Robert Smith (The Cure) Whistle Test interview, BBC 13 November 1984

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  • @cassienikoloska8857
    @cassienikoloska8857 4 года назад +214

    my my his voice is SO soft, it's just like heaven

    • @steve261brown
      @steve261brown 4 года назад +8

      Like what you did there, heaven indeed. #legend

    • @davidsmith6355
      @davidsmith6355 2 года назад +6

      if you searched for a hundred years you wouldn't find a better voice.....

  • @heather5391
    @heather5391 5 лет назад +104

    He’s so soft spoken and shy... god I’m in love

    • @OrbvsTomarvm
      @OrbvsTomarvm 2 года назад +1

      get a job!

    • @paola2455
      @paola2455 Год назад +1

      he is a FTM female to male transgender like all the famous artists since at least 100 years.. He was born a woman, that's why you find him soft. Because she is not hiding who she is...

    • @gentlenight777
      @gentlenight777 Год назад +1

      @@paola2455 be so fr paola

    • @Mikabread
      @Mikabread 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@paola2455where did you get this from😭

  • @eboethrasher
    @eboethrasher 7 лет назад +232

    I want to go back in time to 1984 and tell Robert that not only will he still be playing in a group in 9 years, he will still be in the same group in 29 years... in 32 years... with essentially their 40th anniversary looming.

    • @jacknick7582
      @jacknick7582 6 лет назад +6

      Gary Thrasher that's all youd wanna do if u went to 1984? wow, so selfish

    • @Lunatic4Bizcas
      @Lunatic4Bizcas 6 лет назад +9

      ¡Ha! ¡Ha! Robert was speaking from the shortsightedness of relative youth. Truth is when you make timeless music, it is meant to last, and much of the Cure's music is timeless.

    • @marygrace1968
      @marygrace1968 6 лет назад +4

      It is so wonderful to see the 40th Ann. Coming up after all these years. What a wonderful journey for Robert ,the Band, and us fans.

    • @dearauntyviolet3167
      @dearauntyviolet3167 6 лет назад +4

      (Reply to Jack Nick) I know right? Mr Thrasher could also offer to pick me up a bottle of my favourite parfum Enjoli Midnight & Black Widow/Raven Red lipsticks which have since been discontinued. 😼

  • @BoyMom11
    @BoyMom11 7 лет назад +169

    I could listen to his voice all day!

  • @justalittlebitsilly
    @justalittlebitsilly Год назад +3

    His voice is extremely soft, I could listen to it for hours

  • @ladybug091ful
    @ladybug091ful 5 лет назад +72

    His speaking voice was just so smooth........ I'm in love immediately.

  • @karenhoward2983
    @karenhoward2983 10 месяцев назад +2

    Robert Smith: Gorgeous, Intelligent, Wise Beyond His Years, Ever So Talented & Charismatic, With A Soft Buttery Talking Voice, A Versatile Singer & A One Of A Kind Musical Sound. Loyal to his Wife Mary, whom he has been with since 89?, Is Charitable, Has A Great Sense Of Humor & Is Cute & Funny, Has A Great Personality, Runs Pretty Much Everything For The Cure, & Is In Control Of The Way The Music Is Produced, Takes Care Of Bookings, Travel, Etc. & That Is Impressive ! He Cares About His Fans, & Will Fight For A Cause & The List Goes On. I'm In Love With Him & I Will Always Love Him & The Cure's Music.😍🔥🎵❤️💋🌹😀

  • @budgie463
    @budgie463 2 года назад +8

    Good lord I love Robert smith 🥲 truly one of the most gorgeous men ever

  • @pinzieoatmeal578
    @pinzieoatmeal578 11 месяцев назад +2

    There is no one more pure, gentle and beautiful

  • @judex3226
    @judex3226 Год назад +4

    Almost 40 years ago Robert Smith said he’d be quitting soon. We all say things when we are young that we meant at the time but realistically were never going to happen. I remember thinking I was old at 25, by the time I reached 40 I realised 25 was young and I thought 40 was old. Now I’m 51 I think 40 was young. Some things never change…
    So I’m very happy that Robert Smith never did quit.

