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Cure / Morrissey 'controversy' @ NYC signing
posted by davidt on Friday October 27 2000, @09:15AM

 Crystal writes:

Saw this on a Cure page (Chain of Flowers)... Since everyone is always talking about the 'Robert Smith/ Morrissey rivalry' thought you may want to post it. Although I don't really agree with this person's point of view on the whole thing.
Ok, not really a Curespotting, but pretty funny anyway:
"I know Morrissey and The Cure (particularly Robert) hate each other and have made various cracks throughout the years against each other, but I have never, even in cyberspace, found out the root of this fueding. Even at the Roseland show in February, when the Cure played 3 days after Morrissey did, Morrissey said "as you all know, Limp Bizkit will be here next week" (Limp Bizkit was not, nor scheduled to be).

Anyway, Friday night there was a Morrissey DVD signing at Virgin Megastore at Union Square. We got there late and were the last 2 on line, so we had a few minutes to talk to the ex-Smiths front man himself.

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So, I walk up to Morrissey and shake his hand sporting a 'Bloodflowers' tour shirt. He quickly looked around the store as if it were some sort of 'Cure' stunt to rain on his parade. He then leered at my shirt for several seconds as I approached him and as I shook his hand, he said to me "When are you going to have second thoughts?".

We both laughed and I said, "Funny you should bring that up. I've been trying to find out why this all started. How come you both dislike each other so much when you are two of the best bands from that genre?"

He replied, " I don't know what you mean."

I said, "Come on, man. How did this feuding start? I can't find out anything on any of your sites or the Cure's."

He again, mocking a puzzled look and a smirk said, "I don't know what you're talking about."

So I guess I'll never find out. And I went straight to the source, too.

Oh, well. Hope you understand my e-mail and why I think it's worthy of Curespotting. There are a lot of Smiths/Morrissey fans that are Cure fans. If you wouldn't mind posting my e-mail address, I'd love to hear from someone that has some insight on this subject or that can lead me to it.

But the funny part is, I would never dream of wearing a Morrissey shirt in front of Robert Smith or other Cure members. I guess the respect level is just a tad higher for The Cure."

 
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    No Respect! (Score:1)
    The funny thing is that I would NEVER wear a CURE shirt if my life depended on it. MORRISSEY should have bitch slapped you! Not that I don't like the CURE, but they are of no comparsion to the SMITHS. THE CURE's music often makes no sense and is very simplistic (excluding DISINAGRATION).
    Anonymous -- Friday October 27 2000, @09:42AM (#3799)
    • Re:No Respect! by Anonymous (Score:1) Friday October 27 2000, @10:08AM
      • Re:No Respect! by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday October 27 2000, @05:22PM
        • Re:No Respect! by Mozgurl (Score:1) Saturday October 28 2000, @01:08PM
          Its a strange thing but . . . (Score:1)
          The Cure never did anything at all for me. Sure I liked Lovecats - it is an inoffensive enough jinglely tune with some cute lyrics - but so much of the best of the Cure just seemed dull dull dull at the time. It wasn't funny: it just seemed self-important. And although both had vague literary aspirations - Smith and Sartre; Moz and Wilde (an an impressive collage of lyrics which were plague-erised and taken on loan) - the similarity more or less stopped there.

          They had some overlapping fans. They weren't madly up-beat. They were quite "adolescent". They both had links with the name "Smith".
          Er - that's it.

          I always thought of the Cure as a sort of goth band; the Smiths by contrast reminded me of a kind of slow paced, more musically varied Buzzcocks. They were actually more like the Housemartins or the Wedding Present, or early Stone Roses than anything else at that time.

          In the late 1980s, when I was living in Minnesota, I remember asking the check out chap at a small music store whether a new Cure album called, I think, "Kiss Me" was any good. His answer was "Don't ask me. I couldn't be happier if Robert Smith never opened his mouth again".

          And I had to agree with him.

