The Cure - Pictures Of You
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- čas přidán 22. 09. 2021
- Incredible song by The Cure.
A lot of people have asked for this cover and I've gone back and forwards trying to find a good arrangement of it that I'm happy to upload and this is the result after a long time. I messed up here and there but I wanted to just upload it even with the mistakes as I'm working on being accepting of flaws and attempting to let go of my obsessive perfectionism, lol.
From Wikipedia:
""Pictures of You" is a song by English rock band the Cure. It was released on 19 March 1990 by Fiction Records as the fourth and final single from the band's eighth studio album, Disintegration (1989). The song has a single version which is a shorter edit of the album version. There are also two different remixes on two UK 12" singles, and other singles released around the world, one of which later appeared on Mixed Up as the Extended Dub Mix and differs significantly from the album version in arrangement in that incorporates wholly original drum and bass arrangements. The other is an extended remix of the original album version which, at 7:59, runs slightly longer than the album version. There is also an edit which was released on 12" in the US, titled "extended remix" as in the European and Australasian releases, but which runs for 6:40 rather than 7:59.
According to interviews, the inspiration of the song came when a fire broke loose in Robert Smith's home. After that day, Smith was going through the remains and came across his wallet which had pictures of his wife, Mary. The cover of the single is one of the pictures. The same picture was used as the cover of the "Charlotte Sometimes" single, but that image was heavily warped and distorted.
In 2011, the song was voted [number] 283 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list."
Lyrics:
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you
That I almost believe that they're real
I've been living so long with my pictures of you
That I almost believe that the pictures
Are all I can feel
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain
As I ran to your heart to be near
And we kissed as the sky fell in
Holding you close
How I always held close in your fear
Remembering you running soft through the night
You were bigger and brighter and wider than snow
And screamed at the make-believe
Screamed at the sky
And you finally found all your courage
To let it all go
Remembering you fallen into my arms
Crying for the death of your heart
You were stone white
So delicate
Lost in the cold
You were always so lost in the dark
Remembering you how you used to be
Slow drowned
You were angels
So much more than everything
Hold for the last time then slip away quietly
Open my eyes
But I never see anything
If only I'd thought of the right words
I could have held on to your heart
If only I'd thought of the right words
I wouldn't be breaking apart
All my pictures of you
Looking so long at these pictures of you
But I never hold on to your heart
Looking so long for the words to be true
But always just breaking apart
My pictures of you
There was nothing in the world
That I ever wanted more
Than to feel you deep in my heart
There was nothing in the world
That I ever wanted more
Than to never feel the breaking apart
All my pictures of you
Audio: Blue Yeti USB Mic into Audacity
Video: OnePlus6T (phone)
As always, if you enjoy this cover any comments, like or subscriptions would be helpful to let me know that you would like me to continue!
#thecure #picturesofyou #cover - Hudba
Listening to Adam's songs and guitar makes me feel brighter and better. Adam is hope.🙏
Wow thanks so much 🙏❤️❤️
Me too
@@user-dj1gl5ix3m thanks very much! These are all my own arrangements (excerpt for the odd video where I linked the source). One day I hope to tab them out but I don’t have anything ready at the moment
Im listening from Brazil! I Loved your voice man! 😊
My favourite cover artist does one of my favourite songs.
Thanks Malcolm, hope you enjoy it!
Indeed 🤩
This dude makes me cry over stuff I though I had long been over
Those arrangements 10/10
Thanks Cristian 🙏
Agreed
Agreed. Absolutely brilliant.
My wife and I can hear the "obsessive perfectionism" in everything you do, bro.... because your work is perfect. Yet, take comfort in this: even if you dropped your game to 50%, it would still be 500% that of everyone else on this sloppy, buggy Web.
You're world-class, Adam.🌏
I hope you and your family have a fine weekend.
Peace, respect and friendship 😃🎸🙏💗🌏
Mac (aka RE-VO)
Ahh thank you so much Mac, your support is very much appreciated. I really appreciate all of your comments. Thanks for being here 🙏✌️
@@Adam_Barrett
Sincere praise, brother.🌏
Health and best wishes, my friend.😃🙏💗
Makes me remember a better time. Thank you 🎉
I've loved this song for as long as I've known it, but, WOW, this rendition is so sweet and warm. Heartbreaking & wonderful, thank you, Adam.
Brilliant cover mate. Your voice goes perfectly with this song
Thanks so much George! Appreciate that 😁
Luv the chords in these songs. So incredibly clever. Just playing them is quite something. Great tenor
Might be the best Cure cover I’ve ever heard!
