I was young when To Bring You My Love came out, and it scared the hell out of me but yet kept bringing me back. Then this dropped when I was in college, and had an opposite reaction. Without any of the bombast I usually expect of her, she kept scaring, bewildering me and bringing back for more. Many years later, Is This Desire is my most beloved albums of hers.
+tecdessus Yes, on typical winter afternoons when the light is going and the bad weather comes in from the sea and you are alone in the ruins with the wind.
I'm 42 and just now really getting into all of PJ Harvey's discography. Having dumped my ex I'm now obssessing over "Don't you wish you never met her...!!" from "Rid of me", but wow I mean she's fucking awesome all over the place!
I have adored you and your music for many years. Thank you for everything your music has done for me. I promote you any opportunity I have. Haunting, pounding, rhythmic, beautiful songs. Thank you for saving my soul PJ!
still not sure if, at the most random moments, u sit on me shoulder or in me ear. But love it when u make things more clear but weird. Just lovely when u seem near.
I love the dark, twisted melody and whispering vocals, amazing. I also relate to the lyrics a lot (well, apart from the bit about torture on the wheel). Me and Catherine should take some beers to the hills.
@@borednerd2100 I think on the basic level "The Wind" is about a woman - Catherine but it could anyone - who voluntarily choose to isolate herself from people, and more specifically from men, because her only desire (is it desire?) is to devote herself to God. She is becoming an anchoret, which implies she's already "died to the world". Back to the song's lyrics, I think Polly/the narrator romanticizes, or daydream about, the idea of mystical marriage... which could be perceive to the some extant as an "rebel act" - I mean, how can be that Catherine, this smart, beautiful and sexual woman, renounce any earthly goods, she's (no more) interested in flesh and bones men - What a waste! But I think there's also suggested the other side of a story? a tale (?): it seems like Catherine herself finds it as rather joyful experience (in ancient myths gods - as immaterial deities - always appear to mortals "in disguise" so the wind might represent here God. I mentioned here before about the idea of mystical marriage - and some female mystics can experience God in erotic, sensual way. I try to explain as best as I can my interpretation of this song. One of my very fav songs ever written.
I love this music video. She is in a dream like state driving around the city watching people move, walking around the busy streets very loud and noisy but it takes you out of that completely. Focusing on outside elements that you can still always feel, like the wind
Great song. "Is this desire" is very interesting album. Trip-hop influence all over the place which is good. Makes sense, trip-hop sound was everywhere in late 90s music.
One of my favourite tracks from 'Is This Desire' but I don't think this video does it justice...it doesn't portray the atmosphere and mystery of the song enough, its in New York for starters! Mind you I do like that bit when she feigns cracking her knuckles to the sound effect in the music, together with that cheeky but subtle smile.
@@petrosstyle2981 I know, the follow up to Is This Desire was a very good album. And I have nothing against New York…just didn’t seem appropriate for this particular song.
Wow 😊 they have PJ Harvey on the Season 1 Episode 1 outro of Big Little Lies. Forgot how good this whole LP was. 1998 seems like so long ago now, yet just yesterday. I'm gonna have to download to the whole thing again. As many times as I've heard this song I didn't know it even had a video. It's a good video. Goes with the HBO series pretty well actually.
I knew singer and always wanted to listen it because I'm a big fan of alternative music and pop music which mixed with trip hop it's always awesome.And i thank Big little lie for showing this artist
people were introduced to Marvin Gaye in a Levi's advert in the 80's via a launderette! Parallel or meandering roads, all leading to the same destination. th-cam.com/video/Q56M5OZS1A8/w-d-xo.html
I love this video. It's full of juxtapositions, & anomalies that make sense. What has St. Catherine got to do with Dorset? What has Dorset got to do with New York? Who is the girl who looks like a distorted version of PJ? Why? It makes sense in the way that dreams do - is that it? She's drifted off in the cab? I love the disgruntled expression on her face when the cop rattles her window. You can almost "hear" her West country accent as she swears at him in her head. Then the street voices end the video. More juxtaposition ... Whatever, the video works for me. P.S. I like the, totally different, live version just as much.
Gave up trying to interpret music videos a long time ago. They are mostly unscripted, inconsistent symbolic pastiche. However, PJ is so far above the crowd, so I wonder ...
Oh Dear Me, PJs whispering, like those autumn leafs that fall to the ground and I count them, I can hear there crisp tones under my bare feet, I walk upon the fallen leaves of autumn.🎉
The beat on this song sounds like it was cut out of Madonna's Ray of light album. Listen to Swim or Candy perfume girl and you might hear a similarity in the sound. Although PJ's vocals and the lyrics make this song very original.
