PJ Harvey - Down By The Water

[portisman]

i don't like her sound

eek it terrible

but the song ok

[steanieofirlam]

Have to keep watching this.....help me; I've got things I should be doing!

[Val68505]

my favorite part is when she is whispering ...little fish big fish... as if she is doing a spell.

[alexverandi]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TakaraSatan]

what the hell is she doing? freaking me out....

[Adammartini]

she looks like if amy winehouse and sarah silverman had a kid

[SSJOMI]

what the hell she is doing. LOL

thanks :D

[rrrrrrrrrrrrrr6]

omg!! she anorexic!! scary!

[dressedinsmoke420]

looks like a perfect fit

[mmasny]

a little poll, maybe someone's gonna choose to answer: what are your feelings about her mouth?

[natinhos]

Polly without that mouth just wouldn't be Polly!

[mmasny]

that's sure true. so you like it? for me it's certainly interesting.

[natinhos]

I love her mouth. Her mouth with the red lipstick makes this video IMHO.

[SimAtlantida]

too big but on her looks great!

[mmasny]

agreed in general. but in this movie it is a bit scary sometimes.

[jaseyboy]

The bass in this song is fucking awesome!

[plukkeheid]

you're right.. check out Working For The Man. I love the bass there even more!

[jaseyboy]

That is bloody good too. One of my favourites, bass-wise is "My Beautiful Leah"...oh, and "A Perfect Day, Elise"

[salma288]

disturbing

[sleepymommy]

I think she's referring to her own loss of innocence. She is referring to the innocent girl of her youth as a separate identity from the grown woman today.

[wackybumcheek]

hello yanks that are talkin some stuff! this is so much better than youve got to offer you pawns you. peace. 1love. start it

[frostinad]

okay, I'm a "yank" and I adore this woman. She is brilliant. I think there maybe a generation barrier on youtube, not so much cultural. These babies should check out rid of me.

[igorolech]

god, it sucks so much

[MSKR111]

Great song thanks

[zigzigzig]

first saw this on beavis and butthead. now that im older its actually a pretty cool song.

[puacino]

I love this song! PJ rocks!

[budogden]

I love this song! I am a huge fan of PJ!

[Sidhe27]

Extremely talented and with an unusual beauty. I love P.J., always have.

[nikolajohn]

IVANE VOLIM TEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[chrisv73]

music for bi-polar women.

[catanthia]

Yep, it is.

[MSKR111]

i'm going to get shot for this but is it actually lesbian lyrics??

[SlouchingPoet]

Bang! Actually, I have no idea.

[bangledesh]

well she said she too her hand "just like my daughter" most people don't have romantic feelings for their children

[MSKR111]

I've been shot a few times as expected & fair enough twas only a theory :D

But in regard to bangledesh's reply.

The woman may have been younger and she may have taken her hand firmly like a daughter.

How often do we call a lover Baby?

Most people don't have romantic feelings for babies either.

I don't think this song is meant to be taken literally.

[MassiveMarket]

Ive no idea actually :P Could be, or maybe shes singing it from a mans point of view.

Wonderful song, thanks for uploading!

[MSKR111]

Thumbs up :D

[nataschinka]

awesome Video love her in red such a beautiful Godess  :D

[Rasher1111111]

P.j is fkin great.

[fattrucker01]

this thing has a definite david lynch feel to it

[HoneyBunny252]

absolutely

[Albeleo]

PJ Harvey is a fucking rock goddess.

[KazLovesToobingXD]

great song love her hair but gawd is she thin :(

[banhezalein]

Recuerdo el comentario morboso que Beavis & Butthead hicieron en su show sobre este video ... ¡Hilarante!

Fue en ese momento que PJ se qudó en mi vida para siempre.

XD

BL.

[nesgamer89]

played this in basketball diaries, best make out scene ever.

[chkott]

nice water....

[mmafighter23]

i 1st seen this on Beavis and Butt-Head do music videos

[AlexWynand]

She is HOT!

[polishkeczap]

the man says "Just like my daughter" - it means that he has a daughter, maybe in the same age as that dead girl. He call her 'my lovely daughter" - maybe she was calling him as "daddy" - so weird, lol :D

"I heard her holler, I heard her moan" - she was screaming when he was killing her, maybe he had raped her as well, who knows...

