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Polly wants a cracker
Think I should get off her first
Think she wants some water
To put out the blow torch
Isn't me, have a seed
Let me clip, your dirty wings
Let me take a ride, cut yourself
Want some help, please myself
Got some rope, have been told
Promise you, 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
She asked me to untie her
A chase would be nice for a few
Isn't me, have a seed
Let me clip, your dirty wings
Let me take a ride, cut yourself
Want some help, please myself
Got some rope, have been told
Promise you, 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
Amazes me the will of instinct
Isn't me, have a seed
Let me clip, your dirty wings
Let me take a ride, cut yourself
Want some help, please myself
Got some rope, have been told
Promise you, have been true
Let me take a ride, cut yourself
Want some help, please myself
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: May 06, 2012 - 15:02 iTuner wrote: Agree 100%. I have a hard time respecting anyone selfish and weak enough to take their own life. Must be lovely living your (obviously sheltered) life. |
| lshinkawa (Berkeley, CA) | Posted: May 06, 2012 - 15:01 Love this! |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Mar 04, 2012 - 05:42 Creepiest song EVAH |
| LizK (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 18:52 Byronape wrote: You clearly have never dealt with anyone with mental illness or experience the kind of crushing depression that brings people to that point. It isn't always about strength or weakness, sometimes it's about the friends and loved ones you have around you that help keep you sane. Yes, yes. If you have never ridden that boat, no one can explain what the dark rushing river is like. |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 18:51 scraig wrote: Wow, this album is 16-years old. Time has really flown by. Yeah, my kid will be 30 in a couple of months. |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Sep 27, 2011 - 17:17 iTuner wrote: Agree 100%. I have a hard time respecting anyone selfish and weak enough to take their own life. You clearly have never dealt with anyone with mental illness or experience the kind of crushing depression that brings people to that point. It isn't always about strength or weakness, sometimes it's about the friends and loved ones you have around you that help keep you sane. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Aug 27, 2011 - 07:52 iTuner wrote: Agree 100%. I have a hard time respecting anyone selfish and weak enough to take their own life. Though it should be noted that respect and enjoying someone's music have absolutely nothing to do with one another IMO. I like lots of musicians music that I do not neccesarily respect and vice versa. |
| iTuner | Posted: Jun 25, 2011 - 10:55 Cynaera wrote: I have never liked Nirvana. It doesn't mean I don't appreciate Cobain's angst and the band's struggles, and how they raised the bar on grunge music - it just isn't my cup of absynthe.
Agree 100%. I have a hard time respecting anyone selfish and weak enough to take their own life. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 17:07 I have never liked Nirvana. It doesn't mean I don't appreciate Cobain's angst and the band's struggles, and how they raised the bar on grunge music - it just isn't my cup of absynthe. |
| kerouvian (London, UK) | Posted: Feb 19, 2011 - 06:25 If you have not heard the rock version of this song, it is worth a listen. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Oct 16, 2010 - 05:21 Great song from a great performance! |
| cosmiclint (Vancouver BC) | Posted: Sep 20, 2010 - 12:36 lemmoth wrote: 1. Melody - the majority of his songs can be stripped of their accompaniment and played as straight up incredibly catc hy hummable tunes 2. Lyrics - Deep insight into human experience - albeit generally about pain and suffering but insight nonetheless 3. Musicianship - Cobain was a gifted guitarist and drummer who let his guitar serve the song and finally found a worthy drum-mate in the great David Grohl 4. Combined the best traditions of the blues, folk, pop, rock, punk and metal vocalizing. Brought true emotion to the songs.  |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Sep 14, 2010 - 10:53 nate917 wrote: Cobain: the most overrated musician since Salieri. 1. Melody - the majority of his songs can be stripped of their accompaniment and played as straight up incredibly catc hy hummable tunes 2. Lyrics - Deep insight into human experience - albeit generally about pain and suffering but insight nonetheless 3. Musicianship - Cobain was a gifted guitarist and drummer who let his guitar serve the song and finally found a worthy drum-mate in the great David Grohl 4. Combined the best traditions of the blues, folk, pop, rock, punk and metal vocalizing. Brought true emotion to the songs. |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Sep 14, 2010 - 10:48 romeotuma wrote: I agree...  |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Sep 14, 2010 - 10:47 Wow, this album is 16-years old. Time has really flown by. |
