The Cure - "A Forest" @ Werchter Festival, july 1981

[@jesskenney9076]

One of the best songs of all time

[@SarjanaVelten]

YA

[@TRdoFbS]

One of mine since I first heard it back in the day 😻

[@edy-str]

Absolute shite, that's a warm up in a rehearsal ROOM.

[@Angi-g7]

Agreed

[@bgierat]

That post punk sound from like 1979 to 1982 was incredible. What a tiny brilliant time.

[@Manmachine59]

The best 4 years ever in terms of creativity….PIL, magazine, Joy Division, Cure, Killing Joke ….❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AngryTaurus007]

@@Manmachine59 Echo and the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banshees (with Mcgeoch), Modern English, The Passions (kind of Post punk - New wave), New Order and u2's first albums. Love it! 🥰

[@Manmachine59]

@@AngryTaurus007 fully agree…. So lucky to have lived those times…

[@emiliacanet9960]

I was there joy division Bauhaus siouxie etc........

[@markremmers7990]

Moody days though. Unemployment high, nuke threat, but great music. My youth

[@bd1435]

I wonder if anyone in the crowd could appreciate how important this recording was and how many people would eventually see it

[@marcosgomes7681]

I think yes they were lucky,on the right place at right time, this is one of the best gig's of all time

[@basvoer-qp7qw]

I am sure they did.

[@DrBeeperzonthemic1970]

And how Robert Palmer is.............

[@maxpower8916]

Gallup to Smith in the beginning: Gallup: "Short or long version Robert?" Smith: "Extra long version." Gotta love it.

[@janiquevaillot8554]

Agree with you. Love the young and angry Rob Smith ! Hope we'll can see The CURE on stage as soon as possible ? (Friendly from France)

[@ms.lisamurphy269]

@@janiquevaillot8554 he still got the piss. Fucking destroyed an interviewer at the hall of fame awards who asked him..."are you excited about tonight?"....Robert Smith..unsmiling of course, " not really". 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@norbertenderle8092]

@@ms.lisamurphy269 He allways Stay in Punk and any normal society ist piss'm Off ,He Ho let's Go,Love the Band,allways in my Heart from the First Time and For Sure when Rock,nRoll Hall of Fame don't Put Black Sabbath of the Red carpet ,IT Burns in Hell,Ya?

[@davidlatimer3091]

Bands like The Cure and Joy Division took the raw energy of Punk, and entwined it with depth and atmosphere,without losing integrity.

[@dedurocortorum365]

I would add Siouxsie.

[@joshualee9580]

Also Bauhaus

[@mdcoomer67]

I just listened to two hours or so of Joy Division yesterday, and it's all just so good. Everything old is new again, I suppose.

[@andreabrandt4918]

Yes I think so . grateful

[@christiankermorvant5704]

Both were probably our quintessence...

[@janiquevaillot6234]

2023 The CURE is a timeless band now. They were so young in this video ! I was 14 or 15 years old. Now I'm 57 years old and I still do love the sound of The CURE !!!!

[@LooperRooms]

Trop d accord avec toi ! 👍

[@PHanomaly]

I was 20

[@ceevee369]

I was 17 as well. To young for RW81 but my radio was pumped up.

[@Alkimahos-q8w]

same here mate!! when i heard these tunes back in theday it was like a lightning strike

[@VicenteSanchez-ve9ii]

Me too. Punk. Eran muy buenos en ese tiempo. Y lo han sido antes, despues y ahora. Salud. 😝

[@scottpietryka6519]

Damn that guitar is so hauntingly beautiful and moody. Such a thick & layered sound from just a 3 piece band. This era of The Cure was so damn fresh & innovative. Still holds up and sounds great today.

[@Nyx773]

Open tuning of the guitar

[@lindaclark9925]

Try being in the clubs as it was first played it was so exciting

[@lindaclark9925]

1984, 85, 86, ....ouch !

[@erad67]

Good music always holds up. It's not like 20 year olds today are so much better at music than 20 year olds from other generations.

[@asobineko4742]

@@Nyx773 pretty sure it's in standard.

[@TheEuthanator]

On this date in 1981, THE CURE player Werchter Festival in Belgium, a concert infamous for the band's Robert Palmer-baiting version of A FOREST, (July 5th, 1981). A late running concert saw festival organisers trying to hurry The Cure along to make way for the next act, Robert Palmer. Taking exception to this, Robert Smith informed the crowd what was happening and retaliated by leading the band through an epic version of A Forest, all 9 minutes of it. "We'd only been on for about a half an hour and everything was running late so Robert Palmer's road crew started motioning to us to stop,” said Smith. “This bloke ran on and said 'If you don't stop playing, we're gonna pull the plug' …and we started playing a really slow version of 'A Forest' which lasted about 15 minutes.” “It was f****** brilliant. Unfortunately, when we finished, they threw all our stuff off the back of the stage ..." At the end of the number, Simon Gallup shouted, “F*** Robert Palmer! F*** rock'n'roll!” The video here is this ominous, tenser-than-usual take of A FOREST.

