the Magnetic Fields- All my Little Words

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16 жыл бұрын

All my Little Words by the Magnetic Fields, and footage from various vintage films depicting love and loss, and ability to break ones heart and keep going at least that is what i think.

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@ginnyrosalia 4 ай бұрын

I sang this to my grandmother on her deathbed. She was like a mother to me, and this song has a special place in my heart as a consequence.

@danielvonbrighoff 3 жыл бұрын

You’ll be sorely missed, LD

@adastra3147 2 жыл бұрын

Whaaat

@j.c7719 2 жыл бұрын

@@adastra3147 LD Beghtol who provided lead vocals on this track passed away in 2020

@1966wilky 9 ай бұрын

@@j.c7719😢

@scottyslearningcorner6080 6 жыл бұрын

This is a classic song that stopped me in my tracks. In 2006 my dad was driving me and my brother to school and this played on WMBR 88.1. I think on a Wednesday. it stopped us all in our tracks. I tried to scribble the words on one of my text books. I covered my text books with paper bags and stuff (everyone did in my high school) and I think I tried to write down the words so I'd remember it. i remember getting to school and just remember and hearing what it was. later I was so excited i went home and went on the WMBR archive to find out what it was. We all got so into the Magnetic Fields because of that. My dad doesn't really like any music i do except the Magnetic Fields and the Cure and stuff.

@danielmont6544 3 жыл бұрын

Yo that's so wholesome

@slysawyer5022 2 жыл бұрын

That was really nice to read. Thank you.

@elaborator 2 жыл бұрын

Love this story. Nobody writes music like Mag Fields

@pendragonU Жыл бұрын

The first time I heard these guys it was accidental too, they were playing maybe with another name too, but although there were other bands around playing still earlier techno, much fading into else (before everything went into a "new sound discovered" promoted massively with bands of back alley cats meowing/grunging their entitled Whiteness disappointments at slacking it from Seattle) in that late 80's sweet period of Peace, before the Crusades over the Middle East will start for the next decade/s...when I heard the Music these were doing, I realized that was something else of higher value than commercial labels promoters unfaithful waltzes with bands if pop in returns to invested pumping in their money schemes. This was, truly better crafted music as the Indie revolution ever made possible to be proud, not just knowing but enriching your life. After I returned to Boston, I was very relieved to find they finally had recorded some of their songs, so they could be around me wherever I went in the World. Not just a memory or dream of a short period of time

@sheirisa Жыл бұрын

❤😂

@TheTomTerrible 7 ай бұрын

Heard this at the end of one of the episodes of "The Shield" and it immediately grabbed me. I love great songwriters- Waits, Cave, MacGowan. This one is up there with the greats.

@austindraper9529 3 жыл бұрын

After having an abusive relationship, you think it's impossible to be loved again. After what was a happy little accident over picking up and returning a cute sweater to it's owner months after, I was in the throws of it again. I loved her a lot, but I knew that everything I did for her was extra. With a life hard all on it's own, telling her to close up again, I knew it wouldn't be long till all she would say was "You don't have to do that for me" and I knew it wouldn't matter what I did then. I had to let her go, I think I'm ready to get back into the world, and ready to hear this song without having a hard time.

@reperioinsula Ай бұрын

It shouldn’t feel taxing to love someone

@teeterharris 14 жыл бұрын

The narrator may have lost his greatest love, but he gained the greatest love of all: knowing reality. That is why this song is beautiful :-)

@77hodag 3 жыл бұрын

One of those life-changing records - Stephen Merritt is one of the great living songwriters.

@lancemilliken9078 5 жыл бұрын

The shield brought me here 15 years ago and now I'm back

@gokurippetoe8750 4 жыл бұрын

Me too. I love Shield, best show ever >>GOT, BB

@Angelodavill 4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@matheusfrota95 4 жыл бұрын

hell yeah !!!! Lemonhead is the man !!! Fav show ever !

@cward1890 4 жыл бұрын

The Canadian show?

@stevenorr9639 4 жыл бұрын

What a show!!

