the The - Giant

[human453]

yea these guys are great

[MegaWaylander]

Good Days



[jarobi27]

i use to love this jam when i was a kid. brilliant group.

[ParkerMcgraw]

The song is epic. Soul Mining indeed

[hpmformerlyg42]

@flatopguy same....now not living baked or fried...still digging Matt

[steelundergrounder]

brilliant :)

[absly5]

@flatopguy happy days x

[stevosomebizzare]

love and devotion

[claviecroz]

or maybe too much of it last night

[claviecroz]

the the . part of my growing up ....... i still not grown up ,shit welsh band pretending??????... where am i?

[Buffalow61]

@claviecroz So You didn,t use your medication sucker

[basehead617]

why are there so many dislikes here? people clicking because of the picture? =p

[pcgoblue]

DUSK is also worthy of your attention..

[pcgoblue]

One of the best albums of all time IMO

[kristk240]

without doubt one of the best albums ever

[davethebutcherbdsm]

The soundtrack of my soul...............

[MysteryaGoGo]

Matt Johnson is a fucking soulful genius. This entire album is amazing.

[jodman176]

Soul Mining has been one of my favourite albums for donkeys, always on the ipod!

[rudyprotrudy08]

@jodman176 Me too, I'll never tire of listening to this album. Been a favourite since before I was a teenager and I'm nearly 40 now!

[2358anthony]

Great under-rated band, not new wave at ALL , musica progressiva si ! 100%

Bravi !

[aaassssssssify]

Genius.

[seatteman001]

How could anyone concider The The new wave? Progressive modern of the time if you ask me and in their own league if i have a say. Peter Gabriel did the same in his time and was just as brilliant, not trying to compare genre's but artists.

[MrFcordeiro1]

Definitely, one of the great sounds of the 80's...

[papatruman]

GIANT. Best EVER. Number ONE, numero uno, Baby...

[backhealth]

The entire album was a meditation on my life when it came out... when will people get sick of the current music and get back to this stuff, and just when you think the song cannot get any better... Johnson screams out "How can anyone know me when I Don't even know myself".

[annynameatall]

ahhhh  yeahhhh...........

[califuberalles]

Got the album sitting around... and the cd

[MrSupersteve1]

burning blue soul is amazing ,took ages to get into it but totaly awesome .loveThe The. bobbily84 you know fuck all ,watching a vid because of a tit on the screen ,GET BACK TO YOUR SHITTY R@B sleeze music .

[TheZaccal]

when i first heard this song about 25 years ago i thought who the fuck is this,I managed to get the album which just blew me away, then out came infected, which did the same, matt johnson was one hell of a musician i,m actually listening to infected in my car at the moment

[bobbily84]

tricked me with the boobs!!

[bobbily84]

awful

[foduruti]

"Matt Johnson, Brilliant chap"glykosymoritis blogspot com

[muthafm]

...Bit of "Talking Heads" in there....love,love,love it

[muthafm]

...Bit of "Talking Heads" in there....

[muziekbericht]

How many times did I hear this one. ?????? cant count it anymore

Still playing the Vinyl

One of my favr. albums ever

[SSCFPA]

I did not care for much of the music around in the early/mid 80's, except The The.

Thanks for rekindling happy memories.

[wishboneism]

It the deepest and darkest time of depression of my life once this album soothed my soul because it was even more darker than what I was experiencing!

[fl1pmod3mk1]

Matt Johnson fuckin genius....................

[SamHell310]

Soul Mining is the best! Undoubtedly an influence on NIN, it sounds alot like Pretty Hate Machine. Two of the most addictive albums ever!

[caine7sfg]

Bought into Matt so long ago I can't even recognise earth or its inhabitants, strange old world...Infect me with the truth...

[OssyTuber]

finished so many nites off listening to this on headphones,trying desperately to come down but this tune kept the high coming and coming..thanks for sharing i only have vinyl so this is great....

[playaeyez17]

All anyone seemingly (most) cares about today is thier LOUD ringtone "single" from thier favorite "Act".. but when I hear this I hear quiet grace in expression and frankly ass-kickin "Artistic" TRUTH!. Man I miss groundbreaking albums, revolutions and summers filled with brand new classics n abundance... but It's 2011 now and It's sad. God bless you for this!

[playaeyez17]

I listen to this song and watch your video basically evry.single.day... at least 3 times a day.. for the lyrics alone. TRUTH spoken!. I can't thank you enough for Introducing me to this song & band!. And I consider myself a harvard professsor when It comes to knowing good music, digging beyond the beyond the last 10 years (because the last 10 years have been the worst decade for music evr imo and quality from 99 on back will never be reached again!.

