The Cure: TOP 5 HIDDEN GEMS From Robert Smith and Co | Pop Fix

The Cure: TOP 5 HIDDEN GEMS From Robert Smith and Co | Pop Fix | Professor of Rock

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The Cure is one of the greatest bands in the history of music. They are exquisitely unique and frankly unrepeatable. Though Robert Smith and company have influenced scores of bands that have followed they have created music that is so intensely magical and so deliciously soul invigorating it’s almost impossible to try and define it I’m sure that my story with this band is no different than your own. They were one of the musical institutions that saved me in the youthful coming of age period of deep confusion and overpowering despair that is high school. Robert Smith is one of the most gifted poets and singers of any era going back centuries. I will spend many more hours in the future, celebrating their deep and expansive collection of songs and albums but today I focus on 5 hidden Gems, from some of their greatest albums like Disintegration, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, and The Head on the Door, also non singles, album tracks, b sides, the Cure has so many that are better than their hits and I want to cover 5 today that you should either discover or re visit as they are life changing and massively essential. Let’s get into it.
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@spookyvegan1402 3 жыл бұрын

When someone says...”I don’t like the Cure” I don’t like them.

@Dr_satan_66 3 жыл бұрын

Then you'll hate my toxic friend

@sirsantos13 3 жыл бұрын

So true! Anyone that steps foot in my car is absolutely forbiden to say a bad word about them and my girlfriend is well aware that it's a no go zone :D :D

@aaronburns9538 3 жыл бұрын

I don't like people who don't like people who don't like the Cure. Jk it was just fun to type this.

@galowinslow4114 3 жыл бұрын

I hate when people say the cures a "one hit wonder"

@lerooleroo 3 жыл бұрын

@@galowinslow4114 which one do they consider their one hit? Lovesong? Friday I'm In Love? Close To Me? Boys Don't Cry? Just Like Heaven? Inbetween Days? Lullaby? The Lovecats? Pictures Of You? Why Can't I Be You?

@rgs8970 3 жыл бұрын

Disintegration's liner notes read: "this album has been mixed to be played loud, so turn it up." Listening on headphones is truly a spiritual experience

@ASortedCollection 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@anthonyrippa686 2 жыл бұрын

there music is like something from another dimension of rock, and yes, spiritual too

@Bobklijn Жыл бұрын

Maybe that is the last album before the Loudness War started in the nineties. It REALLY has to be turned up to experience the great stereo sound and dynamics at full.

@whenfatkillsfat803 Жыл бұрын

Not just spiritual but the unique and worldly soundscapes his songs have had. Robert doesn't get enough appreciation for the latter whether it's the oriental Kyoto, Latin flavor of The Blood and Last Dance and the mideastern vibe of Drowning Man.

@_-_-_-Prof.BoskoBiathi-_-_-_ Жыл бұрын

As i have read this,..i thought it is joke,...cuz couldnt believe that they realy printed it,.. So did they really mixed the album to be played loud??

@Ralphoid 2 жыл бұрын

'Prayers for Rain' followed by 'Same Deep Water as You' followed by 'Disintegration' is THE best song sequence/order on any album.

@andyh444 Жыл бұрын

Just add "Homesick" and "Untitled" which just make everything perfect 🙂

@jeffreysargent Жыл бұрын

@@andyh444 This.

@hollowone777 Жыл бұрын

I used to put that vinyl on to fall to sleep to. It was always guaranteed to rock me gently to sleep when I was deeply troubled.

@jaypee9533 Жыл бұрын

Maaaan I've been saying that yeaaars

@ohnobro1424 Жыл бұрын

Fascination Street right before them too. The entire second half of that album fits so perfectly together.

@P-Bass_Pete Жыл бұрын

Being a huge Cure fan, I ran out and bought the album 'Disintegration' the day it came out. I put the record on the turntable and the opening notes of "Plainsong" blasted out of my speakers and forever changed my perception of how beautiful music could be. I remember it was a warm day in spring and as I sat on my bed with the window open and the fresh air wafted in, I felt at peace with the world.

@clarkbarrett6274 Жыл бұрын

Plainsong isn't just my favorite Cure song; it's my favorite song...period.

@BeyondPostal 5 ай бұрын

Deep, powerful and drills into your soul!

@andrewpratt6852 23 күн бұрын

I remember the first time I played it too

@TheActionslaxx 3 жыл бұрын

“From The Edge of The Deep Green Sea”from Wish

@jamescallis4532 3 жыл бұрын

YES!

@Skeezer66 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamescallis4532 Hahahaha!!!! I'm laughing because as soon as I saw "From the Edge . . ." I thought "YES!", and you beat me by 7 minutes!! LOL!!

@jamescallis4532 3 жыл бұрын

@@Skeezer66 Great taste tastes alike. Great fucking song....spoke to me back in the day although I had been into Cure from the beginning as I am old. : )

@Skeezer66 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamescallis4532 I'm 54 so you can't be that much older, lol!

@jamescallis4532 3 жыл бұрын

@@Skeezer66 Haaaa....I'm May 1966, 54 years old...still going to shows....at least before shitty virus and politicians. Saw Tool x2 just before the dookie hit the fan. Nice to meet ya...

@jamescallis4532 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, acknowledging The Cure as one of the greatest bands ever...now you got my respect.

@deadinthewater218 3 жыл бұрын

Adam loves 80s and 90s music. The Cure is the 80s and 90s.

@jamescallis3910 3 жыл бұрын

@@deadinthewater218 The Cure is the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s and 20s...and going!

@KatieDawnJacobs 3 жыл бұрын

That is exactly how I feel!

