No band now or in the rest of history sounds anything like The Cure. Robert Smith is a genius! Welcome to the journey. They have been with me since I was 14 and I’m 55 now. This and Head on the Door are my two favorites. Hope you do that one too. ✌️❤️
Nice reaction. Like someone else said, nice to at least imagine hearing it for the first time again. 'I feel like I'm at my own funeral' is a great phrase. Sums up the sad indulgence that the album is imbued with, not in a bad way, in a magnificent way
There was a time when I couldn't listen to the song Disintegration without absolutely falling apart! What a devastating track. This album is gorgeous and so glad we got to experience your first time 😌
When you teared up at the beginning of Closedown, that’s exactly how I felt when I got hit by the guitars on Plainsong for the first time. I started crying just because of how beautiful it sounded. So glad you got to record your reaction to this album! Disintegration is my favourite album ever. Even though I think many other works rank higher than it, musically speaking, it’s still on my personal highest spot ever since I first listened to it. The first song I’ve heard was Pictures of You, and I got me mesmerised. I knew of The Cure and a few of their most popular songs, but when I listened to Pictures of You it definitely sounded like something different… something special. It is indeed a perfect song, and seeing them playing it live a year ago in São Paulo was an otherworldly experience. I cried throughout the entire evening. The best night of my life. On to some recommendations now: If you want more albums with this dreamy vibe around them, give Cocteau Twins a go, if you haven’t already! Maybe go for “Treasure” (one of Robert Smith’s favourites actually, he listened to this record on his wedding day!) or “Heaven or Las Vegas” (their magnum opus). Also, not quite similar to Disintegration, but an interesting story links them: “Low” by David Bowie was a huge inspiration for Robert Smith. Bowie was his idol, and he dropped “Low” when he was 30, so Smith got really invested in also creating his own masterpiece before he turned 30 himself… well, the end result is what you listened to in this video. :) And “Low” is, indeed, a masterpiece. One of Bowie’s finest works to date, co-created with Brian Eno. The side-B of that record is just very atmospheric instrumental tracks, brilliantly composed. And, talking about collabs with Brian Eno: “Remain in Light” by the Talking Heads is another masterpiece! Definitely give it a chance. :) One last fun fact: the bright yet somber guitar tones you hear throughout Disintegration comes from Rober Smith using a Fender Bass VI instead of a regular guitar! That’s why it’s so interestingly distinct.
Thank you for sharing your experiences listening to Disintegration! I've been going back and listening to some of those songs and I really do love them. Cocteau Twins I've always meant to give them a proper listen but haven't had the chance yet, so thanks for the reminder I'll check them out! David Bowie as well, I feel like he's got such a huge discography and I've heard so little of it. Talking Heads I've heard so little of as well so thanks for that. I have to start making a list now.
My most favorite album & favorite band ever!! 🖤🖤🖤 you should also check out their albums “kiss me kiss me kiss me” (I think you would love kiss me kiss me kiss me) “Faith” & “wish”
Can't get deeper into your heart. Here they are, since I was 14, Disintegration was the first album that was ingrained in my DNA and it's the last one I want to hear.
A lot of the guitar melodies are actually Robert playing a Bass VI. That's what gives it the bell like sound (his recording Bass VI is actually wired a bit unusually too which helps).
Nice reaction. You have my thumb and I subscribed. Lullabay is not about Spidermen we know from the movies. He used same word but with difrent meaning. Song is about fear of darknes. I think its best to see spot. Spot is very interesting.
