The Cure- Pictures of You (First Listen)
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“Disintegration is the best album ever!”- Kyle from South Park
Fuck yeah!
America!
Amen!
LOL!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Cure have been my favorite band for 35 years, they are my go to for everything. I have seen them live 18 times.
Hi Tammy, exactly the same here! Also 35 years and also 18 times. Last time was in October in Berlin. I will always love them.
I just hit my 5th show. I found them in 1986, when I was 15.
This song has been included in every listening device I've owned for the last 30 years........From cassette tapes, to CD's to Ipods to digital thumbdrive and phone......All of them. I'm a metalhead/rockhead for the most part and love this song.......And don't care who knows it.
yes
Mini Disc :')
A huge part of the joy in buying albums on vinyl were the covers, reading the lyrics on the way home from the store, the(as you said) tangible evidence of having a real thing in your hands covered often with interesting art. Even the smell of a new album was exciting and if you were a Prog fan like me you'd usually have a gate-fold album that were perfect for rolling joints. The care you had to take with vinyl made them precious objects that deserved respect and tenderness. Of course there are advantages to the digital age but never doubt that something visceral was lost both culturally and real. You owned that album and you could leave it to your kids in your will, you don't own digital music in the same way.
So true. And what do you mean; when I die I'm leaving my Spotify account for you all to pick through :D
@@JustJP You always remember your first album. Do you remember your first download.You always remember your first album. Do you remember your first download? The 1st album I bought with my own money was Michael Jackson "Thriller"
Why lost? Vinyl had such a ressurection in the last decade. Many people are buying records again.
One of the most beautiful songs ever recorded.
The one thing my ex-wife did right...Was to introduce me to The Cure's music.
Same here, I was rock only for a long time
Well, bless her lil heart
The layering in this song is amazing. love the whole album.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. It captures the melancholy of love oh so well. I could always listen to it and love it. It makes me wanna drudge through a snowy city with my non existent girlfriend, while the sun is about to set over us. It's ethereal sounding.
I absolutely agree with you that the repetition serves to get you in the mood. It's also always a matter of how it's being repetitive and what's being repeated. Also love Robert's voice.
Please continue with the album. I enjoy these way too much :D
Love the description :) Ty Niko
@@JustJP Always a pleasure :)
When Robert sings
"So much more than everything" always gets me😢
Great reaction. Very thoughtful. One interesting thing about these lyrics is that they work on two levels. One one level, the lyrics work as a lament for a doomed romantic relationship with an individual lover. On another level, Robert is addressing these lyrics to his fans. He is lamenting the passing of time, and the impossibility of maintaining a deep lasting relationship with his hardcore fans. It's deep. Listening to Disintegration, one assumes that Robert must have gone through a painful break-up with his wife. But that wasn't the case. The painful break-up was with his past, his youth, and his fan-base.
This song has slowly over time crept up to become perhaps my favorite song of all time.
Disintegration is a masterpiece. I saw the Cure play this stuff live in the 80s. Simply incredible.
Really liked this. I was aware of The Cure in the 80s, but never heard much apart from the odd single. probably more open-minded to listen to a Cure album now then I was then.
Exactly the same response. Going to give them a go - the music may not be the most inspired but the poetic vibe is appealing
Thoughts? 🙂
My first big concert???Prague,third of august 1990, The Cure Disintegration tour.since then,since then, I've seen them four more times,love for the whole life.❤❤❤
One of the few songs in my long life that struck me first time hearing it. Robert writes so many bittersweet songs of lost love, yet has been with the love of his life for so many years. Love it.
The Lyrics are so out of from the heart that it even touches very old scars in me
Absolute Perfection
Spending my afternoon off going on this journey with you. Speaking as someone who came to age in the late 80's this album was everything. All my memories of teenage dramas and triumphs are wrapped up in the music of The Cure (as well as Depeche Mode and others). Every romantic but disaffected notion I ever had was perfectly expressed in the angsty- tortured tone of Robert's vocals.
Ty so much Keri! I appreciate that
The Cure and the lead singer Robert Smith are phenomenal and a great musician and singer ☝️you must listen to this album ☝️
Yes, absolutely do the entire album! Try “Fascination Street “ next . Then when you’re done with that album and are in the mood for more 80s post punk gloomy moodiness try the album “ Heaven Up Here” by Echo and the Bunnymen. It rocks a bit more than “Disintegration “ and has phenomenal drumming.Start with the song “ Over the wall”.
