The Cure "Why Can't I Be You?"

[pawnsacrifice1]

pity fat bob can't write anything remotely as good as this anymore :(

[AraMoonLight]

It really makes me laugh!! Robert looks gorgeous though!

[xRainxBowxBritex]

his dance moves makee life worth living<3

[xRainxBowxBritex]

SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FACE.

[thes0undofprettyodd]

why can't i be robert smith? or a better question, why can't my boyfriend be robert smith?

[SasoriSama47]

@thes0undofprettyodd LOL!!hehehe... why can't my boyfriend be Simon?? xD

[otrixx]

Thank yoooou. I was looking for the name of this song :)

[lildrummerboy22]

^^^ check out my song "Island". It's got a New Wave vibe to it and if you like The Cure I'm sure you'll enjoy it. Check it out and let me know what you think.

[JamesMorrisModeling]

Love it..crazy shit

[EinerHjarHD]

Why Can't I Be Simon Gallup?? D:

[Jaynuttt]

I agree,I love this song but the video sucks!!!!!

[Javv6669]

Orgasmic

[Somegirl10192]

Robert Smith looks adorable dancing!!! ^_^

[mrbillhicks]

That was quite painful listening to that !!!

[67sugargirl]

Why have they used Robert's lips for the can't in Why Can't I be You? Teehee!

[ASleepyMind]

@67sugargirl The director persuaded Robert to use it, so that Why Can't I Be You becomes Y CUNT I B U in short. Get it? x)

[67sugargirl]

@ASleepyMind Yeah, I knew that already! I just didn't want to say the c-word! Robert regrets it now!

[GmT0Curwen]

COOOOOOOOOOOOKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[pianosoccergirl7]

In the dictionary next to the definition for "WTF" is a link to this video.

[Rothkogirl]

love you Wobert x

[Sinthusized]

I love robert smith; totally adorable in this vid and the cure is one of my favourites. However, the blackface in this video is unforgivable.

[kisslena]

@Sinthusized the blackface is cringing--but I do love this cut--always have. I love how Robert delivers on this one.



[JJJJJJJJDDDDDD]

Everytime they zoom into Roberts lips I jizz a little.....

[theburninghalo]

This video is so weird!

I like it!

I love The Cure!!<3

[danzigvi]

The Cure is one of the best bands of all time. Excellent!!!!! Smith is very talented. Love this band.

[puffyclouddd1]

The best ever lol

[tjsbigidea]

Looks like a Flaming Lips concert.

[FlatLand43]

Looks like they were having fun making the video

[vaadaenmacchi]

robert smith dressed as a bear is not the weirdest 80s video. you have true faith by new order. that fine young cannibals video was quite strange too. pretty much all yazoo videos make the cut thanks to vince clarke's hairdo

[MayraMacabre]

GAAHHHH <3 THE CURE

[uzuratamagokun]

why are you in a bear

[jakovasaur]

I can't be U because they're two different vowels. Duh!!

[goer965]

THE BEST

[PalomaSupernova]

I'm remember Betleejuice, I don't know why! :S Aka...what a song!!! amazing!!

[ymistillavirgin]

my god this is fucking embarrassing 

[DesperateJournalist]

They were fucking NASTY to Tolhurst in '87 poor dude had to go blackface all alone ? :s

[mark197ify]

Why can't 74 fucking people be The Cure?

[MrITSCLOBBERINTIME]

black-face is acceptable again?! i know who im gonna be next year! Michael Vick.

[averixo20011]

IBEST POP CURE VIDEO DEFINITELY NEXT TO " JUST LIKE HEVEN OF'COURSE !!!

[averixo20011]

WELL, I HAVE TO EXCLAIM" HOW REALLY FANTASTIC THIS VIDEO REALLY IS ! IF YOU ARE A DIE HARD CURE FAN LIKE MYSELF",AND YOU KNOW HOW VERY DARK MOST OF THEIR MUSIC REALLY IS AND HOW MUCH UNDERLYING UNHAPPINESS THAT SET'S THE TONE ON MOST OF THEIR ALBUM'S THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND ! THAT THE CURE DANCING AROUND SO ARTICULATELY I MIGHT ADD IN EVER SO CUTE COSTUMES SET'S A SMILE SO IN BEDED IN YOUR FACE IT JUST STAYS THERE FOR QUITE AWHILE ROBERT DANCING IS SO ADORABLE AND VERY SEXY WITH HIS POUTY SELF

[MrJonnyPepper]

Robert Smith is one of the greatest musicians that ever lived, but he can’t dance worth shit.

