You wanna hear my long snake... POLL: PJ Harvey TO BRING YOU MY LOVE POLL

hear my dreaming
you'll be drowning

Passionate love for: The Dancer > C'Mon Billy > Down by the Water

Is it weird that, after not having heard this album for 10 years, I can only remember "Working for the Man"?

i need to dig this out, it's been a while. kneejerk is "send his love," but i'm not actually sure why.

cosmic abbigong, yes it is.

MOAN

Yeah probably "Long Snake Moan" but I want to listen to this again before choosing something.

2nd fav pj album, this. "c'mon billy" still floors me though; so much packed into 3 mins, not a second wasted.

Where I sadly realized she wasn't going to be one of my all-time favorites. After the originality of the first two, she backed into some mid-90s alt-rock cliches here, though there's still plenty of good.

Long Snake Moan is probably my favourite. I have a soft spot for Teclo, though -- lovely moments where she references Beefheart (with whom she corresponds).

either "C'mon Billy" or the title track. Still think that's one of the best openers ever.

"Meet Ze Monsta"

I saw her like 3 weeks earlier at the hfstival and it's in my top 10 favorite shows! She had more charisma than anyone I'd seen in my life up until then. Going with the title track here because it's great, it's big, it's spare, and it has sand blowing through it. Also of note is the transition into the bridge at about 2:24.

"The Dancer" is my favorite thing she's ever done. I especially love the way she wails 'heart' at the end of the song.

"The Dancer" is my favorite thing she's ever done.
yessssssss

I like everything here but I've got to go with 'C'mon Billy'. Maybe not my favourite song of hers (though top five, easy) but my favourite vocal.

The title track is my favorite song of hers aside from possibly "Hardly Wait".

Although really I don't think there's a single song here that isn't fantastic.

for me tough pick between the two evil quiet ones, teclo and i think i'm a mother.

or the title track.

or shit, the dancer!

"The Dancer" -- just -- over the title track. Lovely album.

Sudden surge of love for "The Dancer"! ^__^

Voted "Meet Ze Monsta", but comments above saying any of these could have taken it...OTM.

clip at the top of thread is awwwwwesome.

I think the impact of the record may currently be understated by some recent 90's revisionism.. For years I assumed this record was considered her masterwork, but for the past few years it seems Rid Of Me and Dry receive more attention.

"Meet Ze Monsta"

― Alex in NYC, Sunday, August 16, 2009 11:12 PM

^^^

gotta thank this thread for turning me on to 'long snake moan', which in 14 years i've never considered a favourite, but now...WHOA.

it's my VOODOO WORKING~~~

come back here my man gimme my daughter~~~

working for the man is real good, but i had to go with monsta.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

title track just beats out Working For The Man.

god I love the bass sound on this album. so distorted and overdriven, it sounds loud no matter what volume you play it at.

sigh
at this point, I'm predicting wrong (meaning non-C'mon Billy or The Dancer) results. :(

Turangalila, don't despair, remember the "sudden surge of love" upthread!

:D

oh shit i have to hurry up. to bring you my love is so great. but working for the man is just killer. that bass is IT.

i don't understand the appeal of meet ze monsta at all. by far the weakest track on the record. pj harvey on autopilot. the dancer on the other hand is my romantic choice. i saw her live about ten years ago. we went the 400 kilometers to munich to see giant sand. howe gelb started at 8pm sharp. we were 5 minutes late. she was the main act. and god did she blow away howe. what a stage presence, what an energy. unbelievable. she's just blood and bones but man does she kick ass.

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

YAY

Surprisingly strong showing from "Down By The Water"! ^___^

I forgot to vote. T_T

only two votes for working for the man? without mine it would have finished last. i am surprised.

Surprisingly strong showing from "Down By The Water"! ^___^

I forgot to vote. T_T

― Leee, Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:46 PM

god that song is so annoying

i like how all the songs on the album can be paired off sonically

to bring you my love/teclo
meet ze monsta/long snake moan
working for the man/i think i'm a mother
c'mon billy/send his love to me
down by the water/the dancer

This album is so sick.

bass tone on working for the man is fucking monstrously great

Been playing this album a lot over the last two weeks. Love her vocalisation on/of the title track, what an opener. Tough to OPO, it's between the top three of this poll. I think.

Would love to see her live again. Only saw her once, in 1992. Not as extravagant a stage presence as I've seen of later 90s dates but still, so impressive. By far the best of the line up of the festival imo, and yes, that includes Pearl Jam's epic performance (setlist: O Stella, Dress, Highway 61 Revisited, Hair, Victory, Sheela-Na-Gig, Water - https://youtu.be/hNmLwW1RaXM?t=1h33m13s)

um hmmm

happy 30th

bass tone on working for the man is fucking monstrously great

― People like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, June 18, 2017 6:28 PM (seven years ago)

can I get a fuckin amen

And, like most of the record, it's an organ (bass pedals?). "Long Snake Moan" is the only track with bass guitar credited.