My 1st concert was July 1986 at Irvine Meadows. I was 16, my brother took me to see the Cure and I have been a fan ever since. This cover brings back so many memories of listening to The Cure throughout high school. It is probably one of the more difficult Cure sings to cover but you did a really nice job of capturing the beauty and sadness that make this song so great.
Wow, I really wish I could have been around in those days. I bet it was an incredible experience. Thanks so much for your comment and I'm glad you enjoyed it
The only cover of this song I've ever heard that I liked.Great stuff!
Good memories from my college youth. Discovering The Cure during the 80's...
Ahhhhh I can imagine it! Did you get to see them live?
@@Adam_Barrett Yes and no. lol I'm in the south of Brazil. There was a theater in the college. A place to the students rest after lunch watching music clips, for instance. There was that time a mix with several of the best Cure music clips. Their music and video clips were really trippy.
By the way, your music versions are top notch!
@@MauroBrisola ahh that's cool! Yeah very trippy! Thanks so much 🙏
You could come to Canada tour the clubs and go home rich playing those tunes. We have such similar taste. Love everything you play.
I love coming to your videos and singing along with you. Thank you! 🙏♥️
Thank you for this amazing, incredible, brilliant, wonderful cover. I love your covers. Greetings from Brazil ♡
I’m so very happy that I found this cover. First time listening to you and now will spend the next few hours listening to the rest of your Cure Covers. Excellent work. - Hello from Los Angeles California
My favourite Cure song…what a beautiful cover. I’m a big fan of your Smiths covers but this may now be the best you have done. Keep up the great work 👍🏼
I love this! Thank you for a great Cure cover! One of my favourite bands EVER. Put a big smile on my face 😊
Adam I have been playing four of your Cure tracks a lot in recent days. It has kept me centred in what has been a testing time. The power of one talented man and a guitar. xx
An amazing rendition. Thank you for capturing it and posting. Such a difficult song to play and sing, yet delivered so effortlessly.
Also encorporating the riff reminded me of Pick A Part Thats New by Stereophonics - another favourite of mine ❤
That was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my entire life! Well done!
Just found this channel. You are simply INCREDIBLE. Wow. Rock on. Just perfect.
Dude.....OMG...... ❤️
That was positively brilliant!!!
This is one of the Cure's best tracks and they have a bunch of best tracks!
Such an epic band and you captured the mood, rythym, arrangement, and spirit of the tune perfectly!!
Holy hell that was good!
Would love to hear you tackle a Dream Academy tune......i think you would kill it!
I know everyone loves "Life In A Northern Town" as do i, but "The Love Parade" is by far my favorite track from them and i think you would be magical covering that one.....
Man, words can't express how impressive this cover was..... ❤️
One of my favourite songs ! So beautiful, thank you!!
Thanks so much for watching! Glad you enjoyed it 😁
Incredible lyrics and nicely packaged too, thanks for the journey.
Brother! What an amazingly beautiful cover of an iconic song💜. Just perfect.
Exquisitely sung sir and did the song justice. Smith would be proud to hear such a respectful and faithful rendition of his song.
This lad knows a good tune, then smashes it. Top talent.
I keep coming back to this video and it keeps being brilliant
I deeply enjoy your performances and your song choices. Cheers from Brazil!
absolutely my favourite cover artist. Amazing cover, Adam (another one of several)
Awesoem arrangement and what a sweet delivery! Blessed by CZcams again!
stunning dude. Love hearing your songs both original and interpretations.
Ahh thank you, really appreciate your support 🙏🙌
Beautiful! Good work mate. You're inspiring me to play more ate moment. Great covers.
Adam you are a very talented man. Thank You for making me smile and envious!
Wow. Now this captures the essence of this song perfectly. This is great
Wow! Thank you for sharing your talent! I needed this!
11/10 Simply the best, as usual. Your beautiful voice, your wonderful guitar playing... 💘
Thanks so much my friend ❤️
Great version Adam. You've got a really nice voice and you pull off those stretchy chords and difficult rhythm in a way that looks effortless.
Love it! Found you today and am going down the rabbit hole. You will be the soundtrack of my Friday workday 🥰
That was awesome, Adam. It gave me chills. As always, rock on, stay safe. 🎸 🥁 🎤💙
Thanks so much Timothy! Glad you liked this one and appreciate you always showing support 🙏❤️
The only cover I've seen that reproduces original arrange perfectly
Dude I love it!!!
🤘
Beautiful rendition mate, absolutely beautiful.
