The Cure - Another Happy Birthday (new song) Hollywood Bowl May 23 2023

[@william8078]

I’m 47 now, and have been listening to The Cure since I was 12 years old. Robert was my father figure, because I came from a broken home. When I was 13 my mom took me to see them live in Orlando, FL. I remember it like it was yesterday. She’s gone now, but he’s still here and I can’t wait to see them one last time at least, in Tampa. This man means more to many of us that he could ever imagine.

[@jsyndownfall7829]

I’m turning 55 at the concert tomorrow night , been a massive fan since I was 15 .

[@ivybasement]

​@@jsyndownfall7829 happy belated birthday, i can't think of a better way to celebrate than seeing the cure - i turned 30 at one of the MSG shows last week :')

[@francoomodeosale8514]

Every Cure concert is something that goes deeply in the heart.... Robert is firstly a poet , then a musician... Thanks The Cure, for emotions you give us ! (seen last time in Milan, november 22)

[@user-hy9wl4wx3c]

Мне 45

[@Mysterias49]

Classic Cure. Long, long introduction which was amazing then Robert blends in his dark, depressing voice and the magic of The Cure happens yet one more time. Can't wait to see them live next month. Every concert is a treat for the soul and nobody but Robert Smith could pull this off song after song.

[@tylerskiss]

In this case it is quite literally Classic Cure seeing as the instrumental part of this song stems back to Bloodflowers.

[@AF-dn2bz]

theyre kind of not pulling it off? I mean, the keys in particular. howling cats

[@edsterrock]

I can’t believe that I was able to witness this live. Let alone a live debut. What a night!

[@GeorgeDupre-z3s]

Felt the same for it can never be the same NOLA 2016.

[@kcyn132adzr9]

what a snoozefest.

[@janedoe4316]

Instantly became one of the most important cure songs to me. It resonated deep in my heart like the ringing of a bell... deep & moving like all of their music... a experience I will never forget

[@AF-dn2bz]

this song is now one of the most important Cure songs to you?

[@peterusa6985]

Lyrics hit closer home with time passing by. Thank you The Cure. Thank you Robert.

[@MARK-hk7bh]

Thank you for posting this I cried hearing this song tonight I thought of my father. RIP JORGE AGUILAR you are gone but never forgotten chaparro

[@RabbitintheMoon]

only Robert Smith could make my birthday sound more depressing... I love it!

[@HooliganMomma]

Happy Birthday to you Love!!! xo

[@tripletflamesrainbowstarpeople]

My birthday was also yesterday

[@mattipalojarvi1853]

Morrissey did it first! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2ObmqR6rZaVaaM

[@rodrigogarto]

my birthday will be tomorrow

[@pdv698]

Robert is the Master. He corrected Reeves Gabrels at 1:10 who totally wasn't in this song. But Robert saved this beautiful song. All love to him.

[@ThroughAlmasEyes]

Thanks for recording and sharing the world debute of this new Cure song. ❤️

[@BraxtonWages]

Omg! I love this song this was a Bloodflowers demo!

[@Lucca_1313]

I was there! Absolutely beautiful song. What a night.

[@HooliganMomma]

The lyrics...Wow...incredibly moving and haven't we all been there!!! Thank you Cure!! Seeing you tonight!!! Whoo Hoo!!! xo

[@megamegan8607]

Best Birthday Present ever 💞

[@witchypoo13]

It's harder to hold on With every passing year As the memories fade You slowly disappear I try to keep you close Alive in my heart Though with no one there to hold me I'm coming apart And your birthday is the worst day I'm singing to a ghost Happy birthday I forget how it goes And I'm all dressed up I know it isn't right Pour myself another glass Turn off all the lights And sit for a while Aching and alone Waiting in the dark for you So I sit for a while Aching and alone Waiting in the dark for you To come home

[@meli.5058]

I am dressing up in a dark blue, as in a dream.

[@joeynabors1522]

Beautiful and sad! It looks like the entire album is going to be played live. I'm loving it so far. Four more songs to go if the rumors are true that it's a 10-track album.

[@enricopallazzoofficial]

Are we suer that "It Can Never Be The Same" will not be on the record? anyway, it will be a very beautiful, sad and depressive (in the best possible way) record.

[@tylerskiss]

The remaining songs are Vanishingsong, Feather and the Waves, Moonsong and No Care. Maybe ICNBTS turns up as a bonus track, but I doubt it. He tends to suggest that those songs were written by a band that doesn’t exist anymore.

[@enricopallazzoofficial]

@@tylerskiss Gotcha. Thanks

[@oranginator]

@@tylerskiss how do you know the unreleased songs names??

[@oranginator]

@@tylerskiss does that mean this one will be in the album as well?

[@marcoelizondo7718]

Wow!! Thank you. My favorite new song so far. Album is sizing up quite well.

[@GarnetDart]

He finds the words to express what so many of us feel. Thank you The Cure and thank you Robert. Some holes can never be filled

[@michalnes]

Thanks for sharing this Beautiful song Beautiful

[@pierremesnier]

Wow. It''s just great.

