That's not true, dear. I'm fine with anybody liking/or disliking the material. But some of the comments on the songs are not only very harsh but also very intolerant. TO ME it's also quite obvious that in many cases these oppinions are not based on the quality of the songs by themselfes but on the mislead expectation of wishing another Disintegration.
ok in order to get somewhere here (instead of just going round and round): could you perhaps give some examples?
and especially, what makes you think people wish for another 'disintegration'? where is this impression of yours really based on?
from my part i can say that i truly do NOT wish another 'disintegration'. why on earth would i want another 'disintegration'? that would be going to the past whereas every artists should always look into the future. that's very clear. like said by someone else here before, the cure is such a magnificent band that we've grown to expect the best and nothing but the best from them. but "the best" does not mean "i want another disintegration". there's a world of difference there.
and simply to say "i like the cure's old stuff more than the new" is not basis enough to say "ok this person obviously wants another disintegration". those are two different things.
but perhaps you can point out some more exact examples, to shed a light on your impression.
And for the production & mp3 discussions here. Again, I'm fine with anybody disliking the production of new cure songs and on the other hand trying to keep the level of floating material high, but those minor aspects have become a sort of religion for some guys around here. I'm sick of that, that's all. So I don't even have a different oppinion concerning that sound issue, but it's so oddly overfocussed in this forum and I should be allowed to state that, don't you think?
production is a minor aspect? not at all. good production is everything! just go ask any musician, anyone who's been in the studio and ever recorded anything. a good producer cannot turn shit to gold but a bad producer can ruin perfectly good music. the fact that a lot of people here have said that they enjoy the live versions of the new songs (=therefore they are saying that they actually DO like the new stuff) but are not perfectly happy with the studio singles speaks for itself, doesn't it? (and i think we can find lots of comments like that on this forum (and not just coming from some 2-3 people but from a broad selection of fans).
about something being "overfocused" here in general: in general, people here are welcome to discuss what they feel is necessary and important to discuss. there are no official opinions here and nobody is forced to agree with anyone. therefore i don't think we can say something is "over focused": just as long people have grounds to write their impressions and they can give some reasoning behind it, they can write it out.
Well, that's always a solution, but actually I'm glad to finally having found a vital cure forum and will not leave it that easily just because you want me to. Maybe you are a having a problem with my oppionions instead?
sorry, i would want you to leave?

: please, i NEVER said that! so please let's not put such words into each others mouth here ok?
that was NOT a personal comment/suggestion to anyone. i simply mean that if (and i mean if) someone feels they don't like it out here then there's nothing wrong with that and there's no reason to get one's blood pressure up because of it. and look, i was mainly referring to mr oso's kind of approach there: people coming here and intentionally misquoting someone in order to get some fuel for their ranting - what's the point of that? if you don't have anything else to say then why bother yourself with it at all? that was all i meant: if you see someone having nothing much more to say that "this place sucks!" then i think it's a natural question to think "then why come here? why not take it easy instead and do something else?". that is NOT the same as saying "we don't want you here". everybody is welcome here (OF COURSE) but we also expect people to have decent manners - which means no insulting on purpose, no lashing out, no trolling etc.
i'm not sure why you think i'm being hostile towards you (just because i have a different opinion on the new releases?)?
sorry but i almost feel like you were intentionally looking for a conflict here(?) - which i don't think is necessary at all.
i really don't think i ever posted anything like "hey your opinion sucks, you're wrong" etc. or did i? sure, i've said that i don't agree with you about this or that, but that's hardly nowhere close to the same. and what's so awful about that, about disagreeing? that's just conversation, having different opinions!
why should we all think the same??
truly, i am baffled why people feel so threatened just because there are other people in the forum with different sort of opinions.
what's there to be threatened about?