Polly (Nirvana Acoustic Cover) by Kris Shred

[TTimeofYourLifemusic]

Nice job dude your a beast do you tour at all

[conn0r1994]

amazing voice mate, i play both acoustic and electric guitar and i love to sing along as im quite a rhythmical person but unfortunately i dont have a good voice! haha great job

[15youngster]

Dude your a beast \m/

[t720745]

You fucking rape the song with your own bad "impression". Just stretching all words for a minute doesn't make it better you know

[Hanswernerpibnbrings]

wie lang spielst du schon ? : )

[Ourrillion]

klingt gut aber krut kannste net toppen aber es ist bisjetzt am nächsten dran ;)

[KrisShred]

@Ourrillion

krut will ich auch gar nicht toppen.

Kurt übrigens auch nicht ^^

[Ourrillion]

@KrisShred lol verdammte rechtschreibung XDD

[KrisShred]

@Ourrillion

krut könnte übrigens so aussehen :D

xrl(punkt)in/8nn6

[formanek4]

god, why aren't you famous?! good work!

[MrLeckerBecker]

liebe den huster am anfang!!^^

[malandr0bem]

You sound a little like Serj Tankian and that is awasome! This cover is awasome and I wish I could play too so I could post videos and be... Cool. ha ha

[allancarlosalvarenga]

you sing very good man !!!

[ogutjog]

Wery good my friend, you got talent/

[Grmpfhaarrgh1]

really love that performance... gänsehaut feeling

[KrisShred]

@Grmpfhaarrgh1

Danke dir!

[fistfullofmeat]

i think ppl need to read that lil thing that says cover...nice job bro!

[westpsmity]

@MrPunkrockrr then I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about all those youtube Nirvana covers you see where the singer is basically doing a Kurt Cobain impression

[andrew18651]

nice voice

[westpsmity]

Good work, it's nice to see Nirvana covers where the singer doesn't growl through their nose to sound like Kurt Cobain. You sound good man.

[txinobi]

Dont know it its his your own version, or the one he played in NY, or any other one... but Ithought it was fucking awesome!!!!

[regisguitarjet]

nice,..............

[superchase08]

Probly the best cover of polly iv heard, love the twist you put on it!!!

[keokimeddle]

Nice job man different from the others

[jbersoscike]

Dude in all honesty your singing isnt quite up to par on this vid. Like i would totally take it off if i were you. But your Bill Withers is pretty dope though

[Egoryan]

nice cover!

[greenkid6555]

i like the unplugged version

[NewWaveBoss]

I don't like the substitute of the "Power chord" for the standard C chord, though, not the right sound. Really great, either way, though.

[Instinctinside]

That's the way Kurt Cobain played it in the Unplugged Version in New York, it's not a substitute... Standard D, G, C and A#

[NewWaveBoss]

Actually, He still plays it differently on the Unplugged version. "Polly" was one of my first songs I learned to play, I know about eight different versions of the song...

[Padu182]

great

[mrguscott]

hey Kris not been on tube 4 a while. Great cover ! i wish people would stop dogin your guitar, If it aint broke dont fix it people !

[cityshark1]

yeah get rid of that classical guitar dude, great cover though.

[katinaars]

looks like a classical guitar to me

[runly1]

way to go, man

[thalliday70]

love it

[greenDayIsABand]

love your version of this song

[bodowartkefan]

Super Kris, bin ein Fan von dir, wieder sehr klasse gemacht!

[roylad87]

good cover man! makes my one sound shit!!! thanks man!!!!

[ell3y]

I think the 1st part's the best part.. thats when u sound most as Cobain..

when ur yelling u sound like.. bad

[ell3y]

Wow thats very empressing..

no1 soundz like Curt but u do a little tho..

-sry for spelling mistakes..

good job dude!

[gio139]

great voice and good guitar style

[AkatsukiPain]

that was very poor

[iamguitarplayer]

im srrry to say that every cover i hear of this song sounds like shit.......this one was one of the better ones but still......

[fredrich123]

nice job man! :)

[tat2dawn]

man nirvana's my favorite band i know how to play a lot of their songs and i thought i knew how to play polly but clearly i don't... i was wondering if you could send me a tab of your version?

[celtkid95]

I play this song with power chords.But they sound almost identical

[LiquidGenerationBand]

your vocal style reminds me of (in a good way) serj tankion's, with a hint of scotland mixed into it

cheers mate

[shakeitrealgood]

hey this is the first song i learn too! ha great job!

