Poll: With this song in mind... What is your pick for the catchiest guitar riff of the 80s?
@stephenbrown4211
2 жыл бұрын
Kayleigh Don’t Stop Believin Money For Nothing
@killrmillr
2 жыл бұрын
You Shook Me All Night Long
@billywilson4908
2 жыл бұрын
I'm going out outside the box on this one and suggesting Yankee Rose by DLR. Steve Vai is legendary. 😁
@bigneon_glitter
2 жыл бұрын
The Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamon The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary The Smiths - This Charming Man Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine
@davidellis5141
2 жыл бұрын
I Will Follow ..
@Kenboslice3
2 жыл бұрын
The legendary Robert Smith once saved the town of South Park and it's citizens like Kyle, Stan, Cartman and Kenny from the evil and destruction caused by the notorious Mecha-Streisand. A true hero indeed!
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
So hilarious!
@legrandmechantstou4984
2 жыл бұрын
Disintegration is the best album ever!
@Rossturnerphoto
2 жыл бұрын
Dude! It’s Robert Smith from The Cure! I loved that scene.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
😜
@MultiPetercool
2 жыл бұрын
“Robert Smith kicks ass! Desolation is the best album ever.”
@svensshed1564
2 жыл бұрын
The mere fact that Boys Don’t Cry is 40 years old is enough to remind me how bloody old I. Still, I am so thankful for being there during the late 70s and 80s to see it all
@Dancestar1981
2 жыл бұрын
I’m 41 the cure certainly wrote some great songs
@caifengforever2796
2 жыл бұрын
My parents listened to the cure I listened to the cure Now I'm getting to rediscover the joy of the cure through the fresh eyes if my 11 yest old who is just starting her emo/goth phase ♡ Theyre timeless
@crystalwalker4403
2 жыл бұрын
I’m there with my 13 year old
@anamolko624
Жыл бұрын
I’m there with my 14 year old but I introduced her to the Cure at birth. She started her goth thing around 11. It’s a good thing there still are some cool parents left!!
@MrHappyToBeHere
2 жыл бұрын
The Cure is one of my all time favs. A band that can literally transcend genres and appeal to jocks and theatre kids alike. They could be happy they could be sad..they just did what they wanted. Too many groups fall into only doing the one sound that they got famous for.. but the Cure seemed to bounce around a lot and it wasn't strange. A fantastic band to say the least.. and one of the most underrated for sure.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
Their music is like no other. Totally unique and distinctive. And Robert Smith is AMAZING!
@MartialGolf
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! I was a hard rock/metal head in the 80’s, but I loved the Cure!
@jessejordache1869
2 жыл бұрын
I like them up to Japanese Whispers. It's almost like that was the point when Robert Smith thought to himself "I think I'd like to be very, very rich" and so started writing hits. They have such a fearsome discography though. He's a genius.
@endcensorship874
2 жыл бұрын
True story. I was metal head when I first heard them, then slowly fell in love with this band. Before I knew it, they were a favorite.
@sureiseeyou
2 жыл бұрын
Same. Love them so much!!
@cygpas
2 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the late 80s, id listen to the cure everyday, i suffered from depression during my teens, the cures music helped me get through tough times.
@classicalteacher
2 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the early 80s, I listened to the Cure everyday (my favorite band). I suffered from depression and suicidal ideation and made plenty of attempts to do the unthinkable - obviously and fortunately, all failing. The lyrics didn't help me. They actually dragged my down - six deep feet. I finally had to give up all music with lyrics. Sold the Cure collection with all the rare imports to a cool girl at school. We had the same taste in music. She wanted to be buried with all her Cure memorabilia. Choy Wu. Awesome girl. Robert Smith is a genius. Layers upon layers of interwoven melodic lines, each embellishing the musical tapestry. His music is the embodiment of gestalt. And that's what the dictionary should have as the definition: Robert Smith's silhouette on a stage with spiky hair and a guitar.
@joshuaboudreau5258
2 жыл бұрын
Same
@MoosefromCanada
2 жыл бұрын
Ditto 👍
@Hanna144
2 жыл бұрын
Easily one of my favourite bands....Disintegration is perhaps the best album ever written, every song is perfect.
@MichaelLeeHoward
2 жыл бұрын
To this day The Cure is my favorite band of all time. The combo of dark, fun, and dreamy. boys Don't cry was a masterpiece.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
They don’t have a bad song on them. Don’t know anybody who hates them.