I'm sorry, but Homogenic came out in September 1997... So these albums didn't came out before but after. Anyway, I don't think they necessarily have influenced one another on those albums. It's more likely that they were influenced by the same artists or producers. But, we're judging them from a 2016 perspective... The more distant in time those album become, the more likely we are to find similarities in them. From what I remember back then (I haden't heard Is This Desire? at the time)... Ray of Light and Homogenic were considered very different styles of music. And Homogenic was regarded as an extremely advanced album in terms of production and arrangements... I remember what I felt the first time I heard it (spring or summer 1998) and it really seemed quite futuristic and sounded like nothing I'd heard before. Ray of Light was very well produced for the time and intersting but certainly not as adventurous as Homogenic.
Yo whoever edited this music video is a damn GENIUS ! I instantly connected with it DESPITE the fact that I didn't care much for the content itself, HOWEVERRR... Its like a GENIUS took what he had and said well this is what i got to work with and had to pay attention more to HOW IT WAS USED as opposed to the "THEME" being so important (millions please) ... and it came out GREAT you inspired me to look more closely at how I made my videos with what i had.
It's incredible how different each album of hers is, stylistically.
So true!
@@cheddarpuff can't stop listening to PJ!
@@TheDrapetomanic This might well be her best album.
@@cheddarpuff It's hard to decide what her best is for me.
That's the UK for you.
I was young when To Bring You My Love came out, and it scared the hell out of me but yet kept bringing me back. Then this dropped when I was in college, and had an opposite reaction. Without any of the bombast I usually expect of her, she kept scaring, bewildering me and bringing back for more. Many years later, Is This Desire is my most beloved albums of hers.
she is such a storyteller. that's what i love most about her. i could make up stories about her stories.
I keep going back to it too. It’s so spooky and feminine
BRING ME MY LOVE
The vibe of NYC in this perfectly gives off the vibe of this song
This is a dark dark song, so many deep threads. St Catherine and the windy high chapel - loneliness of the Dorset hills in winter and the wind.
+tecdessus Yes, on typical winter afternoons when the light is going and the bad weather comes in from the sea and you are alone in the ruins with the wind.
+Morrigan “warhelm” Ravenchild Nice...I want to be there too.
Morrigan Ravenchild sounds awesome 💖
i like Nick Cave too.
Why is it so dark?
I've been obsessed with this song lately and I have no idea why.
She is so in touch with herself and the universe. I think that’s why her music is so authentic. Phenomenal!😌😎👍❤️
Totally 😍🤗
So true!
Omg. PJ Harvey has been around forever, people! She rocks.
Her voice is like silk.
Ita oui broski. Yawhol mein herr burgher.
My favorite singer that's ever lived.
when she wants it to be...
You'll find out, soon enough, it is not.
@@blacksandnz she has so many voices it’s incredible. One for every kind of fabric lol
That smile after she cracks her knuckles just levels me
OMG yes
I love the way she uses the Bass in this.
The only artist I choose to see live in concert!
Great artists evolve yet have a foundation of their unique identity. Polly Jean has crushed it.
Such a phenomenal voice and composer. And "Is This Desire?" is a perfect album.
remember when pj harvey invented the asmr
LMAO
I came LOOKING for this song when I first heard about ASMR. Weird that someone else mentioned it 2 years ago, FIRST COMMENT showing.
Bob Ross but she is definitely top 5
Best comment in the history of TH-cam, ever.
2 seconds into the song I thought of asmr also.
I'm 42 and just now really getting into all of PJ Harvey's discography. Having dumped my ex I'm now obssessing over "Don't you wish you never met her...!!" from "Rid of me", but wow I mean she's fucking awesome all over the place!
I love this song, the whispering vocals just makes this song.
I have adored you and your music for many years. Thank you for everything your music has done for me. I promote you any opportunity I have. Haunting, pounding, rhythmic, beautiful songs. Thank you for saving my soul PJ!
Vous écrivez comme PJ H chanterait. Un bel hommage dans un style rock. merci à PJ H d'avoir sauvé votre âme
One of my favorite music videos. Such a level of class that is hard to reach.
Can’t wait to see her live this October
Nice how west-country Polly is grooving on Bristol bass and beats.
The only ASMR I'll ever listen to.
Like every Gen Xer I saw her in a 175 seat club on her first tour early 90s.
Fantastic. Great band behind her.
Ok Harvey is my hall pass and my ultimate crush. She is the best ever.😊
Fell in love with this song. HBO kicks ass with soundtracks.
She has many songs. Listen to the album To Bring You My Love and the album Dry.. brilliant musician on par or higher than the best american bands.
@@adreethomas2844 That album is gold
Was ir on show ?
@@gunzillaoblivion big little lies
All around the concrete jungle the wind is blowing.. the sublime is just a breath away.
