The Cure - The Pornography LSD Soaked Supercut Hour - Rare Performances - 1982 HQ - Live TV - Studio

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  • This is a compilation of video from The Cure around 1982 and their album, Pornography. Not much video from that time period exists and this is a collection of just about everything that's available. Included in this cut is:
    The Figurehead - Pippbrook Mill Studio
    Siamese Twins - Riverside Ballet
    The Figurehead - L'Echo Des Bananes
    Cold - L'Echo Des Bananes
    The Hanging garden - L'Echo Des Bananes
    One Hundred Years - L'Echo Des Bananes
    A Play for Today - L'Echo Des Bananes
    Primary - L'Echo Des Bananes, (unaired)
    Interview
    10:15 Saturday Night (clip) April 10, 1982
    Killing an Arab (clip) April 10, 1982
    The Hanging Garden - Generation 80 TV playback
    Cold - Generation 80 TV playback
    A Short Term Effect - Paris 1982
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  • @garthlyon
    @garthlyon Před 8 měsíci +381

    Seventeen Seconds (1980), Faith (1981) and Pornography (1982): if they’d done nothing else, they’d have been talked about for One Hundred Years.

    • @Albrecht777
      @Albrecht777 Před 6 měsíci +38

      Those are my three favourite Cure albums - by a country mile. For, they are the band's true "trilogy".

    • @TNtime865
      @TNtime865 Před 6 měsíci +12

      Very true.

    • @TNtime865
      @TNtime865 Před 6 měsíci +13

      Something about this room makes it appear as if they are inside a dollhouse.

    • @SamuelBlackMetalRider
      @SamuelBlackMetalRider Před 6 měsíci +15

      Most probably the greatest trilogy in music history. Legendary for those who know

    • @jasonlynn1017
      @jasonlynn1017 Před 6 měsíci +10

      Yeah but then they did in concert in 87 one of the sublime-est songs ever written: Snakepit.

  • @mikerophone235
    @mikerophone235 Před 8 měsíci +165

    Dark, Abrasive, Minimal, Emotive, Beautiful. My favourite Cure period ❤

  • @zero-x-music
    @zero-x-music Před rokem +528

    The early Cure era just gets better and better with each decade that passes. Nobody else would dare make music like this nowadays - or, if they did, it would be ignored. How lucky we were to grow up in those times.

    • @twistedecstasy809
      @twistedecstasy809 Před rokem +23

      What's that about no one making music like that these days? ;))

    • @KeimpeJ
      @KeimpeJ Před rokem +12

      Ih they make music like that, it just doesn''t get acknowledge anymore.

    • @twistedecstasy809
      @twistedecstasy809 Před rokem +4

      @@KeimpeJ Too true, maybe one day though!

    • @KeimpeJ
      @KeimpeJ Před rokem +4

      @@twistedecstasy809 With all artficial emotionscomes a gulf of purity.

    • @KlausBahnhof
      @KlausBahnhof Před rokem +11

      @@KeimpeJ 'Gulf of Purity' sounds like an excellent goth/emo band name.

  • @julianbrowne7026
    @julianbrowne7026 Před 6 měsíci +23

    To people like me this was The Cure

  • @redrum195
    @redrum195 Před 8 měsíci +246

    00:02 The Figurehead - Pippbrook Mill Studio
    06:10 Siamese Twins - Riverside Ballet
    11:26 The Figurehead - L'Echo Des Bananes
    17:40 Cold - L'Echo Des Bananes
    21:57 The Hanging garden - L'Echo Des Bananes
    26:14 One Hundred Years - L'Echo Des Bananes
    32:27 A Play for Today - L'Echo Des Bananes
    36:10 Primary - L'Echo Des Bananes, (unaired)
    39:43 Interview
    44:37 10h15 Saturday Night (clip) April 10, 1982
    46:00 Killing an Arab (clip) April 10, 1982
    46:22 The Hanging Garden - Generation 80 TV playback
    50:43 Cold - Generation 80 TV playback
    55:00 A Short Term Effect - Paris 1982

    • @fistfulgoteborg3142
      @fistfulgoteborg3142 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Where's A Strange Day?

    • @jamesswigart3032
      @jamesswigart3032 Před 6 měsíci

      Thank you

    • @KAT_FormerlyNosferKatu
      @KAT_FormerlyNosferKatu Před 6 měsíci +4

      Thank you for the timestamps ❣️❣️

    • @garthlyon
      @garthlyon Před 6 měsíci +4

      FYI - "Killing an Arab" (inspired by Albert Camus' L'Étranger) is now sung as "Killing Another".

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Před 5 měsíci +2

      They seem much more ‘together’ to me in that Australian interview than one would expect from this particular period. At least from all I’ve read and heard about that era. They all seemed very lucid and clear.
      Not sure what I was expecting. Drooling and vomiting? I dunno. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @johnknouse8846
    @johnknouse8846 Před 8 měsíci +83

    The effect that hearing a piece of music can have on the mind is incredible. I clicked on the video, and heard the first few beats, and IMMEDIATELY was transported back to 1982! I can remember spending the night at my friends house, and being in his basement, playing that record (which was actually his oldest sisters) and trying to look cool by smoking cigarettes (which we stole from the older sister too)! Some of my greatest memories are from the 80’s.

