The Brits just keep on giving the world such great music. Again and again and again and agaaaain!

This is one of the rare songs i fell in love with the first time i heared it. They are a fantastic band.😀

The Cure is all about layers and subtlety. The more you listen you hear just how much is going on.

The song ”Disintegration” by the Cure is fkn amazing, have a listen!!

One of the best intros to a song ever 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌴🌴🌲🌲

This is my favourite song ever. You should listen to a live version. Phenomenal.

my favorite song when driving at night and there’s no other cars.

I've been a Cure fan for over 30 years and have seen them live 43 times. For a first listen and being new to The Cure, you nailed it man.

I saw them 3 years ago and one of my favourite moments of the show was when they played this song. The energy, Robert's voice and the atmosphere... I can't put it into words. It was truly mesmerizing.

They were just here in Austin for ACL, and their set list was amazing. And I’ve seen them live five times. Love, love, love The Cure.

A Forest is an amazing song and you can tell the band really enjoys it because they play it often in their live sets and usually it’s extended to ten or more minutes with brilliant guitar work and solos.

Oh crap, I missed that you did this one. Back in the early 90s, The Cure put out an album of remixes of some of their most popular songs (the album was called Mixed Up). The remix they did of this song, "A Forest - Tree Mix" is my favorite Cure song ever. They just took this song and really elevated it, giving it a very electro style. Since you've already reacted on camera to the original, there's no need to do it again, but I highly recommend you listen to the remix on your own when you get a chance.

His voice hasn’t changed since his youth! Bass sounds awesome on the live versions could be cool to compare and understand their energy more

I hear her voice Calling my name Brings back great memories

Their music can’t be defined, that’s why I love them. They are such an eclectic band. The Blood, Kyoto Song, The 13th, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, and so on. So completely different yet all brilliant.

love the cure also give bauhaus a shot great band

Yes, Joy Division and The Cure are both considered "post punk", as punk was thought to come in around 75-76, peak at 77, and die by 78 - at least in that iteration (it of course has gone on in other iterations, but for that first wave, it's considered dead by 78/79). The bands that came after that had the punk energy and rawness but were more creative and they could play their instruments a little better than their punk predecessors. Many of them started as simple punk bands but evolved, like Joy Division. Joy Division is considered the first goth band, they were the ones that really brought in that dark style and many were influenced by them, including the Cure who were operating at the same time. The Cure have covered Joy Division before, so for sure Robert Smith (the singer) was into Joy Division. This darker end of the post punk scene is the start of goth music, long before anyone thought of goth as Hot Topic and Marilyn Manson, it was just dark post punk.

I've been so lucky since I moved to this country I have seen them since 1983 23x they keep getting better each time I see them!! Love living in California I'm so close to all the big venues la San Francisco Santa Barbara Ventura Sacramento all within hours away or minutes!!!.💋🖤🥀🥰🤘🏻

New Order, The Cure ,Depeche Mode all we just essentials. The Cure was just layers from start to finish. Brings you in slow....speeds you up...and slows you back down. ..

Beautifully described. I'm a big Cure fan and you really get it!

Fun fact from it's early beginnings up to present line up The Cure has gone several changes which makes a bit of changes from album to album but one thing is constant, Robert Smith providing guitar, lyrics and vocals...

Disintegration in my humble opinion one of the best albums ever made, I also like pornography, a dark thumping sombre album.

Very good analysis. I would also highly suggest Fascination Street from the Disintegration albumn. It has the same dark atmospheric sound like A Forest with an incredible baseline. Fascination Street is another signature Cure sound. The Cure was part of the post punk scene, specifically Goth New Wave, Coldwave, Darkwave of the 80s. They also produced quirky alternative pop tunes as well, typical of the 80s.

Great commentary of my all-time favorite Cure song. Yes, they started this sound - actually many critics attribute true Alt music (or Goth) to The Cure. I really enjoyed this! 💋💋💋

The Cure is one of my favourite bands, all time. I first got to listen to "A Forest" in my late teens, about 25 years ago. Up to this day, I'm still blown away by this song and many others, as well. I really enjoyed your video. Keep it up! As for "Lovesong", it was one of the four singles The Cure realeased from the "Disintegration" album. The other three songs were "Pictures of you", Fascination Street" and "Lullaby". All singles were also accompanied with official videos. Greetings from Greece to everyone and stay safe!

