What is your favorite cover done by The Cure? Mine is Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart
I really dig their "You Really Got Me" cover, as well as "Hello, I Love You" because I never really liked the latter until I heard Robert singing it...
I like the long version of Hello I Love You a lot, but I don't really care for the more standard cover....
My favourite cover would probably have to be Love Will Tear Us Apart, though.
Hello I love You
Quote from: Cure Freak on September 16, 2007, 01:54:01
What is your favorite cover done by The Cure? Mine is Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart
Nah. That is a complete mess of a cover. Only worse one I can think of is Moby's cover of Temptation. What utter pish!
My fave Cure cover is Don't Believe A Word.
imo the problem with the cure covering joy division is because they are too much alike in terms of genre/sound. of course they can play it alright and sound good in the process, but in the end there's nothing really new in it at all - and so you start thinking "ok but what's the point?". i think when a band wants to play a cover they should pick a song that would be at least a bit more distant to their own style, otherwise it really doesn't make too much sense (imo). often the best covers ever are the ones that are really surprising, the ones that you would have thought to be very unlike combinations before you ever heard them!
in my opinion, 'don't believe a word' is a lot better cover than 'love will tear...'. i especially like the version they did on the re_covered tv show.
anyway, i don't think the cure is very good with any covers at all. i don't know how to explain it any better but to me they always strangely sound a bit uncertain of thmselves, almost on the verge of being amateurish every time they do a cover, like they were treading too unfamiliar waters or something. i'm sure many people will disagree with this though.
i like 'hello i love you' psychedelic mix and 'purple haze' (both versions) the most, i guess.
(something non-cure related but concerning covers:
probably the best cover ever from any band i know is 'hyperchondriac music' by muse. well you could say it's not exactly a cover (since it's actually a band covering themselves!), but i think it's simply the best re-working of a song i've ever come across. it succeeds in a rare trick of taking a good song and turning it into another really good song, a completely new point of view - i love it!)
To be hones I;ve only listen to Love Will Tear Us Apart, Purple Haze, Young American and the three of Hello, I love you.
And in some aspects, now, I have to agree with you, japanesebaby , about Joy Division and The Cure. I guess I have so much love for that song, from JD, that i chose it.
People make mistakes. :oops:
I love Purple Haze, as well.
Quote from: Cure Freak on September 16, 2007, 22:59:46
People make mistakes. :oops:
heh well i wasn't saying there was anything bad in liking it - i actually like it too... it's just that it doesn't make me really thrilled: i just find myself thinking "i could just as well listen to the original version by JD than this" so maybe it's somehow pointless anyway.
doesn't mean the same as bad/crap, though.
Quote from: japanesebaby on September 16, 2007, 23:06:20
Quote from: Cure Freak on September 16, 2007, 22:59:46
People make mistakes. :oops:
heh well i wasn't saying there was anything bad in liking it - i actually like it too... it's just that it doesn't make me really thrilled: i just find myself thinking "i could just as well listen to the original version by JD than this" so maybe it's somehow pointless anyway.
doesn't mean the same as bad/crap, though.
No, I know you didn't. But, you are right about it being too close to JD's .
To be fair Robert Smith didn't choose to cover LWTUA. That was a Australian girl who won a radio contest and they had to do it then. I don't like it very much. They recorded it in a van with very basic equipment... I guess they didn't want to spend some money here. :lol:
My favorite is probably Hello I Love You (both the regular and psychedelic versions).
Quote from: Descent on September 16, 2007, 23:21:52
To be fair Robert Smith didn't choose to cover LWTUA. That was a Australian girl who won a radio contest and they had to do it then. I don't like it very much. They recorded it in a van with very basic equipment... I guess they didn't want to spend some money here. :lol:
I didn't know that. And I guess not.
for some reason i could just never get into their covers of purple haze and hello i love you
dont know why
Quote from: Cure Freak on September 16, 2007, 22:59:46
To be hones I;ve only listen to Love Will Tear Us Apart, Purple Haze and ht three od Hello, I love you.
