The CureTrilogy

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Concert Film

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Tracklist

Pornography Set
Introduction 1:29
One Hundred Years 7:42
A Short Term Effect 4:49
The Hanging Garden 4:50
Siamese Twins 5:19
The Figurehead 6:29
A Strange Day 4:22
Cold 4:05
Pornography 6:58
Disintegration Set
Introduction 1:36
Plainsong 4:53
Pictures Of You 7:41
Closedown 4:15
Lovesong 3:48
Last Dance 4:56
Lullaby 4:51
Fascination Street 5:54
Prayers For Rain 5:58
The Same Deep Water As You 8:58
Disintegration 9:19
Homesick 7:00
Untitled 5:42
Bloodflowers Set
Introduction 0:28
Out Of This World 6:55
Watching Me Fall 11:04
Where The Birds Always Sing 6:12
Maybe Someday 5:32
The Last Day Of Summer 5:31
There Is No If… 3:47
The Loudest Sound 4:53
39 7:54
Bloodflowers 8:00
Encore Set
If Only Tonight We Could Sleep 5:08
The Kiss 10:12
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Interview (36:53)
The Trilogy Idea 1:57
Why Berlin? 3:59
Playing The Songs... 5:30
Nervous? 6:45
The Fans 4:58
Overall Impressions? 4:03
The Film 4:53
End Of An Era? 4:48
Credits 2:52
Hidden Interview 1:30

Credits (17)

Notes

Besides Berlin, they considered playing these three albums in Prague and Moscow.

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    Reviews

    • edbofilty's avatar
      edbofilty
      Sure wish they would release this whole thing on vinyl...
      • B.A.Harkins's avatar
        B.A.Harkins
        This is, without a doubt, one of the best concert dvd’s that I have ever seen.
        • marcospfeitosa's avatar
          marcospfeitosa
          I have both the DVD and BD Brazilian editions. Odd that the DVD is actually more complete, with hidden bonus videos (alternative takes) and with subtitles for the songs, including their lyrics in English + translations to Portuguese and Spanish. The BD has none of that. I got the BD for its superior quality, but I enjoy reading the lyrics while watching the concert, which makes me prefer the DVD version, despite the clearly superior quality of the BD video.
          • iaki_rm's avatar
            iaki_rm
            Edited 2 years ago
            I have the entire sets in only one VHS cassette (196 minutes, PAL system): someone have the same version of mine?
            • streetmouse's avatar
              streetmouse
              Edited 2 years ago
              I love the Cure, make no mistake about it. That said, this is a very long draining and very dark assemblage that is nothing like the fun loving greatest hits romps we came to know and love from Cure concerts of the 1980’s.

              Trilogy will take you by the hand and for over three hours lead you down one of the bleakest holes you could ever imagine with Pornography. Pornography is presented in all of its starkness, with the band never venturing a smile, leaving you not only nowhere to go, but nowhere to imagine going, ‘less of course you imagine being immediately swept up into Disintegration and Bloodflowers.

              As for Disintegration, I believe that Kyle from South Park summed it up best when he claimed Disintegration to be the best album ever. I had always thought of the adventure as being one where psychedelic meets goth, and when I spun the record recently I would still say that’s true, yet as presented here, it’s all pretty much goth, which is not to minimize anything, it’s just that gone are those soaring high points and bits of emancipation.

              Bloodflowers is another album I liked very much, though it has sincerely not aged that well for me, still the performance is consistent and of the higher quality. Notably and delightfully, Bloodflowers comes off as a variation of itself, not a parody mind you, but a variation of the studio album, most likely due to the band’s absolute familiarity with the songs they themselves created. The one unexpected highpoint found is Bamonte’s stellar guitar work, where he doesn’t so much solo as he infuses his stance and delivery, especially on “Watching Me Fall”.

              There are many who will claim that the presentation is lacking, though I would suggest that attitude was caused by seeing the Cure during their greatest hits heyday. I would also submit that there is little stage presence, and while there are a few backdrops and lights, all and all it could have been absolutely spectral had lights and backdrops been employed, if only to break the monotony of all the black darkness. The camera work is well done, though the editing relies on quick cuts to give the appearance of excitement by the band. The musical mix is a bit vocal heavy, though in the end, it’s Smith whom all eyes and ears are trained on.

              With the Blue-Ray, bonus material includes almost 50 minutes of interviews of the band discussing the endeavor. Sadly for those of you who weren’t there, the Cure played two encores each night that are. dumbfoundedly not included.

              *** The Fun Facts: Smith claims that this dream (three concerts over three nights in Berlin) was inspired by seeing David Bowie’s Heathen Tour in 2002, where Bowie laid out ten of the eleven tracks from his album Low, along with the entire Heathen album. The band that night was made up of Smith, Simon Gallup, Perry Bamonte, Jason Cooper and Roger O’Donnell.

              *** For those of you who don't have an OPPO DVD player, I highly suggest you find your way to one, as the older models will play any format you place in them.

