@80smusicisawesome the interview really is from 1986, but the tv-show was made and broadcast in the early 90s. they showed a short excerpt of fascination street live in leipzig 1990 before they faded into this old interview from the archive. :-)
Robert is nearly always very good to interviewers and fans. There have been exceptions of course, he has been a professional musician for more than 40 years, but in general he is incapable of being rude or snooty. He is just very kind.
I have found the purpose of the internet: it's to store all these wonderful Robert Smith interviews from the '80s and '90s, so that generations to come may cherish his charmingness.
wasn't , ( but an inspiration to the boys next door and the band is great) and surely isn't now ( but lyrics and music are still on....it all comes down to whats coming next after ten years.... mute
Simple Minds is as good a band as The Cure any day. Robert was obviously jealous! 🤣 Btw, anything The Cure recorded after Kiss Me(3) was bloody awwwful! 😂😂😂
I was there on May 25th as well. My first and only time seeing The Cure. That was probably the best concert I’ve been to. You’re right… he sounds the same. I had such a good time that I’m following the to Atlanta next week.
@@ghostdogzx-1474 Oh wow, I wish I could do the same. This was my first time seeing them as well, it was a Birthday gift from my son and I really enjoyed it.
Go & listen to the first 5 albums by Simple Minds & discover for yourself that they were once a truly great & experimental band & pure innovators of the whole dance/trance scene that came later in the 80’s. Thank me later.
@@stephendarcy9803 I remember vaguely the Chelsea girl 7' They tried to sound a bit different on early recordings, however I wouldn't call them a punk band, or, a dance. I just think they changed their sound too soft on production later material Unlike Big Country & U2 were heavier sound all round
@@stephendarcy9803 Indeed. Robert Smith's not making himself look very good by slagging off a band that he shared a stage with. Either don't share a stage with them, or keep your gob shut.
hilariously mesmerizing!!! Robert:"don't expect me to drink the whole beer mug lady, that's not what we English Knights we are all about,(sarcastically) we are about spacing out, in our smear up make up listening to the voices in our heads, while giving interviews to reporters that can't translate appropriately and still conspiring against us"(by the frown on his face). PRICELESS!!!
I'm from Munich, but I don't recognise the beer garden, I need to analyze this a little more. Great guy though, I hereby postulate that every person in the world be a lot more like Robert Smith, that should solve all of our problems.
@@kristripper she could be more nice, and say things like "it was a great pleasure, thanks again". We don't say "bye" in a cold way. It's not really polite for some countries. But it's a cultural difference with germans. In Germany it's pretty normal. And that's why it's hilarious.
The Cure was real alternative music. Simple Minds was the pop radio version of alternative music. In other words posers. I'm so glad to have found out Robert Smith shared my opinion!
I was a huge fan of the Simple Minds from their beginnings. Am curious what the issue might have been for Robert touring with them? I mean .... it's not hard to imagine but anyone can do that.
Probably rivalry. Minds were achieving mega stardom after "Dont You Forget About Me" in 86. Smith's being cheeky lol. Beer looked good though, classic Hefeweisen.
@@artlover1477Random trivia fact: "Don't You Forget About Me" was first offered to Billy Idol and he turned it down. Said it was the biggest mistake of his career.
yeah he used to be like that. Now he seems to be a little bit more comfortable when interviewed. I think a lot of it had to do with the kind of drugs he was taking in those days. A shitload of magic mushrooms and LSD can have this kind of effect to a person :)
@XxsilentninjaxX Haha, that's because right before they faded into this interview they were showing a minute of Live in Leipzig 1990 (btw great footage and nice version of fascination street)
I wonder if Smith is aware of the brilliant first 5 Simple Minds albums?? Released between the years 79-82 culminating with the masterpiece that is New Gold Dream. Yeah they sold out by this point to chase the yanky dollar, but during that period I mentioned they were arguably one of the best bands in the U.K.
@@hedonist4antasy They don’t sound the same. There’s a huge difference between their first two albums which are clearly Punk & New Wave & their third album, Empires & Dance which is very much European Industrial Electronica. Don’t You was still some years off.