  • @Phenix1111
    @Phenix1111 Před měsícem +15

    Opening song...so dark...so awesome. The Curw back then....always on my walkman everywere I went.

    • @jamesleonard2870
      @jamesleonard2870 Před 13 dny

      Same. Had just moved to London and would go upstairs in the bus and just roll around the city and trip out. It felt so good

  • @thomasglas3613
    @thomasglas3613 Před rokem +105

    The songs are so heavy and sad in these versions. The unrelenting sensation of doom in the album is really expressed. I love it!

  • @an_angry_flyy
    @an_angry_flyy Před 10 měsíci +349

    Insane how Robert Smith was in his early to mid-20s writing these masterpieces and performing them with a 3-piece band!!!

    • @michaelsuder486
      @michaelsuder486 Před 8 měsíci +8

      The Beatles wrote better masterpieces in their early 20s. Paul wrote some when he was 16. So, insane? No.

    • @miwvnen1
      @miwvnen1 Před 8 měsíci +82

      Haha, so no matter how great someones' art is, you can basically always say: Nah, this person did it better at a younger age. What a terrible argument.

    • @Liquidreflective
      @Liquidreflective Před 8 měsíci +66

      @@michaelsuder486 This is way more interesting than any twee beatles rubbish

    • @timtrefz5450
      @timtrefz5450 Před 8 měsíci +7

      The first song is so awesome..
      I haven't watch much more after yet... Plan too but I have a a lot of plans too watch quied up waiting...
      But the 1st song he looks like a young Bob Dylan. Wonder if he's a Bob love child?? Ha!

    • @katherine9109
      @katherine9109 Před 8 měsíci +6

      ​@@timtrefz5450 Bob Dylan?
      don't see it.

  • @dyvimtarkan2944
    @dyvimtarkan2944 Před 8 měsíci +211

    Sadly, no Strange Day. But this compilation is incredible for old fans. Thank you very much. Pornography is one of the better LP ever made. My grandparents, passed away for years, offered me this album for my 10th birthday (yes I listened to The Cure at 10), remember the day like yesterday. And I still listen to it at 50.

    • @johnnybgode
      @johnnybgode Před 6 měsíci +10

      Agree. A strange day is my favourite...

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Před 6 měsíci +13

      Hell of a gift from grandparents to a 10 year old kid! Your grands sound like they were very progressive. My grandparents gifted me little Jimmy Osmond’s “Long Haired Lover From Liverpool” single when I was little… just for contrast and comparison. 🤣

    • @jessegarcia2060
      @jessegarcia2060 Před 6 měsíci +3

      Kool..Generation X

    • @mikeboosh8776
      @mikeboosh8776 Před 6 měsíci +8

      LOL. My Mum and Dad got me 17 seconds for Christmas when I was 13. When I played it later that day my dad was like "what the hell's that gloomy racket?" They obviously had no idea who The Cure were. It's quite an antidote to the Daniel O'Donnel and Cliff Richard that they listened to.

    • @stephansong
      @stephansong Před 5 měsíci +1

      My favorite too.

  • @descendingforth
    @descendingforth Před rokem +120

    The Figurehead is a masterpiece!!!

  • @Auxend
    @Auxend Před 6 měsíci +52

    Epic - as a sensitive teenager with musical proclivities living in the neglect of full-blown survival mode with no clue how to process emotions - this music was a steady companion. I am forever grateful.

    • @patthewoodboy
      @patthewoodboy Před 5 měsíci +7

      glad you made it

    • @michaelhall1670
      @michaelhall1670 Před 5 měsíci +6

      When this album came out I felt I'd finally found a band that understood what I was going through. Changed my life.

    • @constancebajerski4199
      @constancebajerski4199 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Beautifully put! Same!

    • @kawythowy867
      @kawythowy867 Před 3 měsíci +2

      🤘🏼

    • @kennyifoley2003
      @kennyifoley2003 Před 3 dny

      Many more GenZs are plunging into despondency by the day now, where you dare n care reach out, "your not alone", breathe, dare to blow thru the creeping malaise~~》

  • @kendo5862
    @kendo5862 Před rokem +90

    Absolutely loved this album … figurehead, cold, a strange day, short term effect… drums bass and guitar all unique and brutal

  • @ephraimlessell
    @ephraimlessell Před 6 měsíci +70

    Robert Smith once told an interviewer that fans he meets whose favorite Cure record is Pornography are by far the most interesting.

    • @samanthanorth5882
      @samanthanorth5882 Před 5 měsíci +5

      This is my only song as my life goes down to the depths of what I may never have the strength to crawl out of..

    • @danieldelphi
      @danieldelphi Před 2 měsíci +4

      Damn makes sense

    • @maurovieira6635
      @maurovieira6635 Před měsícem

      5​@@samanthanorth5882

  • @helenbartoszek243
    @helenbartoszek243 Před 6 měsíci +10

    Oh God, they were all such cuties back then. Getting old sucks !

  • @marklynch9527
    @marklynch9527 Před 6 měsíci +27

    One of the best albums of all time

  • @LordOfTheThreeWorlds
    @LordOfTheThreeWorlds Před 8 měsíci +30

    Where Joy Division started The Cure finished. Seventeen Seconds... Faith, when Pornography came out it was the absolute pinnacle of sound - lights out, shine - The Trilogy lives.

