Polyphonic Spree "Lithium" Music Video

The Polyphonic Spree's cover of Nirvana's Lithium. Video by Miles Hargrove.

[@lettherebelamp5102]

You’re actually below the requirements for an ISDA...

[@sirmatt9527]

let there be lamp This makes us look bad, doesn’t it?

[@LuckyDrD]

This is so fucking disturbing. I’m here for the same reason...

[@ConsumeristScroffa]

@@sirmatt9527 Well.. it's not great. But keep up those returns and give us a call down the line, you know? OK?

[@sirmatt9527]

Niko Mycaasinishere who schedules a meeting at 4:50 in the afternoon

[@ConsumeristScroffa]

@@sirmatt9527 I'm still young. I can do something with my life.

[@livingformeandlookingtofuture]

This band does a wonderful job covering this particular song by the late Kurt Cobain. Also, *The Big Short* is an amazing, important and informative film for all to see.

[@melainatodd]

I bet Kurt Cobain would have totally LOVED this cover.

[@24kGoldenRocket]

+Melaina Todd I do not believe that he'd be disappointed. It captured the essence of the message of Lithium.

[@dntv7006]

I agree. It's like the other end of the spectrum as far as the vibe of the song. Nirvana makes you feel despair and this makes you feel...something more vibrant idk a word to explain it

[@kalleandersson6844]

This version is manic, Kurt's version is depressive. Fitting since lithium is given to manic depressives (myself included).

[@michaos1]

Put my like under this video 9 years ago. It's still there!

[@madnesz2462]

everyone just getting lit during church be like:

[@davidrich27]

This is actually the perfect group to cover this song... Nirvana just sang about being in a weird cult, these guys live it!

[@lamadrague2887]

Lithium is a celebration of life!

[@itchydupa2828]

I didn't know Brad Dourif had a band

[@TheKeenGuy]

Billy Bibbit’s anthem as he arrives in the afterlife.

[@javo_roma]

- "Hey guys, look what I found, some happy white powder, want to sniff a little some?". * "Hmmm, I dont know, we shouldn´t, we are about to perform live". - "Naaah!, don´t worry, nobody will notice, nothing will happen"...

[@Camarggio]

this is epic!

[@MetalPoki87]

great choice to whoever chosen this song for "the big short"!

[@TAxelJones]

I can literarily reference thi f 800 years M.I.A.

[@cryptsub]

This dude is G. A. F.

[@dondavinci2183]

Paused the movie and came straight here lol

[@7Richard._7]

Perfect! It was that brought me here 🥂👑💪

[@DannyBountyHunter]

@@dondavinci2183 haha same thing here 🎶👍🏼

[@dbxniker7484]

I want this version to be played when the world ends

[@johnkiedis27]

Looks like that will be pretty soon

[@retro4454]

CORONA VIRUS

[@rainyafternoon]

I feel wird you haha

[@olliverdixon3732]

@@johnkiedis27 wrong

[@XeeGen]

@@olliverdixon3732 How about now?

[@slitsardopoulos]

The Big Short brought me here! Very cool song and very cool movie

[@24kGoldenRocket]

+Stefanos Litsardopoulos Same here. Excellent discovery. And a excellent movie, an exposure of the fraud that screwed so many of us over. And for that last warning...We are going to have a repeat of 2008

[@Reticuli]

+Stefanos Litsardopoulos Same here.

[@Reticuli]

+24kGoldenRocket The Big Short is an important film, but was strangely missing any real references to 1990s deregulations that allowed mortgaged-backed securities to balloon as they did (which they did not immediately when they were first created) and then spread through the newly-interconnected & cross-pollinated system in a way that could bring down the global economy.

[@carlosblake5596]

+Stefanos Litsardopoulos hm so i guess we all saw the movie and found this a very fresh turn for that song, excellent!!

[@mikeporten8174]

+Stefanos Litsardopoulos - And an even better band. I was thrilled when I saw this in The Big Short. This is one of the most criminally under-appreciated bands ever.

[@DannyWilliamH]

invest in water. save water. buy seeds. your money will be useless soon.

