well, i'm an arab, and honestly i can't find anything racist about the song, i already read camus' book (in french) and i loved it, anyway i like the song
BRAVO!!!! at last someone with a brain commenting on this FANTASTIC song from The Cure. Robert Smith had to go to court for writing this song and he was his own barrister, and he won the case!!!
CURE Killing An Arab ~ Lyric: ♪♫ Standing on a beach With a gun in my hand Staring at the sea Staring at the sand Staring down the barrel At the Arab on the ground See his open mouth But hear no sound I'm alive I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an Arab I can turn and walk away Or I can fire the gun Staring at the sky Staring at the sun Whichever I choose It amounts to the same Absolutely nothing I'm alive I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an Arab Feel the steel butt jump Smooth in my hand Staring at the sea Staring at the sand Staring at myself Reflected in the eyes of The dead man on the beach The dead man On the beach I'm alive I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an Arab ♪♫ Songwriter(s): Robert James Smith, Laurence Andrew Tolhurst, Michael Stephen Dempsey Copyright: Fiction Songs Ltd. ;-j th@ is all
Just because you guys are old farts doesn't mean that people 9 or 30+ years later won't come along and discover the song. Don't be a smug a hole, just let people discover great music like you did back decades ago when you thought you were cool.
"Killing an Arab" is a condensed version of "The Stranger" by Albert Camus.Saw the Cure in 1980 at Newcastle Poly....best live band ever! Great vid, brings back memories.
Oh wow, thanks for sharing lywingoth. The Cure were the first gig I went to back in 1997 - it's so great to see clips of what they were like in the 80's.
happy to be here Snorkymac. It's one of my favorite books. I also posted a quote from Smith explaining the song. Racism is a reaction from people whose tiny brains can't comprehend the complexity of human existence.
well done Jan - super if not the better KAA I've seen, and I saw them live several times in the early 80's UK. photographed and had a chat with joe strummer by chance in Nottingham 1983 - great period for new music
I remember this song from when i was 16 (I'm 37 now), and its bizarre how relevant it has become-especially if you pay close attention to the words--I'm glad its here.
You are correct that is what this song is about!! anyone else has a doubt you can look it up Especially the ones who want to rant about a song they know nothing about!
Here's the chorus lyrics: I'm alive I'm dead I'm the stranger 'Killing an Arab' I think its making some insight, that we are the stranger over there. It is still ethnocentric though and the Cure realized it. Thats why they gave some charity to the Arab orphanage.
I guess it was serendipity that I was getting heavily into the Cure at the same time we were studying Camus' L'Étranger in school. Either way, I have always loved the song for the words, the cool rhythm and the mood set by the atmosphere set by the entire piece of music.
We are reading The Stranger in class and I just found out today that this song exists. I looked up the lyrics in class and just burst out laughing. Its just exactly like the book. Only that it sounds too excited. I can not imagine Meursault excited.
I have a friend in Iraq that loves listening to this song every time he goes out on a mission (he told me that). Don't ask me fucking why...it's him, not me. I'm just sharing.
hey, fantastic song =) the cure are legend.. the book "L'Etranger" literally translates to "the stranger" but in english its actually called "The Outsider". brilliant book, too. thanks for posting
The stranger is my favorite book. When I heard this song it made me so much more hyped on the cure. So I guess some backlash, but it some people like them more for it.
well, i'm an arab, and honestly i can't find anything racist about the song, i already read camus' book (in french) and i loved it, anyway i like the song
Context is everything.
It's not a racist song, that's why you can't find anything racist about it...for heaven sakes, RS explained that back in the late 70's ❤
This song still rocks all these years later- end of it. And yes Robert does absolutely kill on the guitar!!!
Ive never heard this before.This is the most amazing version of this song,ever.Thank you so much for sharing it.
Great song !!!! Great band !!! Great decade !!!!
i've read the book, and i've been listening earnestly to the cure since 1984. damn good stuff.
