This blog was originally published on Xanga March 9, 2013.
How's it going my fellow Xangans? I know that I'm super LATE with this topic, but have any of you ever watched MTV Icon: The Cure?
I can't believe MTV did another MTV Icon back in 2004. I didn't know anything about it! Then again, that was a BRUTAL year for me.
In 2004, my grandfather died from multiple terminal illnesses. He was the only father figure I ever had. At the same time, I mostly stayed gone from my dorm room. During 2004, I was swamped with difficult classes and had a needy and attention-seeking drama queen for a roommate.
It was mostly my roommate's cheating boyfriend at the time (he was cheating on my roommate with her divisive friends), their toxic relationship, and his need to monopolize the TV and our dorm room, that gave me reasons to stay gone.
I was lucky to sit down and watch TV or listen to music, much less get any sleep. Anyway, I digress.
Last year, I YouTubed MTV Icon: The Cure and wasn't that impressed with it. MTV had Marylin Manson of ALL Rock Stars host the tribute. That narcissist did NOT deserve to host a tribute for The Cure.
He was so
patronizing to us viewers and fans. As if Manson wasn't already a grandiose, pompous ass?
His melodramatic antics and feeling the need to say, that he was more into Metal
than he was into The Cure was highly unnecessary. Like the typical narcissist, that asshole wanted to make The Cure's tribute ceremony into being about HIM.
Siouxsie Sioux from Siouxsie And The Banshees, Jonathan Davis from KoRn, Jared Leto's 30 Seconds To Mars, Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, Peter Steele from Type O Negative, Bauhaus' Peter Murphy, or any other musician, who was Goth or highly admired The Cure should've hosted the tribute.
It felt as if Marylin Manson was insulting The Cure and their fans including yours truly, throughout the entire tribute.
He disguised his insults as jokes from time to time about Robert Smith, his hair, The Cure's music, etc. I understand that Manson was trying to be "witty," but his insults disguised as jokes rubbed more of us viewers the wrong way. I'm not the only fan of The Cure's, who noticed that narcissist's inflection.
Last year, I read the YouTube comments all throughout the time I watched this 9-year-old tribute that I missed.
The Mansonites loved it whereas The Cure fans like myself didn't. I don't believe Robert Smith or the rest of the band cared for Marylin Manson's hosting, either.
It was as if Marilyn Manson was mocking The Cure and us fans. Some YouTube posters said Manson was acting like a "douche bag" and I completely agree with them.
Neither did the late Peter Steele of Type O Negative, nor did I have a problem with joking about the Goth Sub-culture, when he wrote the song, "Black No. 1."
Type O Negative's song, "Black No. 1" was meant to be witty about the Goth Sub-culture and Goth Chicks without being patronizing.
It sucks that Peter Steele didn't host the MTV Icon: The Cure, when he (Steele) was still alive.
I'm willing to bet that Peter Steele would've done a phenomenal job compared to Marylin Manson. Peter would not have been melodramatic to the extent, that he was patronizing The Cure and their fans.
The Deftones and A.F.I. were the best Icon tribute performers; Both were fantastic, when they paid homage to The Cure. Every other band's homage sucked ass. We're talking cringeworthy vocalists from shitty Pop-Punk bands like Blink-182, naming only 1 example.
Who can take a band, that revels in tomfoolery seriously?
No one in Blink-182 ever had any real singing talent.
Mark Hoppus and ESPECIALLY Tom Delonge still dress like 12-year-old skater boys from the '90s with the voices of 12-year-old boys to match.
I guess I'm being a little harsh. At least Mark sounds like he already reached puberty but I can't say that for Tom, that's for sure. Oh, my ears!
MTV should've had bands such as 311, 30 Seconds To Mars, and other vocalists with singing talent and an appreciation for The Cure to perform covers.
Undoubtedly, The Deftones gave the best cover performance out the entire tribute for The Cure.
I am not only saying this because I enjoy The Deftones, but also because the dark tones, the intensity in the band's performance, and Chino Moreno's vocals sounded amazing.
A.F.I. had the 2nd best cover. Everybody else sucked ass. I think MTV might have chosen to pull the plug, after MTV Icon: The Cure. Marylin Manson's shitty job of hosting the tribute was as terrible as the other performances.
I will admit, I like some of Marylin Manson's songs and can respect him TO AN EXTENT. Otherwise, he needs his ego to be deflated.
I have never met the man, but he comes across as very abrasive and should stop patronizing everyone.
Manson can do his "shock value" schtick as much as he wants and more power to him. However, anytime Twiggy quit Manson's band and Dita filed divorce papers on his birthday years ago, it makes me wonder why. I'm just saying.
So, has anybody else ever watched MTV Icon: The Cure? If you want, you can check out this Deftones' cover of "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep."
The Deftones "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep" MTV Icon: The Cure (2004)