[@wajihjaroudi6482]

I'm guessing the big short brought you here

[@DannyWilliamH]

+Wajih Jaroudi big short? never heard of it.

[@24kGoldenRocket]

You may want to wake up and watch that movie...The Big Short. The bankers really have totally destroyed your future and have enslaved you. This show ain't over yet. The sequel will make you destitute....not impoverished...but destitute.

[@StudiosInti]

Running water never grows stale - Bruce Lee

[@Stonewall2]

DannyWilliamH liar

[@VincentHiggins]

This is hands down the best interpretation, or as they say a "cover" of a Nirvana song. It's done so right in every way.

[@jeffersonlujin4161]

thank you for putting "cover" in quotes.

[@elibraden5186]

Amen

[@mcnamaraky]

The best cover of a Nirvana song is "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle" by Jay Reatard.

[@fiorellarementeria1152]

Pense q era el original..😮😮😮 esta version es la q conocia...tremenda!!!

[@javierjalisco17]

Correct and sturgill Simpson country in bloom kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKGnipmhrtKUiacsi=h75nS3htw0hD1_Mz

[@satisfiction]

This isn't just a great cover of Nirvana or Lithium.. it's one of the greatest covers of anything ever. This is a celebration of the song. Amazing stuff.

[@tooterfishpopkin6044]

Hello. I'm a time traveler from seven years in the future. You are right, but also, I hope everything is going well for you seven years from now. Cheers!

[@KarthikGKSompalli]

Best cover of lithium. Period. While Kurt was kinda subtle about the message. This group is utter madness!

[@djcactus]

*ahem* elvana ..... Elvana

[@sunchaser999]

I have to agree this is probably the best cover I’ve seen.

[@cryptsub]

The people who call this guy "gay" and "a fag" are absolutely wrong.

[@tomrope8614]

@@cryptsub Who cares who calls him what....

[@ethansmith9065]

There's a message?

[@ajmcfeely1]

Invest in Lithium. Save Lithium. Buy Batteries. Don't fear the future.

[@DannyWilliamH]

This guy....I like this guy! haha

[@fezario]

Genius

[@krishnaappandi6366]

It's soon I guess

[@jjmm162]

So the batteries

[@ayylamow5109]

What is this in reference to? Sounds familiar

[@charon000]

Nirvana gospel? this is the coolest thing I have ever seen!

[@24kGoldenRocket]

+Mark Ryan Look up Hanging Around The Day, Polyphonic Spree, Austin City Limits on KZbin. They are one talented group.

[@jodygarrett2145]

+Mark Ryan Absolutely

[@kaspartambur]

Gospel is doing too much good for them. No, I am not defending "pure soul church" here at all - they aren't a gospel, because there is too much singing on the same notes. It isn't actually really that much of a choir either. The only luring lie is that they are wearing what a gospel choir would wear. So... Sorry to break it to you - but you weren't listening with your ears. You were watching with your ears - appearantly. :D You and all the likers - me among them. ;D It's still sooo cool - even if it fails to be gospel musically, it still gives out the message of the song really well - having symbols which cause Great conflict to all us humans. :)

[@matthewcepeda1563]

It's a cover of Nirvana. And it's a lot of fun.

[@piteusx8440]

I wonder if anyone was sober?

[@djsundu99]

For Jamie and Charlie the Housing Market Doomsday prediction was music to their ears.

[@BobPapadopoulos]

I feel like this is what it would look like if a youth choir accidentally got dosed with acid...

[@ethanlai1044]

This is what happens when you buy options cheaply.

[@spo0k0]

IM DYING IN 2020 I-HDHCHFHHF

[@bn_kf]

why 'if'?

[@kesakhan]

lol "accidentally"

[@Teat75]

this is the coolest cover i ve ever heard

[@jodygarrett2145]

+Tea Tuashvili Agreed\

[@Gammera2000]

Tea Tuashvili This is absolutely painful

[@afauxican_american]

Pretty fucking rad cover actually.

[@eshbyesh]

I was thinking this was like the Radio Disney version. . until 0:46 when it all picks up and I gotta agree with you.

