“Where did it go?” Is where it hit me hardest as a fan of The Cure since 1985. Robert and co. got me through high school. Songs like Push, Cold, Siamese Twins, Charlottes Sometimes, Just Like Heaven, A Thousand Hours and Plainsong mean a hell of a lot. I feel like this is his swan song.
The feeling of emptiness and utter powerless despair when facing not only the loss of a loved one, but the contemplation of our own end, our own slow walk towards death… This is what this song gets us to feel and think about. What we have lost and can never get back. RS is putting words on our old days… He will be with me until my dying breath, long after he's gone.
These songs were all written in 2019 during that awful forbidden COVID year Robert loss his Father to (Cancer) in 2019, his Brother Richard (to COVID) 2019 {I CAN NEVER SAY GOODBYE} which is on this album is about his death in November 2019, and his mother to Cancer also in 2019. IT CAN NEVER BE THE SAME is on this album as well it is a remembrance for his Mother and David Bowie who he was close friends with. Sad years for him and THE CURE as in 2022 Roger O'Donnell was diagnosed with Blood Cancer but, in 2024 he stated he's cancer free and he is doing good now. Robert in August wanted it to be known and that is how we are all getting a new album in November 1, 2024. It is imperative to pre-order the LP, CD, or Cassette. THE CURE has over a billion fans. I already ordered mine.
Robert Smith has claimed that this album will be the bleakest, saddest most brutally gloomy thing they have done. Given their benchmark with Pornography, Bloodflowers and disintegration - we can expect to be awestruck by the sheer melancholy. Its great to hear them return to the layered 'Disintegration' sound too, as the last 2 albums really didn't connect with me at all.
My favourite Cure as well. Seventeen Seconds, Faith, and Pornography are the definitive melancholy projects for me. The Head on the Door album then ushered in a lighter pop sound. If Alone is any indication then this will be an album worth checking out. Cheers🤘
I'm 56, an actor from the UK (big up the Peep Show fans). I lost my Dad three weeks ago and never has a song hit me this hard and this beautifully. It's a masterpiece alright. Nice review by the way, mate. Thanks for the loving vibes. And if this really is the end for The Cure, then thank you to them for everything over the many years. Look after yourselves. X
The same reaction I had brother, omg im a teary mess every time I hear it. Its the chords and their changes along with the lyrics which actually mirror your feelings...lament, tears etc...its perfect.
Currently my favorite song by The Cure is Alone, what an incredible atmosphere, it reminds me of Disintegration, Simon's bass line and the drums are perfect, not to mention R. Smith's incredible voice.
A genius songwriter, musician and in fact band who are able to take you to such a dark and foreboding place, yet have you smiling at their brilliance, and somehow filling you with joy at the same time. No words can describe how awesome this track is, having now listened to it a dozen times it has clawed its way through my skin and weaved itself into my soul. And yes I cried and am not ashamed. I lost my dad in April aged 94 years of age, and the title of the track hits home like a sledgehammer but I salute each of the band and everyone involved in the production of this track for its stunning beauty. He only lives about 10 miles from me and one day, if I ever bump into him, I feel that I should kneel at his feet in reverence to his mastery of his art. But seriously, the man is a genius.
I'm 48 and started to listen to The Cure when I was 16. Their music was and still is a companion through all the highs and the lows in my life. Like a really good friend that is always there for you, no matter what. This song hit me so deeply and hard from the first second I listened to it. I lost my father very suddenly when I was 21, and this song pretty accurately describes my feelings back then, and also now. I guess I want to have this song played at my own funeral someday. Pornography, Disintegration, and Wish are my favorite albums, and - if you really force me to choose - Plainsong would be it. Saw them live many times, but the "Trilogy" concert in Berlin will always stand out. th-cam.com/video/xbpM2pXx4d0/w-d-xo.html
A song from Robert’s heart full of emotion and reflection inspired by the loss of his brother and parents… This is genius and relatable, provoking our deepest emotions. Thank you The Cure.
I felt exactly the same pain brother. You nailed it. Possibly one of the best songs that has been released EVER. As you said, a complete MASTERPIECE! No other way to describe this song.
A genius songwriter, musician and in fact band who are able to take you to such a dark and foreboding place, yet have you smiling at their brilliance, and somehow filling you with joy at the same time. No words can describe how awesome this track is, having now listened to it a dozen times it has clawed its way through my skin and weaved itself into my soul. And yes I cried and am not ashamed. I lost my dad in April at 94 years and the title of the track hits home like a sledgehammer but I salute each of the band and everyone involved in the production of this track for its stunning beauty.
@@missmorx7400 Sorry about your recent loss. I still have mum but she has Alzheimers and looks for dad day and Night. Only one of my friends, and my Brother in Law, I found out last week, are Cure fans. They are such an amazing band. You might like a German Shoegaze/Goth band called Seasurfer. The tracks "Dragon Song" and "Stay" are worth a listen especially. Dragon song with the lyrics is available on You Tube.
I CRY everytime i hear this song, it is symphonic and poetic and very emotionally empowered, this song was written to strike the many heart strings and heart chords. People don't give the cure enough credit, they write the truth of it all
Devestatingly good! I took the lyric "Love Falling Out Of Our lives" more in relation to his brother and parents, our friends and family eventually passing away; and further to that the lyrics "Calling Us Home"; and we're left singing this last song, 'alone'. Wow, and all the other new songs we've heard played live, this is warming up to be a classic.