  • @marcschon2307
    @marcschon2307 2 года назад +17

    Hi, I just see this the first time. Robert says in the interview that he is feeling to get to the end. That was 1984 (I already listened to The Cure by then) and now I'm looking forward to see them again in November 2022. Robert, you were wrong which makes your fans very happy.

  • @louise5374
    @louise5374 Год назад +11

    God I love this video. Ironically to what he says abt quitting I’ve just seen them live last week. Seeing your favourite band ever live is the closest to magic you can ever get, so thanks Rob, for everything. Please don’t stop for a long time from now, you and your little band mean the world to me. Makes my silly little heart beat faster every time, I’ll always adore you 🥹🖤

  • @rnatanson
    @rnatanson 7 лет назад +50

    Oh my god I love him. He's a genius poet.

  • @TyCarlin
    @TyCarlin 7 лет назад +160

    Interviewer: So Lovecats...
    Robert: No

  • @christiangasior4244
    @christiangasior4244 6 лет назад +38

    2:30 he is angelic and beautiful. Such a talent, too. Legendary.

  • @maykala2963
    @maykala2963 5 лет назад +15

    Robert Smith is one of the greatest music legends, his guitar skills are out of this world, 80's music is still the best!

  • @laurakojobeecham4872
    @laurakojobeecham4872 Год назад +4

    He was so drugged out in 1984. His manager Chris Parry warned him about the danger - “Parry's second cautionary gesture was made after The Top album in 1984, when Smith's drink and drug problem ("everything but smack") was at its height. "That album was a struggle. Robert looked terrible, puffy-faced, eyes bleary, sores on his lips. He was always listless. I was worried that he was going to have a heart attack”
    He still looks gorgeous in this though…

  • @xsmh_emily1724
    @xsmh_emily1724 6 лет назад +42

    Beautifully soft spoken British Gent. Hot as the sun and thank god he didn’t STOP! Hyde park 2018 Robert 😘

    • @lesliebush8683
      @lesliebush8683 6 лет назад

      I will be there up front and ready. Coming from Florida USA

    • @swerthers884
      @swerthers884 6 лет назад

      back home after that hyde park gig, f**king wonderful set!

    • @franmellor9843
      @franmellor9843 4 года назад

      Actually English Gentleman

  • @spartan9293
    @spartan9293 4 года назад +12

    1984 was peak Robert Smith

  • @dozer1642
    @dozer1642 6 лет назад +22

    The glove was an acid trip. One of my favorite albums, but goddam it was a trip.

  • @Randothol
    @Randothol 6 лет назад +17

    What a fascinating man.

  • @missescookie
    @missescookie 6 лет назад +127

    He's hot AF here. And that voice...

    • @moonpriest8016
      @moonpriest8016 3 года назад +2

      He is always segsy ngl

    • @daisy-ww4bi
      @daisy-ww4bi 3 года назад +1

      @@moonpriest8016 agreed bestie 😫🤚

    • @babyb667
      @babyb667 2 года назад

      @@moonpriest8016 right

  • @user-jz8wv9yp1p
    @user-jz8wv9yp1p 6 лет назад +56

    His appearance is so attractive

    • @sweetnuthin
      @sweetnuthin 3 года назад

      One is in agreement with your statement

  • @somewhereovertherainbow4407
    @somewhereovertherainbow4407 6 лет назад +19

    What a treasure this is!! Robert.....so beautiful❤

  • @AndrewInCanada99
    @AndrewInCanada99 6 лет назад +19

    Really love finding these interviews! I find their most interesting years from 1980 to about ‘85, so this was a nice treat. It just occurred to me that I’ve spent so much listening to The Cure and reading about the members, but haven’t really seen much of what their actual personalities are like off stage other than a vague idea in my head, just because their interviews are so few and far between. On a side-note, it’s pretty interesting to hear him say he say here he might stop music altogether here, he seems like his mind is made up. I guess he had a change of heart, at least partially.

