Love at the bottom of the sea, the magnetic fields tenth studio album, was released in 2012 and was the first album since 69 love songs to be released through merge records. I wanted to see if anyone could suggest some standout tracks that i can cherry pick to listen to in order to ease my transition into the album a little better. The magnetic fields is the principal creative outlet of singersongwriter. Recent albums released under the name the magnetic fields usually consist of synthpop music in a 1980s style underlying clever lyrics which are often heavily ironic. They are a band fronted by stephin merritt, including sam davol, banjo playersecond guitarist john woo, and percussionistpianist claudia gonson. The threevolume album was released in 1999, with the book of love appearing in volume 1 as track number 12. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam.
Find the song lyrics for the magnetic fields top tracks. It refers to physical phenomena arising from the force caused by magnets, objects that produce fields that attract or repel other. Love often is described as an altruistic commitment to another. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing but i, i love it when you.
The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing b. The book of love by the magnetic fields on amazon music. I will stay if you let me stay and ill go if you let me go but i wont go far away because youre my only home and i will hide what you want hidden and ill. Bob proctor, global thought leader, star in the movie the secret. The book of love is a song written by stephin merritt and attributed to the magnetic fields, an american indie pop group founded and led by him. Its a book you owe to yourself to read and your library is incomplete without it. Check out the book of love by the magnetic fields on amazon music. The track features stephin merritts baritone over light ukelele and. The magnetic fields love at the bottom of the sea lyrics. It was released on may 4, 2004 by record label nonesuch. The magnetic fields 69 love songs releases discogs. The book of love chords by magnetic fields songsterr tabs.
The magnetic fields albums, songs, and news pitchfork. The magnetic fields the one you really love lyrics. Andre breton and philippe soupault the magnetic fields. Magnetic fields the book of love ukulele az chords. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing. The magnetic fields, known as the first major surrealist work. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts and figures and. Ohm found that the results could be summed up in such a simple law that he who runs may read it, and a schoolboy now can predict what a faraday then could only guess at roughly. The magnetic fields the book of love lyrics songmeanings. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing.
Conceived originally as a cabaret song cycle for the stage, merritt set out to write 69 love songs using most of the known popular music styles, from punk to country to soul and jazz. From the album 69 love songs by the magnetic fields on napster. Andre breton and philippe soupault the magnetic fields fragment 1920 the corridors of the big hotels are empty and the cigar smoke is hiding. Im a big magnetic fields fan, but have been having trouble getting into the latest album. The single was released digitally on january 30, 2010, the day of january 2010s full moon. The magnetic fields is a new yorkbased group fronted by stephin merritt. The magnetic fields absolutely cuckoo lyrics genius.
Sep 09, 2010 origin of magnetic fields may lie in special relativitys spacetime distortions. Omg, mear covers the magnetic fields the book of love posted by frank on friday, april 10, 2020 category. Apr 27, 2012 the comparisons with 69 love songs arent going to stop and once again the latest magnetic fields album cant quite match up, writes tim jonze. This time its the life of songwriter stephin merritt center, looking. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing but i, i love. Ha ha ha it was totally meaningless meaningless meaning less than a game of chess. The songs of the album are connected by their starting with the letter i, and are also arranged in alphabetical order.
Peter gabriel the book of love magnetic fields cover lyrics. The book of love ukulele magnetic fields, version 1. The magnetic fields 69 love songs lyrics and tracklist. Neuromagnetic field definition of neuromagnetic field by.
Origin of magnetic fields may lie in special relativitys. The book of love by the magnetic fields chords, melody, and. Peter gabriel the book of love magnetic fields cover. Stephin merritt has 50 identical sets of underwear and a latent ambition to be walt disney. I do believe our love s in danger i might as well be loving air you look at me like im a stranger y.
