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need gas money and a car that works. Of course, my preference is to
do it in the middle of the night! Leave them little presents, you
know what I'm saying? Like the Easter bunny." "It's a way of dealing with people
or nations that the ruling elite finds troublesome or inconvenient,
whether it's Native Americans, Germans, Russians, Iraqis,
Cubans, even the French -- whoever gets in our way. They're
simply lumped into the enemy pile. " |
[ If you don't know, you better ask somebody. PJ Harvey is rock. The bare-naked hearts of Patti Smith and Chrissie Hynde. The sheer power of the Pixies. The blue punk of Tom Waits and The Birthday Party. From her confessional masterpiece Dry to the Albini-helmed shocker Rid of Me. From the furious theatre of To Bring You My Love and Is This Desire to her prize-winning Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea. Now Uh Huh Her is emerging from her shadows to remind us why we jumped into the music game in the first place. Morphizm's proud to inaugurate our new feature, In Their Own Words, with the incomparable Polly Jean. Front and center. ] "That First Shock" by PJ Harvey I'm really looking forward to performing this record in concert. I love the thrill of performing live; that's where the songs make the most sense to me. I'm also looking forward to trying out some new players that I haven't worked with before; I'm keeping it quite a small band, either a three- or four-piece. I'm not exactly sure the shape it's going to take yet, but I am excited at the prospect of trying new instrumentation and combinations that I haven't tried before. I have often been in situations where I've performed songs that people haven't really heard much. And I actually like that. In the past, I've thrown in new songs that people don't know, and they're usually quiet or taken aback by it. And I like that first shock. But, at the same time, the recognition you see when you play one of their favorite songs is unbeatable. It's so nice to see, especially when they're singing along.
I think the fact that the last record did very well for me, that a lot of people bought and heard it, has in some ways put me in a good position with this new one. Hopefully, those same people will be listening for this album, and will want to hear it. And I hope that I will provide them a different side of myself, as well as different music and lyrics from what they've heard before. It's exciting to me, wondering what the people who bought the last record will think of this one. It's a very different step. After I finish a record, I find that I very quickly begin to think about the kind of recording and writing I'm going to do for the next one -- and usually it's something totally different by the time I get there. But at the moment, I'm extremely interested in exploring the idea of freeing myself up more, in terms of not recording things that are so carefully worked out beforehand. Maybe becoming more spontaneous, involving myself more with the other players and seeing what that brings. Or taking songs into the studio that are half-finished, more like sketches really, and seeing how I finish them in a small space of time, with the energy and excitement of playing them live very quickly with a band that doesn't know them well. That's kind of where my head is at. Because I'm often frustrated with myself and the way I like to keep things in order, always knowing what I'm doing. Usually, when I finish writing a song, I know exactly the way I want it to be. But I'm at the stage of my life now where I want to try and break down the conformity that I've manufactured for myself over the years. When I started playing the guitar and writing songs around the age of 18, I wanted to perform them immediately. I would ask to play for any friend that came along. I wouldn't call it confidence or command, more like an overwhelming desire or drive to perform. Because I am a performer, I think, first and foremost. I am a teller of tales, and I want other people to hear. 12 July 04
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