Great reaction, so glad to witness the birth of another Curehead and welcome to the cult of Robert Smith worshippers 🎉 :-)) Disintegration is a flawless album in my book and I wouldn’t have wanted to miss a single second. Have you ever seen the South Park episode "Mecha-Streisand" in which Kyle Broflovski called it "the best album ever"? Robert Smith actually does his own voice. It’s brilliant. I know this record has changes many lives and after decades it still evokes the same feelings in me as it did back in the day. If you love this album you have to listen to Entreat (the first edition) . It’s an 8 track live album (which I’m not usually fond of) but the versions of these songs on that one are insane. The title track Disintegration is sped up and much more agressive and Robert makes the most impressive howl in his career as he sings Prayers For Raaaaaaaaaiiiiiiinnn for what seems to go on forever. Shivers down my spine. Definately a go to next, for this band is the best live band I have ever seen. Here it is (don’t go for the new version, because the mix is by far not as good ;-)). Ps. Homesick is indeed about Robert’s former (mainly) alcohol addiction… Ps2. The Extended versions of Fascination Street and Lovesong are even better! Mixed Up might be a nice reaction follow up album too as it’s often forgotten and it shows the extreme diversity of what this band is capable of. Ps3. "Lullaby" is based on a recurring nightmare Robert Smith had as a child where he was eaten by a giant spider; Smith says the song is about the fear of sleep. ruclips.net/video/5lvlTlZoGiM/видео.html
Thank you for the recommendations and the background on the songs I was asking about! You really watched my video 🥲Can't wait to check out all these albums and I have to go find that South Park episode too haha
The Cure's guitarwork has always been underrated. A lot of "breathing," a lot of emotive phrasing and space between notes. Most people interpret Lullaby as either a metaphor for drug addiction or SA (both make sense if you read the lyrics and think about it for a minute). Robert Smith said it's just about a dream he had though.
would definitely recommend going back and listening to the cures full discography, starting from "three imaginary boys" it's 100% worth it. keep up the good reactions!
The Cure Trilogy consists of three of their albums, Pornography (1982), Disintegration (1989), and Bloodflowers (2000). They are all very dark. The Cure: Trilogy (Live in Berlin 2002) is a great DVD of them playing all three albums in their entirety.
haha to be fair I was only comparing the two in the sense of balancing the happy/sad sound where the lyrics could be devastating and the song sounds happy. Thanks for tuning in :)
Hear me out before ya judge me. Re-listen to the song Lullaby, but imagine the singer is the mind of a child, laying fearfully in bed, waiting for their abuser (the Spider Man). Horrifying? Yes. but it's creepily accurate when put into that context. What it's really about I certainly don't know, but its always given me the abuse vibe.
Lullaby is about a story told to Robert Smiths in his youth by his uncle (I think) with the "spiderman" in it. Nothing to do with the superhero although everyone I see reacting to disintegration gets tripped up about it. It's unfortunate that they both are named the same. When I first listened to the song conceptually it being the superhero never made sense, I had already primed myself with other songs, so I was more exposed to their lyrical style, and I thought it was a symbol for something else. Also, Fascination Street is about drugs mostly. I also thought similarly to you when I first listened to it. also, I suggest listening to either Tinderbox by Siouxsie and the Banshees Violator by Depeche Mode (although black celebration and music for the masses are good choices too) Bloodflowers by The Cure (if you want to keep the dreary cure album streak going. Although you might not like it as much, it's a bit dated but carries an equally heavy mood and I actually quite like the production despite criticism) Script of the Bridge by the Chameleons (a bit of a lower key album but it also has a similar atmospheric feel to disintegration although different)
You have no choice, you must react to their absolut masterpiece "Pornography" (1982), one of the darkest album ever recorded and one od the first goth rock album, at this time, Robert SMith was 23, and thinking The Cure was over, he was highly on drugs (a lot of LSD), deseperate and wants to say fuck off to the music industry, when Disintegration was sad but bright, Pornoghaphy is a real descent in Hell !
As far as new bands with a similar sound to the Cure, I would recommend listening to Fontaines D.C.'s newest album Romance. It has a different sound to Disintegration but the influence is clear.
I'm going to piggyback off of another person's comment and suggest you listen to Brian Eno's Another Green World for a taste of the beginnings of ambient music.
I'm sorry Mr, i will be that guy... I Think you missed one song of the album, in that case " The Same deep water as you" . Please have try, it's a realy good and special song =]
Nice reaction🙌 A modern album to try, Cindy Lee, "Diamond Jubilee." Different sound palette, but up there in mood and quality. Disintegration is a great.mood album. I think first two tracks are perfect, but there's some drop-off through whole album.
@@SunManMoon I was 16 in 1989 when it came out, I was already a huge fan. Disintegration literally changed my teenage life then. Better late than never bro lol
No band now or in the rest of history sounds anything like The Cure. Robert Smith is a genius! Welcome to the journey. They have been with me since I was 14 and I’m 55 now. This and Head on the Door are my two favorites. Hope you do that one too. ✌️❤️
Thank you for tuning and the recommendations 🙌
Best. Album. Ever.
