The Cure-Killing an Arab

[tbx59]

Great song, great album, great band, great book, great author

[Ebathora]

2:06 "Oh, Meursalt."

[nafaidni]

They should play this live in Mecca. Lol.

[Phreqeable]

Electric Hellfire Club did a great cover of this song

[TheXampyFontinhas]

187 people don't even know who is Albert Camus.

[garak0410]

I love the bleakness of this video...

[chester5550tx]

I wanna bust out my claus grabke n just grind old school.....

[gbo2k69]

aujourd'hui maman est morte

[kltzk]

Today we treated the existentialist novel in class. For some reason, I had this song in my head all the time.

[Ebathora]

@kltzk close, song based on absudist novel

[Clentlight]

L'étranger, en Français, pour ceux qui ne savent pas :)



[1787dude]

i made a list of all the worst rockbands spanning from the 80's to now. I had to cleanse myself by listening to this.

[GpHippy92]

@1787dude Good for you

[kkostas21925]

my father has this song on a vinyl.

[kevinsomnia]

The Stranger is an amazing read. I highly recommend it to anyone.

[Orion198725]

I like tthis song. and all the time i´m talking about is a song based in the kamus´s book. many people doesn´t know it.

[modernredeye]

Brilliant song but nowadays the lyrics have an unfortunate tone, when that sort of thing should obviously be left to the Arabs themselves. God Luck to the decent Syrians.

[9robin3]

strane and dull song-.- nothing musical in it...just silent and too careful..

[Pmilooo]

@9robin3 shut up?

[BRENTBRAV]

the outsider i believe

[checkthapain]

camus..existentialism...this song and bohemian rhapsody based on the same book...both brilliant songs.

[arabianknight75]

sale raciste de merde

[JUSTEPOUR18PIGES]

@arabianknight75 Mais t'es con ou quoi?C'est basé sur un livre d'Albert Camus, fais une recherche avant de t'offusquer bêtement.

[gnafoin]

@arabianknight75 t'es niais ou quoi ? c'est une chanson inspirée du livre de Camus "L'étranger" à l'opposé du racisme justement, ! renseigne toi un peu avant :)

[TheJapanesePopstars]

@ijc2222 We know the Robert Smith. He guested on our Album. Our manager today had a vintage 'Staring at the Sea' poster framed and on asking Robert who the man on the cover was he Kindly replied with this thread. He was your Grandad. What a great honour ! Best Regards x

[XstraightvedgeX]

for all the people confused yes this song is very racist and pro white but robert smith wrote it a long time ago for everyone saying it is from the book "the stranger" smith himself said that he only read that book in 82 because everyone kept telling him he should since it would make him seem less racist.

[frenchgoldenboyfan]

@XstraightvedgeX you're an idiot !

[wozefa]

@XstraightvedgeX stop spreading stupid and erroneous information, you tool.

[XstraightvedgeX]

@wozefa its true man, but dont hold it against him. he is a changed man just like that guy from mest

[cmclsrnsee]

@XstraightvedgeX STFU go troll somewhere else you idiot!

[preceeding]

The Cure really need to re-record this song.

Without toothbrushes this time.

[jakubiiii]

240p we meet again

[edgefanforlife14]

@jakubiiii no

[anuangelseyes]

The only reason people HATE arabs in America is because the MEDIA says its ok to.Once you discover who RUNS the media you will see why.They use media as a TOOL to BRAINWASH the masses to do thier bidding!!

[RobotLabRabbit]

@anuangelseyes Music is media.



[sicoticclown]

@anuangelseyes who runs the media, skulls and bones? templars? the people who really own the world? free masons?

[bernerdgunt]

Ok..? Is that Robert Smiths` dad in the vid?

[ColdOasisU2]

The Stranger a fabolous book

[mareikewarsong]

l'etranger

[asdfghjkl9731]

@bingooooow americans also pigs 

[wassermeister]

arab is who speaks arab, morons

[verweejerome]

I'm alive I'm dead I'm a stranger killing an arab.....