          (I should say to cover myself that these views are purely personal etc etc etc)
          David T (different) -- Friday October 27 2000, @11:09AM (#3812)
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            Morrissey and Robert... (Score:1)
            From what I heard, Morrissey got pissed off because Robert wore beads for one of his videos and Morrissey was saying that it was HIS idea and Robert stole it from him. There were a few words between the two of them and they have hated each other ever since. That's the story I've always heard but I don't know if it's true.
            I wore a Morrissey T-shirt to a Cure show back in 1992 and I was in the front row right in front of Robert Smith and he looked at me and said "nice shirt" with a smirk on his face. I thought it was funny. I don't think I would ever wear a Cure shirt to go see Morrissey though. I wouldn't want to piss him off.
            Selena <Interlude24@Hotmail.com> -- Friday October 27 2000, @11:14AM (#3814)
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            Ouch! (Score:0, Funny)
            Wow! It's amazing to me that you could have more respect for a man that wears lipstick and sings "Friday I'm In Love..." than for Morrissey! Then again, maybe you're just afraid Fat Bob might sit on you!
            Anonymous -- Friday October 27 2000, @11:15AM (#3815)
            • Re:Ouch! by Bigmouth Struck (Score:1) Saturday October 28 2000, @07:44AM
              • Re:Ouch! by MOZ MEX (Score:1) Saturday November 11 2000, @12:36AM
                2 luv cats (Score:0, Informative)
                guess what! circa 84 moz & Rbt WERE pals:if briefly & 'acquaintance'-level. Moz even liked the cure 45's early 80's! But like almost all of moz' friends, Robbo was soon 'forgotten'/exiled etc. Don't know what the 'break' was, if was one but we all know moz has few few few tight, long-term pals.
                the Cure was a great band, but SMITHS are FAR FAR FAR more important lyrically/pop-tastically, etc.
                Anonymous -- Friday October 27 2000, @11:54AM (#3821)
                  Here's the Scoop! (Score:0)
                  I heard Robert Smith is angry cause he could never get his hair to do that quiff thing (it's in the genes), and i've also heard some grumblings about Robert being over the Moz's flat when they were younger and pilfering his mothers lipstick! that naughty boy!
                  Anonymous -- Friday October 27 2000, @12:54PM (#3825)
                    Moz vs. Cure (Score:0)
                    Speaking for myself - musically The Cure (with the exception of a couple of catchy tunes "just like heaven", & "lovesong" to name a few) never struck me as being musicaly significant or moving. If you listen to a song like Moz's "Jack the Ripper" the song itself aside from the incredible lyrics is very poignant it grabs you. I've never felt that about a "Cure" song. Lyricaly i don't feel The Cure's lyrics are particularly deep or moving at all they feel shallow in their simplicity. The real difference (again only speaking for myself) is that they two aren't comparable at all.
                    Anonymous -- Friday October 27 2000, @01:06PM (#3827)
                      Hey the Cure aren't so bad.. (Score:1)
                      I'm a fan of Both Morrissey and The Cure . Morrissey and TheSmiths being my favorite though.

                        I really think the reason he said he had no idea what that person was talking about is because he doesn't care! I mean maybe he dislikes their music but I doubt he has this strong hatred for Robert Smith like most think.

                        I disagree that Cure fans have more respect then Us Morrissey fans though. When i saw the cure.. Alot of people didn't even pretend to be interested in the music much less the New songs. The love and respect we show is ALOT higher and if you were at either of the signings you would know what i mean.
                      Crystal -- Friday October 27 2000, @02:15PM (#3833)
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                        the sound of weeping continues... (Score:1)
                        Yeah I gotta agree. I've always placed the Cure as more Goth. Very one-dimensional depressing lyrics. Their music was pretty good though. I must say that I like the 'Staring At The Sea' collection up until they started putting saxaphone solos in every song (Not Goth!) and became the friggin E Street band or some nonsense. The Smiths lyrics are ten times as clever as the Cure and their music is superior. And fans of the Smiths look and smell better than fans of The Cure. No contest there.

                        Maybe Moz is jealous of the fact that his band went largely unnoticed thanks to the lack of help from his record label while The Cure were left to become largely unnoticed while having the full support of their label. Robert Smith has a nicer house then Moz. maybe that's it.
                        VickyR -- Friday October 27 2000, @02:36PM (#3835)
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                        oh come now... (Score:0)
                        ...you have to give the cure some credit...they always stink in my mind as a one tricky pony (and a very goth trick it is) i'm always reminded when i listen to them just how good they are. lyrically Smith sticks to familiar territory normally, but at least he does what he does well...in fact, i don't think it was until the last album that he began that Rolling Stones path to unironic self-mockery. Between Head on the Door and Wish they put out some really really good stuff....and i still think Wish is the just-broke-up-with-someone album to end all just-broke-up-with-someone albums. brilliant stuff. And Wild Mood Swings has it's moments. what was up The 13th? what a brilliantly wacky song...wacky or somber, i love the cure.

