PJ Harvey Legs 1995

[Darkenedblue01]

Quite, quite a quaint remark "Thank you for..."

[michaeldeath1111]

If I can jus get you to stay still, I'll put a dart through your heart.

[myyootube2]

@ SamPants827 NARM conference yes, but San Francisco, no? Marriot hotel (I think) in the basement Polygram showcase room. Fucking great sound system. first I ever heard her, let alone these brilliant songs.

[IClots1]

Big hugs to all that just listened to this from start to finish. damn I need one ;(

[TommasoDegliEsposti]

Spettrale e magnifica

[MrRickMoretti]

I love it

[4thatfilm]

Is Charlie Sheen playing lead guitar?

[iLikeCookie88]

WHAT a voice!!

[schizo78]

Hmmmmmmmmmm.......

[schizo78]

LaSerpentaVerde

[goeatroadkill]

@LaSerpentaVerde well,we knew that,thank you very much,I mean duh...(I mean about the "She is very insecure when it comes to other female artists." part)

[anodreams]

a bit of research here. I've come to the conclusion that those who compare the two have obviously not heard PJ Harvey...or who have not heard Patti and are just going by stupid, ignorant journalism.

[anodreams]

that "PJ Harvey does really fine work" "It was an honour to receive the award from PJ Harvey..her work means a lot to me..the bono tribute video sickened me as does the whole music industry..I had to let that be known" (Q awards 98) and finally when asked who her favourite artists of the current generattion were she said she replied "PJ Harvey, I saw her at Roskilde and I though she was great..there was an undenialbe energy in the air" (circa 2001) So, It looks like someone has actually done

[anodreams]

@anodreams Good god! Look at how many (how many I ;) ) mistakes you've made! Argh! I hope what I've written is somewhat comprehensible. Sorry, I was in a bit of a rush when I typed up this rant. I'll use this post to correct them. "post 1- *ressemblance, *also (only one "also" was meant, lazily retyped it in post two),

post 3- *unearthly, *apocalyptic, post 4- *Almost, post 5- *generation, * she said( unintentionally proceeded to type "she replied" )

[anodreams]

would be Nick Cave right? Anyway, now it's time to be fair here..Patti took a lot from others as well...at times she even sounded like Dylan (not that that means anything right?) "Piss Factory" could alomst be a Bob Dylan tribute song. Also, I think we like to try and forget at times that there was another angsy, mouthy, edgy, yodelling female before Patti that went by the name of "Janis Joplin" ? Finally (not that this means anything) Patti thinks very highly of PJ. She has said in the past

[anodreams]

about 10 times more womanly than Smith's, It actually has melody and it is tuneful, she has a much wider range..she can reach unearthy highs or appocalyptic lows, her voice is a fair bit deeper than smith's as well. Lyrically and musically they are nothing alike. Polly writes in a very simple almost pop format, her concepts are more risque( more so alinged with Cave's) musically she has attention to detail, songcraft and melody..all of which Patti doesn't. If we are to compare her to anyone it

[anodreams]

also ripping her off right? Her voice is how it is, she is not trying to mimic anyone and she cannot help how her voice sounds. She had become so uncomfortable a few years ago with the Smith comparisons it got to the point where she no longer wanted to sing. She said at the time "I'm scared to sing because as soon as I open my mouth people are going to say I sound like Patti Smith. I would never try and parody anyone, least of all Patti Smith". Ok, time for a vague analysis: Polly's voice is TBC

[anodreams]

Listen, I hear one more person compare Polly to that pretentious, massively overrated Patti Smith I will fucking scream! Just because on occaison when they hit certain notes there happens to be a minor ressemblence(when patti actually wants to sound like a person and not Bob Dylan attempting opera whilst being strangled under water)means nothing! I can think of about 20 different females whose voice sounds similar to Polly's....Maybe I should just come to the conclusion that they are also TBC

[kissbajja]

This is too good to be true... A shame that she has'nt done anything this good since... :-(

[izpogreba]

ВЫРАЖЕНИЕ ЛИЦА. ИСКРЕННОСТЬ. Я люблю её

[mediocrityrulz13]

Patti and PJ are two very different artists.