  • @barbararichards8421
    @barbararichards8421 4 года назад +21

    Love his hair always have love the man!

  • @jonhmonsalve
    @jonhmonsalve 2 года назад +6

    RIP Andy Anderson, miss you man!!!

  • @kellypatterson9456
    @kellypatterson9456 6 лет назад +38

    Robert Smith is a God!

    • @ehell0
      @ehell0 6 лет назад +5

      He IS GOD.

    • @williamwilkes9873
      @williamwilkes9873 Год назад +1

      Is there a god or a simple need to invent one.............

  • @epicepicgirl
    @epicepicgirl 4 года назад +13

    He’s so shy and modern day interviewers don’t get that. They’re all in his face and it’s just like.... no?

  • @vermilliongecko
    @vermilliongecko 5 лет назад +8

    Lovely to see the late, great Andy Anderson on drums here.

  • @iwishubluebirds
    @iwishubluebirds 7 лет назад +15

    Thank you for posting all of these interviews. Priceless.

  • @indiciaobscure
    @indiciaobscure 6 лет назад +43

    I'm so glad that youtube wasn't around when I was a teen. I was already so in love with him, these videos would have made it worse!

    • @jayisundead2887
      @jayisundead2887 3 года назад +5

      19 year old who loves robert here....struggling everyday hahaaahahaha

    • @user-ej1ti7pu1z
      @user-ej1ti7pu1z 2 года назад +1

      Totally. I was 16 when I saw this interview; I recorded it and watched it about a 100 times! I’ve just watched it again and he’s just as sexy and gorgeous as I thought he was all those years ago! Just lovely.

  • @barrierman1
    @barrierman1 2 года назад +6

    Very pivotal moment of their career at this time. They'd just sacked Andy Anderson and were just starting with Boris Williams and months later Simon Gallup came back and they made Head on the Door

  • @lizbourn4192
    @lizbourn4192 5 лет назад +11

    He is a genius, just that!!!!

  • @markconnolly7972
    @markconnolly7972 4 года назад +3

    Never got them in the day now I can't hear enough super music!! 😎

  • @ashleyalvarez4752
    @ashleyalvarez4752 6 лет назад +15

    Hes So Adorable i Cant 😩😩😩♥️♥️♥️

  • @vwkaferman
    @vwkaferman 7 лет назад +20

    Great vid, thanks for uploading as well, my all time favorite band. I don't know what I like more, the Cure, or telling people my favorite band is the Cure and watching their bewildered face because well, they're clueless.

  • @pern1044
    @pern1044 5 лет назад +10

    Hyæna is a great album he was on. Dazzle and Dear Prudence are part of Siouxsie and the Banshees best songs from their entire catalog.

    • @user-pk2il1si9k
      @user-pk2il1si9k 5 лет назад

      And yet Dear Prudence wasn't even her song...

    • @pern1044
      @pern1044 5 лет назад +1

      @@user-pk2il1si9k I love their version vs the Beatles, even though I love the Beatles more than Sioux and the Banchees. If I had to choose.

    • @Missjunebugfreak
      @Missjunebugfreak 5 лет назад +2

      A great album. I think they did a great cover of Dear Prudence even though I still prefer the original.

  • @klaudijavorihi6514
    @klaudijavorihi6514 7 лет назад +16

    Love his look

  • @muslim5617
    @muslim5617 7 лет назад +37

    his band had a great influence on the most famous legendary russian rock-band kino

  • @gigorospe526
    @gigorospe526 7 лет назад +49

    Sooo handsome!!!

  • @ehell0
    @ehell0 6 лет назад +5

    Watching again and again and again and again and again and again… and AGAIN ❤ my entire life

  • @if3709
    @if3709 3 года назад +5

    Lovedogs 🤣🤣🤣 I think Lovecats is a song that stands on itself, it's funny and singable and nothing else 😊❤️ his voice is something indescribable

  • @sofairyqueen
    @sofairyqueen 7 лет назад +30

    Such a cutie!

