I was 11 when Infected came on Channel 4, i had never heard music like it before, and even at that young age it changed me forever. Thank you Matt Johnson, pure genius!
Actually,my mother dreamt of THE THE before I was conceived and indeed even before Matt Johnson was born!! So,if there are any royalties owed,I'm claiming them....
It’s a song about a guy hooking up with a prostitute. It’s pretty on the nose too. It’s brilliant but thematically it ain’t exactly commercial radio material.
One the most criminally underrated acts of all time. Mind you the press didn't know what to make of this album when it came out. I don't how he convinced his label to pony up the budget for a project like this but I'm glad he did. Masterpiece.
I remember reading at the time that Coca Cola chipped in. After reading your comment and watching the whole Infected videos again it becomes a game of Where's the coke logo. Heartland video is the most blatant with the girl pouring coke over her white t-shirt.
I think an issue also is that acts today don't know how to be different, they're so aligned with money and sales as part of their 'creative' process that it blinds them to true individuality
@@nickmazonowicz511 Porky pine pine was my personal fav for greatest lyrics ever. But Matt, well 'I was trying so hard to be myself I was turning into somebody else hits it for me.
Yeh def an ode to 'street hassl_ but life over 30yrs has left merealising how porn (could be?) Integrated into mainstream theatre. Our personal feelings aside: methinks the final scene couldve been radical ala 'brown-bunny' or 'irreversible' film of the time...🤔
My Dads favourite band, He flew to London for what he thought was his last concert ( a bucket list thing) a few years ago from Australia, just to find out he was touring Australia the next year he then proceded to attend all his Australian concerts my mum got sick of this as he purchased 2 tickets to each concert he would take anyone the would go my wife went with my dad in Melbourne she said it was fantastic and she had no idea who Matt Johnson or The The was..!
Oh, keep going please. Every single album. Many stand on their own so different than the others. Very happy for you to have found them. Part of the heart and soul of my life.
Been a fan of The The, since 87. NEVER thought of looking for this vid till tonight. Wow. It resonates in 2024... That's pracically defined as 'timeless,' at this point.
You need to watch all the other videos and read up on the story of near self destruction that came from making this album into a whole set of mini movies. It’s pretty amazing. Between getting bitten by a monkey, Peruvian rebels, Russian roulette… he’s lucky to have survived.
Bought this album when I was 13 - much to daddy's disapproval :-D - and still love it. Always considered Matt as a true 'seer' and a great contemporary poet.
I too have been a Matt Johnson/The The fan for many many years. I actually met Matt after one of his concerts and he was such a genuinely decent dude. He also introduced me to Delores O'Riordan who was opening for him that tour with The Cranberries.
he had my heart from the first moment I heard his voice. his lyrics touched something inside me at 14 years olds and 30 years (omg) later... he's still got it.
pogdog31 ;NOT TO MENTION..SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHOM PLAYED ON BOTH(?)'SOULMINING/&'INFECTED'-JOOLS HOLLAND../NENAH CHERRY..JOHNY MARR..Et Al...love it..pure t.of.b
Pure Matt Johnson genius - "Well my adrenalin, was curdling like cream, as I was being led by the hand. Through the sound of sirens And the distant noise of some drunken jazz band"
+Ray Morley yes Ray and looking down the list of comments he seems to have had a profound effect upon so many of us. The ability to say so much, so beautifully so often within the confines of a song. So many of his lyrics i can remember.
"Lying on her back with her lips parted, squealing a stuffed pig". The imagery and desperation is palpable. Matt Johnson aka the REAL lyrical gangster.
not to be patronising but the '80s was way more experimental than it is now, the creative landscape was a gold rush of unchartered territory that led to bands like this, nowadays everything is reminiscent and manufactured to make money rather than a creative expression
@@dizmop But you are being patronising though.... I was around in the 80s, and I am acutely aware of the time and the situation, musically, and politically Music was not driven by moguls in the underground. I owned a nightclub with my brother, had three older brothers, so from Roxy Music, Sparks and all of the others to John Foxx, Landscape, Kraftwerk, and having gone to the same school as Simple Minds Jim Kerr, friends with The Alex Harvey Band, The Jesus and the Mary Chain, Having Met Thomas Dolby, Depeche Mode, Aphex Twin and dozens of others, fck it would be easier to say who I don't like and I have left the rock side of my life out of it..