R.I.P. Andy Gill of Gang of Four who passed away last week.
"Closedown" is one of the best on the album & one of their best songs. He needs to listen to that, "Push", "a night like this", & "in between days".
Push! Yes! Absolutely!
Do the whole album. Really.
You're right about the mood, I was so caught up in the song i scared myself when you started talking again cause i'd forgotten i was watching a reaction hahaha facepalm... Anyway, long time cure fan here and i'm loving these videos! Great job!
Haha ty!
Im not a super The Cure fan per se but Disintegration would be one of my desert island albums, simply a masterpiece.
Yes my Sith apprentice...continue with the Disintegration album, There you will learn the secrets of the Cure. There is build up and mood but the secret is ...layers. Good musicianship that may start with 2 layers then progress to 3 then 4 and back down to 3 and maybe 2. All complimented by Robert Smith's voice that provides texture, harmony and sometimes pain, There's a reason Cureheads go to their concerts dressed in all black (Gothic)...they come from the dark side.
"Did you ever hear the tragedy of the Cure? I thought not. It's not a story the media would tell you..."
THIS is the song that got me hooked on The Cure, it was in a TV ad, probably for Kodak. I bought their "Greatest Hits" CD but this wasn't on it so I bought "Disentegration." Eventually I bought them all including their rarities collection "Join the Dots" which is 4 discs of non-album tracks. It still doesn't have everything, there's lots of Cure music out there.
Anyway I love this song, al most as much as 'High' which is on their "Wish" album, it came right after "Disintegration" and it's my personal favorite by them.
I think Wish is underrated under hardcore Cure fans. Most of them think it's too poppy, but I actually agree that it's brilliant. I'd still prefer Disintegration and maybe a couple of other albums of theirs, but Wish is great, imo.
I'm so glad you did the extended version.
The Disintegration album is magical.
It really is the best album ever.
Reeves Gabrels is the guitarist,he also played with David Bowie In the band Tin Machine! I am saving up right now to purchase his signature guitar made by Reverend! He is one of the best-Peace from ferretfret in Ct.
For me, this album is The Cure getting more serious and artistic.
Best cure song ...masterpiece
Great single. My fave on the LP is "Fascination Street".
I've been a Cure fan since I was about 16. The Cure are one of the legendary British alternative bands, and Disintegration is among their best albums. I saw them live about 4 years ago and it was a fantastic performance; over two hours of everything I wanted them to play! You must check out Lullaby from the same album, and also the whole Head on the Door album! The earlier albums like Pornography and Faith are also classic 'dark' Cure albums.
Is anyone else confused about how you could hear one cure track and not immediately seek out every other 🤔🤷♀️
Really like this one. The Cure do melancholy so well and they are part of a group of bands for me that I heard constantly throughout the 80's that I had a lot of time for; Echo And The Bunnymen, The Sisters Of Mercy, The Smiths, The Mission to name a few, all of whom had a certain melancholic heart to them that chimed with the times.
Amazing song from one of my favorite all time albums. Thanks!
This song wasn't written about Smith's wife in particular (I think they're still married). It's about how we hold our own image/interpretation of someone and don't see them for who they really are, and that gets in the way of love.
I heard this 30 years ago in an interview, so may not be 100% accurate, but you get the gist.
Thank you for that Bethany!
A lot of great memories brought back to mind based around this album. What a time in life for me! There is no band like The Cure. Some of the other band I was listening to in the late 80's are The Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil and Dead Can Dance. Oh and by the way, I was overtaken by a high speed chase the other day on the 101 in S, CA.
The best thing about The Cure in the 80's were the girls that listened to them.
Making a goth girl smile was exhilarating and oddly addictive.
Lol!
nothing like bringing a moment of warmth to a dark cold heart...
...and getting her to blow you.
So dreamy and smooth as butter. Perfect blend of his vocals and delicate guitar work. Classy
Definitely continue with this album. Wait 'til you hear the title track. Epic.
wish they would have reacted to my reaction. it was pretty amazing. i was mesmerized when i first heard this.
Nice lush wave of guitar and bass in this song. Pretty typical Cure, I guess. Smith's vocals always have that lovely emotional sound, as if he is almost straining, but not quite. I loved hearing this song again. Thanks for the review.
