 Brokedown Palace (1999) [ larger cover art ] |
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Catherine liked high places
High up, high up on the hills
A place for making noises
Like whales
Noises like the whales
Here she built a chapel
With her image
Her image on the wall
A place where she could rest and rest
And a place where she could wash
And listen to the wind blowing
And listen to the wind blow
And listen to the wind
And listen to the wind blow
She dreamt of children's voices
And torture on the wheel
Patron Saint of nothing
A woman of the hills
She once was a lady
Of pleasure and high born
A lady of the city
But now she sits and moans
And listens to the wind blow
Listen to the wind blow
I see her in a chapel
High up on the hill
She must be so lonely
Oh Mother can't we give
A husband to our catherine
A handsom one, a deal
A rich one for the lady
Someone to listen with
And listen to the wind blow
And listen to the wind blow
And listen to the wind blow
And listen to the wind blow
| alanthecowboy (Lakefield) | Posted: May 27, 2013 - 12:32 drcrnp wrote: If you have to whisper, you shouldn't be recording. Pass the Zofran. Pure drek. Ha! PJ does everything from whisper to scream, and in my opinion, she sounds great doing it... |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 05:23 cayenne wrote: Girls would turn the color of an avocado... Hey, that's from a different tune - one that we're unlikely to hear here, unfortunately. |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | Posted: Jun 12, 2011 - 03:19 Last night the wind was whisperin'...I was tryin' to make out what it was... I always believe that somethin's comin'...but it never does... Evoking the Wind is always a good idea — so raw, so powerful, so far beyond our ken... I have at times been annoyed by the perhaps too up-front amped whisper here, but somehow tonight I had my speakers and sound set up so I really got into this this time! |
| drcrnp (Philly) | Posted: May 11, 2011 - 12:33 If you have to whisper, you shouldn't be recording. Pass the Zofran. Pure drek. |
| jadewahoo | Posted: Apr 09, 2011 - 22:07 Creative, unusual, quirky... awesome! |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 09:59 PJ Harvey is one smokin hot sexy woman I tell ya. I can do without her music though.  |
| cayenne (in over my head) | Posted: Jan 05, 2011 - 19:16 Girls would turn the color of an avocado... |
| BigIslandBlues | Posted: Nov 03, 2010 - 11:41     |
| TerryS (The other SW) | Posted: Oct 02, 2010 - 20:45 Soundtrack for a movie set in Marseilles, starring Leo di Caprio. |
| nerakdon (Colorado) | Posted: Jun 28, 2010 - 23:36 JustJeff wrote: Listening to this with ear phones on is a little strange, yet intimate.... Agreed. |
| Huey (Netherlands) | Posted: Jun 28, 2010 - 23:35 The singing...and song are wonderful. The whispering just sucks. |
| dboseman | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 03:39 Could be my favorite PJ song! |
| siandbeth (Santa Cruz California) | Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 10:51 wrangler wrote: seriously? this is godawful. signing off for the day......  yep, me too. whispering drives me nuts. |
| Fables85 | Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 06:13 This belongs to "Is This Desire?" !!! |
| EssexTex (Gitche Gumee) | Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 06:11 Understated brilliance |
| nohaybanda (the teedot) | Posted: Jan 21, 2010 - 20:13 I REALLY like this song alot. |
| ctusar | Posted: Dec 21, 2009 - 10:18  |
| Austin2Florida (Hollywood, FL) | Posted: Oct 19, 2009 - 13:57 Sad movie, but I like this song a lot. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Aug 17, 2009 - 12:24 My cup 'o tea... just the sort of thing the X would put on at 3 AM when I'd be laying in bed all psychedelized with the headphones on. (That's WABX, friends.... during the prior millenium, it was a forerunner to today's Radio Paradise.) |
