Forum Album Club #4- The Cure "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me"

[Ghosts_on_TV]

Let's do this!

[Ghosts_on_TV]

The Kiss is such a badass album opener. I love the psychedelic feel to this album, its way more prominant than say, The Top, which most people consider their "psychedelic" album. That album is just weird (however great).

[wolof7]

liking what I'm hearing so far....

[sweatboard]

YES!!!  Get ready for liftoff!!!!

The Kiss is the way I like my Cure.  The band lays down the intro by creating this spacey sonic atmospheric dreamscape and then Robert's voice cuts in and you immediately know he's the god of this realm that the music has created.  Spark em if you got em!!!

[Ghosts_on_TV]

Simons bass lines on this album are fucking killer. Well, they pretty much always are, but still...

[sweatboard]

[sweatboard]

 The first record that ever showed me how powerful the effect marijuana and music could have on each other was "Show"

[iLikeBeer]

Yes, The Kiss is a great opener.  Never saw them live, but I imagine this would kick some ass as an opening song live...

[Ghosts_on_TV]

IF ONLY TONIGHT WE COULD SLEEEEEP, IN A BED MADE OF FLOWERS!!! This is what I mean by tbe Psychedelic Cure that I love.

[iLikeBeer]

Catch always reminds me of Felt which was one of my favorite bands from that era.

[Ghosts_on_TV]

The first record that ever showed me how powerful the effect marijuana and music could have on each other was "Show"

Show rules! However, I prefer Paris.

[sweatboard]

Simons bass lines on this album are fucking killer. Well, they pretty much always are, but still...

This is the ultimate Cure lineup.  Each member both takes turns being mind-blowing stars and being them together....creating a milky way of minblowingness. 

[wolof7]

What is the guitar tones that they and other 80's bands use to make them sound, well, 80's I guess? it sounds clean but it also sounds like there is some mighty reverb involved.

[wolof7]

Nice use of a horn section on Torture...

[Ruckus]

If all Cure was as badass as The Kiss, I'd be a huge fan.  One thing I get from listening to this album for the 1st time is how ahead of the time they were.  All the 2000's indie rock that I despised owe so much to this and can't hold shit to it.

[Ruckus]

And yeah, I'm totally a slut for killer upfront basslines.  Simon kills on Torture and How Beautiful You Are

[sweatboard]

The first record that ever showed me how powerful the effect marijuana and music could have on each other was "Show"

Show rules! However, I prefer Paris.

Interesting that you pick this album then.  I always thought of Paris as being more Faith, Pornography, 17 seconds.  Which is sort of a diffrent Cure, than Wish, Kiss Me, Head on the Door. 

[Ghosts_on_TV]

Simons bass lines on this album are fucking killer. Well, they pretty much always are, but still...

This is the ultimate Cure lineup.  Each member both takes turns being mind-blowing stars and being them together....creating a milky way minblowingness.

Except Lol, who really didnt do anything but get wasted by this point. This was his last album. He is credited on Disintegration, but actually he didn't to anything on it. He barely did on this.

[wolof7]

If only tonight we could sleep --- already had candles lighting my den, this brings that choice to a whole new level.

[Ruckus]

If only tonight we could sleep --- already had candles lighting my den, this brings that choice to a whole new level.

Absolutely love the layering on this song!  Great production!  So atmospheric