@ttidforever7416 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the more tragic songs I've heard. To think, that someone is guaranteed they'll get everything they ever wanted, the way they want it, but it's still somehow not good enough. It reminds me of something Sylvia Plath would feel. Beautifully Heart Breaking.

@natestricker Жыл бұрын

There aren’t many “Perfect” songs that have ever been written, but this is one them. My goodness.

@sercowy 11 жыл бұрын

The Shield, Season 1 Episode 8, 'Cupid & Psycho'.. that's where I discovered this song. I've been researching The Shield recently. Amazing show, this song fit the scene perfectly. Glad I now know the name of this song! :)

@flanigan_a-go-go 8 жыл бұрын

to my sad girl...may you find the silence you longed for ...r.I.p

@Shug1910 5 жыл бұрын

Don't know you but lovely comment, first heard this on the shield and instantly loved it, perfect scene for it too, reminds me of my first and only true love, hauntingly beautiful, took me years to find this song, didn't know what it was called, just remembered bit about butterfly, googled it and found it.

@hexis23 5 жыл бұрын

♥♥♥

@MAUREENALLEN79 4 жыл бұрын

Condolences Boyo

@dannagraves367 4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow I wasn't expecting tears. So sad, thinking of you...

@misslongfellow8988 4 жыл бұрын

This breaks my fucking heart

@bobbytables464 7 жыл бұрын

This is the best song ever written. I thought this 10 years ago when I first heard it, and I think it now.

@wendydelorme4093 8 жыл бұрын

If you can get beyond the hype of what a good song should sound like, this one hits one's heart. I relate this haunting song to the son that I lost. I could never make him stay. I miss him so.

@markissac133 6 жыл бұрын

Wendy delorme As a fellow parent, i grieve for you. My shoulder is there for you to cry upon, should you ever feel the need. I wish you and your family well. Stay strong, lovely lady.

@quiggaxx 5 жыл бұрын

its very strange that i see this comment today..because i lost my older brother last year , who was 28 at the time .. And Ive heard this song a thousand times because its one of my favorites , and just while i was listening to it just now i thought for the first time how i could relate it to his death , how nothing i can say or do can bring him back , aka make him stay..and the one time i think of it that way i see your comment..things like that dont happen for no reason..they are not gone

@MarzLabs 11 жыл бұрын

I can't ever compare The Magnetic Fields to any other band. They are unique and I will always enjoy hearing them.

@EmeraldLucy 9 жыл бұрын

My ex used to say all the time, that he would like to be a beautiful butterfly (as a joke). My heart broke when he had to move to another country. I was amazed when I heard this song. It reminds me of us.

@Birrafernetwhisky 7 жыл бұрын

Victoria Vigilante pasé por una situación exactamente igual, sólo que yo fui el que se mudó de país y esta canción me recuerda a esa relación terminada.

@scottstugelmeyer3659 6 жыл бұрын

That's so damn sweet.

@Shug1910 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah i find it haunting

@Shug1910 5 жыл бұрын

Hope you're happy,my ex floated about my pals beds ,still feel I wasted the best 16 years of my life with her, only girl I ever loved, they do say nice guys finish last,yet women go from one guy to another who slap them around, hopefully I'll find someone

@stevenorr9639 3 жыл бұрын

@@Shug1910 update?

@peterb8996 9 жыл бұрын

Probably the best use of a song against a closing montage EVER. The Shield was awesome, even the finale.

@mr.ullrich1405 9 жыл бұрын

Pete Bryant Word. Imo, the best series i have ever seen. Even beats dexter, breaking bad and many others. Don't phak with the strike team!

@peterb8996 9 жыл бұрын

***** , Pretty much agree. Breaking Bad might have an edge, just on the over-arcing storyline (Mr. Chips becomes Scarface). Jesse, Mike, Gus, even the bell-ringer - incredible characters. The Shield felt more self-contained and inevitable, tho. I never got into Dexter. I might tho, now, based on your comment. Thanks.

@jamesh4780 3 жыл бұрын

@@peterb8996 I rated BB. But it has nothing on the shield.

