PJ Harvey on September Songs

[avisualfeel]

I'm off to Prague!

[TheDavi82]

And more with PJ Harvey.

[cri64italia]

Se non conoscete il film, September song, ve lo consiglio: un'opera d'arte.

[9Syria]

Is there any link to the Lotte Lenya version?

[gnatsnapper1945]

she,s a tripout

[alibu75]

the best version after Lotte Lenya. PJ is a great singer and actress

[rosesredvioletsblue]

fabulous.

excellent.

[nutmeg42]

Are all of Kurt Weills songs creepy?

[mandolaman12]

No, but they are utterly brilliant, underated and actually.. yes.. I suppose.. haunting

[scottjhnsn]

much of his work was really all a reflection of the times they were in,in berlin. and i agree haunting is appropriate for weill's work...especially those composed whilst still living in berlin. creepy kind of suggests a horror film. his work is very emotional and raw. and PJ does it great justice. actually she kind of reminds me of a contemporary Lotte Lenya.

[barkebaat]

@scottjhnsn

I agree completely

[HighPisi]

What was sent to the soldier's wife

From the South, from Bucharest ?

From Bucharest he got her this shirt

Embroidered and pert, that Rumanian shirt

From the South, from Bucharest.

[dnggitg]

erotique!

[anirudhlal]

moral : dnt mess wid d russians :)

[Rongart]

Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib

Aus dem weiten Russenland?

Aus Rußland bekam sie den Witwenschleier.

Zu der Totenfeier den Witwenschleier

Das bekam sie aus Rußland.

[tomakin]

"Kazik" killed this song, hell, even his musicians can't play

[avallach]

polish singer Kazik Staszewski made polish version of this song, a bit faster and a bit more rock. It's somewhere on youtube named Ballada o kobiecie żołnierza.

[SeptSongs]

Alas, Staszewski's version is rather infantile to say the least & he has gone in the opposite direction of Harvey and also of Faithfull whose versions are poignant and seem to capture the pathos of the Weill/Brecht original.

[AniaBothe]

i love the song - I love PJ - I love her performance of this wonderful song of kurt weil - kurt was successfully writing more songs in the US from 1935 onwards.......just listen....sod it....I am German.......and then.....well...thats up to you......

[maynardminion]

She's such a brilliant artist, such a natural performer, no one better than PJ. She can do no wrong.

[eteqdotcom]

LOVE IT! A1

[malkavmind]

PJ eu tambem te amo!

[CALBERTOGOMES]

PJ EU TE AMO!!!!

[phdecora]

watching this 'september song' videos without any context, is really realy messing with my head.

[cjmeek1]

This video is a eulogy, This video follows the German victories across Europe and to a certain extent eastern europe. The tragic ending obviously alludes to German defeats in Russia

[TeehpodT]

Yeah, but it's also quite universal.

[366songs]

Hmmm... may want to check your Kurt Weill history.

[estercastro]

where i can found this song?? i want it!!

where i can loaded!!

[yobbo3]

Teresa Stratas sings this in the original German, its title "Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib" / "What became of the soldier's wife: on the CD "The Unknown Kurt Weill." Every song is a treasure on this CD. Not sure but I think the lyrics are by Brecht.

[huxleyvertical]

Yes, "And What Came to the Soldier's Wife" is Brecht's poem that Weill set during WWII to be performed over the radio to act mainly to lower German morale. It's a stunning little song!

[Boosto111]

Il n'y a donc que des fans qui post!?!

Mais ouais... j'aime beaucoup sa voix sur cette chanson.

[Skyswinger]

Polly. You can squat like that on me any time.

[chazz911234]

God...This song and PJ's music in general just take me somewhere else..a good place. I just adore PJ.

[KaleLad]

i could just see her back in the day of bawdry english vaudeville !! A real english rose indeed!!

[KaleLad]

Polly Jean's suited to the theatre ...she's a natural!! Such a beauty!!

[louiecostello]

i swear i keep finding stranger and stranger videos of pjharvey on here. you'd never think that this was the same woman that's on 50 ft queenie or something

[playgirlandlisa]

this is beautifull

[mahatanmacoat]

check out tom waites's chocolate jesus if you like this.

