The Magnetic Fields: Tiny Desk Concert

[@ladykrebstick]

I maintain that I Don’t Want to Get Over You is THE best break-up song of all time. Love this band so much ❤️

[@MrWeeRhys]

Piano version on here too thats beautiful

[@SeeJunieB]

These are my go to cry songs. Can’t believe they got a tiny desk

[@HakimALIGHT]

Seeing the 25th anniversary of 69 Love Songs show was like seeing a concert and a play at the same time. Legendary band.

[@Bonzocube]

i really really enjoyed it too!

[@dropkick45]

I’d put Stephin Merritt up there with the best songwriters of all time

[@mmayer1558]

He has a lot of merritts as a songwriter

[@landoncisneros4248]

100%. My favorite lyricist

[@Aritro77]

"All My Little Words" is a beautiful, melancholy, emotionally loaded song

[@djexidor4670]

The cello is so wonderful.

[@colinmeney]

00:16 Roses 00:46 All My Little Words 03:50 Reno Dakota 05:20 Come Back From San Francisco 09:08 I Don't Want To Get Over You 11:41 For We Are the King of the Boudoir 13:07 Kiss Me Like You Mean It 15:54 The Book of Love

[@annafranzen6453]

I loved it ❤ all I missed was Papa was a Rodeo and Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing

[@ben_has_hobbies]

Papa was a Rodeo is the true best song of 69 Love Songs.

[@johnwindmuller4674]

OMG Magnetic Fields! I forgot how much I love them. Brilliant melodies and funny and sad and quietly rockin!

[@cbschrader]

Wow, I did not expect this at all; what a pleasant surprise! I’ve been listening to Stephin Merritt and all of his various joint musical projects for so many years. His music is part of my life in a way that is hard to describe. I love him so much.

[@retropian]

I’ve had 69 Love Songs since 1999 but I haven’t listened to it in years. Thanks for the reminder. So many charming, clever, witty songs.

[@armouredrabbit]

This might be my favorite Tiny Desk performance yet. They still sound so great

[@1stClax]

the clarity and surefootedness of everyone. A level headed Masterpiece.

[@HD-nc7yu]

What

[@paulvelat6079]

great performance. You know, having heard this on and off for decades, I've never known what this group looked like and sometimes having your imagination shattered this way can be fun. Thanks for this.

[@adamb.4585]

How did these people find each other. Magic! I can’t believe I’ve been listening to them for over 20 years.

[@Deepflow1891]

This is the most beautiful performance I have seen in 2024. I Love every bit of this. This is a Moment of bliss. Whaatttt 🔥 🇳🇬

[@agathafry4233]

The benefit of the songs being so tiny is that you get so many in the same tiny time span 💜

[@HappyPandaP]

Few people in this world can say they created a masterpiece, but these people can.

[@DylanC-C]

Man , all of them sound so great. What an absolute treat

[@megrez45]

A wonderful performance, full of heart and acoustic vibes. Some of the finest tunes of that wonderful "69 Love Songs". Stephin Merritt is one of the most brilliant songwriters ever!

[@mjovi1]

I teared up. 69 Love Songs was such an important album for me. Thanks so much for this!

[@mjrleaguesweetie]

Nice

[@0-now-is-here]

Finally!!!!! The band of all bands! Great to see the A team!! Stephen is such a mastermind!!!! Thanks NPR!!

[@AuleMartin]

The dream come true of this tour this year… one of the best albums ever ❤❤❤❤❤

[@garrettgravley]

What’s so great about this album is that it fits just about any event in your life involving love and romance, whether good, bad, or indifferent. I listened to a lot of these songs when I went through the end of an 8-year relationship, and continued listening to them when I got over it and made peace with being single. And “Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing” was played at my wedding.

[@zz-ps6ph]

The beauty of Stephin’s voice is still wondrous. The fact that he’s aging with his talent intact is something to be celebrated.

[@irondj]

Thank you! To everyone who made this possible and to this incredible band and songwriter. What a gift.

[@pashahamasian4468]

amazing performance. what beautiful poetry 🥲

[@literalwho9017]

as someone who attended one of their 25th anniversary shows, thank you Stephin, Claudia, Shirley, Sam, John, Anthony, Chris et al. for changing my life, and also thank you for playing some deep cuts for us nerds who also love CD2&3 to death hehe

[@HappyPandaP]

Gotta have songs from all 3!