After a life time of loathing the cure... I finally reread "The Stranger"... and got it. This is a great song, and I was a fool.
simply the best song they made
YA GODDAMN RIGHT
BRAVO!!!! at last someone with a brain commenting on this FANTASTIC song from The Cure. Robert Smith had to go to court for writing this song and he was his own barrister, and he won the case!!!
CURE
Killing An Arab ~ Lyric:
♪♫
Standing on a beach
With a gun in my hand
Staring at the sea
Staring at the sand
Staring down the barrel
At the Arab on the ground
See his open mouth
But hear no sound
I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm the stranger
Killing an Arab
I can turn and walk away
Or I can fire the gun
Staring at the sky
Staring at the sun
Whichever I choose
It amounts to the same
Absolutely nothing
I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm the stranger
Killing an Arab
Feel the steel butt jump
Smooth in my hand
Staring at the sea
Staring at the sand
Staring at myself
Reflected in the eyes of
The dead man on the beach
The dead man
On the beach
I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm the stranger
Killing an Arab
♪♫
Songwriter(s): Robert James Smith, Laurence Andrew Tolhurst, Michael Stephen Dempsey
Copyright: Fiction Songs Ltd.
;-j th@ is all
Fuck you Fuck you Fuck you Fuck امريكا
@@Dg-zr2nd why?
If you want to FEEL music from within your soul, than The Cure is for you
GREATEST VIDEO AND GREATEST LIVE FOOTAGE OF THIS GREAT CURE SONG !
We just finished reading The Stranger last week and listened to this great song in class today
I love the guitar playing in this great song.
I really wish we didn't need to keep explaining this fucking song.
pipperoooo Anyway...will be absurd to explain it or not.
Just because you guys are old farts doesn't mean that people 9 or 30+ years later won't come along and discover the song.
Don't be a smug a hole, just let people discover great music like you did back decades ago when you thought you were cool.
I love the opening, the middle and the end of this song.
Omg! How have I never seen this!?! Pure gold!!!
lmao I've never heard this song but when I saw the title I automatically had a feeling it would be The Stranger.
I dig how old the comments are and I'm loving the guitar work. Peace
pure poetry! early Cure...i LoVe it!!!!!! thanks for the upload
Love this song, love the band, awesome to see it here!
awesome. never seen this vid before and I Love the cure. thanks!
"Killing an Arab" is a condensed version of "The Stranger" by Albert Camus.Saw the Cure in 1980 at Newcastle Poly....best live band ever! Great vid, brings back memories.
Oh wow, thanks for sharing lywingoth. The Cure were the first gig I went to back in 1997 - it's so great to see clips of what they were like in the 80's.
This song is just perfect for the book, I loved "L'Etranger"!
I love their early work! it can be so hard to find their early stuff - thank you
The song is based on the book 'The Stranger' by Camus. Read it. It's awesome!! Plus, then you may get the song!
Thank you very much for putting this great song and performance up! Had never seen it before.
happy to be here Snorkymac. It's one of my favorite books. I also posted a quote from Smith explaining the song.
Racism is a reaction from people whose tiny brains can't comprehend the complexity of human existence.
well done Jan - super if not the better KAA I've seen, and I saw them live several times in the early 80's UK. photographed and had a chat with joe strummer by chance in Nottingham 1983 - great period for new music
I remember this song from when i was 16 (I'm 37 now), and its bizarre how relevant it has become-especially if you pay close attention to the words--I'm glad its here.
51 now, didn't time fly?!
You are correct that is what this song is about!! anyone else has a doubt you can look it up Especially the ones who want to rant about a song they know nothing about!
I love this song so much.😊😇🥰😍🤗
Good statement from the uploader! I wish more people here would act like you.
Great video and song, one of my favorite songs.
so young; so beautiful: exquisite existential angst.
cure and camus = irresistible combination!
Thanks! Good quality videos of early-The Cure are rare. Great guitar solo.
mi god, robert smith looks like a kid there!!! thanks for posting, this is one of their best early song.
Albert Camus liked this
I remember this song in 1979. They just don't write them like they used to!
LONG LIVE THE CURE!
