Since the first organism slurped its way on to the earth, and farted.
1998
PJ Harvey releases Is This Desire?
I cannot remember with any clarity what was going on in 1998 musically. Rock and alternative music was dissolving a bit. Scenes were not strong. But in the vacuum, PJ Harvey released a fantastic album. A passionate rocking, soulful set of songs, rock, folk, evoking historic mythologies of agrarian romance, magic, spirits, longing and desire.
2005
Seu Jorge covered a bunch of David Bowie stuff, in Brazilian Portuguese
Fantastic one night stand.
Jorge’s smokey nasals intertwined with the languid melancholy of Bowie’s lyrics.
Strong start, decent middle into evanescence.