And in some aspects, now, I have to agree with you, japanesebaby , about Joy Division and The Cure. I guess I have so much love for that song, from JD, that i chose it.
People make mistakes. :oops:
I love Purple Haze, as well.
:oops: :oops:
Sorry Cure Freak. Don't take it to heart. Just my opinion really.
I see no-one's admitting to Young Americans then :lol:
Quote from: Steve on September 17, 2007, 10:35:08
Quote from: Cure Freak on September 16, 2007, 22:59:46
To be hones I;ve only listen to Love Will Tear Us Apart, Purple Haze and ht three od Hello, I love you.
And in some aspects, now, I have to agree with you, japanesebaby , about Joy Division and The Cure. I guess I have so much love for that song, from JD, that i chose it.
People make mistakes. :oops:
I love Purple Haze, as well.
:oops: :oops:
Sorry Cure Freak. Don't take it to heart. Just my opinion really.
I see no-one's admitting to Young Americans then :lol:
No needs to aplogize. I'm not. And I respect your opinion, as wellm\, as the others.
I forgot to mentio YA, as another one, I've heard. Not really crazy about that one.
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No needs to aplogize. I'm not. And I respect your opinion, as wellm\, as the others.
I forgot to mentio YA, as another one, I've heard. Not really crazy about that one.
Come to think of it, the original's a load of rubbish too :lol:
Quote from: Steve on September 17, 2007, 13:13:02
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No needs to aplogize. I'm not. And I respect your opinion, as wellm\, as the others.
I forgot to mentio YA, as another one, I've heard. Not really crazy about that one.
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Come to think of it, the original's a load of rubbish too :lol:
LOL!
:smth001 HELLO I LOVE YOU ~ Yes love it when Robert sings that song.
One of the most obscure, but I think one of the best, especially if you actually hear [and compare it to] the original ... "Pirate Ships".
Very nice.
(if you've never heard the original, it's available on i-Tunes ... search "Wendy Waldman")
Quote from: B.DEE on September 18, 2007, 01:03:36
One of the most obscure, but I think one of the best, especially if you actually hear [and compare it to] the original ... "Pirate Ships".
Very nice.
(if you've never heard the original, it's available on i-Tunes ... search "Wendy Waldman")
No, never heard the song done by either.,Shall check it out. Thanks. :smth001
Ah! I forgot Pirate Ships! That's my favourite cover, then. Hello I Love You (Psychedelic Version) is second.
I actually like their cover of Depeche Mode World In My Eyes :eek:
Didn't The Cure cover Lovesong by 311? :shock:
When 311 first covered that song, my son heard the original verison and asked why The Cure was singing a 311 song!
Has anyone ever noticed the bass line Simon plays in Purple Haze is the same as that in Michael Jackson's Thriller? Not sure if it's the same key, but I swear the rhythm and intervals are the same.
Quote from: Cure Freak on September 16, 2007, 01:54:01
Mine is Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart
my fave is Pirate Ships + almost the only cover I really like (Hello I Love You is okay as well), horrible is Robert's take on World In My Eyes and the worst of all is Love Will Tear Us Apart - that one is total blasphemy!!! Poor Ian, you haven't deserved it, your song to be murdered that way (if one loves to hear an excellent cover of said song, listen to the version of The Diary [Anything Box sideproject]) - I still get sick when I have to listen to The Cure's version with that useless tambourine chick... (to be fair though, as said, it was a poll on an Australian radiostation - though Robert said he liked the idea to pay tribute (to me it sounds more pay f*#* off...))
