The Cure - "A Forest" @ Werchter Festival, july 1981

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  • @jesskenney9076
    @jesskenney9076 9 месяцев назад +212

    One of the best songs of all time

    • @SarjanaVelten
      @SarjanaVelten 7 месяцев назад

      YA

    • @TRdoFbS
      @TRdoFbS 4 месяца назад +1

      One of mine since I first heard it back in the day 😻

    • @edy-str
      @edy-str 3 месяца назад

      Absolute shite, that's a warm up in a rehearsal ROOM.

    • @Angi-g7
      @Angi-g7 3 месяца назад

      Agreed

  • @bd1435
    @bd1435 10 месяцев назад +75

    I wonder if anyone in the crowd could appreciate how important this recording was and how many people would eventually see it

    • @marcosgomes7681
      @marcosgomes7681 4 месяца назад +3

      I think yes they were lucky,on the right place at right time, this is one of the best gig's of all time

    • @basvoer-qp7qw
      @basvoer-qp7qw 2 месяца назад

      I am sure they did.

  • @bgierat
    @bgierat 2 года назад +472

    That post punk sound from like 1979 to 1982 was incredible. What a tiny brilliant time.

    • @Manmachine59
      @Manmachine59 Год назад +25

      The best 4 years ever in terms of creativity….PIL, magazine, Joy Division, Cure, Killing Joke ….❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @AngryTaurus007
      @AngryTaurus007 Год назад +17

      @@Manmachine59 Echo and the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banshees (with Mcgeoch), Modern English, The Passions (kind of Post punk - New wave), New Order and u2's first albums. Love it! 🥰

    • @Manmachine59
      @Manmachine59 Год назад +7

      @@AngryTaurus007 fully agree…. So lucky to have lived those times…

    • @emiliacanet9960
      @emiliacanet9960 Год назад +4

      I was there joy division Bauhaus siouxie etc........

    • @markremmers7990
      @markremmers7990 Год назад +8

      Moody days though. Unemployment high, nuke threat, but great music. My youth

  • @TheEuthanator
    @TheEuthanator Год назад +122

    On this date in 1981, THE CURE player Werchter Festival in Belgium, a concert infamous for the band's Robert Palmer-baiting version of A FOREST, (July 5th, 1981).
    A late running concert saw festival organisers trying to hurry The Cure along to make way for the next act, Robert Palmer. Taking exception to this, Robert Smith informed the crowd what was happening and retaliated by leading the band through an epic version of A Forest, all 9 minutes of it.
    "We'd only been on for about a half an hour and everything was running late so Robert Palmer's road crew started motioning to us to stop,” said Smith.
    “This bloke ran on and said 'If you don't stop playing, we're gonna pull the plug' …and we started playing a really slow version of 'A Forest' which lasted about 15 minutes.”
    “It was f****** brilliant. Unfortunately, when we finished, they threw all our stuff off the back of the stage ..."
    At the end of the number, Simon Gallup shouted, “F*** Robert Palmer! F*** rock'n'roll!”
    The video here is this ominous, tenser-than-usual take of A FOREST.

    • @sash7551
      @sash7551 7 месяцев назад +3

      Robert Palmer what a joke

    • @keirfarnum6811
      @keirfarnum6811 6 месяцев назад +9

      Where is Palmer now? A has been of commercial rock. The Cure lives on and is still appreciated by young people. It’s amazing how much of our generation’s music is still appreciated today.

    • @michaelclare9326
      @michaelclare9326 6 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@keirfarnum6811
      Actually, Robert passed away in 2003. 😥

    • @lotus65
      @lotus65 6 месяцев назад +13

      ​@@keirfarnum6811that's some needless shade. Lots of us appreciate both Robert Palmer AND The Cure.

    • @robertwakefield7677
      @robertwakefield7677 3 месяца назад

      ​@@sash7551 why?
      Just. .,... . Why?

  • @scottpietryka6519
    @scottpietryka6519 5 лет назад +1854

    Damn that guitar is so hauntingly beautiful and moody. Such a thick & layered sound from just a 3 piece band. This era of The Cure was so damn fresh & innovative. Still holds up and sounds great today.

    • @Nyx773
      @Nyx773 5 лет назад +22

      Open tuning of the guitar

    • @lindaclark9925
      @lindaclark9925 5 лет назад +22

      Try being in the clubs as it was first played it was so exciting

    • @lindaclark9925
      @lindaclark9925 5 лет назад +9

      1984, 85, 86, ....ouch !

    • @erad67
      @erad67 5 лет назад +25

      Good music always holds up. It's not like 20 year olds today are so much better at music than 20 year olds from other generations.

    • @asobineko4742
      @asobineko4742 5 лет назад +22

      @@Nyx773 pretty sure it's in standard.

  • @janiquevaillot6234
    @janiquevaillot6234 Год назад +128

    2023 The CURE is a timeless band now. They were so young in this video ! I was 14 or 15 years old. Now I'm 57 years old and I still do love the sound of The CURE !!!!

    • @LooperRooms
      @LooperRooms 10 месяцев назад +1

      Trop d accord avec toi ! 👍

    • @PHanomaly
      @PHanomaly 5 месяцев назад +1

      I was 20

    • @ceevee369
      @ceevee369 3 месяца назад

      I was 17 as well. To young for RW81 but my radio was pumped up.

  • @purplekiss7834
    @purplekiss7834 5 лет назад +963

    I love that people are still watching this footage. This is awesome.

    • @josephlinsley5282
      @josephlinsley5282 5 лет назад +16

      After seeing them finally inducted into RARHOF...it got me totally missing their music!!! They were my first favorite band!!

    • @mikebarnshaw8125
      @mikebarnshaw8125 5 лет назад +7

      Oh man only just discovered this live set!! This is so F#$@ing good, i was 1 in 1981!! I think they could have done a 20 minute version its so memorizing, pure class.

    • @KarenKayH
      @KarenKayH 5 лет назад +6

      It's genius!

    • @KarenKayH
      @KarenKayH 5 лет назад +7

      @@josephlinsley5282after the RRHOF I have become newly obsessed with The Cure. I have spent a month listening to all their albums, watching all their videos. I'm amazed by the unique genius of The Cure. Robert Smith is not of this world.

