The Cure - The Figurehead & Play for Today Live 1982

[melbatunes]

freshly squashed fly



[TorgeistLLN]

I love Tolhurst's drumming!

[anaemiabag]

this is my absolute favorite period. pain and suffering produces the best art.

[lesfigurines]

Superb...2 special song for me: "The Figurehead" : it's where I found the name of our band : - Les Figurines - ("...with figurines tighten and spider inside them...") and Play for today an other amazing bass line from Simon and amazing lyrics from Robert...Love The Cure for ever!...The best band ever!..."Tell me I'm wrong I don't really care!"... :)

Steevo from - Les Figurines -

[Laurent75017]

I remermber watching this on the TV show "L'écho des bananes" in 1982. The Cure were scaring me to death. I was 10 at this time lol

[heavydutydudes]

freshly squashed fly ...... AH the pornography era.  THE MOST!!!

[Patrusha937]

lol Robert must have forgotten the lyrics, that sounds too much like a poor improv than an alternate lyrical take... figurehead is a masterpiece, depressing as hell, but I suppose it's worth it

[KabbalahWestCoast]

@Patrusha937 wtf whatever KABBALAH MATTHEWSHEPARD MADONNALICIOUS LOVEUGODBLESS T AND J

[may301985]

@KabbalahWestCoast go blah yourself

[thethingsyousaid08]

best song in pornography

[soundofmurder]

this is a great live version of this classic Cure song :) Robert's guitar sound is so crisp and thin and brittle, perfect!

[simionTheOne]

wow he sounds incredible

& i dont know guitarbo

i like this kinda different beat of Lol compared to Boris, u can really sound a huge difference between '80 here & '86+

this sounds way more pornography ofcourse , & i like it, although boris was probably the best drummer

& i don't see a huge difference with the bass though

lovely performance (;

[Spirituality1980]

What a song by the way! One of my favourite Cure songs ever. I wish I was there back in 1982! (I could have, but perhaps wearing a diaper! :))

[Spirituality1980]

Does anybody know whether the string instruments were down-tuned, please? They kind of sound down-tuned to me.

[blackpearl844]

awesome song

ı love pornography album

best album ever (dark album)

[guitarbo1]

The best Figurehead is on Paris CD, with the masterful Boris drumming.

Bass chorus good for Steve Severin, not for Simon.

I think PFT fits in this set...it's still a dark song even with a snappier beat.

It's a good performance. I don't think Robert's singing here is helpless...besides, isn't that his charm? lol

I agree that the core of their inspiration came from this lineup, but they couldn't sustain it without cracking up.

[ajittffcure]

This is a special footage even though the video is slightly out of sync. But thank-you for posting it anyway. This is The Cure at its most intensive.

[lament1982]

This is fake. This was a studio demo from 1981 in france. Not the same as the video here. There is a video for this version where Robert is wearing white shirt and bandana.

[TorgeistLLN]

No it isn't. This IS the from the Echo Des Bananes performance.  I have the whole performance and this is definitely from that session. That one you are talking about is Pippbrook Mill 1981. This is not that.

[lament1982]

Please tell me where I can get this on dvd ?

[endrju34]

nowhere...

[Giaco68]

It's not a case of doing what's right, it's just the way i feel that matter. Tell me i'm wrong i dont really care

Grandissimi pezzi, grazie davvero roba da brividi!!

[may301985]

I LOVE THIS MUSIC FROM THIS TIME I KNOW IT WAS IN A DARK PLACE DRUNK PLACE self destructive place mad sad many feelings i love it ITS LIKE THE CORE OF THE CURE like it went deep i miss the band i miss Laurence its sad hes not in the band the FAMOUS 3 ARE THE BEST ROBERT SIMON AND LAURENCE THE TRUE CURE FOREVER

[KabbalahWestCoast]

@may301985 wtf whatever KABBALAH MATTHEWSHEPARD MADONNALICIOUS LOVEUGODBLESS T AND J

[KabbalahWestCoast]

@may301985 all albums good try this twilight garden song;) I

[mittrel]

its such a dark song...love the lyrics: 'like an old painted doll in the throws of a dance i think about tomorrow...."

[Mstar82]

Wow I thought One Hundred Years, The Hanging Garden and Cold were the only songs that they played on this show.

The Figurehead really fits into it. Play For Today not so BUT it's still a brilliant song.

Look at them.. you can really tell how hard this time mustve been for them.. they look so wasted, Robert's singing sounds purely helpless.

This is rare as it is like the only live performance (in good quality) you can see during 1982 The Pornography era.

[ratayska]

merci pour cette video superbe ROBERT et trop beau et sexy il est toujours d ailleur une fan .......

[lesfigurines]

I got the name of our band - Les Figurines - because of this song...One of my favourite Cure's song..."With Figurines tighten and spiders inside them..."

[lostandwounded]

amazing

[mrrotweiler2]

ty 4 ul :p

[TheThirdSober]

He changes the lyrics at one point. Can anyone tell what he's saying? it's so bleak and mumbly that I can't understand it.

That's not necessarily a bad thing.

[Oloferne8181]

I'm curious too...

but I can't understan what he said.

[hoffbill]

Could it be French Robert is trying to sing?

Or he forgot the lines, and just mumbled something?

[elverdaderojavier]

he's high on drugs during this performance. he forgot the words and just mumbled something.

[AustinMcsherry]

@TheThirdSober

I think he does that on purpose because he knows he forgot. oh god I can't listen to any more.

[fisle]

@TheThirdSober he has forgotten the words and is just making sounds. I've had to do same when forgetting lyrics in the moment. As long as it sounds vaguely like words, only people who know the lyrics will notice. My guess is it was less of a problem for him in '82.

[anibalojeda]

what a performance!!

[strangeegan]

Superb performance. Pornography is and will always be my favourite album of all time.

[lopao69]

Mamma mia,che chicca hai pubblicato!!!

Dove l'hai trovato?

[Oloferne8181]

Me lo hanno regalato.

Fu una breve esibizione, gli altri brani dovrebbero esserci.

[lopao69]

grandissima!grazie,mi è venuta la pelle d'oca! :-)

ciao...

[r45tisns7]

god damn!! thanx for uploading this one!! where did U get it???

[Oloferne8181]

You are welcome!

(it is a short performance, and was given to me as a present).

[KabbalahWestCoast]

@r45tisns7 wtf whatever(using God's name in vain)) KABBALAH MATTHEWSHEPARD MADONNALICIOUS LOVEUGODBLESS T AND J

[cdlm1412]

huyyyyy esto es una joya, solo que el audio se adelanta chale, pero bueno que buen video carajo

[HONZU20]

wow!!!pornography tour '82 . legend!