Harvey is one of the few true geniuses of both the 20th and 21st century and this only has 16k likes? Makes me lose faith in humanity....
still not sure if, at the most random moments, u sit on me shoulder or in me ear. But love it when u make things more clear but weird. Just lovely when u seem near.
I love the dark, twisted melody and whispering vocals, amazing. I also relate to the lyrics a lot (well, apart from the bit about torture on the wheel). Me and Catherine should take some beers to the hills.
What's it about exactly?
@@borednerd2100 I think on the basic level "The Wind" is about a woman - Catherine but it could anyone - who voluntarily choose to isolate herself from people, and more specifically from men, because her only desire (is it desire?) is to devote herself to God. She is becoming an anchoret, which implies she's already "died to the world". Back to the song's lyrics, I think Polly/the narrator romanticizes, or daydream about, the idea of mystical marriage... which could be perceive to the some extant as an "rebel act" - I mean, how can be that Catherine, this smart, beautiful and sexual woman, renounce any earthly goods, she's (no more) interested in flesh and bones men - What a waste! But I think there's also suggested the other side of a story? a tale (?): it seems like Catherine herself finds it as rather joyful experience (in ancient myths gods - as immaterial deities - always appear to mortals "in disguise" so the wind might represent here God. I mentioned here before about the idea of mystical marriage - and some female mystics can experience God in erotic, sensual way.
I try to explain as best as I can my interpretation of this song. One of my very fav songs ever written.
My God! She's one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen.
congratulations, you have good tastes ;)
The only and divine PJ
YUP.
YES, SHE IS!
I’ve been in love with her for over twenty years. She and I are both born in 1969.
Love the knuckle cracks at 2:18
Without PJ Harvey would there be St. Vincent, Wolf Alice, etc. She is just an incredible performer. ❤️
I love this music video. She is in a dream like state driving around the city watching people move, walking around the busy streets very loud and noisy but it takes you out of that completely. Focusing on outside elements that you can still always feel, like the wind
Great song. "Is this desire" is very interesting album. Trip-hop influence all over the place which is good. Makes sense, trip-hop sound was everywhere in late 90s music.
One of the most visually haunting lyricists ever.
this album is everything to me
You literally embody “cool.”
💚💙 your tunes.....blow, wind....blow.
This is an extremely beautiful
Song that evokes se xual memories
Great.
Now I have to buy everything this astonishing lady has ever done. 💜
Robert Melia you wont be disappointed!
I have been since 1994
🖤 .. .
Would love Tricky to do a cover of this these days!!!
Polly is a national treasure. What a song!
Besser geht's nicht. Supersound, magisch. Masterpiece
this song is amazing. but 3:35 to the end is absolutely SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love You Miss Harvey :-). Best regards from Poland :-)
My favorite album is this desire ? 🌷🌷🌷🌷❤️❤️
PJ Harvey is so fucking cool
I'm very lucky because i've just discovered this amazing singer!
Bungholio reminds me of Patti Smith
I got into PJ Harvey via the TV show in your avatar pic in the early to mid ‘90s
I love this, it's very cool!! The more I listen to her, the more, I like 😊!!!
wow, just wow...
One of my favourite tracks from 'Is This Desire' but I don't think this video does it justice...it doesn't portray the atmosphere and mystery of the song enough, its in New York for starters! Mind you I do like that bit when she feigns cracking her knuckles to the sound effect in the music, together with that cheeky but subtle smile.
I think that's a fair opinion..Im responding simply because of how idiotic other peoples r
she really likes new york... the next album after "is this desire" was all about life in new york, with pj
harvey in new york in the cover...
@@petrosstyle2981 I know, the follow up to Is This Desire was a very good album. And I have nothing against New York…just didn’t seem appropriate for this particular song.
I've got my PJ on and my PJs on.
😂😂😂
Sublime
Wow 😊 they have PJ Harvey on the Season 1 Episode 1 outro of Big Little Lies. Forgot how good this whole LP was. 1998 seems like so long ago now, yet just yesterday. I'm gonna have to download to the whole thing again. As many times as I've heard this song I didn't know it even had a video. It's a good video. Goes with the HBO series pretty well actually.
PJ Harvey... your music is so so so great!
I remember this song from way back when...and somehow never saw this video until today! Great song, a really cool music video.
I really love this song
Peak Tricky Harvey
And please tell the others on youtube to record stuff the same way, this sound is great!!
so much beauty
This track is CHILL OUT!
Best song ever made by Polly Jean Harvey!
Always a fave song from pj
I knew singer and always wanted to listen it because I'm a big fan of alternative music and pop music which mixed with trip hop it's always awesome.And i thank Big little lie for showing this artist
Possibly my favorite song of all time. Been obsessed for years. Was thrilled to hear it on Big Little Lies
Love her! Just love her!