If you want punk rock, the devil in your back seat, and soul-wrenching intensity, you go to PJ Harvey.

If you want punk rock, poetry, rebellion, revolution, and spiritual awakening, you go to Patti Smith.

[SamPants827]

thank you for uploading this, it's awesome. :D

what year is this from?

[kikkiokioli]

@SamPants827 Early 1995, one of the earliest (and possibly the first, I forget) live performances promoting the TBYML album.

[SamPants827]

@kikkiokioli sweet! thanks.

[BACCHUS441]

@SamPants827 this is for the To Bring You my Love tour so it has to be 95 or 96

[SamPants827]

@BACCHUS441 oh, thank you =)

[caradicara]

@SamPants827

it must be the N.A.R.M. Conference, San Diego CA, March 1995

National Association of Recording Merchandising, setlist:

To Bring You My Love - Meet Zee Monsta - Working for the Man - Send His Love to Me - Down by the Water - Long Snake Moan - Legs

[TheMortissa]

You people like to see a thin woman die onstage. I prefer Divine's comment. "Who wants to be the first to die for art?" And she kills the moron who stood up. Sorry Goeatroadkill, This is her trying to do Diamanda in drag. Nick Cave introduced her to Galas' whole vibe and that was it. Here she is vibing two MUTE artists. Then she graduated to doing knock-offs of Patti Smith, who walloped her in London. Come on Here comes the money.

[kikkiokioli]

@TheMortissa Patti Smith comparisons are just lazy. Two very different people inspired by very different sources. I guess because they're both dark-haired, skinny, "edgy", "female rockers", it's inevitable. But upon closer inspection, there is very little shared between them.

[TheMortissa]

@TheMortissa

You know how tiresome it is to hear crap like " they are both

two dark-haired artists, blah blah blah rocker chicks blah blah blah."

If you cannot hear Smith's gigantic influence that is YOUR problem.

Patti knew very well when she arrived on the shores of the UK

and refused to take the lifetime award from an imitator who pretended

never to have heard of her.

Men can be bloody idiots and if you are a woman, you are worse.

[kikkiokioli]

@TheMortissa I don't see any evidence of a "gigantic" influence. Examine the music and the lyrical content and it supports Harvey's contention that she hadn't been intimately familiar with Patti's music. Harvey's lyrics tend to be repetitive (mirroring early blues which she has cited as being a huge influence) or sprinkled with Beefheart references (another expressed huge influence). In latter days, old Russian/Eastern European folk music. Where exactly do you find specific Patti influence?

[anodreams]

@TheMortissa ^ You know how tiresome this crap is like "she sounds somewhat like her (on very very very very) rare occasions so she must be ripping her off is? I'm so sick of the generalisation that any woman with a deep voice is either highly influenced by patti smith or is parodying her. Grow a fucking brain and have a mind of your own is all I can say.

[ducketh1]

@TheMortissa you are obviously an idiot

[dexhanig1]

@TheMortissa The main difference between Harvey and Galas is that Harvey's music is actually listenable. And quite brilliant. Where as Galas' music is akin to styrofoam fingernails on a chalkboard.

[paysagebleu]

@TheMortissa Patti just posted PJ's new single on her blog under the heading 'Hail Harvey'

[goeatroadkill]

@TheMortissa The only instance Harvey tried to imitate Galas was the To Bring You My Love song and that's it.But to me it sounded more like a homage,not a rip-off.She does have talent.Her sound is her own.Sorry.

[punkkitties]

Painful...I feel as if she could crawl inside my brain...you were going to be my life- so...unh- there aren't truly words,are there?

[checkeredgeek]

This makes me like the song a lot more.

[bibs000]

She is so thin...

[TheMortissa]

Looks just like Diamanda, who she was copying here.

But she sure could not get the voice right, that's for sure.

Girl, let's have a sound...ay yi.

[goeatroadkill]

@TheMortissa Lol,come on now,give the girl a break...:-)

[XYZTanya]

a, now i understand why some people are sooooooooooooo obsssssssseeessed with her...xD

[sadotis]

Best PMS song.... EVER!!!

