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Woodkid is amazing and totally multi-talented. As a video director, he started his career as an assistant to Sofia Copolla and directed some scenes of the "Marie Antoinette" movie. Then he delivered music videos for the greatests: Lana Del Rey (several), Katy Perry, Harry Styles, Drake, Rihanna, … He also created some visual and graphical masterpieces for his own songs (check the video of his hit "Iron") As a music and artistic director, he collaborated with John Legend, with Lorde, with Pharell Williams (on his megahit Happy !!), and more recently for the new album of the french superstar Mylene Farmer. His songs are a recurrent in Video Games soundtracks (Assassin’s Creed, Dying Light, Granturismo, …), in movies soundtracks (Divergent series, Hunger Games series, Arcane series, Umbrella academy, Ellis, …) He has performed also very beautiful duets with Lana Del Rey, Elle Fanning, Lykke Li, Son Lux, …

Great great reaction and analysis. Great song, we got a counter culture you can buy off the shelf, if you're losing your identity try somebody's else

I can’t help thinking that the move back to Earth and talking about the present is because we’re kinda entering the times they warned us about.

My take...big pharma has people's minds paralyzed and poisoned. Doing Satan's work. Degenerate/Toksik ...look around. We're pharmed! 🐍⚕️🐍

Great analysis! it's always nice to hear your take on the lyrics and other artistic elements that really make these songs

Your analysis is on point!

For the influence that gives us that synth intro, go listen to San Jacinto by Peter Gabriel.

STARSET somehow manages to be even better then they have ever been and I am here for it

Great analisis, this song is so good and i think that's not casual that was dropped after the US election. Starset knows how the worlds is going, and this song clear message.

Banger 🔥

i love this analisis about the song, it´s truly something new but really stick to what´s happening right now in the world, some places and some troubles in these common days!

First thing I said when I heard the first verse David Bowie big vibes

Interesting they dropped this song days after the US election.

1. Violator 2. Songs of Faith and Devotion 3. Black Celebration 4. Music For The Masses 5. Some Great Reward 6. Ultra 7. A Broken Frame 8. Construction Time Again 9. Exciter 10. Playing The Angel 11. Momento Mori 12. Speak And Spell 13. Sounds of the Univers 14. Delta Machine 15. Spirit

Wait it was about the wests, I am not going to lie I honestly thought it was about a drunk or drugged driver who hit someone or got in an accident, I thought Norman the puppet was meant to be the person who was the driver and that's why he's been taken in the ambulance cos he was suffering from shock, well now I feel bit like an idiot

Cant wait for my Tears for fears request Closest thing to heaven 😊❤😊

He talks about how long the intro is…and that’s the thing about the cure that I’ve loved for decades (a fan since the 80’s❤) their long intros. It gives the listener time to get into the mood of each piece of music they create. It’s one of the things I’ve always loved about them.

This song is awesome, very cool!

The melancholy is almost overwhelming but I’ve heard it at least 50 times and will keep listening to it. I will ask for this song to be played at my funeral whenever that is.

Very nicely done! +1 subscriber! Glad you like the record, it took a few spins for the whole album to work but it's in heavy rotation and something I can start at track 1 and not need to do anything but listen. Simple Minds is my favorite band from the day I heard Love Song in 82 I've found something to bond with in each album. It's been quite a ride being a SM fan, being young and not understanding why people come and go and to present where you begrudgingly accept that SM is whoever is working on the music at the time. There are 3 occasions where the changes really hit me....Derek's departure, Michael's departure and the odd morphing out of the great lineup (losing Mel and Andy really stung) that put out 5x5 Live/Big Music and into the acoustic tour to now. I really thought they had finally regained that mojo in 2010-2012 and hoped they'd go on for a while but alas, it's not my band. You could sense a strong pulse with Black and White/Grafitti Soul and Big Music seemed to be that destination they'd been headed to. C'est la vie. That said, really like the last two albums that seem to have a foundation in what Jim calls "Charlie's Beat Box" with the sequencers and synth flourishes driving the tracks along with Charlie's ever present and amazing guitar work. Fair play to Jed and Charisse for finding ways to add just what is needed. "Signal and the Noise" and "Walk Between Worlds" jump off the album just like "Vision Thing", "First You Jump", "Human Traffic" "Who Killed Truth" and if I'm honest and admitting a bias, there are no bad songs on either album. I like how Direction of the Heart really reflects the times it was recorded in, the world changed dramatically extremely fast and many experienced tragic losses. Jim always was a keen observer and what he took in comes out for sure. It's difficult to watch bands you grew up with age at times but I think Jim and Charlie figured it out better than most and I'm just grateful for them, Jed, Charisse, Gordy and Sarah and with the addition of Erik who I hope will contribute to their next album, I predict good times ahead. Thank you for the review.

