I'm a former British infantry corporal who is dealing with combat stress. IE shot nerves. Thanks PJ - thank you for getting this message out there mate. A very true and perceptive song.
Nobody else compares to her. Who else has put out great albums for 20 years? Not just good, but great. Rid Of Me, To Bring You My Love, Is This Desire?, Stories From The City, Let England Shake are all masterpieces. Without a doubt the best artist of the last 20 years.
She is so beautiful mentally,musically and physically.. This song is a riot.. legend :) luv hearing this version of the song... Subtle protest in a cryptic sway.. Great!!!
Great lady, a song that makes you want to cry. Wars, what did they ever do for mankind, just more innocents to thier graves. Collateral damage, a euphemism for mass murder & who ever thought that up cant have experienced it! Nice one PJ we need more like you.
I don't think anyone in the world, not even PJ Harvey herself quite understand just how much 3:20 (2:46 on LP version) onwards in this song moves me. It's like I'm frozen in time and someone gives me a lumbar puncture and injects my spine with raw emotion and tranquility. Please, why, why does it have to end...? Thanks PJ, I really owe you and anyone else in the world that makes Music that makes me feel this way.
She's constituted the bulk of Remembrance Day for me- fantastic evocation of war- this album is the greatest thing to come out of the 21st century music industry. Thank you Polly, thank you thank you thank you!
19 after Dry. PJ released the best album of her career. The woman always keeps it fresh and does different things with every album she does. Incredible artist. Very rare in the music business not just now but also in the past.
Her smiling into the camera at the end...there is a playful confidence that I don't remember seeing in her mid-90s hard rockin hey day. Its been pretty great "growing up" with her (I'm 41 too), watching her mature and evolve as an outstanding, visionary musician.
Let England Shake just grew on me and became my top 3 PJ album. She returns to her blues rock origin in an extremely beautiful form, very solid and touching. Great job PJ
This should never be played again after I listened to whatever the fuck this noise was suppose to be. I am not saying Adele or Taylor Swift are better, but at least I don't instantly have a seizure...
There have been so many songs about war. This one is unique in its horrific reality. It is brutally honest. Not to mention, the music is brilliant and also unique.
I've seen and done things I want to forget; I've seen soldiers fall like lumps of meat, Blown and shot out beyond belief. Arms and legs were in the trees. I've seen and done things I want to forget; coming from an unearthly place, Longing to see a woman's face, Instead of the words that gather pace, The words that maketh murder. These, these, these are the words- The words that maketh murder. These, these, these are the words- The words that maketh murder. These, these, these are the words- Murder... These, these, these are the words- The words that maketh murder. I've seen and done things I want to forget; I've seen a corporal whose nerves were shot Climbing behind the fierce, gone sun, I've seen flies swarming everyone, Soldiers fell like lumps of meat. These are the words, the words are these. death lingering, stunk, Flies swarming everyone, Over the whole summit peak, Flesh quivering in the heat. This was something else again. I fear it cannot be explained. The words that make, the words that make Murder. What if I take my problem to the United Nations?
pj harvey is the most talented singer songwriter of our generation. she has always been streets ahead of anyone. let england shake is yet another outstanding album. she is endlessly brilliant.
trivia: Harvey's family has Led Zepp connections...She would sit in with the band when she was a kid..and is a huge fan...you can hear Plant's voice in her tone
oh my god YES!!!!!! like a MODERN day poet of YORE. EXACTLY! like this song is like she travelled back to battlefields but it's also now and tomorrow. soldiers fall down like lumps of meat. the image of that solider walking in dead man's land....could be any fucking war. people will always dance, will always kill of their men and children
Please ..this young lady deserves more than this. She put her heart and soul into this album, and all I'm reading here is bickering. Congratulations on your second Mercury Prize Polly Jean..and thank you for the wonderful show in Glasgow on Sunday night. x
Exactly. I'm an 'aid worker' and this song always resonates with me for that precise reason...Which is why I'm still playing it again 2 years later lol :)
Oh, miss Polly Jean, how beatuiful can you express your feelings in songs - also the images which are so familiar with the traveling almost restless mind, exploring, observing, trying not to quote what you see (which is not easy for that matter). Adorable Miss Harvey. Thank you!
Let England Shake is so much more than a pop record, it is a profound, brave work of art. Anything Mick Harvey gets involved in is brilliant too - for sure the best release of 2011 and maybe my favorite of the last 10 years
It is incredible that I had PJ Harveys name buried in my memory but did not know any of her music until I saw her perform The Glorious Land on Later With Jools Holland in 2011.The album Let England Shake is such a stunning piece of genius and beauty that it will haunt you forever.Having listened to a lot of her music on RUclips I went and bought all her albums and a concert poster from 1995 all in the same day.I feel sad that only now after 2 decades of my life passing I have now found PJ Harvey
I saw P.J Harvey a week ago on Later with Jools Holland and i saw and heard P.J Harvey and loved her look and her voice and was drawn in with her!! The two songs she sang were brilliant ;) The whole group are brilliant ;) Andy :)
Hadn`t really connected P J Harvey`s music to the category of folk music `till I saw this clip with P J playing the auto-harp. Makes perfect sense. Folk music isn`t about old or new, it`s about now.
