PJ Harvey: 'I was just trying to survive'

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  • @iLikeCookie88
    @iLikeCookie88 12 років тому +381

    The contrast between her raspy singing voice and how soft-spoken she is when she speaks is amazing! I love how she speaks :)

    • @idontcareaboutyou7757
      @idontcareaboutyou7757 4 роки тому +6

      where the hell is her singing voice 'raspy'? are you tone def?

    • @NOWtheband
      @NOWtheband 4 роки тому +11

      @Nenethegreat W - Dear oh dear..........

    • @vivaanhoward6471
      @vivaanhoward6471 3 роки тому

      I dont mean to be off topic but does anybody know a way to get back into an instagram account?
      I was stupid lost my password. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me.

    • @coreyknox1751
      @coreyknox1751 3 роки тому

      @Vivaan Howard Instablaster :)

    • @AlaineSuzanne
      @AlaineSuzanne 9 місяців тому +2

      And that someone this modest, shy and private can get on-stage and become someone larger than life bearing her soul

  • @Vypichla0vci0ko
    @Vypichla0vci0ko 11 років тому +124

    I love interviews with Polly .. with every album she creates different persona, different story she lives in that moment and when she stop singing she is that incredibly modest, intelligent, shy and fragile and you just have to love her for maintaining these traits after 20+ years of being famous world wide. And most importantly she CARES. Worlds cannot describe how much I adore her and how much her work and her .. just her pure existence means to me.

  • @simpleagain1
    @simpleagain1 3 роки тому +42

    I’ve seen her in concert twice and she absolutely kicks ass. She makes a really big sound for a 3 piece band. I was actually very surprised by her raw musical power. She’s one of those rare bands where the music is BETTER live than it is on the album. I definitely wasn’t expecting that. She is one intense individual!

  • @ohlwilliam4838
    @ohlwilliam4838 3 роки тому +18

    Truly, a modern icon. Her humility and utter lack of pretense continues to astound me. I've been a fan for quite a while, and it's only now that I'm taking in her interviews. Absolutely, positively a gifted artist who continues to grow.

  • @lorisanpietro5560
    @lorisanpietro5560 3 роки тому +40

    She is great I met her at the metro and she is soft spoken and very grounded. No ego bullshit just down to earth!! Love her music but her ideology as well and her concern. It's real.

  • @TroySan1985
    @TroySan1985 6 років тому +15

    Why is she so cool and windswept? Nobody like her....unique and awesome lady

  • @pstewart5443
    @pstewart5443 3 роки тому +23

    Love you PJ. I remember being in the military and jamming out to your music. Keep it up! So impressed by you for years.

  • @jamesbadham9665
    @jamesbadham9665 3 роки тому +22

    Ten years later the phrase "it's all so upsetting" resonates with even more truth.

    • @louispaultuffal1627
      @louispaultuffal1627 3 роки тому

      True

    • @reginaldside4575
      @reginaldside4575 2 роки тому

      What struck me about this is the way the interview allows her to talk straightforwardly about what she's doing in a which seemed to go out of fashion for popular music during the 1980s and never really came back. It's a kind of throwback to a different time and all the better for it.

  • @ElricX
    @ElricX 5 років тому +24

    She's such an interesting musician. Original, talented, intelligent. I'd love to meet her

  • @goobah01
    @goobah01 6 років тому +22

    PJ just keeps growing on me. Didn’t know she was such a Kubrick fan. Geniuses of a feather I guess.

  • @barbaracook7142
    @barbaracook7142 3 роки тому +7

    Beautiful, humble, honest, interested in everything around her and great to hear how the album evolved

  • @cynthiamadrid1430
    @cynthiamadrid1430 Рік тому +3

    What a delightful precious artist.
    I love PJ Harvey. Extraordinary
    talent.

  • @t.terentiusneo6925
    @t.terentiusneo6925 8 років тому +21

    I love it when her little West Country accent slips out every once in a while :)

  • @ronrendon
    @ronrendon 3 роки тому +11

    She is such a blessing. God bless PJ now and always.