"Little fish, big fish(...)gimme my daughter" - maybe he feels guilty, and wanna take everything back... - that's what I think

[polishkeczap]

The man - about 40 maybe 50 years old is telling the story about killing his 'young girlfriend', which he had killed under the bridge and had pulled her body to the river.

That blue eyed girl, she said "No more" - she didn't want hanging out with that old guy anymore and doing with him all that 'dirty' stuff, that made her a "blue eyed whore".

[polishkeczap]

what if the person isn't a mother - but a man?

there were many many books written by the men and the story was written from woman poin of view - I hope that you know what I mean...

[coreVOL22]

im so fucking trippy :S

[NoumaiosDeLaCampa]

90's is one of the best period about rock/folk music... A great millesime!

[chikoestupido]

someone know from what album is this songg?? i have just discovered pj shee fucking awesome!!! :D

[longview1987]

to bring you my love (1995)

[pwnernumberone]

People think this song is about abortion/her drowning her murdering her daughter, or some crazy thing like that.

I've just concluded that it's about a young girl losing her innocence (by either being raped, pimped, or both) and her Mother finding her lifeless body by a river or lake.

The end verse (little fish big fish/give me my daughter) is the Mother begging for her child's stolen innocence back. The end of the song is pretty terrifying when you think about it.

[multibucket01]

Ok, why does she lose her British accent when she sings ...

Little Fish Big Fish swimming in the water, come back here and give me my daughter.

She sings it like Liddle Fish Big Fish swimmin in the wadder, come back here and give me my dodder.

She never pronounces her T's when she sings. Just curious, I love her.

[hobbesdream]

does anyone really annunciate their t's when they sing?

[Melevolentzeroenvoy]

Hey I'm skinny but my girlfriend sais that's absolutely hot,so don't accept such things for face value!

[eamonosu]

OH NO, now they have found a way to put adverets on youtube, the beginning of THE END

[sm0k3d0gg]

yea...and its the ones you cant skip :(

[deigismon]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

she´s crazy

[tube4yourass]

somebody give a piece of bread to this girl!

[gloomyoutlook]

there's nothing clever about being fat.

[Sevion777]

some are big some are thin some , deal with it

[cronkitesatellite]

love that bass!

[sinik75]

Bonne chanteuse mais alors qu'est ce qu'elle est laide , famélique !

Great signer but she's really an ugly girl , too skinny !

[ModashMoose]

pj is a babe dont be ann asshole

[busa1300chromedout]

ck up you dumb bitch god dam your retardid

[donschmit]

Cool. PJ shows what an artist can be when they express the soul of their work without concern regarding norms and expectations. Simple, blowout, profound, zestful beautiful stuff!

[OhBeast]

fantastisk!!!! She is beautiful. I love her mouth and the way she moves. She is marvelous.

[socrates318]

She's got a nice voice. But she looks like she was just liberated from Auschwitz.

[eamonosu]

Hey I'd happily join her in Auschwitz

[computerwife]

good song

[deigismon]

2;14 WTF HAHAHAHAHA

[suckerupper]

haha love this song, makes me wanna dance too;D

[Vampira969]

Awesome

[Xedome]

I saw her at Roskilde like 1994. It was the best concert I've ever been to. Totally insane.

[AngelVomit26]

This song brings me back to when I was like 13....Holy poop on a stick.

[kadiebeex]

hmm, pj harvey, i never knew she was so successful! i used to stayed at her house in..dover or something? down south of england..when i was like 5 or something?! my parents knew her mum and dad and we went down for a weekend..haha!

[MrOldCowboy]

oh, really?) that's sounds interesting to me

And what she was like in the childhood?

[kadiebeex]

I cant really remember, but im sure there were donkeys or horses nearby her house, and she used to give me carrots to feed them with!, her house was real nice, it was in the middle of a forest (from what i can rember), and it was like a cottage...thats all i can remember, ill ask my mum next time i see her about it =]

[MrOldCowboy]

oh, thanks for your answer! That's huge) And how old was Polly Jean?

Wish I have such memories))

[charmed1ify]

she looks like sarah silverman.

[articmonkeyslover]

jejejej i was just writting about a blue eye boy....what a coincidense...

