The Cure - Peel Session 1978

[@nest78]

John Peel was a music visionary without being a musician. This session is a treasure of british music history, recorded even before the first studio album was released as he did with many other artists. He was able to put non-recorded hits on radio, amazing!

[@rdzed3505]

BBC needs to do a straight Peel Session dump. All Sessions, all commentary, all music. 47 years old, I need this in my life.

[@nickrophiliac7469]

I'm a year older but still agree a hundred fucking percent, mate

[@yahs808]

Ya they do

[@honourethefire5794]

They have to have John Peel talking between songs not same without it he was our education at the time.

[@stephenwolfram356]

John Peel dropping literary names, books, band names and venues, little snidely comments just in this one bit here...oh and also fantastic early live-recorded Cure, gem.

[@josephtelegen8754]

Promise me you'll tell me about it if/when it happens!

[@barrystagg5479]

Wonderful memories of seeing the Cure in their early day's as Easy Cure as a five piece with my school mate Paul Thompson on guitar. At the legendary local Crawley pub the Rocket. Then as a 3 piece Celebrating the release of 3 imaginary boys LP, with a gig at a youth centre!! Buying Killing an arab/10.15 first week of release. Gigs in Brighton...rest is history. Truly an amazing band in all their forms.

[@michaelpemberton592]

Must have been great times

[@startervisions]

John Peel is such a legend... unbelievable

[@Norvic_Chicchon]

It is really cool listening to "this excellent new young band" called Cure. Thanks Peel, you are immortal! and Thanks @Vibracobra23 for uploading this record.

[@lakefire9985]

jesus john peel was a prophet for predicting bands that would be awesome decade after decade these guys are legendary

[@joshlbiomechanic]

Or a mogal of an underground traffic program like podesta, epstien or nygard

[@LukSter18998]

@@joshlbiomechanic bullshit

[@JRStephens5005]

1978-1984. My favorite Cure era.

[@NapFloridian]

Same here... Also the best years

[@kevinvalde]

Sumergido en las líneas de bajo potentes, que marcaban la pauta de cada una de sus canciones ... Ese Cure es el mejor 🔥

[@dennishough3709]

Agreed. My favorite being Pornography.

[@kimfjeldseth427]

Im 45 and i just discovered peel sessions, oh happy days, and thank you internet

[@MC3achern]

Background vocals on fire in Cairo. Only 91x would play this in So-cal

[@dennishough3709]

KROQ also played a lot of the Cure back in the day.

[@888kimmer]

I remember the day 91x changed their format. Absolutely blown away by hearing these bands I loved on commercial radio! Happy times.

[@itsmesusieg.597]

Is there anything better than this? I'd say not! How can this be over 40 yrs ago? Eternally relevant!

[@zoominmonkey278]

as someone who was born 30 years after the band formed, I’m so glad they’re still playing to this day

[@runningwithlola]

I was just a baby at this time so I didn’t experience this recording until much later, but can you imagine hearing this for the first time, nothing else like it, and having your mind absolutely blown?!? 😍 I am such a huge fan of The Cure and I honestly adore all their music but their first few songs are so raw and unique, it might be my favorite. 3 Imaginary Boys evokes a broody, underground feeling very specific to a certain time that I wish I had witnessed but can only imagine!

[@FFM0594]

From the beginning, which was this session, they had their own sound.

[@mikemoskowitz]

How "Boys Don't Cry" was not an enormous hit in 1979 is beyond me.

[@marsbeads]

they were beyond their time. thanks goodness we had KROQ in L.A. we got to hear all the new cool music and experience punk rock. best years.

[@kristo1981]

It was hit some years before.

[@rebeccarosehirschfield7386]

@@marsbeads Had no idea KROQ played rare imports. GOOD ON THEM! Boston had the now-defunct, legendary WBCN. And I was all of three years old and growing up in Manhattan; there was a famed longgone Long Island station which sought out British rarities, but as for the rest, would have to do some (much-needed!) research...

[@MURUR1025]

@@rebeccarosehirschfield7386 wlir ?

[@Brewzerr]

It was a “sleeper” hit. Didn’t chart upon it’s release in ‘79, but charted well after it was remixed and re-released in 1986. I think what did it (in ‘86) was they made a video for the song, which got some pretty good rotation on MTV.

[@russellloomis4376]

Perfect version of Boys don't cry.👍

[@speleokeir]

John Peel did so much to promote new upcoming bands. On a number of occasions he swapped fees with some obscure new band in order to help them out such was the man's dedication to music.

[@noeljohnson868]

Jesus F-in Christ...John Peel in full flow...what a man, one of the greatest Englishmen, ever, truly....

[@mm6461]

Boys Don’t Cry being played slower is just like heaven!

[@timjackson5680]

Robert Smith is such an amazing guitarist. Check out the album The Glove, on which he really let's rip.

