AMANDA PALMER THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA: POLLY ( NIRVANA) OFFICIAL VIDEO

Polly available NOW on Bandcamp for 50+donation (w, highquality artwork) at for your little of the background of the song (from wikipedia): Bass player Krist Novoselic remembers Kurt Cobain writing Polly after reading a newspaper article about the abduction, torture, and rape of a 14yearold girl who had just finished attending a rock show in Tacoma, Washington. In June 1987 Gerald Arthur Friend picked up a 14yearold female friend after leaving a concert at the Tacoma Dome. Upon trying to exit the car the girl was handcuffed and held hostage at knife point. The girl was taken to a mobile home where she was tortured and raped with various objects for two days. She was also threatened with a we recorded our cover of polly for SPIN magazine s Newermind tribute, compilation to mark the 20th anniversary of Nevermind in september. michae br, br,