                        and, IMO, i think it's a bit tacky to wear the shirt of a different group to a show/signing. moz was probably wondering if you were at the right signing! i'm sure he doesn't care a about Smith and that this fighting between them is all overblown by fans...or the british music press more likely.
                        Anonymous -- Friday October 27 2000, @03:52PM (#3839)
                          another point of view (Score:0)
                          Another interpretation to "I don't know what you're talking about..." is,
                          to paraphrase, I will not acknowledge that there is a feud.
                          Yet another is, again paraphrasing, it doesn't mean anything to me; why
                          should it matter to anyone.
                          Personally, I'm for the second interpretation.
                          Anonymous -- Friday October 27 2000, @03:59PM (#3840)
                          This Charming Man! (Score:1)
                          I can't see Robert being as charming as the handsome devil himself, MORRISSEY. Needless to say, the issue is so old, I'm sure MORRISSEY could care less. Although I like both artist, MORRISSEY is by far the King of the 80's. No one can compare. Robert has lost this battle.

                          just a simple bias opinion,

                          lalo

                          lalo71 -- Friday October 27 2000, @05:08PM (#3844)
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                            The Cure vs. Moz (Score:1)
                            Ya ya ya.....snore..............But has not Morrissey said that that is all over with and he has spoken to Robert Smith on occasion. I am pretty sure that was in an interview I read. Someone please elaborate if they have any clue as to what I am referring to. I also thought that Smith had invited Moz to several of his parties, but Morrissey said he had not yet made any appearance?
                            Sharron Needles -- Friday October 27 2000, @07:23PM (#3848)
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                              Brilliant questions you rowdy young man (Score:0)
                              Let's see, you meet a superstar and the only thing you care to talk with him about is a negative rumor - unestablishable and unfounded - that Morrissey hates Rob't Smith.

                              You're brilliant, simply brilliant. Now go back to work and edit that copy for Columbia House magazine. You've got a deadline to meet!

                              Anonymous -- Friday October 27 2000, @07:25PM (#3849)
                              Soo ooold (Score:1)
                              Its pretty damn well sad whan a moz/cure scrap is awoken in this day and age. I believe the cure have now disbanded (after two crap albums) and moz hasnt contributed anything new since his last two crap albums.
                              I feel bad saying it, but I think the rehashing of some dated videos has got to signify the final toll. It was a fairly desperate marketing ploy on insisting upon only signing the new DVD.
                              Dont get me wrong - I went to 4 dates on the Oye Estaben tour - but I really think its time to call it a day.
                              I hope Im wrong of course but in the mean time Im going to spend the next few months listening to Muse, Add n to X, Badly Drawn Boy, The Beta Band, Six by Seven, Gene, Queens of the Stone Age, etc, etc, etc.
                              Gleese -- Friday October 27 2000, @08:15PM (#3852)
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                              • Re:Soo ooold by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday October 28 2000, @09:08AM
                                • Re:Soo ooold by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday October 30 2000, @02:31AM
                                  • Re:Soo ooold by Vincent (Score:1) Monday October 30 2000, @03:52AM
                                  • Re:Soo ooold by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday October 30 2000, @03:04AM
                                    whocares (Score:0)
                                    listen ive seen the cure 7 times since 87 and morrissey three times all concerts have been fantastic im tired of hearing beatles vs stones, blur vs oasis green day vs whoever and the cure vs the smiths. i prefer the cure and it all comes down to what you like the musics all great so who gives a crap about any feud. the cure are artists morrissey/the smiths are icons. disagree w/me i dont care at least i can spell disintegration. Jon fom Detroit born in Enfield England
                                    Anonymous -- Friday October 27 2000, @10:20PM (#3854)
                                    an embarssment (Score:0)
                                    In my mind its an embarrassment to put the Cure in the same class as the Smiths. I hate to even put them in the same sentence. The Cure to the Smiths are what the Monkeys were to the Beatles. If you want to make a sports analogy of it the Cure would be the Double A team of the Smiths. Lyrically and ESPECIALLY musically the Smiths are far far superior.
                                    Anonymous -- Friday October 27 2000, @11:48PM (#3858)
                                    so called feud (Score:1)
                                    I don't really think there is any feud to speak of. From what I remember, and I've been a Cure AND Morriseey/Smiths fan since I was 12, is that Robert Smith just doesn't like Morrissey's music. You know how the music press/retailers like to bunch people together in some narrow category. Well, The Cure and Morrissey were always considered similiar because of their so called "depressing" lyrics. Many goths seemed to like both of them and when it's been mentioned to Robert Smith he's been said to dislike Morrissey (for musical reasons only, I'm sure - at least at the time) and not see a resemblence in their perspective "art". I can see how after reading this Morrissey may be pissed off, but any feud, at least in my opinion, is purely media bullshit.
                                    essexsuffolk -- Saturday October 28 2000, @05:18AM (#3861)
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                                    There Speaks a True Fan (Score:2, Interesting)
                                    I agree with this person. I have a lot more respect for The Cure then I will ever have for Morrissey. Here are my reasons why:
                                     
