Siempre me gusto la sicodelia de The Cure desde 1988 a la fecha, sus temas me llegan mucho sobretodo cuando escuche x primera vez del album Faith y Pornography tales como: The Holy Hour, Other voices, Primary, Doubt...etc y del Pornography temas como 100 Years, Figure Head, Siamese Twins, soy un fanatico enfermizo de la banda Britanica, tengo toda la coleccion de sus albumes desde Three imaginary boys hasta Wish tanto en estudio como en vivo, pero lo malo q ya no estan PThompson ni B. Williams.
Pornography is dark because The bandmates were fighting with each other. It was just a bad time for The Cure. Therefore, with all going on it produced a darker LP. Plus Robert writes best when he's depressed.
I used to have this on cassette with all the B-sides included, and I always thought that the warped sound towards the end was my own shoddy tape. Now it appears to be universally bad production...
if you look at some quotes by robert smith, you'll find that he says one of the greatest thing about being in the cure is that he never had to grow up. so, instead of stating false information, maybe next time you could just disagree and leave it at that.
Or maybe you could look up the fact that Robert said he's not a depressed person, and that he goes through phases. Going through phases, is a form of growing. Therefore he grew up. Thanks for your commentary though.
oh, i know. he said that he was just depressed when he was writing the music for pornography. i never said he hadn't gone through a depressed phase, i didn't even say anything about robert smith's emotions while writing the music. i'm just stating my opionion on the actual music.
Actually that's wrong. What actually happened was he wanted to break the band up, but Lol Tolhurst used his part of their contract to make that they legally had to stay together.
So Robert Smith came up with a great idea, by making the worst music possible with videos that made him look completely idiotic, in order to kill The Cure. That's how Lovecats and the album Japanese Whispers where created.
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That's the real reason Japanese Whispers was so God awful and shitty pop. Just look at how idiotic Robert Smiths looks in the video for Lovecats.
And that's also why Disentregation was wrote, because Robert likely realized that The Cure wasn't breaking up any time soon so he started making good music again.
So think before you type or at least make some attempt to learn something about the band you're commenting on.
No, seriously, you're hilarious. I laugh every time I read that. Robert started The Cure, he loves it, he didn't want it to end. I've never even seen him say that, I'm a huge Cure fan, I have his face tattooed on me, you're crazy LOL But thanks for your commentary.
Yes, because he has bosses. Especially when The Cure signed to a major label. He said a lot of the music he made was because he has bosses who expect certain types of music (he was specifically referring to let's go to bed..) I love all of The Cure's music. Pornography was my favorite, and Disintegration... but I love the artful aspect of everything they do...
Just because it's poppy doesn't mean it's bad, Lovecats is a great song and a different style from what he normally does, and it's always good to try out different things. Being known as the master of "doom and gloom" could get a little bit monotonous, so maybe he was experimenting with making something a little bit more mainstream? What are your sources for the album being made as the worst possible music? And why is he still in the band if that is the case?
On the comments on which Cure album is the darkest out of the dark trilogy, they each are dark in their own Cure way. Whether it be lyrics, the music, or both they are very raw, like 'Doubt' on Faith, damn that song just rips out your heart and nails it to a tree. Or 'The Figurehead' on Pornography haunts me at least a little while after I hear it. And the bass on'M' from 17 seconds strums to some very dark grooves.
Just love the Dark Trilogy as a whole, it makes that much better. Yay Cure
i think your comment is very good. in my opinion 17 seconds is the darkest. disintegration was very dark as well...but with multimillion sells and several top ten hits and a modern keyboard sound.
I was never a real big Cure fan I have the Disintegration cd and like it from beginning to end.. Then came across this song!! wow I guess I have to roll out to the local cd store and pick up some of their older cd's! thanks for the great upload
Disintegration is my favorite Cure album. It is so continuous, one song flowing into another. If one song was out of order, or missing, the album wouldn't be as effective. But the way the songs are ordered, the exact length and sound of each song, just weaves perfectly into everything else to form one big painting that is Disintegration.
I don't know how to describe it, trent Reznor is a moody dark artist type but I wouldn't call him a freak in the sense like Robert Smith, the guy invented "goth"
Charlotte Sometimes is my fav song of all time, its so me circa 198-something.
Robert Smith did not invent "goth." He would never use that word in relation to himself or his music. He's not a "freak," either. Robert Smith and Trent Reznor both have creative talent that goes way above and beyond a word like "goth" or "freak." They are intelligent, unique, and innovating. Nothing about the word "goth" speaks of innovation. It speaks of following trends. Just because you don't hear a band on your top-40 station doesn't mean that they are "freaks."