              Review by Jenell Kesler
              • luckje_mj's avatar
                luckje_mj
                Es gab bis dato nicht viele Bands, die so ein Projekt - nämlich drei komplette Alben an einem Abend live zu spielen - abgeliefert haben. Meines Wissens haben dies nur noch das Duo Sparks mit sämtlichen Alben an mehreren Abenden in London geschafft. Fürwahr kann man die Alben „Pornography“, „Disintegration“ und „Bloodflowers“ als „Trilogy“ bezeichnen, da dies die melancholischsten und düstersten Alben der Band The Cure sind. Im Booklet steht „This is a live concert film – It was played loud… so turn it up!!!”. Dieser Aufforderung komme ich doch gerne nach und werde gleich in die Tiefen des 1982 erschienen Werkes “Pornography” gezogen. Mit dem ersten Song „One hundred years“ wird die Bühne des Berliner Tempodrom in ein wahres Lichtgewitter getaucht, danach bei „A short term effect“ in ein dunkles Blau gehüllt. Der Drumbeat von Jason Cooper dominiert den dritten Song „The hanging garden“ und „The figurehead“ wirkt wie ein melancholischer Sog, wozu vor allem der Keyboardsound von Roger O´Donnell beiträgt. end zum Song „A strange day“ verschwimmen die Kamerabilder leicht und die Bühne umgibt ein rötlicher Nebel. Opernhaft beklemmende Keyboardklänge gibt es dann in „Cold“ und der Titeltrack stellt dann den schnellsten und verworrensten Song des Sets dar. Man könnte sogar vermuten, dass die Band am Ende ihre Instrumente zerstört, was aber nicht iert, da diese noch gebraucht werden. Sänger Robert Smith stellt schließlich klar: „See you in seven years“, also im Jahre 1989. In diesem Jahr erschien das Album „Disintegration“, welches traumhaft schön mit dem „Plain song“ beginnt. Darauf folgt mit „Pictures of you“ der erste große Hit des Abends. Wer sich bisher unter der Musikrichtung Wave nichts Konkretes vorstellen konnte, dem wird mit „Closedown“ ein perfektes Beispiel dafür geliefert. Danach wird es schneller und ein Hauch Pop liegt beim „Love song“ in der Luft. Basssoli sind bei dieser Band eher selten, daher sollte man jenem von Simon Gallup in „Last dance“ besonders Gehör schenken. Immer wieder schauderhaft schön kommt „Lullaby“ daher. Im fast zehn-minütigen „The same deep water as you“ wird eine Mikrofonkamera eingesetzt, durch die Robert Smith leicht verzerrt zu sehen ist. Der Titeltrack geht wieder etwas schneller zu Werke, bekommt daher vielleicht auch den meisten Applaus vom Publikum. Genauso traumhaft wie es begann, endet dieses Set mit dem Song „Untitled“. Damit ist man auch für den nächsten Zeitsprung von elf Jahren gewappnet, da im Jahre 2000 das Album „Bloodflowers“ erschien. Natürlich ist dies das aktuellste Werk der Band, was man aber nicht sofort hört, da der Grundton auch hier düster ist, zumindest beim ersten Song „Out of this world“. Trotzdem wirkt der zweite Song „Watching me fall“, nicht zuletzt durch die rockigen Gitarrensoli von Perry Bamonte, dann viel dynamischer und frischer, obwohl er mit elfeinhalb Minuten der längste des Abends ist. Bei „Maybe someday“ wirken die Gitarrenparts auch moderner und die Keyboardsoli schon fast ausgelassen. Kam Robert Smith bei den ersten beiden Sets noch zurückhaltend bzw. in sich gekehrt rüber, schreit er in diesem Set die Songs regelrecht heraus. Ganz bizarr wirkt dann die mit Blümchen beklebte Gitarre, die Robert Smith bei „The last day of summer“ spielt. Kurz und knapp, fast schon poppig kommt „There is no if…“ daher. Der folgende „The loudest song“ überzeugt dann durch ungewöhnliche elektronische Bassklänge. Sehr düstere Gitarrenklänge eröffnen den Song „39“, in dem es um das ständige Älterwerden geht. Der Titeltrack beendet dann dieses Set genauso düster und melancholisch, wie es halt die Art von The Cure ist.
                Hier hätte auch Schluss sein können, doch es folgen noch zwei Zugaben. Zum einen das arabisch angehauchte „If only tonight we could sleep“, zum anderen das punkige und daher wunderschöne „The kiss“. Beides Songs vom „Kiss me kiss me kiss me“-Album, das eines meiner Lieblingsalben der Band ist.
                Als Zusatz gibt es noch eine fünfunddreißig-minütige Interviewsession mit sämtlichen Bandmitgliedern in der man erfährt, wie es zu der Trilogie-Idee kam, warum diese in Berlin gespielt wurde, ob Nervosität aufkam und ob das Ganze das Ende einer Ära darstellt?
                Fazit: Eine der besten Liveshows, die ich bisher bewertet habe.
                • Spatzo-'s avatar
                  Spatzo-
                  Edited 4 years ago
                  Master Audio playback is quite impressive, especially for a live recording. Stand out track - The Kiss
                  • sellersburg's avatar
                    sellersburg
                    This is a very good, highly digital sounding concert. The image quality is the early DV look of the movie 28 days Later and other 2000's early digital cinematography . Performance-wise I prefer Robert a bit more emotional, here we see him at his most Professional, rather than torn apart by pain, as in the '89-'92 recordings, namely Entreat and Paris. This is not the same guy, in of delivery. However, it's a well rehearsed, well delivered, very long concert. What it lacks in analog reverb and inner torment it makes up for in solid production and musicianship
                    • curefan2000's avatar
                      curefan2000
                      I was there too
                      • LudoLVG's avatar
                        LudoLVG
                        i was there !!!

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