Earliest recorded full Cure gig in the public domain took place 47ys ago today
Decent sound, listen out for funk breakdown in 10:15
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BDC first recorded during 3IB sessions Oct 1978, and again for John Peel Sessions Dec 1978
Released as second single June 1979
Now Cures second most-played song in concert x1000+ after Forest
Full gigπ
OTD 1979 earliest known concert performance of Boys Donβt Cry and possibly the earliest full gig decently recorded
Cure had played Marquee Club twice before
This time Increasingly known Cure invited for 4 consecutive March Sundays, support incl Joy Division
Moreπ
New Cure song
βAll I Ams Everβ
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Happy Birthday to Weasel who turns 3 today
Thought for today
First 4 albums were each pretty much uniform in mood
Singles/J Whispers also largely uniform but in a very different poppy way (except for Lament)
Then a sudden shift to the eclectic collection of songs on Top/HOTD/KM
What prompted that change?
I want to walk on water, take a trip to the maaaarrrh
No pairing of those three have shared a set
All I want is The Cure
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Trust and Other Voices have never shared the same setlist
Can @rogerodonnell.com remember name of Mariachi Lady?
But not on the recording tho
Seemingly recruited for this one TV performance
That said, Mariachi lady isnβt on the record either
Some more photos of women of The Cure
Who is the mariachi lady? CGS needs to know
On #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate women of The Cure
Siouxsie Sioux - backing vocals I'm Cold
Nameless mariachi lady - The 13th
Saffron from Republica - Just Say Yes
Caroline Crawley - backing vocals Halo
#iwd #iwd26 #iwd2026
Appearing on the same episode was Kajagoogoo, with their under-rated slap bassist Nick Beggs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeDB...
Observations
Not the greatest live performance of 100ys or Figurehead but it was a brand new lineup
Lol sporting rat tail before Curt Smith made it fashionable
Here is Derek doing some bass
Del Boy went on to form industrial rap outfit Hoodlum Priest
Any good? You decide
youtu.be/dF-y7RQTBtc?...
OTD 1983 Cure were reborn as a life act after 9 months of Bob's multidirectional experimentation
BBC minigig 1st public outing for Andy (who drummed with The Glove) +one-off appearance of Derek Thompson on bass
Silly minor hit LGTB shelved for return to Porno misery
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OF9...
The dark Cure
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This content strand has a long way to run
The perfect Cure
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Cheddar gorge
Carla fangirling Cure locations
The truth about The Cure
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I hope Cure boycott proto-fascist USA
Certainly a strong contender
8/14 Cure studio albums were released in a summer Olympics year
2026 is not a summer Olympics year
The longest Cure song title to appear in the lyrics of another Cure song is unsociable WMS trifle Round & Round & Round, which is sung at some point in Disintegration
All 13 Cure songs in 40 seconds
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See u there
Saint David lived to the age of 100
Today on St David's Day we recall that Cure have yet to play One Hundred Years in Wales, despite three opportunities in 1992 1996 and 2022
Will this wrong be put right in Cardiff in June?
Dydd GΕ΅yl Dewi Hapus!
#saintdavidsday π
