If you think that the sun sets early in London in the winter at 4pm, i live in North-east Scotland and the Sun sets at about 3.30pm in the middle of winter. To be fair, our days are longer than in southern England during the summer.
I love The Cure, fantastic band! Disintegration is my favourite album tbh. (Also pointless fun fact: my Mum & Dad were good friends with Porl Thompson’s parents.)
The cure is very close to my heart ,my big sister is their biggest fan and played them constantly when i was growing through the 80s , many songs can reduce me to tears now with memories , just like heaven was mine and my soul mates song, she died in a car accident 15 years ago and life hasn't been worth living without her and the song 'pictures of you ' destroys me if it comes on the radio. Once i had everything in the world i ever wanted, today im only a few steps away from homelessness or prison , hopefully I'll be with her again soon.
A doctor one told me 'you don't want your life to end, you want your life to change'. These are my words to live by and keep going. I don't want this to sound like meaningless platitude, but have found this to be true and sometimes things we never considered come to us - some good, some bad - but things never stay the same for ever. It may seem like a bleak time that will stretch on forever ..but it won't. Chance happens, surprises happen, gifts happen (not always material), love happens - we just don't know when. Wishing a bright star to shine on you and light your way. 🌟
Welsh singer Shirley Bassey is the only singer to perform more than one Bond theme - she recorded the themes to Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker.
Standing on a beach was my first album. Some of my favourite songs are on there. I love Lullaby, Pictures of you and prayers for rain too. 🖤 great vid
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Hey JJ, if you haven't already you should check out Mic The Snare's 'music that defined the decade' series, he's done the 2010s, 00s & 90s. It would be interesting to hear your perspective as someone who worked in the music industry, loving the videos!
The Disintegration Tour was my first concert (I was in high school) and The Cure were my favorite band at the time. Needless to say, it was phenomenal. keep up the great vids (Prayer Tour?)
Wow. This was a slap in the chops with the wet fish of nostalgia. Not heard anything by the Cure for _so_ long. So it all hit me at once. When I was massively into them (mostly Disintegration) wasn't a good time of my life. I mean, I was a teenager: what do you expect? That angsty, melancholy, lonely vibe hit those teen chords like an IKEA allen key that you use once and then can never find again to tighten things up. But even now, some of those songs are actually bloody good and clever. Pink floyd, The Smiths, Marillion, bit of Dire Straits for light relief. And now this. I think I'm 13-15 again. 🥺 These days, I spend most of my time listening to Babymetal (subtle hint: check them out JJ) and now _they_ are 13-15. What a powerful thing music is. I can, and have, listen to Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin etc. And they all have such a powerful affect. (Yes; I think the 'a' is legitimate there.) But the songs of our youth, whatever generation, are just going to be _way_ more powerful to us. (Except for maybe Babymetal. I'm going for convincing by osmosis. 🤫) Nice reaction, JJ. And thanks 🤪 for reminding me of my own disintegration. Signed Phil, aged 14. And Babymetal FTW. "From Dusk Till Dawn".
@davidbirchall832 Babymetal has a new album out? How don't I know this???? (Just stick with the plan. Enough mentions, and it may just get more people to listen. Wait. Am I typing this out lou[disconnected])
@davidbirchall832 You might not be reading this Babymetal thread [keep with it...] all the way through. The Cure have a new album too, you say? Fascinating coincidence. I'll check that out. 😉
As a 17 year old boy in my last year of High School I couldn't have wished for a better album to be released. It had all the "right" songs on it for when I got my first girlfriend and then for the inevitable heart break! Pictures of You is still my favourite Cure song.
I think you missed a bit ~photo albums, they burned by accident and the Mary Poole "photographer" (anagram of his GF's name) was a metaphor with some dark humour - he didn't purposely burn them, but used the event as a writing device/in-joke. + I think there's a lot more humour to The Cure than is immediately obvious. The Hook studio's a 30 minute walk through the woods from where I used to live, beautiful area, surrounded by woodland and farming, it's got a real vibe, especially in the Autumn.