I just found your channel and I already adore you. So intelligent! I'll look up other videos, but any young (or older!) guy who cries during a Cure song has my utmost adoration and respect. PS I grew up with the Cure and always cry at their songs.
Thanks for this video! I found another human being who felt exactly what I felt listening to this song... and I feel it every time I listen to it again!
I really enjoyed listening to your take on the song and your openness with sharing your emotion. I was surprised at how much of an emotional reaction I had when I first listened to this song. It's like it reached down through the façade I've crafted for sometime, recognized a hidden wound I've kept buried, and said "you need to acknowledge and explore this, get in, let's go crying."
Thanks for making the video. Thanks for being courageous enough to honestly express your feelings. I've listened to The Cure since the mid-80s when I was in high school. Wow. Before you got too far into the song, I went and watched the official version. I'm crying. Wow. Thanks. Peace to everyone out there. I'm kind of at a loss for words. I think everyone has heavy stuff near the surface in their lives. This song kind of forces you to grapple with your circumstances. Wow.
Thank you for the beautiful message at the beginning, needed it this moment. This is my first video of you I’ve seen and, man, when Robert Smith start singing I just broke in tears. I agree with everything you said
Wow, this reaction video is so emotional, I really love how you feel every sound, that's amazing. Never seen someone experiencing music so deeply on reaction video, I love it, thank you for that❤
As other commenters said, I feel this is their farewell as well as speaks to all of us getting older together (i'm 50). Losing loved ones to Alzheimer's - Words falling out of our minds. Losing loved ones along the way - raise a glass.. We end up Alone in the end, most of our biggest fears. Fire burns out, don't want it to end, look up at the stars and they are dim due to the tears of not wanting it to be over. Agree. Masterpiece.
They're not going anywhere but Robert Smith speaks to all of us over 50 -and on. We finally realize what life is all about - we all go through pain and grief. It is a masterpiece - a culmination of all the Cure has done - the growth of genius Robert Smith.
I've been a huge Cure fan since the mid-80's when I was a tween. Their album Disintegration absolutely changed my life. I remember the first time I heard it... I locked myself in my room, turned off all the lights, and laid in bed with a speaker on either side of my head (back then, some boomboxes had detachable speakers) and it felt like my soul started floating in space, and I cried from sheer happiness and despair at the same time. They're the reason I became a musician, and specifically a bassist. And tho I'm a much bigger fan of their stuff pre-1994, I still appreciate the living hell out of them. Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, and every member to have ever graced that band, are absolute legends and I'm so grateful to have been al!ve at the same time as them.
I think your comments nailed it. A tear just rolled down my cheek listening to this. Didn't get it at first, but thats a good thing as stuff you get immediately doesn't have staying power. This does. Truly beautiful.
yeaaah buddy, that's the reaction :) chills all over my body. this song is a sad soothing balm for the heart. my country is at war and this song is really a cure, it embraces my grief in such a beautiful way
The more I listen to it... the more it sounds like a farewell letter to the fans, to the music, to touring... Might it be their last album and then retire, alone, in their houses?
To be honest, if Robert accidentally deleted the album and The Cure never toured again, this song stands alone as a perfect end/encore/parting gift to a magnificent journey. Could you have ever imagined Robert could deliver such a breathtaking song at 65? Best Band in the World.
I get you. To me, this song is a reflection of my life, alone, no meaning in my life, friends have left. I did this to myself being an alcoholic. I pushed everyone away. Now I see the bigger picture. And there is nothing I can do to fix past relations with friends. I feel that pain Robert is sending. I never wanted to stop. And I haven't stopped, just wanting for my life to end and get my bittersweet end. I refuse to love again. Just waiting for the end. Leave my parents my money earned. It makes me cry.
There's much sadness in this world. In a single life. Those are deep reflections. I hope you can find strength and beauty, somehow, somewhere. Like in a song like this
It’s never too late to turn your life around. Your parents don’t want your money, they want you to get better, healthy again. That would be the best gift you could give them.
Awesome reaction mate i teared up at all the same parts this album is gonna be amazing i had the honour of seeing this live in Birmingham 2022 robert had a cold that night but still did a 3hr set i will always remenber endsong with the huge red moon in the background was amazing.
I was at that concert too. Hadn’t been to a gig for years cos my knees are screwed and nearly didn’t go, but bought tickets last minute and am so glad I did. The audio from that whole concert is on TH-cam
Great review. Love the song too. Hit hard as Smith does. Interesting you mentioned the wish/disintegration vibe in your fragile review; I felt that was even more immediately true with alone. As an old head I agree that when one of your top 5 bands from back in the day comes out that truly doesn’t suck or seem just rehashed (too many to name), it’s a blessing. I hope they will tour near Winnipeg (maybe Minni or Toronto is more realistic). You should check out The The’s new album too--no slouch-ensoulment; classic Johnson with a little more Leonard Cohen as he ages. Happy place with these two bands both releasing new albums when I thought they were done. Seeing The The in Montreal Oct 21…. Fave Cure songs: Lullaby, A Forest & Watching Me Fall. Fave Cure album: disintegration… Can’t wait for this full album to drop! Merci!
The hit for me came with the line: the lifting of the veil... 'and here's to love, to all of the love' and just when you expect him to go to his whimsical side...he crushed you with 'falling out of our lives'...and then you see it clearly.