@ronkelly3599 3 жыл бұрын

I loved you on Battlestar Galactica.

@jamescallis3910 3 жыл бұрын

@@ronkelly3599 I don't get it.

@thomasnoel5943 2 жыл бұрын

Not only is Robert Smith a musical genius, but an absolute humble gentleman. !!

@lostwishes3191 3 жыл бұрын

"Disintegration" is a timeless masterpiece. For me the best album ever...

@mikeyj.3605 3 жыл бұрын

Picking 5 underrated Cure songs is absolute rubbish. There is like 50 of them.

@RayEttler 3 жыл бұрын

always awesome to see the term underrated at work here on yt!

@aliceson73 3 жыл бұрын

Haha! Agreed! SO many great underrated songs😻

@user-of4kk4in9f 3 жыл бұрын

letter to Elise...

@enterfil 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly hahahaha

@angebiasable 3 жыл бұрын

aaaa.. 🐡🐡 @@RayEttler

@philr696 3 жыл бұрын

A night like this. The passion in Roberts voice when he belts out "I'm coming to find you if it takes me all night". I could listen to that song every day for the rest of my life.

@BudSchnelker 3 жыл бұрын

I could have picked just about anything off "The Head On The Door". What an astounding range of musical styles, almost all done to perfection.

@magorzatasandecka554 3 жыл бұрын

A Night LIke This is my favourite Cure song ever.

@EM-cg4iy 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@yellowstrange 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a very special song to me too my ex shared that song when she had to leave to another state. It’s such a good song

@joeldukes303 3 жыл бұрын

The sax at the end is a nice touch too, great tune

@1A_-. Жыл бұрын

I feel so privileged that I got to grow up listening to Robert🥰 He shaped my life

@tanyakordek5545 2 жыл бұрын

It's so wonderful to connect with others that know that Robert Smith is one of the best Lyricists ever!!

@se9f282 Жыл бұрын

He is a poet, yes.

@patrickcrady904 Жыл бұрын

Bigfoot, and the Cure. Wow! Me too ♥ from Louisville, Ky

@mommaluna4211 Жыл бұрын

He’s an incredible musician and artist. The music he composes is amazing. I love listening to the cure on my headphones to pick apart each instrument and then to hear it blend together. It’s magical sometimes ❤

@BeyondPostal 5 ай бұрын

100% agree, these are my people that get it! :)

@christopherwalker2228 4 ай бұрын

Best lyricist but also best songwriter completely. Let's not forget that he writes most of the music, plays lead guitar on most, plays bass (even plays 6-string bass as a guitar sometimes), keyboards. He is the singular greatest and most important musician of modern music (ie music once lyrics were added). No one, no team of people, compate to him. He's like the Highlander. There can be only one lol.

@reneeurban9290 Жыл бұрын

Robert Smith is a true Romantic. A true poet

@thomshrike 3 жыл бұрын

5 gems that did not become singles: - All Cats Are Grey - Lament - Kyoto Song - How Beautiful You Are - All I Want And 5 gems that never even made it to albums: - The Exploding Boy - Chain Of Flowers - Sugar Girl - 2 Late - That Twilight Garden

@maryannspurgin 3 жыл бұрын

Much better choices.

@michaell6807 3 жыл бұрын

@bobbiebob575 bob mine are siamese twins, snow in summer, your god is fear, where the birds always sing, and last dance (rs home instrumental demo)

@dlvnmedia 3 жыл бұрын

I have to say All Cats Are Grey is one of my all time favorite songs - also the reason I now own a grey cat. Her name is Morticia and she’s the bestest girl and she knows it.

@PhilippeDumontPicturalys 3 жыл бұрын

Lament is sooooo good

@sonofskeletor33 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is a much better list. I'd add 'Temptation' to the list of songs that should have been on an album.

@yungmisha5730 3 жыл бұрын

As a young person, barely turned 13, I love the cure from the bottom of my heart and I'm so grateful that my father showed me their music.

@michaelgask 3 жыл бұрын

So cool. Thank you Misha's Dad 🙏🏻 I'm really pleased he showed you this.

@yungmisha5730 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelgask I'm happy too, without him I wouldn't find the things I like now

@christianamaya6272 2 жыл бұрын

your dad gave you priceless inheritance, must be proud to be his son

@yungmisha5730 2 жыл бұрын

@@christianamaya6272 haha, definitely agree

@donatelladelpriore3375 Жыл бұрын

You're lucky

@MR-gl1fs Жыл бұрын

What a fabulous band. Love them for almost 40 years. Love them,!

@barrytipton8564 3 жыл бұрын

The Cure, as a teenager, let me imagine the heartache of middle-age. Now, at 50, it brings me back to that moment.

@je23508 3 жыл бұрын

Never been a fan of the Cure. I get the concepts for the music. Just not my cup of tea. However still gave a thumbs up for the video. Good info.

@spookyvegan1402 3 жыл бұрын

I am 48 and I SOOOO understand exactly what you mean

@StudioScarecrow 3 жыл бұрын

They hold up really well, too - I'm 25 and adore them

@ste.6026 3 жыл бұрын

When I told a friend recently (Both in our mid 50s) that the Cure were a favorite band of mine, he just said they were depressing & gloomy, my reply was 'Lovecats', 'In Between Days', Friday I'm In Love', 'The Caterpillar', DEPRESSING & GLOOMY!!! his answer was no their not gloomy... A lot of people really do not like the image...

@vomitedshit 3 жыл бұрын

ur old

@jenniferhibbitt-kocina6330 3 жыл бұрын

Push from "The Head on the Door" is my all-time favorite Cure song!

