Talk:Polly (Nirvana song)

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File:Classic Albums-Nirvana Nevermind-Polly clipping.png

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I just watched the Classic Albums documentary about Nevermind. In it, Charles R. Cross and Krist Novoselic recount the story of the inspiration for Polly. On the article here, a date of 1987 is mentioned. However, in the documentary, a paper clipping is shown on screen, from the Washington News, with a date of March 17th 2000. Cross goes on to state the incident took place at the Community World Theatre. Of course, it's entirely possible the clipping was for some reason running a follow-up, or that the clipping was mocked-up by the documentary team to add a visual element. --GetThePapersGetThePapers 11:23, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Composition[edit]

"Polly" was recorded in the key of E minor with the chords E5-G5-D5-C5 for all verses and then the chords D5-C5-G5-B♭5 for all choruses.

Who wrote that crap? All chords have fifths in them. And the chords cited are not played with fifth inversions. And if the piece is performed in E minor then where are the bloody minor chords? Herp derp! Perhaps the tween writing this nonsense can grow up a bit before contributing to Wikipedia again and can perhaps remove this embarrassment for the betterment of the site.

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I don't think there is anything incorrect here. It sounds like the key of Em to me. All of these chords are in the key of Em save B♭ which does sound dissonant in the song. Further there are other things that can help distinguish what key a song is in beyond the chords. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.166.50.4 (talk) 13:57, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:PollyPromo.jpg[edit]

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Narrative Flourish ?[edit]

Why is it a "narrative flourish" that Cobain has the girl escape ? I just saw the Classic Albums doco again and it asserts that this element is true in the real-life incident and was what inspired Cobain about the story in the 1st place. Should we delete the suggestion that this is some of kind of clever twist that he has added as that's my reading of what these words imply -Sticks66 04:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I thought that, in the true event, that that girl Polly was raped, tortured, and eventually killed. Then, I thought Kurt just changed it a little by making it say she escaped. I don't know, though. Cheezer Rox (talk) 00:40, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_Is_Gerald_Friend Here's what really happened. Kurt just took the general idea and made the rest up. 70.78.84.96 (talk) 19:24, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Folk/folk rock?[edit]

I know, I know, it's NIRVANA. But I feel this is just being called grunge and/or alternative in both the present and past on here because of the name NIRVANA. But, when you think about it, it sounds more like a folk (or folk rock at least) song. Acoustic guitar, non-angst-filled lyrics, no distortion, no heaviness, and so-on. Think about it, does it sound closer to a Bob Dylan song, or a Mudhoney song? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheezer Rox (talk • contribs) 00:43, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is really an acoustic rock song, it shouldn't be labeled as "grunge" just because it's Nirvana. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.114.123.61 (talk) 01:24, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism deleted[edit]

The page had been completely vandalised with made up content/original research, no citations.

Cleaned up. DanTheShrew (talk) 19:13, 3 May 2011 (UTC) -Leanne Everhart — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.183.67.143 (talk) 23:49, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Public Enemy[edit]

What's the connection to Public Enemy's Pollywanacraka, which came the year before. More inspiration to Nirvana? --Elmeter (talk) 07:47, 15 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]