Polly Admiration (Muso fans)

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Stella Mozgawa: Warpaint -

"Let England Shake by P J Harvey is simply a masterpiece. She oscillates between intimate and extroverted levels of protest, and I don't think I've ever heard an album that's quite so sure of itself. It's powerful without being preachy and I love the way it sucks you in and continues to unravel with every listen. My favourite album of the last five years, let alone 2011."

Ah! I just came here to post this one. In today's Independent newspaper. Good one, isn't it?

Stella is a brilliant drummer. I have watched her live at close quarters and was amazed at what she can do on a set of drums.

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Juliette Lewis (comment on twitter). Link is to 'The Garden'...the song, not here!:

'I LOVE the beat in this song. I'm feeling so 1998 right now. http://youtu.be/VfY6yvSphKE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; PJ Harvey the queen.'

Try this live version, I promise you will love it, it is supernaturally good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qloqUbdh8s4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

How could you not love her and the band after this.

And in Dublin, 2007. Sublime:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRs0oiCpg-g" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Polly_Jean_Cave]

St Vincent(Facebook):

"You asked, I tell! My favourite record of 2011: PJ Harvey's Let England Shake. Her best since Is This Desire?

[Amanda_ataxia]

then she wrote on twitter:

st_vincent
I should have said it was "my favorite since Is This Desire" not "her best". I'm not a critic, I'm a fan. #presumptuous #sorry

St Vincent(Facebook):

"You asked, I tell! My favourite record of 2011: PJ Harvey's Let England Shake. Her best since Is This Desire?

[Cartman]

A lot of indie artists have mentioned PJ in their year-end lists on Pitchfork. Tim Hecker being one of them! I'm so glad because I love that guy. Anyway, here's the link: http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lis ... t-of-2011/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Polly_Jean_Cave]

Huey Morgan played Let England Shake on BBC radio recently.

[jesuspolly]

I did not know that Kurt Cobain admired PJ Harvey,and Dry was one of his 50 favorite albums¡¡¡¡

http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/nirvana81/kurttop.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Beatrice Eli (comment on twitter):

'Massive PJ Harvey obsession right now.'

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Amanda Palmer at Perth gig last night. Comments and images posted on twitter:

'the people of Perth at the Perth concert hall await the magnificence of THE PEEJ. twitpic.com/86q527'

http://twitpic.com/86q527" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

'the PJ Harvey and her band (mick harvey, jean-marc butty, john parrish) at Perth concert hall. twitpic.com/86rcx7'

http://twitpic.com/86rcx7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond); posted Polly's quote from last year's appearance on The Andrew Marr Show. I'm guessing she is a fan!:

'PJ Harvey "The whole world seems to be being steered toward economic gain being the only goal of worth." #ontheabsenceofmusicinschools'

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Hannah Clark (aka Foe):

"It’s a combination of my influences - Nirvana, PJ Harvey and Sonic Youth - but I’ve always had the idea of writing a melodic song that people can follow. Hopefully it’s a mix of the two."

http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-eveni ... _1_2052226" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Polly_Jean_Cave]

Al Milman(early punk band - Alan Milman Sect) posted a youtube link to "Let England Shake" on his wall

Gary Heffern(alt country artist, was in early punk band the Penetrators) lists "Let England Shake" as one of his favourite albums of 2011

Niagara(Destroy All Monsters) posted a link to a live performance of Dress

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Emily Barker of Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo (comment on twitter):

'Went for a walk in the rain listening to PJ Harvey's 'Let England Shake' -perfect sound track for a windy walk through allotments & estates.'

[Black Hearted Love]

I love AFP!

Tue
Jan
24th

playing the violent femmes & meeting PJ
[...]i also have to tell you about meeting PJ harvey, it’s the most embarrassing and beautiful story ever….

she was watching our violent femmes show from side of stage.
i’d asked her band (my band, for the violent time being) beforehand if she’d maybe want to guest. they gave me that OH BOY look …and told me she never does that sort of thing unless she’s dragged out on the spot. they said supposedly nick cave used to do that….just spit “AND NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PJ HARVEY” into the mic and she’d be like….um. ok. sheesh.
i’ve done that to neil a couple of times. i think. actually, maybe i haven’t. maybe he just says i have. he usually enjoys me “dragging onstage”, but more to the point, i can usually tell the difference between “dragging” and “encouraging”…it’s usually the latter. when it’s the former, i can sense it, and i back off. i don’t like dragging. it’s a drag.