The first time i heard this new song was a TH-cam video of The Cure Live in Los Angeles, the first song the Cure play “Alone” has a nice long introduction with drums bass guitar and treble guitar and keyboards… at that instant my feelings were that this was an account of how the world has changed and this is their farewell in sorts… beautiful and emotional. Robert Smith sings perfectly his voice has remained unchanged. These are the last years… of our generation… a new world is here and we will leave it all behind.
There's a reason I've seen The Cure 21 times. They just get better and better. Hearing this song (and the new album) and seeing the band in the intimate venue of The Troxy in London was very special indeed
Isn’t it amazing how it is bringing so much of us to tears … feeling kind of sad, deeply touched, bursting of those memories from our youth… this is the sound of my youth … and he still has that voice … I told my best friend that it is haunting, as if I can see and feel those days one more time intensively and to say good bye and let them go 🩶🖤
When I first heard this song it hit in so many ways. The changes we go through, the losses we suffer as we get older and those around us start to dwindle and disappear. Robert is a true artist and pours his very soul into each word and each second of his music. ❤ My favorite Cure song? Each one has a special place and it’s impossible for me to choose one because then I think another one, then another one. I call it the Robert Smith effect 😊 I’m 55 and discovered the Cure early in my college days. They’ve been a staple in my life since.
I started listening to the Cure 1988 approximately. Got obsessed to the point to even started collecting bootlegs. Used to have t shirts, posters and, in my early twenties, I tried to comb my hair as Robert does. Eventually I moved to other artists, other generes and afterwards, I got really tired of the music of The Cure. I have the new record stored without opening since early December and I finally played today. Now I'm in tears, wow, the feelings I had when I discovered the band more than 35 years ago are back.
Saw the cure in 93 on the wish tour. Best concert. if they come back to the US I will fly anywhere to see them. This reminds me of disintegration on how heavy it feels.
You missed them,they were just here in the states not too long ago. Saw the show in my hometown Philadelphia it was spectacular. Super long set list. They played new stuff, they have been for a few years now.
How delightful to see an emotional reaction like that in a reviewer. I play the cure in my life drawing lessons that I tutor- but a few of the older folk tease me about my love of ‘ the minor key” and the depressing music I play in the background. 😂
I cried the first time I heard this studio version. It is much more beautiful than the live version, which I also loved, but this one really moves me, as we are all thinking this is the last album. 😢 What a wonderful gift from RS to all of us, lifelong Cure fans. 🖤
I can feel this song so so much and absolutely agree with you when you say it's so emotional and can actually bring you to tears. I'm so in love with this song.
Just incredible, Robert Smiths lyrics and atmospheric music can take you high and low but it's always absorbing. Listen to the emotion, feel it, but always remember that bad times and good times are are always cyclical.
Can't believe people haven't seen this played yet, it's been out a year or more. Its life in a nutshell full of good times, bad times, regrets and getting older. Amazing for sure
I have been waiting over 30 years for them to make a master piece as Disintegration with not a bad song on the entire album with that big melancholic sound. I think it is in that atmosphere they truly belong with huge synth sounds and great melodies. If they can match that with this new album they can take pension and retire with glory.
Few bands are so sonically perfect as The Cure. And Roberts voice still sounds the same as the first time i heard it back in 1987. No question 1 of the absolute greatest bands of all time.
I’ve been listening to this song all morning and I’m ready to open up my veins to welcome sweet, sweet death. It’s a masterpiece. I’m ok. I pulled myself out of it by listening to The Head on the Door album over and over. But yeah, I love this song and it’s pure Cure. It’s amazing. I’ve been a fan for 40 years.
Finally a genuine reaction to a masterpiece my eyes got all watery when you cried, it is impossible not to feel anything while listening to this song. The magic of The Cure!
WOW, not seen one of you videos before. I teared up listening to this the first time. Listening along with you and seeing you get emotional made me weep. Yes Robert can really pull at your heart and make it ache. Thank you for making this video x
I remember making the same sounds like you did when the lyrics hit. Just overwhelmed. I had to pause a few times, just in the first verse to process what I was experiencing. The Cure is just phenomenal. Their music is timeless. I just turned 50 and my two daughters who are 14 and 18 LOVE The Cure just as much as I do. We analyzed the instrumental part just like you have, paying attention to the layers and the blending of synth and the guitar. We love how melodramatic it is and how it’s building up to the point when the voice hits. My younger daughter is a budding percussionist and my older daughter plays the bass. The waiting was worth it. Can’t wait to hear the new album on Nov 1st.
Been listening to the Cure all my life,this is by far the very best I have heard,so emotional,poignant and timely lyrics.The many live shows speak for themselves.Robert Smith,we love you.
I appreciated the genuineness of your review, and I am glad I came across. I had the benefit of hearing this song during their show in Tampa last year and was emotionally drained. The Cure is my spirit band.
Great video, you explained yout thoughts really well. This is such an emotional first track, and as is normally the case for the cure's track 1's, seems to establish the tone and atmosphere so adeptly. I think a couple of lines were a reference to previous cure songs which really creates a sense of finality. "The fire burned out to ash" may be a reference to bloodflowers' 39, whilst the "birds falling out of our skies" may be a reference to where the birds always sing, also from bloodflowers. This is perhaps significant as bloodflowers was the previous iteration of the Cure's famous "last albums ever". It really feels like this may finally be the ONE though, and from the sounds of it, it's shaping up to be one hell of a swansong.
You speak english, I'm from Argentina and speak spanish, we're very far away, yet we both cry to this song. I'm 51 and The Cure has been, since I was a teenager, and still is, the soundtrack of my life.
