This song is more relevant today than ever before.
@LonnieMinter
2 жыл бұрын
It's not so much that this song was ahead of its time but rather how nothing ever really changes.
@Shug-Goff
Жыл бұрын
Yep. As a certain Mr. Cohen observed in his songs Everybody Knows and The Future.
@davewilson9738
Жыл бұрын
Armageddon Days Are Here (Again) is proof of this as well, in fact Soul Mining, Infected and Mind Bomb are all in that ilk.
@peachofahand1
Жыл бұрын
Spot on.
@jacobesmith12
8 ай бұрын
I think it was both, how they were beaten and how things weren't going to get any better
@Al-iv3mb
4 ай бұрын
The fact that Johnny Marr rates Matt so hugely speaks volumes about his talents
@PhilPlaysBass
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful guitar work from Johnny Marr
@jamesleslie6830
Жыл бұрын
That's knowledge .
@realestateofwyomingrealest6684
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesleslie6830 in hi i
@westonsea
Жыл бұрын
And David Palmer from ABC on Drums!
@don__hector7845
2 ай бұрын
@@davidhenderson6733 never too late my friend
@don__hector7845
2 ай бұрын
makes the song genius
@Phreakdoubt
3 жыл бұрын
I saw The The twice in concert. When I saw them at the QE theater in Vancouver, the security was being assholes and trying to keep everyone in their seats. During this song, Matt stopped the show dead and said "Ya know, if you all stand up at once they can't stop you." Then went back into the song at "we're being sedated by the gasoline fumes..." without missing a beat as the guards melted away and the crowd packed the stage front. My most vivid and cherished concert memory to this day.
@serkseees
2 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome!
@georgestephenson7158
2 жыл бұрын
Genuine love for you Brian.
@sarahhorrey7167
Жыл бұрын
my brother was the assistant manager I was lucky enough to see them a few times these were my formative years i was in my teens always remember with a soulful heart xxxx
@theamalgamatedtheory
Жыл бұрын
What a great memory and what a great underappreciated talent he is. Teamed wwith Marr here its almost too good. Thanls for sharing!
@simoncunningham1643
2 ай бұрын
People have the power! Get up stand up!
@bobbyshafto3259
4 жыл бұрын
Decades ahead of his time,massively under-rated genius as far as I'm concerned.
@vivianeprudentiabuelens9142
2 жыл бұрын
I can imagine
@gabrielphelps1555
2 жыл бұрын
The man was really ahead of his time almost prophetic one could say, a tremendous word smith even if you partly disagreed with his views .
@thelastshogun3913
2 жыл бұрын
Most definitely!
@olinika71
Жыл бұрын
Right!!!
@SD-li9g
10 ай бұрын
and you just know he didn't sell his soul
@DEBASER70
6 жыл бұрын
Also a big Cheers to Johnny Marr for his work with The The and of course The Smiths...
@Alan-mt5wm
9 ай бұрын
I was really surprised when I found out that he’s basically a one man show who works with other musicians. He is so under-rated.
@stuartbatchelor2707
5 жыл бұрын
The words in this song are probably more poignant today than they were 30 years ago... Class
@merseydave1
4 жыл бұрын
Yes ... Vote Labour on December 12th 2019
@kirstendieker8757
4 жыл бұрын
Sadly I had precisely the same thought as the lyrics began
@cleftturnip7774
4 жыл бұрын
💩
@annanutherthing4373
4 жыл бұрын
Wow! Very topical x
@steelyman08
4 жыл бұрын
I think it's safe to delete the word "probably".
@undercoveragentfortheblues1723
8 ай бұрын
matt´s lyrics and music were way-ahead of their time. It´s the shocking truth, how actual his texts are even today. We need critical people like him. Now more than ever.
@c10_c10
2 жыл бұрын
A timeless song with some of the most beautiful lyrics and melody ever written! This song has captured the essence and failure of the Western world.
@North49191
8 ай бұрын
what the Western World that created all these great bands?
@ManicMechanic82
3 жыл бұрын
One of the most underrated bands!!! As an early 80s kid, I grew up listening to The The. Still one of my favorites!
@axelusul
Жыл бұрын
FACT
@editesilva8467
10 ай бұрын
problably was 10/12 y when my older brother brought this amazing album. i still remember all the lyrics.
@sh4nds1
9 жыл бұрын
The video gives it away - it's a clever plea to the 'beat' generation (60's) who've lost their ideals and us as the beaten one who just lie down and take it. Matt Johnson the underrated genius of 80's music.
