Not only she's great, the band is stunning. Rob Ellis is one of the best rock drummers ever, arguably the best in his generation, and the only one for Polly's songs with their complex inner rhythmic structures. Together they ROCK!
I have a Google Calendar reminder to play “Wang Dang” by Bob Destiny every 6th January. I only allow myself to play it twice a year because I never want to lose the thrill I get from hearing it.
Man, you beat me to saying that- what interesting, unconventional drum patterns; goes without saying PJ was great, I dug the fretless bass. A great band.
PJ Harvey is best songwriter/lyricist of her era and one of the best EVER! Here are 3 fuckin great examples of brilliant lyrics! Dry, Rid of Me, To Bring Me Your Love, Is This Desire?, Stories..., Uh Huh Her, White Chalk, and lastly Let England Shake, all fuckin masterpieces!
Just incredible how many masterpieces of such a WIDE RANGE she's produced. And she's never quit! From DRY, to Let England Shake, so fucking insane how much she's done. Truly the greatest.
Pj still is a force to be listened to. I must introduce this amazing woman to my 13 year old nieces before they get consumed by the awful pretence that invades their young minds, I.e it’s what you look like that matters. This is pure and talent unsurpassed, and unmanufactured. Could it be a generational thing, I’m not sure. Aurora is great too....for example. But I worry.... that everything will be manicured in future not raw and real.....I’m boring myself now xxx
This is the version of the PJ and the band that I miss. Just plain powerful and in your face. Oh, it's a Gretsch she's playing here. She used this guitar a lot for the first few albums and tours.
One of my all time favourite artists! Bloody brilliant! I was there... Sweet 17... And mangled in the mosh pit! I didn't know a recording existed! bless you You tube! Mi adolescence has flashed in front of mi eyes... And it isn't pretty! Heh heh heh!
Hard not to miss it. It used to be enough to be a great musician making great music, but now bands have to do social media amd “engage” their fans to stay relevant bc of people’s attention spans.
Polly's quite an underrated guitar player, although she said she doesn't consider herself an instrumentalist, she is quite a talented blues player, I wouldn't be surprised if Jack White was somewhat influenced by her.
+Andersi Actually she's very good at guitar. She may not be able to solo, I'm not sure, but she wrote every single guitar riff in her songs. A bad guitar player wouldn't be able to play what she does. You don't need to play like Malmsteen in order to be a great player.
Andersi: That is a comment you edited. You wrote a first draft of it, then you said “let me make it perfect”. And you’re dead wrong about Polly not being a good guitar player. She’s a rhythm player in a power trio, and a singer/songwriter who sings as she plays. You seem to think she should also be wanking on the G & B strings at the same time. There is no way to improve upon the parts she plays in her songs; her rhythm technique is perfect.
I`ve see Polly Jean Harvey 1993 in Hamburg, Große Freiheit, and a few Weeks later Velvet Underground in Hamburg, too... These Concerts had changed my life...
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Agree with BossGuitars, love this trio (Ellis is fantastic). Just saw her and Parish live and liked it of course, but really wanted to hear the band unleash on a few of her earlier classics. Anyway, thanks for posting this video!
why the crowd isn't throwing themselves and hurling themselves all at each other - I do not know!!!???!!! they remind me of seattle crowds.... just standing there even at punk shows. PJ is the QUEEN of all creation!!! Thanks for posting.
it's hard to think i was 7 years old when PJ was doing her stuff already, I honestly think there is no other contemporary musician that is anywhere near her, even bjork. Just my opinion though.
"Stella Blue /Grateful Dead/Guitar/ Streetcar Named Desire" is way too long of a name. How does she fill out passport and job applications and stuff? They only allow so many characters. I hope your last name isn't very long.
WHAT A FIRST LP PLEASE POLLY RETURN TO THIS STYLE JUST FOR A RECORD. NOT SO EXPERIMENTATION. MORE SHARP GUITAR AND SIMPLER BUT SHARPER RIFFS WE WANT TO MOVE WITH YOUR VOICE SINGING LIKE YOU DO IN DRESS
this is the style tht fits to polly sharp alternative sound, with guitars playing the the most important role. for so many years now she is experimenting but we have not yet heard a song to make us shiver like dress did!!!! POLLY GO BACK TO ELECTRICITY AND WE SHALL FOLLOW
and had she remained the same all of you fans would be the same ones griping that she's become stagnant and formulamatic or worse....irrelevant. i thank my lucky stars this woman is still challenging herself as an artist and us as listeners....making vital,compelling work that still gets lauded after 25+ years when so many from her era either died,sold out for commerce and celebrity(liz phair and courtney love for instance) or simply faded into fairground touring oblivion. and ps i am no millennial newbie...she's been in my life since the day i saw her on 120 minutes in 1993. i've just learned how to open my headspace and appreciate that she's not a one-trick pony.