@80smusicisawesome the interview really is from 1986, but the tv-show was made and broadcast in the early 90s. they showed a short excerpt of fascination street live in leipzig 1990 before they faded into this old interview from the archive. :-)
Thanks for the clarification.
I am glad you pointed that out! I was confused as to how a recording from 1989 ended up in an interview from 1986.
I thought the same too!
Robert's speaking voice is so calming. I love his accent.
Yes, it is. Perfect!
Me too, I like this interview, he's so charming and shy
Robert is nearly always very good to interviewers and fans. There have been exceptions of course, he has been a professional musician for more than 40 years, but in general he is incapable of being rude or snooty. He is just very kind.
I prefer the girl speaking German.
Meh, it's English, so whatever. Nothing Special.
I have found the purpose of the internet: it's to store all these wonderful Robert Smith interviews from the '80s and '90s, so that generations to come may cherish his charmingness.
You put WAY too much faith in "generations to come".
Pretty sure the word's 'charm'.
Yessss
Ah yes! It certainly isn't so people can whine incessantly on Twitter! 😎
hey @drea4195 love this idea.
Can we all say just how adorable Robert is ♥
yeah ✋😌
Affirmative
correct
as a straight male I was literally just thinking the exact same thing
hes precious
he is the most adorable thing to walk this earth.
Its funny how he is sorteof shy, even today
hes absolutely precious and gorgeous
wasn't , ( but an inspiration to the boys next door and the band is great) and surely isn't now ( but lyrics and music are still on....it all comes down to whats coming next after ten years.... mute
Can we have more people like this in 2022. He's so sweet and gentle
Sure, put that same energy out and you will attract it.
There are plenty of people like this at art school
No one cares about us until we issue few genius albums. I haven't yet so...
"Tobert? That's better than Robert Smith." hahaha! I love this interview...facial expressions, body language.. it's all great.
I thought she and he said "Tommet."
His face when he says Simple Minds is awful....is like a look of pure evil. Oh Robert...you please me always.
@@TomDavids1 lol this comment is 10 years old bro I don't even remember making it
@@happy--radio What?!?!
Simple Minds in the eighties were far from awful.
@@liborsionko lip read - he did clearly have that awful, oon let's delete that. They were always smarmy - moi.
Simple Minds playing stadium bangers with huge NA popularity driving their confidence would have overshadowed the Cure.
Blame your manager Robert!
His ACCENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best thing
"yesterday unfortunately playing with Simple Minds, which is awwfull"
That's too funny, they get on my nerves as well.
I just fell off of my sofa!!!! By the way there are alot of “us” wierd ones walking around. I thought we were just happy positive souls. 😉⭐️💚⭐️
I love it!
Simple Minds is as good a band as The Cure any day. Robert was obviously jealous! 🤣 Btw, anything The Cure recorded after Kiss Me(3) was bloody awwwful! 😂😂😂
@@HungryForHeat I love Disintegration and Wish. Both of those albums are massive. To each his own I guess.
@@mikeyj.3605 Oh right. I meant Disentigration. That's a good album too. Everything after that is rubbish
I would’ve been a bigger Cure fan in the 80s if I knew how hilarious Robert Smith was in interviews.
oh my gosh, he's so young. Always adorable.
What a cutie pie. I just saw The Cure at the Hollywood Bowl last week and he still sounds phenomenal. ❤️
Wow. Very popular over there ? 😊
@@eahannan Oh yes! 😊
Blossom ohio, 2023 Robert sounds greater than ever
I was there on May 25th as well. My first and only time seeing The Cure. That was probably the best concert I’ve been to. You’re right… he sounds the same. I had such a good time that I’m following the to Atlanta next week.
@@ghostdogzx-1474 Oh wow, I wish I could do the same. This was my first time seeing them as well, it was a Birthday gift from my son and I really enjoyed it.
"This should last for at least 2 days." Yeah, sure.
he said ''two...day...s'' to sound like Today
my god I love him
I could be wrong, but I think he might actually be the most adorable thing to ever walk the face of the earth. They should do studies to prove it.
He totally is. I really adore him.
🏹🎯
So cute and adorable😍
this is the funniest interview oh my god
My respect for Robert grows. Love his simple minds comment and his honesty.
