FIRST TIME HEARING THE CURE - JUST LIKE HEAVEN

[@carenhelms8518]

I've been a fan of The Cure since the 80s. They were always kind of a band for outsiders and people who were into alternative music. This is a great song to be your first from them!

[@andyallen7437]

We were all Mods in the mid to late 80s , i always liked the Cure but wouldn't tell my mates that , funny how lines were drawn back then regarding music and fashion..

[@thetextpistols7354]

I always considered them to be borderline commercial. “Used to be Goth”, if you will. Now that I’m older and see things differently, theCure are more akin to my generations Rolling Stones sans $300 concert tickets. In a lifespan slash extensive catalog, not the genre kind of way.

[@Hi-qe9gt]

@@thetextpistols7354 yep, even though Robert Smith doesn’t like to be labeled as goth, the cure’s music definitely was goth and more alternative in the early 80s with 17 seconds , faith, and pornography (my favorite album by them).IMO faith and pornography are definitely albums worth revisiting if you haven’t listened to them in awhile, they’re both really consistent in terms of quality and sooo good. ‘One hundred years’, ‘Siamese twins’, ‘a strange day’, the funeral party’, ‘the holy hour’ and ‘Charlotte sometimes’ are highlights for me. I think with the album head in the door in 1985 they crossed over into mainstream /pop territory with singles like ‘inbetween days’ and ‘close to me’. The early 80s was a dark period for the band and in particular Robert Smith, he was struggling heavily with drugs/depression the band had almost split up after the release of pornography in 82. Simon gallop (bassist ) left the band for a few years and Robert tried to regroup and distance himself from their gothic roots/fanbase with singles later appearing on ‘Japanese whispers’ (let’s go to bed, the lovecats, and the walk) and subsequently ‘the top’. Around this time he stepped in as a guitarist for Siouxsie and the banshees and toured with them for about a year, in addition to some other side projects. Head in the door was sort of a comeback and i think that the mixed reception that ‘pornography’ and ‘the top’ received from critiques pushed them into adopting more commercial and accessible sound in the mid to late 80’s. I prefer the earlier stuff more than their big singles but they’re still enjoyable.

[@thetextpistols7354]

@@Hi-qe9gt spot on, man. You hit on it and I don’t think people can imagine just how stressful it must’ve been trying to replace John McGeoch. I play and I don’t know about you but there’s no way in Hell I volunteer for that job. No F’ing way. McGeoch was like the David Bowie of guitar and maybe even that/my generations Hendrix. In fact, I’m going off of what’s left of a memory, but I think Smith quit on Siouxsie like a couple of days before their tour kicked off? Stress being the reason, caused by McGeoch’s ghost. But regardless of genre or used to be this or that, theCure is undoubtedly legit. Grinding Halt and Three Imaginary Boys are gonna always be important songs to me. That, and I have a daughter named Charlotte.

[@Hi-qe9gt]

@@thetextpistols7354 he and Siouxsie never got on, he didn’t alluded to her pushing him in the background and not being able to share the spotlight/have any creative input . Their personalities clashed a bit and he eventually did quit a few weeks before a tour, she seemed to hold a grudge for years because of this. His brief time with the banshees also Influenced Robert Smith heavily in regards to imagery and music, around that time he started regularly wearing makeup and adopted his signature ‘goth’ aesthetic. The cure also holds a special place in my heart, got me through a lot of tough times in my adolescence and early adulthood, and have undoubtedly been an immense source inspiration for so many musicians:-).

[@bluedragon4]

The cure has the most beautiful and dramatic music. The cure is a whole mood.

[@JamesSerapio]

"Just Like Heaven" is the perfect song. Hits all the right notes musically and lyrically. One of the purest love songs out there, spanning bliss and loss.

[@jnicholson460]

Sometimes a while will go by without me hearing Just Like Heaven. Then something like this video pops up. And it blows me away again. It *is* the perfect song.

[@faivrejean-michel8744]

D'accord avec ça.

[@AssAssiNMeSSixD]

@@jnicholson460 same

[@AssAssiNMeSSixD]

@@jnicholson460 same

[@dwhitman3092]

OMG You got that right!