Nice reaction. Like someone else said, nice to at least imagine hearing it for the first time again. 'I feel like I'm at my own funeral' is a great phrase. Sums up the sad indulgence that the album is imbued with, not in a bad way, in a magnificent way
Nice reaction dude 🤘🏻 this album is mind blowing. Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷
Greetings Argentina! Thank you for tuning in and the kind words 🙏
There was a time when I couldn't listen to the song Disintegration without absolutely falling apart! What a devastating track. This album is gorgeous and so glad we got to experience your first time 😌
When you teared up at the beginning of Closedown, that’s exactly how I felt when I got hit by the guitars on Plainsong for the first time. I started crying just because of how beautiful it sounded.
So glad you got to record your reaction to this album! Disintegration is my favourite album ever. Even though I think many other works rank higher than it, musically speaking, it’s still on my personal highest spot ever since I first listened to it.
The first song I’ve heard was Pictures of You, and I got me mesmerised. I knew of The Cure and a few of their most popular songs, but when I listened to Pictures of You it definitely sounded like something different… something special. It is indeed a perfect song, and seeing them playing it live a year ago in São Paulo was an otherworldly experience. I cried throughout the entire evening. The best night of my life.
On to some recommendations now:
If you want more albums with this dreamy vibe around them, give Cocteau Twins a go, if you haven’t already! Maybe go for “Treasure” (one of Robert Smith’s favourites actually, he listened to this record on his wedding day!) or “Heaven or Las Vegas” (their magnum opus).
Also, not quite similar to Disintegration, but an interesting story links them: “Low” by David Bowie was a huge inspiration for Robert Smith. Bowie was his idol, and he dropped “Low” when he was 30, so Smith got really invested in also creating his own masterpiece before he turned 30 himself… well, the end result is what you listened to in this video. :)
And “Low” is, indeed, a masterpiece. One of Bowie’s finest works to date, co-created with Brian Eno. The side-B of that record is just very atmospheric instrumental tracks, brilliantly composed.
And, talking about collabs with Brian Eno: “Remain in Light” by the Talking Heads is another masterpiece! Definitely give it a chance. :)
One last fun fact: the bright yet somber guitar tones you hear throughout Disintegration comes from Rober Smith using a Fender Bass VI instead of a regular guitar! That’s why it’s so interestingly distinct.
Thank you for sharing your experiences listening to Disintegration! I've been going back and listening to some of those songs and I really do love them.
Cocteau Twins I've always meant to give them a proper listen but haven't had the chance yet, so thanks for the reminder I'll check them out! David Bowie as well, I feel like he's got such a huge discography and I've heard so little of it. Talking Heads I've heard so little of as well so thanks for that. I have to start making a list now.
@@SunManMoon You're in for a treat with all of these recommendations 😭🥹
80s child and i knew the Cure and their many hit singles but i just recently discovered this album...
It IS the best ever..
This band and smashing pumpkins, along with a few others, basically raised me. This is my favourite album. What a time to be alive.
Plainsong is such a good opener.
Every song is amazing in it's own right
Great video! God I wish I could experience Disintegration for the first time again haha
Thank you for tuning in 🙏
My most favorite album & favorite band ever!! 🖤🖤🖤 you should also check out their albums “kiss me kiss me kiss me” (I think you would love kiss me kiss me kiss me) “Faith” & “wish”
An EXCELLENT reaction to this excellent masterpiece!....
Thank you 🙌
🪄✨️ The Cure.✨️ BEST ROCK BAND IN THE WORLD !!!!!!
MASTERPIECE !!!!
They are truly iconic with a very unique and timeless sound
Can't get deeper into your heart. Here they are, since I was 14, Disintegration was the first album that was ingrained in my DNA and it's the last one I want to hear.
A lot of the guitar melodies are actually Robert playing a Bass VI. That's what gives it the bell like sound (his recording Bass VI is actually wired a bit unusually too which helps).
Wow that is super impressive! Such a huge talent
Nice reaction. You have my thumb and I subscribed. Lullabay is not about Spidermen we know from the movies. He used same word but with difrent meaning. Song is about fear of darknes. I think its best to see spot. Spot is very interesting.
