Quote Originally Posted by No Mo Moss
I think the cure have a much better career of music then DM. DM had three great albums and some hits in between. Wish represented a resurgence by the Cure in the early 90's and succeeded greatly. I was only in 8th grade when that came out but I started listening when I was twelve.

I think one of the reasons I like U2 so much is that they are really pretty good at re-inventing themselves. Some of their best stuff comes after they become stale. Zooropa is my favorite. I liked their last album, but think their next wil either be great or be terrible.

I like Wilco, too bad they didn't show. Speaking of death cab, I love the first postal service album, hopefully they can recreate that on a second.
I think that your perspective on DM reflects your age (i'm a bit older and lived thru the 80s). DM was HUGE and was/is bigger than the Cure. Total sales double the Cure. By 88 they sold out Rose Bowl, the highest figure in 8 years. Tour was documented by DA Pennebaker and later was a best seller as 101.

They had already released a comp of singles by 85. They have had numerous tribute/cover CDs.

Not to mention spawning all of Vince Clarke's side projects (Yaz, the assembly, Erasure). And the huge influence on Techno.