Talk about music! Is only a nice song! I like The Cure, Great Music!! I remember my "dark ages" great time!! Thanks for video.
man this song is awesome
Jujujju espectacular loco una masa bro súper gracias man...
great live version. really getting into the cure again.
AAAAAHHH! I LOVE THE CURE!!! AAAAAAHHH! Yeah, really good job digging this up. Kudos to you, ol' chap. You rock. Seriously.
wow, amazing this is a great song.......I would have loved to have been there to see it live!
my all time favourite the cure...
This is just so damn good!
My fav book beggining!!! awesome.
cool song, he really knows how to play the guitar!!!
I will see them next friday at the MSG here in NYC. The Cure Rocks.....!! And I rock with The Cure.....!! lol
super morceau de musique et c est sur super livre aussi
The Best version they did
Fantastic. Thanks for that.
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i love this song it sounds so beautiful and cool!!!!
un excelente tema, grandeeeeeeee,
the cure.........
Here's the chorus lyrics:
I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm the stranger
'Killing an Arab'
I think its making some insight, that we are the stranger over there. It is still ethnocentric though and the Cure realized it. Thats why they gave some charity to the Arab orphanage.
*Best times ever when I still could sing something like that.*
this song is what made me a Cure fan!
i loveeeee this song! mr. smith looked so different back then.
this song is super cool, cure is awesome
This is what youtube is all about! Thanks for this amazing footage.
robert's got such a cute voice! ^.^ I love british guys!!! *glomps*
so much energy!
that book is great.
They adapted the song very well n_n
I guess it was serendipity that I was getting heavily into the Cure at the same time we were studying Camus' L'Étranger in school. Either way, I have always loved the song for the words, the cool rhythm and the mood set by the atmosphere set by the entire piece of music.
The Stranger is an awesome book and what this song is based...purely innocent...
We are reading The Stranger in class and I just found out today that this song exists. I looked up the lyrics in class and just burst out laughing. Its just exactly like the book. Only that it sounds too excited. I can not imagine Meursault excited.
dude, i fucking love them,
its them, the accents and the style of theyr music that is killer.
this is gold, The Cure rock!!
wow....nice rare video....love it!
Favorite Cure song
you can find it as "the stranger" also. It's a classic reflection on existentialism.
I have a friend in Iraq that loves listening to this song every time he goes out on a mission (he told me that). Don't ask me fucking why...it's him, not me. I'm just sharing.
Super rare Fender Jazzmaster 60's model. Sounds sick.
He freaking rocks ,I didnt know he could play like that.
Im going to see the Cure in march again, I'm so excited.
Oh wow you managed to get a tea reference in there, well done! That's right we all drink tea...
Wow, I've never seen this. I love this song...Dead man on a beach...
I got into so much trouble when I was a kid because I listened to this song - my mother had a fit
luv the book!
and the song! :D
man i love this fucking song. and this version too.
its not called "killing an arab" anymore
its called "killing another" thats how it was for the recent tour... this song still kicks ass
neat! robert sounds so cool live!!
thanks for the info man! i want to read it now. damn the people who make quick judgments! :)
actually better than the album version... AMAZING!
The best band ever the cure !!!
hey, fantastic song =) the cure are legend.. the book "L'Etranger" literally translates to "the stranger" but in english its actually called "The Outsider". brilliant book, too. thanks for posting
Amazing!ROBERT IS A GENIUS!
The guitar riff on this song is amazing.
This sounds soo much better here than it does on the album.
I love the book and the song!!
i love this song
The stranger is my favorite book. When I heard this song it made me so much more hyped on the cure. So I guess some backlash, but it some people like them more for it.
greeeeaaat song love it!!!!!
the cure in kc and chicago was amazing!
This is my favourite Cure song.
great song, I love it.
Mto Boa... keria ter presenciado esse show!
Awesome solo!
This was the number one song in the Middle East way back early or mid 80's
stoneroses13 really?
@@kevincorgan1576 Are you serious with your question?
stoneroses13 it obviously wouldn’t chart. I know you were kidding.