I think artists wear out their own style even if they invent it, they move onto something else even if the listener doesn't like it, true artists don't really care about public perception
I wish it was still "normal" to wear a bird's nest on your head :) I agree, The Cure is too unique to put a label on it...I like the kind of sadness in their songs, it doesn;t seem to me too depressing or dark, its actually quite soothing...
They certainly used to be goth during seventeen seconds and pornography. Only somehow they left the scene. I know many people who thought the cure sold their name to commerce producing 'kiss me trice'. Like Bowie did singing china girl.
Along with Bauhaus, Specimen, Sisters, The Mish, Cult, Nephilim, Siouxsie, All About Eve, Damned, Flesh For Lulu, Gene Loves Jezebel, Christian Death, Abba!
It was a period of history - a time - fun times - who cares!? The Cure were part of that time whether they like it or not... we liked it!!! :o)
nesplayer94; They made about 3 dark albums, Faith, Seventeen Seconds, and of course, like you said, Pornography. The other goth like songs are spread apart in there albums. But I must admit, Bloodflowers was pretty dark too.
They made three completely dark albums- '17 Seconds', 'Faith' and 'Pornography'. In fact, 'Faith' in some respects is even darker than 'Pornography'.
However, even then, I do agree that The Cure does not fit into the Goth label although I can understand their influence on many Goth bands. In fact, their music cannot be truly categorised.
I think that 'Faith' is more melancholy than 'Pornography' but darker? I disagree! 'Pornography' is dark and disturbing as hell and always struck me as #2 on my list of darkest albums ever made (right behind "Closer" by Joy Division).
I AM curious however as to why YOU think 'Faith' is darker. Any specific songs? Only one that I can think of that comes 'remotely' close is "The Drowning Man."
Well, it depends on your idea of darkness. I am not saying you are incorrect. However, for me, it is not just disturbing sounds but also really about the subject matter, how it is expressed and the impression it creates on the listener.
In that sense, I find 'Pornography' quite uplifting given the fact there are disturbing songs on it. It is about someone desperately looking for a cure in a cruel, indifferent world and from various problems in our daily lives. It ends on a positive note, too.
'Faith', on the other hand is more insular, morbid and introverted than 'Pornography'. There is no light on that record although there is a yearning and hope for it (as expressed by the title track). All the songs with the exception of 'Primary' are disturbing both musically and lyrically. 'Doubt' is the angriest and the most ferocious Cure song although it is metaphorical.
I think 'Faith' is the most sacred Cure album but it is also an album I rarely listen to in its entirety.
That's curious - no one mentions boys don't cry. And I know it's not cool to say you love compilations but after listening to Concert (and then buying it) I can't listen the original versions anymore. They seem to be missing that extra drive. Perhaps helped by the tour they were recorded on being one of the best concerts I've ever been to.
Ian Curtis and Robert Smith two of the best English musians who write and sing from the heart. Too bad Ian is no twith us anymore, but Joy Division and The Cure are all time favourites.
The Cure is one of the best bands to come out of the eighties, this is stuff that we listened to partying in Northampton, Ma. And Mt. Tom in Holyoke.....brings back many fond memories!
I don't like Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me as I like Pornography...I also think they're too much different...Kiss Me more pop and Pornography so much dark...but songs like If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, All I Want, The Kiss are so damn good!
Yes, 4:13 Dream is a really good album, not their best...but amazing anyway.
This was when I started loving The Cure. The bass lines, freaking awesome. One Hundred Years, A Strange Day, Faith, The Drowning Man, Doubt, The Funeral Party, 17 Seconds, A Play For Today, Primary...the list goes on. Anybody else feel the same?
just wanted to note that i was so in love with robert smith in my youth. had his posters upon my walls and dreamed of him nightly. wish i had those dreams back again!
Commenter Ceylaxp mentioned the "R.O.U.S." in the video at the 1:58 mark - The movie Princess Bride refers to R.O.U.S's which stands for "Rodents of Unusual Size."
Well, as far as music is concerned, Goth is a word coined by the media during the early 1980s. I think the song- 'Bela Lugosi's Dead ' by Bauhaus is the birthplace of Gothic music. This is the point when media started to use the word- Goth. Suddenly; even those who appeared ghoulish with dark music/lyrics were pigeonholed into a category.
The Cure's music and even the subject matter of their songs right from the start have always been too diverse to be called anything let alone Gothic.
