The Cure- Bananarama (close to me, Inbetween days)

[kkrajos]

drunk,drunk,drunk

[BayviewFinch]

"The Cure, and Close to You!"

[petunico]

lovely

[iamguitarmutt]

Awesome! That's what Robert needs:  onstage cheerleading.

[sensoriaseventy]

Hilarious! I think Porl is hiding though since he's not in it....

[doriench]

good old days!!! really funny to see myself in this clip.

[darkrebel09]

I wish I could dance with Robin or Simon <333

[BlackBembel]

@darkrebel09 If You dont mind i am gonna dance with You <333 KUSS

[darkrebel09]

@BlackBembel hahaha Okay if you dance like one of them I won't mind ; )

[BlackBembel]

@darkrebel09 i WILL GIVE MY BEST, BELIEVE ME !!! =)

[darkrebel09]

@BlackBembel HAHAHA OKAY YOU WIN i'LL DANCE WITH YOU =D

[BlackBembel]

@darkrebel09 THANK YOU =D BE SURE I WILL WATCH MY FEET =) <333 KUSS

[darkrebel09]

@BlackBembel hahahaha

[BlackBembel]

@darkrebel09 ; ) KUSS

[SCBianchi]

I love how they parody the whole lipsync deal!!! They must have not given them the option to play live right? I mean this is just tooo funny ... If you think that corn-job horn-job was funny watch the vid from the same show with boys dont cry and close to me... close to you? no close to me? w/e...

[1969Brookie]

God love em'. Looks like they're all having a blast. Thanks for posting : )

[1969Brookie]

Thank god they are all miming "Close to me" cause who would be playing the keyboards.... Cause it looks like Lol Tolhurst is having a good ol' time dancing. LOVE that Lol!!!

[randomeddie]

H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S!!!

[imightdisco]

heh, "so close to you"

[Herrosivich]

Micko o Connell.I miss you.....

[HawK047]

What are you guys thinking blamming them for lip sync'ing? Those idiots that are supposed to be the audience are payed by the ppl that run the television program.

The Cure doesnt need to actually sing for those fake fans, they might aswell save their godly musical skills for the real fans.;)

[reymistiro9]

lol dere lip sincing badly lol and not even trying 2 make it look like dere playing lol and wats wit dat lady playin his instrument

[Kramer025]

there against having to lip sync but do it anyway lol especially top of the pops

[jnabors1]

Robert needs to collect all of this stuff on DVD for the fans. I love all of this Cure stuff.

[trustdnb]

Clearly lip syncing - the band is not even bothering to pretend to be actually playing instruments, lol. Cure still rocks!

[MissMichaelJ]

i want a goulish boy,,,,, like robert,,,, i'll never had a boy until I get a guy like that,,,, everybody are so stupid,,,,, ffffffff

[camsu2]

so close to you?

[c05urban]

Close to you hahaha XD

[shockadelica]

They are high as hell! LOL!

[harderwijk72]

The man talking at the beginning is Adam Curry

[Marlonnowitsch]

they must have smoked some grass

[BluePoette]

Omg syncing it!!The cool breathing at the start kind of gave it away!lol :D

Still a brill band though!

[9scratches2slashes]

on a side note: boris looks so cute in this video, i love his smile =D

[9scratches2slashes]

robert's trumpet playing is.. *hugs grin*

um ft. banarama? by feature do they mean dancing around on stage? because they havent touched any instruments ahah

and lol's obviously drunk..

[Loopyeleven]

haha the lip syncing is very noticible...or whatever it is called

but Robert Smith is still so cute

[SmashingThingsRocks]

THAT HAAIIRR... sorry. I'm just in love with his (roberts) hair. I seriously thought about getting a black poodle, and then naming it Robert and never cut its hair. xD

[lywingoth]

Well that's some kind of weird statement...

[SmashingThingsRocks]

haha, I know. I think I drank way to much coffee last night, when I posted that.

[tapehissfromthetrees]

hahaha!

[chivicure]

Which year is this? 1985 I guess??

I love this video :) I don't care if they are doing playback hehe

[elpeter92]

there are 4 best band of all the time the beatles , led zeppeling , queen , pink floyd.... if i can put one more band will br THE CURE!!!!!!

[boyxdance]

The cure are a great "new wave rock" band!!!

[JODQ11]

it may be playback but it's enojoyable as hell

the trumpet killed me

and the audiencs my god

such a good one!

cery positive =)

[alcatrazcc5]

excelente y muy divertido el video, The Cure es lo máximo, interpretando una canción con una melodía bastante extraña para la época.

gracias por existir...

[boyxdance]

The Cure are a great "new wave rock" band!!!

[m0zc0re]

The Cure have a long history of taking the piss where lipsynchs are concerned. It would've been nice if this were a live one though, since these were the glory days after all...

[GafferMcDermott]

The Cure and Bananarama met on tour and became drinking buddies for a while. Robert Smith famously said Bananarama were the only band who could drink The Cure under the table. This video is probably evidence of shared past time.

[seanr456]

Now, don't get me wrong. I love Bananarama dearly. They're my all-time favorite group. But even I have to admit this is odd. They look rather silly and extraneous. They also appear to be desperately wishing they knew how to play a musical instrument.

Why the just dancing around with The Cure? You never saw Nia Peeples just dancing around the stage with Duran Duran.

