The Cure "bonus" tracks

[Bloodflower]

I'm considering shelling out the money for the UK version of "The Cure" as well as the alt.end (or perhaps Taking Off) single.

Anyone who has heard "Going Nowhere", "Truth, Goodness, and Beauty", "Your God is Fear", and "Why Can't I Be Me?", could you please tell me your opinion of the songs. If they're no good, I'm not going to spend the money, but my curiosity is potent.

Thanks!

PS. I already have the "End of the World" single, so I've got the other b-sides.

[Matti]

Going Nowhere: absulute must-have, one of their best songs of the last year
TG&B: dito, a shame that they left it off the "regular" US/EU versions as this is one of the best songs from the TC sessions
YGIF: hmmm... it's worth listening, content-wise, but musically it didn't strike me too much
WCIBM?: missing this is not a shame, I think...

Hope this helps.

[lostflower4]

I'm quite sure you won't regret spending a little money to get these extra songs.

[splitmilk34]

Going Nowhere:  Very good song and definitely essential.  Should've been the final track on the album following "The Promise".

Truth, Goodness & Beauty: I love the lyrics in this song and it should've been on the album.

Your God is Fear: Not essential, but a thrilling bassline makes it worth many listens.

Why Can't I Be Me?:  Amazing guitar work and mood.  Way better than "Why Can't I Be You?" and one of the better BSides from these sessions.

[Darth Blood]

there is anothere one FAKE

[Darth Blood]

sorry i didn´t finish  the last post... FAKE... B side from the end of the world single...

[Bloodflower]

Thanks, everybody! I'll have to go eBay hunting.

PS. As I type this, my TV is on VH1 and during the show "I Love the Eighties: 3D -- 1980", they played a bit of "Why Can't I Be You?" Thought it was appropriate, considering.

Again, thanks!

[bluewater]

I'm considering shelling out the money for the UK version of "The Cure" as well as the alt.end (or perhaps Taking Off) single.

Anyone who has heard "Going Nowhere", "Truth, Goodness, and Beauty", "Your God is Fear", and "Why Can't I Be Me?", could you please tell me your opinion of the songs. If they're no good, I'm not going to spend the money, but my curiosity is potent.

Thanks!

PS. I already have the "End of the World" single, so I've got the other b-sides.

Going nowhere : A promise that it isn´t the last song we hear from the cure

Truth Goodness and Beauty : Trying to unite the three things in one person so they don´t contradict each other

Fake : Well I think there are two things that no one can ever fake, the first thing is Robert Smith and the other thing is Stanley Kubrick. Obviously this tells about the first one and has nothing to do with movies or acting.

Your god is fear: Song to those who are afraid of RS. 

Why can´t I be Me?: It continues where Your God Is Fear ends. I don´t know what
it means or tries to say on a personal level (to cure fans). Probably it is a song for objective thinking people who think they know everything about some special subject, but lose their self identity because of too objective thinking.

-bw

[leipzigcure]

Thanks very much for this one, thanks a lot!!!!

[Dillinger]

i really want to hear why cant i be me, infact i dont have the self titled  one of the 4 left to get

[splitmilk34]

I honestly think "This Morning" is the best Bside of these sessions.

[wickedchild]

I agree with you, Spiltmilk34, especially the spoken part. Sounds spooky like "Fear of Ghosts"  :twisted:

[bomber2007]

If you want to buy "Why Can't I Be Me?" and "Your God Is Fear" it's best to buy them on the Alt.End single because the Alt.End version is an (edit) for the single, it's a bit shorter than the album version.

But if you buy the Taking Off single (it has the same 2 b-sides) the actual song Taking Off is the same as the album.

So you can buy the Alt.End single and get the Alt.End (edit) also.

[Bloodflower]

Thanks, everyone. Due to your feelings on the songs, I have taken the steps to get the extra songs. Going Nowhere and Truth Goodness and Beauty are great. I already had the End of the World CDS, and I really like the songs on them. I really like the Alt.End single b-sides too. Thanks, all.