The Cure - Siamese Twins - 1983

The Cure
Siamese Twins
Royal Ballet
1983

[@morenarieta]

the dancers are the greatest choice actually, for those who beg to differ!!!! very expressive, gothic style, outstanding performance!!! respect!!

[@createmyhell]

I admire the choreographer cause it's not that easy to arrange a BALLET choreography to music such like this when u don't want to screw up it. The dance is an addiction to this song. Pure art.

[@thebellanextdoor]

Still here at 43. Been a fan since 1980

[@nickra60]

same with me----i miss those times....

[@vermilliongecko]

Since you were 8?

[@politicallyincorrect5802]

Vermillion 303 yeah when object object was out

[@grindelwald7444]

So like i

[@danblair1591]

@@grindelwald7444 That cool, so since ten, and 1980 is 38 to 39 years in the past almost 40.

[@journeystarr]

perhaps the most perfect interpretation of this song. this is so dark, haunting, yet beautiful at the same time. absolutely love this.

[@Denisehealthnut]

This is one of my favorite songs by The Cure.

[@DravenGhostX]

This song always reminded me of a broken marriage. The dancing synchronized perfectly with the dark vibe of the song. I love, love, love The Cure.

[@DerekHunterDHChaosRiddler]

One of the greatest live performances ever recorded ... brilliant use of dance with this briliant song ...

[@PhantomLAM]

This is amazing, so glad this exists to be seen still.

[@eliasiv]

this is without a doubt the best version of this song and my favorite video on youtube.

[@creepsthlm5491]

THANK YOU for putting this on KZbin!

[@RaBob]

first ever live rock goth ballet.... laughing into the fire

[@thicctac4108]

Creative name.

[@victorrodriguez5765]

El pornography un álbum oscuro y nostálgico como sus álbumes en los años siguientes hasta términos de los 80 donde empezó a soltarse con más alegría , también encontró su media naranja y ya empezaba a sonreirle a la vida el vocalista Robert Smith ..................... saludos de Perú ..

[@bonnierotten]

I'm so glad that this happened! what a bizarre moment in time. One of my favorite songs!

[@majortom2688]

The most haunting song of this haunting group

[@MURUR1025]

Though Hanging Garden and The Figurehead deserve honorable mention.

[@thicctac4108]

MrYr2011 The whole album haunting yet perfect.

[@slayed8951]

I love the violins on this 😍

[@ladymalice9]

Obsessed with the song. Obsessed with the dancing. Wonderful.

[@tdoesntmatter]

OMG! I am a Cure fan for 20 years and have never seen this before. I knew it existed, but... How nice to finally see it!

[@FrankieRockett]

A genius piece of work, both musically, lyrically and in it's choreography. I missed this when it was on TV, and never repeated, so thanks for posting.

[@daiforme]

this is absolutely perfect. in every way. the best era for the cure.

[@Redhairedviking09]

I remember watching this for the first time back in 2007 on a cybercafe while on holiday with a friend. Can't believe it's been this long and my teenage days are now so far behind in the past.

[@DerekHunterDHChaosRiddler]

This is such a brilliant recorded live performance ... I don't know how many times I really have cried watching this ...

[@kafkasfranze]

This is such a minimalistic piece of music- but so effective. While the guitar chords could be played by any beginner, the secret of this song lies in the haltingly, kind of saturnian rhythm, which was congenial implemented by this choreography. I really like it very much.

[@newtonnola]

I have watched this video 3 times in a row, It is absolutely beautiful and hypnotic.

[@DozyDruid]

Memories ..are like wine Too much of the good or bad leave you with a throbbing head and a numb mind .. Thank you for uploading this .. I'm glad that this tune haunts me

[@PG-pz6dp]

Still here at 55. Been a fan since 1985 !

[@journeystarr]

I love playing the basslines to this song, just so simple & dark. Easily one of The Cure's best albums.

[@darkagecult]

i'm reminded of how interesting it was to live before the internet. which is of course sounding quite absurd...love this video! cheers

[@TSOL2023]

Absolutely.

[@grobba]

before the internet I could never have seen this actually

[@brucx76]

how the hell did you get this footage!!! Superb, and a real obscure gem. Stunning!! Thankyou

[@stephenlynch5143]

Most definitely

[@sunreynyc]

From jumping off stages to the Ballet studio at 42 . I can finally see the amazing life all we all have lived listening to the cure for all!