Lullaby , and love cats our my two favorite cure songs ...Never seen them in concert, but i occasionally dance to the cure . I always find your videos so interesting and fun JJLAreacts 👍👍👍
The Cure has changed my life eversince I started listening to them at the age of 12 back in ‘92. I can’t think of any other band that has done so many genres of music and somehow still stay true to themselves. Please do yourself a favor and listen to their back catalogue. You will grow to love them. And yes, Disintegration is a masterpiece. I would be curious to hear your reactions on their full albums. Kind regards from The Netherlands ❤
I always felt quite disturbed by the stuff about the band basically bullying Lol (who by 1988 was quite vulnerable - an unhappy alcoholic). I think some of this plays into the darkness of Disintegration, in which Robert is presumably well aware of his childhood friend literally disintegrating. I think Robert could/should have fired him in 1985 when he became incapable of performing, but felt responsible in some way and kept him around - which became an unbearable and eventually quite hate-filled resentful scenario. The rest of the band hated that there was someone being paid quite a lot to do nothing when they were all working their arses off, so they all gave him a hard time. Anyway it seems that firing Lol was the rock bottom he needed - as it led him to AA and recovery from his addictions. In the 90s he sued Robert, claiming joint ownership of 'The Cure' as a brand. He lost and was then responsible for several million pounds of court costs. Ouch. But (at least according to Lol) Robert later repaid him all of this money. Also Lol rejoined The Cure as a special guest for a series of concerts in 2011. So I think the Robert/Lol situation has always been complicated but... there is genuine love there and Robert never totally abandoned his friend.
Robert's burning room story reminds me of how Ian Underwood tried to pull off a B B King type mercy dash to rescue his saxophone, couldn't find it, and narrowly avoided choking to death on the way out of the burning building (the Montreux Casino).
There's this myth that Robert and Mary have had a perfect Catholic relationship, but it's clearly no truer than, say, Ronald and Edith. He used to say they had an open relationship and he must have been telling the truth - there are so many songs which allude to extramarital liaisons (one of which he regretted so much he wrote two songs about it, clue: a b-side and an epic) and even bits-on-the-side that never happened (Last Dance, Strange Attraction). It surely says something about his cognitive-dissonance re living with Mary that Love Song and Last Dance are paired, but then...sandwiched in between two songs about depression (P4R and Untitled) we have the double-suicide fantasy Same Deep Water, the song which might be about either a drug experience or a visit with a bit-on-the-side (Homesick), and the album's title track which seems to be rehearsing for the big breakup...written almost simultaneously with the two of them "making it official".
I think Smith's constant telling of the recent show being Cure's last one is kind of like an inside joke while at the same time it's a nod to David Bowie and the famous sentence he said in 1973 on stage in Santa Monica when it was the final Ziggy Stardust show "This is not only the last show of the tour, but it's the last that we'll ever do". I can really see that this is exactly Robert's sort of humor. Plus he can probably also identify with Ziggy Stardust, an alien who became a celebrity as a rock star and died on stage while all the while struggling with fame, I totally see Smith in that as well.
Instead of whispering when you say LSD, say 'Pounds, Shilling and Pence' instead. We would abbreviate it to LSD until changing to decimalisation in '71.
Thanks for doing this reaction. We've always been a massive cure fans since the 80s. Saw them 2yrs ago at Wembley arena, his voice hasn't changed and they are still fantastic live. Despite him looking like an ageing drag queen, I will always love him!
The longer nights during wintertime account for a high degree of S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder). Mine's been unfortunately affected somewhat negatively this time around.
Actually there isn't any suprising about the duality/ambiguity of Smith. In an interview he said something like that people think he's sooo f***ed up by gloom just because he writes these kinds of words & music and other similar bullshit. "I simply don't compose when I'm happy" (sorry if I wasn't exact, it's a secondary of a secondary publication) You had a very good sense about the satirical vibes of 'Americanos' (though it was quite mild and subtle - no surprise, late 80s pop - just as in the other two singles' from that album, 'Love Train' and 'Atomic City'), it's technically the Holly Johnson edition of 'America' from West Side Story
I love Just like Heaven, but Inbetween Days is my best Cure song. Beachy Head is one of my favourite spots to just sit and draw and a place i love to paint, such wild countryside and not a place to be stuck in the fog❤
Still love you too react to ren jjla hes a once in a lifetime talent check out hi ren and Jenny and screech and his band the big push he is truly amazing 😎👍
Also he doesn't copyright any of his videos he allows you to money ties them and if you get really lucky he might put you in his reaction to his videos 😎👍
We should be pedantic here, the Bo Diddley Beat is the djoube to NIgerians, the clave to Afro-Cubans, and only "the McDaniel" to North Americans and their satelites.
