Polly by Nirvana

I just finished reading a Kurt Cobain bio by Charles Cross entitled Heavier than Heaven. Also with news about Nevermind's 20th Anniversary, my appreciation for Cobain and his songs have increased alot. I like the sound of the guitar on this song, as well as the multi-layered vocals. It's amazing how something beautiful can come out of something that's really terrible, as the song was inspired a news article about a girl that was raped and tortured by a blow torch. In Charles Cross's book he highlights the lyric "It amazes me, the will of instinct"... and somehow I just can't get that off my head.

Polly wants a cracker
I think I should get off her first
I think she wants some water
To put out the blow torch

Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Got some rope
Have been told
I 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 ask me to untie her
A chase would be nice for a few

Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Hurt yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Got some rope
Have been told
I 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
It amazes me, the will of instinct

Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some my help
Please myself
I've got some rope
Have been told
I promise you
Have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some my help
Please myself

Dive by Nirvana

I don't know what made me like this song. It could be because I was in a recent Nirvana-appreciation binge in alignment with Nevermind's 20th anniversary. It's most likely the gritty-dirty feel of the song. And oh yeah, Kurt singing "Pick Me, Pick Me" as if he's taunting the person he's talking to.

Uhg.Pick Me, Pick me, yeahLet a long, low signalAt ease, at least, yeahEveryone is hollow
Pick me, pick me, yeahEveryone is waitingPick me, pick me, yeahYou can even pay them
Hey!
Dive, dive, dive, Dive in meDive in me
Kiss this, kiss that, yeahLet a long, low signalAt ease, at least, yeahYou can be my hero
Pick me, pick me, yeahEveryone is waitingHit me, Hit me yeah,Im real good at hating
Hey
Dive, dive, dive, Dive in meDive in me

Dive, dive, dive, Dive in meDive in me

In Bloom by Nirvana

I was trying to find a song earlier in my MP3 player while I was waiting for them to re-open the cinemas for the 10PM screening, I was looking for the right album to be played randomly and Nevermind was queued so I settled on it. When In Bloom started to play, I instantly knew that tonight I rediscovered the song. The bassline's aggressiveness fitted the song, and Kurt Cobain's guitar solo is just fucking tight.

Sell the kids for food
Weather changes moods
Spring is here again
Reproductive glands

And he's the one who likes
All our pretty songs and he
Likes to sing along and he
Likes to shoot his gun but he
Don't know what it means
He don't know what it means
He don't know what it means
And I say aahh

We can have some more
Nature is a whore
Bruises on the fruit
Tender age in bloom

And he's the one who likes
All our pretty songs and he
Likes to sing along and he
Likes to shoot his gun but he
Don't know what it means
He don't know what it means
He don't know what it means
And I say aahh

Marigold by Foo Fighters

I tried to take my first listen to the Foo Fighters Skin and Bones album, the live acoustic album of one of my favorite bands. I've owned the album for more than a year now, but i haven't had the time and courage to dig into this album. I'm not exactly thrilled hearing some of the songs in their acoustic version, but this song was a welcome addition to the Foo Fighters library. Doing some research, I found out that this was originally a Nirvana song written and sung by Dave Grohl himself.

She's there in case I want it all
He's scared cause I want
She's there in case I want it all
He's scared cause I want

All in all the clock is slow
Six color pictures all in a row
Of a marigold

She's there in case I want it all
He's scared cause I want
She's there in case I want it all
He's scared cause I want

All in all the clock is slow
Six color pictures all in a row
Of a marigold

She's there in case I want it all
He's scared cause I want
She's there in case I want it all
He's scared cause I want

All in all the clock is slow
Six color pictures all in a row
Of a marigold