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[@GentleGiantAudio]

This piece is so haunting and intriguing. Gets stuck in your head forever.

[@randomaccessfemale]

I had that 'little fish big fish swimming in the water' part suddenly stuck in my head and I had to find this song again.

[@leroy420b]

Really I found that I listened to it and turned it off as soon as I heard it

[@colinwilson4609]

Sheila Da Gig is another good one. I'm probably spelling it wrong. I'm 54 years old and from Canada. I loved shoegaze back in the day and I still do. There is a wonderful KZbinr from Guangzhou China who goes by the name Stella's Encounter. She gets shoegazer, 4AD, and more recent Chinese and German bands who were slightly inspired by that sort of music I would definitely recommend that channel.

[@GentleGiantAudio]

@@randomaccessfemale I think that best explains why we are all here!

[@starlessgolightly]

Which is exactly why We hardly listen to Tj harmony... Er, No wait, its like the Pajama Party that never happened, JP sumpin'??? Who??? Btw; have you heard this one??? kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYWtaHSwd659pas

[@stephenmark6781]

Back in the nineties I became obsessed with P.J. Harvey. Musically, there is no one quite like her. "Down By The Water" has a creepy, unsettling, almost sinister vibe to it, but is also beautiful, mysterious, and hypnotic. It takes a special talent to get all that into one song. This is what real art looks like.

[@stephenwheeler8628]

I couldn't agree more!

[@pmccservices]

all are reasons I love this song and video

[@Shug-Goff]

When you want some dark hypnotic pure atmosphere in a scene reveal for a horror thriller.

[@exspiravit6920]

I actually liked some of her stuff back late 90s, and had all but forgotten her until Peaky Blinders took on a lot of her music for the series. Then I was like "Oh wait!! Freaking PJ Harvey?? Totally forgot about her!!"

[@johncalloway5093]

She's a siren.

[@KeithP-v7i]

Just saw this song used in the baptism scene on the Serpent Queen series. Brought back so many memories of feeling dark and bad listening to this in grad school.

[@PaulMelgosa-id8gt]

I just watched The Season 2 Finale of the Serpent Queen today & I put PJ Harvey on playlist ! 🎤🎧🎸

[@angeladennis6354]

​@@PaulMelgosa-id8gtMe too!

[@linkkeys]

Same!!

[@mbarcelona]

yep

[@myponyhoudini]

I cannot not get that song out of my head since I saw that episode

[@winilula]

This has always felt like a re-telling of a folk tale

[@alicekranyk4173]

Maybe it is one

[@corinnae.7877]

I can imagine it being an actual one. I mean the story the lyrics tell are plausible thinking about obscure religious people. I bet children were killed in the same selfish matter like "the daughter" here.

[@anastasiamurawski6179]

@@corinnae.7877 Wow, never thought of it that way. It's a work of art, with multiple interpretations I think.

[@corinnae.7877]

@@anastasiamurawski6179 Yes of course. But I mean look at modern cults or even Jonestown. Give weak minded people hope in God and they will fight in every way. Or look at Mormons. I am a Christian but like I only pray that's it. We need to decide how we will live and not follow a fairytale.

[@riyashetty3213]

@@corinnae.7877 whats the meaning of the song , drowning her daughter?

[@Occitania26]

One of the most underrated female singers in the modern age.

[@polly9429]

P.J. and Haley Reinhart!

[@outsidesounds]

million percent

[@JeremiahHartmanPhotography]

Totally agree... If we didn't have PJ i don't think we'd have St Vincent.

[@andymcdonald8922]

I don't know about underrated. If you mean underrated by commercial success then maybe, yes, but anyone that knows anything about music knows and appreciates her.

[@corvideity]

i fucking hate how people insinuate she ruined nick cave lmao... like nick wasn't fully capable of doing that to himself

[@morganwebb5244]

This song has such a sinister sound to it I love it

[@HernandoMestre]

our sinister inside to seek and find.

