Stephin Merritt's Project Song at NPR

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  • Опубліковано 22 лют 2009
  • From a group of six photos and six words, Magnetic Fields guru Stephin Merritt picked "1974" - and an image of a man wearing a kind of suit covered with baby dolls. Two days later, the song they inspired was finished.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 29

  • @merrittfan
    @merrittfan 15 років тому +39

    Man, dude is such a genius.

  • @jeffreykelly7269
    @jeffreykelly7269 3 роки тому +8

    I keep coming back to listen to this song again and again. Years after first watching this video.

  • @BethGoth15
    @BethGoth15 15 років тому +9

    I can't get over how amazing it is to watch him do this. It's really beautiful. I'm just blown away.

  • @kittycatelena
    @kittycatelena 15 років тому +11

    This is absolutely wonderful, and one of the best things ever posted on UA-cam. Merritt is extraordinarily talented, and it's mesmerizing, watching him work. I'd love to see more of the footage from this project.

  • @srenrimbaud6135
    @srenrimbaud6135 9 років тому +15

    The story line of this song is exactly like an original episode of the Twilight Zone called 'The four of us are dying' in Which a criminal keeps changing his face.

  • @kentneumann5209
    @kentneumann5209 3 роки тому +2

    My god what an incredible opportunity to access all of that equipment. That would be a dream come true for me to just be in there. Watching and learning how to operate all of it. Learning the structure of how a song is built.
    Then, when I have a basic grasp of the recording and overlaying of tracks...
    Being in there at night, by myself, in my preferred state of altered creative mindset.
    Writing and recording and having fun.

  • @Booma151676
    @Booma151676 3 роки тому +2

    Truly a unique songsmith

  • @Ezhuks
    @Ezhuks 14 років тому +2

    This is some kind of music I've never heard before, but it mesmerizes!

  • @MrContrapuntal
    @MrContrapuntal 14 років тому +2

    Good show, I always like watching musicians work.

  • @ultimaetsolder
    @ultimaetsolder 9 років тому +4

    This is true talent. Bravo.

  • @chansonjoy
    @chansonjoy 4 роки тому +3

    purchased this song from iTune immediately after watching this video

  • @aaandroide
    @aaandroide 3 роки тому +2

    He is the BEST!

  • @andreastherapper
    @andreastherapper Рік тому +1

    sounds like this would fit in the 'Distortion' lineup

  • @jackodonnell3463
    @jackodonnell3463 2 роки тому

    If the song weren't burried 5 minutes into this video it would have so many more views. This was a treasure

  • @bjoxers
    @bjoxers 3 місяці тому +1

    lo amo

  • @fennertime
    @fennertime 13 років тому

    @8xngc looks like it... i am going to try that right now.. i think that's what gives it that chimey sound

  • @antvic123
    @antvic123 12 років тому +4

    Sounds like vintage Kraftwerk!

  • @platinumdynamite
    @platinumdynamite 7 років тому +2

    4:43 start of song

  • @8xngc
    @8xngc 13 років тому +4

    is that a penny he is using as a pick? 6:15

    • @twerk182
      @twerk182 7 років тому +2

      @ 8xngc... He had his guitar player use a quarter in a scene in Strange Powers... I think it's a quarter.

    • @Snapdragontank
      @Snapdragontank 7 років тому

      i noticed that too!

  • @fennertime
    @fennertime 13 років тому +1

    1-9-7-4 !!!!

  • @alexswearingen2398
    @alexswearingen2398 Місяць тому

    Is that a real shiny pick or a coin?? Please tell me he played that all with a coin…

  • @RafaelSanchesSF
    @RafaelSanchesSF 14 років тому +1

    hehehe i see pearl jam playing this

  • @ianiles1722
    @ianiles1722 4 роки тому +1

    Almost Simpsonian in its prediction of the Trump administration. It's eerie, I'm weary, and life in NY is dreary.