Collaborative spotify playlist
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
Goddammit, Snake was my #9.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
"the darker days of me and him" is so powerful and so calm at the same time. so relaxed and so strong. a pj harvey grand cru. she is so determined, she knows exactly what she is doing.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
The Darker Days of Me and Him is just boring to me, and the lines about "With no neurosis / No psychosis" etc embarrassing. I do not relate to earnest Polly I think.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
I don't really have anything to say about either of those songs. The name 'The Darker Days of...' meant nothing to me, so I was surprised to find out it was on Uh-Huh-Her (which I have, unlike the more obscure ones). 'Snake' to me was always just filler before the far superior 'Ecstasy'.
― BBC 'Witch' Song (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
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― BBC 'Witch' Song (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
58. Fountain - 84 points, 4 votes
― BBC 'Witch' Song (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
^ My number 4, love that song, the tension all the way through building up to
my I for on hill wait wind
― BBC 'Witch' Song (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
Hmph. ILX has fucked up the formatting of that last post and turned it into gibberish.
shame on you ilx
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, Fountain a great early example of building and building up to the end.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
lol ecstasy was my no. 5
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
Ismael - I need spotify help. I can open that link to get the playlist you're making of the top 60, but that has spotify as a webpage without me being signed in. When I open the spotify program on my PC and do a search I can't find the playlist. Yet, strangely, my search turns up another Ismaelklata PJ Harvey ILM playlist, possibly something you used while my choosing your songs.
― BBC 'Witch' Song (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
Cripes yes, I do have another one that I used for ordering the songs. This means all my lists are public?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
In short, I have no idea how the damn thing works
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
xp - Every list you've ever made anywhere. I've just been perusing a shopping list of yours from 1996.
― BBC 'Witch' Song (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
Me neither.
If you click the play button on the browser Spotify playlist page, it should open up your client and take you directly to the playlist.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
Yes the whole world can see your Get Ripped workout mix
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
All that time and nobody said anything?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
57. One Line - 86 points, 5 votes
― BBC 'Witch' Song (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
56. The Mountain - 87 points, 5 votes
― BBC 'Witch' Song (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
One Line, eh...
The Mountain is in my 2nd tier of favorites from White Chalk, and as such I didn't vote for it, but I like it anyway!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
The Mountain was on my White Chalk list but got squeezed out. Final track on the album, terrific screeching. A version (filmed) for Norwegian radio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xsddqZ8yTU
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
I had The Mountain pretty high. I try not to compare female singer-songwriters, but it does remind me a bit of Kate Bush's A Coral Room, only it explodes outwards rather than looking inwards.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
55. Easy - 88 points, 4 votes
― BBC 'Witch' Song (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
Easy is fun but very similar to Yuri-G, which develops it into something more interesting. Taken beyond a demo it would've made sense on Dry, but it seems weak compared to other Rid of Me stuff.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
54. The Last Living Rose - 90 points, 4 votes
― BBC 'Witch' Song (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeasaaaay
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
totally different lyrically than yuri-g
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
also i love the rhythm of the lyrics in "easy" and the ha! ha! ha! ha! part at the end
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
Similar tune, but yeah different lyrically - the lyric would fit better on Dry though. The song missed its chance.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
Only 4 votes for Last Living Rose!
Film by Seamus Murphy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWBrWhrKchQ
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
totes agree it would have made more sense on dry -- it has a lot in common with "dress"
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
53. Black Hearted Love - 93 points, 4 votes
― BBC 'Witch' Song (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
PJ on a bouncy castle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWrfLhX964I
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:07 PM (17 minutes ago)
...i love the rhythm of the lyrics in "easy" and the ha! ha! ha! ha! part at the end
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:14 PM (10 minutes ago)
both otm, but i love "yuri-g" SO DAMN MUCH that a lesser stab at the same thing is still aces in my book. plus i like the fact that it's not really trying all that hard. has a nice swagger, too.
― contenderizer, Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
Yay "Black-Hearted Love"!
― Sheela-Tubb-Mann, You Real Know-It-All (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.britstore.co.uk/phpThumb.php?src=/photos/Walkers_Mega_Monster_Munch_Pickled_Onion_40g.jpg&w=200&h=200
― BBC 'Witch' Song (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
52. Meet Ze Monsta - 97 points, 8 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtbfOKgWRFI
― BBC 'Witch' Song (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
"Darker Days..." my only UHH pick. It points the way to the next two records.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think I've ever heard Albini say a single bad thing about her or working on "Rid of Me."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, April 25, 2013 12:01 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i think he just said that she was weird and ate potatoes the whole time
― call all destroyer
wkiw
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Thursday, 25 April 2013 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
i remember the thing about potatoes! that really stuck with me. i thought she must come from some barren wasteland where the only thing to eat is potatoes, or she was raised in kaspar hauser levels of isolation and tossed potatoes for sustenance. lol?
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Thursday, 25 April 2013 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
Sad Last Living Rose is so low, that was my top pick off LES.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 25 April 2013 23:26 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, I was fascinated by her when the 1st & 2nd records were new. I didn't get any magazines that gave any details; I knew her because a friend turned me onto her. so I just had the records to go on. who is she? what kind of person is she? the songs on Rid of Me seemed homoerotic to me, but the songs on Dry didn't as much. what's the story? it was so hard to find anything out; you just have these wild pictures on the albums, & those songs. it's different now!
― Euler, Thursday, 25 April 2013 23:45 (eleven years ago) link
it is
― contenderizer, Friday, 26 April 2013 00:11 (eleven years ago) link
can you imagine how much less interesting she would have seemed if she were constantly tweeting what she ate in between recording songs
potatoespotatoespotatoesmore potatoeslol potatoes
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Friday, 26 April 2013 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
fountain is so awesome
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 26 April 2013 01:27 (eleven years ago) link
wow -- coincidence! I'm listening to the back half of Dry as I type. "Water"!
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 April 2013 01:28 (eleven years ago) link
iirc the potato comment was interesting and/or perhaps loaded (haha loaded potatoes) b/c there was also a looooot of hubbub at the time about women who were very thin -- kate moss, heroin chic, etc -- and i think she took some INCREDIBLY STUPID heat for being small/petite/slender
thank god that's overwith but it pissed me off at the time
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Friday, 26 April 2013 01:31 (eleven years ago) link