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
House of Leaves
Poe Lyrics
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Daughter:
I can hear myself I'm somewhere in there, what's happening?
Mother:
Nobody's home
Daddy
Father:
I thought he was dead
Daughter:
Where are you
Father:
Dead
Father's ghost:
Try now to take the next step
(mother answers the phone)
The lyrics to “House of Leaves” by Poe paint an eerie picture of a family that is no longer whole. The daughter can hear herself but is unsure where she is or what is happening. The mother responds by telling her that nobody is home. The daughter then calls for her father, who is believed to be dead, but the father’s ghost responds by telling her that he is dead. Despite his death, he urges his daughter to take the next step, possibly referring to moving on from his passing. The mother answers the phone, interrupting the conversation and leaving the listener to wonder about the mystery of the family’s situation.
The song seems to be inspired by the novel “House of Leaves” by Mark Z. Danielewski, which tells the story of a family that moves into a house that is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. The novel deals with themes of loss, grief, and the unknown. The lyrics to the song perfectly capture the unsettling feeling of the book.
Line by Line Meaning
Into the house:
Entering a place, the location being unknown or unfamiliar
Daughter:
A female child or offspring
I can hear myself I'm somewhere in there, what's happening?
A feeling of being lost or disoriented, seeking clarity and understanding
Mother:
A female parent, caregiver, or authority figure
Nobody's home
An absence of life or presence, a feeling of loneliness or isolation
Daddy
A term of endearment for a father or male caregiver
I thought he was dead
A misunderstanding or miscommunication leading to false assumptions or beliefs
Where are you
A call for help or guidance, seeking a sense of direction or purpose
Dead
A state of non-existence, absence of life or consciousness
Father's ghost:
An apparition or spirit of a deceased person
Try now to take the next step
Encouragement or guidance to move forward, despite uncertainty or fear
(mother answers the phone)
A distraction or interruption, a shift in focus from the current situation
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: DANIELEWSKI
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on Fly Away
Corrected now
This is NOT the lyrics to Fly Away by Poe, this is a totally different songFly Away Song by Poe VideosLyricsListen It makes sense that it should happen this way That the sky should break, and the earth should shake As if to say: Sure it all matters but in
on Fly Away
I wish that I could fly
Into the sky so very high
Just like a dragonfly
I'd fly above the trees
Over the seas in all degrees
To anywhere I please
I want to get away i want to fly away
Yeah yeah yeah i want to get away
I want to fly away yeah yeah yeah
Let's go and see the stars
The milky way or even mars
Where it could all be ours
Let's fade into the sun let your spirit fly
We could be as one
Just for a little fun, yeah
I want to get away i want to fly away
Yeah yeah yeah i want to get away
I want to fly away yeah yeah yeah
I want to get away i want to fly away
Yeah yeah yeah i want to get away
I want to fly away yeah yeah yeah
I want to get away i want to fly away
Yeah yeah yeah