Poll
Question:
What is your favorite b-side from The Cure?
Option 1: Lament
Option 2: 2 Late
Option 3: The Exploding Boy
Option 4: A Chain Of Flowers
Option 5: I'm Cold
Option 6: Fear Of Ghosts
Option 7: This Twilight Garden
Option 8: Another Journey By Train
Option 9: Play
Option 10: To The Sky
Option 11: The Big Hand
Option 12: A Foolish Arrangement
Option 13: Scared As You
Option 14: Snow In Summer
Option 15: Harold And Joe
Option 16: It Used To Be Me
So, er, yeah. Which one?
My favorite is 2 Late, closely followed by The Exploding Boy.
"No-one will ever take your place...."
How this song didn't make it on to Wish when a song like Wendy Time did is a mystery for the ages.
Fear of Ghosts should have been on Disintegration in Lovesong's place (while Lovesong should have been a non-album single, maybe Lullaby should have been too), and 2 Late should have been a single.
I really like It Used To Be Me too... and A Chain of Flowers... and Scared As You... and Ocean... and Adonais... and Harold and Joe... and The Big Hand... and Fear of Ghosts... and --
God.
I would kill for a Join the Dots Tour.
'This Twilight Garden' narrowly edges out 'I'm Cold'. Both are two of my favorites.
Quote from: Bloodflower on January 18, 2007, 01:31:32
"No-one will ever take your place...."
How this song didn't make it on to Wish when a song like Wendy Time did is a mystery for the ages.
Fear of Ghosts should have been on Disintegration in Lovesong's place (while Lovesong should have been a non-album single, maybe Lullaby should have been too), and 2 Late should have been a single.
I really like It Used To Be Me too... and A Chain of Flowers... and Scared As You... and Ocean... and Adonais... and Harold and Joe... and The Big Hand... and Fear of Ghosts... and --
God.
I would kill for a Join the Dots Tour.
Yeah, This Twilight Garden kicks all kind of ass. And 2 Late is totally one of the great "lost" Cure singles.
And I would also be all for a Join the Dots tour - but I think they could skip Do The Hansa, New Day, Mr. Pink Eye, Stop Dead and the like...and Dredd Song. Especially Dredd Song.
Too hard to pick, but I'm on an "Exploding Boy" kick right now so that's my vote.
Big fan of "A Few Hours After This" as well.
"This Twilight Garden" is the most perfect of all the Bsides... EVER.
I'm partial to The Big Hand right now. This should have been on Wish too but I guess Robert wasn't a big fan of it.
And I would also be all for a Join the Dots tour - but I think they could skip Do The Hansa, New Day, Mr. Pink Eye, Stop Dead and the like...and Dredd Song. Especially Dredd Song.
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This is a point of you, and this is... yours. But i can't agree when you imagine a Join The Dots Tour without Mr Pink Eyes & Stop Dead.
And just a thing : Lovesong is just... a perfect love pop song.
well even if ~this twilight garden~
is one of the best songs EVER written
i really adore everything from the DiSi - era ,so my fav. is:
~Fear Of Ghosts~
& the further i get from the things that i care about...
I voted for Lament, but to be honest i cant choose, The Big Hand is possibly one of the best songs they have done and i also love Fear Of Ghosts........just cant choose at all....
Quote from: yrbadrenau on January 19, 2007, 20:31:13
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And I would also be all for a Join the Dots tour - but I think they could skip Do The Hansa, New Day, Mr. Pink Eye, Stop Dead and the like...and Dredd Song. Especially Dredd Song.
This is a point of you, and this is... yours. But i can't agree when you imagine a Join The Dots Tour without Mr Pink Eyes & Stop Dead.
Well, as long as they wouldn't do Dredd Song. :-D
yes, not a song. a kind of mistake
Well, I vote for 'Exploding boy' but quite close to 'Lament' and just after 'The big hand'. Some very good tracks ! :smth023
Lament & Scared as you
I voted for"The Exploding Boy". It could be an album's song.
I voted for "This Twilight Garden". But where are the b-sides of WMS???
How about "Breathe"? That is my favourite B-side - lovely textures and mood to it. I thought "It Used To Be Me" was truckloads better than the single it arrived on as well. Of that list my fave was Harold & Joe - someone had to vote for it....
It Used to be Me was the best (or maybe second or third best -- Bare and Want exist, after all) very probably the best song to come out of the WMS sessions. I love it. I'm going to go listen to it now.
All he needs is everyone I've ever been
And all she needs is everywhere I've ever seen
All they need
Anything I've touched
And all you need is everything I've ever loved
Everything I've heard
Everything I've learned
Everything I've tried
Everything I've held
Everything I've felt
Everything I've lost
Everything I've cried...
Until my hole head shrieks
With grinding my teeth
Desperate to find a single word I can keep
Any kind of truth
Any kind of hope
Oh, just any kind of word that doesn't make me choke....
