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This is a song about Polly that doesn't get as much coverage (unlike 'West Country Girl' and 'Far From Me') as it should because, to my knowledge, it's only ever been played live once. So, to fix this error, I offer three goodies for Nick Cave and Polly fans.

Nick's original text of the song:



And both versions of the song, the first is the official piano accordion version from The Boatman's Call album, the second is a piano version from The Boatman's Call Out-takes.

Official version:

http://www.mediafire.com/?d2wdeyjdnyu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Out-take version:

http://www.mediafire.com/?wvdmjjn3lmk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thank you! Haven't heard the out-take version before.
Oh, how I love this song, so melancholic... I think I actually prefer it to West country girl.

supersonic wrote:Thank you! Haven't heard the out-take version before.
Oh, how I love this song, so melancholic... I think I actually prefer it to West country girl.

I prefer the ending of the out-take version, the sort of cascade of chords that he plays, even though I love the accordion. I think Black Hair is more sort of sacred than West Country Girl, which has been used and abused.

thanks for this, i love this song and i rather miss the PJ and Nick thread from the old site so i'm glad this is here, given the excitement of their singing together again.....i can't believe i missed that! -its good to have moments of indulgence- i think Nick needs events like this and playing with Blixa to inject a bit of excitment around him again

the bad seeds seems kind of... odd now that blixa AND mick are gone.. :'(

yeah not really the Bad Seeds any more, to quote someone either from this forum or goodson ' I blame the 'manlove' between nick and warren' and maybe domesticity -not that i would begrudge any one that

yes i like the out takes version best, i also like the version on the Liss Ard album with nick alone at the piano

CLBella wrote:thanks for this, i love this song and i rather miss the PJ and Nick thread from the old site so i'm glad this is here, given the excitement of their singing together again.....i can't believe i missed that! -its good to have moments of indulgence- i think Nick needs events like this and playing with Blixa to inject a bit of excitment around him again

I agree.

Here's the "loves you Polly Jean" version of West Country Girl (not a good recording, but worth a listen) from the old forum:

http://www.2shared.com/file/6384571/4f3 ... _1997.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And this is a bluesy piano version from The Boatman's Call Out-takes, which I think is superior to the album version:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=7b8a ... f6e8ebb871" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

yarnforhair wrote:the bad seeds seems kind of... odd now that blixa AND mick are gone.. :'(

Yeah.

CLBella wrote:yes i like the out takes version best, i also like the version on the Liss Ard album with nick alone at the piano

I've never seen it. Do you have it?

I have it on the Liss ard cd - no visuals contact me if you want it

thanks for the other links

CLBella wrote:I have it on the Liss ard cd - no visuals contact me if you want it

thanks for the other links

Thanks for the offer. I had a listen of a sample of the Liss Ard 'Black Hair' at Amazon (amazed), and it's just like a solo show version that I have. My curiosity has been quenched. :-)

pink_and_chipped wrote:This is a song about Polly that doesn't get as much coverage (unlike 'West Country Girl' and 'Far From Me') as it should because, to my knowledge, it's only ever been played live once. So, to fix this error, I offer three goodies for Nick Cave and Polly fans.

Nick's original text of the song:



And both versions of the song, the first is the official piano accordion version from The Boatman's Call album, the second is a piano version from The Boatman's Call Out-takes.

Official version:

http://www.mediafire.com/?d2wdeyjdnyu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Out-take version:

http://www.mediafire.com/?wvdmjjn3lmk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(I didn't post this)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke9PvmCxlcY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

DrDark wrote:
(I didn't post this)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke9PvmCxlcY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I like.

(You're always good at youtube finds)

thanks for this

i like it- just wish it didn't make me feel so nostalgic