If you thought Nirvana 's "Polly" was about a bird, this video is not going to make much sense to you. But "Polly" is not about a bird, it's about the rape and torture of a teenage runaway. Kurt read about the case the paper and wrote this song about it. Amanda Palmer covered the song as part of SPIN 's tribute to Nevermind , and now she has a video to go with her chilling take on the Nirvana classic. Watch it below.
Check out the video for Amanda Palmer's cover of Nirvana's "Polly' which was featured on the SPIN magazine's Nirvana " Nevermind" tribute album that was posted last summer
Last spring Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros embarked on the Railroad Revival Tour , which saw the three bands traverse the country together via vintage train cars. The throwback tour, which got its inspiration from the famed 1970 Festival Express tour that transported the likes of the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and The Band across Canada, began in Oakland and ended in New Orleans, stopped in six cities along the cross-country route where the bands performed at unique outdoor venues. The entire [...]
Watch Amanda Palmer put visuals to the dark story behind Kurt Cobain's lyrics in her video for Nirvana's 'Polly.'
Amanda Palmer has always been a bit of a weirdo, so what better Nirvana song to cover for a tribute compilation that their creepiest tune "Polly". Watch the video for the song from the SPIN tribute to Nevermind :
The AMANDA PALMER and co bring the NIRVANA's POLLY mp3 back to life via their haunting rendition for a SPIN magazine tribute comp.
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - Polly Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra have released the official video for their cover of Nirvana's "Polly" which was originally available via Spin Magazine as part of their Nirvana tribute issue. The video is based on Kurt Cobain's purported inspiration for the song, a newspaper article outlined the abduction and torture of a young girl.
The Internet has found itself a new ally in its ongoing fight against SOPA and PIPA. As Billboard reports, Trent Reznor, MGMT, The Lonely Island, Nada Surf's Daniel Lorca, and OK Go have all co-signed an open letter to Congress expressing their opposition to the legislation. The letter was also signed by comedian Aziz Ansari, fillmaker Lloyd Kaufman, MythBusters ' Adam Savage, and other members of the entertainment industry. "We fear that the broad new enforcement powers provided under SOPA and PIPA could be easily abused against legitimate services [...]
How was 2011 for you? Pretty uppy-downy, but mostly up. I had a wretched summer and have had a bitchin' fall. At least we're on the upswing. Highlights? Posing nude for my husband, Neil Gaiman, at the Museum Of Fine Arts, surrounded by other nudes, painted by Degas. Playing at Occupy Wall Street. Finally seeing Jeff Mangum live in concert. Dueting with Peter Yarrow and The Blue Man Group all in one night. Lowlights? Getting so sick in Edinburgh in August that [...]
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Zoe Boekbinder's new album Darling Specimens is savagely sweet alt-songwriting.
Zoe Boekbinder's new album Darling Specimens is savagely sweet alt-songwriting.
There has been no shortage of support within the music community for the ongoing Occupy movements. Jeff Mangum , Talib Kweli , Tom Morello , and Crosby Stills and Nash have all delivered performances, and Kanye West an appearance at Occupy Wall Street, and Rage Against the Machine's Zach De La Rocha recently showed his support with a poem . Now, a number of prominent musicians have bonded together and launched their own movement called Occupy Musicians. According to an issued press release , "Occupy Musicians will serve as a resource to facilitate performances [...]
Filed under: News , Holy Hell Spencer Platt, Getty Images New York City Police began forcibly removing Occupy Wall Street protesters from their location in the city's Zuccotti Park Tuesday morning. And it appears the Roots ' drummer Questlove had a hunch about the raid, leaving some news sites referring to him as a modern-day Paul Revere. In a string of tweets early Tuesday, the drummer predicted that something was in the [...]
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Amanda Palmer There was no denying the unique Amanda Palmer would sell out El Rey Theater the Saturday before Halloween. Performing from her latest, Goes Down Under , as well as some beloved Dresden Doll tunes, the versatile punker dressed in cabaret attire shared the stage with her friends, including Jason Webley, The Jane Austen Argument and opener The Petrojvic Blasting Co. It was a night filled with costumes, carrots, plastic bottles with rocks in them for noisemakers and of course lots of music. Palmer, who smoothly went from keyboards to the ukulele, [...]
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ARTIST: The SWAG Report 80 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by Amanda Palmer, CFCF, Cloud Nothing, Great Aunt Ida, Harrison Hudson, Kim Boekbinder, Lionize, Old Wives Tale, Parenthetical Girls and more! So much more! DATE: 11-02-11 WRITER: Don Loder Merry Christmas Junkie! Oh wait - i'ssnot Christmas yet, izzit? Naw, it jus' feels'at way cuz, now dat Halloween's ova, dat's where da music bizness is lookin' next. An' I already got a coupla Christmas songs'at I found'is [view [...]
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El programa Late Late Show , que cuenta con la conducción de Craig Ferguson , tuvo invitados más que interesantes en la noche del lunes para "ayudarlo" a celebrar Halloween. En este sentido, la cantante de Dresden Dolls Amanda Palmer dirigió una banda que incluyó al barítono Stephin Merritt , líder de The Magnetic Fields , Moby y a su esposo Neil Gaiman [...]
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