@olomip6273 2 жыл бұрын

its so good!

@JB-rt2ok Жыл бұрын

I have loved The Cure for 37 years. It's great to know someone else loves "Push" as much as much as I do.

@alanoceferinojr9009 Жыл бұрын

I'm a rabid avid fan of the cure for 35 years since I heard my favorite song of theirs, boys don't cry,and in between days God blessed 👍😊

@catalinafang 3 жыл бұрын

Finally, the true recognition The Cure deserves. They are one of my favorite bands and yes, Robert Smith is a gift to humanity.

@curefanatic1821 3 жыл бұрын

I whole heartedly agree with all these. My 5 Hidden Gems - Other Voices - Charlotte Sometimes - This Twilight Garden - Open - Like Cockatoos

@SynthMusicWorld 3 жыл бұрын

Ooh, thanks for reminding me about Charlotte Sometimes. That one is going into rotation on my Spotify playlist.

@curefanatic1821 3 жыл бұрын

@@SynthMusicWorld Love the song so much, I named my daughter Charlotte.

@SynthMusicWorld 3 жыл бұрын

@@curefanatic1821 that's pretty cool!

@LauchlinMacGregor 3 жыл бұрын

Great collection of 5! Like cockatoos makes me giddy

@JeffBoen 3 жыл бұрын

@@curefanatic1821 Nice! We had a cat that I named Charlotte Sometimes. The vet would always ask "What is she the rest of the time?" Dad joke alert.

@ltplounge8318 3 жыл бұрын

Plainsong still gets me. We saw them in 1989 for the Prayer tour at Shoreline. They opened with Plainsong and I still get shivers thinking about how that made me feel to hear the windchimes and the opening chords. Interestingly enough, they also played The Perfect Girl at that show. Hidden gems: To the sky, Secrets, To wish impossible things, Just one kiss, A chain of flowers....

@ProfessorofRock 3 жыл бұрын

Oh how I wish I could've seen that exact show.

@_-_-_-Prof.BoskoBiathi-_-_-_ Жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock i wish i could have seen the trilogy Show,...that was unbelievable,just imagine,..u know what comes next,...u listen to a short term effect,..and then,..next highlight,..i when DISINTEGRATION starts,.u listen to closedown,.and u know in a bunch of minutes u will listen to same deep water as you,....ahhhhhh fabulous

@badius377 Жыл бұрын

Plainsong is epic! The build in the beginning. The sound of the chimes. "It's just the way I smile she said" this song defines the Cure. Dark with a hint of light.

@roland6253 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree it’s just the way I smile, she said - god I’ve heard it a thousand times and I always wait for it with such anticipation.

@seanoriordan77 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the first time I listened to Disintegration and heard the opening bars of Plainsong. I got shivers down my spine. I knew straight away the LP was going to be epic. The man is a genius and also Simon Gallup is as important to The Cure's sound, as Peter Hook is to New Order's.

@roland6253 11 ай бұрын

Ahh Plainsong I share your love of this song. It’s unspeakably beautiful

@YourPoetryMom 3 жыл бұрын

I once stood front and center, just a few feet away from Robert, as the band performed “Plainsong” to open their amazing concert. That was truly one of the greatest nights of my life...✨

@kldahlin 3 жыл бұрын

I too had that joy once in San Diego. I love it when chimes start and then music explodes

@LauchlinMacGregor 3 жыл бұрын

It was the best opening song in any show I've seen. Saw them front row in Cleveland 1992.

@heatherfyffe3618 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. More than once in fact. Such an incredible way to start a concert!!

@hawknight3 3 жыл бұрын

I think Plainsong could be used for the corination of a king, a wedding, or a funeral march. It's the happiest saddest song ever.

@JubeProductions 3 жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to be front and center several times, once during the Swing Tour in 1996 in Fairfax VA, and they opened with Plainsong. It was the first time they played it since 1990, I think I almost teared up when I heard "The Bells". I was also front and center at a small club in NYC 1997 on halloween night and Robert was so close I could have reached out and touched his guitar. It was just a wall between the band and crow, no gap for security.

@tomtraceymusic Жыл бұрын

Great video! Fan of almost 40 years here as well! Favorite band all time. If I may.. my 5 that come to mind are: Same deep water as you This twilight garden Trust A Night Like This Carnage Visors

@patrickmcandrew4949 Жыл бұрын

Even the Top 5 Cure Albums wouldn't be enough to cover what you need to hear!!! Pure genius.

@mictest12 3 жыл бұрын

#5 01:45 Six Different Ways #4 04:44 The Same Deep Water As You #3 08:03 The Perfect Girl #2 11:12 Harold And Joe #1 14:41 Plainsong

@octosparkTC 3 жыл бұрын

I have that T-shirt too. It’s 30 years old and I still wear it. It hasn’t disintegrated, oddly enough.

@theglenlivet3372 2 жыл бұрын

Haha

@thomasmore1964 3 жыл бұрын

Push, Disintegration, Burn, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, A Letter to Elise

@Lady_Liberty1977 3 жыл бұрын

My favorites

@Starlesslight 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like Burn gets forgotten because it was outside of their heyday, and it was made for a movie soundtrack and not on one of their albums. The Crow soundtrack was awesome period, but this song was my favorite on it.

@Lunatic4Bizcas 3 жыл бұрын

@@Starlesslight : ¡ Burn ! Absolutely. A gloriously Gothic tune without a doubt.

@christopherdieudonne 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, "Push" ! That one's GREAT !

