Un dvd très punchy !!! Pas de clavier à cette époque mais avec des guitares prédominantes et un Porl Thompson au sommet de son art pour notre plus grand plaisir !!! La vraie cure de remise en forme c’est The CURE !!!
Grandisimo concerto e prestazione quasi perfetta della Band immortalata in questo Dvd ,per 30 canzoni e quasi 3 ore di musica memorabile. Qui ci sono i Cure più cupi e tenebrosi dei primi dischi, quelli che piacciono a Robert Smith ( Seventeen Seconds , Faith e Pornography , da cui sono stati eseguiti una decina di pezzi ), tralasciate le hit ( eseguite solo Just like heaven e In between days di fila a meta' concerto), ma il risultato finale e' molto coinvolgente e trascinante. Ottino audio , meno bene il video , ma ho visto cose molto peggiori in circolazione. Consigliatissimo a chi ascolta i veri Cure (quelli gotici delle canzoni da 10 minuti circa o giu' di li') , per chi cerca un greatest live c'e sempre Bestival 2011 ( Bellissimo !!)
Correct, it is heavily weighted in favor of the albums in which Porl Thompson was involved. That only makes sense as these were his first shows with the band since 1992. I'm betting he was interested mainly in those songs/albums and I can't fault him or the band for that. The albums and songs (and gigs too) with Porl's contributions are definitely the best the band ever did (although I do LOVE the first album). The stripped-back version of the band seen on this disc is truly lean and mean, forcing (in a good way) everyone to focus and contribute at all times and the result is stunning. This is a small window giving a glimpse of what might have been had Porl not been shown the door prior to the recording of the first album. It is also possible that I am completely wrong but I choose to believe the former. The towering screaming guitar in place of the keys on songs like 'In-Between Days', 'Just Like Heaven' and even 'Plainsong' gives these songs new life, significance and above all POWER. If you like your music stripped-back, dripping with hooks and melody while also distorted and powerful then this is for you (even if you are not a long-time Cure fan...this is a different Cure, it may alienate some but will bring far greater numbers into the fold...even if only temporarily...nothing lasts any more). Buy it, you will not be disappointed.
Three months later...
I had my favorite parts on this DVD but after watching it repeatedly I have to say that the whole thing is awesome. For whatever reason, the early songs are particularly enjoyable. This band may not have had the subtlety of the Smith/Gallup/O'Donnell/Bamonte/Cooper line-up or the psyche-deliciousness of the '92 band but they do have something over all the other line-ups. This is a screaming spitting squalling swearing m*****f***ing ROCK BAND and I love it. The first song they played together, 'Open' at Live8, was a nice indication of just how heavy they could be. The visual effects were probably (somewhat) necessary to keep the whole thing cohesive. When you've got video and film from a few different sources over the course of nine gigs I suppose it's necessary to put a little frosting on top in order to make it hang together. Liner notes say that the disc is to be played loudly and with no additional lighting (other than the television) in order to experience it properly. The liners did forget to mention that someone somewhere along the line took LSD during the production sessions for this DVD. That's it, it's an 'LSDVD'. I like that.