[@mady6530]

omg this is absolutely amazing wow

[@BlackMale84]

Thanks to whoever posted this rare masterpiece of The Cure. I'm also a big fan of The Cure as well, what i really like about this song is that it's very sparse and has an unrelenting feel conjuring raw emotion that digs into the mind frame listening to it that we all need somebody one time or another. The ballet dancing fits perfectly with the song telling the story of those "Siamese Twins" that cant survive without each other. Excellent song.

[@ChannelSTA]

Just to let thsoe know, the cure was collaborating with the Royal Ballet to make a show on stage featuring this and more of the Cure's songs of that time. The project never came to fruition but while they were working on the project, they appeared on British TV performing/dancing to this song a a sneak preview of the show. (continued)

[@IfonlyIwasaPolarbear]

OMG I love this song. Takes me back.

[@ChannelSTA]

(part 2)Other posters have put this up in colour. But this a rare treat to find. I found it in 1994 on a bootleg video I bought on a trip to London. Everyone of my Cure fan friends who saw it had their jaws drop to the floor watching this!

[@damianofonti]

This is one of the song that can make me cry and shiver, this is the top of the cure

[@Darkthor9]

I find myself mesmerized by this video. I really wish this was somehow in HD, I could imagine this having a tremendous impact with pristine audio. The video might be just fine as it is.

[@jaweek25]

q momentos!!.. cuando tenia 14 años... darle una y más veces.. depresivo y encantado con esa canción..

[@mipevo6]

Who cares what "label" someone else wants to stick on them ? They have been one of the most amazing bands to share their music with us. I will be seeing them in Feb :-)

[@buscandosonidos]

Great performance!

[@dimgl19]

i love this song!... its one of my lifetime favorites!

[@snipart]

Always and forever. The Cure ❤️

[@SkeithLangley]

Even here 6 years after I first saw this video and it is the most beautiful tragedy i've ever seen.

[@cpluisfelipe]

this is marvelous awesome. regards from Chihuahua Mexico.

[@12Volts]

Ny favourite song by The Cure - never knew about this before though.

[@fashionbigot]

I'm so glad to see this video here. I saw it almost 20 years ago and it's never left me.

[@sirenette]

pornoghraphy is the best Cure album, really the Top for those years...I can't stop to love it.

[@TheCureForLife]

i do agree with you very much. watching robert singing is much more emotive and powerfull.

[@isauraborghi6779]

Amazing , the best version , love it so much.

[@Spiral_Insana]

great video and great song...awesome...i adore it

[@Thecuregalore94]

Some of the thoughts Robert conveys, in not just this song but the others from Pornography, are timeless. They provide the listener comfort in a twisted manner, demonstrating some powerfully dark lyrics that are nearly unmatched in all of music.

[@alicefairy7618]

the dancers are divine. never seen something like this

[@filipematias5127]

What a gem!

[@Thecuregalore94]

This performance is just incredible.

[@vernixx]

Excellent ! Thanks for posting this. I'd heard of it back in the day, but never saw it.

[@kylebakersanangelo]

this video just blew my mind on so many levels, i must favorite!

[@tabithashayla]

This is a beautiful video and song. I love the ballet dancers!:)

[@sirenette]

I love this song so much...........

[@LukaszMahdiCzyzycki]

Absolutely perfect!!

[@jaulo4]

es una de las mejores canciones de the Cure seeee

[@pajfab2591]

Great song and choregraphy, makes me think to Virgin Prunes .

[@5cense]

this is the most random thing I've ever seen. Done to the best song ever written.

[@rollotan]

The end of 1993 sah been one of the darkest and coldest period of my life. I remember this song!!! It's now giving me back the same feelings...somehow terrible, but so, so true oh, man

[@fantomuerte]

Dansant dans ma poche Les vers mangent ma peau Elle rayonne et grandit Avec les bras bien étendus Ses jambes autour de moi Le matin j'ai pleuré Laisse moi mourir Tu ne te souviendras pas de ma voix Je me suis enfui et j'ai vieilli Tu ne souries jamais Je hurle Tu n'es rien Je n'ai plus besoin de toi Tu n'es rien Ça se fane et file... Chante fort Nous mourrons tous En riant dans le feu Est-ce toujours comme ça ?