I too watched Infected on Channel 4, at something like 11pm in 1986. I knew and liked a couple of tracks already. However, nothing prepared me for the audio/visual masterpiece of the video album. Inspired and incredible. Matt was a prophet too on Mind Bomb.
Had a tape copy for a long time. I finally bought thr CD. Later I found out my best friend had bought it the day before totslly independently. I didnt even know he liked it.
Yes, remember the highly aclaimed film on C4 around '86. They showed it 2 or 3 times and saw all three! My dad still hadn't bought a bloody video recorder!
What a 20th century absolute classic! Was at a free festival back in the 90's and this lad set all these speakers up for some band "Scab" I remember, they hadn't arrived and he played Infected from start to finish, fucking loud. Was Epic, cheers
My Sixth form soundtrack; I can't remember the bloke who introduced me to The The back in 1986 but I am eternally grateful! Some of the best lyrics of any band.
I was 14 in 86 and discovered this album after seeing infected on the chart show....I played this album and this tune specifically all summer . Changed my musical landscape and led me down so many other musical paths. Thankyou matt Johnson.
My gf back in 1987 introduced me to TT and the Infected album via this very song. 35 years later every song on the album, but especially this one hits so hard right in the feels…. Amazing music, production and lyrics out of this world. So glad I got to see them live in Athens back in 1990… one unforgettable evening…
My favourite TT song, back then and ever since, but just now I was questioning whether it's still that good or perhaps it's become dated, until I heard it again just now. Absolutely Awesome. Fantastic, anthemic song with brilliant lyrics.
I remember there was a period when this video was not viewable in the U.S.! I haven't seen this in years, and it's AWESOME it's available now! Thank you, #THETHE !!! 😈💕🙏🏾✌🏾🔥💕
still brilliant, ahead of its time, such expressive, male, dillema, lyrix. matts got sum bottle 2 b so open, and helpful... thanx 4 baring your innermost
I was 11 when Infected came on Channel 4, i had never heard music like it before, and even at that young age it changed me forever. Thank you Matt Johnson, pure genius!
+louise gormley same for me, that whole video changed me, and yep on channel 4.
+louise gormley Funny, I was 20 and it did the same to me!!
+iTzRKG No, actually, I was 20. Wrong account! :)
I could have written this comment myself! I was also 11 and my mind was blown
Actually,my mother dreamt of THE THE before I was conceived and indeed even before Matt Johnson was born!! So,if there are any royalties owed,I'm claiming them....
This song never met the kind of success it clearly deserved.
Neither did Infected, great album as well.
It definitely did
So true.
It’s a song about a guy hooking up with a prostitute. It’s pretty on the nose too. It’s brilliant but thematically it ain’t exactly commercial radio material.
@@kirkules330 Good point.
One the most criminally underrated acts of all time. Mind you the press didn't know what to make of this album when it came out. I don't how he convinced his label to pony up the budget for a project like this but I'm glad he did. Masterpiece.
I remember reading at the time that Coca Cola chipped in. After reading your comment and watching the whole Infected videos again it becomes a game of Where's the coke logo. Heartland video is the most blatant with the girl pouring coke over her white t-shirt.
I like to think the name 'The The' confused them somewhat.
Very meta name that might have heard them, I agree.@@stuadam4442
15000 views..........what a world we live in. Love to all the real people listening to this x
8 years later and it has gained some traction
I never let the views get to me. If I like a song what else is there?
I always loved the debauchery of this song, it was perfect for a 23 year old college kid! Still love it 36 years later!
My favorite song from my favorite album, the sound track to my teenage years. A true musical genius. Very few artists can match his creativity.
totally agree
SO VERY TRUE.REG PLASMA
Mine too..
Mine too.( 2nd Angels of deception.)
How could this band (dude) be so good yet nobody talks about them?
I know
Alot of people are fake, so the rawness and power of this band would intimidate them. That's why.
