Papa was a rodeo, mama was a rock 'n' roll band
I could play guitar and rope a steer before I learned to stand
Home was anywhere with diesel gas, love was a trucker's hand
Never stuck around long enough for a one night stand
Before you kiss me you should know, papa was a rodeo

https://youtu.be/OekbKN0TeDI

#music #MagneticFields #69LoveSongs

Deep Listening Day #94 — Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs (1999). a late 90s, pop music tour de force. I'm familiar with all of it, but this might be the first time I've listened to it from beginning to end. these tunes provide endless pleasure.

#DeepListening #MagneticFields #69LoveSongs

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#69LoveSongs
#MergeRecords 1999

Un disco de una sencillez y belleza abrumadoras.

An album of overwhelming simplicity and beauty.

https://themagneticfields.bandcamp.com/album/69-love-songs

#TheBookOfLove #música #music #alternativa #alternative #acústica #acoustic #electrónica #electronic #folk #pop #indie #NewYork #Bandcamp

#HappyValentinesDay! Today's #StupidAccordionTrick is just sweet and sentimental - from the #MagneticFields' #69LoveSongs, it's #theBookOfLove.

https://youtu.be/5P1t3PEG-Pk

The Magnetic Fields: Tiny Desk Concert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnFQn7GD1rg

Didn't know they were on tour for 69 Love Songs' 25th(!) anniversary. Still one of my very favourite albums.

SET LIST
"Roses"
"All My Little Words"
"Reno Dakota"
"Come Back From San Francisco"
"I Don't Want To Get Over You"
"For We Are the King of the Boudoir"
"Kiss Me Like You Mean It"
"The Book of Love"

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Episode one hundred and forty-three is up now! Today's song is The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side by The Magnetic Fields.

I discuss the specificity of the lyrics, and how the song contrasts between themes of youth and adulthood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkZO4_DKa5g

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listening to #69lovesongs by #the_magnetic_fields

https://albumwhale.com/albums/10309

Episode ninety-one is up now! Today's song is Papa Was A Rodeo by The Magnetic Fields.

I discuss the trick this song's narration pulls on you, and the achingly beautiful final verse and chorus.

https://youtu.be/PJ1aTmZiY9o?si=0lJdL9iQPqTz-uPX

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Episode ninety is up now! Today's song is The Book of Love by The Magnetic Fields.

I discuss the sarcastic yet sweet lyrics of the song, as well as Peter Gabriel's saccharine yet beautiful cover, and its excellent use in the finale of Scrubs.

https://youtu.be/PYMQhE4jROY?si=t69ik7fdM-T_ltdg

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