PJ Harvey - I Think I'm A Mother 1999 Sessions

More 'Sessions at..' video from 1999, @ tail end of ITD? tour. This session may have been taped earlier in the previous year, but aired in '99.. not exactly sure. In any case, don't think this song has ever been featured on youtube before, in any live form, in any year.

At least tangentially inspired by the Capt. Beefheart song, 'Dropout Boogie'. Some lyrical similarity, at least. That song serves as a rough starting point for this one, but their respective tones or attitudes seem quite different.

Sound note: there is an underlying sinister, gurgling sounding programmed (I assume) keyboard effect throughout this live version. Unfortunately, it cannot be heard so well on this youtube transfer.

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• PJ
• Harvey
• Sessions
• Mother
• Think
• Beefheart
• Dropout

[kikkiokioli]

Me too (love it). it's one of those songs that requires more listening patience to appreciate. And even then, if you need concrete, obvious meaning from your songs, you won't necessarily find it here. You are left to interpret much of it in your own way. It's vague mystery is part of what I find appealing.

[kikkiokioli]

ah, right. I remember seeing that on here, now that you mention it.

[wackybumcheek]

listen to a captain beefheart song called dropout boogie and you can really hear where she got the inspiration for this song

[michaeldeath1111]

beotch beich beatitudes... i love this vid

[0ntology]

fucking ace :D

[michaeldeath1111]

favorite tough song

[enyafreak2007]

@wackybumcheek Absolutely, as soon as I listened to Dropout Boogie, the pace of the lyrics reminded me of this song!

[murielcking]

AWESOME!! Thats John parish with her, right?

[iLikeCookie88]

So mysterious! Such a simple song, yet I can't stop listening to it!

[TheSonicchick]

@wackybumcheek She has mentioned that when she was a child her parents listened to a lot of CB.

[ppericodelosppalotes]

she's just totally cool

[smurtag]

So simple and effective yet i still cant manage to get my tele sounding like that. Polly defined my musical youth!