The The - Uncertain Smile

[TheASTRALICO]

miaooooooooo!!!!!!

[nevets4ever]

Maybe it's the out of focus LP player, or the cat staring out the window - looking back into the 1980s? I wanna almost cry when I watch this - cry with the joy having lived and experienced this music - like many of us posting here - before any of us knew (but certainly felt) - what we all now know - how great this music truly was, is, and will always be.

[Hansepans68]

AAAAAAH YEAHH!!!! The Flute & Vibes version I've been looking for!!

[tomk773]

His voice reminds me of Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull..which is a good thing!

[tomk773]

This version is the one I remember..

[MrThrib]

Coowul. Love the version. Not heard it before. Like the cat. Bit worried about the lack of trousers. I mean, act as if you care, every now and then - people like it. And stop eating those Pot Noodles.

[nefhead]

"what a total bellend".

[RayRoark2009]

beggining at 7:46 and through 8:25 was my most favorite part of this song.

[RayRoark2009]

I love this song and I wanna carry it with me to my grave. Everybody listened to this song and band at my high school. Im glad they chose this band over justin bieber.

[RayRoark2009]

Hahaha that cat is up there to lol. I say it really likes this song to lol.

[Diddilydoodily]

pot heads

[Chrysolithos]

Yes! This is the version I remember the local alt Station played.

[1960marshall]

was on fistrall beach newquay wreaked when i first heard the soul mining album.1984 been hooked ever since. your the man mat. scottish alex..

[xan1967]

Gracias nuevamente por compartir el tema.

5 estrellas

Saludos

[jopalolive]

Were you singing along? 'Uncertain emotions... ' Of course you were ; ) .

Rochester, New York, in the 80's, had 3 alt. rock stations, all played songs the others didn't. Took it for granted. But they all played The The.

Thanks!

[mostroXXI]

classic of the 80's, lucky this version appears on the 2CD 45 Rpm: The Singles [Limited Edition Bonus Disc].... Good Luck !!!

a broken soul, uncertain emotions for uncertain smiles........

[cullyvan]

You coulld have put some trousers on

[bartlebybartleby]

that would have required self-respect

[cullyvan]

True:)

[thirstymuse1]

I met Matt in the Camden Palace one night and said how much I loved this song. Then added, it reminds me of great forgotten singles by Jethro Tull like Life's A Long Song. I thought he would punch me out (we'd just fought the punk wars it was 81/82) but instead he went Yes! Yes!Jethro Tull! and hugged me. We got very very drunk. Nice guy, great songwriter and thanks for this postng.

[gillywilly97]

I just love this. Reminds me of when i was working in Ibiza in 1983 - the bar staff in my hotel used to play this all the time. Actually brings tears to my eyes!

[erickidctube]

Esta canción sonaba en México en 1984 en una estación llamada Rock 101 (me parece que el unico lugar donde podias escuchar esta pieza maestra) en los tiempos de Luis Gerardo Salas). Saludos a todos los rockcientounicos :-D

Viva el New wave retro y alternativo. Saludos desde México.

[erickidctube]

I am from Mexico and had one piece of this version in an old tape of 1984 jealously saved for years without know nothing about the author(s) of this masterpiece song. I love New wave rare rock/alternative retro music from an old extincted radio station called Rock 101.

[luisonlinemarch]

This song looks like a song of WIRE TRAIN (Skills of summer) even when the voices do not fit at all. After all, this is an awesome song i can feel it in my skin.

[clauluc]

Well, this version was the original version here in Brazil, 20 years ago, but every time that I try to get it in MP3 I couldn't find, only the other version with no flute, tks for posting! Your cat is cute!

[xxxxxchrismxxxxx]

Message me I'll send you the mp3 of the 12".

[LovesMike33]

Pretty kitty. I love cats. I have 3. this cat reminds me of Little man. This song reminds me of my childhood. This is one of my moms favorite songs. I grew up liking it at well.

[warakekok]

simple but with deep and wide thinking to feel...DWXB boys &girls...COWABUNGA!!!

[redline1375]

Thought I had heard pretty much all of The The remixes but this is a new one on me also. Awesome example of 80's alt rock!!!

[veloboy]

Wow! First time to hear this version. I only knew the US album version until now. Thanks for posting this!

[petertorque]

Six months later and i just realized i spelled my own city wrong. Still a great remix. Viva la Matt Johnson!

[atlantafilly]

This is my favorite song in the world.

[pazzer2020]

khurry, get a life, it's a larf haha, great toon!

[khurry3]

What a fucking piece of shit

[bartlebybartleby]

i know, right

[Melanie001fly]

@khurry3

Try looking in the mirror,arsehole!

[Melanie001fly]

@khurry3

Try looking in the mirror,arsehole! This music is beautiful!

[Chaosnthebigscene]

this song.. 14 billion years in the making.

[pinkanglia]

I think I saw that cat last weekend in Ipswich. Its a right cheeky thing it was going through some dustbins. You would not have thought he would even know this song.