[@jonathanberry1111]

Yeah, did she kill her daughter after her daughter had sex under that bridge? Did she find he daughter dead under the bridge? "Just like my daughter" did she find another girl who resembled her daughter or was this her daughter who she didn't consider to be her daughter anymore? She took her home but alive or dead? Why does she act so seductive in this video, is she the big fish hunting the man who she views as the little fish or is the little fish her daughter? All I know is that this is all sinister and her seductive behavior makes it all the more creepy.

[@seanraines5871]

​@@jonathanberry1111whoa

[@lightbeamrider5565]

It's amazing how waterproof her makeup is.

[@philbertdesanex9355]

That's the message she want to bring over. :)

[@gregbors8364]

Maybe it’s Maybelline?

[@mimivillalobos2414]

Lol

[@HernandoMestre]

why don`t you try to get the message of the song: Dive inside yourself to grow up a little bit?

[@anirbas.3489]

What's the message? ​@@HernandoMestre

[@agustinasmith2601]

That bassssss.

[@satisfiction]

Crunchier than sand in your pb&j sandwich.

[@laureneannedeloggio7479]

Shes absolutely GORGEOUS

[@MattRosemier1]

This woman is a musical genius.

[@davidpristupa1629]

I agree

[@klowbeflowers8446]

Matthew Rosemier Yeah, super underrated.

[@maryvalenti6366]

Definitely '!

[@1chienandalou]

absolutely. no lesser description suffices

[@omerunaldesign]

she knows it. Patti Smith from an earlier generation Bjork and Amy Winehouse were/are great too.

[@erikmunson2457]

I was singing along to this tonight while watching Yellow Jackets, and received nothing but stares from the three other people in the room. Hadn't heard this in years! It was awesome.

[@MissVix77]

Same!!!

[@leonaschaffer9198]

Perfect song for the show. Felt all that teenage angst from way back when.

[@kathycassity6197]

Same!! Great sound track!

[@AlexRG8]

Same here when Natalie's acid kicks in and PJ Harvey's weird beautiful Down By The Water starts. Had to hear the whole song again.

[@jakesauce9473]

LiIttle fish, big fish

[@painterleeleal6014]

I'm a child of the 90s and I must admit I missed this one. How idk because back then I was always into music like this. Mean while in 2024 I'm spending days catching up on repeat. Mysteriously beautiful. Wickedly creative. 😘

[@SysPoppy]

im born 1967. And this is seriously GENX music

[@jameswinters952]

The world so does not appreciate enough how beautiful and talented this woman is

[@bradovskikransky1833]

The world so does not appreciate enough how beautiful your username is

[@TheMinorityGAMER312]

Well now I do

[@clockworkNate]

It may be the awkward dancing lol

[@noecases5940]

@@bradovskikransky1833 the world so does not appreciate enough how beautiful his profile photo is

[@MrJoey1666]

B

[@donnamccallum3714]

Saw her in the naughties in glasgow, she's somethimg else! Shes like a female "Nick Cave" Imo, talented, mysterious and something sinister and mesmerising about them both. ❤

[@melanieclark3326]

Her & Nick Cave were a thing, actually.

[@siouxsesioux562]

She certainly knows how to stir the pot. Great to watch

[@mikesw3ll153]

This song is the kind of song you want to show to other people to make sure they know of its existence ❤

[@KissofEther]

This song is so badass.

[@rodolfoandrade5010]

Hi

[@MOBROOKS]

So so true!!

[@Kinnakeeter]

I love it. I miss those days

[@andrijasabljarevic1369]

on the contrary, it is excellent

[@shegoesbyonenameonly]

i can’t believe this came out in 1995… it seems so ahead of its time

[@mmeckhardt]

unlike the present with Beyonce and Taylor Swift and those dueling rappers, millenials killed music

[@seanraines5871]

Can't believe I never heard of her before. I listened to adult contemporary back then and classic rock (still do) just heard her on the serpent queen a TV show just now I was like got to check that out

[@stacyscorsese1078]

Me too!!!​@@seanraines5871

[@glitterdrip19]

not only is it a great song but the visuals are genius with the water and complementary colors

[@mattmurphy7536]

She is so unique and so beautiful. The hard-core musicianship behind her is just an extra little treat

[@Aiti_Tovi]

Anorexic more like.

