Merritt first envisioned what would become the groups sixth album as a staged musical revueentertaining, but requiring no real narrativewhere hed host nonsingers trading off songs in a cabaret competition of sorts. 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. Download pdf magnetic fields 69 love songs free online. 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. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of 69 love songs, we are reviving the magnetic fields 1999era tshirt. The magnetic fields lyrics 237 song lyrics sorted by album, including kraftwerk in a blackout, to drunk to dream, a chicken with its head cut off.
Love at the bottom of the sea tablature added 912 distant plastic trees the wayward bus the house of tomorrow holiday the charm of the highway strip get lost bsidescompilations 69 love songs vol 1 69 love songs vol 2 69. The book of love intro bass tab by the magnetic fields. Magnetic fields biography, albums, streaming links. Nataly dawn singing book of love, by the magnetic fields. Peter gabriel sang to an accompaniment of lush strings. Print and download the book of love sheet music by the magnetic fields. The magnetic fields 69 love songs lyrics and tracklist genius. Initially conceived as 100 love songs arranged in alphabetical order for theatrical revue performance, stephin merrittindiepop songsmith and magnetic fields spearheaddownsized his ambitious concept project to 69 love songs, his first recording under this moniker in four years.
You can watch the video for i want to join a biker gang here now. Song is book of love by an amazing band the magnetic fields if you didnt notice by the title. The songs of the album all start with the letter i and are all sung by stephin merritt. The magnetic fields 69 love songs releases discogs. Parleyed into three volumes, merritt, as on other outings, is. The magnetic fields the book of love lyrics songmeanings. Download magnetic fields 69 love songs ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. Watch the video for the book of love from the magnetic fieldss 69 love songs for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The book of love by the magnetic fields on amazon music. The magnetic fields albums, songs, and news pitchfork. Stream the book of love the magnetic fields by sack the guitarist from desktop or your mobile device.
A fully illustrated oral history of the magnetic fields 1999 triple album, 69 love songs an album that was afforded classic status by many almost as soon as it was released. The book of love magic fields september 2, 2017 love spell chants you should be doing magical land of yeld oinkfrog 25 ocean books your children will go x perience magic fields 1996 real love spells for modern witches 19. A true atoz catalog of touchingly bittersweet love songs that runs the. Apr 28, 2012 billie marten book of love magnetic fields cover ont sofa gibson sessions duration. 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. Billie marten book of love magnetic fields cover ont sofa gibson sessions duration. The magnetic fields is essentially a vehicle for merritts songwriting, as are various sideprojects including the 6ths, future. Find magnetic fields discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. Download the song, the book of love by the magnetic fields.
Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in g major transposable. Quickies features twentyeight new short songs by stephin merritt, ranging in length from thirteen seconds to two minutes and thirtyfive seconds. The magnetic fields the book of love sheet music in g major. Find magnetic fields discography, albums and singles on allmusic. The book of love was written by stephin merritt of the magnetic fields and features on peters album scratch my back. Ld beghtols book is chatty, incestuous, funny, dark, digressive, sexy, maddening, and delightful in. Magnetic fields 69 love songs the modestly recorded, immodestly conceived grand revue that is the magnetic fields 69 love songs still doesnt get the credit it deserves. The book of love the magnetic fields song wikipedia.
Feb, 2014 the book of love tab by the magnetic fields. The book of love the magnetic fields by sack the guitarist. The phrase masterpiece has become somewhat inflated in time, but still this best describes this album. The magnetic fields is a new yorkbased group fronted by stephin merritt. 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. This twosided design features the album artwork graphic on the front and the full track listing in alphabetical order on the back. It includes often described fairytale like moments as well as the moments of boredom that exist between emotional high peaks. Cabaret meets indie rock in the onemanband known as singersongwriter. Now, the magnetic fields return with a record that, like 69 love songs, forces merritt to get focused and inspired. In fact, the book of love is a complete an integrated account of attachment. Magnetic fields biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. As the sprawling magnitude of its cheeky title suggests, 69 love songs is stephin merritts most ambitious as well as most fully realized work to date, a threedisc epic of classically chiseled pop songs that explore both the promise and pitfalls of modern romance through the jaundiced eye of an irredeemable misanthrope. Wonderful images cascade upon wonderful images that i want to hold in my brain and try not to forget. The magnetic fields the book of love lyrics genius lyrics.
The book of love is a beautiful, romantic song written by the magnetic fields, and covered by peter gabriel for the film, shall we dance. As its title indicates, 69 love songs is a threevolume concept album composed of 69 love songs, all written by magnetic fields frontman stephin merritt. 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 but i, i love it when you sing to me and you, you. Nov 08, 2011 sheet music available at book love magnetic fields sungpetergabriel. The magnetic fields the book of love sheet music in g. Cabaret meets indie rock in the onemanband known as singersongwriter stephin merritt.
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The book of love is relivent to all as it is a catalog of personal attachment. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. It was released on may 4, 2004, by record label nonesuch. On the fields previous outing, get lost, you can hear merritt beginning to lean toward simpler, more elegant arrangements. The magnetic fields singersongwriter had his challenge. The magnetic fields 69 love songs lyrics and tracklist. While synthpop often forms the foundation of their music, the magnetic fields music borrows from many other styles, notably country, folk and indie pop. The magnetic fields is a new yorkbased group fronted by stephin. The magnetic fields named after the andre bretonphilippe soupault novel les champs magnetiques are an american band founded and led by stephin merritt. 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 is a song written by stephin merritt and attributed to the magnetic fields, an american indie pop group founded and led by him.