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The Cure — Let's Go To Bed
Album: Staring At The Sea (The Singles)
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Released: 1986
Length: 3:31
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Let me take your hand, I'm shaking like milk
Turning, turning blue all over the windows and the floors
Fires outside in the sky look as perfect as cats
The two of us together again but it's just the same, a stupid game

But I don't care if you don't
And I don't feel if you don't
And I don't want it if you don't
And I won't say it if you don't say it first

You think you're tired now but wait until three
Laughing at the Christmas, lights you remember from December
All of this then back again, another girl, another name
Stay alive but stay the same, it's a stupid game, a stupid game

But I don't care if you don't
And I don't feel if you don't
And I don't want it if you don't
And I won't play it if you don't play it first

You can't even see now so you ask me the way
You wonder if it's real because it couldn't be rain
Through the right doorway and into the white room
It used to be the dust that would lay here when I came here alone

But I don't care if you don't
And I don't feel if you don't
And I don't want it if you don't
And I won't play it if you don't play it first

Let's go to bed
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 sirdroseph wrote:

Great song, great album!



Great band. Nothing similar that I know of. Unique. Not greatest but unforgettable since 1991. Still staring at the sea, the secret that breaths.
Posted 2 months ago by antonini.duje    [ Reply ]
Back in the day, I went into Records on Wheels to buy the Cure’s latest 12” single that I’d read about (probably in Now). Of course I’d forgotten the name of the song by the time I got there. I asked the exceptionally cute gothy/punky girl at the counter if they had the new Cure single. She said “Let’s Go to Bed!” I just stood there gaping because that sort of thing never happened to me in real life. Then I remembered the name of the song… 
Posted 7 months ago by Talus1    [ Reply ]
Always liked this kinda Depeche Mode meets Eurythmics swinging, foot-wagger of a song... Still sounds great after so long!
Posted 11 months ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Today is concert in Arena Zagreb, finally will see them live.
Posted 2 years ago by jasko    [ Reply ]
 passsion8 wrote:

Love the groove on this one. Great bass lines.

Back then I was listening to a now defunct radio station from Long Island - WLIR - and this song was smack in the middle of the 80's new wave flow. Having come from a southern rock influenced 70's, this type of sound was so revolutionary and fun at the same time (No, not punk, I know!)

I'm immediately transported back to the carefree days of the mid 80's. Ah, youth!



Yeah, that was a great station - fun times.  A friend of mine was a DJ there.
Posted 2 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
A while ago, the female fronted band i was in, were doing a cover of  Lady Gaga's song 'You & I', there's a little bit of a riff at the end of that song that i was sure was from a Cure song, but i couldn't remember which one. So i went through the lot in my i-tunes until i found it, and when i did and realised the title of the Cure song that riff was from, i thought, that's no accident - i bet that's entirely deliberate. That song was 'Let's Go To Bed'
Just a memory... 
Posted 2 years ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
Simply Easy Learning
Posted 2 years ago by fabduchi    [ Reply ]
Let me take your hand. I am shaking like milk. Such a good line. Love it all. Yum. Thanks RP. Notte.
Posted 2 years ago by deniseperry    [ Reply ]
 passsion8 wrote:

Love the groove on this one. Great bass lines.

Back then I was listening to a now defunct radio station from Long Island - WLIR - and this song was smack in the middle of the 80's new wave flow. Having come from a southern rock influenced 70's, this type of sound was so revolutionary and fun at the same time (No, not punk, I know!)

I'm immediately transported back to the carefree days of the mid 80's. Ah, youth!



I remember WLIR very well, I still actually have a bumper sticker! It was like a cult password at the time - whether you listened to "LIR". 
Posted 2 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:

Robert Smith young. . . 



Robert Smith not so young. . . 



Not changed at all! But is getting closer and closer to looking like the guy on the cover every year. 


Can you post a personal picture of yourself young and a second one entitled creepy arsehole? 
Posted 2 years ago by garylawrence    [ Reply ]
Absolutely love some of their stuff, but this one has never done it for me.  Strikes me as being relatively tuneless...in the same vein as Jumping Someone Else's Train...I way prefer Letter to Elise or even Lovecats...
Posted 3 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:

Great song, great album!