[@juanitaroxy5032]

PJ Harvey is so talented

[@СветаСав-з6ъ]

Что это...это завораживает...это не отпускает...

[@jackragnarok8141]

I fucking love this woman

[@lexbenzchino]

The choreography seamlessly blends with both the visuals and the music. Mesmerising genius.

[@CharlesCammilleri]

I miss this one

[@williamalgat7125]

my daughter 4yo loves Pj Harvey and also black sabbath i m so proud

[@Flo-mh3pz]

Well done 👏👏👏 Hoping you both the best for the future 🤞🌞

[@coreypolite9831]

Please do your best to keep her away from the garbage that most modern music has become.You and all yours stay classy.

[@bigpoppadarb9940]

Great upbringing 💪🏻💪🏻😎

[@Ortiz8094]

90s music had so many different sounds of music . Amazing decade of music .

[@annemorgenstern6070]

Well yes. 10 years. And different styles. Lol weird comment

[@Ortiz8094]

PJ Harvey , wu tang clang , primus , rage against the machine , Eminem , cranberries , nirvana ..... It just went on and on 👍

[@Ortiz8094]

@@annemorgenstern6070 😂

[@justincreighton-emmer6337]

when i was in elementary school i remember my 4th grade teacher grew concerned for me and phoned my parents cuz i would always whisper the big fish little fish part....good times lmao......wow as of 2021 3600 likes thanks everyone june 16 2021

[@onotheone]

can't stop laughing, imagining a little kid whispering it seeming all possessed :"DDDD

[@S2RiCeGuRlS2]

LMFAO

[@pigvomit1193]

LMAO...Hahaha that's the funniest thing I've read in a long time. I lost my shit reading that...

[@jamienewman1259]

Now they really steal kids!

[@jamienewman1259]

What did you think this song was about? Peace-

[@zephyrjet122]

This song still growls and snags you in! Loved every time it came on the radio 📻 🐟🐠🐡

[@fracturedfingers]

WHAT A FUCKING SONG!

[@vangoghho9542]

This song came on one day at work, and I froze. Her voice gave me the chills only the first moment of a new song can cause. I wrote it down, and since I've been listening to this on repeat. She's beyond talented.

[@thefluffernutters2572]

This was my Bunnies favourite song and every time I hear it it tears me apart as all I see if I close my eyes is the most beautiful woman that ever existed singing and dancing to this, thank you PJ you have managed to haunt me forever. R.I.P. Monica Telle the world lost an angel 17.12.2021

[@gena4638]

Unique, haunting, beautiful...I remember when this music video premiered on MTV. This song still affects me the same way as when I first experienced it. Musical genius, she is.

[@chocolatefrogs1992]

I love the way the whispers sound around the rest of the track. Excellent balance of sound

[@lovedrake9]

Expecially when your high 🔥

[@chocolatefrogs1992]

@@lovedrake9 got me there.

[@neilramjee]

They used to play this on MTV Europe back in the day. You know, when MTV actually played music.

[@matusburan]

Exactly

[@rvl480van5]

I am old enough to remember when MTV played actual.

[@loneshewolf3309]

Yeah music television. Should've changed thier name to Reality TV. Funny thing bout so called reality shows, alot of that crap is put on for ratings. People lie, especially in front of cams.

[@creamycrimson]

@@loneshewolf3309 From Music TeleVision to Melodrama TeleVision

[@vannjunkin8041]

You know, I find myself wanting a good music video channel..

[@Mineralwasser436]

Great song, strong soundtrack for the serpant queens last scene of season 2.

[@allidock11]

The coolest human ever.