My soul cries when I hear this song yet I can't stop playing it. And to hear Robert's beautiful haunting voice so unchanged after all these years is such a delight and joy
So hard to pick just one favorite... Been a fan since 1980... Love them so much.. fav album is Bloodflowers but Shows of a Lost World is starting to sink into my soul.. love it!
It’s unusual for a person to appreciate the musical AND lyrical significance of a musically artistic piece! Thank you for renewing my hope of an emotional connection to the songs that inspire & hit us in the gut. I immediately am brought back to “Troy” by Sinead O’Connor. Sincerest Thanks!
I love The Cure , for Me they are one of the Best Band Music Groups of the World ❤ and Alone is a Very Very Beautiful song ! it's a song so emotionally involved that you Can Just be touched 😢 I love it ! Thanks Robert Smith for this présent ❤
Thanks for the video. I saw them on tour last year and they played this as the first song. It hits much harder without all the stadium noise. Masterpiece. I welcome the past gloom of Disintegration. I think the album is going to be great.
Thanks for putting into words how I feel. Just heard this an hour ago and it has lifted me so much from a tough time and set me up for potentially the hardest month for me and my loved ones to come. I may literally be "alone" in a months time, but I know this song will help me through.
I NEVER subscribe/follow after watching just one video by someone bc I feel like I need more context before I choose to support them, but 1:04 just hit me in a way that I felt like we were instant friends & I subscribed immediately bc ILY already! thank you for putting out love & positivity with your platform 🩵💙
This song is so "true" in every word that is said, the atmosphere, everything.... Few days ago I was with a friend in a pub and all of a sudden there was "Alone" on the radio in Brussels... He was like 'I love this song'.... When I told him it was the new Cure song he didn't believe me so he Shazamed.... A new cure fan is born😊
The story behind the sculpture that will figure on the album is amazing.... Robert Smith had in his library a book about a slovenian scupltor and finally found time to check on it... He saw that face in the rock sculpture and was like "tha's the one!... it has to be the artwork". He immediately check on internet to find the creator to ask about the rights but find out this guy died the same day he was trying to make contact. he finally asked to his widow who allowed him to use it for the artwork cover and... offered him the original statue.
I can't even finish watching your reaction when he starts singing. I am sobbing. I feel so connected to anyone who feels it the same.
=) Oh, I was about to say the same thing
there are no words to describe this song! It's a hauntingly beautiful song! The Cure did it again! Fricking INCREDIBLE!!!
@@valerieschmidt5971 I believe yer mistaken, dear fellow fan; the Lyrics of the song are a great description 💖😉
“Where did it go?” Is where it hit me hardest as a fan of The Cure since 1985.
Robert and co. got me through high school. Songs like Push, Cold, Siamese Twins, Charlottes Sometimes, Just Like Heaven, A Thousand Hours and Plainsong mean a hell of a lot.
I feel like this is his swan song.
Robert Smith may even think it’s his swan song, but I have the feeling, like a phoenix, Mr Smith has yet more to offer.
@@IamKelt ❤️❤️❤️❤️
yeah Push, Cold, A Thousand Years and Plainsong are some of my all-timers too :)
Plainsong is one of the greatest things ever made
@@shemarstevenz5074 Seeing them open with Plainsong in 1989 is a memory I will never forget.
The feeling of emptiness and utter powerless despair when facing not only the loss of a loved one, but the contemplation of our own end, our own slow walk towards death… This is what this song gets us to feel and think about. What we have lost and can never get back. RS is putting words on our old days… He will be with me until my dying breath, long after he's gone.
These songs were all written in 2019 during that awful forbidden COVID year Robert loss his Father to (Cancer) in 2019, his Brother Richard (to COVID) 2019 {I CAN NEVER SAY GOODBYE} which is on this album is about his death in November 2019, and his mother to Cancer also in 2019. IT CAN NEVER BE THE SAME is on this album as well it is a remembrance for his Mother and David Bowie who he was close friends with. Sad years for him and THE CURE as in 2022 Roger O'Donnell was diagnosed with Blood Cancer but, in 2024 he stated he's cancer free and he is doing good now. Robert in August wanted it to be known and that is how we are all getting a new album in November 1, 2024. It is imperative to pre-order the LP, CD, or Cassette. THE CURE has over a billion fans. I already ordered mine.
Finally a reviewer that gets it!
Spot on, great review. Robert is a genius. Truly wonderful song ❤
Robert Smith has claimed that this album will be the bleakest, saddest most brutally gloomy thing they have done. Given their benchmark with Pornography, Bloodflowers and disintegration - we can expect to be awestruck by the sheer melancholy. Its great to hear them return to the layered 'Disintegration' sound too, as the last 2 albums really didn't connect with me at all.
God I hope so lol
Melancholy/yearning is my favorite genre according to Spotify. Not mad about it. ❤
Fingers crossed for the bleakness. Disintegration is on of the favourite albums of all time, Alone sounds like it’s part of that album.
My favourite Cure as well. Seventeen Seconds, Faith, and Pornography are the definitive melancholy projects for me.
The Head on the Door album then ushered in a lighter pop sound.
If Alone is any indication then this will be an album worth checking out.
Cheers🤘
if true.. i am here for it. the final album.
I agree with you, its a masterpiece. Sad, moving my heart. Robert Smith is a genius, no doubt, and we'll always love him ❤.
A magnificent song.
This album is a supernova ❤️
@@VictoriaCondon-c3y i agree with you.
