This album is hands-down one of the greatest full album listens of all time… Spellbinding and timeless body of work. If you love this, I HIGHLY encourage you to backtrack to their early 80s era. Their 2nd-4th albums (Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography) are some of the most astounding post-punk/gothic rock albums of all time…
You ever love something so much, you feel the need to scream about it from the top of your lungs to the world? That’s what this album is like for me. I love this album so much- I could go on for hours but I don’t think I could find the words to even describe the pure and raw emotion I feel from this album. My favorite line is from home sick, “I trembled stuck in honey, honey, cling to me” Aughhhh it’s just amazing. This album will have me crying, dancing, naming, soaring through space and time- it’s such a whirlwind of emotions. Absolutely an amazing album, I’ll never get tired of it, I’ll never get tired of hearing the interpretations everyone comes up with
Desintegration, the song, is just a master piece ... its basically the tragedy of losing a love story to whatever you get addicted to ... "Through the eye of the needle it´s easier for me to get closer to heaven than ever feel hole again"... "now that I know that I´ll break into pieces, I´ll pull out my heart and feed it to anyone, crying for simpathy, crocodiles cry, for the love of the crowd and three cheers from everyone"...
lullaby is about a story Robert Smith's uncle would tell him as a child to scare him about a spider man who eats children. So no, its not about the spiderman you're thinking of :)
The Cure has been my favorite band since I was a child. When Disintegration came out, I was a 15-year-old goth girl. I still remember the tears streaming down my face from how absolutely gorgeous the first song (Plainsong) was. The Same Deep Water as You also brought tears. Disintegration has a massive expanse of sound. It was a game-changing album at the time of it's release in 1989. I'm also very happy I got to see them in concert in 1989! All their albums from 1979 to 1992 are absolutely perfect gems, each uniquely distinct and a clear arc of Robert Smith's growth as a songwriter. So glad you've finally discovered them. They're the band that all other bands love and have influenced since the late 70's!
Check out "Flowing Glower" by Deadsy. I feel like this might have been influenced directly by this song. They're also a Goth Rock band or at least they were when they debuted.
I’ve been on a tear of watching people react to Cure albums, and so far yours has been the best I’ve seen to this album. You are into it and the words you use like “shimmering” and you GET their meaning (though Lovesong is one of my least favs from the album but I love them all). I am a person who bought this album when it came out with saved up lunch money, (I was 14) and every year it becomes richer and more layered and deeper. It’s a part of my soul now, and I love it when I see someone discover it and love it. And this isn’t even my favorite album by them. :)
It’s hard to choose a “best album”. I love Pornography and Faith because they are so dark and bleak), but then “Blood flowers” has a whole bitter-sweet feeling that epitomizes the feeling… every album in-between is amazing as well - they just fuckin nail it. I hear their new album is going to be their darkest yet….
To me, this album is about getting older. Each day that passes is one day closer to death. Closedown, Last Dance, and the title track Disintegration are the most obvious to me with this theme. Robert Smith turned 30 when they were making this album and it was the realization that his youth is gone and the only thing that makes him feel young, fun, and whole again is his lover, which is basically what Lovesong is about.
@@mr.dirtydannnnnit’s not that 30 isn’t still young, because it is, but it’s a clear demarcation that your youth is officially over and, whether you like it or not, you’re a full grown adult at that point.
I never get tired of watching people react to this masterpiece... and remember the first time I listened to it and what I felt. It was so special, so unreal, because as I listened to it I realized I was hearing THE album of my life.
I was sooooooo lucky to be of high school age when this album came out... an art room goth freak outsider this album was everything to us.... we felt like we had ownership over the cure back then but i'm glad it's found a new life
Lullaby is about a recurring nightmare which Robert had as a kid. (A nightmare where he was being eaten by a giant spider). The whole song is therefore about the fear of sleep (it’s basically an anti-lullaby)
I was lucky to see these guys live at the Hollywood Bowl this May with a friend. All of their songs were amazing but the songs off of Disintegration that they played (they played a LOT) were heartstopping. I never wanted it to end. The vocalist and one consistent band member, Robert Smith, is an angel with a beautiful voice. Hope you dive into more of their albums soon!!!
i never really liked live concerts until i saw The Cure Live in Valencia like 15 years ago, they opened with Plainsong (first time i heared it) and it literally changed my life, the impact of that opening and the whole concert afterwards change my whole concept of live concerts and even music, they are incredible and this is just one of the most perfect albums ever.
Also, the record label called this album “career suicide” as they did not this it was marketable. It’s their best and one of the greatest albums of all time. Fascination Street is about Bourbon Street in NOLA. Robert Smith is a true poet and composer of the highest caliber; no one can touch him.
I was kinda of the same opinion as you about Lullaby at first. The creepy, whisper vocals definitely took some time to grow on me, but it did. I vibe with that song now and it’s one of their best live I think.
Heard this album for the first time in high school the year it came out. 6 months later and had 10 or so cassettes. Disintegration, Porn0graphy, and Faith are timeless. I do enjoy some of thier lighter stuff too, but those three albums are core to me.
