PJ Harvey - Guilty

Artwork by Michelle Henning.
'Guilty’ is taken from The Hope Six Demolition Project sessions. The song was recorded in January 2015 during 'Recording in Progress', PJ Harvey's month long residency at Somerset House.
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Guilty
There’s a little figure on the television
scratching at the ground by a pile of rags.
Grainy little figures on television screens
weighing up the moment - guilty, guilty.
What’s he doing with that stick?
Which one is guilty?
Back in the bunker in the operations room
a bored soldier is eating his lunch
while drones in their thousands are unveiled in Texas
to roaring voices, but nobody asked us if we wanted them.
What’s he doing with that stick?
Which one is guilty?
Power to the predator. The Grim Reaper.
Grainy little suspects running for shelter.
The drones have come in their thousands
but nobody asked us if we wanted them.
Rules and regulation…

[@JacobTefft]

"[As] the session went on, ['Guilty'] became quite a difficult song to get to the place where Polly, John, and I felt it should go. By the end of the process, even though it was finished, it felt a little bit outside the rest of the material - as if it had come from a different place in time. The record felt stronger as a body of work for not having it on." YOU FOOL, IT WOULD HAVE MADE A FUCKING BALLER BONUS TRACK, AND YOU FUCKING KNOW IT

[@totenkopfdivision]

Best female artist out there.

[@Rycitycentral]

totenkopfdivision still not among the league of men apparently!

[@gregboardman915]

very close s he reminds me of Patti Smith

[@neroltecneops59]

6 years later my friends, her New LP is due this year 23, its time to get excited. This LP i believe will be her best. I say that every release since Rid of Me, my first listen, immediately buying Dry the next day.

[@modernlover0rosalyn]

Wonderful. She really just gets better and better. I'm loving this era of PJ.

[@neroltecneops59]

07/07/23 New LP

[@marajadefire77]

So glorious and uniquely creative. She keeps surprising us in so many ways! Love the feathers at Glasto!

[@neroltecneops59]

Hey 6 years later, New LP coming 07/07/23 PJ Fans Rule!

[@belleofkilronan8565]

Another restrained, yet gorgeous masterpiece from PJ Harvey.

[@luanaqotsa]

Amazing!!!

[@rogerreymond9937]

excellent!!

[@volkers99]

Wonderful song!

[@christyamar]

BEST ARTIST OUT THERE

[@zarzalita]

Such a fucking awesome sound!!!!! So happy she's coming to Bilbao!!!!! I'm crying of happiness!!!!!!

[@brunofernandes3298]

OMG how great it is

[@chriscole7189]

Beautifull

[@TACOMENyum]

This is great thank you! Rock N Roll!

[@56bluegold]

Great song !

[@mrjolieguy8673]

The Sickest 👍👌🏼👌🏼Thanks for sharing this it’s saved in my favorites 😉♥️❤️💕😉✌🏼

[@ascension-13]

Great work Polly, wishing you happiness and purpose.

[@1blackfrend]

epic is a word

[@rexymusic]

Awesome

[@brunofernandes3298]

She Should just release the b-sides of this amazing record, i'm really curious about them.

[@Cronelife_]

Agreed!! A treasure like all hers, sadly this like "the big guns called me back again" was left of the last album. Oh well she will sing it live

[@whitefang1984]

Big guns, what a song!

[@brunofernandes3298]

+jas p The Nightingale is another awesome song.....i'm really curious too about Imagine This and Homo Sappy Blues

[@KaylaMarie_]

What album was this supposed to be on?

[@imjusttalkingshit]

@@KaylaMarie_ Hope Six Demolition Project.

[@psyRomario11]

some info about this song.. taken from www.thegardenforum.orgTHE ONE THAT GOT AWAY! When Uncut went to see Recording In Progress at Somerset House, we watched Harvey and her band work on a song called “Guilty”. Sadly, it didn’t make the finished album. Here, Flood explains why… "'Guilty' was fascinating. It was one of the discovery songs for us - for the way songs could push forward into a new territory. i’d been experimenting with contact-micing a tom-tom, and then putting it through a whammy pedal. I suggested that maybe we could have a little bit of fun if Kenrick [Rowe] played the tom-tom and i manipulated the pitch of it through an amp. We had so much fun doing it. Then as the session went on, it became quite a difficult song to get to the place where Polly, John and I felt it should go. By the end of the process, even though it was finished, it felt a little bit outside the rest of the material - as if it had come from a different place in time. The record felt stronger as a body of work for not having it on. That’s not to say that it might not see the light of day. This is part of witnessing a small part of the process - it can be completely contradictory to the end result. I think Polly’s idea of people only getting tiny little snapshots is so brilliant, because it doesn’t destroy the mystique. It probably adds to it."

[@deimne970]

Brutal!

[@jjclasicas]

Brutal.

