*FIRST TIME* 🎵 THE CURE - Just Like Heaven - REACTION

[@robdaniel3211]

He drowned his heart with his love for his wife. It’s not a breakup song, just praising his love for his wife.

[@alukuhito]

At that point they weren't married, but yeah...

[@tonywalker7602]

Perfect song.

[@polarart809]

All the nuances and delicate ballet of the love dance, this song. Love the Cure and Robert Smith lyrics (and sound)

[@queenshersei896]

Exactly. He just loves her. He drowned his heart with her love!! 😍😍

[@lLushKitty]

​@@alukuhito I apologise for finding your comment a year later and commenting on agreeing with you. Mary Poole is her name and they were married in 1988. Culture Club, The Cure, New Order, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie, and Pet Shop Boys (amongst a plethora of other 2nd British new wave/Goth bands) filled up my teenage angsty years.

[@BadLuckBrett]

"I love how he sounds like he just woke up" ... as a Cure fan for 30 something years, that line made my night 😂

[@negativeindustrial]

Wait until they hear “Lullaby” 🤣

[@BadLuckBrett]

@@negativeindustrial 😂

[@Sherdelune]

@@negativeindustrial Yess!

[@glapots]

Excellent 😂 That sums up the cure

[@CoraElise]

Disintegration.

[@steviekc9057]

The Cure has THE BEST love songs. Check out "Pictures of You", "Friday I'm in Love", "Boys Don't Cry" and, of course, "Love Song"

[@ricchardo]

You didn't mention "Catch" which is one of the greatest love song ever written surely.

[@bridgetvasquez9277]

Letters to Elise

[@robert3602]

Pictures of you will instantly send me into a nostalgia spiral. excellent song

[@KOLLIS1969]

Mint Car One of my favorite love songs ever

[@paulmccann76]

Friday I'm in love is their worst song so much better cure earlier stuff

[@PrettyDeadThings]

Per frontman Robert Smith's analysis of the opening verse ("Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick"), the line is both a reference to his love of performing magic tricks in his youth and "about a seduction trick, from much later in my life," Yet, overall, the song has a very specific meaning about a very specific person. According to Songfacts, in an interview with Blender in 2003 Smith said that the song is about his wife Mary Poole and their star-crossed love as flatmates in London during the '80s. "The song is about hyperventilating - kissing and fainting to the floor," Smith told Blender. "Mary dances with me in the video because she was the girl, so it had to be her. The idea is that one night like that is worth 1,000 hours of drudgery." For the ballad about Smith's muse, the band was given a lot of input from Mary herself (as well as the girlfriends of other band members) before the final version was cut. In fact, many of the band's flames hung out during recording sessions and critiqued the music: "The girls would sit on the sofa in the back of the control room and give the songs marks out often," Smith told Rolling Stone The Cure is my absolute favorite band (I was a 90's Goth, and still hold it in my heart and style of dress now).

[@davidleeroth784]

I was a rocke(as my name here says), but loved the whole 80s music scene. The Cure was a "guilty pleausre" for a lot of my rock friends.

[@ge-8135]

My first taste of the Cure was on cassette. Staring at the Sea. It was a musical revelation.

[@tonywalker7602]

Funny how creative bands are during their drug-manic days.

[@marcharley6465]

I'm so glad that you're exploring the "alternative" side of the 80s. There's so much to discover and enjoy. If you want to react to more from The Cure, I'd recommend their more commercial songs like "The love cats", "Close to me" & "Inbetween days".

[@ThePrincepiggy]

Imagine Brad listening to Love Cats 🤣

[@razor6552]

Lullaby

[@Rotellian]

Definitely. Close to me would be my favourite of those. Id also throw in Pictures of You.

[@monkee1969]

Friday i'm in love

[@phillipharrison2836]

@@razor6552 The best Cure song. Closely followed by 'Close to me'

[@sean88gator]

The synths & piano on this little tune ARE heavenly.

[@moonlitegram]

This was a top 40 pop song that had no chorus and a nearly minute long intro. Pretty nifty achievement if you ask me. This song has a bit of a mandela effect with me, because it feels like really should have been used as an iconic song from an iconic 80s film, and yet it wasn't. But I'm pretty sure you could throw this on to the end of any teen, coming of age, or romance movie from the 80s and it would fit perfectly and make a great ending song.