One thing I like about the 80’s and this song is a fine example? People weren’t afraid to do different, this really is a work of art! 👌
They blazed a new path
I think an issue also is that acts today don't know how to be different, they're so aligned with money and sales as part of their 'creative' process that it blinds them to true individuality
This band was definitely underrated, great song.
Agree. Totally Underrated. ♫
I think that the word "underrated" is definitely overrated in youtube comments.
Not underrated. His fans have always loved The The's music. The fact that it didn't appeal to the masses shows that it's real art.
Fun fact, this 'band' is technically one person, Matt Johnson
Matt Johnson is the band. Only underrated by non fans.
"I didn't wanna hurt your feelings honey, but I couldn't suppress my own." Quite possibly one of the greatest pop lyrics ever written.
Antonio Gramsci verdade
Antonio Gramsci oh yeah. What about ‘agadoo doo doo, push pineapples shake the tree’
Why's that, been here before or what? In this situation, I mean. Hahaha
@@nickmazonowicz511 Porky pine pine was my personal fav for greatest lyrics ever. But Matt, well 'I was trying so hard to be myself I was turning into somebody else hits it for me.
What a fukin song
How this band wasn’t the biggest thing of their time baffles me
THE THE - MOST UNDERATED BAND OF ALL TIME!
Absolutely this
Only Matt Johnson, Lou Reed and Nick Cave can do sleeze this perfectly
Yeh def an ode to 'street hassl_ but life over 30yrs has left merealising how porn (could be?) Integrated into mainstream theatre. Our personal feelings aside: methinks the final scene couldve been radical ala 'brown-bunny' or 'irreversible' film of the time...🤔
I'd argue this is more a song about loneliness?
My Dads favourite band, He flew to London for what he thought was his last concert ( a bucket list thing) a few years ago from Australia, just to find out he was touring Australia the next year he then proceded to attend all his Australian concerts my mum got sick of this as he purchased 2 tickets to each concert he would take anyone the would go my wife went with my dad in Melbourne she said it was fantastic and she had no idea who Matt Johnson or The The was..!
They’re coming back to Oz. Not sure who’s still in the band.
I just discovered this band, this is brilliant.
Oh, keep going please. Every single album. Many stand on their own so different than the others. Very happy for you to have found them. Part of the heart and soul of my life.
Oh just enjoy the ride... There is no one like The The aka Matt Johnson
Music. Poetry. A wonderful voice. Matt has it all.
Been a fan of The The, since 87. NEVER thought of looking for this vid till tonight. Wow. It resonates in 2024... That's pracically defined as 'timeless,' at this point.
You need to watch all the other videos and read up on the story of near self destruction that came from making this album into a whole set of mini movies. It’s pretty amazing. Between getting bitten by a monkey, Peruvian rebels, Russian roulette… he’s lucky to have survived.
Love how the song builds .
"I was trying so hard to be myself,I was turning into somebody else"
Bought this album when I was 13 - much to daddy's disapproval :-D - and still love it. Always considered Matt as a true 'seer' and a great contemporary poet.
I too have been a Matt Johnson/The The fan for many many years. I actually met Matt after one of his concerts and he was such a genuinely decent dude. He also introduced me to Delores O'Riordan who was opening for him that tour with The Cranberries.
the 3 bitten apples by the window make this video the best video ever
Im 13 and love this band so much and this is my favorite song by them
That's actually quite worrying....
Lol
You are very advanced for your age sonny.
😊👌
he had my heart from the first moment I heard his voice. his lyrics touched something inside me at 14 years olds and 30 years (omg) later... he's still got it.
The lyrics are great but listen to the production too. Incredible.
don''t forget he is alone, so played all instruments. He made also all the artwork for the sleeves
Rob Kemmeren no he didn't
That is not true... He had many well known musicians playing on this album. His brother did all the artwork for the sleeves.
pogdog31 ;NOT TO MENTION..SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHOM PLAYED ON BOTH(?)'SOULMINING/&'INFECTED'-JOOLS HOLLAND../NENAH CHERRY..JOHNY MARR..Et Al...love it..pure t.of.b
Consider my self lucky, to have listened to the lyrics and music of Johnson and TheThe
That outro is fantastic....my favourite tune off infected!