A perfect intro ("hits") album for anyone not that familiar with them (especially early years).
Posted 3 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Ahhh, great to hear this one come back. Hope it's the replacement in the rotation for a while for the expired "Lovecats"!
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
... um....no...uh...hmmm....
Posted 3 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by MicMen    [ Reply ]
 MJdub wrote:
I've never been a fan of The Cure and don't know what their singer looks like, but I just realized that it's probably not the guy on the cover of this album who I have the mental image of singing whenever I hear them.
 
Robert Smith young. . . 



Robert Smith not so young. . . 



Not changed at all! But is getting closer and closer to looking like the guy on the cover every year. 
Posted 4 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
 1wolfy wrote:
this song always brings back bad memories for me of a painful time in a  relationship that 'went south'
 

Me too. The situation in this song hurts like hell. The song itself is great.
Posted 5 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
 MJdub wrote:
I've never been a fan of The Cure and don't know what their singer looks like, but I just realized that it's probably not the guy on the cover of this album who I have the mental image of singing whenever I hear them.
 

Yeah - Robert Smith that ain't!  LOL!
Posted 6 years ago by TampaPurple    [ Reply ]
I've never been a fan of The Cure and don't know what their singer looks like, but I just realized that it's probably not the guy on the cover of this album who I have the mental image of singing whenever I hear them.
Posted 6 years ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
 mguzina wrote:

Must be something wrong with me ...

 
I don't care, if you don't.
Posted 6 years ago by palatin8    [ Reply ]
{#Sleep}
Posted 6 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Love the groove on this one. Great bass lines.

Back then I was listening to a now defunct radio station from Long Island - WLIR - and this song was smack in the middle of the 80's new wave flow. Having come from a southern rock influenced 70's, this type of sound was so revolutionary and fun at the same time (No, not punk, I know!)

I'm immediately transported back to the carefree days of the mid 80's. Ah, youth!
Posted 8 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:
this is making me chair dance. haven't heard it in years and years.

 
Having a similar effect here. Seems to be good for a funk.
Posted 8 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
this song always brings back bad memories for me of a painful time in a  relationship that 'went south'
Posted 8 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
This is very dated. Devo-lution and meh. More than 3 hearings it would become annoying. This is # 2. Maybe literally. 
Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 oldfart48 wrote:
and you have the gall to put dylans voice down.........

 
At least Robert stays on key...
 
Posted 8 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
Ah, the MTV prime days... in rotation with White Wedding. Such innocence.
Posted 9 years ago by mediamarv    [ Reply ]
{#Cheers}      {#Cheers}      {#Cheers}
Posted 9 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 Ollerich wrote:
Incredible.. This has got to be the most annoying voice in the known universe.. How can people like The Cure? {#Doh}

 

I agree with you though I like most of their songs so much I have learned to tolerate his voice.
Posted 9 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 Alexandra wrote:
I am a Cure fan, through and through. Every time one of their songs comes on, I just perk right up! {#Music}  I never tire of them.....they certainly made a unique musical signature.

 
Timely as well as timeless 
Perkin up here  just time for bed but never tire  of Cure either 
Posted 9 years ago by tiler    [ Reply ]
and you have the gall to put dylans voice down.........
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
When I bought this CD it didn't have the "B sides" that were included on the cassette version I bought in the 80's. Anyone know what the deal is with that? (I hesitate to put this out there knowing I've opened the floodgates for an ensuing barrage of caustic and impulsive remarks but what the hell. The sacrifice will be worth it)
Posted 11 years ago by ashmj000    [ Reply ]
.."Ooooohhhhh...!"..

..anybody can upload "Push" from The Head on the Door?..that's a cool one too..

..all thx to RP for the wonderful breadth of music sensibility..!!..
Posted 11 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
My favorite lyric:

"Laughing at the Christmass lights you remember from December."
Posted 11 years ago by musability    [ Reply ]
mesmerizing...
Posted 12 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
 Ollerich wrote:
Incredible.. This has got to be the most annoying voice in the known universe.. How can people like The Cure? {#Doh}
 
Must be something wrong with me ...
Posted 12 years ago by mguzina    [ Reply ]
this song, also not a butt farm. {#Bananajumprope}
Posted 12 years ago by Rusty420    [ Reply ]
this is making me chair dance. haven't heard it in years and years.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 Ollerich wrote:
Incredible.. This has got to be the most annoying voice in the known universe.. How can people like The Cure? {#Doh}
 

Germans must stick together!

