how fucking cool has Simon Gallup always been

Bluegum LaBloat wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 12:07 am How about 'The 65-year-old on this album is younger than the person or people older than him.'

The 65-year-old may be younger or older, but never older than Mick Jagger.

TylerDeadPine wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 1:51 pm how fucking cool has Simon Gallup always been

I know right. Also a brilliant bass player and song (riff) writer. Some Cure songs are All Bob but there’s a lot more input from the band than people realise. Gallop wrote the music for Lovesong.

From memory the band splits all publishing 50% Bob then 50% for the rest of the current band regardless of contribution. Which means even Perry Belmonte will be a very wealthy guy just off Wish.

Gramsci wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 3:59 pm

TylerDeadPine wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 1:51 pm how fucking cool has Simon Gallup always been

I know right. Also a brilliant bass player and song (riff) writer. Some Cure songs are All Bob but there’s a lot more input from the band than people realise. Gallop wrote the music for Lovesong.

From memory the band splits all publishing 50% Bob then 50% for the rest of the current band regardless of contribution. Which means even Perry Belmonte will be a very wealthy guy just off Wish.

that's actually pretty incredible if that's the way they do it

the more i've learned about bob o'er the decades, the more i like him, and i liked him fine to begin with

I know nothing about the The Cure, but this story in a new Irish punk book is awesome, Robert Smith is a good sort.

the corpo wrote: Mon Dec 09, 2024 8:31 am I know nothing about the The Cure, but this story in a new Irish punk book is awesome, Robert Smith is a good sort.

Wholesome!

Great story, that. I've always had a lot of respect for Robert. An acquaintance is a huge Cure fan, and has actually gotten to meet with Robert several times. She had nothing but nice things to say about him.

Okay, so this came in the mail today. Just in time for X-mas with the fam. Still haven't heard it. Apparently I bought my mom the deluxe version that has the normal album on one CD, the instrumental version on another, and then a Blu-ray disc with the Atmos mix. Searched the PRF here and was surprised to learn there's little discussion of this Atmos beeswax up in here. Wondering aloud how much difference is noticeable listening to an Atmos mix with two-channel/stereo playback and not a surround system. I don't have access to a movie theater rig . . . yet!

The Atmos is mastered WAY better than the digital or even the LP - much higher dynamic range even in a stereo folddown - so I’d give that a spin if you can.

matttkkkk wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2024 12:38 pm The Atmos is mastered WAY better than the digital or even the LP - much higher dynamic range even in a stereo folddown - so I’d give that a spin if you can.

Thanks! Will definitely mess with it, then. Cheers.