[guanche26]

...and another track that takes me way back down memory lane, this is pure legendary history,and would still be a succes nowadays. I've unfortunately never seen her Live on stage, but who knows, maybe 1 day i might be so lucky...? xXx love you lots PJ!!!!

[IsabelleScarlette]

somebody needs some vocal lessons...

[thomasrix]

somebody needs some humility lessons and to learn to appreciate self expression over technical 'correctness'

[every1sick]

sounds like POE

[Yugguy1970]

Doesn't matter what she looks like you retard. Listen to the music and decide on that.

[dakonaisakoala]

its a good song but what is it about?

[XxOllie8xX]

love the song but the music video is kinda boring

[kalisteboat]

XxOllie8xX, Im am really sorry you've found this video boring, on my case i'm deadly convinced that PJ is an marvelous show girl.

His body matches every little sounds of this song, especially the percussive ones.

Wow.

[ptoliverio]

Oh...I don't like this at all.

[marxman00]

Good!

[stutaggart]

Go listen to some little Pop whore then

[lashiiiii]

i like this more than u

[PithOffNDie]

Keep UTUBE COMMERCIAL FREE! Boycott songs that feature a commercial before your music. DO NOT FAVORITE, DO NOT WATCH.

IF YOU HATE COMMERCIALS PASS THIS MESSAGE ON!!!!

[fomburyandproud]

this song used to freak me out when i wa a kid

[remsleepdreamer]

me too, man. me too

[ackroh]

the fuk?.... she's got a huge mouth

[myuhlz]

this could have been a part of twin peaks...

[kunaiXfighter]

what does this song mean?

[hgenevieveable]

She is so hot. IF she serenaded me with this song, I would do switches from dom to sub. Her presence lives you entranced and hypnotized......

[MrsSarahmonster]

I am not a fan of this song at all. Hurts my ears a bit to be honest!

[marxman00]

Good!

[bigdsears]

She's one chicken fried steak sandwich from being smokin hot

[daniieehdez]

omg...so weird...:S

[maleedad]

every single move she makes is a complete copy from the scene from "the last dragon", by actress vanity

[torsprings]

The 'little fish big fish' thing is soooo sexy and she

knows it.... Wow wow sexy babe playing with us!!

[Satur9girl]

i love the bassline on this song...

[jloverb]

creeped me out to no end...

[urREADINGmyCOMMENT]

haha i agree!

[phucket01]

yea she turned 40

[AngelVomit26]

I love this song....but in some strange way she reminds me of Amy Winehouse

[meatymouldia]

your mum reminds me a bit of amy, perhaps its the crack pipe.

[ReluctantlyAwake]

This made me blush...

Awesome!

[talianya]

So lovely video! My modern Ophelia.

[redsockrocker]

This is truly the most SCARIEST song i've ever heard!

[iluv2sing556]

i kno same here

[lothloriensleaf]

i love the parodical attitude, mimicking flamenco dancers.....

[unholysmoke13]

terrible,i hated it when it came out and i hate it today.she looks god awful,cant sing and sure as hell cant dance,looks like a crackhead epileptic under a strobelight

[definemaybe]

SHE'S got a great figure

[striderivan]

dont you guys think that the beat is very similiar to the beat in Bjork - human behaviour?

[CooperChili]

Not VERY similar, but I see what you mean... The two are in differnet genres too I think! Both are good songs though.

[Frankificationify]

She's talking about drowning a french whore

[evezooom]

little fish big fish swimming in the water....... <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[19867522]

Pj Harvey good singer! And music good!

[PerwersusPospolitus]

Music is great.

[essiann]

creepy yes..shes singing about murdering / drowning her Daughter....

[jay041302]

i thought she was talking about losing her virginity

[megzdeal]

good song

[jay041302]

she acts like a dude

[osar2009]

What???? Why????

[stefansavicz]

the video is so simple and yet so catchy. pj harvey is an excellent actress, which adds to the effect of the video. i remember it was played pretty often over here when it first showed up, in 1995. ;)

[MelissaTicky]

i used to sing this song when i was younger... this is the first time i ever have seen the video and i love it

[nineinchnails26]

"Little fish, big fish.. Swimming in the water... Come back here man.. Give my daughter..."