[pellit123]

fuckit im jumpin

[Castanedaria]

omg how helpfull that music and especialy lyrics are, i was drug addicted for a very long time that song companied me always, i could identify myself with every single word in that song, it always made me thinking and searching for answers, today im clean and doing well, 1000 thanks to Matt Johnson and the rest of the band for that song^^

[digenovafilm]

agh! won't let me add to my playlist

[spolier]

@estreliciagirl That is not fair at all.

[gwenawak]

Thanks for this one, never forgotten !!!

[leopold005]

I've had this album for over 20 years and I still play it regularly. An absolute masterclass in songwriting and some hauntingly good songs.

And 40 people are caving in on themselves.

[PenzingerAussie]

I love this group!!!!

I almost saw them in Sheppard's Bush in 2000!!!!

Went to the Aussie Pub next door and ended up getting married! :-(

[nosnilor]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm



[nosnilor]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[voltini1982]

please... please... please.. if you ever take mind altering drugs listen to this tune on them it will slowly and lovingly fuck your soul

[maxq1974]

In my top 20 songs of all time, its ageless ! check out my site "Music that made you , music that shaped you" on FACEbook. Please feel free to add your's songs

[SamHell310]

Soul Mining is one of the greatest albums! It is addictive!

[chelecossais]

I'm gonna have to kick some shit off my iPod to make space for this.

1983 for the win !

[montyscooter1965]

Loved it when I was a kid and still have the vinyl and CD versions. He is awesome!

[goran9681]

Mat 4ever!!!!!!!!!

[waterbuoy66]

Absolutely bloody brilliant masterpiece!

[adelphilogo]

@erikthenog haha you must be super smart or super not-smart

[pippopanenero]

Same old fantastic Matt (The The) Johnson...

Looking forward his return to the pop arena...

:)))

[ChubbySwiggit]

Great Band, Great Song and I still listen to it after all the years. Had it on vinyl, got it on cd and my iPod and now on my youtube channel. yeah yeah x

[EriktheNog]

moronic, repetitive like a thumping headache. 

[gribblen]

Excellent song, he always reaches dark deep into the soul like so many musicians fail to do

[AlfieNoakesOhHo]

The sun is high & I'm surrounded by sand for as far as my eyes can see I'm strapped into a rockin' chair with a blanket over my knees 'I' am a stranger to myself & nobody knows I'm here When I looked into my face it wasn't myself I'd seen but who I've tried to be.

I'm thinking of things I'd hoped to forget I'm choking to death in a sun that never sets I clogged up my mind with perpetual greed & turned all of my friends into enemies & now the past has returned to haunt me

[AlfieNoakesOhHo]

I'm scared of god & scared of hell & I'm caving in upon myself

How can anyone know me when I don't even know myself

[Bill85024]

@AlfieNoakesOhHo

no one wants to know you!

[thegerrie19561]

How can anyone dislike this?

[0The0Web0]

great tune! thanks for puttin it up :-)

[primalyscreamed]

@0The0Web0 my pleasure :)

[anguscanvin]

@0The0Web0 such a marvellous song. part of my life for 25 years plus

[727engineer]

I'm caught in my mind in perpetual greed

I turn all of my friends into enemies.......

So true

[TheDerekmooney]

Man i looooove this tune!

[TheBoneo]

Just superb!! Sooo many memories ......one of the best albums ever recorded.

[Aphislacebugs66]

Loved this song for nearly 30 years even though most of is teenage angst!

[luisnunof]

In one word...Brilliant!!!!!

[Aphislacebugs66]

Armidale in the early eighties, A bit of a blur

[playaeyez17]

"How can anyone know me when I don't even know myself.." brilliant so simple yet brilliant...yup rewinding! again!

[paulbrett3]

class song imo, i did not hear this until the other day and my old man came around for a few beers and he said play this and i have been an addict since

[TheCrypticjosh]

Thanx fer reminding me to go out and buy this album!

[specialk35]

This is one of my alltime favorite albums by far!

[getonit1234]

True classic THE THE excellence

[Fundoug1]

I love that Madonna was doing her thing while this was going on.

Truth seekers vs. imitators.

[thejoprocks1]

where the devil is matt johnson,musicians, please take note, lyrics stick with you for the rest of your lives.....

[dstarbwoy]

you are right it deserves to be here

[helmutbonnet]

One of my favorite tracks on one of the best Albums of all time. Matt Johnson is a Legend. Just love the beat, love the emotion. Love those drums, powerful stuff!!

[ArrestAlexJonesNow]

great song

[annynameatall]

love it

[annynameatall]

yeah yeah

[annynameatall]

yeah yeah

[caligariuk]

As others have stated, I'd love to hear some kind of 'remix' for this song (not that you can improve on perfection - naturally).

[caligariuk]

As others have stated, I'd love to hear some kind of 'remix' for this song (not that you can improve on perfection - naturally).

[chrisroberts999]

Soul Mining is one of the best albums of the 80's .. without doubt.

[fiouk]

Soul Mining is probably the best album of the eighties ! Listened to it thousands of times, just fabulous

[NikkoCorfu]

Don't worry about the vid, just get this music out to people. Fabulous. Well done.

[markino1963]

yeah!!! how many times we danced the the in da night on electric dancefloors!!! love it!!!

[KosmicCharley]

It's always nice to see Charisma Carpenter, but I don't know if she's a Giant.

[weirdunclebob]

@KosmicCharley Yeah, it's pretty hard to judge seeing as the pix are such poor quality. /sigh!

[Fayzerman]

Well worth the dodgy video to hear this fantastic song off one of my fave albums ever, does anyone remember the free disc of extended music with the original LP?

[ABEZH]

Nice one

[carl2017]

One of a kind. Brilliant album.

[TheGraydog2000]

I first heard "Infected" or rather I saw it at 12 at night and luckily recorded it:)

Matt is and always has been one awesome individual!

[gianforli]

I migliori anni della musica dance !!!!

[gianforli]

MALINCONICAMENTE STRAORDINARIO !!!

[itskyb]

I've been a fan of this album since 1988. This song is my favorite from the album.

[soulminer10]

I have been into THE THE since 1982. and changed my name to MATT JOHNSON via depole. so glad i saw THE THE live and want "good morning beautiful " ( MIND BOMB) played at my funeral.

[soulminer10]

I have been into THE THE since 1982. and changed my name to MATT JOHNSON via depole. so glad i saw THE THE live and want good morning beautiful ( MIND BOMB) played at my funeral.

[beelzebubscousin]

Jonny Marr plays Guitar...nuff said

[Asuplex]

@beelzebubscousin

This was from 1983. Jonny Marr joined The The for a short time in 1988.

Oddly I think Matt did ask him to play with the the before this album but Marr joined the Smiths instead.

Thank god.

The The sucked post infected.

[Evren1Pasa]

Love this.... and my three year old has made it his favorite song... the one he wakes up singing.

[filibertoa85]

Excellent

[Wildsage1212]

kinda dumb with the pic's. I don't get it...Oh just read the apologies. lol

[Deanna405]

goosebumps all over.... again (after 27 years!)

[brianartillery]

Percussion on this track is by Frank Want, an alias of the great JG Thirlwell, AKA Foetus. Best track on the album.

[bugfart]

@brianartillery 

[Asuplex]

@brianartillery

Well he is only quoted a 'sticks' when other people are credited as 'Drums' and 'Percussion' so I can't imagine he did all that much.

[chesterfordrocks]

purrrrrrrrrrrrr

[lorenzobrown]

Saw The The at The Albert Hall in the late 80s. Great stuff!

[mandivalby]

meget stort- et stort nummer



[wallerpaul70]

FANTASTICO, brilliant song.

[weg1967]

I'd forgotten how good this band were. Class act.

[liquidfxx]

I really love this band! i mean really love them.. ima leaving a kiss here i love them so much! x

[sandlover69]

Just love The the all the way .... had so forgotten them and then play one track and I am stalking them all!! The good ole days!

[serotta09]

I never noticed until now how the end of the Nine Inch Nails song "Closer" is very similar to this. A little creative "borrowing" by NIN!

[lambrettali125]

Love this song, the album. The The one of the best bands. Seen 3 times would love to see them again.

[roflmerge]

LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!! MY DAD PLAYED THIS TO ME WHEN I WAS LITTLE,,,,AND LOVE IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dropandgivemetwenty]

@roflmerge your dad had great taste

[dropandgivemetwenty]

@roflmerge your dad had great tatse

[MrKillmelater]

I'm scared of god - & scared of hell

& I'm caving in upon myself -

How can anyone - know me -

When I don't even know myself

[MrKillmelater]

The sun is high & I'm surrounded by sand For as far as my eyes can see - I'm strapped into a rockin' chair - With a blanket over my knees - 'I' - am a stranger to myself - - & nobody knows I'm here - When I looked into my eyes - It wasn't myself I'd seen - But who I've tried to be I'm thinking of things I'd hoped to forget. I'm choking to death in a sun that never sets. I clogged up my mind with perpetual greed & turned all of my friends into enemies. & now the past has returned to haunt me.

[Skenzed]

I'm glad that my turntable broke and I never got it fixed. I bought a CD player instead.

Which means that my vinyl copy of Soul Mining is still in good nick :-)

[lukamba]

fucking masterpiece

[lashwhip]

This is awesome- straight to favorites 

[rpd777]

Mind Bomb is one of those albums that always stays at the top of the CD stack. I remember buying the Vinyl at 15ish and was just blown away by it - it then became the Soundtrack for a good few years of my life.. It still sounds amazing today, Drum loops all started here and dance music then took over my life. Come back to this and it still shines though. Incredible. So glad I had this as a kid and not todays rubbish.