[@tylerskiss]

This confirms the track list. So the remaining tracks are Vanishingsong, Feather and the Waves, Moonsong and No Care.

[@kshvedoff9348]

I think the song which they perform currently as Endsong is effectively Moonsong, but who cares? The only thing I care is when are they finally going to release that new album?

[@tylerskiss]

Moonsong and Endsong are both listed, so I think they are separate- but I’m with you. I love getting one new song every couple of weeks, but it’s time for the album. According to Reeves, each time they tweak a new song when playing it live, Robert gets the urge to adjust the studio version.

[@davidsilva563]

@@tylerskiss Is this on the New 12inch E.P. ????? Where's the Triple Album he has been promising for the Last 20 odd years ??

[@richnice1975]

I would LOVE to hear this song in Miami on July 1. This is my favorite of the new songs.

[@kayocos6660]

何度もリプレイして聞いてます。 前奏も声も素敵です✨

[@marshapatterson4330]

What a performer. What a legend. Few sound better with age. He is classy and well, seeing him this tour made me, teary up

[@sozzol]

Totally devastating. love it.

[@hellterskeltor]

I'm loving ❤️ 😍 it

[@musicaddict5076]

Please release this album sooner than later. Disintegration 2!

[@SusannaLucheroni]

Thank you so much!

[@craigpeacha3136]

Fucking emotional song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love it. Thank you!

[@michaelawessell9530]

Ich mag es auch jetzt schon vor meinem...😊

[@InkenEsch]

❤happy birthday ❤

[@MarcVorlander-ix2em]

Wow. Nice song!!

[@richnice1975]

Beautiful song. I love it! I hope it's longer on the album.

[@SK-sm9mn]

According to an unofficial track listing for the album if is 7 minutes long

[@richnice1975]

@@SK-sm9mn I appreciate your response. Can't wait for the new album and I am looking forward to seeing them in Miami on July 1st.

[@kylereyes2337]

I literately saw the Cure perform this a day before I turned 24, and it was just a feel trip. To add some context, I was alone that night.

[@ilonastuntebeck6903]

Only Robert Smith could write a song like that. Absolutely brilliant. My first time hearing that wow

[@figureheadplus]

thanks for sharing this! 🖤

[@StacyAnnYoung]

I really hope the crowd isn't that chatty during the concert when I see them soon. Its really disrespectful.

[@BrxIghtside]

Its probably alot of tiktokers and gen z who just thought it was cool to see the cure

[@michaelawessell9530]

Egal,was der Robert sagt,er ist noch da😊. Ihr alle findet das wohl auch ❤

[@MicheladaPapi]

I’m so happy to have witnessed this live 🖤🥲

[@thecurefanclubitalia1506]

Fantastica!

[@Koo_katboots]

WOW... BEAUTIFUL

[@claudia3455]

Una melodia dulce y triste a la vez😔😪

[@angelicavega2132]

Trilce

[@euricogparaujo3993]

Great!!

[@diegoderokha6799]

Aquí mi humilde esfuerzo de traducirla al español: Es más difícil resistir Con cada año que pasa Mientras los recuerdos se alejan Desapareces lentamente Trato de mantenerte cerca Viva en mi corazón Aunque nadie está allí para abrazarme Me estoy desmoronando Y tu cumpleaños es el peor día Le estoy cantando a un fantasma Feliz cumpleaños Olvidé lo que sigue Y estoy disfrazado Sé que no está bien Me sirvo otra copa Y apago todas las luces Me siento por un rato Adolorido y solo Esperando en la oscuridad por tí Me siento por un rato Adolorido y solo Esperando en la oscuridad Que vengas a casa.

[@kshvedoff9348]

Would be great if they play live and include in the new album another great song - A Boy I Never Knew 👆 What are the stakes, what do you think guys?

[@robertfrankl3823]

and Please Come Home

[@reachouttouchfaith7578]

Another sad cure song 🖤

[@allthingsbegin]

I wish I could have been there tonight

[@williamcci]

Lost Flower #1

[@HeartandSoul59]

Exactly ! I recognized it too!

[@kshvedoff9348]

Yes indeed! One of my favourites which did not make it to Bloodflowers.

[@Envelion]

Knew I recognized it when I heard it.

[@PapaAllfonsoTerzo]

It's incredible. This Is a 23 years old Song plus new lyrics. I dont see the sense, Just a dramatic lack of creativity

[@tylerskiss]

This is one of the Bloodflowers instrumentals!

[@thegoonie]

Sounds like a Billy MacKenzie song from the mid 80s. Brilliant.

[@Fabriciocoqueiro]

Another sad song from The Lost World album, Another Sad Birthday. Another sad song from one sad singer playing in a sad band living in one sad world. It´s really tragic and sad. But there are a good news: The NIBIRU MARDUK returned.

[@user-hy9wl4wx3c]

🔥

[@terrypmusic]

00:18 Nice!

[@chroniquesdasteline9817]

This song is not really a new one, it is based on an instrumental demo ("Lost flower 1") from the "Bloodflowers" sessions.

[@danielkLE]

❤😢

[@opaque4742]

This new album sounds like a top 3 or 4 of their catalogue so far. Wow...but will we live to hear the entire thing?

