PJ Harvey and Ramy Essam - The Camp (Official Video)

PJ Harvey and Egyptian recording artist Ramy Essam have come together to write and record ‘The Camp’ which they hope will raise awareness and much needed support towards the health and educational well-being of displaced children in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. The artists will donate all net profits from the track to Beyond Association in the Bekaa Valley, a national Lebanese non-Governmental Organisation. Beyond Association provides services such as access to education, healthcare, and psycho-social support mainly through art therapy, neuro-physiotherapy, and recreational activities.
‘The Camp’ - released digitally on Friday 9 June 2017 - was recorded in Bristol with Harvey’s longtime collaborator John Parish, who produced and mixed the track.
"It is hard to comprehend the scale of the crisis in Lebanon, a country of 4 million now hosting over 1 million Syrian refugees,” states photo-journalist Giles Duley whose arresting photographs feature in the official music video, edited by Rick Holbrook. “The infrastructure of the country is pushed to its limit, and nowhere is that situation more desperate than in the Bekaa Valley. However, there are some amazing organisations doing incredible, effective, and selfless work on the ground there, and of all the NGOs I have documented, none have impressed me more than Beyond. To visit their schools and witness their programs is to see hope - and that is something we have to support.”
The following is an excerpt from Ramy Essam's verse of The Camp, translated from Egyptian to English: "I wish I had wings to fly away, far away. Meet smiley faces who never ask where I came from; not to ask about colour, race, or religion. What difference does it make if we're all humans? No wars, no limits, no borders. Earth is everyone's right.”
Music Video Credits:
Video edited by Rick Holbrook
Photographs provided by Giles Duley
Studio footage provided by Ramy Essam
Sound Recording Credits:
PJ Harvey: Vocals, piano, shaker
Ramy Essam: Vocals, acoustic guitar
John Parish: Drums, bass, electric & acoustic guitars
Produced by John Parish
Recorded by Oliver Baldwin at J&J Studios, Bristol
All copyrights in this sound recording are vested in Hot Head Music, Ltd. 2017.
Photographs © 2015-2016 Giles Duley/UNHCR
All rights reserved.
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[@Ring0fSaturn]

PJ Harvey is a true artist, not married to her former endeavors, who evolves and challenges herself and her "fans". This song is terrific and has opened my eyes to the children in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. Thank you, PJ and Ramy.

[@Man_Ray78]

Who would have thought that out of the 90's queens(Björk,Tori Amos, Pj Harvey.) Pj would be the one who's making the most accessible music, 25 years later.

[@Badpenny13]

The Camp I saw children through a fence, standing by blue canvas tents, I called to them, they moved like ghosts, gliding, silent and remote. A girl, whose mouth was a straight line, looked like a creature out of time. A grey boy, burnt by cigarettes, pushed his scarred hands through the fence. He tried to smile at me and said, In my place you would have commit suicide from what I’ve seen. I found it difficult to breathe. He said his school became a jail and armed men tore out fingernails of children tied with cord and wire. His face grew old before my eyes. And when I turned and tried to run I saw ten-thousand children were laid in lines, wrapped in white sheets along a godforsaken street. I prayed an angel from the clouds would free the children from their shrouds. I prayed and waited for an age I waited but no angel came.

[@mariamanuela488]

So beautiful sound !! God bless you PJ Harvey ❤️

[@MathewLees]

A great gesture and solid work with Ramy. You have produced a song which is hauntingly beautiful and a video which evokes the suffering the Western world has caused. It is great that people of high profiles keep us aware that all of us can contribut to helping, however little we can give, something is better than nothing. Polly: You preyed an angel would come. You are already here, an angel if there ever has been one

[@FLACreviews]

Arte con conciencia sociopolítica. Felicitaciones PJ!

[@guyvercauteren4373]

Amazing beautiful ! This song plays constantly in my head, blessed!

[@screenstory]

I like the photography and the way the editor / director used extreme closeups and other repositions to help direct attention. Kudos the the editor and photographer(s) and photo-finder (Messrs. Holbrook and Duley).