@steelyman08
5 жыл бұрын
Nicely put!
@acac7399
2 жыл бұрын
GENIUS!!!
@p1etran
5 жыл бұрын
My father showed me this song. He listened to this like 20 years ago when he worked in Finland as student. Thank you dad for teaching me what the real music is.
@gruesometwosome6098
2 ай бұрын
Brilliant song.... Still makes the hairs on my neck stand up ! 👍
@Antelope6
8 жыл бұрын
27 years on, and, sadly, still ringing true today.
@jonroffe9682
8 жыл бұрын
Truer sadly.
@paulthompsonx
8 жыл бұрын
It feels true and real and now... Except for this bit: 'And our youth, oh youth, are being seduced' As David Bowie said: 'they know exactly what they're going through'. I've never met sharper and smarter kids than I do at the moment. It's the older folks who are being seduced, particularly the older folks priced out of the job market a few decades before retirement.
@jamesg5700
6 жыл бұрын
I turned to this song after the U.S. elections in 2016. This song completely describes the current situation in the U.S. today. "Reared on a diet of prejudice and misinformation"....how true is that? "Freedom lives in the barrels of a warm gun".....The pendulum has swung back to at least 1989, or earlier. Maybe 1959. Sad. I hope that 2018 is "when everthing that dies, shall rise".
@stephenroche5107
5 жыл бұрын
Anthony Steele My sentiments too sadly !
@funland108
2 жыл бұрын
2022 and it just gets more true with every passing year.
@Boniswahn
5 жыл бұрын
In the 80's two Bands are running all over the time in my Cassette Recorder: The The and the Smith's ... Awsome Sounds
@cruzyferreria1009
4 жыл бұрын
A perfect song for our times,they were sooo ahead of their time,this is ART.
@MrHumanracin
11 жыл бұрын
Amazing, the world needs a new The The album more than ever...
@glenngastonjonsson7954
10 ай бұрын
I really love the work of Matt Johnson and this is my favourite music video ever.
@commie3000
4 жыл бұрын
January 31st, 2020 and these lyrics just get more and more real. My heart fucking bleeds for the shit that the future holds for this country.
@carlhorowitz5916
3 жыл бұрын
Rioting sort of gets me down too.
@Einnor084
3 жыл бұрын
Welp Rich..... Nstead of bending over, 2 take it, we should b bending em over & saying BYE THEN 2021!!!! New meaning 2 DUH BEATEN GENERATION. Datz whut opening ur mind, nstead of yo bhind, mite gitchya!
@MrKeenaz
3 жыл бұрын
How right you were and are. This world of ours is turning into a shit hole.
@zaydee-miamiepicart844
3 жыл бұрын
I listened to them back in the 1980's!!!!! My fav is Uncertain Smile!
@patthewoodboy
2 жыл бұрын
I worry for my grandkids , but they seem happy as grandad is a bad influence in a good way ;-)
@nievesofficial
6 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest songs ever written. But will always be one of the most underrated
@Carnivalihq
Жыл бұрын
You’ve put “underrated “ and “greatest” in the same sentence. 😂
@cheerlesspain
8 жыл бұрын
I've loved this song for nearly three decades now. It's still prophetic.
@moonmonkey71
2 ай бұрын
Mind Bomb was released 1989....food for thought 🤯
@garrymusselwhite5043
2 жыл бұрын
After all these years Matts songs still ring true to this very day...! 👌
@peterludgin7074
9 жыл бұрын
Boy i miss the 80's......... Mind blown....... Job well done.
@jasonkingshott2971
4 жыл бұрын
The UK has had so many extremely talented musicians Matt being just one of them.
@christocilliers
2 жыл бұрын
What's remarkable is the lyrics are more applicable by society in 2022....
@John-ed2wj
2 жыл бұрын
They are not more applicable now compared to the past, they are as equally applicable now. Nothing changes when the system stays the same, never will and never has.
@r7coo
7 ай бұрын
& in Tory run Britain in 2024
@don__hector7845
2 ай бұрын
@@r7coo time for reform
@kevinhegg259
5 жыл бұрын
Best band of the 80’s..... love the fact they are still not too widely known
@pamcm1098
5 жыл бұрын
Did you catch the last tour? Awesome.
@demelza32
Жыл бұрын
Have LOVED THE THE since I was a wee lass. I knew they were about more than music, and have vast hidden depths...
@chriserskine585
10 жыл бұрын
Loved the the,in the 80's the lyrics helped me to think about the world, at 42 it still makes me think!!!