[@DIRE_BAT4983]

☄️ AHEAD OF THE FRONT OF ❌CELLENCE ☄️

[@tiagoeduardo5244]

was originally composed in 1997-1998.

[@tiagoeduardo5244]

Robert composed it inspired by the note of...happy birthday to you.

[@tiagoeduardo5244]

This "gothic ballad" almost made it onto the bloodflowers album.

[@ingriddelucca9021]

❤❤❤

[@tripletflamesrainbowstarpeople]

I’m like 333 and my birthday was on the day this was live

[@BluenanaPhone]

I was there!

[@myheroinex7]

May 23rd is my birthday, and today is Robert Smiths birthday 04/21/2024

[@mrsar6700]

Even if the instrumental is from bloodflowers, the lyrics are new, and maybe it’s gonna be on new album. It’s definitely one of the best songs I heard

[@milkovilko]

how do we know the instrumental is from bloodflowers?

[@d.hecimovic2560]

@@milkovilko kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6TRmKWuqrOEq80 The instrumental demo has been here on youtube for years. Personally I am a bit surprised that they re-use an old demo/an Bloodflowers outtake. They said in interviews they wrote 19 new songs for the upcoming album from which they can choose for the new album. Loved every new song so far, but this is the weakest for me so far.

[@PapaAllfonsoTerzo]

@@d.hecimovic2560 i totally agree. It's pathetic

[@kshvedoff9348]

@@d.hecimovic2560 it is a normal practice for any artist to bring back some old song or demo which previously was not getting on the album for some reasons. It is about the mood of the record, this song stylistically definitely would not fit on neither of the last two Cure albums. But it can easily suit to a new album, which is slow and sombre! About your comment on 19 songs: just do not forget, they are planning to release two albums...it is not much of a choice.

[@Diffusion8]

Relentless. He's not wrong...

[@moxy4926]

Hey that’s my Birthday 🎉

[@jackneill4329]

Reminds me of Homesick. Beaitifully dark

[@deanroczen]

sorta reminded me musically of the b-side the Ocean"

[@dontlookatmypants]

​@@deanroczeni love that one. The melody has a similar feeling of waves and fleeting despair.

[@joeltecua4204]

De las sesiones de Bloodflowers

[@HeartandSoul59]

Definitely

[@yveslespagnard7858]

A new the cure auto-parody

[@jeangomez3947]

la asimile altiro cuando Robert le cantaba cumpleaños feliz a Simon muchos años atras

[@user-hy9wl4wx3c]

Вещь

[@AF-dn2bz]

piano isnt keeping up with the others, and hitting off keys. and I do realize there are intentional off keys in this song, but it's in addition to those.

[@no0ne3lse]

heartbreaking

[@steveandrist2485]

new album???? we wait and we wait... nothing.... next month? nothing... why?

[@royamandafarmer3673]

Oh so sad😢

[@RAlde-po1nu]

How sad Robert....sorry. Sometimes ..

[@delbarfield8624]

Happy birthday Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ); Spanish: [

[@AMSRMX16]

Shame someone keeps hitting a bum note throughout it

[@flipdog74]

Who cares.. they're human. Much better than overproduced backing track horseshit

[@captainfeedback1]

Pretty sure it's Simon - you can see him correct his fretting...

[@Pablo-mw8cd]

Musician here. I think the dissonance is intended

[@Pablo-mw8cd]

Pretty sure they are using a musical technique called “secondary diminished” normally found in jazz and classical music. Nice hearing rock bands experiment with more dissonant colors

[@captainfeedback1]

@@Pablo-mw8cd maybe, but there's no denying Simon plays a semitone out at times - you can literally see him move up a fret to the correct note, so let's not sugar coat it!

[@Cureboy1]

Weakest of the new songs thus far imo.

[@PapaAllfonsoTerzo]

Fragile thing Is worse buy Yes, really weak

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

gee another boring one....

[@doctorskull8197]

Kinda boring .

[@jmarlo]

serious question: why is Perry Bamonte with the band? He doesn't appear to really be playing much, and no one in the band remotely interacts with him. Is this a mercy thing from Robert? Does the guy need money or something?

[@jackneill4329]

He plays guitar throughout this song. Reeves only comes in on occasion

[@jmarlo]

@@jackneill4329 I mean in general...he appears to be doing close to nothing.

[@kshvedoff9348]

I think you are wrong - he plays keyboards actively in many songs. His guitar is obviously pretty much heard and useful on Wish and Bloodflowers era songs....if they are played. What strikes me more, he is not as energetic as he used to be in the past...and I don't know whether it is due to his age or he just does not feel as much happy being back to the band.

[@peterusa6985]

Perry was and still is valuable member of The Cure. Before he's comeback he was a full blown member from 1990 until 2005. Fifteen years that's a long time and alot of good music made with he's involvement. I will never let enyone talk shit about him. He seems like a genuine person and great guitar/keyboard player not without flaws but he's pretty good in my opinion. He's back with The Cure for good reason and that's between him, Robert and rest of the band. I'm glad he's back with them 💯 %