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Nirvana — Polly
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1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 15:48
 
drab

eve_silver
(Southwest Germany)
Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 12:30
 
 Kanuffen wrote:
 
{#Stop} {#Stop} {#Stop} {#Foot-in-mouth} {#Foot-in-mouth} {#Stop} {#Stop} {#Stop}

Kanuffen
(Trelleborg, Sverige)
Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 22:38
 


ch83575
Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 10:59
 
 danvan wrote:
I went through college in the 90's, but I just have never liked Nirvana.  Their songs are lame and don't have much going for them musically.  Makes it hard to believe Foo Fighters turned out so much better. Maybe Kurt should have not been allowed to write songs.
 
I read a comment one time where a dude said he really liked the Grateful Dead, but only their studio albums, not the live stuff.  This is sorta like that.

JHZ
(between Clark and Hilldale)
Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 14:33
 
 danvan wrote:
I went through college in the 90's, but I just have never liked Nirvana.  Their songs are lame and don't have much going for them musically.  Makes it hard to believe Foo Fighters turned out so much better. Maybe Kurt should have not been allowed to write songs.
 
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danvan
(Champaign, IL)
Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 14:29
 
I went through college in the 90's, but I just have never liked Nirvana.  Their songs are lame and don't have much going for them musically.  Makes it hard to believe Foo Fighters turned out so much better. Maybe Kurt should have not been allowed to write songs.

ch83575
Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 08:58
 
 justin4kick wrote:
Overrated band. The lyrics may be great but the lack of creativity in the composition is painful.

 
You must not have lived through the same 1990's as I did.  This was TOTALLY new (at least to me) when it landed, and really in many ways set the bar for the entire decade.

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: May 01, 2012 - 08:06
 
 jablan wrote:

Cheap and pretentious. Shocking images of torture and pain do usually cause strong emotions in viewer, and are often confused for art (look up under Aronofsky).
 
Ah but Kurt's lyrics don't portray those shocking images. Only when we know the story behind the lyrics are we shocked by what was there all along.

ThePoose
(Ottawa, capital of Canada)
Posted: May 01, 2012 - 08:00
 
Is the kid circumsized? It's an important point.

jablan
(Belgrade, Serbia)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 10:34
 
 bronorb wrote:
If that isn't creative, I don't know what is. 
 
Cheap and pretentious. Shocking images of torture and pain do usually cause strong emotions in viewer, and are often confused for art (look up under Aronofsky).

ziakut
(Unmoon)
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 17:57
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
One of my favs from them! Great song!{#Clap}
 
Agree heavily. Not a huge fan of Nirvana...but really like this one!

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 06:43
 
 justin4kick wrote:
Overrated band. The lyrics may be great but the lack of creativity in the composition is painful.

 
Maybe you mean "lack of technical prowess" or "lack of a conventional sound", because the melody and arrangement are certainly "creative", if not unorthodox.

KaiT
(Toronto Canada)
Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 06:25
 
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
Released 20 years ago. Man, that qualifies it for "classic rock" radio formats.

I need a drink . . .  
 
Scotch - two fingers - neat. Cheers.

bronorb
(Wisconsin)
Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 07:34
 
 justin4kick wrote:
Overrated band. The lyrics may be great but the lack of creativity in the composition is painful.

 

Lack of Creativity?
Disagree completely. This is a piece of music that is beautiful to listen to and evokes emotion, in this case, revulsion and horror. The lyrics are spot on and the performance is simple yet brilliantly conveys the feeling of the attacker to the point that you almost cringe when hearing the words.
If that isn't creative, I don't know what is. 

justin4kick
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 07:20
 
Overrated band. The lyrics may be great but the lack of creativity in the composition is painful.


kcar
Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 05:03
 
 Tim42 wrote:

Polly was first released on Nevermind in 1991. You have most of the facts right. The one on Incesticide is Polly (New Wave) which is actually the original version if I remember correctly.

And no, Kurt was not condoning holding women as prisoners, but he wasn't always clear with what he meant.
 
Another RPer posted that this song was based on a true story of a woman who escaped her rapist/kidnapper by pretending to become his friend. You wouldn't exactly figure that out from reading the lyrics. This one really sounds like album filler these days. 