@heatherfyffe3618 3 жыл бұрын

I was never *overly* moved by Burn... until I saw them perform it live. That song is INCREDIBLE live.

@Number-hf2rp Жыл бұрын

Harold and Joe and the Mixed Up A Forest remix are honestly my two favorite Cure songs. To round out a top 5 I would also say Burn, Disintegration, and Push. My gawd Push is such an explosion of goth joy. Anyway, I was thrilled when you not only mentioned both of my favorite songs but put Harold and Joe in the list. It is unlike any other Cure song, yet unmistakably a Cure song, just like you mentioned. The A Forest remix sounds like it's haunted, like every time you play it a purple ghost will come out of your speakers and scare you.

@eldjswett 3 жыл бұрын

“Like cockatoos”, “Push”, “M”, “The empty world”, “A few hours after this”....... so many my god!

@jennifertoepfer2359 Жыл бұрын

Push and A Few Hours After This top my list

@ga3124 3 жыл бұрын

The Cure mastered the art of building an indelible melancholic atmosphere with Disintegration. I remember listening to this in my dorm late at night after my girlfriend and I had broken up. I played Pictures of You over and over until her face slipped away quietly. "If only I thought of the right words, I could've held onto your heart..." Genius, brilliant, and timeless. Good episode.

@RodCornholio 3 жыл бұрын

Rough night. Some pains scar one's soul. The Cure expressed that for me.

@vsander09 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff... I personally prefer Last Dance as a breakup song

@ga3124 3 жыл бұрын

@@vsander09 Absolutely. a woman now standing where once there was only a girl

@klaedoe9042 5 ай бұрын

You know how to suffer my friend

@electricianone3090 3 жыл бұрын

Hard to pick only 5 “BEST” Cure songs. They’re all incredible.

@musicaddict5076 2 жыл бұрын

These are hidden gems not necessarily the best. Although Plainsong is up there for me.

@claudiolichtenthal2767 Жыл бұрын

He did not list his top 5 ... It was his top hidden ones.

@dredwick Жыл бұрын

There are definitely more hidden gems, but the amazing thing is that just about every song The Cure recorded from their first album, all the way up to Wish, are AMAZING songs.

@tylerhellums9823 3 жыл бұрын

Plainsong kinda gives me a feeling of bitter-sweet transcendence and enlightenment. It's like realizing that things can be better, but you have to leave behind all the things that you miss that played a part in taking you down in the first place. Whether you stay where it's comfortable, but not what it could be, or be uncomfortable for a time to reach for something better is up to you. That's what plainsong means for me.

@astoncrew6087 3 жыл бұрын

“All cats are Grey”...I love the list, this song should be added as the 6th gem!

@stickersamurai2272 2 жыл бұрын

Same.

@gregorypetersen1181 3 жыл бұрын

In my opinion their is no such thing as a bad or ok cure song. I'm 50 yrs old when I was a kid and still today the Cure had and always will have great influence in my life. GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME!!!

@GeorgeGeo 3 жыл бұрын

Can't argue with these selections.. adding A Strange Day

@antzona 3 жыл бұрын

A Strange Day is the best song of all time.

@mightyV444 3 жыл бұрын

Eek! I think I might need to have my eyes checked! I had read "skeletons" at first, probably also because of the skull image in the corner of my left eye x-))

@russellramsay515 3 жыл бұрын

I was anticipating that A Strange Day would have been included, too.

@buddamylynn 3 жыл бұрын

MY HEART. A Strange Day. Glorious. At 17, I wanted my boyfriend’s band to cover it...and they tried...and it was too hard for them to learn. (I was a writer and actor, not a musician.)

@minstac1530 3 жыл бұрын

That's my favorite Cure song!!I loved it since I first heard it at 16 yrs old

@Evil_Noah 9 ай бұрын

The Cure is my favorite band. I don't think any of your picks will be wrong in any way. Edit: You are really good at expressing your thoughts of these songs. I love it, truly.

@CN-dl2cj Жыл бұрын

The Cure has been my absolute favorite band since the 80s. So many different sounds and range of styles. Why Can't I Be You to Lullaby to Plainsong to Watching Me Fall and everything imaginable in between. Plainsong is one of my all time favorite 20 songs period. I have turned off all the lights and just laid on my couch and listened to this song...sober...and been transformed.

@nicholask388 3 жыл бұрын

“The Exploding Boy” B-side to “Inbetween Days”. Priceless

@therecordplayer2001 3 жыл бұрын

My #1 hidden gem

@Badger101 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Great song!

@oscarlagos7832 3 жыл бұрын

El mejor lado B de The Cure

@davidlepont9401 3 жыл бұрын

Magnifique

@thewhistlingpixie 3 жыл бұрын

Came here to say that. And a Few Hours After This. My heart explodes.

@shanewright2772 3 жыл бұрын

5. Killing an Arab (add The Drowning Man if KAA is too well known) 4. A Short Term Effect 3. Play for The Day 2. The Hanging Garden 1. The Holy Hour.

@membear 3 жыл бұрын

It's Play for Today.

@albertocabezas282 3 жыл бұрын

"Plainsong" is magnificent. The very first time I listened to it I almost cry. How powerful musical expression on it and how lush it sounds. Robert's voice was so impressive there... Also I loved "Closedown". Fantastic album.