Go & listen to the first 5 albums by Simple Minds & discover for yourself that they were once a truly great & experimental band & pure innovators of the whole dance/trance scene that came later in the 80’s. Thank me later.
@@stephendarcy9803
I remember vaguely the Chelsea girl 7'
They tried to sound a bit different on early recordings, however I wouldn't call them a punk band, or, a dance.
I just think they changed their sound too soft on production later material
Unlike Big Country & U2 were heavier sound all round
@@stephendarcy9803 Indeed. Robert Smith's not making himself look very good by slagging off a band that he shared a stage with. Either don't share a stage with them, or keep your gob shut.
Yeah, Simple Minds are pretty good. Dunno what got into him.
Simple minds were/are great. Not cool of bob to slag them off
the way he looked at her at 0:40 LOL, he was so out of it but i love him ahhaha, and at 1:34 XD XD
Classic Smith. Just saw The Cure in St. Paul MN and it was amazing. Best sounding concert in my life, 29 songs, sounded perfect.
Same experience in Ohio at Blossom Music Center. 2.5 hours of impeccable sounding Cure. It was magical.
I love her diplomatic translation: "He said he's not too keen on Simple Minds, but that's a question of taste."
The part he was drinking made me crack up! How adorably funny!
hilariously mesmerizing!!! Robert:"don't expect me to drink the whole beer mug lady, that's not what we English Knights we are all about,(sarcastically) we are about spacing out, in our smear up make up listening to the voices in our heads, while giving interviews to reporters that can't translate appropriately and still conspiring against us"(by the frown on his face). PRICELESS!!!
that's a big boy beer glass
Can't help watching it again and again and again and again......
I finally got to see the Cure, my favorite band since 1986, at Madison Square Gardens. Unbelievable. Fantastic.
Adorable and way too happy? Love the "not lost in translation" He was listening to everything she said 💯💥
he is soo adorable
Haha cracks me up when she starts translating the first time and he rolls his eyes!
I'm from Munich, but I don't recognise the beer garden, I need to analyze this a little more. Great guy though, I hereby postulate that every person in the world be a lot more like Robert Smith, that should solve all of our problems.
It’s been 10 years and the public wants to know. Did you ever find the beer garden? 😂
Love the Cure, but I love Simple Minds too.
I loved Robert Smith since the very beginning. Never saw this interview in 80s...if we only had UA-cam 😊😊😊😊.
I haven't seen this interview for a while and forgot how fucking hilarious it is! Great stuff!
Adoro o Robert Smith!!!
lol I'm severely confused because I'm watching this from 1986 but I can hear Fascination Street in the background...
So sweet!
omg....so in love..sigh...
Love his smile at 1:24..
Who the hell finishes an interview with "bye"..?
Germans.
Lol!
Germans are really just Western Slavs and some post-Communists. No humor or grace.
What else is she supposed to say?
@@kristripper she could be more nice, and say things like "it was a great pleasure, thanks again". We don't say "bye" in a cold way. It's not really polite for some countries. But it's a cultural difference with germans. In Germany it's pretty normal. And that's why it's hilarious.
I love Robert Smith 🖤 He’s so charming and adorable 🥰
I like when she was translating he started to drink his beer for a long second
Tan hermoso y adorable .te amo Robert
very rare material , thank you so much for this upload!
That was fucking hilarious - this guy is so down to earth.
True. Nice guy....
That was the cutest bye ever!
The Cure was real alternative music. Simple Minds was the pop radio version of alternative music. In other words posers. I'm so glad to have found out Robert Smith shared my opinion!
My favorite interview of Robert!!!!!! 1:39 is the best part lmao!
Such a gentle amazing soul
He's so sweeeeet
The day in this video looks lovely. I would love to lay on the grass or sit at the table.
Beautiful Robert 💜💜💜💜
I know hes gorgeous
I've seen this video so many times...I can't stop laughing...He is so fanny acts like a comedian!!!
Fanny? Do you mean something kinda like a vagina clown
Agree - he IS fanny
What a sweetheart
Hes an angel omg im in love hes my Friday
He was so sweet and adorable...😍
ugh i luv him
He's just too cute
Robert Smith is the cutest man in the world !
