PJ Harvey
The War Songs
There's dirt under fingernails here. Soil from Dorset, blood from war zones she visited with camera and notebook.
She went to Afghanistan, Kosovo, Washington D.C. — not as tourist but as witness. Came back with *Let England Shake* and *The Hope Six Demolition Project*. Songs that scratch at you, that won't let go.
The melodies are pretty. Almost folk songs. But underneath: the horror. The casual violence. The bodies.
Variations
PJ Harvey: different live versions of the song "Rid of Me"
There's something fascinating and repellent about this song.
Both powerful and too much.
1. PJ Harvey – Rid Of Me – Live
Those crooked lips as she sings:
"Lick my legs, I'm on fire
Lick my legs of desire"
And crying: "Big lonely above everything"
I was there, back in 2001.
PJ Harvey – Rid of Me, 2001
PJ Harvey – Rid Of Me – Live 2001 HD
PJ Harvey – Rid of Me [October 1993]
PJ Harvey – Rid of Me (Werchter Festival, 2001)