You REALLY have to give The Cure's Kiss me Kiss Me Kiss me album a listen...really for hard-core fans! The pace change will blow your mind & the intro is the best I've ever heard!!
Good to see younger folk discover The Cure and this specific album. I've started listening to The Cure when this album came out back in 1989, and it totally reshaped the way I listened to music.
I’m watching you listen to this album for the first time and it’s making me so envious! Your face upon hearing the opening chords to Plainsong made me scream with joyful laughter; it’s how I felt as a 12 year old hearing it for the first time. Thank you! Btw, Lovesong was a wedding gift to his Bride, Mary. They met when they were 15, and are still married today ❤❤❤
this album was a tough first listen to me (i somehow thought it was boring?!?!), but after seeing your reaction to plainsong i know you'll get it right away. amazing album.
The theme you’re reaching for is right there in the title - Disintegration. That and an overwhelming sense of ennui, tinged with the desire to find something more from a finite spell we have.
1 song in and I know this is an AMAZING reaction! An epic album to start The Cure journey with. Look forward to watching your other Cure album reaction! 💯
the flaming lips- the soft bulletin one of the greatest albums ever made. Magnificent, grandiose, opulent, beautiful, majestic, inspiring. ushered in a new genre of psychedelic music, and its production is amazing.
Hey, I’m a huge fan of The Cure. I saw your video come up and I’ve never watched you before, but I just wanted to say I love your content and how you react to stuff. It’s nice to see people truly love and delve deep into music, especially with a record that requires that kind of dedication and passion like the Disintegration album. As for the song Disintegration, I think it’s about the breaking apart of oneself (glass breaking) and aging. The whole album holds similar themes to that in my opinion, but in different shades. “Pictures of You” feels nostalgic and wistful, “Fascination Street” feels intense and sinful (like you said), “The Same Deep Water As You” feels like a hopeless and desperate (and a little coercive) love song. “Prayers For Rain” feel as if the singer is pleading for passion and excitement in his life, saying their counterpart is “so stale it kills”. I think it’s about the existential crisis that comes with aging and feeling like you’ve lost the intensity and vibrancy in your life. I think you’re totally right on the song “Disintegration” being like a whole story, and I think it’s the perfect title track. There’s so much text painting in this album too. Everything is just so tasteful and perfect. It really does envelope you. Thank you so much for your video!! This was so cool and nice to watch :)
Used to play Homesick (Entreat version) a lot when I was really not doing well living at home with my parents wanting to leave but had no means to do so
Great to see a young guy´s reaction to one of my favorite albums of the Cure . I started listening to them when I was 14 and became a big fan for many years. Still have a great love for dark emotional music
The Cure's sounds , lyrics and "vibration" has gotten me through alot of tough times....there music open the heart and soul and helps release stored up emotions to be released....check out there new single called "A Fragile Heart"....awesome.
i saw them live and i swear it was the best night of my life. i had no joke been waiting my whole life (all 20 years of it almost lmfao) to see them and it was just as magical and amazing as i imagined it would be
I bought this album on CD when I was 13 years old and was experiencing my first heartbreak. It was winter, shortly after Christmas, and I knew nothing about this album when I bought it. I went home, put the album on, and layed down in my bed with some christmas lights being the only thing illuminating my cold room under the roof. it was perfect.
I can't explain to you what this album was to me. I was a college freshman, just learning how to be an independent person. I was looking for identity..I was a huge metal guy, but then I found this. Everything in my world changed. I dont have the vocabulary to tell you what I went through, but I can tell you I long for that feeling again everyday of my life...
!992 my father passed away and I was separated from my wife the felling in me was so so low and I would listen to the CD on the way to the funeral parlor and I cried in the private moments of my car because boys don't cry! Memories!!!
Saw them twice on this tour and honestly no words. One of the best tours I’ve ever seen. They would start out with Plainsong and as corny as it sounds, it was magical. This is an album you have to listen to from beginning to end. Incredible. I’d recommend Head on the Door after this.
I enjoyed watching you hear this for the first time 🤗 I was 😢 the whole time because this album holds very special memories for me. I saw them live in Chicago during this tour in the early 90’s 🙌🏼 saw them 2 other times in St Louis
Pictures of you, was written about a fire that happened while they were recording the album and the pictures of his new wife were destroyed in the fire,,so pictures of you was born
The music is so melancholy but The Cure's incredible pop sensibility will have you bopping while crying. It's masterful stuff that I never get tired of hearinng. Coincidentally you said you have been adoring the sound which segues into me saying you should react to Adore by Smashing Pumpkins which is an album that has a huge influence from The Cure.
Lullaby is a song about depression and addiction, which is one of the main themes of the album. The main vocalist was an addict at that time, and spiderman is a metaphor for his anxiety and depression, that always follows him and creeps up on him
Welcome! Come on in… the water is amaaaaaaaaaazing. Disintegration is a perfect album. I’ve been a fan of the Cure since the early 80s and I love seeing new reactions. You have great taste :-) “Oh my god” is RIGHT!
