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[floatboxright: Influences:
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: The entire point of ''50 Song Memoir''.
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* Their 2020 album ''Quickies'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Only two songs are longer than 2.5 minutes and a whole bunch are shorter than a minute.
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* {{Retraux}}: After spending the 2000s avoiding the use of synthesizers, the band made ''Love at the Bottom of the Sea'' as a throwback to the SynthPop sound of their early 90s work, albeit using electronics that were invented after ''69 Love Songs''.
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* MinisculeRocking: Several songs on ''69 Love Songs'' hover around the 1-minute mark. "Roses" clocks in at 28 seconds.
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** Several songs on ''69 Love Songs'' hover around the 1-minute mark. "Roses" clocks in at 28seconds.seconds.
* Their 2020 album ''Quickies'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Only two songs are longer than 2.5 minutes and a whole bunch are shorter than a minute.
** Several songs on ''69 Love Songs'' hover around the 1-minute mark. "Roses" clocks in at 28
* Their 2020 album ''Quickies'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Only two songs are longer than 2.5 minutes and a whole bunch are shorter than a minute.
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* '"Get Lost'' (1995)
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* '"Get ''Get Lost'' (1995)
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!!Discography
* ''Distant Plastic Trees'' (1991)
* ''The Wayward Bus'' (1992)
* ''The House of Tomorrow'' EP (1992)
* ''The Charm of the Highway Strip'' (1994)
* ''Holiday'' (1994)
* '"Get Lost'' (1995)
* ''Music/SixtyNineLoveSongs'' (1999)
* ''i'' (2004)
* ''Distortion'' (2008)
* ''Love at the Bottom of the Sea'' (2012)
* ''50 Song Memoir'' (2015)
* ''Quickies'' (2020)
* ''Distant Plastic Trees'' (1991)
* ''The Wayward Bus'' (1992)
* ''The House of Tomorrow'' EP (1992)
* ''The Charm of the Highway Strip'' (1994)
* ''Holiday'' (1994)
* '"Get Lost'' (1995)
* ''Music/SixtyNineLoveSongs'' (1999)
* ''i'' (2004)
* ''Distortion'' (2008)
* ''Love at the Bottom of the Sea'' (2012)
* ''50 Song Memoir'' (2015)
* ''Quickies'' (2020)
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** ''50 Song Memoir'' is an autobiographical account of Merritt's life up to his 50th birthday.
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** ''50 Song Memoir'' is an a (partly) autobiographical account of Merritt's life up to his 50th birthday.
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* MeaninglessMeaningfulWords: In "How I Failed Ethics," Stephen tries to use his atheist scepticism to argue morality, which his religious (a "menaanite", in Stephen's words) professor didn't warm to. So Stephen spent the entire next semester coming up with an ethical system composed of seemingly-profound nonsense that so confused his professor that he ended up giving a passing grade.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Stephen's mom may believe the universe to be a simulation and has tried every kind of new-age hippie pursuit going, but "she draws the line at crystal healing!"
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* {{Jerkass}}: Stephen's mother's numerous romantic partners do not sound like very pleasant people if "Life Ain't All Bad" and "Happy Beeping" are anything to go by.
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Or Charo or Music/{{Gwar}}, I could sell you [[PainfulRhyme tomor]]-\\
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Or Charo or Music/{{Gwar}}, I could sell you [[PainfulRhyme tomor]]-\\tomor-\\
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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 ''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 ''69 Love Songs.''Music/SixtyNineLoveSongs.'' Merritt's lyrics are often [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic, bitter, and humorous]].
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** One of Stephin Merritt's other projects, Future Bible Heroes, covered Music/TheHumanLeague's "Don't You Want Me" for a tribute album: Claudia Gonson sings the first verse and Stephin sings the second (the latter starts with the line "I was working as a waitress at a cocktail bar").
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* WhamLine: Not uncommon in Merritt's songbook but perhaps the most dramatic case is "Yeah! Oh, Yeah!" which starts out as an AntiLoveSong but then dives straight into Wham Territory by the end.
