The The - Rock Arena interview with Matt Johnson on the 'Infected' album, 1st December 1986

[@PhilMorey]

Ahhh...the days of popular and successful intelligent musicians...

[@thesoultwins72]

Mmmm...intelligent - yes definitely. Successful, is a totally different story. (tragically)

[@MrSimondaniel3]

+TheSoulTwins being on tv, selling millions of records, + being able to record quality albums with really good musicians, is a degree of success. 99.99% of musicians dont get there.

[@alondathomas293]

Yeah, that's what made him so interesting--he was never the typical "pop star", and didn't seem interested in playing the music biz games that would have made him way more famous, especially in the U.S. He was more interested in making good music and cool observations of life that being some huge MTV star or whatever. Thank goodness he wasn't, lol.

[@johnlawrence8007]

@@thesoultwins72 your right though I have no idea why, matt Johnson amazing musician fantastic sound.

[@jupitermoongauge4055]

It wasn't too intelligent what he said about Lou Reid just playing to pay the rent, or all that pretentious crap about not appearing on his own albums in the future, or all that other pretentious crap about having 83 musicians, 5 producers, 14 butt plug attendants blah blah blah on his latest album. I clicked on this video to rekindle some fond memories of Matt Johnson's music and quickly found myself thinking he was a prick

[@1968leg]

Lyrically, in a class of his own. Massive inspiration.

[@jupitermoongauge4055]

Not nearly as great as Lou Reid though

[@cazb877]

Very articulate and intelligent guy, love all his albums.

[@stu7399]

"Infected" is one of the few albums i can listen to and enjoy every song. His other albums contain occasional gems for me, but with this he captured lightning in a bottle.

[@DarrenAllison-i9k]

Mind bomb is genius

[@seankeltie5679]

I've been into the the from the start ish,1982!!.for years I thought that I was the only one who liked it!¡!!!.that changed when I passed a house blasting out infected and a big smile appeared!!⚘️⚘️⚘️⚘️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧💯💯

[@jasonlefler3456]

Having just seen The The in Chicago a week ago, I am happy to see that Matt Johnson isn’t worried about being seen as “past it”... an absolutely fantastic show.

[@Cl4rendon]

I love this guy - He comes across just the way you would expect him through listening to his music.

[@1967sfoman]

Cl4rendon. Don't miss the 2018 tour. I won't.

[@crashdavis721]

i've got tickets, surprisingly it was my 18 year old son that suggested we go

[@alondathomas293]

Cool to see this----I loved Infected back in the day after I saw his film for all the songs, and played it to death because it was just that damn good---still a classic, as far as I'm concerned, and his masterpiece--only Soul Mining or maybe Dusk comes close. He's still like this---check out the Inertia Variations, his new film.

[@roamlikekane]

Infected, top-five album of all time. It is a masterpiece of a veiled horror show underneath well-disguised upbeat jazzy contemporary music and beats. Thick with irony the album musically is beautifully orchestrated my Matt Johnson, his voice is top-shelf and his lyrics, oh his lyrics, the songs are like mini- cinema pieces.

[@nickpatten5263]

Very articulate and interesting musician. Love all his music.

[@jakeharrison6603]

I feel sorry for anyone who has not heard this guys music. Especially Soul Mining, Mindbomb and Dusk. He is a genius.

[@lidder1973]

And infected it's a wicked album, unique

[@tileiskuel4181]

Leaving out Infected? Come on..... it's his best one!

[@DarrenAllison-i9k]

Mind bomb for me

[@alansergeant9015]

a true British great ❤️

[@modernmartyr]

A very clever man + a genius for songwritting

[@marktorrance4410]

Prophetic/ poet/ musician who should be listened to in schools all around the world starting with "The Beaten Generation".

[@rapmaster]

I love how he foreshadows that later song, around 17:00...

[@wavelengthrecords-1]

So deep and mesmerizing. Seriously. And only 25 years old. Damn. Lots going on in his mind. Now I see where the title 'Mind Bomb' came from.

[@richardcundall4526]

butternutcrunch matt voiced my (beaten generation) s frustration. infected was the soundtrack to an 80s dystopian life. In place and time Britain was sold out, beaten and brain washed. the Thatcher culture rolled over us like an implacable bull dozer. however, you can't let the bastards drag you down and the the made that plain

[@MisAnnThorpe]

@@richardcundall4526 They were merely softening us up for now.

[@thetheraine]

being Australian, I have this on video...I love Matt... : )

[@blkcoupequattro]

“children you still got a lot to fucking learn”

[@MrBillUp]

Two Words. Fucking Genius. Carry on...

[@merboyontiveros5297]

So ahead of his time

[@visionsoundunipessoallda.989]

30 years later .... nothing changed .... and still so right

[@Grana2020]

The Best The Best

[@happyguyx1]

thanks uploader. This guys one of the best in the industry. Id love to have a pint with Mat

[@SoZen08]

Interesting to see this in 2024 now that Matt is about as old as Lou Reed probably was around the time of this interview! And Matt is back on stage -- and definitely inspired!!

[@shenmeowzo]

Im going to see him this summer at festival number 6!! Cannot friggin wait

[@leighhawkins5379]

Never knew this existed! Thank you so much for uploading :)

[@s0up006]

am i the only one who was recommended this after watching a bunch of interviews with the director matt johnson ? (blackberry, nirvanna the band the show, the dirties)

[@Kperson123]

nice upload thanks

[@Oseanacoceanblue]

Smart dude then Smart dude now Matt would luv to meet ya mate .. quick mind finger on the pulse . I like killing joke for the same reasons I like the the Sociopolitical- concerned citizen thing And the anger and frustrations

[@xxxxxsimon]

Clearvoyant.

[@SweetJennyFan]

The message is : Fight back !

[@MisAnnThorpe]

Never more so than right now.

[@pcaetano7527]

back when Matt still had a nice head of hair.

[@chelseapoet3664]

Genius.saw the Gulf War and anti Thatcher riots coming.

[@jaybowden2658]

He kinda has a similar talking voice to Nik Kershaw so it’s crazy to hear how different his singing voice is - cool!

[@jamiemonson7806]

Brilliant music even mention fake new s

[@e-conrecords4665]

Israel is the 51st State of the USA now. Is that Basia Bonkowski interviewing Matt? It doesn’t sound like Susanne Dowling.

[@jq747]

God I remember watching this interview when it was first aired back in '86. I remember thinking, it was boring as shite, just like the Rock Arena show in general. LOL.

[@alondathomas293]

So what's your point?

[@johnlawrence8007]

@@alondathomas293 I guess as he's watching it again his point is he now looks at this interview differently? I hope as how can you call listening to matt Johnson "boring" anything but imo.