Polly Jean is the queen
PJ Harvey gave a kick-butt concert in Paris last night. The girl might be tiny but she sure packs a punch. Her voice goes from a shout to a whisper in the space of a heartbeat. Stomping the stage in her shocking pink stilettos, she reminds us what the Riot Grrl movement was all about. For the encore, she was joined by Marianne Faithfull who sang two of the songs they co-wrote for Marianne's new album. While the first song, "Love is a Miracle", drew cheers from the crowd, one could not help but feel a bit sorry for Marianne, who could not remember her lyrics without the aid of a cheat sheet. Her broken voice was soon drowned out by the instruments and Polly Jean's luminous backing vocals. When the lights came up, the crowd went ballistic and refused to budge. We were treated to a second encore with PJ doing a searing solo version of "Rid of Me" before capping it off with a haunting performance of "To Bring You My Love". Major, major respect.
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