PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

[@Jestersson]

England is shaking right now!

[@roycarder6179]

Yes it is

[@KingKonway92]

mark my words, this album will go down in history as one of the greatest of its generation.

[@facundofonseca8769]

nme magazine said its the 4 album of the decade

[@dominichaworth-staines7266]

palo santo that’s what made me listen to it, so glad i did

[@kerrybusbridge7528]

It is a stand alone piece of brilliance

[@ladgrove]

I heard this song ONCE and had it in my head for years. I've come back now like 3 years later. Time to listen to the whole album. Very well said!

[@MephProduction]

8 years on, it hasn't. It has however been forgotten.

[@Hanamy7777]

Miss Harvey is the essence of cool.

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

A proud English Rose 🌹 she is an amazing artist. She isn't a fool either. Love her music and her lyrics.

[@daviddoble5956]

Pj is seriously one of a kind, we are lucky.

[@roryrug]

Amazing song. The vocal delivery is something to behold

[@larissaoliveira-lp8ok]

I love all of her phases, I think she is a very complete singer .

[@soaribb32]

larissa oliveira muito diva

[@evolgrafico2515]

the best

[@indie0025]

larissa oliveira Discaco

[@Starkardur]

its amazing album. its rare for an artist who has do consistently great music for 2 decades and this album is in my opinion her best.

[@johnbarry1965]

"ENGLAND'S DANCIN' DAY'S ARE DONE"!!!!!!!!!!!

[@frankplatt323]

Who else tears up at this whole work? Such a beautiful album, who else could pull this off but our Paddy Joe?

[@org1969]

PJ Harvey is not only outstanding musician, but very good POET.

[@beautybuffblog]

A couragious album and deserved winner of the Mercury Prize

[@Gerdam]

Let England Shake is the best album of the 21st century.

[@ThomasMichaelsonActor]

The Mercury Prize is awarded for musical artistry, not popularity, not quality of voice. PJ Harvey is an artist, not just a singer. I haven't heard this album but know from her back catalogue that she is a diverse and musically interesting performer... unlike Adele, who can sing very well but has brought nothing new to the table. Good on the Mercury lot for continuing to champion intelligence and artistry.

[@-Deena.]

PJ is a bloody genius. ❤

[@lauramotos5957]

I get what you're saying but PJ sings actually better than Adele

[@ralphtijtgat3233]

Yeah, PJ is an artist. Her stuff isn't exactly easily digested, and she doesn't care. She just does her own thing and hey, maybe there's something in there for you. Or not. But it's always interesting. And even if it's not for you, there's still the excellent technique. She has a great voice and she uses it in, um, an unpredictable fashion?

[@craiggibson5398]

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[@skinheadsoulbhoy2858]

One of the most important albums of the last50 years, incredible

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Yes, she loves this nation, as we all do. Unfortunately we are being told we should be embarrassed about being white British, we are to be eradicated and replaced.

[@Cavitation68]

Polly is a genius! I think PJ invented crossing the road,she’s so unique!

[@rosie100ish]

love the narrator. great song

[@jason01442]

Thank god we still have innovators such as PJ

[@johnbarry1965]

"England's dancing day's are done"!!!!! Finished 31st January 2020!!!!

[@MephProduction]

just getting started

[@DolleHengst]

Nah, finished with the 2021 Euro final

[@АлександрНиколаев-щ4у]

Beautiful!!!! Wonderful video

[@CrusaderBeach]

Congrats on winning the Mercury prize :)

[@frankzappa951]

PJ is a Goddess

[@IAMSEYMOURMUSIC]

This whole album is the most fitting tribute to the victims of war. The lyrics are amazing

[@teutonictosh]

Morgoth sent me!

[@org1969]

GOD's POET AND MUSICIAN

[@hilarytully]

A worthy winner.. and she has stood the test of time.. we will see if Adele lasts as long.. Sheela na Gig.. great exhibitionist!! love it

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

Update: she did.

[@Prizzy999]

Very Siouxsie 😊

[@stephenwalker850]

Let England shit is probably ma second favourite pj harvey song

[@amiranmsuknishvili1742]

connection of 70's to now...........amazing Polly Jean

[@ritualpenguin]

England needs to face up to what we've done! Gonna watch the undertones mars bar song next, thanks!

[@marcuslemos1001]

Came back here after finishing Years and Years. This song kept echoing in my head. Thank you PJ. Let the entire world shake!!!!!

[@ronrendon]

yaaaaaaaaas.......let the entire shake........i love it

[@leedwyer161]

"When all beside a vigil keep The West’s asleep, the West’s asleep Alas! and well may Erin weep That Connacht lies in slumber deep There lake and plain smile fair and free ‘Mid rocks their guardian chivalry Sing, Oh! let man learn liberty From crashing winds and lashing sea"

[@eugenehogan2448]

Excellent song from a great songwriter.

