One of the most underrated British bands ever!

@FortNada

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed...

@nickrophiliac7469

4 жыл бұрын

Not at the time- the press loved them. Trouble is, no matter how impressive their sound was, it all got a bit samey..

@anjidoyle9006

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree...a bloody travesty...such an innovative band.

@ilyas_elouchihi

2 жыл бұрын

Can't agree more

@ariescustom

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickrophiliac7469 Nah, not really. They wrote better actual songs than My Bloody Valentine, Lush and Slowdive. Granted they started treading water after Come Clean, but those first three albums are top notch and waaaaaay underrated.

I’m sitting in my student digs in Maidstone in 1991 hearing this for the first time and it rocked so hard. I had a thick, healthy head of hair and a sense of optimism. Now I have neither 😂

@bidvision

Жыл бұрын

I am so with you, brother.

FUCKING EPIC SONG MAN.. Jesus, i remember hearing this when i was about 16 and it blew my mind, big chunky bass, the electronica, all the guitars and a sexy as hell lead singer. Why the hell they never went on to massive things is beyond me.

@yahs808

8 жыл бұрын

+NeonChimp I agree. The Shoegazer sound which I so love never really caught on. This band and Slowdive should have been massive but the music media turned their attention to the Seattle grunge scene.

@Germania9

8 жыл бұрын

+NeonChimp Garbage happened. Curve was on the way up, but got usurped by Shirley Manson, Butch Vig & co. Nothing against Garbage, they make really great music as Curve. But they got in the way of Curve's success not just because of music, but due to savvy marketing, sassier image, having more glam and Shirley Goddamned Manson. There was a feud back in the 90s between Garbage & Curve fans on who's the better band. Curve may have better music & talent but Garbage got ahead of Curve in popularity. Curve have at least a cult following, and their legacy lived on through SPC ECO headed by Dean Garcia's kid, Rose Berlin. IMO, I love both bands and they're both innovative & ahead of their times.

@sirlordcomic

2 жыл бұрын

@@Germania9 True; Curve are to Garbage as The Sundays were to The Cranberries. The latter bands in each case took the sounds of the former and made more commercially successful versions of them. I'll take Curve and The Sundays over the other two personally.

@Embrod

4 күн бұрын

Grunge + British reaction, I mean Britpop are reasons

Still ahead of its time. *2022

@rodrigobelinchon2982

3 ай бұрын

2024 !

Curve/Lush/Swerverdriver/Chapterhouse/Ride - 1991! Oh what it was grow up with these tunes via 'Mark Goodyear's Evening Session' and 180 minutes! Great bands, great times!

@1chipchap

2 жыл бұрын

Everything went down hill quickly after that

@tallpaul7130

3 ай бұрын

You mean Mark Goodier, I assume?

Not only was toni drop dead gorgeous but an amazing eerie singer to boot such an underrated band !!

@johnmac4094

25 күн бұрын

She’s a stunner. I only ever bothered buying NME when she was in it 😂

ITS SOOOGOOD 32 years later and im blastin my head off with goosebump a effing milehigh

Power, creativity, raw sex appeal, they had it all. Toni & Dean you gave us such treasured sonic memories...

The music of my youth, nothing comes close in this day & age.

She is so Beautiful.

I discovred Curve in the early 90s at the library of all places, I soaked them in hardcore. I thought I was hearing the future. I was fifteen in 92.

I found two eps on vinyl and just went holy.........in a record shop. Seriously im.a fan all over again.

The coolest and most beautiful band that ever existed. Fact.

@mikeyoung7794

4 жыл бұрын

Saint Etienne would run them close

@MsVorpalBlade

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeyoung7794 I'll allow it. Now, "Come on Aunty, we'll miss the bus!"

@pjaw8226

4 ай бұрын

Siouxie and the Banshees...