@aharrymarry 3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.ullrich1405 Ever seen the Wire?

@axel4196 2 жыл бұрын

I remember...That love triangle seemed like some goofy, Jerry Springer crap that turned really dark at the end. This song really brought out the tragedy and sadness of the situation. It stayed with me long after the show ended.

@reizl3852 9 жыл бұрын

oh god it's such a perfect song. my eyes are full of tears!

@spiritualgurl25 6 жыл бұрын

An excellent song to listen to when you've had too much bottled up for too long and really need to just sit down and have a really good, cleansing cry... :'(

@SomethingWet 2 жыл бұрын

So charmingly sad. So soft and so heartbreaking. It makes me comfortably sad, makes me cry but it feels like my soul is surrounded in the softest cotton

@GallagherAndrea 7 жыл бұрын

There are no words to describe what are the Magnetic Fields ... the thousand sensations that make me try. It's something indescribable, it's like a journey of melancholy happiness

@tartgreenapple 10 жыл бұрын

Love this song? Get the album, 69 Love Songs by the Magnetic Fields. It's Epic.

@beaker071 3 жыл бұрын

This album changed my life

@thenodfather 7 жыл бұрын

The Magnetic Fields, the place the Iron Man could never leave.

@Doubleelforbes 7 жыл бұрын

I thought that was where he was turned to steel?

@salvatornado 6 жыл бұрын

It took me so long to get this comment. If i were not having a blue day and continuously revisiting this song i may never have.

@bmkinuk 16 жыл бұрын

His best song. Gets me every time.

@lupodelupis3672 3 жыл бұрын

Stephen Merritt is a top notch songwriter.

@Costanza1459 3 жыл бұрын

The Shield brought me here. Great song!!!

@SAced4 11 жыл бұрын

Heard this on The Shield. Great song. Really set the mood of the scene. So glad to have discovered TMF.

@ragnaarlobrok2543 Жыл бұрын

The ShieId 1X8 finaI

@ChrisPBacon-zz6qy Жыл бұрын

Same here. Absolutely love the song.

@lukecage3485 Жыл бұрын

Same. Unfortunately I haven't heard it anywhere else. A nice, simple sweet song.

@djackmanson Жыл бұрын

The way they cut to Julien when they sang “You tell me that you’re unboyfriendable” 😢😢😢

@gl2700 5 жыл бұрын

"Astronomy will have to be revised." Love this beautiful song!

@zzGRENDELzz 2 жыл бұрын

I know there's this modern band that wrote and played this, but in my heart I know this song and it's melody have been sung and played in one fashion or another for over a thousand years, right back to the bardic tradition. It must have given voice to a hundred million broken hearts who didn't know how to express what they felt. If you've never known, a broken heart isn't a phrase. I woke every morning for three years with a clutching pain in my chest. I'd stir clear, fine. Then as the moments progressed it would creep in from the sides. I had an electrocardiogram some time later, the technician/nurse asked me when it was that I had my heart attack. The damage showed. I try not to play songs like this (the other being the original Song to the Siren) because it brings all that emotion right back where I thought it was gone. Damn it.

@sandrinedereu6475 Ай бұрын

Because your heart ... Beats

@christos6068 3 жыл бұрын

This is definitely one of the most romantic / catathliptic songs I've ever heard. And i feel stupid that in my 18 years i hadn't heard it before

@FranciscoJavier-wz1wz 3 жыл бұрын

Don't be that hard on yourself. I found this song early this year whilst I am 24.

@weezadam Жыл бұрын

Don’t believe I’m familiar with the word catathliptic

@vidarbonsak7855 7 ай бұрын

"Catathliptic" is a very Stephin Merritt like word

@pineconegnome 12 жыл бұрын

I love that part! A little cheesy, but that only makes it even more naked and vulnerable... That's my favourite thing about this group's lyrics in general... the perfect combination of poetry, homemade words and pure humour. Just look at "a chicken with its head cut off" and songs like that :D

@omigoditspatricia 13 жыл бұрын

this song always succeed to give me a permanent goosebumps

@MeyerBen27 11 ай бұрын

The Shield brought me here

@brentbear4917 10 жыл бұрын

This song. Its so Beautiful.

