The Cure - A forest (1980)

[@jasonharrop98]

I’m 42 and only just discovered this track , awesome.

[@glasseyesx]

well, Jason. you my friend have good music taste!

[@-Cat_Bonez-]

I love how robert always stands like two feet away from the mic when they're doing playback lol

[@Ili_xx1933]

I love this one. Seeing them pretend to play with loose and messed up strings, Simon playing guitar and Robert playing bass, all so young and rebel.

[@michaelmurphy2330]

Incredibly atmospheric track, back then and still remains so today! Big Cure fan,

[@goudagirl6095]

I never realized this song went all the way back to 79/80, wow. And Robert in mom jeans. LOL

[@razor6552]

And the weird hair! 🙃

[@autumncure]

Robert on BASS!!!! Simon on GUITAR (note the epic Mullet). very funny.. love it..

[@bigfootindeal1525]

Love the Mullet!

[@amazonguitar22]

Lol you can tell they were pissed i love how they just don’t take it seriously at all

[@Luca_Hendrix]

They always hated to plays in playback, very funny to see robert and simon making fun of this program

[@PatrickBaele]

saw this when it was aired on tv in 1980 and that was the real start of this dark new wave for me no matter whether it was synced or not,it didn't matter….

[@hektorlinko]

Me too!! I was watching this video and the guitars didn't match up. I was like...Bass and Guitar totally off? Hmm? Anyway I don't care, I love this band, love this song and they look good on tv and that's what counts for me anyway. Still bad ass. Funny at the same time. Glad I wasn't the only one that noticed. lol Love this Damn song! : )

[@Sabrina96]

Enjoy watching Simon play. Can watch for hours.

[@razor6552]

I didnt know about The Cure until the nineties. Rode around listening to The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, Depeche Mode, The Church, and a lot of similar bands in my old car with my friends that introduced me to eighties music.

[@krzykris]

All great bands. I got to know them in the eighties through some friends but grew to love them in the nineties.

[@derpokerlude]

Robert plays the Bass and Simon Lead Guitar.Wow !

[@FrankFlores-ms1le]

The cure toco esta cancion en un concierto q hizo el grupo een lima peru este mes d noviembre d 2023 y sonaba tam bien como el video

[@arnaudarnaud4038]

1980 que le temps passe vite 😢

[@ann-louiseidman-soysal7819]

Oh how cool they look! Always loved this atmospheric, eerie song

[@user-en6ut2gm5b]

Wow! Robert look so young here! Very young!

[@krzykris]

He was 20 or 21. And pre-Goth.

[@thepaulhenderson]

For anyone interested, that guitar Simon Gallup is playing here is a Yamaha SF700 Super Fighter in Cherry Red, and was basically Yamaha's version of the Gibson L6S.

[@timothyhughes8616]

Live or lip singing my favorite Cure song.

[@tadsomato1940]

This band sounded and looked their best then.

[@chriskimmel7736]

But they weren't playing live.

[@nowhere529]

Goth Cure better than fruity Cure.

[@TheMasterSergio]

Wow. I love their attitude...

[@megwenger8756]

Graduated ‘84. I loved the Cure back then, and still love that old Cure. Under my YB pic I quoted 3 Imaginary Boys. Pretty messed up fam and time. Moved away from Boston, ended up dragging a Denver boy to see the Cure in his “city” I was blown away that they would come to Denver and shocked that there were punks living there (only time I ever saw them in the nearly 5 years that I lived in Colorado)

[@razor6552]

A masterpiece.

[@soundrevolver886]

The quintessential Cure song.

[@bobdoubter2977]

Sure they understood that we'd be watching 40 years later and loving their theater.

[@jasonharrop98]

I’m 42 and wasn’t born when this came out , feel old yet 😂

[@coldwaver87]

they wanted to play live but werent allowed and yeah they're a bit drunk:)

[@samcad-ho3ze]

I did wonder!

[@bobdoubter2977]

It looks really silly and that wry smile on Robert says it all; may as well enjoy it. There is another version of this song and I'm going to find it and leave this one to do whatever it is.

[@charlesclark4475]

Maybe a touch of blow...

[@brettmidd2250]

Clearly not happy having to mime. Love the crossed over strings on the guitar 😀

[@alanbalderson9765]

What's the deal with that? How is it being done and why? Never seen that before.