  • @Earnshawfully
    @Earnshawfully 6 років тому +13

    She belongs to the moment that the world is in. So brave and so human.

  • @Josh9000series
    @Josh9000series 11 років тому +7

    Good interview Caspar. What a magnificent lady. I've seen her live thrice and I'll do it again every time she comes to Perth, Aus.

    • @1chienandalou
      @1chienandalou 3 роки тому

      Lucky you! Three times is great!!!

  • @konstantinosconstantine
    @konstantinosconstantine 4 роки тому +6

    I've been a fan of her since I was a junior high school student and now I'm 32 yo and it's the very first time wacthing an interview and actually listening to her speaking voice!
    💓

    • @1chienandalou
      @1chienandalou 3 роки тому +1

      Me too! Love her longtime but my appreciation grows and grows

  • @paulquintin3607
    @paulquintin3607 3 роки тому +5

    A newbie to this woman’s music, had no idea She was British. I am always amazed at how much differently British singers sound when recording. Love discovering these videos and learning more about PJ. She is terrific!

  • @TheVThakur
    @TheVThakur 9 років тому +75

    Gosh!! What an artist. What a woman! :)

  • @StarNonna
    @StarNonna 11 років тому +9

    Absolute gem in music. Wonderful songwriter. Love you PJ.

  • @morriganravenchild6613
    @morriganravenchild6613 7 років тому +14

    An incredible talent - she just gets better and better!

  • @julesp0ds353
    @julesp0ds353 2 роки тому +2

    i LOVE her i didn’t even realise she was british but now i love her even more

  • @garrettscott
    @garrettscott Рік тому +3

    I feel like PJ made one of the only albums that tries to process the Afghan and Iraq wars and to address what parts England and America played in so much misery. But of course from the perspective of one of us (I'm American) in a way. During the Vietnam war there was so much music about it, but during the 2000s seems like mostly what was being done in our names was not part of the music scene. She made a beautiful album and, as she said in the interview, she tried to stay somewhat ambiguous. In this way the music and perhaps the message can reach more people. Let England Shake. A gem among gems.

  • @briteness
    @briteness 13 років тому +7

    This was a good interview. I am going to go listen to the album again right now.

  • @tdk903
    @tdk903 Рік тому

    The world needs more artists and people like P J Harvey.

  • @andydixon2980
    @andydixon2980 4 роки тому +22

    Great interview, both interviewer and subject are lucid and thought provoking.

    • @kappiiee
      @kappiiee 4 роки тому +8

      A lot of times I see interviewers interrupting, and sometimes that's necessary to stop someone rambling, but a lot of times it just kills the atmosphere of the interview and the interviewee can barely make a point.

    • @1chienandalou
      @1chienandalou 3 роки тому +2

      She’s always lucid. But yeah it’s nice that the interview were actually is as well. Good comment.

  • @francescocavallo666
    @francescocavallo666 6 років тому +6

    she's so talented

  • @pgrabar
    @pgrabar 11 років тому +27

    Polly named three of my personal favorites - Bob Dylan, Neal Young, and Patti Smith. :)

    • @dirkwellens
      @dirkwellens 5 років тому +8

      It's Neil Young, dude :)

    • @1chienandalou
      @1chienandalou 3 роки тому

      She knows what it’s all about. (And she’s one of my three favorites herself, personally )

  • @jasonlange6439
    @jasonlange6439 3 місяці тому

    What an absolute wonderful human being. Polly, you are a treasure ❤

  • @scottcrosby-art5490
    @scottcrosby-art5490 3 роки тому +2

    So sweet and talented

  • @bluefish4580
    @bluefish4580 4 роки тому +2

    Great to hear, even now, years later PJ talking about her work with such humility. It is a shame the questions were such obvious and predictable ones.

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 Рік тому +1

      I don't think so. She seemed to appreciate them and there was a flow in the conversation which was natural.
      We might have an impression of PJ Harvey as a person but she's being remarkably adaptable and candid regardless of any merits or otherwise of the questions, and makes it clear she is reflecting the situation we are in. There's no need to be too complicated about that. He let her speak and do what she wanted with the questions, and that's the most important thing. JIMO

  • @Youman71463
    @Youman71463 12 років тому +20

    "all I wanted to do was to listen carefully to the words that came out of the mouths of the people that were involved in these conflict situations"

  • @youjoker9647
    @youjoker9647 10 років тому +63

    Can hear her Dorset accent!