[DeadMan031379]

Good cover, good guitar style made it ur own.. Verse vocals were awesome, u got a great feel for that.. Ur chorus vocals r well not great.. Too much melody too it. Keep in mind the song is about a kidnapped girl.. But good none the less

[TGKArucard]

Dude, YOU RULE : D

[jezzabyte]

Awesome cover mate!

[tahiko27]

your singing is good, but i think you dont get the right feeling of the song

[KrisShred]

that is or was my individual feeling of the song to that time. i think, it would be boring to cover it close to what the original is. cheers :)

[tahiko27]

your opinion :) its althogh a good cover with your feeling

[calctmnt]

nice job dude, is that you singing back up too? and how do you tune the guitar like that?

[KrisShred]

yeah, the backup vox were also sung by me. the guitar i had tuned down half a note (or a whole?..) to that time.

cheers,

kris

[oblibious47]

you can sing well but the guitar sucks..this isn't a folk festival this is grunge

[KrisShred]

Well, this is my version of Polly and you're not supposed to listen to it, if you don't like it ;)

[oblibious47]

ur right and fact is, i do like it...ur version actually is better, more complex than original...forget my original comment!

[KrisShred]

I think mine is just different, not comparing it to the original one. I do like both.. Nevermind was a great album, anyway. I loved the sound/atmosphere of that album :)

[Deavilles]

@oblibious47 it might be more complex but fuck dude i dont think even kris would say his is better than kurts simple E Tuning version simplicity is bliss good shit kris

[Eehsje]

Hi Kris! I listened to some of your originals. They are fantastic!!! I want to have them. Go for it.

[kelthazar]

that was perfectly done.

ur voice is awesome!

Keep it up dude!

[patthygtz]

i love you voice

[patthygtz]

awesome =D

[caseyiguess]

nice job bro

[domatiguesderamallet]

I'm just fall in love...

hahaha

wow

You did a great job!

I love this cover

kisses from Majorca, Spain.

[pootzko]

like the sound of your guitar

[EvenFlow420]

good job

[mOzOproduction]

amazing performce of polly!......and you also look like eduart norton

[sxeeplta]

i like it. nice ending too ^^ wasnt expecting that ( i do tht too hahaha ) nice cover.

[ryanrockdude]

i love the way you improvised polly in fact your vershion is better than kirt cobanes

[sabbatron5]

watch your tongue sir,Kurt is the Great white hope....Give Kurt the rightfullyy deserved credit sir

[KrisShred]

why not say 'you like it better' instead of 'is better'? :) so that's more subjective and represents more your own opinion. cheers,

kris

[sabbatron5]

Holy Crap Kris Shred replyed to me.Awesome I tink your great man.I was talking about that other guy trying to say that any version is better is just crazy but it definitely is just as good,hard to say better than a dead heros version but very very good almost too good

[KrisShred]

Yay, well, I think: there is no accounting for taste, eventually. I just did my own version without trying to copy or not-copy Kurty ;-) Cheers,

Kris

[ThePassengr]

very nice :)

i wish i was this good.

greetz wout.

[schewii]

nice cover...nice voice..but false chords....sry^^

[murdocaioros]

hey saludos de nuevo soy de mexico excelente cancion e interpretacion,deberias considerar MEXICO AMIGO JEJEJE AHI SI TIENES TIEMPO TE AGRADECERIA ME ENVIARAS TUS ROLAS A MI CORREO SALUDOS

[jenfrion]

Truely good  good vocals dude !! keep it on !!

[crisanaya]

awesome dude! really nailed it. great singing too.

[KrisShred]

Glad you liked it, thank you :)

[tylertjp]

Good job, but raise the mic a little so more of your voice can be heard.

[ganja16weed]

i love nirvana!!

[bartekw123]

guitar 8,5

voice ONLY 7

[temporarydive]

One of your best videos..

[gaweek]

nice see if u can hang with the power chords now with a harder voice. its fun i do both!

[KrisShred]

Yea, I did that a lot when I was 16 hehe ;-)

[shigityshigityshwa]

truly amazing and nothing less

[ianrules2000]

Really loving your music. All of your covers and originals sound amazing, even when you say your having a bad day. Just wish you had a cd so I could listen to your music all the time. Lol

Ian UK

[bainco8]

good job.....i like it

[comdoli]

간만에 이 음악 들으니 나도 한번 커버해보고 싶네요 ㅋㅋㅋ

[Joseph2044]

comdoli wants to say,,, Long time no hear this song,so,I want to cover this song. héhé :)

[estherdes]

hey ! You sign so well! My friend Valérie did a video of me and my little band, and we do your cover of nirvana polly. I wish you could go see this video. Thank you again!

