Mind Bomb

Prophetic Vision?

It's funny how things sit in the back of your mind, hidden from conscious view until a spark or a trigger brings them flooding back. In this case, the "thing" is Matt Johnson and "The The" and the trigger was a really interesting woman I met at a party on Saturday night named Mary. We were talking music and got to "The The". Her favourite album is Mind Bomb and she recommended I give it another listen in light of current political affairs. I have and now am recommending that anyone reading this does the same. Matt Johnson was either extremely paranoid or a visionary. The album starts with a muezzin calling the faithful to prayer and continues to examine the themes of religion and politics, love and lust, light and dark without trying to provide pat answers.

Islam is rising
The christians mobilising
The world is on it's elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds.
It's war, she cried, It's war, she cried, This is war...
If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today
He'd be gunned down cold by the CIA..."

It's hard to imagine that these words were written over a decade ago.