The Cure - Imaginary Songs (1980)

The Cure - Imaginary Songs (1980)

Sometimes it is hard to replace quality, passionate, and alternative - qualities bands like The Cure emulate. I mean Cold Cave, Atlas Sound and others are giving it their best shot, but sometimes grandpa's music reigns out. The Cure for instance, continue to tour, crank out killer albums (yes 4:13 Dream and Bloodflowers, come to mind) and inspire a generation of musicians. The band can be found at the massive festivals and in turn playing the smallest arenas. Always milking and changing their sound and band members, Robert Smith is delivering quality Cure records and some amazing re-issues from Three Imaginary Boys and upwards. The quality bootleg below is one of the most inspired and well-liked bootlegs in circulation from The Cure. The June 28, 1980 'Zomerpop '80 Festival' recorded live from the Veenendaal, Netherlands - has come to be known as "Imaginary Songs" a reference to the Cure hit "Three Imaginary Boys" from The Cure's debut album, released in May 1979. The bootleg is amazing featuring "A Forest to Forever" as the closing encore songs. The band has yet to splinter at this point in June of 1980 and the 80's new wave has paved their way from punk to their new alternative sound. They jump out of the gate with "10:15 Saturday Night" and some other hits to entice the audience. A truly amazing concert experience, if you haven't yet been. Gaze now, back to the year 1980 to hear them at their most inspired and early-best.

The Cure - Imaginary Songs (1980)
01. Three Imaginary Boys
02. Fire In Cairo
03. In Your House
04. 10:15 Saturday Night
05. At Night
06. Jumping On Someone Else's Train

07. Another Journey By Train
08. M
09. Grinding Halt
10. A Forest, Forever

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