I just realized the Cure had dark sounding music 2 weeks ago and I am absolutely addicted. They are now my favorite band and it was the deftones prior but I now realize where they got their entire style from.
Have you seen the video of Deftones covering If Only We Could Sleep by The Cure in front of Robert Smith? Search for it and add "MTV Icon" to the search.
Fascination Street was written after a wild night on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Disintegration used to be played really fast live back when Boris Williams was the drummer. The current drummer, Jason Cooper, played it the best he's ever played it on this last tour. It sounded so good. Go watch the video for Lullaby and it'll make more sense.
Gonna come back and check this out after I watch the TMNT movie with my kids. Looking forward to this one, The Cure are legendary. Some other albums for your consideration: Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam Animal Collective: Centipede Hz. Animal Collective: Time Skiffs Brand New - Science Fiction 🍻
I didn't see anyone address Lovesong in the comments, though may've missed it of course. It was about his wife, written as his wedding present to her. They were together for over a decade, married, and have been married for 35 years.
Thanks for this reaction!!! Love it. If u pay attention on Prayers for rain he was waiting for that rain, and next song starts with rain sounds. That was an excellent introduction to the song. Sorry if my english isnt the best. 30:23 love that face u really enjoyed it
One of the best albums ever ❤ I really enjoy watching and waxing nostalgic. Except! Unless we had liner notes, lyrics were a total crap shoot. Sometimes you'd catch them, sometimes you made your best guess and committed to it. 😊
I'm so excited you popped your The Cure cherry! They have been my favorite group for around 35 years. Desintegration is near perfection. Wish & Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me are great too but Head on the Door is early The Cure and fairly different from their modern work. I hope you check out more of their albums. If you get a chance to see them in concert you should, I've seem them 3 times & it's worth, they played for 3 hours last time I saw them
this monolith of an album drags its songs out and is soooo much better for it. the reverb, the watery guitars, the synths, the fucking GLOOMY atmosphere... let it lead the way and just fall in and you'll be rewarded with one of the best albums of the 80s.
i smoked before watching this and i'm loving this video 😭 i'm a huge fan of this album and the cure in general, and i really liked what you had to say about it also u had me laughing out loud which was a nice surprise considering the tone of album 💀
Oh! And from The Cure's album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, there's a song called How Beautiful You Are... that is an absolutely gorgeous pop song with profoundly sad lyrics. You'll appreciate it! That album also has their biggest hit of all time Just Like Heaven. You might even recognize it. :)
Definitely not a happy album, haha. But one of the greatest of all time. I highly recommend that you look into/react to some other albums by The Cure. Based on your reactions here, I think you'd really enjoy Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography. Those are kind of known as "the dark trilogy" of the Cure. While they also have some very poppy songs, such as Just Like Heaven (arguably the greatest pop-rock song of all time), Friday I'm in Love, Boys Don't Cry and Inbetween Days, they are most known for being icons to the goth community. Not just through their music (some of which can be considered gothic rock), but also for their visuals and sentiments. I can see why you possibly like Lullaby the least. It also took me some time to fully appreciate it. The "spiderman" within the lyrics is definitely not the superhero. Imagine it as a human sized spider monster that's trying to eat you. Like a sleep paralysis demon and you can't move. The song was allegedly inspired by a nightmare Robert had. So the entire atmosphere, the lyrics in it and the hauntingly whispered delivery all fit that really well.
Suggestions for future Album reactions, INXS: KICK, Depeche Mode: Violator, Metallica: And Justice For All, The Cure: Wish, I also had never listened to Disintegration before this video and now it's definitely one of my favorites now! Thanks for the Content!
Never enough love for the bassist, Simon Gallup. He's a stellar example of a bassist who knows exactly where he needs to sit in a soundscape. His lines aren't always the most interesting on their own, but they're always a valuable and indispensable part of any Cure song.
My first concert was the cure in 1992 when I was 13. I was In 7th grade at the time, and this jock kid used to pick me up and put me in the trash every day for having a picture of Robert smith in my locker. In the early 90’s it was a much bigger deal to be a dude who was a fan of a guy wearing makeup. I never took that photo down tho! If you wanna try another band in this vein, check out siouxsie and the banshees. I’d suggest the album juju to start. Robert even played guitar for them for a bit, and did a side project with their bassist called the glove.
A few random comments: Robert said Untitled was the key song on the album - reiterating the themes of failed communication and being overwhelmed by a sense of the futility of existence. (There's one infamous live recording of it where, in a very intoxicated state, he drops most of the lyrics and instead mumbles verses from his self-recriminatory epic Watching Me Fall.) Prayers For Rain is a metaphor for depression and the urge to commit suicide. Cue the next song... I've always interpreted The Same Deep Water... as a couple committing suicide by drowning but ending up in a cryogenically frozen state - hence the perpetual kiss. Disintegration (the song) - I can't find the reference online now, but it's been identified as a close rewrite of someone else's poem. Fascination Street is about scoring hallucinogenic drugs in New Orleans (not coincidentally, two years later their friendly-rivals The Mission released a more manic song on the same subject) Closedown is a song about world weariness and diminished emotional receptivity - surely another key song. Re: Lullaby and Lovesong - these might be rare instances where watching the video helps. It's clear that these songs are deadly serious - almost a decade later Robert could lose his composure onstage and be fighting back tears whilst singing Disintegration or Deep Water... (admittedly I'm thinking of certain gigs where he was obviously tripping and/or tipsy - then again he showed similar tendencies, sober, in 1981... ).
