another exclusive by curefans.com
the clip for Freakshow (very similar to "The Only One" one)
original file: http://www.megaupload.com/it/?d=EIGDSEUN
or
http://www.imaginary-lemurs.com/the cure_freakshow@curefans.flv (http://www.imaginary-lemurs.com/the%20cure_freakshow@curefans.flv)
youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Otdjc-Uas
:smth023
i wonder is they are planning to do all the videos in this kind of similar manner?
not that it's ultimately the worst video ever, but considering the song in question i was kind of expecting something more colorful in this case, something more or less weird and "cure-like" so to speak.
i really think they're all the same.
and i have the feeling all the clips were made in the same session and all the 4 vids are done and mtv already has them.
mtv says " a clip for month heading to the new album by the cure "
so, it's sure they'll have this kind of "exclusive" every month until September.
actually i didn't see "The Only One" on any channel, but MTV:online (i'm not sure about regular MTV)
so...maybe it's just something for mtv.
I wonder if Jason was the editor of that video. Lots of him in there.
Thanks for sharing.
And I'm not afraid to admit that I like this song. Porl rocks! :smth020
Quote from: lostflower4 on June 14, 2008, 03:32:18
Thanks for sharing.
And I'm not afraid to admit that I like this song. Porl rocks! :smth020
I don't care for the vocal melody at all. It sounds like some high school teenie-bopper wrote it, or Fergie :oops: However, Porl does sound pretty cool on it. The studio version is much much better than any live version I've heard. And I've heard a lot of them!
Freakshow kicks ass. Im not ashamed to admit I love it like I love The 13th, or Wrong Number
Freakshow is the new 13th.
And I really dig The 13th.
Though I don't know what the hell they're doing making a video like this for a song like Freakshow. Tim Pope should have been involved with this one. I was expecting socks.
Quote from: Bloodflower on June 14, 2008, 06:41:23
Freakshow is the new 13th.
I was thinking the new Wendy Time.
definately prefer the studio version of this song, its growing on me :smth023
Thanks so much for the links [labyrinth] :smth023
I like the song very much. The studio version is a little bit better than the live version :)
So i'm looking forward to the CD-single i've ordered :)
Quote from: boneheadhaggar on June 14, 2008, 11:15:26
definately prefer the studio version of this song, its growing on me :smth023
I agree :smth023
I was sure the studio version would have been better, even when everybody said "OMG this song is terrible!!!" :-D
I like this song, it makes me feel happy! :smth020
Quote from: japanesebaby on June 14, 2008, 01:01:20
not that it's ultimately the worst video ever,
At least they are cheap.
It's the song that's crap.
I'm really digging Freakshow! Cool song & the studio version is so much better that the live one! Got my CD today & I've been listening to it quite a bit. It's a fun song and I really like it! OK it won't be my favorite but it's not a bad cure song. :smth020
Now for the video, I'm not into this black & white studio session style. It was good for The Only On but for Freakshow it's a bit so-so. Not that it was filmed badly but it think they could have done a WCIBU or Lovecates type of video. A Tim Pope style would have been so cool!
I actually really like Freakshow. It's a fun song. I like it a lot better than The Only One. I don't dislike The Only One, I'm just not crazy about it. But I really like to groove around to Freakshow. And watch Robert dance in the live versions. It feels like a style of The Cure that we haven't had for awhile, and I'm glad for it. I always like the variety.
There's nothing wrong with the video, but I'm not in love with it. I guess it's hard, when The Cure did such amazing videos in the past...
omfg porl looks like an alien :S :S
I think that two others videos will be in same style. Then will be to have so nice series of four cool videos (for example Acoustic Hits video) :P
Freakshow is alright, it has grown on me, but I really really like the Only One which seems to have somewhat of a mixed opinion as well. I probably like All Kinds of Stuff more than Freakshow but still neither compare (to me at least) to The Only One or NY Trip (which I am also rather fond of).
Thanks so much for the links [labyrinth]!! :smth023
Now, at the risk of sounding like a "they can do no wrong" fan - I've been listening to Freakshow and All Kinds of Stuff all weekend and have to say I'm kinda addicted to both tracks and I'm not ashamed to admit it!!
The studio version of Freakshow sounds so much better than the live versions I've heard - it's a great, fun track and although I can definitely see the comparisons with the 13th and Wendy Time, dare I say, I actually like it better than both tracks (and I'm one of the ones who actually likes Wendy Time...)
And All Kinds of Stuff? LOVE it!! Simon mixed right to the front - just how I like it!! I LOVE it when they rock out!!!
Now, as for the videos - this is what Robert had to say on the official site....(hope the link works and apologies if it's already been posted elsewhere...)
http://www.thecure.com/default.asp
Now, I'm off to dance around the house...again...
Quote from: japanesebaby on June 14, 2008, 01:01:20
:smth023
... but considering the song in question i was kind of expecting something more colorful in this case, something more or less weird and "cure-like" so to speak....
totally agree !! 8)
I love everything about Cure and so this two new songs! It's interesting to hear them in a different sound... Robert can't make a bad song... :smth049
Quote from: coxoxi on June 16, 2008, 22:07:24
I love everything about Cure and so this two new songs! It's interesting to hear them in a different sound... Robert can't make a bad song... :smth049
I agree with you :P
I have ordered my copy of Freakshow (both CD and 7") and am eargerly awaiting it, I was intending to not listen or watch anything, so that when I got my copy, that was the first time I would get to hear it... but alas, I couldn't resist!!! I LOVE IT! This is something FRESH and interesting and what I wanted from The Only One. Unfortunatly I don't think I'll be listening to the first single all that much, not when there's FREAKSHOW to enjoy!!!