[@rik6696]

Her reaction when she hears " stole the only girl I loved and drown her deep inside of me". Only Robert Smith writes existential love songs.

[@rudowakening3638]

This is the definition of a perfect pop song. Robert is just a gift to us all

[@Rob-eo5ql]

The opening line is the best: “Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick “The one that makes me scream" she said "The one that makes me laugh" she said And threw her arms around my neck Show me how you do it And I promise you I promise that I'll run away with you...”

[@raylangley797]

PICTURES OF YOU is a beautiful song by them and my favorite . the lead singer was a tormented soul .

[@wozzab9136]

‘Was a tormented soul’ - Robert Smith is very much still alive

[@raylangley797]

@@wozzab9136 I said was because I don't know if he ever got the help he needed .

[@doozydoge1053]

One of my favorite songs of all time. It was a "coming of age" song for me as a teenager. Can't listen to it without a tear or two.

[@TheWanderfound]

He's been happily married for decades, actually. 🙂 But they do know how to bring the melancholy in the music.

[@jessicamedina9005]

He’s gone on record to say he’s a happy person, but all happy songs would be boring.

[@calabiyou]

hE WROTE IT FOR HIS WIFE, HIS TEENAGE LOVE WHOM HES STILL MARRIED TO.

[@amyhon2000]

When this song came out I fell in love with the Cure and worked my way through their back catalog. There is no bad Cure song. ❤️

[@TXJUSA]

He wrote about and for his wife who he is still married too.

[@denniscarroll3164]

Temptation is always there, but don't trade the girl that really loves you for someone that doesn't. Only fling when your single!

[@syteanric]

She's in the video to the song

[@kimmckaig3152]

I love that 💕

[@amymaliga1674]

His wife Mary and him have been together since they were 13. Pretty amazing!

[@jesslishman]

@@denniscarroll3164 you don't have a temptation when you love somebody. most men will never do

[@shanehebert396]

This is an absolutely perfect late 80s song. "Pictures of You" is another great one.

[@elbruces]

God, I can just disappear into this song. The layers of musicianship, the lyrics, it's the perfect song.

[@Shelsight]

You’ve described it 100%

[@ugadawgs1990]

The lead singer / main Cure member, Robert Smith, has been married to his high school love for like 30+ years.

[@kimmageal]

You hit the nail on the head-he wrote it after spending a “holiday”(British for vacation) with his then girlfriend (now wife)-he noticed how in love he was with her and wrote this song-true story-Robert Smith-the best ever!!!

[@mikecaetano]

After this you really must check out The Cure "Lovesong", but if you're going deep, also check out "A Forest", "Close To Me", and "In Between Days" among others.

[@nathanielnicholson559]

That list needs 'a night like this' ;)

[@matthewdever2118]

That entire album.

[@paranormalskeptic3893]

In between days is my 2nd favorite Cure song.

[@nathanielnicholson559]

@@paranormalskeptic3893 how about the exploding boy?

[@dankofanz]

Try 'Friday I'm in Love' and 'Lullaby' - 2 fantastic Cure songs (and videos)

[@wrobinnes]

Lullaby is literally the gayest song ever.

[@georgestobbart4894]

@@Pwwh0711 or the whole bloodflowers album

[@caperboy1169]

I remember when this some came out. I had never heard anything like this before

[@squint04]

Exactly!!

[@someoneyoudontknow342]

I love The Cure!!! My favorite Band ever!!! Listen to Lullaby, Boys dont Cry, Inbetween Days or Plainsong! 🥰

[@lrads1]

Robert Smith is a poet. Best songwriter! I've seen them in concert 3 or 4 times. They sound exactly the same on stage. Amazing and always unforgettable.

[@miket.220]

One of the biggest songs of 1987, this song still gets me, everytime I hear it. I saw the Cure a month ago and this was the set closer, and it absolutely brought the house down. Absolute classic.

