One Hundred Years - The Cure

[@scanner1978]

How it's possible with 22 years write and produce this record, it's totally amazing

[@DavidMartinez-vf1sn]

scanner1978 lots of talent, determination and lots of lsd

[@yuyuyoyo4230]

claustrophobia and drugs

[@shadowhunter2846]

Creative legend

[@LMB222]

He didn't produce it.

[@USMCLP]

@LMB222 You know what he means donkey. They had a producer but of course all of the song’s arrangements were done by them.

[@mvellocet]

One hundred years. Hard, intense, dark, dangerous. Currently my favourite Cure song.

[@fernandom6724]

and gothic...

[@paulwade8766]

I bought this album 41 years ago. Had forgotten what a gem this track is.

[@HugoEnriquez-ex3ni]

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[@HugoEnriquez-ex3ni]

@@fernandom6724 yyyyyyuuuuu87878778uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@HugoEnriquez-ex3ni]

Uuuuuuuuuuuuu9uu9u99uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@drido]

Wow. The early Cure was a very sharp, dangerous, brilliant beast.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

I love Banshees, but Siouxsie was NOT a good influence on Bob.

[@david_post_punk]

Fuck siouxie when tou have Robert

[@No1WillMakeItOutAlive]

@@princeofcupspoc9073 how so what did she do

[@thedamnedrose6665]

Early Cure is the best Cure!

[@LonzosSprayPainting]

Robert smith is dressed so casually yet he looks so cool, I love simons dancing throughout and lol’s drum loops sound dope, this is the best performance of this song

[@The_cure_supremacy]

Definitely

[@TranzparentMethods]

Simon is one of the all time best bassists....

[@Arnalou83]

lol, 3 keys

[@david_post_punk]

@@Arnalou83 fuck you, he's the best , go watch some italian slapper shit bassist, bass is not about shredding

[@mattaki4505]

@@david_post_punk ​ @David Mentalist Forget that slap bass fool. He ain't writing any songs that go triple platinum.

[@mic-ps1qt]

@@Arnalou83 let’s see u make som hits

[@ratatatuff]

As a guitarist who just recently got into bass playing and is still in the process of learning from other people's songs I completely agree. Simon Gallup and Andy Rourke (The Smiths) are my favourites.

[@jeffvifquain5223]

This song has the best lyric ever.. "It doesnt matter if we all die"

[@markk4781]

Best opening lyric. Followed by "Ambition in the back of a black car"

[@CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

really?

[@mournblade1066]

I know all the lyrics pages say, "It doesn't matter," but he CLEARLY says "Doesn't it matter," both here an on the studio recording.

[@danielakatzenbecher2811]

@@mournblade1066 thats what I hear aswell, but "doesn't matter..." makes way more sense

[@puckfigs9902]

My faves near the end ‘just like the old days… just like the old days… just like the old days’ *main riff*

[@joff2440]

probably one of the best version of this song

[@geoffgeoffgeoff6149]

You haven't lived until you've heard this live

[@kristoferkoessel4354]

I haven’t lived

[@MarinaVerdi]

Only Robert can be so ROCK, so COOL, so DARK and so HOT --- all in a pink shirt.

[@NeuralOscillations]

Marina Verdi this comment was probably less cringeworthy in 2013

[@missescookie]

I've always thought Robert was a hottie back then!

[@catherinebonanno6545]

Marina Verdi Haha! Love it!

[@markk4781]

Black and pink...Good and Plenty

[@thedamnedrose6665]

Gallops looking pretty fucking cool too!

[@user-fo9go9mh5j]

1982 ... and I was born after 9 years. More recent recordings do not convey this atmosphere. Sorry for the errors, I am writing with the help of Google translator. Greetings from Russia :)

[@anitaszolomicki1167]

Privyet xx

[@ClaudioFerroNational]

Greetings from Brazil

[@erikaalejandraorregocontre1473]

Robert Smith at his best, on the top of his creativity

[@davidsmith6355]

Erika, I completely agree with you. Robert and co made so many good things but I keep this song in a different place, its quite awe inspiring and if you check the lyrics it makes you think of current events today

[@busterabcat]

one of the best live/studio versions of what is already one of the darkest and most intense songs ever by the Cure - just a big shame that the end cuts off abruptly rather than allow us another minute of that killer guitar solo which really DOES sound like the end of the world !!