The thing with the Cures music is everything changes throughout the songs in subtle ways. This song is an example. The beginning sounds similar but the little changes make it sound different, same with the ending of the song.
Thank you for your review. It's a pleasure to hear you giving a thoughtful response to my all time favourite album.
My take on it is meeting up with an ex girlfriend from his younger years, then meeting them many years later, trying to recapture that feeling, however, now being older, that specialness, that innocence, can't be replicated.
Robert not playing guitar in this song... He is playing fender VI bass... Thats why the sound is unique...
There is something similar in the sound and mood of this era of The Cure and The Unforgettable Fire by U2, some Simple Minds from that period and much more recently (and vocal feee) a lot of the music of Explosions in the Sky.
Yes yes yes! Do all of "Disintegration". I always try to listen to it completely from the glorious opening notes (fanfare?) to the final, rather melancholy last notes---never just a song at random from a shuffled playlist---and I always feel like I've been on a journey of deep and dark emotions that many bands claim they invoke in their albums but very few actually and consistently do.
:)
Justin, that was a solid thinkpiece. Repetitiveness and delicate variations on a theme are indeed in the Cure DNA. I'd still be interested in your reaction to some of their more unhinged songs, such as One Hundred Years. That one really establishes a mood...
PS. Robert and Mary have been together since they were thirteen. That's not to say he didn't lose her, maybe temporarily, at some point.
PPS. I think you've reacted to Prayers For Rain as well.
Thank you Harri! Yes, I've listened to Plainsong and PfR.
This was the first Cure song I heard and instantly fell in love with the band. Disintegration is an incredibly good album!
Repetitive music is not so bad when you really like the sounds you're hearing.
When I bought an album I would record it to cassette. So most of my albums have only been played once.
Exactly. If you like what you're hearing, then it'll never get old. If you don't, 7 minutes can feel like an eternity.
Please react to The Smiths - Last Night i Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
I was 21 when this came out....it just gets better every time i listen to it ...check out the remix on the album ..cure..all mixed up
Thanks for your insights in this video, Justin. The Cure have some terrific songs throughout the band's history.
In the mid-1980s, Robert Smith took over as guitarist for Siouxsie and the Banshees, with The Cure opening for Siouxsie on tour. The live album and video from that tour is called "Nocturne" and some of the songs from that vid can be found on RUclips. Mr. Smith had replaced a great and innovative guitarist with the Banshees named John McGeoch. His special sound leads on songs like "Spellbound", "Arabian Nights", "Israel", "Monitor", etc. I hope you may be interested in hearing a song or album by the band that Mr. McGeoch played for before the Banshees, which is still a favourite of mine: Magazine (1978-1982, until a reunion and new album in 2009). Do you want song suggestions? "I want to burn again", "Sweetheart Contract", "Back to Nature", "Parade", "Song from under the floorboards", "Rhythm of Cruelty", "Motorcade", "Shot By Both Sides", etc.
I'm just now discovering the Cure just as you are. Thanks for the reviews and expanding my horizons. Keep it going, dude!
Ty Charles!
I remember in high school I thought that The Cure and bands similar to them were for the weirdos. Flash forward 30 years and I have been listening to those weirdo bands for the past 20 years. If I only knew then what i know now.
@Sean Gavin I was intimidated by those weirdo girls. So I grew up and married one lol Funny how life works.
Tangibility, I’m going with it.
Works for me :)
I love The Cure but its interesting how the three times I've been to "Sound Exchange" in Tampa they are playing The Cure. Great record store in Tampa by the way, of mostly old vinyls and cds, and I love how you can look up what they have at their store online so they can hold items for you.
I love love love this song. The version closest to my heart is off the live album Show. Every time I hear it, I am transported back to the summer of 1994.
Good song from the Cure. Justin the Turntable is always a great way of playing music on, there is something about the sound that comes from a diamond needle in a vinyl groove makes the music sound more alive than digital, cd or tape. A good way of going about it without spending a fortune is buying a used component stereo system! You can upgrade if you want later!
Last year was the first year since 1986 that vinyl records brought in more money than cd's. Also this entire album is a masterclass in melancholy. Its just beautiful
Robert plays a Six string bass (not a guitar) on this song as well as in several others on this album. It's an instrument with a very distinctive tone and one of the Cure trade marks.