[@christinehochgenug4632]

Just saw The Cure live for the first time, 2 nights ago (Oct. 2022) been a fan for years….his voice has NOT changed one bit. This is an awesome song, very dreamy and feeling the love. Glad you liked it!❤

[@terrywyatt8304]

I remember first hearing this guy, I'm a heavy metal rock musician but I'll listen to everything. This blew me away because it was a hit top chart. And he made it look so easy! Rule of thumb, lyrics melody & music must compliment each other!

[@jerryramsey4236]

Ha! Imagine hearing this and seeing them live in -1987 The Cure, Kissing Tour! Now that's "Just Like Heaven!

[@tommy5675]

I've got to add "The Love Cats" and the Awesome "Boys Don't Cry" by The Cure Great reaction Jayy

[@blinkspacestudio8892]

Yeah the Cure will drag your heart out and show it to your face. They are so brilliant.

[@JamesSerapio]

Another great song by The Cure is "Catch". They are masters of tormented love songs.

[@ColdCanuck23]

My favorite song on the album.

[@BeastrealDT]

The Cure, "Friday I'm In Love", "Love Song." ✌❤🌹

[@ncouch2]

Love you Jayy! Love Song is 🙀

[@susannaaivajeedas9492]

In 1989/1990 I was in my glory days. Galavanting through East Europe and the USSR it was amazing to watch people fall in love with The Cure.

[@davidwalker683]

O the cure so awesome. You have only begun! Get Depeche Mode as well..

[@troedelgerry]

Wow ! You discovered The Cure ! They have TONS of good songs. I would recommend "Bloodflowers" it's one of their very best songs... moving and intense !

[@georgestobbart4894]

what an album!!

[@pablogaeta3815]

easily my favourite cure song. among my favourite songs of all time. I don't think i've ever skipped this one!

[@pauldd7033]

This song got heavy airplay on the radio. It’s still can be heard on commercial radio stations that play a variety of music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. This is probably the most popular song by a very popular band. The cure is considered an alternative band. They are arguably the most popular alternative band or at least one of them from the 1980s. I’m surprise that she never heard it before. It is still played in speakers over the store Soundsystem sometimes when you go shopping. She must be pretty young to have never heard of before. There’s a reason why he’s playing so much though. It’s great!

[@Manders13]

This is one of the all-time best (in my opinion) love songs ever; so simple and sweet! Everyone wants that love, and deserves it.

[@aburke0823]

This song takes me back to a July night in 1990 when a boy sang this to me. He wasn't THE ONE but for one night I believed he could be. 💜

[@standandeliver8376]

I saw a recording of The Cure at Glastonbury a year or two back and it was just hit after hit, and I mean decent songs, not just pop shit. It hadn't occurred to me until that point just how good they are.

[@nvw2978]

I saw them at Glastonbury in 89 or 90, can’t remember which... did my first acid trip watching the cure haha

[@jonnytrueblue8407]

That set at Glasto was absolutely superb.

[@jiwi736]

I remember the Cure from the early 80’s to the 90’s, and always appreciated them, but never bought their music, made a point to go to a show (and I saw a lot of shows in the 80’s). There was a always a place in my pop heart for for Friday I’m in Love. My nephew turned 30 in 2016 and for his birthday wanted me his old uncle to go to a Cure concert with him and his girlfriend (he has a soft spot for the 80’s). I was looking forward to it as an event and just hoped for my nephew that musically the aging band wouldn’t disappoint. They played a really long, entertaining, set of song after great song - I’d forgotten how many they had! - and while clapping for the encore both my nephew agreed wow great, wish they’d played this or that, but we would have gone home satisfied. Then they came out, Robert Smith apologized for his voice being shit (it was holding up great), then they played 2 encores I think of 5 songs each and just blew us away. It only took me 35 years to become a _real_ fan.

[@onechopbuddy3849]

This is a beautiful song, so well composed

[@thatheinz]

I love The Cure and am a fan since 1986. Have a listen to Pictures of you! That is just as beautiful.

[@farrken]

I love the cure. I recommend Friday I'm in Love, Lovesong, Close to Me, Lovecats, Fascination Street, Lullaby, Pictures of You.

