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

"Polly" - available NOW on Bandcamp* for 50¢+donation (w/ high-quality artwork) at http://bit.ly/PollyBC
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for your enlightenment....a 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 14-year-old girl who had just finished attending a rock show in Tacoma, Washington. In June 1987 Gerald Arthur Friend picked up a 14-year-old 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 blowtorch."

we recorded our cover of "polly" for SPIN magazine's "Newermind" tribute/compilation to mark the 20th anniversary of "Nevermind" in september. michael (who a lot of you have seen as the new drummer of my touring band, the grand theft orchestra) produced/engineered and played bass on the recording.

this is a video me (glockenspiel, vocals, Taurus bass pedal), chad raines (banjo, percussion), and michael (bass, percussion) shot in new haven, CT on a super-tight budget with the help of some actors and filmmakers from around new york and yale.

we filmed it in one day in november...i wrote the script and michael directed the video. blake, who plays the angel, is also on the cover of the first dolls' album "a is for accident"...looking very different in a long red dress.

so many people loaned us stuff and worked for free on this video to keep us under budget - THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

x
afp
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FULL CREDITS & THANK YOUS...

song by
NIRVANA

starring
CHRISTOPHER M. MCFARLAND
JILLIAN TAYLOR

special appearance by
BLAKE BRASHER

produced, edited, and directed by
MICHAEL MCQUILKEN

video concept by
AMANDA PALMER

first camera/director of photography
SARAH LASLEY

hair and makeup by
JUSTIN TYME

assistant to the director
LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ

second camera/assistant to the director of photography
RACHEL PUCHKOFF

locations
CHAD RAINES

properties provided by
TAMARA CHIBA
JAYLEEN RAINES

production coordinator
MAX TOTH

shoot catered by
BUN LAI and MIYA'S SUSHI http://miyassushi.com

music performed by AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA
AMANDA PALMER (glockenspiel, celeste, vocals, Taurus bass pedal-stepping)
CHAD RAINES (banjo, percussion, Taurus bass knob-fiddling)
MICHAEL MCQUILKEN (bass, percussion, sample-hunter, aquaphone)

recording engineered by
CHAD RAINES

recording produced by
MICHAEL MCQUILKEN

artwork (single cover) by
MICHAEL MCQUILKEN

van provided by the band STEER http://steernyc.com
CHRIS ABBADESSA
ZACH ELLIS

van coordinated by
MEAGHAN LENICK

1953 Ford provided by
JACK KERPEN
PAM KERPEN

this video would not have been possible without the extra ordinary additional efforts of
TAMARA CHIBA
JAYLEEN RAINES
MAX TOTH
LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ
KENNETH GOUSE SR.
JACK KERPEN
and BUN LAI
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* The song is also available for sale on:
• AmazonMP3 at http://amzn.to/PollyMP3
• iTunes at http://bit.ly/POLLYiTunes

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[Sarah Azzopardi]

I genuinely think if Kurt Cobain saw this cover he would be so fucking happy.

[ayouthfulexistence]

This means so much to me. I feel, in some way, that Amanda is saving me too, not from a rapist but from everything I struggle against everyday. When I listen to her voice I forget about the world and feel some hope for a couple of minutes. I love you and thank you, Amanda Fucking Palmer!

[Endgame957]

God this is amazing

[lizzii94]

I love her version and the video is beautiful

[NaomiLovesDifferent]

personally, stuff like this actually makes me feel better about shit thats happened to me. its like making a demon stand out in the open, less scary that way

[NaomiLovesDifferent]

The song and video triggered me too, but thats not a bad thing for me anymore.

People who have been sexually assaulted can be triggered by stuff even if their past didn't have to do with something this extreme(kidnapping) SO YEAH i'm just backing this up as a warning to those who cant handle remembering their nasty past at this moment, maybe watch it later because its very good.

[NaomiLovesDifferent]

o_o this video is really scary

AWESOME COVER AND MUSIC VIDEO!!!

[Leanie Wessels]

I love her cover songs mostly because they are songs/bands that I love too :)

[Sara Jane]

Whoa! That was thick stuff. Chills

[musiconthemarr]

woooooooooooooohooooooo

[eviesmells]

This is wonderful. And I am as nirvana-fied as they come. Love this cover.

[coloursnspice]

i like this cover, it's not trying too hard like everything else out there