    • @luisbaltodano227
      @luisbaltodano227 5 лет назад +4

      Purple Kiss it’s timeless.

  • @Maricavdven
    @Maricavdven Месяц назад +32

    I was there 17 years young, now I'm 60 and still love the Cure . Timeless music.

  • @GunterDierickx
    @GunterDierickx 5 лет назад +1184

    I was there, Robert thought nobody wanted to see them because of the main act who was Robert Palmer. The crowd got beserk! With all repect for Mr Palmer, The Cure was the best gig of the day!

    • @dannygomes5611
      @dannygomes5611 5 лет назад +121

      Who's Robert Palmer?

    • @innosensecal
      @innosensecal 5 лет назад +69

      @tim ovel The band on the video you just clicked on and commented, bellend.

    • @innosensecal
      @innosensecal 5 лет назад +13

      @tim ovel Yeah, good one. Im just too shallow for you obviously.

    • @dbsha6377
      @dbsha6377 5 лет назад +30

      @@dannygomes5611 I think Robert Palmer was session player for Guns n' Roses

    • @biancac9267
      @biancac9267 5 лет назад +2

      Awesome!!!

  • @michaelc.4413
    @michaelc.4413 3 года назад +349

    "The Cure, after being told to cut their set short by Robert Palmer's managers, play a 9-minute long rendition of "A Forest".
    I found that info on wikipedia - The manager got the Cure...and thanks for that, overwise we would not have had this excellent version - I most have heard it 100 times - best of the best..its medicin.

    • @johnevans347
      @johnevans347 3 года назад +6

      My ep wasn't even that long, if I remember rightly.

    • @johnevans347
      @johnevans347 3 года назад +9

      They were always better live, anyway, and can get pretty heavy, man.

    • @Jules_73
      @Jules_73 3 года назад +19

      That is a great story which explains the pure punk attitude as they say f you to cutting the set short

    • @maxamillion6958
      @maxamillion6958 3 года назад +13

      This is the best version of "A Forest".
      -the ending is epic.. lol

    • @hairspraybandit
      @hairspraybandit 3 года назад +17

      I believe it was Palmers roadies who basically said finish up fast or else. Would you like to know what happened after? Palmers Roadies started kicking the cures amps and gear off the back of the stage which of course led to a giant brawl.

  • @thorpenator9148
    @thorpenator9148 2 года назад +18

    They had no idea of his genius at that moment.

  • @maxpower8916
    @maxpower8916 3 года назад +265

    Gallup to Smith in the beginning:
    Gallup: "Short or long version Robert?"
    Smith: "Extra long version."
    Gotta love it.

    • @janiquevaillot8554
      @janiquevaillot8554 3 года назад +15

      Agree with you. Love the young and angry Rob Smith ! Hope we'll can see The CURE on stage as soon as possible ? (Friendly from France)

    • @ms.lisamurphy269
      @ms.lisamurphy269 3 года назад +7

      @@janiquevaillot8554 he still got the piss. Fucking destroyed an interviewer at the hall of fame awards who asked him..."are you excited about tonight?"....Robert Smith..unsmiling of course, " not really". 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @norbertenderle8092
      @norbertenderle8092 3 года назад

      @@ms.lisamurphy269 He allways Stay in Punk and any normal society ist piss'm Off ,He Ho let's Go,Love the Band,allways in my Heart from the First Time and For Sure when Rock,nRoll Hall of Fame don't Put Black Sabbath of the Red carpet ,IT Burns in Hell,Ya?

  • @MrShackleforth
    @MrShackleforth 10 лет назад +2207

    The Cure.... One of the greatest bands ever in my opinion

    • @sebastiannissen9191
      @sebastiannissen9191 7 лет назад +30

      Spot on. The greatest.

    • @woudwilder8324
      @woudwilder8324 6 лет назад +30

      Not one of the greatest, the greatest.

    • @dataloopmusicreator
      @dataloopmusicreator 6 лет назад +3

      Agree

    • @huhuruz77
      @huhuruz77 6 лет назад +15

      Not the greatest but one of them. We can`t deny that Depeche Mode or U2 are not another 2 great bands !

    • @henktittel3588
      @henktittel3588 6 лет назад +13

      Wrong, that was Led Zeppelin!

  • @davidlatimer3091
    @davidlatimer3091 4 года назад +2406

    Bands like The Cure and Joy Division took the raw energy of Punk, and entwined it with depth and atmosphere,without losing integrity.

    • @dedurocortorum365
      @dedurocortorum365 4 года назад +126

      I would add Siouxsie.

    • @joshualee9580
      @joshualee9580 4 года назад +103

      Also Bauhaus

    • @mdcoomer67
      @mdcoomer67 4 года назад +55

      I just listened to two hours or so of Joy Division yesterday, and it's all just so good. Everything old is new again, I suppose.

    • @andreabrandt4918
      @andreabrandt4918 4 года назад +8

      Yes I think so . grateful

    • @christiankermorvant5704
      @christiankermorvant5704 4 года назад +11

      Both were probably our quintessence...

  • @funksoulbrother3620
    @funksoulbrother3620 4 года назад +755

    this is great. You can just imagine the stage managers wanting to get the band off to move on to the next so they say "one more song" to Mr Smith, with them expecting another four minutes or so. Then Mr Smith decides to do a nearly nine minute version of Forest to piss them off. Excellent!

    • @DolleHengst
      @DolleHengst 2 года назад +105

      Actually it was Robert Palmer who wanted them to leave the stage, and even tried to have his roadies forcibly get the Cure off. Really a dick move. The audience having a good time is what a festival is about. Even if you're the headliner, you can't treat other bands like some support act.

    • @janiquevaillot8554
      @janiquevaillot8554 2 года назад +9

      Agree with you !!!

    • @jenton70
      @jenton70 2 года назад +58

      @@DolleHengst Exactly, which is why the Cure remain completely and deservedly revered while Robert Palmer is a side joke about 80's pop (American Psycho).

    • @standinsilence
      @standinsilence 2 года назад +13

      @@jenton70
      That musicvideo for Addicted To Love though.. :-p
      Its pretty awesome.

