well I love Peggy Lee's version, but I've posted it on facebook because this girl sings it as it was written. Depression is a bastard, and this song sums up depression for me anyway, no offence meant to anybody,
omg, gimme a qualude and that room and i could do a better job, probably every girl on this threat could, no doubt.. it is whiney and that fake arty style, , just not cool.
Wow she's young here! Looks like a teenager which surprised me a bit as she's one of those people that doesn't seem to age. Brilliant artist who continuousley gets better!
Wow she's young here! Looks like a teenager which surprised me a bit as she's one of those people that doesn't seem to age. Brilliant artist who continuousley gets better!
Peggy Lee's version is vastly inferior to this version. I am prepared for all the flack I will receive for saying that but I really think that. PJ can go somewhere that makes believe this song much more than Peggy Lee.
"I'm not ready for that final disappointment" lol. This is a great video. She is such an amazing person to look at. Here she has the wisened face of a woman on the body of a pre-adolescent girl.
It is splendid! Thanks CapitanJet for sharing it. And yes, it is a different interpretation of the same song by Peggy Lee circa 1966. Peggy Lee's was a big hit as I clearly recall my father's love of it (yep, I'm that old now to remember, I was like 6 yrs old). PJ Harvey's rendition is an artistic achievement and isn't meant to be a remake of Peggy Lee's or to have popular appeal to the masses but to those who know what Peggy Lee was about back then and grasp PJ Harvey's genre, it is solid.
Listening to this is like listening to one of those people who take forever to finish a thought and you get aggravated and just want to finish her sentence for her just to relieve the torture. It's like the lost theme song from Plan 9 From Outer Space sung by Nico. And not in a good way.
@tobiasaurusrex if you still haven't done it check out Pj's The darker days of me and him, the version added by downbythewater73. Zhen the camera zooms in on her eyes i wonder wasn't it after all her in cave's black hair and green eyes... or rather who could it be if not her:)
People are comparing this to Peggy Lee?! Give me a break. Two completely different interpretations. Both genius. And to call PJ "another amateur freak" is ignorant. Clearly this person has no idea of the brilliance that is PJ Harvey. Live and learn.
@SWTinFLA Exactly. And you're doing no good for the legacy of Peggy Lee when you kick down PJ. What modern artist/musician/performer/rock icon has ever paid any homage to Peggy Lee. I personally love when someone pulls a cover slipping into obscurity and brings it back. She didn't choose to cover Patti Smith or RollingSTones, she covered Peggy Lee! Amazing. If you don't get it then I have to ask...is that all there is??
there are some nice touches to this video, though I prefer Peggy Lee's version. The red dress, the dark hair, the empty ballroom evoke the pointless of trying to enjoy life. It's an excellent example of emptiness. And her voice captures the sadness of her experience.
great expression of how this world is nothing but a sh..t hole. no matter what you do no matter where you go or no matter what you succeed you'll come to realize that there is nothing more to life..
if the song was covered in the same manner, with the same musical style, vocal style, etc., as the original, then yea.. that would be truly pointless and worthy of a "why?".
Utterly mesmerizing! What a unique video! So strange. Pollyladolly is perfectly right; it reminds me a lot of David Lynch's movies, especially Twin Peaks for the red and blue lights...
Завораживающе! Картинки откуда-то из мечты...
GE01012008 3 weeks ago 2
well I love Peggy Lee's version, but I've posted it on facebook because this girl sings it as it was written. Depression is a bastard, and this song sums up depression for me anyway, no offence meant to anybody,
cazrelda 1 month ago
the VIDEITS
teargarden 1 month ago
Hey Nick smack is the gift that keeps on giving eh ?
sharkattacksteve 2 months ago
I love PJ, but let's face it.... not a good version, anyway only Peggy can sing this song... Nobody else can do it justice.
misosoup35 2 months ago
omg, gimme a qualude and that room and i could do a better job, probably every girl on this threat could, no doubt.. it is whiney and that fake arty style, , just not cool.
bitchiecupcake 2 months ago
Good Grief..... way to wreck a song...
billfromwi 3 months ago
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shelleyslions 5 days ago
@billfromwi And you left a racist comment on another youtube clip. How idiotic.
shelleyslions 5 days ago
loved this video hadn't seen it in 15 years thank you for having it here!
SadlyWatches 3 months ago
and when I didn't I said to myself, "is that all there is to love?"
kaosupergirl 3 months ago
Wow she's young here! Looks like a teenager which surprised me a bit as she's one of those people that doesn't seem to age. Brilliant artist who continuousley gets better!
Cyrus2182 4 months ago
Wow she's young here! Looks like a teenager which surprised me a bit as she's one of those people that doesn't seem to age. Brilliant artist who continuousley gets better!
