Stephin Merritt / Magnetic Fields mix

ok, i'm making a Stephin Merritt/Magnetic Fields mix for some friends and family, is there anything glaring that i'm missing from this list? any ideas on songs to include/exclude?

The Magnetic Fields – "The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "You And Me And The Moon" (Get Lost)
The Magnetic Fields – "Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "Papa Was A Rodeo" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "Yeah! Oh, Yeah!" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "All The Umbrellas In London" (Get Lost)
The Magnetic Fields – "The Flowers She Sent And The Flowers She Said She Sent" (Holiday)
The 6ths – "Kissing Things" (Hyacinths and Thistles)
The Magnetic Fields – "Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "Washington, D.C." (69 Love Songs)
The 6ths – "In the City in the Rain" (Wasps' Nests)
The Magnetic Fields – "Long-Forgotten Fairytale" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "Meaningless" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "Born on A Train" (Charm of the Highway Strip)
The 6ths – "You You You You You" (Hyacinths and Thistles)
The Magnetic Fields – "Fear Of Trains" (Charm of the Highway Strip)
The Magnetic Fields – "Come Back from San Francisco" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "Strange Flowers" (Holiday)
The Magnetic Fields – "Boa Constrictor" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "I Don't Really Love You Anymore" (I)
The Magnetic Fields – "Love Goes Home To Paris In The Spring" (The House of Tomorrow)
The Magnetic Fields – "Acoustic Guitar" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "With Whom To Dance" (Get Lost)
The Magnetic Fields – "Reno Dakota" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "Swinging London" (Holiday)
The Magnetic Fields – "Busby Berkeley Dreams" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "I Looked All Over Town" (I)
The Magnetic Fields – "The Sun Goes Down And The World Goes Dancing" (69 Love Songs)

Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies (Distant Plastic Trees)

Take Ecstacy With Me, from Holiday

I don't wanna get over you (69 Love Songs)

I forgot about the Gothic Archies. I'm partial to

Shipwreaked (The Tragic Treasury: Songs from a Series of Unfortunate Events)

Underwear!!

Fear of Trains (Charm of the Highway…)

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah

Originally posted by Joe M.:
Fear of Trains (Charm of the Highway…)

not big on reading comprehension, huh? :D

Originally posted by kcjones119:
Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies (Distant Plastic Trees)

i don't have this song, what album/comp is it on?

Originally posted by bellenseb:
Take Ecstacy With Me, from Holiday

Originally posted by attache:
I don't wanna get over you (69 Love Songs)

good calls! thanks!

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah

i was thinking about putting Nas' "NY State of Mind" at the end

BTW, it's Strange Powers, not Flowers.

Long Vermont Roads is another favorite of mine. And I Don't Believe You off i.

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
ok, i'm making a Stephin Merritt/Magnetic Fields mix for some friends and family, is there anything glaring that i'm missing from this list? any ideas on songs to include/exclude?

The Magnetic Fields – "The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "You And Me And The Moon" (Get Lost)
The Magnetic Fields – "Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "Papa Was A Rodeo" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "Yeah! Oh, Yeah!" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "All The Umbrellas In London" (Get Lost)
The Magnetic Fields – "The Flowers She Sent And The Flowers She Said She Sent" (Holiday)
The 6ths – "Kissing Things" (Hyacinths and Thistles)
The Magnetic Fields – "Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "Washington, D.C." (69 Love Songs)
The 6ths – "In the City in the Rain" (Wasps' Nests)
The Magnetic Fields – "Long-Forgotten Fairytale" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "Meaningless" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "Born on A Train" (Charm of the Highway Strip)
The 6ths – "You You You You You" (Hyacinths and Thistles)
The Magnetic Fields – "Fear Of Trains" (Charm of the Highway Strip)
The Magnetic Fields – "Come Back from San Francisco" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "Strange Flowers" (Holiday)
The Magnetic Fields – "Boa Constrictor" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "I Don't Really Love You Anymore" (I)
The Magnetic Fields – "Love Goes Home To Paris In The Spring" (The House of Tomorrow)
The Magnetic Fields – "Acoustic Guitar" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "With Whom To Dance" (Get Lost)
The Magnetic Fields – "Reno Dakota" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "Swinging London" (Holiday)
The Magnetic Fields – "Busby Berkeley Dreams" (69 Love Songs)
The Magnetic Fields – "I Looked All Over Town" (I)
The Magnetic Fields – "The Sun Goes Down And The World Goes Dancing" (69 Love Songs)

Does it come with wafers?

Originally posted by kcjones119:
Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies (Distant Plastic Trees)

Good call. Probably my favorite…

Hoya....

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:

Originally posted by kcjones119:
Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies (Distant Plastic Trees)

i don't have this song, what album/comp is it on?

it's from "distant plastic trees," the first magnetic fields album. it's mostly available now as a combo album with "the wayward bus," which was the follow up. both of those featured susan anway on vocals, no stephin, no claudia. her voice was pretty annoying, which is why that really early stuff isn't as good. the superchunk cover of "100,000 fireflies" is far superior to the magnetic fields version, and in fact is probably one of my favorite superchunk songs, actually. they did great covers.

Originally posted by BookerT:

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:

Originally posted by kcjones119:
Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies (Distant Plastic Trees)

i don't have this song, what album/comp is it on?

it's from "distant plastic trees," the first magnetic fields album. it's mostly available now as a combo album with "the wayward bus," which was the follow up. both of those featured susan anway on vocals, no stephin, no claudia. her voice was pretty annoying, which is why that really early stuff isn't as good. the superchunk cover of "100,000 fireflies" is far superior to the magnetic fields version, and in fact is probably one of my favorite superchunk songs, actually. they did great covers.

ahhh, i know the song now, it's on the superchunk singles collection ('incidental music'), you're right it's a great cover … i'll DL that track from emusic, but for some reason i've just never gotten around to DLing the first 2 magnetic fields albums

I don't have any S. Merritt up to now. Am I going to enjoy this Pieces of April soundtrack I got for a quarter at Tower?

Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
I don't have any S. Merritt up to now. Am I going to enjoy this Pieces of April soundtrack I got for a quarter at Tower?

it's a pretty good album, 3 or 4 of the songs appear on other albums … "luckiest guy on the lower east side" is my favorite of his, and "i think i need a new heart" and "you you you you you" are really solid too

the way mac m. yodels "man-do-lin" makes my heart melt every time

pssst:

http://www.last.fm/user/HoyaParanoia/journal/2007/03/6/361955/