[@9graff9]

What kind of pedals is Robert using?

[@Supergeckos1000]

@@9graff9 equipboard.com/pros/robert-smith/#effects-pedals

[@david_post_punk]

@@9graff9 not from the earth

[@TheCureMEP]

three-pieced cure. so much fierce in them! love this album for it is so obscure and dread

[@lisazoria2709]

Robert: *wears a long sleeve bright pink shirt* Also Robert: *plays intense and angsty goth music* 🤘🖤💜🖤💜

[@likubaisawesome]

Gallup looks so cool here!

[@joff2440]

Gallup is full of rage

[@Jevole-Paramoteur]

Simon is the only one to be cool and impressive, even when he plays the same two notes for 5mn! :) Such a great song

[@USMCLP]

@milo_steinz Would rather him stand there like a fucking statue for six minutes?

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@@joff2440 Sadly, he would be out of The Cure from the summer of 1982 through the fall of 1984. He and Robert Smith would make up just before the sessions for their 1985 album, The Head on the Door, had started. During his break from The Cure, Gallup would form a new band called Cry with Matthieu Hartley (who played keyboards with The Cure from 1979-80) and Gary Biddles, but the name of their band was soon changed to Fools Dance; while Smith would also get busy reforming The Cure with Andy Anderson on drums and Phil Thornalley (who co-produced the _Pornography_ album) on bass, as well as again finding himself in the company of Siouxsie & the Banshees as a replacement for John McGeoch (Smith previously played with The Banshees in the summer of 1979 as a fill-in for John McKay); Smith's reunion with The Banshees produced a live album and video, _Nocturne_ ; the studio album _Hyaena_ ; and also a side project with Banshees bassist Steve Severin, The Glove, which released one album, _Blue Sunshine._

[@Rxgnarok]

@@Jevole-Paramoteur i remember reading that the reason for Simons more eccentric behaviour playing bass during the Pornography era was because of him being increasingly jealous of Robert getting all the attention (and the the record labels more attention on Robert than any other member) this one probably one of the reason he ended up leaving along with other things

[@mikerophone235]

At the Zenith of their Goth Powers, amazing

[@eru.maewos7673]

The rythm of this song is made by the drum machine, later live versions of this song didn't have the same atmosphere and the force to make you dance to this nihilistic piece of art...

[@david_post_punk]

Go listen to Washington Live

[@eru.maewos7673]

@@david_post_punk just did, and is trash compared to this one.

[@david_post_punk]

@@eru.maewos7673 ok boomer

[@eru.maewos7673]

;(

[@david_post_punk]

The rythm which Boris Williams creates on that version is no more slower than this was , I'd say it's a higher tempo version overall and the outro guitar solo is top! U can't demand more from a live performance, calling it trash is unfair

[@rolandmarckwort]

The band at their peak -- wonderful and far ahead of the game....

[@clvrswine]

their? Nope.

[@curly_wyn]

@@clvrswine Yep. This is The Cure at their peak, not that basic Disintegration sellout period.

[@deansmith4752]

I saw the cure many times - before they were famous. always amazing.

[@aleksanth5362]

Στην λευκη με αγαπη αλεξανδρος 1991🥰🥰

[@TheDomdabomb]

It doesn't matter if we all die

[@PaulSmoker420]

This is a particularly sinister live version of "One Hundred Years" and one of only a handful of truly outstanding live renditions.

[@david_post_punk]

Japan 1984 , Washington 1984, Paris 1982, Orange 1986 ..

[@TC1982-4]

​@@david_post_punkThose aren't the same. The trio of Robert, Simon, and Lol has something uniquely dark to it. When you add Boris and Porl there's just something different.

[@david_post_punk]

@@TC1982-4 agreed but still great versions i mentioned above i also mentioned 1982 one..

[@sharm32]

This song is amazing.

[@abishekchopra676]

Somehow all Cure performances in Paris are perfect.

[@andrepereira744]

You're so right! This song, play for today, a letter to elise, charlotte sometimes. They were perfectly recorded and performed. Its the only live record of any band that I listen to. And its got to be one of the best live records of any band.