    • @Beetso
      @Beetso Před měsícem +1

      Disintegration was fantastic too.

    • @alanstrom2221
      @alanstrom2221 Před měsícem +1

      @@Shikta-poobah67
      The Velvet Underground launched a thousand Bands.

  • @luvurobert
    @luvurobert Před 8 měsíci +15

    It's Fri, Oct 13th...it's raining and cold, and today is my late mom's birthday. Somehow this being recommended to me right now is perfect. ❤

    • @anthonyrippa686
      @anthonyrippa686 Před 4 měsíci

      It's getting dark and it feels like rain
      And the wind is blowing like it's the end of the world
      And I feel so cold, it's like the cold if you were dead

  • @fabi7013
    @fabi7013 Před 8 měsíci +31

    Thanks for sharing. Got something of this on an old ruined videotape but something is brand new to my eyes! How many memories it unveiled, how many feelings…I was in my 16-18 when I discovered The Cure…it was 1987-1989…they donated so much power and self confidence to me…a shy boy that deeply found himself in dressing in black and expressing his innermost soul without being feared of nothing, with this music acting like an armour. Thank you for these songs, so deep, so sad but so chrysalis-effect at the same time.

    • @neph13
      @neph13 Před 6 měsíci +5

      we are the same age, discovering the band around the same time period. It is nice to know the experience is shared in those special years of youth, and the power of their stories over the past decades just keep getting better.

  • @dirkpehrke9909
    @dirkpehrke9909 Před rokem +67

    Thank you so much. It is really hard to find stuff from the Pornography era. Saw them in Hamburg back then. Till this day one of the greatest gigs I‘ve ever seen.

    • @thedefinitivecure9298
      @thedefinitivecure9298  Před rokem +9

      wow, that must be a great memory. I didn't see them live until 1992, and I thought that was their last tour. I am so thankful they continue.

    • @_-_-_-Prof.BoskoBiathi-_-_-_
      @_-_-_-Prof.BoskoBiathi-_-_-_ Před rokem

      Hey dirk,,.biste im Oktober dann auch dabei,..the cure live,.barclay arena??

    • @dirkpehrke9909
      @dirkpehrke9909 Před rokem +3

      @@_-_-_-Prof.BoskoBiathi-_-_-_ Ich lebe in Berlin, überlege noch. 130,- Euro die günstigsten Karten. Pornography gab es für 15,- DM😎

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Until very recently, yes it was definitely a struggle finding any kind of footage or even photos from the Pornography era (which was actually pretty short-lived, but *VERY* intense). For some reason, lately there’s been a flood of stuff from that elusive little period. I don’t question it. I’m just glad it’s happening and I spend as much time as I can enjoying it. I was already into The Cure during that period, but I grew up in a region of the USA where they didn’t tour until ‘84, and though it was only two years later, they were a completely different band by then. Literally.
      So, this stuff is priceless to me. It scratches an itch that has been nagging me for over 40 years.

    • @maryburke5423
      @maryburke5423 Před 5 měsíci

      Thanks for this. Way too little material from this wonderfully dark record on CZcams.

  • @alexcollins1630
    @alexcollins1630 Před 11 měsíci +96

    Pornography is by far their darkest,second being faith. This is great stuff. Haunting vocals with the tempo of the bass,guitar and drums

    • @MrTigerSanchez
      @MrTigerSanchez Před 6 měsíci +1

      Figurehead feels Joy Divisiony

    • @d1agram4
      @d1agram4 Před 6 měsíci +5

      Faith has the BASS

    • @SNUBCULCHA
      @SNUBCULCHA Před 6 měsíci +3

      Totally agree. Alternative haunting soundscape of the 80's. If you know you know

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Před 6 měsíci +6

      That whole three album run, beginning with Seventeen Seconds and culminating with Pornography is basically a three-stage descent into the darkness (with Pornography being basically a free-fall). After Pornography there was nowhere left to go but into the light. I’ve heard many people use Pornography as a reference point for later albums, but I just don’t hear it, at all. It was a one of a kind, “use once and self-destruct” album that can never be replicated or repeated. I still have difficulty even to this day trying to explain the magnitude of it to the unconverted.

    • @richarquis
      @richarquis Před 6 měsíci +5

      Faith is bloody brilliant. There is one song I dislike (Doubt) but the rest are magic. All Cats Are Grey and Funeral Party are just sublime.

  • @JeSuisUnePatate
    @JeSuisUnePatate Před 4 měsíci +8

    In the 80s, we had to be lucky to see those performances, mostly for us living in Canada where European stuff were very rarely broadcast. Just a little things here and there... Now with those gems uploaded on CZcams, I feel like I'm getting a lot of things that I missed on that era. It's so amazing... Thanks for channels like Definitive Cure for sharing all that. ❤❤

  • @michaelcolello2735
    @michaelcolello2735 Před 6 měsíci +12

    I was blown away the first time I heard this record. I was already a Cure fan but the heavy, marching rhythm and dark psychedelic vibe of Pornography was something else entirely - and something I identified with immediately. I've always held this record (alongside PiL's Metal Box) as an all-time favorite and among the era's best, and both had massive influence upon me as a listener and as a player. I rarely listen to this stuff anymore, but when I do I still get chills. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @fmpetit
    @fmpetit Před 5 měsíci +9

    Thank you so much for the compilation ! I still cannot believe how creative Robert Smith was at such a young age... My favorite band ever !!!