[xeti]

holy wow. i love this song and this is one amazing performance.

[grimcity]

PJ is amazing... the fact that she can do this song live and maintain that rawness she had in the "four track demo" days is amazing. She's fierce and awesome.

[RinkaTinkaMusic]

fran drescher?

[vaso2]

how supid ...

[crosboid]

Oh, the nick cave wannabe years... *buries face in hands*

This is a great vocal performance but it sucks ass without Rob's awesome drumming. It just doesn't have the power.

[xBABAtikiDIDOx]

skinny :( but wow what a performance!! PJ rules :)

[PhAnnie90]

Better than the album version. Can't stop watching it over and over.

[clockwork0172]

I agree

it´s absolutly fantastic

[lauregervanne]

the same as rodaransuscagezas

i just watch this one again and again and again

[rodaransuscabezas]

cannot stop watching this

the best perfomance ever

she make me cry

[eloquentseriatim]

Out of all the insults you could've used against PJ, you chose something so ludicrously innacurate that you come off more as funny rather than biting.

[montecarlostar]

lol @ 2:22 she forgot where the microphone was

[montecarlostar]

God, she's on the bones :s scary

[librarianeric]

No shit. She looks like Calista Flockheart. If this is the music industry conference that was held in San Diego, I was there. She really was great. And to see her in a room with less than a hundred people was one of the best live performances I've ever been privy to.

[mokkshaa]

Damn I love her scarlet harlot look.

[0bga]

no se porque... pero ella me estimula... es como si, despertase e incendiase la mujer que reprimo y que esta dentro de mi... amo su dramaturgia... para mi, ella es la gran dramaturga del rock de los 90 y de los años que seguiran

[rodaransuscabezas]

i lover her so much...

the screams make my heart feel at home

Sorry for my english

it sucks jajaj

[freak4twenty]

she is great! Her lyrics and voice are unmatchable and I look forward to every album she puts out!!!!!!!!!!

[thedeadandpoorfolk]

Could not have said it better myself.

[freak4twenty]

I lied.

[grimcity]

I first heard this on her 4 track demos album... such a raw song, each word gets punched into your gut. Amazing that she's so subtle when not in song, but once the music starts she becomes someone else completely. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

[LP999999999]

wau ... I thought I've seen everything from her; thanks a lot for posting this ! this is so great, amzaing, beautiful, touching ... she is so special - lover her

[pastelitax]

:O

A-MA-ZING!!!!!!

[sebamanson]

la amo!!!!111

me encantaaaaaaaaa

he visto este video mil veces!!!

[dsignrdane]

at the beginning and then the end is the first time i've ever heard her speak

[sebamanson]

eSTA CANCION es realmente magnifica...

ella suena como una loca..y eso hace que me sienta loco

[SkyHigh87]

This woman is my saviour when it comes to my deepest feelings. This song, as well as the 'Dancer' has made me feel so much better when I end a relationship.

Dunno but thats what it does for me.

PJ Rules!!! <333

[zarni000]

@SkyHigh87

what about Rid of Me? that should be first on your list I think :)

[letmebemad]

This song just drives me crazy!!I've been replaying it for almost three days..

[ZZqezza]

I can't believe, that I used to HATE this song - it was probably the only one song of PJ that I couldn't stand, especially the whining in the middle part. Now I just love it - love and hate are really close to each other:-)

[apapat]

The wailing in the middle is what always made her a hero in my mind.

[oizephyr14]

I might as well be dead,

But I could kill you instead

[Daotschihang]

Her songs are totally crazy and she looks like she hasn't slept for a month.

That's because I love her

[louiecostello]

i think she over done it with the hair and make up a bit too much for this, nevertheless unique and heavenly

[taniwha9]

Overdone is just right.

[louiecostello]

she looks perfect in the "down by the water video" but she looks flustered in this... maybe its just the quality of the film

[ANTICHITASCIPPA]

SALUTI DA NAPOLI!

[meredumais]

k, thanks for yet another PJ video gem I've just found. This is one of my favorite of her songs from this period. LOVE the performance!