[epicureus314159]

i cant believe this. of all light shows ever i was told the very tippy tops were the cure and pink floyd. yet neither is on youtube. drag.

[Ryder1289]

i suppose this song is appropriate for youtube but everyone would start weeping and yelling anti-semit if i upload a song titled "burn a jew"

[adolethen]

180 people don't understand that this song is based on albert camus book....

[caterpillargirl84]

@adolethen srsly :(

[mysterywhylay]

@adolethen 181....including me ;) lol

[morgan2993]

I am an arab......

[Diogenes1360]

. . . Despite killing the Arab man with the 1st gunshot, he shoots the cadaver 4 more times after a brief pause. He does not devulge to the reader any specific reason for his crime or emotions he experiences at the time, if any, aside from the fact he was bothered by the Heat and Bright Sunlight . . .

[AuthorIsobelB]

Terrific song. Robert Smith inspired by Camus. When I was 18 someone gave me The Outsider and it changed my life. I was fickle back then and might not have read the book, were it not for this song. 

[physicalstimulation]

We could've used this song in 2001 as a morale booster.

[italianjournalist]

this song dont speak about racism, the title is from the book 'the stranger', a beautiful book of albert camus

[star4blue]

before you give an opinion, read the Stranger (Albert Camus)

[The267522]

ee bola de nacos si conocen el libro el extrangero de albert camus? pues deberian leerlo antes de comentar muchas GRACIAS

[geoffwhite100]

IRA BASTrd

[geoffwhite100]

fk the IRA and all that supported them, GADAFF u r dead u cunt

[geoffwhite100]

same here we have our 6 pointed flag LOOK up ULSTER

[geoffwhite100]

elate, or a`lot`

[geoffwhite100]

is`real` or israel

[MultiMasiha]

Hell yaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!! Let's kill an fuckin Arab !!!

[asdfghjkl9731]

@MultiMasiha lets kill u first dumb

[NELSONJJLIN]

so basically the last few seconds was just the old man's face? wtf

i came here becuz of hw on The Stranger... :((

[meyrozerox]

la habia tenido antes pero nunca logre percibir su significado, cuanto termine de leer L'etrange me di cuenta de que la conducta expuesta era profundamente inabordable

[jhutchtor1]

This is song is based on a french booked the Stranger (L'etrange) go read it and find about this song.

[rautibo]

@jhutchtor1 it's algerian...

[maltamaidenfan]

Hey brother dont drink before you write you still did not condemm the brutal assasins of christians, last example was in eygpt a couple of weeks agao, but i guess for you its ok, and by the way by a person who stars his answer with " you idiot " needs no comment on his attitude....continue like this brtoher ...live your life in lies!!!!!

[patrickseamusnoonan]

by the name of this song you would think it is the marine`s fight song

[chrisdrakekaka]

@patrickseamusnoonan is that racist?

[maltamaidenfan]

Yes but we christians don blow uo ourselves for fate!!!!! and we never behead others who have diff religions...you must know it since you have freedom to write ....dumbasss!!!!1

[GriMinD]

@maltamaidenfan So.. I guess that the inquisition is a possible fairy tale... huh?

[maltamaidenfan]

@GriMinD hahaha I had no doubt you gaonna answer that way , its a pity you didnt mention also the srusadws, Those were other times and If you want I can mention The christians killed in by romans , by comunists, by integralists muslims etc, or maybe christian blood is less important to you? I guess so as all who hate christains only mention the inquisition

[GriMinD]

@maltamaidenfan WTF?? Are you THAT stupid?

You, idiot, try to set a claim in favor of Chrstianarity, that should place yourself above Islam. BUT face it - your religion has a lot of dark sides, and was and still is respobsible for some terrible deeds. How the hell the fact that romans, comunists and so on has a part in it too, changes that fact? Don't spill lies, so you won't have to watch them getting shuttered. I don't judge people by their beliefs, it's YOU who did so.

[theMacvarish]

still crazy after all of these years.............

