After James and Chall’s SMASH success concert at the Grey Eagle last night, Asheville is asking: who are the Magnetic Fields?
Here’s a little sample:
my favorite, the wry and resigned I Don’t Want to Get Over You
A favorite of DonMak, and the wedding song of my friends Katie and Laura. A straight-up beautiful love song covered by Peter Gabriel: The Book of Love
The one that NYST just KILLED last night: Washington D.C.
My friend Katie’s (Magnetic Fields maniac) favorite: The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure (Night’s Bright Colors ROCKED IT. Admit it, you picked that section so you could do that song!)
And two more:
Absolutely Cuckoo (done as a duet by Electric Owls last night, what a great idea!)
Don’t fall in love with me yet
We only recently met
True I’m in love with you but
you might decide I’m a nut
Give me a week or two to
go absolutely cuckoo
then, when you see your error,
then, you can flee in terror
like everybody else does
I only tell you this cause
I’m easy to get rid of
but not if you fall in love
Know now that I’m on the make
and if you make a mistake
my heart will certainly break
I’ll have to jump in a lake
and all my friends will blame you
There’s no telling what they’ll do
It’s only fair to tell you
I’m absolutely cuckoo
