I was 15 years old when I first heard this song. Now I'm 50. And it's still new.

@milanm403

2 жыл бұрын

No, it's not new. You need to listen something new and different. Your brain will shrink 😀.

@mika-dg2bd

2 жыл бұрын

Thé cure pour

@destonlee2838

2 жыл бұрын

We're right here.all of us. Right here

@valentinasuarez9303

2 жыл бұрын

im 15 rn lmaoo

@Wouldyoujust_

2 жыл бұрын

@@valentinasuarez9303 Just 5 years older than when I started listening to my mom's cassettes. Good taste kiddo❤

The Cure has always had an absolutely smoking bass guitar sound. They've had several players over their long career but the bass is always kicking.

@weinhard961

Жыл бұрын

Okay

@manueladangeli5994

Жыл бұрын

Thanks to Simon 🖤

@brendans3817

Жыл бұрын

Not really. Simon mostly

@ronsworld250

Жыл бұрын

Michael Dempsey, Simon Gallup, Phil Thornalley, and Simon again and going forward.

@JJA_88

Жыл бұрын

See his open mouth but I hear no sound

Mother died today. Or yesterday; I can't be sure

@squidhater1641

5 жыл бұрын

Not that it really matters anyways

@andresnieto6946

5 жыл бұрын

Aujourd'hui maman est mort. Ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas. Like this is way much better

@jsbhmm8232

5 жыл бұрын

Did you have a cup of coffee and a cigarette?

@far_away_rhys

5 жыл бұрын

Just read this book today, I finally understand these comments.

@battleostrich9144

5 жыл бұрын

**MAMAN

I'm not a COVID-19 expert but this is The Cure

@DogzDinette

4 жыл бұрын

I’m stealing that line and using it before it’s too late....

@antiscyllisneocht5669

4 жыл бұрын

INFOWARS? Remember when Jerry Springer had a that Final Thought conclusive segment every show? Hire this guy and I'll watch it.

@elsaalcala5486

4 жыл бұрын

OSTED You right , amigo 🇲🇽

@ottorinogentile5457

4 жыл бұрын

The best antithood in Italy.

@johannabuitrago5631

4 жыл бұрын

The Cure por siempre, saludes desde Colombia

The Stranger is such an amazing book

@Metal_Health_Worker

8 жыл бұрын

+J. Deiss by?

@midnightdive

8 жыл бұрын

+Marian-David Wolff Albert Camus.

@ksof8790

8 жыл бұрын

Yes it is 💕

@ywchyzkxqlxp

8 жыл бұрын

+Sand Wichfeet Have you tried this book? it´s very good and an easy read

@dmf41

8 жыл бұрын

+J. Deiss remarkable, short, honest, absurd book. I had the good fortune of having it as part of my high school French class. The teacher was a brilliant Haitian ex-pat who didn't seem to mind that we were only 16. That same year, in English class, we read "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles... the less said about that the better.

I was assigned "The Stranger" by Albert Camus in college, and I read it. My prof said if you lived your life by this philosophy you'd be a wreck. I swear that I got as much from this song as I got from the book, plus it rocked.

@dukeon

Жыл бұрын

Might want to read the book again though, just for the end bit where Mersault is on trial. Inspired “The Wall” a bit, I think.

@valentinvali9622

10 ай бұрын

His philosophy basically amounts to "you should enjoy life as much as possible cause it's absurd anyway". Your prof should read more Camus lol

@dannyhightower911

9 ай бұрын

@@valentinvali9622 Its more than that. And no, I bet the proffesor knew more Camus than you did. And Camus was not a particularly happy person.

@valentinvali9622

9 ай бұрын

@@dannyhightower911 of course it's more than that lmao. I just tried to sum it up in a short dumbed-down phrase. But it's definitely not something that would turn you into "a wreck" if you live by it. If Camus wasn't a happy person that doesn't mean that his philosophy is to be unhappy.

@gbvjon

9 ай бұрын

Didn't mean to turn this into a "continental fiction" debate, which I think was the class during which I was assigned this novel. I still maintain that my PhD Northwestern University professor likely had a valid opinion. I don't claim to be an expert on existentialism. I dig the Cure. I have an autographed poster in my basement.