[@moonlitegram]

@Jeff Whiteside I'll have to check out that movie. Or at least the version from it.

[@robotoad72]

Robert Smith, the vocalist, sounds like this pretty much all the time. He is musical genius and I have been listening to the Cure since the early 80s as a kid... You should really do more of their tracks...I think you'll get them more and more...Check these out: Close to Me Pictures of You Boys Don't Cry In Between Days A Forest The Walk

[@razor6552]

A Forest!

[@baneh1329]

lovesong?

[@wendideleoncampbell4174]

Yep 👍

[@wendideleoncampbell4174]

Unavailable B-Sides🤟❤️

[@thomasmattsson3410]

From the edge of the deep green sea!

[@IceManTX69]

One of my most favorite songs after 53 years on this planet. Takes me back to high school.

[@thetheRedundant]

This is a great first intro to The Cure.

[@joesmith8725]

This is from last years 1st new wave stream (Around Jan/Feb 2022) . Yall were going to start off with donor's song (a Blancmange song if I recall), but chat wanted to go with this one instead.

[@kevinm3428]

Possibly, the greatest band of the 80's with dozens of hits, and a unique and influential sound.

[@clololown]

the smiths were slightly better but the cure is pretty close

[@scream9637]

Echo And The Bunnymen have to be in that list too

[@gothafrogs5003]

@@clololown the smith are not a musical reference. The Cure, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Joy Division are references.

[@clololown]

@@gothafrogs5003 o0f course they are, the smiths ended the gay synth pop bullshit of the 80s

[@gheller2261]

Not quite "dozens" of hits. Frankly, not many "hits" at all, at least in the US. It's why they were known as an alternative band. Only 1 top ten hit on Billboard charts and only about 5 or 6 in the top 50. But they have sold around 30 million albums.

[@ggold3357]

One of my all time fav bands. I graduated HS in "92. Bought Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me on cassette when it came out and wore it out in my "Walk Man". So many great songs. Enjoy this fun rabbit hole!

[@bibertkirk]

Kiss me kiss me kiss me was my first Cure album. I own every one now. I find that only certain types of people “get” their music and they, for me at least, are too few and far between here in Kansas. I’m going with Bloodfowers as my favorite with Disintegration as a close second. I can’t wait for the new album to come out!

[@kevinmitchell4018]

oh yesss.& disintegration wz soooo frigging awesome too

[@MyASMR777]

The Cure is great!!!!

[@rdm4509]

The Cure 'are' great

[@jamesharper3933]

One of the top modern rock bands of the 80', 90's and beyond. Yes, you will find some of their lyrics a little on the strange side. Other bands to check out are Siouxsie and the Banshees, Psychedelic Furs, Cocteau Twins and Slowdive.

[@joechurch7]

The Psychedelic Furs latest album Made Of Rain is great stuff.

[@1Philmingo]

Nice list

[@stonedphilosopherza4915]

Cocteau Twins are incredible, such a big catalog as well

[@_Shadoh_]

Not rock tho. Darkwave is the genre.

[@geniousatqw]

Your music mirrors your mind The band is actually called Siouxie Sue and the Banshees You're forgetting the Sue part

[@jrag9435]

The Cure is the only band that I would actually the cd (album or cassette tape) insert and carry around just to read the lyrics…they read like poetry. Plainsong, Fascination Street, In Between Days, Prayers for Rain, Pictures of You, Open, Letter to Elise, To Wish Impossible Things, Apart, etc…. all great songs. These guys almost made heartbreak worth having…

[@janosfernandez945]

Every Cure song is a poem and a story...

[@ronp1903]

"Close To You", one of my favorite songs from The Cure. Lex will love it and giggle her way to the music! 🎶🤭

[@benshafer5198]

Love Lex's Robert Smith impression🤣! Was never a huge fan of the band's entire catalogue, but bought this LP in the late 80's, as the whole thing was 🔥 (like this one). Pretty sure you guys will find that New Wave is a very broad, diverse genre. Everything from, post punk, techno, guitar based, alternative dance, neo-psychedelia, etc. I noticed some downbeat tracks were winning the polls during the stream, but there are plenty of super high energy bands/tracks to choose from. Hope you guys continue to delve into it!