@DantheDM
2 жыл бұрын
I remember back in the 80s when you were either a Cure fan or a Depeche Mode fan...glad to see both bands have made it so long (RIP Fletch)
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
What an embarrassment of riches.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
I know, right? They were such cool and unique bands.
@toddgaak422
2 жыл бұрын
Or you were both, like me.
@kaydaw24
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with that statement only to tweak it a little bit in my area of Long Island you were either Depeche mode or Duran Duran WLIR FOREVER
@jmc0369
2 жыл бұрын
I loved them both. My first concert was The Cure in Miami 1988.
@paulamiles9559
2 жыл бұрын
Robert once said, " I dont look like this because I'm in the Cure. I look like this AND I am in the Cure."
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
The truth!
@OutOfYourVulcanMind
2 жыл бұрын
Robert IS the cure! 😊
@ogrehaslayers605
2 жыл бұрын
The Cure, Depeche Mode, and New Order was my Holy Trinity of my teens.
@stephaniewoodward7436
Жыл бұрын
I agree! The best!
@georgeedward1226
2 жыл бұрын
As someone who remembers when New Wave was, in fact, new: I approve of this video.
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
Your approval is appreciated!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
I asked a lot of teachers at my school about new wave and they said it rocks!
@ericengelbrecht4064
2 жыл бұрын
Gen Z kids who are into it just call it “Wave”. 😂 At least they don’t call it Old Wave!
@unhxlysilver1688
2 жыл бұрын
@@ericengelbrecht4064 wave is a different subgenre of trap if thats what you meant
@brandiesouthall5529
2 жыл бұрын
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 yes. It does. And there was NOtHING like it at the time. So many current bands are still greatly influenced by the original New Wave groups.
@areareare9953
2 жыл бұрын
I was a big Cure fan back in the day (loved Head on the Door) - but I was in a record shop to buy something else, and they dropped the needle on the new album Disintegration.....I just stood there for like 6 minutes before I could actually move to get it. Still a kick ass album. Used to ice skate to it.
@LeatherRebel75
2 жыл бұрын
When I was a teenage metalhead, especially before 1991, my feeling towards alternative rock was.... let's say..... misinformed. That began to change in the early 90's when I learned that bands could be weird and different and even be heavy. But as far as the Cure goes, there was a song that came out from a popular thrash band that made me give them a second notice. In 1993, Anthrax came out with the first single to their latest album "Sound of White Noise." The song was called "Only," and it was definitely heavy and aggressive, but it also had great songwriting and this really cool textural opening riff that sounded like nothing I'd heard from them before. Not long after, I'm reading an interview with Scott Ian where he was promoting the new album, and they asked him about "Only." He straight up came out and basically said that the opening riff was their nod to the Cure, because they really love them. So, Scott Ian made it cool for this teenage metalhead from the early 90's to later start digging into the Cure's music.
@supercheese7033
Жыл бұрын
Haha, I remember riding around in my car with all my metal head and stoner friends. I had the entire released Cure discography at the time. I certainly turned a few of them on to listening, they loved the darkness and lyrics (Faith/Carnage Visors was constantly in my tape deck). In return, they introduced me to the less glam, more aggressive metal bands (Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer). Good times.
@rebeccamccormick7248
2 жыл бұрын
I have absolutely been in love with The Cure for my entire life. There is a song for every mood. I've only gotten to see them live once ever, but that one time was AMAZING.
@fortymillioncoins9066
2 жыл бұрын
I was really into The Cure in the early 1980s. "Charlotte Sometimes" is a masterpiece. I saw The Cure in concert in 1984. The sound was absolutely consistant with their studio works- no difference imo. "Close to Me" reminds me a lot of Violent Femmes or vice versa- the lazy, breathy, whispy vocals.
@alukuhito
2 жыл бұрын
Lucky!
@melanielinkous8746
2 жыл бұрын
They were awesome live! And Close to Me is my favorite. ❤️
@cobblerama
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! One of my favorites and was lucky enough to see them several times. Very close to the studio sound. He'd often end a song with a "...kay". I still hear it sometimes after listening to one of their songs.
@cbmx1x1
2 жыл бұрын
Charlotte Sometimes, and This Twilight Garden are my two faves. So good!
@christinenightingale2528
2 жыл бұрын
I always wanted to call Mt daughter Charlotte Sometimes...
@lounirs
2 жыл бұрын
I love "Not in love" by Crystal Castle, especially the version with Robert singing. It's an unexpected feat but damn there's something about it that i can't get enough of
@naluzoniro
2 жыл бұрын
I've been competely obsessed with it for a couple days
@tymme6404
2 жыл бұрын
I like the original version as well by platinum blonde.
