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Official Site:

http://www.thecure.com/

Song Close to Me video:

 http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=p3hdytcAUjI 

The Cure story in video:

http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=4_wQmYcpP0g 

The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several lineup changes, with frontman, guitarist and main songwriter Robert Smith—known for his iconic wild hair, pale complexion, smudged lipstick and frequently gloomy and introspective lyrics—as the only constant member.

The members of The Cure were barely out of their teens when they first started releasing music in the late 1970s. Their first album Three Imaginary Boys and early singles placed them as part of the post-punk and New Wave movements that had sprung up in the wake of the punk rock revolution in the United Kingdom. During the early 1980s the band's increasingly dark and tormented music helped form the gothic rock genre. After the release of 1982's Pornography, the band's future was uncertain and frontman Robert Smith was keen to move past the gloomy reputation his band had cultivated. With the 1982 single "Let's Go to Bed" Smith began to inject more of a pop sensibility into the band's music. The Cure's popularity increased as the decade wore on, especially in the United States, where the songs "Just Like Heaven", "Lovesong" and "Friday I'm in Love" entered the Billboard Top 40 charts. By the start of the 1990s, The Cure were one of the most popular alternative rock bands in the world and have sold an estimated 27 million albums as of 2004. As of 2007 The Cure have released twelve studio albums and over thirty singles, with a thirteenth album in the works.

The Cure's videos, and his videos, which became synonymous with the band, helped expand The Cure's audience during the 1980s. When directing Cure videos, Pope has been given control of selecting whatever concepts he wants, which have ranged from stuffing the band into a wardrobe and throwing them off a cliff into the water below ("Close to Me") to having Smith devoured by a giant spider ("Lullaby"). Pope explained the appeal of working with The Cure by saying, "The Cure is the ultimate band for a filmmaker to work with because Robert Smith really understands the camera. His songs are so cinematic. I mean on one level there's this stupidity and humour, right, but beneath that there are all [Smith's] psychological obsessions and claustrophobia."

 

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mahblouse
mahblouse posted over 2 years ago

One of the first bands that I went completely insane over.

Kittyn
Kittyn posted over 2 years ago

Me too! Still get burst of teenage joy/angst when I hear it. Love it.

fivefoil
fivefoil posted about 1 year ago

The Cure was instrumental in finding my girlfriend (she fancied Robert Smith and I looked like him), getting married after 10 years and having twins.

I have seen them live 11 times, and pretty much spent most of my youth agonising over the meaning of Roberts lyrics etc.

Awesome in every way

_sharilyn_
_sharilyn_ posted about 1 year ago

the old stuff is the best.

Panda^_^
Panda^_^ posted about 1 year ago

I am quite fond of the cure, very interesting style.

bobetha
bobetha posted about 1 year ago

My whole life has revolved around this band. It completely took over my life or shall I say Robert has.

klaus5000
klaus5000 posted about 1 year ago
Aamazing.....Cool
!nês..
!nês.. posted about 1 year ago

They're coming to Portugal on my birthday. :D

imatbabe
imatbabe posted 12 months ago

Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick.  The one that makes me laugh.  The one that makes me scream.  Show me how you do it and I promise that I'll run away with you.

Lady_Prozac
Lady_Prozac posted 11 months ago

fascinating band

quaternions
quaternions posted 11 months ago

I wonder what they are the cure for.

quaternions
quaternions posted 11 months ago

Not sadness obviously lol.

Frozen
Frozen posted 9 months ago

I really love them! I had a wonderful friend who was a wannabe Robert Smith, he was so good to chat with. :)

HelloCarm20
HelloCarm20 posted 7 months ago

 l love them!

_aerith_
_aerith_ posted 6 months ago

love smith!

im so addicted to his voice!  

Florcita
Florcita posted 4 months ago

Kind of like The Cure is not goth or metal or pop.  It's ALTERNATIVE.

 IM(AMO)HO

Sevencross
Sevencross posted 3 months ago

best band

Armil
Armil posted 3 months ago

i love The Cure a lot…and it always reminds my bout' late friend,coz my friend always sangs me before "why can't i be you"...and he chosed to wear his "robert smith" shirt in his last days until he got burried(june 30,1998)...

cbtxhg
cbtxhg posted 2 months ago

the cure lyrics and videos http://www.post2share.com/lyrics/cure

Blackbird <3
Blackbird <3 posted about 1 month ago

I love The Cure!!! My friend and fellow lovecat got me to listen to them and I was addicted to the first song I heard (which happened to be Lovecats).  They are my cure for everything!!  If I'm down I'll listen to Lovecats and giggle at the faces that Robert makes on the video.  If I wanna dance I listen to Hot, Hot, Hot.  If I wanna lovely love song I'll listen to Catch or Lovesong.  And I must say the BEST way to fall asleep is listening to Lullaby.  The Cure has a little bit of everything that just makes you wanna listen to them all the time!!!  I LOVE THE CURE!!!