[@chrisandersen5635]

Or him with the Banshees on the live Nocturne. He nails every part. Of course, also Hyena.

[@jimwolfgang9433]

F I R E I N C A I R O!!! I wrote out the lyrics to this and all the words from this album when I was locked in a room for bad behaviour during prep time at boarding school...

[@amherst88]

I'm sure that would be very meaningful to them . . .

[@adamcoombs6404]

@@amherst88 no need to hate🤣

[@amherst88]

@@adamcoombs6404 Did you think I was being facetious?

[@adamcoombs6404]

@@amherst88 yes ahaha

[@alantmac]

Man I can't believe how amazing they sound, or maybe I shouldn't. RS was 19 here.

[@JubeProductions]

great quality recording here. I love hearing very early Cure stuff like this....they were still so young and at the very beginning of their career but they already sounded so polished and tight.

[@petenosurname9641]

That's because it was done by the BBC.. the recordings that they did were often far far better than the play back equipment available then.. or even for years afterwards...

[@mjoet731]

John Peel sessions are the epitome of premium production / recording / sound quality

[@rich_t]

F I R E I N C A I R O

[@oscaralvarez2571]

the best cure...im listening 30 years after..im still excited

[@pvtjohntowle4081]

You mean 40 years, you are 10 years out you muppet

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

​@@pvtjohntowle4081 chill out dickhead he may have not have discovered them until 1988

[@_6079SMITH]

Bloody hell. I never realised the Cure had been around since 78. Wow. Here's me listening to the Police and never had a scooby about the Cure.

[@david_post_punk]

The best band in history for me

[@fungi42o0]

ive never been a huge fan but the live stuff from like 78-80 I find very nice

[@david_post_punk]

@@fungi42o0 that's the reason why I'm a huge fan , but i would prefer 1978-1982, Pornography tours were something special

[@fungi42o0]

@@david_post_punk right on man.

[@altaroxllc3184]

@@fungi42o0 Long before the crispy fried seaweed hair. :-)

[@modernclix98]

Smith was 19 years old. My god. Incredible! Thank you guys to upload this video.

[@startervisions]

Wow...impressive!

[@steve261brown]

Was so far ahead of his time. Bloody Genius. Still is. ❤️

[@misterbonzoid]

Like so many bands: great when young and hungry. The rawness and energy shine through, and Peel BBC Sessions are the standard by which live recordings are judged.

[@brianwolle2509]

sometimes they are fifty-ish and still hungry...

[@NapFloridian]

I remember as it were yesterday listening to these exact tunes from The Cure and felt in love with their music... It changed my life forever

[@emmanuelguy2569]

Many thanks for all Vibra.

[@roomurray8822]

Fantastic sessions. I've nothing against Mr Gallup but Mike Dempsey is in another class

[@honourethefire5794]

Great to hear John Peels voice again one off DJ & all classic Cure songs I saw them live few times in 1979 age 14 supporting the Banshees and Joint headline with WIRE great days

[@franciscosantos9874]

Michael Dempsey es el único de todos los integrantes que pasaron en toda la historia de The Cure, que hizo coros en algunas canciones, incluso cantó una completa él mismo. Es curioso, porque en ninguno de los siguientes discos, maxis y singles, nunca nadie abrió la boca para nada, excepto Robert Smith. Gracias Vibracobra23!

[@nonojar1]

Siouxsie Sioux on I‘m Cold and Safron on Just Say Yes aside, you are right. But why would Robert have needed another background singer since he started adding massive amounts of echos to his voice starting in 1980? I think that after touring with the Banshees in 1979, Robert found the sound he wanted to pursue with the Cure, and wrote 3 kickass records about the hopelessness of time, religion and desire. Kudos to Mike Hedges and Phil Thornally to make these records sound so bleak. Just compare it to the production of the 2004 Self-titled Desaster album. I think that any of the Peel Session recordings of the Cure had a higher quality than that particular record.

[@G.L.O.S.S.]

@@nonojar1 Robert didn't liked the idea of having someone else singing his songs. That's why they choose a Hendrix song when Dempsey wanted to sing lead vocals in one track.

[@whytegroovin]

VERY seminal , freshness ...

[@julianhawker7672]

Such a brilliant channel! Fantastic to hear all these old sessions again, I have still got some on C60's but nothing to play them on anymore...... It's great to hear JP again, you could never second guess what he would play or say next. I feel lucky to have had him as a guiding hand, educating me in my youth.

[@gotnohair4285]

I lived in Crawley and saw the Cure at a community centre about the size of a basket ball court in 78. There were a bunch of skinheads out for trouble and it all ended in chaos. Those were the days!

[@stevewilson9479]

i miss him 2...but love him for bringing great bands to surface!!

[@rolandovivas8536]

Genios artistas los mejores del mundo 2022 inmortales...

