PJ Harvey - Meet Ze Monsta (Live on BBC)

[IAmAudishaDoom]

the kills wanna be her.

anyway, we all have an evil side.. PJ Harvey lives it!

[IAmAudishaDoom]

the kills wanna be her.

[compoundevolution]

ANTHEM FOR THE FUTURE.

[222Loobylou]

I watched this when it was first broadcast. Great to see it again, thanks for uploading.

[jb44421]

Stellar performance.

[darksoleil1010]

Brilliant performance, PJ at her best.

[GraceLondonMusic]

i luv this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[montecarlostar]

PJ when she still rocked

[HousleyMike]

Filmed with the BBC's patented Verve Reduction Process, by a director who wants more attention for himself than for the performer. Castrating a PJ Harvey performance -- wouldn't have thought it possible.

[937emotion]

If you're an artist, then you express yourself in every aspect of life. It's pointless to get into debates about who's image conscious blah blah because it's just another aspect of expressing oneself as an artist. Art is more than just the music part. Sexuality, fashion etc..are all equally valid parts of it.

[HousleyMike]

@937emotion -- Well said, re: the validity of artistic expression in all aspects. It's just too funny how PJH attracts Puritans masquerading as purists.

[MrPlectrist]

Thank you for preserving this. It is contemporary rock at its finest. PJ is always a class act, but here she is really fabulous. Rough and simple as a rocker should be, but at the same time elegant, elegant, elegant. Only a few giants can do this.

[natinhos]

@MrPlectrist that's right :)

[JiS01]

Amazing song 101% rock

[mouldeck]

i love nasty fuzz sounds like that

[mojo23mojo]

This is the first time I ever saw peej - it was some britpop show. She was the only good thing about it.

[AndPlus]

@mojo23mojo Same here! My reaction was "what the hell is this?" but I loved it and totally got the performance straight away. She completely stood out from the line up and shook up the whole show.

[natinhos]

I'm much cooler than you, I've met mother teresa!

[two10to2]

Filthy filthy groove.

[cinciun]

bellissima <3

[AtTheApostasy]

Well she's got Nick Cave to thank for this era hasn't she really.

[diamondsea3]

I can listen to this song over and over and not get tired of listening to it.

[spookykid1610]

GOD! I love this song!

[rezgol]

THIS is offensive? Have you ever watched a rap music video in your life? haha

[lilithbernstein]

What's with you? Why's she a loser? I don't understand some people, really...

[XguitarrockerX]

Hahahahahahahha

Asshole

[Daphuhnuh]

Hell, I love everything about her: her looks, her voice, I'd turn lesbian for her and never need any guy anymore.

I typed that out loud, did I? O:) Anyway. Amazing artist. Everything she makes is just as genius.

[s1rrah]

I'd turn lesbian for her too. ;-) And I'm a dude. Now do the math around that one, huh?

[sonicjoydivisonswans]

It's hard not to love just about everything that is PJ!!!She is amazing!!!!!!!!

Plus... I'd turn gay for Jeff Buckley!!!

[cecilmilk]

this crap is truly offensive, it should never have been written. you must be kinda gay if you're even in a band performing a song a about a slut getting off on black dick.

[maynardminion]

The best female artist alive. Most under rated artist , period, imo. Everything she does is amazing.

[SMITHWAYNE100]

out of this world

[cockadoodee]

Bloody brilliant... she's doing some good Mick Jagger-esque moves there...

[etingDIEkz]

god she's fucking brilliant.

but too skinny, and a bit terrifying (in a good way) during this period of her career :p

[oizephyr14]

I love that ending frame :)

Completely amazing performance of a great song. I love the dirty sound and amazing tense energy of it.

[scotchqueen]

uff she's fucking GENIUS in every sense of the word

[oizephyr14]

yES, yes everything she creates is purely perfect in every single aspect.

take. me. with. you.

[scotchqueen]

and she looks so classy in this- even with all that slap!

[H0LL0WBELLY]

hard as nails riff-pollys vocals-what more could anyone want-BRILLIANT.

[BeautifulSunday7]

Haunting _ Pefrect _ Uncomparable  Performance!

Thank yoy for post it !

:)

[CodenameQuickfire]

PS. Luv the Kraftwerk comment. They'd just re-emerged in the UK in 92 when this was being concieved...

[CodenameQuickfire]

Pitch perfect and gorgeous, and that's not even mentioning the fantastic lyrics. Maybe Winehouse could cover post-emphesema complications. With the White Stripes. Sublime, and that's not even referring to the hamfisted 1930's color BBC montage. So stiff! But just right at the same time.

[DavySolaris]

her band are like kraftwerk in this, lmao

[sirilidbeck]

Gotta love the last frame.

[pejamo]

she clearly cares what she looks like. The make-up, the false eyelashes... she's in drag you guys. It is a package deal. She is a performer, the visual element is just one facet of the performance. Arguing about whether she is hot or not is missing the point. The real point is that she is COMPELLING. You are compelled to watch her. That is what makes her a star.

[natashaclaire]

I feel like she HAD to be dressing in drag, seriously, but I've heard interviews where she said it was just her going through a phase and learning to use make-up! That it wasn't intentional but she got carried away. I always wanted to believe it was more of an ironic commentary than that...