@1969420 12 жыл бұрын

i was stoned watching the Shield and i almost flipped out of my chair to go look this song up

@elysola-hernandez7525 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, made me lol in a public place. Everyone staring. Greetings from the future.

@spottheturtle9568 5 жыл бұрын

im sad to say i just found this band...but im also happy i found them... how lovely.

@stephencramer 3 жыл бұрын

REST IN PEACE LD BEGHTOL 😢💙

@_wormlet 3 жыл бұрын

What happened to him? He was young

@erikdanielsson3947 5 жыл бұрын

This song makes me think of you, and I wonder about all those things I wish I said and did differently. Because you are a splendid butterfly, and I could never hold you, only watch you fly away. Sometimes I miss you so much it hurts, but mostly I only wish you happiness.

@bigdanbear 12 жыл бұрын

I love this. My man just left me again. He says its him. I am the one alone.

@abhay6445 4 жыл бұрын

hey how are you now after 8 years?

@ericperry27 3 жыл бұрын

This makes me think of my kids' mom. So many regrets. but. maybe months or years from now. I'll read this again, & see things differently. As of now. I relate to this song, 100%

@elif-py1gt 2 жыл бұрын

aw! hope things get better between you two.

@sheepgate1 14 жыл бұрын

Discovered this song and Stephin Merritt a few months ago. Wow!!!!!!! Who hasn't experienced what Stephin sings? Genius with words and music.

@jerrysebi 3 жыл бұрын

Here frome the TV show The Shield am I the only one?

@SteffieEhm 10 жыл бұрын

Glad I was introduced to this band.. this song is so beautiful.

@stlcrdnl70 10 жыл бұрын

Brings back memories of the 1st season of the Shield. Absolutely beautiful song.

@ravendeathstar6060 7 жыл бұрын

Thank the gods I searched the google for "desperate things I do" out of nowhere and I've been brought to one of their songs. I've found my new fave band ❤️

@greenscottydog_1769 5 жыл бұрын

wye did ye searcheth that lul

@kimithebest89 Ай бұрын

Spotify suggested it to me by chance. Never was a suggestion more appreciated. Thank you, Spotify.

@daydrmnation 4 жыл бұрын

The bitter sweetest song I ever heard

@mariotimagalhaes 13 жыл бұрын

This one goes with me to heaven...

@BethGoth15 16 жыл бұрын

The kiss at the end was just beautiful.

@kilepike4476 10 жыл бұрын

I was looking for actual magnetic fields......nice diversion tho...good song

@aquamarinedream8304 9 жыл бұрын

Haha!

@Von-Wilhelm 5 жыл бұрын

Actual?

@ONCEuponAtime999 4 жыл бұрын

Lie

@gurchtschalllly 4 ай бұрын

@@ONCEuponAtime999all of

@nvjakobek 15 жыл бұрын

for some reason any magnetic fields, with the most obscure lyrics, can always set me in the right mood

@herpdederpla 11 жыл бұрын

I actually cannot ever get enough of this song. I will find someone to play it with me.

@DocktaPenguin Жыл бұрын

Did you find that someone?

@maramilda4205 Жыл бұрын

Did you?

@joshthedeity Жыл бұрын

did you find someone?

@shaggyofwv 11 жыл бұрын

The Shield was one of my all-time favorite shows. I still miss it being on TV. It is hard to believe it ended almost 5 years ago.

@Ashas.Garden 2 жыл бұрын

15 years ago

@SneedyKetler 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ashas.Garden holy hell has it been that long?

@ChrisPBacon-zz6qy Жыл бұрын

@@SneedyKetler crazy hey

@SneedyKetler 3 жыл бұрын

If anyone wants to get married to this song, I’m game. I don’t need to know anything about you personally. If you like the Magnetic Fields you’re the stock for me.