@graphix6529
2 жыл бұрын
Noone can touch the cure in my opinion...they just hit every emotion..and their live shows take it to another level
@drwinstonOboogi
2 жыл бұрын
"Boys Don't Cry" One of the most brilliant songs ever from one of the most brilliant bands ever.
@JubeProductions
2 жыл бұрын
The Cure has been my absolute favorite band for over 30 years. It's incredible to me that when I saw them in 1992 for the first time, I thought it was their last tour. I thought I was joining the party late, and The Cure had already reached their pinnacle. I am so grateful for all the music they have provided, and all the live shows they have played over the past 30 years.
@scottboyer8450
2 жыл бұрын
I discovered them in '92 as well during my freshman year in highschool. I took the deep dive into their entire discography and found many more bands I would love over the years (Banshees, Cocteau Twins, Joy Division, etc.) I have to ask. Did you see them during the Wish Tour with Cranes? I would have loved to see them on that tour. I didn't get to seem them Live until after that dreaded 4 year gap between albums when Mood Swings came out in '96. Their sound had changed so much with the loss of Boris and Pearl.
@joelashadali
4 ай бұрын
Im 59 and I know exactly what your talking about when you speak of the joy when you made that purchase. Part of that joy was that anticipation, both heading to the store to make purchase then turning right back around and rushing home to listen. Now its instant gratification. It meant so much.
@tonytheHAT
2 жыл бұрын
One of the very few times the Professor wears a tee that matches the subject of his mini-documentary. You can feel his passion for the Cure too. They've meant so much to him. Thank you Adam!! ❤️
@dulee0216
Жыл бұрын
The Cure is an amazing group. One of the 1st songs I truly fell in love with was "Why Can't I Be You?" It was such a unique, fun song, and I was immediately obsessed. Even to this day!
@mizginavale22
2 жыл бұрын
I have a strong memory of being in a dark, small underground club in Miami when I first heard "Killing An Arab" I was immediately hooked by the Cure. I was a fan of every album they put out and then, "Disintegration" came out and the cassette player in my car was now the sole storing unit for this album. I just wanted to hear this album over and over. It gave me such joy to see when the Cure got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And for Trent Reznor, (whose "Pretty Hate Machine" album became another addiction of mine), to be the one who presented their induction. I am equally thrilled that Pat Benatar is getting inducted this year. That woman is a rock goddess and deserves the recognition.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
Disintegration is a perfect album. It’s one of those albums where you cannot listen to just one song without listening to the entire thing all the way through.
@mizginavale22
2 жыл бұрын
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Exactly! It was on a non-stop rotation in my cassette player for a long time because of that.
@bbb462cid
2 жыл бұрын
I listened to that song in my car yesterday!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
@@mizginavale22 You probably wore it out pretty quickly! No kidding!
@IronSikh44
2 жыл бұрын
The RRHOF night was amazing. There’s a part where the camera panned to the crowd during Love Song and it stopped on Susanna Hoffs who was dancing like she was in a trance. That’s the power of the Cure’s music.
@misty671
2 жыл бұрын
As a Cure fan since the late 80's, their music holds up well which is testament to high artisty and quality
@ckhamlin2636
2 жыл бұрын
I loved/still love The Cure. My older sister introduced me to them in the mid 80s and Just Like Heaven is one of my favorites. But The Cure is one of the first bands where I really listened to and thought about the meaning behind the lyrics.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
I love Just Like Heaven.
@ClayAsbury122
2 жыл бұрын
I almost never use words like ethereal or sublime or enchanting to describe anything, but the melodies Smith wrote are absolutely otherworldly. A fitting tribute here. Cheers.
@angela86753
2 жыл бұрын
This takes me right back to 9th grade in the mid 80s. Still love The Cure to this day. Thanks! What a rush of memories
@tammydj9941
2 жыл бұрын
Head on the door album. In between days, close to me and a night like this. Some b sides of the extended versions were also awesome. Thank you Robert and to the rest of the band for making albums that allowed me a measure of happiness through my teen years. The cure's songs always brings joy in my heart. As for the song boys don't cry, it's an anthem to all the curists of the world. What more need I add to the eloquence of the professor. You spoke what my heart holds for the cure all these years, pure love for the cure. Curist through and through.
@Jake_E57
2 жыл бұрын
I was 11 when I first discovered The Cure in 1991 from an advertisement for a concert that was airing on Pay Per View. It changed my life, it changed the way I look at music, and it changed the way I look at myself. All it took was one commercial with a sample of their music for me to fall in love with the band and never look back.