Cyrus2182 4 months ago
wow... i'm so glad i've stumbled onto this gem, can't believe I haven't seen this before. But I must say it reaffirms how artistic PJ really is.
sirGiedion 4 months ago
nobody commites suicide on that song ! didn't you hear the song at all you twat ?
rubettes75 5 months ago
@rubettes75 hahaha well said
RT31gang 1 month ago
PJ....Our soul sister..
lilasam44 6 months ago
……. All hail, the Goddess Polly Jean .……
Clematisian 7 months ago
surely you mean creepily SEXY anorexic !!!!!!!!!
wildcatcoady 9 months ago
Love this song! And that is all there is to it! lol }:-)>SINNER!<(-:[
GreenApplePipeFilms 9 months ago
and when that final moment comes, and i step through the parly gates, i know what i'll be thinking, ......is that all there is?
MrBassmanbongo 9 months ago
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Wow she's young here!
Cyrus2182 10 months ago
Love how theatrical this is. Our producer introduced us to this in the recording studio when looking for inspiration. Love it.
postliterateprojects 11 months ago
fuck this dour shit. Check out the version by Cristina from 1980, Blows this away
Slackjaw69 11 months ago
a Buddhist song if ever there was one
Sammicsno 11 months ago 4
Great cover! If you're a junkie contemplating offing yourself.
LeCutter 11 months ago
she's so creepily anorexic
montecarlostar 1 year ago
@montecarlostar
And still earns daily what you do a year...
Datura2475 11 months ago
@Datura2475 then she should use it to get some food!
montecarlostar 11 months ago
PJ is one of us who walk among you from all walks of life, as George said.
sydferret 1 year ago
HAHAHA! The most nihilistic lovely tune I've ever heard.... >)
noirtriptyline 1 year ago 3
Check out the Cristina Monet version too. It's better (at least funnier).
learningharp 1 year ago
Peggy Lee's version is vastly inferior to this version. I am prepared for all the flack I will receive for saying that but I really think that. PJ can go somewhere that makes believe this song much more than Peggy Lee.
alibechandhermit 1 year ago
This is the best pre-suicide song ever.
losemynumber 1 year ago
urrrgh. I actually like Polly, but I'm afraid she has butchered this song.
jrb1802uk 1 year ago
What made the Peggy Lee record so great was the string arrangement throughout the tune. Thanks to Randy Newman for arranging that one.
harvey1954 1 year ago
from the orpheum in boston to the brixton academy, one of my favorite performers and a first class broad as well.
sydferret 1 year ago
I actually like this version best.
olivestem 1 year ago
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nope. not even almost.
bckm54 1 year ago
"I'm not ready for that final disappointment" lol. This is a great video. She is such an amazing person to look at. Here she has the wisened face of a woman on the body of a pre-adolescent girl.
flyingsorcha 1 year ago
I never thought anyone could get close to Peggy Lee. This girl has talent.
The arrangement of the organ/electric keyboard is masterly!
sliphorns 1 year ago
It is splendid! Thanks CapitanJet for sharing it. And yes, it is a different interpretation of the same song by Peggy Lee circa 1966. Peggy Lee's was a big hit as I clearly recall my father's love of it (yep, I'm that old now to remember, I was like 6 yrs old). PJ Harvey's rendition is an artistic achievement and isn't meant to be a remake of Peggy Lee's or to have popular appeal to the masses but to those who know what Peggy Lee was about back then and grasp PJ Harvey's genre, it is solid.
HisChamp 1 year ago
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She is cartoon, not a woman. Her singing and her acting are a CATASTROPHE. God, how I hate this self-expression pandemy that afflicts the world.
kiasmus 1 year ago
Edith Pilaf
vickimmanuel 1 year ago
fantastisch!
thomizz 1 year ago
Listening to this is like listening to one of those people who take forever to finish a thought and you get aggravated and just want to finish her sentence for her just to relieve the torture. It's like the lost theme song from Plan 9 From Outer Space sung by Nico. And not in a good way.
KatManDude 1 year ago
@KatManDude
I have always loved P J Harvey, so I am truly sorry to have to agree. This rendition is awful. Awful and unnecessary. :(
tamcon72 1 year ago
Wasn't it Dorey Previn who first did this (wrote it?)? Someone like that is lurking in the back of my mind.