Yes, I am well-aware of the popular idea that Bauhaus and Bella Lugosi's Dead started the "goth" thing. I dont need the lesson... but thanks for enlightening whoever wasnt aware.
But you fail to recognize that The Cure played a huge role in the birth of the dark imagery and somber ideas that have influenced many many artists who are today considered "goth". "Gothic" may have been coined by the media, but the idea wasnt started by a single artist or group. It was a collective idea.
Please excuse me. If you were so aware of the history behind how Gothic music actually started, then why did you make such a grand remark in the first place about "birth of Goth as the world knows it"?
It is true that The Cure influenced and still continues to influence a lot of Gothic bands/ artists. That doesn't mean that they themselves are Gothic.
Also, I don't understand the last two statements you made. It seems you are confused.
si esto es la cure, que es la enferma?
testing out my spanish.
Rakaizombie 2 years ago
Siempre me gusto la sicodelia de The Cure desde 1988 a la fecha, sus temas me llegan mucho sobretodo cuando escuche x primera vez del album Faith y Pornography tales como: The Holy Hour, Other voices, Primary, Doubt...etc y del Pornography temas como 100 Years, Figure Head, Siamese Twins, soy un fanatico enfermizo de la banda Britanica, tengo toda la coleccion de sus albumes desde Three imaginary boys hasta Wish tanto en estudio como en vivo, pero lo malo q ya no estan PThompson ni B. Williams.
MrUribe1991 2 years ago
un tema poco apreciado por los q no conocen la discografia de The Cure..uno de mis temas ecogidos para mi funeral party
imagenpagana 2 years ago 4
Pornography is the darkest, but Faith or Seventeen Seconds might be my favourite, all good though
SawneyBeane123 2 years ago 4
Pornography is dark because The bandmates were fighting with each other. It was just a bad time for The Cure. Therefore, with all going on it produced a darker LP. Plus Robert writes best when he's depressed.
1969Brookie 2 years ago 8
This is the era of The Cure I love most. Pornography is my favorite of theirs.
stephenp1968 2 years ago 3
Pornography a Amazeing Album Good To Drink To For Sure
may301985 2 years ago 2
i think that this song and "one hundred years" are the best from pornography LP.Great music
deadlysaxmachine 2 years ago 3
This song seems to concern time travel and primordial nature. Fall Fall out of time
GZVidz 2 years ago
such an amazing song, pure art
loyndieloulou 2 years ago 4
I always loved the death march beat on the pornography album, really deep, dark, depressing and intense.
I think Robert and gang where into some trippy drugs back in the day.
oongi 2 years ago 7
one of my all-time favorite music videos!
AiyanaSP666 2 years ago 5
Is it me or is that a Bo diddley beat?
kooc417nhoj 2 years ago
pornography is the greatest album every recorded
popothedragon 2 years ago 11
It is :D
Hybrid933 2 years ago
ever, not every
aren't i silly
popothedragon 2 years ago
Disintegration.
jsarcadia55 2 years ago
I used to have this on cassette with all the B-sides included, and I always thought that the warped sound towards the end was my own shoddy tape. Now it appears to be universally bad production...
RemyFasolla 2 years ago
4 words, the cure = fucking amazing bass lines
minaroar 2 years ago 4
this video's fucked up,in a good way
Xlearn2sufferX 2 years ago
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The Cure was amazing pre Japanese Whispers and Disentegration was pretty amazing too.
MasterBlade4 2 years ago
i love pornography. i wish the cure's music still had that darkness in it. i mean, what happened!
emibug1996 2 years ago 2
He grew up
Devoted2Mariah 2 years ago
if you look at some quotes by robert smith, you'll find that he says one of the greatest thing about being in the cure is that he never had to grow up. so, instead of stating false information, maybe next time you could just disagree and leave it at that.
emibug1996 2 years ago
Or maybe you could look up the fact that Robert said he's not a depressed person, and that he goes through phases. Going through phases, is a form of growing. Therefore he grew up. Thanks for your commentary though.
Devoted2Mariah 2 years ago 3
oh, i know. he said that he was just depressed when he was writing the music for pornography. i never said he hadn't gone through a depressed phase, i didn't even say anything about robert smith's emotions while writing the music. i'm just stating my opionion on the actual music.
emibug1996 2 years ago
Actually that's wrong. What actually happened was he wanted to break the band up, but Lol Tolhurst used his part of their contract to make that they legally had to stay together.
So Robert Smith came up with a great idea, by making the worst music possible with videos that made him look completely idiotic, in order to kill The Cure. That's how Lovecats and the album Japanese Whispers where created.
