Polly (song)
| Polly | |
|---|---|
| Nirvana | |
| publication | September 24, 1991 |
| length | 2:57 |
| Genre (s) | Grunge |
| Author (s) | Kurt Cobain |
| Producer (s) | Butch Vig |
| album | Nevermind |
Polly is a song by the American rock band Nirvana and appeared on their 1991 album Nevermind .
In 1988 Kurt Cobain Polly wrote for the album Bleach, which was released in the summer of 1989 . A live version is on the album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah , released in autumn 1996 .
The song is about a girl from Tacoma who was arrested, raped, and torched with a blowtorch after a punk concert in 1987 , but escaped days later. The song is written from the perpetrator's point of view.
Individual evidence
- ↑ NirvanaFreak.net The story behind Polly. ( Memento from July 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Polly by Nirvana at Songfacts.com (English), accessed March 27, 2011.
- ↑ Chuck Klosterman: Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists. Simon and Schuster, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4165-9473-4 . P. 71 ( books.google.nl ).