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PJ Harvey

Ohyeah  said about 5 years ago  or at  2:01PM on Friday, November 17 2006 in music

i can't believe she doesn't have a thread named after her yet.

what more could one seriously ask for.

got the peel sessions.

dumbfounded.


sister  said about 5 years ago:

yep. pretty awesome.


Ohyeah  said about 5 years ago:

i have a lady crush on her. ever since 1993.


Bittervictorian  said about 5 years ago:

Ooooooh! It's good then Ohyeah???


Ohyeah  said about 5 years ago:

you can borrow if you would like BV. of course it is good. and she has rob ellis in all sessions. bless.



thumb  said about 5 years ago:

she's a great musician...but very very loose...


loveisafist  said about 5 years ago:

i love ze peej. she is so friggin amazing. and i say 'friggin', coz that's what happens when i listen to her.

moans, sighs and groans softly


juicenewton*  said about 5 years ago:

.but very very loose.

what do you mean thumb?


Ohyeah  said about 5 years ago:

she is not bound by technical proficiency?


thumb  said about 5 years ago:

juice, i mean give her a couple of red wines and she'll fuck the nearest farmer near where she lives. well maybe not farmer, but you know what i mean.


RoastOxCrisps  said about 5 years ago:

that's a bad thing?


TagoMago  said about 5 years ago:

tried to pick her up at an airport once. true story, failed miserably.


RoastOxCrisps  said about 5 years ago:

were you out of roheys?


loveisafist  said about 5 years ago:

i reckon i've got a shot with ze peej...

"lick my legs, i'm on fire, lick my legs, i'm desire..."


juicenewton*  said about 5 years ago:

i mean give her a couple of red wines and she'll fuck the nearest farmer near where she lives. well maybe not farmer

I find it interesting that this is the case with lots of male musicians through out history, but it only rates a mention (within the first 7 posts of a thread) when it's a chick. Gotta love those age-old double standards.


nishiki  said about 5 years ago:

the adults covered 'rid of me' last night. was pretty interesting.


thumb  said about 5 years ago:

i'd say the same thing about any male musician so dont take the moral high ground with me you presumptuous fuck.


juicenewton*  said about 5 years ago:

So where have you said it on other threads?

yeah, just like I thought.


thumb  said about 5 years ago:

i dont think i've commented on any other threads involving any male artist in particular. in fact i haven't. i just started a thread about richard wagner but i dont know anything about him. so i could hardly call him a slut.

so fuck you again for being SO PREDICTABLE.


RoastOxCrisps  said about 5 years ago:

who's taking the moral high ground? thumb you're the one making value judgements based on a perceived notion of sexual practises.


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ichabod  said about 4 months ago:

Oh. Thanks!


nexus  said about 4 months ago:

It was fucking amazing. we had front row seats right in front of her!

Here's a shot i snuck


mrmagoo  said about 4 months ago:

i would have KILLED to have seats that good

we were waaaay up the back


monoceros  said about 4 months ago:

Pretty great last night. Would like to know how it compared to Sunday. Anyone go to both?


mrmagoo  said about 4 months ago:

did the setlist change much??


mrmagoo  said about 4 months ago:

geneclark70  said about 4 months ago:

That is a particularly shithouse review, I agree. So much awkward language, so many spurious connections, with a healthy reliance on the bleeding obvious for good measure.

''Switching to guitar, Polly Jean Harvey displayed enormous ease with an instrument that first brought her to public attention''. How unusual, you mean she - an established, well known, well paid musician - can actually play her guitar?

''...the dark, sometimes disturbing lyrical content was almost hidden as she wove a spell with her voice''. Um, does this mean you couldn't hear the words clearly?

''...the 42-year-old blended with the trio seamlessly...''. What, they 'blended' enough to sound like a band? And that's a surprise why, exactly?

'' 'You're very cool!' cried out one voice from the audience. Indeed, PJ Harvey is very cool...'' Sheesh, I give up. So should the reviewer. Is this really the standard of music criticism in the mainstream press these days? No wonder I've stopped reading it.


mrmagoo  said about 4 months ago:

tells you very little about the actual performance as well


geneclark70  said about 4 months ago:

You're right, that's probably because the reviewer doesn't know her music at all. It reads like he's got all the facts he needs from Wikipedia.


monoceros  said about 4 months ago:

Mentioning such irrelevant shit as Grammy nominations in the first sentence is a dead give away the reviewer has no taste and little idea about the artist he is reviewing.


tugboat  said about 4 months ago:

the worstening...


shhh  said about 4 months ago:

pfft that is pretty lame. of all the things you could say about such a great show in just 200 words...


shhh  said about 4 months ago:

like, i lost count of how many times my eyes welled up and i had goosebumps...


letterbox  said about 4 months ago:

think that review was bad?

this is how it opens...

''I, like many of other males have been introduced to PJ Harvey by my partner. And after just two minutes of being at the concert hall, a guy and his wife pick up on our West Country English dulcet tones.
We talk about her music, and how although we as men are not massive fans, we both have great respect for her and her song writing.
After seeing PJ Harvey perform at festivals, I know this lass can hold her own with the boys. For research you only have to look at songs from the Desert sessions where she performs with the likes Mark Lanegan, and Josh Homme.''


letterbox  said about 4 months ago:

monoceros  said about 4 months ago:

That review is not only moronic it is borderline offensive: ''I know this lass can hold her own with the boys''. Jesus!


illywhacker  said about 4 months ago:

Jesus Christ that's bad. So only once she'd played with the boys did she prove she could rock? Is this the first time this douche has ever listened to a female artist?

She manages to cleverly command the listener, demanding respect effortlessly against an ever-growing search of the Devine in pop stardom.

Miranda Devine? Or maybe you mean 'divine' you fucking retard.


mrmagoo  said about 4 months ago:

just plain awful

this one that NiteShok linked to at the Vine is decent enough, actually seems like the writer actually went to the show at least

http://www.thevine.com.au/music/live-reviews/


nexus  said about 4 months ago:

Saw her on SAt in Hobart. AWESOME. no seating, standing which was good to be able to sway to but at the same time it sorta sucked not being seated as it wasn't a rock gig. Apparently fuckheads at the back kept talking throughout the show. dicks. I was in front of her again (but three people back).

I also met her just before she was about to hop in the car to get to the airport! she was giving mick harvey and john parrish hugs goodbye. amanda palmer was also hanging around as well around the same time. i got to tell her how much i enjoued the shows and she thanked me. what a sweetheart.


LaxCharisma  said about 3 months ago:

That's awesome nexus. I met her and Mick Harvey & John Parish the day after the Sydney show at the airport (No I didn't go there looking for them. I work there) and the same I told them the show was fantastic. Polly came across as pretty shy. I pretty much talked (briefly) to Mick who I have met a few times before that. Was still pretty cool and YES what a performance...

Yeah I think it was more of a sitdown performance too. I really loved that there was no support act just a focused performance and early finish. Excellent stuff.


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