[VampGirI]

@MrJonnyPepper NO that is all part of his cuteness ; D

[silmalila]

@MrJonnyPepper Everything he does is quite delicious!

[tulud]

lol d guy as blackface on

[Zinczion]

such a fun video

[Kruspe1801]

hahahahaha the choreography is the best and original ...

[TheIndieindian]

bands that i should have discovered earlier in my life: u2, joy division, the smiths and now

the cure

[xIdlersdreamx]

I wish we still danced like people in the 80's.

[dim2dark]

Why I Can't I Be You?

[daphnemarie74]

I ♥ ROBERT SMITH

[sinecave]

Boris dancing is awesome! as a drummer.

[timepope]

Ah. I used to do this dance In front of my High School. during class... it was fun to skip school but for some stupid reason still be at the school. What I was thinking back in those 1980s and early 90s days./

[RobotLabRabbit]

Video killed the radio star..

[haileymhuff]

This has always been my favorite song of all time...the cure is beast

[RedrumRedrumRedrum16]

is that a vagina or a mouth

[BoristheObelisk]

I'll eat you all up or i'll just hug you to death

[NaomiSatoism]

Can I ge a Robert Smith teddy?

[curie78]

Why Can't I Be Mary?

[KaseySuzanne]

They played this song last Friday at my high school and when it came on I freaked out and was like "OMG THIS IS THE CURE!!" and all my friends looked at me like I was crazy because none of them know who The Cure is... -_-

[ArthurAutumn]

Will be seeing the CUre in 3 days in LA - check out the review at outofstep (dot) tv

[blackgassbass]

Per quanto mi possa sforzare non sarò mai ganzo come lui

[whlady725]

If this was an exercise video I would be super fit.

[EmberAiden]

WY I CANT I BE YOPU??????

[ABoyInTheBush]

@EmberAiden who the fuck's yupo?

[Kuki3l]

Back when Ryan Sheckler was actually cool.

[ellpaxto]

@Kuki3l He's past the gay stage, he's pretty cool again. I'm stoked on the latest news/footage of him anyway.

[DomenicoMontero]

when you feel you are the only one in love

[TheStrikemedead]

70 people cant be Robert Smith.

[poweredbyvlad]

@TheStrikemedead First off, not even Chuck Norris can be Robert Smith. Secondly, they are just in denial of the fact that they wish they were Robert Smith.

[sneeyize45]

@TheStrikemedead Better yet, Robert Smith doesn't want to be 76 people.

[DrFuckenstien]

@TheStrikemedead none of us can be Robert Smith, no matter how hard we try or how many people you ro-sham-bo, none of us will ever be as cool as Robert Smith

[MrCaptainbilbo]

I feel old

[dafz09]

genial el video WOOOOOOOOW!!!!!

[missflipz]

I sing just like him.. Ha.. Outa tune and crazy like :-)

[GabrielleBlueBelle]

This has to be one of my favourite things ever!

[FoldedArt]

Damn, this is one weird ass video.

[YayoiChan13]

3:11 Mmh, strip-tease ;)

3:22 ...Crap.

[ctrlallterrors]

@yanxtarvideos Fact! I couldn't give a flying f**k.

[Theimortal1forever]

I dance and sing to this when i think of all those people who are completely wonderful influences in my life. <3

[wildebeast1976]

This is how I imagine Zed from police academy would sound if he could sing

[Skankwire]

This goes to show how hilarious and diverse The Cure is. They've had so many re-inventions. But their stuff 1981-89 is my favorite.

[dippydog]

Wasn't the lead singer in police academy?

[bazmcshield79]

to fuckingenforcer " why can't i be you ? "

[FuckingEnforcer]

When I shave my balls, I feel free and at one with the wind

[chinesegeordie]

pretty sure that's Charlie Brooker at the start of the video...