Thank you for your kind words and the background info on Lullaby. Such a strange song lol
Very, very good reaction! This album have been my go to album through my life since it came out
thank you for tuning in and the kind words :)
I enjoyed you enjoying it sir 😊imagine being around when it came out 😊😊 and loving it
Thank you for your kind words and for tuning in 🙏
Thanks for doing this album! 🤘🏻
Thank you for the support 🙏
Great reaction, so glad to witness the birth of another Curehead and welcome to the cult of Robert Smith worshippers 🎉 :-))
Disintegration is a flawless album in my book and I wouldn’t have wanted to miss a single second. Have you ever seen the South Park episode "Mecha-Streisand" in which Kyle Broflovski called it "the best album ever"?
Robert Smith actually does his own voice. It’s brilliant. I know this record has changes many lives and after decades it still evokes the same feelings in me as it did back in the day. If you love this album you have to listen to Entreat (the first edition) . It’s an 8 track live album (which I’m not usually fond of) but the versions of these songs on that one are insane. The title track Disintegration is sped up and much more agressive and Robert makes the most impressive howl in his career as he sings Prayers For Raaaaaaaaaiiiiiiinnn for what seems to go on forever. Shivers down my spine. Definately a go to next, for this band is the best live band I have ever seen. Here it is (don’t go for the new version, because the mix is by far not as good ;-)).
Ps. Homesick is indeed about Robert’s former (mainly) alcohol addiction…
Ps2. The Extended versions of Fascination Street and Lovesong are even better! Mixed Up might be a nice reaction follow up album too as it’s often forgotten and it shows the extreme diversity of what this band is capable of.
Ps3. "Lullaby" is based on a recurring nightmare Robert Smith had as a child where he was eaten by a giant spider; Smith says the song is about the fear of sleep.
ruclips.net/video/5lvlTlZoGiM/видео.html
Thank you for the recommendations and the background on the songs I was asking about! You really watched my video 🥲Can't wait to check out all these albums and I have to go find that South Park episode too haha
The Cure's guitarwork has always been underrated. A lot of "breathing," a lot of emotive phrasing and space between notes.
Most people interpret Lullaby as either a metaphor for drug addiction or SA (both make sense if you read the lyrics and think about it for a minute). Robert Smith said it's just about a dream he had though.
thanks for the recommendation and for tuning in
Lullaby is a dream Robert used to have as a child. It is also a novel in a story book.
wow I can totally see that! Thanks for providing background on that. It definitely has a surreal vibe.
11:00 MGMT Little Dark Age. They clearly took inspiration from The Cure. Great to see. MGMT and the Cure are both in my top 5 bands of all time.
Yes!!! I've heard Little Dark Age and I like it, but I've never listened to their full albums. Thanks for the rec 🙌
would definitely recommend going back and listening to the cures full discography, starting from "three imaginary boys" it's 100% worth it. keep up the good reactions!
🙌Thank you for tuning in and the recs! I'm definitely planning on diving deep into their discography
@@SunManMoon to understand lullaby you need to watch the music video to it
The Cure Trilogy consists of three of their albums, Pornography (1982), Disintegration (1989), and Bloodflowers (2000). They are all very dark. The Cure: Trilogy (Live in Berlin 2002) is a great DVD of them playing all three albums in their entirety.
Pornography reaction coming soon! Thanks for tuning in
Best record ever 🖤 You managed to go on for 1:05 min before mentioning The Smiths but we forgive you 😅
haha to be fair I was only comparing the two in the sense of balancing the happy/sad sound where the lyrics could be devastating and the song sounds happy. Thanks for tuning in :)
If you want more, you should listen to the B-Sides from this album - Fear of Ghosts, Babble, Out of Mind and 2 Late are all really good.
Thanks for the rec
Hear me out before ya judge me. Re-listen to the song Lullaby, but imagine the singer is the mind of a child, laying fearfully in bed, waiting for their abuser (the Spider Man). Horrifying? Yes. but it's creepily accurate when put into that context. What it's really about I certainly don't know, but its always given me the abuse vibe.
wow thank you for sharing your thoughts on the track! I definitely get the abuse vibe as well
I love your reaction
Thank you so much 😭😭
Good job!
The Clash London Calling 🫰🫰🫰
ooo thanks for the recommendation I'll add it to the list. I've heard the track London Calling before but have not listened to the album fully.