Who are listening this in 2024?

@lobotomyscam1051

Ай бұрын

Me.

@alienhalfbreed1301

Ай бұрын

Me

@andromedanb614

Ай бұрын

yee

@donaldmatondo7064

Ай бұрын

The Best of 'The Cure'

@somecunt8579

Ай бұрын

Learn to speak english

This song has the coolest bass line I’ve heard.

@ArielAndChristian

2 жыл бұрын

I have always loved this bass line too!!!

@VioladorDeLaLey21

11 ай бұрын

Greatest bass line to me!

@viachicago

Ай бұрын

Great bass line. Give this bass solo a listen, also great (starts at 1:36). kzread.info/dash/bejne/paV3lrixZNOYkps.htmlsi=EJIJXRJRu0Gyi2Ty

@viachicago

Ай бұрын

Another great bass in the song The Tower by Wye Oak, though it’s a lead instrument in this case (solo starts at the one minute thirty-six second mark). kzread.info/dash/bejne/paV3lrixZNOYkps.htmlsi=EJIJXRJRu0Gyi2Ty

One of the first cure songs i heard. Still love them

Cant believe one of my favorite bands made a song about one of my favorite books

@pobbinista

Жыл бұрын

Me too. I remember reading the book and thinking that I knew the story from somewhere. Albert Camus L'Etranger. Have you also read La Peste?

@user-ll4ws8dv5y

2 ай бұрын

@@pobbinistaI am French and I am absolutly atonished to see that so many foreign people know about this very classical masterpiece of French litterature

@pobbinista

2 ай бұрын

@user-ll4ws8dv5y I used to live in Perpignan in the late 90s. I used to read French books to help me learn the language.

@user-ll4ws8dv5y

2 ай бұрын

@@pobbinista That’s great ! Have you read any other classical books?

@pobbinista

2 ай бұрын

I read Boule de Suif

Listened to this just because it was banned from Spotify.

@trooper1024

5 жыл бұрын

Me too! Hahahaha

@heatherdavis3450

5 жыл бұрын

What's crazy is there is a cover of this song on Spotify by The Reign but they banned the original by The Cure like what the heck

@user-rl2gy5yd9d

5 жыл бұрын

Brittany Davis I just looked and it’s there now

@tonym.villacruzvillacruz5728

5 жыл бұрын

Wtf r u kidding? Pathetic!

@dannyherrera1598

5 жыл бұрын

They do have this song on spotify but its a live version.... I couldnt find it for months but I found it a few days ago

The Cure - Killing an Arab Standing on the beach With a gun in my hand Staring at the sea Staring at the sand Staring down the barrel At the Arab on the ground I can see his open mouth But I hear no sound I'm alive, I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an Arab I can turn And walk away Or I can fire the gun Staring at the sky Staring at the sun Whichever I chose It amounts to the same Absolutely nothing I'm alive, I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an Arab I feel the steel butt jump Smooth in my hand Staring at the sea Staring at the sand Staring at myself Reflected in the eyes Of the dead man on the beach The dead man on the beach I'm alive, I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an Arab

@ab1r741

2 жыл бұрын

@@chanjackie2299 ??

@adinocc2042

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, mate!

@em7dim9

2 жыл бұрын

@@ab1r741 Don't feed the trolls.

@culture4519

2 жыл бұрын

I can turn and walk away or rapid fire on the gun sounds cooler brah

@brunostefani9845

2 жыл бұрын

Albert CAMUS "L'étranger"

People will take what they want from this song. It can't be helped. Just keep in mind this is Robert at 19 (Sep.20,1978) giving artistic expression to one of his favorite books. The band were all teenagers at the time with what I doubt to be cruel intentions.

@pkg996

9 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Times were very different then. Funny how it's all changed...not :( Nevertheless,an excellent song.

@davidbentley4032

4 жыл бұрын

Most 19 year olds these days are playing video games, texting, or getting pissed out of their skulls. I doubt that more than 0.1% of them have even heard of 'L'Etranger' never mind read it.

