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Quantifying The Cure through an autistic lens since 2022
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OTD 2004 Robert Smith determined ponderous Cure too slow for his ambitions so joined Blink-182 at Wembley to set new PB for fastest Boys Don’t Cry

BDC 1979/1986 recordings
168bpm 2:32 duration

Modern Cure live renditions
150bpm in 2:44

B182 rocking 205bpm in 2:02

Each with c.420 total beats
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Waking up with animals 1330-2025
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Since 1993 Cure have been 43% more likely to play Friday I'm in Love in concert if the concert was held on a Friday
#FridayFeeling
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Never & Always are lyrically common Cure words yet almost mutually exclusive

222 Cure songs excl instrumentals:
97 (44%) have word NEVER in lyrics
79 (36%) mention ALWAYS

One might expect 35 songs (0.44 x 0.36 x 222) to include both words in lyrics, but no, just 2 songs do that: Alone & Taking Off
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
97 different Cure songs have the word Never in the lyrics
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Not so fun fact: CGS is epileptic
Coming across someone having a seizure is a rare event, unlikely you'd see more than one in a lifetime
Most people wouldn't know what to do if they witnessed one so cheatsheet👇
Unless seizure goes on for 5mins don't call 999 until after patient wakes
#epilepsy
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
To celebrate tonight’s final full moon of 2025 here are 14 moons of The Cure
#coldmoon #supernoon #fullmoon
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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ULTIMATE COUNTDOWN
What’s your fav Cure number?
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
3rd Dec was final gig of year in 1981 1992 2016

Hammersmith 1981: 122nd gig of y touring 13 countries
3rd busiest y after 1980(131) 1979(128)

5week break b'ween Picture Tour & 8 Appearances UK Tour provided songwriting gap
3 Porno songs introed late'81 rest of P from spring
Last Faith until Jul 83
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
OTD 1992 Wish Tour closed in Dublin

Last Cure gig for Porl for 12 and half years, although he did join Cure onstage for a few songs in 1995 when Porl's new band crossed paths in Milan

Joint record: 6 F-songs
Noisy 7x guitar/bass Forever +Cranes
Doves reportedly good afterwards
Recording👇
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
9ys ago today the 76-show 2016 tour closed at Wembley, bidding farewell to Open End Freakshow, Baby Screams & Before 3 not heard since

7xHOTD songs in one set, only 2nd time since 1986 (same 7 in Barcelona few weeks earlier)

Incredibly 6 consecutive HOTD songs FIRST TIME EVER
14th/17 Wembley gigs
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
OTD 2016 night 2 of 3 at Wembley, trio of gigs notabley delivering more songs in encores than in mainset
Rare occurrence during a regular tour

Overall set length 31 unremarkable
Main set with a lowly 15 songs disappointed in just 8 of 76 shows that year which averaged a main set length of 17.52
👇
December 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Animals of The Cure
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
What are Cure’s literary works?

KAA
Drowning Man
Charlotte/empty world/splintered
Alone

What else do we have?
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Animals of The Cure
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
ULTIMATE COUNTDOWN
What’s your fav Cure number?
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
33 kisses of The Cure 💋
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Got a new concept coming your way from today
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
46ys ago Cure gave birth to Play for Today, A Forest and more
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Kallax cat contemplating Cure
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In case anyone was wondering 24 songs from that set have not played since

Which of those 24 has the best chance of resurfacing?
Any of All Cats, Holy Hour, In Your House or Funeral Party would make CGS a happy bot
Scenes in NY OTD 2011
Last of 9 extraordinary Reflections shows
Cure introduced Close to Me into encores for the first time, and in doing so played not only the album trilogy 3IB/17S/Faith in full, but also compilations Boys Don't Cry and Standing on a Beach (LP version) in full
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Of the few States that presently have a positive approval rating of Donald Trump, The Cure have only gigged twice: Antioch TN 1996 + Boise ID 2016

Proof that listening to The Cure makes you a better human being
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
OTD 2023 Cure made their Uruguay debut in Montevideo snatching the crown of most southerly gig in the Americas from Buenos Aires

At 34° 54′ 20″ S only gigs in AU/NZ have been further south
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Scenes in NY OTD 2011
Last of 9 extraordinary Reflections shows
Cure introduced Close to Me into encores for the first time, and in doing so played not only the album trilogy 3IB/17S/Faith in full, but also compilations Boys Don't Cry and Standing on a Beach (LP version) in full
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Here is The Cure’s solitary recorded live performance of mediocre teutonic novelty funk number Do The Hansa in NY 14ys ago today
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM