I don't know if you guys are aware, but The Head and the Heart is actually a concept album about the war of 1812 (little known fact). So, it's basically just like PJ, except they bothered to write some actual songs here. BOOM!
I really got into Pink Floyd's The Final Cut (a anti-war album mostly dealing with Britain in WWII and Falklands). I was learning guitar when I was listening to it, so I learned the chords for a couple of the songs and would croon them sincerely when no one else was around.
Over time I've stopped listening to it because of the gradual realization that I'm not British. Also: The sentiments expressed (guns/nukes/dictators/imperialism are bad!) are harder-hitting but seem regrettably simpler than the truth.
I think Let England Shake is a much more interesting album than The Head and the Heart, and so I'm going to vote for it. But I worry that in the future I'll notice that I'm not British, and that the sentiments are unsubtle/unambiguous.
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PJHARVEY
ReplyDeletepj, extra points too, for not having a creepy cover.
ReplyDeletePJ Harvey.
ReplyDeletePJ Harvey, but I do wanna say that thumbs up to tH&H too.
ReplyDeleteSubtract that "that."
DeleteI don't know if you guys are aware, but The Head and the Heart is actually a concept album about the war of 1812 (little known fact). So, it's basically just like PJ, except they bothered to write some actual songs here. BOOM!
ReplyDeleteHey Songwriters! There's a war on now. Or a couple. Maybe more. Those too boring for you? No muskets? No gunpowder? Ok.
ReplyDeleteI vote Polly Jean Harvey.
I really got into Pink Floyd's The Final Cut (a anti-war album mostly dealing with Britain in WWII and Falklands). I was learning guitar when I was listening to it, so I learned the chords for a couple of the songs and would croon them sincerely when no one else was around.
ReplyDeleteOver time I've stopped listening to it because of the gradual realization that I'm not British. Also: The sentiments expressed (guns/nukes/dictators/imperialism are bad!) are harder-hitting but seem regrettably simpler than the truth.
I think Let England Shake is a much more interesting album than The Head and the Heart, and so I'm going to vote for it. But I worry that in the future I'll notice that I'm not British, and that the sentiments are unsubtle/unambiguous.
I vote for P.J. Harvey...
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