The Cure. Chicago. 2015. So good. Btw, love what u do. Keep it up
You nailed it. I love that song, it's on one of my workout playlists. Many of the bands I gravitated to during that era were really good at setting a mood and a groove of their own, Smiths, Cure, REM, U2....and many others. When a female vocalist sings a romantic dark songs about loss or danger I picture them as vocal femme fatales, Lana Del Rey is one I consider fits this description. Robert Smith and Morrisey strike me as the male version of that. It's one of my favorite styles. Great reaction thanks. By the way, analog vinyl sounds way better than digital to the audiophile. If you've never experienced it, I highly recommend it.
Another mood is “This Twilight Garden”. It’s a b-side from the ‘Wish’ era.
Really great reaction. It makes me so happy to see people enjoying the Cure.
Thank you CRK!
Cure Goat Song
Yesss continue with this album! Disintegration is the best album ever
Anything The Cure is guaranteed to be great!
So if you don't get around to doing the entire album, I would suggest visiting the title track, "Disintegration." An amazing vocal delivery by Robert Smith on that track.
Interesting how you linked Plainsong coz it's actually one of the homogeneous and conceptual album of The Cure along with Pornography and Bloodflowers. (Considering that Pornography was the conclusion of another Trilogy after 17seconds and Faith).
Yeah, Pictures of you is only one image of a whole album and the entire thing definitely would get you to the same direction.
Was really nice again. Would love to know if you tried to listen the album as a unique piece.
Keep on going mate!
This song was in a Hewlett-Packard commercial back in 2002
This definitely one of my favorite Cure songs, two others are odd cuts "Like Cockatoos" off KissMe Kiss Me Kiss Me (the album before this, which is also awesome), and "The Empty World" off The Top, a decidedly dark album and a dark song.
If you're still interested in reacting to the Cure, you should try Caterpillar Girl and Love Cats, which are different from The Forest and Disintegration, which are much moodier and darker.
If you want a shocker, somewhere on youtube is an early version of this song, possibly pre Three Imaginary Boys. It's more kinda straight rock? Possibly a little punk? And the band looks decidedly preppy. It's a complete trip to see the change from then to what they became. Oh, and another fun one is their cover of Foxy Lady, from the 3 Imaginary Boys album.
You’ve got to listen to “a Forrest” (live 1992 version that’s 13’47” long, “from the edge of the deep green sea” (wish album), the title track from disintegration, “disintegration” or “like cockatoos” on kiss me kiss me kiss me album.
I was a Junior in high school when this came out. Unfortunately, at that time, I was unable to appreciate just how goddamn good The Cure was/is.
Lullaby... its my favorite in this album...
Nothin to add but this is the last of the night. It is that type of song! your reaction added to this!
Thank you so much Adam! Hope you have a wonderful evening
I had over 2000 Lp’ and 3000 CD’s what a nightmare lugging them ever time I moved. I digitized everything and now it all fits on a memory stick the size of my thumb.
32ndBrother I’m tempted to say: now you can throw that memory stick away. There’s Spotify etc! No need to keep anything but a WiFi connection. But I won’t say that because I know where you’re coming from! I’m even tempted to get my vinyl collection from the attic!
Erik Goosen oh vinyl in the attic, hope you don’t live in Florida
32ndBrother no, in the Netherlands, were the temperature hardly hits 30 Celsius for a day or two in the year!
Tis the price of physical media, lol
JustJP it has it good sides too. The whole procedure of playing a record makes listening to it something special. Just tapping on a screen with your finger doesn’t come close to the experience. JP, if you want the real thing with seventies music, sooner or later you have surrender and get that turntable! 😎
Love my vinyl collection
Speaking of Roberts voice, just listen to a live song from the last 2 or 3 years... his voice has not aged a bit. His voice alone could have been introduced to the hall of fame... he was lucky they introduced him along side with it :-) Disintegration IS the best album of all time!
Vinyl players are called "turntables" but you do need to hook them up to amplifiers and speakers. 😃
This was the extended version of the song. Look for the album version which cuts out a lot of the extended music at the beginning.
That intro is some of the greatest music ever recorded
Best version of the song is on a remix album called all mixed up great versions of many songs by the cure I think early 90s it came out
Yes the Gothfathers
Cure top 2580s bands so much material good good stuff hope you love love love love you
Of course you should continue with the album.