[@ronsworld250]

Damn, I have been a Cure fan since I was in junior high school, 7-9 grades right around the time Pornography was released in ‘82. I still remember buying Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me as a sophomore in college in ‘87 on cassette and playing the album and listening to Just Like Heaven. Just hearing Boris Williams’ drum roll gave me chills then and still does to this day. As a friend of mine once stated when this came on the Muzak while we were in the gym, ‘Ron, this is the greatest pop/ rock song ever written.’ I couldn’t disagree with my friend Bob. Robert and the guys have been such an integral part of my life for close to forty years. JLH, is a perfect song. Lyrics, vocal, playing, arrangement are flawless. Lastly, it has been my ringtone for about 13 years and counting.

[@mmaarrttyy123]

The cure were inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. They have so many good song. Try Boys Don't Cry, In Between Days, Love Cats and Friday I'm in Love.

[@timvanboening9432]

Awesome that you checked them out. The Cure has been my favorite band for close to three decades now! The you went back on is more poetic hyperbole than fact. The whole verse goes “Daylight lick me into shape I must have been asleep for days With moving lips, I breathed her name I opened up my eyes And found myself alone, alone Alone above a raging sea It stole the only girl I loved And drowned her deep inside of me” Keep in mind that Robert Smith has a flair for the grandiose and poetic language. It just makes for a mode fantastical word picture, you know? It’s difficult to encapsulate the emotions The Cure express overall in their songs. You have the slow dark anguish and pain, jubilant romance and silliness, and everything in between. If you’re wanting to check out more songs by the band, I’ll break them up into “happy songs” and “sad songs.” I won’t include their darker songs, just more pretty and sad love songs. Happy “Lovesong” (which he wrote for his wife Mary as a wedding present in 1989, and is wonderful) “Inbetween Days” “Lovecats” (which has a real nice jazz swing bass guitar and drums) “The Caterpillar” “Catch” and “Friday I’m In Love” (as famous a song of theirs as “Just Like Heaven”) Sad songs “Pictures of You” “A Letter to Elise” “Burn” “Open” (this song is seven minutes long, but has awesome imagery in the story of excess at parties and how sometimes you and your mate want different things) “How Beautiful You Are” (this is a fantastic song whose opening lyrics grab you. “What to know why I hate you? Well, I’ll try and explain... remember that day in Paris, when we’d wander through the rain?” I can go on and on and on (and on) about this band, but I won’t. Great video!

[@melissa2688]

Oh to be a teenager in the 1980s and be a Cure fan. Still love these guys in 2021.

I'm 43 now and been listening to The Cure since I was 12yrs old ... they rock and I've been around the park and know their stuff indeed.

[@michelekarl1411]

I literally have my cure T-shirt on! Loved the cure since high school!

[@echopryme]

The Cure, as a band, will easily be the most satisfying music you will ever encounter in your life. When you're in a happy place, its danceable and awesome... When you're in a bad place, it will break you down to your essentials and remake everything that you are. Trust me... I've been there. ALOT of people that clicked this have been there!

[@bemused9522]

oh la! just LOVE The Cure. Charlotte Sometimes, Into the trees, The Lovecats, Fascination Street.....ohhh...just about everything....the Cure was THE soundtrack to my lovelife in highschool and college.....LOL. Great reaction, hope you do more.

[@janstan8407]

That look on your face is what we call, "Getting lost in the sauce". This is TRULY a beautiful song!

[@grahamwarren6578]

The Cure is such a great Band, first Album was released about 1979. Their Music ranges from Happy to quite serious sad songs. I last saw them in December 2016 in London. Amazing Concert, they were on stage for 3 hours. Robert Smiths voice is still Fantastic even after 40 plus years.

[@dalvinarocho5089]

Love your reaction!!!! You have a great ear!!! Im a huge 80s kid!!! YOUR MY SPIRIT ANIMAL!!!!😁😁😁😎😎😎

[@jamesspencer1997]

I was at a bar and had this playing on my cell with ear buds on and i took them off for a second, i was setting next to a 6'3 ft cowboy spoke like it dressed like it and everything..he said to me is that the Cure? I said yes..he said it was one of his favorite bands and hand seen them every time they had been in the area to play..