[@sash7551]

Robert Palmer what a joke

[@keirfarnum6811]

Where is Palmer now? A has been of commercial rock. The Cure lives on and is still appreciated by young people. It’s amazing how much of our generation’s music is still appreciated today.

[@michaelclare9326]

​@@keirfarnum6811 Actually, Robert passed away in 2003. 😥

[@lotus65]

​@@keirfarnum6811that's some needless shade. Lots of us appreciate both Robert Palmer AND The Cure.

[@robertwakefield7677]

​@@sash7551 why? Just. .,... . Why?

[@purplekiss7834]

I love that people are still watching this footage. This is awesome.

[@josephlinsley5282]

After seeing them finally inducted into RARHOF...it got me totally missing their music!!! They were my first favorite band!!

[@mikebarnshaw8125]

Oh man only just discovered this live set!! This is so F#$@ing good, i was 1 in 1981!! I think they could have done a 20 minute version its so memorizing, pure class.

[@KarenKayH]

It's genius!

[@KarenKayH]

@@josephlinsley5282after the RRHOF I have become newly obsessed with The Cure. I have spent a month listening to all their albums, watching all their videos. I'm amazed by the unique genius of The Cure. Robert Smith is not of this world.

[@luisbaltodano227]

Purple Kiss it’s timeless.

[@GunterDierickx]

I was there, Robert thought nobody wanted to see them because of the main act who was Robert Palmer. The crowd got beserk! With all repect for Mr Palmer, The Cure was the best gig of the day!

[@dannygomes5611]

Who's Robert Palmer?

[@innosensecal]

@tim ovel The band on the video you just clicked on and commented, bellend.

[@innosensecal]

@tim ovel Yeah, good one. Im just too shallow for you obviously.

[@dbsha6377]

@@dannygomes5611 I think Robert Palmer was session player for Guns n' Roses

[@biancac9267]

Awesome!!!

[@anthonybaiocchi3028]

Lived 3 houses down from Simon and had drinks with him at his house once, not knowing who he was. 🤣

[@Maricavdven]

I was there 17 years young, now I'm 60 and still love the Cure . Timeless music.

[@DianneDempsey-oy4yw]

My husband and I went to a Cure concert June 1st 2023 and it was great!❤😅

[@DianneDempsey-oy4yw]

It was in Seattle, WA!

[@tia3932]

im 17 now and i also love the cure so much

[@jenshagelstein7695]

same, but 57

[@stevewasher5532]

i am 71 and still listen to this.Great music

[@MrShackleforth]

The Cure.... One of the greatest bands ever in my opinion

[@sebastiannissen9191]

Spot on. The greatest.

[@woudwilder8324]

Not one of the greatest, the greatest.

[@dataloopmusicreator]

Agree

[@huhuruz77]

Not the greatest but one of them. We can`t deny that Depeche Mode or U2 are not another 2 great bands !

[@henktittel3588]

Wrong, that was Led Zeppelin!

[@funksoulbrother3620]

this is great. You can just imagine the stage managers wanting to get the band off to move on to the next so they say "one more song" to Mr Smith, with them expecting another four minutes or so. Then Mr Smith decides to do a nearly nine minute version of Forest to piss them off. Excellent!

[@DolleHengst]

Actually it was Robert Palmer who wanted them to leave the stage, and even tried to have his roadies forcibly get the Cure off. Really a dick move. The audience having a good time is what a festival is about. Even if you're the headliner, you can't treat other bands like some support act.

[@janiquevaillot8554]

Agree with you !!!

[@jenton70]

@@DolleHengst Exactly, which is why the Cure remain completely and deservedly revered while Robert Palmer is a side joke about 80's pop (American Psycho).

[@standinsilence]

@@jenton70 That musicvideo for Addicted To Love though.. :-p Its pretty awesome.

[@jenton70]

@@standinsilence well I can’t argue with that

[@michaelc.4413]

"The Cure, after being told to cut their set short by Robert Palmer's managers, play a 9-minute long rendition of "A Forest". I found that info on wikipedia - The manager got the Cure...and thanks for that, overwise we would not have had this excellent version - I most have heard it 100 times - best of the best..its medicin.

[@johnevans347]

My ep wasn't even that long, if I remember rightly.

[@johnevans347]

They were always better live, anyway, and can get pretty heavy, man.

[@Jules_73]

That is a great story which explains the pure punk attitude as they say f you to cutting the set short

[@maxamillion6958]

This is the best version of "A Forest". -the ending is epic.. lol

[@hairspraybandit]

I believe it was Palmers roadies who basically said finish up fast or else. Would you like to know what happened after? Palmers Roadies started kicking the cures amps and gear off the back of the stage which of course led to a giant brawl.