[@ChetzNation]

Disney version? The song is about mental illness and religion, and this cover is clearly making a parody of the pop rock in church "everything will be alright" type of deal.

[@zacharygreenwood7019]

I wish there was a whole album of covers of Nirvana by them 💓

[@RustleXer]

good to see Dave Grohl on the harp.

[@GrimCreeper115]

Short-haired Kurt at 2:58 as well

[@mcjunieb]

I woulda missed that if you hadn't pointed it out! That's so awesome

[@whyme4512]

Ken Olson thats the joke dip shit

[@mulyayogi379]

wkwkwkw me too see that

[@Alanperez18]

DAMN! Dave plays every fucking instrument in the fucking world! XD

[@timstaes]

This song just blew me away when I stumbled upon it. The sheer enthusiasm is overwhelming. This is not a cover, it's a celebration.

[@anneross1021]

Everything is better with Harp in it

[@kalleandersson6844]

@@anneross1021 That, and saxomophone.

[@bradkoch9550]

I love that!!!! It's not a cover, it's a celebration!!!!!!!

[@rafaelmedeiros7798]

The Big Short brought me here too! Who else?

[@daveg9000]

Who is here because of The Big Short...?! I wonder what Kurt would have thought of this? The harp is ill! I wish the crowd had been more hyped.

[@Holdit66]

The energy from this performance could power a small country.

[@savehimgffff1777]

The interesting thing is, the lead singer so obviously has the best and most distinct voice but he doesn’t steal the limelight from anyone else.

[@thundershots974]

Kurt would have loved this .

[@NerdyWhiteBoy123]

+bill M Agreed! i'm a huge Nirvana fan, but i love this cover! so would Kurt.

[@thundershots974]

+Aarons Cape there outfits kinda reminded me of what Kurt wore at the Reading Festival

[@C1NDR0N3]

bill M for sure

[@poke347]

no he wouldnt have?

[@robertgoldman1579]

Haha I like how all of you know what Kurt would have liked. Truth is he liked heroin and blew his brains out.

[@izzycabbit5536]

I can't stop watching this video, just their childlike joy as they're playing and singing, just completely going for it with every fibre of their beings, it's just so incredible to watch, so so much enjoyment on that stage, I live for things like this.

[@harmey]

The Big Short is such a totally awesome movie. I fully understood the whole thing, every word, every little nuance in it. Oh yes. Great, great film indeed.

[@johnsantora6022]

I found the movie a little hard to follow at times because I'm just not knowledgeable enough of the housing crisis, but really loved the movie. Steven Carrell did a great job.

[@danielhall892]

@@johnsantora6022 as long as you understood what it's about and what we are currently going trough again i think it's fine

[@bunnygarden215]

I don't understand the USA financial,system at all normally but the big short I understood what was going on for thre first time e. Brilliant film!

[@takingiteasy17]

What a pain it must be for the sound engineer to mix this band.

[@kimmyisgreen2929]

Yeah but polyphonic spree includes a whole lot of craziness!

[@jesserondinelli5160]

probably quite the opposite

[@coachmcguirk6297]

@@jesserondinelli5160 you are clearly not a sound engineer? This is a work of art and behind the scenes deserves a lot of credit. You don't notice how the levels for the different instruments change throughout so that the vocals still come out clearly?

[@jesserondinelli5160]

@@coachmcguirk6297 it still wouldn't be a pain to mix if you are a mixing enthusiast, but whatever im over this old ads comment thread.

[@codyherman2977]

Jesse Rondinelli it sounds like you have no idea what a sound engineer does during a live performance.

[@MoiraRussell]

....I honestly don't even know what to think here but it's sort of bizarrely impressive

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

You're verified how??

[@leddidi]

the singer look like bam margera lol

[@poke347]

+abdou didi Maybe, but much cuter.

[@PresenceUponMe]

Peter Sarsgaard in Boys don't cry.