    • @jenton70
      @jenton70 2 года назад +5

      @@standinsilence well I can’t argue with that

  • @janiquevaillot8554
    @janiquevaillot8554 3 года назад +254

    The bassline is one of the greatest I ever heard. Rob Smith & Simon Gallup together : wonderful

    • @josecampos2895
      @josecampos2895 Год назад

      Sorry

    • @brandocalrissian3294
      @brandocalrissian3294 Год назад +10

      Those two are the reason I learned to play bass, guitar, drums and to sing. Best duo in music history.

    • @CorePathway
      @CorePathway 9 месяцев назад

      Was just tripping on it yo

  • @anthonybaiocchi3028
    @anthonybaiocchi3028 9 месяцев назад +14

    Lived 3 houses down from Simon and had drinks with him at his house once, not knowing who he was. 🤣

  • @sidstewart7399
    @sidstewart7399 8 месяцев назад +108

    This is 43 years old...43 years before 1981 was 1938. Think how much music changed from 38 to 81. Then think of how little its really moved since then. Time goes so fast.

    • @andyathanasiou
      @andyathanasiou 7 месяцев назад +7

      What a great comment my friend so true . Makes you think .

    • @martinjohnston6685
      @martinjohnston6685 7 месяцев назад +3

      we are only passing through , at least we have all these wonderful time capsules forever

    • @bettyswollocks5278
      @bettyswollocks5278 7 месяцев назад +3

      So true, yet not... but I know exactly what you mean.

    • @deborahpaley21
      @deborahpaley21 7 месяцев назад +4

      great comment, so true

    • @vlimmenveterinaryservices5657
      @vlimmenveterinaryservices5657 6 месяцев назад

      We got a lot of bullshit music after 1990 ..that's what's wrong

  • @Seattleskindoc
    @Seattleskindoc 5 лет назад +269

    35 years later - this song still sends shivers down my spine.

    • @norbertenderle8092
      @norbertenderle8092 3 года назад +4

      and a litt'le teardtop,Off course...

    • @daBEAGLE1017
      @daBEAGLE1017 2 года назад +5

      41 years later makes me wish i was back in 86 25 years ago.

    • @joe22589
      @joe22589 2 года назад +2

      35 years? Some extra lessons maths might help ))

    • @modifidious
      @modifidious 2 года назад +3

      @@joe22589 36*

    • @petajamieson6397
      @petajamieson6397 9 месяцев назад

      same for me x
      @@norbertenderle8092

  • @stonedphilosopherza4915
    @stonedphilosopherza4915 3 года назад +540

    Actually think Robert’s guitar skills are overlooked. His playing isn’t extreme but he gets such emotion out of his guitar sound. What a group though, happy I found Cure during my teen years

    • @johnevans347
      @johnevans347 3 года назад +26

      Technically adept, especially when I saw him with Siouxie.

    • @tmage23
      @tmage23 3 года назад +23

      He makes great use of flange here. The Cure were always great at atmospheric guitar. I think Porl Thompson (who would join the band later) is an amazing guitarist.

    • @henrythehoover4363
      @henrythehoover4363 3 года назад +13

      The only time I’ve heard someone strumming only open strings and making it sound good

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton 3 года назад +10

      He's a very good guitar player. He's Jonny Marr level.

    • @stephenwolfram356
      @stephenwolfram356 3 года назад +10

      Yeah sure true well also he's singing at the SAME TIME.

  • @eboethrasher
    @eboethrasher 4 года назад +159

    I love that at the end, the crowd can be heard chanting "we want more, we want more"!

    • @janiquevaillot8554
      @janiquevaillot8554 4 года назад +17

      Yes we still want more ! Friendly from France. I love The CURE and Robert Smith since I was a teenager 🖤🎼🎶🎤🎸😻👍

  • @mistercabana8413
    @mistercabana8413 4 года назад +243

    39 years and it still gives me goosebumps. Long live The Cure

    • @gbormann71
      @gbormann71 Год назад +2

      @@corvandehaar8397 I think he meant since that concert 😉

    • @mikerozic7225
      @mikerozic7225 Год назад +1

      Amen 🙏

    • @emiliacanet9960
      @emiliacanet9960 Год назад +2

      65 still dancing to this. Cuban rocker here

  • @thomaskinnaman3167
    @thomaskinnaman3167 5 лет назад +578

    Having heard dozens of live versions of this song - this in my opinion is the best. Robert gets his guitar ringing so hauntingly throughout. The three of them are so together. I can listen to this version dozens of times and find something new each listen.

    • @ianhannah1878
      @ianhannah1878 4 года назад +5

      I think you are right

    •  3 года назад +6

      the additional lyrics at the end, is that what they used to do at the time? i can't remember them from later live recordings...

    • @thomaskinnaman3167
      @thomaskinnaman3167 3 года назад +8

      @ I've never seen those lyrics in any recorded version of this song. I understand the band was miffed with the Robert Palmer crew that day. Maybe at 5:25, Robert and Simon were discussing ways to make the song last longer just to anger the Palmer crew, and remembered that segment from some by-gone practice session. I can't lip read - but maybe Simon is asking something like "was that in G or D" or whatever at 5:25.

    • @adamcoombs6404
      @adamcoombs6404 2 года назад +2

      I agree. Just listened to 13min version (imo the longer the better) but found my self going back to this performance half way through. Nothing like it

    • @janiquevaillot8554
      @janiquevaillot8554 2 года назад +6

      Agree with you ! Such a brilliant mastepiece ! I could listen to every single day of my life. Love all their versions ! The famous haunting sound of The CURE ! We do still love it !

  • @RitaRiley-w4d
    @RitaRiley-w4d 3 месяца назад +30

    I'm a 71 year old that dismissed the cure. I thought their music was so dark! I've only recently discovered how great they are!❤

    • @julienrodot8288
      @julienrodot8288 2 месяца назад +2

      Never too late, congrats 😂

    • @ukporkpie7829
      @ukporkpie7829 2 месяца назад

      The lucky thing for you is that his voice has almost not changed. Saw them last year in Chula Vista, San Diego. Amazing as ever.

    • @suewright3345
      @suewright3345 2 месяца назад

      Similar for me...

  • @KarenKayH
    @KarenKayH 5 лет назад +311

    I love this young, angry Robert just burning it up!

