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*** Specifically, Susan Anway is the singer on the first two albums, while on ''69 Love Songs'' vocals alternate between Merritt, Gonson, Simms, Dudley Klute and L.D. Beghtol.
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* LostLenore: The narrator's crush from "The One You Really Love" has a serious case of this.
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* UncommonTime: Most notably "Love Is Like A Bottle Of Gin," written in ''21/8''
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* BeingGoodSucks: The reasoning behind ''I Wish I Had An Evil Twin''. Having an evil twin would allow the singer to have bad deeds done for him without feeling guilty about it.
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* InstructionalTitle: ''How to Say Goodbye''
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* AxCrazy: Merritt seems to be fond of this. Such characters appear in ''Yeah! Oh Yeah'', ''Your Girlfriend's Face'' and ''California Girls'' (the latter with an actual ax).
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* ILoveTheDead: ''Zombie Boy''
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* GenreRoulette: ''69 Love Songs'' contains nearly every genre of love song you can care to name.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: ''69 Love Songs'' was apparently chosen because of it's appeal as a cover design.
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* CoveredUp: Peter Gabriel's version of "The Book Of Love" seems to have done this.
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* PainfulRhyme: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60p7Lx7R3VE "Zebra"]] rhymes "Louvre" with "maneuver" and "Hoover," and also "dear" (turning it into "deeeeahhhh") with "zebra." It's so {{camp}} that it actually works, though.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: ''69 Love Songs'' was apparently chosen because of it's appeal as a cover design.
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** Hell, most of Merritt's entire discography falls into this.
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* NewSoundAlbum: The albums following 69 Love Songs did away with signature synthesizers and ventured into various new styles, with mixed approval.
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* TriangRelations: Love triangles are a common feature, but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwvMUy_0-Sk I'd Go Anywhere With Hugh]] is a rare type two song.
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* ShoutOut: "Suddenly There Is A Tidal Wave" says. "We must have been the butt of all the jokes in the world/For trying to live like PippiLongstocking."
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* ShoutOut: "Suddenly There Is A Tidal Wave" says. says, "We must have been the butt of all the jokes in the world/For trying to live like PippiLongstocking."
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* ShoutOut: "Suddenly There Is A Tidal Wave" says. "We must have been the butt of all the jokes in the world/For trying to live like PippiLongstocking."
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** ''Distortion'' is, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin distorted]], and ''Realism'' uses real acoustic instruments. Apparently he named the albums after the thing people were most likely to complain about.
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* IntercourseWithYou: "Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits"
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* LyricalDissonance: A staple of much of Merritt's songwriting. He's even said he does this on purpose so the songs can fit whatever what mood you're in, depending on whether you listen to the tune or the lyrics.
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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: "Yeah! Oh, Yeah!"
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* {{Metaphorgotten}}: "A Pretty Girl Is Like..." keeps getting its similes mixed up until it finally concludes that a pretty girl is like... a pretty girl.
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* [[TheCoverChangesTheGender The Original Changes The Gender]]: Merritt frequently writes from both male, female, gay and straight perspectives, and has singers of both genders at his disposal.
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* [[TheCoverChangesTheGender The Original Changes The Gender]]: Merritt frequently writes from both male, female, gay and straight perspectives, and has with both male and female singers of both genders at his disposal. in the band happy to sing from either perspective... let's just say it never gets boring.
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* CoveredUp: Peter Gabriel's version of "The Book Of Love" seems to have done this.
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* GenderBlenderName: "Mike" in "Papa Was A Rodeo" is a woman.
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* [[TheCoverChangesTheGender The Original Changes The Gender]]: Merritt frequently writes from both male, female, gay and straight perspectives, and has singers of both genders at his disposal.
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* AttractivelyBentGender: The entire point of the song "Andrew In Drag".
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* AttractivelyBentGender: The entire point of the song "Andrew In Drag".
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* PainfulRhyme: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60p7Lx7R3VE Zebra]] rhymes "Louvre" with "maneuver" and "Hoover," and also "dear" (turning it into "deeeeahhhh") with "zebra." It's so {{camp}} that it actually works, though.
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* PainfulRhyme: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60p7Lx7R3VE Zebra]] "Zebra"]] rhymes "Louvre" with "maneuver" and "Hoover," and also "dear" (turning it into "deeeeahhhh") with "zebra." It's so {{camp}} that it actually works, though.
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* PainfulRhyme: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60p7Lx7R3VE Zebra]] rhymes "Louvre" with "maneuver" and "Hoover," and also "dear" (turning it into "deeeeahhhh") with "zebra." It's so {{camp}} that it actually works, though.
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* LoveIsADrug: The entirety of the lyrics of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OrCxAIm-Bw "Love Is Like A Bottle Of Gin"]].
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** AnchoredShip: PlayedForLaughs in the song "The One You Really Love":
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-->''I gaze into your eyes of blue
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-->''I gaze into your eyes of
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You're dreaming of someone who's gone\\
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You're dreaming thinking of someone who's gone\\
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You're dreaming of...the corpse you really love!''\\
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You're dreaming of...the corpse you really love!''\\love!''
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You're dreaming of...the corpse you really love"!\\
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You're dreaming of...the corpse you really love"!\\love!''\\
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You're dreaming of...the corpse you really love!\\
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**AnchoredShip: PlayedForLaughs in the song "The One You Really Love":
-->I gaze into your eyes of blue
But their beauty is not for me\\
You're dreaming of someone who's gone\\
You're dreaming of the one you really love\\
You're dreaming of...the corpse you really love!\\
-->I gaze into your eyes of blue
But their beauty is not for me\\
You're dreaming of someone who's gone\\
You're dreaming of the one you really love\\
You're dreaming of...the corpse you really love!\\
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* IntercourseWithYou: "Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits"
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But give me one more chance,\\
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But give me one more chance,\\chance.\\
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** Their debut single, "100,000 Fireflies" is a weird kind of subversion of this trope, being at once an earnest expression of love and something much darker:
-->''You won't be happy with me,\\
But give me one more chance,\\
You won't be happy anyway.''
-->''You won't be happy with me,\\
But give me one more chance,\\
You won't be happy anyway.''
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The Magnetic Fields is an indie pop band fronted by Stephin Merritt. Their best known work is the 1999 triple ConceptAlbum ''[[IfYouKnowWhatIMean 69]] Love Songs.'' Merritt's lyrics are often [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic, bitter, and humorous]].
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The Magnetic Fields is an indie pop band fronted by Stephin Merritt. Their best known work is the 1999 triple ConceptAlbum ''[[IfYouKnowWhatIMean 69]] ''69 Love Songs.'' Merritt's lyrics are often [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic, bitter, and humorous]].