[@janiquevaillot8554]

The bassline is one of the greatest I ever heard. Rob Smith & Simon Gallup together : wonderful

[@josecampos2895]

Sorry

[@brandocalrissian3294]

Those two are the reason I learned to play bass, guitar, drums and to sing. Best duo in music history.

[@CorePathway]

Was just tripping on it yo

[@Seattleskindoc]

35 years later - this song still sends shivers down my spine.

[@norbertenderle8092]

and a litt'le teardtop,Off course...

[@daBEAGLE1017]

41 years later makes me wish i was back in 86 25 years ago.

[@joe22589]

35 years? Some extra lessons maths might help ))

[@modifidious]

@@joe22589 36*

[@petajamieson6397]

same for me x @@norbertenderle8092

[@stonedphilosopherza4915]

Actually think Robert’s guitar skills are overlooked. His playing isn’t extreme but he gets such emotion out of his guitar sound. What a group though, happy I found Cure during my teen years

[@johnevans347]

Technically adept, especially when I saw him with Siouxie.

[@tmage23]

He makes great use of flange here. The Cure were always great at atmospheric guitar. I think Porl Thompson (who would join the band later) is an amazing guitarist.

[@henrythehoover4363]

The only time I’ve heard someone strumming only open strings and making it sound good

[@NormAppleton]

He's a very good guitar player. He's Jonny Marr level.

[@stephenwolfram356]

Yeah sure true well also he's singing at the SAME TIME.

[@mistercabana8413]

39 years and it still gives me goosebumps. Long live The Cure

[@gbormann71]

@@corvandehaar8397 I think he meant since that concert 😉

[@mikerozic7225]

Amen 🙏

[@emiliacanet9960]

65 still dancing to this. Cuban rocker here

[@sidstewart7399]

This is 43 years old...43 years before 1981 was 1938. Think how much music changed from 38 to 81. Then think of how little its really moved since then. Time goes so fast.

[@andyathanasiou]

What a great comment my friend so true . Makes you think .

[@martinjohnston6685]

we are only passing through , at least we have all these wonderful time capsules forever

[@bettyswollocks5278]

So true, yet not... but I know exactly what you mean.

[@deborahpaley21]

great comment, so true

[@vlimmenveterinaryservices5657]

We got a lot of bullshit music after 1990 ..that's what's wrong

[@KarenKayH]

I love this young, angry Robert just burning it up!

[@shirleypereira9896]

Também acho..

[@bronzantilium7699]

He’s young, angry yet so polite and self effacing.

[@marcosgomes7681]

Yes total focus in music,this is so good

[@tutsybassista]

I'm after SEXY SIMON! 😍

[@janiquevaillot8554]

Yes he is so beautiful and sexy and great musician Love him

[@schamitz]

Young, talented Robert, he was just 22 then!

[@Pulsonar]

...and just 19 yrs old when he formed The Cure...

[@grunnwald]

@@Pulsonar , in 1976 - Easy Cure- Robert 17-old

[@MURUR1025]

Super creative period too.....

[@thorpenator9148]

They had no idea of his genius at that moment.

[@ihghost]

Dear FUCKING GOD. This is literal PERFECTION.

[@eboethrasher]

I love that at the end, the crowd can be heard chanting "we want more, we want more"!

[@janiquevaillot8554]

Yes we still want more ! Friendly from France. I love The CURE and Robert Smith since I was a teenager 🖤🎼🎶🎤🎸😻👍

[@LucureI]

This presentation was EPIC! "Oh, you want me to finish soon, ok, take my 9 minutes song them!"

[@Jonijajujibgua]

Jajajajaja vete a la mierda.

[@RicTic66]

Imagine the anti climax. You've just witnessed the Cure at their 80s best and now you have to suffer Robert Palmer. I'd have gone home 😔

[@megas13proto]

Just leave lol.

[@antlittlejohns2098]

😂😂😂 spot on

[@chrismitchell45]

Wait, who’s on next?? Meh, we’re out 😂

[@carlosbaez3909]

Lmfao

[@trentdawg2832]

Is that the dude that sang....simply irresistible. .....really, that dude sucked ass

[@emarchand1970]

I love this moment (5'20") when Robert and Simon start to discuss, and decide to make it much longer, to "relaunch" the beat, in a complete impro (especially the lyrics, which basically mean nothing. LOL!). Love it!

[@gbormann71]

It took Tolhurst a bit to realise he needed to fire up the engine again 😁

[@tonygajate5780]

thanks for that heads up

[@billhickok21]

such a long end, such a long end, such a long end xD Rolf 'n Copter

[@tbearthai]

Ok,1981?? Whaaat??!! And Robert Smith was so f'ing handsome back then!! I have new found appreciation for this iconic band. The sound they created was truly revolutionary. Remember Disco was over just a couple years before this. They sound amazing live, just like their studio production. Forever a Cure fan

[@wralford]

As young adult at the time, it is difficult to express how, after being bombarded by Disco and hair-metal, to have music to listen to that wasn't stupid or formulaic. Most of my friends didn't accept it, but New Musik, synth-pop, punk, electronic was life-changing for me. This was my background music for the 1980s.

