Teen Gothic

I have two extra tickets to see The Cure tonight in Mansfield. My friends cannot make it and I refuse to let these go to waste. Anyone in the area? Show is at 7.

The cassette is a compilation album from 1990 celebrating Elektra Records' 40th anniversary. This specific Cure cover can also be found on their album Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities, 1978-2001 (The Fiction Years) Please let me know if I should use a different flair. Didn't know what fit best

Wow, seeing that old Siouxsie & the Banshees on YouTube started giving me memories on how grateful I am to Robert Smith. I don't think he would ever realize just how much he has changed my life. I literally would be so lost in life without his influence.

I first picked up the guitar because of Robert Smith. I was so inspired by how he is able to turn such deep, profound and sometimes even dark feelings into a beautiful canvas of lush symphonies of ethereal tone that is so extraordinarily beautiful to listen to. I wanted to reproduce that art for myself, also so he inspired me to learn the guitar.

Fast forward about 3 years and I got heavy into the classical guitar because of the same thirst to seek beauty in tone. What got me heavy into it was when I bought a cheap 3$ classical guitar album with someone playing the Six Suites for Unaccompanied Violincello transcribed onto guitar. I was like, what the heck, it's only 3$ and I do need to listen to as many types of guitar music if I am ever going to master this instrument. I swear they actually sound better on the guitar then it does on the cello as if it was meant to be composed for the instrument. Bach is known to be so mathematically precise his melodies and harmonies. I listened to it stoned once and I swear I heard 5 different melodies I didn't hear before and a very complicated bass line to go with it. I swore that I would one day be able to play that entire album, which consists of Suite I and III BWV1007 and BWV1009 if you are ever curious on listening or learning it, and I learned both suites within a year because I was so motivated and practiced 12 hours a day to learn it!

Anyone else had his/her life changed and defined by listening to a similar artist?

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An old postcard that I saved! Sweet, beautiful guitar that he probably painted himself.

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I would have never intimately known the beauty of Clarita, my guitar, if it wasn't for the extraordinary man above.

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.

I'm old!

Teach me please. There's a Spotify playlist they made called "Dark & Gothic" – it's basically a list of my favorite songs in the genre from when I was in my teens-20s (to be sure, they are definitely the "hits" of the genre).

What are some newer bands that echo these classic ones? I'm a big Cure type person but am open to any new stuff. Disintegration is an amazing novel of an album start to finish is where I'm sort of coming from.

Where should I start?

Thanks!!