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Quote from: Cure Freak on September 16, 2007, 01:54:01
Mine is Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart
my fave is Pirate Ships + almost the only cover I really like (Hello I Love You is okay as well), horrible is Robert's take on World In My Eyes and the worst of all is Love Will Tear Us Apart - that one is total blasphemy!!! Poor Ian, you haven't deserved it, your song to be murdered that way (if one loves to hear an excellent cover of said song, listen to the version of The Diary [Anything Box sideproject]) - I still get sick when I have to listen to The Cure's version with that useless tambourine chick... (to be fair though, as said, it was a poll on an Australian radiostation - though Robert said he liked the idea to pay tribute (to me it sounds more pay f*#* off...))
Actually, I did change my mind. I guess, I have so much love for Ians one, that I picked it. And, if you read, I haven't listen to every cover. To be honest, I do think I prefer Purple Haze. It's a great song to pump up , when on the road.
Quote from: ROGUE on September 17, 2007, 13:27:15
:smth001 HELLO I LOVE YOU ~ Yes love it when Robert sings that song.
:smth023..simply because The Doors is my 2nd fav band!
Quote from: Steve on September 17, 2007, 13:13:02
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No needs to aplogize. I'm not. And I respect your opinion, as wellm\, as the others.
I forgot to mentio YA, as another one, I've heard. Not really crazy about that one.
Come to think of it, the original's a load of rubbish too :lol:
It's not one of their best songs. There were far more moving songs, such as Isolation and The Eternal, just to name a few. Closer was their best album, in my opinion. The songs were far more depressing and tragic.
...so thank god the cure hasn't covered the eternal.
by the way, talking about JD, anybody seen this already?:
http://www.curefans.com/index.php/topic,3957.new.html
Hi! My favourite cure cover is Purple haze, then Love will tear us apart.
Ciao!
I don't really like the Purple Haze cover, it doesn't sound like the usual "Cure" (I know Robert hates when fans say that...but in this case and in "Club America"s case it's true) and it had a kind of ugly sound to it...not very catchy.
They should have stayed with the way it originally sounded rather than getting all Nine Inch Nails with it...(That's my opinion, no fighting!!!)
I like the Depeche Mode cover - World in my eyes, the Joy Divsion cover - Love will tear us apart
and Pirate Ships by Wendy Waldman
for me DM cover is ok. I listen to interview one time where Robert tell them try to choose song for DM album and they try play Walking in my shoes first but they cannot do it! :twisted:
Pirate ships: I never understand why robert want to cover such song. I try listen many times but maybe I not get it correct.
Young American... :rocker
Quote from: Cure Freak on September 21, 2007, 20:03:05
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No needs to aplogize. I'm not. And I respect your opinion, as wellm\, as the others.
I forgot to mentio YA, as another one, I've heard. Not really crazy about that one.
Come to think of it, the original's a load of rubbish too :lol:
It's not one of their best songs. There were far more moving songs, such as Isolation and The Eternal, just to name a few. Closer was their best album, in my opinion. The songs were far more depressing and tragic.
Errr. Before I get jumped all over, my "rubbish" comment was directed at Young Americans & not at Love Will Tear Us Apart.
Just wanted to clear that up.
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Quote from: Cure Freak on September 21, 2007, 20:03:05
Quote from: Steve on September 17, 2007, 13:13:02
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No needs to aplogize. I'm not. And I respect your opinion, as wellm\, as the others.
I forgot to mentio YA, as another one, I've heard. Not really crazy about that one.
Come to think of it, the original's a load of rubbish too :lol:
It's not one of their best songs. There were far more moving songs, such as Isolation and The Eternal, just to name a few. Closer was their best album, in my opinion. The songs were far more depressing and tragic.
Errr. Before I get jumped all over, my "rubbish" comment was directed at Young Americans & not at Love Will Tear Us Apart.
Just wanted to clear that up.
I apologize. But I wasn't jumping or about to on you. And I still hold to what I said about the JD song.
No worries CF.
:-D
Purple Haze
I love Purple Haze. But I admit I've never heard the original version of the song though. :oops:
Hendrix - Purple Haze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnFSaqFzSO8
Jimi's Purple Haze absolutely rocks.
