I need help with this.. THE CURE LOVE CATS REACTION

[@bradkoski]

One of my favorites by The Cure

[@virgilk8872]

Hi Harri, good morning from Australia. Robert Smith is a softly spoken chap, he's a great person, kind and humble. All of their film clips are fantastic, the song 'Close to me' is filmed inside a wooden wardrobe which falls of a cliff into the water. You will never be disappointed by any of their songs or clips just brilliant

[@HarriBestReactions]

Sending some love to ya down under!

[@Violette-k1w]

The Cure King 👑 of rock !!!!

[@iainweller452]

Great song by a great band, who managed to make pure Pop songs and wonderfully dark Goth music and still keep their fans happy, check out “A Forest” by The Cure it’s a masterpiece

[@mariomanno1]

Robert Smith is one of those people that fascinate me to absolutely no end. In some of his interviews and TV appearances he comes across as someone who's pretty anxious but I love how he thinks and how he talks he's just great to listen to even outside his music. Unique and brilliant to the very end.

[@taniaPBear]

Thank you for this Harri. I am a lifelong Cure fan and so few people do reactions to them. If they do, it's always the same 2 or 3 songs, and I'm like, guys, there are so many songs, so much variety. I've waited forever for someone to do Love Cats, and I love you all the more for it.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

Love Cats? Then you will love Love Cats! "Hand in hand is the only way to land and always the right way round". Love The Cure, all of their stuff. Pure miserable joy!

[@nomisnestral6956]

Instant memory: December 1989, me and my mate Jules riding on the back of a pick-up truck in Dakar, singing this out loud like madmen.

[@johnbrookes4892]

his speaking voice is pretty much like his singing voice, but he is uite softly spoken as a previous poster said

[@robertpetre9378]

Don’t let the whimsical baseline and jazzy overtones deceive you this song actually has quite a dark meaning and Robert Smith wanted to write a song which seems like a pop song but still have a dark message hidden init. From an interview with Robert Smith The idea for Lovecats came from Aristocats. I knew all the words by heart, I even bought the film, and I was completely obsessed… In fact this song is not about cats but about a suicide pact between two lovers. Hence the text ‘into the sea, you and me…’ My idea of a lovesong.’ Robert Smith on ‘lovecats’

[@HarriBestReactions]

Not surprised..i did think that part was really dark..why i read out the lyrics

[@robertpetre9378]

@@HarriBestReactions I think regardless of what people say about the cure Robert Smith will always be a punk so when he writes songs that seem happy they are probably actually quite dark.

[@beathebee1523]

Thanks so much for sharing that info puts it in a completely different light and totally opened up my eyes! Love learning new things about my favourite band ever

[@anthonyrippa686]

They based the song on the cat jazz piano scene in the French cellar in Aristicats.

[@foxandscout]

I love the Cure, and I love Robert Smith. Every song. This song isn’t of their usual style, more jazzy and lighthearted, but I love it. Some folks say it’s about a suicide pact but I see nothing to verify this. Different fans have different ideas. No clue from Robert Smith except supposed he had done acid. This from Wikipedia: “Real cats were supposed to be used but after proving to be troublesome, taxidermied ones were used in the place of cats. Smith said of the video: "'The Love Cats' is far from being my favourite song: composed drunk, video filmed drunk, promotion made drunk. It was a joke." The video features an early rough mix of the song.

[@christaylor4182]

Best song ever by the Cure! Love the reaction Harry!

[@MrMike4017]

Great song! The Cure was an amazing group with a ton of great songs. Next listen to "just like cocatues" I know I spelled that wrong but what a great song.👍

[@sarahzentexas]

“I can’t take my eyes off Robert Smith…” Same, Harri, same! If you want to hear Robert’s speaking voice, here you go. It’s short kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJ6bZ2l9mq5-n7c

[@HarriBestReactions]

Thanx for this

[@trevordoolan5011]

"Love Cats", The Cure's version of Jazz...🎺 Should check out -- The Cure ~ Boys Don't Cry The Cure ~ A Forest The Cure ~ Fascination Street The Cure ~ Pictures Of You The Cure ~ Close To Me Tim Pope who Directed, if not all, nearly all of The Cure music Videos. Must be well over 30 Videos in total. There is soo... much great Cure tunes to be checked out ! They are such a unique band... .

[@ronan310]

met the soon to be wife with this song in the backround....we were the love cats...that was our song....we were obsessed with each other ...good times...we are divorced now.....two scorpio's cant get along....

[@tammyhastings5761]

My favorite band for 35 years, I have seen them live 18 times. The Cure doesn't have any bad songs, I love them all! Please check out the live version of Disintegration.

[@specialed36ify]

Close to Me is also a great Cure song, and very English!

[@BOOMNERD51]

Yup bass jumped out and quirkiness. I never heard this til now. Lots of fun,!

[@jean-christophelebachelet5926]

At this time Robert Smith was obsessed by Disney 's Aristocats and 60's psychedelism !

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

"Everybody wants to be a cat..."