@jeffreyaverett1800
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite Era of The Cure has got to be the last 44 years. I admit that I gravitate to some albums more than others, but there hasn't been anything Robert has put out there that hasn't wowed me. Even Blood Flowers, which I know a lot of fans didn't get into. ✌️
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
The whole thing indeed!
@rylian21
2 жыл бұрын
I loved Bloodflowers in my 20s. But listening to it with more experienced ears in my 40s, it's really the weakest of the Dark Trilogy.
@BrazosP
2 жыл бұрын
Wild Mood Swings is my least fav…Pornography is kinda super dark also not my fav.
@girlinabox1943
2 жыл бұрын
Bloodflowers is actually my favorite Cure album
@sub-jec-tiv
2 жыл бұрын
The weird side projects are great too. In college i was obsessed with The Glove’s album. Look up ‘Mr Alphabet Says,’ it’s incredible. Robert plus a member of the Banshees making psychedelia, yes please.
@herreravelazquez3549
2 жыл бұрын
Boys don't cry is the most important song in my life, I remember listening to it in the radio for the first time when I was a 4 year old kid, and after that I started to ask my parents about the band because I wanted to listen more music like that. more than a 10 years have happened since that and The Cure is still one of my favourite bands, boys don't cry made me love music since I was a kid
@johannesvandermarliere8544
11 ай бұрын
When I was a kid , the eighties were so special, thanks to the cure . That's why I always hade a love for this eighties group. I loved wach there video clips , on MTV . I especially love the dark , macabre things of this band
@TheGarageRecordingSC
2 жыл бұрын
The Cure are so diverse and talented. Push, and A Forest are 2 of my favorites.
@hourslookingsideways7850
2 жыл бұрын
Probably my favorite era for this band is Seventeen Seconds and Faith. Consider the lyrics to the song 'Secrets': Secrets Share with another girl Talking all night in a room All night Everything slowing down I wish I was yours Strangers Nobody knows we love I catch your eyes in the dark One look Relives the memory Remember me The way I used to be
@johnshields6852
2 жыл бұрын
I'm from the 1960's, I enjoy your content that brings back memories, thank you for keeping the music alive.🙏🎸
@DanTheAnalyst
2 жыл бұрын
I saw The Cure in 1988 in Oakland, CA the Disintegration album tour when I was 17 years old. Robert & Company left us that night with a 12 minute extended version of "A Forest" t hat is still my most favorite live music experience ever for me to this day, I was hooked
@monyx2926
2 жыл бұрын
I was there!
@marktait2371
2 жыл бұрын
d. saw same tour but in va. bball arena most vivid memory was encore primary into a forest opener shake dog shake same one of best shows ever seen live i had the elektra pictures of you sinle cd has like 5 songs from wembley show same tour gave to friend pretty much same show as far as i can recall same band really well recordedworth having if you can find one
@ryanwhittal6246
2 жыл бұрын
This song gets into your heart....and stays there forever...
@trinaq
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I adore this tune. Although it's technically a 70's song, it perfectly encapsulates the teen angst anthem of the 1980's!
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
yes but it was released in the states and had its momentum in the 80s.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
It sounds so ahead of its time and really resonates with me.
@zoeherriot
2 жыл бұрын
The version most people (non-cure fans) know had the vocals re-recorded in 1986 with a film clip made for it for the release of Standing on a Beach. (Just got to the bit where that is mentioned in the video ;) )
@Johnny-lr5jt
2 жыл бұрын
Nonsense. I never wanted to kill an Arab, or anyone else, when I was a teen.
@lisaskinner1710
2 жыл бұрын
I remember the first time I heard Just Like Heaven on the radio, I was 13 and it blew my mind! I rushed to call my best friend at the time to listen to it, she was not as impressed as I was. That was when I fell in love with The Cure ❤
@Dashingdiva73
2 жыл бұрын
This video showed up on my feed, probably because I congratulated a Instagram friend on his daughter's request to hear The Cure. I am a big fan of the cure. I know all their songs. I love this analysis of this song and its social and cultural aspects. It was bold, bittersweet and cathartic for a lot of my male friends when we first heard it in high school. Thank you for this.
@cudathehawgjetfixer7520
2 жыл бұрын
The Cure was ahead of their times with their music, and even today their tunes are still upbeat and in tune with society to this date!
@glenchapman3899
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah them and the Clash need a lot more recognition than they get these days.
