I know very little about music theory, so I never picked up on any of the tension and whatnot. I just heard a genuinely beautiful song that always makes me tear up
"Such a bizarre love song" Oooh, boy, you ain't seen nothing yet! The album the Magnetic Fields did before *i* is called 69 Love Songs, and it's chock full of unconventional love songs!
I second 69 Love Songs. Lots of diversity and versatility on that album. Punk Love, Love is Like Jazz, Experimental Music Love, and 66 more types of love song! Magnetic Fields and Stephin Merritt is a wonderful rabbit hole to fall down for a while.
Cool video. This song is one of my favourites and the band is also. They deserve to get discussed and find a greater audience. I'm glad this thing contributes to that end. I think the dissonance adds a lot of depth as well, like you said, in contrast to some uncannily naive lyrics. The band historically used synths and studio techniques to great effect on their other albums and probably couldn't resist panning the violin for a little nod to electronic music, now that you bring up the idea that there might be a link there. I know that this album has no synths and I would guess no samples either, but maybe someone else knows for sure. Perhaps those who have gone headlong into love that didn't work out... will be those more likely to appreciate the dissonance on a deep level. The effect it creates is like, "wait a minute," a foreshadowing or sarcastic feeling depending on the position in *time* according to the love in question. The Magnetic Fields are, to me, a psychedelic world that touch raw parts of the soul, in a way that only good music can do.
Love Magnetic Fields! Thank you for this reaction! Everything Stephen Merrit does is full of contrasts - beauty and darkness. I think this could be about longing, about dreaming but not getting there maybe. Or obsession/not wanting to let go of a love interest. Legendary interview with Merrit ua-cam.com/video/L9Ob9TJueBQ/v-deo.html
@@GarrettEulett I actually don't know... I mean it's full of gems, but also a lot of songs that are just fun and/or weird. Not sure it's worth to analyse it all. But could be... or pick out the gems?
I finished this really hoping for some insight from the community, but it seems your take whilst similar to my own is simply accidental in production and composition... hopefully there is more to it that someone can offer... What if 'its only time' was a confident statement about the time that was a deep rooted fear... false confidence... the statements are said boldly but perhaps the dissonance is underlying uncertainty?
I know very little about music theory, so I never picked up on any of the tension and whatnot. I just heard a genuinely beautiful song that always makes me tear up
"Such a bizarre love song"
Oooh, boy, you ain't seen nothing yet! The album the Magnetic Fields did before *i* is called 69 Love Songs, and it's chock full of unconventional love songs!
I second 69 Love Songs.
Lots of diversity and versatility on that album. Punk Love, Love is Like Jazz, Experimental Music Love, and 66 more types of love song!
Magnetic Fields and Stephin Merritt is a wonderful rabbit hole to fall down for a while.
@@trismegistus7638 Hopefully someone can pay for a full album reaction!
@trismegistus7638 Hopefully someone out there will be willing to pay for the full album reaction
Cool video. This song is one of my favourites and the band is also. They deserve to get discussed and find a greater audience. I'm glad this thing contributes to that end.
I think the dissonance adds a lot of depth as well, like you said, in contrast to some uncannily naive lyrics. The band historically used synths and studio techniques to great effect on their other albums and probably couldn't resist panning the violin for a little nod to electronic music, now that you bring up the idea that there might be a link there. I know that this album has no synths and I would guess no samples either, but maybe someone else knows for sure.
Perhaps those who have gone headlong into love that didn't work out... will be those more likely to appreciate the dissonance on a deep level. The effect it creates is like, "wait a minute," a foreshadowing or sarcastic feeling depending on the position in *time* according to the love in question. The Magnetic Fields are, to me, a psychedelic world that touch raw parts of the soul, in a way that only good music can do.
Love bizzarre song , The "contrast" in the harmony is very rare, the sound is rare but this is a good choice for me.
Love Magnetic Fields! Thank you for this reaction! Everything Stephen Merrit does is full of contrasts - beauty and darkness. I think this could be about longing, about dreaming but not getting there maybe. Or obsession/not wanting to let go of a love interest. Legendary interview with Merrit ua-cam.com/video/L9Ob9TJueBQ/v-deo.html
Think he should do a full length reaction to 69 Love Songs?
@@GarrettEulett I actually don't know... I mean it's full of gems, but also a lot of songs that are just fun and/or weird. Not sure it's worth to analyse it all. But could be... or pick out the gems?
"... before it starts falling apart?" At least it sounds like it.
Actually, one of my best friends of old is a hge fan of this guy. From what I've heard before, the dissonance is specific for this song.
That's interesting. No I really wonder why they used it
Thank you!
I finished this really hoping for some insight from the community, but it seems your take whilst similar to my own is simply accidental in production and composition... hopefully there is more to it that someone can offer...
What if 'its only time' was a confident statement about the time that was a deep rooted fear... false confidence... the statements are said boldly but perhaps the dissonance is underlying uncertainty?
This was a good analysis. I thought the song was pretty good.
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