  • @missswan4864
    @missswan4864 4 роки тому +6

    PJ Harvey is one of my favorite artists because she acts like herself when she is conducting an interview instead of putting a face on.

  • @rodneygriffin7666
    @rodneygriffin7666 3 роки тому

    Come back. We love you.

  • @StephenAndrew777
    @StephenAndrew777 10 років тому +5

    Well it is as uplifting, beautiful and rousing as it can be. I take that to mean she's succeeded.

  • @flugsven
    @flugsven 12 років тому +1

    I´ve never had heroes- but now she´s my first. Only to have the amount of talent she keeps in her smallest toe, I would consider myself lucky^^

  • @karmenrichardson7289
    @karmenrichardson7289 2 роки тому +1

    ❤️ she knows exactly her focus points for what’s she needs to express her self through her music. Brilliant! And she is a very good actress on stage.🤔😊❤️ love her person(s)❤️

  • @MrTwigged
    @MrTwigged 2 роки тому +2

    She's in touch

  • @cassandrastornoway5445
    @cassandrastornoway5445 5 років тому +3

    I love this wonderful Woman

  • @mafoomatty7494
    @mafoomatty7494 7 років тому +5

    Oh gawd she's amazin

  • @benwherlock9869
    @benwherlock9869 9 років тому +6

    She really likes 'Everything Everything'!! Nice one, good choice. :)

  • @m06een00
    @m06een00 12 років тому +1

    Yes,she's won 2 Mercurys. Why question it? I did watch the interview. And had you properly listened to what was being said, the word "technical' which actually was introduced by the interviewer refers to PJ's songwriting direction in relation to using lyrics anf language and zilch to do with PJ's ability as a musician or guitarist It's quite clear what the interviewer (and PJ) meant

  • @Hellbrokeluce
    @Hellbrokeluce 13 років тому +36

    Only the dead have known the end of war - Plato.

  • @googo151
    @googo151 3 роки тому

    I USE TO SEE HER AROUND ALL THE TIME AND HAD NO CLUE IT WAS PJH!!!

  • @metaxuoblivion
    @metaxuoblivion 6 років тому +2

    I love that P.J loves Everything Everything, they're one of my favorite bands

  • @BiZarre-Events
    @BiZarre-Events 8 років тому +1

    You are a Beautiful person. Thank you. X

  • @Lorca32
    @Lorca32 12 років тому +1

    And it IS beautiful Polly! It is truly new and exciting! Not depressing! I suffer from mild mood changes and this album of yours as honestly helped me see the good side of life from your words. Polly but just see outside the lines and don't think the old bring in the new. Look at new artists. I love everyone you quote but there is happiness and space in newness! It'll become clear to you! xxx

  • @tomashize
    @tomashize 9 років тому +140

    Still fancy her.
    She just gets better, Let England Shake is bloody brilliant!

    • @marilyndriessen
      @marilyndriessen 9 років тому +14

      +Pagan Pilgrim you must be from England... 'Fancy'' 'Bloody'' I just love it!

    • @sia7224
      @sia7224 6 років тому +3

      ughhhhhhhhhhhhh the way she looks is pretty irrelevant

    • @richardjames5006
      @richardjames5006 6 років тому +6

      Anastasia Glover
      no it isn't.

    • @Foxiepawstotti
      @Foxiepawstotti 6 років тому +10

      I think she's looking brilliant too...that's coming from another, straight, woman. I think the guy was just stating a fact
      She's still extremely fanciable and she's got a brain.
      Oh and while we're at it, last time I checked, having opinions is one of the last rights we have!

    • @TheTestingGrounds
      @TheTestingGrounds 5 років тому +5

      For me Let England Shake is still the best album released this decade.

