and at the end she drops the gloves, pulls the plug, lets go of the cord. Just her, a skimpy little dress, a pair of heels and her voice. Performing courage.
PJ Harvey's talent is truly out of this world, and nothing showcases that better than this performance of Rid of Me. I was so lucky to discover her in the 90s.
I didn’t damn it! But so odd bc I remember at least 3 ppl then telling me I’d love her! I am a huge Shirley Manson fan from Garbage, but I found PJ wayyyy late. Although there’s new live performances she’s fine too. I now have all her albums on vinyl and wow!!!
What a performance. Just a woman with an incredible voice, an electric guitar facing such a crowd. It's raw, enthralling and brillant. Few artists are capable of such a performance live.
There's such building tension in this song, I always expect drums to come in at any moment and it never happens. It's AWESOME!! The human experience. The exchange and expression of emotion.
I so do agree. This is pure rock'n'roll. A woman, a dress, high heels, a guitar, 4 chords, a screaming crowd. That's it. She's a role model for all of us female artists.
@@sdm1568 Right on. I hope, say, Simone Simons from Epica or Jill from Unlucky Morpheus would have the good taste to laugh at the feeble level of musicianship on display here.
Since PJ Harvey seems to be using flat sandals, you can even take high heels off from that equation. Amazing ! The definition of her as pure rock'n'roll is perfect.
I saw PJ at this festival. I was up close to the stage. It was an overcast day, and PJ came out. During the show, the clouds parted, and the sun joined her. The metallic threads woven in PJ's red dress shone brilliantly in the light.Then Mick Harvey came out and joined the show. It was unforgettable.
She is one in a million. When you come upon an artist like PJ Harvey it makes you set the bar so high for everything else you listen to and for me its been tough to find anything that rises to her level.
I'm as captivated and spellbound by Polly Jean as the day i first heard this song nearly 30years ago! Was captivated and spellbound all over again... PJ finishes, leaves stage and then we all snap out of our trances and realise (again) that that was one wee gurl with one guitar, alone with the whole of humanity (debauched, inglorious humanity) in the palm of her hand. Just an absolute phenomenon!
I love this live version of Rid of Me. It's how you want the song to sound! On the album it is too subdued and subtle. This is defo the best version I have heard!
They were going for the surprise factor, but unfortunately that only works for one listen 😂😂. A dude on youtube did a decent job of remastering the entire album: th-cam.com/video/36G15OR6jvY/w-d-xo.html
Je ne m'en lasse pas , l'énergie à l'état pur, sa meilleure interprétation de Rid of me, une montée en intensité progressive jusqu'à l'explosion finale, a capella, le public est totalement subjugué et se fait presque silencieux, vraiment barrée la dame, dingue, aucun mec n'arrivera jamais à son niveau, PJ tu es la meilleure avec ta guitare quasiment plus grande que toi !!! ne lâche rien !!!
This is by far, and has been for years, my favourite TH-cam video of all time. The closing seconds of her performance give me chills every time I watch it... and I've watched this a lot. Incredible artist, incredible song, incredible performance. x
why do you think, there was a backing track? the video is a bit offset to the audio, so it looks a bit strange, but that is a camera (or upload) issue.
Totally disagree. Who ever filmed this, had no clue. Why do they film the audience at all. So fuckin' annoying. The focus needs to be totally on her, not pictures of the audience. So distracting.
+Gareth Douglas, before you neg-compliment her, educate yourself. Watch more of her live performances. And listen to 4 track demos. She doesn't need no backing track except her own self.
She’d been the darling of the uk music press for some time when this came out, there was no internet, no dab radio stations, no way to listen unless you took in late night alternative radio shows. You had to do the leg work to buy it. I came into possession of a promo copy of 50ftqueenie, I wouldn’t say I’d heard much of her stuff, but read pieces on her, however at a time in my life when I was at what was to become many low points, Rid of Me was such a breath of fresh air to my ears. There was a seismic shift in my music buying, and 27 odd years later I’m still here, still struggling and I’ve just brought a new vinyl copy of them album, still sounds as raw as it did when I first heard, and like history repeating itself it’s picked me up, giving me drive and purpose, filling me up & searching for music old and new. Thank you Polly Harvey for being there, never comprised and for always being you.
