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Polly is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. It is the sixth song on their 1991 album, Nevermind.
Dating back to at least 1988, “Polly” stands alongside “About a Girl” and “Been a Son” as one of singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain’s earliest forays into unfiltered pop songwriting. It was originally titled “Hitchhiker”, and later “Cracker”, but was renamed to “Polly” some time in 1989. It was left off Nirvana’s 1989 debut album Bleach because Cobain believed it was not consistent with the band’s heavy grunge sound of the time. However, it found its way onto the band’s second album Nevermind two years later, and remained a part of the band’s regular setlist until Cobain’s death (and Nirvana’s dissolution) in April 1994. It also stands as Chad Channing’s only contribution to the album, having left the band before the recording of Nevermind.
The song is about the horrific kidnapping of a 14 year old girl and gunpoint as she left a punk gig in Tacoma. the abducor, Gerald Friend raped her repeatedly and tortured her with razors and a blowtorch in his mobile home. The girl eventually escaped and Friend was imprisoned. Writing from the perspective of the abductor, Cobain manages to convey not just the repugnance of the ordeal, but also something of the abductor (“she’s just as bored as me”).
Dating back to at least 1988, “Polly” stands alongside “About a Girl” and “Been a Son” as one of singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain’s earliest forays into unfiltered pop songwriting. It was originally titled “Hitchhiker”, and later “Cracker”, but was renamed to “Polly” some time in 1989. It was left off Nirvana’s 1989 debut album Bleach because Cobain believed it was not consistent with the band’s heavy grunge sound of the time. However, it found its way onto the band’s second album Nevermind two years later, and remained a part of the band’s regular setlist until Cobain’s death (and Nirvana’s dissolution) in April 1994. It also stands as Chad Channing’s only contribution to the album, having left the band before the recording of Nevermind.
The song is about the horrific kidnapping of a 14 year old girl and gunpoint as she left a punk gig in Tacoma. the abducor, Gerald Friend raped her repeatedly and tortured her with razors and a blowtorch in his mobile home. The girl eventually escaped and Friend was imprisoned. Writing from the perspective of the abductor, Cobain manages to convey not just the repugnance of the ordeal, but also something of the abductor (“she’s just as bored as me”).
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vaccula wrote:
Yeah...!
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HahaLily09 wrote:
yay! Nirvana's awesome!
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zimmerlinde wrote:
sehr relaxed
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Chainyyy wrote:
Polly says her back hurts, she's just as bored as me.
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majszon wrote:
Booooskieee. Grunge id dead, but still live in us ...
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DisposableHero5 wrote:
I think this is from a concert they did in 1992 not the Unplugged version.
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affectionately4 wrote:
my favourite nirvana song. love it. god, it's good...
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museicle wrote:
whereever it's from still a great version of a classic
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tarfray wrote:
This isn't from Unplugged. I'm pretty sure it's from the Halloween show they played in 1992, where the Lithium video footage came from. The whole song is also in their movie "Live, Tonight, Sold-Out". Yes, I am a total Nirvana geek :)
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FuckinRocker wrote:
Polly wants to cry, girl...
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Email0805 wrote:
Polly wants a cracker <3
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mrs_madina wrote:
<3 just love it
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Bunglechunk wrote:
This is the Unplugged in New York version, not the Nevermind version.
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lake_of-fire wrote:
mas que en el recuerdo...siempre presente!
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the_telka wrote:
с недавнего времени ооочень полюбилась
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KoLBaSaFM wrote:
This is my favorite song
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VintageSouls wrote:
such a beautiful song, such a dark meaning though.
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M-Phase-I-Saw wrote:
And finally, I can claim to know TWO Nirvana songs.
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oasis67 wrote:
te amo yuka kato
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vientounicornio wrote:
Nirvana siempre en el recuerdo... ... ...
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