so at the encore of “blister in the sun” - we played it twice, once at start and once at encore - i caught her eye and ran over to her while brian ritchie explained to the crowd what an ACTUAL encore is (in old school days: a repetition of a favorite song…not a whole new batch, PREACH).

i asked her if she’d come on stage and sing with me. she was so sweet and said “no, no, no, you’re doing wonderfully….go ahead without me, i couldn’t possibly, etc etc”. and in the fever of the moment, i literally threw myself on my knees, looked up and said I’LL GIVE YOU MY FIRSTBORN CHILD! PLEASE?? and brian vilgione, who was watching this whole thing from the stage and laughing his ass off, says she looked wonderfully terrified. ultimately, she (so politely, so humbly, so kindly) refused. i don’t think she wanted my firstborn child. i don’t blame her, i don’t think i would either.

but once the show was over, i felt like a grade-A asshole. why’d i pressure her? eesh. when I ran into her the next day at the mona museum, I begged her a second time: this time for her forgiveness. she granted it. golly, she was so nice. Queen Peeg. THE PEEG. how i love her. how very, very, very different we are.

me in my sloppy unrehearsed bra-and-underwear, get-everybody-on-stage-and-see-what-happens attitude and her in her tightly choreographed, ultra-controlled, laser-like intensity.

it takes a village.

her show was great - she and the band performed much tighter and bolder than in perth and the festival wrapped with a bang.
i took this shot of her from side of stage…in a particularly animated moment.

She Is Class.

onwards to auckland and wellington.


LOVE
afp

http://blog.amandapalmer.net/post/16451 ... meeting-pj" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

p.s. all my support to New Zeland, Love You!

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I love AFP!

Tue
Jan
24th

playing the violent femmes & meeting PJ
[...]i also have to tell you about meeting PJ harvey, it’s the most embarrassing and beautiful story ever….

she was watching our violent femmes show from side of stage.
i’d asked her band (my band, for the violent time being) beforehand if she’d maybe want to guest. they gave me that OH BOY look …and told me she never does that sort of thing unless she’s dragged out on the spot. they said supposedly nick cave used to do that….just spit “AND NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PJ HARVEY” into the mic and she’d be like….um. ok. sheesh.
i’ve done that to neil a couple of times. i think. actually, maybe i haven’t. maybe he just says i have. he usually enjoys me “dragging onstage”, but more to the point, i can usually tell the difference between “dragging” and “encouraging”…it’s usually the latter. when it’s the former, i can sense it, and i back off. i don’t like dragging. it’s a drag.

so at the encore of “blister in the sun” - we played it twice, once at start and once at encore - i caught her eye and ran over to her while brian ritchie explained to the crowd what an ACTUAL encore is (in old school days: a repetition of a favorite song…not a whole new batch, PREACH).

i asked her if she’d come on stage and sing with me. she was so sweet and said “no, no, no, you’re doing wonderfully….go ahead without me, i couldn’t possibly, etc etc”. and in the fever of the moment, i literally threw myself on my knees, looked up and said I’LL GIVE YOU MY FIRSTBORN CHILD! PLEASE?? and brian vilgione, who was watching this whole thing from the stage and laughing his ass off, says she looked wonderfully terrified. ultimately, she (so politely, so humbly, so kindly) refused. i don’t think she wanted my firstborn child. i don’t blame her, i don’t think i would either.

but once the show was over, i felt like a grade-A asshole. why’d i pressure her? eesh. when I ran into her the next day at the mona museum, I begged her a second time: this time for her forgiveness. she granted it. golly, she was so nice. Queen Peeg. THE PEEG. how i love her. how very, very, very different we are.

me in my sloppy unrehearsed bra-and-underwear, get-everybody-on-stage-and-see-what-happens attitude and her in her tightly choreographed, ultra-controlled, laser-like intensity.

it takes a village.

her show was great - she and the band performed much tighter and bolder than in perth and the festival wrapped with a bang.
i took this shot of her from side of stage…in a particularly animated moment.

She Is Class.

onwards to auckland and wellington.


LOVE
afp

http://blog.amandapalmer.net/post/16451 ... meeting-pj" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

p.s. all my support to New Zeland, Love You!

She left a comment on twitter about the apology at the Mona Museum.

I reckon that image of Polly was taken during 'Pocket Knife'.