PJ Harvey : Classic or Dud

i like almost everything she's done (kinda couldn't get with stories from the city and uh huh her totally), but those first few PJ Harvey albums are all time stunners. pretty ferocious. question! i was listening to a bootleg from 93 recently and was wondering -- who's doing backup vocals? whoever it is, they're doing a damn good job of approximating pj's style.

It's the drummer.

he's impressively high pitched.

I remarked on the Let England Shake thread that while I stuck UHH in my top ten it sounds like a B-side comp now: the detritus of a phase she needed to collect and abandon.

4 Track Demos is great. the version of Rid Of Me on there will blow your hair back.

Those demos really underscore, along with the new Neil Young and, um, I guess Billy Bragg the strange power of the solo electric guitar.

hm, yeah, good point. is there a thread for solo electric guitar + voice records? probably not that many, really.

Royals

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/11308844674_c79a360068_z.jpg

Oh Lorde.

WHAT HAPPENED TO ENGLAND SHAKING

haa

haha, that is a cute picture.

Let England Curtsey

Let One of England's Monarchs Pin Something On My Blazer

5'4" Queenie.

goddamn right!

"I wouldn't do this for Mick Jagger, you know?"

Never really found her cute, before this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahLfsTQ18_o

God I was there, first time I've seen footage
(One and only acid trip)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8mqk9pIaHo

cool story bro

way to reduce one of rock's most interesting artists of the past three decades to her effect on your boner. well done. thanks a lot.

i just hope that he can eventually find a way to find the cuteness in other musicians too, before it's too late

Wow, all that just because he/she mentions PJ Harvey looks cute in yellow?

- revive a thread after nine months
- never mention her music or anything but attractiveness
- ah now she is worth discussing because i finally found her cute

so, yes

That's assuming her cuteness was the entire point of sharing. Could have just as well been a side note. Second video had no mention of cuteness.

Ship's computer: lock brain, please.

evan it's nice that you want to give this guy the benefit of the doubt but maybe giving the artist the benefit of thinking that she, you know, exists outside of what men think of her would be helpful too

i don't understand why 'don't be a sexist jerk' is such a hard thing for men to comprehend

Maybe we can talk about this (the music, that is), probably my favourite PJH youtube clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCruBKDt5Ys

This cuts to the bone and gives me chills every time I watch it. I love the crowd response in the last fifteen seconds of the song, they know they've seen something epic.

oh god enablers like evan are as bad as sexists like outdoorfish, what is wrong with you

Yeah, obviously I hate the music. I am also a fan of simpletons.

Enabler, facilitator or apologist?

enablers like me are just as bad as sexists, who we are totally 100% positive are sexists based on half sentences. how about let's not be horribly negative people and at least try to get a little tiny bit more information before we call everyone a fucking full blown sexist AND say that everyone who says "whoa, hold on a second" just as bad??

I get it, you really WANT to believe outdoorfish isn't a fan at all, but now he stumbles upon a clip of pj harvey in a yellow dress and checks his dick to see whether he should give her a chance.

maybe, this is crazy because I know his blood test came back sexist, but maybe he is just a fan of her music already and wanted to share a clip and add "she's particularly cute in this clip" and just chose poor wording. Is that possible? because it's worth getting a little more info before you call someone a sexist over admitting they hadn't found someone cute before. Plus, the next clip wasn't all "check out her titties in this one" it was "I was at this show!" I'm pretty sure that's enough to assume the entire reason for sharing was most likely not to talk about how attractive she is and how much more important that is than her great music

maybe he is just a fan of her music already and wanted to share a clip and add "she's particularly cute in this clip" and just chose poor wording

Uh...your putative alternate isn't much better?

You can't mention you find someone cute in any way?

No, we live in a world of unbridled hypocrisy.

You can't mention you find someone cute in any way?

― Evan,

- revive a thread after nine months
- never mention her music or anything but attractiveness
- ah now she is worth discussing because i finally found her cute

so, yes

― mookieproof,

No, we live in a world of unbridled hypocrisy and sheep-like behaviour.

- never mention her music or anything but attractiveness
- ah now she is worth discussing because i finally found her cute

Are we sure these two are exactly the case?

Such bold truths being told.

Exhibit A:
Kessler is hot and probably doesn't have the clap so there's that!

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 May 2014 19:31 (4 months ago) Permalink

Just trying to give the benefit of the doubt, that's all. I don't like to assume the worst in people without a certain amount of information.

behind everyone doing something sexist or racist or homophobic will always be some clichéd idiot saying "WAIT DON'T JUDGE THEM"

PJ's general appearance/demeanor isn't "cute". I'd describe her stage presence as compelling, commanding, mysterious. At least every time I've seen her. In this video, she looks cute. She's having fun, smiling. Like a young Linda Ronstadt almost.

God, I want that Firebird.

behind everyone doing something sexist or racist or homophobic will always be some clichéd idiot saying "WAIT DON'T JUDGE THEM"

― lex pretend, Thursday, September 18, 2014 8:32 AM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm an idiot? You're right, I should judge people when I have sufficient information. Let me try. You're an asshole.

Fun!

Behind every witch-hunt there's always some cliched idiot who rushed to condemn without sufficient evidence

Who is that Macklemore-looking dude playing bass and what's with that gold knob on the horn?

now that's a lead.

good fucking god, saying "judging a woman on whether she gives you a boner or not" is sexist does not amount to a bloody witch hunt, get over yourselves

Who is that Macklemore-looking dude playing bass

Simon 'Dingo' Archer; AFAIK she borrowed him from The Fall for the 2004 tour.