ?
elise - i guess you're right...i just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy
ReplyDeleteI'm going about 3,000 miles next week to see them :)
ReplyDeletehi mad bob. we've decided to call robert "homeboy" or "homebobby" right now. pass it on!
ReplyDeleteSorry, Craig if the link to that video's been done to death already, I haven't read much in the other threads on the board, too much to do today!
ReplyDeletebien sur, on est francais donc on sait faire la cuisine, l'amour, la musique et tous ces trucs la...ca va de soit...on raconte aussi beaucoup de conneries pour passer le temps...
ReplyDeleteV: i did not attend U of F, but lots of my family did. I've been a huge Florida fan since i was a wee lad :)
ReplyDelete(i went to USF in Tampa)
The Cure have played Gainesville too! It was a fine show :)
((Geux Tigers!))
They are running late tonight.
ReplyDeleteGotta go check on dindin. Bbiab!
ReplyDeleteCat - why aren't we the normal ones?
ReplyDeletev - REALLY?! Wow! That's awesome
ReplyDeletesofia - I would go to the RCMH show too! Do you live in NYC?
craig, you broke my heart. i was so good for five years. i am still held as a model of self-restraint by friends and family.
ReplyDelete*curls up in fetal position*
i'm pretty sure eating meat only 20% of the time doesn't allow you to qualify yourself as a vegetarian. ;)
ReplyDeleteapril, yep. i doooo
ReplyDeletecat - yeah, i guess you are right, i am just trying to get everything worked out. I don't even have a ticket yet but I'm not too worried about that!
ReplyDeleteAny clue abouth the start delay Craig ?
ReplyDeleteIs RSx fine ?
Or they are just waiting for a VIP for check in ?
Ladies and gentlemen, we have waves!!!
ReplyDeleteml68 - La cuisine, l'amour... Oui d'accord! Mais la musique??? Je ne suis pas si sûr! :oP!!!
ReplyDeleteapril, don't pass it up, it will be worth it! Free flight? Why would you hesitate?
ReplyDeleteAny clue abouth the start delay Craig ?
ReplyDeleteIs RSx fine ?
Or they are just waiting for a VIP for check in ?
UTS indoors for the first time!
ReplyDeleteGET OUT!!!!!! I can't believe they played UTS!!!
ReplyDeleteUTS again OH HELL YES !!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanxs RSx ......
Alleluia!!! UTS indoors, right???
ReplyDelete:oD!!!!
I am definitely starting praying for them to play it in NYC!!! :oD!!!!! There's hope!!!
elise: i don't want to be normal because normal peeps are boring and don't take risks and live their lives picking their noses while listening to lame-ass morning show djs in between linkin park and nickleback.
ReplyDeletelife is about art and literature and music and doing crazy shit liking flying to venus to see a cure concert.
sofia - maybe you can give me some tips on how to get into town. Don't know whether i will fly into EWR,JFK or LGA. That's the only thing I am worried about because I don't want to rent a car
ReplyDeleteyay! UTS!
ReplyDeleteHey all, I've just been informed that the Penguins lost the Stanley Cup. Generally I don't give two shits about sports but I do live in Pittsburgh so I kind of have to at the moment. So any RS, let's have a nice set list tonight to cheer me up eh?
ReplyDeletebtw vegetarian-fives!
april, and i see you live in portland and like anthony bourdainnnnnnnn. sexy man.
ReplyDeleteUTS!!! there is hope for the east coast yet.
ReplyDeleteapril, LGA is fastest
ReplyDeleteok, its good to see that people don't think i am nuts for flying from Portland to NYC for a show...
ReplyDeletesorry to hear about your Penguins annie, but i'm glad to see your enthusiasm about vegetarians!
ReplyDeleteWe'll see if Homebobby does the Dreamy Version or the Tortured Cat Version of the UTS ending.
ReplyDeleteApril, don't worry about getting around too much, NYC is one of those places with TONS of transit options.
ReplyDeletehopefully dreamy
ReplyDeleteoh hell yeah, anthony bourdain is the shiznit
ReplyDeletefantac: you're a teacher, you could not possibly be normal. ;-)
ReplyDeleteandrew-- Oh I'm not really that sorry, but I do fear that some of my friends will be suicidal. Particularly one girl who may be more obsessed with Sidney Crosby than anyone here is with Simon Gallup...
ReplyDeleteand yes, I am a vegemight myself, so I would like to speak on all of our behalves when I declare that we RULE.
Yes I picked it!!! for once I godamned picked it!
ReplyDeleteMaybe a new song tonite as well, as long as I am pushing my luck, and 2 Late for me and Chain of Flowers for Craig....to wish impossible things eh
Annie - On the brighter side of things, your team will be GREAT for years to come AND you guys are getting a brand spanking new arena!!! A foresee a Stanley Cup in the next 3 years at least! So cheer up! People in Toronto haven't seen a cup winner (or contender for that matter lol) since 1968!!! Sydney Crosby was actually crying btw! Awwwwww...
ReplyDeleteAnnie, yes we do rule!!!
ReplyDeleteapril, met him at brasserie les halles. he is....sigh. so sexy in person.
ReplyDeleteand i used to live in portland.
rev/sofia - i've been to NYC a few times, i know one i get in Manhattan I will be fine, its just getting there from the airport. How would I get from LGA to downtown?
ReplyDeleteApril: you are very SANE for pursuing your passion. 10 years ago I quit my job and went to Spain for 6 months. Will never regret it, even if upon my return I struggled employment-wise and so on. Fuck it all - life is about FUN AND ART!
ReplyDeleteI need to take more risks.
april, it's better to regret the life you've lived than the life you haven't.
ReplyDeleteUTS into Want!!!!
ReplyDeleterisks are what make life worth living
ReplyDeleteWOW! i so wish i were there
ReplyDeleteYes, first red marked song.
ReplyDeleteThis night is looking so good....
Cat - Fair enough about not wanting to be normal. I was just suggesting that I don't think of myself as 'abnormal' as a result of my passions and obsessions.
ReplyDelete