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Down By The Water by Pj Harvey

Biographie de l'artiste pour Pj Harvey

Polly Jean Harvey Née Le 9 Octobre 1969 À Yeovil Dans Le Comté De Somerset Au Royaume-Uni Est Une Chanteuse Et Compositrice Britannique. Elle A Enregistré En Tant Qu'artiste Solo Sous Le Nom De PJ Harvey Mais C'est Dans Un Trio Également Nommé PJ Harvey Avec Rob Ellis Et Steve Vaughn Qu'elle A Commencé Sa Carrière. Polly Jean Harvey A Suivi Des Cours De Sculpture Au Yeovil Art College. Elle A Étudié Le Saxophone Pendant Environ Huit Ans Et Jouait Du Saxo Dans Ses Premiers Groupes Bologna Et Automatic Dlamini. Elle A Publié Son Premier Single Dress À L'automne 1991 Sur Le Label Indépendant Too Pure. Le Second Single Sheela-Na-Gig Est Sorti En Février 1992 Et Son Premier Album Dry En Mars 1992 Une Édition Limitée D'un Double-Album Contenant À La Fois Dry Et Les Démos De Dry Titré Dryer/Demonstration A Également Été Publié À Cette Date . En 1993 L'album Rid Of Me Produit Par Steve Albini Et Distribué Par Island Records Fut Suivi Par Une Longue Tournée Mondiale. A La Fin De Cette Tournée PJ Harvey Décide De Dissoudre Le Trio Originel Pour Travailler En Solo Ou Avec D'autres Musiciens. L'album Solo 4-Track Demos Composé Pour Partie Des Démos Sur 4 Pistes Des Titres De Rid Of Me Et De Quelques Titres Originaux Sortira À L'automne 1993. To Bring You My Love Sorti En 1995 Et Produit Par Mark Ellis Alias Flood Devient Vite Une Référence Du Rock Alternatif. En 1996 Sort Un Album En Collaboration Avec John Parish Dance Hall At Louse Point Sur Lequel Les Textes De PJ Harvey Accompagnent La Musique De Parish. Après Is This Desire? Un Album Pas Très Bien Accueilli Par La Critique Et Qui Ne S'est Pas Très Bien Vendu En 1998 Polly Jean Harvey A Reformé Son Ancien Groupe Pour L'album Stories From The City Stories From The Sea En 2000. Cet Album Enregistré Dans Le Dorset Et À New York A Connu Un Grand Succès Et A Reçu Le Prestigieux Mercury Music Prize. Son Dernier Album White Chalk Le 8e Enregistré En Studio Et Presque Entièrement Joué Au Piano Est Sortie Le 24 Septembre 2007. En Dehors De Sa Carrière Musicale Bien Connue Polly Jean Harvey A Également Joué Le Rôle De Marie-Madeleine Dans Le Film The Book Of Life De Hal Hartley Et Un Rôle Dans Le Film A Bunny Girls's Tale De Sarah Miles.

Frogtoon Musique - Informations sur la chanson: Down by the Water

PJ Harvey's Mainstream Breakthrough In The US Was This Menacing Tune About A Woman Who Drowns Her Daughter And Returns To The Scene Of The Crime Whispering "little Fish Big Fish Swimming In The Water Come Back Here Man Gimme My Daughter." The First Part Of The Haunting Refrain Was Taken From Lead Belly's Blues Rendition Of The Folk Standard "Salty Dog Blues." Harvey Was Hesitant To Reveal The Meaning Behind The Song Saying It Was "a Song I Didn't Want To Put A Label On Too Much Like This Isn't A Song About Some Woman Drowning Her Baby. To Be Quite Honest I Don't Really Know What It Is For Me Myself Yet - Which I Don't Mind Because I'd Much Rather Leave It For Other People To Do What They Want With Anyway." She Does Point Out However That Her Songs Aren't Strictly Autobiographical Especially This One. She Lamented In A 2005 Spin Interview. "Some Critics Have Taken My Writing So Literally To The Point That They'll Listen To 'Down By The Water' And Believe I Have Actually Given Birth To A Child And Drowned Her." The Music Video Directed By Maria Mochnacz Features Harvey's Over-The-Top Glam Look She Dubbed "Joan Crawford On Acid." Wearing A Flowing Dark Wig False Eyelashes A Slinky Red Dress And Bright Red Lipstick The Singer Embodies The Song's Murderous Mother As She Swims Through Green Waters Searching For Her Dead Daughter. Harvey Said The Exaggerated Makeover Reflected Her Love Of Dressing Up And Trying New Styles But She Admitted To The Guardian "There Was Confusion With Myself At That Time As To Who Or What I Was And It Was A Way Of Looking For Answers." Harvey's New Duds Were Nearly Her Downfall. She Told MTV "Making That Video Was Very Scary For Me. I Think It Was Most Frightening Because The Wig Was So Heavy That When I Went Under The Water It Really Was Hard To Get To The Surface Again. Especially After Spending The Whole Day Of Jumping In And Out Of The Pool And It Was Cold And I Was Wearing Clothes And High Heels Trying To Swim Around. It Was Pretty Scary." The Video Got Lots Of Airplay On MTV Which Helped Boost The Single To #2 On The Modern Rock Chart.
Harvey Co-Produced The Track With U2 Producer Flood And Her Former Automatic Dlamini Bandmate John Parish Giving The Song A Bluesy Electronica Treatment With A Synthesized Organ And String Orchestra. This Was Nominated For The Grammy Award For Best Female Rock Vocal Performance In 1996 But Lost To Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know." The Music Video Was Nominated For Best Female Video At The 1995 MTV Video Music Awards But Lost To Madonna's "Take A Bow."
This Was Used In The 1995 Movie The Basketball Diaries Starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
This Was Used On Several TV Shows Including CSI NY In The 2008 Episode "Like Water For Murder " Numb3rs In The 2009 Episode "Trouble In Chinatown " And My Mad Fat Diary In The 2014 Episode "Radar."
PJ Harvey Adopted Her Look In The Song's Video Of A Red Satin Dress With A Large Wig And Excessive Make-Up For Touring To Bring You My Love. Director Maria Mochnacz Told Uncut Magazine "The Key Is To Set A Stage For Polly. Down By The Water Like 'Man-Size' And '50ft Queenie' Is Basically A Performance Video. For 'Down By The Water' She Asked Me To Find Her Something Red And Strappy And I Went To TK Maxx In Bristol And Got Her A Nightgown. It Was An Image She Liked And Felt Comfortable With And That Became What She Wore Every Night On Stage."

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