[@joshhume3412]

I really like this style. Would you have any recommendations?

[@nevets4ever4]

@@joshhume3412 - Whoa Josh - life is too short to list all of the great bands from that era. Start with these: Joy Division, Echo & The Bunneymen, early Simple Minds and early U2, Modern Lovers, Talk Talk, The Stranglers. If you need more just ask. Enjoy!

[@rattusnorvegicus4380]

As well as the aforementioned, try Japan, Bauhaus, Magazine, Television, Flock of Seagulls....

[@Hanzey1966]

Wal Ford Not wanna be the Party Pooper here ...But the Hair Metal Bombardments were AFTER this.....

[@8-BitHeart79]

@@joshhume3412 Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Bauhaus, sisters of mercy,Joy Division, Killing Joke, and fields of Nephlim

[@thomaskinnaman3167]

Having heard dozens of live versions of this song - this in my opinion is the best. Robert gets his guitar ringing so hauntingly throughout. The three of them are so together. I can listen to this version dozens of times and find something new each listen.

[@ianhannah1878]

I think you are right

the additional lyrics at the end, is that what they used to do at the time? i can't remember them from later live recordings...

[@thomaskinnaman3167]

@ I've never seen those lyrics in any recorded version of this song. I understand the band was miffed with the Robert Palmer crew that day. Maybe at 5:25, Robert and Simon were discussing ways to make the song last longer just to anger the Palmer crew, and remembered that segment from some by-gone practice session. I can't lip read - but maybe Simon is asking something like "was that in G or D" or whatever at 5:25.

[@adamcoombs6404]

I agree. Just listened to 13min version (imo the longer the better) but found my self going back to this performance half way through. Nothing like it

[@janiquevaillot8554]

Agree with you ! Such a brilliant mastepiece ! I could listen to every single day of my life. Love all their versions ! The famous haunting sound of The CURE ! We do still love it !

[@RitaRiley-w4d]

I'm a 71 year old that dismissed the cure. I thought their music was so dark! I've only recently discovered how great they are!❤

[@julienrodot8288]

Never too late, congrats 😂

[@ukporkpie7829]

The lucky thing for you is that his voice has almost not changed. Saw them last year in Chula Vista, San Diego. Amazing as ever.

[@suewright3345]

Similar for me...

[@justcatchingrye]

The Cure with Tolhurst on drums were amazing. The way he accented his hi-hats was really great. It seems he's a bit overlooked, but his drumming was a real highlight of those early records.

[@CatoMinor]

Essential and fast drumming, very similar to Stephen Morris drumming in Joy Division.

[@zoeherriot]

@@CatoMinor Morris was a significantly more competent drummer than Lol ever was.

[@krollpeter]

@@zoeherriot ... and so is Jason Cooper.

[@justcatchingrye]

Technique? Of course if he'd have ripped into a bewildering polyrhythm, if might not have worked so well. So many bands' best work was during their first albums, before the learned to play properly. Mark E Smith just sacked them if they started trying to get too clever (the absolute legend!)

[@krollpeter]

@@justcatchingrye Smith asked Tolhurst for a years to learn more than just the few basic patterns. The Cure's keyboards do not require refined skills, they are mainly for atmosphere. But the bass and rhythm section is important.

[@computerhelp4559]

The flange pedal is the fourth member of the group :)

[@pillyreymond]

flanger is everything kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWe3q59uq66GoLM

[@ivorbiggun710]

Trade mark, to some extent.

[@CosmicPowerCP]

i hear the jet plane

[@Exorttaband]

Awesome comment

[@antoinebeauman]

without flanger no cure !

[@senianns9522]

A masterpiece in Bass guitar playing that I could listen to again and again and again and again and again and again and again---!

[@ruredrider]

The Cure stood the test of time. Their old tunes are still cool.

[@seelenwinter6662]

was their best time, the earlie years... like police, david bowie, u2, genesis, metallica and co...

[@staalman]

In that case, have a look at: watch?v=R9w7zWtbNmE

[@steven1822]

way cool. man. way cool.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

ruredrider yeah, because cool is all important

[@atabutter440]

Definitely!

[@tomvanlint6694]

I was there! (front row) Those were the days. Line up in order of appearance: De Kreuners The Undertones Toots & The Maytals Elvis Costello and the Attractions The Cure Robert Palmer Dire Straits.

[@bartobruintjes7056]

Hartstikke tof man!

[@hdub16bq]

Hi, Tom. I was in the front row too. What a line up it was, back in 1981.