[KrisShred]

Wow :) Do you wanna upload it on YT? That'd be great

[Valgod1983]

Here it is! Response-posted ;)

[KrisShred]

Thank you - love it :)

[rocknrollguru23]

Good job. I like the original better, but this is still pretty good.

[laurenskid]

very good!

YOU ARE BEST!! THIS SONG IS AWESOME!

[zenze123]

Ähm naja ich bin mir noch unschlüssig ob mir das gefällt!! Einerseits is echt geil und so auf der anderen Seite beleidigst du Kuurt Cobain! xD

Such dir eifnach andere lieder aus^^

[KrisShred]

lol.. ich sah mit 16 selbst aus wie kurt cobain. und wenn er meine version gehört hätte, hätte er bestimmt nicht gesagt ich solls nicht singen ;)

Zitat:

"Music (punk rock) should mean freedom,

liking and accepting everything you like

and playing everything you like,

as sloppy as you like,

as long as it's good and has passion."

(Cobain)

[zenze123]

Nicht schlecht Mensch;) Hast mich überzeugt!! Krasse Einstellung gefällt mir;)

[AirCB]

goodjob are you holding that mic on a candle :P

[KrisShred]

yep, exactly ;)

[AirCB]

i actually am starting to like your cover more than the original. It floes better the singing

[KrisShred]

wow, glad you like it, thank you :)

[greenday900002]

amazing

[jersey210]

Geil :)

[jraeanne]

wow great ...

i like it..

soo fucken much XD

[Barbushenka]

It´s tune in dropp D, isn´t it? By the way - you´ve got great voice.

[KrisShred]

Yeah, usually my guitar is tuned down one or two tones (standard tuning). Thank you,

Kris

[SparkTV]

I also like how you take the time to record the audio with good equipment and add in other instruments.

[KrisShred]

^^ -made this video public again- ^^

[SparkTV]

yeah man! I love it, you do the coolest covers man!

[KrisShred]

Thanks Spark! :)

[skeezo06]

so COOOOLL!!!!!!

[kikmedown]

nice.

[1stnirvanalover]

DUDE!!! NICE JOB!!! u sound exactly like kurt! keep going far!! :)

[Diabolo511]

geilo mato 5/5

[tofuisfoodto]

hey man, good job, i love your voice. some ways i like it more than the kurt versoin, i just dont like the bass in it, it overpowers everything

[KrisShred]

If the bass is too strong, your speakers are too weak... ;-))

Thanks for your comment :)

K

[badgurljade]

great job!

[jumpstylefan1994]

wie geiiil alter...he kann ich die tabs?und ne cd? ^^ natürlich von dir,mach weiter so mfg jumstylefan1994

[KrisShred]

Just play Em G D C, normal chords, no power chords. second part is D C G Bb. Well, Bb is a barre chord.

Und ja, mein zweites Album mit meinen eigenen Songs werde ich dieses Jahr noch produzieren.

Ciao

[Groseiille]

Can I have your tab ? I love your version . You've got a tab who let the fingers only on the 2th and the 3rd case ;)

I love it

So please , give me your tab i need it :)

Thx a lot

Good job ;)

[KrisShred]

just play Em G D C, normal chords, no power chords. second part is D C G Bb. Well, Bb is a barre chord. Cheers

[Groseiille]

Thx a lot !

[VG90]

Perfect. How do I learn to sing like that? :p

[Staffi1982]

Mensch Junge, bring ne CD raus! Ich will die!

[KrisShred]

Wenn du mir n Label besorgst was mich unter Vertrag nimmt, gerne ;o)

Ich werde aber dennoch mein zweites Album in den nächsten Monaten eigen-produzieren. Mit eigenen Songs. Wie ich das mit Verkauf dann mach weiß ich noch nicht. Vielleicht online-selling. Guten Rutsch und Cheers,

Kris

[nirvaana12]

get smoking like kurt that might work

[KrisShred]

will i be the rebirth of kurt then? :o

hence i should try that ^^

[shrafraf]

gr8! loved it

[johnclinebell]

what's that guitar? i'm trying to figure out how you get such a great guitar sound :) great cover

[KrisShred]

I added a bassline afterwards, so the sound got more 'bassy'. Cheers John :)

[KrisShred]

Another thing.. the bassline I recorded with the same guitar, just changed the EQ aferwards ;)

K

[mnirvana9]

you are the best!-_- i really like how you sing! You are like kurt!

