That's called a "classic". To be a classic, it needs class not just time. ;)

Art is that way.

The truth is musical expression is not linear it goes round and returns, I mean we are speaking of humanity and how and when it chooses to express it's self.

I went to a The Cure concert in 1987, and when I realize that that was 34 years ago, it feels impossible! So I get your point 100%. And yes, to me as well, their songs are timeless.

@@leftright6054 To be a classic, it just needs to come from "17 Seconds"...

Seventeen Seconds was a very post punk album

First two albums are classics

Yes sir jerod. that's beyond opinion- thats Fact! whether others agree or not- The Cure are a top 10 band of all-time.

THIS Cure, ok, the "Friday I'm In Love" Cure, definitely NO

Por lo menos en mi vida es top 3

@@wintherr3527 Boooooo ! ( just kidn wint)

The cure is just for guys like you

My friend, similar situation here but my girlfriend became my wife who became my ex-wife. Before we got married I would walk across town listening to Charlotte Sometimes and Standing on a Beach while walking knee deep in snow wearing combat boots, Skull jeans and a Misfits tee shirt and black peacoat. I'd get to her house and do snow demons (I used to call them that, lolol) on her parent's lawn and they'd let me in likely knowing how in love I was. Since then I'm retired Marine Corps. I would lie in the rack when I was active duty listening to Pictures of You or Love Song because she introduced me to The Cure too. We were together through my active duty days but not much longer after. I still love her with all my heart and I think she loves me too. I think she's happily remarried and all I want for her is to be happy. Knowing love in your life is so special, a real treasure that is priceless. I hope you either get back together or find peace with your love for her and your appreciation for The Cure. They are very special... Knowing that you've loved is incredible my friend.

Thank you for your service! Amazing how powerful music is. It can define a pinpoint or a period of time our lives. That feeling from a song or album can make a memory in your life that will last forever. I ran away from home at 14. I had a Sony Walkman cassette player. The Led Zeppelin, Rush, and Depeche Mode tapes I had, got me through and I survived. After, I went through years of burnout on Zeppelin and the others. Now that I’m older, I listen to these songs and albums and the feelings I had back then. Pretty sure music saved my life

When you said 'Army" i thought BTS army for one second. Im gen X and i wish there was no smart phones and social media. a better world we had before. hahaha

I absolutely love getting depressed listening to the cure

Agreed , but somewhere on it , it should say "Woolworth's"

Verdade😆😆😆

@@rorogogo6241 yes

@@rorogogo6241 sold

@@6pin66 Straight up! That Top 20 pick up is a key component to add to any Robert Smith signature Jazzmaster.

the best time for music. never to be repeated :(

Yes! Reminds me, in a good way, of REM's later song Boxcars (A Carnival of Sorts).

@@Billkwando I agree. Early Cure/R.E.M. are the best

Mike Hedges was a godlike producer and engineer

Yup!

still got a couple :) they were the best. i played through my Alpine car cassette player LOUD

Best birth year GenX Best music Best childhood

Seriously. I love looking back at this now. When this video was made, my young self literally digested every single nanosecond of this band I could get my hands on. If Robert Smith said boo, I would flinch. At the time it felt so amazing to love a band that nobody in America knew about if they only listened to the radio.

You're beautiful 😍😍😍

Are you on instagram? 😍😍

It really sounds like a first draft of A Forest.

The transitions (I'm not musically trained, obviously) and stark percussion evokes A Forest to me somehow.

Its been canceled ......no More good music that ended for us awhile ago hold on to these memories and talents

I see what you did there 😀

phenomenally clever.....absolutely brilliant.....

looks like real drums to me^^

@@tiefensucht they are real drums. i'm saying the way they used to record and add post production to them back then gave them the "cheap" drum machine aesthetic sound

I think they used synare electronic drums. Parts of it. Not a machine rythms box

Yes very 80s. I don't remember that decade cuz I was an infant but it sounds rad.

TBH that's the part I never liked, how they play cheap mode

There's a channel called Circle Of Tone where the guy discusses the gear and sound of The Cure. Check it out.

Real niggaz be bumpin the cure fr fr

there’s unlikely to be high quality source for this stuff

@@basehead617 Upscaling is a wonderful thing, and even without it, it's the durability and portability of DVD over VHS that I was thinking of.

He should have kept this look. Why he went monster goth I'll never get.

@@bobdoubter2977 - I get why he did; the image suited the time, but yeah it was overindulgent. I never liked cure fans so they put me off the band. The songs on ‘Kiss Me..’ transcended the band so I really enjoyed that one, but I never saw this video before - it makes me appreciate them even more as a working band. Considering Robert’s self-deprecating sense of humor it never made sense to me how he indulged his fans. It gives me a queasy ambivalence about them. They could be as off-putting as they were brilliantly original.

Like the fact that the drummer's up front

Oops meant the JC-160 the 4 speaker model

As they should.

@@esltogo6898 don’t you just love the insanely bright and clean tone Robert got from his jazz master in the early days, crazy unique sound!

I wonder if he was worried about not being taken seriously, as a musician. Duran Duran was not taken seriously by critics at the time because they were considered too good looking. Robert Smith's make-up covers up his very handsome face!

@@marisol3827 I agree lol he looks attractive here and I never liked him with the make up and the funny hair (I generally don't mind men with make up tho, it just doesn't suit him personally)

I dont think he did it to get popular. As an intensely shy person...more used it to hide behind.

Wow...I had that cassette, didn't know there was a VHS tape!

Completely forgot, but I have the VHS tape too from the late 80’s, as well as live in Orange. Now just need to figure out how to watch it. Lol.

@@edson720 we have 2 VHS players and they work like a charm. You can still find them online. We get some great videos at thrift stores, flea markets and pawn shops. We used to buy them off amazon too. 😊

Well, at least you know they have great taste in music.

“A reflection” makes me envision a brightly colored living room with fancy furniture, and one large mirror covering a whole wall. Seeping through the mirror, struggling to be set free, a malicious spirit.

Seriously! Could be twins!