[@robertpetre9378]

The idea for Lovecats came from Aristocats. I knew all the words by heart, I even bought the film, and I was completely obsessed… In fact this song is not about cats but about a suicide pact between two lovers. Hence the text ‘into the sea, you and me…’ My idea of a lovesong.’ Robert Smith on ‘lovecats’

[@zoeherriot]

Less than 8 months prior to this song being released, they released Pornography. One of the darkest albums ever released. Lovecats was a shock to fans at the time.

[@pietersbart]

The Cure has beeng around for ages indeed: since 1978 in fact :-) There is a dark explanation of this song as some people told. The story I know is little morel lighthearted. They were pressured to write a more easily accessible song and so they wrote a whimsical song which proved to be popular. It is always possible to read a ton into certain sentences, but if it is true.... Either way, I find it a very enjoyable song with a fun line and lyrics. They have well over 200 songs to pick from and, being totally unbiased, very enjoyable. His own voice can be heard in this interview in which he is not very subtle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqDYd6ifjtd4n5I If you like old school bass lines, you might like 7th Heaven from Angelina Jordan: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH6bda2Dh8ecf8U

[@lauce3998]

5:39 "The Aristocats" is the inspiration I think.

[@peterbarratt2415]

Brilliant.

[@jeffreykennedy1266]

They did once do a cover of The Beatles song ‘Hello Goodbye’…

[@bemused9522]

Probably one of their happiest songs. Love the Cure. All their different moods. For an opposite, I would recommend check out "Burn" from the soundtrack of "The Crow"...

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

This is one of the more upbeat Cure songs…

[@robertpetre9378]

The idea for Lovecats came from Aristocats. I knew all the words by heart, I even bought the film, and I was completely obsessed… In fact this song is not about cats but about a suicide pact between two lovers. Hence the text ‘into the sea, you and me…’ My idea of a lovesong.’ Robert Smith on ‘lovecats’

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

@@robertpetre9378 Thanks for the background information! I did not know that!✌🏻

[@robertpetre9378]

@@ThePittsburghToddy That’s okay you’re welcome

[@ronaldmilner8932]

Hi Harri - you are a great reactor and I enjoy watching and listening to you - please check out the British Band, The Libertines. Check out their song "Up the Bracket"!

[@mariflame1821]

I love The Cure. Not sure if this is the first time you react to them. One of my favorites by them is "Just like Heaven" but they have lots of great unique songs. Love the new Tears For Fears song "The Tipping Point". And not sure if you've reacted to any of the new Duran Duran songs. I like "Invisible", "Future Past". Lots of great songs on their new album.

[@bryanforis1839]

Great music great live band live show he did a mtv interview you will get good info and new order and eco and the bunny man

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

Harri you ARE a love cat; and a cool cat too!

[@HarriBestReactions]

Meooooow! 😻Hope your December is going great

[@Gea2222]

this video, Catepillar, The Walk and Lets go to bed I call LSD pop song

[@rolandjenni227]

Nice reaction 👍 I think its very interesting that they came up with this piece of music after they published the album "Pornography". Darker than Pornography is not possible so maybe this was the only way. Very interesting. I suggested or better, wished a reaction to "Cold" under your last Cure reaction (Just like heaven). The difference between the two songs is just astonishing.

[@CavHDeu]

Please react to 'Rammstein' and they are very german 😄

[@chucku00]

Every song with "cat" in their name should have a good bass line, just like Stray Cats Strut or Tommy The Cat. Since you're really enjoying the piano in this song, I really would like you to react to an equally quirky French song from the same era by Charlélie Couture : Le loup dans la bergerie (The wolf in the sheepfold). kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJmcc554nKhniMk And here's a Robert Smith interview from 1988 : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaGqinyKrquYqck

[@matt-es6em]

Hey boss you should check out “In the night” and “Ain’t got no time to lose” by Charlie Crockett. He’s definitely a talented guy. Came out with his first album around 2015.

[@matt-es6em]

“Out of luck” is a great one too. I love the mix of jazz and blues in it.

[@greenscreenfx3117]

Honestly the Spotify version is very slightly better than the music video in very subtle ways

[@dsusan17]

Is it about real cats? I didn't understand either. It was entertaining.

[@robertpetre9378]

It’s actually about suicide if you believe it or not robert Smith said himself in an interview that this song was originally going to be called “into the sea” And it was about two lovers who are basically sign on the suicide pact to jump off Beachy head in East Sussex.

[@dsusan17]

Oh my!

[@robertpetre9378]

@@dsusan17 The idea for Lovecats came from Aristocats. I knew all the words by heart, I even bought the film, and I was completely obsessed… In fact this song is not about cats but about a suicide pact between two lovers. Hence the text ‘into the sea, you and me…’ My idea of a lovesong.’ Robert Smith on ‘lovecats’

[@kiwinewz2042]

Not the greatest song. Cure were amazing live. Check out this drummer covering Burn. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHO0lXqOj5aYsJo The Cure is relevant difference between UK and USA. Suzy and the Banshees, Echo and the Bunnymen, Buzzcocks etc.

[@R777-RLM]

I really like The Cure, but this song is a little too strange for me.