@@perolofwahlund2983 yes!
I'm 56, an actor from the UK (big up the Peep Show fans). I lost my Dad three weeks ago and never has a song hit me this hard and this beautifully. It's a masterpiece alright. Nice review by the way, mate. Thanks for the loving vibes. And if this really is the end for The Cure, then thank you to them for everything over the many years. Look after yourselves. X
God bless you Superhans, big love to you X
Sorry, to hear your news. On the end of The Cure, they are suggesting there is another album coming out very soon after Songs of a Lost World.
Sending love Matt. So sorry to hear about your papa.
I'll buy you a box of crunchy nut cornflakes, pretty fucking expensive as I recall 😘
Thanks so much guys. Very much appreciated. Peace and Love. 🩵
I have never been so thrilled to be sad. What a treasure to hear this voice in 1982 and 2024.
His voice sounds great.
I think i have been listening to this song on repeat since released, non stop everywhere and all the time. It is more than a perfect Cure song❤
Same here, 7 days already
Same here ... and always emotional...
The same reaction I had brother, omg im a teary mess every time I hear it. Its the chords and their changes along with the lyrics which actually mirror your feelings...lament, tears etc...its perfect.
Currently my favorite song by The Cure is Alone, what an incredible atmosphere, it reminds me of Disintegration, Simon's bass line and the drums are perfect, not to mention R. Smith's incredible voice.
I love the way music touches your soul and you’re not afraid to show us. 🖤
Been a massive fan of The Cure since 1980. This song reduced me to tears in the way only The Cure can make me cry. God I love Robert Smith so much
ME TOO MATE! ❤🖤 🌹
I haven’t had a Cure song make me cry right off the bat since Plainsong.
A genius songwriter, musician and in fact band who are able to take you to such a dark and foreboding place, yet have you smiling at their brilliance, and somehow filling you with joy at the same time. No words can describe how awesome this track is, having now listened to it a dozen times it has clawed its way through my skin and weaved itself into my soul. And yes I cried and am not ashamed. I lost my dad in April aged 94 years of age, and the title of the track hits home like a sledgehammer but I salute each of the band and everyone involved in the production of this track for its stunning beauty. He only lives about 10 miles from me and one day, if I ever bump into him, I feel that I should kneel at his feet in reverence to his mastery of his art. But seriously, the man is a genius.
@LunarHexagon I love Cocteau Twins!
Elizabeth Fraser voice is angelical!
Also Talk Talk Mark Hollis R.I.P. 🙏🏻 🌹🕯️❤️🕊️
@nickrobinson8339 GENIUS ROBERT SMITH ❤️....
I'm 48 and started to listen to The Cure when I was 16. Their music was and still is a companion through all the highs and the lows in my life. Like a really good friend that is always there for you, no matter what. This song hit me so deeply and hard from the first second I listened to it. I lost my father very suddenly when I was 21, and this song pretty accurately describes my feelings back then, and also now. I guess I want to have this song played at my own funeral someday. Pornography, Disintegration, and Wish are my favorite albums, and - if you really force me to choose - Plainsong would be it. Saw them live many times, but the "Trilogy" concert in Berlin will always stand out. th-cam.com/video/xbpM2pXx4d0/w-d-xo.html
Untitled is mine from that. 49 here and alone hit way too hard.
This song is amazing. I realized that I was sitting quietly with my thoughts long after the song ended, which is such a Cure thing. Love it.
I love your response. I’m in tears too. The line re the birds falling out of the sky gets me every time.
A song from Robert’s heart full of emotion and reflection inspired by the loss of his brother and parents… This is genius and relatable, provoking our deepest emotions. Thank you The Cure.
I felt exactly the same pain brother. You nailed it. Possibly one of the best songs that has been released EVER. As you said, a complete MASTERPIECE! No other way to describe this song.
aural and visual art of the highest level. a true masterpiece. can't get enough of it and I'm super excited for the album.
If you think that’s big(which it is) just wait for Endsong!!!!!’ Was lucky enough to see these songs live on the last tour,, absolute brilliant.
A genius songwriter, musician and in fact band who are able to take you to such a dark and foreboding place, yet have you smiling at their brilliance, and somehow filling you with joy at the same time. No words can describe how awesome this track is, having now listened to it a dozen times it has clawed its way through my skin and weaved itself into my soul. And yes I cried and am not ashamed. I lost my dad in April at 94 years and the title of the track hits home like a sledgehammer but I salute each of the band and everyone involved in the production of this track for its stunning beauty.
Well said. Alone is a gorgeous gut punch.
The soundtrack to loss and grief. Lost my mom in June. At age 84. Universal inevitably as time marches on. With love comes loss. But there was love. 🤍
@@missmorx7400 Sorry about your recent loss. I still have mum but she has Alzheimers and looks for dad day and Night. Only one of my friends, and my Brother in Law, I found out last week, are Cure fans. They are such an amazing band. You might like a German Shoegaze/Goth band called Seasurfer. The tracks "Dragon Song" and "Stay" are worth a listen especially. Dragon song with the lyrics is available on You Tube.
It's such an incredible masterpiece.
I CRY everytime i hear this song, it is symphonic and poetic and very emotionally empowered, this song was written to strike the many heart strings and heart chords. People don't give the cure enough credit, they write the truth of it all
Always emotionally charged
Devestatingly good! I took the lyric "Love Falling Out Of Our lives" more in relation to his brother and parents, our friends and family eventually passing away; and further to that the lyrics "Calling Us Home"; and we're left singing this last song, 'alone'. Wow, and all the other new songs we've heard played live, this is warming up to be a classic.
