Stephin Merritt performs "The Night You Can't Remember" Video
Stephin Merritt and Daniel Handler perform "The Night You Can't Remember" from 69 Love Songs at the "People Talking & Singing" 826 Seattle Benefit on Sept 1st, 2006. Shoddy video (it was taken with a digital camera) but the audio isn't bad. http://www.826seattle.org , http://www.bookeaters.org/ , http://www.bumbershoot.org/826/ , http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/
I absolutely ADORE ...
I absolutely ADORE this song! If I have to choose just one favourite from 69 Love Songs, this is the one. I mean, take a look at the rhyming - it doesn't? get more clever than this. And of course the melody is lovely as well. Genius!
no kidding?
no kidding?
Is? this crowd on ...
Is? this crowd on nitrous oxide or something?
dude.... this is so ...
dude.... this is so awesome! I love this song?
Real nice.?
Real nice.?
This song is? not ...
This song is? not part of the Lemony Snicket songs. It is from his own album, 69 Love Songs.
-.-; I know. I? ...
-.-; I know. I? love him.
Lol, he's not? ...
Lol, he's not? really his editor. He's the author. He writes under the pen name Lemony Snicket.
is that a ...
is that a compliment? or an insult?
I'd have to say he is and is not lemony.
He's his editor! XD
except stephin can ...
except stephin can sing...?
he's not Lemony ...
he's not Lemony Snicket. He can't be Lemony Snicket. How could he, of all? ppl, create such a complex story, V.F.D., and all that up?
The melody here is ...
The melody here is a dead ringer for a song I heard in? a Scottish pub several years.
they are amazing ...
they are amazing arnt they... if? you havent already, look at there 69 love songs album
This video was ...
This video was found on accident and has opened my eyes to? the Magnetic Fields. Thank you!
This is genius! I ...
This is genius! I love his art of rhyming? in this song. Probably my favourite song from 69 Love Songs.
man, i love this ...
man, i love this guys style! he's dreary, and subtely funny. But not trying to hard. He's funny and dark nd poignant at the same time.? Is that a ukulele?
i've cried to this ...
i've cried to this song too much to agree?
Such a clever, ...
Such a clever, beautiful song. It's in such a different league from? the Top 40 stuff passing as music nowadays.
This is great. I've ...
This is great. I've been listening over and over.?
God I love this ...
God I love this song.
The lyrics are amusing until that last, unexpected "and I said wanna bet" line,? which suddenly gives the song this amazing bittersweet sadness.
Cuz it's a funny ...
Cuz it's a funny song!?
why is the? ...
why is the? audience laughing?
I love this song. ...
I love this song. The melody reminds me of the music? from "Badlands" by Terrence Malick.
No wonder Gothic ...
No wonder Gothic Archies reminded? me of the Magnetic Fields!
Sorry, no. I was ...
Sorry, no. I was limited to 16 minutes of recording time, so I was picking? my moments...the Stephin Merritt performance was a priority. Someone else uploaded "Dracula's Daughter" though.
One of? my favorite ...
One of? my favorite Magnetic Fields songs.