  • @schamitz
    @schamitz 5 лет назад +196

    Young, talented Robert, he was just 22 then!

    • @Pulsonar
      @Pulsonar 3 года назад +4

      ...and just 19 yrs old when he formed The Cure...

    • @grunnwald
      @grunnwald 3 года назад +3

      @@Pulsonar , in 1976 - Easy Cure- Robert 17-old

    • @MURUR1025
      @MURUR1025 3 года назад

      Super creative period too.....

  • @emarchand1970
    @emarchand1970 Год назад +143

    I love this moment (5'20") when Robert and Simon start to discuss, and decide to make it much longer, to "relaunch" the beat, in a complete impro (especially the lyrics, which basically mean nothing. LOL!). Love it!

    • @gbormann71
      @gbormann71 Год назад +4

      It took Tolhurst a bit to realise he needed to fire up the engine again 😁

    • @tonygajate5780
      @tonygajate5780 Год назад

      thanks for that heads up

    • @billhickok21
      @billhickok21 Год назад +3

      such a long end, such a long end, such a long end xD Rolf 'n Copter

  • @tbearthai
    @tbearthai Год назад +35

    Ok,1981?? Whaaat??!! And Robert Smith was so f'ing handsome back then!! I have new found appreciation for this iconic band. The sound they created was truly revolutionary. Remember Disco was over just a couple years before this. They sound amazing live, just like their studio production. Forever a Cure fan

  • @justcatchingrye
    @justcatchingrye 4 года назад +393

    The Cure with Tolhurst on drums were amazing. The way he accented his hi-hats was really great. It seems he's a bit overlooked, but his drumming was a real highlight of those early records.

    • @CatoMinor
      @CatoMinor 4 года назад +21

      Essential and fast drumming, very similar to Stephen Morris drumming in Joy Division.

    • @zoeherriot
      @zoeherriot 4 года назад +22

      @@CatoMinor Morris was a significantly more competent drummer than Lol ever was.

    • @krollpeter
      @krollpeter 4 года назад +1

      @@zoeherriot ... and so is Jason Cooper.

    • @justcatchingrye
      @justcatchingrye 4 года назад +7

      Technique? Of course if he'd have ripped into a bewildering polyrhythm, if might not have worked so well. So many bands' best work was during their first albums, before the learned to play properly. Mark E Smith just sacked them if they started trying to get too clever (the absolute legend!)

    • @krollpeter
      @krollpeter 4 года назад +7

      @@justcatchingrye Smith asked Tolhurst for a years to learn more than just the few basic patterns.
      The Cure's keyboards do not require refined skills, they are mainly for atmosphere. But the bass and rhythm section is important.

  • @computerhelp4559
    @computerhelp4559 5 лет назад +375

    The flange pedal is the fourth member of the group :)

    • @pillyreymond
      @pillyreymond 5 лет назад +8

      flanger is everything ruclips.net/video/W6Tzl8vISjQ/видео.html

    • @ivorbiggun710
      @ivorbiggun710 4 года назад +7

      Trade mark, to some extent.

    • @CosmicPowerCP
      @CosmicPowerCP 4 года назад +9

      i hear the jet plane

    • @Exorttaband
      @Exorttaband 4 года назад +5

      Awesome comment

    • @antoinebeauman
      @antoinebeauman 4 года назад +6

      without flanger no cure !

  • @wralford
    @wralford 5 лет назад +245

    As young adult at the time, it is difficult to express how, after being bombarded by Disco and hair-metal, to have music to listen to that wasn't stupid or formulaic. Most of my friends didn't accept it, but New Musik, synth-pop, punk, electronic was life-changing for me.
    This was my background music for the 1980s.

    • @joshhume3412
      @joshhume3412 5 лет назад +1

      I really like this style. Would you have any recommendations?

    • @nevets4ever4
      @nevets4ever4 5 лет назад +18

      @@joshhume3412 - Whoa Josh - life is too short to list all of the great bands from that era. Start with these: Joy Division, Echo & The Bunneymen, early Simple Minds and early U2, Modern Lovers, Talk Talk, The Stranglers. If you need more just ask. Enjoy!

    • @rattusnorvegicus4380
      @rattusnorvegicus4380 5 лет назад +13

      As well as the aforementioned, try Japan, Bauhaus, Magazine, Television, Flock of Seagulls....

    • @Hanzey1966
      @Hanzey1966 5 лет назад +6

      Wal Ford Not wanna be the Party Pooper here ...But the Hair Metal Bombardments were AFTER this.....

    • @8-BitHeart79
      @8-BitHeart79 5 лет назад +6

      @@joshhume3412 Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Bauhaus, sisters of mercy,Joy Division, Killing Joke, and fields of Nephlim

  • @senianns9522
    @senianns9522 Год назад +35

    A masterpiece in Bass guitar playing that I could listen to again and again and again and again and again and again and again---!

  • @Ab0minati0n
    @Ab0minati0n 3 года назад +36

    I still listen to A Forrest daily and probably have since 1984. It never gets old. There are those who found The Cure, and those who still need to.

    • @Texas81999
      @Texas81999 Год назад +1

      Never gets old is right. Hypnotic. And you can dance to it.

  • @ruredrider
    @ruredrider 7 лет назад +279

    The Cure stood the test of time. Their old tunes are still cool.

    • @seelenwinter6662
      @seelenwinter6662 5 лет назад +11

      was their best time, the earlie years... like police, david bowie, u2, genesis, metallica and co...

    • @staalman
      @staalman 5 лет назад

      In that case, have a look at: watch?v=R9w7zWtbNmE

    • @steven1822
      @steven1822 5 лет назад

      way cool. man. way cool.

    • @Frankincensedjb123
      @Frankincensedjb123 5 лет назад

      ruredrider yeah, because cool is all important

    • @atabutter440
      @atabutter440 5 лет назад

      Definitely!

  • @littleheath1666
    @littleheath1666 7 лет назад +669

    I saw The Cure's Australian performance on 20th August 1980 in the small Chequers night club located in Goulburn street , Sydney , Australia . There was an audience of about 40 or 50 people. The band were dressed in flannelette shirts and jeans and looked more like a country and western band. The music they played was mesmerising , exactly as in this video. I remember that night as though it was yesterday.