MasterBlade4 2 years ago
Really? LMFAO wow you're delusional.
Devoted2Mariah 2 years ago
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That's the real reason Japanese Whispers was so God awful and shitty pop. Just look at how idiotic Robert Smiths looks in the video for Lovecats.
And that's also why Disentregation was wrote, because Robert likely realized that The Cure wasn't breaking up any time soon so he started making good music again.
So think before you type or at least make some attempt to learn something about the band you're commenting on.
MasterBlade4 2 years ago
No, seriously, you're hilarious. I laugh every time I read that. Robert started The Cure, he loves it, he didn't want it to end. I've never even seen him say that, I'm a huge Cure fan, I have his face tattooed on me, you're crazy LOL But thanks for your commentary.
Devoted2Mariah 2 years ago 5
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You really think Robert Smith can in good concious creat poppy shit like Lovecats seriously? You must be a fan of Japanese Whispers.
MasterBlade4 2 years ago
Yes, because he has bosses. Especially when The Cure signed to a major label. He said a lot of the music he made was because he has bosses who expect certain types of music (he was specifically referring to let's go to bed..) I love all of The Cure's music. Pornography was my favorite, and Disintegration... but I love the artful aspect of everything they do...
Devoted2Mariah 2 years ago 5
I totally agree. Robert Smith is smart enough to know what he's doing.
mikescott77 2 years ago 4
Robert Smith is the mutha fckn man
8313952 2 years ago 4
Just because it's poppy doesn't mean it's bad, Lovecats is a great song and a different style from what he normally does, and it's always good to try out different things. Being known as the master of "doom and gloom" could get a little bit monotonous, so maybe he was experimenting with making something a little bit more mainstream? What are your sources for the album being made as the worst possible music? And why is he still in the band if that is the case?
Rivallagher 2 years ago 7
I wouldn't call this poppy at all.
saphira1001 2 years ago 2
I find Love Cats to be one of their best songs. ._."
Excovon 2 years ago
i find all the cure`s song`s are the best
not one song is bad
thecurearethebest 2 years ago 7
pornography hands down best album by the cure. anyone who diagrees can suck my dick.
JacobDeadman 2 years ago
pornography is one of the best albums to trip to, mos def.
bxymox 2 years ago 2
I've listened to this song hundreds of times and it sounds fresh and thrilling every time I hear it. I miss the 80s.
ord1711 2 years ago 4
Filmed at York House Gardens, Richmond, London
0gargleblaster 2 years ago
1) Disintigration
2) Faith
3) Pornography
4) Seventeen Seconds
such great dark albums. This is the order i would put them in from favouratism
psychosonicchild 2 years ago
Any doubt about the following order of Smith's dark album....
1) Pornography
2) Pornography
3) Pornography
....
Disintegration
Faith
Seventeen Seconds
robertsmithecure 2 years ago 2
Simon is adorable, yeah, but ZoMg Stupid for Robert Smith!! o.O Complete cutiepants!
AscylliaFire 2 years ago
Robert looks Gorgeous!Simon looks hot @ 2:28! This is a great song!
chimichangacookie 2 years ago 3
no he looks cool at 10.15 on a saturday night
fluidicspace623 2 years ago
he looks awesome in both!!
emibug1996 2 years ago
He's looking FINE!!! Love this song!
nolometangere 2 years ago
Pornography is by far my favourite album (as a whole) by The Cure. I treasure it well above the others in the Trilogy.
stolenxnametag 2 years ago
On the comments on which Cure album is the darkest out of the dark trilogy, they each are dark in their own Cure way. Whether it be lyrics, the music, or both they are very raw, like 'Doubt' on Faith, damn that song just rips out your heart and nails it to a tree. Or 'The Figurehead' on Pornography haunts me at least a little while after I hear it. And the bass on'M' from 17 seconds strums to some very dark grooves.
Just love the Dark Trilogy as a whole, it makes that much better. Yay Cure
goodtimesletsroll 2 years ago
i think your comment is very good. in my opinion 17 seconds is the darkest. disintegration was very dark as well...but with multimillion sells and several top ten hits and a modern keyboard sound.
elsoda 2 years ago
Geiler bassistttttttttttttttttttttttttt auf jedenfall geht nix drüber unverwechselbar immer erkennbar.worddddddddddddddd
cratedigga80 2 years ago
The Trilogy is the most important part of music history.
prozacpeople 2 years ago
The Cure at their darkest peak what a classic era
darkshiningstar3 2 years ago
If you dig the Cure you must listen to the Dark Trilogy albums...
