The Cure - Strange Attraction [November 1996]

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  • Опубликовано: 16 мар 2014
  • [Stereo] Live on late night USTV, with a mellow composition.
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  • @rhyskarslake
    @rhyskarslake 4 года назад +92

    are we just going to ignore how incredible these lyrics are? they're so poetic and succinct in their message, and it's absolutely a pleasure to listen to. you don't get such admirable lyrics in songs these days

    • @irmacello
      @irmacello 3 года назад +3

      Totally agree...

    • @gregmitchell2328
      @gregmitchell2328 3 года назад +6

      Yes absolutely. Robert Smith was such a poet, and it didn’t hurt that he had such a fantastic band backing him. Amazing song and performance here.

    • @ivaerak
      @ivaerak 3 года назад +8

      @@gregmitchell2328 'was'? 'had'? Are you okay dude?

    • @gregmitchell2328
      @gregmitchell2328 3 года назад +1

      @@ivaerak hah, yeah I’m good! I think Robert Smith kinda fell off though so I stand by was and had! The bloke is probably having a diarrhea shit in his toilet right now, but it’s still more talented than us to be fair.

    • @ivaerak
      @ivaerak 3 года назад +5

      @@gregmitchell2328 you certainly project. Good luck

  • @ragazzoloro
    @ragazzoloro Год назад +15

    My best underrated the cure song. At least I grew up in my teenage years experiencing 1996, what a great time for music.

  • @SarahGKing
    @SarahGKing 2 года назад +13

    Robert Smith is a musical & lyrical GENIUS!!

  • @amandaprill1508
    @amandaprill1508 3 года назад +10

    The keyboard player in black is a excellent keyboard player

  • @janiquevaillot8554
    @janiquevaillot8554 2 года назад +11

    I do still love the way Robert Smith moves on stage. Love his amazing voice. Love his smile, the way he sings, the beautiful man he is. Love The way he plays the guitar. Love The CURE. Friendly from France

  • @jamesshaffer9890
    @jamesshaffer9890 3 года назад +10

    Two of my favorite Cure songs. First is Same Deep Water as You.

  • @LaViaLacteaFilms
    @LaViaLacteaFilms 8 лет назад +39

    I love this song, and the story it tells! Very nice live version, it's great to see Robert himself singing the tune I've listened to so many times in my life...

    • @Chinto-13
      @Chinto-13 3 года назад

      Muy buena rola,la neta

    • @irmacello
      @irmacello 3 года назад

      Thought the same!!!

    • @irmacello
      @irmacello 3 года назад +1

      And he is sooooo in tune. Love him...

  • @AldoXLC
    @AldoXLC 3 года назад +28

    Lyrics:
    It started with a dedication
    Lost in admiration happy birthday I'm forever yours blossom
    Faded red inside a tiny book of butterflies
    I smiled surprised at how when flickered through
    The wings flew by spelled out my name
    Six months went by the summer lost
    Obsessively the letters dropped into my life
    The same soft blood smooth flowing hand
    Please try to understand I have to see you have to feel you
    Tell you all the ways I need you yours forever in love
    Strange attraction spreads it's wings
    It varies but the smallest things
    You never know how anything will change
    Strange attraction spreads it's wings
    And alters but the smallest things
    You never know how anything will fade
    The year grew old incessantly she wrote to me
    She'd started smoking poetry
    I laughed in recognition of a favourite phrase
    She'd pulled me in
    I answered her
    A Christmas card in sepia
    Arranging when and where
    And how the two of us should meet
    Her opening so well prepared
    A nervous smile
    I couldn't take my eyes from her
    She whispered
    Can I use some of your lipstick?
    It was perfect so believable
    I couldn't help but feel that it was real
    And kissing crimson fell into her waiting arms
    Strange attraction spreads it's wings
    It varies but the smallest things
    You never know how anything will change
    Strange attraction spreads it's wings
    And alters but the smallest things
    You never know how anything will fade
    So alone into the cold new year without another word from her
    I wrote to ask if we could maybe meet again before the spring
    But weeks went by with no reply until once more my birthday came
    And with it my surprise but this time nothing was the same
    I'm sorry blame infatuation blame imagination
    I was sure you'd be the one but I was wrong
    It seems reality destroys our dreams I won't forget you blossom
    Faded red inside a tiny book of old goodbyes
    Strange attraction spreads it's wings
    It varies but the smallest things
    You never know how anything will change
    Strange attraction spreads it's wings
    And alters but the smallest things
    And you never know, and you never know, and you never know

    • @TheVespertineKnitter
      @TheVespertineKnitter 7 месяцев назад

      *the same soft words, through flowing hand.
      Flowing hand refers to the handwriting, not the limb.

    • @TheVespertineKnitter
      @TheVespertineKnitter 7 месяцев назад

      Although, actually Spotify has different lyrics, but I'm CERTAIN the ones in the sleeve from the original CD had words, not blood. I'm going to have to try and dig out the CD booklet to check now!