[Dontmakemecomeover5]

Its about albert camus's the stranger about how life is absurd.

[1235711po]

@Dontmakemecomeover5 one who understand the lyrics,thank you

[primal16]

why are there so many facistic dogs on facebook, that dont understand what a human is and what an arab is...it's not where you come from, or where you go, it's all about what you are...a human after all

[FractileDeathstar]

religion aside this is an all time classic great song. Personally I hate all people equally, so this song jibes well with me. 10 out of a possible 5 stars!

[jupiterattraction]

the best song all of the time

[jungleman68]

damn nice name

[smithsisdeadx]

The Cure would be the band to make a song based from The Stranger. It's fantastic. ;)

[elnegro66]

I remember jamming this song as a young soldier preparing to deploy, the night Reagan ordered the F-111 strike on Libya back in the 80's

[dustinccornelius]

Anyone who places any judgement of any remote kind whether positive or negative based on their religion, gender, social status, ethnicity, or any other reason than personal encounters and experiences is a worthless animal. Don't bother to reply to what they say, just revel in the fact that they genuinely don't matter. They are humans as animals, not people.

[invicioneiro]

Bad Music for Bad People...

[PopYaCork]

@invicioneiro Fuck off

[invicioneiro]

@PopYaCork KkKkK! You don't understand the joke...!

[hmmtheseeder]

@invicioneiro how is this bad?

[invicioneiro]

@hmmtheseeder See Album of The Cramp's [Bad Music for Bad People].

[AlanDaviesVideo]

@hmmtheseeder 20second avert then shitty audio, thumbs down

[JUNENFIONA]

I want infect the middle east with a zombie virus

[VHHV822]

kill the arabs !! they want to kill you !

[4sighted1]

@themagicwho im just passing by to comment on your point "christians are just as good or evil as any other human"...and of course your absolutely right...thats the whole point of christianity. Christianity is the only religion where people cannot reconnect with God by their good works alone. As a christian, i believe I need a Saviour and he was crucified 2000 years ago, shed his blood and it was the ultimate blood sacrifice/offering.

[cScruffy]

..i'm dead..killing..stranger....wha­t more do u want?..

[sixthirtymusic]

lol are you guys all fucking serious? its a song. and a fantastic one at that! if you want go have your little political correctness arguments somewhere else where people might actually care.

[JUNENFIONA]

I know the meaning is not anti-arab I just wish it was because I hate arabs (except christian ones). Kuss om 3ala arab.

[xthemoonknightx]

@JUNENFIONA Oh man your pathetic hating on a whole nation because of their believes wont get you anywhere and you wont get anywhere after 20 years you will be living in disgusting home hating on the arabs

[nightjester138]

@JUNENFIONA If all will notice, this person was kind enough to include his/her IQ score in the comment, in the last tid bit of information it clearly shows the number 3, and after that comment it can be taken as nothing other than an IQ score.

[TheMagicWho]

@JUNENFIONA You sad sad little creature. And why do you not hate the Christian Arabs? Is it because all Christians are automatically good and wonderful people? If that is the reason then you are greatly mistaken, Christians are just as good or evil as any other human alive or dead, this is because of the simple fact that they are humans, just like everyone else. Neither above nor below anyone else because of their religion.

[DinoMireles78]

@TheMagicWho love your comment

[nahlamarie]

@TheMagicWho no comment!!!! you found the right words

[OnlyTheTyrant]

@TheMagicWho Why not just hate all the stinking stupid miserable temporary little hate-machines, including yourself? That, I think, is the essence of the major religions. The fact that this comment can so easily inspire violent feelings just validates it.

[18axis89]

@JUNENFIONA an arab is an arab just as a rat is a rat

[k0rtiz0NN]

im 2001 XD

[XDDuckie]

I love it, i never really understood until i read the book, its mostly quotes from the book, its amazing

[vengefall]

absurdism

[khongbiet1000]

existentialism

[cmclsrnsee]

im reading the book that inspired this!

