My First Listen Through: The Cure Live 1979-2022

That sounds like it. Like the band wasn't all there.

man, do I love this thread.... :-)

I think they missed some performances of From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea.

FM and soundboard recordings are not necessarily the best sounding recordings. They can be muddy, dry or have a bad mix. I prefer great audience recordings where you can hear the audience and where the mix can be pretty good. Moreover, FM recordings are very often incomplete.

Spent today listening to three 1985 shows, the last being 1985-12-09 Torino (AUD 2). Robert cursing over fans demanding tracks, he performs "Screw" instead. Nice to hear the alternate recording of this show. I soooo love hearing Sinking performed live.

I became a fan of this track through an unlikely soource. The Shroud performed it on Electro-Cured, a nice tribute album (and 100 Tears, it would seem). Here's the cover version, probably the best cover ever of a Cure track:



I still can't relate to any performance of Six Different Ways. Can I say this track annoys me in at least six different ways? Should have been an unreleased track, with maybe something like a mid-eighties Fascination Street in its place... (but that's just me I guess)

Close to Me is good and danceable, I can hear people clapping along as if they've known this track their whole lives. Fun!

I seem to remember a video clip of the aftermath of a NiN concert where they used Six Different Ways on the PA to clear the arena.