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  All about Polly Jean Harvey   best quiz  
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Polly Jean Harvey is probably Britain's most unique female artist; here are ten questions about her life and music, enjoy!
Tough, 10 Qns, 50ftqueenie, Feb 06 07
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  Average PJ Harvey Lyrics Quiz - 20 Questions    
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This quiz is about the beautiful PJ Harvey's music! You just have to find the right song!
Average, 20 Qns, veggiekitten, Feb 06 07
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  10 Questions: PJ Harvey Lyrics Multiple Choice Quiz    
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How well do you know PJ Harvey's lyrics? Here are some random lyrics from PJ Harvey. Just name the song they are from.
Average, 10 Qns, deirdresmom, Feb 06 07
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Polly Jean Harvey Trivia Questions
1. Which instrument did Polly study for more then eight years as a youngster?

From Quiz All about Polly Jean Harvey

Answer: Saxophone

Polly played the saxophone in her pre-PJ Harvey days in the bands: the Polekats, the Stoned Weaklings, Boulogne and Automatic Dlamini. John Parish and Rob Ellis were members of Automatic Dlamini; Polly has continued to work with them both.

2. Can you name this song? "...words bleed my heart dry..."

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: Civil War Correspondant

Good job if you got this one! It's from her collaboration with John Parish-"Dance Hall at Louse Point".

3. "Long goes the night, longer the day".

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: "Teclo"

Taken from "To Bring You My Love" released in February 1995. Emotional and lovely, pure PJ Harvey!

4. What did Polly study at college after leaving her hometown of Yeovil, Dorset?

From Quiz All about Polly Jean Harvey

Answer: Sculpture

Polly moved to London to study for a degree in sculpture at Central Saint Martin's College of Art. It was soon after that Polly formed PJ Harvey with Rob Ellis and Ian Oliver (replaced by Stephen Vaughan). Music quickly became Polly's focus though she still sculpts and some of her sculptures have been exhibited at the Lamont Gallery and the Bridport Arts Centre.

5. Name the song: "...I envy to murderous envy your lover..."

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: Catherine

This one is from "Is This Desire?" released in 1998.

6. "For your eyes smiling and your mouth singing with time I'd have won you".

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: "Catherine"

Taken from "Is This Desire?" released in September 1998. One of my favourite songs by PJ, it's a love song from a man's point of view, excellent!

7. Polly formed the original line up of PJ Harvey in 1991. What was the name of their debut single?

From Quiz All about Polly Jean Harvey

Answer: Dress

"Dress" was released on the independent record label Too Pure; it was followed a year later by the critically acclaimed album "Dry". John Peel was a huge fan and played their records endlessly as well as inviting them to record their first "Peel Session".

8. What song is this from? "...they say God forgives, is this love in the grave?"

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: The Bay

This song is on a second four song CD included in a limited edition issue of "Is This Desire?"

9. "Somehow I lost touch when you went out of sight".

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: "We Float"

Taken from "Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea" released in October 2000. PJ shows how beautiful her voice is!

10. In 1991 Polly provided backing vocals for which Indie band?

From Quiz All about Polly Jean Harvey

Answer: The Family Cat

Polly sang backing vocals on "Colour Me Grey" and "River of Diamonds" which are on The Family Cat's second album "Furthest From the Sun". Polly also sang backing vocals on Grape's "Baby in a Plastic Bag" that same year.

11. Can you name this song? "...on my hill I wait for wind..."

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: Fountain

One of my personal favorites off of "Dry", PJ's 1992 release.

12. "Gonna wash that man right out of my hair".

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: "Sheela-Na-Gig"

Taken from "Dry" released in March 1992. Very good, great song!

13. Which Bob Dylan song did Polly cover on her second album "Rid of me"?

From Quiz All about Polly Jean Harvey

Answer: Highway 61 Revisited

"Rid of me" was produced by Steve Albini and was released in 1993. The album cover caused a stir as it featured a topless Polly - something that obviously didn't bother Polly as she'd already appeared on the front cover of the NME in the same fashion.

14. What song are these lyrics from? "...ease myself into a body bag..."

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: Plants and Rags

Another one from "Dry". These lyrics never did make any sense to me.

15. "You ought to hear my song you come on measure me".

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: "50 ft Queenie"

Taken from "Rid Of Me" released in April 1993. I adore this song!

16. Which PJ Harvey song do these lyrics belong to? "I lost my heart, under the bridge To that little girl, so much to me And now I moan, and now I holler She'll never know, just what I found"

From Quiz All about Polly Jean Harvey

Answer: Down by the Water

"Down by the Water" was a single from Polly's third album "To Bring you my Love" which was released in 1995. Polly was essentially a solo artist by the time of this release, whilst keeping the name of PJ Harvey.

17. Which song is this from? "... in my glass coffin I am waiting..."

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: Hardly Wait

From 4-Track Demos. This song was also sung by Juliette Lewis in the movie "Strange Days", which I must say she performed very well!

18. "We lean against railings describing the colours and the smells of our homelands".

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: "You Said Something"

Taken from "Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea" released in October 2000.

19. A year later in 1996 Polly collaborated with John Parish for which album?

From Quiz All about Polly Jean Harvey

Answer: Dance Hall at Louse Point

It wasn't the first time Polly had worked with John Parish; Polly had been in his band Automatic Dlamini and Parish had worked with Polly on "To Bring you my Love". Polly worked on "Desert Sessions" with Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme. Polly wrote, produced and performed with Marianne Faithful on the album "Before the Poison". Polly sang vocals on two of the tracks on Mark Lanegan's "Bubblegum".

20. Can you name this song? "...clean and sparkling you'll see me..."

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: Dress

Another good one from "Dry".

21. "It never leaves my mind the last words she said".

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: "My Beautiful Leah"

Taken from "Is This Desire?" released in September 1998. Very haunting, an heavy atmosphere....I love it!

22. Thom Yorke (Radiohead) duets with Polly on which song?

From Quiz All about Polly Jean Harvey

Answer: This Mess We're In

"This Mess We're In" is from one of Polly's most successful albums "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea". The album won the 2001 Mercury Music Prize. Yorke also provided backing vocals on the songs "One Line" and "Beautiful Feeling".

23. What song is this from? "...he came dressed in black with a cross bearing my name..."

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: The Dancer

This is the last track off "To Bring You My Love", released in 1995.

24. "I remember lover's play the corn was golden we lay in it for days".

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: "C'mon Billy"

Taken from "To Bring You My Love" released in February 1995. This is the song that got me into PJ Harvey's music!

25. In 1996 Polly sang a duet and provided backing vocals for which singer?

From Quiz All about Polly Jean Harvey

Answer: Nick Cave

Polly provided backing vocals on "Death is not the End" and duetted with Cave on "Henry Lee"; both songs are on the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album "Murder Ballads".

26. Name this song: "...like some modern day Bonnie & Clyde, on the run again..."

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: Good Fortune

This is from 2000's release "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea".

27. "I walk and I wade through full lands and lonely".

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: "A Place Called Home"

Taken from "Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea" released in October 2000.

28. What song are these lyrics from? "... speak to me of your inner charm, how you'll keep me safe from harm..."

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore

Another one from "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea"

29. "I caught it in the face coming around again".

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: "Dry"

Taken from "Rid Of Me" released in April 1993.

30. "What's that colour forming around your eyes".

From Quiz PJ Harvey Lyrics

Answer: "Oh My Lover"

Taken from "Dry" released in March 1992.

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