The truth is musical expression is not linear it goes round and returns, I mean we are speaking of humanity and how and when it chooses to express it's self.
I went to a The Cure concert in 1987, and when I realize that that was 34 years ago, it feels impossible! So I get your point 100%. And yes, to me as well, their songs are timeless.
sadly, the cure was introduced to me by a girlfriend...we were madly in love, we broke up when I joined the Army....I can not listen to the cure without thinking about her....I fought in four wars, she fought breast cancer. I am still here ...so the cure is still special to me... I miss this music, it was a special time for us all.
My friend, similar situation here but my girlfriend became my wife who became my ex-wife. Before we got married I would walk across town listening to Charlotte Sometimes and Standing on a Beach while walking knee deep in snow wearing combat boots, Skull jeans and a Misfits tee shirt and black peacoat. I'd get to her house and do snow demons (I used to call them that, lolol) on her parent's lawn and they'd let me in likely knowing how in love I was. Since then I'm retired Marine Corps. I would lie in the rack when I was active duty listening to Pictures of You or Love Song because she introduced me to The Cure too. We were together through my active duty days but not much longer after. I still love her with all my heart and I think she loves me too. I think she's happily remarried and all I want for her is to be happy. Knowing love in your life is so special, a real treasure that is priceless. I hope you either get back together or find peace with your love for her and your appreciation for The Cure. They are very special... Knowing that you've loved is incredible my friend.
Thank you for your service! Amazing how powerful music is. It can define a pinpoint or a period of time our lives. That feeling from a song or album can make a memory in your life that will last forever. I ran away from home at 14. I had a Sony Walkman cassette player. The Led Zeppelin, Rush, and Depeche Mode tapes I had, got me through and I survived. After, I went through years of burnout on Zeppelin and the others. Now that I’m older, I listen to these songs and albums and the feelings I had back then. Pretty sure music saved my life
When you said 'Army" i thought BTS army for one second. Im gen X and i wish there was no smart phones and social media. a better world we had before. hahaha
How simple and pure this music is. No Autotune, no chichi... The Cure were my companion in the darkest times of my adolescence. Joy Division followed...
I was born in 82, my mum was and is a huge fan and regularly played around the house so so many fond memories of the cure, I can’t comprehend how much his voice has stayed on point to this day! For me one of the best bands in the world, ever.
Seriously. I love looking back at this now. When this video was made, my young self literally digested every single nanosecond of this band I could get my hands on. If Robert Smith said boo, I would flinch. At the time it felt so amazing to love a band that nobody in America knew about if they only listened to the radio.
Wow throwback! I recorded this song on one of many custom-mix cassette tapes I made in the early ‘80s. -Anyone else remember the excellent TDK metal frame clear tapes?! Thanks for posting this brother! 👌🏼
@@tiefensucht they are real drums. i'm saying the way they used to record and add post production to them back then gave them the "cheap" drum machine aesthetic sound
I had been looking for this, so thank you. It used to be on RU-vid many years ago like 2008 and then it disappeared. I decided to check again and here it is.
This is really excellent. I've been listening to the Cure for years and never heard this. Flavours of A Forest and incredibly melodic. How was this not a bigger hit?
Anyone else that was curious about Roberts 'Fender Jazzmaster' as played in this song/video : .... "Watched a late 70's Cure performance and noticed an odd middle pickup on his Jazzmaster. Looked it up and it's a Teisco pickup from his first guitar. Apparently when he went to record their first album the producer hated it and bought him a new Jazzmaster (to which he immediately installed the pickup)" - [ source ; Discussion in 'Pickup Forum' started by 'Class A Knob' Jun 30, 2018 ]... That aside, this is a historical music gem, youth will always rule.
@@bobdoubter2977 - I get why he did; the image suited the time, but yeah it was overindulgent. I never liked cure fans so they put me off the band. The songs on ‘Kiss Me..’ transcended the band so I really enjoyed that one, but I never saw this video before - it makes me appreciate them even more as a working band. Considering Robert’s self-deprecating sense of humor it never made sense to me how he indulged his fans. It gives me a queasy ambivalence about them. They could be as off-putting as they were brilliantly original.
17 Seconds was the essence of early 80s, change from prog rock and punk clowns to a darker more serious review of the world - man sucked into the machine.
It saddens me that so much early Cure stuff like this is effectively stuck in the VHS age. Surely fans deserve to finally have the entire Staring At The Sea compilation on DVD, instead of just "highlights" of it crammed onto the later Greatest Hits set?
This was my favorite period of their music; both Seventeen Seconds and Faith had a dark and romantic feel to them. Contrast those two albums against the ominous and depressing Pornography record, the weirdness of The Top, and the beginning of the pop sound witnessed on Head On The Door.
@@edson720 we have 2 VHS players and they work like a charm. You can still find them online. We get some great videos at thrift stores, flea markets and pawn shops. We used to buy them off amazon too. 😊
I wonder if he was worried about not being taken seriously, as a musician. Duran Duran was not taken seriously by critics at the time because they were considered too good looking. Robert Smith's make-up covers up his very handsome face!
@@marisol3827 I agree lol he looks attractive here and I never liked him with the make up and the funny hair (I generally don't mind men with make up tho, it just doesn't suit him personally)
“A reflection” makes me envision a brightly colored living room with fancy furniture, and one large mirror covering a whole wall. Seeping through the mirror, struggling to be set free, a malicious spirit.
I remember my cousin Ian had given me The Cure's Seventeen Seconds for my 13th birthday and I listened to the first two tracks. (reflection, and secrets. I really do like Secrets now,) As a 13 year old, I remember dismissing it for being too mellow and throwing it in my drawer. I revisited it a year later. Blew my mind and I went down the music rabbit hole and its splintered off into a bunch of other discoveries. I will always love this album.
The cure one of the best bands of all time first seen them live at the Apollo Manchester 40 yrs ago and have stood the test of time and Robert smith such a lovely guy
Convenient how he looks so different without any makeup and his signature hairstyle, when he just wants to go to the store or out to dinner or something without being recognized.
Wow!! So THAT'S what they look like! One of the greatest bands, with the most amazing and unique sound. Still timeless after all these years!! Never get tired of listening to the Cure, and I don't care what my kids say! :)
@@wilcopeperkamp I know - I have the entire show on DVD and CD (in glorious 24-bit 'lossless' - no less) -Apeldoorn Zumerfest [The headliner was a Clown Act no less] The Cure opened... I think that's where Robert learned to do makeup ... I love the sick thick bass tone on this one... my fav from 1980
I grew up in an 80s new wave household especially with the Cure. I distinctively remember going to a barbecue and they were blasting "killing an arab" from a big speaker, I was about 4 or 5 years old. Another random tidbit of my life revolving around this band. I (somewhere) still have a copy of "Kiss Me. Kiss Me. Kiss Me" that my mom gifted my dad when they were dating. It's old and worn out. It's just the cassette without a case.. Still is a worthwhile memento.
