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Post by ordoequitumsolis on Mar 16, 2013 15:17:55 GMT 1
My first and only experience dates back to June 4, 1989 in Rome. Some years ago a friend of mine had recorded on tape Boys Don't Cry vinyl: the tape I had consumed. Then Head On The Door, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (the first CD I bought). I had just bought also Disintegration. Then the music you bought and you really listened and not like today that you download everything from the internet. Then I was 21. A friend and I decided to go see the concert at Palaeur. I remember that we went to last because my friend had to wait for his girlfriend. Outside there was now no more when we saw closely the arrival of Robert. We went inside and sat at the top of the arena. A cloud of cannabis smoke rising upwards. Before Shelleyan Orphan. I did not like much then, now I appreciate them a little 'more. Then the show. Beautiful. Unforgettable. A great setlist. I remember Cold, A Strange Day, Boys Don't Cry, The Same Deep Water As You and especially Faith. Only flaw the acoustics was really bad. I've had earache for two days after. A few months after I left for military service. A year later when I returned, my friend had taken vows and was a monk!!! A couple of years ago I found on the internet a recording of that concert and so I started collecting The Cure live recordings. Sorry for the bad english.
Post by ordoequitumsolis on Mar 16, 2013 15:51:50 GMT 1
We were all under the eyes of the images of the massacre the day before. In this cases the music, especially when you're younger, excites and unites. Was really a unique experience.
A lot of first times and emotions and things all together psicho
you are right...a 89 year old heart could not resist
Muhuahuahahah!
B13, I can understand very well the hot and dehydration problems eheh! I think that kind of "stress" influences a lot about the memory etc. Luckily, during the breaks, someone from the stage threw to us some bottles, of very hot water XD
Me too I have the video of my concert (thanks to CCC), but I'm afraid, so it's still well packed in the pc XD I'm stupid, I know.
Athens 1989, not my first Cure gig but, the first time I heard "Plainsong" live ......... the first time ever at any gig that those chimes had me tingling all over, if my hair wasn't back combed the electricity running through the crowd would have made it stand up anyway! A group of us had spent all day boozing on Amstel, Retsina and Ouzo (Spewzo in my case!) so stumbled into the ground (AEK Athens) half cut ..... dimmed lights and those mystical chimes certainly sobered me up, then the lights come up in unison with the keyboards, I wouldn't care if Plainsong lasted an hour and a half and was a one song concert, it is the perfect opening song!! Encores included Three Imaginary Boys, Untitled and finally the night ended with Faith, the perfect closing song. It was the first time I'd seen the Cure abroad and my knowledge of Greek had spread from "mea beera" to "mea beera parakalo"!! '89 was a difficult year for me, a few days before the Cure gig I had seen Arsenal win 2-0 at Anfield to clinch the league title, went on to see the Cure in France, Ireland, Birmingham and London - then my world came crashing down!
Still, Plainsong live in the open air is a memory I will never forget. Plainsong now always has me thinking of my lost family, Mum, Dad and Brother, it is the perfect memorial.
Now, I can't stop playing Charlotte Sometimes ...... and grinning!
I wonder how many of us have been at the same gig without knowing each other, must be loads?
Athens 1989, not my first Cure gig but, the first time I heard "Plainsong" live ......... the first time ever at any gig that those chimes had me tingling all over, if my hair wasn't back combed the electricity running through the crowd would have made it stand up anyway! A group of us had spent all day boozing on Amstel, Retsina and Ouzo (Spewzo in my case!) so stumbled into the ground (AEK Athens) half cut ..... dimmed lights and those mystical chimes certainly sobered me up, then the lights come up in unison with the keyboards, I wouldn't care if Plainsong lasted an hour and a half and was a one song concert, it is the perfect opening song!! Encores included Three Imaginary Boys, Untitled and finally the night ended with Faith, the perfect closing song. It was the first time I'd seen the Cure abroad and my knowledge of Greek had spread from "mea beera" to "mea beera parakalo"!! '89 was a difficult year for me, a few days before the Cure gig I had seen Arsenal win 2-0 at Anfield to clinch the league title, went on to see the Cure in France, Ireland, Birmingham and London - then my world came crashing down!
Still, Plainsong live in the open air is a memory I will never forget. Plainsong now always has me thinking of my lost family, Mum, Dad and Brother, it is the perfect memorial.
Now, I can't stop playing Charlotte Sometimes ...... and grinning!
I wonder how many of us have been at the same gig without knowing each other, must be loads?
Well, N. This was touching to the bone. Sorry for your hard moments... But eternal presence of Gunners in your expression cheers me up. There was a moment for you to enjoy today also.
Last Edit: Mar 16, 2013 22:17:14 GMT 1 by laperouse
An impression of sound Then everything is gone Forever
The queue is the bit that sticks most clearly in my mind. I don't think I have ever been that excited about anything in my whole life, ever. I remember so clearly the feeling of just being overwhelmed by emotion, not able to believe that I was actually going to see The Cure, to see Robert Smith (I was an 18 year old girl remember ;) ), that it was actually real. I felt like I was going to faint, or die, or both I think I actually had to go around the corner to hyperventilate for a bit !!!
This is EXACTLY how I imagine I will feel if I ever get to see The Cure live - and I'm 40! If I told anyone in the real world this they would think I was but on here I feel accepted!
Don't talk of worlds that never were
The end is all that's ever true
We were all under the eyes of the images of the massacre the day before. In this cases the music, especially when you're younger, excites and unites. Was really a unique experience.
Thanks for you reply I can imagine that music unites after such a tragedy and that it was a unique experience.
wren: I'm sure you will see The Cure live someday and you will love it and won't forget it, believe me
I walk wondering why, the same dream so many times
Athens 1989, not my first Cure gig but, the first time I heard "Plainsong" live ......... the first time ever at any gig that those chimes had me tingling all over, if my hair wasn't back combed the electricity running through the crowd would have made it stand up anyway! A group of us had spent all day boozing on Amstel, Retsina and Ouzo (Spewzo in my case!) so stumbled into the ground (AEK Athens) half cut ..... dimmed lights and those mystical chimes certainly sobered me up, then the lights come up in unison with the keyboards, I wouldn't care if Plainsong lasted an hour and a half and was a one song concert, it is the perfect opening song!! Encores included Three Imaginary Boys, Untitled and finally the night ended with Faith, the perfect closing song. It was the first time I'd seen the Cure abroad and my knowledge of Greek had spread from "mea beera" to "mea beera parakalo"!! '89 was a difficult year for me, a few days before the Cure gig I had seen Arsenal win 2-0 at Anfield to clinch the league title, went on to see the Cure in France, Ireland, Birmingham and London - then my world came crashing down!
Still, Plainsong live in the open air is a memory I will never forget. Plainsong now always has me thinking of my lost family, Mum, Dad and Brother, it is the perfect memorial.
Now, I can't stop playing Charlotte Sometimes ...... and grinning!
I wonder how many of us have been at the same gig without knowing each other, must be loads?