[@walterwebb1622]

A love how all her hand movements are in sync with the syncopated percussion and then the plucked violin, like she actually knows her own songs back to front, which these days is rare.

[@1chienandalou]

I would hope not so rare. But yeah, I love those bits of the video too. She writes the songs and produced a lot of her albums. In some albums she even plays multiple instruments (or all but drums for Uh-Huh).

[@Evajeanfreedom]

She is massively talented and creative. Writes from the heart and the guts too, lol

[@hypnofck]

No. Not rare to true performers and producers. They know their shit.

[@deluxedjsireland224]

I always got the impression she was highlighting the percussion and pizzicato strings for us, they may not have become so iconic in the song without the video. It's easy to say 'I'd have noticed them anyway' but as much? I don't think it's rare at all for singer-songwriters to know their songs back to front, now or ever.

[@bleedthebeat]

Makes you wonder if she does all all of the audio production too

[@7viewerlogic670]

This song is forever.

[@carlossimpsondesignstudio]

Another PJ Harvey's master piece.

[@Endlessly_Nameless]

One of my favourite performers of all time

[@Errcyco]

That bassist was on point when they recorded this one. ☝️

[@4revgreen]

I remember my dad playing me this when I was quite little and we were driving home in the dark. It TERRIFIED me. And it's the only song that still gives me anxiety after all these years. There's something hauntingly beautiful about her voice that I will never forget

[@thoushallbefree5387]

Creepy sigil magic 🪄

[@kirstiejane8896]

Haha That story is like me and my daughter whom I played army of me by bjork to as a kid so then she tells me years later the video made her scared of dump trucks haha.. But, now, I hear her play bjork to her mates. She's very alternative haha

[@judyjohnson630]

The lyrics are about drowning her daughter, so you were right to be terrified!

[@justalonesoul5825]

@@judyjohnson630 Actually absolutely not, it's a BS explanation. Harvey herself refuted that ridiculous hypothesis of interpretation. And she didnt have any unilateral interpretation to offer either. She said that even to her the lyrics dont have a precise meaning, and it's up to any listener to hear in it what he wants. Thus it's stupid to claim it would BE about this or that. Some say it's about the loss of virginity, some say it's about a mother killing her daughter for discovering she was not a virgin anymore, and so on. Some people just desperately need sense, when there is not always one.

[@judyjohnson630]

@@justalonesoul5825 Not true! I am the God of hell fire, and I bring you: FIRE!

[@myrecordcollection5602]

This goes hard

[@SoilentGr33n]

Crucial bass tone.

[@thewenik6876]

This lady is so good. "Down By The Water" is a great tune. Thanks P.J.

[@jakeblake6548]

My first introduction to Miss Harvey. And I have never forgotten her since.

[@lauraosmond5717]

I think I've been living under a rock. How am I only just hearing about her now. I have some serious catching up to do

[@alainclement9244]

Just because time has not come for you to ear.......Now it's time. Don't look bacK Be here and there. ;+)

[@mounazein449]

Same I discovered 3 months ago and I’m going insanely through her discography

[@أليكحديد]

I remember first seeing this video around 2 in the morning sometime in early June when I was 16... I played this song all summer after that. It has had one of the biggest impacts on me, the visuals, the sound, the emotion... PJ is a phenomenal artist.

[@kylealbrecht1399]

90's was a great time for music

[@jerrychetty2524]

You are just so awesome pj Harvey

[@FireQueenTarot]

Insomnia and 120 minutes on MTV is how I found this amazing song!! Wait, damn I'm old 🤣🤣

[@JeffMelland]

This is a sucky time to be young. I don't mind being a bit old right now

[@imabout530]

Love ya pj

[@Dani._.407]

I'm here from the new show Yellowjackets, I have a feeling I'll be buying it's soundtrack. Great song

[@lovedrake9]

Right I thought I was the only one that thought yellow jackets 🐝 soundtrack is worth buying 💕💯

[@magsghawdottir8226]

a friend made me a mixtape that included this song…. I never thought I’d actually ever find it again 😭🩷😅

[@roundtown1769]

Early 90's music was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good!

