Tag: The Cure

Wow, I think I’m actually becoming impressed with The Cure’s latest album. This is a new feeling for me! I’ve heard about four songs from it thus far, but one is growing on me (the obligatory pop song, The End Of The World) and two are just awesome: Lost and The Promise. I’ve been listening to the latter on repeat half the afternoon the past few days.

I am dying to get my hands on the new album that I pre-ordered. I’m so excited because their last album, Bloodflowers, just kinda fell flat. And the album previous to that one, Wild Mood Swings, had just too many odd songs. I feel like this new album is going back to The Cure roots, and it fills me with so much excitement that I no longer mind the $133+ I spent on concert tickets.

And to add to all the excitement, Paul found out about this cool song, Da Hype, that was done by this artist called Junior Jack with Robert Smith on vocals. Thirty seconds (the length of the sound clip) was all it took for me to track it down on a German cd site and order it.

Long live the greatest band ever! :)

The Cure is driving me insane.

First they announced a new album, which for some reason has less tracks on it than both the Japan and U.K. versions. Apparently this is a record company decision; one which to me must stem from greed. What the hell, the stupid Americans will buy the album and the singles to get all the songs, but the Japanese won’t so we’ll just give them everything on one disc.

Oh and on a side note, don’t even get me started on the rip-off that is Tower Records. Somehow they think by including come crappy-ass Cure buttons, they can justify charging $5 more for their album than other stores like CdUniverse. Well I have news for them – I ordered my deluxe copy of the album from cduniverse because it’s about the music, not some buttons!

So anyway, I found out that instead of a regular tour to promote the new album, The Cure is doing some festival with these other bands I’ve never heard of, nor am really interested in hearing. The thing is, I’ve been spoiled by the fact that The Cure tours alone. They typically don’t even have an opening act! And now I’m expected to share my Cure time with other bands?

Today I tried to win tickets to their concert, and of course I couldn’t even get through to the radio station. Busy signals abound. I had to listen to WXRT for a total of two hours today for nothing, while trying to get work done before my vacation and I can’t even win tickets? Yes, I’m bitter. I never try to win anything, so therefore I should win, dammit.

I ended up buying tickets through a pre-sale, which at least allowed me to pick what section I wanted to sit in. Of course, I paid $133.70 for two tickets, over $30 of that just in fees alone, to sit in the back of the stadium because I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay $165 to sit in the middle; and the only cheaper tickets were lawn seats which aren’t covered in case it rains. And since Tweeter Center doesn’t allow umbrellas in their stadium, much less anything else, I didn’t like the idea of possibly getting soaked.

So what is wrong with this picture? My beloved band is robbing me blind, people! And their new song isn’t all that good, although it is starting to grow on me, kinda like fungi.

I’m telling you, this concert better be worth it.

Did you catch The Cure on the Leno show last night? I stayed up until 11:30 pm just to see them. I admit, I don’t know what to make of their new single. It didn’t seem to flow very well and left me feeling like The Cure I’ve known and loved for years is gone. Honestly, with each album, they get worse. And the ironic thing is that they were spitting out fantastic albums at a pace of once a year, and now when they have four year gaps between them, this is all they can come up with? I sincerely hope this is not an indication of the new album’s sound, or I’m going to be sorely disappointed. Oh, and Robert is looking quite chubby these days, although I still find him sexy.

Which leads me to a conversation I had with Joe today. I mentioned to him that Robert Smith is on my “freebie list”, which I got from a Friends episode (#305 – “The gang all consider what five celebrities would be on their “freebie list”–people they can sleep with without anyone getting upset”). In addition to Robert Smith, my list contains Nick Lachey, John Corbett, Jason Statham, and Will Ferrell. Not your typical list, I know. No Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, or Mel Gibson. I almost said Ben Affleck, but there’s something about his personality that really bugs me, which is why he didn’t make the list.

To be honest, I was hard pressed to come up with enough guys to fill the list. I just think the majority of the men out there don’t “do it” for me. And the ones that used to, no longer do (like David Hasselhoff and Nicholas Cage). I could easily name attractive women in a much faster time frame. Not that I would ever want to sleep with a woman, but just for the hell of it, here’s my top 5 in terms of attractiveness. Keep in mind this has nothing to do with personality, although with the men I had to like what I knew about them personally before considering them: Kate Beckinsale, Katie Holmes, Sandra Bullock, Drew Barrymore, and Jessica Simpson.

So who’s on your list?

Happy 45th Birthday to Robert Smith of The Cure!

P.S. The Cure will be the musical guest on The Leno Show April 30th. :)