Cure. Hyde Park
Discussion
Andy_mr2sc said:
I've just read Lol Tolhurst's book Cured and he talks about the early Crawley days a lot in it, citing that pub in particular.
It’s a really rubbish pub. It made me wonder though, how many other great bands played in these places. I like the stranglers and they were playing a lot around Guilford in very uninspiring venues. Edited by Andy_mr2sc on Thursday 26th April 10:27
I went to a meeting at the business centre which was Robert smiths old school, it’s a catholic looking building surrounded by new builds and a garage, the lady I was meeting hadn’t really heard of the cure.
I find it fascinating that all this great music often comes from very ordinary looking areas. Not places of longstanding struggle or creativity but just everyday suburbs in the U.K.
El stovey said:
I like the stranglers and they were playing a lot around Guilford in very uninspiring venues.
There's a plaque in The Star, I believe, I think that's in Guildford. I don't know if it's just because I'm in a cultural black hole here, but I can't picture a local pub that has anything other than cover bands playing, so I can't see the leap from playing in a pub to getting a recording deal and going from there. Maybe it's my area, or maybe the musical career thing doesn't start that way any more.
droopsnoot said:
El stovey said:
I like the stranglers and they were playing a lot around Guilford in very uninspiring venues.
There's a plaque in The Star, I believe, I think that's in Guildford. I don't know if it's just because I'm in a cultural black hole here, but I can't picture a local pub that has anything other than cover bands playing, so I can't see the leap from playing in a pub to getting a recording deal and going from there. Maybe it's my area, or maybe the musical career thing doesn't start that way any more.
Most bands are like that though, they have an image often at odds with their origins and come from normal families and lived in suburbs like most of the county. I think there’s still people getting together and forming bands and making great music. Like the internet in general though, there probably so much stuff being uploaded that it’s hard to get discovered.
My kids are in school bands and it’s a bit like the old days. They scoff at talent shows, have some rock n roll fallouts and even write some of their own songs, they’re inspired by a music teacher though and aren’t sitting at home listening to music all the time like I was as a kid.
I loved listening to bands like the cure as a teenager like many here, the music reflected how I felt, it was the soundtrack to my youth but maybe if I had an Xbox connected to my friends or online porn or YouTube, I’d have been doing that instead.
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 27th April 07:25
I'm going and I absolutely cannot wait!!
I missed out on seeing them back in the day but have been steadily making up for it. I think I've seen them about 10 times in the last 10 years. Whenever they play multiple gigs, I'll see them 2 out of the 3 nights. Even m=for me, I think seeing them 3 nights in a row playing 3 hours each night might be a bit much.
If you only half like them, listening to a band play for 3 hours isn't for everyone. A good mate of mine watched them at Reading a few years ago and said how s
t it was. I thought it was great. If I didn't know their back catalogue that well, I'd probably have thought the same.
It's going to be a great day, what with RIDE also on the bill, another of my all time favourite bands, not to mention Interpol and others.
Even though tickets are sold out, and changing hands for silly money, I've no doubt that nearer the time they'll be people on tiwitter trying to just get their money back. It a "lways" happens.
I missed out on seeing them back in the day but have been steadily making up for it. I think I've seen them about 10 times in the last 10 years. Whenever they play multiple gigs, I'll see them 2 out of the 3 nights. Even m=for me, I think seeing them 3 nights in a row playing 3 hours each night might be a bit much.
If you only half like them, listening to a band play for 3 hours isn't for everyone. A good mate of mine watched them at Reading a few years ago and said how s
t it was. I thought it was great. If I didn't know their back catalogue that well, I'd probably have thought the same.It's going to be a great day, what with RIDE also on the bill, another of my all time favourite bands, not to mention Interpol and others.
Even though tickets are sold out, and changing hands for silly money, I've no doubt that nearer the time they'll be people on tiwitter trying to just get their money back. It a "lways" happens.
I went to see them two nights in a row at the Birmingham NCC on the Disintegration tour. They were brilliant!
On the second night we were at the edge of the stage and were pushed from the centre to to our right. At every break girls were shouting at Simon Gallup and he looked down each time. The next break I shouted his name and when he looked down I made the universal sign for a drink.
He gave me the thumbs up and tried to pass me a plastic glass of cider. I could not reach over the barrier and he gave me a hand up. As I turned to climb back down I was struck by the sheer size of the venue and whilst looking round (for a couple of seconds) realised Robert Smith was looking at me whilst I was sat on the edge of the stage. I waved and he smiled and waved back!