On release I worked at a record shop, "I bought it" and thought screw it, put it on, in the shop pretty loud whilst the manager was at the bog. LOL, at first he was pissed but then after he "tuned" into the album he was like "man, I`d forgotten how good the Cure are", so we listened to the album pretty much on repeat during my shift. Great time, some customers were like "lets get outta here", but surprising how many from different eras pricked up their ears and enquired what the tunes were and who it was. Remember many reserved copies and they waiting outside to get it, sold really well.
When you said you had to turn the volume up in the beginning was it because you saw the liner notes that say “this music was mixed to be played loud - so TURN IT UP”?
It was the end of my junior year in high school when Disintegration came out and I had already been a fan of the Cure for years, but this album blew my mind. I was still a child, but I could taste freedom and everything I wanted from adulthood. Disintegration was in my discman on repeat that entire Spring/Summer and, every night, when my parents were asleep, I’d go outside and listen in the dark, and get lost in all the emotions described and expressed in this album. (Did I mention I was a little baby goth?) To this day, the first notes of any song on Disintegration take me back to the gravel walkway on the side of my childhood home. THE CURE FOREVER 🖤
This album is hands-down one of the greatest full album listens of all time… Spellbinding and timeless body of work. If you love this, I HIGHLY encourage you to backtrack to their early 80s era. Their 2nd-4th albums (Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography) are some of the most astounding post-punk/gothic rock albums of all time…
I like The Smiths - QID more
@@thoru4367 That’s fair! Love them immensely…
Robert will come for you!@@thoru4367
Is their weakest album@@thoru4367
I listened to Pornagraphy today and it’s so effing good!
I saw the Cure recently and apparently it was their most successful tour ever. They killed it
This last tour was amazing
@@AtomicVampire1I saw both Montreal shows.Finally got to see them for the first time not once but twice.Amazing shows.
I saw them in Dallas. It took me back to 1989, same venue. The only difference was the amount of people. Packed!
saw them in london last december, they were so good
I agree, they are amazing, I saw them in June in Montreal!
1:01 Imagine being a kid who bought this record back in 1989 hearing THAT explode out of the stereo speakers.
I heard it explode live in Chicago in the early 90’s on this tour, explode is a great word 🙌🏼 I’ll never forget it and it was 30 years ago 🤗
"This is gorgeous" is the best description I have ever heard of Plainsong.
Not enough people react to this, one of the best albums ever, thank you.
Stan Marsh agrees.
You ever love something so much, you feel the need to scream about it from the top of your lungs to the world? That’s what this album is like for me. I love this album so much- I could go on for hours but I don’t think I could find the words to even describe the pure and raw emotion I feel from this album. My favorite line is from home sick, “I trembled stuck in honey, honey, cling to me” Aughhhh it’s just amazing. This album will have me crying, dancing, naming, soaring through space and time- it’s such a whirlwind of emotions. Absolutely an amazing album, I’ll never get tired of it, I’ll never get tired of hearing the interpretations everyone comes up with
Me too bro, me too
@@ethank4820 you understand;-;
Desintegration, the song, is just a master piece ... its basically the tragedy of losing a love story to whatever you get addicted to ... "Through the eye of the needle it´s easier for me to get closer to heaven than ever feel hole again"... "now that I know that I´ll break into pieces, I´ll pull out my heart and feed it to anyone, crying for simpathy, crocodiles cry, for the love of the crowd and three cheers from everyone"...
I prefer the entreat version, I think it just hits it home harder... ruclips.net/video/zpG4HhhDg60/видео.htmlsi=jYdIZgjEI4CKXRZk
One of the Greatest records of all time. Perfect for the near autumn and its grey skies.
Robert Smith wrote Love Song for his wife Mary. As South Park said, Disintegration is the best album ever.
lullaby is about a story Robert Smith's uncle would tell him as a child to scare him about a spider man who eats children. So no, its not about the spiderman you're thinking of :)
Whoops !
I’ve always felt it was about a victim of abuse, I like your explanation so much more.
@@edwardlosty549 its very possible that its a double meaning to be fair. but according to robert smith this is what inspired the song
Never heard that one, but might be true. Always struck me as the only ‘fantasy’ lyric on the album.
It’s an actual storybook. I have a copy of it myself 😊
The Cure has been my favorite band since I was a child. When Disintegration came out, I was a 15-year-old goth girl. I still remember the tears streaming down my face from how absolutely gorgeous the first song (Plainsong) was. The Same Deep Water as You also brought tears. Disintegration has a massive expanse of sound. It was a game-changing album at the time of it's release in 1989. I'm also very happy I got to see them in concert in 1989! All their albums from 1979 to 1992 are absolutely perfect gems, each uniquely distinct and a clear arc of Robert Smith's growth as a songwriter. So glad you've finally discovered them. They're the band that all other bands love and have influenced since the late 70's!
