Its full of charts and facts, some figures and instructions for dancing. 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. The magnetic fields 50 song memoir is a glorious letdown. Wonderful images cascade upon wonderful images that i want to hold in my brain and try not to forget. The songs of the album all start with the letter i and are all sung 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 b.
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. The woman with no nose i know where she goes the old guy with the gold eye we go back, he and i dont smile we dont do that here, baby love. The magnetic fields is a new yorkbased group fronted by stephin merritt. They are a band fronted by stephin merritt, including sam davol, banjo playersecond guitarist john. Traduction the book of love par the magnetic fields. Parleyed into three volumes, merritt, as on other outings, is. Sooooo i love getting comments on videos so if youre still reading my ramblings you should leave a. Lt english the magnetic fields the book of love italian. 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. The magnetic fields experimental music love lyrics. Because of the use of peter gabriels version of the book of love for the exit of jd in scrubs, i already liked the song. 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.
Il libro dellamore e lungo e noioso nessuno riesce a sollevare quella dannata cosa. Magnetic fields are an indieelectropop band led by singersongwriter stephin merritt. 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. The book of love the magnetic fields song wikipedia. Song is book of love by an amazing band the magnetic fields if you didnt notice by the title. 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. A very good chunk of the songs on 50 song memoir sound like a worldwise 50 year old writing songs in the style of holiday. The magnetic fields come back from san francisco lyrics. Print and download in pdf or midi the book of love. About the magnetic fields sharing an ethos with bill callahan of smog, stephin merritt mines a personal talent for turning out wry, darkly beautiful tales in the lofi homerecordist tradition. Love is like jazz you make it up as you go along and you act as if you really knew the song but you dont and you never will so you flaunt your mistakes and you.
The book of love traduzione guarda il video the book of love. 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. Peter gabriel the book of love magnetic fields cover. It was released on may 4, 2004, by record label nonesuch.
The book of love by the magnetic fields, on their record 69 love songs one of the best records of love songs of all time, and one of the best songs on the record about love. Leggi il testo all my little words di the magnetic fields tratto dallalbum 69 love songs. Peter gabriel sang to an accompaniment of lush strings. The magnetic fields the book of love sheet music in g. While synthpop often forms the foundation of their music, the magnetic fields music borrows from many other styles, notably. The magnetic fields love is like jazz lyrics genius lyrics. Full score for peter gabriels version of the book of love. Print and download the book of love sheet music by the magnetic fields.
The magnetic fields the book of love lyrics genius lyrics. Download the song, the book of love by the magnetic fields. The book of love song by magnetic fields being with art. The book of love was written by stephin merritt of the magnetic fields and features on peters album scratch my back.
The magnetic fields love in the shadows lyrics genius. Peter gabriel the book of love full score sheet music. To remain so lucid in his long love letter to romance across so many tracks is testament to merrits songwriting quality, that his band keep up the inventiveness makes the whole piece sparkle with the air of a masterwork. Stephin merritt of the magnetic fields performs the book of love live in studioa. The magnetic fields 50 song memoir album and tour information. 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. 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. From stephin merrits gay and loud publishing comes the first volume of the magnetic fields 69 love songs, a misleadingly quiet epic of a thing. On the fields previous outing, get lost, you can hear merritt beginning to lean toward simpler, more elegant arrangements. Check out the book of love by the magnetic fields on amazon music. I accidentally caught a biography of the composer stephin merritt on netflicks, which led me to buy the original song. The magnetic fields is essentially a vehicle for merritts songwriting, as are various sideprojects. The magnetic fields have announced a limited number of 50 song memoir tour dates around the uk, and dublin, ireland in late summer, 2017. 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.
The magnetic fields 50 song memoir the house of tomorrow. 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 magnetic fields 50 song memoir is a glorious letdown by rich smith the magnetic fields play 50 song memoir over two nights, satsun may 67, at the moore theatre. The book of love, by air supply, 1997 the book of love the magnetic fields song, 1999. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in g major transposable. Magnetic fields 69 love songs vinyl music skip to main content. The book of love by the magnetic fields on amazon music. The magnetic fields 69 love songs releases discogs. Andre bretons the magnetic fields, written in 1919, is a wonderful piece of writing. Yet even without his signature irony and studio prowess, magnetic fields a name hes worked under since 1990s debut distant plastic trees are an.
Merritt is an interesting artist, complex person and satisfying performer. The book of love chords by magnetic fields songsterr. The magnetic fields lyrics, songs, and albums genius. The magnetic fields singersongwriter had his challenge. Im one of those who feel holiday was one of the magnetic fields best moments, so the plethora of melodic synthheavy tracks on these discs is quite welcome especially see disc 3 in this regard. The book of love download cover of the magnetic fields. Book of love band, an american synthpop band book of love, the bands 1987 album book of love, the albums title track. This personal album, containing fifty songs, one for each year of the artists life, is projected for a late 2016early 2017 release on nonesuch records. Traduzione the book of love testo tradotto peter gabriel. Merritt is the groups primary songwriter, producer, and vocalist, as well as frequent multiinstrumentalist.
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 ebullient stephen merrit released this threevolume magnum opus with his magnetic fields compadres in sonic tow circa 99. Come back from san francisco it cant be all that pretty when all of new york city misses you should pretty boys in discos distract you from your novel remember im awful in love with you you need me like the wind needs the trees to blow in like the moon needs poetry you need me come back from san francisco and kiss me, ive quit smoking. The book of love song, by the monotones, 1958 book of love, a song by fleetwood mac from the 1982 album mirage.
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