[@HarryTurfle]

Powerful songs that are funny, sweet, heartbreaking - with amazing live chemistry in this performance. Total legends.Stephin so cute with his emotional support kitty.

[@rhynorton6606]

The way that Stephin Merritt introduces the next song absolutely kills me...

[@fredtremblay781]

Yeah he's fun like that.

[@violetenergy4392]

Great road trip music with a tint of Johnny Cash feels and 60s/70s folk artists. ALL the musicians and singers are great! I feel like they're freestyiling and practicing in my living room, too...love raw sounds😊🤩

[@gingerfoxx1476]

I first discovered the music of Stephin/The Magnetic Fields as part of the many great indie artists who contributed to the soundtrack of The Adventures of Pete and Pete, which even still is one of my favorite memories from my childhood as a misfit kid throughout the early 90s.

[@christinecarnell985]

Superb! A little bit of Heaven in a wicked world.

[@fanthomans2]

Not betterhelp , please...

[@Fx-pp8rg]

genuinely

[@mmayer1558]

If I hear about them one more time, so betterhelp me!!!!

[@braq9775]

Neverhelp

[@RDRTgames]

They’re locked into a contract, I’m sure they want out now as much as we do

[@nicorepetto5781]

What's wrong with better help?

[@josephchinosi4489]

This is so special.

[@intheblink]

This made my day. Such beautiful and pure songwriting and genuine, sincere performance. Beautiful!

[@humblemovies6259]

I love the magnetic fields, partly because the songs are in a range I can melancholily belt back 😭

[@asherbeal8357]

That was perfect! I cried through the entire performance… those songs are timeless.

[@jakebower3435]

Thank you, Tiny Desk team, for creating a space where our favorite artists and songs are transformed into something truly magical!

[@wapael]

I started listening to The Magnetic Fields as a young starry-eyed boy when discmans were a thing. When i hear them play i turn back into that happy kid. Their music is my happy place, and also my sad place, and a bit of everything in between. ❤

[@inallthechaos2774]

A lot of these songs just get better with age and interpretation. what a great show!

[@terresinconnues]

What an awesome performance. Shirley Simms has a perfect voice. It's pure happiness and joy to my ears.

[@andyhanrahan]

This is by far the best channel on KZbin. So many great performances. This is right up there

[@cvc116]

I’ve loved so many tiny desk shows and have enjoyed hearing newer artists on the show recently. But it is so moving to see a band I’ve loved for years that has been together so long performing such cherished songs with the honing from these 25 years.

[@andrewhorton5101]

The greatest living songwriter.

[@thevoid99]

"69 love songs" is an all-time favorite album for me. 1999 was a great year in music. "the fragile" by NIN, "the soft bulletin" by the flaming lips, "13" by blur, and "when the pawn hits..." by fiona apple.

[@DylanC-C]

I cannot stop listening to the little melody change at 9:40. Such a subtle change, but it just hits the spot

[@lucasam3543]

the word is: beautiful This makes me cry from happiness, and also from not happiness.

[@healthycathy9782]

AH I’M DELIGHTED TO SEE THEM! ❤❤❤❤

[@Wondering_Ghoul]

God I love this band. Been a fan since the early oughts.

[@andreabalbuena873]

Thank you for all the magic❤ thank you for everything, always!

[@aobs8284]

a brilliant, quintessential Magnetic Fields performance of an essential, seminal album. 🤩🤩🤩

[@alanwoods2841]

Realizing I've heard OF Magnetic Fields but had never actually HEARD Magnetic Fields ... great introduction.

[@NWOALERT]

I will always be grateful that I got to see them, perform the album in its entirety

[@arjona33]

Bravo!! Una banda maravillosa! 69 love songs tatuado!

[@Christhyfy]

So beautiful!

[@MangoNizer]

Just close your eyes and listen. It's actually beautiful!

Rare to see a Tiny Desk of this level and execution. I could not ask for anything more (other than more songs).

[@fredtremblay781]

This is beyond words. I've been listening to that record for almost 20 years. This could be even better than when I saw them at Montréal's Théâtre Corona. Long live the Tiny Desk and its diversity: Idles, Neko Case, Adele, Erykah Badu, Run the Jewels... and now Magnetic Fields.

