The Cure Unplugged

[@ErosGalaxia]

The Cure sounding like they’re making Crash Bandicoot 2 music

[@mauswaffles]

those marimbas are unmistakable

[@ChicagoIrishman]

@@mauswaffles Ain't it good?

[@RichardWilliams-yh4cq]

This is true unplugged. I was watching Metallica and I’m like wait, what? They plugged in. The cure are the shit and true to their artistry. I dig this totally.

[@merr___7579]

01 -- Let's Go To Bed [0:00] 02 -- Just Like Heaven [4:02] 03 -- The Caterpillar [7:55] 04 -- The Blood [11:38] 05 -- Boys Don't Cry [15:35] 06 -- The Walk [18:45] 07 -- If Only Tonight We Could Sleep [22:14]

[@HHeitorMusic]

Thanks 👍

[@saulpena4018]

They play only those songs? What year?

[@Pabloabaron]

@@saulpena4018 maybe they played more songs, they weren't released ... it was in 1991

[@saulpena4018]

Thank you for the info! Gracias!!

[@saulpena4018]

@@Pabloabaron gracias!!!

[@TheDreamingJune]

Robert is simply adorable during the performance of 'The Caterpillar'.

[@danielmurillo4341]

Si rifa Robert Smith

[@jsunami]

He's adorable all the time;-))

[@KarenKayH]

I think the wonder of Robert Smith is that even now (2020) at age 60, he has that sweet darlingness of a six year old boy! He has never lost that childlike quality, no matter what kind of wild younger days he lived. In this version of Caterpillar it is there. SO adorable.

[@TheDreamingJune]

@@KarenKayH You summed it up beautifully. Robert is so genuine and humble which makes him endearing to many.

[@laurashwartz2031]

Awww adoro cuando canta esa canción ❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗

[@fishypictures]

After my wife gave birth to my daughter and I was kicked out of the hospital due to visiting hours were over. I was so wound up I popped the tv on and I caught a cure live show , I watched it while making flautas for my wife for the next day. I remember saying “ Who are these guys? They are great! The musicianship was stellar. I was a 70 s rocker then and had givin up on rock till I saw these guys.

[@wearethehappyones18]

When was this

[@M.1607-h9n]

This "Unplugged" concert was in 1991

[@normsaunders4980]

I'm betting your daughter, and your wife, are cure fans. Beautiful story.

[@beathebee1523]

When was that fishypictures? So glad u found them 😊

[@mrcs6686]

Congratulations 😊

[@monetdelossantos6089]

this is the real unplugged. i like most the congas, tambourine, darbuka, and marimba. they are real unplugged instruments..great!

[@Tomtoms-tomtoms]

Pity they won’t clean this up and release it, its so good.

[@RastaSaiyaman]

That was by request coming from Robert, he saw "Unplugged" as an artistic statement and didn't want it released on CD.

[@kmdionis]

Agreed! 😎

[@lexilongbottoms3812]

The whole point of ‘Unplugged’ is that it’s raw and real. I prefer this to any “cleaned up” stuff anyway..! 😎✌🏻

[@Tomtoms-tomtoms]

@@lexilongbottoms3812 yeah i 100% agree.. unplugged is phenomenal, i just meant that the broadcast could be remastered for a louder clearer sound.. the versions here are phenomenal and I remember the original broadcast as a personal highlight of mtv unplugged. Peace 🤟😎

[@matthewlovejoy9917]

Doesn't need cleaning up..raw is good..

[@NILBOG13]

I remember this as a huge event to my modern rock friends. The days of MTV being good.

[@batron101]

Does MTV play music videos anymore?

[@saulpena4018]

Like 6 yrs ago i had in my cable tv VH1 MEGA HITS!! UFF GREAT CHANNEL ONLY VIDEOS! JUST VIDEOS! I SAW VIDEOS FROM ARIANA GRANDE TO ALICE IN CHAINS!!

[@ChicagoIrishman]

The sun is setting folks. Let us love them while we can. I love this band.

[@MrFloreale]

Just Like heaven is one of the greatest songs ever

[@RelativeBadger]

Agreed, but 'Pictures of You' is even better

[@jonw9417]

The thing is that in pure pop terms Boy's don't Cry is actually better and Push is possibly the best pop song ever. How did a goth band that wrote the masterpiece album Pornography come to write such perfect pop.

[@RelativeBadger]

@@jonw9417 The Cure isn't, and never has been, a Goth band.

