Nellie McKay's "Zombie" Song

Nellie McKay has apparently gained a bit of popularity for her song "Zombie." A musically much better version was performed on Mountain Stage, available online via NPR. Below is a video with less-satisfying audio. As a New York Magazine article mentioned, McKay began recording at 17 years old. “People don’t understand teenagers. The only way you’re going to get your kids to not do drugs, if that’s your goal—which I don’t understand, because a lot of drugs are good for you—is to do drugs around your kid, which my mother did. She smokes pot, and I’ve never wanted to. I can be difficult—I take out my neuroses by punching things. That doesn’t sound very female, does it? There’s more than a little Sean Penn in me. There’s a lot of fury in me.”