Pure Matt Johnson genius - "Well my adrenalin, was curdling like cream, as I was being led by the hand. Through the sound of sirens And the distant noise of some drunken jazz band"
Matt Johnson, just wonderful. Best lyricist....ever.
+john french Agree - just fantastic lyrics. Affected me as well when I first heard this
+john french Agree - just fantastic lyrics. Affected me as well when I first heard this
+Ray Morley yes Ray and looking down the list of comments he seems to have had a profound effect upon so many of us. The ability to say so much, so beautifully so often within the confines of a song. So many of his lyrics i can remember.
+john french Check out some Don van Vliet stuff mate. Funnily enough you share a name with the drummer!
+Glyn Williams what Captain Beefheart you mean? The bloke was reputedly able to change channels on the tv with the power of his mind?! I'm not joking.
35 years young, still a perfect album
"Lying on her back with her lips parted, squealing a stuffed pig". The imagery and desperation is palpable. Matt Johnson aka the REAL lyrical gangster.
I think its Stuck pig but I get you. (its a saying, " screaming like a stuck pig"...a pig thats been stabbed).
"I was trying so hard to be myselfe, I was turning into somebody else" Wow.
This song, this album, and this artist have always been like a secret handshake. Brilliance!
great comment
This is an IYKYK band… The more fortunate of us do.👍
One of the best songs ever made
Just yes.
Looking back at this now, establishes even more the genius of The The, to write and arrange such music at that time and at that age...
not to be patronising but the '80s was way more experimental than it is now, the creative landscape was a gold rush of unchartered territory that led to bands like this, nowadays everything is reminiscent and manufactured to make money rather than a creative expression
@@dizmop But you are being patronising though.... I was around in the 80s, and I am acutely aware of the time and the situation, musically, and politically Music was not driven by moguls in the underground. I owned a nightclub with my brother, had three older brothers, so from Roxy Music, Sparks and all of the others to
John Foxx, Landscape, Kraftwerk, and having gone to the same school as Simple Minds Jim Kerr, friends with The Alex Harvey Band, The Jesus and the Mary Chain, Having Met Thomas Dolby, Depeche Mode, Aphex Twin and dozens of others, fck it would be easier to say who I don't like and I have left the rock side of my life out of it..
what an under rated artist. 80's music heaven
i loved this album saw them in christchurch new zealand 1998 they were great!
I too watched Infected on Channel 4, at something like 11pm in 1986. I knew and liked a couple of tracks already. However, nothing prepared me for the audio/visual masterpiece of the video album. Inspired and incredible. Matt was a prophet too on Mind Bomb.
Had a tape copy for a long time. I finally bought thr CD. Later I found out my best friend had bought it the day before totslly independently. I didnt even know he liked it.
Takes me straight back to my 15 year old self. The The - always welcome in our house,
Hairs standing up! after all these years amazing band, glad I saw him once!
Matt Johnson is and was a genius! The The is one of the best Groups ever!
What a great song ,video lyrics and imagery .
One man's descent into the dark night of his soul ...
Brilliant track from a brilliant album and band
Possibly one of the most honest words I’ve heard. I was 14 and I am 50 now and nothing has changed x
Master piece best live
This song is so powerful. It's beautiful.
My favourite of this album.
One of the best outros ever❣
A milestone album.
A real turning point for me.
Turned away, again but, I'm back now and feeling much better!
Yes, remember the highly aclaimed film on C4 around '86. They showed it 2 or 3 times and saw all three! My dad still hadn't bought a bloody video recorder!
His music has and will always stand the test of time .
Just so me! Disturbing after the fact...... Brilliant, thought provoking, damaged. Such an underrated band
Emma Hole only underrated by non fans
He gives us a complete character study here, as well as a fine short story and killer music. And everything in perfect synergy.
What a 20th century absolute classic! Was at a free festival back in the 90's and this lad set all these speakers up for some band "Scab" I remember, they hadn't arrived and he played Infected from start to finish, fucking loud. Was Epic, cheers
My Sixth form soundtrack; I can't remember the bloke who introduced me to The The back in 1986 but I am eternally grateful! Some of the best lyrics of any band.
