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First ever introduction of 'Friday I'm In Love' like this. Lovely.
Is up on YouTube,
The first video is the main set
The second video is the encore (though missing most of Lullaby)
Quote from: word_on_a_wing on July 14, 2019, 22:49:47Is up on YouTube,
The first video is the main set
The second video is the encore (though missing most of Lullaby)
I think I know those people in front row ;-)
Quote from: word_on_a_wing on July 14, 2019, 22:49:47
that's
@x-phile,third from the left, with the British Summer Time t-shirt :)
Quote from: x-phile on July 14, 2019, 23:40:44I think I know those people in front row ;-)
Hmm.. The wink suggests something meaningful ...is it you there? Or another Curefan?
...scratch that, just read the next message. Nice to put a face to a name!! :)
Wow!! I'm watching this now, what an awesome show this one is. The setlist order is great, such a fierce start. The word ELECTRIC keeps arising in my mind. Perfection.
By the way the link x-phile posted in reply #3 works best (the other one I posted was glitchy)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_ipwcWWwAwTuOL.jpg)
minute 20:38 > phones have taken not only our daily lives, but also those very special moments with The Cure. Look at those people. Maybe some of them are running to Twitter to post what song The Cure played (funny thing is, the setlist is 99% the same so far in the whole tour!) Some prefer watching Bob through tiny holes not just for a few seconds but in some cases for several minutes or for the whole concert (funny thing is - pretty much every concert in this tour is streamed and we have the chance to see a HD video of the gig soon afterwards). Where is humanity heading if even the world's greatest band show is not enough to capture our full attention?
Quote from: dsanchez on July 15, 2019, 22:01:18Where is humanity heading if even the world's greatest band show is not enough to capture our full attention?
I don't know where humanity is heading (probably to hell)... but certainly a few people taking pics/vids at a Cure show is not something to value the whole of "humanity"? :?
(What's more of a "sign" about humanity is how "we" exploit other countries or whole continents to be able to use such technical devices...)
Btw, apparently German band "Die Toten Hosen" asked not to use cameras, smartphones etc. at their recent acoustic show - probably because they were filming it...)
considering there are 7 Billion people in the planet and more than 7 Billion mobile devices in use (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_mobile_phones_in_use), I think it's a very good indicator of our times (I am talking about how phones are -radically- changing human behavior)
And I was talkin' about how 7 billion people don't care how/if other people on earth are exploited in the "making" of those mobile devices...
The reason why people take pics (or vids) is because they want to "hold" this moment for "posterity", so they can re-watch it and say "I was there" (or show it to others) - because everyone knows they'll be dying one day and thus there is something left. That is a deeply human thing imho. (Of course I dislike people watching whole shows on their phones instead of "being there" - but I understand the emotion behind it.)
Impossible to enjoy a show whilst engrossed in your phone.
We are addicted to our devices with Facebook, Twitter etc like a drug addiction, wonder how many were checking their social media feeds on a regular basis!
Ps have wrote this message via my phone after reading my twitter feed! Damn I'm just the same as everyone else! #phoneaddict 😠
Quote from: Mez7000 on July 16, 2019, 11:37:31Impossible to enjoy a show whilst engrossed in your phone.
We are addicted to our devices... wonder how many were checking their social media feeds on a regular basis!
Many do so - I can't, as I own a very old-fashioned mobile phone, which I turn off during a Cure show. At the Stuttgart show in 2016, I had my (little) camera on me, I took a few pics, of which two were kinda "viewable". (During a Cure gig, which lasts 2-3 hours, there is enough time to try taking some pics. I knew others would be filming, so I didn't...)
Still, the signs where "humanity" might be heading, are to be found in how we treat other human beings, animals, the environment etc.!
I think it is okay as you do not disturb others by blocking their view, in the end there are a lot of questionable behaviours in live concerts, especially in these big festivals that seem to be a huge party instead of a place to enjoy music.
It also depends on how often you can afford/enjoy the bands you like, and everyone (almost) wants to have some kind of 'souvenir' of being there, so if you can see them often, you don't care that much, but I've only been 4 times to Cure concerts, 2 when i was younger and cameras where analogic, so i have 0 memories from those, and when i saw them in 2008 i took 2-3 pictures that , well, blurry as hell, from the distance. So last time, 2016, i took my camera and my smartphone and took a few quality pictures, and recorded 2-3 songs, especially the upbeat ones, where people go mad anyway (jumping and singing so you really can't even hear Bob's voice, Friday i'm in love and ones like that)
I will probably do the same next time, it may be the last one. However i always try to have the camera or smartphone low enough, close to my chest or face, so i do not disturb anyone.
Quote from: tzare on July 16, 2019, 12:23:42I think it is okay as you do not disturb others by blocking their view, in the end there are a lot of questionable behaviours in live concerts, especially in these big festivals that seem to be a huge party instead of a place to enjoy music.
That is true... I don't go to big festivals because of that. I wanna hear some good music, but so many bands playing all day gets too much for me...(and then seeing people who obviously are
not there for the music, but for the drinking, camping, whatever...)!
Quote from: tzare on July 16, 2019, 12:23:42However i always try to have the camera or smartphone low enough, close to my chest or face, so i do not disturb anyone.
That's very kind of you and that's how it should be done! :smth023
Quote from: x-phile on July 25, 2019, 13:18:10
00:59 - 1:05 >> it's the only way to be...! very good
@x-phile :)
Celebrating The Cure
After Hyde Park The Cure continue celebrating their 40th anniversary in Europe Festivals and one of them took place in Lisbon, Portugal on 11th July 2019.
Every time I attend a Cure Show it special in some way... For me this show was very special in many ways...
It was time to celebrate 30 years of my first Cure show that took place in Lisbon too during The Prayer Tour. At that time that was only possible because my older brother took me with him to attend. And this time was time to "payback" so I took him with me to pay my tribute to him for the infection of this disease that is The Cure. It was very special, very emotional to relive our passion for the band again together in a live Cure show.
It was time to celebrate with some friends that we first met in that show back in 89, and that became our Cure Friends over the years and shows after.
It was time to celebrate Hyde Park show too because it was out on big screen that same day. It was one show that I and many other Cure Friends attend to celebrate our passion for The Cure.
Simply, it was Celebration Time... Celebration Life... Celebrating The Cure!