Classic Albums #9: The Cure's Pornography

king_buzzo · 07.02.2007, 01:40 PM

Brilliant album, awesome cover and great songs. one of the best opening lines.

screamingskull · 07.02.2007, 01:44 PM

that album has some great songs. "a strange day" is the best song.

SonicSam · 07.02.2007, 02:57 PM

Faith is better I reckon

dionysusundone · 07.02.2007, 03:26 PM

I agree, always preferred Faith.

Torn Curtain · 07.02.2007, 05:39 PM

Pornography's great but I prefer Faith and Desintegration.

tasteinmen · 07.02.2007, 06:24 PM

Pornography is my favourite cure album, one hundred years and siamese twins are my favourites. I think charlotte sometimes should have been on this album. It's such a dark album, so much pain, it's hard to be believe what was released several months later.

atsonicpark · 07.02.2007, 09:46 PM

sorry, king buzzo, i typically agree with you on many many things.

but i hate this album.

the only cure worth listening to is probably 3 imaginary boys/boys don't cry, and even that is grating.

ehhhhhhhhh.

pornography has a song or two that is listenable, but the overly goth bass lines and the silly drum sound just kills it, not to mention the ridiculous casio cathedral organ sheen. just.. i dunno.. though "it doesn't matter if we all die" or however the first line on the album goes did stick with me.

SynthethicalY · 07.02.2007, 09:47 PM

Such an awesome album. I liked it better than disintegration.

gmku · 07.03.2007, 12:09 AM

I never got into the Cure.

gmku · 07.03.2007, 12:10 AM

King Buzzo, #9 really belonged to the white album, you know.

king_buzzo · 07.03.2007, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by gmku

King Buzzo, #9 really belonged to the white album, you know.

whoops, i didnt see it. oh well.

Torn Curtain · 07.03.2007, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

sorry, king buzzo, i typically agree with you on many many things.

but i hate this album.

the only cure worth listening to is probably 3 imaginary boys/boys don't cry, and even that is grating.

ehhhhhhhhh.

pornography has a song or two that is listenable, but the overly goth bass lines and the silly drum sound just kills it, not to mention the ridiculous casio cathedral organ sheen. just.. i dunno.. though "it doesn't matter if we all die" or however the first line on the album goes did stick with me.

You have to place the record into context, it was the time of electro-pop (everyone was influenced by Kraftwerk). In addition there's a Cabaret voltaire and Throbbing gristle influence to it that I thought would appeal to you, and the guitar in the title track is in my opinion a precursor to noise-rock.

tasteinmen · 07.03.2007, 06:33 AM

Is it just me or is the strings used in the pornography song very similar to the music in the resident evil mansion? (obviously this isn't the cures fault since they wrote the song 12 years before resident evil).

atsonicpark · 07.03.2007, 09:15 AM

there are things i dig in it, but as a whole it's just.......... wow... boring.

i didn't really hear any throbbing gristle influences in it, but ..

i dunno. i just have never been in the mood to listen to pornography after listening to it a couple times a while back.... maybe one day.

PAULYBEE2656 · 07.03.2007, 11:15 AM

it doesnt matter if we all die...
greatest opening line of any album anywhere...

its a classic album. the finest cure album ever. the sound of a band being fucked up on life and other shit. its te only cure album i listen to regulary anymore.....

Savage Clone · 07.03.2007, 02:52 PM

I also think this album was their finest hour, though I also love Faith/Seventeen Seconds/Carnage Visors nearly as much.
Still, this album sounds so original still (I really don't know of anything that sounds quite like it), and in its time it was a pretty bold statement. Heavy, drugged, harsh and desperate. I like the drum sound on this album, even though it dates itself. Bought a deluxe 180g Simply Vinyl reissue a few years back, and it was worth every penny. I'd listened to it literally hundreds of times since the early/mid 80s, and I heard new things in it that I had never noticed before.

confusionisben · 07.03.2007, 04:15 PM

Faith tops this.
Shame Robert Smith won't grow up.

frades · 04.11.2008, 02:17 PM

does anyone know a good cover of the song "pornography"? this is one song i'd like to be covered by SY. I think they would have fun to do it... are there any other song somebody would like to hear by SY?