[@joubhaya4907]

Mister Peel talking and then Cure , what time . Fantastic good . So nice Vibracobra23 in this hard time waiting .

[@stevewilson9479]

what a legend JOHN PEEL was & radio never been the same since...such an influence at schooll & on to universatity..thank you!

[@russyJ20]

The right kind of influencer. How things have changed

[@stephenlombardo5505]

Saw them in spring of 80 at Harrah’s in New York City they were incredible Robert Smith wearing a skinny tie and spiky short hair

[@jasonsantos8386]

10:15 Saturday Night still rules, on their last live album it's just a-mazing!

[@DaveAnchovies]

the live vid from '79 is sped up, urgent and everyone (a trio) is killing it)

[@GuilhermeJardim]

Fire in Cairo - this version is superb!!!

[@matioch2979]

Agreed, to me it has something mystic in it, very deep

[@chrisandersen5635]

What a channel you have here. I am gobsmacked at the amount Peel Sessions you have, and they all sound fantastic so far. Thanks for this treasure trove. The Cure brought me here, but wow.

[@josenjosen]

"Killing an arab". Defensively, of course. Lol.

[@bobdoubter2977]

Yes, of course. You are not the only one still listening in 2020. Cheers.

[@matthewdarby3235]

Take the war to the heathen.

[@zozkee]

Roberts hate you.

[@skabuoy]

You should read L'Etranger (The Stranger), by Albert Camus. It was after hearing the song again some time after reading that book, I felt a connection between the two. Decades later I found out (yay, internet) that the song was indeed inspired by that book. So well done, Mr. Smith, for capturing the essence of the book in a three minute pop song format.

[@cheranguista]

I always loved Lol's drumming .

[@JRStephens5005]

Me too

[@QualityModelRailroad]

i always loved LOL tolhurst being part of the cure. he wasn't so cute and cuddly, he seemed a man's man that wanted to rock and roll and balanced out all the fluffy haired monsters that surrounded him. i loved his drumming, i don't see why he ever stopped. but i loved him on keyboards too.

[@user-yz1dl3eu8l]

@@QualityModelRailroad You should read his bio. Interesting.

[@samsungj5neo419]

Maravilhoso som da melhor banda de rock de todos os tempos de Londres! Marvellous sound from the best rock band of all time from London! Thank you very much and a great \m/ from Brasil!!!

[@marcovitali2055]

Meravigliosi, questi CURE, contemporanei dei Joy Division, con suoni "crudi" e graffianti. Fantastici

[@njw3000]

"They're called 'Cure'." LOL. Fat Bob is a fucking genius. Totally excited about seeing them AGAIN on Tuesday in Manchester.

[@nikolaprim13]

Robert didn't know what to do with the Manchester audience... So it was the shortest show of the whole tour. And probably the shortest in years.

[@njw3000]

The audience did seem rather quiet and restrained. It was still about two hours. Not as good as Hammersmith Apollo two years ago.

[@8darkknight472]

Nigel Woodcock Seen them here In Chicago , Illinois USA. They just get better by the year.

[@davidellis5141]

The Cure when they still had the word teen in their ages. Martin Dempsey ( Associates ) on bass. So young !

[@lionels4800]

Michael Dempsey *

[@fhs8807]

their finest at the beginning

[@xicom.7227]

Absolutely wonderfull. Perfect sound from such an old register. Long live, Robert&Friends :)

[@jamesian-allen8725]

so happy these peel sessions are ad free!...wonderful stuff. (*_*)

[@2000Jackp]

I got an ad halfway through boys don't cry.

[@TheSason666]

Just because it was public BBC !!!

[@mikemoskowitz]

Excellent recording and thank you for posting.

[@robertocarloshernandezpuli3117]

Estupendos músicos!!

[@julie-anneweller895]

I tried to laugh about it hiding the tears in my eyes I would do most anything to get you back by my side cause boys don’t cry

[@honourethefire5794]

Always loved 10.15 from first time I played Killing an Arab 7" when it originally came out

[@NapFloridian]

Do you remember the uproar about the killing an arab song back then? Just imagine now oh haha

[@QualityModelRailroad]

oh the 7" inch records were amazing!!! i loved the live version of forest too

[@oki_music]

used to have this on tape, fantastic.

[@NapFloridian]

Yeah same here, remember a girlfriend from Manchester scoringba tape and I made a copy...

[@khek242]

Cause boys don't cry... Even when I was on 4 years old... At that moment... Omg.

[@SatanDynastyKiller]

Yip, I was 4 as well...got into them around 83, after my music taste spread from Adam Ant, Bowie, Beatles, Zeppelin and Stones (last 4 being my dads music) back in the late 70’s into the eighties.

[@spiroskoufos5412]

GREAT!