  • @headlessdisco730
    @headlessdisco730 Před 28 dny +2

    This was the album that introduced me to The Cure and it still stands as my favorite

  • @AbsenceOfLogic
    @AbsenceOfLogic Před 8 měsíci +24

    Every era of The Cure is always fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

    • @RPNization
      @RPNization Před 6 měsíci

      To me just their early era, after Pornography they went poppy, but their heavy album from 2004 I like very much.

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ⁠@@RPNizationI’m not telling you what to like, but to simply and casually dismiss everything they did after Pornography as “poppy” is an extremely oversimplified generalization. It was far less morose, yes. A few more major chords for sure, but it was still a far cry from Duran Duran. What really happened after Pornography was that Bob had taken things as far into the darkness as possible. There was nowhere left to go but into the light, and even then he was still dishing out the occasional ‘dark’ dirge (Lament, Just One Kiss). He had purged his demons and it was time to move on to something new and different, so that’s what he did. I definitely prefer the ’80-‘82 stuff to what came later, but I don’t just write it all off as fluffy pop. An album like Head On The Door was an extremely diverse range of different styles, all tied together with Bob’s signature style of songwriting. It wasn’t just your standard 80’s pop.

    • @RPNization
      @RPNization Před 5 měsíci

      @@Shikta-poobah67 you might be right there, but much of their post-1982 stuff doesn't really interest me anymore, with the exception of their 2004 album.

  • @carlkligerman1981
    @carlkligerman1981 Před 6 měsíci +30

    The most gothic of Smith’s albums. I was too young for Pornography when it released but after hearing Disintegration for the first time and having my mind blown I immediately got my hands on every disk I could and this will always be my favourite.

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Před 6 měsíci +2

      To me this (Pornography) always transcended goth. It’s really in it’s own unique category. I mean yes, obviously some *VERY* ‘goth’ overtones, but it goes even deeper than that. It’s the sound of total dark catharsis. It’s the sound of a man purging his many demons.

    • @conradzoo
      @conradzoo Před 5 měsíci

      It's not Goth, never was. Its anger and frustration moulded in the best of songs.

    • @steve261brown
      @steve261brown Před 4 měsíci

      Wait until you hear the new Album. 🙄

    • @Albrecht777
      @Albrecht777 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Shikta-poobah67 To be fair, he said "gothic", not "goth". The term "gothic" does not necessarily have to be used in a generic sense.

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Albrecht777 To be fair (since we’re splitting hairs), the term “gothic”, when taken in its literal context, is something that pertains mainly to a style of architecture. There is no direct link to music. The closest it comes is to describe a literary style, defined as:
      “of or relating to a style of fiction characterized by the use of desolate or remote settings and macabre, mysterious, or violent incidents”
      In that sense, I suppose one could interpret that particular definition conjures up some of the same imagery that the lyrics and music contained in Pornography do, but I think it’s fairly obvious that’s not what the OP was going for. Then again I don’t profess to speak for the OP. I think it’s only fair that he/she should probably speak for himself/herself, don’t you?

  • @jimihendrixx11
    @jimihendrixx11 Před 8 měsíci +15

    Wow the first song…best post punk song I’ve heard I think. Epic with feel and musicianship

  • @DizzleFitzpizzle4eva
    @DizzleFitzpizzle4eva Před 6 měsíci +13

    This is amazing footage! One of my favourite eras of a great band

  • @stuartchadwick7538
    @stuartchadwick7538 Před rokem +45

    I saw the Cure at Elephant Fayre in Cornwall in 82 or 83? Anyway it was a wild time in Britain with free festivals.I took a lot lsd and mushrooms and when the Cure played they wore masks and seemed as tripped out as the audience who were all crazy .I don’t think people now would believe how out there life in the British counter culture was

    • @johnthreatt1245
      @johnthreatt1245 Před měsícem +1

      Sounds pretty awesome to be honest.

    • @sinaidawn
      @sinaidawn Před měsícem

      I was at the last free Stonehenge festival. Thatcher's Police troops were fighting Scargill's miners in The North. It was the end of an era and a birth of anew.

  • @Newtonsquared
    @Newtonsquared Před 9 měsíci +24

    In 1982 I was 9 years old. My dad played a lot of this early stuff Joy Division, U2, The Cure, Killing Joke etc.. amazing.. of course I couldn't admit I liked it back in the day.. went metalhead instead just to annoy him ;-) but later kept coming back to this era.

    • @user-tv4bn3ct7k
      @user-tv4bn3ct7k Před 8 měsíci +1

      Не люблю металлистов, но тебя понимаю и принимаю!

    • @NeulichimKanal
      @NeulichimKanal Před 8 měsíci

      I hope your father welcame back his Prodigal Son ...

    • @Kozak-ys8cb
      @Kozak-ys8cb Před 6 měsíci

      Me 2.now metal seems so crass compared to so many bands that I like now from this Era n beyond..had to find out 4 myself

  • @matthewsewell2845
    @matthewsewell2845 Před 5 měsíci +4

    40 years later I still can't get over these beautiful, moving dark melodies of death . Their peak.