    • @digger5521
      @digger5521 6 лет назад +15

      I saw them same tour in Adelaide at the Arkarbar Hotel I think it was called " Get a dose of the cure tour " Lol

    • @colinrasmussen9365
      @colinrasmussen9365 6 лет назад +7

      how was it their first performance if this festival was played in 1981?

    • @decoder0802
      @decoder0802 6 лет назад +17

      Errr... read the comment properly! #Little Heath saw their first performance in Australia. They had obviously played dozens, if not hundreds, of times in the UK and Europe by the time they toured Australia! 🙄

    • @Schuldiner11
      @Schuldiner11 6 лет назад +4

      Rowan Tree your reading comprehension sucks!

    • @colinrasmussen9365
      @colinrasmussen9365 6 лет назад +1

      Yeah but how was it their first performance?

  • @ihghost
    @ihghost 2 года назад +18

    Dear FUCKING GOD. This is literal PERFECTION.

  • @LucureI
    @LucureI 5 лет назад +78

    This presentation was EPIC! "Oh, you want me to finish soon, ok, take my 9 minutes song them!"

  • @over-educated-sp
    @over-educated-sp 4 года назад +57

    Back when I was all about Punk Rock, in the early 80’s The Cure, was something all of us were listening to when none of our friends were around. Nonetheless, we were all listening to it.

  • @cerrinis
    @cerrinis 4 года назад +87

    Imagine... I was 17, it was my first live concert, could listen most of the 2 albums tracks, boys don't cry and seventeen seconds, it was in a small theater, in Marseille, june 79 ! Forest was hypnotic.

    • @grendel_nz
      @grendel_nz 2 года назад +2

      I must have been about the same when i found this while visiting some students at Uni. Played the album over and over. Still brilliant.

  • @tristanmorris9850
    @tristanmorris9850 4 года назад +284

    Love this live version. Such energy. Attitude. Love the ad-lib ending both musically & also because they’re like, “We’re not getting off the stage yet. Its ours.” Best time to see them live as they were creating stuff spontaneously. Thats what live should be. Not just replicating the recording. Special that this moment was caught on film. Thanks for posting.

    • @bobkaddy4012
      @bobkaddy4012 4 года назад +7

      Agreed, they must have been confident in how good they are because they dissed the main act--LOL

    • @Luxarium
      @Luxarium 3 года назад +3

      @@bobkaddy4012 they deff despised his music lmao

    • @davidriley1847
      @davidriley1847 Год назад

      Your insane dude ,sounds like shit on toast with sand !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @jonarroyo2613
      @jonarroyo2613 Год назад +1

      @@bobkaddy4012 Who was the main act?

    • @rosasanchezgonzalez3879
      @rosasanchezgonzalez3879 Год назад

      Te amo ❤🇪🇸😅

  • @janiquevaillot8554
    @janiquevaillot8554 5 лет назад +67

    A Forest : always one of my favorite songs from The Cure.

  • @RicTic66
    @RicTic66 5 лет назад +171

    Imagine the anti climax. You've just witnessed the Cure at their 80s best and now you have to suffer Robert Palmer. I'd have gone home 😔

  • @DonBoatwright
    @DonBoatwright День назад +1

    My life has gone by so fast. But I will never forget the first time I heard this song. Been a fan ever since

  • @f0rmaggi0
    @f0rmaggi0 4 года назад +38

    The ad interrupting the middle of this song made Jesus cry.

    • @jules2713
      @jules2713 3 года назад +4

      Should be illegal.

    • @adriann7645
      @adriann7645 3 года назад +2

      I don't know I think Google has a duty of care to tell me about prostate cancer during this song.

  • @brendaforevergreen7436
    @brendaforevergreen7436 5 лет назад +115

    Come closer and see
    See into the trees
    Find the girl
    While you can
    Come closer and see
    See into the dark
    Just follow your eyes
    Just follow your eyes
    I hear her voice
    Calling my name
    The sound is deep
    In the dark
    I hear her voice
    And start to run
    Into the trees
    Into the trees
    Into the trees
    Suddenly I stop
    But I know it's too late
    I'm lost in a forest
    All alone
    The girl was never there
    It's always the same
    I'm running towards nothing
    Again and again and again and again

    • @spiritualcramp8000
      @spiritualcramp8000 5 лет назад +2

      Lol i always sung "find a girl, what you can" i was a young and drunk asshole Lol

    • @jenperkings7072
      @jenperkings7072 4 года назад +2

      Thanks for the lyrics brilliant. 😻

    • @nicolasreynolds7618
      @nicolasreynolds7618 4 года назад +5

      It's such a long end...

    • @thomaschulze
      @thomaschulze 4 года назад +3

      @@nicolasreynolds7618 dedicated to Robert Palmer >D

    • @bobkaddy4012
      @bobkaddy4012 4 года назад +4

      @@thomaschulze how cocky were these kids disrespecting the so called bigger act LOL--They already knew how good they were

  • @neomahellebuyck7487
    @neomahellebuyck7487 4 года назад +28

    when i'll only have 9 mins left of my life i would totally listen to this.

  • @radioparadisiac
    @radioparadisiac 18 дней назад +1

    Timeless and lol re: "everyone wants to see Robert Palmer" and then nine minutes of ☝ 1981?! where has the time gone? ❤

  • @henkdew
    @henkdew 13 лет назад +39

    This is the very best version there is. No doubt about it. I was 15 and present there.
    I have the concert in mp3 and this song I play at least 2 times a week.
    Eh.. for a decade already. You won't believe how happy I was when I found it at Napster in those days.

    • @RuudLang
      @RuudLang 2 года назад +2

      Still playing it😉?!

    • @basehead617
      @basehead617 2 года назад +1

      One of my favorite things about old live show videos is the people that come on the comments to talk about being there! fantastic!

  • @tomvanlint6694
    @tomvanlint6694 6 лет назад +303

    I was there! (front row)
    Those were the days.
    Line up in order of appearance:
    De Kreuners
    The Undertones
    Toots & The Maytals
    Elvis Costello and the Attractions
    The Cure
    Robert Palmer
    Dire Straits.

    • @bartobruintjes7056
      @bartobruintjes7056 6 лет назад +5

      Hartstikke tof man!