  • @agaeta
    @agaeta 4 года назад +17

    I remember staying up too watch them on Conan.... but before the closing credits of the show they returned and they played "A Forest" and got cut off mid song at the end... looked all over for that performance with no success... It was awesome as i recalled..

    • @KarmaHexkys
      @KarmaHexkys 2 года назад

      Case of lost media huh ?

  • @Sogonrei
    @Sogonrei 4 месяца назад +1

    I remember seeing this live on T.V.. in 96-97 and being so pumped for this album....I either just bought it or was about to. It was a perfect album at that time in my life, although I always lived "Disintegration" the most, and there are too many favorites of "The Cure" for me to list..I am a Cure fanatic since age 15!
    😍💜🖤💚

  • @irmacello
    @irmacello 3 года назад +9

    2021. Still singing it and Feeling it

  • @amerocker
    @amerocker 9 лет назад +21

    The fourth and final single from, 'Wild Mood Swings', "Strange Attraction". Good tune, reminiscent of their 1980's singles.

  • @user-kx9jm7bg7w
    @user-kx9jm7bg7w 4 месяца назад +1

    Robby...like my big bro, always excellent!

  • @amandaprill1508
    @amandaprill1508 3 года назад +6

    The keyboard player in black looks really happy

  • @FLdb-wj4wc
    @FLdb-wj4wc 3 года назад +5

    Great live performance. Awesome

  • @LevonGagne
    @LevonGagne 3 дня назад

    Great performance!

  • @saucespicy5683
    @saucespicy5683 5 лет назад +9

    love this tune!!!

  • @spiffy8576
    @spiffy8576 3 года назад +6

    Thanks for putting this up. Never saw this Conan performance before.

    • @whatsforafters7843
      @whatsforafters7843  3 года назад +3

      You're welcome! Thanks for the note of appreciation :)

  • @noty2292
    @noty2292 9 лет назад +13

    A melhor banda de todos os tempos. Pra mim. Claro.

  • @lilmogwaii
    @lilmogwaii 6 лет назад +8

    What a genius

  • @raymondregala8332
    @raymondregala8332 2 года назад +1

    Always music to my ears!

  • @rogetjay8007
    @rogetjay8007 8 лет назад +5

    I'm in total agreement with some of your comments The 'Cure' with its sometimes ,sardonic,Moody dark Gothic rock style was one of the last great bands of the rock era and one of the last great ones that personified the 90s which many considered the last decade of truly great music after which from 2000 till present have been few & far between just like what happened to MTV & V-h1 when they first appeared they were like rock gods everybody wanted to see their videos who could ever have thought that they would all become vintage classics seen on your smart phone because that's one of the few places you can see them.those two shows have turned like the rest of today's music into something you would flush down ones toilet & hope it didn't come back up.very sad.

    • @thedefinitivecure9298
      @thedefinitivecure9298 3 года назад

      The Cure are still at it to this day. They have put on some of their best shows in the past 5 years. The Swing Tour does hold a place for me though.

    • @eboethrasher
      @eboethrasher 2 года назад

      There is good music. You just have to find it.

  • @christopherwalker2228
    @christopherwalker2228 4 года назад +6

    As about to close to perfect as it gets.

  • @thedefinitivecure9298
    @thedefinitivecure9298 3 года назад +3

    This was actually in September of 1996. It was September 16th, 1996. In between their last 2 shows at Radio City Music Hall.

    • @whatsforafters7843
      @whatsforafters7843  3 года назад +1

      Thanks for the info. The date with the original post, was the air-date [month] that my tape captured it.

    • @thedefinitivecure9298
      @thedefinitivecure9298 3 года назад +1

      @@whatsforafters7843 I remember being home to record it. The only reason I know the date they played was because I was in NYC for the last 2 shows on September 16th and 17th.

    • @whatsforafters7843
      @whatsforafters7843  3 года назад +1

      Good times!

    • @plev10
      @plev10 Год назад +1

      The Radio City show was my first Cure concert and they were tremendous. I just saw them again Summer 2023 for Songs of A Lost World and they were even tremendous -er. Robert Smith's voice is still incredibly intact and supple and the band is just extraordinary. I hope I don't have to wait another 27 years to see them again. 🤓🖤❤️

  • @gregmitchell2328
    @gregmitchell2328 3 года назад +23

    I love how shoegaze and uncaring the whole band looks except for Roger O’Donnell who just looks like he’s having a blast playing those keys lmao. Great band great song great performance.

    • @beaupeep
      @beaupeep 2 года назад +8

      LOL, Roger has such a great smile....🥰

    • @amandaprill1508
      @amandaprill1508 Год назад +7

      Roger O'Donnell looks very happy

  • @MrBluebutterfly14
    @MrBluebutterfly14 6 месяцев назад

    Fantastic!