  • @johncollins6415
    @johncollins6415 Před 8 měsíci +11

    I nvr gave these guys the time of day in the early 80s when i was in high school when i was into floyd and rush and sabbath etc. I still listen to all those , but I listen to the CURE a lot now, and musically id put him on a shortlist of most consistently underrated guys. Additionally, who else can write both such sad and such happy songs? In short, I dont think anyone….ever

  • @lasolitude74
    @lasolitude74 Před měsícem +3

    I'm obsessed with this album

  • @paulahrendt1766
    @paulahrendt1766 Před 4 měsíci +4

    I just LOVE The Cure....❤

  • @NS-kk5gr
    @NS-kk5gr Před 6 měsíci +7

    Wow what a great upload - thanks!!! Don't think I've seen Robert play the synth before... What a great album Pornography is, absolutely phenomenal!

  • @jeffreysargent
    @jeffreysargent Před 6 měsíci +7

    Timeless compilation for a timeless band. The Cure is like no other!

  • @lowandodor1150
    @lowandodor1150 Před měsícem +2

    That is the essence of the cure, as far as i knew & adored them in my teenage years in the late 80s.

  • @JordanAfifi
    @JordanAfifi Před měsícem +1

    Thank you so much for writing the song names

  • @RoyDunn
    @RoyDunn Před rokem +22

    Love how you added Short Term Effect at the end, even though it isn't video. Their best ever song imho, and the Paris version from '82 might just be the best version too. I saw them in Australia a couple of times prior to '82, then I moved to London in '83. As such, I missed the Pornography tour, which remains a regret. As far as I know, they never played this song live again until Trilogy, and that version is just nothing compared to this. Thanks for the effort that went into all of this.

    • @furnitureconsortium
      @furnitureconsortium Před 10 měsíci +3

      yeah, they never played Short Term Effect again until the Trilogy shows, which was a shame as it's an excellent song!
      The closest time they came to playing it was probably during the Prayer Tour for Disintegration in 1989.....they always had the second encore (of three played) that was almost a mystery where they would slot in songs that would see a couple of airings.....stuff like All Cats Are Grey, The Holy Hour, It's Not You, Accuracy, etc.
      The July 24th show from that tour in 1989 saw them play their last gig at Wembley Arena.....since the word going around by Robert at that time was that Disintegration was going to be the last Cure album....this was going to be the last show in London.....so they pulled out all of the stops for that show......slipped in some extra songs during soundcheck and played what was then their longest show they ever did...something like 40* songs, I think. They played Siamese Twins for the only time since 1983....until the Bloodflowers tour in 2000.
      * - EDIT: I just double-checked....35 songs! But the show ran over three hours....almost 200 minutes.
      I used to have the whole show on 3 cdr's back in the day.....but now you can find it on FLAC if you know where such music can be had, lol. Good sounding audience tape too! I know for a fact that the band recorded the show professionally, maybe they'll put it out one of these days....that'd be cool!

    • @eboethrasher
      @eboethrasher Před 10 měsíci

      @@furnitureconsortium I bought the Wembley show on the 23rd on cassette from a record store in Ft Lauderdale back in like 1991 I think it was. Still have it somewhere. I love that show. Holy Hour is a personal fave. I just checked setlists, and noticed that the American tour ended the shows that year, and saw that if they had decided to break up, at least they ended the final show outside of Boston with Forever, which would have been a fitting song to go out on. We should keep our eye on the festivals in South America to see if they close one with Forever as that surely would be the death knell for them playing live anymore.

    • @ljj808
      @ljj808 Před 6 měsíci +1

      I went to a few of the Pornography UK shows, and had bootlegs of 90%. Bristol is the nest Short Term Effect by far. Loved them in 80-82, hated them after when RS became a Prat.

  • @debbieturner6194
    @debbieturner6194 Před 2 lety +40

    This is terrific! Thanks for uploading. Love it!!!

  • @majacur9268
    @majacur9268 Před rokem +26

    Thank you so much for uploading this! This is my favourite The Cure era and by uploading this you made my day

  • @MoonbearStartiger
    @MoonbearStartiger Před 5 měsíci +8

    In the earliest days of CZcams as a tween getting into goth/new wave music I remember all these videos scattered around the site, just really transfixed and these being the first instances of me REALLY appreciating music, really having "my" band... its definitely some very challenging stuff, and IMO the most "goth" The Cure has ever been as I find them more to be a unique blend of all sorts of sounds and styles and never really easy to categorize.

  • @JubeProductions
    @JubeProductions Před 2 lety +18

    This is such a great collection of videos from that period of The Cure.

  • @Glatzomaniac
    @Glatzomaniac Před 4 měsíci +4

    I cant believe it.. Is that seriously more than 40 Years ago??? I remember that i walk to the Record Shop to buy the Pornography LP as it comes out.. And i got it til today..

  • @julianandrews6025
    @julianandrews6025 Před rokem +47

    Particularly enjoyed this loved this Cure era. They always have super cool great hairdo s too...Loved the Figurehead version they just dont write songs like that anymore

    • @morelife6508
      @morelife6508 Před rokem +6

      Yea. This whole album is FIRE!!
      Love the dark dark dark vibe.