Same! I was 15 when I bought the single for Fascination Street, and after that I bought and listened to everything they did.
Check out "Flowing Glower" by Deadsy. I feel like this might have been influenced directly by this song. They're also a Goth Rock band or at least they were when they debuted.
Same deep water is a beautiful song and transports me to teenage years. Really anything off this album does.
@@RichLunaMusic they suck...its like wanna be typo
@@karimygirl5826the same deep water as you is my favourite D song....my favourite Cure song of all time! It's simply astoundingly gorgeous!!! 🌧☔
Lullaby is about the fear of sleep, he refers to Spiderman as a Monster not the superhero.
Saw them live last month and seeing them open up the show with Pictures of you might have been the best moment of my life.
i’m so jealous of you getting to hear this album for the first time.
I saw The Cure live on the Disintegration tour (1990) and it was absolutely magical.
I saw them in Toronto at Exhibition Stadium in Aug 89. The Pixies opened for them. IT WAS AWESOME!
Me too, in Italy. Amazing concert!
It was 1989....Dodgers stadium!!! Shelleyanne Orphan, The Pixies, Love❤ And Rockets🚀, The Cure
Just one more ....fuck😂
Same here saw them on this tour in Chicago at the Rosemont I’ll never forget it
I’ve been on a tear of watching people react to Cure albums, and so far yours has been the best I’ve seen to this album. You are into it and the words you use like “shimmering” and you GET their meaning (though Lovesong is one of my least favs from the album but I love them all).
I am a person who bought this album when it came out with saved up lunch money, (I was 14) and every year it becomes richer and more layered and deeper. It’s a part of my soul now, and I love it when I see someone discover it and love it.
And this isn’t even my favorite album by them. :)
It’s hard to choose a “best album”. I love Pornography and Faith because they are so dark and bleak), but then “Blood flowers” has a whole bitter-sweet feeling that epitomizes the feeling… every album in-between is amazing as well - they just fuckin nail it. I hear their new album is going to be their darkest yet….
The most beautiful reaction to an album. You took time to appreciate it
To me, this album is about getting older. Each day that passes is one day closer to death. Closedown, Last Dance, and the title track Disintegration are the most obvious to me with this theme. Robert Smith turned 30 when they were making this album and it was the realization that his youth is gone and the only thing that makes him feel young, fun, and whole again is his lover, which is basically what Lovesong is about.
I do agree. But i do find it funny how people dont see 30 as young
@@mr.dirtydannnnn Based on other people I’ve bumped into, mostly online, when they turned 30 it was like a pre-midlife crisis for them.
@@mr.dirtydannnnnit’s not that 30 isn’t still young, because it is, but it’s a clear demarcation that your youth is officially over and, whether you like it or not, you’re a full grown adult at that point.
That’s the actual meaning! Robert smith has said it’s about loosing and growing away from his youth :)
I never get tired of watching people react to this masterpiece... and remember the first time I listened to it and what I felt. It was so special, so unreal, because as I listened to it I realized I was hearing THE album of my life.
“Disintegration is the best album ever!” -Kyle Braflovski
I was sooooooo lucky to be of high school age when this album came out... an art room goth freak outsider this album was everything to us.... we felt like we had ownership over the cure back then but i'm glad it's found a new life
💯 agreed
Yup. Me too to all of this. And I got to meet KMFDM in Joliet, IL of all places. ✌🏻
Lullaby is about a recurring nightmare which Robert had as a kid. (A nightmare where he was being eaten by a giant spider).
The whole song is therefore about the fear of sleep (it’s basically an anti-lullaby)
The video sums it up nicely
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This is correct....not about being abused...pervert!!!! [Darren😂]
I was lucky to see these guys live at the Hollywood Bowl this May with a friend. All of their songs were amazing but the songs off of Disintegration that they played (they played a LOT) were heartstopping. I never wanted it to end. The vocalist and one consistent band member, Robert Smith, is an angel with a beautiful voice. Hope you dive into more of their albums soon!!!
i never really liked live concerts until i saw The Cure Live in Valencia like 15 years ago, they opened with Plainsong (first time i heared it) and it literally changed my life, the impact of that opening and the whole concert afterwards change my whole concept of live concerts and even music, they are incredible and this is just one of the most perfect albums ever.
Also, the record label called this album “career suicide” as they did not this it was marketable. It’s their best and one of the greatest albums of all time. Fascination Street is about Bourbon Street in NOLA.
Robert Smith is a true poet and composer of the highest caliber; no one can touch him.
I was kinda of the same opinion as you about Lullaby at first. The creepy, whisper vocals definitely took some time to grow on me, but it did. I vibe with that song now and it’s one of their best live I think.
It’s a song about Robert Smith’s spider phobia as a child. He imagined that a giant spider “the spider man” would eat him alive
@@HerveBoisde I know what the song is about. I was talking about the song itself, not the lyrics.
