Vocal Coach reacts to The Cure - Just Like Heaven

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The Cure are an English rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex. Throughout numerous lineup changes since the band's formation, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith has remained the only constant member, though bassist Simon Gallup has been present for all but three years of the band's history. The band's debut album, Three Imaginary Boys (1979), along with several early singles, placed the band in the post-punk and new wave movements that had sprung up in the United Kingdom. 

"Just Like Heaven" is a song by British alternative rock band the Cure. The group wrote most of the song during recording sessions in southern France in 1987. The lyrics were written by their frontman Robert Smith, who drew inspiration from a past trip to the sea shore with his future wife. 

Origin: Crawley, West Sussex, England
Genre: Gothic Rock, post punk, pop

Songwriters: Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams, Lol Tolhurst
Producer: David M. Allen, Robert Smith

Performed by The Cure
- Robert Smith (vocals, guitar, keyboards)
- Simon Gallup (bass)
- Reeves Gabrels (guitar)
- Roger O’Donnell (keyboards)
- Jason Cooper (drums)

Date and Location
June 24th 2018 Royal Festival Hall London UK
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[whiteeulogianraven]

The Cure is the living proof you can be sad, joyful, angry and at peace at the same time.

[DrummerGrrrl]

Robert Smith's voice is amazingly good, even after all these years.

[barbarino]

40 years later and they still sound the same. Legends.

[MattMachine]

This is one of the greatest songs of all time. How have you never heard it?

[QuicknStraight]

Robert Smith is a national treasure. A great writer and performer.

[williamlynch]

Robert Smith and the Cure were the only singer/ band that the show Southpark made into hero's instead of ripping on them. He was the only singer that Matt Stone and Trey Parker considered to be a true artist.

[RyanField-vlvi]

Friday im in love came out in 92 years after just like heaven released in 87. Both songs are written by the cure:)

[theophiluschimpdenearwicke]

Great choice, Beth. This is one of the most elegant and poetic pop songs ever written..."Alone above a raging sea / That stole the only girl I loved / And drowned her deep inside of me..." Oh, and this song is before Friday I'm in Love....which The Cure also wrote. Lol...

[denahcampbell]

As a Cure fan since 83, I can’t imagine not hearing them until today; glad you’ve finally met God, Beth. 😉

[smac]

This (1987) came out 5 years before friday im in love(1992) so its pretty unlikely that ripping off a song he hadnt written yet was playing on his mind.

[aj]

Robert Smith's voice still holds up after all these years
As an elder emo, I still love them <3

[stevemuzak]

Robert Smith vocals haven't changed at all since 70s. His voice one of a kind.

[jon-paulfilkins]

He singing 'sounds like' he is not putting a much effort into it at all, yet his voice is one of the most emotive there is. From giddy love songs like this, the desperate pleading of 'Boys don't cry', the scared of 'A Forest' or their more melancholic songs, his voice always takes you there.

[AdamLeask]

As a huge cure fan it was great to see you review this song. Robert recently collaborated with the Scottish band Chvrches, releasing a song called How Not To Drown. It's worth checking out!

[rabidsmiles]

I finally got to see them live...it was spectacular. They are just amazing.

[syyneater]

We saw them three times this year and all three shows were amazing. His voice hasn’t changed all that much.

[heatherfyffe]

This is a pretty straightforward pop song (RS has said he thinkts it's the perfect pop song) so it actually doesn't give you much to analyze vocally. I might suggest the studio versuons of Fascination Street or From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea as examples of a particular vocal quirk he has - where he ends a word by tapering off into falsetto on the same pitch without any "yodel" bump. I just love it. You should also check out his range of timbres, from whispering in Fear of Ghosts to screaming in Disintegration or the goofiness of Bananafishbones or the straight up shouting punk of Give Me It or the dulcet sweetness of This Twilight Garden or the surprising LOW range of Homesick. Or anything with his other iconic sound, the falsetto doodoos and squeals, heard in songs like The Caterpillar, Wrong Number, or Close to Me. And you absolutely MUST check out a live version of Prayers for Rain to analyze his breath control at the song's climax!

[joshs]

Something so unique and human about his voice - its always sounded so fresh and eternal to me.

[RedwoodGeorge]

Oh. My. Gawd.
If this was the band's 40th anniversary then I must be quite old. If Robert Smith was 20 when they got big then that makes him 60 for this show - and his voice is still perfect. He sounds exactly like he did back in 1980. I'm just amazed. (Perhaps, Beth, you can do a video on artists who haven't (sonicly) 'aged' after decades of performing. Steve Winwood comes to mind.
This show was at BST Hyde Park and nothing's more British than a huge mass of people out enjoying good music outdoors. I was there a year earlier and heard Phil Collins, which was such a treat. The next day I was pounding chalk at the Uffington White Horse, but that's a story for another day...

[TheEqualizer]

The Cure is probably the best group to use 3 guitars plus a bass in every live tours which is why they sound fantastic. The layering of the guitars, bass, keys and drums makes no dead air… Love them!!