[@rachel8769]

I loved this song

[@roses1419]

She's the best

[@garypatterson2857]

This is one of those songs where I'm half certain that every part of the video is meaningful and every gesture is perfectly selected to convey a definite concept, but it could also be entirely misdirection to keep people interested while they listen to the amazing song behind it. Either way, it's entrancing.

[@patrickmchale1950]

This is a great rock album.

[@McCannon21]

Do someone else find her movements alluring and agressive at the same time?

[@kathambrose7862]

PJ Hervey ... Top Shelf Icon😙

[@thewavehunters9953]

Musically this song is magnificently simple, dark and sensual, only a few instruments and a simple bass line, but absolutely magical.

[@ВладиславМегафрустрированнонер]

Poetess and enchantress is absolute synonyms

[@ВладиславМегафрустрированнонер]

Hell mustn't exist. God is not tyrant. It used to be a childhood dream.... Bellatrix Lestrange is untalented fraudster

[@Ortiz8094]

The 90s has so many gems , you just gotta look for them .

[@DanCohoon]

Laura was my house mate. She did paintings of Peter Steel's Playgirl Spread. She Love PJ Harvey. She was the coolest girl at the art school. RIP.

[@slavkocosic5553]

This is one of best melody by PJ Harvey...Light & Love...

[@bernardovisconti9340]

Lyrics: I lost my heart Under the bridge To that little girl So much to me And now I moan And now I holler She'll never know Just what I found That blue eyed girl She said "no more" That blue eyed girl Became blue eyed whore Down by the water I took her hand Just like my daughter I'll see her again Oh help me Jesus Come through this storm I had to lose her To do her harm I heard her holler I heard her moan My lovely daughter I took her home Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water. Come back here, man, gimme my daughter. Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water. Come back here, man, gimme my daughter.

[@fuzzylogics139]

Weird as heck.

[@gobbleswells2883]

What does it mean!?!

[@kuuttinen]

​@@gobbleswells2883 Always wondered that too. In my mind it's about losing your innocense.

[@luthierycosta]

Wtf it mean lol

[@JacquelinCiechan-hu7rw]

Scarlett

[@kellyschiller8166]

Love this, this one got my daughter hooked pm harvet

[@Mullmill]

Genius

[@jeremydiment306]

Fantastic song. What a production. Cannot fail to arouse so many senses....

[@nancymilam2354]

She's so beautiful and talented

[@Maximus-hq1cz]

I was watching Peaky Blinders , and it said PJ Harvey playing in the subtitles... I had to listen to her music after hearing her sing, now I've been jamming out to all of her music... She rocks !!!

[@cassidyho939]

Oh lord -now I need to find which episode was that from!

[@kariukindegwa9616]

Also here from the peaky blinders!

[@Wezleechadd1327]

@@cassidyho939 season 2 episode 1 when the pub has been blown up right at the beginning. I only know because I've just watched that episode n it brought me here lol

[@jamesmcguffey3569]

She is actually featured very often on the soundtrack for Peaky Blinders. Almost every episode features one of her songs at least

[@paulamejia2053]

I love that movie

[@unknownunknown7393]

This song is so dark and i love it

[@KevinKelem-yx6de]

One of the greatest

[@Radio.Killer]

I don’t know why, I’ve been coming back to this song lately

[@erikwille5614]

i have also been, i can only guess it depends what rotating phase of complicated grief i'm in from losing my son to a heroin overdose 7 years ago now :(

[@Radio.Killer]

@@erikwille5614 the song is about losing someone, at least that’s what it sounds like to me. So it makes since.

[@dirtybob1]

I've seen something close to 100 different bands and singers live, I saw PJ Harvey do "This this love?" live and it was Astonishing. Top 5 live performances of all time, better than anything out now.