Just now discovering this incredible band! How on earth did I miss these guys first time round? Great band . . . Brought here by Rick Beato

Above my bed in this ugly room Hangs the whisper Of the sandman You can be my father For the love he has shown It's just a little too late It's never enough to swallow those pills Now I'm sick Always will be Take it, I don't want to You can have what you like Just don't try to trick me to sleep Then turn on those lights You can be my father For the love he has shown It's just a little too late It's never enough to swallow those pills Now I'm sick Always will be Drains and radiators You can be my father Drains and radiators For the love I said you can be my father For the love he has shown It's just a little too late It's never enough to swallow those pills Now I'm sick Now I'm sick Now I'm sick Just when you thought it was alright Just when you thought it was alright Coast is clear

One late night in 1991 I was sat watching the Chart Show, waiting with a VHS recorder for whatever was good - had never heard of Curve but instinct told me to hit record and the rest is history... this video is burned into my subconscious... now I'm sick, always will be

@RedGuerilla66

8 жыл бұрын

Thank God for the Chart Show is what I say, it was the only thing worth getting up for on Saturday Mornings and without it i wouldn't have heard most of the great bands that i know and love today. it's where I first heard the Verve, This is Music, Curve, Max Q (Michael Hutchinson and co) and many others. A conspiracy theorist would say the powers that be don't want the youth of today to listen to great new music that stirs up actual emotions, just boy bands singing lyrics with little if any meaning, what the Hell has happened

@sebacar2250

5 жыл бұрын

What a years , vhs, late night ,beer ,cheese chips ,weed , amazing clips waiting to be recorded , so happy

@Dunbar0740

5 жыл бұрын

@@RedGuerilla66, I still have the video of MaxQ, it survived all the years of random taping, somehow.

@55Rellim

5 жыл бұрын

I was listing to the radio one late night on the highway and "Clipped" came on and the rest was history. 🍻

@Boleskinebeatz

4 жыл бұрын

One of the few times I read the NME raving about an EP and actually acted on their suggestions. Best decision I ever made. Still one of my all time favourite bands. Fond memories of being booted out of their Uni gig by The Embankment ( ULU?) when their smoke machine set off the fire alarms and shivering by The Thames until we were let back in. Toni strode up to the mic and laconically purred " well.. it wouldn't be a fucking Curve gig without a bit of drama would it?!"

Damn... Toni is goddess. And that music is just real bliss for me

I find it cosmically unfair that the single best looking woman of all time can also sing and song write to this extraordinary degree.

Oh my she's so beautiful it hurts.

Curve. The soundtrack of my life.

I should invent a time machine and spend the rest of my life going back in time to the 90s for shows by great bands like this.

My life was changed when I heard this. The intro plays in my head even now and it’s a reason to hear the song again. I supported at the time by getting all the CD EPs and I still stream those songs all the time from the album The Way Of Curve.

I fell in love with Toni the first time I heard her voice back in early 1991 then when I actually saw her live at the Astoria later that same year I really fell in love.... :)

@Boleskinebeatz

4 жыл бұрын

Word...

@juanaltredo2974

4 жыл бұрын

you were not alone would be the understatement of the decade

@hospitalleretmisericordia1243

4 жыл бұрын

"I fell in love with Toni the first time I heard her voice back in early 1991"...same here...kkkkk

Absolutely stunning track. Goosebumps every time.

The very best tune of 1991, winning my personal chart that year. All this time later, Toni’s haunting lyrics still have me hooked and captivated.

Oh my God another band I never heard of before now. I guess I'll have to go through all the brit indie bands from the 90's 'cause it seems I've been missing out a hell of a lot.

In order for this song to be fully appreciated one must play it really loud, through quality speakers, whilst completely off yer face.

Perfect. The high point in a pretty good decade musically.

O wow, I used to fancy her so much, I met her in Glasgow, after the show, I loved that they uae a wind machine live :)

Thank you Peter Steele for leading me to this band!

Sounds like the future ….epic, gorgeous, light years ahead of their time x

I've been listening to this song for three months. And there's no way I can stop it.

Stunning singer, awesome song, amazing band. So glad I got to see them live. Forever wishing I would get to see them again

This band is amaizing, why did I Know about them, when I was 15 or 16 years old? 90´s the best rock music era, for me.