@CharlesBHamlyn Жыл бұрын

My personal list of life changing Cure songs: 1. Bare - Every single word is pure poetry. 2. Charlotte Sometimes (from Paris) - The song is only enhanced when you learn it's based on (and uses lyrics from) an incredible book of the same name. Read the book! 3. From The Edge of The Deep Green Sea - Heart wrenching vocals. 4. The Kiss - This one for the instrumentation. It kicks you in the gut, particularly if your prior experience with the Cure is just the slower more lyrically mature songs. 5. Untitled - I love that this song doesn't have a title. It's such a tight package of music and lyrics and yet they couldn't settle on a name, really powerful song. Bonus: These songs have a great story to tell: 1. There Is No If... 2. A Letter To Elise 3. Strange Attraction 4. Open 5. Just Like Heaven - I know it's poppy but the ending lyrics where he realizes it's all been a dream are so heart wrenching.

@klaedoe9042 5 ай бұрын

LET HIM COOK

@cuttotheheart 3 жыл бұрын

Scared as You - one of the most beautiful overlooked tracks, Smith got so emotional from it that he cried while recording it.

@AndreeaMihai 3 жыл бұрын

I could hear you talk about The Cure forever and I would never get bored of it. Seeing you put Plainsong on the first place makes me so happy, yet feels like a safe choice. Plainsong is such a full song, and as you've noted, creates such a beautiful environment with Pictures of You and Closedown. The Cure's body of work is full of amazing sounds, that evade me some days, because I'm focusing on something else, but they always make their way to your heart. One of the greatest bands in the history, and I'm super happy to have seen them live!

@LauchlinMacGregor 3 жыл бұрын

The entire Disintegration album is the best album ever made. imo

@charlienewbold9809 3 жыл бұрын

My absolute favourite cure song - from one of the greatest albums of all time.

@StudioScarecrow 3 жыл бұрын

Plainsong is mankind's finest achievement

@suesutton9226 3 жыл бұрын

Same . . . and me too, it was the best concert I have ever been to ( and there have been many)

@Teknopuls3 3 жыл бұрын

I think identifying a song as "safe" assures the rest of us that the choice was solid. Anything else is debatable.

@tynadarco9038 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this. The Cure is just hands down the most amazing band ever. I listen to them and realize their music has filled most of my life. Robert Smith is the closest thing on this earth as to what Heaven must be like. I remember fist hearing him sing and thinking this is love . This is what love sounds like and feels like. Pure beauty.

@natebroadus8474 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for including The Same Deep Water As You. On an emotional record, that was the most emotional song. It's beautiful, it's dark, it's tragic--it's everything that makes The Cure... The Cure. It's a song that I can't imagine coming from any other group.

@Derek-df1dw 3 жыл бұрын

The B-sides from the Wish Album are definitely hidden gems! This Twilight Garden, The Big Hand, Play and Halo are all worthy of being A-side album tracks!

@Jevole-Paramoteur Жыл бұрын

Yeah, lot's of artists would love to have compose these kind of songs in one of their albums, and The cure is so incredible that it's on b-sides! The Cure is the best band ever.

@michaeldodge3641 3 жыл бұрын

The Head on the Door is my favorite Cure album, and Six Different Ways is one of my favorites. I could listen to that album endlessly.

@bernstock Жыл бұрын

Thanks for bringing back some great memories!! So much of the Cure's music is tied up in memories of youth. I really appreciate this!! As an old Cure fan, if we're talking about B-sides & rarities, my favourite two are "Push" from Head On The Door, and "Scared As You" from the Wish era. Much love, keep doing what you do :)

@cdec6314 6 ай бұрын

I’m 51, my First Album was, The Top! I felt like Scotty beamed me Up, to a whole other Dimension! It was roughly 7th grade, so 12 years old, and my mind was blown! That Boy kept giving me Cure Albums. It was 1984. Led Zeppelin was my Musical MUSE, for Genius level, Journey too, but this Cure band, Holy Shit Snikeys, did I fall hard in the Alternative Music channels, soon after, however, they’re all pretty Great, I just knew, this is a Once in a Lifetime kinda Band, Song Writer, music writer, producer, its on the Teeter of Perfect! Robert Smith’s voice can comfort me in seconds! This Melodic Group, puts music together like Angels! I absolutely Love All of them! The Guitar Riffs, Percussionist, Bass, Horns- the FULL PACKAGE! Timeless Band, unconditionally Loved Group! Thank You, for the Masterpieces! ❤🎼🎵🎶

@jayadkisson8934 3 жыл бұрын

This video made my day! Thank you so much, Professor! 😃❤️🎶 Hidden gems I’d add: All I Want, Kyoto Song, The Figurehead, The Kiss, Homesick, Birdmad Girl, To Wish Impossible Things... you did a SUPERB job at narrowing it down to five!

@klaedoe9042 5 ай бұрын

AYYY BIRDMAD GIRL MENTIONED 🗣🗣🗣‼️‼️

@christopherdieudonne 3 жыл бұрын

"Same Deep Water as You" has always been a favourite of mine. It's absolutely haunting. I love it !

@seanp8220 2 жыл бұрын

I used to listen to it on repeat.

@thomasstock2726 Жыл бұрын

yesss

@jgfunk Жыл бұрын

It's a phenomenal song.

@emilywilhite5807 Жыл бұрын

If I’d ever been given a mix tape by a guy with all those bands on it, it would have been instant love.

@chocoboStomPing 3 жыл бұрын

THE SAME DEEP WATER!!! That song on a cold winter day= perfect

@christyler6234 3 жыл бұрын

I’m so surprised that Burn didn’t make the list. There is nothing else like that song and it’s my favorite from The Cure.