@xltsalad8100

3 жыл бұрын

David Bentley ok boomer

@mooks500

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidbentley4032 we read it in school though

@chanjackie2299

3 жыл бұрын

title of the song :more true than ever, we should do it !

Just a heads up, this song is based off of "The Stranger" by nobel prize winning Albert Camus where the main character is a French Algerian who kills an arab on the beach after his mother's funeral

@ausundvorbei1

8 жыл бұрын

+Sammy Hannat - merci beaucoup ! That is the reality , so it was the Mr Hollande`Goverment that apologiest ( demander pardon) to the all Algerians - 55 years later. By the way, the Cure-Frontman,Mr Shmiths is gay - so i am same NO MORE HATECRIME IN THIS WORLD - EVEN IN WORDS LIKE HERE ARE PRESENTED FROM .mc donalds James Orlando Andrew Chase and Donald Trumps

@francescomasala702

8 жыл бұрын

+Sammy Hannat Most of the people commenting with racist shit probably never opened a book in their lives, not to mention Albert Camus books.

@ausundvorbei1

8 жыл бұрын

+Luca Argenti doesnt mater, some1 is gay or not, in Greatbritten promotion for hommosexuel-livestyle was illegal, in fakt Jimmy Sommervil songs .

@marmalade4sunrise

8 жыл бұрын

we could apply themes of The Stranger to the way present day people overreact to this song...I wrote an essay in college about the attitude of the jury who assume things about the man because of what he did, they just assume, and people are so knee jerk these days, they also don't take into consideration the meaninglessness of the actions of a person suffering a mental break down, or alternate explanations which aren't "that's racist"

@AH-mq2zu

8 жыл бұрын

cool

Every single Cure video: *I don't know about Coronavirus but this is The Cure*

Reminds me of that black cassette tape I my sister had. I listened to it non stop when I was a kid. What a freaking amazing band, still to this day. Its probably been over 30years since I heard this song and I rattled it off like it was yesterday lol

Robert Smith has said that the song "was a short poetic attempt at condensing my impression of the key moments in L'Étranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus" (Cure News number 11, October 1991). It has nothing to do with current events... >.

@adrewsona

7 жыл бұрын

Classic case of 'no symbols where none intended'

@bright1948light

7 жыл бұрын

And I am NOT justifying terrorism, because it is a vicious circle, you only get what you give. Peace for all

@taragragg400

5 жыл бұрын

Mike Burkard They are so literal.

Turn up bass on your headphones, enjoy! :D

@pseudohipSTAR90

6 жыл бұрын

Simon Gallup, man!

@mitchelwalsh5356

6 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you here.

@carlofonovs9835

6 жыл бұрын

that was actually Micheal Dempsey's bass

@chanjackie2299

3 жыл бұрын

title of the song :more true than ever, we should do it !

@winstonsmiththx1138

3 жыл бұрын

@@chanjackie2299 and the Jews as well, since we are giving out stupid opinions.

My stepdad from Mexico showed me this song when I was in about 2nd grade. Loved it ever since. Thanks Lalo

@JMarieCAlove

Жыл бұрын

I had an uncle named Lalo but he lived in central California and played the saxophone, I’m not sure he heard of the Cure though lol.. he was a cool guy. 😁

I had a craving of listening to this song at full blast on my stereo...classic single from The Cure...I can hear this and A Forest over and over again...

For people who are offended by the title. I am Arab and when I saw the title I was shocked but I get information and music is not racist .. she is from a book

@medloche

10 жыл бұрын

Excessivement attaché a une certaine morale ? C'est à dire ?

@medloche

10 жыл бұрын

***** Ça a l'air pas mal, je le prendrais a l'occasion. Merci du conseil ;)

@DonutUnderpants

9 жыл бұрын

Oui oui! She is from ze book, ohn hon hon! Haha. I'm sorry.

@DonutUnderpants

9 жыл бұрын

PrepperWorkShop Dafuq?

@plainpizza7935

9 жыл бұрын

Daddy Junky Maghribi, mish kedda?

I love that Camus is being discussed online. Maybe there is hope for the future.

