@@nickrophiliac7469 Nah, not really. They wrote better actual songs than My Bloody Valentine, Lush and Slowdive. Granted they started treading water after Come Clean, but those first three albums are top notch and waaaaaay underrated.
I’m sitting in my student digs in Maidstone in 1991 hearing this for the first time and it rocked so hard. I had a thick, healthy head of hair and a sense of optimism. Now I have neither 😂
Curve/Lush/Swerverdriver/Chapterhouse/Ride - 1991! Oh what it was grow up with these tunes via 'Mark Goodyear's Evening Session' and 180 minutes! Great bands, great times!
FUCKING EPIC SONG MAN.. Jesus, i remember hearing this when i was about 16 and it blew my mind, big chunky bass, the electronica, all the guitars and a sexy as hell lead singer. Why the hell they never went on to massive things is beyond me.
+NeonChimp I agree. The Shoegazer sound which I so love never really caught on. This band and Slowdive should have been massive but the music media turned their attention to the Seattle grunge scene.
+NeonChimp Garbage happened. Curve was on the way up, but got usurped by Shirley Manson, Butch Vig & co. Nothing against Garbage, they make really great music as Curve. But they got in the way of Curve's success not just because of music, but due to savvy marketing, sassier image, having more glam and Shirley Goddamned Manson. There was a feud back in the 90s between Garbage & Curve fans on who's the better band. Curve may have better music & talent but Garbage got ahead of Curve in popularity. Curve have at least a cult following, and their legacy lived on through SPC ECO headed by Dean Garcia's kid, Rose Berlin. IMO, I love both bands and they're both innovative & ahead of their times.
@@Germania9 True; Curve are to Garbage as The Sundays were to The Cranberries. The latter bands in each case took the sounds of the former and made more commercially successful versions of them. I'll take Curve and The Sundays over the other two personally.
One late night in 1991 I was sat watching the Chart Show, waiting with a VHS recorder for whatever was good - had never heard of Curve but instinct told me to hit record and the rest is history... this video is burned into my subconscious... now I'm sick, always will be
Thank God for the Chart Show is what I say, it was the only thing worth getting up for on Saturday Mornings and without it i wouldn't have heard most of the great bands that i know and love today. it's where I first heard the Verve, This is Music, Curve, Max Q (Michael Hutchinson and co) and many others. A conspiracy theorist would say the powers that be don't want the youth of today to listen to great new music that stirs up actual emotions, just boy bands singing lyrics with little if any meaning, what the Hell has happened
One of the few times I read the NME raving about an EP and actually acted on their suggestions. Best decision I ever made. Still one of my all time favourite bands. Fond memories of being booted out of their Uni gig by The Embankment ( ULU?) when their smoke machine set off the fire alarms and shivering by The Thames until we were let back in. Toni strode up to the mic and laconically purred " well.. it wouldn't be a fucking Curve gig without a bit of drama would it?!"
I fell in love with Toni the first time I heard her voice back in early 1991 then when I actually saw her live at the Astoria later that same year I really fell in love.... :)
My life was changed when I heard this. The intro plays in my head even now and it’s a reason to hear the song again. I supported at the time by getting all the CD EPs and I still stream those songs all the time from the album The Way Of Curve.
Likewise..... it's such a dirty sounding track that ignites a high that one rarely gets through out the course of a normal day listening to Ken Bruce on radio 2, I fukin love this tune.
Tony Halliday was one of the singers with more sex appeal and star quality I've ever seen, the band also were very talented with a unique sound, should've made it bigger, never understood what happened, a massive irruption in pop-rockc in the 90s
Oh my God another band I never heard of before now. I guess I'll have to go through all the brit indie bands from the 90's 'cause it seems I've been missing out a hell of a lot.
Saw them in McGonagles in Dublin in late 1991. They signed records and took photos with fans in a tiny record shop in Temple Bar that afternoon. Great band and great people.
A lot of "lost bands" from that era - Curve, Adorable, Belltower. I was gigging loads in London in those days - incredible scene when you could just turn up and get tickets on the night!
Y'all get the phone app Bandsintown. It searches the music on your phone/tablet and lets you know when any of the bands that you have on there are touring. The bands from this era are all playing live again as it's the only way they can make money given that the general public expect music to be free. As a muso myself I prefer to buy my music and support the artists who create it. Saw the Sisters of Mercy earlier in the year thanks to the app. Bands like James are at Glastonbury this coming week. It's all good !!
