50 Song Memoir, by The Magnetic Fields

50 Song Memoir

by The Magnetic Fields

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morgan i One of Stephin Merritt’s earliest memories is the realization that he’d been brought to the Woodstock music fest to be exterminated with the other unwanted toddlers, which was not a wild conclusion to draw at the time. This is an excellent musical memoir, funny and very moving, and the songs will light up all of those 80s NME / WLIR parts of your brain. Favorite track: '80: London by Jetpack.

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1.	'66: Wonder Where I'm From 02:44	buy track
2.	'67: Come Back as a Cockroach 02:34	buy track
3.	'68: A Cat Called Dionysus 02:46	buy track
4.	'69: Judy Garland 03:17	buy track
5.	'70: They're Killing Children Over There 02:36	buy track
6.	'71: I Think I'll Make Another World 02:56	buy track
7.	'72: Eye Contact 02:55	buy track
8.	'73: It Could Have Been Paradise 03:06	buy track
9.	'74: No 02:56	buy track
10.	'75: My Mama Ain't 03:01	buy track
11.	'76: Hustle 76 03:16	buy track
12.	'77: Life Ain't All Bad 04:15	buy track
13.	'78: The Blizzard of '78 03:15	buy track
14.	'79: Rock 'n' Roll Will Ruin Your Life 02:58	buy track
15.	'80: London by Jetpack 02:58	buy track
16.	'81: How to Play the Synthesizer 03:06	buy track
17.	'82: Happy Beeping 03:10	buy track
18.	'83: Foxx and I 02:43	buy track
19.	'84: Danceteria! 03:09	buy track
20.	'85: Why I Am Not a Teenager 03:07	buy track
21.	'86: How I Failed Ethics 02:58	buy track
22.	'87: At the Pyramid 03:09	buy track
23.	'88: Ethan Frome 02:23	buy track
24.	'89: The 1989 Musical Marching Zoo 03:06	buy track
25.	'90: Dreaming in Tetris 03:21	buy track
26.	'91: The Day I Finally... 02:19	buy track
27.	'92: Weird Diseases 03:10	buy track
28.	'93: Me and Fred and Dave and Ted 03:08	buy track
29.	'94: Haven't Got a Penny 02:53	buy track
30.	'95: A Serious Mistake 03:13	buy track
31.	'96: I'm Sad! 02:12	buy track
32.	'97: Eurodisco Trio 03:15	buy track
33.	'98: Lover's Lies 03:06	buy track
34.	'99: Fathers in the Clouds 02:51	buy track
35.	'00: Ghosts of the Marathon Dancers 03:05	buy track
36.	'01: Have You Seen It in the Snow? 02:51	buy track
37.	'02: Be True to Your Bar 03:34	buy track
38.	'03: The Ex and I 02:59	buy track
39.	'04: Cold-Blooded Man 03:05	buy track
40.	'05: Never Again 03:19	buy track
41.	'06: "Quotes" 02:17	buy track
42.	'07: In the Snow White Cottages 02:51	buy track
43.	'08: Surfin' 02:47	buy track
44.	'09: Till You Come Back to Me 02:29	buy track
45.	'10: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 03:03	buy track
46.	'11: Stupid Tears 02:45	buy track
47.	'12: You Can Never Go Back to New York 03:12	buy track
48.	'13: Big Enough for Both of Us 03:03	buy track
49.	'14: I Wish I Had Pictures 03:07	buy track
50.	'15: Somebody's Fetish 03:45	buy track

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The Magnetic Fields' 50 Song Memoir chronicles the 50 years of songwriter Stephin Merritt's life with one song per year. Merritt sings vocals on all 50 songs and plays more than 100 instruments, from ukulele to piano to drum machine to abacus. Unlike his previous work, the lyrics are nonfiction—a mix of autobiography (bedbugs, Buddhism, buggery) and documentary (hippies, Hollywood, hyperacusis).

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released March 3, 2017

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