[@harrycarrey5124]

I love the incredible guitar in the left ear of my headphones coming in and out.

[@tammyhastings5761]

My favorite band for the last 36 years, I have seen them live 18 times. All of their songs are great!

[@nunc-hic-stans4211]

Gosh!!! So many memories, friends, loves, moments, and The Cure always there, for more than FOURTY YEARS 😱😢😭🤗.

[@j_nightshade]

I’ve seen them several times in concert. Excellent band.

[@patriciagottardi6909]

Ohh, this song! Brings back memories. Lovely memories!

[@jrobwoo688]

The Cure Fascination Street, is my absolute favorite. The bass line is kicking.

[@jeffreyaverett1800]

Robert Smith had a great way of putting dark lyrics to upbeat tunes. The Cure are timeless. More please.

[@CoffeeAndPaul]

I like how she's like "this isn't a club beat" but this got steady rewinds at alternative dance clubs all over. It's very danceable.

[@alwaysengines]

This is the song and album that made them worldwide stars

[@stylecombinator]

Finally the Cure! Love them, please do more songs!

[@MustafaBinAkbar]

This is my wife and my song from the first time we dated back in the 80's. She was 15 a punk/goth and I was 18 a jock, she introduced me to the underground scene and music. I became a closet punk/goth! still listen to this music today!!!!

[@bminturn]

I'm not a huge The Cure fan, but this song has been on my playlist for years.

[@alistairmcdougall9625]

Robert Smith from the Cure his voice is unique listen to a few more of their tracks & trust me you'll love them

[@scottbalts7559]

He Loved his Wife forever...no break up Deep Love, Punk Love....watch their videos of their songs on stage.... They didn't separate. The more you Watch the Cure the more you can't stop

[@sharilynbratton6476]

I love The Cure, they give me a vibe like no other band has. Just puts me in a dreamy other dimension even after all these years of listening.

[@bobbysimpson5540]

One of the Best Live shows Ive ever seen. Lucky to have seen them about 10 times over the years. Music is so SOOTHING. Great Band and Robert is amazing singer.

[@milesdoodling1054]

Most of The Cure's music is dreamy, I love it!

[@andydurazo5337]

One of my favourite songs! Never got tired of it even after some 30+ years.

[@nickblood7080]

The cure are fucking amazing. - he’s just talking about someone you love not being near you. Not literally seperated by a body water

[@alvarovaldovinos6836]

I saw him for this concert. He was also in Siouxsie and the Banshes, The Glove, and produced other bands like And also the Trees and the The Cranes.

[@keimahane]

Classic. The Cure has been one of my favorite bands since the 80's, their sound really takes to my special place :)

[@keithponchillia421]

The Cure was definitely an 80's icon of Alternative Rock.

[@GinaGeeILuvu]

The Cure was one of the best Indy rock bands of the 80s/90s! Robert Smith’s voice is so unique and dreamy! ❤️❤️

[@eximusic]

By far the best band of the 80s. And best performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ever (many decades later). OMG, all good lyrics are poetic (metaphorical, symbolic, allegorical, etc.).

[@dionisioiacobelli6689]

One of the greatest pop songs ever written.

[@sdev2749]

the way he sings is just his style - he sings like this on every song in the band - this is why he was so popular

[@RSpracticalshooting]

Boys Don't Cry, Love Song, Friday I'm In Love, A Letter To Elise Need to react to those too.

[@jaycordner3890]

Lalabye to me..

[@howieb4217]

I totally missed you guys doing this! Appreciated. Just Like Heaven is my favourite song ❤️

[@SuperMickyChow]

Loving the way Lex is bopping away and grinning from the very start of the song... it's so infectious and exactly the reaction of all the Cure fans throughout the years

[@sherribacharach540]

The Cure is my all time favorite band!! This band transports me to a different place. I decide which mood I am in and then pick the album that fits and listen from start to finish. Disintegration album is epic.