  • @gabrielapetrillo6808
    @gabrielapetrillo6808 4 года назад +2

    💜

  • @Michael-wu5sq
    @Michael-wu5sq 6 месяцев назад

    How much I like this band, it’s not written ❤

  • @meylingmeyling4699
    @meylingmeyling4699 7 лет назад +2

    yo fui a su concierto en Perú una banda excelentísima deberían volver esta canción es great al igual que la demás good THE CURE!!!

  • @tomlewis4205
    @tomlewis4205 8 месяцев назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @AlejandroGonzalez-fj6pk
    @AlejandroGonzalez-fj6pk 11 месяцев назад

    Banger

  • @mtsn
    @mtsn 8 лет назад +3

    A song about fractals!

  • @rafaelmogollon1359
    @rafaelmogollon1359 8 лет назад +5

    Rumbos si lees esto te amo

  • @quiquerr69
    @quiquerr69 3 года назад +1

    dios. que bueno

  • @pedrocicero4669
    @pedrocicero4669 3 года назад

    Top show

  • @veerchasm1
    @veerchasm1 4 года назад +5

    24 years later and I’m still like “Where’s Boris?!?”

    • @eboethrasher
      @eboethrasher 2 года назад +1

      Exactly where he wanted to be, NOT IN THE CURE.

    • @Alfredolunafoto1
      @Alfredolunafoto1 Год назад +1

      Sadly he decided to leave... Then all of a sudden The Cure got weak snare drum sounds like the one here.

  • @TheChristafershawn
    @TheChristafershawn 3 года назад +1

    This is the album I tuned out on. Cool guitar though.

  • @alejandrohernandez7557
    @alejandrohernandez7557 4 года назад

    The Cure un 2020

  • @crystalvu7411
    @crystalvu7411 3 года назад +4

    morrissey disliked this

  • @user-kx9jm7bg7w
    @user-kx9jm7bg7w 2 месяца назад

    Was the keys girl involved with Robby. Her awkward glances said something! Nope downright stares!

  • @iiiiii1449
    @iiiiii1449 5 лет назад +1

    off the meter.

  • @LevonGagne
    @LevonGagne 3 дня назад

    Mystery woman!

  • @eboethrasher
    @eboethrasher 2 года назад

    It bothers me that the stereo mix is backwards and that Perry's keyboard is in the left speaker, haha.

  • @user-kx9jm7bg7w
    @user-kx9jm7bg7w 6 месяцев назад

    Caught up in the young angst of the Seattle Sound. Young P&V! Thought The Cure was a faggy band but found otherwise.

  • @ey-wg1hf
    @ey-wg1hf 2 года назад +1

    _KONGA O RANA_ Y THE CURE

  • @johntasker1792
    @johntasker1792 3 года назад +4

    I love the Cure, I love this song... but god Roger is creepy weird!

  • @kingkuts
    @kingkuts 3 года назад

    ...erica...I was really trying to find you...instead of your..sister ....

  • @veter6074
    @veter6074 4 года назад +2

    El TIO SIMON GALLUP. DEL PESO DE LA SIMPLESA

  • @kristimunn3010
    @kristimunn3010 Год назад +2

    Some bands can sound AWFUL when they go on live television, not these guys!

  • @adamcoe
    @adamcoe 3 года назад +2

    lol every single bass player who plays a firebird is a weirdo. all of them. not in a bad way but let's just all agree that it's a thing. anyway this song rules and sounds exactly like, well, the year 1996

  • @ondrasekpokorny9
    @ondrasekpokorny9 4 года назад

    proč je to tak nahovno sestříhaný...

  • @jimcampbell9566
    @jimcampbell9566 4 года назад

    What the flying fuck is the bass player wearing?

  • @joelashadali
    @joelashadali 2 месяца назад

    Wonderful lyrics but this is not one of my favorites and Im a diehard fan

  • @lionelchenot3930
    @lionelchenot3930 4 года назад

    Les musiciens se font " chier " en play-back

  • @aerosmith7569
    @aerosmith7569 Год назад

    I nominate this song for worst cure song ever

  • @aerosmith7569
    @aerosmith7569 3 года назад +1

    one of the worst Cure songs ever written and they performed it live on National TV, lol.

    • @ineszm825
      @ineszm825 3 года назад +9

      ???

    • @aerosmith7569
      @aerosmith7569 3 года назад +1

      @@ineszm825 this song sounds like an intro theme to romper room. its absolutely awful. like a nursery rhyme for children

    • @ineszm825
      @ineszm825 3 года назад +14

      @@aerosmith7569 sorry, I will not be discussing about music with a Aerosmith fan XD

    • @aerosmith7569
      @aerosmith7569 3 года назад +2

      @@ineszm825 i dont like Aero Smith. the name is a long story, lol

    • @eboethrasher
      @eboethrasher 2 года назад +1

      @@aerosmith7569 You're off your fucking rocker, it's a charming lyric and a nice little pop song, you fucking twat.