Hang on there Adrian, I’m in my 50’S and I’m still struggling but weirdly I’m beginning to understand and accept all the low points and don’t know if I’d change them if I could. God I love 90’s indie music still.
Had a crush on her for 25 years. Criminally underrated as a rhythm guitarist. On stage she just has that "it", whatever it is, that connects and holds you spellbound. She comes across with so much more than just the sum of her talents, kind of like a Janis Joplin or Johnny Cash performance.
A gutsy performance from Polly. Extremely talented, extremely beautiful and extremely awesome. Just about the purest, most non-conformist female artist around today who continues to push the boundaries.
@@louduva9849 Why would you think that I think one wouldn't rhyme fire and desire? As I said, all great poets do, not only contemporary song writers, but also the likes of Frost, Milton, and Shakespeare. You seem to have seriously misunderstood my post. Well, I understand that pseudo irony may not be immediately apparent to some.
PJ Harvey, this is the scariest song I ever heard, complete menace, wrapped is such seduction. The first time I heard this song when the album came out, I was friggin blown away. The original had great drums and bass, massive energy, raw production, blistering. But I love that she does this solo and carries it off, find me another female with the presence, the power and the spine tingling energy of PJ Harvey!!, no chance, she is seriously captivating, and doesn't rely on studio tricks to rip into you. 😎 I will listen to PJ on and on.
She is underrated coming out in the 90's when she did with all he Big performers and Bands that came out around that time I think she got hidden by some of the more popular acts of the time but looking back no you can see her talent and she is a true artist and it holds up
It took me a few minutes to notice that she is performing solo! She sounds like she's got a bangin rhythm section playing along behind her, Good god almighty, this woman rocks!
gruntoblumpharglegargle Yes indeed! Your comment reminded me of the first time I saw Ani Difranco, 1993 I think. A small woman with just an acoustic guitar and drummer and blew away nearly any five piece band on earth.
don't know that much about her and never been a particular fan og the girl, but this performance is something else: She's alone on a stage in front of thousands of people, playing an electric guitar with no backing, her voice is … wow … especially when she sings the chorus in that crazy, sexy high-pitched wail, she falters not and the performance is flawless of a powerfully written song. To carry that off takes a megaload of talent.
This is from a concert in 2001. ....Now we have 2015 and she STILL looks that stunning !! She must have really good genes. :-) I just love her. She´s so inspiring
Just her voice and a guitar and a song she wrote.
Absolutely incredible.
Taylor Swift could NEVER
@@thesovgc taylor swift sucks
Smokin;!!!! HOT;!!!!!!!!
it's not incredible, it's an absolutely 100% natural performance. Of a great performer
Maintaining a festival crowd with a guitar and vocals, she's something.
Lol you saw the look on her face. She's a boss and had this concert DOWN!
She's more than just something :)
The talent is unreal.
and at the end she drops the gloves, pulls the plug, lets go of the cord. Just her, a skimpy little dress, a pair of heels and her voice. Performing courage.
OMG!
Just one woman and her guitar and yet more presence than most full bands could ever hope for. She is criminally underrated.
PJ Harvey's talent is truly out of this world, and nothing showcases that better than this performance of Rid of Me. I was so lucky to discover her in the 90s.
I didn’t damn it! But so odd bc I remember at least 3 ppl then telling me I’d love her! I am a huge Shirley Manson fan from Garbage, but I found PJ wayyyy late. Although there’s new live performances she’s fine too. I now have all her albums on vinyl and wow!!!
What a performance. Just a woman with an incredible voice, an electric guitar facing such a crowd. It's raw, enthralling and brillant. Few artists are capable of such a performance live.
There's such building tension in this song, I always expect drums to come in at any moment and it never happens. It's AWESOME!! The human experience. The exchange and expression of emotion.
There's no words for this type of talent.
Once in a lifetime one is born to leave us speechless.
This gotta be one of the best top 10 live performances ever.
Hands down
No doubt about it. I come back to it all the time.