    • @sycksyngyrl
      @sycksyngyrl Před rokem +1

      The new stuff coming they have the new album very disintegration, a New darker than pornography album, and A solo album by robert..all in the works, so 3 in total ..I cant wait to hear them ..He will bring back that good ol maudlin feeling ..

    • @morelife6508
      @morelife6508 Před rokem +3

      @sycksyngyrl hard to recreate that feel of those 80s albums when you've been a multi-millionaire the last 30+ years and almost 60+ years old.
      Lsd, weed and Youthful angst created those dark productions of the past we all love.

    • @julianandrews6025
      @julianandrews6025 Před rokem +1

      @@sycksyngyrl Cant wait to be depressed lol

    • @eboethrasher
      @eboethrasher Před 10 měsíci

      @@sycksyngyrl which means one album will come out. I've learned to temper my expectations. Every time I'm told that multiple things will come out, it is always just one. The last time they made good on the promise was Lost Wishes in 1992 and even that was supposed to be a full album of instrumentals, haha.

  • @annabyouknowme
    @annabyouknowme Před 5 měsíci +3

    Thank you for posting this video. It's soo good✌️

  • @Darilynn714
    @Darilynn714 Před 3 měsíci +3

    My favorite era of The Cure ❤

  • @stevecass7575
    @stevecass7575 Před 9 měsíci +6

    Great compilation - thanks!!

  • @plev10
    @plev10 Před 11 měsíci +16

    Wow this is amazing - thanks! Just saw them in Boston and Robert and the band still sound incredible. ❤️🖤

    • @levisguy53
      @levisguy53 Před 11 měsíci +2

      indeed, i was there too. a bit too heavy with head on the door, though. the night before in monteal had some stuff from faith, pornography, wild mood swings and 4:13 dream.

    • @williamperri3437
      @williamperri3437 Před 6 měsíci

      His voice has held up really well for his age and they are musically as good as ever. It’s funny, the self titled album by the cure that came out in 04 or 2006, as some of the heaviest stuff ever! There’s definitely one track that is absolutely the heaviest cure track I’ve ever heard!

  • @BlueArcStreaming
    @BlueArcStreaming Před 8 měsíci +5

    Love the dark psychedelia of it

  • @felipegugli9710
    @felipegugli9710 Před 8 měsíci +11

    The cure en su estado puro, material invaluable

  • @Zeek764
    @Zeek764 Před 10 měsíci +7

    Love seeing Lol on drums❤

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Před 5 měsíci

      He was definitely a better drummer than he was a keyboardist, that’s for sure. I mean, he was no Ginger Baker, but he played drums with a lot of heart, and he had this signature style of playing where you could hear a second or two of his beats and immediately know it was him. It was perfect for what they were going for at the time. That whole cold, dark, minimalist thing.
      He also kind of gave Budgie a run for his money on Pornography. Really pulled the tribal thing off beautifully.

  • @davidflorentin224
    @davidflorentin224 Před 8 měsíci +5

    The Best The Cure Era for me!

  • @stephansong
    @stephansong Před 5 měsíci +4

    The violin loves his melodies.
    The purity of their age. The heaviness of really. Des garçon. I remember the chords. His voice. Bass line. Drum. I knew I'd be okay.

  • @richardjames1946
    @richardjames1946 Před 8 měsíci +5

    The Cure Gold! Love it 💙💙💙😍

  • @Nowojorski
    @Nowojorski Před 4 měsíci +1

    The Cure. Music of my teenage years. I feel incredibly grateful for theirs great work. Simply speaking I love them so much.

  • @bands_live_in_melbourne
    @bands_live_in_melbourne Před rokem +8

    Best time for the Cure ... miss it so much

  • @janiquevaillot6234
    @janiquevaillot6234 Před 6 měsíci +6

    Si jeunes et déjà si créatifs et plein de poésie ! ❤ Si jeunes et déjà si talentueux ❤❤❤ j'avais 15 ou 16 ans. Leur son se reconnaît dès les 1ères notes. Love Robert Smith 's voice and the great bassline of Simon Gallup❤

  • @danakimbis1461
    @danakimbis1461 Před rokem +22

    Simon on Cold though! Had no idea he played those tones with his foot while playing bass! 😍😍

    • @corthullinger9164
      @corthullinger9164 Před rokem +4

      Another great bassist that did this before Simon was Geddy Lee in Rush.. that guy was playing 2-3 instruments at the same time. Unreal.

    • @Kozak-ys8cb
      @Kozak-ys8cb Před 6 měsíci +1

      I noticed him playing some beautiful melodies w that Ricky n pedals

    • @mattharrison5068
      @mattharrison5068 Před měsícem

      yes but I'm sure Simon never did it for attention like prog does

  • @franciscovargas2761
    @franciscovargas2761 Před 8 měsíci +8

    Merci! The video is a gem of history, the sound of a 3 piece band makes it rather cold in comparison to this last tour in 2023, the sound is bleak and cold. It matches the songs feel, perhaps it was that cold war era that made everything seem so gloomy. I've never seen RS play the keyboards either, or Lol speak in an interview. Back than Robert had a full head of hair and it was magnificent, so young and just barely tasting their success. It seems so long ago. Well it was truly a pleasure to watch these clips in particular Siamese Twins with the violins and the ballet dancers, what a beautiful mix. I also enjoyed the animation of A Short Term Effect. It reminded me of Tool's Sober video.

