This song was performed after Stagger Lee (see my channel) on Mark Radcliffe's "White Room" in 1996. (Notice the "pink and chipped" nail polish on Nick's fingernails.)
They were together for a bit but fell apart largely because of Cave's drug problems. The Boatman's Call was largely about her. Maybe the most musically brilliant couple ever while it lasted
God why do I love this song so much? I know poor old Henry Lee gets murderized but damn... this song is just gorgeous. This live version is actually really good too. Thanks. :)
yea me too, every time i watch the video! but the one that really gets me is the studio version. i think it's because they were really into each other when they made the video, and you can tell, and deep down, don't we all want to love, and be loved, by someone that much?!
[I'm paraphrasing Lee Hazlewood's gloss on "Jackson" here]: Q: Is "Henry Lee" really a love song? A: If love rides a white horse and votes the straight pacifist ticket, the answer is no...but if love is death and death is love and agony is ecstasy and melancholy's sweet...then yeah!
@@katscy Thanks so much for writing to me. The original source was something that Lee Hazlewood said, semi-facetiously, on the back cover of the famous NANCY & LEE album, from 1968. In response to the hypothetical question, 'Is "Jackson" really a love song?', Lee wrote, 'If love rides a white horse and votes the straight pacifist ticket, the answer is no...but if love is an everyday thing...good and bad...up and down...sad and happy...warm and warmer...then yeah!!!" I was just doing a little riff on that. You can see a picture of the album-cover with Hazlewood's original comment here: images.45worlds.com/f/ab/nancy-sinatra-and-lee-hazlewood-reprise-ab.jpg I love Lee Hazlewood. I don't really know if Nick Cave considers Hazlewood to be an inspiration, but I do know that Blixa Bargeld and Rowland S. Howard loved Lee Hazlewood too. Blixa Bargeld covered Hazlewood's "Sand" (see here: ua-cam.com/video/znubGHJm5ag/v-deo.html), and Rowland S. Howard and Lydia Lunch covered Hazlewood's "Some Velvet Morning" (see here: ua-cam.com/video/bBdK7PZSCxw/v-deo.html&spfreload=10). Do you like Blixa? Or Rowland? Or do you just like Nick? I love them all.
This is very old traditional British (and American) Ballad. Dylan, Peggy Seeger, NLCR and many others have recorded it, too. Nice to hear timeless music still being performed in the "modern" age. They do a creditable job on their arrangement.
You know it´s true love if you have matching nail polish. I would give all I have to be Polly Jean, because she had Nick Cave. Or maybe I would give all I have to be Nick Cave, because he had Polly. Wouldn´t mind.
(8) Lie there, lie there, little Henry Lee Till the flesh drops from your bones For the girl you have in that merry green land Can wait forever for you to come home (8)
Who would have thought there would be a problem with these two lovebirds (grackles or crows, not for sure which). LOL And they threw the guy down a well and then busted up anyway. Poor old Henry died for nothing.
Jipp , war bis gestern noch einer meiner Lieblingssongs , bin nur etwas abgedriftet , real Story " Henry Lee " " the Iceman Maffia serial killer " etc , seite mit original Serienkiller ( auch der original Hannibal ( Schweigen der Lämmer ) ) . Wow , denke ich bin zu soft , doch so krank bin ich denn doch nicht ( alles origenal Gerichtsverhandlungen , Interviews etc. Nee, brauchte Break . greetz , Alex
Polly can look like the strangest woman I've ever seen in some pics and vids, and in others she's absolutely gorgeous, as she is here. Unlike most female singing stars who always need to look their best, Polly has zero vanity about her.
They look like a couple of human ravens. I love them.
Maestro Tao pai pai Love that description
Love that description
That's an accurate description of both of them
Such a hot thing to say
Excellent comment 🖤
I would give to them a chemistry nobel prize for this way to look each other
i love them, i love you now jajaj
They actually dated pretty much sure he married her
he didnt, but yes they dated
They were an item at the time this was recorded.
They actually was intensely in love here. They locked them self inside Nicks house for months, probably takikng drugs. It ended.
Cave and Harvey make a gothic murder ballad sound like a touching love song as only they can!!
Also, this is one of the all-time best male-female duets ever recorded and performed!
Zz meets halle over berlin
If I ever get the chance, this could be my wedding song! One of the best songs ever. 🥰
Also❤@@shruggzdastr8-facedclown
It's not often that we see little ole PJ with the "I'm in love" eyes.
SuperSlimothy
That beautiful high voice she pulled at the end... I... Every cell in my body lived only for her for few seconds.