  • @noahgoyette467
    @noahgoyette467 3 роки тому +1

    thanks for this

  • @vsalasarcr
    @vsalasarcr 11 років тому +9

    Que mujer tan maravillosa y diáfana.

  • @DavidDatura
    @DavidDatura 12 років тому +4

    Oh and nobody deserved the Mercury music prize more than she did, good on her!!!

  • @drooskeedoo3388
    @drooskeedoo3388 3 роки тому +4

    She is articulate as fuck

  • @susanafernandes8654
    @susanafernandes8654 2 роки тому +3

    Adoro esta mulher ! Espero que ela venha a Portugal 🇵🇹

  • @cientifiko
    @cientifiko 5 років тому

    i could listen to her indefinitely, looking those green eyes.

  • @paulotonedef
    @paulotonedef 4 роки тому +33

    I see so much Patti Smith in Polly’s work.

    • @paulotonedef
      @paulotonedef 3 роки тому +7

      @bulímica desde los 15 idiota. Perhaps get your head out of toilet and then, maybe, we can have an intelligent discussion.

    • @te9591
      @te9591 3 роки тому +2

      @Paul Simon McCarthy she's been referred to as patti smith in previous interviews and has called it lazy journalism from what ive read online.

    • @1chienandalou
      @1chienandalou 3 роки тому

      Yes, but no. I mean I don’t think she would disagree but she is her own thing by now, as well. Seriously doesn’t need to be compared to anyone. Feel free to compare others to her if you want sort of thing.

  • @internet.cookies8531
    @internet.cookies8531 8 місяців тому

    2001 & 2011 She's a winner🎉

  • @user-zi2qk4zi4w
    @user-zi2qk4zi4w 5 років тому +4

    I was astonished to find out Let England Shake was actually censored on a jukebox at this particular bar in Connecticut..... WTF!? I was appalled!

  • @Hardbody94
    @Hardbody94 8 років тому +134

    Reminds me a little about Kate Bush when she's interviewed

    • @caitlinroseblaney226
      @caitlinroseblaney226 7 років тому +15

      I agree! They’re both such rock stars, but so soft-spoken in interviews 😊

    • @annetessari1004
      @annetessari1004 6 років тому +8

      Oh my Josh, totally agree. I was just going to type the same thing. Intelligent, thoughtful, humble, sensitive. Wonder if she's a Leo too

    • @anthonyscully2998
      @anthonyscully2998 6 років тому +2

      yes her accent is the same even though i don,t think she is from kent

    • @TheChugg11
      @TheChugg11 5 років тому +3

      Anthony Scully
      She’s a West Country girl from Dorset (although I always thought she was from Yeovil but apparently not).

    • @lemonbatz
      @lemonbatz 5 років тому +2

      Anne Tessari she’s a libra! and a Virgo moon

  • @lightofall
    @lightofall 4 роки тому +1

    Wwoooowww I don't feel so alone anymore

  • @svenlabots1869
    @svenlabots1869 2 роки тому +4

    Isn't Polly just an intelligent sweetheart....😍💎🎤☯️👍

  • @cazb877
    @cazb877 7 років тому +4

    Amazing artist, I don’t think any female artist articulates women’s experiences quite like Polly Jean, so much respect for her and her work ❤️

  • @rickyrhoades4083
    @rickyrhoades4083 9 років тому +37

    Cute lady and intelligent and wonderful singer. I love her accent. Her stage persona doesn't do her justice. Seems like a rebel on stage but she is so much more human and compassionate in "real life".

    • @lekkki1
      @lekkki1 8 років тому +1

      exactly.

    • @soaribb32
      @soaribb32 7 років тому +8

      Ricky Rhoades I'm sure the rebel persona is not a put on either, it's her cathartic expression artistically.

    • @KiRiMa64
      @KiRiMa64 6 років тому +6

      Her demeanor draws you in. There's nothing more attractive than a lady who's intelligent,well spoken,articulate and real! Just having a conversation with her would be stimulating and engaging.

    • @doomsdayzalinsky7910
      @doomsdayzalinsky7910 5 років тому

      Hey. Her stage presentation's nothing to laugh at either. (;

  • @junkiego
    @junkiego 12 років тому

    i feel so happy..

