Good god, the years have not been kind to Robert Smith.

Learn from this, children. Emo does not do a body good.

Then I will not view them. I like myself un-cut, and I like the Cure as they froze into my memory in the early 90's.

It does seem a little sad as the band kicks off their tour opener in Fairfax, Virginia on May 9, 2008.

c'mon, everybody gets old--the first cure album was in 1979, for heaven's sake. many of you weren't even born

Yikes!!! Saw them on tour in 2004 or thereabouts and Smith did not look anything like that.

Calling Captain Ahab!

Ahem.


THE CURE ARE GOTH, NOT EMO. YES THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.

SilentStrider: Ahem.


THE CURE ARE GOTH, NOT EMO. YES THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.

They're punk not goth or emo.

The Cure are not "emo." That wasn't even part of the pop culture lexicon in the 1980's and early 1990's when the Cure were at the height of their success.

/Get off my lawn.

The Cure
Siouxie
Depeche Mode

... never understood the attraction to that New Wave Eurotrash Synth

Because People in power are Stupid: SilentStrider: Ahem.


THE CURE ARE GOTH, NOT EMO. YES THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.

They're punk not goth or emo.

Post-punk, actually. :P

lol, Rolling Stone called Simon Gallup "Simon Fuller".

/funny to like 7 intraweb goths

Robert Smith still wears his make-up proudly while the Cure open their tour in Fairfax, Virginia on May 9, 2008.

Glitchwerks:
Post-punk, actually. :P

Not according to interviews.

The Cure do not sound remotely "Goth"


Please note:

I said SOUND.

Sound is the actual means of correctly labeling a genre if you must.

Cure is much closer to Smiths,Echo and the Bunnymen etc than to Bauhaus or Death Cult etc.

Because People in power are Stupid: Glitchwerks:
Post-punk, actually. :P

Not according to interviews.

I wasn't being very serious. I haven't listened to them in over 10 years...

b>Nabb1:

"The Cure are not "emo." That wasn't even part of the pop culture lexicon in the 1980's and early 1990's when the Cure were at the height of their success.

/Get off my lawn."

I thought Fugazi was the first emo band and they were definitely a part of the early 90s.

/love Fugazi
/hate whatever passes for Emo these days

Vastly overrated whiny milksop band more dedicated to eyeliner and AquaNet than creating good music.

Is that Meatloaf?

LarryDan43: b>Nabb1:

"The Cure are not "emo." That wasn't even part of the pop culture lexicon in the 1980's and early 1990's when the Cure were at the height of their success.

/Get off my lawn."

I thought Fugazi was the first emo band and they were definitely a part of the early 90s.

/love Fugazi
/hate whatever passes for Emo these days

emo and straight-edge are different. fugazi is definately not emo. You can't call anything before 1995 emo.

Glitchwerks:
I wasn't being very serious. I haven't listened to them in over 10 years...

I listen to them everyday.
/But I'm emo.

LarryDan43: b>Nabb1:

"The Cure are not "emo." That wasn't even part of the pop culture lexicon in the 1980's and early 1990's when the Cure were at the height of their success.

/Get off my lawn."

I thought Fugazi was the first emo band and they were definitely a part of the early 90s.

/love Fugazi
/hate whatever passes for Emo these days

Fugazi?? Emo??? Surely you jest, sir! Much closer to post-hardcore/post-punk.

The first true emo band that I can recall was Sunny Day Real Estate in 1992...Mineral came shortly thereafter and perfected the sound. Then all these whiny kids came around and farked it all up.

/slashies!

//Labels are farking confusing. Can't we all just listen to Music?

Smell the Glove: It does seem a little sad as the band kicks off their tour opener in Fairfax, Virginia on May 9, 2008.

Did they kick off their tour in Fairfax, Virginia on May 9, 2008? The article wasn't very clear about that.

Glitchwerks: Because People in power are Stupid: SilentStrider: Ahem.


THE CURE ARE GOTH, NOT EMO. YES THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.

They're punk not goth or emo.

Post-punk, actually. :P

What about Alternative? I've seen that genre applied to their name hundreds of times.

the cure were part of a an over-all scene called "new romantics". not punk, not emo, not alternative. see also, duran duran (for an idea on how broad that spectrum was).

basic difference between the new romantics and the goths is simple:

one may look 'death like' and the other smelled 'death like'.

also, one could pay for drinks and the other only ever got water from the bar.

but, no, not punk...not emo. definately not smelly.

Nothing is more boring than people arguing over which 80's indie bands were goth/punk/post-punk/hardcore/emocore/etc etc etc

Jeezus farking Christ. People sure do throw that stupid word Emo around so damn much these days. I have no clue how you can call a band whose seminal catalog was from the 70's and 80's some lame-ass word like Emo. I never even heard that gay word until MySpace came onto the scene.


/I see makeup on a musician!
//Quick! Label him!

GuyKnolles: THE CURE ARE GOTH, NOT EMO. YES THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.

They're punk not goth or emo.

Post-punk, actually. :P

I would say they're proto-goth, because I just like the sound of it
/proto-goth
//burma shave

the voices in your head: Nothing is more boring than people arguing over which 80's indie bands were goth/punk/post-punk/hardcore/emocore/etc etc etc

but not quite as boring as reading replies from someone not old enough to know what they're talking about.

I thought they were a grey raincoat band.

Evil Brian The Intern: LarryDan43: b>Nabb1:

"The Cure are not "emo." That wasn't even part of the pop culture lexicon in the 1980's and early 1990's when the Cure were at the height of their success.