[JohnnySwitchblade]

Why is Bananarama even there? They have nothing to do with either song, are they just there to "dance" or add sex appeal?

I want to see Bananarama and The Cure actually play together!

[bennt55]

wow their fucking faking, at least their making a joke of it, that sucks

[JohnnySwitchblade]

They were told to lip-sync. Robert hates it, don't blame them...it's the stupid presenters who make the bands mime with the studio tracks.

[evilrob]

Even better than the obvious lack of trumpet playing on Robert's part, is the fact that during the horn part at the end of Close to Me, there's vocal parts that Robert says. Which were still said even though he was dancing with the trumpet. lol. Priceless.

[greyagain]

'close to you???'

[rubmarquez]

Weird but nice!! Lol dancing is hilarious!

That girl Siobhan Fahey was on Shakespeare's sisters and she's hot!

[zezarsmith]

jaja CLOSE TO YOU?????

locutor idiota

jajajaj!!

[xekjiram]

Great to see this back! This is a classic in the Netherlands (if I remember well: from Countdown with Adam Curry, I think 1986 or so) !

[Wantabanana]

Wow. I think this is the first time I've ever seen a bank lip synch two songs in a row.  Bizarre. Just too much. So the girls are Bananarama? What are they doing there?

[JohnnySwitchblade]

Yeah, but it's not of their choice. Don't let that taint your view of the band...on these programs, they TELL bands to lip-sync, which is why Robert does such a bad job on purpose...he absolutely hates doing it.

[Wantabanana]

You actually thought that I thought the band CHOSE to lip synch? Of course they were told to. Duh! I'm guessing you came here for Bananarama and not The Cure. You're supposed to make a witty comment in agreement to my bewilderment that The Cure did TWO songs lyp synched in a row. Proceed with permission.

[AshleyyT]

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!! hot!

[cfar004]

That's what I've been asking myself too. Did you see Robert playing the trumpet without moving his fingers? And the presenter couldn't say the name of the song properly. Not once but twice. Still, you can't say it's not a brilliant record.

[AshleyyT]

Yeah! They're an AWESOME band like!

[Huizachtepetl]

No mames, Lol Tolhurst ha de bailar rebien la cumbia! XD

[wooten32]

hahahahaha no mames hahahaha es la presentación más kagada ke he visto!!!! hahahahahaahah

[amy2171987]

LOL haha good on them for being idiots while lip syncing.

on many shows they were forced to lip sync so many bands just acted stupid.. Queen being a big one lol. I love watching Queen and stuff on shows that made them lip sync. cos Freddie Mercury, just to piss the show off. just goofed off and didn't even try to make it look like he was actually singing.

looks like fun :)

[japanesewhispers79]

To be fair they he wasn't tyring to make out that he was playing the trumpet. I guess they were told they had to lip sync hence no trumpet buttons being pushed and them arsing around on the bass etc (@suddeun Rush - Here here!)

[badanarama]

Yeah, pretty common symptom of 80s music shows. I don't blame them for doing it at all, but I much prefer to watch them actually playing. Saw them last year at Giants Stadium and they still kick ass.

[japanesewhispers79]

I know what you mean ... I saw them at Fuji Rock last month and they were bloody amazing!

[suddenhush]

rob is soooooooooooo hot!

[sarahemckinney]

girlabouttown22, not to start any "youtube drama", but you must be blind or not a big Bananarama fan if you don't see all three girls.

[clauditysss]

jajaja pero q poca voluntad q le uso al playback jajajaj igual lo amoooo!!!

[beakergirl]

yeah thats Siobhan, shes my cousin, we're both nuts

[honchomanuel1996]

quE carajo es esto/

[siukos]

que bueno,nunca lo habia visto

excelente

[DvyHv]

he isnt even singing!

[Jewelbox19]

So weird

[davalos8000]

Yup.. that's Karen Woodward on bass and Siobhan Fahey in white with the hat on..goofing around in typcial jokester Bananarama style.. The 'Nannas were/are HUGE Cure fans... this is an amazing clip.. haha..

[girlabouttown22]

How do we know it's Bananarama? For one thing, I only see one woman.

[tod1way]

It's definitely Bananarama. I recognise Keren Woodward, "playing the bass" and I believe I understood the announcer to say The Cure and Bananarama. Looks like guys weren't into the lip-synching, so they decided to take the piss and invite the girls on stage to mess around.

[Pythr]

O shit I used to dress like this and hairspray my hair so. What would my children think!

[siamq]

Haha. they don't even TRY to look they are really performing this live. I heard tht sometimes they would rebel and do it on purpose. Guess this is one of those times.

[frankieshane]

muy excellente

[Nouveauxromo]

I came across this on Sunday and was rather surprised. I never thought The Cure and Bananarama would ever be on the same stage at the same time together. It is very interesting...

[KinkusJimus]

Haha that is dutch television in the '80 so funny!

KinkusJimus from Amsterdam

[missmatrix]

Despite the hideous playback, this i love this portrait of the actual spirit of the 80s. Thank you for sharing, i've never seen this before.

[fabriceM94]

close to you ?? mdr as we say in France...just a question...Did Simon made love after ? lol

[emalvido]

The dancing girls are Bananarama, remeber them? they sang: venus,

[KQRAMS]

Thanks x posting this... by the way, who are those "freaks" you mention? I don't see any...