[@adam4-dotz349]

Two Performers that should have done a Bond Theme: Lana del Rey and Polly Harvey....These Girls absolutely Rock!....Respect due from this Old Goth....This is an incredible track

[@internet.cookies8531]

No. PJ Harvey & Hope Sandoval 💥

[@timdc4972]

pj harvey is super cool

[@RatSplatigan]

Morgoth sent me

[@Johnnytotal]

I was at a TV show recording some 12 years ago. Where they told us that a women by the name Polly Jean wold perform. My girlfriend at the time just loved PJ Harvey, little did I understand that they where the same person . . Maybe that's why she left me LOL

[@ronrendon]

SUCH A GREAT SONG.

[@intergalactic4242]

Just adore this this! Totally compelling!!!! Keep listening and have now bought album. Good luck with the Mercuries Polly, love

[@rowan7340]

this song is fuckin amazing

[@badylasty79]

MRS Harvey, jestes piekna , cala soba, piekny tekst, muzyka, teledesk tez, wakacje nad morzem . Nie pisze po angielsku bo mam polska dusze :)

[@robertmelia3780]

Beauty 🌹

[@thecinematicmind]

*10 YEARS*

[@nivarna1]

Fantastic artistry as usual from Polly Jean

[@heavendreamful]

Add 2 my favs thanx for vid.

[@willh1970]

absolutely fantastic album.

[@BenLawrenceWriter]

the late Benjamin Lo-Fi liked this, and etched the lyrics into two slices of Welsh Rarebit...we are still finding the late Benjamin's songs, and we post them up on our youtube channel, yeah, for curious ears to hear...

[@livinder2010]

Come to Morocco , you have a lot of fans here Let Morocco shake

[@MrsPepapola]

hipnotizing

[@8tem]

polly jean siempre hace lo que desea, sin pensar en ser accesible, aunque varios de sus temas lo sean. admirable.

[@mrblenksmrblenks3114]

A true classic beauty. Under rated and over talented....

[@stuartgibson9749]

Masterpiece

[@ecedorsay]

is she using a shure sm57?

[@marcwittmann6960]

Coucou Beauty, Great Music!

[@benitolazio8193]

A W E S O M E

[@luciendepeiro7456]

Absolute wonderful! ;-)

[@trab49]

I'd heard Adele's songs before on the radio and stuff, so for me she's nothing new. But PJ Harvey! I admit I only decided to check out her songs BECAUSE of her Mercury Prize win (and I LOVE her sound) so for me her win is a blessing to my ears, and it's probably well deserved from what I heard here.

[@83ninjafaerie]

Art through sound :) x Love it x

[@EvilEddtheRed]

I could imagine this being played by an enormous marching band.

[@Baileycake92]

Surely the pure joy of discovering PJ Harvey's music is enough to make up for her not being a black rapper?

[@nic-ci_66-77]

ALTERA HISTORIA DU ROCK 11

[@francitron_art_3]

Awesome

[@sinercusandterraanduyar4605]

probably one of the best...but just probably....but how tough and deli and fine what she does.......try yourself....jeje

[@beatjery]

We are enjoying on her Prag's gig. -Beatjery-

[@markussamnell6408]

Isn't "bigfishlittlefish" actually from a PJ Harvey song?

[@soaribb32]

Markus Samnell yes, Down By The Water.

[@amazonistt]

istanbul (not constantinapolis) :)

[@MrBuira]

Una reina esta mujer, excelente disco!!!

[@lordtuck39]

@MariaRazzful ha ha , I'm just sick of the whingers . The Mercury prize is for musical artistry, NOT singing. There's loads of other competitions for that .

[@Youngster1970]

Legend....I won't get involved in past comments. She has the balls of Dave Groll, the inventiveness and diversity of Neil Young, the political awareness of Billy Bragg and is the most literate songwriter since Morrissey....And if you don't like it then you can either listen to something else, write your own stuff or shut the fuck up. Cheers

[@jamiewilliams685]

Billy Bragg is a fake tool.

[@raycase6125]

While perhaps not stereotypically beautiful....I find myself wondering why she is the sexiest woman I have ever seen.

[@Adi-train]

Good song :-) BIG LIKE!

[@thomasmacmillan]

Anyone else notice the odd time signatures?? It seems to alternate often between two bars of 4/4 then a bar of 7/4. Or you could say three bars of 4/4 and a bar of 3/4....

[@massimocarasi9303]

I did .. not anyone is a musician ... she quite often uses this system to emphasise the lyrics

[@juliocesarpereira4325]

I noticed that, though not as precisely. It makes me fell somehow uneasy, as some of the sample collage of early rap music using bits of old songs.

[@douglaslbarr9572]

🇧🇷

[@nivarna1]

Why are people putting her alongside Adele- don't know whether to cry or laugh...Adele is nothing alongside just a singer...PJ is a complete composer poet musician

[@AirQuotes]

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Can't believe she won

[@pppatsy]

England was on it's knees waiting for America to step in & help during the 2nd world war. These overtones are translated in the song & in the introductions. Much of the songs are not easy to listen to on this album, but resonate suitably.

[@VCYT]

WRONG The UK won the air war an so had security. It also out-produced the 3rd reich in war production.