[@JonathanCarterSchall]

Awesome. One of the very best live performances of 100 Years. Best source for cover research.

[@missescookie]

My favorite Cure. Thank you!

[@paulskinner5896]

by Mr Smith's haircut it looks like just before "The Top" which is just as an underated album as I think as ..."Shake Dog Shake" or "Bananafishbones" are superb from "The Top" ...or is the video of "Cure in Orange" around about 85/86. "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" album time - Like Cocatoos - used to make me cry!!!!!

[@missescookie]

@@paulskinner5896 the top is one of my fave Cure albums - so different, and I agree with you when you say it's underrated.

[@michellesiggs6500]

Love this, such a gorgeous song. In the meantime, Siouxsie called and wants her shirt back!

[@michaelschmitzer8895]

i love this special Sound..the Cure for ever and ever...!!! Robert Smith "i really like your style..." since 30 years ago....

[@minc5503]

they are so young here

[@maiteleon6233]

23 years old.

[@CURLmusicTV]

Best lyrics ever ..... so intense ... and true

[@davidsmith6355]

what about now? 😓

[@n4veybaby]

two notes leaves a lot of room for sweet dance moves

[@thinkishouldsleep]

this is the last cure song i would think to dance to lmao

[@sgabbo71]

splendida atmosfera dark...

[@fernandom6724]

gothic

[@alexktm699]

Simon kills me in this

[@armandochavez1117]

My favorite The Cure

[@esmeraldacortezmedina7195]

Armando chavez me late la rola hundes years

[@mikeyj.3605]

Hundred years of blood Crimson the ribbon Tightens around my throat And they open my mouth And my head bursts open Sounds like a tiger Thrashing in the water, thrashing in the water Over and over we died one after the other Over and over we died one after the other One after the other, one after the other One after the other, one after the other Feels like a hundred years A hundred years A hundred years A hundred years A hundred years...

[@chemistryset1]

this is proper gothy-y bleak Cure innit

[@angeloflecker2981]

My favorite song. 🖤

[@quintendierick4121]

They actually had a lot of fights backstage then, although I saw them playing soccer before the gig I saw them on. Absolutely the best time of the cure and their most intense, shit, gone.

[@fernandom6724]

i love the gothic atmosphere

[@gelan0573]

the must one hundred years by the Cure , cette chanson est une légende et un mythe

[@PJZZZZ]

this album isstill my go to album when i have work to do its so ingrained in my head after decades , best ever

[@denivalcorretor4388]

Uma verdadeira máquina do tempo, é um som muito único, muito massa the cure!

[@msacarolina9944]

this is beautiful

[@veronicaneri426]

Best quarantine soundtrack

[@NativeSkeleton]

Yep "It doesn't matter if we all die!"

[@merlyangie9723]

Love this song

[@TranzparentMethods]

Tolhurst came out to play keys.... There was NO DRUMMER... This is what the Cure is... They can do anything... They make it seem so easy without a drummer...

[@USMCLP]

It’s called a drum machine. That’s all. Nothing special.

[@albertobalsalm4755]

yea he’s also playing two notes

@@USMCLP Nothing special?! Find me a new band who can use a drum machine like THAT.

[@USMCLP]

@ It's literally the exact same drum pattern the entire song.

[@ExternalInputs]

@ It wasn't that unusual at the time. The Sisters of Mercy have always used drum machines.

[@danielguilherme7911]

Love this so much...

[@martin_minimalwave]

🖤 beautiful sad

[@pablopaisa]

Probably the most insane song ever. Or one or theses ...

[@davidzarate3737]

I remember I tried to copy his outfit with a pink long sleeve and his black guitar.. I miss those days

[@LSUOdyssey]

The way the live version was meant to be heard, with the Pornography lineup. Though I do love that Orange 1986 version, such arena pulse to it. Saw One Hundred Years live in 2023 and it was probably the darkest version I've ever heard of it

[@debbieturner6194]

My fave Cure song. Simon is sooooooooooo off the scale SEXY

[@aldoparraga1159]

El mejor Cure

[@rustyred5208]

Omg 😍😍😍 instantly time travel, 1978-2018〰The Cure Anniversary, in cinema july11.