I just watched then live in Glasgow and they’re still fantastic I love this song 🖤👍

The Cure is one of those bands that can really draw you into a mood - this is one of my favorites. Also, how about some tracks from The Pixies (Brick Is Red, Where Is My Mind, Magdalena are good starters) if you haven't reacted to them before? Would like to hear your take on their often very strange lyrics.

One of the best driving songs ever!!!

I love The Cure & most of the stuff they’ve done, but if I had to pick one, I’m pretty sure it’d be this one. Great reaction.

As I see it, there are about 4 Cures. There's the approachable atmospheric work, like this. There's the hard-core atmospheric, like New Day. There's the "pre-mainstream should have been huge" stuff, like "Jumping Someone Else's Train." Then, there's the beginning of the mainstream era, starting with tracks like "Head on the Door."

One of the best versions of this song is from their live concert film "The Cure in Orange." The concert was held in one of the world's oldest and intact Roman amphitheaters, in the city of Orange, France. Originally released in the VHS days, I don't think this was ever released on DVD or Blueray (?). There are some bad quality versions on youtube.

what an amazing tune... i've been listening to it since it was first released and it NEVER gets boring. you should check out the title track to their debut album 'Three Imaginery Boys' - still my favourite song by them. The Cure = Legends

Listening yo this reminds me of my teenage years listening to John Peel on BBC Radio 1 late 70’s/early 80’s

You should do more goth reactions. As a goth I love seeing first time goth song reactions. Check out clan of xymox

Love everything about The Cure! Rock and Roll Hall of Famers!!

The Cure's best album is still "Pornography"(1982 their darkest album and atmospheric as hell) "Cold and "Siamese Twins" are both off that album and my two favorites to this day. Everyone seems to know only two songs "Just Like Heaven" and "Friday I'm In Love" overplayed.I love every single song from The Cure. Seeing this live which I have many times two years ago being the most recent. Robert Smith played live for three hours straight and it was fantastic. "Swimming the Same Deep Water As You"-(played at my wedding) off "Disintegration " is my other favorite as well. "A Forest" live is on a whole other level too. Robert Smith was also in another phenomenal band Siouxsie and Banshees if you get a chance listen to her "Overground" is amazing as well as "Swimming Horses" which Smith is on.

Love the Cure!

"Lovesong" is a dead-on pick for a wedding, considering Bob Smith wrote it as a wedding gift for his wife. (They've been together for 46 years and married for 31, as of September 2019.)

The bass line really drives this along with the sharp lead guitar and the feathery vocals. More Cure please

Wow, The Cure too, My faves are..."Disintegration, "Love Song & Fascination Street

since nearly 40 years i listen the cure and it never gets boring...^^

The Cure was another great early '80s band with fantastic bass elements. This was one of the first songs I knew of theirs. I've liked them from the early '80s and even when I borrowed a boyfriend's bass in the mid '90s, along with Sex Pistols, I was playing bits of Cure songs by ear, despite not knowing how to play bass at all. Simon Gallup is probably my most familiar bassist of theirs. I get a kick out of you thinking this song was upbeat. It's definitely a dark song to me. Later Cure songs that I can think of (Kiss Me3) had a more upbeat aspect to even some of the darker songs. This one is definitely dark to me, in part because of the bass. It's always ticking away in the background, to the final element of the song. Oh, but I love how you talk about how you'd buy the album and listen to it while looking/reading liner notes/lyrics, etc. I just bought three Japan CDs that arrived yesterday and I'm working my way through them that way. I miss that element of music. I used to buy the vinyl and devour every element of text and photos. I had The Cure's Standing on a Beach compilation on cassette which folded out to include all of the lyrics. Now I need a damn magnifying glass, but I miss that element of music listening, which is why I still buy physical copies of stuff I really like.

Speaking of UNKLE, "Rabbit In Your Headlights" from that album features a sample from Talk Talk's "New Grass", and "Chaos" features Mark Hollis playing piano.