Rob Instigator · 04.11.2008, 02:23 PM

I love it. I love head in The Door too

and Kiss Me Kiss me Kiss Me. fucking double amazing album

and disintegration
and boys don;t cry
and
and

abnd

krastian · 04.11.2008, 03:01 PM

I love Pornography too, but Boys Don't Cry will always be my favorite Cure.

07.02.2007, 01:40 PM	#1
king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	Brilliant album, awesome cover and great songs. one of the best opening lines.
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07.02.2007, 01:44 PM	#2
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	that album has some great songs. "a strange day" is the best song.
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07.02.2007, 02:57 PM	#3
SonicSam children of satan Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 269	Faith is better I reckon __________________
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07.02.2007, 03:26 PM	#4
dionysusundone the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 871	I agree, always preferred Faith.
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07.02.2007, 05:39 PM	#5
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Pornography's great but I prefer Faith and Desintegration.
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07.02.2007, 06:24 PM	#6
tasteinmen bad moon rising Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 213	Pornography is my favourite cure album, one hundred years and siamese twins are my favourites. I think charlotte sometimes should have been on this album. It's such a dark album, so much pain, it's hard to be believe what was released several months later.
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07.02.2007, 09:46 PM	#7
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	sorry, king buzzo, i typically agree with you on many many things. but i hate this album. the only cure worth listening to is probably 3 imaginary boys/boys don't cry, and even that is grating. ehhhhhhhhh. pornography has a song or two that is listenable, but the overly goth bass lines and the silly drum sound just kills it, not to mention the ridiculous casio cathedral organ sheen. just.. i dunno.. though "it doesn't matter if we all die" or however the first line on the album goes did stick with me. __________________
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07.02.2007, 09:47 PM	#8
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	Such an awesome album. I liked it better than disintegration.
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07.03.2007, 12:09 AM	#9
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I never got into the Cure. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	King Buzzo, #9 really belonged to the white album, you know. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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07.03.2007, 06:33 AM	#13
tasteinmen bad moon rising Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 213	Is it just me or is the strings used in the pornography song very similar to the music in the resident evil mansion? (obviously this isn't the cures fault since they wrote the song 12 years before resident evil).
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07.03.2007, 09:15 AM	#14
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	there are things i dig in it, but as a whole it's just.......... wow... boring. i didn't really hear any throbbing gristle influences in it, but .. i dunno. i just have never been in the mood to listen to pornography after listening to it a couple times a while back.... maybe one day. __________________
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07.03.2007, 11:15 AM	#15
PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	it doesnt matter if we all die... greatest opening line of any album anywhere... its a classic album. the finest cure album ever. the sound of a band being fucked up on life and other shit. its te only cure album i listen to regulary anymore..... __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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07.03.2007, 02:52 PM	#16
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	I also think this album was their finest hour, though I also love Faith/Seventeen Seconds/Carnage Visors nearly as much. Still, this album sounds so original still (I really don't know of anything that sounds quite like it), and in its time it was a pretty bold statement. Heavy, drugged, harsh and desperate. I like the drum sound on this album, even though it dates itself. Bought a deluxe 180g Simply Vinyl reissue a few years back, and it was worth every penny. I'd listened to it literally hundreds of times since the early/mid 80s, and I heard new things in it that I had never noticed before.
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07.03.2007, 04:15 PM	#17
confusionisben empty page Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: England Posts: 10	Faith tops this. Shame Robert Smith won't grow up.
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04.11.2008, 02:17 PM	#18
frades children of satan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: tours (france) Posts: 269	does anyone know a good cover of the song "pornography"? this is one song i'd like to be covered by SY. I think they would have fun to do it... are there any other song somebody would like to hear by SY?
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04.11.2008, 02:23 PM	#19
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,975	I love it. I love head in The Door too and Kiss Me Kiss me Kiss Me. fucking double amazing album and disintegration and boys don;t cry and and abnd __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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04.11.2008, 03:01 PM	#20
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	I love Pornography too, but Boys Don't Cry will always be my favorite Cure. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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