Comments on: Critics, Set Lengths and That Cure Review

By: bethnoir

bethnoir — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 13:21:58 +0000

I reckon I might be too old for gigs that long these days! I saw the Cure in 2008 and the then guitarist Porl (Pearl) Thompson looked like he was going to collapse towards the end.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 13:11:08 +0000

To be fair, almost everyone I’ve seen that plays much over two hours does include an interval. The Mars Volta’s three-hour seamless jam was an exception.

By: bethnoir

bethnoir — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 13:08:33 +0000

I have to say, as a big Cure fan who only saw them live a couple of years ago, there might be such a thing as too long, but let me explain. In my case, there were quite a few songs they played which were emotionally important to me, from highs and lows of my life and I felt wrung out after 2 and a half hours and actually exhausted by the end. I would argue their right to play for 3 hours for as long as they want to, but an interval or something would have helped me!

By: Serdar Yegulalp

Serdar Yegulalp — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:49:28 +0000

Hell, Psychic TV at the Ritz back in the 90s were there from something like 8PM ’till god knows how long, and they had quite a generous back (and front) catalog to work from.

I get the impression this sort of thinking is common with critics who can’t stand the idea that someone might enjoy a band in some way other than they do.