@chriserskine585
9 жыл бұрын
***** Your not too far from the truth there mate............if Google says its the truth, then its the truth for many people!!
@amdby
5 жыл бұрын
still sounds great and relevant. At 19, I got my hair cut like Johnny here, and have never changed it since :)
@The_Vile_Vortices
4 жыл бұрын
It must be quite long now, then?
@keithbill310
Жыл бұрын
Its never been so true as it is today ...
@Fischer67
9 ай бұрын
Somehow like in the middle of the eclipse. The corona can hardly be seen, at the moment, so to say.
@PenrodB
7 жыл бұрын
More timely than ever. Matt's a genius.
@mvdeano
10 жыл бұрын
Perhaps THE most impressive song of THE moment, and still shaking minds. Recommend this song to all youth in your vicinity.
@nobody-x7g
2 ай бұрын
Prophetic, true, great songs and lyrics. Grossy underrated. Never by me.
@tonycairns6728
5 жыл бұрын
More relevant now than when 1st recorded. MJ - one of the most important British songwriters from the '80s.
@stevepettit2064
5 жыл бұрын
god i love matt johnson love loads of his songs the man is a genius everybody should love this man great song.
@MadEarthMonkey
Жыл бұрын
The worst mistake I ever made was ignoring Mind Bomb and Dusk after the Release of The Beaten Generation for ten years and accidentally discovering they were even better, then Infected. Forgive me Matt. No other Musician touches me emotionally that much.
@admiralackbar9307
4 жыл бұрын
I remember I first heard of The The because Simon Le Bon use to keep saying how good they were, and how he was a big fan of them, he was very right. :)
@judderman37
8 жыл бұрын
The beat (en) generation... reared on a diet of prejudice and misinformation... still rings true today!
@soundofwomen
4 жыл бұрын
Right after the “special police” started arresting protesters on Portland Streets instantly had the truly prophetic lyrics of this brilliant song run through my mind. More relevant now in 2020 than ever before. Yes Matt Johnson is a musical genius. THE THE are timeless.
@carlhorowitz5916
3 жыл бұрын
Great song, but the Portland "protestors" were/are actually rioters.
@weviestonder100
2 жыл бұрын
Depressing that this is still so relevant in 2021. “Reared on a diet of prejudice and misinformation..” indeed
@garethwilliams6452
6 жыл бұрын
This song holds true for today and all of the tomorrow's.
@cesci6389
5 жыл бұрын
And yesterday too. This song is 1990....
@timfred9884
7 жыл бұрын
This track came out in the early 90's , ahead of it's time ... look at the world NOW ! Mind Bomb is a brilliant album.
@rickg8015
4 жыл бұрын
Late 80’s..
@admiralackbar9307
4 жыл бұрын
It came out in the late 80's
@moonmonkey71
3 жыл бұрын
Released 1987, the whole album is a masterpiece
@thediseaseisthecure
2 жыл бұрын
Seriously, you couldn’t take 2 minutes to Google it?
@dominewimbury2039
2 жыл бұрын
1989 is the early 90s is it? Yeah alright!
@stevenchampion8137
5 жыл бұрын
Words used to absolute perfection.
@Taliesin-xd7ke
6 ай бұрын
Mindbomb isn't just an album, it is a prophecy. So far it's on track so good for them yeah?😢
@darrenbarnett601
3 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe I happened across this song by accident, I do remember buying the album about 2 lifetimes ago , happy memories
@bernardobuffa2391
8 жыл бұрын
good art is always alive. This lyrics are so alive today!
@earnestbunny
8 жыл бұрын
Yep... rip uk
@zelie-catheriner52
8 жыл бұрын
...and America ...and............
@d1654
Жыл бұрын
But can you still walk back to happiness When you've nowhere left to run?
@MrMarvolution
11 жыл бұрын
Matt's lyrics have a phrophetic element to them. Armageddon Days, Heartland & Beat(en) Generation all hit a chord even today 20+ years after their release
@mattgilbert7347
Жыл бұрын
Arabia Arabia... Boy was that one prophetic. Sweet Bird of Truth, indeed.
@paulhaffern4734
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant band. If you don't have the album Infected, then get it.. Stunning.
@FireCow1971
4 жыл бұрын
Fortunately, this is still a beautiful song. Unfortunately, it’s still very relevant.
@patrikskala7045
7 жыл бұрын
what a music ! What a song! Great. Thank you The The !
@oscillatewildly2191
7 жыл бұрын
.....the greedy hands of politics and half truths. Timeless lyrics, amazing band. Would love to see them play live again. Mind bomb just blows me away.