[@matioch2979]

Best version of Boys dont cry, slower with better drums, simply amazing. Thanks for the upload❤

[@oliviervandewaeter9239]

30 YEARS IN MY FACE ARGHHHHH

[@david_post_punk]

40

[@buceoApulmon]

@@david_post_punk 43

[@bpmrox]

Trent Reznor was absolutely correct... this is a emotive bookmark moment. I actually quite prefer this arrangement for Killing an Arab. The attack is something else!

[@MrSchmolko]

The day that radio died...RIP John Peel. Seems like no peel session with a mediocre band has ever taken place. Probably there would be quite a few bands, that i, as most, never discovered, if they weren't on the show and maybe never got the spotlight they deserved...

[@bloodyjoec]

Thank you for including John, laughed out loud more than once

[@imaginaryboy1035]

So Young and so talented !

[@oliviervandewaeter9239]

eternal

[@peterlorrequartet6559]

brilliant brilliant brilliant!

[@drstevie]

Brilliant. & John Peel.

[@QualityModelRailroad]

this is PERFECT...EXCEPT....John Peel closes with an awesome rhythm and blues song and its cut off!!??!

[@AndrewBooker-gc4fe]

What a talent peel

[@beefheart1410]

Well.... the kit sounds better here than it did on those initial "official" releases!

[@drstevie]

Beautiful.

[@darylcumming7119]

An blast from the past .

[@canalnal4437]

10:15.... that riff.

[@jpinto2896]

Thank you for posting

[@maximumdose666]

Their Best période🖤

[@Tdub0911]

So good. Little too early for me (only 9 and lived in Seattle so couldn't have) but I wish I would've heard these bands at this point in their careers.

[@brianwolle2509]

never heard early cure... nothing better. freakin smokes...

[@NapFloridian]

You missed out on thrir best stuff and era mate

[@zulphur]

45 years ago abolutely love cure

[@LessAiredvanU]

I got the first single (small wonder records?) and still have it somewhere.

[@julie-anneweller895]

Take me into your arms and let it burn burn like fire in Cairo blaze like a fire in Cairo burn like a fire fire fire 🔥 fire

[@TheSason666]

ВОТ ОТКУДА ВЗЯЛОСЬ ТВОРЧЕСТВО ВИКТОРА ЦОЯ И ГРУППЫ КИНО !!! Я УЗНАЛ ОБ ЭТОМ ЕЩЁ В 1990 И ЗНАЮ ДО СИХ ПОР !!!

[@simonaaboejacobsen8798]

Super music! - Good old songs! - My favorites! ;)

[@decaffeinatedafrican5997]

i'm aliveee.... i'm dead

[@1970lechu]

cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnandkate1000]

Bet mad bob wished he could get in them jeans & t shirt now lol

[@parasitesundinism]

Lmfao

[@vapourmile]

John Peel's voice.

[@bobhawxwell1606]

Jeez was this 79 ? They sound great ...

[@startervisions]

yeah idda guessed 84....or 1990

[@LiuLoki]

40 years ago

[@NapFloridian]

@@LiuLoki seems like yesterday I know

[@beefheart1410]

1978 to 1982 they were great!

[@johnandkate1000]

Everything was great in 79 ,boy those was the days

[@Brewzerr]

Everything but inflation, unemployment, roller-disco, and bad American FM radio. However, yes... much better time for underground music, for sure.

[@AndrewBooker-gc4fe]

It's here

[@atomaalatonal]

approximately the next 5billion years theres no single chance to have such talented and interesting bands in germany...and its a conservative guess tbh.

[@anitaszolomicki1167]

Them babies. We all grew up together

[@shilohslim1893]

St Wilfrid's for ever

[@shanefickes1536]

recorded on my first birthday

[@rodolpheboucault8480]

Salut a tous... Merci à The Cure et surtout a ce grand M. Robert SMITH avec qui j'ai grandi. Je suis certainement comme vous, du premier single jusqu’à Désintégration... et bien sûr la trilogie dont ma chanson préféré: A Strange Day.

[@user-yz1dl3eu8l]

A Strange Day, aussi. La version que je préfère celle du concert à Orange. Très lente. Et j'aurais mis 'Prête moi tes yeux' au lieu de 'Donne moi..."

[@emersontomasini9495]

Good songs here. 🙂🖤

[@julianshepherd2038]

Excellent

[@zofoblueszofoblues8339]

Good Radio is very Hard to Beat.

[@aymericborrivent4346]

EXCELLENT 👍

[@oliviervandewaeter9239]

cairo so big

[@mihaipopescu1295]

Cure (together with The Clash) found the way beyond "punk"...

[@brianwolle2509]

echo also...

[@dacra9625]

Joy Division, Gang of Four, PIL, Siouxsie………….

[@AraceliOS]

lo mas verga, y chingon, the cure