[@scottkerridge]

Elvis, The Cure and Dire Straits.....what a lineup.

[@Thetache]

Dire Straits to send everyone to sleep before they went home ??? lol

[@philjoy6635]

B4 dire turned shit

[@over-educated-sp]

Back when I was all about Punk Rock, in the early 80’s The Cure, was something all of us were listening to when none of our friends were around. Nonetheless, we were all listening to it.

[@Ab0minati0n]

I still listen to A Forrest daily and probably have since 1984. It never gets old. There are those who found The Cure, and those who still need to.

[@Texas81999]

Never gets old is right. Hypnotic. And you can dance to it.

[@cerrinis]

Imagine... I was 17, it was my first live concert, could listen most of the 2 albums tracks, boys don't cry and seventeen seconds, it was in a small theater, in Marseille, june 79 ! Forest was hypnotic.

[@grendel_nz]

I must have been about the same when i found this while visiting some students at Uni. Played the album over and over. Still brilliant.

[@JackyVSO]

Ironically one of the most rock'n'roll moments ever.

[@MilVukovic]

Right??!!

[@minimoze]

@Amber refer to the description of this vidéo and listen to the last 20 seconds

[@zoeherriot]

@@minimoze but that's not irony - it's just something that happened. Like rain on your wedding day...

[@tigb1524]

@@zoeherriot or a free ride when you already paid ;)

[@robbiegirl9270]

Exactly haha

[@littleheath1666]

I saw The Cure's Australian performance on 20th August 1980 in the small Chequers night club located in Goulburn street , Sydney , Australia . There was an audience of about 40 or 50 people. The band were dressed in flannelette shirts and jeans and looked more like a country and western band. The music they played was mesmerising , exactly as in this video. I remember that night as though it was yesterday.

[@digger5521]

I saw them same tour in Adelaide at the Arkarbar Hotel I think it was called " Get a dose of the cure tour " Lol

[@colinrasmussen9365]

how was it their first performance if this festival was played in 1981?

[@decoder0802]

Errr... read the comment properly! #Little Heath saw their first performance in Australia. They had obviously played dozens, if not hundreds, of times in the UK and Europe by the time they toured Australia! 🙄

[@Schuldiner11]

Rowan Tree your reading comprehension sucks!

[@colinrasmussen9365]

Yeah but how was it their first performance?

[@Tidepool4]

When I first listened to The Cure I was on a 3 hour road trip. Someone, a week or so earlier, on TikTok had recommended me Let’s Go To Bed, and I liked it, but kind of just added it to my Spotify playlist and forgot about it. The song came up on shuffle about halfway through the trip, and out of curiosity I decided to check out The Cure’s greatest hits compilation. When A Forest played I realized why people always told me “music can change your life.” Looking back, my entire listening routine before this had just been listening to noise to quiet the world. It never meant anything to me until now, I was never grounded. It was like I had gained a new consciousness. It never felt as real as this. Spent the rest of that trip(and my life thus far) listening to The Cure.

[@janiquevaillot8554]

A Forest : always one of my favorite songs from The Cure.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Janique Vaillot no it’s not

[@neomahellebuyck7487]

when i'll only have 9 mins left of my life i would totally listen to this.

[@kcleary5998]

Oh man someone really needs to invent a time machine! I WANNA GO BACK!!!

[@mariadaugbjerg6141]

Me too -every day i miss the eighties

[@halloweenjack4482]

It was awesome. I saw them live when I was fifteen.

[@bravo20vet12]

I was a marine on Okinawa,and I definitely needed the cure 😚

[@MachineOverlords]

Same. I would go in a second. I think my kids would too. They love the music from 70s and 80s.

[@jamiehunter240]

Great tune incredible..

[@randygonzalez7439]

I love that Robert Smith went past 9 minutes so the Fans could hear the Music. The CURE is Always and Will be the Main Reason the Crowd came to watch that day. Robert said it best "F*** Robert Palmer, F*** Rock and Roll"! 🕶👍

[@liliga_]

I agree with you, but those were Simon's words🔥

[@f0rmaggi0]

The ad interrupting the middle of this song made Jesus cry.

[@jules2713]

Should be illegal.

[@adriann7645]

I don't know I think Google has a duty of care to tell me about prostate cancer during this song.

[@IngaVeit]

An early masterpiece from the beginnings of New Wave, later Gothic. This song travels through life with me.

[@Mr33pantera]

well said. I feel the same.

[@turloughdebhal9274]

Like a lot of their songs - they stand the test of time, classics in their own bedsits.

[@mja4752]

actually this was the end of new wave not the beginning

[@BayviewFinch]

Gee, that wasn't a pretentioius statement at all.

[@jisnotavailable]

Hmmm,.... pretentious and wrong. A beautiful abject lesson in stupid

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

The music is extremely simple but hypnotic, and the rythm section is unbelievably steady (and I dont think in those days they played with a click track on stage...)