@shopbitch

8 жыл бұрын

A lot of "lost bands" from that era - Curve, Adorable, Belltower. I was gigging loads in London in those days - incredible scene when you could just turn up and get tickets on the night!

@snuffomatica2891

8 жыл бұрын

Think we might have been at at a few of the same gigs.

@bubbanderson

8 жыл бұрын

Y'all get the phone app Bandsintown. It searches the music on your phone/tablet and lets you know when any of the bands that you have on there are touring. The bands from this era are all playing live again as it's the only way they can make money given that the general public expect music to be free. As a muso myself I prefer to buy my music and support the artists who create it. Saw the Sisters of Mercy earlier in the year thanks to the app. Bands like James are at Glastonbury this coming week. It's all good !!

@Embrod

3 күн бұрын

Well, shoegaze has been killed. By grunge and britpop

That wall of noise is amazing. I always want to start recording something when I listen to Curve.

@Embrod

3 күн бұрын

Have similar feelings, during listening to "Loveless". Yet I have no skills

This song is utter perfection

That bass line start...🎶👂

Still sound so fresh, they were so underrated

The song's lyrics are sung from the perspective of a character who is struggling with their own demons and struggles. The lyrics make you feel trapped in a cycle of self-destructive behavior and they are desperate to find a way out. The song's music reflects the lyrics, with its melody and driving rhythms creating a sense of urgency and tension about finding the end of all the situations witch are immersed.

Above my bed, in this ugly room Hangs the whisper of the same man You can't be my father For the love we've shown It's just a little to me It's never enough to swallow those pills Now I'm sick, and always will be Take it, I don't want it You can have what you like Just don't try to trick me to sleep Don't turn out the lights You can't be my father For the love we've shown It's just a little to me It's never enough to swallow those pills Now I'm sick, and I always will be Dreams of meeting truth Be my father Dreams of meeting truth For the Dreams of meeting truth Be my father Dreams of meeting truth Now I'm sick, always, always, always Just when you thought it was all right Just when you thought it was all right Just when you thought it was all right Just when you thought it was all right Open your eyes now, girl Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear Coast is clear

@Dunbar0740

2 жыл бұрын

Not too sure about all the lyrics, here. In the video it's clear Toni sings: "It's just a little too late, it's never enough to swallow those pills...", rather than "It's just a little too me...". You can see and hear her pronounce the "t" of "late" at 2.36 towards the end of the vid. I might add, she has a habit of dropping her "t"s, I suspect that's her mashed up accent coming through.

after 20 years and so many bands I still come back to this track :)

@kitsune5459

7 жыл бұрын

+1

@nullmistress

5 жыл бұрын

+1

@jewelcitizen2567

4 жыл бұрын

Monkeyhead75 You may not get in without a ticket mate, there’s quite a queue forming... 😉

@ibookboyuk

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Me too.

@KillMeNow1

2 жыл бұрын

Likewise..... it's such a dirty sounding track that ignites a high that one rarely gets through out the course of a normal day listening to Ken Bruce on radio 2, I fukin love this tune.

first Curve song I ever heard on Triple J in 1991, ran out and bought the Frozen EP that day... Still my favourite band today.

A great sounding band, and Toni was beautiful, will always be a fan.

Tony Halliday was one of the singers with more sex appeal and star quality I've ever seen, the band also were very talented with a unique sound, should've made it bigger, never understood what happened, a massive irruption in pop-rockc in the 90s

The first song of theirs I ever heard. Beautiful, incredible and unique. They led the way in saving me from my heavy metal blinkers 😁😍😎

@Boleskinebeatz

4 жыл бұрын

Bloody hell.. me too ! ;-)

One of the best tunes of all time in my opinion.

my favourite

Beautiful in every way

Awesome in every damn way The EP this is from is a total classic Man, Toni is awesome and the soundscapes from Dean are epic What's not to love ?