[@thebeatlesandoasis05]

Looks like that guy from Tripping Daisy

[@TheMiswalls]

He is the guy from tripping daisy

[@arnoldschwarzenegger7111]

it's not often when you realize a great song was missing something: PIANO

[@svenniepennie4237]

very true

[@mast3rNate]

this is literally what makes the difference in the song tbh idk what it is about the arpeggiating piano but it brings out the other sounds of the song for sure

[@chrisbaca3997]

For Jamie and Charlie, the housing market doomsday prediction was music to their ears!

[@Epiclater]

This is amazing, for some reason I love how he says "we broke our mirrors" with a little hand gesture, just so brilliant

[@jodygarrett2145]

+Jake Pendleton Me too

[@truthsmiles]

Same - I actually never knew what the lyric was until I heard this version.

[@alexandreb3224]

So true I said the same to myself

[@charly88888888]

Kurt would have LOVED this. He loved very sort of childlike, naive music (The Shaggs were one of his favourite bands).

[@dbxniker7484]

charly88888888 you didn’t know him how would you know

[@cupcakekillah5887]

@@dbxniker7484 lol kurt cobain said he loved " the shaggs" as a joke because the music was so bad. Cobain was trolling the interviewer. it obviously went way over this guys head. Lmao.

[@flyingwalnut2369]

cauchamar maybe so but his music was so fucking good

[@Handles_are_for_pots_and_pans]

My pal’s name is foot foot. He always likes to roam.

[@CLaw-tb5gg]

Cupcake Killah Do you have a source for that? He loved The Vaselines, who had that same quality, so much he named his daughter after the singer.

[@huntersmummy1]

Don't watch the "official" video and just listen to their version.. I'm a Nirvana fan but this version grew on me really fast.

[@DartSheik]

Best Nirvana cover I've ever heard, thank you!

[@davidtorre1924]

A great interpretation of the song. Love at 0:31 when the choir kicks in it just becomes amazing.

[@LSHamilton_Songwriter]

I loved Nirvana, and I love this. This is hands-down one of the best covers of theirs I've ever heard. Superb job.

[@mhairiherriot]

I loved Nirvava as a teen…. And still love them at 38…… Wowee! I like this even better than Nirvana, it’s the tooting horns and soaring voices❤ PS- I love how he “broke our mirrors” like he was tapping a fairy wand 😂

[@imanwell1218]

Came here after watching "The Big Short".

[@automachinehead]

is this what christians sing in their churches?

[@zachcortez517]

I wish 🤣

[@goodlack9093]

i believe the reason why they'd chosen this song was that when Charlie would tell anyone he knew of their doomsday predictions, they would tell them they'd gone crazy and his mom would just suggest he take lithium.

[@markwinsprizes83]

I'm a massive fan of both Nirvana and The Spree, but this song is such an amazing cover. It takes all the fear out of the original and actually makes it sound joyous as opposed to paranoid. cheers for uploading it! -m

[@JamalTheAirplane]

By the end everything was so chaotic. This is so punk, I love it!

[@jerzmade5392]

They seem like a band that is meant to inspire groups and ppl with addiction and in recovery. Uplifting and just kinda makes you happy to listen to lol

[@markj122]

The spree only recorded music with positive messages. They wanted to uplift everyone.

[@marzipanwiley3954]

I love this cover -- and I do mean *love* -- and I love Polyphonic Spree, but I always feel like I'm being brainwashed when I listen to them. I think it's the robes.

[@TheGeorgeJKing]

Don't listen to the robes then. They tell nasty things.

[@WobblesandBean]

It's totally the robes.

[@istuddd]

I don't get it, wasn't this a Nirvana song? Also The Big Short brought me here.

[@PredatorXTZ]

+Tiago Santiago 1) yes 2) nobody cares

[@istuddd]

PredatorXTZ You obviously do

[@BPoweredLove]

+Tiago Santiago What don't you get? These fools do this song in 2008 and Nirvana wrote it in 1990 or something like that and you're confused? Put the pipe down, Tiago.

[@americaneyez9889]

Samee

[@Beatnikzombie]

Ever heard of a cover?

[@cscwgm]

Strange, live in a bus, hippie cultists cover neurotic heroin addicts top song. Sure why not.

