Music
Watch PJ Harvey perform "The Last Living Rose" on Conan
by Tyler Munro
April 12, 2011
Last night PJ Harvey visited Conan to play “The Last Living Rose.” Dressed like Bjork’s guardian angel, the British songstress quickly showed us just what’s made Let England Shake such a standout.
With fellow Brit Patrick Wolf watching in the wings—presumably held off camera thanks to what he wore the last time he hit Conan’s stage—Harvey ran through the song’s two and a half minutes on the appropriately dim stage with her glowing demeanour and inexplicably feather-wired hair proving to be the perfect compliment to the song’s ambivalent patriotism.
Watch her performance below, and if you’re lucky enough to be headed to Indio, California this weekend be sure to catch PJ Harvey when she performs at Coachella:
