The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
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Music video by The Cure performing Charlotte Sometimes. (C) 1993 Fiction Records Ltd.
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My mother’s name was Charlotte. She passed away two years ago in June. For some reason whenever I hear this song I think about her! Miss you mom.
Fun fact: this video (and maybe the song) are based on a book about a modern girl and a girl in WW2 who switch places when they sleep in the same bed.
It's almost ridiculous the amount of masterpieces the Cure have. What an amazing band!
Especially Wish! That whole album to my ears is just as important as Disintegration ever was.
@@andrepereira744 oh I knew what you were talking about. I was just writing a quick comment as a passing thought.
But I do agree with you. When I first got into the Cure in 2008 it was like I was invited into this rich virtual reality created by Robert Smith himself where I could pick up different sounds, colors, smells and shapes. The creativity that brims from this guy just shows what a vast and enticing imagination he has. One of the best minds in music.
Every album that you listed is also a masterpiece. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me in particular is like a candy shop of different genres rolled into one neat 70 minute plus album. I can't even pick a single song as my favorite from that one because that would be rude I think haha. When my mood changes, it can be Torture one minute, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep the next, Like Cockatoo's the next and so on.
I have to confess though that there is one album by The Cure that I don't like and it's Bloodflowers. I just find that one to sound too tired and heavy for me to get into. I do love the 11 minute epic Watching Me Fall though and the trip hop inspired The Loudest Sound and a few others. But as a whole it doesn't work.
Otherwise that's the only dud for me so far. I haven't yet listened to Three Imaginary Boys, Wild Mood Swings or their 2004 self-titled album.
@@andrepereira744 I know I saw the music video for 10:15 Saturday Night so I at least got a taste of what their more "punk" sound was like. I also know that that song was sampled in Massive Attack's Man Next Door (the "drip, drip, drip..." section which I'm sure you're familiar with).
I really find The Top to be a SUPER UNDERRATED album! But oh boy do I gush over how eclectic and pyschedelic that album is.
@@andrepereira744 yeah The Top was technically a Robert Smith solo album wasn't it? He played all the instruments except the drums on it.
@@andrepereira744 I have all of Massive Attack's CD's through 100th Window (my personal favorite of theirs). Heligoland was good but a bit odd in some places. Far removed from the type of sound that I'm accustomed to with them.
Robert Smith's backing vocals while Robert Smith is singing is the best thing ever
oh yeah ... i love Robert
Sounds like a ghost in a distance.
Robert Smith is the best thing ever!
@Zak Jansen Of course it's out of tune! Don't you get..? That's what makes it so haunting.
like hes arguing with his clone
I think when Robert Smith wrote Charlotte sometimes and a Forest, music changed forever.
It was inspired by a book, man!
One of the most important bands of the last 45 years. FACT. 🎤🎸🥁👌💙
For you.. thats a fact.
The Cure and U2 is all I can think of for the important 45 years title. While some of you may disagree with the U2 comment… they are one of my biggest influences and have influenced many other famous bands. The have elevated live shows to the next level by being one of the first bands to incorporate visuals for live shows and add a catwalk and “B-stage” (ZooTV tour).
@@mysticedge4 Nirvana? I mean they have been aroiund in the last 45 years but just not for 45 years. If that is your criteria.
@@mysticedge4 U2 have a body of work virtually unrivalled. I would add a few other bands. Rush, Depeche Mode, and New Order all have back catalogues that are truly magnificent, albeit in different genres. 👌💙
Absolutely.
One of most beautiful haunting songs hand down. Robert Smiths voice is so hypnotic, haunting, and mesmerizing in the most perfect way.
This is the real Cure..........
Why the hell was this not a massive hit? It is absolutely astonishing!
It was. But no-one wanted to listen.
@@peterschmidt9497 My Fave
Strangely enough it never appeared on an official album except the singles collection.
I think it was a B side song.
It is w the real fans
My middle name is Charlotte, after this song. Constantly thanking my parents for bringing me up with great music
my name is charlotte after this song
You're constantly thanking them.......................or only Sometimes? (har-har)
this is by far one of my favourite cure songs it's timeless
I don't think The Cure can be placed under any particular music genre. That's one of the greatest things about this band, is that they have different pieces of music that can appeal to different people. They aren't restrained by a particular style.
They are simply, The Cure.
And I will always love them for that.
After 35 Years I still feel like a heartsick teenager and my eyes are as wet as they where when I first listened to this amazing song
Buster Jones, one of the best pictures you put here...same here! This song is full poetry and timeless🥰
I completely understand...
Same 🖤
Same. Goosebumps all over
Same here. I'm a 14 yr. old gothling all over again!
On a related note, if said 14 yr. old gothling was trying her hardest to look like this era Robert Smith, was it cross dressing, or was it just being a goth? XD
All the faces
All the voices blur
Change to one face
Change to one voice
Prepare yourself for bed
The light seems bright
And glares on white walls
All the sounds of
Charlotte sometimes
Into the night with
Charlotte sometimes
Night after night she lay alone in bed
Her eyes so open to the dark
The streets all looked so strange
They seemed so far away
But Charlotte did not cry
The people seemed so close
Playing expressionless games
The people seemed
So close
So many
Other names
Sometimes I'm dreaming
Where all the other people dance
Sometimes I'm dreaming
Charlotte sometimes
Sometimes I'm dreaming
Expressionless the trance
Sometimes I'm dreaming
So many different names
Sometimes I'm dreaming
The sounds all stay the same
Sometimes I'm dreaming
She hopes to open shadowed eyes
On a different world
Come to me
Scared princess
Charlotte sometimes
On that bleak track
(See the sun is gone again)
The tears were pouring down her face
She was crying and crying for a girl
Who died so many years before
Sometimes I dream
Where all the other people dance
Sometimes I dream
Charlotte sometimes
Sometimes I dream
The sounds all stay the same
Sometimes I'm dreaming
There are so many different names
Sometimes I dream
Sometimes I dream
Charlotte sometimes crying for herself
Charlotte sometimes dreams a wall around herself
But it's always with love
With so much love it looks like
Everything else
Of Charlotte sometimes
So far away
Glass sealed and pretty
Charlotte sometimes
Listened to it for 37 years and somehow never knew all the correct lyrics. Always thought it was "Come to me scared, possessed" Also thought it was "She hopes to share our lives on a different world" which makes no sense, I get it. And I don't think I knew "expressionless the trance", either. And I have an official lyric book here in my hands, too, that I've owned since 1990! Oh well.
@@eboethrasher Hi! I just recently read the book by Penelope Farmer! Fantastic! ❤
My greatest flex is being named after this song
Omg i wish i was named after a song, i'm named after a random kid my mom met durning her pregnancy
i wish people still made music like this. Every sound and every word you can feel it. It's just beautiful.
You should listen to mgmt - in the afternoon. Such the cure vibe with an amazing production
Drab Majesty
@@user-ne6mm4km2f I need more music recommendations from you, fr 🙏
Try soviet soviet or Human Tetris
Open your eyes and ears - show some respect to the great modern art being produced.
I am French.
I love British music above all New wave but for me the Cure it's fucking Genius
My absolutely #1 of all The Cure songs...
It's mine too.
Mine too
Me too!
Really hope they play this one live next month!
First one i heard if theirs and always come back to it
Most underrated song by The Cure
Not by Cure fans.
Not really
@@isaurahadiyanto5546 Yeah, it's pretty underrated (or not very popular, if you prefer), you won't find it in almost any list of best The Cure songs. The fact that it wasn't included in any studio album has probably kept it under the radar. That's fine, though, my only gripe is that this is the only clip in TH-cam with the official videoclip (another sign that it is very underrated), and video and audio quality are both terrible.
"underrated" is a very over used term on youtube
Underrated??? It's a Classic, every single fan of The Cure love this song
This is currently my favourite Cure song. It's so whimsical, gloomy and melancholic... 🖤🖤🖤
It feels like a dream, and for some reason reminds me of Alice in Wonderland.
The most underrated song of the Cure, so awesome.
This is my goth anthem
🖤
No entiendo por qué está canción no tiene tanto reconocimiento, es una gran canción, en lo personal, me encanta
Charlotte Sometimes is not just a song... IS absolutely The Cure!
Is also a book
Tried to end my life while hearing this Song 30 years ago
Hello Luca I LOVE THE CURE HELLO I FROM BRASIL 😎🙏🇧🇷
@@luizguilhermemoreirasales1548 É legal saber q outros brasileiros gostam do The Cure tbm
Thank God you didn't. Life is precious.
When he sings “Come to me scared princess” 🖤❤️🖤❤️
Damn people, this sounds like a confession.....I've just been going over tunes I'd like to be played at my - he's gone, hooray....party....
and i suddenly realised that - without the cure i would never have passed my aircraft mechanics..... and then my technicians courses, when i was in the RAF - these people single-handedly gave me enough, joy, space and reason, to continue my studies, that i finally passed - simply put, my life's tune - a forest - by the cure - then i can pass on - totally me.
The Cure ~ Charlotte Sometimes.
Based on the children's book "Charlotte Sometimes" by Penelope Farmer, Published in 1969.
Quote by ROBERT JAMES SMITH ~
"There have been a lot of literary influences through the years; 'Charlotte Sometimes' was a very straight lift."
WIKIPEDIA ~
Many lines in the song reflect lines directly from the book, such as "All the faces/All the voices blur/Change to one face/Change to one voice" from the song compared to the book, "By bedtime all the faces, the voices, had blurred for Charlotte to one face, one voice".
The song continues:
"Prepare yourself for bed/The light seems bright/And glares on white walls, and the book continues, "She prepared herself for bed...
The light seemed too bright for them, glaring on white walls".
omg.. I've never seen this video and I listen to them since I was 13 . 35 years ago
because it was disavowed for a long time, I'm surprised to find it here
@@alleygh0st Well, it was available on the Staring At The Sea video collection, so it was available to the public for quite a while (in the VHS era, at least), but that particular collection never came out on DVD (which is a BUMMER!).
The Friday I'm In Love fans won't find us here
they sure won't, no taste
nothing compared to this
what if i love both songs :(
@@nataliaacevedo6467 thats an exception
You are wrong, I' am here and I love "Friday I'm in love" too. Real fans are they who research all about The Cure.
One of the greatest songs from the Cure.pure nostalgia. robert Smith is a great singer.
2024 anyone? 👁️👄👁️
Masterpiece of The Cure ❤
Yes✋, such magic🖤
Yep. Every year.
Ever
Oh yeah
So underrated! The Cure at their best. Moody and dark!❤
Exactly
Shamrain makes a cover off this beautiful song.
I don’t understand why you would say that they are underrated, they are world renowned and have success in both commercial and independent music.
No matter how down I feel, I always, always, always feel better while listening to this masterpiece
I love this masterpiece but I'm rather in spleen/sad mood when listening to it 😥😢
Same here. This song is masterful
L unicità di Robert la trovo qui... Saro un nostalgico ma questa è pura sublimazione dei sensi... Che ricordi... Chi è con me?
The best single of the cure !
Many times a year I am in 100% agreement, then I have another Cure Favorite the following day.
Discovering the Cure at 12 was like discovering a new world
First time heard this song in France 🇫🇷 through the radio NRJ was in 1986...
I was 13...
1984 I was 9 when I first heard the cure love cats
@@stell8214 i was 11 (born in 1973) but never heard Love Cats through the radio, I had to wait till 1988 a friend of mine lent me a CD album containing this song... I thought it was "The Top" and I remember that I also loved "Birdmad Girl" 💿
@@stell8214 I discovered them around 1991 around when Wish came out my slightly older babysitter was a die hard fan
I am currently 13 and this is the fourth song I've listened from Ths cure and I can't stop
....brings me back to the 80s. Wearing black new wave clothes, styled hair....so many memories of this time. Indeed...the best time in my life!
its shit now aint it
typical British !! kisses from Switzerland
Robert Smith is signing in cursive.
80’s the BEST decade in music ever, will never be repeated.
I know they hated this video but I enjoy the haunting feeling of it. Them standing in front of the windows, and standing around creepily as she walks through the building, it just makes it really feel almost like they are haunting the building.
I'm also realizing that even though I've listened to this song for 37 years now, I have never known all of the lyrics correctly. Some of them, for sure, but some of them I thought were different. EVEN THOUGH I OWN THE DAMN OFFICIAL LYRIC BOOK. I guess I never looked them up. Shame on me.
So many songs by The Cure can bring about an emotional reaction. I always come back to this song, it is so ethereal.
I am so happy this song found a home on Staring at the Sea. Incredible song and one of my favorite Cure songs. Hugely underrated.
Awesome album
Its a damn great album... A few of those songs i only "dicovered" on that album... Cant remember this was one of them too... Maybe my favorite song of them(or "a forest")
Look how young they all look. 😱
Looks (and sounds) like this was a major influence for MGMTs "Little Dark Age".
This song...will always be associated with livid dreaming.
I'm vibing with the whole aesthetic of this video
One of the best songs ever written...
that classic "i'm turning my head to face you" eighties intro close-up XD
skiba madiba Absolutely love that!
I'm going to try that out IRL...
🤣🤣🤣
THIS must be a meme
Come to me scared princess, Charlotte Sometimes! I love this song
25th of October 1981, this song peaked at number 44 in the UK Singles chart.
41 years, 2 months and 18 days later,
it's been an Earworm all day !!!!
**** me!! Where did four decades go 😮
did it only get to 44??
i love the tormenting melancholy of this song
She is so beautiful
Smith is very intelligent. It permeates through his writing. The overlaying vocals mirror the overlapping time zones of the book.
She was crying. Crying for a girl who died so many years before.
She wept for the passing of her sister. Her best friend.
This song is "Love".
Pure Love. Straight from the heart and spirit.
We all dream.
We all have loses. We've all wept.
We all Love.
God bless The Cure. God bless this Song. Always.
In the novel they communicate through time...
I first heard this song in 1985. Such a great song and band.
This is one of the most gut wrenching songs ever written and sung. Never listen to this after a breakup. You have been warned
I don't understand why the band disliked this video so much. Charlotte is so pretty, the images of her in Victorian dress are hauntingly lovely, the setting (Royal Holloway Asylum) is classical English gothic. Sure this video has a slightly cheap b-movie vibe but I think that adds to its naive, creepy charm.
I remember loving this as a teen, the creepiness & handsome Robert, & what a pretty girl.
H. L. Wait what?? The band dislike the video?? How?why? when?? They actually said that?? Omg :0
When the Cure members saw the video, they asked whether they should laugh or cry about it. That's what Robert said in the book : "10 Imaginary Years", released in 1989.
julosx that’s interesting
@@Angel666xo They hated pretty much all of their pre Tim Pope videos.
My dad wanted to name me Charlotte because of this song. My mom argued that the name sounded so old for a 2000's baby and didn't let this be my name. What a shame, mom
Masterpiece!!! I used to listen to this gem every friday night drinking red wine at a barbecue in Argentina.
That's the reason The Cure is the greatest band in the world.
The reference for music in the last 50 years. Period.
Goth 80s masterpiece
There’s a cure for people who don’t like the Cure! Outstanding
Sandra Devers ... i still love you ...
the best transcendental song of the Cure in my opinion.
Ho 58 anni e non smetterò mai di ascoltere questo grandissimo gruppo... THE CURE PER SEMPRE 💕💕💕😎
Anch’io
@@graziellacaropreso7670 grande!!!😍😍👋
I'm 11 years old,and for some reason "The Cure" changed my life. Their songs have positive lyrics and many of them make me feel "alive", let's say,happy,hyperactive etc. thanks to "The Cure",when I'm older I'll remember how I used to listen to them. I love them :)
Ligix welp, now you’re 17 :)
@@chelsea167 Started at 11? Must have killed themselves by now haha
Tú vas por un buen camino niño , continúa así !!!!
Dan Leahy I’m 100% with you, even down to the age.
I started at 12. It’s only been 7 months but they have irreversibly changed my life
Most depressing Cure track. Works every time. Ghost of the 90s
Had to leave a comment here, this moment in time, just because The Cure.
As silly as that might sound, couldn't find better words, couldn't pass up the golden opportunity. ❤
Not silly at all, my friend!
This is one of those songs I never want it to end.
One of my most Favorite songs EVER from The Cure...!!!!!!!
Going to see them live next week....!!!!!!!
Staring at the Sea, the collection of Cure singles up till the mid 80s, is one of those albums everyone should have.
people can't understand..., some souls can still perceive a few breaths of it......
Their best song in my opinion, definitely my favourite
The Curest song of all
This is my all-time favourite song, I've been listening to it for thirty years now and it still touches me the same way it did when I first heard it as a teenager, it is one of the rare things that have been with me all the time.
This song does not age !
Same here. Reminds me of someone very special back in the day (her name wasn't Charlotte, by the way!)
she is so hauntingly beautiful
I miss my Charlotte. Was only a drinking friend. May be a kiss or 2, but she knows the song x
only 'a drinking friend' is wrong...they were more than that :D
After decades of deliberation, have decided it's my fav Cure track ever.
What a Beautiful song,even after 42 years.
This song of The CURE is a real gem. Love it ! Robert Smith was so beautiful. And Love the haunting sound of The CURE
He's an old codger these days lol. but at least the music is still beautiful 👍🏻
@@ericsmith6315 yes. Time waits for nobody. Killing Time... I know Rob Smith is 62 years old. Obviously he's not the young and sexy man of the early days of The CURE. Got weight, his beautiful face disappeared, but his voice is the same and he's more close to his audience through his musical legacy. Everybody will grow old. The audience is old but there's a lot of young people in his audience ! The CURE became timeless for 40 years after fame all over the world, they are still beloved (Robert Smith is still successful even if he's an old man now...)
@@janiquevaillot8554 Robert is an inspiration also because he is still active. Not many people can say their career has spanned 7 decades 👍🏻
Edit - Plus we all grow old only if we are fortunate. I pray I get to his age and beyond 🙂
@@janiquevaillot8554 How did you feel about the direction change over the years? 🙂?
@@ericsmith6315 I still do love The CURE or may be we can speak about Robert Smith (who is still doing good job with other artists). But I feel sad because this is the end of The CURE together ???
Robert and Simon are very handsome 😍
My Charlotte💔🌹🙏 (R.i.p)❤️
The Cure put words and music to what I was feeling when I was young.
52 ans cette nuit et pourtant toujours autant d'émotion en entendant la voix de RS sur ce titre 🖤
Omg it's so trippy.
My first concert, I was 14.
La quintessence des Cure
Great song ! btw - that girl should be close to 70.
best song of the cure
So cool in the beginning she comes up the double staircase and she gets to the top and you realize it’s a mirror
Amazing song, a perfect union between melody and gothic/dark style. Long live to the Cure!
Reminds me of my late high school friend Nicole. She turned me on to the Cure, Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division, and Bauhaus. Miss you sister.
Kristen ❤ every time I listen to The Cure I think about you and the fun times we had as teenagers miss those days so much 😢 14 15 16
this charlotte is very, very, very and very beatiful 💙💙💙💙💙💙❤❤❤❤
All gothic feeling, all sense of nostalgia Gothic, all love the nightlife and gloomy, it boils down to this wonderful video that I love many years here in BRAZIL. Helder Gozs.
This has always been my favourite Cure song. There are many, so many that I love, but I always come back to this.
This is an amazing song indeed. Around 35 years ago i had a the cure fan club :) its the first time i heard it in many years tho
This song epitomises the cure.
old cure is the best cure!
This song brings tears to my eyes.