[@viviennetwigg8096]

Simple with multiple key changes

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@viviennetwigg8096 So?

[@janiquevaillot8554]

The early days of "The CURE ". Love it ! Great band. We want more. Again and again & again...

[@damianb2374]

This is a few versions in bud. At this stage, when they played material from the first few years it was them playing 'old' Cure.

[@gbormann71]

Hehe, 'again' is Smith's favourit word.

[@Trully1949]

I did a half hit of acid one weekend when I was 40. I was afraid to do a whole hit, which I did two weeks later with a good friend who supplied both the acid and The Cure. Fortunately, I was able to leave acid behind. Fortunately, I wasn’t able to leave The Cure behind, even 30 years later. A Forest is the song that got me hooked on The Cure. It has a special place in my head and heart. I can’t imagine a short, edited version. I also like Robert Palmer. Go figure.

[@SatanDynastyKiller]

You should never leave acid behind.

[@bronzantilium7699]

I became a Cure fan without using acid. I’m weird that way.

[@jeffsmith50001]

That's a good age to do acid. I bet you are a better man for it.

[@MilVukovic]

Hey, you heard the man, Fuck Robert Palmer....and Fuck Rock n Roll!!

[@boneypandapoo6637]

I did 40 hits one weekend

[@tristanmorris9850]

Love this live version. Such energy. Attitude. Love the ad-lib ending both musically & also because they’re like, “We’re not getting off the stage yet. Its ours.” Best time to see them live as they were creating stuff spontaneously. Thats what live should be. Not just replicating the recording. Special that this moment was caught on film. Thanks for posting.

[@bobkaddy4012]

Agreed, they must have been confident in how good they are because they dissed the main act--LOL

[@Luxarium]

@@bobkaddy4012 they deff despised his music lmao

[@davidriley1847]

Your insane dude ,sounds like shit on toast with sand !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jonarroyo2613]

@@bobkaddy4012 Who was the main act?

[@rosasanchezgonzalez3879]

Te amo ❤🇪🇸😅

[@GiveUsMusic]

Might as well face it, you’re addicted to the cure

[@hukes]

There's your like.

[@sergiosaunier]

Have been for the past 40 years!

[@bronzantilium7699]

I bet Robert Palmer was jamming to this as he was waiting backstage.

[@associationmicrosillons]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX3KY5-DpMuCoNU

[@gabiocampos]

you've got me

[@melissawells5779]

Love how he put Robert Palmer on blast. Karma the Cure is still around where’s Palmer? Lol❤❤❤love the CURE

[@brendaforevergreen7436]

Come closer and see See into the trees Find the girl While you can Come closer and see See into the dark Just follow your eyes Just follow your eyes I hear her voice Calling my name The sound is deep In the dark I hear her voice And start to run Into the trees Into the trees Into the trees Suddenly I stop But I know it's too late I'm lost in a forest All alone The girl was never there It's always the same I'm running towards nothing Again and again and again and again

[@spiritualcramp8000]

Lol i always sung "find a girl, what you can" i was a young and drunk asshole Lol

[@jenperkings7072]

Thanks for the lyrics brilliant. 😻

[@nicolasreynolds7618]

It's such a long end...

[@thomaschulze]

@@nicolasreynolds7618 dedicated to Robert Palmer >D

[@bobkaddy4012]

@@thomaschulze how cocky were these kids disrespecting the so called bigger act LOL--They already knew how good they were

[@louise9422]

This great sound by just three people... They always play well live.

[@nwjr2001]

My word, Robert was a handsome lad back in the day. And his voice in this performance.. wow!

[@janiquevaillot8554]

The CURE & Robert Smith were like Aliens with their new haunting and amazing sound. Love The CURE

[@clumsiii]

and now they play them at the grocery store *eyeroll* always the same three songs : friday, pictures, and heaven. cool i guess, but kinda lame of coopted genius passed as grocery store fluff. At least Robert and the boys have been rewarded

[@geaca3222]

🤣@@clumsiii

[@dodopatak3595]

i was waiting 40 years to hear it live. it happened to me this summer.... there is a god ;D

[@DeepRuido]

I had to wait for my 27 years to see them live, that was six months ago... it was crazy.

[@remobastos]

I´ve been still waiting for 40 years. Hope this dream will eventually come true.

[@markush.9140]

Saw them 1992 in Berlin bass sound rupted my breast, that was most impressiv concert to me.

[@JODIDO84]

They were only 3 : Smith, Gallup and Tolhurst...Probably the best Cure line up...Such an attitude during those post punk years...

[@flamejob4260]

Joël DI DOMIZIO preach

[@benibbotson2014]

Definitely the best line up, seventeen seconds was, in my opinion, their best album.

[@homebase1889]

Joël DI DOMIZIO 3 imaginary Boys

[@LucureI]

Boris Willians boosted the already almighty THE CURE :) I really miss him.