[@SuperSimonuk]

“England” I think you will find that it’ was Britain not England. Furthermore I don’t know what history books you have been reading, but clearly you will find that it was the USSR, not the USA that made the difference. By the time the USA entered the war, the tide against the Axis powers had turned against them.

[@LaCiedu2eme]

y got a special realation with her

[@Scotty_Russell_Music]

@GeozzaDrum yeah its the occasional bit of atonality that adds to the tension...so if you feel slightly annoyed then im sure that was the intention :-) ken?

[@nijbucks8673]

Englishness in a Cream Bun.

[@danthekid1981]

Who is the guy reading at the start and end of the video??

[@Rajat_1010]

The west's asleep, let England shake Weighted down with silent dead I fear our blood won't rise again Won't rise again England's dancing days are done Another day, Bobby, for you to come Home and tell me indifference Is won, won, won Smile, smile Bobby, with your lovely mouth Pack up your troubles and let's head out To the fountain of death and splash about Swim back, forth, back, back, laugh out loud Until the day is ending And the birds are silent And the insects are courting And by the shores, heavy stones are falling Smile, smile Bobby, with your lovely mouth Pack up your troubles and let's head out To the fountain of death and splash about Swim back, forth, back, back, laugh out loud

[@gato2uk]

@TehRoobz I love Adele as well but I think that PJ Harvey's CD is far superior, more nuanced and pure. I was a bit surprised that Adele was even nominated. She's a lovely singer but her songs without that wonderful, expressive voice would not stand up nearly as well as they do in their current incarnation.

[@stephenmcpadden3770]

Alan C. Smith Adele who? 🙄

[@stephenboland3191]

?

[@stephenboland3191]

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[@gazthebomb]

that old guy at the start owns ass

[@kitemanflight]

who's reading lyrics at the end and in the beginning of this video?

[@molybdaenmornell123hopp5]

The metre here is interesting. She alternates 7/8 and 4/4, then alternates that pattern with stretches of uninterrupted 4/4. Those 7/8 measures are restless.

[@maximopi]

@lordtuck39 and don't even get me started on all the bands and "artists" playing Glee songs...

[@TeeJtele]

cant believe i listened to more than 2 minutes of this lol.

[@secularhumanist8662]

BRILLIANT SONG. Ominous though....read it and weep my fellow Brits, Swedes, Norwegians, Danes, Germans, Dutch, Belgians, French, Austrians, Spanish etc #Awake

[@COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

Death to Imperialism, Army? Try Dads Army

[@maximopi]

Hahahaha i love reading comments on this video such as "i though she was some cool upcoming new artist" or "she's a wannabe"... Go get musically educated, PJ's a true artist, just try listening to "Good Fortune" and you'll see you probably knew it and liked it but didn't know it was hers. I love Adele, i was listening to 21 about an hour ago, but she's nothing new... I can see PJ as the next Patti Smith, playing on for ages till she dies and always coming up with good stuff

[@diogopinto9462]

Tu tu tu tu ru tu tu tu ru

[@VCYT]

England shakes but never falls, the vikings an northmen know this, an they are gone.

[@gardini100]

we are still here and we love England best football,best pubs :)..if you fall we fall with you..YNWA ;)

[@asobineko4742]

england is in tatters, has been for a while now.

[@sawtoothiandi]

one word: Boris De Pfeffel Johnson. every empire goes down. every empire. under the weight of their own karma. but there is no need for the civilians of such empires to feel any guilt. its the thread of establishment that would sell missiles to murderous regimes who should quake in their very boots. karma comes a callin'

[@sawtoothiandi]

the reason why england shakes is because unlike germany it does not acknowledge the true depths of its crimes. it pretends like usa to be only the good guys, they are both delusional in this regard and precisely why they are now both led by complete narcissistic idiots. you may deny it, but it is still true. as they say. god will not be mocked.

[@symon3304]

So poignant for today's England

[@oneclicktrailerz]

@regvarney Nor was he ever even SUSPECTED of any involvement in any murder..

[@LawrenceIfYouWill_yup]

@lordtuck39 agree with you on everything except...I love X Factor xD

[@Swachitsky]

adele was robbed...you say...that's like saying nicki minaj was robbed of the grammy that went to bon iver. literally.

[@droberts753]

Adele who?😂

[@TheLastLivingOne]

Why do haters spend their time to show how stupid they are ? Come on, just read her lyrics, you don't even have to listen to her to understand she's a genius, Adele's great of course, but PJ is a queen.

[@lordtuck39]

@Grange34 I wasn't actually slagging Adele off,(unlike the guy above that called her a fat slut!). I just said that I didn't think her music is particularly new or interesting . I do think she is a good singer , but there's loads of people who have come on youtube to check out P J for the first time ,and then slag her off after a 20 second listen.

[@balintfranchi4214]

Who's Bobby?

[@katoness]

Possibly a solider killed.

[@lottevaneupen8421]

A "Bobby" in England is a policeman, that's what I got from it?

[@rocker56975]

Que tiene que ver el viejo ese en el video no entiendo.