That's the gayest thing I've heard in a while
@@samdoyle3945 he has "anal" in his name 😀
@@samdoyle3945 Because a guy liking a woman is gay 🤔 ?
agreed! from guttural growl to sweet lilt, her voice just thrills me!
@@samdoyle3945 takes one to know one
the chemistry between them was undeniably strong ..
They were together for a bit but fell apart largely because of Cave's drug problems. The Boatman's Call was largely about her. Maybe the most musically brilliant couple ever while it lasted
I know they were never meant to be, but in my head, these two intense souls are still together.
Totally
I wish they had a kid. If they had that kid would be the most talented kid ever
Her voice is even better performing live! They were so perfect together, damn
I love PJ's voice!!!
What a duo! Pj looks so beautiful.
SHE TRULY LOVED HIM
that kiss at the end punched me in the ovaries. as do they in general.
Ouch.
.ĺ
They should have been together forever
yes! are you able to watch this without crying? its so intense. stop my beating heart
That'd be cruel, people do need to split when it's necessary..
It all worked out for Nick in the end because he met and fell in love with Susie shortly after the breakup with PJ and they are still married today
Harvey's last two verses give me goosebumps. Great hoarseness to her voice.
God why do I love this song so much? I know poor old Henry Lee gets murderized but damn... this song is just gorgeous. This live version is actually really good too. Thanks. :)
I don't know why but this makes me cry.
Because o n yoir life u do not have ot
@@user-er9ss1wk6s um what
This must take the award for the most chilling duet ever.
yea me too, every time i watch the video! but the one that really gets me is the studio version. i think it's because they were really into each other when they made the video, and you can tell, and deep down, don't we all want to love, and be loved, by someone that much?!
i dont think i,ve seen two more people more suited than them great voices excellent beyond words
[I'm paraphrasing Lee Hazlewood's gloss on "Jackson" here]: Q: Is "Henry Lee" really a love song? A: If love rides a white horse and votes the straight pacifist ticket, the answer is no...but if love is death and death is love and agony is ecstasy and melancholy's sweet...then yeah!
Any chance you remember the source? No luck googling it of course because you paraphrased it but I'd love to hear/read it!
@@katscy Thanks so much for writing to me. The original source was something that Lee Hazlewood said, semi-facetiously, on the back cover of the famous NANCY & LEE album, from 1968. In response to the hypothetical question, 'Is "Jackson" really a love song?', Lee wrote, 'If love rides a white horse and votes the straight pacifist ticket, the answer is no...but if love is an everyday thing...good and bad...up and down...sad and happy...warm and warmer...then yeah!!!" I was just doing a little riff on that. You can see a picture of the album-cover with Hazlewood's original comment here: images.45worlds.com/f/ab/nancy-sinatra-and-lee-hazlewood-reprise-ab.jpg
I love Lee Hazlewood. I don't really know if Nick Cave considers Hazlewood to be an inspiration, but I do know that Blixa Bargeld and Rowland S. Howard loved Lee Hazlewood too. Blixa Bargeld covered Hazlewood's "Sand" (see here: ua-cam.com/video/znubGHJm5ag/v-deo.html), and Rowland S. Howard and Lydia Lunch covered Hazlewood's "Some Velvet Morning" (see here: ua-cam.com/video/bBdK7PZSCxw/v-deo.html&spfreload=10). Do you like Blixa? Or Rowland? Or do you just like Nick? I love them all.
I love how you can see that kiss building through the whole performance. Fucking magic.
This is very old traditional British (and American) Ballad. Dylan, Peggy Seeger, NLCR and many others have recorded it, too. Nice to hear timeless music still being performed in the "modern" age. They do a creditable job on their arrangement.
Best everything, i watch this every week, it gives me hope :)
After the official Video, this was the second time I fell in love with PJ Harvey 😍
Agreed, there's just something that draws you in about her.
This song is mesmerizing.
Chemistry, Body Language...This is true art
Gorgeous. Such love ...
Absolutely awesome. Thanks to my beautiful friend for sharing this with me
They both are amazing👏
i just love seeing them singing together we feel their love.. and i like their voices
what a duo...
2 amazing talents! Love this live!
Песня чудесная. Спасибо авторам
"You won't find a girl in this damm world".......and the wind did blow.....
Oh that Henry Lee.....
Tears me to pieces whenever i listen....
she was so in love..
You know it´s true love if you have matching nail polish.
I would give all I have to be Polly Jean, because she had Nick Cave.
