POLLy Jean Harvey - The PJ Harvey results thread

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.

27. Is This Desire? (Is This Desire?) - 185 points, 1 first place, 8 votes

This was in my top 5.

I honestly have no idea what will be #1

I'm at the point in the countdown where I think boastfully to myself that the rest of my favorites are going to be in the top 25, surely, because they are the best.
Like obviously Angelene is going to be top 20.

Her best album closer?

I think so

i was the no.1 voter for ITD! i absolutely love her controlled, deep voice on it - it's such a careful song.

"The Dancer" is her best album closer by a mile, but "Is This Desire" is probably second (I voted for it).

PJH album closers:

1. is this desire?
2. the darker days of me & him
3. the dancer
4. the mountain
5. this wicked tongue
6. the colour of the earth
7. water
8. cracks in the canvas
9. lost fun zone
10. ecstasy
11. goodnight

lex, my top three exactly

Collaborative playlist - currently up to date

which album closed with "This Wicked Tongue"?

kornrulez6969 - i wasn't mocking your #1, it was a sincere request and i am glad you replied, i will listen to the track with your comments in mind. as far as my #1 is concerned, the top of my list was very unadventurous, and i think i'd actually be surprised if my 1 and 2 don't fall in the top 3. we'll see when we get there i guess.

looking at those closers together just makes me think closers are not a strong suit