[@MarshallFlores]

As a huge Nirvana fan who actually isn't that fond of Lithium, this is a pretty awesome sauce cover. And yes, the Big Short brought me here too.

[@lamadrague2887]

GENIUS. Best Lithium cover I’ve ever heard. Sublime and sweet.

[@th3gr81]

How the hell do you tour with that many people?!

[@henrystarsky68]

Joseph Santiago with one motorcycle and 20 obnoxious sidecars

[@ruthmof]

Ask The Kelly Family!

[@jessicah3450]

A renovated school bus!

[@camilogonzalez6044]

Holy shit... This is probably the greatest thing ever! 😶

[@auxi_shivam]

I'm so happy because today I've found my friends They're in my head I'm so ugly, but that's okay, cause so are you We've broken our mirrors Sunday morning is everyday for all I care And I'm not scared Light my candles in a daze Cause I've found god Hey, hey, hey I'm so happy but that's okay I shaved my head And I'm not sad And just maybe I'm to blame for all I've heard But I'm not sure I'm so excited, I can't wait to meet you there But I don't care I'm so horny but that's okay My will is good Hey, hey, hey I like it, I'm not gonna crack I miss you, I'm not gonna crack I love you, I'm not gonna crack I killed you, I'm not gonna crack I like it, I'm not gonna crack I miss you, I'm not gonna crack I love you, I'm not gonna crack I killed you, I'm not gonna crack I'm so happy 'cause today I've found my friends, They're in my head I'm so ugly, that's okay, 'cause so are you, Broke our mirrors Sunday morning is everyday for all I care, And I'm not scared Light my candles in a daze 'Cause I've found god Yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah, yeah I like it, I'm not gonna crack I miss you, I'm not gonna crack I love you, I'm not gonna crack I killed you, I'm not gonna crack I like it, I'm not gonna crack I miss you, I'm not gonna crack I love you, I'm not gonna crack I killed you, I'm not gonna crack

[@doccheese4339]

sure they look like they will end up drinking the ascension punch when a comet next passes but you can't deny that they are pretty good

[@Ferdinand_FE]

“This is crazy stuff, it says there’s 10-1 returns on credit default swaps for these mortgage backed securities and the whole housing market is about to collapse” Charlie Geller -The Big Short

[@louiethepitt]

when jesus plays the harp in a group you know its gonna be awesome!!!

[@MrLump]

No, that’s Dave grohl on harp

[@icab0225]

Whats the difference ​@@MrLump

[@CLaw-tb5gg]

I feel like this song is actually spiritually closer to Nirvana than the covers which try and go really hard with it. Kurt had a real thing for 60s children’s records and loss of childhood innocence generally. Things which recaptured it seemed to really appeal to him, and this does that. I have a feeling he’d actually really like this and fucking hate metal bands covering his songs.

[@professorbed]

Only The Spree could take a song of despair and turn it into something incredibly fun and uplifting

[@ajv6543]

*I know what you're thinking,* *What the **_fuck_** is a synthetic CDO?*

[@DaftAyste]

they totally got the spirit nice

[@GiantPetRat]

I don't know if this is just me, but I can't figure out whether this is a Christian rock song or not. I mean, if it is that's cool- it's way better than the usual bland dreck you find in Christian pop.

[@hakonholm5303]

This is originally a Nirvana song. I'm pretty sure it's not meant to be religious in any way.

[@ThawedTroglodyteJury]

Araxie Rose Sweet trollin'!

[@samgub]

Araxie Rose It's actually referring to the medicine Lithium which is given to manic depressives. This is a great version.

[@thethirdchimpanzee]

Araxie Rose The religious cult look is just a stage persona thing for them. Like how Future Folk pretend to be aliens.

[@Chippeddiamonds2]

Araxie Rose polyphonic spree - choral symphonic pop/rock. choirs are often associated with religion but the 'spree have no such connection (as far as I know) just upbeat, explosively well fitting voices, great cover of nirvana's song and they've done some other covers too. namely rocky horror picture show (saw that live) psychedelic furs (although that's a cover from the front mans previous band) and I'm really looking forward to their next album (hopefully they're still running, although getting so many members to coincide their schedule is no easy feat. ~32 members at one point)

[@AwarienceFilms]

MY MOM IS IN THIS BAND I SWEAR HER NAME IS JESSICA JORDAN

[@juliedoyle9361]

+Julian Jordan Films that's right julian- tell em!

