Bands you can't "get"
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Old Mathew
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What other song does it sound like exactly?
Old Mathew
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A Letter to Elise (?), Pictures of You, Fascination Street, all mixed in a blender on medium speed....
God, and this one even tops that, and was never officially released! “That’s the story of my life...” -
I don't think I ever know
If I ever really want it
Could be why I'm never sure
If I ever really got it
And I guess it's maybe easier
Not to think too much about it...
A house, a car, a family and friends...
Yeah, all it means to justify the ends
But sometimes... I wonder...
In the back of my mind
Sometimes... I wonder...
If I'm wasting all my time
Sometimes... I wonder...
If I'm putting off my real life...
What I could've done,
Where I could've been
When I should've gone,
Why I should've seen
Who I would've loved,
How I would've dreamed
And if it's always, always too late...
I don't think I ever know
That I ever really need it
Could be why I'm never sure
That I ever really feel it
And I think it's maybe easier
To guess I really mean it...
A house! A car! A family and friends!
Yeah, all it means to justify the ends
But sometimes... I wonder...
A girl! A smile! A holiday and sex!
Yeah all it takes
To make sense of the rest
But sometimes... I wonder...
In the back of my mind
Sometimes... I wonder...
If I'm killing all my time
Sometimes... I wonder...
If I'm giving up my real life...
What I could've done,
Where I could've been
When I should've gone,
Why I should've seen
Who I would've loved,
How I would've dreamed
And if it's always, always too late...
And every day that I let slide
Is one day more I never try
To break the world
To make my fate
And with every day that I let go
It's one day less I ever know
If it's always
Always too late...
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Anonymous
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Antony and The Johnsons aka Ahnoni. Gooey, self-indulgent and CREEPY. Yet dull.
g23
Always crashing in the same car
That is a funny angle to take on a Morrissey forum. I would feel remiss if I didn't point that out. If you compare an overall "style" between the two bands, I would have to say that The Cure have dabbled in nearly every style they could musically for good or bad, when Morrissey until incredibly recently stuck with a very similar emotional delivery and musical style. In fact, that's the biggest complaint I've heard from people who don't like Morrissey (beyond his personality) is that all of the songs sound the same.
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Hadrian
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Well, the list is quite long:
The Beatles
David Bowie
Prince
U2
Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Pink Floyd (post-Syd Barrett)
Radiohead
The Cure
The Beatles
David Bowie
Prince
U2
Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Pink Floyd (post-Syd Barrett)
Radiohead
The Cure
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Anonymous
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The Cure.
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Queen
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Anonymous
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I agree about the ny hardcore bands you mentioned. I liked snapcase. You can add the cro mags to that list
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Pablo Honey
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Charlie Cheswick
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I always thought Nirvana were vastly over rated, sounded like the Pixies but with all of the interesting stuff taken out.
Green Day, I don't get those one bit.
Metallica.
Green Day, I don't get those one bit.
Metallica.
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Anonymous
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The Cure.
I really don’t understand the popularity and longevity of this band. Don’t even get me started on how anyone who likes The Smiths and/or Morrissey can also like them. Yes, it’s personal choice, and none of my bloody business, but I just don’t get it.
I really don’t understand the popularity and longevity of this band. Don’t even get me started on how anyone who likes The Smiths and/or Morrissey can also like them. Yes, it’s personal choice, and none of my bloody business, but I just don’t get it.
ExpectingToFly
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If you remove Prince, U2, and Sabbath from that list, all of those artists are probably in my top ten
Agree with Prince though, never got him at all.I guess a lot of the newer bands, like Arcade Fire, The National, and LCD Soundsystem. They have some decent tunes but nothing that really blows me away. Maybe I haven't given them enough of a chance.
ExpectingToFly
Active Member
Personally, I love The Cure. Interested to know why anyone who likes The Smiths wouldn't like them also, I would have thought the opposite tbh.
Charlie Cheswick
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I liked them up until Disintegration, lost interest after that. I bought Wish but that seemed to have a big drop in quality from everything they did before.
I'm a fan of a few other people's pet hates too, Zep, Sabbath, Prince, Anhoni, though not U2 obviously.
g23
Always crashing in the same car
I think Wish suffered because people were expecting Disintegration part II, but it was more of a callback to guitar heavy psychedelia like The Kiss, or Shake Dog Shake. I look at Wish (with the exception of Apart and Trust) as their "hippie" album. It doesn't hurt that at the time it came out I was dabbling in LSD and magic mushrooms, so there's a special place in my heart for all of those swirling flanged-out guitars. I think the wheels fell off when they released Moodswings because it was a thematic schizophrenic mess lacking any coherence and possessing some really weak writing. They definitely had some nice songs after, but as an "album" band, I think Wish was it.
This came out some 20 years after Disintegration, and lyrically and musically I think it stands up.
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