@optimoblunt2894 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite song by the cure of all time

@lucianogoyenechea8704 3 жыл бұрын

yes

@TheHiddenNarrative 3 жыл бұрын

Did you hear the recent live versions they do of it? I think it sounds better than the studio one. It's not as ghostly as the studio version but it sounds fuller and the lyrics have been tightened up a bit: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/acyDg7CW37vOaYU.html

@rikkihill22 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely phenomenal song. Gets overlooked so often because bit wasn't on an official Cure album which is tragic as its an amazing piece of music.

@levisguy53 3 жыл бұрын

prolly cos' the title of the video is hidden gems, not singles, promos etc.

@hunterdavis3003 3 жыл бұрын

Most of “join the dots” a box set of undiscovered gems is incredible...their cover of Depeche Mode is fantastic! Seriously all four discs have been on repeat in my car for a few months now, The Cure is one of those bands that you can always “discover”

@venusbrownreacts 3 жыл бұрын

It is so nice to hear someone speak about The Cure with the same kind of passion, awe, and emotion as I do. The song that stands out in my mind, I'm not sure why, but Letter to Elise always gets me. Now I have a little cousin Elise, so the song starts playing in my head whenever I see her.

@CN-dl2cj Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite versions is the MTV Unplugged version with the little toy piano

@sr3dniv103 Жыл бұрын

I think you did a great job describing how the Cure songs feel. As a fellow Gen X, I get where you're coming from and your mix tape story hits home with me.

@marpsr 3 жыл бұрын

Here’s my list: A Strange Day, Shake Dog Shake, Piggy in the Middle, A Forest, Sinking, The Funeral Party, In Your House

@satiricalhaz-homeofbanter4371 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure you could call 'A Forest' a hidden gem but definitely still a fantastic song

@manxuberglider8 3 жыл бұрын

Piggy In The MIRROR? 👍🏻

@marpsr 3 жыл бұрын

@@satiricalhaz-homeofbanter4371 it’s a valid point, but a lot of people barely know The Cure at all, and A Forest was never a hit in the US.

@satiricalhaz-homeofbanter4371 3 жыл бұрын

@@marpsr true, they didn't have any major hits in the US until KMKMKM

@LauchlinMacGregor 3 жыл бұрын

I remember hearing Shake Dog Shake live...about flipped out. ShakeDogShake was a nickname on the music forums for a while

@timkardosy670 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad that you mentioned Harold & Joe! One of my fave Cure songs! Thanks!

@supercheese7033 Жыл бұрын

Wow, I haven't fanboy'd The Cure like this since the 80s-90s. Your passion is like a window into my past, thank you for memory lane!

@spume74 3 жыл бұрын

I love the reverence with which you speak about The Cure. I remember running out to buy Disintegration when it was released, going home, popping in the tape and turning off the lights to listen in my angsty youth. I still get teary eyed thinking about that sad, wounded version of me when I listen to this album. It is brilliant and no album has been able to touch it for me in my entire life.

@liquidninja6654 3 жыл бұрын

Robert Smith reminds me a lot of Prince because they basically can do ANYTHING musically

@mightyV444 3 жыл бұрын

Like he said himself: As long as his voice is in a song, it's a Cure song :-)

@michaelmoraga2926 3 жыл бұрын

Big up the Purple Yoda and Robert Smith!

@andrewlowden322 3 жыл бұрын

I believe he wrote the Kyoto song bc he found an instrument that he actually couldn't figure out how to play while he was there. It was in their bio "Ten Imaginary Years" (someone can correct me if Im wrong but I think it was this song)

@mightyV444 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewlowden322 - That's a good book, too! Many great photos in there! :-)

@michaelmoraga2926 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewlowden322 I have always loved Kyoto Song... Strange to think that when I was young in the 80's I never dreamed I would live there for 10 years. Greetings from Kobe.

@mariomanno1 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I discovered The Cure this year. I heard Disintegration and have slowly been working my way through the albums from the start. They're truly magical, I can't wait until their next release comes out.

@jetjaguar72 3 жыл бұрын

I can't even fathom how crazy it must be finding them with such a massive discography! I'm a looooong time fan and I'm jealous you have so much stuff to discover. New albums don't come often. Enjoy what's out there! 👍

@jared7964 3 жыл бұрын

It's been over 10 years ago and I am still blown away with Disintegration. The flip side of the album has really grown on me.

@mariomanno1 3 жыл бұрын

@@jetjaguar72 It’s both daunting and exciting! I’ve listened to Disintegration, Three Imaginary Boys and Seventeen Seconds so far. From what I’ve seen online, everything between Faith and Wish is all meant to be excellent so I can’t wait to get to it all. I’m limiting myself to an album a week right now just in general so I don’t get burned out, plus I don’t want to rush through them as well as everything else I’m finding but it’s like another world.

@susannak7483 3 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only person on earth who has only recently discovered the Cure! I am so very amazed by this band, and so glad I somehow found them.

@A_Foolish_Arrangement 3 жыл бұрын

Only three words for you; Join the dots. Welcome in The Cure's Cult !

@burnlikefireincairo1204 Жыл бұрын

My dad introduced me to The Cure back when I was 12 or 13. I wasn't really popular in school and had to endure quite some bullying due to a tic disorder I have (and to be frank, also due to the fact that I was just a really strange child). Stuff also wasn't really going well at home and then puberty hit me and I think we can all agree that puberty was a horrid time. What The Cure, especially Robert Smith, made me realize is that it's ok to be a bit strange. I still go to school with the same people who bullied me, but now I walk with my head held high. The Cure spoke and still speak to me with their music and their lyrics, they accompanied me for years and they will forever have a very special place in my heart. I think they were a big part of me finding my personality (as well as my style) without trying to change who I am. I have found one of my dearest friends through The Cure's online fandom and we have talked almost every day for the past 2 years. I'm almost 18 now and will see my favorite band of all time live very soon. And I am so excited, you can't imagine.