[@busterthebear6756]

Ian Norton pornography makes that album look like a comedy show

[@joescully1712]

Brought my kids 2 see the cure at mad cool festival in Madrid last year. My 11 year old said it was the highlight of his life apart from being born 🤗🤗🤗

[@kaseylee1152]

That's awesome music is so cool and a great to express oneself...

[@leslymontoya4990]

They were great in that show in Madrid!!

[@georgevacca1714]

That’s awesome 👏🏻

[@tigb1524]

What a cool dad you are :) My kids like The Cure too.

[@andu1854]

You are Father of the Year!!!!

[@Krikeydotcom]

Why is this not blowing up on the net? Boom smash yeah!

[@cucugnan]

This song lasts generation and generations and generations....... into eternity of music

[@jasons.8139]

This is exactly the reason why the Cure gained notoriety. I’ve been a fan since 1991. Or sooner. This song is timeless.

[@Kingfisher1215]

And yet this was 1981. Just missed by 10 years.

[@buckfuttler2877]

37 years later, still one of the best rock songs ever written....

[@graemem111]

Maaaaan!!! I was there. Tourhaut and Werchter were on my calendar every year until’85. When I had to get a real job.

[@henkdew]

This is the very best version there is. No doubt about it. I was 15 and present there. I have the concert in mp3 and this song I play at least 2 times a week. Eh.. for a decade already. You won't believe how happy I was when I found it at Napster in those days.

[@RuudLang]

Still playing it😉?!

[@basehead617]

One of my favorite things about old live show videos is the people that come on the comments to talk about being there! fantastic!

[@joedaoust5942]

Didn't fully understand how amazing this song was until my 50,s.

[@Vlad9191]

I was at this festival! To see the Cure (my first time) was the reason I went. (I was a high school exchange student in Belgium at the time). I distinctly remember Robert Smith's white bandana and his no nonsense approach to the music - just announced the song and played. Best Cure gig I ever saw.

[@Vlad9191]

PS. Robert Palmer did a great show too actually...

[@maryjohnb.824]

The biggest mistake of Robert's career was ditching the white bandana. It was incredibly ace. He should still be wearing it today. I have spoken. Carry on.

[@hdub16bq]

I was there too! 21 and flabbergasted. I totally agree, best gig ever!

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Vlad9191 here’s a cookie

[@kerrywinter3973]

3 young incredibly talented musicians and close friends creating pure magic!!!!

[@lemurdream]

"It's such a long end." lol!!

[@CinemaPlugins]

~40 years ago... I don't feel old, but I remember this like it was yesterday. 81/82 was an amazing time to bee a teenager.

[@salimmohammed7761]

Yes, in retrospect it was magical .

[@Corstopitum]

I was 24 in81 and my son had been born that year and my daughter the year after ...the next decade was the most special in every way .its a pity my kids were too young to appreciate the music of the early eighties ....especially.81-86

[@weashox2368]

I've seen these guys 38 years later on the same stage and they still sound as good as back then

[@radioparadisiac]

Timeless and lol re: "everyone wants to see Robert Palmer" and then nine minutes of ☝ 1981?! where has the time gone? ❤

[@ralphlazio505]

LOOK AT HOW YOUNG THEY WERE!!? 😅 And Robert Smith STILL sounds the same!!! What a TRIP!!!

[@zoeherriot]

@Kiwifan His voice changed because he learnt how to sing.

[@zoeherriot]

@Kiwifan oh jesus, it's you... he took singing lessons prior to Disintegration - my high school music teacher was friends with Robert and she mentioned it. But he also discussed it in a Rolling Stone article around 1989. But more generally, he learnt to sing over time. That's why by the time the Top was recorded he was using different singing voices and techniques, such as falsetto.

[@workingtitle7049]

PEOPLE AGE KIWI

[@workingtitle7049]

@Kiwifan The Cures 2000s output is pretty underated if you dont count their Self Titled album

[@ralphlazio505]

I think most of The Cures songs are sooo sexy... it brings back sooo many awesome memories❤️💥👄🍑🍓🍾 🔥

[@gregjay1537]

A Forest is an absolutely great song deep powerful and melancholic.

[@sylwiaw3677]

Somebody in january 2020? Btw that was brilliant, this live version!

[@herbieshine1312]

28th January 2.13am

[@davehodge1531]

Here again.

[@cleydemachado4650]

Eu aqui 🙋🇧🇷

[@zepp3000]

sup, almost february here

[@annajolanta9129]

And still here...

[@delby66]

There were so many good post punk bands out that it was hard to say who was the best. The Cure are one of them, but nobody mentions Echo and the Bunnymen. A brilliant band.

[@gbormann71]

Ian McCulloch agrees he's the best songwriter with a band.

