PJ HARVEY somebody's down, somebody's name

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my last Polly-post.

i discovered her thanks to En Avoir (Ou Pas), a french movie directed by Laetitia Masson, starring Sandrine Kiberlain, that came out in 1995 and was shown on TV5 two years later en boucle - that's how i had the privilege to watch it four times within a week (i'm not kidding).

quite unique film. among my alltime top ten. the soundtrack features Nick Drake (at that time still semi-obscure, no big reissue-campaign), Marianne Faithfull (doing SHE, written by Badalamenti!), Cheb Mami, and Polly (doing The Dancer)

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PJ HARVEY kick it to the ground (4 track)

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Polly's voice always benefits from a sparse production.


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PJ HARVEY wait

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recorded in 1989. and very much in that zeitgeist-spirit, if you aks me.

for the Polly-completist.


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PJ HARVEY man-size (demo)

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remember she did at that time some big Doc Marten's advertisement?

was that cool?



the studio-version:



listen to the song searching for it on the net (the post was taken down following the request of some silly copyright-sharks).

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PJ HARVEY 66 promises

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one of her best songs to not have been released on an album, if you ask me.


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PJ HARVEY & NICK CAVE henry lee

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to not think that this song is pathetic, you need two more glasses of wine. and, needless to say, true heartache.





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PJ HARVEY & JOSH HOMME crawl home

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not bad at all. a period of her oeuvre when she was looking for alteration.


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PJ HARVEY liverpool tide

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a non-essential, yet interesting b-side for the Polly-completist.

recorded in 1998, but matching more her Dry-period.


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JOHN PARISH & POLLY JEAN HARVEY that was my veil

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a couple months ago, they played in berlin. only songs they had recorded together on their two collaboration-albums.
one of the few songs they did not play was that one - their only hit, so to say.


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PJ HARVEY shame

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an average song - on Polly-standards.


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PJ HARVEY nina in ecstasy 2

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at that time, she had never sung that way. allowed that fragile side to breathe.

besides, it's one of the most beautiful cover-photographs from her. as you may know, since her first release, all have been done by Maria Mochnasz.


listen to the song searching for it on the net (the post was taken down following the request of some silly copyright-sharks).

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