    • @hdub16bq
      @hdub16bq 6 лет назад +10

      Hi, Tom. I was in the front row too. What a line up it was, back in 1981.

    • @scottkerridge
      @scottkerridge 6 лет назад +20

      Elvis, The Cure and Dire Straits.....what a lineup.

    • @Thetache
      @Thetache 6 лет назад +16

      Dire Straits to send everyone to sleep before they went home ??? lol

    • @philjoy6635
      @philjoy6635 6 лет назад +7

      B4 dire turned shit

  • @CinemaPlugins
    @CinemaPlugins 4 года назад +16

    ~40 years ago... I don't feel old, but I remember this like it was yesterday. 81/82 was an amazing time to bee a teenager.

    • @salimmohammed7761
      @salimmohammed7761 3 года назад

      Yes, in retrospect it was magical .

    • @Corstopitum
      @Corstopitum 3 года назад

      I was 24 in81 and my son had been born that year and my daughter the year after ...the next decade was the most special in every way .its a pity my kids were too young to appreciate the music of the early eighties ....especially.81-86

  • @janiquevaillot8554
    @janiquevaillot8554 2 года назад +52

    The early days of "The CURE ". Love it ! Great band. We want more. Again and again & again...

    • @damianb2374
      @damianb2374 2 года назад +1

      This is a few versions in bud. At this stage, when they played material from the first few years it was them playing 'old' Cure.

    • @gbormann71
      @gbormann71 Год назад

      Hehe, 'again' is Smith's favourit word.

  • @JackyVSO
    @JackyVSO 4 года назад +370

    Ironically one of the most rock'n'roll moments ever.

    • @MilVukovic
      @MilVukovic 4 года назад +10

      Right??!!

    • @minimoze
      @minimoze 4 года назад +5

      @Amber refer to the description of this vidéo and listen to the last 20 seconds

    • @zoeherriot
      @zoeherriot 4 года назад +8

      @@minimoze but that's not irony - it's just something that happened. Like rain on your wedding day...

    • @tigb1524
      @tigb1524 3 года назад +1

      @@zoeherriot or a free ride when you already paid ;)

    • @robbiegirl9270
      @robbiegirl9270 2 года назад

      Exactly haha

  • @cucugnan
    @cucugnan 5 лет назад +15

    This song lasts generation and generations and generations....... into eternity of music

  • @IngaVeit
    @IngaVeit 8 лет назад +672

    An early masterpiece from the beginnings of New Wave, later Gothic. This song travels through life with me.

    • @Mr33pantera
      @Mr33pantera 8 лет назад +15

      well said. I feel the same.

    • @turloughdebhal9274
      @turloughdebhal9274 7 лет назад +11

      Like a lot of their songs - they stand the test of time, classics in their own bedsits.

    • @mja4752
      @mja4752 7 лет назад +6

      actually this was the end of new wave not the beginning

    • @BayviewFinch
      @BayviewFinch 7 лет назад +8

      Gee, that wasn't a pretentioius statement at all.

    • @jisnotavailable
      @jisnotavailable 7 лет назад +5

      Hmmm,.... pretentious and wrong. A beautiful abject lesson in stupid

  • @randygonzalez7439
    @randygonzalez7439 2 года назад +11

    I love that Robert Smith went past
    9 minutes so the Fans could hear the Music. The CURE is Always and Will be the Main Reason the Crowd came to watch that day. Robert said it best "F*** Robert Palmer, F*** Rock and Roll"!
    🕶👍

    • @liliga_
      @liliga_ 4 месяца назад +2

      I agree with you, but those were Simon's words🔥

  • @jasons.8139
    @jasons.8139 5 лет назад +27

    This is exactly the reason why the Cure gained notoriety. I’ve been a fan since 1991. Or sooner. This song is timeless.

    • @Kingfisher1215
      @Kingfisher1215 3 года назад +2

      And yet this was 1981. Just missed by 10 years.

  • @rientsdijkstra4266
    @rientsdijkstra4266 2 года назад +57

    The music is extremely simple but hypnotic, and the rythm section is unbelievably steady (and I dont think in those days they played with a click track on stage...)

  • @nwjr2001
    @nwjr2001 4 года назад +27

    My word, Robert was a handsome lad back in the day. And his voice in this performance.. wow!

  • @Tidepool4
    @Tidepool4 8 месяцев назад +1

    When I first listened to The Cure I was on a 3 hour road trip. Someone, a week or so earlier, on TikTok had recommended me Let’s Go To Bed, and I liked it, but kind of just added it to my Spotify playlist and forgot about it. The song came up on shuffle about halfway through the trip, and out of curiosity I decided to check out The Cure’s greatest hits compilation. When A Forest played I realized why people always told me “music can change your life.” Looking back, my entire listening routine before this had just been listening to noise to quiet the world. It never meant anything to me until now, I was never grounded. It was like I had gained a new consciousness. It never felt as real as this. Spent the rest of that trip(and my life thus far) listening to The Cure.

  • @weashox2368
    @weashox2368 5 лет назад +36

    I've seen these guys 38 years later on the same stage and they still sound as good as back then

  • @louise9422
    @louise9422 5 лет назад +41

    This great sound by just three people... They always play well live.

  • @buckfuttler2877
    @buckfuttler2877 6 лет назад +13

    37 years later, still one of the best rock songs ever written....

  • @janiquevaillot8554
    @janiquevaillot8554 3 года назад +27

    The CURE & Robert Smith were like Aliens with their new haunting and amazing sound. Love The CURE

    • @clumsiii
      @clumsiii 2 года назад +4

      and now they play them at the grocery store *eyeroll* always the same three songs : friday, pictures, and heaven. cool i guess, but kinda lame of coopted genius passed as grocery store fluff. At least Robert and the boys have been rewarded

    • @geaca3222
      @geaca3222 Год назад

      🤣@@clumsiii

  • @kcleary5998
    @kcleary5998 6 лет назад +139

    Oh man someone really needs to invent a time machine! I WANNA GO BACK!!!

    • @mariadaugbjerg6141
      @mariadaugbjerg6141 5 лет назад +3

      Me too -every day i miss the eighties

    • @halloweenjack4482
      @halloweenjack4482 5 лет назад +3

      It was awesome. I saw them live when I was fifteen.