@sirgloster9216

8 жыл бұрын

+Konig Corvus He's been discussed for some time now. Nothing has changed though.

@steffclarke1

7 жыл бұрын

An essentially solipsistic worldview negates the need for the concept of a monotheistic god figure when that perspective is one's own

@alexejsil8585

7 жыл бұрын

wow that's quite an ill-formulated statement you make there on behalf of Camus... hope?! Have you even read his oeuvre? :D He argues for pragmatic atheism and the whole point of absurdism is to depict the dire insufficiency and meaningless all-consuming void of terms like hope, faith, existential compliance etc. wtf man... as a matter of fact, the absurd is described as an immutable pillar and likewise consequence of flawed and incomplete human nature. The highest degree of liberty and scope of action can only be accessed if one accepts the absurd in order to revolt subseqeuntly against any pseudo-meaningful bullshit there is... by doing so, one never gets stuck, one never loses faith cuz there's simply none left. Basically, he's not even an existentialist or atheist given that he's neither a disbeliever ( ergo he does not believe that there is no god) nor a believer - his thoughts were pragmatically individualistic while establishing a sense of collectively shared basis of existential hardship we all face and encounter no matter were we are on this wretched world. There is no need for fancy self-righteous ideas, a helping divine hand or crypto-nationalist approaches... it's tragically ridiculous... everytime I look around seing what goes down here and there in our postmodern, postfactual and postsecular world. Why don't we heed 20th century thinkers, who were all to wary of what risks such narrow-mindedness entails? Human tragedy is alive and kicking again as we grow week instead of growing strong. We favor cushy, safe and shiny dependence (ideationally and materialisticially) over the uncanny night of lucidity and independence. wtf is that. Stop slaggin and kick up some existential riots. I'm not done with this world yet

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music

6 жыл бұрын

Don't get your hopes up.

@jacobrheaume1

5 жыл бұрын

there is not.

I play this song all the time and I play the cure music often,,, The Cure is Brilliant, ok Everyone ❤❤❤

I love love love the Cure! My favorite for 40 years!

I love THE CURE They were and still cutting edge for alternative music

I didn't know Smith read Camus. Damn, two of my favorite artists.

@mickwayne3398

6 жыл бұрын

There's another Cure song based on Baudelaire's poem "Les Yeux des Pauvre".

I think Robert Smith was inspired by the book, The Stranger, by Albert Camus. I just finished reading that book a couple of weeks ago. In that book, the main character killed an Arab man. The book also makes frequent references to the sun and the beach.

@reddays8448

Жыл бұрын

Robert said it’s about the book

@mmm-mmm

Жыл бұрын

staring at the sun with a gun in my hand staring at a copy at albert camus' book the plague... wait, that's not right.

@caseytins

11 ай бұрын

This song is a complete reference to the Camus novel. One of the greatest writers ever!

@dfk09

11 ай бұрын

@@caseytins I agree. I read another one of his books this year, The Plague.

@cassandraesparza6107

10 ай бұрын

I noticed this too when I was in my high school English class over 20 years ago!!! I pointed it out to my teacher and she asked me to share it with the class :)

I read Camus 14 years old. I was in a cure pen pal chain from Creem magazine I collected rare pics of Robert Smith. I had cure posters on my wall in 7th grade. I painted my nails the cure. The year is 2018 and I still love this song. That's a good song.

@talkshowhost3512

6 жыл бұрын

there is no way someone can understand camus at year 14

@grottydog

5 жыл бұрын

“political cartoons for donald trump”

"Aujourd’hui, maman est morte..."

@satzui4104

5 жыл бұрын

Magnifique

@michka841

4 жыл бұрын

Wsh ma daronne est crevée mais balek

Just started reading The Stranger the other day, read this scene this morning and immediately thought of the song. Never put two and two together until now, but have always loved this song!

What a timeless masterpiece!I das them first live in Berlin 1987.Absolutely great!🤘🏻💜

*THAT **_BEAUTIFUL_** BASS*

It's been years and years that I haven't heard this song , love it!!!

"And each successive shot was another loud, fateful rap on the door of my undoing."

@davidbentley4032

4 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest lines in literature, and the novel is full of them.

