The The -- The Nature of Virtue

flip side of Perfect 12"

[@darrenbailey1364]

This is the best thing Matt ever did

[@highwire1612]

Were so blessed with his work..Thank Christ He Never Sold Out....

[@steelyman08]

You're so right. He had the talent, the look, & the know-how, but kept it real.

[@jamesure2426]

Amazing artist that, as a teenager, really 'spoke' to me, ya know. I'm 50-odd and still love Matt Johnson's oeuvre.

[@williamlamagna4618]

Absolutely brilliant lyrically and musically. Love it

[@miketunky2277]

Brilliant. I hope to see The Pornography Of Despair finally released before I die of old age ..

[@plooopymops]

Don't hold your breath

[@Mister_Inbetween]

Very raw, very Matt, it's like too much youth and exuberance spilling out in music and I love it

[@damschijven]

One of my favorite singles of all time!!.

[@camazotz808]

This was also on an EP called "Perfect", it was a lot of B sides... some of the best The The out there IMHO, I keep looking for a re-release but no such luck. My cassette recording has seen better days, so, THANK YOU!!

[@markcook4216]

Frickin' amazing. Why are these Soul Mining cassette songs sooo hard to get!!!

[@jamesure2426]

Ask CBS

[@jamesure2426]

Or Sony, I think it is now

[@wayneburns6053]

What a cool piece of sound.

[@mschwage]

I'm lucky enough to have the 12" of this... it's been one of my favorites for years. Thanks for posting; I'll digitize my 12" as soon as I fix my turntable, until then I'm glad to hear it!

[@crose7412]

@mschwage Have you fixed your turntable yet?

[@markkil]

FUCKING AWESOME -1 of the standout tracks of the 80's - and still relevant now as it was in its day.

[@julienwagner2155]

Ah, celle là je la cherchais depuis looooogtemps ;)

[@melmagicspell4033]

loved this as a colon student but now rediscovered with cynical ears and WOW its amazing.

[@iainneville7137]

Great weird and wonderful track. Its available on 3 different The The records as far as I'm aware (cassette and c.d. excluded as I'm not sure there). Firstly the B side of the original 12" version of Perfect. Secondly the B side of the Slow Train To Dawn 12" and thirdly it also appears in an edited form on The The vs The World 10" e.p. so theres a few places to look...

[@stephenpercival707]

We really need the the likes of this, waiting for the upturn and cold spell ahead added to iTunes/Spotify...

[@EsromFF]

Great Beat :)

[@Mister_Inbetween]

Raw Matt, I love it

[@BenoitdeCuverville]

Would love to find a digital original version of this song as well as the 4 others that only came on the tape...

[@flowerpotpower69]

Takes me back,evocative of its

[@roblemon67]

Classic!

[@DucksAndDucks]

this sounds a lot like LCD Soundsystem, Matt Johnson was the man...he needs to get back on tour!

[@ghostwriter71]

The David Lynch of music making. This song is on the 12'' single of "Slow train to Dawn".

[@signalenergie]

Like your comparison. So true.

[@signalenergie]

I used to own the record back in 1987. It was on the B-side of - I've forgotten. Slow train to Dawn?

[@iainneville7137]

Yes it was.

[@fabianlabian]

@blackadder3 i,m still waiting for PoD tho i have heard a few copies exist somewhere. I,ll try and get the bonus tracks off the cassette as i have it myself and i,m not happy that the cd,s havent got them on.

[@robertmcafee4680]

Got this on tape, should be a rerelease

[@shemanic1]

I have this on the V. The World 10" vinyl EP

[@davidm4538]

the best of the the

[@RaymondAStraka11]

more to it then the ear can hear.

[@vitovenvito]

Great! on youtube at last!

[@soulminer]

I won't be changing any time soon.

[@satyros2]

THX!

[@Atomicsuplex]

Hold on, isn't it the original swing version on the b side of perfect. This is the one from the Cassette of soul mining, the b side to slow train and the 10 inch of Vs the world.

[@Atomicsuplex]

Ah I am wrong. It the first version on the seven inch and the second version on the twelve inch. I personally wouldn't have bothered with (and wouldn't have wanted anyone to hear) the first version at all.

[@Mister_Inbetween]

4m421ng!!!!

[@maxdna888]

I'd give anything to get this off iTunes but no way!

[@rickwhear4016]

buy the perfect 12" off ebay...

[@flowerpotpower69]

*time* . Fucking keypads!!

[@tostare]

I love this but it always slightly bothered me how he says "jujy" instead of "duty" at 3.15. I always suspected he wanted to go back and overdub that one line but didn't have the technology at the time. or maybe he just didn't care.

[@Cl4rendon]

Twas the last.........

[@jaybowden2658]

@@Cl4rendonhe may have been drunk hence the mispronunciation

[@gerardleahy6417]

London accent. The “Du” sound invariably is pronounced “Ju”.

[@tostare]

@@gerardleahy6417 oh yeah but they don't say "jee" for "tee" normally. Like it's not normally "ju jee bound"