Magnetic Fields - All My Little Words (live) - 69 Love Songs Tour - San Francisco (4K)

The Magnetic Fields play their song "All My Little Words" live in concert at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco, California on April 28, 2024. All My Little Words originally appeared on the band's sixth studio album, 69 Love Songs (1999), with LD Beghtol singing lead vocals. Beghtol died during the pandemic and Stephin Merritt briefly talked about him to the audience before moving on to the next song, "A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off." He said: "So, ordinarily, that song would have been performed by LD Beghtol, but he up and died on us during the pandemic and he won't be with us any longer. And, similarly, this song is about a chicken who is no longer with us."
The Magnetic Fields are an indie pop band led by founder, lead singer, and principal songwriter Stephin Merritt. Joining him onstage were Sam Davol (cello), Shirley Simms (vocals, ukulele and autoharp), John Woo (banjo, guitar, and bass), Chris Ewen (keyboards), Claudia Gonson (keyboards and vocals), and Anthony Kaczinski (guitar and vocals).
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Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs Tour Dates (2024):
March 24-25 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
April 3-6 - New York, NY @ The Town Hall
April 10-13 - New York, NY @ The Town Hall
April 17-20 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
April 23-24 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
April 26-29 - San Francisco, CA @ The Curran Theatre
May 3-4 - North Adams, MA @ MASS MoCA
May 29-30 - Durham, NC @ Carolina Theatre
June 1-2 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
Aug. 21-22 - Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street
Aug. 24-25 - Edinburgh, UK @ The Queen's Hall
Aug. 28-29 - Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
Aug. 31 - London, UK @ Barbican
Sept. 1 - London, UK @ Barbican
Sept. 4-5 - Barcelona, Spain @ Paral·lel 62
Sept. 8-9 - Vienna, Austria @ Volkstheater
Sept. 11-12 - Utrecht, Netherlands @ TivoliVredenburg
Sept. 14-15 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Cirkus
Sept. 16-17 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Bremen Teater
Oct. 19-20 - Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
Oct. 22-23 - Austin, TX @ Paramount Theatre
Oct. 26-27 - Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater
Oct. 29-30 - Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
Nov. 1-2 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
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Magnetic Fields official bio:
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of its release, the Magnetic Fields will perform 69 Love Songs-the 3-disc masterwork that marked a significant breakthrough for the American band- for the first time in over two decades.
The select run of dates will take place in Spring of 2024, with performances in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Greater Boston and Los Angeles.
The tour will feature all the players from the 1999 triple disc, including Claudia Gonson, John Woo, Sam Davol, Shirley Simms and composer Stephin Merritt, joined now by recent members Chris Ewen and Anthony Kaczynski. The Magnetic Fields will play the album as it was originally performed in the early 2000’s: in order over 2 nights.
To date, Stephin Merritt has written and recorded twelve Magnetic Fields albums, including the beloved 69 Love Songs and 2017’s critically acclaimed Nonesuch box set, 50 Song Memoir, which chronicled the first fifty years of the songwriter’s life with one song per year. New York magazine called the box set “a celebration of Merritt’s sky-high range as a writer and a player … a delightful flip through the untold back pages of one of rock’s most singular voices.” Merritt has also composed original music and lyrics for several music theater pieces, including an off-Broadway stage musical of Neil Gaiman's novel Coraline, for which he received an Obie Award. In 2014, Merritt composed songs and background music for the first musical episode of public radio’s This American Life. Stephin Merritt also releases albums under the band names the 6ths, the Gothic Archies, and Future Bible Heroes.
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All My Little Words lyrics:
You are a splendid butterfly
It is your wings that make you beautiful
And I could make you fly away
But I could never make you stay
You said you were in love with me
Both of us know that that's impossible
And I could make you rue the day
But I could never make you stay
Not for all the tea in China
Not if I could sing like a bird
Not for all North Carolina
Not for all my little words
Not if I could write for you
The sweetest song you ever heard
It doesn't matter what I do
Not for all my little words
Now that you've made me want to die
You tell me that you're unboyfriendable
And I could make you pay and pay
But I could never make you stay
Not for all the tea in China
Not if I could sing like a bird
Not for all North Carolina
Not for all my little words
Not if I could write for you
The sweetest song you ever heard
It doesn't matter what I do
Not for all my little words
It doesn't matter what I do
Not for all my little words
Written by Stephin Raymond Merritt
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[@bernarda3856]

I can play this song about a million times and I would never get bored of it

[@snekboiboop]

ahhh thank you for the recommendation of this specific recording!! this might be my favorite live version :^)

[@bernarda3856]

This song never gets old

[@arefriendselectricpictured2243]

Thanks for uploading :) such a pleasant few nights! Did you record the book of love?

[@TimBracken]

My pleasure! I did manage to get "The Book Of Love," and I'll make that one my next upload from the show. :)

[@rooruffneck]

I want to see the whole concert from this camera angle! Yes, I'm toooooooooo greeeeeeeeeedy

[@TimBracken]

Aww, thanks, glad you liked this! I also posted "Punk Love" and I have at least a dozen more I shot. I'll try to post them as fast as I can, but I'm kinda drowning in other concerts to catch up on (it's a nice problem to have) and my video editing process is a bit slow too. Feel free to subscribe and then KZbin will tell you when I post these. 😊

[@rooruffneck]

@@TimBracken I'll check out Punk Love this afternoon. Thanks for uploading them :) And shooting them!