Clips to impress your eyes
15 June 2022
PJ HARVEY not only created/creates astoundingly challenging sounds but
the musical heroine always visualized her work too with eye-catching album/single
covers, sensual glamour outfits, showy press photos and splashy video clips like this
one for Down By The Water. One of the many standout tracks of her 5-stars 1995
LP To Bring You My Love.
Here comes the lady in red…
PJ just can’t stop…
17 July 2020
The queen of indie PJ HARVEY releases her entire catalog on vinyl this year, starting
with her jagged 1992 debut album Dry coming next week. Simultaneously, for each LP,
a separate album of demo’s will be issued.
The reissue of her third longplayer album To Bring You My Love, which turned 25 this year, arrives in September. As a taste of its companion demos release, Harvey shared the demo for its classic track ‘Down By The Water‘.
Demo…
Original…
PJ HARVEY: Facebook
Old and new albums to make your day…
27 February 2020
The wonderful PJ HARVEY released her third LP ‘TO BRING YOU MY LOVE’
on 27 February 1995, 25 years ago today. Her first collaboration with John Parish.
It was her breakthrough longplayer, heavily promoted by her major label Island
Records. In my book one of her best achievements. All killers, no fillers. Intense,
sensual, compelling high-quality songwriting. The album reached #12 in the UK
and #40 in the US.
Rolling Stone wrote at the time: “Harvey has ambitions to remake rock & roll and
its myths in her own guise. So what’s this young, white, bluesdrenched woman doing?
In attempting to create a sexual landscape as charged as the Midnight Rambler’s,
Harvey envisions a teeming underworld where she is victim, aggressor and accomplice,
song by song.”. Full review here – Score: 4/5
Singles: To Bring You My Love / C’mon Billy / Send His Love To Me
– DOWN BY THE WATER –
– C’mon Billy –
– SEND HIS LOVE TO ME –
Album in full…
.
PJ HARVEY Facebook:
Top singles from the past…
6 February 2020
Artist: PJ Harvey
Song: Down By The Water
B-side: Somebody’s Down, Somebody’s Name
Released: 6 February 1995 – 25 years ago
Note: The song is about a woman who drowned
her daughter and refers also to the traditional
American folk song Salty Dog Blues
Album: To Bring You My Love – her third LP
Score: The single marked PJ Harvey’s breakthrough in
the US where it reached #2. In the UK it only got to #38
Here’s the original video clip…
PJ HARVEY: Facebook
The best of the past…
Here are 5 stellar albums, selected by
Turn Up The Volume, turning 25 in 2020!
1. ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? by OASIS
Play here…
.
2. ‘The Bends’ by RADIOHEAD
Play here…
.
3. ‘To Bring You My Love’ by PJ HARVEY
Play here…
.
4. ‘It’s Great When You’re Straight…Yeah’ by BLACK GRAPE
Play here…
.
5. ‘Maxinquaye’ by TRICKY
Play here…
.
Clips with a lasting impact on Turn Up The Volume’s eyes and ears…
31 January 2019
‘C’mon Billy’ by PJ HARVEY
A journalist described Harvey in the video clip as
a ‘sadomasochistic dominatrix in blood-red dress’.
Sounds like a pretty accurate description to me.
From her 1995 album TO BRING YOU MY LOVE