The Garden, a PJ Harvey Discussion Site

Probably too late, but no, the tuning is a modal one. It's DGDGDD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvrEAfm6Tf8

Ms Morissette's very much a mainstream artist who occasionally edges into more interesting territory, though, isn't she? It doesn't surprise me that she's had much more success generally, in Brazil as much as anywhere else.

I wouldn't say Alanis is mainstream now, she WAS in the 90s, but not now ...

Just to clarify, I'm from Brazil so her music isn't popular at all here. She probably came to my country once or twice.

I mentioned Alanis because she was EXTREMELY popular here. Brazil loves her and anyone over 30 knows who she is here, whether they're into rock music or not.

Okay, I'll bite.

1. Much of Polly's earlier music is dark with lots of minor chords. The lyrics can be be quite dark also.
2. Polly doesn't banter much with the audience, at least not when she has a band behind her. This lends the appearance of her being aloof.
3. Polly seems to have never much ...

This is a serious question. Why isn't PJ Harvey more popular for her music and influence?

I think Rid of Me and To Bring you My Love are masterpieces. Her voice is great, she can play many instruments, she can talk about a myriad of different subjects like war, loss of a lover, female empowerment ...

We all know how her music has changed a lot since 1992. She started with a full-on alt-rock trio with a basic rock instrumentation. Drums, bass, electric guitar and a distortion pedal. Her songs what you'd call aggressive and enpowering, especially in Rid of Me. The songs on Rid of Me were bit ...

...But anyway, since that album, all you could hear from Polly was piano, autoharp, saxophone and if there was an electric guitar somewhere, it was always clean. No distortion, no rocking out whatsoever. <...>
I think that even with just a piano, autoharp or saxophone her music is a much more ...

If I ever wished some era to return, it'd be 2001 during the Stories tour FOR SURE. I know that many fans seems to dislike this album because it's her most commercial release to date, but I just love it. She was the perfect embodiment of badass female rock, something Courtney Love always wanted to ...

We all know how her music has changed a lot since 1992. She started with a full-on alt-rock trio with a basic rock instrumentation. Drums, bass, electric guitar and a distortion pedal. Her songs what you'd call aggressive and enpowering, especially in Rid of Me. The songs on Rid of Me were bit ...

This is one of my favorite Polly songs.

I know that the chorus is A5 - G5 - E5, but the main riff I haven't figured out. It sounds like the whole melody in the verses revolves around the B and C# note and probably ends with an E.

I tried to watch her playing it live and the only chord I managed ...