@@mr.noride7226 just adding context. The content creator was a bit confused
Heard this album for the first time in high school the year it came out. 6 months later and had 10 or so cassettes. Disintegration, Porn0graphy, and Faith are timeless. I do enjoy some of thier lighter stuff too, but those three albums are core to me.
Seventeen Seconds though…
i know a lot of people enjoy SS, but that one misses the mark for me!@@samstevenson5328
@@samstevenson5328 amazing album as well. Forest alone is one of the best Cure's songs.
Live!!!!@@rexmandrake4182
You REALLY have to give The Cure's Kiss me Kiss Me Kiss me album a listen...really for hard-core fans! The pace change will blow your mind & the intro is the best I've ever heard!!
Good to see younger folk discover The Cure and this specific album. I've started listening to The Cure when this album came out back in 1989, and it totally reshaped the way I listened to music.
Love this album. Hope you cover Siouxsie and the Banshees (there is some overlap with Cure)
Some people, like the creators of South Park, say this is the best album ever created by man and I'm inclined to agree.
I’m watching you listen to this album for the first time and it’s making me so envious! Your face upon hearing the opening chords to Plainsong made me scream with joyful laughter; it’s how I felt as a 12 year old hearing it for the first time. Thank you!
Btw, Lovesong was a wedding gift to his Bride, Mary. They met when they were 15, and are still married today ❤❤❤
this album was a tough first listen to me (i somehow thought it was boring?!?!), but after seeing your reaction to plainsong i know you'll get it right away.
amazing album.
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The theme you’re reaching for is right there in the title - Disintegration. That and an overwhelming sense of ennui, tinged with the desire to find something more from a finite spell we have.
All the instruments blend together beautifully pure poetry.
1 song in and I know this is an AMAZING reaction! An epic album to start The Cure journey with. Look forward to watching your other Cure album reaction! 💯
the flaming lips- the soft bulletin
one of the greatest albums ever made. Magnificent, grandiose, opulent, beautiful, majestic, inspiring. ushered in a new genre of psychedelic music, and its production is amazing.
i second this! 10/10 album.
Disintegration is a masterpiece ❤. Robert Smith is a genius. Thanks, nice video.
Hey, I’m a huge fan of The Cure. I saw your video come up and I’ve never watched you before, but I just wanted to say I love your content and how you react to stuff. It’s nice to see people truly love and delve deep into music, especially with a record that requires that kind of dedication and passion like the Disintegration album.
As for the song Disintegration, I think it’s about the breaking apart of oneself (glass breaking) and aging. The whole album holds similar themes to that in my opinion, but in different shades. “Pictures of You” feels nostalgic and wistful, “Fascination Street” feels intense and sinful (like you said), “The Same Deep Water As You” feels like a hopeless and desperate (and a little coercive) love song. “Prayers For Rain” feel as if the singer is pleading for passion and excitement in his life, saying their counterpart is “so stale it kills”. I think it’s about the existential crisis that comes with aging and feeling like you’ve lost the intensity and vibrancy in your life. I think you’re totally right on the song “Disintegration” being like a whole story, and I think it’s the perfect title track. There’s so much text painting in this album too. Everything is just so tasteful and perfect. It really does envelope you.
Thank you so much for your video!! This was so cool and nice to watch :)
I wish I could go back and hear this for the first time again. It made high school so much better
Used to play Homesick (Entreat version) a lot when I was really not doing well living at home with my parents wanting to leave but had no means to do so
You neeeed to listen to Cocteau Twins, Heaven or Las Vegas was their first album I heard but they're all good
Yeah he should totally do Heaven Or Las Vegas since he liked the production on this so much.
I’ve already listened but I need to relisten
Great to see a young guy´s reaction to one of my favorite albums of the Cure . I started listening to them when I was 14 and became a big fan for many years. Still have a great love for dark emotional music
The Cure's sounds , lyrics and "vibration" has gotten me through alot of tough times....there music open the heart and soul and helps release stored up emotions to be released....check out there new single called "A Fragile Heart"....awesome.
30:20 when that bass hit 😩
i saw them live and i swear it was the best night of my life. i had no joke been waiting my whole life (all 20 years of it almost lmfao) to see them and it was just as magical and amazing as i imagined it would be
And they usually give you three hours of that. I dont know any other band that does that...I love them so much!!
I bought this album on CD when I was 13 years old and was experiencing my first heartbreak. It was winter, shortly after Christmas, and I knew nothing about this album when I bought it. I went home, put the album on, and layed down in my bed with some christmas lights being the only thing illuminating my cold room under the roof. it was perfect.
Loved this reaction to this epic album and one of my favourite bands.
I can't explain to you what this album was to me. I was a college freshman, just learning how to be an independent person. I was looking for identity..I was a huge metal guy, but then I found this. Everything in my world changed. I dont have the vocabulary to tell you what I went through, but I can tell you I long for that feeling again everyday of my life...
Your my faborite RUclipsr right now bro and like all the albums you listen to are great and you never miss ever dude
Thank You!!
!992 my father passed away and I was separated from my wife the felling in me was so so low and I would listen to the CD on the way to the funeral parlor and I cried in the private moments of my car because boys don't cry! Memories!!!
