PJ Harvey Legs 1995

From a music industry conference. This is one of a handful of songs from that appearance. It's likely very early in the TBYML tour, unique in that it is one of the few shows in which she donned the whole TBYML 'Joan Crawford on acid' cover ensemble.

Note: there is some occasional "echoing", mostly of the vocals, where they sound almost double tracked with one slightly behind the other. I'm not sure why. It's not on the source audio.

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• 1995

[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.

[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?

[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



[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

[MrRickMoretti]

I love it

[4thatfilm]

Is Charlie Sheen playing lead guitar?

[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)