The Cure vs. The Smiths

[Newguy562]

I love both groups, their music shares a special part of my heart and are very sentimental to me.
(I found out about The Cure from my father he would always play their songs(Lullaby,Just Like Heaven,etc.) for me when I was a child..It brings back so many memories of going to Hollywood and special family moments..)
I found out about The Smiths from my oldest brother and I've been hooked to every album and song they did that is out Morrisey has such a unique and strong voice and that connects so well with the mood of their music.
This kind of reminds me of the whole "Who's better Beatles or Stones?..argument" , Who do you guys prefer /like most/listen to the most The Smiths or The Cure?

[Alex]

Definitely more of a Cure fan. Behind all thd goth imagery, Robert Smith is a damn good romantic songwriter. As much as I like Marr`s guitar work, the Moz comes off as just a tad bit pretentious.

[Mike's Beard]

Lord knows I've tried but I've never been able to 'get' The Smiths, so it's The Cure for me. They are my favourtie band from the 1980's but their studio output from the 90's onwards is pretty crap. Faith and The Head on the Door are two albums I never tire of. And as much as I love them, a quick listen to what New Order and Siouxsie and The Banshees were doing at the time will give you a good clue as to where Robert Smith got a lot of his ideas from.

[MaxL]

The Smiths for me, personally. Not a Cure fan at all, it's not that I outright dislike them it's just I never cared for them enough to really take an interest in them. Moz is very much a polarising figure; endeering to some and infuriating to most. I love the Smiths and Moz's solo stuff but his personality can sometimes be a turn-off, though we're both opinionated, sexually confused vegetarians I sometimes find his contrarian-ness tiresome.

That being said the man's a brilliant lyricist when he wants to be, when he's half-assing something it certainly shows. Marr's music can go either way with me, depends on my mood; I enjoy it most of the time but sometimes (say if I've been listening to the Smiths for an extended period of time) I find his guitars cloying and difficult, but that said his Smiths-era compositions are always very inventive, though I've never listened to anything he's done post-Smiths.

Will be seeing Morrissey for the second time on the 28th of this month and his band always do power chord renditions of some Smiths songs. Always amusing to hear "This Charming Man" done in the style of a pub-rock band.

[pixletwin]

Who the foda cares? Can we call a moratorium on threads started by newguy? 

[SMiLE Brian]

Who the foda cares? Can we call a moratorium on threads started by newguy?  

The Jerry Sandusky one was plain creepy.

[MyGlove]

I've heard more of the Smiths music, just because I love britpop. So I have to go with them. Johnny Marr's playing is amazing. And Morrissey is a pretty convincing lyricist. However, the Cure are pretty much the gothic pop version of the Smiths. Both very enjoyable.

Favorite album by them are The Queen is Dead and Disintegration.

[Aegir]

Marr's music can go either way with me, depends on my mood; I enjoy it most of the time but sometimes (say if I've been listening to the Smiths for an extended period of time) I find his guitars cloying and difficult, but that said his Smiths-era compositions are always very inventive, though I've never listened to anything he's done post-Smiths.

This is my favorite Johnny Marr guitar composition, Dashboard by Modest Mouse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_i0KxjtDH4