[MissCureCrazy]

dude.....i see were it was spelled wrong!

[1224E100]

my mom introduced me to the cure just yesterday, and I've fallen in love with their music! then i watched this video. . . they're quite strange. . .

[QrtOpus1]

@1224E100 The Cure is everything from glossy pop to deeply depressing melancholia. Good luck! :)

[pjbogart]

So I get the Y, and the I B U, but why is "can't" a pair of sideways lips opening and closing? Is this a rather crude sexual joke?

[MissCureCrazy]

@pjbogart i think can't was too long, so the lips say can't. plus,robert seem to just really like lips,hahaha...

[northernsoul44]

@pjbogart Today people would think that. But back in the 80's no one gave a shit. People try and find ways to be offended today.

[BiggusDickussss]

Robert is so cute! 

[tub182]

Man i love how he used to wear high tops .. crazy swag ...just love the cure

[SixSecs]

they SPELT IT WRONG AT THE END

[MissCureCrazy]

@SixSecs where?

[SixSecs]

@MissCureCrazy the end when the song name comes up

[MissCureCrazy]

this video is so absolutely adorable!!!! i love you robert!

[LOLIloveyourmother]

as if this song isn't cute enough, he's dressed as a fucking teddy bear. omg <3

[ML3363]

zeitlos genial, wie immer!!!!

[mdhookey]

Is that Lol Tolhurst in blackface? haha

[MissCureCrazy]

i found out out he wrote this song after a fan asked him "why can't i be you?" that's so cool. seriously,who wouldn't ask that?

[lnvaderLuna]

Wasn't this filmed in the south of Ireland?

Lol, they're having the craic with us Irish folk! ;D <3

[TheGypsyKing33]

fuck these guys are having fun!!

[emmetmulcahy]

Why is Robert dressed as the gremlin from Twilight Zone?

[lnvaderLuna]

Lol, the lyrics in this song are just how I'd describe Robert. <3

Particularly , "Your so gorgeous, I'll do anything" and "Everything you do is irresistible, everything you do is kissable" OH! and of course " I'll eat you all up, oh, I'll just hug you to death" <333

God, I love Robert so much~

[peter455sd]

-Typical end of 80s beginning of the 90s videoclip,with the beginning of MTV bands had to come with a different videoclip for every song overnight,and some of them where goofy,corny,pointless and on top of that you had Beavis and Butthead criticyzing harshly,hard times for singers,but on the other hand you had great bands and a lot of talented singers to back it all up...

[MissCureCrazy]

he's so adorable in thbis video,robert smith why can't i be you?

[MissCureCrazy]

vote the cure,rock and roll hall of fame! they are in second and need our support! CURE FANS UNITE!

long live the Cure!

[lucypuddlejumper]

Oh god I love this song but the video is scaring me to DEATH!

[judith2568]

hahahhaha this songs reminds me the class of music with marta and ana! love u

[TaysenModzinski]

Uma das melhores musicas desses caras, é viciante!

[quaxk]

is that a blackface?... oups! :)

[TheSnoopy1750]

@quaxk Robert is English so blackface doesn't have the same negative connotation as in the U.S.

[quaxk]

@TheSnoopy1750 tell that to a black man

[WielebnaLuu]

"Why i can't i be you" ? :D

[MrGeoblack1]

This reminds me of my college frat parties at UF!

[cubamaide]

La música buena, pero la voz del tio me desquisia, los cambios esos me desesperan, mas cuando estoy en mi trabajo por la tarde loca por salir y ponen esta canción.

[Lunakod]

The best.

[haileymhuff]

The cure is beast they are my favorite band of all time even though this video is kindov cheesy

[sopmac07]

THESE DANCE MOVES STILL GET THE CHICKS AFTER ALL THESE YEARS......

[ManTeddybearPig]

Y (Cunt) I B U tehee. I love the cure.

[manudry36]

crazy video, I LOVE IT

[thedcmbr]

This is so 80s. Lol

[hommerzero]

and this take us to the next topic "we rocker never, ever, anytime, anyplace, dance"

[sycoraxrock]

I keep thinking that there are two things that keep the blackface from being racist here: one is that The Cure are British, so to them it doesn't have the historical implications it does in America, and the other is that it's so badly done.