[@Kai4723]

Beautiful

[@musicmavenpublishing2265]

Beautiful. Thank you for raising awareness.

[@clunkmess]

Discovered this song on Apple Music yesterday and i've had it on repeat ever since.

[@akkepinkster6244]

Stunning

[@sidneisousa2438]

Que música forte! Que imagens fortes!

[@daviddoble5956]

Always inspiring.pj...

[@rickjimo5691]

Love it

[@almclucas]

Beautiful

[@wagnersilva7918]

Beautifull and sad song. I love you, Polly.

[@soufianebakka1424]

pj harvey ya ramy essam your doing great men

[@Ladydetsika]

yes.

[@donperinon7697]

Touching. We are human beings, we must be UNITED not DIVIDED. We must stop the NWO.

[@hadeeresaam582]

راااااااااااامى،😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@doudougarcia1167]

Thank you

[@JustLIKESESSIONS]

Great new track and activism in one! "Free the children!"

[@dr.fadyreda2203]

Ramy Essam 🔥♥️♥️

[@SandraGonzalez46664]

Una genia PJ HARVEY ❤

[@giulianodestino6181]

Una canzone bellissima!

[@KISSAOficial]

Maravilhosa

[@Janoostrom]

A straight protest song of Polly Jean. It raised my awareness at least; "I prayed an angel would come, but no angel came".

[@fabriciochamaborges]

great pj!

[@calogiga]

Thanks for this beautifull song and for this battle for more awareness and humanity...

[@nouranhatem96]

@you are too small to me Who?

[@prudenpanos8882]

Gracias! 💜

[@khaledmahmoud8316]

nice work

[@soaribb32]

sooooooooooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooooooooooooooood

[@Replicas55]

Beautiful, real class.

[@mostafajimi9065]

يا رامي يا عالمي😊

[@shadyASaleh-zv6gf]

عظمة فشخ يا رامي

[@stefanodalmolin6938]

Bravo!!

[@foxopossum]

Well said

[@diolupo9571]

💚🖤💚

[@melisadural3413]

🐟💙

[@silkefischer6896]

🙏🏼

[@mguel_ngel]

♥

[@neroltecneops59]

2023 New LP coming

[@Marie.desAnges.duBois]

Merci

[@midohassan8325]

عااااااااش يا رامي جامده فشخ ايوا كدا ارجع رامي بتاع زمان

[@-omarwarda6573]

رامى الى مشرفنا ف كل حته

[@victorquispe6328]

¡TE AMO POLLY!

[@dufung3980]

Humanity is uncommon these days. So many in the shadows, so many left to struggle without a warm embrace..War and greed swallowing and causing needs unmet and crimson wet. The age of despair.

[@nourseenmohammed6861]

@Mahmoud Otaku مين اللي مات ؟؟؟ رامي عايش

[@mohamedhany8455]

رامي ⁦❤️⁩⁦❤️⁩⁦❤️⁩

[@mohamedshoita1748]

رامى يامشرفنا

[@pnarylmaz856]

Aşırı güzel

[@pnarylmaz856]

Mükemmel müzik budur

[@jazzymetal]

Alguém sabe a parte da letra cantada em árabe?

[@nouranhatem96]

ياه لو كان جسمي له جناحين واقدر اطير بعيد واقابل ناس لما تشوفني تضحك ومتسألش بلادك من فين شكل او لون او جنس او دين مش فارقين كلنا بني ادمين ولا في حروب ولا في بيننا حدود فيه الارض حق لكل الناس عايشين

[@shaxan]

nice way of making video out of pictures. I wonder if there any particular application that has it done better then others.

[@rgloeio]

❤️

[@ZenJuddhism]

"No angel came" check out "Juarez" by Tori Amos

[@S_E_R_]

Zen Juddhism I thought this the second I heard that line!!!