My girlfriend at the time (I was only a teenager) was asked by everyone around her if I knew them and said "yes"! A complete lie but at that point in my life this was the best day ever!
On the second night we were at the edge of the stage and were pushed from the centre to to our right. At every break girls were shouting at Simon Gallup and he looked down each time. The next break I shouted his name and when he looked down I made the universal sign for a drink.
He gave me the thumbs up and tried to pass me a plastic glass of cider. I could not reach over the barrier and he gave me a hand up. As I turned to climb back down I was struck by the sheer size of the venue and whilst looking round (for a couple of seconds) realised Robert Smith was looking at me whilst I was sat on the edge of the stage. I waved and he smiled and waved back!
My girlfriend at the time (I was only a teenager) was asked by everyone around her if I knew them and said "yes"! A complete lie but at that point in my life this was the best day ever!
TheChampers said:
I was there on one of those nights Hot Hot Hot !!! was a sensational encore (one of about four) I was knackered after 3 and 1/2 hours
Yes, it was a fantastic night and brilliant when the did Hot Hot Hot!!! as an encore! I was 18 back then and so had been to young to go and see the Kiss Me tour. Hot Hot Hot !!! was a sensational encore (one of about four) I was knackered after 3 and 1/2 hoursI remember when I turned round to climb back down the barriers being completely shocked looking at the size of the crowd and arena, that this was only the NEC!
El stovey said:
Andy_mr2sc said:
I've just read Lol Tolhurst's book Cured and he talks about the early Crawley days a lot in it, citing that pub in particular.
It’s a really rubbish pub. Edited by Andy_mr2sc on Thursday 26th April 10:27
Lol Tolhurst's brother is a window cleaner in Crawley or at least was.
BigBen said:
El stovey said:
Andy_mr2sc said:
I've just read Lol Tolhurst's book Cured and he talks about the early Crawley days a lot in it, citing that pub in particular.
It’s a really rubbish pub. Edited by Andy_mr2sc on Thursday 26th April 10:27
Lol Tolhurst's brother is a window cleaner in Crawley or at least was.
This early cure photo taken on the A23 opposite crossoak lane between horley and Salfords obv.
Today
daddy cool said:
El stovey said:
I only saw them once in the early 90s on the wish tour.
Me too - at the Olympia, supported by The Cranes. According to that setlist site, it was between 26th and 30th Nov 1992.I remember it was a great gig!
They were a late arrival on the first night, as they were held up on the A1, so played a shorter set than the second night. Both good shows, but it took me until 2014 to see them again - going this time round.
JulianPH said:
On the second night we were at the edge of the stage and were pushed from the centre to to our right. At every break girls were shouting at Simon Gallup and he looked down each time. The next break I shouted his name and when he looked down I made the universal sign for a drink.
He gave me the thumbs up and tried to pass me a plastic glass of cider. I could not reach over the barrier and he gave me a hand up. As I turned to climb back down I was struck by the sheer size of the venue and whilst looking round (for a couple of seconds) realised Robert Smith was looking at me whilst I was sat on the edge of the stage. I waved and he smiled and waved back!
My girlfriend at the time (I was only a teenager) was asked by everyone around her if I knew them and said "yes"! A complete lie but at that point in my life this was the best day ever!
Oh, the things we remember!He gave me the thumbs up and tried to pass me a plastic glass of cider. I could not reach over the barrier and he gave me a hand up. As I turned to climb back down I was struck by the sheer size of the venue and whilst looking round (for a couple of seconds) realised Robert Smith was looking at me whilst I was sat on the edge of the stage. I waved and he smiled and waved back!
My girlfriend at the time (I was only a teenager) was asked by everyone around her if I knew them and said "yes"! A complete lie but at that point in my life this was the best day ever!
Bowie was, is and will always be my absolute hero. When I lived in LA in the eighties I went out with Ken Scott’s (Hunky Dory etc producer) daughter. I shook every time we kissed. After all, she had sat on David’s knee!
I found out a few years later that my aunt had been the Bowie family PA in the seventies. More so for Angie than David, but even so! Stories of Bolan and Mick that still make me squirm.
How was the Cure gig for those who went? Sadly I couldn’t make it. I envy you. Listening to Peel session from 1980 now. 1978 next.
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