[@teresageron5480]

MORE! Suggestions: In Between Days, A Night Like This, A Letter to Elise, Lovesong, Lullabye

[@cherry363]

The Cure gave me the feelz as a teenaged girl in the 80’s, and they give me the feelz now, as a 48 year old woman. Great music is simply great music♥️❤️♥️.

[@anthonydelossantos9270]

I love your reaction!! In the original video tje ghost girl dancing is Robert Smiths ' wife. They are still together. I remember when the song first came out. Made me want to find a love like that...

[@kimmckaig3152]

Love the Cure! Classic!

[@buster3448]

Love The Cure! I was so fortunate to attend their concert a few years ago. One of the best concerts I've ever attended!

[@paranormalskeptic3893]

Out of the thousands of new wave songs, and the hundreds of them that I like, this may be my favorite song of that genre. Just the quintessential 1980s new wave song. I love it as much today as I did in the 1980s. I have a New Wave playlist on my iPhone, and of course I play this song twice in a row every time it comes on. Just my favorite.

[@the_black_arts]

The Cure is every bit important and wonderful as The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. A truly tremendous and legendary band.

[@lightonstillwaters6789]

You look so beautiful as you involuntarily tear up at 3:16, expressing in your eyes the powerful emotions this ephemeral magical song evokes in us listeners, as we are transported by The Cure into a magnificent moodscape miles above the mundane. Happy Almost Spring 2021 March 13! 🌱🌿☘️🍀🌾🌷

[@MoonChild-1994]

Love his one! Fascination Street (extended mix) has a sort of dystopian dream-like music progression before getting into imaginative song lyrics. Check it!

[@oscarnelson6922]

Thank you for this reaction and posting this. This is actually my all-time favorite song. For some reason I get very emotional when I hear it. I really can’t think of any cure songs that I do not like. Thanks again.

[@beriandavies2111]

The Cure have sooo many great songs, it might be worth you having a Cure day.

[@stephielulu9096]

Robert Smith has the most beautiful voice ever! 💖🎶💖🎶💖🎶💖🎶🎶

[@davidbessey6518]

Pictures of You, Love Song, Burn, Lullaby, Jumping Someone Else's Train, A Forest, A Night Like This,.............

[@ElisaBerlin_]

As a lifelong Cure fan, this made me happy. Glad you found them!!

[@jennifferscherle612]

I love this song. This was the first song I found on my own. I was so excited to buy this cassette. 🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@kiko-6662]

I bought this cassette and listening on my Walkman, walking in a forest... great moment 🤘

[@lmagdangal4842]

It's such a melodic journey. A darker but also beautiful song is A Forest

[@shatterstar1111]

THE CURE BURN . THE CROW SOUNDTRACK . LOVE YA

[@russelldooley5705]

Robert Smith is just a fantastic no bull shit person. Considered by many in the UK to be a national treasure. He doesn't play nicely with the media and despises sycophants. I'm confident you will love him as we do.

[@jackhebert2140]

As a guitar player, this is home for me. No showing off, no attempt at shredding, no over the top soloing. Just melding into the song, creating atmosphere and emphasizing different chords. Bands like The Cure, The Smiths, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Kinks, The Jam, The Bangles, R.E.M, Stone Roses, Blur, Oasis, Radiohead, and of course The Beatles, have shaped how I look at music and how I create it

[@timspence7061]

If you want a perfect example of how shatteringly passionate his voice can get, check out "A Thousand Hours". Like. Wow.

[@traherne6726]

I hope you watch their music videos, very impressive to look at. One of my fave bands from the ‘80s era.

[@GC-bm8nl]

Robert met Mary Poole in school art class when they were both fourteen. "I just struck lucky early on," he told The Guardian in 2004. Smith has said of Just like Heaven “the best pop song The Cure has ever done… all the sounds meshed, it was one take, and it was perfect.” I agree.