Great 90's song...

[LP999999999]

oh my god, she is so beautiful and so great ...

[amymcms]

this is creapy

[limabeing]

i love it

[blasterman9]

Polly is sooooooo hot in the weirdest ways.

[KingLeBronVersion]

Polly looks terrific in this video. What a chameleon this woman is.

[ScarlettAngel13]

Depois de anos, finalmente descubro que musica era essa...O_o Medo da PJ Harvey (ela é otima!)

[deigismon]

anos? outro dia eu ouvi essa musica na oi fm entrei no site e vi o playlist daquela hora. em 5 min. eu descrobri quem era.

[LeComiteDesOranges]

Great stuff!

We just spoke about PJ Harvey's singing in a great french show on our blog called "Le Comité des Oranges"

Hope you'll enjoy it!

[lightbringer23]

Creepy, her stylized facial expressions and gestures make me think of the graphic briefing Agent Chester Desmond received in "Fire Walk With Me".

[sallyh0rseradish]

wow what is that song about is her duahture a whore or somthing and she tried to drowned her but she screamed so she took her hoom and why is she danceing like that she scares me but she does have a cool voice

[poeticjournalism]

damn it, she's spectacular.

[peaceless]

Wicked song, wicked video.

[RINGOFE]

gkomenara she says and it's the fucking truth!

[lahadanada]

She´s the best!!

[Fair9]

Strange-she could get so much food in that mouth-poor thing isn't eating-just holding her breath-just too weird

[SladddSCREAM]

some people eat alot!m without gainin a pound, you dont know if she eats or not/

[victoriangarden]

That has to be one of the weirdest videos I've ever seen...EVER... I think I'll watch it again ^_^... her mouth is huge!!...lol

[hospoki]

i dont get the music, and im into some really weird stuff

[lokona6]

horrible

[deigismon]

0:03 SHE HAS DIARRHEA?HAHA

[marmiteminx]

Big deal she's not your kind of pretty. I think this video is beautiful and so sexy.

[modestoca25]

ew, her voice is even scarier than her face

[TripolarProductions]

is it Susan Boyle's twin sister?

[natamandaleesa18]

no . shes pj harvey, and she'll eat ur babies.

[oliverouge]

J'adore PJ...TOUT ce qu'elle fait est complement fantastik!...j'espèere toujours un Show a Montréal!

[Siobhan1234]

LOL!! Crap song!! she is a bit better when she copies Mike Jagger's style...Lol!!

[kiaorajasmine]

this is typical Nick Cave style and not Mike Jagger at all!!!

[Bobsherunkle]

Hubba Hubba yum yum.

[Toffelielain]

Sex

[deigismon]

YOU = CRAZY)=

[Gnarbel]

Haha, I find it tremendously amusing that there is commentary from people who wish PJ Harvey conveyed something less threatening and more comfortalby mainstream, tell me :why on earth are you listening to PJ harvey in the first place??!!

"Why this" ,"Why that" How´s about y'all google on the word "art" and see if a little education might provide some answers, or better yet, an INTERESTING question ?

PJ Harvey is a marvelous and original artist, thank you for posting! ;-)

[marxman00]

Some people seem confused about her intentions because she does not follow the conventions of the accepted rock /pop mould.

Polly is TOTALLY unique , you need to move back and see her wide angle to appreciate her work. Poly means "many , much" . she is multi faceted , she hits you everywhere normal music can't reach. as she once said "we don't need more good music,we need astonishing music" and to me she always succeeds at that.

[kluv589]

I totally agree.

[Psypomp]

After all the years of loving this song, I have never seen the vid until now.

It seems inappropriate for the subject matter of the song.. too sexy.

Perhaps she's going for irony?

[ScribbleDreams]

Well....I gotta say, if she was trying to do some kind of belly dancing moves, which is how it appeared, she totally failed.

[natinhos]

underwater belly dancing?!

Oh good Jesus!

[corran6horn]

PJ Harvey's one of them ladies that give me... problems.

Is her music good or just crap? Is she hot or... plain creepy? Argh I _dunno_ :/ I can't decide whether to like this / her. GAH :) :)

[ScarBG]

Yeah ... but there's something magnetic and you are uncontrollably attracted to her .... same here...