PJ Harvey, Down By The Water (live), San Francisco, October 10, 2024 (4K)

Описание: PJ Harvey plays her song "Down By The Water" live in concert before a sold-out crowd at The Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, California on October 10, 2024. Down By The Water was the lead single from Harvey's third studio album, To Bring You My Love (1995), and reached Number 2 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Chart. Later that year, the song appeared on the Basketball Diaries soundtrack.

PJ Harvey is a Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, poet, actress, and sculptor from Dorset, England. This was one of the final nights of Harvey's 2024 North American Tour (her first tour here in 7 years). Joining her onstage were John Parish (guitar / keyboards), James Johnston (keyboards / violin / guitar), Giovanni Ferrario (guitar / bass / keyboards), and Jean-Marc Butty (drums).

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PJ Harvey - North American Tour dates (2024):

Sept. 11 - Washington, DC @ The Anthem
Sept. 13 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
Sept. 15 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5
Sept. 16 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5
Sept. 18 - Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall
Sept. 21 - Laval, Québec @ Place Bell
Sept. 25 - Toronto, Ontario @ History
Sept. 26 - Toronto, Ontario @ History
Sept. 28 - Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple
Sept. 30 - Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
Oct. 2 - St Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
Oct. 6 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
Oct. 7 - Portland, OR @ Theater Of The Clouds
Oct. 10 - San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
Oct. 11 - San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
Oct. 14 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre

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Down By The Water lyrics:

I lost my heart
Under the bridge
To that little girl who
Meant 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
And that blue-eyed girl
Became blue-eyed whore

Down by the water
I took her hand
My lovely daughter
Won’t see her again

Oh help me Jesus
Get through the 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

Written by Polly Jean Harvey

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PJ Harvey official bio:

From the outset of her career, the work of PJ Harvey has commanded attention. A multi-instrumentalist, she is primarily a vocalist, guitarist and pianist.

In 1991, Harvey formed the eponymous bass/drums/guitar trio in Dorset, England and by that autumn had released the debut single ‘Dress’ on independent label, Too Pure. Dry, released March 1992, was hailed globally as an astonishing debut album, particularly in the United States, where Rolling Stone magazine named Harvey ‘Best Songwriter’ and ‘Best New Female Singer’ of 1992.

In 1993, she signed to Island Records and released her second album Rid Of Me. The album, supported by a lengthy world tour, brought Harvey her first Mercury Music Prize nomination. The original trio dissolved and Harvey’s solo follow-up, 4-Track Demos was released in the autumn of 1993.

To Bring You My Love, an eclectic and starkly original album followed in 1995, and was accompanied by live performances that saw Harvey explore a more theatrical edge on stage. She received her second Mercury Music Prize nomination, two Grammy Award nominations, and ‘Artist of the Year’ awards from both Rolling Stone and Spin.

Her fourth album Is This Desire? released in September 1998, attracted plaudits globally, gaining several BRIT and Grammy Award nominations. The much anticipated follow up, Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea, was released in October 2000 and went on to win Harvey’s first Mercury Music Prize. ‘Stories…’ was supported by a sold-out worldwide tour. After a summer of live dates, including the first rock concert to be held at London’s Tate Modern gallery, Harvey finished work on her next album, Uh Huh Her.

White Chalk was her critically-acclaimed seventh studio album, which marked a departure as it was composed almost entirely on piano. It was supported by a string of notable solo performances including Manchester International Festival, The Royal Festival Hall, the Hay-On-Wye Festival of Literature, the New Yorker Festival, Sydney Opera House and a performance at Copenhagen Opera House for the Crown Prince couple.

2020 saw the start of a comprehensive reissue campaign which saw PJ Harvey’s entire back catalogue – plus her two albums in collaboration with John Parish – reissued on vinyl over the course of 12 months. For the first time, each of PJ Harvey’s album demos were also made available as stand-alone albums on vinyl, CD and digital.

In the summer of 2023 PJ Harvey released her tenth studio album, I Inside the Old Year Dying. Co-produced by Flood and John Parish, the album was nominated in the Best Alternative Album category at the 2024 Grammy Awards. Soon after its release she toured the UK and Europe. To develop the live show she worked with director Ian Rickson, who had also directed the live shows for the Let England Shake and the Hope Six tours.