    • @bravo20vet12
      @bravo20vet12 5 лет назад +1

      I was a marine on Okinawa,and I definitely needed the cure 😚

    • @MachineOverlords
      @MachineOverlords 5 лет назад +2

      Same. I would go in a second. I think my kids would too. They love the music from 70s and 80s.

    • @jamiehunter240
      @jamiehunter240 4 года назад +1

      Great tune incredible..

  • @joedaoust5942
    @joedaoust5942 4 года назад +9

    Didn't fully understand how amazing this song was until my 50,s.

  • @Trully1949
    @Trully1949 5 лет назад +129

    I did a half hit of acid one weekend when I was 40. I was afraid to do a whole hit, which I did two weeks later with a good friend who supplied both the acid and The Cure. Fortunately, I was able to leave acid behind. Fortunately, I wasn’t able to leave The Cure behind, even 30 years later. A Forest is the song that got me hooked on The Cure. It has a special place in my head and heart. I can’t imagine a short, edited version. I also like Robert Palmer. Go figure.

    • @SatanDynastyKiller
      @SatanDynastyKiller 5 лет назад +13

      You should never leave acid behind.

    • @bronzantilium7699
      @bronzantilium7699 4 года назад +13

      I became a Cure fan without using acid. I’m weird that way.

    • @jeffsmith50001
      @jeffsmith50001 4 года назад

      That's a good age to do acid. I bet you are a better man for it.

    • @MilVukovic
      @MilVukovic 4 года назад

      Hey, you heard the man, Fuck Robert Palmer....and Fuck Rock n Roll!!

    • @boneypandapoo6637
      @boneypandapoo6637 4 года назад

      I did 40 hits one weekend

  • @Krikeydotcom
    @Krikeydotcom 3 года назад +9

    Why is this not blowing up on the net? Boom smash yeah!

  • @Sugar_K
    @Sugar_K 5 лет назад +63

    hands down the greatest version of the forest.. would love to see it played now with this pace and enthusiasm

    • @joeholmes1324
      @joeholmes1324 4 года назад +3

      Saw them play this in Pasadena last year. Simply amazing. Robert Smith has not lost a step imo. 40 years later. Mind blowing.

    • @MonkyMonk729
      @MonkyMonk729 4 года назад +2

      This is a killer version... add the uncharacteristic dramatics and its tough to beat.

    • @eboethrasher
      @eboethrasher 4 года назад +2

      Still think the versions from the Wish tour (as seen on Show) are tops.

    • @rageagainsthememe71
      @rageagainsthememe71 4 года назад +1

      This was a great live version. Although I personally prefer the live in Paris in 1979 version. It’s faster and has way more energy. Although it’s only a 1/3 of the length of this version.

    • @eboethrasher
      @eboethrasher 4 года назад

      @@rageagainsthememe71 it's a sped up tape.

  • @spaceysullivan
    @spaceysullivan 4 года назад +81

    My favorite Cure song and video. I watch this frequently, especially when I need to feel young and alive. Thanks so much for posting!

  • @joescully1712
    @joescully1712 5 лет назад +147

    Brought my kids 2 see the cure at mad cool festival in Madrid last year. My 11 year old said it was the highlight of his life apart from being born 🤗🤗🤗

    • @kaseylee1152
      @kaseylee1152 4 года назад +6

      That's awesome music is so cool and a great to express oneself...

    • @leslymontoya4990
      @leslymontoya4990 4 года назад +2

      They were great in that show in Madrid!!

    • @georgevacca1714
      @georgevacca1714 4 года назад +2

      That’s awesome 👏🏻

    • @tigb1524
      @tigb1524 3 года назад +2

      What a cool dad you are :) My kids like The Cure too.

    • @andu1854
      @andu1854 3 года назад +1

      You are Father of the Year!!!!

  • @Jules_73
    @Jules_73 Месяц назад +1

    A Forest and One Hundred Years are my favorite two songs if this era.

  • @gregjay1537
    @gregjay1537 4 года назад +25

    A Forest is an absolutely great song deep powerful and melancholic.

  • @kerrywinter3973
    @kerrywinter3973 3 года назад +18

    3 young incredibly talented musicians and close friends creating pure magic!!!!

  • @CatoMinor
    @CatoMinor 5 лет назад +13

    This song could continue for 1 hour, it's so hypnotic that i could go on hearing to it all the time.

  • @janiquevaillot8554
    @janiquevaillot8554 2 года назад +10

    I was only 15 years old. And if I had à time machine I will do everything to be in the audience to see this concert ! Thanks a lot for RUclips

  • @lemurdream
    @lemurdream 4 года назад +42

    "It's such a long end." lol!!

  • @eyy0
    @eyy0 Год назад +14

    Legendary, still a great live band to this day.

    • @Cityzen1-p1n
      @Cityzen1-p1n Год назад

      And Robert Palmer is DEAD!!!!!!!

    • @dunceandco
      @dunceandco Год назад +2

      i'll be seeing them live for the first time in june. super excited

  • @Vlad9191
    @Vlad9191 10 лет назад +329

    I was at this festival! To see the Cure (my first time) was the reason I went. (I was a high school exchange student in Belgium at the time). I distinctly remember Robert Smith's white bandana and his no nonsense approach to the music - just announced the song and played. Best Cure gig I ever saw.

    • @Vlad9191
      @Vlad9191 10 лет назад +25

      PS. Robert Palmer did a great show too actually...

    • @maryjohnb.824
      @maryjohnb.824 10 лет назад +57

      The biggest mistake of Robert's career was ditching the white bandana. It was incredibly ace. He should still be wearing it today. I have spoken. Carry on.

    • @hdub16bq
      @hdub16bq 6 лет назад +11

      I was there too! 21 and flabbergasted. I totally agree, best gig ever!

    • @Frankincensedjb123
      @Frankincensedjb123 5 лет назад

      Vlad9191 here’s a cookie

  • @Lassisvulgaris
    @Lassisvulgaris 2 года назад +12

    Still one of my favourite Cure songs....

  • @jakechitty1
    @jakechitty1 9 лет назад +304

    Robert Smith looked so cool during this era.