Quanticco 1 year ago
i know she's British but at times she sounds completely American and at times she has the posh-ist accent that can possibly exist.
talkdm1 1 year ago
My favorite thing about POlly is the fact that she has BO
MrAccordionPimp 1 year ago
Still can't touch Peggy Lee's version
handinside 1 year ago
@handinside
it's different, not much more depressing though
just different... I can't actually put my finger on how - it simply seems to lack something (like the song says)
Bluzme 1 year ago
love it! so magic...
revolverproducciones 1 year ago
So magic... love to Polly, is great!!
revolverproducciones 1 year ago
wow so deep :D!! x
coolgirly08 1 year ago
Listening to this song, it's easy to imagine Harvey and Nick Cave nodding off together.
tobiasaurusrex 2 years ago 2
@tobiasaurusrex if you still haven't done it check out Pj's The darker days of me and him, the version added by downbythewater73. Zhen the camera zooms in on her eyes i wonder wasn't it after all her in cave's black hair and green eyes... or rather who could it be if not her:)
1beyondtherapy 1 year ago
she is soooo thinnn almost like anorexic. But i like her that way. That's part of her personality lol
jseminario421 2 years ago
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Matadorelov: "I like the original better, I like PJ but the original by Peggy Lee is just classic, and classic is what came first."
Thank you mr. dictionary... Already knew what classic means, however PJ's version is better!
PJ Harvey makes everything better!
budogden 2 years ago
incredible
ibasicallytotalyrule 2 years ago
People are comparing this to Peggy Lee?! Give me a break. Two completely different interpretations. Both genius. And to call PJ "another amateur freak" is ignorant. Clearly this person has no idea of the brilliance that is PJ Harvey. Live and learn.
SWTinFLA 2 years ago 99
I just heard this in after hours, great movie
Slothrop1990 1 year ago
@SWTinFLA Exactly. And you're doing no good for the legacy of Peggy Lee when you kick down PJ. What modern artist/musician/performer/rock icon has ever paid any homage to Peggy Lee. I personally love when someone pulls a cover slipping into obscurity and brings it back. She didn't choose to cover Patti Smith or RollingSTones, she covered Peggy Lee! Amazing. If you don't get it then I have to ask...is that all there is??
tita4ewa 1 year ago 4
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another amateur freak screwing up a great piece of music.
baik007 2 years ago
just greatness in the video and song....
dcmn02 2 years ago 2
Just wow
Y2JRGC 2 years ago
I like the original better, I like PJ but the original by Peggy Lee is just classic, and classic is what came first.
matadorelov 2 years ago
Polly Jean Harvey is possibly the sexiest woman alive.
torgosassistant 2 years ago 9
Great styling. Not enough. PJ rocks and makes me happy but once and again, she can't channel everyone.
videoshark69 2 years ago
Peggy's better.
videoshark69 2 years ago
Triple AAAwesome..she nailed Peggy's intent..pure Genius
1skyprivate 2 years ago 3
I love it!
Gwimina 2 years ago
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does she always sing off key?
billheartyface 2 years ago
I wonder how many times cops found this song on scratchy repeat as they walk into a suicide scene ...
maddymud 2 years ago 79
then the guy did'nt listen to the last refrain
Dodec84 2 years ago 4
last refrain always felt like they were trying to turn the train around when it was already going down the wrong track ...
maddymud 2 years ago
@maddymud LOL--brilliiant observation!
grasse77 1 year ago
@maddymud Enough to haunt their dreams?
...Nah. Police don't have feelings.
Kainlarsen 7 months ago
@maddymud lol shut the fuck up
TheGoldWatch 1 month ago
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GONG !!
Get off tha stage....NEXT !!!
DancingSpiderman 2 years ago
there are some nice touches to this video, though I prefer Peggy Lee's version. The red dress, the dark hair, the empty ballroom evoke the pointless of trying to enjoy life. It's an excellent example of emptiness. And her voice captures the sadness of her experience.
McGeeification 2 years ago
that is the story of my life
eliactu 2 years ago 3
Genius Genius Genius
sustainedXnoise 2 years ago
I love this song, I love Polly. one of the greatest artist ever
7Negative 2 years ago
for some reason I find something dark in this song
Gjallarhorn7 2 years ago
it's not sort of bright song, is it? ;)
lagesag 2 years ago
lol ... "for some reason"?
in the end she sings about suicide, how dark do you want to get it? :-P
Dodec84 2 years ago
keepin it real.
ChakkaLakkaBoomBoom 2 years ago
I love this version, it is beautiful and haunting
diamondsea3 2 years ago
thank you for the Peggy Lee reminder, you know your music. I would love to listen
to Polly Jean sing 'Fever' someday.
Byrontheone 2 years ago
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Downbythewater73 2 years ago
To byrontheone :
"Me too! :-)"
Downbythewater73 2 years ago
What I love about this woman is that she isn't the least bit glamourous. She's just plain good. Period.
benitodes 2 years ago
Love this song soo much!