Or maybe I would give all I have to be Nick Cave, because he had Polly.
Wouldn´t mind.
I too am struggling to decide which one of them I wish I was as I watch them sway back and forth together.
Pj
get a room
Get a crypt!
Matt Stringer hahahahahaha
Hahahhahaha I laughed so hard at this!!Thanks!!
😂😂😂😂
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
Why am I welling up at this ffs. Love this guy too much man.
Doesn't get better. Mesmerizing and chilling to the bones
LOVE this song. They're both so sexy and mesmerizing and the song is hauntingly beautiful...
Just love these voices together such a charming little song !!
4:07 they´re pure love T-T
These two give me chills
Haven't seen chemistry like this since Johnny Cash and June Carter
Бесподобно гармоничная пара! Великолепно!
Two awesome singer songwriters ...so good
THIS IS VERY ROMANTIC MOMENT!
:) kalbinde bu melodi ile tatlı rüyalar...
No me canso de la intensidad de ambos 😏
They’re amazing
Une petite française fana dingue de cette chanson...
Que dire?
L'extrême bonheur de l'écouter..
Merci peut être..
(8) Lie there, lie there, little Henry Lee
Till the flesh drops from your bones
For the girl you have in that merry green land
Can wait forever for you to come home (8)
That'd be so amazing to see these two
Wow, way to kill the mood, Mr. Announcer. Geez!
holy shit that kiss in the end awn :')
The high watermark of .. the mullet!
They did this performance the year I was born...Shit that's a long time ago.
sexiest song and performance ever
Brilliant
How could they not love each other at least a little?
For me, it's the hand holding and the kiss at the end that make it.
What a cool hair cut Nick has
Esta versão e demais!!! Está linda com os dois. A química entre os dois e impressionante. O vídeo promocional,então nem se fala...Amei!❤️🎶
Best couple ever since Adan & Eva
damn good song...
Is it too late to mate these two? The child would emerge with a crown on it's head, ready to rule.
Great song!!
espero toda la canción para darle ese beso....💓💓
Quiero a alguien que me vea como Nick ve a PJ...
@DaDa2Phlux GOD, I know, right? She's just....perfection.
Polly's face at 4:07 says it all
She gets to kiss Nick, not fair.
Как после такой песни нее полюбить друг друга...😊
Хотела написать "не", вот дура то...😢
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Crikey! You can see the sparks
Será que um dia ainda veremos estes dois juntos?
Love the MC comments at the end about Kylie. That song with Kylie Nick C and the pogues guy.. Death is not the end (Bob D wrote it) is such a laugh.
You've seen quite nothing at all about their mutual passion till you see this other one:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Henry Lee
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КЛАССНО!!!!
Love you mariela
those two should have a baby
Unfortunately that relationship didn't work out too well
Well they gave born tremendous albums like the batman's call and uhu her, and white chalk...
@@harrymidnight9393 "The Boatman's Call"
@@harrymidnight9393 "Uh Huh Her"
@@LeshaAnn I know, and damn keyboard on my phone and it's stupid automatic corrector for words
A Love Song!
Perfect Couple :)
"A little bird lit down on Henry Lee"
PJ th best Harvey
awee
Мне было 17 и мне дала подруга. Я говорил, PJ очень красивая!
Круть какая!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they're so Slytherin
Ive watched this years ago in person
@buckleygeneration I admire the hoarseness too. Both their voices give me goosebumps in general.
Who would have thought there would be a problem with these two lovebirds (grackles or crows, not for sure which). LOL And they threw the guy down a well and then busted up anyway. Poor old Henry died for nothing.
El besito del final 🥺🥺🥺
Jipp ,
war bis gestern noch einer meiner Lieblingssongs ,
bin nur etwas abgedriftet , real Story " Henry Lee " " the Iceman Maffia serial killer " etc , seite mit original Serienkiller ( auch der original Hannibal ( Schweigen der Lämmer ) ) .
Wow , denke ich bin zu soft , doch so krank bin ich denn doch nicht ( alles origenal Gerichtsverhandlungen , Interviews etc.
Nee, brauchte Break .
greetz ,
Alex
nick cave and the stonkin' bad seeds
Gorgeous :)
Yeah, like me and my ex should've. Didn't happen, sis, not for them, and not for us. Lah-lah-lah-leee :)))
I can't help it. I still ship them.
Polly can look like the strangest woman I've ever seen in some pics and vids, and in others she's absolutely gorgeous, as she is here. Unlike most female singing stars who always need to look their best, Polly has zero vanity about her.
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