The Cure: Trilogy - Live In Berlin [Blu-ray]
The Cure: Trilogy - Live In Berlin [Blu-ray]
An ambitious yet practical idea, Trilogy underscores the tonal and lyrical connections between three of the Cure’s darkest albums in the last 20 years. The restless, ever-changing band, fronted by goth-gloomster Robert Smith, took up residence at the Tempodrom Berlin for a couple of nights in late 2002 for the express purpose of playing the group’s 1982 Pornography, 1989’s Disintegration, and 2000’s Bloodflowers live and in their entirety. Whether it was a good idea or not depends on one’s point of view. All three sets are long on droning, funereal rhythm sections, thick guitar lines that carry good pop melodies to overstylized destruction, and Smith’s own cracked, morose vocals. On the other hand, fine distinctions emerge: The Disintegration portion of the show is lightest on its feet, with lush orchestration on “Plainsong,” a hint of swing on “Lovesong,” and cinematic tendencies in the stirring “The Same Deep Water as You.” The rest of the concert is numbing. –Tom KeoghOut of all the bands that emerged in the immediate aftermath of punk rock in the late `70s,THE CURE was one of the most enduring and popular. Led through numerous incarnations by guitarist/vocalist Robert Smith,the band became notorious for their slow,gloomy dirges and Smith’s ghoulish appearance. But the public image often hid the diversity of the Cure’s music.
This Blu-ray is a TRILOGY of CURE albums, PORNOGRAPHY, DISINTIGRATION and BLOODFLOWERS,that were performed in three successive night in 2002. All tracks reflect the original release. Now CURE Fans can experience, what not to long ago was just heard and imagined,the full CURE.
TRACKLISTING PORNOGRAPHY 1. One Hundred Years 2. A Short Term Effect 3. The Hanging Garden 4. Siamese Twins 5. The Figurehead 6. A Strange Day 7. Cold 8. Pornography DISINTEGRATION 1. Plainsong 2. Pictures Of You 3. Closedown 4. Love Song 5. Last Dance 6. Lullaby 7. Fascination Street 8. Prayers For Rain 9. The Same Deep Water As You 10. Disintegration 11. Homesick 12. Untitled BLOODFLOWERS 1. Out Of This World 2. Watching Me Fall 3. Where The Birds Always Sing 4. Maybe Someday 5. The Last Day Of Summer 6. There Is No If… 7. The Loudest Sound 8. 39 9. Bloodflowers ENCORE SET: If Only Tonight We Could Sleep ~ The Kiss
BONUS FOOTAGE: 30 minute interview
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars “Freshly squashed fly”
This had previously been the greatest live concert ever released on any format, and now it just got better!
When I purchased the DVD of this live show, filmed in Berlin, a number of years ago I was astounded at how amazing it was. I have seen The Cure 10 times throughout the course of my life, and own every studio release, video release, and many bootlegs; yet I still was not prepared for just how unbelievably incredible this performance would be.
Now, years later, after many throw away Blu-ray concert releases from artists without half the talent of The Cure, we finally get ‘Trilogy’ in beautiful High-definition; and boy was it worth the wait!
The audio sounds flawless, and the picture quality is light-years better than the already very good looking DVD. This is how you release a live concert on Blu-ray; looks perfect, sounds perfect, and the content is second to none.
The Cure combine a live show of three intrinsically linked albums, ‘Pornography’, ‘Disintegration’, and ‘Blood Flowers’ to give fans the ultimate Blu-ray that could ever be asked for.
The supplements even shine, with a 2 song encore consisting of ‘If Only Tonight We Could Sleep’ and ‘The Kiss’ from the album ‘Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me’, as well as backstage footage and other goodies.
Whether you are a Blu-ray fan, a Cure fan, a live concert fan, or even a moderate fan of any of these things, you owe it to yourself to have this on your shelf.
Very possibly the best live concert that will ever be released.
5 Stars The Cure “Trilogy” PORNOGRAPHY,DISINTEGRATION, AND BLOODFLOWERS!!! 2 DISC DVD!!!i
“AWESOME”!!! Robert Smith & the Cure are simply outstanding on this 3 album CD concert. They play 3 of their greatest album cds, song by song, taken exactly from the original album cd’s and perform the songs live. This was filmed in Berlin in 2002. This is simply outstanding, and I highly recommend it. Thanks!!
5 Stars BLU RAY REVIEW
If you are reading this review you already know this is a fabulous concert…but what about the Blu Ray quality?
The sound is everything you have been hoping for and more: this dvd has a high res DTS Master audio and a high res PCM track. I have never heard Robert’s voice so well, on any medium. Everything else sounds great too.
The picture is pretty good for a Blu Ray (not as good as a high budget Hollywood movie but still very solid), and a marked improvement over the DVD version.
Stop hesitating, just get it!
5 Stars Perfection on a shiny thing
I own a copy of the original dvd & to this day regard it as the best live dvd issue of all time.
Just got this on Friday evening & I can’t get it out of the player.
At long last, we are not fobbed off with some half baked compressed surround sound & have a full HD 24bit DTS soundtrack alongside a full HD LPCM track (I only ever listened to the LPCM track on the original).
The picture quality is just breathtaking & the sound makes all the hair on my body stand on end.
It is the best live dvd issue ever made by a million miles.
I’d love to see Show get the same treatment.
In a word. Perfect.
4 Stars lo mejor de “the cure”
lo mejor de the cure esta en este concierto clasico.
nunca habia tenido la oportunidad de verlo. pero este bluray es simplemente asombroso.
tal vez la unica falla sea en la calidad de video que solo soporta la resolucion de 1080i.
el audio es otro nivel.
tiene algunas canciones que personalmente no habia escuchado, pero no por eso son malas.
los fans no se lo deben perder, y los interesados en el genero deberian de darle una oportunidad no se arrepentiran.
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