Oh My Poller: Dig the PJ Harvey Dry Poll

There is a particular PJ Harvey song that I have been trying to track down--I have no idea which album it's from, and very little idea of the lyrics, except it the chorus sounds something like:

"you-want-to-hear-my-love-sing--MORE"

those are definitely not the correct lyrics, but there is a beer in DC for whoever can figure this one out for me.

You want to hear my "Long Snake Moan", from To Bring You My Love.

Bingo! Now if only I can find the damn CD--presumably it is *somewhere* in the apartment.

I feel like I already voted for Dress in another poll? I may, however, have the stupid today.

fuck it, im voting for plants and rags.

Dress. It's what made me realize Rob Ellis was one of my favorite drummers.

"O My Lover" -- a perfect song to kick off one of the better music catalogues of the past 15-20 years.

once upon a time i'd've gone for 'sheela-na-gig' with no questions - now i think it might be between 'dress' and 'o stella'.

"Dress" was the first one I heard. "O my lover" was the one that made me go "god".

Oh My Lover, obv.

"dress" for both song and video

Sheela-Na-Gig

o the days when PJ was just another awesome new addition to the Too Pure roster..

Voted Dress.

Is Victory the one that Shellac ripped off on The Admiral?

dress!

Spot on about the great drumming on 'Dress', it makes the track feel all off-kilter. What's he doing that's so unusual?

Went to vote for Oh My Lover and it said "You have already voted on this poll". Wonder what I voted? Probably Dress. But tonight it would have been OML.

Listening to this now for the first time in years and srsly every track (from the first two-thirds, at least) is making me go "...oh, no, THIS one is best!"

^this

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

O Stella 0

waht

Something's gonna come last.

Yeah, it'd have been my third choice, still...

Shouldn't this thread have been titled, "Poll My Lover"?

O my plover?

WHAT'S THAT COLOR FORMING AROUND YOUR EYES?

Such a great fucking song, probably still her best, imo.

Don't like the sound of this album. The bass asphyxiates the listener. And her voice is too low in the mix. But great album though.

ON my HILL i WAIT for WIND
listened to this for the first time in a zillion years this week and it was marvelous

an all-time favourite. possibly top 3?

Hearing it at 18 about a year after it came out but before Rid of Me was revelatory. I was so glad to have found it, relieved even, and then Rid of Me made Dry feel like a trusted childhood friend. It was so cool to hear her try on different voices.

And the songs still sound relevant and meaningful and super cool (the recording not as much but w/e)

yeah it's a good way of putting it. rid of me is probably one of my favourite lps of all time, but like dry because it lacks the single-minded rigour of rid of me. it's slightly various.

Her power trio was so inspiring. I love the recording. I played it for my guitar teacher once, and his reaction was that the recording captured the same huge but real sonic vibe/quality as early Zeppelin. Have always preferred it to Rid of Me, which is still great but a rough listen. In the most literal sense; Albini's dynamics are downright abusive, and don't always do the clarity and cohesion of that rhythm section justice.

I love both almost equally, and for different reasons, and they were insanely important to me in the spring/summer of 1993. I didn't listen to much else.

And I'm here at :47, in the front:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cEw8nMfzI8

Listened to this a lot a lot a lot while I was living in a boarding house and drawing the first couple issues of my comic.

When rid of me came out it didn't really connect with me as much; it seemed like it was DOING A THING too much like the way Bowie records do a thing, idk, and to bring you my love was even more like that. I still like dry the most though the demo version of rid of me is awesome too.

LL remember I was bugging u to send me this album but you couldn't find it. You found it!

Ha, yeah I totally found it! I love Rid of Me equally but also for different reasons. That video is memory gold. I wonder if any of the shows I went to are on Youtube? Prob not, I was in Ohio.

I guess ultimately this album helped me grow up a little, at least enough to be ready for Rid of Me. I was really angry all the time back then.

I love her guitar.

Has there ever been a Rid of Me vs. Dry poll? Seems like both are loved pretty equally.

Seriously, her guitar, the bass, the drums - trio was next level. I totally get what JL is saying about "doing a thing," though. Especially after the visceral perfection of the first two, I always figured praise for (the still fine) To Bring You My Love was overreaction from people who missed said first two. Though if I were honest I'd admit "Songs ..." is the one I responded the most to, emotionally.

Er, "Stories..."