PS. I love Ocean, Adonais, Home, Waiting, and A Pink Dream as well. The Cure's b-sides from 1985-2000 were just fantastic.
I added It Used To Be Me to the poll....unfortunately, it won't let me add any more! :(
I picked THIS TWILIGHT GARDEN, it's one of the most beautiful love songs by the cure!!!!! :roll:
No-one will ever take your place
I am lost in you
No-one will ever take your place
So in love with you...
and then "the big hand", "a chain of flowers", "to the sky" and "fear of ghosts" :smth001
Dalila
This twilight garden
I woted for:
A Chain Of Flowers
MASSIVE SONG!
GREAT SITE TOO! :D
Quote from: tram71 on January 18, 2007, 02:43:49
Quote from: Bloodflower on January 18, 2007, 01:31:32
Fear of Ghosts should have been on Disintegration in Lovesong's place (while Lovesong should have been a non-album single, maybe Lullaby should have been too), and 2 Late should have been a single.
And 2 Late is totally one of the great "lost" Cure singles.
(hehe i can imagine some people getting bored since i'm always going on about this song haha - whatever! :-D)
i remember the bliss of flipping over my lovesong 12" single and hearing 2 late for the first time, i was breathless at it.
beats the crap out of lovesong hehe. :rocker
but i disagree that it should have been a single. i think it's much better when it's a hidden, secret gem like it is now. because i'm afraid it would have gotten mangled and destroyed by being overplayed on the radio and probably also lyrically misunderstood, taken as just one more of those "a bit more poppy cure tunes" - if it were released as a single.
besides, there's beauty in being "a lost single". it doesn't mean the song "failed".
people use to say "oh it should have been a single" meaning that a song got overlooked somehow. but why should it be a question of value? like an album track was always more "valuable" (as a piece of art) as a non-album track? i don't think so. what fits on the album/qualifies as a single is one thing, the artistic value of a song (in itself) is something else, not related.
(besides, if even lovesong and/or lullaby might seem to stick out of most of 'disintegration' a bit, i think 2 late would have completely impossible to fit in there - so it couldn't have ever worked as a single taken from the album. and as a non-album single? i think still no, due to the abovementioned reasons.
and i also think 'disintegration' would be much duller without lullaby & lovesong. there's also room for tracks that distract the listener a bit, take him/her a bit away from the "heart" for a while. not only room but also need for it, a need to draw away for a while. and in that way it makes the "heart" affect you more then, when you're realizing now you're "within the heart of it", in certain other songs...
i mean, you can't just keep on disintegrating continuously for 70+ minutes hehe ;))
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ps. ok i know it's hard/impossible to make the poll lists complete, but a lot of things are missing, starting from 10.15? :?
just one kiss, out of mind...
we should list them all for the poll to make perfect sense.
i love "The Big Hand"...i mean,to me that's their best b-side even though i love many of their b-sides but "The Big Hand" is definitely my favourite!
1 this morning
2 fear of ghosts
3 a few hours after this
4 it used to be me
5 play
6 scared as you
7 a chain of flowers
I used to like Fear of Ghosts but now i like A Chain of Flowers most. Sugar Girl, 2 Late, Signal to Noise, and To the Sky are great too.
I voted for Play. I just love the intro and I think Robert's voice sounds great in this song
Wow!!!, good question!!! :D, well for me one of the best b sides that I alway´s have loved is: "Splintered In Her Head", is for me my b side favorite, the reason is because this song have a great dark sound so as the words made for this song, I like it!!!
A Chain Of Flowers
Lament
The Big Hand
This Twilight Garden
The Exploding Boy
...
A Pink Dream is a great theme and it's missing here 8)
the big hand my favourite song.
I woted for:
A Chain Of Flowers
Great song!!!
neither is/was my #1 choice but i'm somehow delightedly surprised that at the moment the good ol' 'lament' is about to beat the all time favorite of everyone and their dog 'this twilight garden' - go lament go! :lol:
It's a bit hard to see Lament as a b-side. It's something hybrid between an A and a B side.
i vote for "the exploding boy". excellent song for me!
*Lament
*2 late
*a chain of flowers
*fear of ghosts
these four songs are amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing!!!!!!!!!!! 100% Perfect!!!! :-D :-D :-D
:rocker :rocker :rocker :rocker
Quote from: smitha on March 21, 2007, 23:58:40
It's a bit hard to see Lament as a b-side. It's something hybrid between an A and a B side.
LAMENT for me... It is for me the sound of The Cure I LOVE !! :smth022 dark, depressing and eerie guitar :smth035 and wicked drums, like a heart beat...
although I have to agree with marika about 10:15 and Just One Kiss missing from the list! Also.. Speak My Language!! ;)
Breathe
Lament
Descent
Chain Of Flowers
This Twilight Garden
Fear Of Ghosts
...and many others
I voted for exploding boy; but now that i'm checking the answers I think that cure's fans share similar preferences on b-sides.