  • @mattford1593
    @mattford1593 7 лет назад +25

    ROBERT TIME

  • @annashaw8219
    @annashaw8219 4 года назад +6

    Robert Smith from 1984-1986 is my favourite era of him as he was so hot back then 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

  • @snipart
    @snipart 6 лет назад +5

  • @featheredmusic
    @featheredmusic 5 лет назад +6

    coolest hair....ever

  • @khv_dv_jungle
    @khv_dv_jungle Год назад

    Роберт. Всегда был очень серьезным. В своем искусстве. Как будто даже ревнивым

  • @via_piranha
    @via_piranha 5 лет назад +16

    Godd young Robert Smith is a baaaabe

  • @proserpine8857
    @proserpine8857 6 лет назад +14

    gosh, what a babe

  • @louisoddie4667
    @louisoddie4667 4 года назад +4

    “the top” days

  • @donnaspears1970
    @donnaspears1970 Год назад

    ❤❤

  • @patrickdoval
    @patrickdoval 5 лет назад +1

    Nice video !

  • @JRStephens5005
    @JRStephens5005 7 лет назад +25

    I fucking love his accent. Posh.

    • @basehead617
      @basehead617 7 лет назад +5

      Paul Metzger he's from the south of england and anyone not completely growing up in rubbish there sounds like that

    • @JRStephens5005
      @JRStephens5005 7 лет назад +9

      I know where he is from- Crawley. And his accent is upper middle class.

    • @gregoryswift9573
      @gregoryswift9573 6 лет назад

      He sounds like Bowie to me or maybe Marc Bolan

  • @butterflylondres1412
    @butterflylondres1412 5 лет назад +8

    HeWasSoBeautiful ....

  • @mst7806
    @mst7806 3 года назад +1

    10:24 I'm so glad he changed his mind...

  • @kelly3930
    @kelly3930 7 лет назад +21

    gentle

  • @haydenserice7126
    @haydenserice7126 Год назад +1

    song at 30 sec- The Walk

  • @gabrielalopez3364
    @gabrielalopez3364 5 лет назад +7

    he just did the lovecats to flex

  • @rorylee9626
    @rorylee9626 Год назад +2

    imagine having achieved that much at 25??

  • @nathanbellamy3308
    @nathanbellamy3308 4 года назад +4

    He sounds like Ricky Gervais when he's talking in this interview.

  • @marygrace1968
    @marygrace1968 6 лет назад +4

  • @professorditchdigger166
    @professorditchdigger166 6 лет назад +4

    Wow! He looks like Tre Parker!

    • @tonyfourhunnid
      @tonyfourhunnid 5 лет назад +1

      Professor Ditch Digger hrs in south park they love him

  • @calmandcoldblood
    @calmandcoldblood 3 года назад +3

    37 years later and still the same black hair

  • @ggghhjd
    @ggghhjd 4 года назад +6

    Andy Anderson wrote to me only last year...I cant believe he is dead....God bless him...in my opinion the best cure drummer

  • @jsmith6259
    @jsmith6259 7 лет назад +5

    Note the BASS player......Not Simon but Phil!

    • @marblegirl1678
      @marblegirl1678  7 лет назад +3

      It's actually Phil Thornalley, Michael Dempsey left at the end of 1979.

  • @eppoi8687
    @eppoi8687 5 лет назад +12

    is it hot in this comment section or is it just Robert Smith?! 🔥🔥🔥

    • @Missjunebugfreak
      @Missjunebugfreak 5 лет назад +6

      Haha! Robert is extremely adorable in this video.

  • @forchettamalata1090
    @forchettamalata1090 2 года назад +2

    can you help me? i'm italian and i want to learn english, but i want to talk like Robert Smith, does anyone know where i can learn his accent?

    • @adamdaniels8148
      @adamdaniels8148 Год назад

      He is from Crawley, from the posh (for Crawley) bit of Milton Mount. It is middle class London with a tiny bit of Sussex - my working class londoner parents thought they way I pronounce school (rhymes with shawl) and water (long a waarter). Robert lived round the corner from Gareth Southgate (who is 12 years younger). They are both cautious and considered, and use the weight of their ideas for power.

