PJ Harvey Hook 1998

Another European festival show from 1998. A total of 3 songs were videotaped for airing; Hook, A Perfect Day Elise and Meet Ze Monsta. The latter two can be found elsewhere on youtube.

This song is loosely based upon an early 1900's song which I don't recall the title of, but was kind of folksy and genteel sounding. Certainly much different in tone than PJ's 'Hook', but clearly, the lyrical content of that song served as a starting point for this one. Apparently, the song was at least somewhat popular back in that era. In it, there were lyrical references to a 'Kathleen' and how 'I'll take you to where fields are green', or something like that. Taken as a whole, there are too many lyrical similarities for it NOT to serve as a basis of starting inspiration. But then Polly turns the song on it's ear. Much darker, but also with it's humourous elements.

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[louiecostello]

oh for pete's sake...! the fact that i can list off a good sized number of her songs goodnight, driving, reeling, teclo, water, fountain that are all just one word songs, shows that in fact i listen to pj harvey a LOT. i was saying nothing about the actual songs, just the names!

[saharariver]

Obviously you don't listen to Pj Harvey very often at all.

All of her songs are great, and actually all are also very different!

[Downbythewater73]

Great. Thanks...

[IAmMilkXx]

Amazing.

Thanks!

[louiecostello]

hook, dry, joe, legs, dress... i can never tell the names apart from each other, they may aswell be just called 1, 2, 3...