[barcelona36]

Spot on Pejamo.

But, for the record, she is fucking gorgeous. ;)

[pejamo]

For the record, you are correct. Nuclear hot.

[TeenageWildlife]

i have suppressed fantasies of a maniacally grinning Polly in her '95 getup pursuing me around her own personal labyrinth somewhere in the Delta with this playing on loop

[proteinpornografi]

oh my god. she is SO hot in this video. and she sings like a goddess. Go Polly Jean!

[zoney99]

ze monster has quickly turned into my favorite PJ song

[MiguelCC51]

Woulda gotten 5 stars, but it was lacking something...ooh, I know!

Where the hell is the whistle!

That's my favorite thing about the song...

[anasghost]

AGREE!

the whistle rocks!

[UltraHyperGirl]

I would murder somebody to wake up as beautiful and talented as she is.

[7papertiger]

the Way SHE LOOK IS NOT OF ANYONE concern, why bother talking about the waY SHE LOOKS , IS IT BECOUSE IN tHAT ACT OF judging look; are all anyone with Little conception of the fine workings of music can do ?be little the Miner things.

[Daphuhnuh]

Calm down a little. Of course it is about the music, that's why you like the artist in the first place, but what's so terribly wrong with adoring the looks next to the music too? Polly scores high on both. ^^

[XguitarrockerX]

You're right, I admire her both ways and some say I am crazy, looking at a 39 year old women like that. I don't care, she's beautiful in a way I'll never understand, both musically physically.

[Daphuhnuh]

Nice to see a fellow Dutch person of the same age with the same thoughts.O:) I don't think you're thát crazy, I am a girl myself, so that would be even weirder. My conclusion is that we just have good taste.

[IAmHilarious]

She's absolutely filthy hot. Anybody saying she isn't pretty should go get themselves off to the woman who presents the weather.

[seph0000]

if she or he is ugly, they cant rock

[Ebaby123]

i feel privileged to walk the earth at the same time as her

[arganoth727]

Damn spamers. I didn't come here to look at bad porn. If I want to see a naked woman I'll call one of my freinds thankyou. PJ Rocks!!!

[HeadlessFatLady]

She looks so pretty here. The brows are heavy though lol

[tndave123]

why do people always have to comment about whether she's pretty or not. She's a great rocker, great rockers are rarely pretty.

[HeadlessFatLady]

cuz it's my opinion :P I love her music anyways she looks...she could be dog ugly for all I care...just wanna comment on her appearance in this video :P

[greengargantua]

You are right! Who cares what she looks like! She has talent and that is all that matters.

[greengargantua]

I believe you are correct! I feel the same way, why do people always dwell on looks? Who cares what she looks like, as long as she has the talent (and she does, and then some) to rock and write awesome songs, which she does. by the way, I think she's hot.

[qwerty7788]

thanks for posting this

[socalrider909]

She is amazing live, I have seen her twice.. Any new info on a new CD or Tour??

[Matto88]

a new album is about to come out...

[arganoth727]

Madame PJ has amazing lips. Now I am getting older I am finding her very sexy and I like her voice.

[HeadlessFatLady]

I would agree

[dusha7]

p.j rules

[reyke]

blame it on nick cave haha

[effects69]

WOW! ***** stars all the way! nice up! she is so amazing!

[meredumais]

I also loved PJ in '95. Too bad it was a hellish year for her personally. She had a nervous breakdown and didn't come back until 'Is this Desire?' three years later - looking much simpler. Saw her in '04 -she's still as skinny.

[davetube68]

Screamus Interruptus at the end.

[vegetalico]

aprreciated the information, blueparade; thanks

[scarletsabracadabra]

THANKS FOR UPLOADING! It`s my favourite!!! love her...

[debaldesman]

Just amazing! thanks a lot for uploading!

[krisenthia]

I've watched this video probably 80 times. I love love love it. She is so fascinating.

[blueparade]

Vegetalico, although I don't think she's ever straight-out admitted to having an eating disorder, she's said a few times that she wasn't treating herself right back in those days (well, in other words probably, but that's the jist of it).

[vegetalico]

She was so thin back then. Was she on drugs? Well, she looks healthy now.

[atsbvtw]

it's weird seeing her perform this without her whistle. great, nevertheless

[yevayoong]

OWWWWW thank you so much for uploading! love you folks!

[uhhuhhim]

you're welcome, blueparade. I was scrolling through the results for PJ and I noticed that it had disappeared. Luckily, I saved it to my hard drive and was able to upload it. Personally, the '95 era was the best year and this song is at its peak here. I also think the 2004 versions are rather sloppy due to Josh Klinghoffer, who seems hyperactive as he's playing. Only PJ and John Parish can make it sound the way it should.

[ruddegore]

awesome video! by any chance do you have any more from this era or earlier? alot of them have been deleted from here

[kikkiokioli]

from the same program (same studio, same day, etc.), they performed 'The Dancer'. It was pretty good, but not great.. nothing beats the album version for me. I have it, but it's too crappy to upload. Plus, I've never figured out how!

[blueparade]

THANK YOU for uploading this! It was on Youtube a while ago but got deleted, but I am in LOVE with this preformance.