@monyx2926
2 жыл бұрын
@@glenchapman3899 Early in the 80s, the Clash played a headlining gig in San Francisco as The Clash, but the next night, they played in The Jim Jones Temple as "The Only Band That Matters." That was an amazing show! I saw both of them. I think I still have Joe Strummer's comb from that concert. He threw it into the crowd. RIP Joe.
@ReggieandMiloTheCat
2 жыл бұрын
Let’s Go To Bed was a minor hit but my all time favorite Cure song. The bass line is tight.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
Great hidden gem!
@zoeherriot
2 жыл бұрын
That bassline is awesome - I've always said (tongue in cheek) that Simon is the second best bassist in The Cure because Robert played and wrote some killer basslines. :)
@Sameasevr
Жыл бұрын
I'm just very happy that I was around to grow up with the Cure. Always thought I would have loved to see janis Joplin in concert, but I would never give up Robert Smith and the Cure.
@tonychudley5280
2 жыл бұрын
how do you not love this band is beyond me the cure will always be number one
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
If you hate the Cure, something is seriously wrong with you.
@carlpop2324
2 жыл бұрын
Giving a thumbs up is inadequate to express my delight in watching this video about Robert Smith and The Cure.
@RC32Smiths01
2 жыл бұрын
A truly intriguing and unique individual for his time, and his music is beyond timeless.
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
Beyond timeless!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
He’s a LEGEND.
@1dylanification
2 жыл бұрын
“Love Cats” and “In Between Days” send me back to dancing at “Neo” in Chicago ,in the 80’s , to this day. Love them !
@deanrobert9953
2 жыл бұрын
A POR on The Cure! Fabulous! Creators of some of the catchiest pop songs of all-time! Ever! In Between Days is a song with no compairson. Brilliant. Just Like Heaven, Friday I'm In Love, Boys Don't Cry, Lovesong... so great.
@FacheChanteDeux
2 жыл бұрын
The best of the best. The Cure are legends.
@Fiona2254
2 жыл бұрын
Oooh new wave! I was so into it when clubbing back then (thought clubbing consisted on going to one of two favorite clubs with close friends)! The Cure is a great band, I’m glad you unboxed this for us😊 I just love the gendre and Robert Smith was also a very interesting frontman to me. The fact that he’s been married to the same “girl” he first fell in love with and wrote songs for and about her is very sweet.
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
It's so cool!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
He’s just such an incredible person.
@captaincreosote
2 жыл бұрын
I always think of them as post punk rather than new wave, maybe a hint of goth as well, maybe they're all of those and a bit more?
@jojogrrl2756
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve loved The Cure since high school. Lullaby, Love Cats and Why Can’t I be You? Are amongst my favourites. Nearly 50 now but still wander KZitem picking up random music. Nothing better than sharing my finds with my bonus kids (stepkids).
@kittiekat8920
2 жыл бұрын
@jojo grrl. I love “ love 🐈 “.
@Angela-1974
2 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was 15 watching a video of The Cure in Orange, a concert they did in France, it was the first time I listened to them and I've been a fan ever since. The Cure are my all time favourite band, I just love Robert's voice 😁❤️
@gothgirl4evr881
2 жыл бұрын
I have loved The Cure since I first heard them in the 80s from an older cousin when I was a kid. I had the pleasure to finally get to see them live about 12 years ago. Wish I could've seen them earlier and much more but glad I got to see them at least once.
@briancoyne6700
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite Cure period is "Kiss, Me, Kiss Me" to "Disintegration". I will listen to their earlier albums to hear their growth and creativity. Robert Smith is a genius no question.
@lb2569
2 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful song. I don't remember when I first heard this song, but I know that when I did hear it, it felt like I have always known it my whole life. Everytime I hear "Pictures of You", "Just like Heaven", "Letters to Elise". They all felt like they have always been with me. Awesome video!
@LadyGrace67
2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite bands ever! Disintegration IMO is one of the best albums, front to back, ever!
@MyName-pl7zn
2 жыл бұрын
Robert is one of a kind never afraid to go his own way regardless of what others were doing. Always loved his music while my friends did not so I bought his albums and listened to them by myself mostly which was better because I could really listen closely. The Cure were pioneers of music and Boys Don't Cry definitely was the single to kick the door open. He definitely deserved to be in the RHOF. great episode professor do more Cure maybe pictures of you or close to you
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
Robert Smith is such a genius. He rally captivated the minds of so many, including myself. I’m so glad The Cure is in the RRHOF.
@shruggzdastr8-facedclown
2 жыл бұрын
This isn't Adam's first Cure song review -- he did one on "Spidermam" not long ago, in fact.