[@Truckngirl]

A vision in the back of a black car. There you have your life.

[@FC-de6je]

It doesn't matter if we all die... impossible de faire plus désespéré.

[@treefrogabby]

In love with this

[@ashfloranna]

i have a new obsession

[@foppejansma6238]

Live it all comes together..

[@linokleinmeuleman3348]

the best ive seen live,but on the record its better mixed !

[@davidsmith6355]

how did they know what was going to happen 40 years later (24/02/2022). Lyrics for this song spookily relate.....

[@Krste198]

The song has kinda dance melody, yet it's so depressing.

[@nojmag8224]

I listen to this song every time I'm depressed.

[@andrealai4700]

They remember first music of Litfiba Italy band new wave 80ies!!😮😮

[@call_me_ena.]

Долго не могла понять эту песню. А потом однажды увидела этот странненький танец Саймона и, наконец, прочувствовала. Будто заново услышала и в этот раз уже правильно. У всех своё восприятие музыки. Кто-то тут сказал, что это последняя песня под которую захочется танцевать, а для меня она наоборот одна из первых - в этом, наверное, и суть

[@GuglielmoRinaldiniFinance]

yessss

[@Joeskee68]

Just like the old days...

[@gg-od7iv]

I just want to glide on to the dance floor looking like Morticia Addams to this song with a wine glass in one hand

[@Red_Ford]

Cold wave anthem.

[@arcrs40]

likeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this classic song 80 ´s

[@KS-kb4zt]

Cold is also brillannt

[@hadeshunlove]

AMO esta canción n_n

[@edgardmorielo4117]

essa é uma das melhor 👍

[@MiguelRodriguez-uy5vc]

Gallup's moves 🖤🖤🖤

[@DSCH4]

Yeas. Yeassssssss.

[@sonccosua123]

I am so scared I have to listen to this 😭

[@beprotein8907]

love it !

[@morioh6505]

Woooo so doomy

[@grazianolacarbonara7892]

quando si scriveva la bibbia della Dark/Wave...se vi và ascoltate LaCuraFacile-the Solitude

[@knarffit]

EPIC!

[@fatimadzulbegovic681]

I adore watching performances from 1982-1984 because you can see just how much Simon and Robert wanted to kill each other

[@rickm1233]

Angry young men....

[@jwebstersmithii7459]

drum kit set up with no drummer is a dope style

[@Acidental]

😍💙

[@ДёняПрозов]

Robi красава )))

[@USMCLP]

Lmao Simon dancing around playing the same exact chords for six minutes.

[@andrewreed1329]

USMCLP that’s y he quit lol

[@ExternalInputs]

@@andrewreed1329 I'm sure there was a lot more to it than that!

[@fascinationstreet8]

Sighmon

[@spencerrich]

Tolhurst looks like he's working hard.

[@estapaginafuecancelada1747]

2019⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 😍🎶❤️😍🎶❤️😍🎶❤️👍👍

[@voidodz]

SIMON

[@sebastian4451]

así suenan mis pensamientos cuando me toca volver del colegio de noche

[@Mark-ij2nh]

This is Satan's music most heavy metal bands would be envious of this dark tone.

[@pinkfloyd1967]

Satan? is like careful with the axe Eugene from Pink Floyd without naming superstitious entities they achieve higher darkness than bands that only talk about that.

[@smugsock]

12 people were loving it until the fadeout

[@andrewwest6560]

New album is supposed to be like pornography! I cant wait

[@etherealeyes3145]

Seventern Seconds, Faith, Pornography, Desintegrarion, Wish, Bloodflowers ... The Essence Of The Cure Forever!! 🙏😎

[@sandraostheimer5545]

High score

[@minc5503]

Robert looks pissed

[@mec7up]

LOL I have never seen smiling !

[@USMCLP]

@milo_steinz Lmfao what, shut up.

[@black-capped6702]

La Rick de Simon est une vraie piece d'orfèvrerie

[@lateralus7069]

simon gallup is so hot

[@cynthiaortiz3015]

10/03/2018

[@deidralynns]

He still sounds the same but if you’re far from the stage you won’t see his face on the monitors. He would not let them film his face anymore. Doesn’t he know we love him so much we wouldn’t care if he looked like late Marlon Brando