[modernredeye]

The Cure were great. So was L'etranger by Camus. Surely Arabs would understand the book? Judging by events in Egypt, Syria and Libya, life seems to be regarded very cheaply, particularly Arab lives by other Arabs?

[aivopark]

Big hit in Israel, I resume.

[Apollo5600]

@aivopark You mean "Presume" dumbass

[wrarmatei]

@Apollo5600

"Dumb-ass" is an expression that is hyphenated. Hoisted on your own R'TARD?!! (Petard...Retard...eh? eh?)

[musicmind9]

@aivopark Actually Israel has 20% Arab citizens, and many of them are in the IDF, Police, Shabak, and Mossad

[maulyyy]

oh you already said that

[maulyyy]

its about a book...."the stranger"

[MadMarkMagee]

lol calm down guys

This song is just about existentialism, its not racist, and in reality has little to do with Arabs, apart from the fact that an unfortunate one gets shot in a book.

 The Stranger, a classic, look it up...

[lashinequa]

@deathtoislam1000 YOU DONT KNOW FUCKING SHIT. stop even talking. All you people ever hear is what you see on the news or read. You dont know anything. Death to islam? Hahahah okay tough guy, lets see how cool you are when you burn in hell for disrespecting a religion that DOESNT PROMOTE ANY FUCKING THING that deals with killing.

[lashinequa]

And i know the middle east is a bad place, but its only in fucking america where people leave/kill thier kids and family. The "men" here all leave, the women all get pregnant without getting married. Divorce is higher than marriage. That rarely, if even at all, exists there.

[deathtoislam1000]

@lashinequa its not the middle east its just muslims... your saying it like it happens everywhere everytime and even worse like its wrong... muslim fathers are killing their daughters for "honor"

[triumph1974]

@lashinequa How can divorce be higher than marriage you dumbass.

[lashinequa]

i cant believe anyone fucking did this. Sorry arabs are the ones killing, that doesnt mean they are all bad. We cant do anything about what they do and it was just a chance that those groups formed where they did. What if this was reversed? What if Christians or jews were the ones killing? bet you guys wouldn't be too happy about that and get all defensive about it.

[bigtez9]

@hillena well i don't condone it, i like this song and band though

[hillena]

163 peepz do not like arab killing

[LeopardFixJeopardy]

Nice song, but the film in the background doesn't fit to well but I the old man is reflecting about his past that's for sure..

Thumbs up!

[joshyoungdog]

Just a song that is rad

This is Amy, Josh's sister. Not him.

[joshyoungdog]

Just a song that is rad

[scorpionsSon]

163 Arabs disliked this

[The6arab6metal6head]

That awkward moment when an Arab listen to this song and enjoys it o.o I love this song!!!

[i1er]

imagine if Arabs made a song -killing a [fill the blank]-

it would have been used every time by right wings politicians in every single western country. What's even more crazy is that I know most people reading this will disagree, they want to kill Arabs, they think they are not doing it enough.

[boobjob69]

@i1er shutup.

[i1er]

@boobjob69 Scolio, nice to meet you. I can understand why your parents gave you that name Shutup

[DeadboyandGravegirl]

@i1er what the hell are you even talking about? This song is about one of the best books ever written... dumbass

[i1er]

@DeadboyandGravegirl The american military uses this song along side others like "let the bodies hit the floor" to encourage killing.

YOU know it's about a book but not everyone does & not everyone cares. Solders play songs like this while doing their job. the job of killing arabs. And you think I'm the dumbass, thank you for understanding how it feels on the other side. Just forget what I said, forget that there's countless books and countless scenes...( and choices & pretexts)

[DeadboyandGravegirl]

@i1er wow, using youtube as your pedestal, congrats. ever thought that not everyone knows or cares what the hell soldiers do to get pumped up before killing babies? In fact, I'm sure most people found the songs actual meaning more interesting than your faux witty political musings. Stop trying to be some righteous internet defender. You lose 5 internetz.

[i1er]

@DeadboyandGravegirl @DeadboyandGravegirl I lose 5 internetz. what does that even mean. I don't expect you to care, I didn't ask you to care.