  • @whospoopingoutthere
    @whospoopingoutthere 3 года назад +2

    Real life Spike Spiegel

  • @reinforcedpenisstem
    @reinforcedpenisstem 3 года назад +4

    All the women's comments are about Robert's looks.

    • @daisy-ww4bi
      @daisy-ww4bi 3 года назад +3

      slightly wrong there mate

    • @budgie463
      @budgie463 2 года назад +5

      Well… who wouldn’t with a face like that!! But I’m sure most if not all of the fangirls really do appreciate his amazing work aswell as the pretty face

  • @ligiadecassiacassia206
    @ligiadecassiacassia206 7 лет назад +5

    like

  • @decafcoffee73
    @decafcoffee73 7 лет назад +11

    he talks about Banshees... was he with Siouxie and the Banshees?

    • @marblegirl1678
      @marblegirl1678  7 лет назад +12

      Yes, he first played with them in 1979 on the Join Hands tour (in which The Cure supported Siouxsie and the Banshees) after their drummer and guitarist had walked out, then later joined them as a proper member from late 1982 until April (I think) 1984.

    • @daniellewis214
      @daniellewis214 6 лет назад +2

      decafcoffee73 yes!

    • @witchypoo13
      @witchypoo13 6 лет назад +2

      decafcoffee73 and in the album with Steve the glove , blue sunshine. His voice is dreamy in perfect murder. Especially the end of the song.

    • @piloto7061
      @piloto7061 5 лет назад +2

      He appears in “Dear Prudence” videoclip.

  • @irishelk3
    @irishelk3 6 лет назад +51

    He looks like an emo Ben Affleck

  • @s.h.5584
    @s.h.5584 Год назад +2

    He speaks softly ... a bit like Marc Bolan

    • @williamwilkes9873
      @williamwilkes9873 Год назад +1

      Little Marcy feld was a flash little sod........a good mate from sunny Stoke Newington........

  • @mikecullinan3536
    @mikecullinan3536 7 лет назад +7

    Did not realize he was involved with Siouxee and the Banshees

  • @peterigan1897
    @peterigan1897 5 лет назад +1

    the thing,as a fan I hated love cats.Palease.Loved the cats though.lol

  • @mUbase
    @mUbase 7 лет назад +16

    Ha! getting too old. lol.

  • @magdalena1603
    @magdalena1603 5 лет назад +1

    7:50 did he say “there’s a galaxy inside my head”?

    • @marblegirl1678
      @marblegirl1678  5 лет назад +6

      He says '... it doesn't rest, it gallops around inside of my head.'

    • @missescookie
      @missescookie 5 лет назад +5

      No, he said "..it gallups around inside my head."

  • @gang6009
    @gang6009 Год назад

    Bob

  • @kylesmith-rojo1607
    @kylesmith-rojo1607 6 лет назад +2

    What's the name of the first song?

  • @guadalupesavage2601
    @guadalupesavage2601 6 лет назад +2

    What is the name of the song at the end

  • @carloscasillero4422
    @carloscasillero4422 4 года назад +3

    Hate lovecats. Love the cure

  • @mikaelsjoberg1894
    @mikaelsjoberg1894 Год назад +2

    Well Robert .....You didnt stop now ..did you? To old at 25...jisus...:)

  • @chiclemiel
    @chiclemiel 6 лет назад +4

    So hot

  • @kavehlover
    @kavehlover 5 лет назад +1

    He lowkey reminds me of Matty Healy

    • @thunder_heads
      @thunder_heads 3 года назад +2

      Matty stole a lot of his look from Rob

  • @modifiedcontent
    @modifiedcontent 3 года назад +2

    That singer on The Glove sucked

  • @Simon-pl2zi
    @Simon-pl2zi 3 года назад

    05:18 Blue Sunshine was such a crappy album. I mean, fancy producing something so substandard after creating Pornography - a timeless classic

  • @Spectrescup
    @Spectrescup 3 года назад +1

    I never saw this in 1984. I wish they'd shown it when they showed the performance.