I saw The Cure and the Simple Minds at the festival Nürburgring in 1986. And Robert was right: The Simple Minds were awful
if I didnt like robert I will be "what's wrong with this kid" but since I like him I think he is the cutest "bye"
I Love you Robert❤
“Thommet? Much better than Robert.” I love the interviewer!
That was a really fine moment in time.
He was feeling good here. Nice.
1:39 BAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA! Oh Robbie I love you sooo much! You go man! He's so shy and adorable....
His face when she started translating is priceless
I could listen and watch Robert, all the time
Just wonder does he wear his Wife's 💄 at home?
Love him ❤❤❤
beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful
ive watched this for like the hundredth time
Seing old Bob drinking from a stein is hilarious LOL
yeah, i still love him...
He reminds me of Robert Pattinson too! God, I want to move to Europe! 😍
So cute🥰💋
Nürmbürg Ring or something yesterday.... I love it
i could listen to him speak for like a week straight i love his voice
She seems rather star struck
I was a huge fan of the Simple Minds from their beginnings. Am curious what the issue might have been for Robert touring with them? I mean .... it's not hard to imagine but anyone can do that.
@lalaland Doubtful. They were in the same genre..... and as popular.
Cos they're crap
Probably rivalry. Minds were achieving mega stardom after "Dont You Forget About Me" in 86. Smith's being cheeky lol. Beer looked good though, classic Hefeweisen.
@@artlover1477Random trivia fact: "Don't You Forget About Me" was first offered to Billy Idol and he turned it down. Said it was the biggest mistake of his career.
@Thomas-fk3cw Very interesting Tom. Would have definitely been in his wheel house.
He's hilarious, a bit awkward, with a hint of fuck you attitude. Love it.
your not wrong. he IS the most adorable thing...ever!
Respekt an die Reporterin, wirklich einwandfreies Englisch. :)
I envy this dude
He’s so fucking cute! Omg
Such a cool dude...
"This will last me at least 2 days" HAHA, my hero.
Is he normally like that or he was feeling awkward? I have just seen about 2 interviews & he was still acting like that. It's so cute haha
yeah he used to be like that. Now he seems to be a little bit more comfortable when interviewed. I think a lot of it had to do with the kind of drugs he was taking in those days. A shitload of magic mushrooms and LSD can have this kind of effect to a person :)
Yup - at around 1:09 he watches something fly by in the sky.
hes always been awkward but I think it's just his personality:)
@@idfkwgo
Just depends on his mood
& Yeah, what ever 🥃🍻🍷🎶💊 trips, pleasure and being 🤮 experience
Robert must be protected at all costs.
his little smile aw
@XxsilentninjaxX
Haha, that's because right before they faded into this interview they were showing a minute of Live in Leipzig 1990 (btw great footage and nice version of fascination street)
you notice how he doesnt give a fuck about how he appears in an interview, hes just himself.
in 2023 this feels kinda strange.
I love him 💟💟💟
Que ojos tan intensos los de robert smith
this music can lift you out of a supine state
i love him
This is probably the only interview where his sense of humour comes out - great stuff
Yes
apaixonei
i'm in love
Robert auf dem Oktoberfest in München mit einer Maß in der Hand
0:38 oh his smile uggghh. He’s so beautiful😫
I wonder if Smith is aware of the brilliant first 5 Simple Minds albums?? Released between the years 79-82 culminating with the masterpiece that is New Gold Dream. Yeah they sold out by this point to chase the yanky dollar, but during that period I mentioned they were arguably one of the best bands in the U.K.
all those albums sound the same lol, it was only expected to hit big with a song made popular by a movie.
@@hedonist4antasy They don’t sound the same. There’s a huge difference between their first two albums which are clearly Punk & New Wave & their third album, Empires & Dance which is very much European Industrial Electronica. Don’t You was still some years off.
I would imagine he probably liked/loved their early records and hated what they turned into in the mid 80s. Can't say I blame him.
@@production2353 So he can not share a stage with them or shut his gob. I do like him most of the time, but that comment was just stupid.
@@juliansmith4295 On the contrary it looks like he did share a stage with them and didn't shut his gob! 😀