[@izzydeadyet7336]

I've seen her live twice in Toronto, she sounds exactly the same live! Its overwhelming to witness because I grew up listening to her in the 90s and she nails it live !

[@UTUBEZINK]

I’ve seen her live several times and she is in incredible

[@brunohammer7271]

I never tire of listening to this song (nor to you, PJ). Love from Brazil

[@brunomelo6061]

This song is sensational, the arrangements wonderful! Great PJ Harvey!

[@processingpodcastseattle]

That bass line/synth!

[@sandramckenzie4854]

Loved this singer everything she did was very thought provoking a brilliant singer bought all her albums ❤

[@BewareOfTheKraut]

I'm addicted to this video. No cure in sight.

[@elephantcemetery]

I can't get over her beauty

[@yolandadejesus7183]

Haunting I still love this song 2023.

[@royhavencour]

The whispered part gives me the chills. I luckily remembered it so that i could find the song. One of those from the years when I had to be lucky enough to find a few snippets of videos when the channel was available and this was one of those.

[@caterinaj4917]

She's beyond this world!

[@cazdinleyenkamyonsoforu4174]

Queen of alternative music ❤️

[@ВладиславМегафрустрированнонер]

Queen of asmr

[@steenbeanl7170]

She’s a rock goddess! So much talent..

[@marcelinnius]

Happy Birthday, PJ Harvey!

[@renatosantos5510]

To Bring You My Love was released 20 years ago, on the 27th of Feb 1995!! We are getting old!!!!

[@renatosantos5510]

Anyway, this shit is still absolutely awesome!

[@ahmedmedhat3242]

24 now 😭

[@markperry2827]

She was not a thing till 2002

[@barb7124]

I was 15. The 90s were a great time to be a teen...

[@theoneandonly1158]

2020 baby! Never gets old.

[@exaltedstate]

Yeeeeet

[@elgiacomo]

You type well for a one-year-old.

[@dawnhasbroken6304]

2021 and ticking

[@jamesrosado2929]

PJ Harvey is Delectable beyond words.

[@cephun]

The first time I heard this was on the radio at work. I immediately stopped what I was doing, and called the radio station to find out who it was. Since it was in a block, i had to describe the song to the dj. I just said the little fish big fish song! lol After work, I went straight to the record store and bought the album. I had a ridiculous sound system in my car at the time, and this sounded amazing!

[@gbfvox91]

I heard this song in The Basketball Diaries a looooong time ago, and then I just watched Yellowjackets and it was in there too, so it got stuck in my head and I had to look it up.

[@virnus1]

Hard time before the Internet. How painful it is to hear a song once and not be able to find the name or the names of the performers.

[@luisreigada2583]

In Portugal i lived in porto and i know Harvey since the nineties,now i AM in andorra working. The cure,pj Bauhaus,no doubt,etc. Are My favourites in músic.

[@gallegalle6761]

The hands I never Forget I never Forget Good memory of my children

[@Scooterpie-oc5cd]

My God! I can't stop watching this it is mesmerizing

[@vivianedeering7511]

Peaky Blinders brought her to me... such a raw song

[@pablojuega3312]

P J Harvey forever, Reina

[@schumispecial1]

Twin Peaks atmosphere, to me.

[@Joburg1977]

Thought the same thing.

[@queerchoreography54]

Pff

[@SneedyKetler]

I love how everything weird or idiosyncratic is labeled as “Twin Peaks” It means you’ve done something RIGHT

[@BeYounique...Maryanne]

Ah, I was close! I thought she reminded me of Isabella Rosellini in "Blue Velvet."

[@TAPKAC]

The song was featured in the movie "Basketball Diaries", where Leonardo DiCaprio played the role of the late Jim Carroll (you might remember his song "These are the people who died, died ...")

[@ЮляМ-о6я]

One of the most talented and stylish people ever)

[@ourlifeinwashington4114]

I love the way you dance and move your hands to the music. So so beautiful. PJ your an amazing artist and beautiful.