Great first Cure album = Staring at the Sea...The Singles
EdRoy01 2 years ago
I love this song :) I love the trilogy of albums they made when they were 19 or something like that :)
Anywhoo.... Awesome Song.... I love all their songs.... :)
DeathGodXantha 3 years ago
17 Seconds
Pornography
Faith
= The Dark Trilogy
EdRoy01 2 years ago
just awesome
andowhisperodeeply 3 years ago
I was never a real big Cure fan I have the Disintegration cd and like it from beginning to end.. Then came across this song!! wow I guess I have to roll out to the local cd store and pick up some of their older cd's! thanks for the great upload
EdgeOfSanity76 3 years ago
Disintegration is my favorite Cure album. It is so continuous, one song flowing into another. If one song was out of order, or missing, the album wouldn't be as effective. But the way the songs are ordered, the exact length and sound of each song, just weaves perfectly into everything else to form one big painting that is Disintegration.
tobiascdngustaf 2 years ago
I don't know how to describe it, trent Reznor is a moody dark artist type but I wouldn't call him a freak in the sense like Robert Smith, the guy invented "goth"
Charlotte Sometimes is my fav song of all time, its so me circa 198-something.
mkyte6 3 years ago
Robert Smith did not invent "goth." He would never use that word in relation to himself or his music. He's not a "freak," either. Robert Smith and Trent Reznor both have creative talent that goes way above and beyond a word like "goth" or "freak." They are intelligent, unique, and innovating. Nothing about the word "goth" speaks of innovation. It speaks of following trends. Just because you don't hear a band on your top-40 station doesn't mean that they are "freaks."
tobiascdngustaf 2 years ago
I do think Robert Smith is a freak but I meant in a postive way and I haven't listened to "top 40" or any radio station since I was like 10
minaroar 2 years ago
One of my favorite Cure songs...
CharonXul 3 years ago 5
Robert Smith is so original and such a freak, how come America doesn't have authentic freaks?
mkyte6 3 years ago
trent reznor count?
keiththel34f 3 years ago
no trent is artistically gloomy and moody but Robert Smith is way more original
mkyte6 3 years ago 7
Exactly how so?
Trent had some good works.
What about Theatre of Ice?
Oh wait nobody knows who they are. -.0
What about Grunge?
Screaming trees were pretty original.
Kartofflesalad 3 years ago
whatever the cure are or were, they're awesome. ^-^
coughcoughsmiley 3 years ago 2
I think artists wear out their own style even if they invent it, they move onto something else even if the listener doesn't like it, true artists don't really care about public perception
mkyte6 3 years ago
pornography the best dark album ever time
robertpdn 3 years ago 3
I wish it was still "normal" to wear a bird's nest on your head :) I agree, The Cure is too unique to put a label on it...I like the kind of sadness in their songs, it doesn;t seem to me too depressing or dark, its actually quite soothing...
HomeComingPrisoner 3 years ago 5
I wouldn't really say The Cure is goth. They are just, The Cure.
DislocateAtTheJoint 3 years ago 8
They certainly used to be goth during seventeen seconds and pornography. Only somehow they left the scene. I know many people who thought the cure sold their name to commerce producing 'kiss me trice'. Like Bowie did singing china girl.
reiniervanrij 3 years ago
Goth goff goth!
The Cure WERE Goth!
Along with Bauhaus, Specimen, Sisters, The Mish, Cult, Nephilim, Siouxsie, All About Eve, Damned, Flesh For Lulu, Gene Loves Jezebel, Christian Death, Abba!
It was a period of history - a time - fun times - who cares!? The Cure were part of that time whether they like it or not... we liked it!!! :o)
pdenman 3 years ago
Were the Cure Goth?? Hmm, I was a Goth (Sisters, Neph, Bauhaus) in the 80's and loved the Cure too. Pornography is very dark.
lindloins 3 years ago
Robert Smith says he considers them heavy metal on this one video, but they were a newage post-punk band.
sulakid 3 years ago
The sound quality isn't to great. It sounds murky.
3691qld 3 years ago
I love the Cure because reminds me of my childhood
I love this generation of music of the 80s
tiagogardino 3 years ago
one of my favourites ever! fall fall fall into the wall!!!!! jump jump jump out the skyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
bilicana 3 years ago
The Cure is Goth because they like made the sound for it.
Blackmteal555666 3 years ago
I always thought the "goth" label didn't work for the Cure because they really only made one really dark album "Pornography"
nesplayer94 3 years ago
nesplayer94; They made about 3 dark albums, Faith, Seventeen Seconds, and of course, like you said, Pornography. The other goth like songs are spread apart in there albums. But I must admit, Bloodflowers was pretty dark too.