999Ivana 2 years ago
oh no!
mpetraaum 2 years ago
i red the whole short story that this song was inspired by
flightlessgull 2 years ago
what story is that?
ragingdrunk 2 years ago
Girl Interrupted
JasiriSilvea 2 years ago
this was a Peggy Lee song.
Tigerlily21 2 years ago 3
awesome!!!!
richragsdale 2 years ago
id like to do some heroin to this song
Stevensc33 2 years ago 2
indeed.... ☺
somnifaery 2 years ago
I'm down and i'm loving this song.
heliophoenix 2 years ago 5
i dont get pj. the wind is fucking unbelievable tho
electronicmilkman 2 years ago
When you do get PJ, you will become a rabid fan like me.
jesseh1 2 years ago 3
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When you do get Islam you will become a fanatical Mujahadeen like me.
mrbiggles48 2 years ago
thought provoking
BizzyLizzy132 2 years ago
watch and weep...
or giggle
Morthund 2 years ago
sorry
alisterbrown88 2 years ago
No comment...simply PJ
eamamitipago 2 years ago 2
great expression of how this world is nothing but a sh..t hole. no matter what you do no matter where you go or no matter what you succeed you'll come to realize that there is nothing more to life..
misslibitina 2 years ago
it hurts so much
psicolizzata 2 years ago 5
It's a bit like Mullholand Drive, isn't it?
PJ is so creeply lovely here
rodaransuscabezas 2 years ago
waaaaaay too slow. and impersonal
hardstreetbambi 2 years ago
Thank you so much!
sikn71 2 years ago
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This is an awful, shitty song that bursts my eardrums. This is 5 minuites of shit.
funwithacomputer 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this. I couldn't find out who sang this in Basquiat (film), now I know. A haunting song.
ma0namaste 3 years ago
Oh hell, you are my new hero for posting this. Thanks so much.
fyreowl 3 years ago
That's all there is...let's keep dancing..cause that's all there is....I love you, your song and video...
Rozenkwartsdraai 3 years ago
To be honest, yes, that is, in fact, all there is.
Lanedude08 3 years ago 2
why have i never seen this before?
blanktanksank 3 years ago
i am seeing her and John Parrish in Amsterdam in May! Owyeah!
Love this song and video
XguitarrockerX 3 years ago
I so much love to look at her!!!! She's so special......
rattelone 3 years ago 2
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R U insane???? This girl cannot sing... get off the stage. Maybe you need a hearing aid as she can't keep in tune.....
GPM1952 3 years ago
....you just don'ts gets it.....
marxman00 3 years ago 2
this woman is something else. she's especially welcoming.
dsignrdane 3 years ago
This song is so funny.
nerraw2b 3 years ago 2
I want her!!!!!
JAYROX1969 3 years ago 2
P.J.Harvey covers this absolute classic once sang by the great, great, Peggy Lee... Now the question is: WHY?
danditoh 3 years ago
because she's amazing, dumbass.
nickdastardly 3 years ago 6
if the song was covered in the same manner, with the same musical style, vocal style, etc., as the original, then yea.. that would be truly pointless and worthy of a "why?".
but this isn't.
kikkiokioli 3 years ago
I CAME!!!
letmewank 3 years ago
haha
frrrrrankenstein 3 years ago
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She's not all, she's cracked up to be ☻
what's the fuckin point of this cover ¿
Check out Christina's instead.
Yeah Pølly, that's all there is,
now,slash your wrist ☺
PAULLONDEN 3 years ago
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Yes, that is all there is. For women.
9mingus 3 years ago
sfglkjafgkl (L)))))))))
modularmiss 3 years ago
I wish I was beautiful like her!
PurpleBlueHaze 3 years ago
I'm sure you are.
JAYROX1969 3 years ago 2
(*_*)
PurpleBlueHaze 3 years ago 2
Very nice song, I love her.
gluna29 3 years ago 3
Like a David Lynch movie! Love it!
Merely 3 years ago 16
Utterly mesmerizing! What a unique video! So strange. Pollyladolly is perfectly right; it reminds me a lot of David Lynch's movies, especially Twin Peaks for the red and blue lights...
The lyrics are so deep... It suits Pj very well.
Romanoff06 3 years ago 4
she reminds me of a friend a lot!!
she look a lot like her.
darthsadic 3 years ago 2
this is a bit lynch- esque, saturated and engrossing. reds and blues..........
pollyladolly 3 years ago 5
Strangely disturbing and yet hilarious all the same.
wtfnojimmy 3 years ago 5
Beautiful.
Sneeky666999 3 years ago 4
Excellent lyrics; best performance since Peggy Lee 50 years ago.
BobZybach 3 years ago 5