[@Stonewall2]

Tell her ‘sup?

[@WobblesandBean]

Dang. She's gorgeous!

[@icab0225]

Ca n I have her number

[@gods_lie1551]

anyone think he look like billy Joe Armstrong a little bit

[@kps.77]

I watched The Big Short because of this video!

[@EnglishRain]

It is rare when I find a cover of Nirvana to be better than the original

[@Chambers31304]

I was at this show and it was simply amazing!!

[@TheNicolevalent]

I was too!!!

[@thanCS]

stop cappin boy

[@sonsofthetribe]

best nirvana cover ive heard!

[@marketahanakova1519]

Probably the best cover I've ever heard :-) Made my day

[@aosaller]

- Synthetic CDOs? That is fucking crazy. - It's not. It's awesome.

[@cathycothy]

My will is good and brought me here. Alone.

[@lewiscaudle3713]

Big short anyone??? Love this Cover : )

[@jodygarrett2145]

Wow! I can't believe how great this song is and the vitality and energy of this group, its members and their diversity. I saw a few moments of this video on "The Big Short" and I had to look up the credits...love this.

[@MarkNasuti]

Since The Big Short I probably watched this I don't know between 600 and 10,000 times and I never mentioned I'm absolutely sure Kirt would approve

[@TheArtInterviews]

Omg, they did it. They managed to cover Nirvana amazingly!

[@bunnyfish714]

Being a big fan of this band brought me here

[@alexlazarevich8591]

I don't care if it's a cover. If you know how to fucking rock, then you are fucking cool. And if you can rock with a fucking harp in it, then you are way fucking cool, dude.

[@isaiahgoodley6188]

You should'a seen my pastors face when they played this song at our church.

[@yonathanhuaccalloaguilar1892]

I came to remember this song thanks to the movie the big short!! I loved her :P

[@Олег-ю8е1к]

Как же - это божественно! ;-) П.с.: всем добра и позитива!

[@Fendervana]

Is that Jack White?

[@bahian7]

Big short😂

[@XylenRoberts]

If church music was like this, I would go every Sunday :P

[@Toxxx78]

It is. Check out Hillsong United

[@alextheromanian]

i wish I could tell kurt...that wall street brought me to his music. I bet you he would Lolipop another 12 gauge.

[@C1NDR0N3]

this is by far one of the most creative and catchy takes on a nirvana song ever

[@philippejueni3182]

Yes also us in Switzerland to light a candle and to find God....With Credit Suisse....

[@perrych2012]

Just re-watched The Big Short and didn't remember this from when I saw it in the cinema - what a great track.

[@messenceofficial]

This is a cult I would love to be a part of.

[@jessicah3450]

I wonder if they still do the yearly Christmas show. It's one of the best shows I've ever been too. They even get clowns, fake snow, reindeer, and have a petting zoo in the parking lot. It's quite extravagant and fun.

[@stevenhewitt9750]

All I can say is that Kurt and his insufferable love of irony is getting everything he deserved with this homage.

[@fartinazoodle]

If kurt went to heaven this would be playing as he approached Fuckin love this

[@richardhead9818]

Why does everybody have to mention what brought them here, that's so fucking lame

[@X150t]

Thought that was Jack White when I saw Big Short, had a hard time finding this because of that

[@gasgano8255]

I somehow thought it's Placebo and completely ignored every suggedtion by KZbin that I'm wrong :D

[@MickyLion5527]

WTF are they wearing?

[@numb3r5ev3n]

This is not only the best Nirvana cover that I've ever heard, it's probably the best cover I've ever heard, period. That includes the covers of classic rock songs that Type O Negative has done. This is just amazing. I need to catch these guys the next time they're in Dallas.

[@szymekmge7641]

I'm so lucky cuz I'm after watching "Big short"