[reminiscent83]

Oh man ... I never knew this version ...

Fantastic !!

Still, after all these years, my second all time favourite song.

[leadedhypercurve]

and what's your number 1 all time fave then?

[skippy657]

great song.... cats are the bane of the internet!!!!!!

[Kirstyy137]

I want this played at my funeral!

[btgremillion]

Check out Kerwin James Jazz Funeral in New Orleans on Youtube- "Just a closer walk with Thee" , and you may need two songs played at your funeral. I need both of these...

[JaimeJavierAD]

the best extended version of the eighties!!!

[nateboytwo]

pretty kitty !!!!!!!

[minutegongcoughs]

The twelve inch mix is the best. This song came out of Cold Spell Ahead.

[dizzythorsten]

wow havent heard this version so long..! almost forgotten it-- not sure if I like this better or not, but I miss the piano in the other version. The guitar is more cool in this version!

[Kirstyy137]

The flute is soooo much better than the piano!

[afredus]

Awesome. I have this, but I don't have a turntable - so thanks!

[MYHOLLANDGIRL]

The flute is very "Moody Blues", wayyyy kool band and song, this song is so awesome!

[paolenzo]

thanks a lot for posting this. i haven't heard the original song on vinyl for over 20 years. they still sound as good today as way back then.

[quilsnavious]

This song plays and it is 1984. How is that possible?

[delta0921]

I remember listening to this song on WVUM (the voice - 90.5 FM) at the Univ. of Miami when I was in college back in the '80's. Haven't heard this long version since then, still sounds great after all these years.

[petertorque]

They used to play this version on wlbs, a short lived alt station in Detriot back in the 80's. Have not heard it since. Thanx.

[atlantafilly]

I Love the Xylaphone and the Sax. Awesome song. The The sounds great live too!

[stellaviolens]

First time i've heard this long original version. On balance I prefer the album version with the J. Holland piano break though this is very interesting. The original 7" is and will remain a classic song and is my favourite version. I bought it in a record market for 30p 25 years ago, a bargain.

[zintieriv]

by the way, thanks radio 99 in Peru for this excellent song , and all the 80s and 90s music i heard since then !

[thepharoh1]

back in themid to late 80s, this version was the only one played in Los Angeles on KROQ fm. It took me 3 years to find this version, i finally did out of germany.. lol

to me, this is the only version that sounds the best!

thanks for putting it up!

-A

[R0mmatt]

I have This 12". It's very Perfect on the other side :)

[MYHOLLANDGIRL]

Can you send me the 12" version, I love this song so much!

[bartlebybartleby]

i only have the album, sorry

[leadedhypercurve]

Was the 12" extended version available on the US album? I thought it only came out in 12"

[knobbystiles]

you don't have very original club names in peru do you?

[glamorousgoo]

This song is definitely a class act, give that cat a bow tie!

[lilyr270]

One of the best songs to come out of the new wave era! Beautiful!!!!

[leadedhypercurve]

this is a class act. love the 12 inch mixes first deiscovered on a Canadian import 12" back in 1990.cheers for posting it- takes me back to smoke filled room ina freind's flat (also in Edinburgh)

[koldfushen]

cheers to you bartlebybartleby. this the only version i knew existed until i heard the short version about 5 years ago. Live Long My Friend!

[reactive145]

quienquiera que seas te doy mil gracias por esta cancion que dios te bendiga mucho

[missilemary]

Fantastic - memories of Edinburgh and Rosyth dockyard in 1982. XRN.

[leadedhypercurve]

i share similar memories also in Reekie

[lahonorable]

la mejor version disco, saludos desde valencia disco bar lolas en youtube la honrable sociedad

[legendarymage89]

awesome version

[tomy24274]

i heard this version 15 years a go in peru,is more.......swetty painfull.thanks for posted.

[54once]

I heard this awesome version here in Peru too, long time ago... in Nirvana, Bauhaus, or Rumours... great places ! =)

[beanxxxx]

Awsome version. Great tune. Thanx

[mialoh]

i love the the but i never heard this version before. is this a an extended version? btw, your cat is very cute. :)

[bartlebybartleby]

yeah, this is the extended version on the 12" single.

[regretnotremorse]

It was cool how you got the needle to move all slow motion like that across the record. Did you do that in post or was it a production shot?

[bartlebybartleby]

it's all cgi. i outsourced to ilm.

[pinthias]

cats are funny... but wet cats are funnier..

Flip side is Cold Spell Ahead, right?

[bartlebybartleby]

this version has three orange kisses from kazan and waiting for the upturn on the b side. i think cold spell ahead was the single before this one.

[pinthias]

Matt at his best.

My import (Canada) was a picture disk with art by his brother.

[xan1967]

Gracias por realizar el vídeo, los tenía olvidados.. :))

[nickikuz2]

shit hot vid. i wish enya was my mum

[bartlebybartleby]

don't we all