/Get off my lawn."

I thought Fugazi was the first emo band and they were definitely a part of the early 90s.

/love Fugazi
/hate whatever passes for Emo these days

Fugazi?? Emo??? Surely you jest, sir! Much closer to post-hardcore/post-punk.

The first true emo band that I can recall was Sunny Day Real Estate in 1992...Mineral came shortly thereafter and perfected the sound. Then all these whiny kids came around and farked it all up.

/slashies!

//Labels are farking confusing. Can't we all just listen to Music?


Good call - SDR is genuinely one of the first emo bands.
-an industry insider

I wish I knew what city those pics were taken in.

Does this mean that Boy George is Emo now too?

In those close-up shots, Robert Smith looks like a chubby version of Steve Harris from Iron Maiden. Which goes to prove that all Englishmen eventually look the same when they get old.

I couldn't care less how they've aged. When they make music that good, you can overlook their physical flaws. What? Are we supposed to fark them or something? Leave that to the chicks.

dadio86: Evil Brian The Intern: LarryDan43: b>Nabb1:

"The Cure are not "emo." That wasn't even part of the pop culture lexicon in the 1980's and early 1990's when the Cure were at the height of their success.

/Get off my lawn."

I thought Fugazi was the first emo band and they were definitely a part of the early 90s.

/love Fugazi
/hate whatever passes for Emo these days

Fugazi?? Emo??? Surely you jest, sir! Much closer to post-hardcore/post-punk.

The first true emo band that I can recall was Sunny Day Real Estate in 1992...Mineral came shortly thereafter and perfected the sound. Then all these whiny kids came around and farked it all up.

/slashies!

//Labels are farking confusing. Can't we all just listen to Music?


Good call - SDR is genuinely one of the first emo bands.
-an industry insider

I don't think "emo" holds much water describing a music scene/clothing fashion/whatever (much like the word "punk" having a specific meaning); lots of "emo" bands don't even like the term - but if one had to pick a main "proto-emo" group, I'd say Rites of Spring (featuring future Fugazi members Guy Picciotto and Brendan Canty). SDR's also up there in the next "wave."

/ don't like labels
// Fugazi isn't "hardcore" music (nor is it meant to be)
/// damn, fell for the labels again

Junco Partner: dadio86: Evil Brian The Intern: LarryDan43: b>Nabb1:

"The Cure are not "emo." That wasn't even part of the pop culture lexicon in the 1980's and early 1990's when the Cure were at the height of their success.

/Get off my lawn."

I thought Fugazi was the first emo band and they were definitely a part of the early 90s.

/love Fugazi
/hate whatever passes for Emo these days

Fugazi?? Emo??? Surely you jest, sir! Much closer to post-hardcore/post-punk.

The first true emo band that I can recall was Sunny Day Real Estate in 1992...Mineral came shortly thereafter and perfected the sound. Then all these whiny kids came around and farked it all up.

/slashies!

//Labels are farking confusing. Can't we all just listen to Music?


Good call - SDR is genuinely one of the first emo bands.
-an industry insider

I don't think "emo" holds much water describing a music scene/clothing fashion/whatever (much like the word "punk" having a specific meaning); lots of "emo" bands don't even like the term - but if one had to pick a main "proto-emo" group, I'd say Rites of Spring (featuring future Fugazi members Guy Picciotto and Brendan Canty). SDR's also up there in the next "wave."

/ don't like labels
// Fugazi isn't "hardcore" music (nor is it meant to be)
/// damn, fell for the labels again

You guys are missing the entire point, did they kick off their tour in Fairfax, Virginia on May 9th 2008?

I didn't click on it because I'm going through a lot right now.

I seem to remember that The Cure was going to quit recording after "Disintegration" because they thought they couldn't do better than that album.

I guess hindsight is always 20/20, especially here.

runslothrun: the voices in your head: Nothing is more boring than people arguing over which 80's indie bands were goth/punk/post-punk/hardcore/emocore/etc etc etc

but not quite as boring as reading replies from someone not old enough to know what they're talking about.

Yes, because you have to be at least 40 years of age to know whether or not people arguing over nonsensical and completely worthless crap is annoying or not.

Also, I'm on your lawn, grandpa.

They're more like dark New Romantics.

/get off MY lawn.

Robert Smith isn't too fond of the whole goth label. I remember an interview many years ago where he said "We're not goth. We don't sing about bats in belfrys.".

/Rites of Spring were the first emo band. Throw Dag Nasty in there as well.

I don't care what they look like, a 3 hour, 4 encore show spanning 30 years of career kind of makes up for a lot. Plus, looked fine to me.

/Boston

The Cure, emo? Is that the only word that the dumbshiats we call youth today know?
Hopefully all you emo fags kill yourselves before you get to middle age.
Can you imagine fall out boy in 30 years?

I think the Cure are awesome, label them however you please. The label is for your convenience anyway.

I saw the Cure playing the European leg of this tour and can honestly say it was AMAZING!! They played a 3 hour set with 3 encores which included 6 songs from Three Imaginary Boys. Wow, just wow!

Ok so Fat Bob still shambles around like a huffy teenager, but they sound great and never have a seen a band do such a thorough trail through their back catalogue.

\Lovesongs brought me out in the biggest goosebumps while remembering my years of teenage angst. No, not emo, just an average teenager falling in and out of love with intensity.
\\intensity that seems to fade in your 30's right?

feta: intensity that seems to fade in your 30's right?

True, but those songs bring it right back.

battling Mechastreisand takes a lot out of you...

god I hate people

wow look at that crazy goth crowd!!!