Lullaby is about a story told to Robert Smiths in his youth by his uncle (I think) with the "spiderman" in it. Nothing to do with the superhero although everyone I see reacting to disintegration gets tripped up about it. It's unfortunate that they both are named the same. When I first listened to the song conceptually it being the superhero never made sense, I had already primed myself with other songs, so I was more exposed to their lyrical style, and I thought it was a symbol for something else. Also, Fascination Street is about drugs mostly. I also thought similarly to you when I first listened to it.
also, I suggest listening to either
Tinderbox by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Violator by Depeche Mode (although black celebration and music for the masses are good choices too)
Bloodflowers by The Cure (if you want to keep the dreary cure album streak going. Although you might not like it as much, it's a bit dated but carries an equally heavy mood and I actually quite like the production despite criticism)
Script of the Bridge by the Chameleons (a bit of a lower key album but it also has a similar atmospheric feel to disintegration although different)
Thank you for providing the background info and for the recommendations 🙌
You have no choice, you must react to their absolut masterpiece "Pornography" (1982), one of the darkest album ever recorded and one od the first goth rock album, at this time, Robert SMith was 23, and thinking The Cure was over, he was highly on drugs (a lot of LSD), deseperate and wants to say fuck off to the music industry, when Disintegration was sad but bright, Pornoghaphy is a real descent in Hell !
haha thank you for the background and the recommendation. Pornography has been suggested by multiple folks so I'm definitely adding that to the list!
My favourite non metal record next to the wall
Fascination Street is about Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
ahh I can see that! Definitely one of my favorite tracks. Been listening to it a lot.
As far as new bands with a similar sound to the Cure, I would recommend listening to Fontaines D.C.'s newest album Romance. It has a different sound to Disintegration but the influence is clear.
ahh thanks for the recommendation! I've heard their name I have yet to check them out
Do it with Wish (1992) It is also a journey. Trust me 😉
yes!!! Thank you! Adding that to my list.
Very good reaction, you earn a like. I recommend that you listen to the pornography album. It is the most depressing album of The Cure. 👍
Thanks so much 🙏 can't wait to listen to Pornography
for lullaby, you should watch the official video
pure nightmare fuel
haha oh boy!!! Thanks for the recommendation and thanks for tuning in 🙏
Disintegration and Prayer's For Rain are much better live.So much more intense
Or the B-52's 1st😉
Funny mistake on the lyrics to Last Dance there. Hair that hangs in a basement is a bit different to hair that hangs in abasement.
Listen to The Head on the Door, is the best The Cure album.
Thank you for the recommendation 🍂
check Massive Attack - Mezzanine and you will also be surprised)
Thanks for the rec 🙏
You need to watch the video for the Spider-Man song.
I want you to do PORNOGRAPHY, SEVENTEEN SECONDS, & FAITH. The Goth years.
You had me at Goth years!! Can't wait to check these out. thanks for the recommendation
Marti Gras New Orleans for Fascination Street
I'm going to piggyback off of another person's comment and suggest you listen to Brian Eno's Another Green World for a taste of the beginnings of ambient music.
I'm sorry Mr, i will be that guy... I Think you missed one song of the album, in that case " The Same deep water as you" . Please have try, it's a realy good and special song =]
Oh it's in the video, it looks like I just missed it in the timestamps
@@SunManMoon My Mistake, sorry sr
Robert Smith said Lullaby is about a nightmare, but i dont know... sounds like child abuse trauma
Which is a nightmare, but I understand what you're saying!
This album brings me to my youth; but there is no way this is actually your first time hearing it, I can’t buy that
I was aware of its existence and had heard Lovesong before, but I'd never listened to the whole album before. Thanks for tuning in 😇
Nice reaction🙌
A modern album to try, Cindy Lee, "Diamond Jubilee." Different sound palette, but up there in mood and quality.
Disintegration is a great.mood album. I think first two tracks are perfect, but there's some drop-off through whole album.
Thanks for the kind words and the recommendation 🙏I've heard people talk about the Cindy Lee record, can't wait to check it out.
The Head On The Door and Pornography
thanks for the recs! Adding those to the list.
You NEVER heard Disintegration before ??? Been living under a rock ?
I was aware of it's existence. I'd heard Lovesong before but had not listened to the whole album. Thanks for tuning in.
@@SunManMoon I was 16 in 1989 when it came out, I was already a huge fan. Disintegration literally changed my teenage life then. Better late than never bro lol
1. Songs of a lost world
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ + ⭐️ = ✨️👑✨️
2. Pornography
3. Faith
4. Desintegration
5. Seventeen Seconds
6. ....
14. Wild mood swings
Thanks for the recs!