[@ZenJuddhism]

+Saint Rodriguez what good taste you have :)

[@MsNinjaA]

[@pawelukasiewicz7970]

whistling in this song is like sugar in a chicken soup

[@dariusmite1562]

Just enough of it makes the soup even better. I like the whistling as well

[@CMTubeV2]

😢

[@BLOSH41]

un peu étranger mais pas clandestin ! image de vérité et émotives

[@kemi9403]

I hate how this song is pretty much non-existent within Ramy's fanbase.

[@biri6324]

🐟

[@azizucar7841]

🐠

[@ahmedsayeedd]

مش صافي

[@talkto20john]

Doesn't matter what your general views are - living in those camps is shit, no one chooses that

[@Bowisito]

Syria hurts

[@inUR2teeth]

Beautiful 👍 but what about the African refugees maintained in slavery in Libya? Where women are forced to give birth onto the floor... where they sleep and then slowly watch their children.... die of malnutrition and of lack of specific care? 2018 already..... and still.. here we are.

[@DanielAhchiev]

Polly, I love you, I love your music and I've been doing that for 25 good years. Your last album came as a little surprise, but I accepted it as a part of a bigger work with Seamus Murphy. And now this! The wars will never end. There will always be local conflicts and crisis. You can't cover all them and you can't help them with your songs. Use your influence, but don't turn your art in political opinion. Don't become the new Bono please!!!

[@crimsoncorsair9250]

A good song for a good cause and not some shitty Nicki Minaj music video.

[@FredPotage]

Avec un PIB de 18 812 milliards de dollars, pourquoi l'Europe ne peut pas résoudre son problème de misère, et ne peut pas non plus accueillir 5 millions de réfugiés ?With a GDP of $ 18,812 billion, Why Europe can not solve its poverty problem, and can not accommodate 5 million refugees?l'argent et le capitalisme nous tuent à petit feu...Money and capitalism kill us litle by litle...:(

[@joecosta6410]

Bonjour, c'est avec plaisir que nous offrirons abris et repos aux femmes et enfants, mais les hommes en état de se battre doivent faire leur devoir et retourner combattre daesch, ou le dictateur local quel qu'il soit.

[@lullabi3234]

It's a mark of Wealth, and the *blindness* it can bring, to have this bleeding heart "Open Door" attitude toward the Migrant invasion of Europe. Refugees from Syria's war I understand, welcome them. Care for them. Show them Love and Kindness. Until they can return home. I *LOVE* PJ's music, but...All the hoardes who are coming because they aren't motivated to make their OWN homelands wealthy, though, and prefer to live off of the welfare Europe has spent centuries working to be able to provide, these are *Dropouts* from life, not the god damned future of the work force. It's not a blood transfusion. It's not going to make Europe any healthier. Which will result in the Entire World getting more SICK.

[@jane---489]

I have always loved Polly and considered myself to be an huge fan of hers. Now she's turned into Lily Allen ? I'm so done here ...

[@michaelahorakova6490]

ok :-) nobody hold you there :-D you can go

[@jane---489]

Yes I know, that's why I said it. Wasn't that obvious, hmm ? : ) Oh, btw. *I don't need your permission* *salty...*

[@valkyria2734]

Jane - - - Lilly Allen you say?, in what particular sense do you mean by that?, I'm a huge fan of Polly too and interested in what you have to say;)

[@jane---489]

+Valkyria Use the search bar, look up Lily Allen regarding the 'refugee' situation. There a lots of YT videos here about it ...

[@jane---489]

....Recommend : @ the BBC News. " Lily Allen in Calais - I Apologise on Behalf of My Country" Take a good look at peoples reaction in comments section on that particular video , including mine, It's one that has 800+ approval's from about 8 months ago, if you really want to 'dig deep' : )

[@andrewericjamesclark6808]

No offense, but we Germans have to suffer more than the refugees

[@YeredAlemanH]

That doesn't have a thing to do with it, sorry

[@andrewericjamesclark6808]

IDC. Cool song and video tho

[@aggelosandreou9879]

you Germans are the reason the humanity has suffered twice in history.

[@ninaa1603]

[@youtopia7328]

😢