[@queeffersthrlnd1620]

because they aren't and werent as good as the cure when you look at their entire discography. its not even comparable really but at least both are still touring and putting on great shows.

[@jamesswigart3032]

The Bunnymen’s first three albums are staggering genius. Deep cuts All That Jazz No Dark Things incredible

[@johnboy1828]

Sometimes you just have to stand your ground. I think the song extension was a big F.U. Well done boys!

[@Imsuchaliar]

+John Franks That's exactly what it was.

[@beathebee1523]

Wow that was hilarious! love it! good on them! Robert was so f'ing cool back then and got to love Simon!

[@oakie70]

lol, I first heard this song on a trance album about 15 years ago, those classic techno tunes usually lasted 10 mins anyways, So i just assumed it was 9 min long

[@bobkaddy4012]

Agree, you see them talking around the 5:30 mark, nicely done. Took balls where they were on the pecking order at the time. LOL

[@boc413]

Schnitzel trance nation electric :-)

[@TheMurrblake]

This band is a gift from another place.

[@Sugar_K]

hands down the greatest version of the forest.. would love to see it played now with this pace and enthusiasm

[@joeholmes1324]

Saw them play this in Pasadena last year. Simply amazing. Robert Smith has not lost a step imo. 40 years later. Mind blowing.

[@MonkyMonk729]

This is a killer version... add the uncharacteristic dramatics and its tough to beat.

[@eboethrasher]

Still think the versions from the Wish tour (as seen on Show) are tops.

[@rageagainsthememe71]

This was a great live version. Although I personally prefer the live in Paris in 1979 version. It’s faster and has way more energy. Although it’s only a 1/3 of the length of this version.

[@eboethrasher]

@@rageagainsthememe71 it's a sped up tape.

[@rougecoquin7296]

Masterful trolling by Robert. "Such a long end.... such a long end..." ad lib

[@basvoer-qp7qw]

‘Such longing’ is what I heard.

[@spaceysullivan]

My favorite Cure song and video. I watch this frequently, especially when I need to feel young and alive. Thanks so much for posting!

[@zeeeOgre]

Classic. These guys were waaaaay ahead of the curve! Fender playing punks changing music forever!

[@lindarobles5347]

Extraordinarily beautiful and surreal.......The Cure

[@janiquevaillot8554]

I was only 15 years old. And if I had à time machine I will do everything to be in the audience to see this concert ! Thanks a lot for KZbin

[@lukassssi]

The Cure & Depeche mode, two of my biggest musical inspirations

[@josemariagomezruiz1818]

Smith + Gore ❤

[@MrRedroof]

they had no idea how brilliant they were then, god, what an amazing group of artist.

[@minc5503]

+MrRedroof they are amazing! Robert Smith is such a musical/lyrical genius ! They are so young but very talented and sound so perfect! Robert's hands got tired towards the end and rightfully so!

[@bobkaddy4012]

I think they did recognize how good they were, they were confident enough to call out the lead act as an opener. Epic stuff

[@francohinojosa976]

Luna

[@Rodrigo79799]

They knew exactly how good they were, and of course Bob knew he was a genius. No doubt about it.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Mr RedRoof no, because brilliant people are stupid

[@jakechitty1]

Robert Smith looked so cool during this era.

[@TheCoffeechat]

Looks like young Jon Cusack...Cure fan from waaaay back.

[@betterthantelly2993]

@Scouts Honor what does a man wear?

[@rublake7504]

Frivolous Foxes surely you mean Robert ‘Palmer’ 😅

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Frivolous Foxes yeah, because cool is all important

[@evesapple6445]

He always looks cool. He is who he is. Gotta love that !

[@CatoMinor]

This song could continue for 1 hour, it's so hypnotic that i could go on hearing to it all the time.

[@simonspencer65]

This performance is just incredible.

[@janus2059]

"Such a long end... such a long end..." LOL

[@chriss8696]

LOL classic... LOL

[@bobkaddy4012]

Brilliant

[@melissadana7829]

I thought he was singing "such a longing"

[@Nyx773]

I like how Robert Smith drops his left hand at 7:18, but keeps on strumming. It's like a "F*** You" to Palmer.

[@robmbaboy1]

Also he is a much underrated guitarist. Really unique style

[@BDDave]

Use to play this driving home at night from work (late 80s car CD). It would put me in to a trance before Trance music was invented...

[@nicholasmanusos845]

An ad right in the middle of this amazing performance. Thanks KZbin, that was great!

[@jdubs9922]

The Cure was so ahead of their time. One of the best and this song one of their best......

[@fortunatobanueloscastaneda7183]

Musica totalmente atemporal, sigue sonando tan increiblemente bien hoy como hace mas de 40 años que se compuso.....larga vida a la Cura!🤘🏻

[@veronicasanchez9110]

they've should've done a twenty minute version of A Forest just to madden the crowd x)

[@herb79]

To think 38 years later they were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!