I'm so excited! Just one more week! Polly has been one of my idols since I picked up Uh Huh Her a couple of months after it came out, and I love everything she's done. This is so gorgeous and raw and amazing...
PJ I cannot wait for the album. You are literally the only artist I look forward to hearing new music from. I hope you come to the states for shows as I have not missed one since 2000. Adore you!
When I saw this video over a year ago and heard snippets of her album I said that she would win the Mercury. 6 months later her name was announced as the winner. WELL DESERVED. A CLASSIC ALBUM
It was after several months of driving including a cross country excursion that I realized that I had not changed out PJ Harvey's Peel Sessions CD. I think the only music in my life of than Pink Floyd 1968-1975 that never gets old for me is PJ Harvey. And while their music is nothing alike, they both share a creative dynamic spirit which seems timeless.
this song is the true picture of the war reality ..not more not less. she tells good enough. it's time to hear it especially in these days.. PJH made a masterpiece..
incredible. this comes together like the most beautiful poetry - I feel guilty I love it so much given the lyrics, true as they are. The videos on this songs blast to the top - oh yeah, there's no top................
I've seen you PJ @ Werchter this year. Hoping to hear some old tracks from her album Stories from the City. She amazed me, she caught me with this song. I'm so glad she's making music that catches your ear, especially when she's playing it live. Thanx to PJ for waking me up!
Oh my lord, about 3 hours ago-- I was at the british Library for the Pinter Prize... I was there to laugh at Carol Ann Duffy... Just sitting on a seat- oh my god- walking towards the bar is PJ Harvey in all her awesomeness. Meeting PJ Harvey...YES!
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It's unreal how she has consistently written original, unique, and catchy-as-hell songs all these years. She's a bottomless well of excellence.
PJ Harvey is an enigma that is too incredible for mainstream. She's immensely wonderful in every way.
I'm a former British infantry corporal who is dealing with combat stress. IE shot nerves. Thanks PJ - thank you for getting this message out there mate. A very true and perceptive song.
the beat is so incredibly infectious, one of my favorite songs of hers
Nobody else compares to her. Who else has put out great albums for 20 years? Not just good, but great. Rid Of Me, To Bring You My Love, Is This Desire?, Stories From The City, Let England Shake are all masterpieces. Without a doubt the best artist of the last 20 years.
Radiohead are superior. She may be the second-best.
sar Tool
Oh my god! This song...the beat...her voice...!!! Ugh, it's just all so gorgeous!
I can't stop listening to it :-)
One of the most underrated songs off of one of the quintessential 21st century albums. Goddamnit, PJ is too cool.
So original..she's evolving and growing with years. Love her!
She is so beautiful mentally,musically and physically.. This song is a riot.. legend :) luv hearing this version of the song... Subtle protest in a cryptic sway.. Great!!!
So so good. *raises cup of tea in her honour*
an extraordinary talent up there with the very finest artists Britain has ever produced from an album of exceptional quality.
Great lady, a song that makes you want to cry. Wars, what did they ever do for mankind, just more innocents to thier graves. Collateral damage, a euphemism for mass murder & who ever thought that up cant have experienced it! Nice one PJ we need more like you.
She is a genius.
It's amazing how versatile she is- her music but also her looks. Her image changes every album. Keeps things interesting. She's a genius.
Summertime Blues quote. Fantastic!
What an incredible song about the horrors of war! Brilliant! Polly, you are amazing.
I love you PJ, back from Montreal and forever
An incredible song, so moving. Best and most urgent album of the millenium and this is the best song.
I don't think anyone in the world, not even PJ Harvey herself quite understand just how much 3:20 (2:46 on LP version) onwards in this song moves me.
It's like I'm frozen in time and someone gives me a lumbar puncture and injects my spine with raw emotion and tranquility. Please, why, why does it have to end...?
Thanks PJ, I really owe you and anyone else in the world that makes Music that makes me feel this way.
She's constituted the bulk of Remembrance Day for me- fantastic evocation of war- this album is the greatest thing to come out of the 21st century music industry. Thank you Polly, thank you thank you thank you!
shes got an amazing voice.
She is such a GENIUS. And seriously, how freaking BEAUTIFUL does she look lately? Absolutely stunning in every way.
brilliant stuff, her best album
19 after Dry. PJ released the best album of her career. The woman always keeps it fresh and does different things with every album she does. Incredible artist. Very rare in the music business not just now but also in the past.