Close to YOU?!?! Only one way to follow that. "You can't judge a cat by looking at its guts, you can't judge a monkey by looking at his nuts, you can't judge the silly by looking at a bugger..."
For me The Cure always always sound like something and somebody else...Joy Division...sometimes New Order, or The Only Ones, or The Cult, or the almost forgotten band B-Movie. They do plagiarism with some finesse. For band striff played out in lyrics you might listen to 'Ballad of the Band' by Felt. I do however own 'Disintegration' on vinyl.
I have to agree. Although I like some songs they have done, I saw them live at Benicassim festival in Spain in 2005 and they did a very lengthy couple of hour set and I was really quite glazed over and bored by half way through. Not the most inspiring band live although they were probably more exciting in the early days. I don't really like watching bands well past their prime
I come away from watching this video with a horrible taste in my mouth. I loved most of their hits when I was young, but didn't know much about the band themselves. He's such a nasty narcissist piece of work, that I'm sure it'll colour my reaction when I hear a song of theirs on the radio in future.
That horrible taste is probably a reflection of your own hideous taste. Robert is a sweetheart. His love of Mary Poole is a rarity. And as for narcissistic do you need to borrow a dictionary?
Don’t get a false understanding of mr Smith just because of this short documentary. I’ve been following them since the early 90’s and in all his interviews he’s sensitive, humble, friendly, highly intelligent and has a great sense of humor. His wife has been with him since they where 14 and they’re still going strong. You can clearly see her love for him at the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame award ceremony. Also he has never had any negative publicity in his entire career and has given lots to charities such as War Child, children with cancer etc. He’s just not bragging about it.
First time I had LSD, I didn't drink but my friend did, he spent all night throwing up between laughing and I spent all night laughing sat in a shallow river. Think I like LSD more than mushrooms (LSD is rare here, mushrooms grow up my road, so maybe I just acid because it's like a twice a year thing, whereas I'll eat mushrooms a lot more) .. (I'm not a hippy nor a druggie, I just smoke weed and like the occasional hallucination, for my mental health) 👍
There are musicians and there are entertainers, but Robert Smith has the heart and mind of a poet and an artist.
Yeah, I'm not even a Cure fan, I like a few tunes but I know he's a true genius.
If you think that the sun sets early in London in the winter at 4pm, i live in North-east Scotland and the Sun sets at about 3.30pm in the middle of winter. To be fair, our days are longer than in southern England during the summer.
I love The Cure, fantastic band! Disintegration is my favourite album tbh.
(Also pointless fun fact: my Mum & Dad were good friends with Porl Thompson’s parents.)
The cure is very close to my heart ,my big sister is their biggest fan and played them constantly when i was growing through the 80s , many songs can reduce me to tears now with memories , just like heaven was mine and my soul mates song, she died in a car accident 15 years ago and life hasn't been worth living without her and the song 'pictures of you ' destroys me if it comes on the radio. Once i had everything in the world i ever wanted, today im only a few steps away from homelessness or prison , hopefully I'll be with her again soon.
I don't know you but Im so sorry for your loss, I hope you find love and peace and don't join her until you're honestly ready to.
💓👍
A doctor one told me 'you don't want your life to end, you want your life to change'. These are my words to live by and keep going. I don't want this to sound like meaningless platitude, but have found this to be true and sometimes things we never considered come to us - some good, some bad - but things never stay the same for ever. It may seem like a bleak time that will stretch on forever ..but it won't. Chance happens, surprises happen, gifts happen (not always material), love happens - we just don't know when. Wishing a bright star to shine on you and light your way. 🌟
Welsh singer Shirley Bassey is the only singer to perform more than one Bond theme - she recorded the themes to Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker.