PoorDeadBat 3 years ago
Yeah Faith and Seventeen Seconds were dark albums of course but Pornography is the darkest.
nesplayer94 3 years ago
They made three completely dark albums- '17 Seconds', 'Faith' and 'Pornography'. In fact, 'Faith' in some respects is even darker than 'Pornography'.
However, even then, I do agree that The Cure does not fit into the Goth label although I can understand their influence on many Goth bands. In fact, their music cannot be truly categorised.
ajittffcure 3 years ago 2
I think that 'Faith' is more melancholy than 'Pornography' but darker? I disagree! 'Pornography' is dark and disturbing as hell and always struck me as #2 on my list of darkest albums ever made (right behind "Closer" by Joy Division).
I AM curious however as to why YOU think 'Faith' is darker. Any specific songs? Only one that I can think of that comes 'remotely' close is "The Drowning Man."
jdoget07 2 years ago
Well, it depends on your idea of darkness. I am not saying you are incorrect. However, for me, it is not just disturbing sounds but also really about the subject matter, how it is expressed and the impression it creates on the listener.
In that sense, I find 'Pornography' quite uplifting given the fact there are disturbing songs on it. It is about someone desperately looking for a cure in a cruel, indifferent world and from various problems in our daily lives. It ends on a positive note, too.
ajittffcure 2 years ago
'Faith', on the other hand is more insular, morbid and introverted than 'Pornography'. There is no light on that record although there is a yearning and hope for it (as expressed by the title track). All the songs with the exception of 'Primary' are disturbing both musically and lyrically. 'Doubt' is the angriest and the most ferocious Cure song although it is metaphorical.
I think 'Faith' is the most sacred Cure album but it is also an album I rarely listen to in its entirety.
ajittffcure 2 years ago
I like the way the video was shot. I really liked at the end when Robert Smith takes off his mask and his lipstick is so cute!
sulakid 3 years ago
The very first AFI e.p. out on Adelaide has a cover of this song on it.
leckie182 3 years ago
The Cure always has the best bass and drum. It just pushes the song along. It's fucking amazing.
catlover1001 3 years ago 2
I love the bass line.
Lovely job, Simon. :D
coldbarefeet 3 years ago 4
ROFL
MY
WAFFLE
KARLMALONELOL 3 years ago
about 7 quality tracks on it... not sure about a few of the songs. But good 2 hav 'em bak?...
marcuslobodarus 3 years ago
so what do people here think of 4:13 dream? i have it and im not sure...
whiteboardanimation 3 years ago
I think its pretty good. Not their best, but good.
kararulestheworld 3 years ago
That's curious - no one mentions boys don't cry. And I know it's not cool to say you love compilations but after listening to Concert (and then buying it) I can't listen the original versions anymore. They seem to be missing that extra drive. Perhaps helped by the tour they were recorded on being one of the best concerts I've ever been to.
itsStruth 3 years ago
Pornography
Faith
Disintigration
Bloodflowers
Wish
jakubszymczak1 3 years ago
Ian Curtis and Robert Smith two of the best English musians who write and sing from the heart. Too bad Ian is no twith us anymore, but Joy Division and The Cure are all time favourites.
dprague 3 years ago
I totally agree-they're my two all time favorites. The Cure and JD, in that order. I like your taste.:)
iancurtis51880 3 years ago
iancurtis51880
same here mate. Cure. JD/New Order
rossobantam 3 years ago
"In the hanging Garden"!!!!
Uchihasharingan43 3 years ago
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me was always my fave, but I loved Disintegration and Porno too.
teenagetruck 3 years ago
pornography is the best album
ruendicure 3 years ago
Tolhurst was in his element in this Song!
Proving that you don't need to over-work
the "1" to rock out!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pornograpgy: my 2nd Cure fave! You're a
superfan if you like it an 17 seconds!
deadravekid 3 years ago
It's for this kind of song my heart yearns for the Cure :)
Love them!!!
namemebymyname 3 years ago
The cure's music will stand the test of time.
IT still sounds new today.
Awesome band.
fuckorf 3 years ago
in the hanging garden, no one sleeps
cover my face as the animals cry
cover my face as the animals die
profitprophet368 3 years ago
Always loved those funny masks!! ;)
ThePoisonDoor 3 years ago
The Cure is one of the best bands to come out of the eighties, this is stuff that we listened to partying in Northampton, Ma. And Mt. Tom in Holyoke.....brings back many fond memories!
amphiennui 3 years ago 5
I love N. Hampton!