The way the guitar from the beginning comes back in 2:13 is brilliant.
all the songs in this album feel so original and fresh, and yet so fammiliar, she's just pure genius...pure hot genius
one of the greatest , like like like
Her smiling into the camera at the end...there is a playful confidence that I don't remember seeing in her mid-90s hard rockin hey day. Its been pretty great "growing up" with her (I'm 41 too), watching her mature and evolve as an outstanding, visionary musician.
I WAS SEARCHING FOR THIS LIKE A YEAR MY LIFE IS COMPLETE
Same! I wonder why this got taken down from her official page. Maybe one of the people in it threatened legal action and didn't sign off to be in it.
Rhetorical questions are always the best questions, especially in music.
Really?
Genialidad !!!!!!
Damas y Caballeros ,PJ Harvey.
"o bugger, ang on"
Heh. So Human. So honest.
Let England Shake just grew on me and became my top 3 PJ album. She returns to her blues rock origin in an extremely beautiful form, very solid and touching. Great job PJ
The introduction of the chorus at 1:42 in the ballroom is a happy moment.
Absolutely BRILLIANT from an old Dorset - BRITISH fan living in south Africa
They should playing this a billion times on the radio instead of Adele and Taylor Swift.
yep
You're fucking deaf.
Too close to the bone. The bubble might be burst.
This should never be played again after I listened to whatever the fuck this noise was suppose to be. I am not saying Adele or Taylor Swift are better, but at least I don't instantly have a seizure...
How can you have a seizure to this? You're not very tolerant are you?
There have been so many songs about war. This one is unique in its horrific reality. It is brutally honest. Not to mention, the music is brilliant and also unique.
I don't know what it is about the recorder, but for this song it is incredible.
I've seen and done things I want to forget;
I've seen soldiers fall like lumps of meat,
Blown and shot out beyond belief.
Arms and legs were in the trees.
I've seen and done things I want to forget;
coming from an unearthly place,
Longing to see a woman's face,
Instead of the words that gather pace,
The words that maketh murder.
These, these, these are the words-
The words that maketh murder.
These, these, these are the words-
The words that maketh murder.
These, these, these are the words-
Murder...
These, these, these are the words-
The words that maketh murder.
I've seen and done things I want to forget;
I've seen a corporal whose nerves were shot
Climbing behind the fierce, gone sun,
I've seen flies swarming everyone,
Soldiers fell like lumps of meat.
These are the words, the words are these.
death lingering, stunk,
Flies swarming everyone,
Over the whole summit peak,
Flesh quivering in the heat.
This was something else again.
I fear it cannot be explained.
The words that make, the words that make
Murder.
What if I take my problem to the United Nations?
pj harvey is the most talented singer songwriter of our generation. she has always been streets ahead of anyone. let england shake is yet another outstanding album. she is endlessly brilliant.
trivia: Harvey's family has Led Zepp connections...She would sit in with the band when she was a kid..and is a huge fan...you can hear Plant's voice in her tone
Great! Brilliant! PJ never gone. She is always here: an ARTIST, a GENIUS. (Ricardo, from Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Polly Jean here is a modern-day poet, kinda like in olden times.
oh my god YES!!!!!! like a MODERN day poet of YORE. EXACTLY! like this song is like she travelled back to battlefields but it's also now and tomorrow. soldiers fall down like lumps of meat. the image of that solider walking in dead man's land....could be any fucking war. people will always dance, will always kill of their men and children
Please ..this young lady deserves more than this. She put her heart and soul into this album, and all I'm reading here is bickering. Congratulations on your second Mercury Prize Polly Jean..and thank you for the wonderful show in Glasgow on Sunday night. x
Can anyone else taste any Eddie Cochran in this?
Them trumpets are great!
PJ obviously rules, write more songs now! We need them!
'What if I take my problem to the United Nations"
Exactly. I'm an 'aid worker' and this song always resonates with me for that precise reason...Which is why I'm still playing it again 2 years later lol :)
this gets better the more i hear it. tune of the decade so far by a mile
The title properly assesses the incoming administration.
Oh, miss Polly Jean, how beatuiful can you express your feelings in songs - also the images which are so familiar with the traveling almost restless mind, exploring, observing, trying not to quote what you see (which is not easy for that matter). Adorable Miss Harvey. Thank you!
Let England Shake is so much more than a pop record, it is a profound, brave work of art. Anything Mick Harvey gets involved in is brilliant too - for sure the best release of 2011 and maybe my favorite of the last 10 years
The last shot at the end where she looks into the camera... Oh! My heart is melting! Damn, girl!
the Queen has once again graced us all with her music...great video...LOVE PJ.