Standing on a beach was my first album. Some of my favourite songs are on there. I love Lullaby, Pictures of you and prayers for rain too. 🖤 great vid
Hey JJ, if you haven't already you should check out Mic The Snare's 'music that defined the decade' series, he's done the 2010s, 00s & 90s. It would be interesting to hear your perspective as someone who worked in the music industry, loving the videos!
Robert is notorious for “lying” to reporters. Much of the stories are just him having fun with the music press.
The Disintegration Tour was my first concert (I was in high school) and The Cure were my favorite band at the time. Needless to say, it was phenomenal.
keep up the great vids (Prayer Tour?)
Wow. This was a slap in the chops with the wet fish of nostalgia. Not heard anything by the Cure for _so_ long. So it all hit me at once.
When I was massively into them (mostly Disintegration) wasn't a good time of my life. I mean, I was a teenager: what do you expect?
That angsty, melancholy, lonely vibe hit those teen chords like an IKEA allen key that you use once and then can never find again to tighten things up.
But even now, some of those songs are actually bloody good and clever.
Pink floyd, The Smiths, Marillion, bit of Dire Straits for light relief. And now this.
I think I'm 13-15 again. 🥺
These days, I spend most of my time listening to Babymetal (subtle hint: check them out JJ) and now _they_ are 13-15.
What a powerful thing music is. I can, and have, listen to Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin etc. And they all have such a powerful affect. (Yes; I think the 'a' is legitimate there.)
But the songs of our youth, whatever generation, are just going to be _way_ more powerful to us.
(Except for maybe Babymetal. I'm going for convincing by osmosis. 🤫)
Nice reaction, JJ. And thanks 🤪 for reminding me of my own disintegration. Signed Phil, aged 14.
And Babymetal FTW. "From Dusk Till Dawn".
They have a new album out
@davidbirchall832 Babymetal has a new album out? How don't I know this????
(Just stick with the plan. Enough mentions, and it may just get more people to listen. Wait. Am I typing this out lou[disconnected])
@Varksterable no, The Cure have a new album out
@davidbirchall832 You might not be reading this Babymetal thread [keep with it...] all the way through.
The Cure have a new album too, you say? Fascinating coincidence. I'll check that out. 😉
I'm 54 and love Babymetal!!
As a 17 year old boy in my last year of High School I couldn't have wished for a better album to be released. It had all the "right" songs on it for when I got my first girlfriend and then for the inevitable heart break! Pictures of You is still my favourite Cure song.
I think you missed a bit ~photo albums, they burned by accident and the Mary Poole "photographer" (anagram of his GF's name) was a metaphor with some dark humour - he didn't purposely burn them, but used the event as a writing device/in-joke.
+ I think there's a lot more humour to The Cure than is immediately obvious.
The Hook studio's a 30 minute walk through the woods from where I used to live, beautiful area, surrounded by woodland and farming, it's got a real vibe, especially in the Autumn.
Seeing my culture in the eyes of others is exactly why i watch American reactions to British culture, JJ. Weird, isn't it
please listen to disintegration!!! it's a masterpiece
Lullaby , and love cats our my two favorite cure songs ...Never seen them in concert, but i occasionally dance to the cure . I always find your videos so interesting and fun JJLAreacts 👍👍👍
Big fan of The Cure, and weirdly fond of The Lullaby because it feeds my scared witless phobia of spiders. Atmospherics are their super power.
The Cure has changed my life eversince I started listening to them at the age of 12 back in ‘92. I can’t think of any other band that has done so many genres of music and somehow still stay true to themselves. Please do yourself a favor and listen to their back catalogue. You will grow to love them. And yes, Disintegration is a masterpiece. I would be curious to hear your reactions on their full albums. Kind regards from The Netherlands ❤
Definately listen to the full album. Its a classic. The soundscapes are brilliant.