I can’t wait to see you in concert after all these years! ❤️❤️
I was 14 in 86 and discovered this album after seeing infected on the chart show....I played this album and this tune specifically all summer . Changed my musical landscape and led me down so many other musical paths. Thankyou matt Johnson.
Matt Johnson.
Great musician and talented, 'muff driver".
And just when I thought it was a Bowie night......this jumps into my head
first time I've listened/watched this in more than 20 years, its brilliant.
Me too man.... pure excellance...
Nathan Parsons join the club, I watched this when it was on channel 4. I wondered why back then, why broadcast it before its even released.
Masterpiece, both audio and visual.
It really hasn't dated at all! Amazing album, a masterpiece.
Trying so hard to be myself I was turning into somebody else...priceless.
+1, the linee reminds me of Talking Heads - Seen and Not Seen, check that out for context.
Why is that.?
Timeless song and video from The The. Just incredible.
one of the all-time great tracks
I bought the VHS when it came out and am coming back to Infected and many other albums,maybe listening to them with wiser head
i have bought this CD at least 8 times over the years. in mostly because of this song.
Stunning group, great music and fantastic lyrics
My gf back in 1987 introduced me to TT and the Infected album via this very song. 35 years later every song on the album, but especially this one hits so hard right in the feels…. Amazing music, production and lyrics out of this world. So glad I got to see them live in Athens back in 1990… one unforgettable evening…
Without doubt the greatest song writer of his Genre. THE THE are my fave band of all time. timeless.
My favourite TT song, back then and ever since, but just now I was questioning whether it's still that good or perhaps it's become dated, until I heard it again just now. Absolutely Awesome. Fantastic, anthemic song with brilliant lyrics.
Almost forty years later, and Johnson is still my favorite Christian rock artist.
Dammit, you just made me spit out my coffee!
excellent track
This is one of my all time favourites and always will be.
This is such a great song. It’s like a novella. And Neneh Cherry!
this is an evergreen masterpiece. All the "infected" project is geniàl. The songs, the concept, the videos!!!! love it
Matt could see what was happening 27 years ago.....awesome track
More like 32 years ago. This came out in 1985
Still Absolutly Excellent
the most perfect song... every second... astonishing.. blew my 14 year old mind when i first saw this video/heard this song in 1986
I remember there was a period when this video was not viewable in the U.S.! I haven't seen this in years, and it's AWESOME it's available now! Thank you, #THETHE !!! 😈💕🙏🏾✌🏾🔥💕
I wish the outro was as long on Spotify as it is here
Underrated genius
masterpiece..
Still stands the test of time, utter brilliance.
What can we say.. Matt. Genius... ❤❤❤
One of my all time favourite songs and bands. You just cannot find artists who write such thought provoking songs any more
sublime lyrics n music
I loved that old lady from the first time I saw it....a long long time ago!
I just discovered THE THE some time ago, and I find both this video and song fantastic!
I got the cassette when it came out I was 15 and it still sounds great today after all these years
I watched the INFECTED Soundtrack movie on VHS first
still brilliant, ahead of its time, such expressive, male, dillema, lyrix. matts got sum bottle 2 b so open, and helpful... thanx 4 baring your innermost
Classy LP ..I accidentally got Into this back when I was 15 ..it got me thru those difficult times , brilliant stuff
I used to hear this played in two places - on Tony Snell's radio show, and at The State nightclub. Felt like I was plugged into a different world.
Should of been a UK Number 1 .
Best Album of the 80s by a mile. (Including whackos biggies)
This is my fave from Infected. It's been years since last hearing it.
The The, Talk Talk, Wall of Voodoo....Those were the days.😞
Means so much to me as an 80s chick, have this on vinyl 😊❤️
Just genius!
whos still loving this ,,4 life
Great post! It still sounds and looks way ahead of its time.
Loved TheThe for forty odd years. Finally got a chance to see them in Birmingham. Brilliant! At last! Keep up the good work Matt
always loved the synths and production/effects on this track