[@Jorgemiguez]

te amo Pj

[@rychlikowie]

I fucking love u, PJ

[@sidneisousa2438]

Gosto demais dessa música!

[@czteryable]

Rules and regulation Rules and regulation Rules and regulation There's a little figure On the television Scratching at the ground By a pile of rags Grainy little figures On television screens Weighing up the moment Guilty, Guilty What's he doing with that stick? What's he doing with that stick? Which one is guilty? Which one is guilty? Power to the predator The grim reaper Greedy little suspects Running for the shelter Drones have come Come in their thousands Nobody asked us If we wanted them If we wanted them If we wanted them Back in the bunker In the Operations Room A bored soldier Is eating his lunch While drones in their thousands Are unveiled in Texas To roaring voices But nobody asked us If we wanted them What's he doing with that stick? What's he doing with that stick? Which one is guilty? Which one is guilty? Power to the predator The grim reaper Greedy little suspects Running for the shelter Drones have come Come in their thousands But nobody asked us If we wanted them Nobody asked us If we wanted them

[@IDASOFAR]

Thank you !

[@user-db8fw2if6t]

We never found out what he was doing with that stick.

[@CliSwe]

The girl with the soft Dorset accent does it again ... brilliant!

[@daipearmain]

Why was this not on the album? The album needed this energy! And the constant barrage of Demos instead of proper b-side releases, surely you can cash in and give us some music we've been wanting years!

[@oldmanofoy4286]

I definitely need to hear those 'On Kosovo Field' songs without the actors talking over them.

[@neroltecneops59]

New LP 07/07/23 I agree with the comment, I just heard for first time

[@inphanta]

To me, this is considerably far above anything that ended up on the record.

[@yasutomiosame7364]

すごい

[@arjunarman5814]

Better than anything on Hope Six by a mile.

[@Q2MITSU]

👌

[@org1969]

Let England Shake's songs are all outstanding...The last one - maybe 1-2 not bad....

[@bnk57]

Think.

[@brunofernandes3298]

Guilt is this song not being on the album

[@68majortom]

hopefully it speaks volumes about the tracks on the lp, i've yet to buy it!

[@AleksanderRewinskiTenor]

So true

[@amiranmsuknishvili1742]

Love ya ma'am, run mad

[@marcosousa9123]

[@MePrettyYouPretty]

🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️

[@LilikakiTsikris]

guilty for not having listened to this song earlier ..

[@neroltecneops59]

07/07/23 NEW LP

[@conciousenergy79]

Much better than some of the songs that made the cut :/

[@7heavenlyvirtues]

Howdy!

[@700vieira]

What's the style of music of this song?

[@coldacre]

country & western

[@jjclasicas]

I think is PJ style. Ain't no comparison with other styles.

[@morriganravenchild6613]

Whatever she does is dynamite!

[@victorquispe6328]

I send many kisses wherever you are.

[@terrygreen2243]

that doeg is sa posta have three heads !

[@terrygreen2243]

PJ ! .....WITCH ONE DO YOU PREFUR ????......BENNY'S HILL ...OR ...MONTY'S PYTHON ????

[@sullykatie3282]

stuck in a rut

[@norwegianviking8081]

isnt it typical, the best song is left out;/

[@KaansRoom]

you're saying this song is better than The Wheel?! Okay...

[@norwegianviking8081]

Yes, I liked this one better than all the other songs on the new album.

[@nlwnb1]

It is rather typical. Stories....no Wicked tongue, Uh Huh Her.....no Uh HUH Her

[@MathewLees]

I have to agree with many here. I love this song, possibly more than many on the album. However, I understand how she chose to exclude it. It has a different feel to the others. It doesn't quite fit, as amazing as it is. Polly Jean is an incredible artist capable of surprising even the most hard-line fans who have followed her since the beginning.

[@Rokkrr]

Marry me PJ.

[@ryanmckinstry1121]

Her or Alexa?

[@oldmanofoy4286]

The lyrical subject matter is very different but musically and even visually, her later 'experimental' material is reminding me of Danielle Dax in her prime. Polly is the better singer, though.

[@fuexfuel]

Better than the songs from Hope Six...

[@vinyldiary6664]

Good, but it is not better that three or four sounds of Hope six... The Ministry of Defence, A Line in the Sand, Medicinals ,The Ministry of Social Affairs, they are better to me than this.

[@org1969]

The best song is not in album...

[@FoxMelchior]

Frustrating , she released a seven inch with a lame ingraved b side , and this is not released? WTF....

[@Mestifi]

jajaja

[@valkyria2734]

i was very disappointed with her brexit view, i mean seriously she supposrts Assange, admires John Pilger(both for brexit), but EU?,big banks,fascism and a blueprint to the new world order, she cannot be anti US imperialism this way.....

[@valkyria2734]

this song transcends everything....damn right it is!...... maybe ts just leftist to be for ''remain'' as is the official line and just as sad