So good the world was crushed into dust! Everything is all gone, just wow!
I love how passionate you are in the review of this masterpiece. It's so beautiful. I'm lost for words. Been on repeat since it was released. 🖤
Thank you for your heartfelt review❤
I just found your channel and I already adore you. So intelligent! I'll look up other videos, but any young (or older!) guy who cries during a Cure song has my utmost adoration and respect. PS I grew up with the Cure and always cry at their songs.
Thanks for this video! I found another human being who felt exactly what I felt listening to this song... and I feel it every time I listen to it again!
I really enjoyed listening to your take on the song and your openness with sharing your emotion. I was surprised at how much of an emotional reaction I had when I first listened to this song. It's like it reached down through the façade I've crafted for sometime, recognized a hidden wound I've kept buried, and said "you need to acknowledge and explore this, get in, let's go crying."
Thanks for making the video. Thanks for being courageous enough to honestly express your feelings. I've listened to The Cure since the mid-80s when I was in high school. Wow. Before you got too far into the song, I went and watched the official version. I'm crying. Wow. Thanks. Peace to everyone out there. I'm kind of at a loss for words. I think everyone has heavy stuff near the surface in their lives. This song kind of forces you to grapple with your circumstances. Wow.
Thank you for the beautiful message at the beginning, needed it this moment. This is my first video of you I’ve seen and, man, when Robert Smith start singing I just broke in tears. I agree with everything you said
The lyric is based on the poem “Dregs” by Ernest Dowson
thanks!
Wow, this reaction video is so emotional, I really love how you feel every sound, that's amazing. Never seen someone experiencing music so deeply on reaction video, I love it, thank you for that❤
As other commenters said, I feel this is their farewell as well as speaks to all of us getting older together (i'm 50). Losing loved ones to Alzheimer's - Words falling out of our minds. Losing loved ones along the way - raise a glass.. We end up Alone in the end, most of our biggest fears. Fire burns out, don't want it to end, look up at the stars and they are dim due to the tears of not wanting it to be over. Agree. Masterpiece.
They're not going anywhere but Robert Smith speaks to all of us over 50 -and on. We finally realize what life is all about - we all go through pain and grief. It is a masterpiece - a culmination of all the Cure has done - the growth of genius Robert Smith.
Yep, lost my Dad to that f**ing disease three weks ago. I feel you. Peace.
@@mattking68 I am so sorry man. Lost both my inlaws in 2022 to it, 3 months apart. Hope you are ok. F Alzhiemers
I cried, too. 53 year old Cure fan and it hits hard. Thank you for the vulnerable reaction.
I've been a huge Cure fan since the mid-80's when I was a tween. Their album Disintegration absolutely changed my life. I remember the first time I heard it... I locked myself in my room, turned off all the lights, and laid in bed with a speaker on either side of my head (back then, some boomboxes had detachable speakers) and it felt like my soul started floating in space, and I cried from sheer happiness and despair at the same time. They're the reason I became a musician, and specifically a bassist. And tho I'm a much bigger fan of their stuff pre-1994, I still appreciate the living hell out of them. Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, and every member to have ever graced that band, are absolute legends and I'm so grateful to have been al!ve at the same time as them.
I think your comments nailed it. A tear just rolled down my cheek listening to this. Didn't get it at first, but thats a good thing as stuff you get immediately doesn't have staying power. This does. Truly beautiful.
yeaaah buddy, that's the reaction :) chills all over my body. this song is a sad soothing balm for the heart. my country is at war and this song is really a cure, it embraces my grief in such a beautiful way
The more I listen to it... the more it sounds like a farewell letter to the fans, to the music, to touring...
Might it be their last album and then retire, alone, in their houses?
The first line of the album is "this is the end/ of every song we sing" -- absolutely sounds like a farewell
To be honest, if Robert accidentally deleted the album and The Cure never toured again, this song stands alone as a perfect end/encore/parting gift to a magnificent journey. Could you have ever imagined Robert could deliver such a breathtaking song at 65? Best Band in the World.
Every record was supposed to be the last one the Cure made.
He could just go on composing and writing. Hell, he could write songs for Adele even.
a beautiful breakdown, the raw emotion is how so many of us feel, thank you
I get you. To me, this song is a reflection of my life, alone, no meaning in my life, friends have left. I did this to myself being an alcoholic. I pushed everyone away. Now I see the bigger picture. And there is nothing I can do to fix past relations with friends. I feel that pain Robert is sending. I never wanted to stop. And I haven't stopped, just wanting for my life to end and get my bittersweet end. I refuse to love again. Just waiting for the end. Leave my parents my money earned. It makes me cry.
There's much sadness in this world. In a single life. Those are deep reflections. I hope you can find strength and beauty, somehow, somewhere. Like in a song like this
It’s never too late to turn your life around. Your parents don’t want your money, they want you to get better, healthy again. That would be the best gift you could give them.
Awesome reaction mate i teared up at all the same parts this album is gonna be amazing i had the honour of seeing this live in Birmingham 2022 robert had a cold that night but still did a 3hr set i will always remenber endsong with the huge red moon in the background was amazing.