[@matthewgarrison-perkins5377]

Yup.....exactly

[@jonathangibson3578]

1) I LOVE The Cure. Well done. 2)Robert Smith played guitar for Siouxsie and the Banshees for a bit and is well known as having been inspired by that experience

[@aboveaxis]

robert smith is a genius songwriter... he has written some beautiful pieces of music, as well as some of the darkest this is a perfect pop song, and it follows none of the rules... brilliant

[@keithvnumber1]

I've always loved it because it's whimsical. I also think it's a sad song of finding love and losing it and having a hard time with no longer having it. Btw that's Robert Smiths singing voice. I love so many of their songs. A Forest, Pictures Of You, Why Can't I Be You, A Letter To Elise, Never Enough, Lullaby, Boys Don't Cry, Catch, Burn, Close to Me, Lovesong, Fascination Street, Friday I'm In Love, Hot Hot Hot, Let's Go To Bed & The Walk.

[@SleepingTiger-vlog]

ahhhh... thank you for reacting to this one. It's one of my favorite songs.

[@robbie007]

Just takes me back to my college days in the 80s. The Cure and The Smiths. That alternative music for us students to relate too

[@neenymarshall3866]

Robert met Mary in high school. This particular song was written about a day on the beach on a vacation with his wife when dating. Their favourite spot they would go to and the love he has for her. This was one of my Wedding Songs. Amazing Band ! He was and is still so much in love with his wife and they have been married for about 40 years. Another fave song of theirs is Cut Here which was going to be their last song as one of Robert's best friend's committed suicide and this song is dedicated to him. (If you move the letters around in Cut Here it Spells The Cure!

[@stevoschannel4127]

Wow man, Brad you are such a lucky man, i don’t care what kind of day you are having that big smile of Lex’s could melt your soul…

[@suzannevosburg4622]

The Cure are so amazing. I've been a fan for 30 years 😍😍

[@cyatic]

“Boys Don’t Cry,” has to be the next Cure song!!!!

[@storiedworlds6261]

The Cure and Depeche Mode in the same day? Two of my favorite groups.

[@iainweller452]

The Cure are an amazing band you really should listen to “A Forest” it’s a big fan favourite, more indie 80s please

[@paulboudreau3754]

The Cure were known for dark, moody, goth songs early in their career and then Robert Smith decided to do a 180 and start writing more positive, upbeat songs. Of course they were still in their own, unique goth style.

[@jaynagerber7474]

Technically they were at least as upbeat on their debut album (released in 1979, with almost nothing remotely close to dark, moody, nor gothic) as most of the stuff in the 80s. It was on their second through fourth albums (respectively "Seventeen Seconds", "Faith", and "Pornography") that they became known for the dark, gothic, and moody music (although on everything but "Pornography" - which was their darkest album, by far), you could still find some positive and upbeat vibes mixed in with their music. As far as styles, both "Disintegration" in 1989 (their 9th original studio album) and "Bloodflowers" in 2000 (12th original studio album) were throwbacks to the so called gothic period (so called because Robert Smith has categorically denied on multiple occasions that they were ever a gothic band). Robert has specifically said that "Bloodflowers completed a triumvirate along with "Pornography" and "Disintegration" (he actually used a different word than triumvirate, but I can't recall what it was at the moment, and that word basically expresses his meaning). Even on all of their other albums, there has been a mixture of styles and themes, and both upbeat and moody can be found (to some degree or another), with "Head on the Door" (7th original studio album) probably having the greatest mix of positive, upbeat and dark/moody themed music. Robert is one who has never been held down by conventions and popular sentiments, so he creates what he wants when he wants (even when it goes against the bands so called image or style).

[@Craven01]

They never did a 180 degrees turn, thats a myth .. they had and still have both styles. if you ever been to one of their concerts you should known that. They still perform songs from both "genres". They started more upbeat, continued more dark and gloomy (but still had upbeat songs), became more upbeat again (yes its true that they wanted at one point to show the world that they are not as dark as people thought) and then continued somewhere in the middle.. it was never a 180 degrees turn, they were in both sides all the time.