SPLENDID SHE IS PLENDID THIS SONG SPENDID HER LOVE YOU
Im SHOCKED that people are learning about PJ through big Little Lies. She's a legend!!!!!!
Ps - I'm in my late 20s and was raised right I guess?
Don't be offended, just welcome them to the party ;)
Christina Gina what matters id they are learning, nothing more...
people were introduced to Marvin Gaye in a Levi's advert in the 80's via a launderette! Parallel or meandering roads, all leading to the same destination. th-cam.com/video/Q56M5OZS1A8/w-d-xo.html
But most of them do not join the party, just listen to this song and soon forget about PJ.
Better to learn her through something thank never to know this goddess
Just seeing this for the first time now and damn, I think I have a new favorite music video.
Wha, all these years and I didn't even know this song had a video o.O.
She doesn't like selling out to the imagery.
meni najdraži njen album. i čestitam pj na mercury prizeu za let england shake!!!srce mi se raastopilo:)
This is such a good song
What an awsome song to carry when you trip to New York and just walk by the streets...the problem is... I've never been there
I love this video. It's full of juxtapositions, & anomalies that make sense. What has St. Catherine got to do with Dorset? What has Dorset got to do with New York? Who is the girl who looks like a distorted version of PJ? Why?
It makes sense in the way that dreams do - is that it? She's drifted off in the cab?
I love the disgruntled expression on her face when the cop rattles her window. You can almost "hear" her West country accent as she swears at him in her head. Then the street voices end the video. More juxtaposition ...
Whatever, the video works for me.
P.S. I like the, totally different, live version just as much.
Gave up trying to interpret music videos a long time ago. They are mostly unscripted, inconsistent symbolic pastiche. However, PJ is so far above the crowd, so I wonder ...
Pure Genius. PJ is a Goddess.
Awesome sauce!
La produccion musical de esta cancion es super interesantisima!!!!
one of my favorites.
Loving this, thanks pj another epic song xxx
GRREAT
this is true ART.
even say she transends any form of art but agree never the less
Oh Dear Me, PJs whispering, like those autumn leafs that fall to the ground and I count them, I can hear there crisp tones under my bare feet, I walk upon the fallen leaves of autumn.🎉
polly jane... you a person that is fucking on a good path, whatever way you wanna express yourself, cheers for sharing
Brilliant!
Hey, filmed in my city
NYC
In another life she could have been a damn fine actor.
Still my favourite PJ song, it just cruises.
I think this is the first pj Harvey song I ever heard , was instantly hooked!
you can only be hooked for ever and ever!!
a force of nature
Great song 🩷
So awesome! ❤️
This song is perfectly for a movie like MATRIX
Спасибо , родная!
you were wonderful.
I have the best memories of this in 1999's New York.
It sounds like Tricky feat.., great beauty
First heard this song 20 years ago on the Brokedown Palace soundtrack. Its such an awesome album. 90s music at its best.
Yeah!
Exzellent Song!
The beat on this song sounds like it was cut out of Madonna's Ray of light album. Listen to Swim or Candy perfume girl and you might hear a similarity in the sound. Although PJ's vocals and the lyrics make this song very original.
+Janne Järvinen '98 probably was the best year in music, Madonna's Ray Of Light, PJ's Is This Desire ? and months before Bjork's Homogenic
don't forget tori amos from the choirgirl hotel
I'm sorry, but Homogenic came out in September 1997... So these albums didn't came out before but after. Anyway, I don't think they necessarily have influenced one another on those albums. It's more likely that they were influenced by the same artists or producers. But, we're judging them from a 2016 perspective... The more distant in time those album become, the more likely we are to find similarities in them. From what I remember back then (I haden't heard Is This Desire? at the time)... Ray of Light and Homogenic were considered very different styles of music. And Homogenic was regarded as an extremely advanced album in terms of production and arrangements... I remember what I felt the first time I heard it (spring or summer 1998) and it really seemed quite futuristic and sounded like nothing I'd heard before. Ray of Light was very well produced for the time and intersting but certainly not as adventurous as Homogenic.
The beat is straight out of late '90s UK Big Beat, reminded me most of Bentley Rhythm Ace. One of many sounds Madonna tried to replicate.
Inspired by trip-hop of Massive Attack and Portishead I think...
ΚΟΜΜΑΤΑΡΑ!!!
Yo whoever edited this music video is a damn GENIUS ! I instantly connected with it DESPITE the fact that I didn't care much for the content itself, HOWEVERRR... Its like a GENIUS took what he had and said well this is what i got to work with and had to pay attention more to HOW IT WAS USED as opposed to the "THEME" being so important (millions please) ... and it came out GREAT you inspired me to look more closely at how I made my videos with what i had.