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Sep 22, 2011 - 12:53
 
Released 20 years ago. Man, that qualifies it for "classic rock" radio formats.

I need a drink . . .  

Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 23:18
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
I've always said, this is the most beautiful song about rape that I have ever heard.
 

And Glass Arm Shattering by Porcupine Tree is the most beautiful song I have ever heard about an arm going through a windshield in a car crash.

Go figure...

lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois)
Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 18:58
 

soothing ...



HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 02:33
 
Well this song is so...nevermind.


GuiltyFeat
(Ra'anana)
Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 02:32
 
Don't think I've ever heard this before. It's rubbish.

toterola
(Further)
Posted: Jan 13, 2011 - 19:56
 
mmm johnjconn wrote:


Good song, Good album , completly over blown band. 
 
Nirvana is about 5th on my list of best Alternative Bands.
Again, good,,,,, far from great.

 
Hmmmm... Chicago, dissing Nirvana... are you Billy Corgan?!?


kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Nov 11, 2010 - 19:19
 
In my opinion, not one of their best, but still, a fine piece.

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Nov 11, 2010 - 13:32
 
 OscarHW wrote:
Brilliant song, brilliant album, brilliant band! R.I.P Kurt
 

Good song, Good album , completly over blown band. 
 
Nirvana is about 5th on my list of best Alternative Bands.
Again, good,,,,, far from great.


OscarHW
(A flat somewhere in York...)
Posted: Aug 04, 2010 - 16:41
 
Brilliant song, brilliant album, brilliant band! R.I.P Kurt

calypsus_1
Posted: May 29, 2010 - 13:30
 

Kurt Cobain by ~kaleidosc0pe
©2008-2010 ~kaleidosc0pe



sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: May 01, 2010 - 06:47
 
I've always said, this is the most beautiful song about rape that I have ever heard.

Tim42
Posted: Mar 30, 2010 - 14:59
 
 Stardust83 wrote:

Probably because Polly was first released on In Utero in 1991, and then again in 1992 on Incesticide.

 
Polly was first released on Nevermind in 1991. You have most of the facts right. The one on Incesticide is Polly (New Wave) which is actually the original version if I remember correctly.

And no, Kurt was not condoning holding women as prisoners, but he wasn't always clear with what he meant.


MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Mar 30, 2010 - 14:58
 
 Danimal174 wrote:
Over time, this has become possibly my favorite song by Nirvana. Straightforward, sparse guitar coupled with Kurt's and Dave's voices, covering a very dark subject from the viewpoint of the attacker instead of the victim.

For those who were questioning the meaning of the lyrics, the song was written after Kurt heard about a girl being kidnapped after leaving a concert, then raped, burnt, and tortured. She finally escaped her attacker by pretending to befriend him, causing him to let his guard down -

Polly says her back hurts,
She's just as bored as me.
She caught me off my guard.
It amazes me, the will of instinct.

Powerful lyrics, IMO.
 
Geez. Not sure I am better off for knowing that. 



vit
Posted: Mar 30, 2010 - 14:56
 
Putting this song after Emmylou Harris' I Don't Want to Talk About It is just pure genius! 2 songs about some serious dependency issues.

Danimal174
(Upstate South Carolina)
Posted: Mar 02, 2010 - 08:17
 
Over time, this has become possibly my favorite song by Nirvana. Straightforward, sparse guitar coupled with Kurt's and Dave's voices, covering a very dark subject from the viewpoint of the attacker instead of the victim.

For those who were questioning the meaning of the lyrics, the song was written after Kurt heard about a girl being kidnapped after leaving a concert, then raped, burnt, and tortured. She finally escaped her attacker by pretending to befriend him, causing him to let his guard down -

Polly says her back hurts,
She's just as bored as me.
She caught me off my guard.
It amazes me, the will of instinct.

Powerful lyrics, IMO.



SweTex
(Swede living in Texas)
Posted: Jan 26, 2010 - 15:06
 
 Gryn wrote:
I'm probably the only one who never liked this band.. Well, ok, I'm a huge fan of the Foo Fighters.. but it's not the same.
 