What I'm saying is a fact, I'm not making this up, this song along side others were used by both right wing extremists and by the military.

If Arabs were to sing "killing an American", no one would say "wait, there's an Arabic book where the protagonist don't give a shit about anything...." no one would see freedom of speech there

[i1er]

@DeadboyandGravegirl ANDDD,

I'm not the one spreading hate, I said what I think in a comment, I didn't insult anyone and I didn't lie.

You couldn't stand that someone else disagreed with you and attacked me for that (You may have other reasons, I don't know) I don't expect knives to care about the flesh they cut either. AND What r u talking about ? Most people don't care about the meaning behind the lyrics, they just care about the music.

Why do guys take an "Ouch" as an insult ?

[TumisHumis]

@i1er Arabs make shit-ass music though, don't even try to argue with that.

[ConmanBenitez]

Dick Cheney's favourite song...actually second favourite song after MONEY MONEY MONEY

[ConmanBenitez]

Dick Cheney's favourite song

[BrokenChair88]

Now I know what became of an old friend of mine who I haven't seen in years who looks exactly like the guy in this video.

[arqpita]

Kiling George W Bush....

[starrrayinne]

@arqpita yeah i like ur styl lololo just kidding i hate politics though hahahaha

[maryamelsherif]

beautiful song! antiwar & pro humanity.

[farrangel]

I remember reading Camus' book in HS and loving knowing my fave band had a song referencing it! The Cure's AWESOME (a fave 80s word)!

[ChicanoTattooArt]

bad ass song for the war

[vogelmandrie]

Marcello watching the sea in 'Lo Straniero' by Luchino Visconti based on the book by Albert Camus 'Létranger' , 1965 , this inspired Robert to write this song.

[enteecee]

This song isn't from this era! Geez. Don't make it political! I love The Cure for their simple enjoyable music.

[wizzolf]

harvesting/fertilizing carob

[vivelavidarocka]

Killing Osama..

[ikissdoors]

killing a justin beaber.

[mitchvstoshiba]

@ikissdoors get off his dick. why does every video on youtube have the word justin beaber in it?

[makky123]

@ikissdoors grow up, your as bad as him if not more annoying.

[JuanGisors]

i love the cure putamente!



[kylebakersanangelo]

this video just rocked my world, im speachless

[1559godhead]

@BoneThugzNHarmony why don´t you, you motherfucking cocksucker

[1559godhead]

@saud080 I speak 3 languages, you ignorant fool

[tommyau2006]

such a great song.................

[MichaelBlue1990]

this right here is true the cure,the essence,goth at it's best,redundant but i had to say it!:D

[peptalk401]

just read The Outsider, never made the connection to this track before, makes more sense now, not total sense though mind you...

[MichaelBlue1990]

dammmmnn is this good or what?

[soulmerchant]

J'ai fait quelques pas vers la source. L'Arabe n'a pas bougé. Malgré tout, il était encore assez loin. Peut-être à cause des ombres sur son visage, il avait l'air de rire. J'ai attendu. La brûlure du soleil gagnait mes joues et j'ai senti des gouttes de sueur s'amasser dans mes sourcils. C'était le même soleil que le jour où j'avais enterré maman et, comme alors, le front surtout me faisait mal et toutes ses veines battaient ensemble sus la peau

[matthewrevel]

prophecy, non?

[andreysadath]

blanco por fuera dije.o es blanco o es negro, meztizo es otra cosa.

[andreysadath]

cada uno deberia ser nazi en su ciudad, por ejemplo en medellin solo paisas, porque ya nos invadioeron los hijos de puta negros, no me importa lo que opinen los demas yo soy blanco por fuera y eso es lo que me importa, muerte a los negros.

[GUTREX]

@andreysadath blanco de q ??? mestizo hahahhahhahhahaha

[sacrificialtotem]

mersault 

[CubsfanGSO]

If you misunderstand this song, you have an issue. Just read Albert Camus' 'The Stranger' and its clear to me what this song is about!