Sitting alone on the stage of The Tonight Show, PJ Harvey recently performed “Grow Grow Grow” to a national audience. The sound stage echoed as her haunting voice eclipsed the autoharp she played. The purple mood lighting in the background was possibly as important as the eerie foot-pedal synthesizer that Harvey used during the performance as it allowed her to blend hauntingly into the scene. Such a scene with her reminded me of a ghost, something I often dream of her being.
PJ Harvey “Grow Grow Grow (Leno 10/16/2007)”
I saw that performance too. Fell in love with PJ all over again. Thanks for the post about it.
Jen
November 1st, 2007
[...] Culture Bully caught PJ Harvey’s performance of Grow Grow Grow on Leno the other night, like I did. I’m glad CB pointed it out, otherwise I may have forgotten to talk about it. LOVED this performance. Totally simple, voice and strings, easy. How she sings like that completely defies me. Her voice is weirdly normal, or normally weird, but still sneaks up on you, like a siren. I think. I don’t even know. Check out the vid, and head over to CB to check out the mp3 of the performance. [...]
PJ Harvey Performs Grow Grow Grow on Leno | LovetheMusic
November 1st, 2007