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    Posted: April 29 2012 at 05:46
im just curious, two bands who is from different decades, who have a strong dedicated following, both bands build music around strong atmospheres and melancholy, both have hints of gloom and goth,

so who is the best band, most influentual, and stuff Tongue
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The Cure did it for my generation, Radio Head did it for the next generation.  I belong to the former, so Cure it is.
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so if the Cure is 80s, Radiohead is 90s what is 70s (i will say that is ether Zeppelin or Queen), and Beatles is undoubtly 60s
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Points: 26133 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 29 2012 at 09:09
Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

so if the Cure is 80s, Radiohead is 90s what is 70s (i will say that is ether Zeppelin or Queen), and Beatles is undoubtly 60s

I'd say the 70s analog for uber-popular dramatic art-rock would probably be Queen, yeah.
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Two bands that I kind of don't care about, but I prefer Radiohead.
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I've always preferred the Cure as they were masters of big atmosphere from minimal resources and never frightened to be just a pop band when the mood took them.
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I really like Radiohead, but i must say i love THE CURE even more!
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They're toooo different... So whom we will compare next time? Coldplay vs Nine Inch Nails? LOL
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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

I've always preferred the Cure as they were masters of big atmosphere from minimal resources and never frightened to be just a pop band when the mood took them.
 
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The Cure by far !
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Ok computer alone wins it for Radiohead.

 
Although next album they better have some more variation... King of Limbs felt too long even though it was pretty short, and there wasn't enough going on musically for me.


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Do everyone who votes here know the Cure dark trilogy (seventeen seconds, faith & pornography) ? It is far superior to everything Radiohead ever recorded.
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I've never listened to Cure, and don't know anything about them except their name. But since they are not listed on Progarchives, I trust that I can safely vote for Radiohead, who are the most progressive rock band of the last 15 years.
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Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

Do everyone who votes here know the Cure dark trilogy (seventeen seconds, faith & pornography) ? It is far superior to everything Radiohead ever recorded.


Seventeen Seconds and Faith are superb albums. Took me a while to get into Faith. Constant playing. For that reason I will vote The Cure. (being not on progarchives is irrelevant)


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Originally posted by OT Räihälä OT Räihälä wrote:

I've never listened to Cure, and don't know anything about them except their name. But since they are not listed on Progarchives, I trust that I can safely vote for Radiohead, who are the most progressive rock band of the last 15 years.

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I love both these bands. Saying that Cure's dark trilogy is far superior to everything Radiohead ever recorded is just fanboy talk. I agree with OT Räihälä's opinion about the latter band, but only since year 2000 and Kid A. 

The Cure didn't experiment on the level that Radiohead has done, but in the early 80's I guess they had a similar position. Releasing both extremely catchy pop and pretty out there stuff such as this... 

 

... as singles and still scoring minor hits and selling albums. Worth checking out.
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I respect Radiohead - but I like The Cure.
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