The Cure: Berlin Tempodrom 2002-11-11

 

Review

 

Thank you very much to Carlos for this concert, that he got it for me.

 

Special concerts deserve special reviews so I’m analyzing each part of the trilogy performance.

 

Pornography: About Robert & Simon the work is brilliant and they sound like they did 20 years ago, all the music in the right part and as bitter as hell, but what about the rest of the band, well 1st Perry, why the hell this guy is in the Cure his performance is close to zero existence, honestly he has to be the most useless guitar player in the world, maybe you can justify him saying well Pornography was written for just one guitar, well that doesn’t matter Porl in Paris (Giving you a reference) did an amazing performance of some songs of this album and in many parts shining much than Robert so there are no excuses for his ineptitude. Now Roger well I guess he was sleeping at this part of the show, some keyboards but he is totally inept also for them (Even being great for piano as Disintegration set shows us) & Jason, Oh My God you can think that Lol was a thick well guess what, he was a thick but with feeling and that’s something you can’t learn, and Jason has no feeling in his performances, it doesn’t matter if he plays it with different drums sticks, he can use triggers (I doubt he knows how) and electronic drum or something, between him and a rhythm machine I will take the last one.

 

Disintegration: Robert and Simon again doing well their parts, but now Roger shows us what he knows to do, He is an amazing piano player and in Homesick he whipped the floor with all the members of the band simply awesome, I will never understand why he suffers a lot with keyboards, now Perry well again Mr. Nobody at guitars and Jason here is more evident his lack of talent and feeling and you can only wonder why this great concert happened without Boris.

 

Bloodflowers: Well they cant fail with this so if you like the album you will love this part of the concert everything in the right place, my complain here goes for the songs only.

 

Encores: they sound great for this line up not brilliant but great

 

As a whole a great addition to the collection more for what they mean than the performances, the sounds is good but some distortions over 3 songs from Pornography set. Now if you wonder why 4 CD’s set, well probably to insert you an extra one since all the show can be in a 3 CD’s set but after all, all the traders and artwork available are designed for 4 so it’s not my fault.

 

Equipment used for the recording:

 

MDO Ddd Jesus J. Versión

MZn 7070 + ECM 717

 

If you are in this things you know what the hell they mean

 

 

 

Song list

 

  1. One hundred years, a short term effect, the hanging garden, Siamese twins, the figurehead, a strange day, cold, pornography.
  2. Plainsong, pictures of you, closedown, love song, last dance, lullaby, fascination street, prayers for rain, the same deep water as you, disintegration, homesick, untitled.
  3. Out of this world, watching me fall, where the birds always sing, maybe someday, the last day of summer, there is no if…, the loudest sound, 39. bloodflowers.
  4. If only tonight we could sleep, the kiss, m, play for today, a forest.

 

 

Live at Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany. November 11th 2002

 

Audience recording, Quality 9

 

Handmade covers designed by Ceho and a  2nd set by MC64

 

 

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