                                                1. The Cure plays for THREE HOURS at their
                                                    concerts with no opening band (no opening
                                                    band for the last two tours). How long
                                                    does Morrissey Play?????

                                                2. The Cure loves to play any of the songs
                                                    they have written unlike Morrissey who
                                                    loathes half of the stuff he has written
                                                    (Ex. Kill Uncle Album/Smiths debut album)
                                                     
                                                3. The Cure has been around alot longer
                                                      than Morrissey has.

                                                4. Bloodflowers was a great album compared
                                                    to Morrissey's latest album Maladjusted.
                                                    Can you honestly compare Papa Jacks lyrics
                                                    to anything off of Bloodflowers no!

                                                5. The Cure has a bigger demand/still gets
                                                    new material played on the radio.

                                    Let's just say the list's goes on...I still consider myself a bigger Morrissey fan but I have a lot more respect for The Cure. Oh, they also signed anything and everything at the last signing they had, not just the new CD unlike Morrissey. And do not blame Virgin or the Security it was Morrissey's idea. Madonna had a signing at Virgin and people had a choice of one item to be signed (any item) or a picture taken.
                                    Kill Uncle Fan -- Saturday October 28 2000, @08:37AM (#3867)
                                    (User #465 Info)
                                    How can you say that? (Score:0)
                                    I would just like to tell you, I believe the respect level for the Cure is not higher than that of Morrissey's. No offense, but I think saying this on a MORRISSEY site was completely absurd.
                                    Anonymous -- Saturday October 28 2000, @12:55PM (#3882)
                                      morrissey and the cure (Score:0)
                                      the reason is because morrissey wanted to fuck but the cure would not give it up
                                      Anonymous -- Saturday October 28 2000, @04:31PM (#3886)
                                        So Much Hate!! (Score:0)
                                        I am always astonished about all the hate here. I mean we are entitled to our own opinions but let's not be so harsh. I mean can someone like The Cure and The Smiths/Moz?? I am so glad that all this artists were around for me. Because at the time I would have been stuck listening to freaking Michael Jackson...so boy am I glad that Robert and Steven provided my life with lovely songs.
                                        And I had heard about this feud but of course I disregarded the whole thing. I do think its annoying to see someone wearing another band's
                                        t-shirt at any event!! Thats just sort of cheezy. But like I said everyone can do whatever they damn please.
                                        Why don't we start trashing the boy bands?(Limp Bizkit/Blink 182) Oh yeah and Backstreet and N'Sync??? :)

