Alternative Cure Video #17
The Same Deep Water As You
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Romantic epic TSDWAY has had just 18 plays in 21st C, 8 of which contractually obliged at Trilogy/Disintegration30
No TSDWAYs in UK since 1997 Simon finds it dull apparently
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Alternative Cure Video #16
Dressing Up
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Eccentric romantic doodle is 3rd most played from The Top but had its busiest year in 1996 with 48 outings
Then a 16y hiatus ending with 34 plays 2012-2016, lastly in Berlin
Alternative Cure Video #15
Going Nowhere
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7th best Cure song went nowhere from Mexico 2004 expiring from sets after just a 10wk shelf life
Never tire of this one
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Alternative Cure Video #14
Bare
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22nd best Cure song Bare played all 95 shows of 1996 Swing Tour but hasn’t been heard since
Here #CarlaAndWeasel are enjoying an afternoon off number-crunching to their fav WMS song
Alternative Cure Video #13
Untitled
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Fan fav Untitled has been woefully neglected by The Cure
Following Prayer Tour Untitled enjoyed a mini revival of 13 plays in 97/98 but since only heard at Trilogy + Disintegration 30th anniversary shows
Here with unseasonal animal footage
Alternative Cure Video #12
Why Can’t I Be You?
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WCIBY was first song from KMKMKM to debut and has gone on to be 2nd most played from album x580
Never played on a Tues in Switzerland Belgium or Denmark
Here Carla was recovering from op and Weasel only a few months old
Alternative Cure Video #11
Fight
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Fight has only been played in concert immediately after A Forest (x59 in 1987) and after If Only Tonight We Could Sleep (x9 in 2012/13)
No other precedents and not heard since Rob’s 54th bday in Foro Sol
Alternative Cure Video #10
Play for Today
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P4T is 6th most played Cure song with 691 concert outings
Longest dry spell for P4T was 40 month absence from sets from Stockholm 96 to Madrid 2000
The song is metaphor for fighting over a sock
Alternative Cure Video #9
This Twilight Garden
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TTG, b-side to 1992 single High, has had just 11 live outings, all in 2016 and never in UK
Alternative Cure Video #8
Another Journey by Train
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B-side to A Forest, AJBT was a setlist regular 1980-81, last played at final Reflections show in NY Nov 2011
Alternative Cure Video #7
Close to Me
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CTM last played Troxy London 1st Nov 2024
Alternative Cure Video #6
Jumping Someone Else’s Train
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JSET last played New York 2023
Alternative Cure Video #5
Birdmad Girl
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Carla and her fav chicken Ginger
BMG was entirely abandoned after Top Tour and had a lukewarm revival of just 5 plays in 2013/4
Perry and Boris never played it
Alternative Cure Video #4
The Walk
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#Carla #Goats #Cheddar
The Cure have mentioned many animals in their songs but never goats
Look out for Glastonbury Tor and Hinckley Point nuclear power station
Alternative Cure Video #3
Let’s Go To Bed
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Amazingly LGTB is the song Boris played in concert more than any other (x349 vs 347 Forests)
LGTB doesn’t even feature in any other members personal Top10 most played, except for Porl for whom it ranks #5
Alternative Cure Video #2
The Lovecats
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Lovecats was Andy’s final song in concert with Cure Tokyo 84
Alternative Cure Videos #1
Catch (1987)
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