{"id":1316,"date":"2012-04-18T11:45:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T15:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2012-04-18T00:14:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T04:14:49","slug":"band-i-really-love-the-magnetic-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/04\/18\/band-i-really-love-the-magnetic-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Band I Really Love: The Magnetic Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.houseoftomorrow.com\/\">The Magnetic Fields<\/a>: because nobody else does hilarious, cranky, sweet, biting, romantic songs like Stephin Merritt (vocals\/ukelele\/harmonioum\/keyboard) and his merry crew, aka Claudia Gonson (vocals\/percussion\/piano), Sam Davol (cello\/flute), John Woo (banjo\/guitar) and Shirley Simms (vocals\/autoharp\/ukelele).<\/p>\n<p>For example, <em>Andrew in Drag<\/em>, from their latest record, <em>Love at the Bottom of the Sea<\/em>. It&#8217;s been stuck in my head for weeks and so now I&#8217;m going to share it with you, so I won&#8217;t be the only one singing the chorus under my breath at random and inappropriate times. (Note: <strong>contains nudity, may be unsafe for work!<\/strong>)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Magnetic Fields - Andrew in Drag\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Jf_l3EGQvL8\"><div id=\"lyte_Jf_l3EGQvL8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Jf_l3EGQvL8\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">The Magnetic Fields - Andrew in Drag<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Jf_l3EGQvL8\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Jf_l3EGQvL8\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Magnetic Fields - Andrew in Drag\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThis one is called <em>With Whom To Dance<\/em> and every time I listen to it, I observe, wistfully, that really as far as I&#8217;m concerned the only wretched part of being single is not having anyone to slow dance with at weddings. You know? Everyone else gets up to sway and spin and there I am perched on the edge of my chair feeling kind of lonely and awkward about everything. Thank you for capturing that emotion in song, Mr. Merritt!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Magnetic Fields - With Whom to Dance?\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_9n1AXekCOQ4\"><div id=\"lyte_9n1AXekCOQ4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/9n1AXekCOQ4\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">The Magnetic Fields - With Whom to Dance?<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/9n1AXekCOQ4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/9n1AXekCOQ4\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Magnetic Fields - With Whom to Dance?\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nDipping into their back catalog a little bit, here&#8217;s a live version of <em>Drive on Driver<\/em> from <em>Distortion<\/em>, the record I had on repeat for basically the four months of 2008:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Magnetic Fields &amp;quot;Drive On Driver&amp;quot; 10\/18\/08 Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_nVmh8mGdAUw\"><div id=\"lyte_nVmh8mGdAUw\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nVmh8mGdAUw\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Magnetic Fields &quot;Drive On Driver&quot; 10\/18\/08 Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/nVmh8mGdAUw\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nVmh8mGdAUw\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Magnetic Fields &amp;quot;Drive On Driver&amp;quot; 10\/18\/08 Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nIf I ever get a tattoo, it will probably include the phrase <em>characters bold complex and shady will write my memoirs across my heart<\/em>, which is a lyric from this song, which is <em>The Nun&#8217;s Litany<\/em>, also from <em>Distortion<\/em>, here performed live in Oslo in 2008:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Magnetic Fields - The Nuns Litany\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_eQA0sGwfJO0\"><div id=\"lyte_eQA0sGwfJO0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/eQA0sGwfJO0\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">The Magnetic Fields - The Nuns Litany<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/eQA0sGwfJO0\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/eQA0sGwfJO0\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Magnetic Fields - The Nuns Litany\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nIn the category of The Best Kiss-off to an Ex Ever, there&#8217;s <em>You Must Be Out Of Your Mind<\/em> from <em>Realism<\/em>, live in St. Louis in 2010. Ideal to leave on the answering machine of someone you really, really don&#8217;t ever want to go out with again.