[@jonw9417]

@@RelativeBadger It doesn't matter if we all die....

[@MrFloreale]

@@jonw9417 they're not only a goth band, they're a real rockband...a song like "why can't I be you" is rock not goth or dark pop...i agree with you, Boys don't cry is a great song, but for me the best one will be always Just Like Heaven

[@DGMTL514]

Such a genius show: Having to play unplugged really separates the truly skilled bands from the mere musical acts. Here, The Cure prove that they handle a wide variety of rhythms, harmonies and styles. The layering is obvious in the number of different instruments (and musicians) it takes to build their sound, and yet here they are doing it.

[@xazimuthx]

i remember i was so deeply into the Cure..i live on an island and was going to college at 17, and my mom would never let me go off with just friends until that summer of 1987! i got to see the "Kiss Me X3" show. it was..just like heaven!

[@Terry212am]

This was so memorable. They really committed to the unplugged concept unlike a lot of later bands that cheated. Even Nirvana's beloved unplugged had a lot of cheating as far as acoustic vs. electric. Using the kid toy piano, etc...was so brilliant. So "Cure."

[@lexilongbottoms3812]

This has been shortened! Used to be a lot longer. It been picked apart. Not initially happy about it, but it’s been edited. Sorry to burst hyper bubble…

[@decaffeinatedafrican5997]

idk it was hilariously legendary that kurt used an electric acoustic

[@travcollier]

Robert Smith actually looks sober and genuinely happy. In early videos, especially with the Banshees, he basically just refused to pretend to play for the camera. Must have driven Souixsie a bit mad. Anyways, Robert seemed to really enjoy this format. It is honest and a wee bit silly... no one really expects perfection, so less pressure I guess. The rest of the Cure are all excellent musicians too, so at minimum this gave them a chance to show off a bit.

[@Zneiero]

The Rock Hall will now remove Nirvana because they violated your personal rules. 😂😂😂😂

[@promiselikealie]

I love how they've got the beds and pillows and blankets and colourful drapes and candles... it fits so well with the atmosphere

[@luisjavier22]

At that time, 1991, I was a very angry and sad kid and just came to me The Cure with their fantastic music and rescue me.

[@jolinkarlsson8569]

Same but i’m a teenager

[@nikzane]

Same! Depressed, moody, angsty teen metalhead and angry at the world for no reason, then this came on MTV. Changed my life forever! 😊

[@xvxvu8949]

I was 15, also angry at the world and at myself, and found healing in the Cure

[@Spiralsweet]

Robert Smith is SUCH A LOVE his voice is so sweet and they’re all so lovely smiling all funny at each other

[@EndhlMelo]

I`m braziliam. É muito bom!!!

[@JR-to8sn]

Best Cure line up.

[@zappafranknanuk2529]

This was the only „real“ Unplugged Session ever! They could play it in your Livingroom without any Amps!!! Great!

[@pyleen]

Paul McCartney did it totally unplugged

[@vixo551]

Chilean band Los Tres also did it completely unplugged

[@danielh8728]

My favorite "Unplugged." They were at the height of their powers and they did great arrangements on the right songs.

[@NMarsden]

Perfect for Halloween alongside the 1991 Nirvana concert and KISS Unplugged!

[@xvxvu8949]

Ich sehe es heute, nach über 30 Jahren, erneut. Ich war damals mit 15 schon begeistert und heute, mit 48 🫣, bin ich es immer noch oder wieder. Wahnsinn! 👍🏽

[@sifugurusensei]

Boris is an overall an awesome percussionist. He's a rhythm machine.

[@davidmichel2596]

Yeaaaahhhh !!! 😍

[@Alfredolunafoto1]

YESSSSSSS

[@mariorodriguez5999]

Indeed!

[@allowyou9225]

Massive loss....

[@Thomas-n6o5w]

I remember watching this when it aired and over 30 years later I still love it

[@ap118.]

Eu já vi uma dúzia de vezes esse especial do The Cure, e não me canso. Os caras usaram instrumentos fora do padrão pra improvisar e devo dizer que ficou muito bom, foi de kazoo, bongô, piano infantil. Sensacional.

[@darylc6970]

Best mtv unplugged, hands down.

[@pinkzeppelin122]

Pearl Jam? Alice In Chains? Placebo? Duran Duran? Robert Plant?

[@charleshern6958]

NIRVANA still the best this is second though

[@tomgray3804]

I still remember the toy piano after all these years. It was so amusing the first time I saw it.

