Polly - Nirvana

       Nirvana is an American Grunge band from Seattle Washington.  It was formed in 1987 by lead singer Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) and bassist Krist Novoselik.  With their second album, Nevermind, (where this song is from) in 1991 they had incredible success and popularized Alternative Rock as a whole. Polly is not the typical Nirvana song, especially the insignificance of drums, but it is one of my favorites, and this is the MTV Unplugged version recorded in New York, 1993.  This song is about a 14 year old rape victim from Washington who was abducted in 1987 and tortured with razors and a blowtorch by Gerald Friends, and throughout the song she is portrayed as a caged bird. It's simplicity of chords and lack of electric guitars give a haunting sound to the very dark lyrics.