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* WhamLine: Not uncommon in Merritt's songbook but perhaps the most dramatic case is "Yeah! Oh, Yeah!" which starts out as an AntiLoveSong but then dives straight into Wham Territory a MurderBallad by the end.
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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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* AxCrazy: Merritt seems to be fond of this. Such characters appear in ''Yeah! "Yeah! Oh Yeah'', ''Your Yeah!", "Your Girlfriend's Face'' Face" and ''California Girls'' "California Girls" (the latter with an actual ax).
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** ''Get Lost'' runs the gamut from {{Shoegazing}} ("Famous"), {{Slowcore}} ("Why I Cry"), JanglePop ("Love is Lighter Than Air"), Noise Pop ("The Village in the Morning"), folk ("With Whom to Dance?"), DreamPop ("The Dreaming Moon") and many more.
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** ''Get Lost'' runs the gamut from {{Shoegazing}} ("Famous"), SynthPop ("Smoke and Mirrors"), {{Slowcore}} ("Why I Cry"), JanglePop ("Love is Lighter Than Air"), Noise Pop ("The Village in the Morning"), folk ("With Whom to Dance?"), DreamPop ("The Dreaming Moon") and many more.
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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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* {{Metaphorgotten}}: "A Pretty Girl Is Like..." keeps getting its similes mixed up until it finally concludes that a pretty girl is like... [[ShapedLikeItself a pretty girl.girl]].
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* TakeThat: In "It Could Have Been Paradise" Stephen Merritt alludes to Shakespears Sister ripping off one of his songs: Siobhan Fahey, the main member of Shakespears Sister, wanted to cover Future Bible Heroes' "Hopeless" but rewrite the lyrics and take half the songwriting credit and royalties. Merritt denied permission, but the song appeared on the next Shakespears Sister album anyway, with altered lyrics and no mention of Merritt or the other members of the group. In the song, he compares this to an earlier incident where a boyfriend of his mother set his lyrics to music without his permission in an attempt to impress her:
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* TakeThat: In "It Could Have Been Paradise" Stephen Merritt alludes to Shakespears Sister ripping off one of his songs: Siobhan Fahey, the main member of Shakespears Sister, wanted to cover Future Bible Heroes' "Hopeless" but rewrite the lyrics and take half the songwriting credit and royalties. Merritt denied permission, but the song appeared on the next Shakespears Sister album anyway, with altered lyrics and no mention of credit given to Merritt or the other members of the group. In the song, he compares this to an earlier incident where a boyfriend of his mother set his lyrics to music without his permission in an attempt to impress her:
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* TakeThat: In "It Could Have Been Paradise" Stephen Merritt alludes to Shakespears Sister ripping off one of his songs - Siobhan Fahey, the main member of Shakespears Sister, wanted to cover Future Bible Heroes' "Hopeless" but rewrite the lyrics and take half the songwriting credit and royalties - Merritt denied permission, but the song appeared on the next Shakespears Sister album anyway, with altered lyrics and no mention of Merritt or the other members of the group. In the song, he compares this to an earlier incident where a boyfriend of his mother set his lyrics to music without his permission in an attempt to impress her:
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* TakeThat: In "It Could Have Been Paradise" Stephen Merritt alludes to Shakespears Sister ripping off one of his songs - songs: Siobhan Fahey, the main member of Shakespears Sister, wanted to cover Future Bible Heroes' "Hopeless" but rewrite the lyrics and take half the songwriting credit and royalties - royalties. Merritt denied permission, but the song appeared on the next Shakespears Sister album anyway, with altered lyrics and no mention of Merritt or the other members of the group. In the song, he compares this to an earlier incident where a boyfriend of his mother set his lyrics to music without his permission in an attempt to impress her:
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* TakeThat: In "It Could Have Been Paradise" Stephen Merritt alludes to Shakespears Sister ripping off one of his songs - Siobhan Fahey, the main member of Shakespears Sister, wanted to cover Future Bible Heroes' "Hopeless" but rewrite the lyrics and take half the songwriting credit and royalties - Merritt turned it down, but the song appeared on the next Shakespears Sister album anyway, with altered lyrics and no mention of Merritt or the other members of the group. In the song, he compares this to an earlier incident where a boyfriend of his mother set his lyrics to music without his permission in an attempt to impress her:
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* TakeThat: In "It Could Have Been Paradise" Stephen Merritt alludes to Shakespears Sister ripping off one of his songs - Siobhan Fahey, the main member of Shakespears Sister, wanted to cover Future Bible Heroes' "Hopeless" but rewrite the lyrics and take half the songwriting credit and royalties - Merritt turned it down, denied permission, but the song appeared on the next Shakespears Sister album anyway, with altered lyrics and no mention of Merritt or the other members of the group. In the song, he compares this to an earlier incident where a boyfriend of his mother set his lyrics to music without his permission in an attempt to impress her:
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* TakeThat: In "It Could Have Been Paradise" Stephen Merritt alludes to Shakespears Sister ripping off one of his songs - Siobhan Fahey, the main member of Shakespears Sister, wanted to cover Future Bible Heroes' "Hopeless" but rewrite the lyrics and take half the songwriting credit and royalties - Merritt turned it down, but the song appeared on the next Shakespears Sister album anyway, with altered lyrics and no mention of Merritt or the other members of the group. In the song, he compares this to an earlier incident where a boyfriend of his mother set his lyrics to music without his permission in an attempt to impress her:
--> He stole my song, better back off mister
--> Fast forward two decades,
--> Same thing happened, but with Shakespears Sister
--> He stole my song, better back off mister
--> Fast forward two decades,
--> Same thing happened, but with Shakespears Sister
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: The entire point of ''50 Song Memoir''.
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* LovesMyAlterEgo: "Andrew in Drag", about a guy who's in love with his best friend's drag persona.
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* ILoveTheDead: ''Zombie Boy''
* InstructionalTitle: ''How to Say Goodbye''
* InstructionalTitle: ''How to Say Goodbye''
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* ILoveTheDead: ''Zombie Boy''
"Zombie Boy"
* IllBoy: The song "Weird Diseases" was written about Merritt's own battles with epilepsey, hyperacusis, and various other medical disorders he experienced throughout his life.
* InstructionalTitle:''How "How to Say Goodbye''Goodbye", "How to Play the Synthesizer"
* IllBoy: The song "Weird Diseases" was written about Merritt's own battles with epilepsey, hyperacusis, and various other medical disorders he experienced throughout his life.
* InstructionalTitle:
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* InTheStyleOf: ''Distortion'' is essentially an album-long homage to ''Music/Psychocandy'' by Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain.
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* InTheStyleOf: ''Distortion'' is essentially an album-long homage to ''Music/Psychocandy'' ''Music/{{Psychocandy}}'' by Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain.
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* InTheStyleOf: ''Distortion'' is an album-long homage to ''Psychocandy'' by Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain.
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* InTheStyleOf: ''Distortion'' is essentially an album-long homage to ''Psychocandy'' ''Music/Psychocandy'' by Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain.
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** ''Get Lost'' runs the gamut from {{Shoegazing}} ("Famous"), {{Slowcore}} ("Why I Cry"), JanglePop ("Love is Lighter Than Air"), Noise Pop ("The Village in the Morning"), folk ("With Whom to Dance?"), DreamPop ("The Dreaming Moon") and many more.
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* IntercourseWithYou: "Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits" and "Three-Way" are less that subtle examples.
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* IntercourseWithYou: "Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits" and "Three-Way" are less that than subtle examples.
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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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* 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.'
** "100,000 Fireflies" is a very lovely-sounding song driven by Susan Anway's beautiful vocals. The opening lyrics are "I have a mandolin / I play it all night long / It makes me want to kill myself" and it doesn't get much more positive from there.
** "100,000 Fireflies" is a very lovely-sounding song driven by Susan Anway's beautiful vocals. The opening lyrics are "I have a mandolin / I play it all night long / It makes me want to kill myself" and it doesn't get much more positive from there.
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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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* NewSoundAlbum: The albums following 69 ''69 Love Songs Songs'' did away with signature synthesizers and ventured into various new styles, with mixed approval.