[@georgiarichymunoz6890]

i love how it begins like really this unplugged concert must have the best intros between all unplugged concerts.

[@danielmiles9027]

Chains intro was pretty beast also

[@joaopaulocoelho5401]

I hat this concert recorded in a VHS tape... such a perfect and cosy performance.

[@fyrmnsflam]

I love the kazoo on The Walk!

[@carlosyupanqui672]

Delicia en pleno marzo 2020, desde los Andes del Perú 🎼😎

[@muhammadashiddiq5352]

Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick The one that makes me scream, " she said "The one that makes me laugh, " she said And threw her arms around my neck "Show me how you do it, and I promise you I promise that I'll run away with you I'll run away with you" Spinning on that dizzy edge I kissed her face and kissed her head And dreamed of all the different ways I had to make her glow "Why are you so far away?" she said "Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you? That I'm in love with you?" You Soft and only You Lost and lonely You Strange as angels Dancing in the deepest oceans Twisting in the water You're just like a dream Just like a dream Daylight licked me into shape I must have been asleep for days And moving lips to breathe her name I opened up my eyes And found myself alone Alone Alone above a raging sea That stole the only girl I loved And drowned her deep inside of me You Soft and only You Lost and lonely You Just like heaven

[@michaellelle4447]

I remember watching this on the tv late, old tv. His hair is great . I tried to get my hair the same for Halloween but not quite the same.

[@mo_be223]

Questa versione di The walk è da premio Nobel. Sto ancora ridendo adesso. 😂 This version of the walk deserves the nobel prize. I'm still laughing! 😂

[@Skorrigan]

And to think that 30 years ago I used to wait impatiently in front of TV to press "REC" to record it on a VHS casette...

[@khudijahussain9217]

I just started university during this era. I regret not seeing them live then. This was filmed in London before I moved to the UK. Surprisingly this is the first time I'm watching this masterpiece.

[@jaredz1girl]

Omg, he's so gorgeous!!

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

No synthesizers, hence the use of kazoos on "The Walk" to cover for the ELP-inspired synth leads.

[@fredericokeyser5628]

This is the mtv version,the cure had their own sound engineering team that day and that purer version of this epic recording is in the possession of a certain Mr. Robert Smith...

[@M.1607-h9n]

How do you know it ? Will that version be released?

[@Lazyeyewitness]

This was also broadcast in stereo on the radio at the same time. I didn't have a TV at the time, but I recorded this on cassette.

[@Spiralsweet]

this is amazing the Cure are so amazing

[@triciaertz177]

The smirk and giggle get me every time

[@gregswihart7524]

Looks like they had fun doing an Unplugged version

[@chriswoolley3747]

Love it. The blood is one of my favourites.

[@maxmar5479]

True unplugged. The song was re-arraged for the show. The Cure are the best ❤

[@laurashwartz2031]

2021 y no me aburre son grandiosos!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@normsaunders4980]

Quality Art is timeless.

[@matiasrebolledo]

Always the unplugged they are great

[@Eleonore-g2x]

My Cure for tonight!!

[@mauriziocastellini5087]

Amazing.

[@Nottoday-q2f]

If only they had the tiny desk sound engineer….

[@FaceForRadioProductions]

The least talked about Unplugged and it makes me sick. Kazoos people!!!! They handed out kazoos!!!!

[@rolandovivas8536]

Los mejores del mundo e inmortales 🇦🇷 2024 ...

[@kzax8995]

Those were the days ...

[@Humble.Monkey]

Almost lost my mind when I went to my playlists and this show was BLOCKED in my The Cure playlist...ty for sharing!!...

[@donnajohnson138]

Robert Smith is brilliant

[@nikzane]

I thought KZbin had taken it down. Great to see it back up!

[@DANIELBICO]

fabulous....

[@f0rmaggi0]

When the M in MTV stood for Music and not Morons.

[@julioarmandoanayadiaz4023]

The Cure - The Blood suena mortal si duda !! I can never stop

[@canorivas9877]

What a trip !!!

[@joperet1148]

...'i don't care...' Best attitude.

[@Mr.Steve-O]

Punk Rock Hippies

[@anthonyrippa686]

One of my favorite mtv unplugged. Other is Nirvana unplugged.

[@markh2355]

This must have been when MTV played music.

