PJ Harvey to the Beatles: five songs that accidentally started a scrap

Her new single has angered residents of Washington DC, but PJ Harvey’s not the first artist to have caused a scandal without trying. Here are the stories of The Community of Hope and four other songs that kicked offArtists don’t always get inspirations from their own pulsating, whirlygig brains, but from real-life sources. Sometimes, these real-life sources have no idea what they’re doing. A few years ago, Washington Post reporter Paul Schwartzman was put in touch with war photographer Sea...

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