I was at that concert too. Hadn’t been to a gig for years cos my knees are screwed and nearly didn’t go, but bought tickets last minute and am so glad I did. The audio from that whole concert is on TH-cam
When you have love leave you all you have are those special moments of each other. Robert brings it out to make you feel them again its pure genius
Great review. Love the song too. Hit hard as Smith does. Interesting you mentioned the wish/disintegration vibe in your fragile review; I felt that was even more immediately true with alone. As an old head I agree that when one of your top 5 bands from back in the day comes out that truly doesn’t suck or seem just rehashed (too many to name), it’s a blessing. I hope they will tour near Winnipeg (maybe Minni or Toronto is more realistic). You should check out The The’s new album too--no slouch-ensoulment; classic Johnson with a little more Leonard Cohen as he ages. Happy place with these two bands both releasing new albums when I thought they were done. Seeing The The in Montreal Oct 21…. Fave Cure songs: Lullaby, A Forest & Watching Me Fall. Fave Cure album: disintegration… Can’t wait for this full album to drop! Merci!
Huge huge song in tears already listened to it .. absolutely brilliant review my friend ..
Omg so intense, Robert Smythe did it again sounding new yet back to the roots of the cure.
The hit for me came with the line: the lifting of the veil... 'and here's to love, to all of the love' and just when you expect him to go to his whimsical side...he crushed you with 'falling out of our lives'...and then you see it clearly.
One of the saddest Cure's song together with The Same Deep Water As You
The first time i heard this new song was a TH-cam video of The Cure Live in Los Angeles, the first song the Cure play “Alone” has a nice long introduction with drums bass guitar and treble guitar and keyboards… at that instant my feelings were that this was an account of how the world has changed and this is their farewell in sorts… beautiful and emotional. Robert Smith sings perfectly his voice has remained unchanged. These are the last years… of our generation… a new world is here and we will leave it all behind.
I love seeing the reviewers raw emotion. It is a beautiful song, and full of emotion. So glad for this.
There's a reason I've seen The Cure 21 times. They just get better and better. Hearing this song (and the new album) and seeing the band in the intimate venue of The Troxy in London was very special indeed
Isn’t it amazing how it is bringing so much of us to tears … feeling kind of sad, deeply touched, bursting of those memories from our youth… this is the sound of my youth … and he still has that voice … I told my best friend that it is haunting, as if I can see and feel those days one more time intensively and to say good bye and let them go 🩶🖤
When I first heard this song it hit in so many ways. The changes we go through, the losses we suffer as we get older and those around us start to dwindle and disappear. Robert is a true artist and pours his very soul into each word and each second of his music. ❤
My favorite Cure song? Each one has a special place and it’s impossible for me to choose one because then I think another one, then another one. I call it the Robert Smith effect 😊
I’m 55 and discovered the Cure early in my college days. They’ve been a staple in my life since.
I finally had a full listen and I was taken back in time. Robert’s voice is still eerily magnificent still. Great album!!!! Just epic
Incredible opening track. One of the greats.
I started listening to the Cure 1988 approximately. Got obsessed to the point to even started collecting bootlegs. Used to have t shirts, posters and, in my early twenties, I tried to comb my hair as Robert does. Eventually I moved to other artists, other generes and afterwards, I got really tired of the music of The Cure. I have the new record stored without opening since early December and I finally played today. Now I'm in tears, wow, the feelings I had when I discovered the band more than 35 years ago are back.
La migliore reaction finora vista. Good job!
Saw the cure in 93 on the wish tour. Best concert. if they come back to the US I will fly anywhere to see them. This reminds me of disintegration on how heavy it feels.
You missed them,they were just here in the states not too long ago. Saw the show in my hometown Philadelphia it was spectacular. Super long set list. They played new stuff, they have been for a few years now.
You get it. This gets me emotional everytime as well. Robert's voice has aged amazingly well. Thanks for your video
How delightful to see an emotional reaction like that in a reviewer. I play the cure in my life drawing lessons that I tutor- but a few of the older folk tease me about my love of ‘ the minor key” and the depressing music I play in the background. 😂
I cried the first time I heard this studio version. It is much more beautiful than the live version, which I also loved, but this one really moves me, as we are all thinking this is the last album. 😢 What a wonderful gift from RS to all of us, lifelong Cure fans. 🖤
First time viewer, great review! I completely agree!!! Well put to words. You're great.
I can feel this song so so much and absolutely agree with you when you say it's so emotional and can actually bring you to tears. I'm so in love with this song.
Finally someone crying in the reaction videos! Congratulations! Your review was the most sensitive to translate this wonderful thing! Thank you
Oh and that fucking bass guitar!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's ok. I cried and cried. This band does it to me.
They've always had some sad songs that hit you right in the feels, but this is honestly one of the most moving songs I think I've ever heard.
Just incredible, Robert Smiths lyrics and atmospheric music can take you high and low but it's always absorbing. Listen to the emotion, feel it, but always remember that bad times and good times are are always cyclical.
Love your honest reaction.. cheers mate ✊
Can't believe people haven't seen this played yet, it's been out a year or more. Its life in a nutshell full of good times, bad times, regrets and getting older. Amazing for sure
not on spotify thats for sure. offical release 260924
What an amazingly beautiful song . You really feel the emotion in Roberts voice absolutely stunning .
I have been waiting over 30 years for them to make a master piece as Disintegration with not a bad song on the entire album with that big melancholic sound. I think it is in that atmosphere they truly belong with huge synth sounds and great melodies. If they can match that with this new album they can take pension and retire with glory.