So ashamed that I didn't know her sooner, truly talented, the purity in her voice could make me cry so hard
Love this, one of the few artists that has become more relevant now than 20y ago
I love the fading between the solo prefomance and the studio version !
It is incredible that I had PJ Harveys name buried in my memory but did not know any of her music until I saw her perform The Glorious Land on Later With Jools Holland in 2011.The album Let England Shake is such a stunning piece of genius and beauty that it will haunt you forever.Having listened to a lot of her music on RUclips I went and bought all her albums and a concert poster from 1995 all in the same day.I feel sad that only now after 2 decades of my life passing I have now found PJ Harvey
The most deserving winner of the Mercury... she is so articulate and clear in her vision!
Greatest Musicialcianist Ever! PJ knows how to make music!
I cant stop listening to this song. One time and another. I love it!
seems I cant' get enough of this! ...listening to it over and over! great beautiful love
I saw P.J Harvey a week ago on Later with Jools Holland and i saw and heard P.J Harvey and loved her look and her voice and was drawn in with her!! The two songs she sang were brilliant ;) The whole group are brilliant ;)
Andy :)
Only heard this for the first time yesterday. Absolutely beautifully done track.
PJ is on to something. Why am I not surprised. It's called reality; in music and the way it is presented.
Polly Jean has always held a special place in my heart for the past twenty years!!!! Phew! Time flies!
Also got to hear this amazing woman from the series Hit and Miss. Real and raw just like the series Yep .. what a voice and what a series ⭐
P.J. is so up front, raw, honest and amazing! One of my absolute favorite musicians of all time.
Hadn`t really connected P J Harvey`s music to the category of folk music `till I saw this clip with P J playing the auto-harp. Makes perfect sense. Folk music isn`t about old or new, it`s about now.
British people should be proud of artists like PJ! GOD IS A PJ!
PJ is true royalty of real music and this song is another gem!
love that summertime blues bit at the end. so genius.
Can't stop listening to this... What a fantsatic song.
that's what an artist is like. I love her
I'm so excited! Just one more week!
Polly has been one of my idols since I picked up Uh Huh Her a couple of months after it came out, and I love everything she's done. This is so gorgeous and raw and amazing...
She's definitely one of my favorite musicians.
Fantastic new album !
PJ I cannot wait for the album. You are literally the only artist I look forward to hearing new music from. I hope you come to the states for shows as I have not missed one since 2000. Adore you!
When I saw this video over a year ago and heard snippets of her album I said that she would win the Mercury. 6 months later her name was announced as the winner. WELL DESERVED. A CLASSIC ALBUM
These.. these are the words of the best female singer on the planet
i am delighted with lady Harvey, again!
It was after several months of driving including a cross country excursion that I realized that I had not changed out PJ Harvey's Peel Sessions CD. I think the only music in my life of than Pink Floyd 1968-1975 that never gets old for me is PJ Harvey. And while their music is nothing alike, they both share a creative dynamic spirit which seems timeless.
She just gets better and better.... I can't believe I just missed her concert in my town, but I'm happy that she has a new album out!
Immensley talented and drop-dead gorgeous. I think i'm in love.
Sapio gene kicking in?
This song is so beautiful, and the video with dancing elderly people has such a strong contrast to it. fucking love it
She is truly one talented artist!
One of my most favorite artists ever
this song is the true picture of the war reality ..not more not less. she tells good enough. it's time to hear it especially in these days.. PJH made a masterpiece..
Classic song from a classic album
I love how the lyrics are so grim but the melody just makes me soo darn happy lol
fantastic song from a fantastic lady...cant stop listening to this song
wow my heart goes boooooooooom . Thanx beautiful Pj n' guys . U rising up a face of the dirty Univers .
A true artist, my life is richer because of PJ's music.
that song (and video) is like a breath of fresh air
Most music is a parable told to the soul -to each his own.
Wow . My heart goes boom ! Love it so much ... Thanx u beautiful Pj and guys .
Love PJ. Great album. never knew an auto harp could sound so cool.
one of the best live performers I have seen!! with her actual band also her old songs sound better. a must seen.
incredible. this comes together like the most beautiful poetry - I feel guilty I love it so much given the lyrics, true as they are. The videos on this songs blast to the top - oh yeah, there's no top................
think i just found my new favourite artist, what a great voice.......
I've seen you PJ @ Werchter this year. Hoping to hear some old tracks from her album Stories from the City. She amazed me, she caught me with this song. I'm so glad she's making music that catches your ear, especially when she's playing it live. Thanx to PJ for waking me up!
Oh my lord, about 3 hours ago-- I was at the british Library for the Pinter Prize... I was there to laugh at Carol Ann Duffy... Just sitting on a seat- oh my god- walking towards the bar is PJ Harvey in all her awesomeness. Meeting PJ Harvey...YES!
This woman is simply incredible.