[@christinawoolley6206]

The Cure!!! Yes! I was fortunate to be newly married when this came out. The lyrics, voice and instrumentation are magical! He wasn't scared of romance during a time in music which favored techno, dystopian edge although they did go there and how! There's so many more greats lady!!! Thanks for sharing! 😽🎶💝

[@johnblackwell2164]

My favorite band from high school. I even had the hair. Haha. Start at the beginning and watch Boys Don’t Cry.

[@daveradfern5013]

Love that you were digging The Cure. Keep opening peoples minds to great music its wonderful to watch. Big love from the UK 🤩

[@dwhitman3092]

One of the few Happy songs from the CURE, yet it still brings me to tears.

[@klauss1995]

The Cure - Lovesong!

[@edf9682]

There’s a Live Cure out there from when Robert was young and he almost looks preppy but that voice was amazing back then!

[@libbylulu148]

My number 1 favorite song. My favorite music group. Thanks for reacting. It was great to be a teen in the 80s. The Cure is an English post punk/new wave gothic group in the 80s with a unique sound. At times they poked through mainstream pop charts. Some of their songs could be dark, serious, goofy, sarcastic, or adorable. A lot of alt groups of that genre were like that in the 80s.

[@TNT-dp2jq]

Check out their songs Pictures of You, Love Song and Friday I’m in Love.

[@clairerussell1391]

Yaaaaaay, The Cure! ❤❤❤

[@clairerussell1391]

Boys Don't Cry, Lovecats, Friday I'm in Love, Pictures of You, Just Like Heaven... they have so many amazing tunes!

[@billblack5399]

Like you, lovey lady, the cure is auuuthentic, 'n aaawesome!

[@carlgrant9785]

The name of the band is very apt. Their music is a cure for a lot of things.

[@janes.1559]

Remember when Robert was just a Banshee in Siousxie and the Banshees? The Cure has some of the beat pop music of all time, overlooked by many, but cult like fans. I still love them, in my 50s.

[@ingobordewick6480]

The Cure were huge in the 80's

[@jessicamedina9005]

I’d have to argue they’re still a pretty big deal. At least to their fans😉

[@ingobordewick6480]

@@jessicamedina9005 Yeah, like me. ;-)

[@vic5594]

They still are in 2021

[@syteanric]

They still are! Cannot wait for the new album

[@darkkhalwb]

Another great song they did is "A Forest". It's got an almost otherworldly ambience to it.

[@jeangomez3947]

amo a The Cure....love love love

[@willfromyadkinville]

the Cure will take you on a wild and beautiful journey!

[@katefrederickson2090]

Ahh! Memories! At the Bronco Bowl in Dallas TX saw them in concert back in the 80's.

[@christophermcconnell3867]

Love to see anyone's reaction to this song. all time favorite. The Cure have a deep deep catalog, so much gold to be found there. Even if you start with the few greatest hits albums you'll be well off =)

[@jeanpeuxplus7257]

Iconique pour les Enfants du rock 😉 "In between days" should follow! Can you remember the 80's WITHOUT The Cure ? Nope!

[@simonscott7312]

Love song is another amazing song of theirs

[@lesliehagemann5755]

This is one of my favorite songs of allllll time. ❤️💕

[@miketodd185]

Long over due but in 2019 they finally made it into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.... Awww you do read what we ask!!! Xoxoxoox

[@heribertoabrego4429]

Robert Smith is an absolute musical genius the cure is music you feel in your soul.

[@robinlabouche2230]

I looooooved the Cure !!!!!!!

[@geminiacleo7ewe]

Sis,I COULD HUG YOU!!!! Admittedly, there are only two songs that I like by The Cure,and this is,by far my favourite Cure song!

[@SomeRandomOldFatGuy]

The cure is so good at making you *feel* their songs

[@nataliehardy332]

Absolutely love The Cure. I grew up to my parents dancing in the kitchen with Robert Smith.. Floating down memory lane for sure right now

[@DoppelgangerShockwave]

Every time I hear this song, I too want to find a woman and run away with her. I love The Cure. They are one of the greatest groups of all-time. Here's 5 more I think you should check out. 5. Boys Don't Cry 4. It's Friday (I'm In Love) 3. Love Song 2. Pictures Of You 1. Why Can't I Be You?