He has written an album of 69 love songs and, now, 50 song memoir one for each year of his life. Translation of the book of love by the magnetic fields from englis. But its not just the magnetic fields version that people want at their weddings. Merritt didnt really establish himself as a widely feted. Begun as merritt was celebrating his 50th birthday, 50 song memoir finds him embracing pop songs as the medium for an autobiography, with each of the 50 tracks representing a different year in his. The magnetic fields punk love lyrics genius lyrics. Mar 06, 2017 by the albums end, though, the songs begin to lack the cultural context that distinguished the earlier ones, and 50 song memoir borders on morphing into just several more love songs. The book of love the magnetic fields song, 1999 covered by peter gabriel on scratch my back book of love, a song by toya featuring loon from the 2001 selftitled album, toya. In 1999, the magnetic fields surged into the mainstream when merritt penned his virtuosic 3disc set, 69 love songs. About absolutely cuckoo this is the first song from the first volume of the magnetic fields s 69 love songs. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts and figures and instructions. Merritt also plays many of the instruments, concocting a sort of indie popsynth rock. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing but i, i love it when you read to me and you, you can read me anything the book of love has music in it in fact thats where music comes from some of it is just transcendental some of it is just really dumb.
The book of love appears on magnetic fields threevolume concept album 69 love songs, which contains 69 tracks described as love songs, 23 tracks in each of the three volumes. In this interview, pitchfork s marc hogan sits down with singersongwriter and multiinstrumentalist stephin merritt of the magnetic fields to discuss his career, his latest album, and more. The magnetic fields the book of love lyrics metrolyrics. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts a. By ohms discovery a large part of the domain of electricity became annexed by coulombs discovery of the law of inverse squares, and completely annexed by greens inves.
The book of love song, by the monotones, 1958 book of love, a song by fleetwood mac from the 1982 album mirage. Stephin merritt of the magnetic fields performs the book of love live in studioa. Soupault soon abandoned automatic writing to produce carefully crafted verses such as those in westwego 1922 and georgia 1926. The book of love the magnetic fields song wikipedia. The phrase masterpiece has become somewhat inflated in time, but still this best describes this album. The book of love, by air supply, 1997 the book of love the magnetic fields song, 1999. Nonmagnetic definition of nonmagnetic by the free dictionary. But i, i love it when you read to me and you, you can read me anything.
Video clip and lyrics the book of love by the magnetic fields. Magnetic love is the only kind of love there is, and jennie has put this down in words better than anyone ive ever seen. A man comes down the stairway and notices that its raining. Of course, the magnetic fields dont concern themselves with such matters. As the surrealist movement became increasingly dogmatic and political, soupault grew. Discover lyrics and videos from the magnetic fields on shazam. Albums released by merritt under the name the magnetic fields usually consist of synthpop music in a 1980s style underlying clever lyrics, often about love, that are sometimes ironic, sometimes bitter and sometimes celebratory. Wonderful images cascade upon wonderful images that i want to hold in my brain and try not to forget. Apr 02, 2020 this special residency at symphony space in nyc will feature music from the 1999 opus 69 love songs, to the recent autobiographical 50 song memoir, and everything before, after, and inbetween, including the premiere of new magnetic fields material.
Provided to youtube by merge media ltd the book of love the magnetic fields 69 love songs. Peter gabriel first recorded the book of love for the. Easytoread books that teach you how to craft melodies and chord progressions like professional musicians. The book of love really is a metaphor to describe the various behaviors we assume or more accurately. The book of love by peter gabriel song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart. Play the book of love ukulele using simple video lessons. Other articles where the magnetic fields is discussed. Musical 0 comments stephin merritt of the magnetic fields is a brand ambassador for loneliness, with many of his mostloved melodies written during carvedout moments of solitude at gay dance clubs. Magnetic fields the book of love chords the book of love chords learn song with the online tabulature player eadgbe. While the magnetic fields albums draw upon the electronic textures of vintage acts like abba, kraftwerk, roxy music with eno, joy division, and gary numan, merritts vision is far more pointed toward the alternative rock underground. The magnetic fields work by breton and soupault britannica. Omg, mear covers the magnetic fields the book of love. Jan 14, 2008 with all of stephin merritts cleverness and theatricality, its easy to forget that the magnetic fields started out as an indie pop band. Like all albums by the magnetic fields since the groups landmark 69 love songs, the new 50 song memoir hinges on a concept.
The magnetic fields is a band led by the new york city singersongwriter stephin merritt. Listen to the book of love, a song by the magnetic fields on tidal. The magnetic fields the book of love lyrics genius lyrics. Ive been beating around the bush to comment this album. Jul 29, 2015 magnetism is one aspect of the combined electromagnetic force. On the magnetic fields new album, 50 song memoir, merritt.
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