[@tithannisk7470]

@@jaynagerber7474 I'm guessing the word you're looking for is "trilogy"

[@paulboudreau3754]

@@Craven01 Never said they didn't, But I do remember an interview where he said he made a conscious decision to not do so many dark songs, or works to that effect. I don't remember exactly since it was a while ago, but he felt they were being pigeon holed as a dark goth band.

[@paulboudreau3754]

@Marcus Agreed, he balked at that stereotype. And some of the more upbeat songs were a result of that. I wish I remember the interview where he talked about it but I don't.

[@tonymalerba1067]

The singer always looks like he just woke up. God I miss the 80s.

[@ingobordewick6480]

Saw them live last week, great live band even after over 40 years on stage, so fresh, so funny and playing for over two and a half hours. Awesome!

[@wearmouth3770]

Lucky enough to see them in 2018. Absolutely brilliant live. A lot of old goths and loads of young fans xx

[@xoxxobob61]

The Singer Robert Smith wrote this "Love" Song for his wife and is a beloved tune for THE CURE Fans to this day!

[@Kipperbob]

I remember picking up goth girls in clubs in the 80s when I was a teenager, they all loved the cure so hey, went home to the guitar and learnt the songs. If it wasn't for girls I probably would have spent the 80s and 90s playing nothing but metal, 😊

[@sonnybarry]

John Lennon said he started playing music to get girls.

[@zoeherriot]

@@sonnybarry it really does work. ;)

[@Kipperbob]

@@zoeherriot it depends, no girl gets turned on with thrash metal shredding, the lady's like more meaningful songs, something with soul and melody, and since so much music is so emotionally expressive being a competent musician is definitely an automatic advantage when it comes to attracting girls,

[@zoeherriot]

@@Kipperbob Well, I played mostly selections from the catalogs of The Cure, U2, Smiths, Doors, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, The Church, etc - but I was also happy to learn a new song if I thought a girl liked it. Again - worked a treat. ;)

[@zoeherriot]

This was the first band I ever saw live, back in 1992. It was a life changing event.

[@ticosandoval]

So glad you did this reaction....one of my all-time favorite songs by the Cure. Many others are great too. Robert Smith's voice is contagious and perfect for their sound. You can always tell a Cure song from any other you hear.

[@variouscrazypeople254]

In the 80s there was Rock, Metal, Pop, and of course, welcome to New Wave and the Cure. For other New Wave, check out: The Smiths, Brian Ferry, Flock of Seaguls, Oingo Boingo... whole different vibe.

[@rickhammel9541]

what a great song, saw them live and sang along with 17,000 people at the Hollywood bowl, saw tears streaming down a lot of cheeks as people sang. What a powerful moment

[@SuperB1741]

Robert Smith also looks like he just got up! Love The Cure!!!

[@turntablesrockmyworld9315]

This is one of the best songs of the 1980s. Top 10 of all time.

[@JeffKelly03]

This song was definitely on my post-wedding playlist. And I got married in 2009. Timeless stuff right here.

[@chuckcreasy7876]

i was engaged to be married at 19 to the girl who introduced me to the cure, in 1987, the year this came out. first time i was with anyone was to kiss me kiss me kiss me. it will never ever fall off my list of all-time favorites.

[@mjm5081]

Only Robert could make heartbreak sound this happy.

[@ginamuller2289]

One of most beautiful songs ever written. An ode to his wife. One of my five songs ever.

[@pricey6177]

Saw The Cure a few years back when they toured Australia and they were still brilliant. Such a massive band that had so many great songs.

[@jutwilton7363]

The cure "Close to me " :)

[@vincentkrisiak6337]

The word you guys are looking for to describe the Cures sound is Lush. It’s the most commonly used word to describe all that glorious sound mixing together and all somehow fitting into your ears at once.

[@brandonsimmons1695]

This was a staple for 80s night at the club.

[@ST1973]

Song that puts smile on your face from begining to the end... The Cure, iconic band!!!

[@anthonyv1719]

Cute little pop number by everyones favorite goth band the CURE. He know looks like everyones Aunt Edna, however, live, his voice is excellent and good as it was 40 years ago - a real treat.