I always felt quite disturbed by the stuff about the band basically bullying Lol (who by 1988 was quite vulnerable - an unhappy alcoholic). I think some of this plays into the darkness of Disintegration, in which Robert is presumably well aware of his childhood friend literally disintegrating. I think Robert could/should have fired him in 1985 when he became incapable of performing, but felt responsible in some way and kept him around - which became an unbearable and eventually quite hate-filled resentful scenario. The rest of the band hated that there was someone being paid quite a lot to do nothing when they were all working their arses off, so they all gave him a hard time. Anyway it seems that firing Lol was the rock bottom he needed - as it led him to AA and recovery from his addictions. In the 90s he sued Robert, claiming joint ownership of 'The Cure' as a brand. He lost and was then responsible for several million pounds of court costs. Ouch. But (at least according to Lol) Robert later repaid him all of this money. Also Lol rejoined The Cure as a special guest for a series of concerts in 2011. So I think the Robert/Lol situation has always been complicated but... there is genuine love there and Robert never totally abandoned his friend.
Robert's burning room story reminds me of how Ian Underwood tried to pull off a B B King type mercy dash to rescue his saxophone, couldn't find it, and narrowly avoided choking to death on the way out of the burning building (the Montreux Casino).
There's this myth that Robert and Mary have had a perfect Catholic relationship, but it's clearly no truer than, say, Ronald and Edith. He used to say they had an open relationship and he must have been telling the truth - there are so many songs which allude to extramarital liaisons (one of which he regretted so much he wrote two songs about it, clue: a b-side and an epic) and even bits-on-the-side that never happened (Last Dance, Strange Attraction).
It surely says something about his cognitive-dissonance re living with Mary that Love Song and Last Dance are paired, but then...sandwiched in between two songs about depression (P4R and Untitled) we have the double-suicide fantasy Same Deep Water, the song which might be about either a drug experience or a visit with a bit-on-the-side (Homesick), and the album's title track which seems to be rehearsing for the big breakup...written almost simultaneously with the two of them "making it official".
I think Smith's constant telling of the recent show being Cure's last one is kind of like an inside joke while at the same time it's a nod to David Bowie and the famous sentence he said in 1973 on stage in Santa Monica when it was the final Ziggy Stardust show "This is not only the last show of the tour, but it's the last that we'll ever do". I can really see that this is exactly Robert's sort of humor. Plus he can probably also identify with Ziggy Stardust, an alien who became a celebrity as a rock star and died on stage while all the while struggling with fame, I totally see Smith in that as well.
"Head on the Door" released August 1985. "Faith" released 1987. Robert Smith would never!
Faith was 1981
Oh wait you mean George Michael’s Faith lol
You need to get to know who dame Shirley bassey is now mate 👌🏼
No you don't - (...uh-huh?) - the key phrase is "but don't go in"
Instead of whispering when you say LSD, say 'Pounds, Shilling and Pence' instead.
We would abbreviate it to LSD until changing to decimalisation in '71.
Can't tell you how much of a crush I had on Wendy James from Transvision Vamp, great band too.
The Forest, Love cats and Friday I'm in love are my favourite Cure songs
The 'happy' ones, then. Not really a Cure fan, maybe? 😏
Thanks for doing this reaction. We've always been a massive cure fans since the 80s. Saw them 2yrs ago at Wembley arena, his voice hasn't changed and they are still fantastic live. Despite him looking like an ageing drag queen, I will always love him!
I quite like ageing drag queens 😊
The longer nights during wintertime account for a high degree of S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder).
Mine's been unfortunately affected somewhat negatively this time around.
Im going to make sure of that
Mary and Robert are my aunt and uncle technically. Mary's sister Helen is married to my uncle
That’s amazing. Are you in contact with Robert?
@@ellisivy4303 no not really. I've only seen him a few times
@@stuarthumphrey1787 you should meet him more frequently bro, what a blessing
great vid. brill reaction cheers. ;) and a happy new year tae ye! (Y)
Unfortunate that my favourite Cure song Untitled is ignored here but it's still a great video.