Regardless, this is totally my favorite Cure song. Oh, and to everyone making "vagina" comments - that's intentional. That's why the "lips" show up, later, when Robert sings "can't." In an English accent. Think about it. It's a pun. You'll get it. :)

[necrid86]

Vagina at the opening of the video

[CaseyCain85]

0.36 is the best part!

[TheAnonymous141992]

I've never understood how the blackface is supposed to be racist. Isn't imitation the highest form of flattery?

And Robert Smith, why can't I be you??

[phonecheckk1]

@TheAnonymous141992 It's because they didn't use back actors before. They simply just put tar on their faces and acted like a illiterate negro

[MissCureCrazy]

is that a..a....dress? only robert could pull that off.

[MissCureCrazy]

the cure+dancing=awesomeness.

[bAbSyBoOo]

that dance is the best haha!!!

[Ilazki666]

xD hihi I love this song and the funny way they dance xDD

[MissCureCrazy]

robert,"why can't i be you?" he's so funny and quirky in this video,his personality makes him so cute :D.

[lys84]

Lol this vidéo it s very funny, un régal a regarder (y)

[ronaldja1001]

Simplemente lo mejor de lo mejor, hay que ser de otro planeta para que no te guste The Cure, esta canción es lo máximo, saludos desde Arequipa - Perú...

[Ratworks]

Y CUNT I B U

[basher5time]

@Ratworks I was thinking the exact same thing

[ThisIsWhatISay94]

It's really sad when a grown man can rock red lipstick better then u can....haha, shame. ;P

[angellainhiding]

The cure I love . The movie this song ir in I love. The crow. Good does overcome evil. And true love never dies.

[SofiiaLetooSmiith]

why cant i be you, robert?? :D

[MissCureCrazy]

@SofiiaLetooSmiith agreed.

[MissCureCrazy]

if only a boy would sing this to me...with an awesome english accent....i would be in love forever.

this song or mint car.

[PABLOHOLMEZ]

@MissCureCrazy I love The Cure........ I have an awesome English accent...... But my singing is terrible... I have a mint car though..... Mini Cooper S LOL...



[MissCureCrazy]

@PABLOHOLMEZ oh well,a girl can dream. nice car. :)

[aliceemocullen]

this is something me and my friends would do if we're bored on a friday night

[GREENWORLD1995]

I LOVE THIS VIDEOOOO <3

[ShadesOfWaves]

The cure's new exercise video is more popular than ever!

[1Domesticdragon]

Óóóóóóóóóóje!

Bige Persian Cat dancing!!!My youth's musics!!

[BaronSharkonan]

Heh heh heh telephone set.

[bigestboomboom1]

Y cunt I B U

[necrid86]

The opening has a vagina

[AkiraFLOGGYtype]

Very cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!

I think his bombed-hair style comes from

his side hair growing straight aside.

(My hair is similar to him, some schoolgirls

called me "telephone set". whoops!)

We can know that from easy cure or more

earlier video.

[StraD12k]

Likeeeeee

[aesthetic118]

oh my goodness, it looks as if they're in an aerobics session

[dwightlight]

Why is a black guy looking ouf of a vagina??

[cheesemaker3000]

i think its impossible not to dance to this XD

[cody91191]

WHY I CANT BE YOU\?!?!?!

[09Vickers]

Love how I come here to listen to an awesome Cure song and all I see are comments about a black face ¬_¬ They obviously didn't mean for it to be racist so just shut the fuck up and enjoy the goddamn song!

[TheGrungeGamer]

Kinda on the racist side to do blackface. Just saying.

[pv2cron]

Blackface? Fucking seriously?

[knobhead101]

@pv2cron The song’s about identity with various characters in fancy-dress costumes. Playing the parts of Sherlock Holmes, Old Mother Reilly, Count Dracula, and “Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet” among others. As an American you should know that “blackface” is a specific American theatrical action referring to a racist period of your own history. It had no reference to the musical culture that The Cure comes from. Plenty of American entertainers play the parts of famous non-American figures.