  • @dia.6213
    @dia.6213 8 років тому +5

    A TRUE ORIGINAL.

  • @standafan4141
    @standafan4141 7 років тому +5

    Stanley Kubrick's Path of glory, Barry Lyndon, Neil Young...she does tick all the boxes here.

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 Рік тому +1

      AND early Dylan. What Dylan did during that period was astonishing and his words and music groundbreaking and he was in the eye of a storm. There's so much anger and poignancy in both of them.

  • @jezza10181
    @jezza10181 12 років тому +2

    She's amazing ^_^

  • @frankorobinson1540
    @frankorobinson1540 2 роки тому +1

    If she was upset about things happening outside her small world then imagine now with the world completely out of control, chin up polly,live life enjoy stop worrying we can really change most of this horrible outcome we can only move on and give hope to people, peace ✌.

  • @romeoblack6693
    @romeoblack6693 19 днів тому

    I simply love her. She is right there on top with Debbie and Chrissie. Her work is among the best in what is called R&R. On a completely different thing, what a prick the media man, what disrespectful SoB sits that way before this or any other lady for that matter?. That is why the media is in the dumpster, they have no freacking idea of what respect is.

  • @alvin9713
    @alvin9713 2 роки тому

    She's amazing

  • @busywl69
    @busywl69 6 років тому

    so talented

  • @sebastopprogre1979
    @sebastopprogre1979 5 років тому

    I love P.J

  • @westsideclogs
    @westsideclogs 13 років тому

    amazingly wonderful

  • @ianrmacdougall3875
    @ianrmacdougall3875 2 роки тому +2

    Ms Harvey reminds me of those emblems on a Rolls Royce that all the soccer hooligans ( mainstream musicians) try to Reef of, prising, bashing, bending and in the end they just give up, Afterall you will never change what PJ stands for.

  • @guillermogonzalez6346
    @guillermogonzalez6346 11 місяців тому

    I love her.

  • @dyakokalar2296
    @dyakokalar2296 10 років тому +117

    I really like this interview. Art can never be apolitical or value neutral. It is nice to see Havey go beyond the technicality and talk about real events that are taking place in the world and ones which are shaping the world she lives in. harvey isn't gaga or Cyrus or Perry. I am tired of American fake materialist bullshit pop culture.

    • @TheTestingGrounds
      @TheTestingGrounds 5 років тому +10

      Art can be apolitical. Do you think Monet's water Lillies are political? I do concur as an American that I'm so bored with the USA.

    • @michaelgreen9402
      @michaelgreen9402 5 років тому +9

      I love this too. But dont judge gaga, perry and cyrus. They are offering us entertainment. they arent trying to be political. When they try to be political.appreciate that if you will, but accept what they offer and dont ask for more and get upset when it isnt there. its like asking your carpenter to do your dentistry. im grateful for perry gaga and cyrus...ans especially grateful for pj
      :)

    • @drchill8837
      @drchill8837 5 років тому +9

      And I'm tired of faux intellectual, statist eurobullshit. Think for yourself.

    • @jbussa
      @jbussa 5 років тому +3

      You think fake materialistic bullshit pop culture is purely an American thing? lol get over yourself.

    • @DaveAnchovies
      @DaveAnchovies 4 роки тому +2

      Trump pulled US out of both wars. She must be a Trumper!
      She loves her North American artists...get off your euro imperialist high horse.
      She avoids being political and that's cool.

  • @redbeki
    @redbeki 4 роки тому

    She's the best ..

  • @OliverMarson
    @OliverMarson 12 років тому

    wow she really is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen her artistic and sensitive nature, i euguh wwhy can't i meet a girl like this

  • @karlqmark
    @karlqmark 12 років тому

    Now play every white key starting on that A, all the way to the next higher A. You have played every note in the key of C major, but you started on A, the 6th scale degree. Same notes, BUT, your half steps are now in different positions than they were when we started on C! Now your natural half steps are between scale degrees 2 & 3, and 5 & 6. And those are the half step intervals that define a natural minor scale.
    Major scales: half step between scale degrees 3 & 4, and 7 & 8 (MI & FA).

