Talk:PJ Harvey

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The birthplace seems to be wrong. Google says it's Yeovil, Dorset.

I Love and Adore this Woman no matter where she comes from.

Yeovil isn't in Dorset, it's in Somerset just over the border. Harvey went to college in Yeovil but was born in Weymouth. Joe D (t) 08:17, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 quitting 2 Gallo-Harvey collaboration 3 Automatic Dlamini 4 Feminism and Nudity 5 White Chalk-era unreleased song 6 Personal Life 7 References

[edit] quitting

That Polly was quitting appears to be an exaggeration made by NME. They were the only magazine to report this. Polly scheduled shows almost immediately afterward and has made no comment on the incident. And given that the touring retirement of a major artist received no other media coverage, I think it might be wise to exclude the statement from PJ's entry on Wikipedia.

Further evidence that the NME sucks. I know this isn't really the right place for this but seriously they're not a genuine music magazine they're just like heat magazine or some other crap. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.168.4 (talk) 23:42, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gallo-Harvey collaboration

If the touching collaboration on Uh Huh Her refers to "The End", then this is mistaken. Harvey has said that she put it on the album at his request, but they did not collaborate on the song.--Weebot 21:41, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Automatic Dlamini

No referance to Harvey's membership in the Bristol-based band 'Automatic Dlamini'. Someone with more information and better skills in written english please help and add the missing info. All I know though, is that she was invited and joined the band in 1988 as a guitarist/saxophone player/backup singer. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.216.199.10 (talk) 09:51, 15 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Feminism and Nudity

I call bs on the following:

She drew fire in April 1992 when she appeared topless on the cover of the British magazine New Musical Express; until then she had been assumed to be unambiguously feminist.

This statement doesn't seem to have anything to do with any real feminism. Ok, some feminists believe pornography is evil in some strange reactionary way, but real feminists believe women should be free to do what they want with their bodies. Don't let fringe groups hijack good causes. Not even in Wikipedia articles.

--62.142.193.131 20:04, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

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Ditto that.

I wasn't aware that nudity was somehow irreconcilable with the feminist consensus of the Cause. Then again, I wasn't aware that there was a consensus in the first place.

I'm editing this to reflect a neutral POV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.137.135.241 (talk) 04:42, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Actually, using sexual imagery is very irreconcilable for a lot feminists/feminism. Furthermore, calling feminist (or non-feminist) opposition to porn "strange" and "reactionary" actually sounds kind of strange and reactionary to me. This was early 90s, not now: back then, not every female was begging to climb onto a stripper pole and call it empowerment - if anything, it was the opposite. I don't think it reflects any sort of biased POV to note that she got some controversy for that magazine cover - and from feminists - since feminists were mostly the ones who had a problem with it. It actually might be more biased to leave it out. But, the problem might be more in finding sources for it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sinderbloog (talk • contribs) 01:15, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] White Chalk-era unreleased song

Does anybody happen to know what PJ Harvey plans to do with the song "Bitter Little Bird?" For example, if she plans to release it as a B side? I was under the impression, after having seen a clip of her performing it live, that it was meant to be on the tracklist for "White Chalk." It's an incredible song, just absolutely gorgeous, hopefully she isn't scrapping it.

Blackmorningsun (too exhausted to log in and do this properly) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.112.20.44 (talk) 04:17, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

This song hasn't been released. "Wait" was a bonus track through iTunes which is a fantastic song as well. PJ says BLB was the first song she wrote on the piano. It's absolutely gorgeous. Hopefully it gets released at some point! -Laikalynx (talk) 03:52, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Personal Life

I'm a little dismayed to see that there is not much information on PJ's personal life in this article. Nothing too personal of course. But is she single? Has she been known to date men/women? Is she married to her music? Is PJ an extremely private person, hence why we know next to nothing about her private matters? -Laikalynx (talk) 03:52, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

• Yes, strange there's no mention here of her romance with fellow wordsmith Nick Cave. He's said in recent interviews that their failed relationship inspired The Boatman's Call [1]. 91.84.68.62 (talk) 17:55, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] References

It's nice that PJ Harvey is the alternative music COTW; unfortunately i am on the road for business for a couple of weeks and don't have access to any references - :-( Deatonjr (talk) 01:57, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

I think there's a bit of a problem with one of the references - it reads: "^ Irvin, Jim. "To Bring You Desire". Rolling Stone. 21 August 1998. Retrieved on 17 January 1998. " How can you retrieve an article before it is published? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MrMelonhead (talk • contribs) 02:18, 27 January 2008 (UTC)