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Před 5 měsíci

      The times really didn’t factor into it that much (the cold gloomy vibe), as much as Robert’s own personal demons he was battling at the time. He was in his early 20’s, having an existential meltdown, and coping with it by dropping copious amounts of LSD. This is all according to his own personal accounts and recollections. It had very little to do with anything going on in the world. It was all extremely personal in nature.

    • @franciscovargas2761
      @franciscovargas2761 Před 4 měsíci

      🙄 I'm not surprised by your insight wow! I feel for everyone who's own success have brought so much pain
      @@Shikta-poobah67

  • @markfleming3423
    @markfleming3423 Před rokem +10

    Thank you for this gift. I love this period of the band. Cold is truly amazing.

    • @thedefinitivecure9298
      @thedefinitivecure9298  Před rokem

      You're welcome, glad you liked it. It's a shame there isn't more footage from this era.

    • @eboethrasher
      @eboethrasher Před 10 měsíci

      @@thedefinitivecure9298 There is way more from Pornography than there is from Faith, minus that one terrible bootleg, anyway. Sure there are some playback versions of Primary but nothing like L'Echo with the 6 songs. The one recording in New York with 2 songs is the best we have from Faith. And oddly enough, we don't have much outside of bootlegs from Disintegration, either. There had to be some place that recorded a chunk of a show. MTV vaults, anyone?

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 Před 8 měsíci +4

    Excellent performance of Play For Today !

  • @willowufgood261
    @willowufgood261 Před 2 lety +13

    Very cool. Thanks for putting this together. I’ve been interested in the band during this time period

  • @fh8769
    @fh8769 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Wow. This is great!!! Thanks for posting.

  • @stephansong
    @stephansong Před 5 měsíci +1

    Having searched for anything on the cure in 83. Mostly only the French press spoke much of them. To have had this. Just perfect. It's just got Better. Merci Robert. Lol. Simon. As always. All a constant. #stephansong

  • @jonesin202
    @jonesin202 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Whoa! Insanely cool footage! Thanks for sharing! Cold left me cold! 'Your name like ice, into my heart'

  • @spanglestein66
    @spanglestein66 Před 8 měsíci +13

    One of my favourite all time bands ….unique and beautiful ❤

  • @drummerboyharm3078
    @drummerboyharm3078 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Unique & authentic drumplay!

  • @MetalHeadAZ
    @MetalHeadAZ Před 8 měsíci +3

    one of my favorite albums of all time! so Robert IS playing a bass 6 on primary !

  • @FFGG22E
    @FFGG22E Před 4 měsíci +2

    I'm not one who really cares a jot about the rock and roll hall of fame, but when they do the inductions my wife likes to watch so I watch it with her. I remember Robert's speech and he seemed like he was getting choked up, and he talked about Simon he said "he's been there EVERY.STEP.OF.THE.WAY". I found that really touching. Watching this made me think of that. I don't know anybody...save for my brother and sister that I knew in 1982. : ( : ) : ( :) happy sad happy sad

  • @mikeprior8712
    @mikeprior8712 Před 6 měsíci +3

    My/our era of the Cure....fantastic performances.....

  • @jcsolomon6470
    @jcsolomon6470 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I Remember back in the day,like 88,for me,I was in California,in the service and I befriended,this short little Goth dude,with Jet Black Hair,and a pierced nose.He was Playing,Pornography on a cassette tape.l told him that I dug the Cure,and saw them on MtV,back in 82,for I Want To Go To Bed,video.He records me with my heavily stereo chorused effects and delays on the guitar,with a tape recorder.Came back the next day with the Sampled music Into something Totally different,and Amazing!I Bet This Guy Became an Amazing Goth or Something within that Style of music,Producer!Take care Fans!

  • @janicekroeger1771
    @janicekroeger1771 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I just saw them this summer. The outdoor venue was terrific even in rain delays standing room only. That voice is just as great 30 years later.

    • @conradzoo
      @conradzoo Před 5 měsíci

      Not really. Yes, it still sounds like him, his despondency, but the anger is gone. He sounds tired.

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Před 5 měsíci

      ⁠@@conradzooYeah, going on the footage I’ve seen and listened to (most of it is very high sound quality), it definitely doesn’t hit as hard as it used to. Not that I would expect it to from a man in his mid 60’s, but I often see and hear people talk about how he’s supposedly just as visceral today as he was in the early 80’s, and I just don’t agree.

    • @anthonyrippa686
      @anthonyrippa686 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@conradzoo well he's sad about being older and losing family. A few of the new songs are about that. A higher angry youthful voice was a product of his teens and early twenties when the first four albums were recorded.

    • @everpuremusic
      @everpuremusic Před 4 měsíci

      30 years? Sorry to break it, but it’s already 40 years… ;)

    • @anthonyrippa686
      @anthonyrippa686 Před 4 měsíci

      @@everpuremusic dang!

  • @vladimirsamusevic7875
    @vladimirsamusevic7875 Před 8 měsíci +7

    Звучит свежо, как будто вчера исполнено ! Гении

  • @Mr.Monster1313
    @Mr.Monster1313 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Still my favorite album... cool old videos..clips.