[hervich]

Rien à voir avec la musique de Weill... Dans la vraie musique de Kurt WEILL c'est précisément l'harmonie qui est extraordinaire et ici il ne reste que des bribes de mélodies...

[SeptSongs]

Well, actually hervich, if I understand you correctly about this not being Weill-like in its harmonic quality, I would suggest that you probably don't know the original song by Weill which is very much like this interpretation... certainly some of the other parts of the film have altered melodies/harmonies radically such as Lou Reed's version of September Song, but then, I believe his take on that song is as breathtaking as the original...

[ManhattanNights]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

[UltraHyperGirl]

I agree, I see some Tim Burton in there. It's great.

[SeptSongs]

I don't see what the Burtonesque aspect of this is... I know the director is an admirer of Burton's work but any homage would be unconscious - is it because it's a bit dark, gothic? Maybe the Nick Cave section is moreso.

[UltraHyperGirl]

Well, yes...

[kerryburnout]

I think the mood of this film is similar to Burton's version of Sweeney Todd.

[GovmentTookMaBaby]

no lie: this is one of my favorite videos of all of youtube.

[oldphoque]

This is a great video. Very Burton esque! Great work without Elfman or Tim. Freakin awesom!

[kunstundkueche]

weil, brecht, harvey...quite perfect :)

[super1114]

i didn't realize the song was so brilliant the first time i heard it. i now know the genius of the song. wow

[pottymouth509]

i had not seen this video before! awesome! man, she is nothing but talent - what a great video! i think she would have been a great stage actress in additon to all her other multitudes of talents.

[tragic8ball]

you'd have to have no soul to not see the last of that through tears.

[mahcle]

I nEED TABS FOR THIS SONG!

[KalikaInLeather]

does someone have the chords for this pleaaaase? or even the kurt weill sheet music, I'm dying for it

[DDBB2012]

Yeah, but I took the time to learn it which is what I honestly think you should do instead of trying to take shortcuts... oh but isn't that what everyone does.

[KalikaInLeather]

learn, or play by ear? that's different. With the right sheet music, you still have to learn; playing by ear, ok, you do it on your own, but there's always be mistakes

[GovmentTookMaBaby]

it doesn't sound like it'd be that hard to figure out.

[proteinpornografi]

whoa, what is this? i've never seen it.

[hitherto75]

I like Brecht, I like Weill, I love Polly Jean.. she's simply perfect !..

[arasharfa]

I jumped up outof my seat when i saw lotte lenya on the TV. I LOVE THAT SONG!

[warlockboyburns]

oww is real

[drharveywallbanger]

i love this- i've been a fan since my teens but haven't seen her live in years- and I get to in Oct..... i about peed myself!

[CrissCross779]

Precious!

[vanillavega]

PJ is so creative! She's brilliant and beautiful... love her! *smootch!* Thanks for posting this vid; I've not seen/heard it before. And thanks for the heads-up (in the comments) about a PJ Harvey CD called "Rare" -- I'll search for it.

[squeekycheese]

aint she great....love this video. Haven't seen it in years.

[Hufsylt]

i'ms so glad I've found this. It's a pity that there's only a very poor video with the German version of the Ballad sung by some asian guy who mispronounces nearly every single word. horrible.

[unorthodox24]

Lovely song and video. :]

[Katachthonios]

Thank you so much ! I always loved the songs but I didn't know about this performance. What year was it?Is there a commercial DVD of this?

[translateslowly]

it can be found on the album PJ Harvey, Rare (dick 1) I never knew about this album. Just google it and you will find it.

[translateslowly]

That should read disk 1! I'm such an ass sometimes!

[123spasser123]

thx hehe

[123spasser123]

Is this from a dvd? I really want that track. Pls help me

[devinehell]

i haveit on the september songs soundtrack, im sure you can find it on amazon, if not ill burn you a copy

[grimp53]

Great video!

[emotionalwench]

PJ Harvey is soooo talented and sexy! This was just brilliant!

[errantcomponent]

Wow. Good use of props and a great performance.

[SerioNoSerio]

excellent!