[@creamycanarie98]

It’s a struggle trying to write songs and knowing these guys have already written all of them.

[@thedefendingchamp]

Post nut clarity, thought of magnetic fields for whatever reason - hadn’t listened to them in years, wondering why I stopped listening to them and if it’s just me or society that stopped believing in love, the world becoming colder or just me…but I will listen to this and try to reconnect with the romantic in me who wants to be in love with someone and with life

[@Alistair_Spence]

Wow. Incredible. One of the best Tiny Desks I've ever seen.

[@danyul4u186]

All my little words ❤

[@mikejunior5825]

I’m not crying you’re crying

[@R3n4.RENA.r3n4]

Best band ever

[@FoursWithin]

Magnetic Fields came to Tiny Desk and kissed us like they meant it, leaving us with the Book of Love.

[@JunkyardGod89]

Loved this so much, never darted to watch a Tiny Desk performance so fast before.

[@DeborahDynamicBridging]

A wonderful blend of soulful and whimsical, playful and emotional.

[@LightWarriors4Life]

Love the accompaniment of the banjo and violin 🎻🤙🏼😎

[@nolageek]

Phenomenal episode. I've been waiting for this one since the DC shows.

[@aorinz]

I once spent a year in a christian based rehab in Georgia and I played endless Magnetic Fields songs on an acoustic they had lying around. Got away with it saying that they were a christian group. I think I converted some folks. Especially with Lonely Highway. Love this band entirely too much!

[@charlestwisted9890]

Utterly bittersweet and perfect. A brilliant deep blue gem in the immense crown of Tiny Desk.

[@PacifierMusic]

That was absolutely wonderful. So happy you shared this with us. Love these songs so much

[@JULIE..k..TURNER]

❤❤YOU GUYZ N GALZ are AWESOME!!..😊😊

[@Ozzzzelot]

Superb as always! Wonderful surprise too!

[@shambolicentity]

What a wonderful surprise it was to see this pop up! 69 Love Songs is an incredible album, from one of my favourite bands.

[@JohnOverturf]

"I . . . love it when you sing to me and you . . . can sing me anything."

[@chucklesshirt4104]

I’m so glad they’re still doing it all these years later

[@logandeancook]

Omg this is one of my favorite bands that not enough people know about. I was not expecting this tiny desk.

[@BarAH77]

All the way to these masterpiece just blowing my mind. . .Kudos to the team who invited them! :D

[@wiseguy100]

Great band.

[@countcobo9427]

OH MY GOD THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@billyungeriii]

This was beautiful. I wish LD could have been here, if even just to watch it 😢

[@smurfette_blues7922]

Didn't plan on being this giddy this evening having this come across my feed :D

[@joshuambean]

I don't think I could love this anymore. This is the world I want to live in. The one where The Magnetic Fields play tiny desk all the time.

[@mainh.d7386]

Yeahhhhhhh!!!!!! This is so exciting! What a great day

[@augustmcwake]

Gosh, this stuff holds up incredibly well. Sounds as fresh and thrilling as ever.

[@landoncisneros4248]

So absolutely gorgeous. Excellent execution to some of the sweetest songs ever written

[@cymbaline6074]

Oh my heart ❤️🤗 So beautiful!

[@Datamining101]

This album was an epic accomplishment.

[@stellarrig]

reno dakota is one of my favorites!! didn’t expect to see magnetic fields on tiny desk

[@joegreatmusicfirstweir9646]

That girl's got a beautiful voice in this band

[@anninguna607]

“All my little words” it’s just my favorite song, ever 💙

[@petererkkila]

Oh they are marvelous! These songs take me back.`

[@801guitar3]

I wish I could give this more than one thumbs up.

[@drfailes]

More please about 60 more songs please!!!!

[@motaman8074]

Oh. My. Goodness.

[@chrischurchman2766]

This really took me back ❤ beautiful as ever.

[@Sebraca]

Seeing the whole 69 love songs performed live is one of my biggest flexes

[@paolobenincasa]

I'm in tears. I love you Stephin Merritt

[@TheLongCut1]

I’ve watched this 3x today. Just incredible

[@landoncisneros4248]

7:28 “woo’s” are soul soothing. I needed this. Magnetic Fields are not nearly as recognized as they should be