I guess there's two of us  {#Yes}


themotion
(somewhere between infinity)
Posted: Jan 26, 2010 - 13:58
 
 lattalo wrote:

Cover art is not censored here, that pesky constitution you know.......
 
History begs to differ ...

lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Jan 26, 2010 - 13:54
 
 prickelpit96 wrote:
Shouldn't the cover arts be censored in USA?
 
Cover art is not censored here, that pesky constitution you know.......


Mandible
Posted: Jan 26, 2010 - 13:52
 
Nirvana Nevermind Baby Spencer Elden Grown Up The baby pictured is 17 years old now!

window
(Richmond, VA)
Posted: Dec 29, 2009 - 10:22
 

Kinda sounds like the chord progression from What I Like About You, just slowed down.  Never noticed that before.

I think I just made Kurt roll over in his grave...



sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Dec 29, 2009 - 10:19
 
One of my favs from them! Great song!{#Clap}

namp
Posted: Nov 28, 2009 - 01:12
 
terrible....

MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 17:22
 
Make me fries...  Oh, wait...  


helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Aug 22, 2009 - 05:57
 
Crazy song!!


lwilkinson
(North Am-Home of the Last of the Rugged Individualists)
Posted: May 22, 2009 - 11:46
 
 hippiechick wrote:

It sounds to me like he is holding polly hostage.

 
Mee too.

So do ya' thing Bill will play "The Boy with the Arab Strap" next since we're into ropes and tying things up????

{#Shifty}


toterola
(Further)
Posted: Mar 20, 2009 - 07:51
 
Polly wants a cracker
I think I should get off her first
I think she wants some water
To put out the blow torch Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
want some help
Please myself
I've got some rope
Have been told
I promise you
I have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Polly wants a cracker
Maybe she would like some food
Ask me to untie her
A chase would be nice for a few Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
want some help
Please myself
I've got some rope
Have been told
I promise you
I have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself Polly said Polly says her back hurts
she's just as bored as me
She caught me off my guard
It amazes me, the will of instinct Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
I've got some rope
Have been told
I promise you
I have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself

Yep, Polly's a prisoner. 

lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 09:17
 
More Nirvana please!!!!

calypsus_1
Posted: Jan 12, 2009 - 16:57
 

Nirvana - Polly     ==>    Bruce Lash - Lithium

** 8 **


hippiechick
(Weekendland)
Posted: Nov 10, 2008 - 13:12
 
 Panama_Floyd wrote:


Well, I think it's supposed to. If I'm reading the lyrics correctly, it's about a tryst between two very emotionally damaged people.

 

If we accept that music should be art, rather than "entertainment", we have to study the darker side of our humanity as well..

IMO, of course. And we all know that old joke about opinions.{#Shifty}



 
It sounds to me like he is holding polly hostage.


orpheus
(pacific northwest, finally!!!)
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 10:16
 
 Gryn wrote:
I'm probably the only one who never liked this band.. Well, ok, I'm a huge fan of the Foo Fighters.. but it's not the same.
 

correct, nirvana - sublime, foofighters - pedestrian and mundane with the exception of a very few songs{#Mrgreen}

Stardust83
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 06:20
 
 reason06 wrote:

This is a very confusing story...how can the origin be about a crime that was committed while singing the song??????
 
Probably because Polly was first released on In Utero in 1991, and then again in 1992 on Incesticide.


Gryn
(Oregon)
Posted: Oct 13, 2008 - 06:16
 
I'm probably the only one who never liked this band.. Well, ok, I'm a huge fan of the Foo Fighters.. but it's not the same.

Panama_Floyd
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Oct 09, 2008 - 22:41
 
 hippiechick wrote:
This is one song I really hate. Gives me the creeps.

 

Well, I think it's supposed to. If I'm reading the lyrics correctly, it's about a tryst between two very emotionally damaged people.

If we accept that music should be art, rather than "entertainment", we have to study the darker side of our humanity as well..

IMO, of course. And we all know that old joke about opinions.{#Shifty}




birdland
(Right about....here.)
Posted: Sep 08, 2008 - 08:38
 
 hippiechick wrote:
This is one song I really hate. Gives me the creeps.
 
I think it's supposed to.