The Opening Acts

On Wednesday, Chromewaves posted an article which – at the very bottom – had five songs from the fine Albertans of Woodpigeon. Two of those tracks were covers of songs by The Magnetic Fields. Both are from the 69 Love Songs album. Both also happen to be amongst my least favorite songs from that collection, so they didn’t make much of an impression on me (A for effort, though).

It did, however, get me thinking about other bands that have covered Stephin Merritt’s songs.  A quick scan of my music collection yielded a lot more songs than I expected (it helps that my favorite band – The Divine Comedy – has covered 3 songs from Get Lost, along with The Gothic Archies’ “The Dead Only Quickly”).  A further bit of internet digging yielded several more results.

I ended up with 18 songs.  Rather than bombard you with all of them at once, I’m gonna split things up and post a batch of them for the next three Sundays (or four, if I can stumble upon more).  Here’s the first bunch for your enjoyment:

1) !!! – Take Ecstasy With Me
2) The Lucksmiths – Deep See Diving Suit
3) Lush – I Have The Moon
4) The Antlers & Sharon Van Etten – Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing
5) The Divine Comedy – With Whom To Dance?

Like I said earlier, I’m gonna keep searching around for more.  If you’ve ever recorded a Magnetic Fields cover and think it warrants being part of this feature, send it my way.

Related posts:

1. Let’s Listen To Some Magnetic Fields Covers – Part Two
2. Let’s Listen To Some Magnetic Fields Covers – Part Four
3. Let’s Listen To Some Magnetic Fields Covers – Part Six: Turning The Tables
4. Let’s Listen To Some Magnetic Fields Covers – Part Three
5. Let’s Listen To Some Magnetic Fields Covers – Part Five: The Miscellaneous Pile

Tags: !!!, lush, stephin merritt, the antlers, the divine comedy, the lucksmiths, the magnetic fields

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