Few bands are so sonically perfect as The Cure. And Roberts voice still sounds the same as the first time i heard it back in 1987. No question 1 of the absolute greatest bands of all time.
I’ve been listening to this song all morning and I’m ready to open up my veins to welcome sweet, sweet death. It’s a masterpiece. I’m ok. I pulled myself out of it by listening to The Head on the Door album over and over. But yeah, I love this song and it’s pure Cure. It’s amazing. I’ve been a fan for 40 years.
Finally a genuine reaction to a masterpiece
my eyes got all watery when you cried, it is impossible not to feel anything while listening to this song. The magic of The Cure!
Great review, I guess you recognized this emotional masterpiece !
WOW, not seen one of you videos before. I teared up listening to this the first time. Listening along with you and seeing you get emotional made me weep. Yes Robert can really pull at your heart and make it ache. Thank you for making this video x
I remember making the same sounds like you did when the lyrics hit. Just overwhelmed. I had to pause a few times, just in the first verse to process what I was experiencing. The Cure is just phenomenal. Their music is timeless.
I just turned 50 and my two daughters who are 14 and 18 LOVE The Cure just as much as I do. We analyzed the instrumental part just like you have, paying attention to the layers and the blending of synth and the guitar. We love how melodramatic it is and how it’s building up to the point when the voice hits. My younger daughter is a budding percussionist and my older daughter plays the bass. The waiting was worth it. Can’t wait to hear the new album on Nov 1st.
Been listening to the Cure all my life,this is by far the very best I have heard,so emotional,poignant and timely lyrics.The many live shows speak for themselves.Robert Smith,we love you.
I appreciated the genuineness of your review, and I am glad I came across. I had the benefit of hearing this song during their show in Tampa last year and was emotionally drained. The Cure is my spirit band.
So so powerful.
this song comes in so hard...been a diehard-fan for >40 years, but this is so...I can't stop my tears...these lyrics...Robert's a genius...
Great video, you explained yout thoughts really well. This is such an emotional first track, and as is normally the case for the cure's track 1's, seems to establish the tone and atmosphere so adeptly. I think a couple of lines were a reference to previous cure songs which really creates a sense of finality. "The fire burned out to ash" may be a reference to bloodflowers' 39, whilst the "birds falling out of our skies" may be a reference to where the birds always sing, also from bloodflowers. This is perhaps significant as bloodflowers was the previous iteration of the Cure's famous "last albums ever". It really feels like this may finally be the ONE though, and from the sounds of it, it's shaping up to be one hell of a swansong.
Cant wait to see how you like it!! it's been on repeat since I found it .... sooooo hauntingly beautiful
You speak english, I'm from Argentina and speak spanish, we're very far away, yet we both cry to this song. I'm 51 and The Cure has been, since I was a teenager, and still is, the soundtrack of my life.
My soul cries when I hear this song yet I can't stop playing it. And to hear Robert's beautiful haunting voice so unchanged after all these years is such a delight and joy
It gets more powerful the more you listen to it. Robert Smith still has the touch to create such an emotional reaction.
So hard to pick just one favorite... Been a fan since 1980... Love them so much.. fav album is Bloodflowers but Shows of a Lost World is starting to sink into my soul.. love it!
Beautiful. Masterpiece! One of the best songs ever!
It’s unusual for a person to appreciate the musical AND lyrical significance of a musically artistic piece!
Thank you for renewing my hope of an emotional connection to the songs that inspire & hit us in the gut.
I immediately am brought back to “Troy” by Sinead O’Connor.
Sincerest Thanks!
I love The Cure , for Me they are one of the Best Band Music Groups of the World ❤ and Alone is a Very Very Beautiful song ! it's a song so emotionally involved that you Can Just be touched 😢 I love it ! Thanks Robert Smith for this présent ❤
Thanks for the video. I saw them on tour last year and they played this as the first song. It hits much harder without all the stadium noise. Masterpiece. I welcome the past gloom of Disintegration. I think the album is going to be great.
Thanks for putting into words how I feel. Just heard this an hour ago and it has lifted me so much from a tough time and set me up for potentially the hardest month for me and my loved ones to come. I may literally be "alone" in a months time, but I know this song will help me through.
Thankyou for your words , so much of what you said resonated with me , I was also bubbling like a baby in a busy gym this morning
never listened to the Cure before and this hit me. Stunning. I only listened to it out of curiosity to see if it fell flat.
You have such a fun rabbit hole to go down with such a varying degree of emotions to sort through with their catalog.
Since 88, Part of my DNA. Thanks for sharing that emotion. I feel ya there
I NEVER subscribe/follow after watching just one video by someone bc I feel like I need more context before I choose to support them, but 1:04 just hit me in a way that I felt like we were instant friends & I subscribed immediately bc ILY already! thank you for putting out love & positivity with your platform 🩵💙
This song is so "true" in every word that is said, the atmosphere, everything.... Few days ago I was with a friend in a pub and all of a sudden there was "Alone" on the radio in Brussels... He was like 'I love this song'.... When I told him it was the new Cure song he didn't believe me so he Shazamed.... A new cure fan is born😊
The story behind the sculpture that will figure on the album is amazing.... Robert Smith had in his library a book about a slovenian scupltor and finally found time to check on it... He saw that face in the rock sculpture and was like "tha's the one!... it has to be the artwork".
He immediately check on internet to find the creator to ask about the rights but find out this guy died the same day he was trying to make contact. he finally asked to his widow who allowed him to use it for the artwork cover and... offered him the original statue.