:smth020 :smth023
i really like
play,
a pink dream,
2 late,
out of mind (very underrated)
splintered in her head...
join the dots is such a great thing, i was overjoyed when i bought it and listened to it for months on end!
I went for I'm Cold.
I do like most of the B-sides & in fact prefer them to the a sides.
Lament is a belter of a song & musn't forget 10.15 Saturday night.
But, I was a little disappointed not to see the b-side of the Hanging Garden 10" on the list, as for me, this is their best B-side ever.
A Forest & Killing An Arab live. Can't beat that I'm afraid. :-D
Quote from: Steve on February 06, 2008, 14:23:11
I went for I'm Cold.
I do like most of the B-sides & in fact prefer them to the a sides.
Lament is a belter of a song & musn't forget 10.15 Saturday night.
But, I was a little disappointed not to see the b-side of the Hanging Garden 10" on the list, as for me, this is their best B-side ever.
A Forest & Killing An Arab live. Can't beat that I'm afraid. :-D
Yes, 10:15 would be the best! I didn't even think of that as being a B-Side, because I think of it as a single. Haha. It's just such a great song, it's timeless!!
Lament is great, even the flexipop version is nice.
Waiting is a great song too that I forgot about.
Lament for me, too. My favorite side of the Cure's sound.
Even though there are better b-sides that I like more, I keep returning to A Man Inside My Mouth and Waiting when I listen to Join The Dots. Quite "efficient" songs, in their own ways...
Quote from: Bloodflower on January 23, 2007, 02:22:00
It Used to be Me was the best (or maybe second or third best -- Bare and Want exist, after all) very probably the best song to come out of the WMS sessions. I love it. I'm going to go listen to it now.
All he needs is everyone I've ever been
And all she needs is everywhere I've ever seen
All they need
Anything I've touched
And all you need is everything I've ever loved
Everything I've heard
Everything I've learned
Everything I've tried
Everything I've held
Everything I've felt
Everything I've lost
Everything I've cried...
Until my hole head shrieks
With grinding my teeth
Desperate to find a single word I can keep
Any kind of truth
Any kind of hope
Oh, just any kind of word that doesn't make me choke....
Hahahaha... I started to read these lyrics, and found myself singing it before I knew what I was doing... and loud to, as I'm home alone!!!! *chuckle*
You make some good points japanesebaby. When I first started to listen to The Cure, I found it a real joy to 'discover' the b-side! And when I eventually got the cassette tape for Standing On A Beach, I loved LOVED every bloody b-side on the tapes b-side... LOL, does that make sense?? I voted for Harold and Joe, but there are others I would have liked to vote for!
This poll list is incomplete, no? Where's "10:15"? And "Splintered in her Head"? And "Ocean"?
Of those mentioned, I choose "Lament". But there are several other wonderful songs on the list (Chain of Flowers, Fear of Ghosts, Twilight Garden...)
No question:THIS TWILIGHT GARDEN.So beautiful... :smth020
Splintered In Her Head,Just One Kiss,Happy The Man,
A Man Inside My Mouth,Adonais,This Morning,
NY Trip,All Kinds Of Stuff,The Exploding Boy,A Few Hours After This...
Quote from: MeltingMan on April 04, 2014, 19:13:54
No question:THIS TWILIGHT GARDEN.So beautiful... :smth020
Ah, well, probably my favourite these days as well. But 'Join the Dots' has many great songs to choose from, that's for sure.
Best cure B-side era for me is Kiss Me...all those b-sides were amazing! Chain of Flowers would be incredible to hear live.
This Twilight Garden for me too, you can almost walk around inside the mix.
I've always thought there are so many good b-sides, especially "This Twilight Garden", "2 Late" "Chain of Flowers" and "The Exploding Boy", currently I've re-discovered "Snow In Summer"!
Quote from: tram71 on January 18, 2007, 01:01:17
So, er, yeah. Which one?
My favorite is 2 Late, closely followed by The Exploding Boy.
I went with "2 Late" also. Best shoegaze song evar!
Other favs:
Throw Your Foot
Exploding Boy
Fear Of Ghosts
Harold And Joe
This Twilight Garden
Play
Halo
Scared As You
The Big Hand
A Pink Dream
also love these non-LP songs (that aren't B-sides)
To The Sky
Spilt Milk
This Twilight Garden gets the slight edge over Snow in Summer and 2 Late for me. :)
the fact that the list is narrowed avoids the possibility by essence to choose any other b-side not listed obviously... fortunatley my fave is 2 late.
This Twilight Garden, A Chain of Flowers, Fear Of Ghosts, The Big Hand, Play, A Foolish Arrangement, Lament, Cloudberry, It Used To Be Me, Fake, This Morning, Demise, Innsbruck, Inwood, The Three Sisters
This Twilight Garden