POLLy Jean Harvey - The PJ Harvey results thread

I voted for this. She sounds nice and angry.

Meanwhile after getting schooled by Jonathan Bernstein last summer, Kevin Williamson writes about civil rights some more.

wrong thread but still apt!

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30. You Said Something (Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea) - 175 points, 7 votes

?!!! THIRTY?

I figured that would be top 3.

?!!! THIRTY?

I figured it would be NOWHERE TO BE SEEN -_-

stop voting for stories trax y'all

seriously only two ITD? trax have placed and at least a third of the top 30 now needs to consist of that album for justice to be done

I didn't see that getting nearly the same amount of votes as "The Whores Hustle" and "This is Love" ... I definitely didn't see those two songs each getting first place votes while "You Said Something" got none.

at least we are getting these tracks out of the way. i figure there can only be 2 more?

My problem with "You Said Something" is that neither the music nor arrangement are interesting enough to swathe the "something" in mystery.

seriously dng love for "the whores hustle" it's kind of dumb

alfred otm, "something" just feels like a placeholder word that she forgot to replace

"the whores hustle" is a gigantic dumb cliché but it's almost more forgiveable if you embrace it on that level; "you said something" is just blahhhhhhhh

whores hustle has some kind of energy to it i guess? the person who voted it #1 should post an impassioned apologia

i think this is because i am a lol english major and can't get past how dumb the lyrics are. i guess it sounds okay.

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i should have voted in this. i am a criminal.

WAIT. "Fountain" is 58 and "Whores Hustle" is 31???????

"The Whores Hustle" is a bit dumb if you just look at the lyrics and view it as a stab at writing a gritty "streets of NYC" kind of thing but it ROCKS so I'd rather not nitpick.

ON my HILL i WAIT for WIND

^ My number 4, love that song, the tension all the way through building up to

my I for
on hill wait wind

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29. Big Exit (Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea) - 175 points, 9 votes

ON my HILL i WAIT for WIND
^
exactly

"Beautiful Feeling" is a better take on what she aims for in "You Said Something."

now "Big Exit" is a helluva openier

ON my HILL i WAIT for WIND

so she's standing outside waiting for someone to fart on her, is my takeaway

(btw I don't remember the song at all)

"big exit" slays live but smfh @ this trolling over-representation of this fucking album

yeah what is happening

i don't want to pit the different polly jeans against each other; i love them all. but seriously.

maybe people like it?

i like it too tbf. i think i like Dry more than ilx does, though

Soooooooo tempted to falsify the results at this point and just keep posting Stories from the... tracks until Lex explodes.

xp there is lots to come from dry tho, whereas we have got everything but good feeling out of the way by #29

fwiwimo 'the whores blah, blah, blah' does nothing for me, 'you said something' is inoffensive but a little dull, 'big exit' is great

good fortune

i am assuming good fortune, i thought big exit was the big fave off that album and was going to place way too high

whereas we have got everything but good feeling out of the way by #29

TS: Good Feeling v A Beautiful Fortune

lol

this song isn't called good feeling and that's not what it's about

My problem with "You Said Something" is that neither the music nor arrangement are interesting enough to swathe the "something" in mystery.

FWIW, I don't think it matters what the "something" was. The music helps to paint a picture right up until the moment that everything changed (or so we assume), it's carefree without being particularly positive or joyful, and the contrast between that feeling and the knowledge (or so we assume) that something bad is about to happen is what makes the song poignant.

the knowledge (or so we assume) that something bad is about to happen

I don't make that assumption

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28. The Wind (Is This Desire?) - 180 points, 10 votes

so she could waaaashhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

sssshhhhhhhh

i always thought the "something" in that song was a declaration of love. is that too pat? does that possibly reflect my feelings about that album?

nothing about "the wind" in the context of PJH's discography should work; everything does. the entrance of that high head voice is such a moment

and that two-note string part

whores hustle has some kind of energy to it i guess? the person who voted it #1 should post an impassioned apologia

I was away for awhile when this placed hence my delay. I proudly voted Whores Hustle as my #1. The last 40 seconds or so, the high note on "to the core" and the ensuing riff are the greatest moments in any PJ song, and sum up everything that makes her special.

Mr. Spirali, spare us the suspense. What is your #1? I bet it's got plenty of synths (which means you're a pussy) LOL

i always thought the "something" in that song was a declaration of love. is that too pat? does that possibly reflect my feelings about that album?

Hmmm ... I've always thought of it a relationship she thought (in hindsight) was too good to be true, lines like "and I am doing nothing wrong" and "acting like lovers" (i.e. acting out something that isn't real) are the clues.