1. Poe… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists that perform under the name 'Poe'.
1. Poe™ - the stage name of Anne “Annie” Decatur Danielewski, an American singer-songwriter.
2. An electronic artist from Ukraine.
3. A 70’s Psychedelic Rock band
4. A korean indie rock band, see also 포.
5. For the Polish group, see Projekt Ostry Emade.
6. A Malaysian band that released one album
1. Poe™ (trademarked) is the stage name of Anne "Annie" Decatur Danielewski, an American singer-songwriter, . Her musical style is a blend of rock, folk, and electronic music elements backing intimate lyrical compositions. Poe was signed to Atlantic Records from 1995–2001, where she released two albums (Hello and Haunted); she's currently signed to her own label, RePoezessed Records.
Annie is the daughter of Polish film director Tad Danielewski and his second wife, Priscilla Machold and the sister of author Mark Z. Danielewski. She grew up in Provo, Utah, USA, where her father was a professor at Brigham Young University. She eventually began pursuing her undergraduate studies at Princeton University, where she organized her first band.
Poe's first album, Hello, was released in 1995. Her debut single, "Angry Johnny," got much radio and MTV airplay. The second single "Hello" charted #13 on U.S. Modern Rock Tracks and #1 on U.S. Hot Dance Club Play.
Occupied by extensive small club tours, she was unable to produce a second album until 2000's Haunted. Poe included her late father on Haunted after discovering cassette tapes containing his voice. But listening to them the first time proved so difficult that she was hesitant to use them in her music. "I took these tapes home and I couldn't listen to them," Poe explains. "It was too hard, so I kept finding ways to avoid it. They were sitting on my coffee table next to a boombox." The album also dovetails with themes and concepts from her brother Mark's post-modern novel House of Leaves; the CD and the book were released simultaneously. Poe and Mark toured together across America at Borders Books and Music locations in support of the album and the novel.
A remix of the song, "Hey Pretty", featured Mark reading a passage from the novel. It was released on one of the Haunted singles and became a radio hit. "Hey Pretty" was also the theme to a short-lived MTV soap opera Spyder Games. The show usually ended with bits of the risque video or a picture of the single's cover. In 10 Things I Hate About You the character of Kat has the Poe ball on her schoolbook.
Poe opened for Depeche Mode in 2001, and followed this up with a head-lining US tour. Poe's second album's rising success reached Gold and Top 10 alternative, but was abruptly interrupted by legal disputes. Poe started a campaign which she referred to as the "Re-POE-Session", an attempt to gain control of her master recordings from her former record label, Atlantic Records, because they refused to re-release her albums although she was still under contract. Her dedicated fan base, "The Angry Psychos", supported her fight by passing a "Poe Ball" around the country to show their support. In 2004, both albums were re-released on CD by FEI/Sheridan Square Records, and in downloadable form on various online music stores. The RePoezession was a success.
Poe appeared in the movie Gossip performing the song "My Lips are Sealed" (a cover of The Go-Go's' "Our Lips Are Sealed"), and as a CGI character, Mary Magdalene/Plague, in the PlayStation game Apocalypse. Apocalypse also featured an alternate version of her song, "Control", later released on Haunted.
Her most recent work includes collaborations with Rhys Fulber's solo project, Conjure One. She has had a part in the writing and singing of five songs on Conjure One's albums: "Center of the Sun" and "Make a Wish" on the self-titled first album and "Endless Dream," "One Word" and "Extraordinary Way" on Extraordinary Ways. She is credited as Jane on this later album.
Poe provides the voice of "Single Mother" in the movie musical "Repo! The Genetic Opera", along with other voices.
In November 2007 Poe began collecting mp3 recordings of dream accounts on her website, http://www.repoezessed.com
According to statements on her official forum, Poe is in production on new material.
2. Poe is a electronic music composer based in Ternopil, Ukraine.
3. The first psychedelic/ blues Poe released Up Through The Spiral in 1971
4. Poe (포) is a korean indie band. They describe their music as a mixture of dream pop, british rock/brit pop, shoegaze and piano rock. In 2010 they realeased their 1st EP “Burnout”.
물렁곈 - Vocal, Piano
김윤기 - Bass
김태종 – Drums
Hey Pretty
Poe Lyrics
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Through the wicked winding streets of my world
I make a wrong turn, brake it now, I'm too far gone
I got a siren on my tail
And that ain't the fine I'm looking for
I see a stairway so I follow it down
Into the belly of a whale
You know me now but to do better than that
You've got to follow me
Boy, I'm trying to show you where I'm at
Hey pretty
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Through my world
Hey pretty
Don't you wanna kick and slide?
Through my world
Well, I've got a mind full of wicked designs
I've got a non-stop hole in my head imagination
I'm in a building that has two thousand floors
And when they all fall down
I think you know it's you they're fallin' for
I can't forget I am a soul architect
I built the shadows here
I built the growl in the voice, I fear
You add it up, but to do better than that
You've got to follow me
Boy, I'm trying to show you where I'm at
Hey pretty
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Through my world
Hey pretty
Don't you wanna kick and slide
Through my world
Hey pretty
My pretty baby
Rocket through my world (see through my world)
Hey pretty (hey pretty)
My pretty baby
Rocket through my world (my world)
Hey now
Can't you feel me longing?