                                        Anonymous -- Saturday October 28 2000, @05:03PM (#3887)
                                          Puzzling much over this? (Score:0, Troll)
                                          It is incredible to me to watch you people puzzle through a situation like this. What is wrong with some of you people? Who cares if Robert doesn't like Morrissey or if Morrissey doesn't like Robert? More importantly, who cares why! I mean, all that matters is.....whatever the scenario is between the two of them, the answer to your comments is quite blatant. Morrissey is RIGHT, I don't care why, I just know that if there is a conflict between the two, it is blatantly Robert Smith's fault. Anyway, regarding who is a better writer/artist, well that's obvious too. Morrissey is. How useless is Robert Smith w/ his "I will kiss you, I will kiss you"..... I can't even continue to quote Robert because he insults my intelligence. Well, you people can continue to puzzle through this absurd, sad scenario. I'm out.
                                          Panic Girl -- Saturday October 28 2000, @05:11PM (#3888)
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                                          cure (Score:1)
                                          The Cure..... like an old towel you know is always gonna be there.....still being a towel. I must admit the Cure were a big influence on me and my youth , but they kind of peaked with Disintegration , and then carried on trawling the same chords and the same words over and over.....Morrissey seems to have done the same if we're honest , but the Moz appeals even more....why? maybe coz he's still unmarried , and still a flippin good "star" in the bizzarist of ways...........
                                          english john -- Saturday October 28 2000, @05:34PM (#3890)
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                                           help me i'm melting
                                            Morrissey or The Cure? (Score:2, Insightful)
                                            Morrissey or The Cure? Hmmm... To be honest I like them both.

                                            Morrissey is witty and charming (not to mention sexy); His lyrics are clever and full of meaning. On the other hand, you have The Cure/Robert Smith. Robert is also an intelligent and charming individual, but I don't find him nor his lyrics to be as clever, witty, or meaningful as Morrissey(s). Robert's lyrics and music are dreamy, fantasy-like, and playful -- they're fun (not that Morrissey's aren't). Yet, I like them both.

                                            I've been to my fair share of Cure and Morrissey shows. They've all been fun and exciting. Morrissey concerts have this intimacy and energy which is unlike any other. Maybe the fans have a great deal to do with this. Maybe the excitements from traveling city to city, from following HIM. With Cure concerts, they're lively and fun as well, but they don't have the kind of intimacy I find with Morrissey. Cure concerts are just... different. Yet, I enjoy them both.

                                            Comparing them both is like comparing apples to oranges. They can't be compared. They're both great (different) artists (in my book). But for me, Morrissey has had a greater influence in my life; he's given my life more meaning, and that's important. Yet, I like them both. I don't think it's wrong to like them both, just like it's not wrong to like, for example, both Blur and Oasis. (Though I think Blur are much more superior.) Hey, to each his/her own.

                                            half-a-person -- Saturday October 28 2000, @06:52PM (#3895)
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                                              Funny (Score:0)
                                              Some of these comments are funny. About blood flowers...I dunno. I always hate having to listen to 3 minutes of meaningless music waiting for Robert Smith to sing... All in all, I like Morrissey a lot more. No matter how many crappy songs he writes in the future, the fact that he made a lot of good songs in the past (not to say that he wont make good ones in the future) makes him good. Very good. Undeniably good.
                                              Anonymous -- Saturday October 28 2000, @11:03PM (#3900)
                                                End it already (Score:1, Insightful)
                                                Who care's about their fued, if there is any. It is none of you people's business. Worry about your own lives.
                                                Anonymous -- Saturday October 28 2000, @11:56PM (#3901)
                                                Who think it's very clever to be cruel......... (Score:1)
                                                Are you happy now? You people who just sit there scoring the comments? David? I mean really, the nerve of you to insinuate I'm a "troll", writing a 0, because I defended Morrissey. I defend and protect Morrissey constantly, because I just agree with every single thing he says, does, feels, and so on. I always will. I have and will continue to agree with every view Morrissey has on any subject. That's just the way I am. Because I can and I because I must. Morrissey has been writing about my life for so many years, that the only way to describe it is, that almost everything that has happened to him, literally, has also happened to me. Professionally, personally, legally and so on. And I must add that I am referring to numerous detailed experiences, nearly everything that he has experienced and consequently been affected by, I have been through too. Call me crazy, call me obsessed, I don't care. Everything I said is true, it's just the real deal.
                                                Panic Girl -- Sunday October 29 2000, @11:16AM (#3906)
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                                                His music says so much to us about our lives (Score:0)
                                                I think that it is great that Panic Girl feels the way she does about Morrissey. He is important to her and has apparently had a strong influence on her life and I, for one, think that's wonderful.
                                                So what if she agrees with everything he says; obviously his words, both vocally and written, have seemingly helped her cope with some extremely difficult situations in her own life. Therefore, if Morrissey's words have taken on such powerful meaning for her, who are we to judge; as Morrissey has done the same to various levels for all of us. Clearly we all value Morrissey in our unique ways and no particular way should be labeled right or wrong.
                                                Anonymous -- Sunday October 29 2000, @07:24PM (#3931)
                                                Panic Girl is a stupid ass gizz guzzling... (Score:0)
                                                ...BIATCH! You're an effing nutty whore. Your hero worship is nauseating. How could you possibly live life knowing that your _GOD_ is never going to know you, he is never going to talk to you, he will never be there for you, he will never care about you, he will never personally do anything with you. How could you put this pop star above your friends, that is if you have any, which I seriously doubt.