[kikkiokioli]

Anything for you, meredumais! I appreciate all of your, well, appreciation. :P

I'll be adding some more stuff eventually, once I can rip everything to the hard drive and sort everything out. Too busy to tackle that project now though.

[louiecostello]

i have no idea who you are, but you are clearly one of the nicest people ever to exist. are you english? its hard to believe

[jonnythrombosis23]

i saw polly jean when she toured this show with tricky as support she was then & always will be fuckin awesome1

[BobZybach]

Wow. More proof of her genius. Polly Jean is one of the great singer songwriters -- and performers -- of our time. Her first eight albums can be compared very favorably with Dylan's first eight. "Thank you for having me."

[louiecostello]

i wouldnt go that far! but "to bring you my love" is definitely up there with the greats

[zarni000]

@louiecostello

polly's done much more varied music than Dylan has and excelled in every genre. the only reason Dylan is more successful commercially is because he came at the right time. in my mind PJ is a much more versatile and gifted musician.

[louiecostello]

@zarni000 bob dylan wasn't that successful commercially. and i hardly think i need to put up an argument as to why Dylan is good. Pj harvey is fantastic, definitely one of my favourite artists, but, and i think she'd be the first to admit this, she's not as good as bob dylan. there's more to music than being able to sing/play an instrument well

[zarni000]

@louiecostello

I never said that all there is to sing/play an instrument well.

I said she is more versatile.

Of course, she would not admit that - that would be extremely cocky and lacking in taste. That is not who she is.

Secondly why would you assume you hardly need to put up an argument?

[louiecostello]

@zarni000 you said she was a more gifted musician. what i say is that doesnt make a bit of difference. bob dylan's songs have a power and intelligence that has barely been matched since. i feel i shouldnt have to explain why he is good to people who like pj harvey, as they are so similar in so many ways. they way he wrote songs literally changed the way people thought about popular music, and saying he came at the right time is like saying the start only happens to come at the beginning.

[zarni000]

@louiecostello

I said she was more versatile - that is my main point. To me it makes a bit of difference. for you it may be different. I don't want to be hearing the same ol stuff every album. They are similar as any musician is not an island unto it's own of course. But I stand by what I said. (cont'd)

[louiecostello]

@zarni000 bob dylan's albums couldn't be more varied, it's like his "thing", that he's constantly changing, and producing decent records, er, 50 years into his career!

[zarni000]

@louiecostello

bob dylan's albums varied? gimme a break. he's doing same old thing he was doing in the 60s. he's become a charicature of himself.

his lyrics are poetic though I'll give you that. but musically he is hardly varied.

[hasnot]

Kill me, Polly !! :D

[aakabowley]

PJ's expession of her music is unique and extremely entertaining....She is certainly a true professional and results in pure entertainment....Onya PJ

[winepot]

Check legs roskilde 95... Much better!

[Alianger]

dunno if its meant to be but this is a brilliant parody on the typical spanish love song, overly dramatic and whiney.. but with a nice pj twist on the end :)

[kikkiokioli]

I'm sure there is some measure of intended overwrought melodrama here, along with raw real emotion. It's just impossible to discern exactly where one begins and the other ends. Plus, the whole notion of cutting off a lovers legs to keep them from leaving you is both disturbing and hilarious at the same time.

[lincoln36a]

Wow!... This is a first class performance. Simply beautiful. One of the best videos I've ever seen... I love PJ...

Thanks for uploading this.

[MariaAntonia]

Thank you so much, that made me really happy.

[kikkiokioli]

I've had your 'Gloomy Sunday' saved in my favorites folder, so I owed you something good in return and knew this would be perfect for you.. I planned it perfectly, didn't I?!? :P

[aakabowley]

She makes me happy too

[mataronomatar]

aiiiiii x dioooooss!la amoooooo

[ruddegore]

she looks like she came straight from the down by the water video shoot :-)

[kikkiokioli]

indeed.

[caelcae]

Jooooderr! Thanks for the upload.

[kikkiokioli]

you're welcome.