@rodmac8358 2 жыл бұрын

A Thousand Hours and One More Time from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me are beyond beautiful.

@pokes986 3 жыл бұрын

"Someday" from Bloodflowers album is a great track and that is such an underrated album... it's fantastic.

@leightnite3056 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@LauchlinMacGregor 3 жыл бұрын

Love that one. That entire album is an overlooked gem

@jetjaguar72 3 жыл бұрын

That's the jam right?!

@michaell6807 3 жыл бұрын

I also like watching me fall

@pokes986 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaell6807 oh hell yes! Great song great call!

@spoteach 3 жыл бұрын

And here's my list: 10.15 Saturday Night, Secrets, Shake Dog Shake, The Exploding Boy and If Only Tonight We Could Sleep.

@andyh444 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved this video. I should add "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep" to the honourable mentions 🙂

@Carlitosway2369 Ай бұрын

Plainsong and Closedown are my favorite The Cure songs of all time! They get me very emotional and puts me into a sad happy trance

@mariajoaquina336 3 жыл бұрын

I met The Cure a night driving back home while listening to Six Different Ways. I fell in love immediately. Nice selection!

@Alpha_7227 3 жыл бұрын

Robert Smith is such a great songwriter, he affects every emotion. He can write the most joyful music like in Just like heaven or Mint car or write melancholy tunes or songs that take us help us when we have no hope or are in despair. Suffice to say The cure helps me regulated every day.

@daniknispel Жыл бұрын

Oh! One more! “Push” from Head on the Door is AMAZING! I will never understand how this song wasn’t more popular 🥰🥰🥰

@daverei1211 Ай бұрын

Yes - nothing better than soulfully and loudly singing this when driving late at night when no-one else can care.

@mariflame1821 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate The Cure a lot more now than when I was a teenager and my brother had them on his walls at the same time I had Duran Duran on mine. I always liked their music but I appreciate it so much more now! Same with Robert Smith's voice! 🖤

@esdfg 3 жыл бұрын

My most favorlte song from The Cure always changes from day to day, depending on my mood and “The Same Deep Water As You” has been one of them many days. Also “A Forest” and “Never Enough” from “Mixed Up” are spot-on. and “Plainsong”... no words to descibe it and its effect on me.

@catiebaldridge 3 жыл бұрын

I remember my first time hearing Just Like Heaven on the radio at age fourteen... the DJ didn't come on afterwards to identify the song so I waited for months before I heard it again... the lyrics and intro and wistful hopelessness expressed were so beautiful and evocative that they became my favorite band, and I spent years hunting down their albums and constantly listening to them, trying to absorb the dense arrangements. My top 5 underrated tracks - 1. Push 2. M 3. 2 Late 4. Dressing Up 5. Ms. Van Gogh

@MrHappyToBeHere 3 жыл бұрын

wistful hopelessness is a fantastic description!

@EM-cg4iy 3 жыл бұрын

Oh M! M! I forgot M!

@wbmiller76 3 жыл бұрын

Those were the days...

@mjdomicello 2 жыл бұрын

Plainsong. Not only a "hidden" gem. One of the most beautiful, emotionally stirring & greatest songs ever released. Period.

@christopherecatalano 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant singer songwriter...and his guitar❤️ Amazing live player too. His solos are musically architectural, and always fit beautifully into the context of his songs. “A Night Like This” is my Head fave though. Disintegration is just...one dark masterpiece after the other. “Same Deep Water” is both a perfectly haunting/sad track and an ambient guitar classic. I can listen to it over and over and it never loses its sense of mystery...His rig choices are actually surprisingly straight up...proof that it is more in the fingers than in the pedal specs...

@daniknispel Жыл бұрын

I love Same Deep Water too 🥰

@chrisman3965 3 жыл бұрын

Huge Cure fan here. Very hard to narrow it down to just 5. Great video, can never get enough Cure! JFYI, The Kiss would be on my list. One of the most unique and angry songs in their collection.

@andrewlowden322 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, the simplicity of that riff Porl plays in the intro of The Kiss alone conveys so much what the song will become...then when he just starts going off for 3 minutes: dang! Its so intense of a track that we need that resolution at the end where he stops and its just Roger holding that chord (i believe it shifts from minor to major at that chord) like we needed the sun to rise at the end of Night on Bald Mountain in Fantasia! And of course that gives us safe passage to the light and joyful track Catch, mentioned in the video here by Prof o Rock!

@brentshipley 3 жыл бұрын

The Kiss is The Cures masterpiece to me. Not to say others are not close, but this always blows my socks off hahaha

@birdistheword7184 3 жыл бұрын

Love all of these choices! I would pick: One More Time, Sinking, This Twilight Garden, Cold, and The Drowning Man 🖤

@mikeyj.3605 3 жыл бұрын

@bri Pornography, Cloudberry, Before Three, Cold Colours, Lament

@samuelhutchison8433 3 жыл бұрын

Spot on with one more time..

@Tiyev 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeyj.3605 Some love to the Lost Wishes! And Lament. I like Uyea Sound and Off To Sleep, but love Cloudberry and The Three Sisters.

