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The Magnetic Fields – Absolutely Cuckoo
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This is the first song from the first volume of The Magnetic Fields’s 69 Love Songs. The track features Stephin Merritt’s baritone over light ukelele and synthesizer drops.
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The Magnetic Fields – Meaningless
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Meaningless? / You mean it's all been meaningless? / Every whisper and caress? / Yes, yes, yes, it was totally meaningless / Meaningless / Like when two fireflies fluoresce / Just
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The Magnetic Fields – Papa Was a Rodeo
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[Verse 1: Stephin Merritt] / I like your twisted point of view, Mike / I like your questioning eyebrows / You've made it pretty clear what you like / It's only fair to tell you now
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The Magnetic Fields – Kiss Me Like You Mean It
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[Verse 1] / He is my Lord, he is my savior / And he rewards my good behavior / My secret soul, I know he's seen it / [Chorus] / He says, "Come here baby and / Kiss me like you mean
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The Magnetic Fields – I Think I Need a New Heart
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“I Think I Need a New Heart” is track 11 on the first volume of The Magnetic Fields’s 69 Love Songs. Like an argument put into song, the instrumentation is like a country song with
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The Magnetic Fields – For We Are the King of the Boudoir
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On 69 Love Songs, Merritt worked in a remarkable breadth of musical styles; this track is a harpsichord-driven post-Baroque art song, of the sort that might have been composed by
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The Magnetic Fields – Roses
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Shockingly sparse, track 1 from volume two of 69 Love Songs is a good piece of advice wrapped in a solitary man’s trembling vocal.
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The Magnetic Fields – Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
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The sweet “Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing” is track 21 on The Magnetic Fields’s 69 Love Songs, Volume 1. Stephin Merritt sings a soft ballad over ukelele and dimmed background
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The Magnetic Fields – I Don't Want to Get Over You
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“I Don’t Want to Get Over You” is the much-beloved track 6 from Vol. 1 of The Magnetic Fields’s 69 Love Songs. Featuring a full band, Merritt sings lyrics that nail the sensation
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The Magnetic Fields – I Don't Believe in the Sun
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This is the track 2 from the first volume of The Magnetic Fields’s 69 Love Songs. The music is played by the full band and features Stephin Merritt’s vocals.
The lyrics are one
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The Magnetic Fields – Reno Dakota
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Reno Dakota is track 5 of the first volume of The Magnetic Fields’s 69 Love Songs. Claudia Gonson sings these brilliant lyrics over a sole banjo.
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The Magnetic Fields – Washington, D.C.
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[Hook] / W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N, baby, D.C / W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N, baby, D.C / [Verse 1] / Washington, D.C., it's paradise to me / It's not because it is the grand old seat / Of
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The Magnetic Fields – Blue You
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The moon was singing the blues / The stars in the sky harmonized singing it too / And I, far below was singing low and slow for you / And I know all the world was singing the blues
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The Magnetic Fields – Epitaph for My Heart
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"Caution, to prevent electric shock / Do not remove cover / No user-serviceable parts inside / Refer servicing to qualified / Service personnel" / Let this be the epitaph for my
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The Magnetic Fields – Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long
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“Fido” is a classic, cliché name for a dog, dating back to ancient Rome. It means “Faithful” and in fact the most famous Fido was famous for his loyalty.
However, to have a long
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The Magnetic Fields – (Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy
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[Verse 1] / I built a ship with my own hands / To take us to the moon / I took a pen in my own hand / And wrote you a hundred tunes / [Chorus] / Now I'm crazy for you, but not that
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The Magnetic Fields – Underwear
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A pretty girl in her underwear / A pretty girl in her underwear / If there's anything better in this world / Who cares / [Chorus] / La mort, c'est la mort / Mais l'amour, c'est l'
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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 – 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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The Magnetic Fields – Boa Constrictor
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Track 18 of volume one of The Magnetic Fields’s 69 Love Songs is another showcase for Shirley Simms, the on-again off-again vocalist for the band. She sings over an intricate
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The Magnetic Fields – Xylophone Track
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To my dear, dear mother / I leave my only shoes / To my dear, dear mother / I leave my only shoes / By the time you read this / I will have died of the blues / Scream, little choo-
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The Magnetic Fields – Queen of the Savages
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My girl is the queen of the savages / She don't know the modern world and its ravages / Instead of money she's got yams and cabbages / She lives in a dome / I don't care if I never
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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 – Acoustic Guitar
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Acoustic guitar, I'm gonna make you a star / Get your picture all over the world / Acoustic guitar, you can have your own car / Just bring me back my girl / She always loved the
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