[tierlieb]

no, not like kurt!

[mnirvana9]

ok :-)

[vertetrouge]

He's pretty good, but, he doesn't have the natural scratchy voice Kurt had. He should take up running, to make his voice stronger. But, bitchen guitar playing!

[KrisShred]

I am not Kurt :D It's just a cover - glad you liked it though ;)

Kris

[Director705]

its good, but i think u did too much with ur voice, but all in all good

[ThinkBEFOREUPost]

I really like your take on it with the inflection changes and everything.

[KrisShred]

Thank you :)

[kaiser5689]

i think i heard the added bassline but i thought yyou were gonna stop playing guitar and say 'polly said''so we could hear it better.. kind like how its done on the song but good job, i like how you made it your own

[chucshamtown]

nice, I hear a second voice who's is it.

[KrisShred]

After the recording I added a second voice and mixed the two audio tracks. The same with the bassline. Cheers,

Kris

[mnirvana9]

great!

[mnirvana9]

grat! Can you sing sliver of nirvana?please

[Katie4278]

awesome job, really, this is the best cover i've seen so far. i really like how you put the lyrics next to it.

[KrisShred]

Hey Katie, thanks for checking quite a lot videos of mine! :)

[helowako]

best cover ive seen so far!

well done

[shiknalt]

wow!!!your voice is like Kurts!!!!awesome

[crappyTRASH]

your music is awesome!

[Boudewijn85]

Nice, the second guitar sounds good but i prefer it raw, 1 guitar:)

[Bresoto]

wow.. nice nice nice!!!!!

[Kyraaah]

Great cover..!!

Almost as good as Nirvana itself..XD

[knsc9]

amazing cover, i love this one

[lbenjr]

Nice cover man, as a fellow guitarist I give 2 thumbs up.

[KrisShred]

Thanks mate :)

[channing789]

ouh yeah heidelberg schwimmbadclub rulezzz

[KrisShred]

Haha ;) Da war ich schon lang nicht mehr. Cheers,

Kris

[mrguscott]

love the fact u put your own touch on the guitar playing ! great improvisation A+++

[mosquitomonster]

get out onto the road and make a livin cause u r amazing...amazing singing and geeeee-tar playing ....all i can say is wow...please do roulette-system of a down ....personally i think u would kick its ass all over the place just form listening to this song

[KrisShred]

Thanks very much :) Glad you liked it,

Kris

[xxxHouseloverxxx]

hey awesome cover! are you german?

[KrisShred]

Ja, ich bin aus Heidelberg. Und du? Gruß,

Kris

[xxxHouseloverxxx]

aus Hamburg :)

[sterlingturk]

Yea dude, I'm subscribing.

[thaerowe18]

How does Bb look like? I can't find it!

[KrisShred]

barre chord on 2nd (A) string, 1st fret

[Bluesdude1991]

Best Nirvana cover on youtube!!! 5 stars!!

[srjsw862]

thts amazin dude

bangin cover

[grillopautasso]

mejor q kurt.....fenomenal

[mamol90]

Sehr schönes Cover, gerade die Idee, einfach mal normale Chords zu spielen klingt wirklich gut. Der Gesang gefällt mir auch super, klingt nicht nach Kurt, keine Frage, aber ist ja auch ein Cover und klingt super :D

[KrisShred]

Danke dir ^^

[nockab]

Amazing... Great idea by adding bass lines and other fx. Im learning play guitar and i've got real problems with bare. I can do bare, but allways A/D strings(sometimes both, sometimes just one) doesn't sound.

[KrisShred]

You can try to mute the E string while playing chords on the A string. For example when playing the C barre chord, mute the E string with your finger tip of your index finger. Cheers

[Acclvr]

Very good.  Impressed.

[RoVo100]

Chords sind nie wie im Orginal. Siehe BBC Concert.

[jatuphot]

awesome!

[FlyingRamenForever]

pretty awesome variation on Polly. But how hell do you hold down Bb??

[KrisShred]

Barre chord on A string, 1st fret

[Spike2709]

this rocks!!! love how the high notes shine through! any chance you could send me the tabs for this. u play it diff from the tabs i've got, and this sounds better. thanks. 5/5