@melissatobiaart 28 күн бұрын

I was introduced to the Cure in 1994-95. I was 21-22. I was listening to Rap/R & B only at the time. I was a Computer Art major in art school making a thesis. My thesis was weird. I said to my boyfriend at the time, "I need weird music...do you have any?" He handed me The Cure's disintegration. My dog loved it, he laid right next to the boom box. I on the other hand was like, "What in the world is this?" I listened to the album over and over to pick a song for my project, I couldn't decide which one. After listening over and over I became a fan and started listening to The Cure and that introduced me to Alternative again. Now almost 30 years later, they are my favorite band and I just can't get enough. I have seen them 6 times live and saw them in a small venue like Beacon Theatre for a special tour just for fans playing only old albums. They played songs from Disintegration, 17 seconds, and 3 imaginary boys.

@loretta2539 3 жыл бұрын

for me, The Cure and Smashing Pumpkins are two hidden gems that really set the mark for their eras. Both equally were experimental in their sound and yet made beautiful music that I personally have never found a bad song from them.

@brianoconnor7796 2 жыл бұрын

Yessss!

@dredwick Жыл бұрын

Billy Corgan was in a Seventeen Seconds clone band called The Marked in 1985... all the songs they recorded sounded like they were copying Seventeen Seconds style and sound. Which makes sense, because Seventeen Seconds came out 5 years prior and Corgan was a Cure fan. While Smashing Pumpkins has a lot of great material, they are nowhere near The Cure level status.

@sawcon8063 Жыл бұрын

God-tier comparison

@_-_-_-Prof.BoskoBiathi-_-_-_ Жыл бұрын

RADIOHEAD too???😁

@monicasther818 Жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you! those two are my absolute favorite bands of all time!!

@EliseCharlotte 3 жыл бұрын

"Plaingsong makes the heart burst with emotion": those are the exact words that describe how I feel every time I listen to the song.

@aidaperaza908 3 жыл бұрын

I am a huge fan of the Cure, my 5 top songs are: Untitled, Kyoto Song, How beautiful you are, A letter to Elise, A forest. I can hear it again, and again, and again and again...

@peterconlon8234 3 жыл бұрын

I was hoping someone would point out Untitled...a devastating gem

@charlescarroll5981 3 жыл бұрын

How Beautiful You Are is such a great song that gets stuck in your head for days. It's almost like you've been transported to Paris itself.

@joemcpike1 3 жыл бұрын

Kyoto Song is a must

@BudSchnelker 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I hear Robert Palmer on the radio, I shout out (in my best Robert Smith accent), "Fuck Robert Palmer, fuck rock and roll!"

@rebeccaperry6303 3 жыл бұрын

Great list! I've loved The Cure for over 30 years, and have seen them 15 times live. They are just as amazing and relevant to my life now as they were when I first discovered them at age 17.

@LucLauck 3 жыл бұрын

Love when you bring us The Cure. Thank you!

@markshadows3667 3 жыл бұрын

To the Sky, Plainsong, To Wish Impossible Things, Cold and The Last Day of Summer are my favorite underrated Cure songs

@amrys_argent 3 жыл бұрын

Yay, some love for "To Wish Impossible Things"!

@LauchlinMacGregor 3 жыл бұрын

To The Sky - I remember how hard it was to get a hold of that one back in the day...good list!

@gregduch2453 3 жыл бұрын

This was FANTASTIC! Maybe you give some screen time to Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy and Cocteau Twins next? These proto goth artists seem on the verge of being completely forgotten...and it is breaking my heart.

@JC-yz1sf 3 жыл бұрын

So true.. soundtrack of my later teen years. Sooo many good songs.. ah memories 🖤😈

@MrERLoner 2 жыл бұрын

The Cocteaus will NEVER be forgotten

@ac9559 3 жыл бұрын

Glad he included The Perfect Girl. My favorite song on Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. Loved it the moment I heard it the summer of 1987.

@alessandroc.3780 3 жыл бұрын

What a great video ! I started listening to The Cure when I was 16 , I am now 52 and I still can't get enough...they followed me every step of my life in bad a good times Robert Smith always been there ... when I ear his voice and his guitar I still get goosebumps. I wish I could meet him one day to just tell him ' thank you ' for always been there , never give up on the magic of playing for passion. Let's forget about the stars for a while..... together.

@zaccrumpton2991 3 жыл бұрын

"A Chain of Flowers", "Fear of Ghosts", "It Can Never Be the Same", "Siamese Twins", and of course "The Same Deep Water as You" are some of my favorites. I found the cure about 3 years ago at the age of 23. They have forever changed my life for the better and given me a WAY deeper understanding of what amazing music is.

@mariogomez8146 3 жыл бұрын

Trust and to wish impossible things are some of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

@michaelgask 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, they are really beautiful... I thought at least one of them might be chosen here, as they are quite non-Cure like.

@halloweenghoul1259 3 жыл бұрын

🎶Going under so slow Dressing up to kiss Dressing up to touch all this🎵 Dressing up by The Cure very underrated, Very good for the ears and brain.

@itsjavaman Жыл бұрын

I thought you were going to include "the kiss". I think it's so much better than anything on that album. Talking about the Cure, one thing that stands out to me is that the discography they've built is immense and just about every song they pull from it takes on a new magnitude and for some of their earlier songs like "the blood" for example (I can name so many) become more powerful and engaging than when they were first recorded.

@SynthMusicWorld 3 жыл бұрын

My list (in no particular order) would be Plainsong, Charlotte Sometimes, Burn (from The Crow soundtrack), Lovecats, and a cheat: Dazzle from Siouxsie and The Banshees, as Robert played guitar on that song.

@michaelgask 3 жыл бұрын

ooooh Dazzle. I love that album, and even better knowing Robert was involved at that time.