Appreciate it man!
I could really feel this arrangement. Beautifuly done man.
This is gorgeous! Your voice is beautiful, man!
This is a beautiful cover man, amazing job.
Beautiful rendition. Bravo!
You're the nuts mate, keep crackin on. Watched a few during first lock down, been away from CZcams for a while and this has reminded me that you've done your own stuff so I'll make an effort to to give it a listen. Good man.
Amazing dude, I don't know why but seeing the photos of your wife and you in the background added a very special touch to the cover.
Damn you really are consistently excellent in the choice of your music and your own singing/playing, no one better on the internet.
I needed this. One of the best song ever written. So could probably argue it is the best song ever written and I don't know that I'd argue with them.
You did a really good job of making this sound right too
this is the first time for me following cover artist, you're incredible.
Thanks so much mate! Appreciate you following 😎✌️
Amazing! Another beautiful version ❤️
Thank you João my friend, appreciate you always supporting me ❤️
Well done, Adam. Cracking cover mate.
Love hearing you sing my friend so thx for sharing. I hope things are going well and you're finding the right balance in your life. 😁❤️🔥💯
Hey man so good to hear from you! Hope you're doing well. I definitely am thank you. A lot of stuff is happening in life but I'm balancing well 😁
Absolutely beautiful!
Absolutely awesome 👏 thank you.
Oh, Adam. This is gorgeous. Thank you so much
Thank you for watching George. I'm really glad you enjoyed it 🙏
Another incredible cover Adam, really enjoyed this 👏 ❤
Ahhh thanks Kimbo! Hope you're keeping well ❤️
Thx so much for the camera angle, always showing so well what you play.
Cheers Kenneth! I thought it might be helpful this time as there's lots of stretches and stuff 😁
Waiting for this one since the 1st cure cover! Loved it.
Beautiful, Adam. Cheers from Brazil.
Love your covers ,you seem to love all the artists I love 👍
Gorgeous, as always.
Superb cover of a wonderful song
Love this song, man. Thank you sir
Absolutely smashed it bro 😍 love your music and sound so much and your music taste
Thanks so much man! Really appreciate you saying that and your ongoing support 🙏🙏
@@Adam_Barrett no worries mate just speaking honestly
great cover man love this song you did it alot of justice
Wow wow wow. That was awesome, sir.
10 puntos!!! La canción en si misma es bellísima.. tu versión me encanto!!
Awesome, Buddy. Keep going!
Brilliant as usual, keep it up!
It's cloudy and humid here in Texas right now but listening to this cover makes it feel like a sunny and breezy Saturday afternoon 👍
Gee Kevin, barely recognized you with the hair cut !
Love this rendition.
Thanks for sharing! 😀👍
What a great version of one of the greatest songs ever composed.
Another good job …you’re very talented !!
Excellent, u took the maximum as it can be played with chords!, well well done! Greetings from Macedonia
Thanks Petar ✌️✌️
Fabulous as ever good sir 💯🤲🏽💯
Chills. Again. Thank you Adam.The world just stopped spinning for 4:19
amazing cover!
Your strumming is perfect, man! Love the voice, too.
So good. Inspiring me to pick my guitar back up.
Superb. Just superb. 🤯👏👏👏
Very beautiful song and cover amigo🤟
A guitar and a voice is all it takes,,, great stuff mate💪
Thanks very much Nigel! 🙌😎
You are just great! Thank you!
I really love this cover! the sound of the guitar an your voice are magic ✨ maybe in the future I will learn to play it:>
Amazing. Terrific.
Fantastic job!!!
WOW. My day was just made finding you here!
Ahh thanks so much Annemarie! Happy to have you here 😁
Amazing as ever
i can´t stop listening! there´s nothing similar to this. Congratz
What a performer, thanks Adam. Hope you'll be performing in the North Midlands in the near future :-) 🤟
Beautiful!!!
Just brilliant man. Nice camera angle too. I loved it when they open Glasto with this tune. 👏🏻
Thank you my man! I'm gonna have to check that out! Hope you're doing well mate
Yo! You’re an animal. Loved it. Thank you!
Gorgeous!
There was a death in the family today. Music has always touched me in in way nothing else can. Sitting here listening to music, remembering, thinking, reminiscing 😪 live proud, live loud, die with joy. Fight your demons with passion. Love with everything you have
I had to watch that twice. Thank you.
Ah wow that means a lot to me! Thanks Bounce
Good job dude-You smashed it 🖤
Cheers Lewis 🙏🙏🙏😎❤️