Mix hardrock, punk, blues, grunge en indie en voila: je krijgt de onnavolgbare sound van de Britse singer, songwriter en gitarist Polly Jean Harvey (1969). Op haar debuutalbum Dry uit 1992 stond één nummer dat de wenkbrauwen van vriend en vijand deed fronsen: Happy and Bleeding. Op dat moment de meest expliciete verwijzing naar menstruatie ooit in de geschiedenis van rock & roll.  Klik hier om het album te bestellen.

Happy and Bleeding

She’d burst
Dropped off
Picked the fruit
Realise
I’m naked
I’m naked too

So cover my body
Dress it fine
Hide my linen and lace
Been sewing ever since
Since time began

More than the hills
More than the trees
More than the mountains, you
More than I can see
In front of me
More than the mountains, you

So fruit flower myself inside out
I’m happy and bleeding for you
Fruit flower myself inside out
I’m tired and I’m bleeding for you

This fruit was bruised
Dropped off and blue
Out of season
Happy I’m bleeding
Long overdue
Too early and it’s late too
Too early and it’s late too
Mind and body
I wouldn’t and I would not do
Fruit flower myself inside out
I’m happy and bleeding for you
Fruit flower myself inside out
I’m tired and I’m bleeding for you
Fig fruit flower myself inside out for you
Happy I’m bleeding, happy I’m?

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