The line “One more special message to go/Then I’m done and I can go home” referred directly to the fact that Cobain had only just completed the lyric for Nevermind’s “On A Plain” just prior to recording it. type of pop song on a grunge record, in that scene, was risky,” he told Rolling Stone in 1993. “About A Girl” is frequently cited as that album’s peak, yet peer pressure almost prevented Cobain from putting it on the record. The first fully-fledged example of Kurt Cobain’s potent songwriting ability, “About A Girl” came from his love of the classic pop records – such as The Beatles’ Meet The Beatles! and The Knack’s Get The Knack – he was listening to in the run-up to recording Bleach with producer Jack Endino. Having read the true story of a young hitch-hiker who was kidnapped, brutally raped, and tortured with a blow torch, Cobain took the original 1987 newspaper article as his starting point and created an emotional backstory with real power which is accentuated by the restraint of his performance.
However, this stripped-down acoustic track (which was also performed in full electric mode live on occasion) is one of Cobain’s finest.
One of the numerous highlights from Nirvana’s game-changing second album, Nevermind, “Polly” features Kurt Cobain playing a five-string pawn shop guitar he bought for just $20.
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