@milesian1
2 жыл бұрын
@@shruggzdastr8-facedclown I believe you mean “Lullaby”
@lauce3998
2 жыл бұрын
There is already a review of a few well-known songs on the channel. I would like one of Jupiter Crash, which apart from being a song that I love, deals with a recurring theme in Robert's lyrics; the lost, heartbreak. The boy who returns to the cliff of "Just like heaven", but this time it is night and the mermaid is a girl who loses again because she is not impressed by what she shows her (here there are many readings, even sexual!). It's a typical theme in Robert, looking for a girl (A night Like this), and then in the end everything was illusion (A forest, Just like heaven).
@BrazosP
2 жыл бұрын
Gosh I peel the same! Always loved The Cure since I found out about them my senior year. Had a crush on a babe who was into them.
@fivestring65ify
2 жыл бұрын
I was never a big fan of the Cure. That doesn't stop me from having a huge amount of respect for them as a band. The Cure have what every great band has. That signature sound. When you hear one of their songs, you know right away who it is.
@jismism9515
2 жыл бұрын
Agree - Saw them 'for free' 4 yrs ago Pretty damn good surprising show?!?
@babylemonade2868
2 жыл бұрын
Me either but a few years ago I went to a cure concert. Robert Smith still sounded great,only knew the hits but it was worth it.
@MrMCN1963
2 жыл бұрын
Same. Big props for the cure, but their songs never grew on me though I am a big fan of the genre.
@MyScottyboy1
2 жыл бұрын
Chatted with them and got pished in a small pub 'The Half Moon' in Hildenborogh, nr Tonbridge, Kent. I was a Psychobilly so we didn't agree on much but they were great and really genuine.
@stevenricks1703
2 жыл бұрын
I first discovered The Cure when I bought the Disintegration album my freshman year of college (It was a new release at the time). "Pictures of You" has been one of my favorite songs of all time ever since.
@karenhunter8095
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for covering Robert Smith and The Cure. One of my favorite bands. Disintegration is one of the best albums I've owned, so atmospheric, The Cure perfection. Robert Smith is such a unique and interesting person, I love listening to his interviews.
@markellis5154
2 жыл бұрын
A girl that I liked at school invited me to a party when I was about 14 and her brother played boys don’t cry in the car on the way and I was hooked I spent my money from my glass collecting job on two cure albums and the t shirt shown in the video … brilliant memories. Thank you 🙏
@Boochamp
2 жыл бұрын
The Cure are hands down my favorite band of all-time. Thanks for the videos
@bobt5835
2 жыл бұрын
The cure, the stones, timeless, you put it on, boom!, 80,90, 2000, 2022, still got the same feeling like the first time it got to your ears, and dylan too.
@robm6009
2 жыл бұрын
The Cure is so good in concert. Basically no degradation in sound. BTW such a good video of the Cure's story around that time.
@jerrysmith2360
2 жыл бұрын
A song that tugs at your heart strings so much I have to cry
@TheBonyLevi
2 жыл бұрын
I’ll never forget the pure excitement on the faces of all the “Cure Kids” in English class when they realized “The Stranger” was the basis for a Cure song. I think those kids realized that school doesn’t always suck.
@davidboonzaayer6832
2 жыл бұрын
Disintegration...amazing album. A forest ... one of my favourite songs if all time.
@musclecarmitch908
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome episode Professor! Robert Smith and the Cure are awesome! it's hard to believe how long ago "Boy's don't cry" came out! still seems new and futuristic to me! Thanks for keeping the music alive Professor!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
It doesn’t sound 43 years old at all.
@musclecarmitch908
2 жыл бұрын
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 👍
@walteringle2258
2 жыл бұрын
For me, sharing music that I enjoy from my youth (I'm 49) is a way to show the youngers a different way of looking at things.
@DJdext
2 жыл бұрын
It was the cassette version of Standing on a Beach that was pretty much my intro into The Cure. I still love many of those B-Sides that were on the second side of the cassette. Eventually of course they all made it onto a CD and then Join the Dots became the expanded version of Standing on a Beach. So good!
@shangobunni5
2 жыл бұрын
Me too. Standing on the Beach has some of the most unique and inventive music ever made. I recently went back and revisited it after not hearing it for 30 years. It blew my mind!
@corinnagarcia4578
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly! That cassette is a treasure!
@marktait2371
2 жыл бұрын
i still have the caseette got new forget what year but havent seen cd version
@Universitysandwich
2 жыл бұрын
I still love The Cure. Their songs are like a happy time machine.