N. Hampton, Jamaica Plaine and Salem
are my top 3 Mass. towns!
deadravekid 3 years ago
is a amazing video
i love it
and simon and robert look very cute and sexy
miloandmu 3 years ago 4
head on the door, kiss me, and disintegration are the three best cure albums. They were on a roll back then!
unbridledid 3 years ago
don't forget about PORNOGRAPHY!!! and Faith and seventeen seconds, to me these 3 albums are the best :D
lapoe1 3 years ago 5
wish
rainbowcolouredelves 3 years ago
Best are Pornography, The Top, and Kiss me times 3.
laili67 3 years ago
My Top Five (+1):
1) Pornography
2) Disintegration
3) Seventeen Seconds
4) Bloodflowers
5) Faith
6) Wish
Pornography is a masterpiece, along with Disintegration, the definitive Cure album.
lizardale 3 years ago
1/ disintegration
2/ seventeen seconds
3/ kiss me
4/ pornography
5/ faith
altho ive been listening to 4:13 dream since it was released last month. its pretty damn good!
Paddycakes44 3 years ago
what about The Walk? nothing on that album strike your fancy?
VoodooDildo 3 years ago
The Walk?
You mean the "Japanese Whispers" re-edition EP?
Speak My Language is one of my Cure's faves of all time. And I am picky.
LunaSeaSane 3 years ago
I don't like Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me as I like Pornography...I also think they're too much different...Kiss Me more pop and Pornography so much dark...but songs like If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, All I Want, The Kiss are so damn good!
Yes, 4:13 Dream is a really good album, not their best...but amazing anyway.
lizardale 3 years ago
My Top 5 (with favourite tracks):
1. DISINTEGRATION (Closedown, Prayers for Rain, Fascination Street & Disintegration)
2. PORNOGRAPHY (One Hundred Years, A Strange Day, The Figurehead & Pornography)
3. BLOODFLOWERS (Out of This World, Where The Birds Always Sing, Last Day of Summer & 39)
4. HEAD ON THE DOOR (In-between Days, A Night Like This, Push & 6 Different Ways)
5. FAITH (Drowning Man, Funeral Party & Other Voices)
guschavoman 3 years ago
Wow,this takes me back..classic!
uglyskinhead 3 years ago 9
I hope this video will be posted for sale on iTunes.
Jakegothicsnake 3 years ago 5
Head on the door and Disintegration are the two best cure albums.
unbridledid 3 years ago 3
Gothic Rock/New wave/post punk :D
MikeMoldao 3 years ago 10
gran cancion!!!
me necanta the cure !!!
new wave y dark wave
Felipunk80s 3 years ago 2
Pornography and Disintegration are the best Cure albums.
Jakegothicsnake 3 years ago 7
I wouldn't disagree with that, could be the 2 best choices :)
Synthweasel 3 years ago 3
and dont forget WISH, is another great Album.
Pornography, Disitegration and Wish are the best three albums of THE CURE.
tomyorke26 3 years ago
Faith is great too...
Egurenkone 3 years ago
loving the scary masks
bernhl 3 years ago 4
pornography lp cause its dark heavy roe briliant and it was very hard to find vinyl.100 hundred years after people will still think this lp was GREAT
khonkhen 3 years ago
Pornography, Faith, KM KM KM, TIB & Disintegration are deep in my mind and my heart... really, The Cure & Robert are so special for me
CapitainBeefhartfanO 3 years ago
really? i hated kiss me personally. wish is pretty good too but some of the songs r way too pop. and what about bloodflowers? that was good
Eragon00125 3 years ago
This was when I started loving The Cure. The bass lines, freaking awesome. One Hundred Years, A Strange Day, Faith, The Drowning Man, Doubt, The Funeral Party, 17 Seconds, A Play For Today, Primary...the list goes on. Anybody else feel the same?
hippy65 3 years ago 7
Gloom and doom
TheRandomShoe 3 years ago 3
this vod is awesome! robert is soooooo beautiful in this. i love the make-up at 2:20
evilorangelava 3 years ago 2
love the drums at 2:20 :-)
zwobn 3 years ago
I think Faith is the best album of the cure
G0dless88 3 years ago 3
great song - still sounds fresh
harryhillys 3 years ago
Pubic Lice?
lol
go30tigers7 3 years ago
I have no idea what is this song is about...abattoirs, the hanging gardens of babylon, or robert smiths' pubic lice... but it ROCKS...