[@SkeithLangley]

I'm in love with this video.

[@KireHughes]

I love this so much...Wish it could be restored..

[@ezkibela]

Always loved that song and the coreography even I dont like ballet , but why is that I only find the video in black and white when this video was shooted in colour? I just saw it once in colour searching more info about this song , video and coreo

[@ellieeggplant]

lol, the costume party things true, yeah i read it in one of the cure's biographys. i loveeeee this song

[@Yozimbo]

A real gem!! Thank you for sharing!

[@vonspire]

In a time and place that doesn't exist any longer, but because of you tube. It saves me all over again.

[@DOZMEISTER]

I have this on VHS too, mines in colour though, will have to get it copied and put up on You tube, i remember watching this while i taped it, haunting stuff.

[@doubt]

wow!! this was beautiful

[@mdhookey]

I'm a big fan of the Cure, but this song (and the entire Pornography album in general) has always resonated with me the most. The song is unrelentingly bleak, conjuring up images of oppressive colors, distorted shapes and surreal landscapes. The ballet dancing is perfect; with those two "siamese twins" that can't live with or without each other, dancing in their vicious cycle. I'll go ahead and click this as a favorite.

[@JadetheGoober]

this is good music also great interpretative dance

[@daniellima1412]

great song

[@Xiroi87]

Brilliant! Thanks for posting this

[@MalibuStacyRS]

So sad and yet so amazing, beautiful and, indeed, perfect. The Cure every fucking days! :D

[@agentxdigitalvideo8231]

awesome.

[@L10161649]

This is beauty in itself. Yet painful...like beauty.

[@susy7741]

Eternal.. ♥️

[@barrylmills]

wow, what a find! good job. I really like this point in their musical career. I guess it would be considered the 2nd of 4 different "cure" sounds but that is arguable so....

[@8guillotine6]

i thought i've all of the rare Cure vids... i was wrong.:) AWESOME performance!

[@mathewnormandy3751]

Siamese twins my favorite song from the cure....we moved under a red light and I chose a decade of you walking into the fire flesh & blood and the first kiss the first colors the first kiss voodoo smile a girl at the window looks at me for an hr..

[@slugluv1313]

WOW have not seen this in ages -- thank you for sharing!

[@ZoMbIxOxO]

The lyrics are chilling and intriguing... :)

[@bobiasborris1662]

most beautiful video on youtube.

[@avaporcelina]

Brilliant! This is so intriguing...

[@AntiMusick]

Wow another Rare Gemm!

[@ledruide6664]

Merci j'adore vos vidéos 👏👏👏👏👏

[@MrJuanuz]

This song talks about a sex realtion the same way Lars von Trier or Michael Haneke use to show on their movies.

[@alonsocomin6215]

Este periodo en the cure es magnífico, lo que confirma que las drogas son un elemento clave en la creación artística

[@billyx67]

What a beauty piece of pure art !!!!...Did Robert Smith endorse this !?...or did it just happen ???.....Whatever , they all need to be HOSPITALIZED !!!!!...Thanks for the upload !!!

[@borasmussen8562]

Does anyone know the names of these dancers? or their choreographer?

[@ELASESINO2OO8]

increible

[@glOOmyART]

interessting indeed... art above art (or art over art?!?)... thank you for this

[@pablosantvs]

I used to came here to cry

[@ehlorecords]

I love it

[@thePsykomanteum]

This is pretty goddamned good.

[@wakazashi20]

whoa interesting. Thought it would be just a NORMAL live show, and it sure isn't... I didn't think i would like it, but after a minute the dancers really started picking it up and doing cool stuff. =____^

[@johnnyswitchblade]

That shows how NOT gay The Cure are. I'm tired of people calling them "gay". It's like nobody in this world can be unique, creative, outrageous, or just quirky without being called "gay"...This is obviously a fantastic song, it's so moody and beautiful.

[@novembrine1]

Smith left The Cure and joined Siouxsie steadly, right in that very year (83)... just to reform the Cure a short while later :) But the song was written with the Cure...