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Magnetic Fields - You Must Be Out Of Your Mind - Live at The Pageant in St. Louis - 3\/6\/10\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_NfwfyNpx5UE\"><div id=\"lyte_NfwfyNpx5UE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/NfwfyNpx5UE\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">The Magnetic Fields - You Must Be Out Of Your Mind - Live at The Pageant in St. Louis - 3\/6\/10<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/NfwfyNpx5UE\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/NfwfyNpx5UE\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Magnetic Fields - You Must Be Out Of Your Mind - Live at The Pageant in St. Louis - 3\/6\/10\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd from <em>69 Love Songs<\/em>, their three volume concept about love songs, here is <em>All My Little Words<\/em>, a song about being wordy but still powerless, performed live in North Carolina, in 2008:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Magnetic Fields &amp;quot;All My Little Words&amp;quot; 10\/18\/08 Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Kz6XeXhz47o\"><div id=\"lyte_Kz6XeXhz47o\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Kz6XeXhz47o\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Magnetic Fields &quot;All My Little Words&quot; 10\/18\/08 Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Kz6XeXhz47o\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Kz6XeXhz47o\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Magnetic Fields &amp;quot;All My Little Words&amp;quot; 10\/18\/08 Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAlso from <em>69 Love Songs<\/em>: <em>The Book of Love<\/em>, which has been covered by acts as diverse as <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/-CKat0z07kw\">The Airborne Toxic Event<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/-YXdsonW2kg\">Peter Gabriel<\/a>. Seriously, click on those links and watch those videos. Y&#8217;all have not lived until you have heard Airborne Toxic Event perform a delicate chamber-pop song and Peter Gabriel aim himself, his voice and an <em>entire orchestra<\/em> at Stephin Merritt&#8217;s wry, reflective lyrics. Here is Mr. Merritt himself singing it in Los Angeles in 2008:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/youtu.be\/qzd9zEx6Wis<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd then, I bring you back to the present with <em>Quick<\/em>, also from <em>Love at the Bottom of the Sea<\/em>, live in Chicago during their most recent tour:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Magnetic Fields &amp;quot;Quick&amp;quot; Live\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL__Z0xkesu9VQ\"><div id=\"lyte__Z0xkesu9VQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_Z0xkesu9VQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">The Magnetic Fields &quot;Quick&quot; Live<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/_Z0xkesu9VQ\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_Z0xkesu9VQ\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Magnetic Fields &amp;quot;Quick&amp;quot; Live\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nIn conclusion: some photographs from their show that I went to a few weeks ago, here in New York, at the Beacon Theater. <\/p>\n<p>The Magnetic Fields were as delightful as ever &#8211; at one point Stephin Merritt did an amazing dramatic reading of a stray gum wrapper that had made its way to the stage, and I decided that &#8220;I would listen to him\/her\/them read me a gum wrapper&#8221; is going to replace &#8220;sing me the phonebook&#8221; as my personal term of ridiculous fannish devotion &#8211; and <a href=\"http:\/\/devotchka.net\/\">DeVotchKa<\/a>, who opened for them, did an exquisite acoustic set.<\/p>\n<p>DeVotchKa<br \/>\n<a title=\"IMG_5748 by rufusowliebat, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rufusowliebat\/6943289524\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7133\/6943289524_abc4ab040e_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5748\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_5751 by rufusowliebat, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rufusowliebat\/7089360435\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7134\/7089360435_7d69691707_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5751\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_5755 by rufusowliebat, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rufusowliebat\/7089360821\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5453\/7089360821_7dea0a5f30_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5755\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_5757 by rufusowliebat, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rufusowliebat\/6943289114\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5239\/6943289114_acee6e9886_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5757\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Magnetic Fields<br \/>\n<a title=\"IMG_5760 by rufusowliebat, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rufusowliebat\/6943289702\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7132\/6943289702_e976e9229c_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5760\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_5761 by rufusowliebat, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rufusowliebat\/6943289402\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7178\/6943289402_8f8b3126e5_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5761\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_5777 by rufusowliebat, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rufusowliebat\/6943292938\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7270\/6943292938_daee4a0d62_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5777\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_5763 by rufusowliebat, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rufusowliebat\/7089361433\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7040\/7089361433_57f8034f67_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5763\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Magnetic Fields: because nobody else does hilarious, cranky, sweet, biting, romantic songs like Stephin Merritt (vocals\/ukelele\/harmonioum\/keyboard) and his merry crew, aka Claudia Gonson (vocals\/percussion\/piano), Sam Davol (cello\/flute), John Woo (banjo\/guitar) and Shirley Simms (vocals\/autoharp\/ukelele). 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