Teen Gothic

I wanted to share my thoughts on the current Cure Tour. I saw them in Phoenix on Thursday. OMG they were amazing. Just to give you an upfront review. If you get a chance, go see them. I understand tickets are VERY EXPENSIVE. Thanks TM.

The Twilight Sad was very good. I recommend checking them out. A lot of true goth songs and they really seemed to enjoy playing for the audience.

The Cure came on stage at around 8:40 and played until 11:30 which is amazing stamina for this group. It was well worth the money. Robert Smith gave a solid performance. He played with the audience a bit. He played with the cameras, etc. I feel the audience was there to say they went to a Cure concert. They didn't really interact with the band. It is what happens when you charge $ 500 tickets. You get rich folk in the audience instead of fans. This happens with a band of this stature.

The music was absolutely amazing. They played the songs in their genre. Most of the songs (75%) were goth. Which was awesome, I really enjoyed hearing goth from the Cure. Made the tickets totally worth it. The 5th or 6th song was Burn. The Cure used it as a drum solo. The guitars and bass were used. But the star of the Burn performance was the drummer. Incredible. I have never heard this version of Burn, but I absolutely love it. If anyone wants to send me a link to this masterpiece recording, please do. The last 30 minutes were dedicated to their hits. Songs like Friday I'm in Love, Just Like Heaven, etc. Good fan service, but was just icing on the cake. The beauty of the concert is the goth renditions at the center of the concert.

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So get whatever you need to off your chest, whether that's someone labelling AC/DC "goth" or something not goth related at all…

I've been lookig to expand my music taste a bit and branch into different subgenres. What bands would you recommend to a complete newcomer to goth music?