Agreed🥁🥁🥁
This and Ed Sheeran Perfect
I so do agree. This is pure rock'n'roll. A woman, a dress, high heels, a guitar, 4 chords, a screaming crowd. That's it. She's a role model for all of us female artists.
No, don’t speak for all of us.
@@sdm1568 Right on. I hope, say, Simone Simons from Epica or Jill from Unlucky Morpheus would have the good taste to laugh at the feeble level of musicianship on display here.
@@cygil1 calling PJ Harvey feeble is... A choice...
@@luigiiodice3517 a bad choice at that :/
Since PJ Harvey seems to be using flat sandals, you can even take high heels off from that equation. Amazing ! The definition of her as pure rock'n'roll is perfect.
I saw PJ at this festival. I was up close to the stage. It was an overcast day, and PJ came out. During the show, the clouds parted, and the sun joined her. The metallic threads woven in PJ's red dress shone brilliantly in the light.Then Mick Harvey came out and joined the show. It was unforgettable.
She is one in a million. When you come upon an artist like PJ Harvey it makes you set the bar so high for everything else you listen to and for me its been tough to find anything that rises to her level.
Agreed!!
I'm as captivated and spellbound by Polly Jean as the day i first heard this song nearly 30years ago!
Was captivated and spellbound all over again... PJ finishes, leaves stage and then we all snap out of our trances and realise (again) that that was one wee gurl with one guitar, alone with the whole of humanity (debauched, inglorious humanity) in the palm of her hand. Just an absolute phenomenon!
What a performance. Dominates the crowd. 1 women. 80,000 people. Killed it.
Yessss.....
'And the crowd goes mild'...
Not my fave
80000 generation x boomers*
Ah woman a woman..... oh my go its a woman!
I love how she's looking at crowd. She knows she owns them all i love her
She wishes
I love how she doesn't use any tricks live. Just her, a guitar and that amazing voice :)
If you're talented, that's all it should take tbh 🤷♂️
PJ Harvey is a force majeure. Amazing performance!
A force mayeuse ( fem.)
I love this live version of Rid of Me. It's how you want the song to sound! On the album it is too subdued and subtle. This is defo the best version I have heard!
They were going for the surprise factor, but unfortunately that only works for one listen 😂😂.
A dude on youtube did a decent job of remastering the entire album: th-cam.com/video/36G15OR6jvY/w-d-xo.html
Well you can't blame Nick Cave for writing a whole album about her.
@Tommy Revere they did briefly, the album is called the boatman's call
...and what a album!
clearly she didn't feel the need to write an album about him
@@MickBellTV lol
You are awesome !! (And PJ.)
Wow.... I mean all alone, just her and her guitar... and the intensity is palpable. She freakin Rocks. This is a gem of a performance!
There is so much energy and power in this songs! I just adore it.
Je ne m'en lasse pas , l'énergie à l'état pur, sa meilleure interprétation de Rid of me, une montée en intensité progressive jusqu'à l'explosion finale, a capella, le public est totalement subjugué et se fait presque silencieux, vraiment barrée la dame, dingue, aucun mec n'arrivera jamais à son niveau, PJ tu es la meilleure avec ta guitare quasiment plus grande que toi !!! ne lâche rien !!!
This is by far, and has been for years, my favourite TH-cam video of all time. The closing seconds of her performance give me chills every time I watch it... and I've watched this a lot. Incredible artist, incredible song, incredible performance. x
+Paul Nobbs dude, me too.
why do you think, there was a backing track?
the video is a bit offset to the audio, so it looks a bit strange, but that is a camera (or upload) issue.
anyone cooler?? thought so...its just way she saz desire at the end...gets me every time.
Totally disagree. Who ever filmed this, had no clue. Why do they film the audience at all. So fuckin' annoying. The focus needs to be totally on her, not pictures of the audience. So distracting.
+Gareth Douglas, before you neg-compliment her, educate yourself. Watch more of her live performances. And listen to 4 track demos. She doesn't need no backing track except her own self.