| cosmiclint (Vancouver BC) | Posted: Sep 14, 2010 - 10:46 fredriley wrote: I guess the segue from PJ Harvey is that P = Polly? ;-) Yup, Polly Jean Harvey - good catch. Bill keeps us on our toes. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 13, 2010 - 10:11 splendy wrote: Really like this whole unplugged CD. A great talent. I agree... |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: May 29, 2009 - 06:03 I guess the segue from PJ Harvey is that P = Polly? ;-) |
| timc (Waterloo, ON (2512 miles/4043 km from Paradise, CA)) | Posted: Feb 23, 2009 - 12:18 This is my favourite rendition of Polly. I love it. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 23, 2009 - 12:16 Love it... |
| pope183 (Vinyamar) | Posted: Nov 20, 2008 - 18:28 nice thanks Bill |
| hiorgos (Matrix) | Posted: Jul 17, 2008 - 09:06 birdland wrote: Well conceived, well said. ...the knotted cords untying... Peter Gabriel - "Blood of Eden" I love the sound of Nirvana - I love that they exploded into a virtually empty rock and roll space (popular music circa 1990). It was like all the other sounds were echoes, and Curt and the boys came up with a new scream at the canyons edge. Yap, nirvana DID something good for music.. can you imagine rock stuck in late 80's heavy metal until now?? |
| reason06 (Kansas City MO) | Posted: Jul 17, 2008 - 09:02 trekhead wrote: PROLLY
Prolly I'm a cracker... I know I should PRONOUNCE my words. I think its verbal slaughter, But CD sales are a scorch.  |
| Odyzzeuz (Austin, Texas) | Posted: Jul 17, 2008 - 09:02 nate917 wrote: Cobain: the most overrated musician since Salieri.
Really? More overrated than Debbie Gibson? |
| MotorSkills (Mountainville, NY) | Posted: May 15, 2008 - 10:08 nate917 wrote: Cobain: the most overrated musician since Salieri.
The guy wrote some excellent songs. Just about everything he did has merit. Agreed it's youthful drug addicted angst, but whatever. He had a gift that rarely emerges decade to decade. |
| GreenJello | Posted: May 15, 2008 - 10:03 nate917 wrote: Plus, let's face it, you'd be a mile farther away from Nirvana, and you'd have some free shoes! Yeah, but who really WANTS Kurt's old shoes. Dude was homeless at one point, and dressed like it. I think I'd like something a little nicer. |
| totalnirvana | Posted: Jan 10, 2008 - 11:35 You know... I used to be the biggest of nirvana fans in the 90's I liked every song of theirs. It's amazing how I have almost no interest in listening to any of it now a days :) It must have just struck a chord with me when I was young and grungy. |
| lemmoth | Posted: Jan 10, 2008 - 11:34 arzvael wrote: Can't remember how I've liked this song, no voice, no music, simply boring
 You are clearly clueless |
| lattalo (Beartooths) | Posted: Jan 10, 2008 - 11:32 The only Nirvana I own, sounds perfect, excellent song writer. |
| froggy (North Pole, Ak) | Posted: Nov 08, 2007 - 16:29 nate917 wrote: Cobain: the most overrated musician since Salieri.
tsk tsk. |
| EssexTex (Visiting George in Crawford) | Posted: Oct 08, 2007 - 06:05 Ok music is a very personal thing but sometimes..I question the hearing of some people... |
| nate917 | Posted: Aug 06, 2007 - 09:55 ladainty wrote: Re all this Cobain stuff, in my opinion you shouldn't judge a person and their behaviour until you've walked a mile in their shoes, that's all
Plus, let's face it, you'd be a mile farther away from Nirvana, and you'd have some free shoes! |
| nate917 | Posted: Aug 06, 2007 - 09:50 Cobain: the most overrated musician since Salieri. |
| Odyzzeuz (Austin, Texas) | Posted: Jun 04, 2007 - 13:43 Brilliant. |
| themotion (forgetting what has never been) | Posted: Jun 04, 2007 - 13:33 aekl wrote: Yes, they're certainly no Crowded House, which seems to have your ear. I pity you.  |
| jagdriver (Auburn, CA) | Posted: Jun 04, 2007 - 13:20 Gryn wrote: Nirvana never did a thing for me. =(
Courtney never did a thing for me! |
| petercroob (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Jun 04, 2007 - 13:20 The Muddy Banks of the Wishkaw version is the most powerful |
| aekl (Tacoma) | Posted: Nov 15, 2006 - 21:49 ManchesterUK wrote: The more I hear, the worse they get !