Saw them twice on this tour and honestly no words. One of the best tours I’ve ever seen. They would start out with Plainsong and as corny as it sounds, it was magical.
This is an album you have to listen to from beginning to end. Incredible.
I’d recommend Head on the Door after this.
Not corny at all. I saw them in Vancouver last year, and when they finally played Plainsong, I had a religious experience.
Awesome reaction, have you ever heard Fever Ray - Fever Ray? Incredible atmosphere and vibe and incredible songwriting.
Lol “shout out to this guy’s depression.” Thanks for sharing the ride!
thnx, I really enjoyed your review !
Also, love Roberts Smiths personality and stage presence. I got to see them in salt lake. Blood flowers and violent moodswins are fire
To me Wild Moodswings is their worsed album
I enjoyed watching you hear this for the first time 🤗 I was 😢 the whole time because this album holds very special memories for me. I saw them live in Chicago during this tour in the early 90’s 🙌🏼 saw them 2 other times in St Louis
Pictures of you, was written about a fire that happened while they were recording the album and the pictures of his new wife were destroyed in the fire,,so pictures of you was born
The music is so melancholy but The Cure's incredible pop sensibility will have you bopping while crying. It's masterful stuff that I never get tired of hearinng.
Coincidentally you said you have been adoring the sound which segues into me saying you should react to Adore by Smashing Pumpkins which is an album that has a huge influence from The Cure.
you should do one on Black Celebration by Depeche Mode!
would LOVE to see more Cure reactions, I loved seeing you hear the entire album! :)
Probably has the greatest title track of all time
Lullaby is a song about depression and addiction, which is one of the main themes of the album. The main vocalist was an addict at that time, and spiderman is a metaphor for his anxiety and depression, that always follows him and creeps up on him
This came out on my first birthday in 1989. The title track (and Pictures of You and Untitled) are the BEST.
Welcome! Come on in… the water is amaaaaaaaaaazing. Disintegration is a perfect album. I’ve been a fan of the Cure since the early 80s and I love seeing new reactions. You have great taste :-) “Oh my god” is RIGHT!
I just realized the Cure had dark sounding music 2 weeks ago and I am absolutely addicted. They are now my favorite band and it was the deftones prior but I now realize where they got their entire style from.
Have you seen the video of Deftones covering If Only We Could Sleep by The Cure in front of Robert Smith?
Search for it and add "MTV Icon" to the search.
Go listen to "Girls Float / Boys Cry" by Crosses. Robert Smith does a bit of a cameo in Chino's side project. ;)
Great switch!
"That song made me feel like I'm like a ballerina"SOUNDBITE! :D
Fascination Street was written after a wild night on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
Disintegration used to be played really fast live back when Boris Williams was the drummer. The current drummer, Jason Cooper, played it the best he's ever played it on this last tour. It sounded so good.
Go watch the video for Lullaby and it'll make more sense.
Gonna come back and check this out after I watch the TMNT movie with my kids. Looking forward to this one, The Cure are legendary.
Some other albums for your consideration:
Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam
Animal Collective: Centipede Hz.
Animal Collective: Time Skiffs
Brand New - Science Fiction
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So glad your first experience with Disintegration was so similar to all the rest of us when we heard it. 💪🏼❤️🎸
Just watched it again. One of the best album reactions ever. Superb. Thanks dude x
I didn't see anyone address Lovesong in the comments, though may've missed it of course. It was about his wife, written as his wedding present to her. They were together for over a decade, married, and have been married for 35 years.
Thanks for this reaction!!! Love it.
If u pay attention on Prayers for rain he was waiting for that rain, and next song starts with rain sounds. That was an excellent introduction to the song. Sorry if my english isnt the best.
30:23 love that face u really enjoyed it
One of the best albums ever ❤ I really enjoy watching and waxing nostalgic.
Except! Unless we had liner notes, lyrics were a total crap shoot.
Sometimes you'd catch them, sometimes you made your best guess and committed to it. 😊
I'm so excited you popped your The Cure cherry! They have been my favorite group for around 35 years. Desintegration is near perfection. Wish & Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me are great too but Head on the Door is early The Cure and fairly different from their modern work. I hope you check out more of their albums. If you get a chance to see them in concert you should, I've seem them 3 times & it's worth, they played for 3 hours last time I saw them
Fascination Street is about Bourbon Street in New Orleans
I think lullaby is that one song about “the monster under the bed”
What a fantastic review. Thank you so much X x
A lot of these songs to me are even better on the "Entreat" live album ❤
this monolith of an album drags its songs out and is soooo much better for it. the reverb, the watery guitars, the synths, the fucking GLOOMY atmosphere... let it lead the way and just fall in and you'll be rewarded with one of the best albums of the 80s.
In my top ten albums, for sure. 🖤
i smoked before watching this and i'm loving this video 😭 i'm a huge fan of this album and the cure in general, and i really liked what you had to say about it
also u had me laughing out loud which was a nice surprise considering the tone of album 💀
Oh! And from The Cure's album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, there's a song called How Beautiful You Are... that is an absolutely gorgeous pop song with profoundly sad lyrics. You'll appreciate it! That album also has their biggest hit of all time Just Like Heaven. You might even recognize it. :)
Definitely not a happy album, haha. But one of the greatest of all time. I highly recommend that you look into/react to some other albums by The Cure. Based on your reactions here, I think you'd really enjoy Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography. Those are kind of known as "the dark trilogy" of the Cure.
While they also have some very poppy songs, such as Just Like Heaven (arguably the greatest pop-rock song of all time), Friday I'm in Love, Boys Don't Cry and Inbetween Days, they are most known for being icons to the goth community. Not just through their music (some of which can be considered gothic rock), but also for their visuals and sentiments.
I can see why you possibly like Lullaby the least. It also took me some time to fully appreciate it. The "spiderman" within the lyrics is definitely not the superhero. Imagine it as a human sized spider monster that's trying to eat you. Like a sleep paralysis demon and you can't move. The song was allegedly inspired by a nightmare Robert had. So the entire atmosphere, the lyrics in it and the hauntingly whispered delivery all fit that really well.
Suggestions for future Album reactions, INXS: KICK, Depeche Mode: Violator, Metallica: And Justice For All, The Cure: Wish, I also had never listened to Disintegration before this video and now it's definitely one of my favorites now! Thanks for the Content!
Never enough love for the bassist, Simon Gallup. He's a stellar example of a bassist who knows exactly where he needs to sit in a soundscape. His lines aren't always the most interesting on their own, but they're always a valuable and indispensable part of any Cure song.
My first concert was the cure in 1992 when I was 13. I was In 7th grade at the time, and this jock kid used to pick me up and put me in the trash every day for having a picture of Robert smith in my locker. In the early 90’s it was a much bigger deal to be a dude who was a fan of a guy wearing makeup. I never took that photo down tho! If you wanna try another band in this vein, check out siouxsie and the banshees. I’d suggest the album juju to start. Robert even played guitar for them for a bit, and did a side project with their bassist called the glove.
A few random comments:
Robert said Untitled was the key song on the album - reiterating the themes of failed communication and being overwhelmed by a sense of the futility of existence. (There's one infamous live recording of it where, in a very intoxicated state, he drops most of the lyrics and instead mumbles verses from his self-recriminatory epic Watching Me Fall.)
Prayers For Rain is a metaphor for depression and the urge to commit suicide. Cue the next song...
I've always interpreted The Same Deep Water... as a couple committing suicide by drowning but ending up in a cryogenically frozen state - hence the perpetual kiss.
Disintegration (the song) - I can't find the reference online now, but it's been identified as a close rewrite of someone else's poem.
Fascination Street is about scoring hallucinogenic drugs in New Orleans (not coincidentally, two years later their friendly-rivals The Mission released a more manic song on the same subject)
Closedown is a song about world weariness and diminished emotional receptivity - surely another key song.
Re: Lullaby and Lovesong - these might be rare instances where watching the video helps.
It's clear that these songs are deadly serious - almost a decade later Robert could lose his composure onstage and be fighting back tears whilst singing Disintegration or Deep Water... (admittedly I'm thinking of certain gigs where he was obviously tripping and/or tipsy - then again he showed similar tendencies, sober, in 1981... ).
I saw them live in Stockholm a year ago, i have never cried as much as i did when they played pictures of you
cocteau twins- the moon and the melodies Is a very interesting listen
On release I worked at a record shop, "I bought it" and thought screw it, put it on, in the shop pretty loud whilst the manager was at the bog. LOL, at first he was pissed but then after he "tuned" into the album he was like "man, I`d forgotten how good the Cure are", so we listened to the album pretty much on repeat during my shift.
Great time, some customers were like "lets get outta here", but surprising how many from different eras pricked up their ears and enquired what the tunes were and who it was. Remember many reserved copies and they waiting outside to get it, sold really well.
When you said you had to turn the volume up in the beginning was it because you saw the liner notes that say “this music was mixed to be played loud - so TURN IT UP”?
Welcome to The Cure Smags 🎉😊
It was the end of my junior year in high school when Disintegration came out and I had already been a fan of the Cure for years, but this album blew my mind. I was still a child, but I could taste freedom and everything I wanted from adulthood. Disintegration was in my discman on repeat that entire Spring/Summer and, every night, when my parents were asleep, I’d go outside and listen in the dark, and get lost in all the emotions described and expressed in this album. (Did I mention I was a little baby goth?) To this day, the first notes of any song on Disintegration take me back to the gravel walkway on the side of my childhood home. THE CURE FOREVER 🖤
A flawless album. Enjoyed watching you experience it. My mind was blown hearing it for first time as a teenager in 1989.
I am DYING at your reaction to lullaby 😭💀
crazy thought you heard the cure all your life based on what you like 😄
Can’t believe I haven’t
Nobody makes a hollowbody electric guitar sound as sad and tragic as the Cure.
Kyle from South Park knew what's up, "Disintegration is the best album ever!"
One of the most brilliant reviews ever. You felt exac9what. I did