The Cure
Trilogy

THE REVIEW

Hello dear ones, here I am with my sixth review, faithful to my purpose, here's another DVD-concert from the gothic musical sphere: we're back to talking about The Cure and their double DVD titled "Trilogy".

The concert was directed by Nick Wickham and was held at the Tempodrom in Berlin on November 11th and 12th, 2002.

The selection of songs to perform fell on the three albums Pornography, Disintegration, and Bloodflowers (Trilogy, literally trilogy), which according to the singer Robert Smith are connected for various reasons.

Before diving into the music and the performance, a reflection: it is my opinion that the three albums have little in common with each other, perhaps musically the second and the third, but the song lyrics belong to three different phases in Smith's life: Pornography is philosophical and angry (and cosmically pessimistic), Disintegration speaks of depressed and dark love, and finally Bloodflowers discusses aging and no longer feeling things the same way as before.

What unites them, however, is the sadness of the sounds and lyrics, at least that.

Let's talk about the music:

It starts with One hundred years, noisy guitar alternating with a killer keyboard, kicking off what will be the most violent piece of the concert.

Then it slows down with A short term effect, with Bamonte and Gallup being brilliant (and they will be throughout the concert) in weaving the musical tapestry.

Continuing, as the fifth song, here's The figurehead: a simple song but with a SPLENDID guitar riff, with vocals that beautifully match the music and project you into a spiral of sadness and depression.

Then A strange day (worthy of Munch's Scream) and so on until the end of Pornography.

Here's Plainsong: I've never heard a keyboard so amplified in a concert. The Cure spared no expense for their production.

We skip to Lovesong: a song that created a cultural change in the world; simple words and New Order-like music for a piece that made music history.

Very glam The last dance and very dreamy Lullaby: how many goths has this lullaby created from 1989 to today! People obsessed with this piece that has filled their nights at home.

Beautiful and gothic rock Prayers for rain and Disintegration, exceedingly sad already from the title Homesick with a great performance from the keyboardist Roger O'Donnell.

Bloodflowers will have similar sounds with a deserved mention for The last day of summer, keyboard and acoustic guitar that evoke great emotions.

What can I say? No smoke machines, no strange faces (those times are past) but many emotions not necessarily plastic but sincere.

To be continued.............