| wrangler (swamps of jersey) | Posted: Aug 17, 2009 - 12:21 seriously? this is godawful. signing off for the day...... |
| JustJeff (Somewhere in Kansas) | Posted: Aug 17, 2009 - 12:20 Listening to this with ear phones on is a little strange, yet intimate.... |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 21:39 shawshank wrote: What is that whispering sound? Is that in my head or in my headphones?  Yes. |
| Zep (Third base) | Posted: Jul 14, 2009 - 09:26 Dreamy. |
| shawshank (Maryland) | Posted: May 14, 2009 - 07:49 What is that whispering sound? Is that in my head or in my headphones? |
| michaelgmitchell (Belleville, ON Canada) | Posted: Dec 07, 2008 - 09:07 I was just going to say that a perfect follow-up would be Patty Larkin. Unbelievable. Bill's in my head. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 05, 2008 - 13:07 nyc... nyc.... the dream... - 7. |
| Mari (île de lesvos) | Posted: Oct 05, 2008 - 06:02 PJ high on my desert island mixes!  |
| aquadonia (Green Bay, WI) | Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 18:32 trekhead wrote: "...Noises like quails"??? Whales |
| ROSSinDETROIT (Detroit, more or less. By teh Zoo.) | Posted: Sep 03, 2008 - 16:32 I like her a LOT, but I can see why she's not everyone's cup of tea. |
| Nadine (Germany) | Posted: Aug 03, 2008 - 00:58 great artist- really didn't know that there's such a huge "i detest polly so much"-club. crazy- |
| trekhead (Bumping BACK!!!) | Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 11:36 "...Noises like quails"??? |
| throwback (Bailey, CO) | Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 11:34 dpjag wrote: oh, yuck
Agreed :puke: |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 11:32 ...plus plus plus... |
| aquadonia (Green Bay, WI) | Posted: Jun 01, 2008 - 00:51  |
| siandbeth (Santa Cruz California) | Posted: Apr 30, 2008 - 13:19 annoying whispering. otherwise nice song. |
| dpjag (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Apr 30, 2008 - 13:18 oh, yuck |
| K_Love (Discombobulation Nation) | Posted: Mar 30, 2008 - 01:19 gandracu wrote: Oh come on! It's 2:15am and her whispering in my headphones is just eerie.
ugh, i agree. i'm a little creeped out right now. |
| gandracu | Posted: Jan 27, 2008 - 02:17 Oh come on! It's 2:15am and her whispering in my headphones is just eerie. |
| dionysius (The People's Republic of Austin) | Posted: Nov 09, 2007 - 15:40 Polly is the wind beneath my wings. |
| fuh2 (I think I'm in the USA) | Posted: Nov 09, 2007 - 15:39 pannaramma wrote: I like the instrumentation, but not the whispering.
Listen to the wind blow, this is the sound whales make. |
| pannaramma (not from around here) | Posted: Oct 09, 2007 - 05:23 I like the instrumentation, but not the whispering. |
| suddenchad | Posted: Sep 07, 2007 - 19:20 We are a mere two and a half weeks away from the new Polly Jean CD and I for one cannot wait! |
| ncollingridge (Knebworth, UK) | Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 01:14 Great track. Polly does that tension thing SO well. Lovely loose, loping feel to it, too. |
| Nabla (Cork (Ireland)) | Posted: Jun 05, 2007 - 12:55 whispering in the wind...: 
...  |
| Nothing | Posted: May 20, 2007 - 18:52 This song both blows and sucks |
| Mari (île de lesvos) | Posted: May 05, 2007 - 03:42 rowdydaisy wrote: This is just so cool. Thanks RP! Yes!!!  |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Apr 19, 2007 - 06:49 Maybe not her best, but still. It's the Lovable Cute and Snuggly Polly. (Hugs Polly) |
| Dude (Medford, NJ) | Posted: Apr 19, 2007 - 06:48 Listen to the repetition.... repetition... repetition... The song never goes anywhere. |
| mattt (Undisclosed Location) | Posted: Apr 19, 2007 - 06:46 "Lemon See through in the sunlight She wore lemon..." |
| Wizzuvvoz (Innerspace) | Posted: Apr 19, 2007 - 06:45 I had to turn it way up to hear anything but the whisper, but I am now really digging this song. Very cool. |