[@retroguy1976]

i discovered this track on ig with a reel i like the cure's early stuff

[@beathebee1523]

I love watching them performing playback always so funny. Such rebels! 🖤

[@dozer1642]

Bass notes not even close. Lol. Love it!

[@louanne801]

Baby Simon.

[@zararity]

Brilliant, they're mightily taking the mick out of miming this!

[@skrabyup6719]

haha....funny! robert looks like he wants to laugh.

[@sanjose528]

This is adorable! Cant believe ive never seen it b4

[@idfkwgo]

Tiny robert

[@marcellocaresta3626]

a snare bass guitar! cool!

[@mandawaggoner8830]

Amazing...I ❤ them

[@BlueSky-fs4fi]

I Love this One

[@user-lr5ph1gk5j]

Эта тема всегда со мной,она мне нравится,круто!

[@razor6552]

Pravda

[@alantmac]

Great job by Simon :) and Lol just woke up.

[@drstevie]

Nice one.

[@IamSquirrel]

Because I am in America I didn’t hear it until 1985. This video is the best!

[@IamSquirrel]

@@alexandrebrard Because it was put several years before I heard it. We hear things after the initial release date in America.

[@LonzosSprayPainting]

that mullet!!!

[@fransierrapoesiayreflexion7900]

❤❤❤

[@mtsn]

there's one like this for primary

[@sassoavis9783]

the cure were a punk band

[@josebravo9586]

Drums Bass Guitar Key 😸

[@norbury57]

Absolutely Brilliant

[@Carlos_RodriguesS2]

🍹❤️🌿

[@dankmd3311]

2:59 LOL

[@mariobajardi]

10

[@shakedydogshake]

Why didn’t Siouxie appear here??? Damn!

[@ShadowPlay1919]

I heard that he had a bandage on his thumb and from what I understand in the video he was playing guitar not bass and it was top of the pops but I don't know where that video is. I saw the screen shot where he has a bandage on his finger from changing a tire

[@brianfergus839]

That misstrung guitar

[@taila1976]

haha. They just don't give a fuck about the back track

[@TheBoyMooner]

Simon

[@ArG01L]

What happened with strings?

[@laurakojobeecham4872]

Hahahaha they were really not happy about not playing live. That fake playing is appalling 😭 You can actually see Robert sigh at 1:52, he’s so done 😂

[@hectoralmonacid803]

Nada ganan con ser rebeldes, al final terminan humillándoselos igual, por el dinero. Todos se ponen de rodillas por el dinero

[@rickyvalentine4402]

Ben Affleck??

[@zazz63]

i didnt know terry hall was in the cure...

[@giannipaladini2929]

Smith con i pantaloni ascellari alla Fantozzi.

[@cripalabre9113]

Robert Smith à la bass ?

[@stevejackson9090]

Ben Affleck!

[@marksanders1081]

Fucking prank ! Smith should have been at the drums !

[@atakd]

Wonder if Smith and Gallup swapping instruments is some sort of protest at having to mime. The strings are ridiculously slack and no effort is made to play the right notes.

[@coolytchannel]

what the fuck did i just see?

[@sebsinger]

They obviously hate the show and don't give a fuck about playback accuracy.

[@TheStrataminor]

Love the fact they have loosened off their guitar strings to really show they are not playing at all...lol

[@TheOscarBonilla]

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[@asenath7766]

I really wish Robert Smith hadn't went for the goth makeup. He was so cute without it. I wish they had stuck to this image.

[@bynk7510]

yep!!1981-82.accept.But the years after totaly not..

[@themissingsector6322]

I agree. He was and is so good looking without it. He seemed more confident in his earlier interviews too.

[@gregjogie1281]

Its part of his persona. He is still a performa.

[@gabormolnar9900]

Really cure joke. Simon on guitar, strings are mixed, Robert on bass and yes ...don't give a fuck to back track

[@hektorlinko]

I noticed that too right away then I was like...Fuck it. All bands back in the day did it, they kick ass, and they are good. I love them no matter what. Good shit. You should check out the video from Public Image Ltd on American Bandstand. Funny as shit as far as lip synching and playing live fake. Funny. lol

[@alenyoung713]

A voice is in my head and it's Aida of course saying I hate this your music sucks it's to slow Of course classic aida

[@razor6552]

Weird hair.

[@1COMIXMAN]

This is pre emo/goth the cure.

[@mtsn]

Cure was never emo.