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The Magnetic Fields – The Book of Love
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Arguably the most recognized song from the 69 Love Songs collection, “The Book of Love” is track 11 of volume one. Stephin Merritt sings a basic, timeless melody over a barely
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Peter Gabriel – The Book of Love
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“The Book of Love” is the eighth song on Peter Gabriel’s eighth studio album, Scratch My Back. The overarching theme of the song is a holistic description of the human emotion of
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The Magnetic Fields – The Book of Love Samples
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See all of “The Book of Love” by The Magnetic Fields’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Sanglorians – The Book of Love
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[Verse 1] / The book of love is long and boring / No one can lift the damn thing / It's full of charts and facts and figures / And instructions for dancing / [Chorus] / But I, I
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The Magnetic Fields – The Book of Love Covers
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See all of “The Book of Love” by The Magnetic Fields’s covers
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Gavin James – The Book of Love
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“The Book of Love” is a classic song written by Stephin Merrit and originally performed by his band The Magnetic Fields. James first covered the song during the recording of his
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Okay Kaya – Book of Love
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[Verse 1] / The book of love is long and boring / No one can lift the damn thing up / It's full of charts and facts and figures / And instructions for dancing, boy / [Chorus] / But
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Tracey Thorn – The Book of Love
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The book of love is long and boring / No one can lift the damn thing / It's full of charts and facts and figures / And instructions for dancing / But I, I love it when you read it
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The Airborne Toxic Event – The Book of Love (Live from Walt Disney Concert Hall)
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[Verse 1] / The book of love is long and boring / No one can lift the damn thing / It's full of charts and facts and figures / And instructions for dancing, but / [Chorus 1] / I
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Mike Doughty – The Book of Love
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[Verse 1] / The book of love is long and boring / No one can lift the damn thing / It's full of charts and facts and figures / And instructions for dancing / [Chorus] / But I, I
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Marissa Nadler – The Book of Love
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[Verse] / The book of love is long and boring / No one can lift the damn thing / It's full of charts and facts and figures / And instructions for dancing / [Chorus] / But I, I love
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The Magnetic Fields – Two Kinds of People
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There are two kinds of people / A: My love and I / B: other / Two kinds of people / One, the gray / And two, me and my lover / All people fall into two camps / That ever twain
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Alex Winston – Book of Love
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[Verse 1] / The book of love is long and boring / No one can lift the damn thing / It's full of charts and facts and figures / And instructions for dancing / [Chorus] / But I, I
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The Magnetic Fields – World Love
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Use of the label “world music” reached its peak in the 1980s and ’90s, with albums like Paul Simon’s Graceland and the launching of record companies like Putumayo World Music. As
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The Magnetic Fields – A Pretty Girl Is Like...
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One of the more violent songs on the album, track 19 of volume one of 69 Love Songs is a simple ukelele ditty sung by Stephin Merritt. In it he sings about how what a pretty girl
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The Magnetic Fields – Experimental Music Love
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[Repeated and overlapping 23 times] / Experimental music love
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The Magnetic Fields – Punk Love
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Around the middle of 69 Love Songs' first volume is a quick intermission-esque track that parodies the cliché, stereotypical punk rock song.
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The Magnetic Fields – Love in the Shadows
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[Verse 1] / The woman with no nose / I know where she goes / The old guy with the gold eye / We go back, he and I / Don't smile / We don't do that here, baby / [Chorus] / Love in
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The Magnetic Fields – The One You Really Love
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[Verse 1] / I do believe our love's in danger / I might as well be loving air / You look at me like I'm a stranger / You look at me like I'm not there / [Chorus] / I gaze into your
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The Magnetic Fields – How Fucking Romantic
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Track 14 of 69 Love Songs is a simple a cappella ditty with finger snaps. Sarcasm and sardonic wit in tow, the lyrics describe the sour attitude the narrator has from being
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The Magnetic Fields – The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
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Featuring some off-kilter instrumentation with bouncy synths percussion, track 8 from Volume 1 from the “Lower East Side” of New York City who isn’t attractive, but has an awesome
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The Magnetic Fields – All My Little Words
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“All My Little Words” is the third track of the first volume of The Magnetic Fields’s 69 Love Songs. Maintaining a soft, melancholy atmosphere comes a ballad about a man who is not
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The Magnetic Fields – Strange Eyes
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An extended metaphor about an ex-lover’s blue eyes.
Ordinarily in writing love songs you try not to specify eye color, to make it more universal. This hits you over the head with
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The Magnetic Fields – No One Will Ever Love You
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The Fleetwood Mac vibe to which Merritt refers is reflected in the track’s music as well, with a deceptively simple and gently propulsive rhythm track reminiscent of “Dreams,” and
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The Magnetic Fields – It's a Crime
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[Chorus] / It's a crime to fall in love / Heart and mind, and soul in love / It's a crime to fall in love / So hard, so hard / [Verse 1] / I shouldn't have bothered, 'cause you're
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The Magnetic Fields – Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin
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It makes you blind, it does you in / It makes you think you're pretty tough / It makes you prone to crime and sin / It makes you say things off the cuff / It's very small and made
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The Magnetic Fields – I'm Sorry I Love You
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Illustrated by Paul Smith
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The Magnetic Fields – Love is Like Jazz
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“Love is Like Jazz” is a genre experiment, parodying a beatnik style with hand drums, stand-up bass and accordion provided by writer Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket).
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