Above my bed in this ugly room Hangs the whisper Of the sandman You can be my father For the love he has shown It's just a little too late It's never enough to swallow those pills Now I'm sick Always will be Take it, I don't want to You can have what you like Just don't try to trick me to sleep Then turn on those lights You can be my father For the love he has shown It's just a little too late It's never enough to swallow those pills Now I'm sick Always will be Drains and radiators You can be my father Drains and radiators For the love I said you can be my father For the love he has shown It's just a little too late It's never enough to swallow those pills Now I'm sick Now I'm sick Now I'm sick Just when you thought it was alright Just when you thought it was alright Coast is clear
The song's lyrics are sung from the perspective of a character who is struggling with their own demons and struggles. The lyrics make you feel trapped in a cycle of self-destructive behavior and they are desperate to find a way out. The song's music reflects the lyrics, with its melody and driving rhythms creating a sense of urgency and tension about finding the end of all the situations witch are immersed.
i love this song. i find i cant take listening to any of their albums full on like coz Hallidays voice and the thick guitar makes my brain go wierd after a while, but if i just listen to any single track it always pleases me. im sorry i never saw them live.
Above my bed, in this ugly room Hangs the whisper of the same man You can't be my father For the love we've shown It's just a little to me It's never enough to swallow those pills Now I'm sick, and always will be Take it, I don't want it You can have what you like Just don't try to trick me to sleep Don't turn out the lights You can't be my father For the love we've shown It's just a little to me It's never enough to swallow those pills Now I'm sick, and I always will be Dreams of meeting truth Be my father Dreams of meeting truth For the Dreams of meeting truth Be my father Dreams of meeting truth Now I'm sick, always, always, always Just when you thought it was all right Just when you thought it was all right Just when you thought it was all right Just when you thought it was all right Open your eyes now, girl Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear
Not too sure about all the lyrics, here. In the video it's clear Toni sings: "It's just a little too late, it's never enough to swallow those pills...", rather than "It's just a little too me...". You can see and hear her pronounce the "t" of "late" at 2.36 towards the end of the vid. I might add, she has a habit of dropping her "t"s, I suspect that's her mashed up accent coming through.
Many years ago I went to London for a few days. I entered a record store in Camdem Town, and I asked the boy at the counter if they have Doppelganger or at least a single record from Curve. He look at me and said "I dont know them". I was shocked
Toni looks like my sister did at that age, at the same point in time actually. Showed my son this vid and he said oh yeahh, it does look like his auntie did back then (from her photos - he's 20 lol).
Phenomenally good. The first few EPs and the Doppelgänger album, sucked me in and kept me hooked for a couple of years. Curve were streets ahead of most of the Indy music at the time.
Hard to believe this is the very guy that at one time played bass on Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel amongst others. Obviously with Anxious Records there is the Dave Stewart connection, but musically worlds apart.
Yep.. and sadly it was partly what did for them.. the " purists" freaked out when the big ": E " connection was revealed and the music press turned on them. Pathetic.
One of the most underrated British bands ever!
Indeed...
Not at the time- the press loved them. Trouble is, no matter how impressive their sound was, it all got a bit samey..
Totally agree...a bloody travesty...such an innovative band.
Can't agree more
@@nickrophiliac7469 Nah, not really. They wrote better actual songs than My Bloody Valentine, Lush and Slowdive. Granted they started treading water after Come Clean, but those first three albums are top notch and waaaaaay underrated.
I’m sitting in my student digs in Maidstone in 1991 hearing this for the first time and it rocked so hard. I had a thick, healthy head of hair and a sense of optimism. Now I have neither 😂
I am so with you, brother.
Still ahead of its time.
*2022
2024 !
Not only was toni drop dead gorgeous but an amazing eerie singer to boot such an underrated band !!
She’s a stunner. I only ever bothered buying NME when she was in it 😂
Curve/Lush/Swerverdriver/Chapterhouse/Ride - 1991! Oh what it was grow up with these tunes via 'Mark Goodyear's Evening Session' and 180 minutes! Great bands, great times!
Everything went down hill quickly after that
You mean Mark Goodier, I assume?
