Comments on: Concert Review: The Cure, May 26, GM Place http://www.panicmanual.com/2008/05/27/concert-review-the-cure-may-26-gm-place/ We are a collective of individuals bringing you the latest in concert reviews, indie, britpop, Canadian, twee and all sorts of other music, movies, tv and everything else you like. Follow the manual to live a pleasant and fulfilling life. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:03:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: margot http://www.panicmanual.com/2008/05/27/concert-review-the-cure-may-26-gm-place/#comment-29682 margot Thu, 29 May 2008 03:17:17 +0000 http://www.panicmanual.com/?p=1128#comment-29682 Fantastic show on Monday - Robert Smith sure delivered. Three hours, three encores, songs spanning three decades of work, and an energized crowd to boot. Push, Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Hundred Years & Forest were done powerfully. Oldies like 10:15, Grinding Halt and Jumping Someone Else's Train sounded better than I ever thought they could live,...and to think it's been 30 years since they were written! God, those songs don't age! The best part? Smith voice... sounding clear, pure, and young. He's still got it. Fantastic show on Monday - Robert Smith sure delivered. Three hours, three encores, songs spanning three decades of work, and an energized crowd to boot. Push, Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Hundred Years & Forest were done powerfully. Oldies like 10:15, Grinding Halt and Jumping Someone Else’s Train sounded better than I ever thought they could live,…and to think it’s been 30 years since they were written! God, those songs don’t age! The best part? Smith voice… sounding clear, pure, and young. He’s still got it.

]]> By: Vik http://www.panicmanual.com/2008/05/27/concert-review-the-cure-may-26-gm-place/#comment-29659 Vik Wed, 28 May 2008 16:04:53 +0000 http://www.panicmanual.com/?p=1128#comment-29659 Good angle David. Your comment on the keyboards was the third time I heard someone mention it's absence. Seeing as it was my first time watching I didn't even notice, but I could see how it would improve the overall sound. Good angle David. Your comment on the keyboards was the third time I heard someone mention it’s absence. Seeing as it was my first time watching I didn’t even notice, but I could see how it would improve the overall sound.

]]> By: David Bailie http://www.panicmanual.com/2008/05/27/concert-review-the-cure-may-26-gm-place/#comment-29644 David Bailie Tue, 27 May 2008 22:46:06 +0000 http://www.panicmanual.com/?p=1128#comment-29644 Last night marked the fifth time I've seen The Cure. Three times in native England, and twice in Vancouver. I have to say that I came away disappointed last night though. Sure, the show was long and yes, they packed in most of the great songs, (Faith was missed though). But the lack of keyboard was a real downer. I'm not a big fan of keyboards normally, but I grew up with these songs, all having a healthy dose of keyboard and it was sorely lacking. I also thought that Porl must have been on something. He reminded me a lot of when U2 went all weird. He just didn't fit with the band and I didn't see Smith even acknowledge him. I began thinking they must have had some kind of rift and Porl was saying "oh yeah, well how about this to ruin the look of the band"? I also thought that the sound was poorly mixed, often times I couldn't hear either guitar. And just as often Smith was 1/3 the way through the song before I could recognise it. Simon Gallup stole the show and I agree with the review that the drums sounded fantastic. On the whole, as one of the biggest Cure fans going and as someone that owns *everything* they've ever done, I found last night to be a disappointment. I'll still go to their next show, but with a little less excitement. Just one guys opinion... Last night marked the fifth time I’ve seen The Cure. Three times in native England, and twice in Vancouver. I have to say that I came away disappointed last night though.

Sure, the show was long and yes, they packed in most of the great songs, (Faith was missed though). But the lack of keyboard was a real downer. I’m not a big fan of keyboards normally, but I grew up with these songs, all having a healthy dose of keyboard and it was sorely lacking.

I also thought that Porl must have been on something. He reminded me a lot of when U2 went all weird. He just didn’t fit with the band and I didn’t see Smith even acknowledge him. I began thinking they must have had some kind of rift and Porl was saying “oh yeah, well how about this to ruin the look of the band”?

I also thought that the sound was poorly mixed, often times I couldn’t hear either guitar. And just as often Smith was 1/3 the way through the song before I could recognise it.

Simon Gallup stole the show and I agree with the review that the drums sounded fantastic.

On the whole, as one of the biggest Cure fans going and as someone that owns *everything* they’ve ever done, I found last night to be a disappointment. I’ll still go to their next show, but with a little less excitement.

Just one guys opinion…

]]> By: Ricky http://www.panicmanual.com/2008/05/27/concert-review-the-cure-may-26-gm-place/#comment-29634 Ricky Tue, 27 May 2008 19:38:01 +0000 http://www.panicmanual.com/?p=1128#comment-29634 i wonder if they play killing an arab, when they do shows in the middle east. i wonder if they play killing an arab, when they do shows in the middle east.

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