Queens of the Stone Age - If Only live @ Enmore Theater 2011.
This was the only pro-shot from the debut re-issue tour, filmed in Australia. This version is edited with the FM audio from the radio broadcast that was better mixed.
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Nick Cave and PJ Harvey perform 'Henry Lee' live in 1997 🌹
Nick Cave and PJ Harvey were the poster couple on every young goth’s bedroom wall when they burst onto MTV 2 with ‘Henry Lee’ and the besuited Polly Jean crooned to her vampiric-looking lover, “You won’t find a girl in this goddamn world that will compare with me.”
Prior to the pair meeting in the mid-1990s, Cave’s drug use had started to spiral once more. In a move that he describes as “totally mad” he would sit through a church service in the morning before visiting his dealer in the afternoon, as if to say, “I’ve done a little bit of good, and a little bit of this, ‘What’s problem?’” Naturally, as he said himself, the problem was self-evident and that would soon manifest in the relationship he had with PJ Harvey. Despite the flowering artistry and the fact that they were the aspirational dream couple for adolescent goths the world over, there was trouble in their paradise lost.
Nevertheless, there was indeed a patch of paradise for a fleeting moment. As the following love letter from Cave will attest: “Polly Jean, I love you. I love the texture of your skin, the taste of your saliva, the softness of your ears. I love every inch and every part of your entire body. From your toes to the beautifully curved arches of your feet, to the exceptional shade and warmth of your dark hair. I need you in my life, I hope you need me too.”
PJ Harvey likewise would craft touching pines to her lover, muse and troubled torment. “Like many musicians, I came out of art school,” Harvey recalls, “and drawing has been an ongoing part of my life. Nick Cave and I made a lot of drawings for each other.”
However, that sweet romance would all come crashing down when Cave received a phone call from PJ Harvey saying she wanted to end the relationship, the quip that Cave offered up when recalling the incident is a hint as to why – “I was so surprised I almost dropped my syringe.” In his Red Hand Files entry on the star, he added: “Deep down I suspected that drugs might have been a problem between us, but there were other things too.”
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The Brisbane Broncos are very saddened to hear of the passing of former Chairman and Director, Darryl Somerville 🕊️
The entire Broncos family passes on our sincerest condolences to Darryl’s family and friends ❤️