What a stunning performance. Great voice, great stage presence, and great beauty. PJ Harvey is one hell of a singer x
She’d been the darling of the uk music press for some time when this came out, there was no internet, no dab radio stations, no way to listen unless you took in late night alternative radio shows. You had to do the leg work to buy it. I came into possession of a promo copy of 50ftqueenie, I wouldn’t say I’d heard much of her stuff, but read pieces on her, however at a time in my life when I was at what was to become many low points, Rid of Me was such a breath of fresh air to my ears. There was a seismic shift in my music buying, and 27 odd years later I’m still here, still struggling and I’ve just brought a new vinyl copy of them album, still sounds as raw as it did when I first heard, and like history repeating itself it’s picked me up, giving me drive and purpose, filling me up & searching for music old and new. Thank you Polly Harvey for being there, never comprised and for always being you.
Hang on there Adrian, I’m in my 50’S and I’m still struggling but weirdly I’m beginning to understand and accept all the low points and don’t know if I’d change them if I could. God I love 90’s indie music still.
Irresistibly charming, demure in her interviews, great humor, intensely sexy...AND a fabulous artist
Had a crush on her for 25 years. Criminally underrated as a rhythm guitarist. On stage she just has that "it", whatever it is, that connects and holds you spellbound. She comes across with so much more than just the sum of her talents, kind of like a Janis Joplin or Johnny Cash performance.
i’ve been obsessed with this video nonstop. she really can hold a fucking crowd with her performance, she’s amazing
Simple song, simple chords, complex charisma, genius!
This is the best performance ive seen in my entire life.
simply outstanding
20 year crush, still going strong. Love you PJ.
Incredible song with just three chords in it. The emotional narrative of it is like a bullet to the heart
I'll take passion over perfect musician almost everytime. This one can command any room. Stunning presence.
I saw this tour in LA and the band, RadioHead, opened the show for her. She was awesome.
PJ is a musical instrument. Every part produces music magic.😊
I get chills every single time I listen to this.
That ending. Gets me everytime. The greatest female artist out there.
A gutsy performance from Polly. Extremely talented, extremely beautiful and extremely awesome. Just about the purest, most non-conformist female artist around today who continues to push the boundaries.
An amazing live performance! Knowing the studio version so well, you'd think it's impossible to do it justice live. But this proves me wrong, brava!!!
Rock goddess. Glory for her!!
She's a poet. She's a f**king poet. Long live Polly Jean.
Yes. She's a poet. She rhymes "fire" and "desire" just like all true poets do.
hulakan agree. Actually I can’t see what everyone sees and hears in her...
@@hulakan Why wouldn't one rhyme 'fire' and 'desire'? Read any Shakespeare?
@@louduva9849 Why would you think that I think one wouldn't rhyme fire and desire? As I said, all great poets do, not only contemporary song writers, but also the likes of Frost, Milton, and Shakespeare. You seem to have seriously misunderstood my post. Well, I understand that pseudo irony may not be immediately apparent to some.
@@no_wire_hangers - Listen to "To Bring You My Love." Maybe you'll get it then.
The real queen of England
Man she belts that out like a true pro!!!!
One of the best live performances I've ever seen. Love this love Polly Jean
PJ Harvey, this is the scariest song I ever heard, complete menace, wrapped is such seduction. The first time I heard this song when the album came out, I was friggin blown away. The original had great drums and bass, massive energy, raw production, blistering. But I love that she does this solo and carries it off, find me another female with the presence, the power and the spine tingling energy of PJ Harvey!!, no chance, she is seriously captivating, and doesn't rely on studio tricks to rip into you. 😎 I will listen to PJ on and on.
She is underrated coming out in the 90's when she did with all he Big performers and Bands that came out around that time I think she got hidden by some of the more popular acts of the time but looking back no you can see her talent and she is a true artist and it holds up
Just a brilliant lady and her guitar
I get chills every time I hear this song :) And it makes me smile
I was there.
She's electric.
😍😍
It's a testament to her talent that she makes this work. Just her and a guitar. Amazing.
Polly with a guitar in her hands....one of my favorite things in life.
Genius, brave, beautiful, ethereal. One woman and her guitar entranced a huge crowd.