Yes, they're certainly no Crowded House, which seems to have your ear. I pity you. |
| trekhead (Eschewing Obfuscation since the last clique.) | Posted: Nov 01, 2006 - 06:44 PROLLY Prolly I'm a cracker... I know I should PRONOUNCE my words. I think its verbal slaughter, But CD sales are a scorch. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Oct 17, 2006 - 15:54 I saw Nirvana twice: + Once just *before* Nevermind was released - at a small bar in Boise, ID (unbelievable performance, standing 2 ft away from Cobain while he blew the crowd away, none of us had ever heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and we were FREAKED!) + Another time when they toured in support of Heart Shaped Box at a much larger College venue (performance was good, but just didnt generate the intimacy and immediacy of the bar setting) Location, location, location. . . I miss these guys |
| orpheus (east coast) | Posted: Oct 02, 2006 - 23:20 DrLex wrote: I don't find the entire phenomenon of Nirvana overrated, but on this CD I must agree. The sound quality is mediocre, and the performances aren't that good. Give me the original version of Polly over this one any time. I think this album's popularity is mostly a result from its well-timed release date. dude, playing it live is supposed to sound different, raw and without studio engineering, otherwise people wouldn't attend live concerts, as opposed to staying home, slippin in the fucking CD and hearing every last note engineered into perfection. There is something and more than something to be said for not only the live expereince but the whole zeitgeist of what the artist brings to the work in a live environment (state of mind, mood, feelings of whether to keep on living, etc) Look into it!     |
| DrLex (Belgium) | Posted: Sep 18, 2006 - 07:45 Old_Pool_Skunk wrote: Overrated. Sad in every sense of the word.
I don't find the entire phenomenon of Nirvana overrated, but on this CD I must agree. The sound quality is mediocre, and the performances aren't that good. Give me the original version of Polly over this one any time. I think this album's popularity is mostly a result from its well-timed release date. |
| hippiechick | Posted: Sep 18, 2006 - 07:44 This song always gives me such creeps. |
| orpheus (east coast) | Posted: Sep 03, 2006 - 17:50 birdland wrote: Well conceived, well said. ...the knotted cords untying... Peter Gabriel - "Blood of Eden" I love the sound of Nirvana - I love that they exploded into a virtually empty rock and roll space (popular music circa 1990). It was like all the other sounds were echoes, and Curt and the boys came up with a new scream at the canyons edge. nice and accurate analogy  |
| birdland (Right about...here.) | Posted: Sep 03, 2006 - 16:54 nuggler wrote: All well & good sounding off like that but the reality is that unravelling karmic knots takes a whole lot more than what you're likely to learn in any university or at your local corner church.... Well conceived, well said. ...the knotted cords untying... Peter Gabriel - "Blood of Eden" I love the sound of Nirvana - I love that they exploded into a virtually empty rock and roll space (popular music circa 1990). It was like all the other sounds were echoes, and Curt and the boys came up with a new scream at the canyons edge. |
| Old_Pool_Skunk (Get Out) | Posted: Jul 21, 2006 - 18:43 Overrated. Sad in every sense of the word. |
| ManchesterUK (Manchester UK) | Posted: Jul 07, 2006 - 02:32 The more I hear, the worse they get ! |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | Posted: Jun 07, 2006 - 21:00 I caught these guys once in a small setting in upstate NY...great show but it was easy to see how off-tilt Curt was. A few years earlier, some friends trying to organize a concert at a well-heeled college related to me that the band demanded $10K and an ounce of heroin up front. Needless to say, they didn't bite, and the image was forever engrained for me. Nirvana always had a great stable of tunes, and no one can deny their influence. It's just a shame it's the one Curt was under that most of us think of. Likeable tune, but not in their top 10. |
| creativebones | Posted: Jun 07, 2006 - 20:45 Nirvana........Courtney had Kurt killed......hmm |
| Gryn (Oregon) | Posted: May 24, 2006 - 06:20 Nirvana never did a thing for me. =( |