  • @fistfulgoteborg3142
    @fistfulgoteborg3142 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Robert's voice is next level delight

  • @boxy3026
    @boxy3026 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Merci pour le Post Vidéo Avec les 2 Menbres Fondareur et Mythique Band qu'est The Cure avec Laurence Tholurst (Call Lolo) et Robert Smith Génie et Meilleur SongWritter de ces 20 derniéres Années Sans conteste

  • @jorgerossi8956
    @jorgerossi8956 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Thanks for sharing. Awesome.

  • @Gea2222
    @Gea2222 Před rokem +5

    that voice OMG

  • @betobarata4497
    @betobarata4497 Před 8 měsíci +7

    Do melhor que já ouvi até hoje ❤. Já não se faz música com esta simplicidade e beleza. Saudades deste tempo...

  • @jonberry1243
    @jonberry1243 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Wow, the version of 100 years....off the scale

  • @vicentbalanza3202
    @vicentbalanza3202 Před 2 měsíci +2

    The Dark Trilogy = the band in a nutshell. So many masterpieces. So much unachievable talent in their early days.

  • @artscollab
    @artscollab Před 8 měsíci +5

    “I look at myself in the mirror for the first time in a year”

  • @kimberlycarrino427
    @kimberlycarrino427 Před měsícem +1

    ...insanely good sound...thx...

  • @joellamoureux7914
    @joellamoureux7914 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Tyvm for sharing this!!! I have the studio albums, but this is definitely something else. I really enjoyed the first track.

    • @thedefinitivecure9298
      @thedefinitivecure9298  Před 4 měsíci

      One of the best things about The Cure are their live performances. I almost exclusively listen to live material from The Cure. Only when I want to hear some B-sides or demos will I listen to studio material. My favorite is live studio material, and TV shows.

  • @x-raybravo1990
    @x-raybravo1990 Před rokem +2

    What a gem !
    Thank you so much 🙌

  • @stephansong
    @stephansong Před 5 měsíci

    Simon still holds his bass, a la Clash to this day. Thank you for posting this. 17 seconds. Pornography. All cats are grey. Then on and on. Merci les garçon imaginaires.

  • @centroculturalkorova2953
    @centroculturalkorova2953 Před měsícem +1

    amo este video de principio a fin...

  • @MichaelSmith-mc8bd
    @MichaelSmith-mc8bd Před 22 hodinami

    I saw them on this tour at St Germans, Cornwall at the Elephant Fair. . An outdoor festival, a simply amazing experience! . R.I.P. Darrell Bowen, sadly missed my friend.

  • @hkmoving
    @hkmoving Před rokem +6

    Thank you for putting it all together. Back then I could only imagine in my head how it might look. I finally saw The Cure live in 1983 during their brief US tour in LA...still a relatively small venue...Simon of course had left but the setlist was still mostly the 1982 tour setlist.

    • @julianandrews6025
      @julianandrews6025 Před rokem

      I saw them play Wembley Arena 87 for the Kiss me Kiss me tour, It was a massive venue but still an excellent show and performance.

    • @eboethrasher
      @eboethrasher Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@julianandrews6025 Luckily there are one or two video boots of the 87 tour as there don't seem to be any official video broadcasts of it, BBC, festivals, nothing. There's radio simulcasts but for video, nada.

    • @julianandrews6025
      @julianandrews6025 Před 10 měsíci

      Got to check dates now lol

    • @davidellis5141
      @davidellis5141 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Perkins Palace in 1983 ! I was there 👍

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Před 5 měsíci +2

      I had to wait until a year after that before The Cure finally got around to playing in my hometown (Houston). I had already bought several records and had been into them pretty heavily since ‘81, but their very first show in Houston wasn’t until fall ‘84. Completely different lineup from Pornography by then, but they were still great live. Definitely didn’t disappoint, even after what seemed like an eternity of anticipation.

  • @philippem4400
    @philippem4400 Před 8 měsíci +3

    the best.......... a masterpiece .

  • @raynwolf2817
    @raynwolf2817 Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you for doing this! Early Cure is hands down the best ❤

  • @waynejensen9634
    @waynejensen9634 Před 8 měsíci +5

    This was BY FAR their best Work! Bought Boys Don't Cry upon release and everything.... After Pornography they were....🙄

  • @apocalypsevoyeur
    @apocalypsevoyeur Před 6 měsíci +2

    Masterpiece. Cold. Tragedy. Forever.

  • @mirotattooart
    @mirotattooart Před rokem +4

    This was the best cure ever. 🎉🎉

  • @ahernan
    @ahernan Před rokem +3

    WOW!
    You made a brilliant work.
    Thank you so much for sharing!!

    • @thedefinitivecure9298
      @thedefinitivecure9298  Před rokem +2

      Thank you, but all I did was compile these videos. I'm glad you enjoyed them.

  • @carolyn7298
    @carolyn7298 Před 11 měsíci +1

    So good. Thanks for sharing these gems.

  • @meepthirteen
    @meepthirteen Před rokem +1

    Wow brilliant footage! TY X

  • @alonsocomin6215
    @alonsocomin6215 Před rokem +3

    Thank you for putting this together

    • @thedefinitivecure9298
      @thedefinitivecure9298  Před rokem

      You're welcome. I enjoy putting these videos together and sharing them with other fans.