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“You were always so lost in the dark” – The Cure, “Pictures Of You”<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

A fitting band for spooky month, no? The Cure is a band I’ve always thought was cool, but never enough of my thing for me to pursue too much. As we’ll see, I also think all the bands I turned to when I was a depressed 16-to-30-year-old were influenced enough by The Cure that I kinda got the moods I needed with ever having to hear Robert Smith sing (I like Robert Smith’s voice). Still, this is a seminal band. Not the kind of band you completely skip. So today, let’s remedy that. Let’s listen to Disintegration<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous entries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naked Raygun<\/a> | Pure Hell<\/a> | Big Joanie <\/a>| The Beatles<\/a> | The Beatles<\/a> | Black Sabbath<\/a> | H\u00fcsker D\u00fc<\/a> | Fleetwood Mac<\/a> | Marvin Gaye<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOW I CAME ACROSS THIS ALBUM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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credit: The Cure, Wikipedia told me to copy this for attribution: By [1], Fair use, https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=14822011<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Frankly? I asked Brendan “which The Cure album should I listen to for an Albums I Should’ve Listened To Already column” and he said Disintegration<\/em>. Good enough for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRACK BY TRACK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Man, every single one <\/em>of these songs has its own Wikipedia entry. I do not<\/em> have time to click on all that. We’re just active listening and vibing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plainsong<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think people underestimate how much of being Goth is engaging with child-like stuff. The opening windchimes, the kind of music box melody of the intro\u2014yes, Goths spend most of their time thinking about death, but there’s also often this imagined past of blissfully running through fields or whatever. Every Goth has a Christopher Marlowe pastoral poem in their heart, and it’s been stomped into bones and blood by the world. Tim Burton’s movies are obsessed with childhood. My Chemical Romance is always going on about lost innocence. I don’t know, I didn’t expect a The Cure record to start of quite so major key, but it makes perfect sense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pictures of You<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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