How hard would it be to play that drum beat, perfect, for sooo long! 🔥🔥🔥

My favourite Cure song. Loved playing along with this on my keyboard!

The "atmosphere" of this song describes the beginning of the 80's, who has Live those times can understand what I mean, Im 58 yO now .. yes that "puffiness of the drums" ITS what its this song about, that is the Spirit of the song taking you from the start to the end

A fantastic song... I love the live version in the album concert...

The first song I've heard from them as a kid, on the radio late on a windy night in Normandy. Needless to say, I was hooked !

Not only my favourite cure song, but easily in my all time top 5!

Excited to see this video pop up in my recommendations, it's my favorite song by The Cure. Amazing atmosphere, I played it the one time I drove my truck through the desert in New Mexico and Arizona. A different kind of lonely "forest".

I used to DJ Drum&Bass back in the days in clubs and a few times I actually ended my set with this tune - albeit not in the genre that was being played but it fits indeed and everyone went nuts! ... almost a rewind :)

This song live is frigging amazing! They go off and just jam getting more hectic, more frantic. Bloody brilliant!

Seventeen Seconds is a very simple album. For a while it was my favorite, especially because of A Forest and Play For Today. There's an album for every kind of mood, though. First time I listened to this album, I was already in my 20's. Still, this is nostalgia triggered every time I hear one of those songs. Up to that point I listened to songs with guitars, exclusively. These still have guitar, but they were the gateway to music that doesn't need it. I was not one of those who discovered stuff in their teens. Prior to the internet, I knew only what was on the radio with a few exceptions. So, I was familiar with Friday I'm In Love, of course. Lovecats and Close To Me. The Cure's past was entirely unknown to me. I probably heard Boys Don't Cry before, but I didn't connect it to that band. Exploring the entire discography of The Cure was full of surprises...can't recall any similar experience since that time. Not even with Pink Floyd. Lonely Soul is pretty neat! Need to check out some more. However, it does not remind me of A Forest or The Cure in the slightest.

Unless you're blasting this song and dancing around in your living room you missing out....lol

Good connection between this and Joy Division since Joy Division were a big influence on The Cure. If you listen to the Joy Division song Atmosphere you will really notice, especially in the music the influence on The Cure that Joy Division had (especially The Cure Album Disintegration). And Robert Smith play lead guitar for Siouxsie & The Banshees for a short time and said that experience taught him how powerful this type of music could be. So have a listen to Joy Division's Atmosphere and Siouxsie & The Banshees Spellbound or any of their singles in your own time, no need to react to them. Cheers from Down Under;)

Fkn love this track , learned to play it cis I loved it so much 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

There's a distinct line between 80's SYNTH POP NEW WAVE and the music of the 70's and 60's. Not only in technology but in purpose. New Wave was meant to sound different musicality and tone. We thought technology would not only save us but destroy us with nuclear annihilation. This music sounds nothing like the 60's and 70's because artists were creating a new sound that was the foundation for genres to come. Awesome time to grow up in.

The Cures Disintegration is one of the best albums ever made. From beginning to end a masterpiece!!

Never tire of this 👍

The Forest is one of their best early songs. Since I believe you have stated that you enjoy synth pop, you might check out “The Walk” or “Let’s Go to Bed”. These are some good examples of their 80’s more “synthy” more “poppy” middle era which culminated in the album “Disintegration” which is arguably the pinnacle of their creative accomplishments.

Great video and content choice. The Cure is one of my all time favourite bands. Oh, also cool background mural!

Wow, The Cure too, awesome. My faves are "Disintegration, Fascination Street & Love Song is a special song.

The Cure have many Beautiful songs ... enjoy

Don't forget depeche mode ,u2, inxs the bands of the same génération

You have good instincts. Cure and JD are vast!

Great live too

You're really analyzing and thinking this throudh, so enjoyable to watch!

The Cure has covered "Love will Tear Us Apart." The Deaf Tones have also covered the Cure song "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep."