Still there in this master performance, go girl❤️
This girl is amazingly talented,I got addicted to this video 😍
outstanding....loved the dresden dolls cover....i tip my hat to you Pj
Never forget this gig - the audience were out of their depth but she just smashed it anyway! Artist in the true sense of the word!
You'd walk a million miles to see that and you'd not see anything much better - up there with some of the great performances
Very under rated artist. I love PJ !! I wish she can do stuff like this again
It took me a few minutes to notice that she is performing solo!
She sounds like she's got a bangin rhythm section playing along behind her,
Good god almighty, this woman rocks!
gruntoblumpharglegargle Yes indeed! Your comment reminded me of the first time I saw Ani Difranco, 1993 I think. A small woman with just an acoustic guitar and drummer and blew away nearly any five piece band on earth.
+gruntoblumpharglegargle my god, I just noticed!!!!
I've been listening to his for 3 years and this is the first time I notice.
i only noticed it, after I read your comment.. thanks
youre not wrong
Wow you're right
This is rock and roll in it's purest form
I hadn't heard of her until recently, and she is EXCELLENT!!! 🏆🏆🏆
The most beautiful woman in music industry
Loves you.
Kim Deal circa 1989 could give her a run for her money.
Susanna Hoffs
Amy Lee, Pat Benatar
Uh you clearly forgot about Courtney Love
So bloody F""""""" impressed by this performance.
her voice is incredible and her lyrics still sound raw and cutting edge
She is so effing rad. I am so happy this video exists.
This woman is a force of nature and she has a killer fashion sense to boot... Thanks for the upload! I'm gettin on fire😃
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I get goose bumps at the end of the song, amazing!
don't know that much about her and never been a particular fan og the girl, but this performance is something else: She's alone on a stage in front of thousands of people, playing an electric guitar with no backing, her voice is … wow … especially when she sings the chorus in that crazy, sexy high-pitched wail, she falters not and the performance is flawless of a powerfully written song. To carry that off takes a megaload of talent.
seen pj in 1992 just as dry was released... I was hooked after 2 songs
u Lucky man
I love this performance. I guess I could have mentioned that 15 years ago.
Bye the way
How does she freakin' do that? I love listening to this song... PJ Harvey ROCKS!!
She is incredible.
Incredible performance. Thanks!
After many years of seeing this, I still have to find a better live performance from anyone else.
This has to be one of the best live performance videos on TH-cam.
That is wonderfully exhilarating - and, as usually is the case with PJ Harvey's music, wow! and i can't imagine ever getting tired of that!
This f@cking song is stuck in my head for two days. Love this woman.
I am crazy for this woman... Sings and plays a lot, touched my heart 🎸🌷
What a truly awesome performance!
Charismatic, original and unique artist!
This is from a concert in 2001. ....Now we have 2015 and she STILL looks that stunning !!
She must have really good genes. :-)
I just love her. She´s so inspiring
Rare to see a live concert rock video, where the crowd is virtually silent. #Goddess
goosebumbs and sweaty palms ... good god that was AMAAAZING !
Absolutely nails it
With her 1st two albums she stripped rock to its core and her impact was incredible even solo as she left all that really mattered.
Wow that ending. So powerful. She rocks!
That blows me away everytime I watch it. Amazing, wish I was there.
In love for 30 years now
love from Rotterdamn
I've had a crush on her since the early '90s -- still have her high on my list of all-time favorite female musicians/singers!
Just discovered this, what an awesome performance!!!
Goosebumps of love, love you PJ!
Simply stunning performance!
Extremely powerful performance... ♥🎸💣💥... she is on fire...
fantastic performer. great great talent
I heard that unbelievable voice two times in the 90's.....it's unforgettable! A little woman with the power of an hurricane...
One day I will see see PJ harvey live. That will be a great day.
Best version ever
You can always tell the truly great performances, they start with security watching the crowd and it ends with them staring at the stage
this is astonishing one-woman performance. True artist.
1:53 😂😂 cameraman was headbanging and didnt notice his camera filming 😂😂 when the song is so good that even the cameraman move 🤘