                                                Stimpy
                                                Anonymous -- Monday October 30 2000, @12:33AM (#3941)
                                                rob and moz are in love (Score:0)
                                                i wore lipstick and a smiths shirt to a van halen concert back in 86, and i got my ass kicked real good. suck you, asphole!
                                                Anonymous -- Monday October 30 2000, @05:34AM (#3955)
                                                  Robert Smith Quote (Score:0)
                                                  from spin magazine, november 1993 (after a short diatribe about inxs):

                                                  One can only wonder where that leaves Morrissey. "I have never liked Morrissey and I still don't. I think it's hilarious, actually, what things I've heard about him, what he's really like, and his public persona is so different. He's such an actor. There's one particular photo of Morrissey in his swimming trunks sitting by the pool in Los Angeles. I bet that one hasn't been approved! . . . and then says quietly, "Mary was telling me I mustn't be horrible about other groups in interviews. She says I'm always talking about people I hate and I sound bitter. But I don't do it viciously and it doesn't matter one way or the other what I think."
                                                  Anonymous -- Monday October 30 2000, @07:10AM (#3957)
                                                  Moz/cure encounter (Score:0)
                                                  I would hope that you would wear a Morrissey shirt in front of the Cure if you ever have the chance. Besides, the level of respect should be greater when it comes to Morrissey!!!!
                                                  Anonymous -- Monday October 30 2000, @10:57AM (#3971)
                                                    Bob vs Moz (Score:0)
                                                    Itīs very simple:

                                                    Bob = great music
                                                    Moz = great words

                                                    Bob + Moz = 80s gurus

                                                    The Cure and The Smiths : the best

                                                    The fans = just that...fans....

                                                    Thats it.

                                                    Anonymous -- Monday October 30 2000, @04:41PM (#4012)
                                                    • Re:Bob vs Moz by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday October 30 2000, @05:07PM
                                                      let's stop,people are people, with different views (Score:1)
                                                      i'm tired of this MOZ x Cure history
                                                      let's face it...
                                                      everyone has the right to think anything about anything, what i mean is..
                                                      if you preffer Moz, if you respect Moz..great for you
                                                      if you prefer cure, respect cure..great for u too
                                                      if u respect both, congratulations
                                                      if u dislike both the problem is yours..

                                                      i preffer Morrissey..:-)
                                                      but i do respect Cure too, and i don't think wearing a cure shirt in front of Moz is a disrespect, c'mon..if u go to Moz and say
                                                      " hey, you are worse than Cure"
                                                      that's disrespect..

                                                      and comparing Moz's albums with Cure's albums is not a good way to show who is the best...the cure has a lot of works worse than " maladjusted", in MY OPINION..
                                                      see? the problem is ..it is all a matter of preferences....so let's accept each others likes and dislikes and stop with that discussion..

                                                      Ed.
                                                       
                                                      Eduardoregis <eduardoregis@hotmail.com> -- Wednesday November 01 2000, @06:49AM (#4136)
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                                                      HUGE email of the Jungle (Score:1)
                                                      Dear Jim,

                                                      Children of Morrissey fans taste better than children of Cure fans.