Fullhearted agreement! 


Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
I get it.....that was a 3some!
Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
I don't care if you don't. I won't feel it if you don't.
Posted 12 years ago by Troutnskibum    [ Reply ]
Incredible.. This has got to be the most annoying voice in the known universe.. How can people like The Cure? {#Doh}
Posted 12 years ago by Ollerich    [ Reply ]
BillG is digging deep, not that I'm complaining. 

This is the first Cure song I ever heard (and saw), thanks to MTV. It was part of a massive shift in taste for me, and will always hold a tiny part of my heart.  
Posted 13 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
Wow - only a 6.3 for one of the true Alternative Anthems of the 80's?  This cannot stand.

9. 

Posted 13 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
I am a Cure fan, through and through. Every time one of their songs comes on, I just perk right up! {#Music}  I never tire of them.....they certainly made a unique musical signature.
Posted 13 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
Great song, great album!
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 Enrique wrote:
Sounds horribly dated.
 
I saw The Cure live in '86 and they played this song—didn't know much about them, but this sounded pretty good back then. 

Doesn't now.  
Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Great bass in this song. I'm not a Cure fan, but this ain't too shabby.

And nice Bed set with the Police.

Posted 13 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Still sounds great to me after all these years.
Posted 13 years ago by Groogrux69    [ Reply ]
...but it's three-thirty!..
Posted 13 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Way...way far from lame. 8+

 ediTed wrote:
OK
I just pushed the MUTE button.
This is about as lame as you can get.
 


Posted 13 years ago by htowncoog    [ Reply ]
The Cure wrote some of the most hypnotic, depressing and intelligent "goth" music of the 80's, as well as some of the most melodic and dancey "pop" music of the 80's and 90's for that matter whilst still retaining the intelligence. Robert Smith is a prolific songwriter, and has wrote some of the best music of the past 30 years. They jump from genre to genre seamlessly. This particular track was the begining of their "pop" stage, an amazing song. Never grows old "t's the grooviest thing,it's the perfect dream"
Posted 20 years ago by serene23    [ Reply ]
OK I just pushed the MUTE button. This is about as lame as you can get.
Posted 21 years ago by ediTed    [ Reply ]
pilgrim wrote:
Not my fave, but this song makes me as happy as a man who thought a cat had done his business on his pie, but it turned out to be an extra large blackberry!
Thanks for this comment...amid all the negativity from the non-cure fans, your comment was a treat! made me chuckle...
Posted 21 years ago by crink51    [ Reply ]
This was lame when it first arrived on the \"scene\". I can\'t, for the life of me, understand why you would want to insult our intelligence with this crap. Toss this song before I toss my lunch.
Posted 21 years ago by ediTed    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by scren: i'll never tire of this song-- and i have to disagree with all the "this song sounds dated" comments... long live robert smith and the cure! more '80's tunes, please (long live 91X of the old days!)
Another reminder of how old I am I like it, though.
Posted 21 years ago by artifex    [ Reply ]
i\'ll never tire of this song-- and i have to disagree with all the \"this song sounds dated\" comments... long live robert smith and the cure! more \'80\'s tunes, please (long live 91X of the old days!)
Posted 22 years ago by scren    [ Reply ]
Classic cure...will never die out in my book
Posted 22 years ago by soulspin    [ Reply ]
Beyond burned out
Posted 22 years ago by ChanceM3    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Enrique: Sounds horribly dated.
That's the greatest thing about this mix, good stuff that might be "dated" is played with the current good stuff and even good stuff that came 30 years before this "dated" sound. :)
Posted 22 years ago by ThesHunter    [ Reply ]
An old KROQ rock of the 80\'s favorite. An interesting song to have in the mix.
Posted 22 years ago by Cy    [ Reply ]
Sounds horribly dated.
Posted 22 years ago by Enrique    [ Reply ]
Not my fave, but this song makes me as happy as a man who thought a cat had done his business on his pie, but it turned out to be an extra large blackberry!
Posted 22 years ago by pilgrim    [ Reply ]