Other Cure songs you should listen to on camera.. A Forest (Acoustic Version) Closedown Disintegration 39 Trust Catch A Night Like This Just One Kiss The Kiss Just Like Heaven Wendy Time

Joy Division are from the same era. They even played together once. But The Cure as the eighties came along, were heavily influenced by Joy Division, and it's known that New Order were one of Robert's favorite bands throughout the eighties. The Cure covered JD's "Love Will Tear Us Apart". It's nowhere near as good as the original, but it's a decent cover

Just caught up with this one, The Cure! Great band, another bullseye JP!

The Cure's cover of Hendrix's "Purple Haze" for a Jimi H. tribute album is pure gold. Nice reaction JP

A treat for lovers of a forest. 1 the mixed up version .. by the cure 2 join the dots version .. plati / static mix .. again produced by the cure

Great video. I liked that you just listened all the way through instead of constantly pausing the song to talk about it. Good stuff!

Absolutely love the Cure. Favourite album is possibly All Mixed Up - Extended mixes of some of their great songs. Oh, and the album Disintegration was my first album of the Cure I ever bought (even though I had heard their earlier stuff - but played that over and over. Good times.

Oh yeah: Uncle. Yes....great. Hits the emotions.

I once owned a VCR video of all the Cure's videos. So amazing to see his transformation from cleancut kid to ... um ... Anyway, one of my fav early Cure songs is Boys Don't Cry. It's an example of perfect songwriting. Also, try Love Cats for something completely different!

Love The Cure, this is an older track but a very good one. The ultimate Cure song is One Hundred Years Live Trilogy. The Cure is one of those bands that is much better Live.

This sound and atmosphere was so new in the early 8ties ! End of the 7 ties , new,dark,gloomy time of cold war and uncertain future , personally and in general.Well interpreted!

The live version from I think like 1992 or something is absolutely incredible. 100 times more intense than this already awesome version

Primary, jumping someone else’s train, killing an Arab, 1015 Saturday night, other voices, and many others worth a listen. Re your comments about their sound - you know how old that album is right? 1980.

You picked a good one here.

There was a video series called “Unplugged” and featured many great bands, including The Cure , a must see.

The Cure are one of my faves. There is SO MUCH to choose from. You should do another reaction soon. The following are a few of my favorite songs: Disintegration, The Holy Hour, and Play for Today. As far as Joy Division, check out: Disorder, Shadowplay, Dead Souls, and Heart and Soul. JD are a bit of an acquired taste and honestly I'd recommend just listening to full albums as opposed to songs to get a true feel. It took me a little bit to get used to Ian's vocals, but once it clicked, it *clicked*.

I’d suggest listening to Puressence, songs like ‘I Suppose’, ‘Fire’, ‘India’ and ‘The Walking Dead’. They were influenced by The Cure, but the vocalist is extraordinary. Also, I share my birthday with Robert Smith :)

True artists

40 years on I still have the 12 inch single of this song.

Brilliant

I don't know... maybe , or better, surely, I'm wrong, but a bit of the Song you put on at the end to compare the two singing style, reminds me so so much a Song by My Bloody Valentine ( soft as snow )

Love this band! Check out Lullaby - awesome song and a crazy video clip.

Charlotte sometimes!

The Cure/Joy Division come from the same time After punk known as Post Punk but Joy Division lost the lead singer who died after committing Suicide changed their names and became New Order, The cure better known as Goth Gods went and had some really interesting Songs Try Hanging Gardens by The Cure and see if you can break it down to what they are singing about link - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r6t4aM2DyqvPg58.html

Anyone who hasn’t listened to the Cure until now, y’all are in for a TREAT!

look in to The Cure Primary and In Between Days

I like Cure's song The Walk. Ultravox had good music too their song ... Reap the wild wind from the Quartet LP

Maybe the word is... hypnotic!?

You have lot of very good points in your feedbacks. That was interesting to me coz I felt like I was listening it for the first time again. Heard that song live like almost 60 times and it stills have the same effect. Btw you really should listen to a live version like the one from "Show" in 1992 (funny coz Robert Smith plays few chords of Joy Division "She Lost Control" in the middle of this version. Really liked your reaction and impressed you caught so much.

Try the whole Faith album. Gorgeous record. .

Please cover "Just Like Heaven" by the Cure. Rick Beato did an amazing job analyzing it. His youtube channel is amazing.

Finally they got into the Hall of Rock and Roll!!