*120
FUCKING EPIC SONG MAN.. Jesus, i remember hearing this when i was about 16 and it blew my mind, big chunky bass, the electronica, all the guitars and a sexy as hell lead singer. Why the hell they never went on to massive things is beyond me.
+NeonChimp I agree. The Shoegazer sound which I so love never really caught on. This band and Slowdive should have been massive but the music media turned their attention to the Seattle grunge scene.
+NeonChimp Garbage happened. Curve was on the way up, but got usurped by Shirley Manson, Butch Vig & co. Nothing against Garbage, they make really great music as Curve. But they got in the way of Curve's success not just because of music, but due to savvy marketing, sassier image, having more glam and Shirley Goddamned Manson.
There was a feud back in the 90s between Garbage & Curve fans on who's the better band. Curve may have better music & talent but Garbage got ahead of Curve in popularity. Curve have at least a cult following, and their legacy lived on through SPC ECO headed by Dean Garcia's kid, Rose Berlin.
IMO, I love both bands and they're both innovative & ahead of their times.
@@Germania9 True; Curve are to Garbage as The Sundays were to The Cranberries. The latter bands in each case took the sounds of the former and made more commercially successful versions of them. I'll take Curve and The Sundays over the other two personally.
Grunge + British reaction, I mean Britpop are reasons
Power, creativity, raw sex appeal, they had it all.
Toni & Dean you gave us such treasured sonic memories...
One late night in 1991 I was sat watching the Chart Show, waiting with a VHS recorder for whatever was good - had never heard of Curve but instinct told me to hit record and the rest is history... this video is burned into my subconscious... now I'm sick, always will be
Thank God for the Chart Show is what I say, it was the only thing worth getting up for on Saturday Mornings and without it i wouldn't have heard most of the great bands that i know and love today. it's where I first heard the Verve, This is Music, Curve, Max Q (Michael Hutchinson and co) and many others. A conspiracy theorist would say the powers that be don't want the youth of today to listen to great new music that stirs up actual emotions, just boy bands singing lyrics with little if any meaning, what the Hell has happened
What a years , vhs, late night ,beer ,cheese chips ,weed , amazing clips waiting to be recorded , so happy
@@RedGuerilla66, I still have the video of MaxQ, it survived all the years of random taping, somehow.
I was listing to the radio one late night on the highway and "Clipped" came on and the rest was history. 🍻
One of the few times I read the NME raving about an EP and actually acted on their suggestions. Best decision I ever made. Still one of my all time favourite bands. Fond memories of being booted out of their Uni gig by The Embankment ( ULU?) when their smoke machine set off the fire alarms and shivering by The Thames until we were let back in. Toni strode up to the mic and laconically purred " well.. it wouldn't be a fucking Curve gig without a bit of drama would it?!"
ITS SOOOGOOD 32 years later and im blastin my head off with goosebump a effing milehigh
She is so Beautiful.
Oh my she's so beautiful it hurts.
The coolest and most beautiful band that ever existed. Fact.
Saint Etienne would run them close
@@mikeyoung7794 I'll allow it. Now, "Come on Aunty, we'll miss the bus!"
Siouxie and the Banshees...
The music of my youth, nothing comes close in this day & age.
Just now discovering this incredible band! How on earth did I miss these guys first time round? Great band . . . Brought here by Rick Beato
I found two eps on vinyl and just went holy.........in a record shop. Seriously im.a fan all over again.
I discovred Curve in the early 90s at the library of all places, I soaked them in hardcore. I thought I was hearing the future. I was fifteen in 92.
I find it cosmically unfair that the single best looking woman of all time can also sing and song write to this extraordinary degree.
Perfect. The high point in a pretty good decade musically.
I fell in love with Toni the first time I heard her voice back in early 1991 then when I actually saw her live at the Astoria later that same year I really fell in love.... :)
Word...
you were not alone would be the understatement of the decade
"I fell in love with Toni the first time I heard her voice back in early 1991"...same here...kkkkk
Absolutely stunning track. Goosebumps every time.
Curve. The soundtrack of my life.
I should invent a time machine and spend the rest of my life going back in time to the 90s for shows by great bands like this.
I've been listening to this song for three months. And there's no way I can stop it.
My life was changed when I heard this. The intro plays in my head even now and it’s a reason to hear the song again. I supported at the time by getting all the CD EPs and I still stream those songs all the time from the album The Way Of Curve.