@abruemmer77
4 ай бұрын
The message of this song was valid 35 years ago, is valid today and will still be valid 35 years from now. If I still exist then I will confirm it in 2059.
@joniarmel7308
Жыл бұрын
October 2022. Insightful song . Sorry to say the words ring so true now more than ever.
@georgecarlinismytribe
Жыл бұрын
I work in a factory. I'm forced to listen to Radio 1 All-Day-Long. How I so long to hear this and its like.
@ReeNee777
6 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs since the first time I heard it decades ago.
@stephenroche5107
5 жыл бұрын
If people wised up lyrics in songs like this would not exist but what a gem !
@BoardroomBuddha
Жыл бұрын
My Gen-X anthem. The more things change, the more they stay the same...
@mikeheap7978
4 жыл бұрын
Magnificent song and great guitar.
@MrTravisBickleJnr
8 ай бұрын
This song does it for me. ❤
@hajothelen8450
4 жыл бұрын
some songs never get old
@laurentduvergne5031
2 жыл бұрын
... Indeed !
@timwingham8952
8 жыл бұрын
Outstanding song. Breathtaking talent
@Flexicon9
10 жыл бұрын
What a great song... and so appropriate for this new generation. I'm Gen X but I feel for tomorrow's kids... stay strong kids.
@cesci6389
5 жыл бұрын
This song was created to Generation X.
@martyfuller2195
3 жыл бұрын
If you only knew…
@oliveroneill1388
Жыл бұрын
The song that has come true. Only matt , had he's finger on the pulse of humanity. Whaow . Talk about profisiy
@cesci6389
7 жыл бұрын
Generation X was the beat (en) generation Generation Y is the beat (en) generation Generation Z will be the beat (en) generation.
@Mnpctech_Giveaway_PC_Mods
8 жыл бұрын
the "real" guitar hero, Johnny Marr...
@nievesofficial
7 жыл бұрын
Bill Owen He's a fucking wizard
@leehitchman5648
7 жыл бұрын
Bill Owen I , am a Wizard .
@lukebristol2828
7 жыл бұрын
thats the trouble with genius,,,its ahead of its time
@flimsyjimnz
5 жыл бұрын
The beat (en) generation... reared on a diet of prejudice and misinformation...29 years on it still rings true today -probably moreso!
@The_KLF
Жыл бұрын
Jeez, this track is so relevant today
@judyalcatraz918
3 жыл бұрын
This song is still relevant to this day
@bobbobby438
7 жыл бұрын
this song sums the uk at the moment.
@haroldcheeseburger
3 жыл бұрын
Best Song ever recorded.
@MegaFlyingScotsman
6 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful song and so appropriate for todays trouble in the world, love it.
@cesci6389
5 жыл бұрын
But was created for 90's not nowdays
@craigfoulkes
Жыл бұрын
@Ces Ci I guess anyone with a crass symbol would have been around when the song came out
@MegaFlyingScotsman
Жыл бұрын
@@craigfoulkes I certainly was around when the song came out and a long time before it !!
@craigfoulkes
Жыл бұрын
@Flying Scotsman we are probably off the same vintage. I had stations and feeding of the 5000. I got in trouble with my parents when they saw the album covers. I had been listening to them for a while, but they could not understand the words.
@MegaFlyingScotsman
Жыл бұрын
@@craigfoulkes sounds very familiar had all the album and singles covers on my walls too. And my mum and dad were the same not impressed.
@yodaneer4127
3 жыл бұрын
Up here in Portland, OR this song still rings so true. In fact, It's one of our Anthems. It seems to settle everyone down. Even the cops. Down here in the War Zone we love the the.
@cazb877
6 жыл бұрын
So what’s changed, great song can’t wait to see them at festival no.6 Matt Johnson legend!
@rodnee2340
Жыл бұрын
This song is now a prophecy.
@bobbydylanio
Жыл бұрын
How?
@rodnee2340
Жыл бұрын
@@bobbydylanio now brown cow.
@MaddyCEllis
3 жыл бұрын
Some have said this is about The Beat Generation and I’m pretty sure that’s not it. I’m the same peer age as Matt and have been blasting this song & album since it was released. He was singing about the youth in Great Britain at the time and their current state in the late 80’s vis a vis Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, etc. this was written at the height of the Cold War and not long before the crumbling of the Iron Curtain, the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc. It’s always darkest right before dawn...
@franciscoanderson1114
5 ай бұрын
Mestre e mestre das bandas clássico The The .
