07-04-2023, 11:29 AM
(07-04-2023, 11:06 AM)user328 Wrote: Released in 1989, as Robert Smith was approaching 30, its dominant themes are aging, the end of an era, and regret over lost time.
The three albums in the Cure's so-called trilogy were all made at decade milestones:
Pornography when Robert was turning 20.
Disintegration when he reached 30.
Bloodflowers at age 40.
(07-04-2023, 11:06 AM)user328 Wrote: It's also the album that introduced me to the Cure. Is it any wonder I immediately became a fan for life?
I was at one of those milestone moments when I saw "Fascination Street" on MTV. I ran out and bought the CD a few days later. I was approaching 20, and had just been discharged from the Navy, and was getting started in young adult civilian life, green as a buck. That must be why it hit me the way it did.