    • @TheCoffeechat
      @TheCoffeechat 5 лет назад +9

      Looks like young Jon Cusack...Cure fan from waaaay back.

    • @betterthantelly2993
      @betterthantelly2993 5 лет назад +13

      @Scouts Honor what does a man wear?

    • @rublake7504
      @rublake7504 5 лет назад

      Frivolous Foxes surely you mean Robert ‘Palmer’ 😅

    • @Frankincensedjb123
      @Frankincensedjb123 5 лет назад +1

      Frivolous Foxes yeah, because cool is all important

    • @evesapple6445
      @evesapple6445 5 лет назад +8

      He always looks cool. He is who he is. Gotta love that !

  • @alanstordal5621
    @alanstordal5621 6 лет назад +7

    The girl was never there. What I was running to was nothing. Again and Again and Again and Again. Been one of my favorite songs of my lifes soundtrack. Just saw that I had been here before tell in you how important somehow this song was and is to me. Could be my life favorite. ? Takes to someplace of comfort and joy all at the same time. My Thanks to All involved !!!!!

  • @JODIDO84
    @JODIDO84 9 лет назад +254

    They were only 3 : Smith, Gallup and Tolhurst...Probably the best Cure line up...Such an attitude during those post punk years...

    • @flamejob4260
      @flamejob4260 7 лет назад +4

      Joël DI DOMIZIO preach

    • @benibbotson2014
      @benibbotson2014 5 лет назад +8

      Definitely the best line up, seventeen seconds was, in my opinion, their best album.

    • @homebase1889
      @homebase1889 5 лет назад +3

      Joël DI DOMIZIO 3 imaginary Boys

    • @LucureI
      @LucureI 5 лет назад +2

      Boris Willians boosted the already almighty THE CURE :) I really miss him.

    • @busterthebear6756
      @busterthebear6756 5 лет назад

      Ian Norton pornography makes that album look like a comedy show

  • @TheFbarrera
    @TheFbarrera Год назад +11

    the best version ever

    • @karenglenn6707
      @karenglenn6707 7 месяцев назад

      The concert from 1992 blows my head off, it is incredible!!!

  • @TheMurrblake
    @TheMurrblake 5 лет назад +25

    This band is a gift from another place.

  • @MrRedroof
    @MrRedroof 9 лет назад +159

    they had no idea how brilliant they were then, god, what an amazing group of artist.

    • @minc5503
      @minc5503 9 лет назад +7

      +MrRedroof they are amazing! Robert Smith is such a musical/lyrical genius ! They are so young but very talented and sound so perfect! Robert's hands got tired towards the end and rightfully so!

    • @bobkaddy4012
      @bobkaddy4012 6 лет назад +11

      I think they did recognize how good they were, they were confident enough to call out the lead act as an opener. Epic stuff

    • @francohinojosa976
      @francohinojosa976 6 лет назад

      Luna

    • @Rodrigo79799
      @Rodrigo79799 5 лет назад +1

      They knew exactly how good they were, and of course Bob knew he was a genius. No doubt about it.

    • @Frankincensedjb123
      @Frankincensedjb123 5 лет назад

      Mr RedRoof no, because brilliant people are stupid

  • @JCNegri
    @JCNegri 5 лет назад +9

    Still remains an Outstanding Band.

  • @jdubs9922
    @jdubs9922 2 года назад +7

    The Cure was so ahead of their time. One of the best and this song one of their best......

  • @lindarobles5347
    @lindarobles5347 5 лет назад +27

    Extraordinarily beautiful and surreal.......The Cure

  • @indybingyi
    @indybingyi 3 года назад +9

    I love how the kickdrum comes back to haunt the managers

  • @BDDave
    @BDDave 4 года назад +17

    Use to play this driving home at night from work (late 80s car CD). It would put me in to a trance before Trance music was invented...

  • @nicoreeskens9549
    @nicoreeskens9549 2 года назад +2

    I still remember the moment, old now but still young at heart

  • @adrianmolloy4479
    @adrianmolloy4479 2 года назад +8

    This the best version ever 👍

  • @ralphlazio505
    @ralphlazio505 5 лет назад +44

    LOOK AT HOW YOUNG THEY WERE!!? 😅
    And Robert Smith STILL sounds the same!!!
    What a TRIP!!!

    • @zoeherriot
      @zoeherriot 4 года назад

      @Kiwifan His voice changed because he learnt how to sing.

    • @zoeherriot
      @zoeherriot 4 года назад

      @Kiwifan oh jesus, it's you... he took singing lessons prior to Disintegration - my high school music teacher was friends with Robert and she mentioned it. But he also discussed it in a Rolling Stone article around 1989.
      But more generally, he learnt to sing over time. That's why by the time the Top was recorded he was using different singing voices and techniques, such as falsetto.

    • @workingtitle7049
      @workingtitle7049 3 года назад

      PEOPLE AGE KIWI

    • @workingtitle7049
      @workingtitle7049 3 года назад

      @Kiwifan The Cures 2000s output is pretty underated if you dont count their Self Titled album

    • @ralphlazio505
      @ralphlazio505 3 года назад

      I think most of The Cures songs are sooo sexy... it brings back sooo many awesome memories❤️💥👄🍑🍓🍾 🔥

  • @robmbaboy1
    @robmbaboy1 4 года назад +19

    Also he is a much underrated guitarist. Really unique style

  • @simonspencer65
    @simonspencer65 3 года назад +17

    This performance is just incredible.

  • @taffycat93
    @taffycat93 4 года назад +13

    Out of all the versions of this song, I think this is my all-time favorite! 💋💋💋

  • @zeeeOgre
    @zeeeOgre 7 лет назад +73

    Classic. These guys were waaaaay ahead of the curve! Fender playing punks changing music forever!

  • @lukassssi
    @lukassssi Год назад +21

    The Cure & Depeche mode, two of my biggest musical inspirations

  • @lanebashford3982
    @lanebashford3982 2 года назад +14

    This is such a great trip back to the 80s. The Cure have always been hypnotic and relevant and timeless. This is my fave live version of A Forest.

  • @graemem111
    @graemem111 10 месяцев назад +1

    Maaaaan!!! I was there. Tourhaut and Werchter were on my calendar every year until’85. When I had to get a real job.