This song is utter perfection
after 20 years and so many bands I still come back to this track :)
+1
+1
Monkeyhead75 You may not get in without a ticket mate, there’s quite a queue forming... 😉
Yeah. Me too.
Likewise..... it's such a dirty sounding track that ignites a high that one rarely gets through out the course of a normal day listening to Ken Bruce on radio 2, I fukin love this tune.
O wow, I used to fancy her so much, I met her in Glasgow, after the show, I loved that they uae a wind machine live :)
Stunning singer, awesome song, amazing band. So glad I got to see them live. Forever wishing I would get to see them again
Still sound so fresh, they were so underrated
Damn... Toni is goddess. And that music is just real bliss for me
The 4 track ep is essential listening.
Tony Halliday was one of the singers with more sex appeal and star quality I've ever seen, the band also were very talented with a unique sound, should've made it bigger, never understood what happened, a massive irruption in pop-rockc in the 90s
That bass line start...🎶👂
Oh my God another band I never heard of before now. I guess I'll have to go through all the brit indie bands from the 90's 'cause it seems I've been missing out a hell of a lot.
Saw them in McGonagles in Dublin in late 1991. They signed records and took photos with fans in a tiny record shop in Temple Bar that afternoon. Great band and great people.
That wall of noise is amazing. I always want to start recording something when I listen to Curve.
Have similar feelings, during listening to "Loveless". Yet I have no skills
In order for this song to be fully appreciated one must play it really loud, through quality speakers, whilst completely off yer face.
Sounds like the future ….epic, gorgeous, light years ahead of their time x
The very best tune of 1991, winning my personal chart that year. All this time later, Toni’s haunting lyrics still have me hooked and captivated.
This band is amaizing, why did I Know about them, when I was 15 or 16 years old? 90´s the best rock music era, for me.
A lot of "lost bands" from that era - Curve, Adorable, Belltower. I was gigging loads in London in those days - incredible scene when you could just turn up and get tickets on the night!
Think we might have been at at a few of the same gigs.
Y'all get the phone app Bandsintown. It searches the music on your phone/tablet and lets you know when any of the bands that you have on there are touring. The bands from this era are all playing live again as it's the only way they can make money given that the general public expect music to be free. As a muso myself I prefer to buy my music and support the artists who create it. Saw the Sisters of Mercy earlier in the year thanks to the app.
Bands like James are at Glastonbury this coming week. It's all good !!
Well, shoegaze has been killed. By grunge and britpop
A great sounding band, and Toni was beautiful, will always be a fan.
first Curve song I ever heard on Triple J in 1991, ran out and bought the Frozen EP that day... Still my favourite band today.
The first song of theirs I ever heard.
Beautiful, incredible and unique.
They led the way in saving me from my heavy metal blinkers 😁😍😎
Bloody hell.. me too ! ;-)
Thank you Peter Steele for leading me to this band!
Above my bed in this ugly room
Hangs the whisper
Of the sandman
You can be my father
For the love he has shown
It's just a little too late
It's never enough to swallow those pills
Now I'm sick
Always will be
Take it, I don't want to
You can have what you like
Just don't try to trick me to sleep
Then turn on those lights
You can be my father
For the love he has shown
It's just a little too late
It's never enough to swallow those pills
Now I'm sick
Always will be
Drains and radiators
You can be my father
Drains and radiators
For the love
I said you can be my father
For the love he has shown
It's just a little too late
It's never enough to swallow those pills
Now I'm sick
Now I'm sick
Now I'm sick
Just when you thought it was alright
Just when you thought it was alright
Coast is clear
The song's lyrics are sung from the perspective of a character who is struggling with their own demons and struggles. The lyrics make you feel trapped in a cycle of self-destructive behavior and they are desperate to find a way out. The song's music reflects the lyrics, with its melody and driving rhythms creating a sense of urgency and tension about finding the end of all the situations witch are immersed.
One of the best tunes of all time in my opinion.
Awesome in every damn way
The EP this is from is a total classic
Man, Toni is awesome and the soundscapes from Dean are epic
What's not to love ?
sweet sweet 90's sound
Beautiful in every way
Wow one song is better than the another!
my favourite
This is sounds like a goth shoegaze
MEMEBOY2008 sonic guitar.