It’s interesting because you are kind of critiquing a genre, (Post-Punk/Goth,) when you compared The Smiths’ “How Soon Is Now” (1985) and The Cure’s “Pictures Of You” (1989.)
There’s a lot of repetition, but partly because most music has been repetitive, 🤷🏻♀️ Ya know? Genres like Prog Rock were and are really in the minority when it comes to the broader musical landscape-I feel like there is a situation on a lot of these reaction channels where the most active part of the community are dedicated to what is a less popular sub-genre.
Not only would goths be doing the goth dancing to this song, but there are also often trance-inducing intentions/tendencies in these kinds of repetitive songs,
(and though that may not necessarily mean drugs and altered states of mind were involved in the creation or enjoyment of these songs, they are occasionally at play, and I believe The Cure may have, à la Sleep’s “Dopesmoker,” used the music to create and enhance their states of mind.)
BTW, The Smith's guitarist Johnny Marr is definitely someone you should follow-up with, he is awesome. Morrissey & Marr are a real Lennon & McCartney or Waters & Gilmour situation, but for the Post-Punk/Indie-Rock genres.
By the way you have to listen all this songs in relation to the name of the album
There are lots of repetitive songs that I like because there is something for me to latch on to. This is not one of those songs. It felt like more than 7 minutes to me. Sorry Cure fans, don't hate me too much. ⭐️
wpla bobihocdwbaby Thanks for the response. I've been listening to The Cure a lot recently trying to figure out what it is that I’m missing and I still can't figure it out. I didn't like the song for the reasons that JP did. I, personally, do not like Robert Smith's voice or delivery. I also thought that the guitar was pretty boring. That's strange, though, because I know there are songs that I like that have equally poor vocals and guitars but I still like them. It might have to do with bias from years ago. When I was a teenager, my friends and I looked to alternative music as a joke. Maybe that bias still exists in an unconscious realm.
I would love to see your reaction on the rest of the album
Ty David :)
Please so `Friday i`m in Love`.
Great review
Thanks Enrique!
Hey Darlin! Don’t know what’s happened? I was unsubscribed, maybe the name change? Had no idea you were on. Sub’d...let’s go!
Hey there! Glad to have ya back :D
I enjoy thus album and its layers upon layers of music. (the liner notes instruction you to play it loud) But I disagree with South Park that is is the greatest album ever made. This, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me and Staring at the Sea (singles CD) were my go to study albums. Lots of long instrumental passages without distracting lyrics.
Instead of buying vinyl buy a bass guitar, since bass and drums is your thing. Instead of watching car chases watch lesson on bass and drums, to get your theory down. Although being constructive with your time is not always the right way to go, for some reason I find watching fights at sporting events or angry drivers hilarious. In regards to this song, nice melody and vocals but didn't blow me away. I like The Cure but Depeche Mode is my #1. Shake the Disease or Blasphemous Rumors would be great reactions.
DukesRocks
All about the car chases, no,
all about the bass, yeahhh...
@@-davidolivares Maybe I'll take a sneak peek at some car chases to see what all the hypes about.
you should realy try dropping some acid and listen to the whole disintigration album...its a realy overwelming experience
I've always felt it was melancholy, a sweet sadness, with this song (a feeling they were great at). Y'know, the old, 'sad it ended, happy it existed' vibe. Made you feel reflective. I hope you will do some songs from Pornography, (their album, not the internet kind 😁).
Lol! Ty Dallis
As weird as the lead singer is, he writes such addictive music.
"Vinyl player" 🤣
The song in itself ? Nice. A little boring but nice.
I know a few Cure's songs, and relying to your previous videos, I don't really want to hear more of Cure. It seems that it's always the same. Same sounds production, same voice, same intentions in the singing, same chords and musician's tricks... I can't imagine myself listening a whole Cure album from A to Z.
Thank you
I've lived The Cure and his voice for a long time but I do find this song a little boring.
The Cure became a generic pop band after '85...before that, they were unique sounding with original, unusual songs. That's when the US started to listen to them.....when they became commercial and bland!
What came first...the New Order of the Cure sound? That bass sounds so like Hooky!
Oh please.
I severely disagree. Not to be mean, but your comment comes off as really, reaaaally snobbish.
@@nikolaiquack8548 You're not being mean!! If you became aware of The Cure after 1985, then you're obviously going to disagree. It's just my opinion. I remember when they were good. New Order are better though...that's why the Cure stole their sound.