Many years ago I went to London for a few days. I entered a record store in Camdem Town, and I asked the boy at the counter if they have Doppelganger or at least a single record from Curve. He look at me and said "I dont know them". I was shocked

Toni

enjoy it still in covid-19 times

I still think this is one of the coolest songs and videos ever! The other being All in the mind by Verve!

sweet sweet 90's sound

Fucking goosebombs.Fucking goosebombs. Please re-unite and play shows with LUSH. I will get crazy!

i love this song. i find i cant take listening to any of their albums full on like coz Hallidays voice and the thick guitar makes my brain go wierd after a while, but if i just listen to any single track it always pleases me. im sorry i never saw them live.

@1chipchap

2 жыл бұрын

That's the power of the inverted music industry by the rocker fellers , they destroyed music frequency

@alexc6324

2 жыл бұрын

@@1chipchap true dat

Wow one song is better than the another!

This is sounds like a goth shoegaze

@darrylmaffey2731

4 жыл бұрын

MEMEBOY2008 sonic guitar.

@pablobroardo3921

3 жыл бұрын

They invented this shit

@chrisfenton3123

3 жыл бұрын

It is.

great track from brilliant ep...love the lyrics on those songs..especially colour hurts..they were a great live band..

brings back so many memories

Phenomenally good. The first few EPs and the Doppelgänger album, sucked me in and kept me hooked for a couple of years. Curve were streets ahead of most of the Indy music at the time.

Best band and sexiest woman of the 20 century

its never enough to swallow those pills,now i`m sick and always will be.....

@gilesdunn5728

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I sing this guilt

the voice I'll never forget. Alan Wilder. Recoil. this track. I'm sick and always will be.

@Lawtasaj

Жыл бұрын

I discovered Curve via Alan! ❤

Her voice is just amazing

Time for a Curve binge!

Dean is a genius.

Amazing.

If it is possible to have acid shoegaze. Then this is it. Utterly glorious.

@Embrod

4 күн бұрын

Check Blur first album - great mix of Baggy and Shoegaze

Che band... dei precursori sotto tutti i punti di vista! ancora oggi non mi stanchi di ascoltarli.

@felix85g

8 жыл бұрын

+Marco Lometreco a chi lo dici :) li adoro

3:44 FINALLY FOUND THAT GIF!

love love love love love

Still sounds amazing. Toni I love you

my favourite band of all time. tnx for quality vid

The most underrated band ever.

When she talks into his ear - I just can’t. I love this song so much and did from first listen. And I’m gay.

Takes me back to my teens, great band!

Amazing song and video. I discovered Curve thanks to this video, in fact!

I love this!

Toni my forever love

i have one week listen to this excelent song and i love it more,,!!

@elgybex6979

7 жыл бұрын

iiimusika de acuerdo contigo, ahora ya encontré de donde se inspiró Shirley Manson cuando pisaba un escenario o grabación de video

Toni looks like my sister did at that age, at the same point in time actually. Showed my son this vid and he said oh yeahh, it does look like his auntie did back then (from her photos - he's 20 lol).

such a good song

I love this song.

Industrial gaze

I love grunge! It's my favourite genre of music 👌

@bhdnmlsh3994

4 ай бұрын

It's shoegaze

@Embrod

4 күн бұрын

Then move on, it's not grunge

Hard to believe this is the very guy that at one time played bass on Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel amongst others. Obviously with Anxious Records there is the Dave Stewart connection, but musically worlds apart.

@Boleskinebeatz

4 жыл бұрын

Yep.. and sadly it was partly what did for them.. the " purists" freaked out when the big ": E " connection was revealed and the music press turned on them. Pathetic.

Magical!

Loved Curve

oh my god amazing,,,i like the song is ,,wow

Just divine.

That VOICE !!!!!!

Superb

Right at home in Night City

Gnt, q som maravilhoso *o*

massa!!!!!pq nao existe mais musicas assim?!

Was looking for doppelganger, the curve cd i had then. Didn't know its exactly what i need now

ARKADAŞ TAVİSYESİ İLE GELDİM VE ÇOK BEĞENDİM

Also, see Phantogram If you want a current derivative.

So underrated.