2008.02.16 Berlin - Velodrom (Germany)

[crowbi_wan]

Plainsong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcnIS8Uk-iE&feature=user

IOTWCS 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUSLRnVmwf0

Primary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BN897oAEYQ

M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0wm7N9uK9k

[scatcat]

Are there any pics of the after party?

surely they were too drunk to take a picture!! 

i would like one of those berlin badges... wilco .. any left? 

p.s. crowbi.. i can't watch any more clips.. cos i just cry and wish i was there!! 

[poksi]

Hello! Here are some pics of mine also for you! Enjoy.

1000 Thanks to Robert, Porl, Jason & Simon for these fantastic evening. Cheers!!

I'm sorry, but I can't see here all pictures. On cureconnections you see all 100 pics.

[melly]

fantastic shots...just fantastic....again, well done.. and thankyou for sharing them with us! Makes those of us on the other side of the world (nearly) feel like we are there...

[sues777]

A huge, huge thankyou to everyone for the news, photos and links!! 
Thankyou so very much for sharing!!

[scatcat]

wow!! thanks poksi!!

unbelievable shots. 

I love the one where Robert is smiling..  sometimes he looks very serious , and even lost.. but it seems even they had a blast!!

You know what would be good? to see a few more shots of that little guy in the back.. you know, the one dwarfed by the drum equipment..   
apparently Jason is getting quite a reputation as being one of the best drummers around !!

thank you so much for sharing!! 

[japanesebaby]

very nice pics, very cool. 8)

(ps. please up the pics as attachements/into the gallery - would help a lot to load this page if it wasn't so heavy!)

apparently Jason is getting quite a reputation as being one of the best drummers around !!

uuuhmmm.... i consider that a joke, right?

[scatcat]

uuuhmmm.... i consider that a joke, right?

me? joking around? nooo.    i heard it on the grapevine. Do you not think he's good?  :roll:

[poksi]

I'm very glad you all like the pics. Sorry, if you must wait a while for loading....  :roll: Here is the full set:

http://www.cureconnections.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2723&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60

I've made a slideshow, so if you wanna see:

http://s242.photobucket.com/albums/ff52/stefler_01/cure2008-02-16%20Berlin/?action=view&current=129b21a9.pbw

Cheers! 

[dsanchez]

I encourage people who has concert pics to upload them in our gallery. It's not a good idea to insert the pics directly inside the posts as it makes the pages veeeeeery long and you have to scroll down to see more pics or more info. If anyone put the pics already in another place (photobucket, flickr, etc.) then maybe is better to put just the link.

If anyone have trouble to put pics into our gallery, you can ask me or any of the moderators for help. Another way would be to attach the pics to the post. This is useful when attaching a few pics but for many pics the gallery is really the best option.

I want to thank Wilco for sending me his Berlin pics for our gallery.

[budvarka]

uuuhmmm.... i consider that a joke, right?

me? joking around? nooo.    i heard it on the grapevine. Do you not think he's good?  :roll:

well frankly Ive seen a lot of better drummers ... sounds quite dull on the festival dvd at least...

But not everyone could be like Matt Cameron though ...

[japanesebaby]

uuuhmmm.... i consider that a joke, right?

me? joking around? nooo.    i heard it on the grapevine. Do you not think he's good?  :roll:

well he's not the worst musician ever but he surely ain't no gavin harrison either... :roll:
the cure used have a couple of good drummers before him, though.
grapevine: hmm one shouldn't believe all things heard through it... 

(anyway, everyone can have their preference, i don't mind. besides, this drummer issue's been discussed many times so maybe not a place to start a new discussion in this thread.)

*edit: didn't read through budvarka's post before posting mine. looks like i had nothing new to say...

[lacrima mosa]

sodeli!
i finally find time to tell you about my weekend in berlin... as you may not know... one of my favourite bands played a concert there and i flew there just to see them... hm... some might call me a jerk, but thats how i am... :-)

okay: we landed in berlin friday night and went to find our appartement to leave our luggage and the to move to the k17 club in berlin-friedrichshain... they had this party called nightmare... and yes!! only smog an candles and very nice sound!!! at 5.30... we went back to bed, because on saturday this favourite band of mine... you know!

we went to the velodrom at about 7pm just to see, that we werent the first ones... a huge crowd outside! but!! they had this small booth outside with beer and bratwurst!! yeah!! while inside, i was checking out the venue... nicenice!

and they also had a supportband called 65daysofstatic... almost better than mogwai, another of my favourite bands...

at 20.49 exactly... this favourite band of mine hit the stage... called the cure, they've always been that to me: a cure!! and wow!! they started with plainsong!! (sorry cult_hero...) i liked it and an ice cold beer just landed in my hand! good timimg!

it was the thirty something cure-concert i attended and its always the same when it starts!! a good, a very good feeling inside!! a lot of disintegration songs in the first half... they work without keyboards! also a night like this!! works!! the sound was brilliant imo and i had a good place about 15 meters from the stage on the left hand side...

first highlight was to wish impossible things... nice one!! and then... i actually expected inbetween days or shake dog shake or already just like heaven... it happened! the played the drowning man!!! wanna see? go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CxQsGYm1po and feel good!!

i really like a boy i never knew, but i think they even topped it with a huge kmkmkm intermezzo!!! real powerful and sensitive in one!!

the two greatest hits-add ons... nah, not my thing! 100 years and a nice version of disintegration to end it all!

i then hd to go back a little, my friend didnt feel very good and i wanted to stay with him for the encores...
17 seconds encore as usual... i like it!! but i thought that now the encores remain like the concerts before and tried to catch another beer... i told everyone who wanted to hear it (...about nooen...) that now the pop-encore will start with lets go to bed... and... what a suprise!! lovecats! only my second time that i hear that!! first time was vilar de mouros 2004... nice one! the rest... ah! when robert only sings you see that he doesnt feel well and the sound... isnt mine!!
so i hoped for some new surprises (a pornography encore?) and yes!! 3IB is a surprise! the first time i hear that song and robert did not forget the lyrics!! :-) jumpin is a good song live and the old ones too! so a good ending after more than 3 hours of emotions (for me)!

we the decided to go to the party on the boat and took a taxi to be the first... almost!! a nice venue but we were too tired to stay long and ... to be honest, after more than 3 hours of the cure... i had enough! another 4 hours of party to that sound... would have been too much!!

so... bed!!

allinall, a nice setlist, great venue and perfect voice and band!! they really are one of the best live bands i've ever seen, and believe me... i've seen 'em all!

cant wait to go to vienna on friday! cheers!

and for all you german speeking outthere: http://www.morgenpost.de/desk/1686153.html

[japanesebaby]

hey stef i think i saw you in the crowds in berlin, just before the support started. you were talking to some friends (and you were very tall hehe). i walked past you and i was going to come back and ask if it was you but then the 65dos started and well the rest is history...

'to wish impossible thing' = that was

[crowbi_wan]

Thanks for the review, Stef   Sounded like a great time.