sextonseven said:

Yeah. "Louder Than Bombs" is a great comp too.

CinisterCee said:

clever!

GangstaFam said:

Another reason to vote for the Cure, that douche can't even name songs right!

i like both but the cure for sure

GangstaFam said:

Yeah, but even with the best Cure albums they all have at least 1 or 2 weak tracks that tarnish their perfection.

NWF said:

I don't agree.

GangstaFam said:

what was weak on kiss me? what was weak on disintegration?

there might have been some LESS great songs on head on the door, but what was out and out weak on that one?

yeah, i don't agree either.

Kiss Me is weaker than all the Smiths albums to me.

heartbeatocean said:

and all the smiths albums combined are weaker than kiss me to me. guess my chocolate won't be winding up in your peanut butter anytime soon.

Anx said:

yeah, I'm a smithshead down to my bones. I can't explain why. I've never been as addicted to a band as to them in my life. it's odd though because I NEVER listen to them anymore except when they come on the radio. Don't even own any of their albums anymore. Don't need to, really.

heartbeatocean said:

Well r u still diggin' morrissey. That Quarry was 1 helluvan album!

thedribbler said:

I don't know a single Morrissey song. I guess I just got my fill and that was it! Maybe some day I'll listen to Morrissey. I'm really attached to the Smiths you see. I'd be interested in seeing Morrissey live perhaps.

The Smiths.





Though Disentigration(sp?) is a lovely piece of work by The Cure, the Smiths' "The Queen is Dead", and "Strangers Here We Come" totally give me a boner.



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Anx said:

Same. And I actually like The Smiths.

Anx said:

I'm to the point where I even think everything on Head is perfect.

Seventeen Seconds and Faith totally own me too. Nothing weak there.

GangstaFam said:

That's rather puzzling to me. I've listened to Kiss Me ad nauseum because it was one of my favorite albums at the time, but there were definitely tracks I got sick of and I wore it out relatively quickly compared to any of the Smiths albums I was addicted to. And now, I can just get into a few of those Kiss Me songs whereas the Smiths still give me thrill... ...and I like the Cure.

GangstaFam said:

Here's where I just don't understand that position.

I've always thought Kiss Me, Kiss Me. etc. was the "Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic" of cure albums. Great songs, but he album lacks something to me. I would have loved a slimmed down version of the album


My favorite Cure albums in order are:

1) Head through the Door (The D&P of Cure albums )
2) Pornography (to me this is the "SOTT" of Cure albums)
3) Disintegration (the Rainbow Children of Cure albums)

I love their albums. I was a Cure fan long before liking the Smiths, but unlike the Smiths, there are always songs on cure Albums I simply have to skip. This isn't the case with a few Smiths albums--I can listen to them song-to-song, and then replay them still.

I do find comparing the two odd though... It's like comparing Prince and MJ to me--each has their own talent, but they don't line up against each other well.

Toad The Wet Sprocket*





















*seriously though... The Cure. (oddly enough...the cure was the second concert i saw as a kid...after Janet's 1814...i think that explains a lot about me...or hides it... )

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

You must really hate New Order.

sextonseven said:

You got that right! Until I saw the title of "Perfect Kiss" I thought it was called "land of Love" N.O is notorious for that.

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sextonseven said:

At least they aren't pretentious pricks

GangstaFam said:

Seventeen Seconds is really fantastic. Need to get the reissue soon. A few days ago I got Pornography, and I think it's bloody great. What do you think of this one?

Anyway, seems like I have to check out The smiths...

unkemptpueblo said:

I actually like how many Joy Division and New Order titles have nothing to do with the lyrics.

They're more like overall impressions of the songs.

damosuzuki said:

Thank you. You've perfectly described how I feel about The Smiths. I love them in small doses.

The Cure, on the other hand, I can listen to for ages.

GangstaFam said:

you really have to listen to the lyrics to see how they tie in to the titles. **as Atmosphere runs my head ***

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Anx said:

Kiss Me: The Snakepit, One More Time, Fight

Disintegration: Same Deep Water as You

I'm sorry but these were just sub-par tracks to me. Therefore the Smiths win.

Both bands have weak songs, and both have masterpieces I just think overall Moz has went further artistically. With Cure you know its always going to be the same lushness and slow rock beats. Moz changed things up.

lazycrockett said:

I feel exactly the opposite. The Cure seem to be able to tackle almost any style whereas Moz keeps writing the same song over and over.

GangstaFam said:

I'm somewhere between these 2 fellas. And still I like both bands. Morrissey hasn't lost much bite with the years, but then, he never had enough