                                                      Sincerely,

                                                      Mike Tyson
                                                      Jim Rome -- Wednesday November 01 2000, @01:12PM (#4155)
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                                                       Rome's Smack-tionary coming soon....yeah, this time I mean it.
                                                        So tired (Score:0)
                                                        Both are past there prime. The Cure have been putting out crap records for about 10 years, while Morrissey has been putting out crap for about 5 years. Remember that B-side from Piccadilly Palare? I think it was called 'Get Off the Stage'. Sound advice!
                                                        Anonymous -- Wednesday November 01 2000, @02:35PM (#4163)
                                                          Morrissey--Cure (Score:0)
                                                          I liked the bit on the Moz/Cure Rivalry, for many years the Cure were my fav.--but for the last 9 or 10 Moz is first to me--I got the opportunity to meet Robert Smith and all the band members here in St. Louis, Mo this past June--I ALMOST WORE MY RECENT OYE ESTEBAN-MORRISSEY TEE-SHIRT IN FRONT OF ROBERT-- but my girlfriend who arranged the meet didn't like the idea--I wonder what would have happened.
                                                          Anonymous -- Thursday November 02 2000, @03:41PM (#4231)
                                                            cure sucks!!! (Score:0)
                                                            real morrissey fans hate the cure
                                                            Anonymous -- Friday November 03 2000, @12:00PM (#4293)
                                                            Smith vs Ex-Smith (Score:0)
                                                            Robert Smith plays guitar, bass, keyboards, violin....
                                                            Morrissey plays any instrument? NO...he only writes...he needs someone who makes the music 'cause he can't...

                                                            Morrissey writes his songs so does Robert
                                                            Anonymous -- Saturday November 04 2000, @12:19PM (#4351)
                                                            Moz sighting in a Cure Video (Score:1)
                                                            On The Cure's video compilation "Play Out" I noticed on one of the live performances near the end of the tape Rob and the cure were in the dressing room before or after a show. On the wall of the room I spotted that they had a poster of Moz (I believe the one that is used for the "Live in Dallas" cover). Does Robert Smith use Moz as an unlikely influence to perform? Or was the pic just for target practice?
                                                            spring-heel_gil -- Monday November 06 2000, @01:09PM (#4385)
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                                                             Nothing I am...
                                                              the cure, they're good. (Score:0)
                                                              The cure set back music about ten years id say, one good song and even thats shite.
                                                              Anonymous -- Saturday November 11 2000, @08:48AM (#4591)
                                                                the cruelest irony (Score:0)
                                                                Oh! How cruel can life possibly get? This cat gets to meet Morrissey...and shake his hand...all the while disrespecting his opportunity by wearing a Cure shirt!? The Cure's OK and all, I have a few albums myself, but to wear a Cure shirt in front of Morrissey is just NO GOOD. And the irony? This guy doesn't even care that much that he got to meet a genius!!! He just went along his merry way, shrugging off that precious and priceless meeting, wearing the offending shirt, and Moz was left in the wake. It's always the unappreciative who get the golden opportunities such as this. Oh, had I been there to wipe lovely Steven's face before that dreadful execution....as a true fan would have done.
                                                                Anonymous -- Thursday November 30 2000, @01:43AM (#5273)
                                                                  Question? (Score:0)
                                                                  You should have bitch slapped morrissey. Too damn bad. If he wants to say nasty things about people then deny it, then maybe our idol isn't so rightous after all. It seems for how pathetic morrissey thinks he is in his songs, he actually thinks he is the greatest thing ever. That doesn't add up to me. Finally, the cure are a good band, robert smiths voice may not be very good and alot of their songs sound the same but overall, they aren't bad.
                                                                  Anonymous -- Wednesday January 24 2001, @07:44AM (#6827)
                                                                    Robert Smith/ Morrissey " dispute" (Score:0)
                                                                    I am the biggest cure fan i know. i am also a huge fan of morrissey,but i don't care for putting these musicians in the same category. O.K., you can classify both as emo or shoe-gaze, but other than that there are to many comparisons given to them by ignorant fans. People in the spotlight are commonly approached with gossip and rumors that have no validity. put your self in our place. maybe in knowing that A.you don't know anything about this pearson other than what they've listed as hobbies,birthdays,turn ons,and turn offs from some interviews you've read or seen... B.one may be tired of trying to clear the air a bit and just doesn't care to waist their efforts. Here is a waste of mine... THERE IS NO HATRED BETWIXT SMITH AND MORRISSEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                                                                    Anonymous -- Thursday April 12 2001, @03:03AM (#10042)

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