@Terri_MacKay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. I first heard The Cure when I was in my late teens in the early 80's. They've been my favourite band for 40 years. I've passed my love of the band onto my 28 year old daughter. We've been lucky enough to see them together in Toronto a few times...great memories we'll always share. (She owns the same tee-shirt you're wearing in this video.) 🥰
@phoenixjim0527
2 жыл бұрын
Love it when PoR discusses his passions.
@janewhite4486
2 жыл бұрын
You da best archivest , Professor !
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@mikeythezero
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite band of all time, there is no best time period for them, because they're all great. I didn't even hear them till Friday I'm in Love when I was 11 but loved them these past 31 years.
@Jossette888
2 жыл бұрын
The Cure is one of my all time favourite bands...thank you so much for making my first day of September awesome!😍 Close to Me, Love Song, Just Like Heaven and many other Cure tracks are still in my daily playlist.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
Just Like Heaven is one of my favorite songs of the 80s!
@Dirty_Squirrell
2 жыл бұрын
They are one of my least favorite bands. Glad you like them, though.
@_lex_ndre
2 жыл бұрын
I couldn't love this band more.
@wpl8275
2 жыл бұрын
I love the fact they based their first single on a novel by Albert Camus. No band today would even consider doing something like that.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
It’s so amazing!
@jamesalexander5623
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! and should we tell him the "S" is silent? ....
@bambit08
2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesalexander5623 Yes ..sounds so wrong...and no need for the 't' in Albert 😅
@jamesalexander5623
2 жыл бұрын
@@bambit08 Yes the "T'" is silent!
@alukuhito
2 жыл бұрын
I think you underestimate bands today. It's a different world now with the internet. Every kind of musician is out there, but they just don't make it big. Also, there was a lot of garbage back in the late 70s. Remember the Bay City Rollers?
@carolyncasner4806
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making the connection between The Cure and The Banshees. I loved them both when I was little.
@phil4208
2 жыл бұрын
I became a cure fan when the kids in my apartment complex were playing the cure , the kids were gothed up , I asked who's this and they loaned me the tape standing on a beach , i loved it , my favorite tune is fascination street and a go to album is the cure mixed up
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
Gothed up is good!
@georgeminjarez6666
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent . I named my daughter Elyse because I love the song & the name…& the lyrics reminded me of my wife while I was gone for a while . Every once in a while I’ll be having beers at home playing song with my family ( everyone takes turns playing a song) just to see that I can’t hide my tears in my eyes… 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@DC8091
2 жыл бұрын
The Cure is about the only band that unintentionally appeals to fans of damn near EVERY genre (ie southern, country, metal, prog, funk, etc. etc)
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
No kidding!!!
@SlumberPartyLofi
2 жыл бұрын
This is such a great episode. I've loved the cure forever but didn't realize robert and lol had met so so so young. AWWWW.
@crbateson
2 жыл бұрын
Disintegration, Faith, Pornography, Seventeen Seconds. Disintegration is my favourite though, a timeless masterpiece where they perfected their dark sound, and my first introduction so it holds some sentimental value. Lullaby, The Same Deep Water as You, Lovesong, Prayers for Rain, Untitled. The whole album is a brilliant soundscape of emotions, artistic vision, and introspection.
@DylanMurphy-fi1ub
5 ай бұрын
Love this song 🎵 ❤️ It always reminds me of my childhood and high school and growing up...thank you professor
@hbofbyu1
2 жыл бұрын
The Cure just gets better with age - the signature of great music.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
No doubt. So many perfect songs.
@amberheardsbumpyknuckles9336
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the invasive question, what does your name-tag stand for? Home Box Office for Brigham Young University is number One?? Haha
@hbofbyu1
2 жыл бұрын
@@amberheardsbumpyknuckles9336 Hold on, I'm looking up pictures of Amber Heard's hands!
@amberheardsbumpyknuckles9336
2 жыл бұрын
@@hbofbyu1 lol
@carmaela2689
2 жыл бұрын
I love Robert Smith and the Cure. One of my all time favorite bands since I first heard them in the early 90's.
@davecarroll4163
2 жыл бұрын
Boys Don't Cry is a great pop song. The Cure are a brilliant band with great album after great album. The Cure might be my wife's favorite band ever. So much so that we drove to New York City to see them play and be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I'm expecting a album and tour next year from Robert and company. Thanks for another great video, Adam!
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
Very cool. Loved what he said at the Rock Hall!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest bands of all time, no doubt!
