Smith is an excellent guitarist. I'd goes far to say he's one of the most underrated player ever. And I say that because of the amazing guitar work he did on the first album. You hear all the studio demos and rarities with all the brilliant solos and feedback , and it's all him. He doesn't about being a guitar player much, since I reckon he just sees it just as his tool for composing but damn, he's good. :)
Yes, very true whatever you said about Robert Smith's guitar playing. He is definitely the most underrated and also the most overlooked as a guitarist primarily due to his image and Cure's songs. He will be never be compared to the guitar greats and guitar heroes because for those artists it is all about techniques, solos and complexities. For Robert, the song is the hero and he only uses it for mood painting. :-)
@@cybertaiga9534 Johnny Marr said pretty much the same thing recently - he said he was really underated and watching Robert play in the early Cure was an influence on him.
My favorite song of theirs for sure. Such an underrated song. The synth and the bass are so ON POINT. Oh, what the hell. What am I saying? The whole bloody thing is amazing. Goddam The Cure... So great.
age having nothing to do with their talent, but really just kids here. This song is my favorite of all their works. Haunting guitars and keys, beautifully composed, one can really feel the quiet house, the dark, empty room, and the deep nocturnal and dreamlike undertones of the environment.
The young and gorgeous Robert Smith gets better and better through the years. 40 years after fame he's always better as a singer and guitarist. The bassline is killing ! Love this !
No doubt a little Joy Division influence in Simon's playing, but still one of the best bassists of the post-punk/goth world. I even sometimes prefer his work over Hooky's but we might as well be comparing apples and oranges with that argument.
Listened to it over and over, getting more hypnotized as I did. It is amazing that someone so young could have produced something so great. One of my all time favorites. This video is a gem. ❤️
What I loved about their Reflections tour was that both Bob and Simon were playing Fenders again. You only know how much of a difference those make once they pick them up again after many years and you go "Oh, that SOUND!"
Gr8 vid and super hypnotic song love it and the words just do it for me... pretending to swim , pretending to swim,the hrs i take goin so slow !! yep good one Mr Smith
I play at night in your house I live another life Pretending to swim In your house I hear no sound in your house Silence In the empty rooms I drown at night in your house Pretending to swim Pretending to swim
Awesome live version...Seventeen seconds has always been my favorite Cure album. This looks like the same footage on "staring at the Sea" the parts between the vids with them doing "the final sound" right before the "a forest" video. Thanks for posting it
@warminator - Yes! I remember seeing the 'A Reflection' bit from this show on the 'Staring At The Sea - The Images' VHS tape and then wanting to watch the whole thing, especially knowing 'Play For Today' would've been next up! And it *is* such a great version, too! The rest of the gig's great also 😀
I play at night in your house I live another life Pretending to swim In your house I change the time in your house The hours I take Go so slow I hear no sound in your house Silence In the empty rooms I drown at night in your house Pretending to swim Pretending to swim
iN yOUr hOUsE - tHE cURe - sEVenTeeN sECOndS - 1980 I play at night in your house I live another life Pretending to swim In your house I change the time in your house The hours I take Go so slow I hear no sound in your house Silence In the empty rooms I drown at night in your house Pretending to swim Pretending to swim ~~~~~~~~
woah. They were just kids. well, weren't we all? LOL! I had no idea they were this good and that Robert Smith played guitar so well. Actually I had no idea he played guitar at all. I can hear how the Cars were influenced by this movement in British pop.
wow, nice footage! dig on this era alot and have never seen this footage before! you ever wanna trade, let me know. i have lots of 80s goth and new wave here. from dvds to cds. i also have some rare early live cure stuff on cds, soundboard quality! thx for the post!
