PJ Harvey

[glastofun]

PJ Harvey was my absolute favourite this year.  Haven't heard her last album but I'm definitely going to download it following her performance.  Very sombre in tone, but I kind of felt it was an appropriate reflection of the current shit we're in.  

 

Did anyone else see it?  What did you think?  

Edited June 28, 2016 by glastofun

[Mardy]

Stunning stuff. Loved it

[arcade fireman]

She was great but with the size of the crowd and having seen her in the dark at Primavera might have been better as a JP headliner. 

[hfuhruhurr]

yep - my highlight too - utterly amazing.

The whole band was so tight and she cut a powerful image.

One of those sets you wanted to go on longer, but when it ended you thought it was perfect.

[tevaburger]

glad someone started this, just an amazing 70 mins worth every piece of struggle of leaving my pit spot for Beck 4 songs in to battle through to Other, grab a fresh pint, and fairly easily get to firm(er) ground center stage in the Other pit. I couldn't believe how great she was. my set of the weekend. the march out at beginning of show and then right into my fave track on her new record. later on, 50 Ft queenie....she looked fabulous too didn't she? loved how she was moving about, gesturing...the band was tight...it was just an absolute delight that one of my favorites didn't disappoint, but over-delivered for me.

thanks to whomever posted those reviews of her a few weeks back that talked about how good she was and how the new songs were transformed live, as for a while i had been thinking of spending more time at Beck until i read those reviews realizing i had to see the full thing.

Edited June 28, 2016 by tevaburger

[OneLittleFish]

Loved it. A really interesting set. Especially the mid set poem.

[Mardy]

Like the very best artists, she conveys brilliantly that this stuff matters, that it is important. Reminded me of Patti Last year. Unashamedly art. Insistent on making connections. 

[Kizzie]

I loved her too, she carried gravitas somehow, quite stately.  I dunno, I loved it anyway. 

 

[Mardy]

1 minute ago, Kizzie said:

I loved her too, she carried gravitas somehow, quite stately.  I dunno, I loved it anyway. 

 

Yeah, that's it, precisely. 

[BlackHole2006]

Fucksticks, I was in the phone charge tent while she was on. Absolutely gutted I missed her.

[rubenz]

I had no real knowledge of PJ Harveys music aside from the well known songs but was completely blown away by this. The music seemed like a cross between traditional old English styles and a new orleans deep south vibe. Mesmerising stuff indeed. 

The Scottish lady next to me obviously enjoyed it too as she bellowed out "come on polly let's fucking have it" at the top of her voice! 

[Neal86]

absolutey stunning set probably my highlight of the weekend  to bring me my love was unreal

[smytho15]

Watched beck as I was defeated by the mud at that point. He was ace but that was a horrible  clash

[glastofun]

Yeah, her band was so tight.  Love John Parish's solo stuff too.  

It's great how she does things in such an understated way, but to major effect.  The slight choreography for example.  

In introducing her band, all with a range of European names, do you think it was to underscore her message? 

[Fearless_Fish]

From where I was the sound was pretty poor - apart from Polly's voice which was clear as crystal and powerful. She was mesmeric throughout, and I thought To Bring You My Love was the performance of the festival - captivating stuff, She finished 6 minutes early though!

[Girlwiththemostcake]

17 minutes ago, Fearless_Fish said:

From where I was the sound was pretty poor - apart from Polly's voice which was clear as crystal and powerful.

That's a shame as I found Polly and the whole band sounded amazing. The whole performance was fantastic. Theatrical, moving...just incredible. Definitely my highlight (and that's saying something given that I was so hungover on Sunday I didn't leave my tent until 6pm and didn't think I'd make it through the whole PJ set!)

[Fearless_Fish]

Just now, Girlwiththemostcake said:

That's a shame as I found Polly and the whole band sounded amazing. The whole performance was fantastic. Theatrical, moving...just incredible. Definitely my highlight (and that's saying something given that I was so hungover on Sunday I didn't leave my tent until 6pm and didn't think I'd make it through the whole PJ set!)

I was just a metre or two outside the pit, slight to the right of centre. There was just no "umph" to the music, but vocally was absolutely perfect. I'd have moved around a bit.... if I could! In fact I saw Bat for Lashes and PJ Harvey almost back-to-back - what voices!

[TomViolence]

Really good at Field Day and superb at Glastonbury... one of my sets of the weekend!

Right choice made .

[phil the shrew]

Got a bit emotional when she read out the poem and knowing her politics it was clearly there with a very clear meaning.

So glad we have have artists like that in the UK that mix politics, social comment and cracking tunes. Makes me have some optimism in the future 

[Dave F.]

Still reflecting on the weekend as a whole & but I think that set will top the list. Even the weather seemed appropriate. 

[BlackHole2006]

4 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

Say what now?

Didn't realise the pj harvey, beck, Gary Clark Jr, guy Garvey clash was also the same time as the phone charge slot! 

I had all my stuff back in my parents caravan cause I was going home with them after the headliners finished up, my phone ran out of battery during Quantic and I needed it charged in case I got lost on the way back to theirs. Good thing I charged it really, I did end up getting lost! But yeah. Really regret missing PJ. She won't play for at least another 5 years I reckon.

Edited June 28, 2016 by BlackHole2006

[Gucci Piggy]

Fucking amazing. Not my set of the weekend (LCD was a definite 10/10; what a final two!) but absolutely brilliant.

Was gutted, however, that she dropped When Under Ether and Down By the Water; especially as she finished early. 50ft Queenie absolutely banged, though.

[Yokel Again]

Best set of the weekend for me.

Great musicianship, great songs, great performance / theatrics.

Best of all, it suited the mood of Sunday (to that point) for me. A grim day, grim ref. result (well, IMO), and a thoroughly gloomy performance - in the sense of the last x2 records and their themes. 

The whole experience was uplifting and joyous. I bloody loved it. 

[russycarps]

Just watched this on iplayer. I guess you had to be there as all the new stuff left me cold. To bring you my love was wondrous though! 

[sime]

PJ Harvey was my favourite set of the weekend. I thought she and her band were stunning. I have not heard her new album but loved all the songs I had not heard. And 50ft Queenie made me go mental! The whole crowd and the band all going off as one to that was an experience I will never forget. I was already on a high after just seeing St Etienne up at the park but PJ's set. Well, it blew me away..!