@tonysine6577
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite band of all time!!!
@brenturquhart7090
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for mentioning Boney M, I actually liked their music but never knew the bands name. I particularly like Rasputin and Daddy Cool. This is why I love your channel so much. I always look up the music that you mention when talking about the band or person that is the focus for this episode and while those groups may not be the band your focusing on I still give them a listen too as well. Often they are a group I may have forgotten, but sometimes they are a completely new to me, and that’s what I like the best. When it’s a new band, it’s like I found the most amazing treasure. I then listen to everything they’ve ever released and I like to learn everything I can about the band. I was even surprised that they had a Christmas Album. Though I shouldn’t be so surprised, any smart band out there will always make a Christmas Album. It’s a great way to earn royalties. While your original music may go out of style and not get any play time on radio, any Christmas song you do will be played every December for the rest of your life. Dee Schneider from Twisted Sister jokes that Celine Dion bought his house for him. He wrote a Christmas song that she recorded and he’s made more money from that song than all his other music combined. Of course you know all that, as you yourself recorded a Christmas Album. I do like your version of “Baby it’s cold out there”, that you did with your wife, but your wife’s version of “Santa Baby” is the best song on the album. Lol
@brenturquhart7090
2 жыл бұрын
Also I need to tank you for reintroducing Joe Jackson and the the tourists too. He’s another person who’s songs I loved forty years ago, shit why is everything forty years ago…man I’m getting really old. In my defence for forgetting all theses you need to remember it was the eighties and there was just to much good music out there and my part time job could never pay me enough money so that I could buy all the music I wanted to.
@alukuhito
2 жыл бұрын
I can't stand Boney M. WAY too disco for me. Then again they played an important part in punk in the sense that they showed just how horrible music on the radio was and that it was worth picking up an instrument to show you could do better, regardless of your lack of technical proficiency.
@deadbeatgus
2 жыл бұрын
Great band great songwriter great album! And still a top 5 of the cures!
@MusicOrLoseItTV
2 жыл бұрын
Robert Smith paired with CHVRCHES “How Not To Drown” was on my Top 20 Best Of 2021. Legend still going.
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
I loved it too!
@MusicOrLoseItTV
2 жыл бұрын
@@ProfessorofRock 👍
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
For sure.
@jett8193
2 жыл бұрын
SO. MANY. MEMORIES...!
@waynevia6976
2 жыл бұрын
Pictures of you is my favorite cure song.
@ProfessorofRock
2 жыл бұрын
Perfect song.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, wonderful song!
@lauce3998
2 жыл бұрын
Best single for me.
@deborahseaman8470
2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your commentary and history on the Cure. A truly incredible, unique experience every time I listen to my favorite songs. My being feels everything. Thank you Robert Smith and the Cure.💖
@starbrite526
2 жыл бұрын
I just rewatched the Wedding Singer and I love the use of the song in the scene after Robbie's failed wedding. Showing his emotions when others just want him to "snap out of it "
@hugome778
2 жыл бұрын
Love that scene and the movie!
@jayadkisson8934
2 жыл бұрын
What’s even cooler is how the song Adam’s character eventually writes after supposedly listening to Boys Don’t Cry on repeat for a week (I Wanna Grow Old With You) has a very similar chord progression. I love that realistic detail.
@runnerfig
2 жыл бұрын
That pic of Robert for Boys Don't Cry is absolutely one of the best pics of all time
@shanasmith3665
2 жыл бұрын
Oh, I’ve got a funny story that kinda involves the Cure indirectly. Robert Smith was one of my crushes I’d carry on my notebooks in middle school. I’d use to get the ones with the clear sides and make collages of all my fave rock stars and slide them into the sleeves. Growing up in a small Texas town, I got mercilessly mocked for my taste too. These collages would have the Cure, Depeche Mode, the Psychedelic Furs, just to name a few. Anyway, this one dude would always give me crap about these bands. I’m not gonna repeat the things he would say, but I’m sure you can imagine what a hick dude would say about the new wave bands from the late 80s. Fast forward a good 20+ years later and I happen to see him at our 20th high school reunion. He says to me, “Do you remember all those bands I use to make fun of you about?” I’m like yeah, I sure do. Then he says, “You know what? You were so far ahead of the rest of us and I just didn’t realize it at the time. I freaking LOVE the Cure now!” He never apologized technically for being such a jerk to me all that time, but that’s okay. Just having him admit he was wrong about the Cure was enough for me.
@wsa18
2 жыл бұрын
There is something special about a good, happy go lucky sounding pop tune with sad lyrics
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