[@stephenharnes7357]

Was never a massive fan of the Cure but this is good stuff👍

[@Benny81282]

watched this on tv 1999/2000 ... fixed forever

[@shahedmc9656]

The audience with the kazoos during The Walk kept to tune.

[@marcelosmash]

The best …

[@datecnica]

30 years ago ...

[@JuanHayrenik]

The Blood, the best song of The Cure.

[@Humble.Monkey]

@Juan Ermeni ...amazing song!! Do you have any idea on how I can find "The Blood" because I'm going crazy trying to find it??...I'm a studio musician and some of the people I work with have no idea how to find it as well...smh...ty in advance if you can find it...☝️💜

[@jam-nc8ut]

@@Humble.MonkeyIt's on the Head in the Door album, widely available to buy or stream. Sorry if I have misunderstood what you were asking.

[@Humble.Monkey]

@@jam-nc8ut nah, all good friend, ty for letting me know...I'm an '82 but I just got into them about 3yrs ago and that song is always on my mind...☝️💜

[@jam-nc8ut]

@@Humble.Monkey Good to know, my friend. Enjoy the music.

[@Humble.Monkey]

@@jam-nc8ut Spotify??

[@ichecruher]

Perry es muy versátil con los instrumentos

[@ronaldoinocencio881]

Adorable!!!

[@walteralvarez2197]

una reliquia

[@qmaube1]

I wish years had mercy

[@Eleonore-g2x]

Emmanuel Richard1970 in the church SINCE 1988.

[@ollieman3343]

I'm going for Piss 😂❤ Thank you Very Much

[@cueprosd]

Does anyone know where to get a licensed copy of this (does one even exist?) I would be willing to pay for cd quality audio and 1080 res video...

[@mauswaffles]

it was not officially released unfortunately

[@eleonorerichard5086]

A little Bliss! Léo!

[@imaginethemusic4794]

Demais! !!!

[@reddays8448]

At 1:28 Robert looked like he was about to laugh

[@MarkTitus420]

I think they may be laughing at themselves. This is probably the first time they ever performed unplugged like this and they're probably just having fun with it. It is pretty fun to watch.

[@lg4377]

they used a kids toy piano at that part, which was out of tune

[@LarryGomez-r6b]

Who are the women playing kazoo with Pearl on "The Walk"? I think one must be Janet Smith Thompson.

[@cheshiresc7367]

Epic

[@jasonalexander1753]

My heart breaks that cattailpiliar didn’t go the way he wanted

[@y2eyes]

that was great but too short lol

[@eleonorerichard5086]

Il vous ressemblé Emmanuel Richard mais il est loin de mon ❤ i love you and all everyone AMEN 🎉the hold moon.

[@MiejoD-ye1gu]

Maria!!

[@luisfernandozigaran7381]

Dónde se puede ver el recital completo???

[@marchabets2597]

❤

[@JaneFrizzell]

Robert's sneaker

[@charleshern6958]

Ugg boots before ugg boots

[@eleonorerichard5086]

❤❤

[@zaidappes4421]

is there any good quality audio of this somewhere?

[@mcmp2620]

18:54 Really? 😂

[@triciaertz177]

🎉❤

[@Killingzebill13]

Merci pour le partage. Dommage que le son soit bas et saturé

[@basehead617]

The audio in this video sounds absolutely terrible! I'd like to have a good quality version of it

[@basehead617]

Part of this video is used as an interstitial bit in Picture Show isn't it?

[@Filipe1983]

🖤💋

[@ronniegibboni8327]

set list?

[@Humble.Monkey]

Does ANYONE know how to get "The Blood" ??...I can't find it ANYWHERE and I would be extremely thankful to the person who can find it for me...ty in advance ☝️💜

[@hernandelossantos5833]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoHKiIGIiK2Ebs0 The oficial video of The Blood

[@ericmack9593]

It’s track three I believe in head on the door

[@Humble.Monkey]

@@ericmack9593 forgive me for taking soo long to respond... I’m looking for a higher quality recording of this show, if possible??🌬☝🏼💜💨💨💨 11:35

[@merpmonteloyola8705]

💯

[@henrihenry4149]

. Bands of today can't do unplugged..

[@tomyuwu7573]

🖤

[@Eleonore-g2x]

Addiction a la cigarette. Due a mon père.!!? 😢

[@kkadnar]

Bummer that the best song on it is during the fadeout, but what can you do?

[@AM-uu7ec]

Thanks for the upload but is this like a 9th generation copy?