@bradleylowden9433
Жыл бұрын
It was my generation when he made it, now it seems like it's all the ones to come as well.
@georgeedwardscott8161
5 ай бұрын
amazing man matt is. love him so much. underrated bless him
@TheSunTheSea
4 жыл бұрын
Why is Cardi B popular when human beings are capable of making this beautiful music?
@Pragnantweggyboard
4 жыл бұрын
We got beaten & dumbed down, that's why that passes for music, friend.
@Projeckt
4 жыл бұрын
TheSunTheSea so true
@Einnor084
4 жыл бұрын
TheSunTheSea Stop makin Cardi B, n2 da problem She talkz a lot like Matt Johnson, from time 2 time & she takez much flak. Therein, iz yo answer... Peephole afraid of truth. Peephole afraid 2 undastand. Peephole don't want 2 much good. Peephole make life suck. Strive 2 b 1 of The people, nstead of DUH peephole, then u will know da answer 2 ur question.
@trentdutchiecartwright757
4 жыл бұрын
The popularity of Cardi B can co-exist with the glories of Matt Johnson's band. To suggest otherwise is to set up a false dichotomy. Dusan, a capricious rolling Armenian Pixie gal wrote a PhD on adjective order and semantic ham purity muddles in the naming of Ol' Dirty Bastard. She contends that the old inviolable rule of 'opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose' is only apparently violated in Russell Tyrone Jones's WuTang moniker. 'Ol' pertaining to age should go after 'dirty' if dirty is opinion. If however, dirty is a) purpose, or b) material then OLD DIRTY is correct.
@Reprodestruxion
4 жыл бұрын
They sing about the same things
@andypandytangerine3044
4 жыл бұрын
Lyrically masterful
@keggs73
7 жыл бұрын
"Freedom lives in the barrel of a warm gun"
@stardust5397
4 жыл бұрын
They should re-release this - once again it’s the perfect song for these toxic times although I seem to recall it originally being sung with a lot more passion & anger - or am I just imagining that ?
@Einnor084
3 жыл бұрын
Ur just jaded now. U felt thangz mo deeply, azz a youth.
@chrisll3874
3 жыл бұрын
If you are like me that was your voice singing along. Passionately.
@stardust5397
3 жыл бұрын
Feel things more deeply in you’re youth - not true , the state or should I say lack of democracy in the U.K. , government corruption & cronyism & the ever widening gaps between the rich & the poor still makes me boil with anger which ain’t good for my mood or blood pressure ! Yes…I still sing along loudly & passionately & I still remember every word on that album
@Nicky-ys6uh
Жыл бұрын
What unbelievable intro and brilliant tune.
@vladimirpavlovic445
6 жыл бұрын
I'm from Serbia. This is our national anthem!
@theekrusher
11 жыл бұрын
genius.......wow
@hummycarton
Жыл бұрын
This was the opening hit played on Retro Charts Radio this morning. RCR is playing every UK Top 40 Hit (1952-1999) on elimination random from 8am to 11pm every day. Give it a try, you'll probably never hear the same hit twice! It’s a music journey no-one has been on before :)
@craigspillett4763
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Andy! What an awesome concept, I always enjoying having all my fave tunes on shuffle (almost 11,000) on my laptop so RCR is essentially the same but on an even bigger scale. Have save the site to my bookmarks, cheers again :)
@hummycarton
Жыл бұрын
@@craigspillett4763 Thanks Craig, I'm glad you've found RCR :)
@dohbrosband
3 жыл бұрын
This song popped into my mind today (Jan 7th, 2021) after the events in Washington D.C. unfolded yesterday. Matt was singing about England but it is so appropriate for the United States today :(
@zerofactorymoon
8 жыл бұрын
As relevant today as the day it was written... and they call this progress!
@MrLachucik
4 жыл бұрын
2020 and the words haunt me as they are so prophetic. Genius song but it's sad that its true
@nicholashancock4569
5 жыл бұрын
2019 and this has never been more true
@philruane5910
2 жыл бұрын
We was listening to the the in 80’s. This is the day ……..,,
@user-he2hw8mo3r
2 ай бұрын
This album was never off in 89 ,was grafting in London ,21 years old brilliant memories .
@SanthaniRungan04
5 жыл бұрын
really great song. the lyrics hit hard
@davewilson9738
3 жыл бұрын
He means so much to so many and is still a gem for those to discover by accident. Matt "The God" Johnson.
@genlob
Жыл бұрын
It needs to be much longer. Fantastic song that could have been written any time in the last 40 years.
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