More than 40 years of this song and as fresh as The Cure is !

This like so many Cure songs is a work of art!

This Comment section; 50% ITS NOT RACIST. GET INFORMED 50% The Stranger is a good book 0% Hey, The Cure was pretty good for a first single.

@chaiTV

5 жыл бұрын

nobody asked for it, but thanks anyway I guess, for your statistical analysis of the comments

@pawec8137

4 жыл бұрын

at least the comment providing statistics about other comments is more than 0%

@ElCameronDormido

4 жыл бұрын

back when this song came out we weren't sensitive snowflakes like kids are now

@adamtolley5621

4 жыл бұрын

@@ElCameronDormido yet you wine all the fucking time

@ElCameronDormido

4 жыл бұрын

@@adamtolley5621 soy boy alert!

Omg! ❤️ Nunca habia escuchado esta BELLEZA! 🤘🔥 LA CURA.. ES THE CURE!!❤️🖤🥁🎸🎸🎸🔥

Played this at the bar the other night! My favorite song from that album

First time I saw them they played this, the guitar sound seemed to echo and bounce round the theatre, really uncanny and I still remember it.

@ihopethisusernameisa

10 ай бұрын

It's made by a guitar pedal called chorus or something

Great song. Love the lyrics.

i love this song. perfect for right now

Incredible band on every level !

My favorite Cure song. Just their very best song.

I read "The Stranger" by writer/philosopher Albert Camus in junior high, years ago. What are the kids reading now? The theme is existentialism, not racism. Pick up a book, read, form your own opinion.

@Erwin.Clayton

8 жыл бұрын

+Heather Horner JR HIGH?!?

@heatherhorner1747

8 жыл бұрын

+John Morley hmmm, it was so long ago, but it actually must have been high school. 10th grade-ish

@Erwin.Clayton

8 жыл бұрын

lol i see...ya i taught middle school for a bit & none of those kids were ready to open themselves to the gentle indifference of the world!

@sharpvonl201

8 жыл бұрын

The theme is the absurd not existentialism although hey are similar. read the sister book to it, the myth of sisyphus.

@albertcamus9338

6 жыл бұрын

I remember I read mine in 8th Grade.

Albert Camus was an existentialist writer active in the 1950s, post WWII. Another powerful novel is 'The Plague'..

Bought this when it came out & saw them couple of times in 1979 supporting Siouxsie and the Banshees & double headline with WIRE great days

I read Camus's book every year..it grounds me, it gives you so much to think about..whilst answering all your questions. ❤

one of my favorite Cure songs

intense tune, love that guitar riff at the beginning

Listening to this as a kurd hits different

Thank u the cure for this amazing music so deep so dark and powerfull

This is a 🎯 hit song..😊

My ultimate favorite Cure Song

One of the best I really like the Cure especially I like this song Because of his lyrics

Espetacular! Mágico!

lo mejor!!! the cure ♡♡♡ ^-^

Discovered this song back in high school, and just got to reading Camus. I feel so left behind.

@mohtashimnizamani

3 жыл бұрын

Heyy, we are friends on Facebook. I've just seen your comment. Cool.

Great song!

One of my all time favorite Cure songs ❤ ❤ ❤

Wicked bass playing. Drives the whole song.

@Itzsfo0

7 жыл бұрын

i love the harmonic guitar solo (minor)

@maneshezra7182

7 жыл бұрын

Simon Gallop is an underrated bassist

@joevaughan818

7 жыл бұрын

Manesh Ezra this wasn't Simon it was Michael something from the cures early days

@maneshezra7182

7 жыл бұрын

Joe Vaughan Thanks for the info!

@charlsie5917

5 жыл бұрын

Phil C the bass makes me moist loves it

very nice song...i like it

Love it!!!

I was aware of The Cure in the early '80s and knew of this song and their comments about how it wasn't anti-arab. Decades later, I finally read The Stranger and had a new take on the book and the song. Love it even more now. Fantastic to hear/read the lines and recognize them and read them in context.

Amo esta canción 💃🏻✨

@soalivepop

Жыл бұрын

Sensacional

if i think of my childhood , i think of the cure :) my mother teached me good music .