[themusicboy77]

Soul Mining is the best album of all time.

[kobrajesusreturns]

i can't name a better modern rock album then soul mining

[hundhun17]

matt come back.

criminally overlooked artist. Why has The The been wiped from music history.

He just vanished.

They headlined the Reading Festival in 1993? Soul Mining is SO good.

This song is more relevant than ever.

[dnajohnny]

She hot...

[savitri7]

totally.

[runnerkid87]

Heard the song and band for the first time on a bar a couple of weeks ago... Precisly this song, it rocks, and now i know what the sang and album are called!! Thanks!!

[850mb]

99% of the people who are watching this video, did click on this video becauce of the girl at 1:00 :p

[2hansome]

@850mb Absolutely! She obstructed my view. I stumbled upon this picture of a sultry, gorgeous brunette while searching for a this the The tune. I simply was forced to 'click on her' so the tune would start. PS: joe happen to have her phone number?

[bigbigbed]

havent heard anything like it....FUCKING AMAZING

[lifepod2036]

i love the the but this song sounds more new wave than some of their other stuff.. meh

[jamesdluv]

Nice 1

[pbode1]

No one could write such beautiful songs about the darkest thoughts. Like TheChinovnik Matt got me throught some pretty depressing periods when I was around 17/18 years old. Again thank you for all this.

[miniac77]

This is great;-)

[katandbrettsav]

Possibly the best song on possibly the best album of the 80's. Soul Mining...Oh Yeah.

[WiredPockets]

Soul Mining would be in my top 100 albums - Giant would be a top 100 single ... I'm scared of God and I'm scared of Hell!

[Dalesman1000]

Great, great song - it has never dated and never will

[Childan71]

How can anyone know me when I don't even know myself - that seemed to sum up all the cofusion i faced when this album came out. Matt J produced The best album I ever owned. Summed up some fucked up relationships too! Genius.

[grindermonkey23]

yeah yeah yeah ha ha

[colshythecomedian]

fantastic.

[rudyprotrudy08]

If I had to pick one track off this album as a fave, it would have to be this one. I bought this album when it first came out and I absolutely never tire of it. I just love it when the instrumental bit kicks in. It makes me press my ear plugs right into my ears and shut my eyes. Thanks for sharing.

[Biigfish559]

apology 1000% accepted!!! Awesome track from awesome album, many thanks for enlightening the web.

[cousiwa09]

regardless of what mat johnston has put out over the years, everything the guy does is not only superb lyrically but also musically TIMELESS!

[toutl]

awesome drumming build up on this track. Turn up the bass and tune in.

[onelookingtoo]

agreed wmartinolich. i bought in back in the 80's just on a whim. I remember it was a cassette. I have the cd now. hail to talent.

[abagail4me]

Every track is a winner.One of the greatest early 80's albums of all time.Pure genius stuff..

[MassTwingles]

God ,I love this song. Matt Johnson and the The are one of my favorites.

[ISniffDirtyPanties]

BLACK PANTIES SMELL DELICIOUS, (stained and dirty)

[spiccybaby]

@ISniffDirtyPanties and even better if she's still got them on. I was 30, she was 30, this on cassette routed through an Armstrong 521 and a pair of JBLs. The panties didn't stay on long.

[ISniffDirtyPanties]

@spiccybaby PANTIE!

[journeyer58]

Did not know about 'The The' great music and really so-so vid. Take the music and discard the video you've got a hit!

[slats1212]

yummy

[CommercialVehicle]

gay music straight slideshow

[scooch2010]

this was a great album and still is

[romykiki]

soul mining has got to be my most enjoyed album....still enjoy it now as i did when it was released.....spot on....love the other ones too...

[edotheblade]

very fucking good stuff!!!!!

[dinnadoit]

Matt is well ahead of his time, very underated

[clydebuilt1971]

THe The are the soundtrack of my teens and I just love Matt.. soul mining, mind bomb and infected will stay with me for ever!

[clayguy33]

Oh the drums at 3:50  :)

[dbeasht]

Matt Johnson created the techno loop, which started off alot of the bands in the 80's. He's a fucking genius.

[thediceman001]

F..k..g Awsome song,

The Album

Unbeatable

The Diceman

[royalnash]

this is the first time i heard this song i like this track

[tremete]

this is one of my best tracks ever _great memories

I LOVE THE THE

[sexypoetry]

i am starting the pole shift survival group.

let me know if u r interested.

[absly5]

@sexypoetry pole shift - as in the polaks invading every other country and extolling the virues of their shit all the time? - count me in!!

[reeniedoll]

Well done Primalyscreamed for putting this on. It's the best track ever and Matt Johnson was most severely underrated!