(D-D-Do you get the gist of the song now?)
Hey now
Can't you feel me?
(Feel me now)
Hey pretty (hey pretty, hey pretty)
(My pretty baby)
Hey pretty baby
Don't you want to take a ride with me?
Don't you want to take a ride with me?
(My baby)
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
My pretty baby
(Don't you wanna)
Rocket through my world (my world)
Don't you wanna take a ride with me? (my baby)
Don't you wanna (my baby)
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Do you get the gist of the song now?
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Do you get the gist of the song now?
My pretty baby
In "Hey Pretty," Poe describes a late-night journey through the winding, malevolent streets of her own world. She takes a wrong turn and is pursued by sirens, eventually finding herself at the top of a staircase that leads her downwards, toward the secrets she keeps buried within herself. In her mind she has "wicked designs" and a non-stop whole in her head-imagination that she cannot forget. The lyrics reveal that she is the sole architect of her own world, responsible for the dark shadows and growling voice that she fears. She invites a listener, whom she addresses as "Hey Pretty," to join her on her trip, to "take a ride" through her world and "kick and slide" through the shadows with her.
Line by Line Meaning
Well, it's 3 a.m. I'm out here driving again
I'm feeling lost and wandering, driving through the twisted, confusing streets of my mind.
Through the wicked winding streets of my world
I'm navigating through the twisted and complicated pathways of my own psyche.
I take a wrong turn break it but I'm too far gone
I've made a mistake but feel like it's too late to turn things around.
I've got a siren on my tale and that's not the fine
I feel like I'm being chased or pursued, and it's not a good feeling.
I'm looking for
I'm searching for something elusive and hard to find.
I see a stairway so I follow it down
I see a path that leads me deeper into my own subconscious, and I follow it.
Into the belly of a whale
I delve deeper into my own mind, where it feels dark, dangerous, and overwhelming.
Where my secrets echo all around
In the depths of my mind, my secrets and innermost thoughts reverberate all around me.
You know me now but to do better than that
You have some understanding of me, but there's much more to discover.
You've got to follow me
To truly understand me, you need to come along on this journey and follow where I lead.
Boy I'm trying to show you where I'm at
I'm making an effort to reveal my true self to you and show you my innermost thoughts and feelings.
Hey pretty
The artist addresses someone they find attractive, someone they would like to connect with on a deeper level.
Don't you want to take a ride with me?
Wouldn't you like to come along with me on this journey into my inner world?
Through my world
I want to share with you the strange and dizzying world inside my own head.
Well I've got a mind full of wicked designs
My thoughts are twisted and dark, and I'm filled with strange and unsettling ideas.
I've got a non-stop-whole in my head-imagination
My imagination feels like an endless pit or hole that I can't escape from, and it's always churning out new ideas.
I can't forget I am a sole architect
I am responsible for creating this strange and confusing inner world, and I can't escape it.
I built the shadows here
The darkness and fear that I feel all come from within myself; I've created them here within my own mind.
I built the growl in the voice I fear
Even the things that scare me the most are something I've created and given life to within myself.
My pretty baby
Another term of endearment for the person the artist is addressing.
Rock it through my world
Join me on this strange and dizzying journey through my own thoughts and feelings.
Can't you feel me longing
The artist is expressing a strong desire for connection and understanding from the person they are addressing.
Me
Again, the singer is expressing their desire for understanding and connection, but also acknowledging their own self-centeredness and inward focus.
(You get the gist of the song now?)
The artist is asking if the listener now understands the overall meaning of the song and the emotions it's expressing.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Annie Danielewski, Mathew Wilder, Ken Burgomaster
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@greatbearofalltime
how come poe never became as famous as alanis morrisette or shirley manson? she certainly had the talent for aggresive female songs.
@OddlyIncredible
"The longest unzipping of my life." Mark sure has a way with words... I saw Poe live when she opened for Depeche Mode back in 2001. She put on a far, FAR better show than they did, and Mark was there as a guest. "Epic" is an oft-overused term, so suffice it to say that if she ever goes back on tour I'll sell a kidney to get tickets if that's what it takes, and I don't even care if it's mine...
@lsnows
This is a great song. Reminds me of a better time: pre-9/11, 2001. Great song!!
@AutumnMoon1031
The author of the book is her brother : ) Both are amazing.
@shalrema
I am, right now, reading that book, and JUST read that passage... and I sat there, and re-read it, knowing i had heard it before.... and this song popped into my head. Amazing.
@stuffie1977
If you weren't aware, Haunted (which is Poe's 2nd album and the one Hey Pretty is on) is a companion piece to HoL. Poe is the author's sister.
@lsnows
LOL!! That's a good one. I remember when this song came out, it would never get off the radio. Great song, great times. This song came out in the first half of 2001. I miss those days- pre-9.11 2k1.
@ladyvelkor
I like the use of colour: Mark reads Johnny's words while framed (trapped?) in Blue, and Poe is the minotaur in Red. I'm gonna get sucked into that book again, I just know it.
@keetonbob
And yet not a single stripclub I've be to plays this song. Fuck it, I'm starting my own place.
@racatiwood
Agreed, all in all. However, after finally getting around to reading "House of Leaves," the album "Haunted" suddenly made more sense to me as a whole, since a number of songs were written in conjunction with Mark's book.