My favourite book ever. And the song captures it perfectly

Favorite band 🎉❤

Magnificent musicianship. A class recording.

The CURE IS THE BEST 🖤🤩🤘🤘🤘

Nothing tops this track ...timelesss.

This masterpiece is my favorite in the world, aand mi birthday song, amazing!

This was the first Cure song I ever heard, back in 1992-ish, and from the very first bar, I knew I’d found something amazing. Here I am, so many years & lifetimes later in 2019, and that same first few seconds of this song STILL gives me chills. ☺️🏆💓🙌🏽🦄🎀💋 Also, I had this album on cassette tape, and on the B Side was a whole other “album” of songs I can’t seem to find anywhere ever since. More instrumental, or experimental kind of, but SO SO good. Anybody know what I’m referring to?! Love to all... XxxooO n

Grande The Cure y grande Camus, ya que sin uno ni otro está rola quizás no existiera...

What A Great Song , What A Great Band !!!

My favorite song since 2015

The song has nothing to do with Arabs, it's an allegorical reference to Albert Camus' novel The Stranger, where the protagonist Meursault kills an Arab on an Algerian beach for no apparent reason. Meursault, "The Stranger," then reinterprets the event to diminish responsibility and protect himself from psychological harm. It's about suppression and denial.

@gegeartbuzz350

9 жыл бұрын

Meursault - one of great vintage (wine speaking) !!!!!

@lusiphercain887

9 жыл бұрын

wrong its about arabs taking over the liquor stores and other bissness's in the u.s. thats why robert smith moved to the u.k.

@idan-1387

9 жыл бұрын

What? this is not a book about denial. This is not why Camus wrote the book.

@DanielJohnson1972

9 жыл бұрын

I agree,the media,and gov't are conglomerates, that incite fear,and uncertainty at times to control the masses,I rather be an original thinker,than most of the sheep out their! I never read the book,but it seems interesting!

@idan-1387

9 жыл бұрын

..

What can I say but pure magic from Robert and the boys

I love the cure, and the stranger is one of my favourite books and I didn't even notice the correlation between this song and the book for some reason wow

Oh the memories come flooding in....

Rob Smith is a class Act a British legend

grande the cure que tempo bom que nao volta nunca mais

40 years and one day since it was released... My how time flies.

My favorite Cure song ever. Their very best.

En mis 15 años, y ahora en los 47 años, jamás voy a dejar de escuchar este magnífico grupo musical.. por siempre the Cure...

@aliedator8638

2 жыл бұрын

Same dudee, that Quality is so Bad

I hadn’t heard this song since I was a kid listening to my dads albums. Just woke up when it was a focal part of a dream I had. First thing I did was open KZread and listened. Still an absolutely great song

love the song

My favorite song forever

Puro, total y absoluto rock and roll....

as an arab i can confirm this killed me

Never heard this song by them before. Reminds me a lot of The Clash. Good stuff.

Amazing song and so true

Realmente RS es un genio, y es un ejemplo a seguir. Claro que primero hay que leer buenos libros y lo demás es solo cuestión de paciencia

[LYRICS] I'm standing on the beach With a gun in my hand Staring at the sky Staring at the sand Staring down the barrel At the Arab on the ground I can see his open mouth But I hear no sound I'm alive I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an Arab I can turn And walk away Or I can fire the gun Staring at the sky Staring at the sun Whichever I chose It amounts to the same Absolutely nothing I'm alive I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an Arab I feel the steel butt jump Smooth in my hand Staring at the sea Staring at the sand Staring at myself Reflected in the eyes Of the dead man on the beach The dead man on the beach I'm alive I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an Arab

Stunning music

My father showed me this song some time ago. I read camus' book and then i thought of this song so i came here to see if it really is any connection and i'm glad

Wow my parent always said the cure was a amazing band..for now on I’m going to trust them a lot more 👏🏼

This song makes the book alive. I can see the beach where Meursault is standing, feel the unbearable heat of the sun, and the reflection of the knife.

Fantastic!

I LIVE FOR THAT BASS