[@MusicMissionary]

When he was really young he looked like Ben Affleck :)

[@tonywalker7602]

I am glad they they found this classic pretty chil. Perfect song.

[@TebiCr]

"Friday I'm in Love" is a must, it always reminds me to my childhood, I remember watching the video sitting on the coutch with ny father, and my uncle, great times 💯👌🏻

[@jeffreekoch9298]

Oh The Cure nice! Club music back in the days '80s and '90s. New wave 👏 goth punk type. Brings me back to my youth. Roller skating days

[@saratemp790]

Lex is an internal punk rocker born after her time.

[@drkpoet23]

Basically inspiration for the song came during a vacation near some cliffs and as he looked over he felt dizzy and realized how easy it would be to fall. Also watch the video it’s his wife playing the female part.

[@shanehebert396]

Absolutely LOVE this song. Great to listen with headphones with your eyes closed... of course, most of The Cure songs are great that way ;) I love listening and focusing on an instrument, then listening again and focusing on a different instrument. "Pictures of You" is another great one.

[@gregmyers81]

The smile on Lex's face says it all...

[@nayf7682]

What a band! So many classics 😍

[@joepaskowski9091]

Had a friend who absolutely loved The Cure and bands like them back in the 80’s and 90’s. As a metal head, I always referred to them all as ‘four pasty white guys from England’. But as I get older, definitely learning to appreciate their music and their message more.

[@HerveBoisde]

And they influenced lots of heavy bands from the Deftones to Smashing Pumpkins and NIN.

[@kesleycottrell1416]

This brings back some very old memories. College days was just fun.

[@beanclay4154]

Lex always gets into the groove from the first few notes.

[@THEKissMyA33]

You have to check more of the cure! one of the best 80s bands if not the best

[@27Finbarr]

Might be a waste though…. Great music doesn’t seem to register with them and just goes way over their heads.!

[@THEKissMyA33]

@@27Finbarr Yeah, some enjoy music more than others

[@mcgee227]

They were a Goth band that broke into the main stream.

[@holgerschink1341]

Like vintage wine : THE CURE are amazing and brilliant. Love them.

[@3DJapan]

The Cure is one of my favorite bands. I recommend The Lovecats.

[@billspivey6919]

A classic from my young teenage days

[@mpmlopes]

The Cure are arguably the most successful goth band ever. Also worth checking a lot of their other songs, I'd specially recommend The Caterpillar, it sounds like nothing you've ever heard before.

[@jaycordner3890]

Not goth in any shape or form... because of his hair.. goth music is far darker.. the cure is very commercial alternative.

[@mpmlopes]

@@jaycordner3890 and here it is, as expected, some rando gatekeeper had to come and claim that they can't be considered goths because they've had success.

[@jaycordner3890]

@Marco Lopes Robert Smith left Siouxie and the banshees... they were goth. What is goth about the cures sound??? Its far to commercial and more like alternative because he looked the part. Listen to Bauhuas, Siouxie and tell me they sound similar. I like The Smiths but they ain't no goth band... that's for sure. And yes I grew up with the British culture. This was in my teens.. I ain't no rando and know a s... load about punk,SKA,goth,synth,pop,industrial, grunge etc.

[@LynnThompsonAuthor]

This song is flat-out feel-good music! Perfect song for riding along in the car on a Sunday drive with the sunroof open on a beautiful spring day, just enjoying life.

[@naeshort7909]

You need to do Disintegration by The Cure, love that song.

[@_Shadoh_]

The wohle Disintegration album is so perfect, one of the best albums ever made.

[@naeshort7909]

@@_Shadoh_ I concur, but I was actually just thinking of the song...but it's whatever, I'd watch it, just saying. Lol.

[@paranoidrodent]

@@_Shadoh_ It's a superb album, from the subwoofer pounding atmospheric opening of Plainsong to the melancholy untitled final track. The only problem with recommending a single track off Disintegration is that it almost feels like something is missing. The whole album really is a package experience, like Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. "Time" or "Pictures of You" are excellent on their own but they gain something from being heard as part of the whole.