Meanwhile Robert and the rest of the band hates Lol the fans love him we’ll give him the world he seems very nice and sweet and all of that 🖤
Yeap, i love Lol
Actually there isn't any suprising about the duality/ambiguity of Smith. In an interview he said something like that people think he's sooo f***ed up by gloom just because he writes these kinds of words & music and other similar bullshit. "I simply don't compose when I'm happy" (sorry if I wasn't exact, it's a secondary of a secondary publication)
You had a very good sense about the satirical vibes of 'Americanos' (though it was quite mild and subtle - no surprise, late 80s pop - just as in the other two singles' from that album, 'Love Train' and 'Atomic City'), it's technically the Holly Johnson edition of 'America' from West Side Story
Really didn't like there music as a young man but sometimes I hear them now and I do like it as it brings back memories 😎👍
I love Just like Heaven, but Inbetween Days is my best Cure song. Beachy Head is one of my favourite spots to just sit and draw and a place i love to paint, such wild countryside and not a place to be stuck in the fog❤
Still love you too react to ren jjla hes a once in a lifetime talent check out hi ren and Jenny and screech and his band the big push he is truly amazing 😎👍
Also he doesn't copyright any of his videos he allows you to money ties them and if you get really lucky he might put you in his reaction to his videos 😎👍
Get your own insperation my next cover
Roylts your spot on
Sunset here is 16:13 today... i.e precisely...... NOW
Jj iove you😊
Close to you/ Faith,both use a bo diddley beat. Chugga chugga chug ,chig chug 😊
We should be pedantic here, the Bo Diddley Beat is the djoube to NIgerians, the clave to Afro-Cubans, and only "the McDaniel" to North Americans and their satelites.
Close to YOU?!?! Only one way to follow that. "You can't judge a cat by looking at its guts, you can't judge a monkey by looking at his nuts, you can't judge the silly by looking at a bugger..."
my takeaway here is: i dance like holly johnson.
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😅 never gets old
🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant! He’s so dry.
Hahahaha, i am glad someone linked this. Hilarious.
I comment a lot because he was a pure c/=t
The cure ah days sarco
Where is my mug my marra
For me The Cure always always sound like something and somebody else...Joy Division...sometimes New Order, or The Only Ones, or The Cult, or the almost forgotten band B-Movie. They do plagiarism with some finesse. For band striff played out in lyrics you might listen to 'Ballad of the Band' by Felt. I do however own 'Disintegration' on vinyl.
They steal rifts yall
Clinical feffing clinical
I reckon you only have 47k by feb
Jj do dave stewart
Noooooooo! Dame Shirley Bassey is one of the greatest British artist ever
Shirley basseit aint no liqurish she ba from swansea
Jj im yelling yoy
Diethylamide.
Narsasisticid say
Ah the 80s what a f up😊😅
Bob geldoff again
You look like a retired goth lol
I walked out of the Cure twice (different gigs). They have many brilliant songs but 2 hours of live Cure is pretty indigestible.
I have to agree. Although I like some songs they have done, I saw them live at Benicassim festival in Spain in 2005 and they did a very lengthy couple of hour set and I was really quite glazed over and bored by half way through. Not the most inspiring band live although they were probably more exciting in the early days. I don't really like watching bands well past their prime
Thats deication false story
Rip off of u2 the spy plane dont you know
I come away from watching this video with a horrible taste in my mouth. I loved most of their hits when I was young, but didn't know much about the band themselves. He's such a nasty narcissist piece of work, that I'm sure it'll colour my reaction when I hear a song of theirs on the radio in future.
That horrible taste is probably a reflection of your own hideous taste. Robert is a sweetheart. His love of Mary Poole is a rarity. And as for narcissistic do you need to borrow a dictionary?
Don’t get a false understanding of mr Smith just because of this short documentary. I’ve been following them since the early 90’s and in all his interviews he’s sensitive, humble, friendly, highly intelligent and has a great sense of humor. His wife has been with him since they where 14 and they’re still going strong. You can clearly see her love for him at the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame award ceremony. Also he has never had any negative publicity in his entire career and has given lots to charities such as War Child, children with cancer etc. He’s just not bragging about it.
The doors another rip off
The Only Ones are infinitely better than The Cure For Insomnia. There's a fine line between genius and insanity and Smith is no genius.
First time I had LSD, I didn't drink but my friend did, he spent all night throwing up between laughing and I spent all night laughing sat in a shallow river. Think I like LSD more than mushrooms (LSD is rare here, mushrooms grow up my road, so maybe I just acid because it's like a twice a year thing, whereas I'll eat mushrooms a lot more) .. (I'm not a hippy nor a druggie, I just smoke weed and like the occasional hallucination, for my mental health) 👍