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Monganaut
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Edited Jan 14, 2018, 02:29
Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 6 January 2018
Jan 14, 2018, 02:15
Press the Eject is one of my fav' live Bauhaus records (I bought A LOT of bauhaus boots back in the day). It almost works as a 'best of' up to the time of Sky's Gone Out. Really love their live version of the cheery John Cale classic Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores, and the final two tracks Stygmata... and Dark Entries fairly roar. I'm sure it was tootled with after the fact, as many 'live' recordings were back then, but it's still a great album.

Yup, Faith sure is a miseryfest of a record, well except Primary, which for me doesn't seem to fit. When I read one of the Cure Biogs many many years ago, it was intimated that the whole Faith tour to support the album was one of Bob's worst times. They were all pretty much drunk out of their minds the whole time, and the tour almost broke down totally on several occations. Sadly, the reasons why were never really looked into, though I think the band were just not getting along, and the various personalities involved were grating on each other big time. I read back in the day that the Joy Division album 'Closer' was one of Bob's fav records of the time, guess that might be an insight into where his head was at. I think I read that they were good mates, but I might have mis-rememberd that. Thjough Joy Div did open for the Cure during 1979 tour slots, so maybe I'm not...
http://www.post-punk.com/when-joy-division-opened-for-the-cure/

As a kid I also though Pornography was a little claustrophobic and cold, but when I bought it for the eldest during her Cure phase (we all have one), I found it to be an immensely enjoyable record, still pretty dark, but not the slow motion dirge of Faith. The lyrics are coming from a similar place though......"Doesn't matter if we all die"......"Feels Like a Hundred years"..."In the hanging garden change the past".... didn't sound a happy puppy on the whole during that whole period. You can see why they went a bit pop, just to bloody cheer themselves up!
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