The Cure's doesn't rock, more sort of "cures" ;)
Best cover is still Don't Believe a Word. FACT!
Got another one~ Do You Want to Touch Me
Mmmm.
Didn't think of that one.
Do you think that I Dig You or I'm a Cult Hero count as covers?
Anyone heard their version of Love?
:?
Quote from: Steve on October 10, 2007, 07:50:04
Mmmm.
Didn't think of that one.
Do you think that I Dig You or I'm a Cult Hero count as covers?
Anyone heard their version of Love?
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No,I wouldn't consider Cult Hero or I Dig you to be covers. They were ,both, written by Robert.edit: And The Cure did perform on them.
no, I haven't.
Quote from: Cure Freak on October 10, 2007, 19:36:04
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Anyone heard their version of Love?
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no, I haven't.
It's rubbish (
but a damn sight better than the original)
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Anyone heard their version of Love?
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no, I haven't.
It's rubbish (but a damn sight better than the original)
May still, give it a listen. if I can find it.
I haven't evern heard Jett's version of Do You Want To Touch Me, either.
my favorite cover done by the cure is "young americans" is beatiful
love will tear us apart
Yes I will admit to loving Young Americans. David Bowie is simply amazing, and Robert singing one of his songs is absolutely incredible.
I don´t think the Cure ever did a good cover song... If they have, I certainly haven´t heard it. Although I haven´t checked them all, to be sure. But "Foxy Lady" is a murder (also a fun one), "Hello I love you" and "Young Americans" are pointless... "Purple Haze" is rather intriguing, but I still can't decide if it is good or not. Let´s face it, The Cure are a lousy cover band. Which is just as well.. Who needs covers, anyway?
I hope you guys do not ostracize me for saying this, yet I have never liked any cover by any band, and yes, this includes The Cure. Even 311's cover of Lovesong was just horrible.
I'm sorry, I just do not like covers...
Quote from: jbud1980 on May 23, 2008, 00:40:06
I hope you guys do not ostracize me for saying this, yet I have never liked any cover by any band, and yes, this includes The Cure. Even 311's cover of Lovesong was just horrible.
I'm sorry, I just do not like covers...
1.I do not see why you should be ostricized for this, and besides
2.I agree with you! I hate covers, I like to hear songs in their original version.
Covers done by The Cure included.
(Ok, I'll admit to one guilty little secret -- I love Dear Prudence done by Siouxie. But really, that's the one and only cover of any song I've ever liked.)
hello, i love you
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(Ok, I'll admit to one guilty little secret -- I love Dear Prudence done by Siouxie. But really, that's the one and only cover of any song I've ever liked.)
That´s not a bad one, actually. But I think the Beatles original is better...
Anyway, I don´t HATE all covers. I really like singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday or Frank Sinatra, and pretty much all they did in their lives was sing covers...
But to give good examples of a more rock/pop nature, have you ever checked:
Red House Painters: Silly Love Songs (original: Paul McCartney)
Cowboy Junkies: Sweet Jane (original: Lou Reed)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Wanted Man (original: Bob Dylan)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Avalanche (original: Leonard Cohen)
John Cale: Heartbreak Hotel (original: Elvis Presley)
Believe me, those are GREAT covers. I reckon though they must be sort of exceptions to the rule...
I was really surprised by the slower psychedelic version of "Hello, I love you" on Join The Dots. Sounded much more interesting and ambitious than the rock version.
Purple Haze.
I had a bootleg concert recording (tisk-tisk) from an 85 show in which they ended with "Do You Wanna Touch Me." It sounded great.
Faith Healer is at the top!
I have to say all of the Hello, I Love You covers because, not being biased, they were recorded on my street so they hold somewhat of a personal connection to me. Obviously they sound amazing too! It's bound to, they're The Cure!!!