PJ Harvey - When Under Ether

Music video by PJ Harvey performing When Under Ether. (C) 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.

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[madeyes4u]

This song scares the shit out of me.

[MOSS722]

She's Unique.

[perjetesi2811]

Her voice is just so........haunting :)

[m06een00]

@mutedisease I think that goes for quite a few fans including me. I only really started to listen seriously to her 2 years ago, and am amazed at her transformation, not just musically, but physically as well. She's barely recognisable from her younger days in the '90s.

[mutedisease]

I remember viewing a few vids by Polly Jean back in the 90s or early 2000s on MTV (when they still played music videos) and being a fan of British musicians I paid some attention, but not much. It's only been in the last year or so that I have discovered her body of work and it amazes me how could I have been so deaf to what this woman has to say.

[taraquita]

this song is so nice, but makes me a bit uncomfortable

[lucasboden]

I love PJ, but never really cared for this song. But today I really took time to read the lyrics and quietly listen to this song like someone with a new pair of ears. Beautiful.

[Rastereyes]

@oillanne This is not an intelligent response. Have you listened to the lyrics?? Ether has been used as an anesthetic for these kinds of procedures in the past. All I can say is that the first time I heard this song on the radio in my car, without any reference, I started crying because it reminded me of the emotions and feelings I felt when I had an abortion in my life... something I would never do again.

[oillanne]

to all those still wondering wether this song is about abortion: the meaning is pretty straightforward, it's all in the title, it talks about being on ether. See Wikipedia for Ether.

[m06een00]

PJ Harvey never denied the song was about abortion. What she actually said when questioned was

"That's obviously what you hear, but for me it's not actually tied to anything specific, like an abortion. These aren't just words. They're songs. They inhabit themselves, really" ie it's open to interpretation by the listener.

[leehazlewoodism]

Nice to see analogue tape being used. I think this is Polly's best album, better than Let England Shake.

[kittydeemime]

FUCK YOU FOLGERS COMMERCIAL! -_-