They invented this shit
It is.
I still think this is one of the coolest songs and videos ever! The other being All in the mind by Verve!
great track from brilliant ep...love the lyrics on those songs..especially colour hurts..they were a great live band..
enjoy it still in covid-19 times
brings back so many memories
i love this song. i find i cant take listening to any of their albums full on like coz Hallidays voice and the thick guitar makes my brain go wierd after a while, but if i just listen to any single track it always pleases me. im sorry i never saw them live.
That's the power of the inverted music industry by the rocker fellers , they destroyed music frequency
@@1chipchap true dat
Fucking goosebombs.Fucking goosebombs. Please re-unite and play shows with LUSH. I will get crazy!
Above my bed, in this ugly room
Hangs the whisper of the same man
You can't be my father
For the love we've shown
It's just a little to me
It's never enough to swallow those pills
Now I'm sick, and always will be
Take it, I don't want it
You can have what you like
Just don't try to trick me to sleep
Don't turn out the lights
You can't be my father
For the love we've shown
It's just a little to me
It's never enough to swallow those pills
Now I'm sick, and I always will be
Dreams of meeting truth
Be my father
Dreams of meeting truth
For the
Dreams of meeting truth
Be my father
Dreams of meeting truth
Now I'm sick, always, always, always
Just when you thought it was all right
Just when you thought it was all right
Just when you thought it was all right
Just when you thought it was all right
Open your eyes now, girl
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Not too sure about all the lyrics, here. In the video it's clear Toni sings: "It's just a little too late, it's never enough to swallow those pills...", rather than "It's just a little too me...". You can see and hear her pronounce the "t" of "late" at 2.36 towards the end of the vid. I might add, she has a habit of dropping her "t"s, I suspect that's her mashed up accent coming through.
love love love love love
Many years ago I went to London for a few days. I entered a record store in Camdem Town, and I asked the boy at the counter if they have Doppelganger or at least a single record from Curve. He look at me and said "I dont know them". I was shocked
I love this!
I love this song.
my favourite band of all time. tnx for quality vid
Amazing.
oh my god amazing,,,i like the song is ,,wow
Her voice is just amazing
Loved Curve
its never enough to swallow those pills,now i`m sick and always will be.....
Haha I sing this guilt
Takes me back to my teens, great band!
Amazing song and video. I discovered Curve thanks to this video, in fact!
Toni
Just divine.
Magical!
Time for a Curve binge!
such a good song
That VOICE !!!!!!
Still sounds amazing. Toni I love you
The most underrated band ever.
Superb
Che band... dei precursori sotto tutti i punti di vista! ancora oggi non mi stanchi di ascoltarli.
+Marco Lometreco a chi lo dici :) li adoro
Toni my forever love
the voice I'll never forget. Alan Wilder. Recoil. this track. I'm sick and always will be.
I discovered Curve via Alan! ❤
Dean is a genius.
Best band and sexiest woman of the 20 century
i have one week listen to this excelent song and i love it more,,!!
iiimusika de acuerdo contigo, ahora ya encontré de donde se inspiró Shirley Manson cuando pisaba un escenario o grabación de video
Gnt, q som maravilhoso *o*
So underrated.
I love grunge! It's my favourite genre of music 👌
It's shoegaze
Then move on, it's not grunge
❤❤❤❤❤❤
From the Frozen ep
Fantastic
Toni looks like my sister did at that age, at the same point in time actually. Showed my son this vid and he said oh yeahh, it does look like his auntie did back then (from her photos - he's 20 lol).
If it is possible to have acid shoegaze. Then this is it. Utterly glorious.
Check Blur first album - great mix of Baggy and Shoegaze
Phenomenally good. The first few EPs and the Doppelgänger album, sucked me in and kept me hooked for a couple of years. Curve were streets ahead of most of the Indy music at the time.
Was looking for doppelganger, the curve cd i had then. Didn't know its exactly what i need now
Eu também
massa!!!!!pq nao existe mais musicas assim?!
❤️😎
Hard to believe this is the very guy that at one time played bass on Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel amongst others. Obviously with Anxious Records there is the Dave Stewart connection, but musically worlds apart.
Yep.. and sadly it was partly what did for them.. the " purists" freaked out when the big ": E " connection was revealed and the music press turned on them. Pathetic.