  • @finvandewall2445
    @finvandewall2445 9 років тому

    she's so cool

  • @Steve27775
    @Steve27775 5 років тому +7

    "...conscious of nothing, but the will to survive..."

  • @plaguehater13
    @plaguehater13 10 років тому +194

    PJ Harvey seems to be one of these rare women who just gets better looking with age.

    • @DaveInBridport
      @DaveInBridport 10 років тому +2

      hardly a beauty....

    • @PCSExponent
      @PCSExponent 10 років тому +6

      Bramley Apple-Species If you have nothing nice to say...

    • @GaGaBjork1996
      @GaGaBjork1996 9 років тому +10

      Norman Pike-Dangler you're fucking psycho. she's lovely

    • @DonGateley
      @DonGateley 9 років тому

      +plaguehater13 And grows on you really quickly.

    • @tomashize
      @tomashize 9 років тому +7

      +plaguehater13
      Hasn't aged much at all since 95!

  • @peacemonger1967
    @peacemonger1967 13 років тому

    good questions!

  • @kappiiee
    @kappiiee 4 роки тому +7

    Such an articulate artist. It's something to think about that human nature might be more agressive than the flowerpowerpeeps might believe.

  • @hardheavymusic
    @hardheavymusic 3 роки тому

    Dal 27 giugno 2021 gira voce che si è fidanzata(però non è stato ancora confermato)

  • @jtaylor9562
    @jtaylor9562 6 років тому +1

    Polly is such a naturally beautiful woman. So talented, too.

  • @rossclaughton6068
    @rossclaughton6068 12 років тому

    Love....................

  • @ericcook4665
    @ericcook4665 2 роки тому

    and this is luv this is luv !!!

  • @officialndilhm.x1
    @officialndilhm.x1 4 роки тому +1

    Polly Jean is literally one of my inspirations!

  • @newguy6935
    @newguy6935 6 років тому +1

    She seems like a very cool person. Not egotistical at all. Would be great to know.

  • @zoozoopeddles114
    @zoozoopeddles114 11 років тому

    ad block plus works no ads here ever on any page its a google chrome app

  • @BitterMelon9
    @BitterMelon9 12 років тому +1

    Polly is amazing and Caspar is quite handsome

  • @mombassaman
    @mombassaman 9 років тому +7

    Not sure if this guy is asking fair questions at all. Good for Polly making a few bux. It's about time artists got a slice o the cake. It doesn't mean that because Polly may have some coin she has no right to voice her opinion and feelings. That's what she does for a living. I too am pained deeply when I see all the death and distrustion on TV news. My dear mum went through all that crap in WW2 as a kid in Poland. As an artist I also have deep feelings and express them through my music and art. Good on ya Polly. D

    • @brizzolglover7518
      @brizzolglover7518 3 роки тому

      To judge and never be judged..must be a privileged position for most jurnos

  • @teavirus
    @teavirus 8 років тому

    I kiss your soul PJ

  • @lukaszgawlik19830416
    @lukaszgawlik19830416 5 років тому

    You are the greatest

  • @lightofall
    @lightofall 4 роки тому

    I have goosebumps I was meant to see this video. I cannot believe it but I can lol

  • @MAGAISDEMONS
    @MAGAISDEMONS 6 років тому +1

    She's so lovely. Her stage presence is so different!

  • @Stairwaytoheaven06
    @Stairwaytoheaven06 10 років тому +1

    I'm in love ...

  • @karlqmark
    @karlqmark 12 років тому

    There are many ways a person could explain it. I'll try one way: In music, we use a system based on half steps. Have a look at the keyboard. See that there are two places where two white keys are right next to each other, and no black key between them? Those are considered "natural half steps."
    C is the white key just left of the double black keys. If you start on C and play every white key til you get to the next C, you will hear the familiar major scale: DO RE MI FA SO LA TI DO. (TBC)

  • @jmode242
    @jmode242 10 років тому +7

    true genuis