'cover my face as the animals die..'
mygreatmind 3 years ago
AAAAAHHHH
you are giving me HORRID THOUGHTS xP
jillyfoxhound 3 years ago
IT WAS KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME!!!!
wheresmyicecream 3 years ago
Disintegration was (is) the best! :D
nougatine83 3 years ago
Pornography was probably The Cures best album
or maybe it was head on the doorr
HoweGavin 3 years ago
no. definitely pornography.
munkalicious2012 3 years ago 4
i dunno, it's close for best album between Pornography and Disintegration. Personally i prefer Disintegration though :)
RabiLavi 3 years ago 2
i personally like pornagraphy better but thats just my opinion
Eragon00125 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure Tim Burton was inspired by R.Smith's hair for Scissorfingers! Love this song...and this band!
ladyinblacklace 3 years ago
True!
watersydpalmerzoso 3 years ago
just wanted to note that i was so in love with robert smith in my youth. had his posters upon my walls and dreamed of him nightly. wish i had those dreams back again!
bmarley75 3 years ago 5
wow! robert smith is the most virtous guitarist in the world!
moneyllica 3 years ago
Bayview, I would imagine this is a cemetary somewhere in England. Great background!
winesparkler 3 years ago
Love this video, but why does the audio go up and down? Love to see this same video with better sound. Can't beat Robert's hair in this one.
winesparkler 3 years ago
Does anyone know where exactly this park is?
BayviewFinch 3 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
The cure has a lot of good songs; for example this song , but only has 3 goods albums(in order):
The head on the door
Disintegration
Bloodflowers
Seventeen seconds,faith and pornography are bad albums because all of them are boring,except some songs, but like albums are bad.
Puesmasbienpocacosa 3 years ago
what the fuck are you jerk talking about?!
ana0banana 3 years ago 4
I've alwas wondered what is it w robert's mouth . the way it moves . makes him sexy though.
mec7up 3 years ago
too much speed and weed
greenbrucelee123 3 years ago
Simon is hot! his moves are sexy.
boomerang85 3 years ago 2
love it when they bring out the masks :D
perfectdrug39 3 years ago
I Really ADORE this song!!!
They're soooo FUCKIN great!!!
ROCK ON The Cure!!
HereIsTheSexPistolsX 3 years ago
the volume goes very wacky throughout the song. XD
HondaCrab777 3 years ago 8
that's called flanger and is very much common in krautrock which, among the garage and glam, inspired most of the new wave and goth bands.
skutratufahija 3 years ago 2
I like the R.O.U.S. crossing the threshold around the two minute mark. :D
Ceylaxp 3 years ago
Ha! Nice "Princess Bride" reference.
trustdnb 3 years ago
What princess bride reference?
namemebymyname 3 years ago
Commenter Ceylaxp mentioned the "R.O.U.S." in the video at the 1:58 mark - The movie Princess Bride refers to R.O.U.S's which stands for "Rodents of Unusual Size."
trustdnb 3 years ago
Was Princess Bride out in 1982 then? I thought it was later in the 80's
luvthedamned 3 years ago
You can see Smith's sincere contempt in his eyes... this is what began the birth of goth as the world knows it.
EmperorElliott 3 years ago
Well, as far as music is concerned, Goth is a word coined by the media during the early 1980s. I think the song- 'Bela Lugosi's Dead ' by Bauhaus is the birthplace of Gothic music. This is the point when media started to use the word- Goth. Suddenly; even those who appeared ghoulish with dark music/lyrics were pigeonholed into a category.
The Cure's music and even the subject matter of their songs right from the start have always been too diverse to be called anything let alone Gothic.
ajittffcure 3 years ago 10
Thank you...the misuse of this word/idea drives me crazy...
lunarocksb 3 years ago
Yes, I am well-aware of the popular idea that Bauhaus and Bella Lugosi's Dead started the "goth" thing. I dont need the lesson... but thanks for enlightening whoever wasnt aware.
But you fail to recognize that The Cure played a huge role in the birth of the dark imagery and somber ideas that have influenced many many artists who are today considered "goth". "Gothic" may have been coined by the media, but the idea wasnt started by a single artist or group. It was a collective idea.
EmperorElliott 3 years ago
Please excuse me. If you were so aware of the history behind how Gothic music actually started, then why did you make such a grand remark in the first place about "birth of Goth as the world knows it"?
It is true that The Cure influenced and still continues to influence a lot of Gothic bands/ artists. That doesn't mean that they themselves are Gothic.
Also, I don't understand the last two statements you made. It seems you are confused.
ajittffcure 3 years ago