Great review, thanks! It's a beautiful song and an awesome production. I especially love the bass guitar on that track.

I think you've done a great job of explaining how the lyrics affect you and also the wider audience. This song gives me hope for the upcoming release. I can't wait, and I'll look forward to your further reactions. Dankeschön.

Every time the lyrics says “I’ve got one eye on a different world” appears the girl. For me is a love story, people that are in different “worlds” kind of platonic, its just another possible interpretation in my humble opinion! I love this song, is superb!

The story behind the sculpture that will figure on the album is amazing.... Robert Smith had in his library a book about a slovenian scupltor and finally found time to check on it... He saw that face in the rock sculpture and was like "tha's the one!... it has to be the artwork". He immediately check on internet to find the creator to ask about the rights but find out this guy died the same day he was trying to make contact. he finally asked to his widow who allowed him to use it for the artwork cover and... offered him the original statue.

This song is a masterpiece ❤❤❤❤ Robert, you are simply the number 1 since 1979❤❤❤❤❤

Great reaction and thoughts! Always like hearing your thoughts and great explanations :) Great song as usual, I love Smash Into Pieces! 🤘🔥

I really like 'Alone'😊

The workload for the video was insane. The head was an animatronic unit, but the whole body was a string-puppet. There are some photos on the web from the hospital-set where you see the whole thing suspended in mid-air with several puppeteers operating some complex rigging to move the limbs from outside frame.

Great reaction!....My all Time favorite band....so Happy they are back....Still sound the same!!

This definitely feels like the long elegiac tracks with long intros and a big payoff like 'Plainsong' . This is magical. I was never a big fan of Bloodflowers, but I sort of feel like this is what that album could have been. The sounds of 'Alone' with the big synths and oddly delayed guitar quirks takes me back to the Wish b-sides like 'This Twilight Garden' or 'Play' which was the zenith of their b-sides. It's like 'The Same Deep Water as You', 'This Twilight Garden' and 'The Dredd Song' (Seriously, the drums are more similar than you may think) came together to create an even greater song. As much as folks are quick to start screaming DISINTEGRATION! I feel that this is more like Wish-era magic filtered through a Bloodflowers lens. It is abject and real without the poetic playful prism of words that lead to songs like 'Lullaby'. It is in your face honesty. I adore it.

4:42 Why do you think it's about that? You're reading into something that may not be about. Don't over reach.

Awesome video, mate. I'm defo subbing.

I discovered them in montreal for a show and i love them

Really enjoyed your reaction, I saw one by a swedish singer and that guy lacked soul and knowledge of who the Cure are, it showed you have a heart and soul. Would love to see a cover of this song by Robert Plan and Zeppelin, just to get that sound in.

Every song by tears for fears is beautifully produced....stunning production.

Song grew on me since my first listen. I love it. Definitely seems like a great intro song / first song on an album. Puts me in a great place...takes you somewhere...to a peaceful place

THE CURE KING 👑 OF ROCK !!!!

THE CURE KING 👑 OF ROCK !!!!

In particular, the starting songs of Pornography and Disintegration have extended intros.

I would have suggested....."a missile NASA bought" instead of "Castro" - not sure how that fits in. Otherwise, very good vocal performance by Roland....his ode to Bowie?

Love and hugs from ❤ hungary.most important...love

4:59 5:18 It’s not just about personal loneliness, it’s about cosmic loneliness. It’s not just about the end of Robert Smith’s life approaching, it’s about the end of humanity as we know it. What is ‘it’ in ‘where did it go’?

I love this song so much!

I love the Cure. I hope this album has a mix of pop & atmosphere. I love their pop songs too.

I like this better than "The Girl That I Call Home". It is so atmospheric and just really touches me.

It’s so wonderful. As a massive cure fan who has been almost universally disappointed with their output for nigh on 30 years, this sounds like a return to form. As with the best of the band’s material, it is bleak and dreary, but also beautiful. This feels like where the band that made disintegration would be at this late point in their career. I am hoping for a swan song.

The only problem I have with the song, and this is something that has been an issue with their releases since the mid 90s, and is apparent on their remasters - the songs are so hardwalled against the meter, that there are not a whole lot of dynamics. Yes, original albums were quieter, but this song already feels like it is gonna give me headphone fatigue.

Reason I requested Closest thing to Heaven reaction it's the one TFF song no one seems to react to and kind of forgets 😢

You cutt off the last few moments of the music video , there was 1 more scene .

Roland and Curt Said in an interview that this song is thier favorite one out of the 4 new tracks .