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June 3, 2008

New Cure - "A Perfect Boy" (Live At Red Rocks)

The Cure in 2008, everybody. Sasquatch! taught us it's not a pretty sight...

...but at least "The Only One" taught us that it still sounds "like a dream." We're 10 days off from the release of "Freakshow," the second of the four promised advance singles from their forthcoming 13th studio album (each track due on the 13th of its respective month), but we can probably count on YouTube to fill in the gaps. To wit, someone caught new cut "A Perfect Boy" at Red Rocks some nights ago. The audio quality is good enough to make out the optimistically lovelorn vibe and lyrics ("I don't want to get innocent / I have no need to take my time / We're running out of beautiful things to say / So come on, stay here for awhile"), and the video quality is bad enough to not have Robert Smith's makeup haunt your dreams.

Nice. Cure tour:

06/04 - Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theatre
06/06 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
06/08 - Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall
06/09 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
06/11 - Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
06/13 - FT. Lauderdale, FL @ Band Atlantic Center
06/15 - Atlanta, GA @ Gwinnett Center
06/16 - Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Bobcats Arena
06/18 - Cleveland, OH @ Wolstein Center at Cleveland State
06/20 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
06/21 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall

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Wow! At least we now know that if they weren't already done filming the new Batman movie that Robert Smith could have filled in for Heath Ledger.

Posted by: tribhanga at 06/03/08 1:01 PM | Reply
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AAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

That picture is scawee.

Posted by: Sean Jean at 06/03/08 1:13 PM | Reply
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Why Robert Why, why why why? I can't think of the last time I heard a Cure song that hit me right away. Probably "Edge of a Deep Green Sea". I guess it's a good thing for my wallet that they don't make good music anymore.

Posted by: Mehdi thinks Bostondirtdogs are scum at 06/03/08 1:13 PM | Reply
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Tim Burton - _call_ Bob Smith.

Posted by: k profile link at 06/03/08 1:46 PM | Reply
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he doesn't sound as 'on' with this song as when i saw them. the song was a lot tighter at the hollywood show. love that guitar riff.

Posted by: rodachan at 06/03/08 4:32 PM | Reply
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As someone who spends more time than he should surfing Cure on the web, a much better audio version of "A Perfect Boy" can be found on Bradley's Almanac:
http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/2008/05/mp3s-cure-in-boston-4-new-songs.htm

Posted by: Anonymouscurefan at 06/03/08 5:47 PM | Reply
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For a second that picture made me think this was about The Dark Knight.

Posted by: Rudy at 06/03/08 6:37 PM | Reply
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Why Why Why I guess you haven't heard "Underneath the Stars" yet. Truly amazing!!! Check it out at the news blog at Chain of Flowers.

Posted by: Gregg at 06/03/08 9:21 PM | Reply
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Give Robert Smith a break because during the filming of this video clip he had been suffering from a cold since the chicago show. So you can find him at his peak a few shows later than this. He never once canceled a show even tho he didn't feel good!

Posted by: MossMaiden at 06/04/08 9:40 PM | Reply
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Robert Smith's resemblance to an old lady is uncanny.

Posted by: John at 06/05/08 11:42 AM | Reply
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oh, leave that man alone!! who cares about his make up! !he´s absolutly brilliant as a musician an a true gentleman... How many musicians nowadays can claim to have those qualities!!

Plus, we are talking about a real talented musician not a super model who fucks with whatever musician she cans... If we would be talking about the second, I would understand the critics about the make up, but we are not darling, we are not...

Posted by: zu at 06/05/08 8:11 PM | Reply
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jesus, you'd think robert smith just started wearing make-up. wake up, people! he's looked the same (give or take a few pounds and wrinkles) for years. get over it.

Posted by: michelle profile link at 06/09/08 7:41 PM | Reply
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