@pierrotgeist 3 жыл бұрын

I'm bi I don't care, you seem like a cool dude

@creeg84 4 жыл бұрын

The Shield turned me on to this song. Every couple years I listen to it a bunch of times in a row.

@robertchenault4195 5 жыл бұрын

My favorite song to remind myself of reality

@sheepgate1 13 жыл бұрын

Be honest, love stirs up more emotion than EVEN death. Love can and has filled my head so completely there was no room for any other thoughts. And I have said all those little words to no avail. Haven't you? Best song ever of broken relationship. The best expression in song of what we have all felt at one time. Brilliant.

@charlottewilson9668 Жыл бұрын

My parents still abused each other and I was I. It. I dealt with it and them with understanding…. Down the line I have been victim of abuse which just headfucked me. Stealing my sanity yet empowered my escape. Ten years of it and I am left without memory of anything that I had. And no faith in mankind. Overpowering control used by mental health services destroyed my body and trashed my mind. It’s at these times treasure to find my own nature. Thankyou for the song x

@oVerdrive-pt5uk 2 жыл бұрын

"This song right here, i don't wanna brag but I only cried once to it"

@6969gorilla 8 жыл бұрын

crafted lovingly, yet still is oneof "those rarified moments" kind of songs... beauty in abundance and its true.

@baddrivers6807 Жыл бұрын

Some tunes make your spine tingle, this is one of them.

@DistortedFaiths 8 жыл бұрын

Nothing "brought me here" except a genuine interest in music.

@channelprizza 8 жыл бұрын

+DistortedFaiths Well aren't you special.

@ThePlastocene 8 жыл бұрын

I will buy you a taco.

@imfinishd 8 жыл бұрын

so so pure

@Bl00DHound11 7 жыл бұрын

Well, that and your internet service provider.

@petewilliams785 7 жыл бұрын

Oh wise one!

@DarudeNephew 9 жыл бұрын

I cry every time

@goatboytone1 8 жыл бұрын

liyk

@RavindraKKapoor 11 жыл бұрын

What a beauty this Song reveals like the opening petals of young bud. Great Song of the bygone era, when Music was a thing to get lost. Ravindra

@berainrc3784 3 жыл бұрын

vic macky and all the love to the world ♥♥♥

@subwaysinger 12 жыл бұрын

I love love love this band and I adore this song and this album. Thanks for posting.

@mvitulano 8 жыл бұрын

Just about one of the loveliest songs I have ever heard. Perfectly charming!

@seancotter9156 11 жыл бұрын

Long live Vic Mackey and The Strike Team!! The Sopranos couldn't hold The Shield's Jock!!!! Without a doubt the best TV Show EVER!!

@akiba89876 3 жыл бұрын

7 years later and Shield brought me here

@Costanza1459 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@matheusfrota95 3 жыл бұрын

The Best. Lemonhead for life.

@sskoog 3 жыл бұрын

Huge Shield fan myself. One of the nice side benefit is little musical nuggets like these -- Ryan + Sutter have wonderfully eclectic tastes.

@seancotter9156 2 жыл бұрын

@@sskoog exactly!!! Best show of all time and a the music placement was a huge part of it. I ❤️ The Shield Fans kinda of a "secret" society. Such a masterpiece and the people that have never heard of it or never bothered to watch..... their loss!!! You can't talk about the GOAT of TV shows without It being in the discussion

@lakis83 13 жыл бұрын

what can i say about this brilliant song... I cant handle it..

@savvy140 6 жыл бұрын

This song is absolutely beautiful.

@suesue9781 7 жыл бұрын

What sublime and beautiful music... Saludos desde Gran Canaria, España

@Psych05is 14 жыл бұрын

"The sweetest song you ever heard..." :)

@TheANATOMIKAblogmag 7 жыл бұрын

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'll 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'll do Not for all my little words It doesn't matter what I'll do Not for all my little words //////

@Shug1910 5 жыл бұрын

Been looking for this song for years after hearing it on the shield, great to hear it again, find it haunting

@RiiSchob 3 жыл бұрын

@@Shug1910 thats where I heard it too.

@stevenorr9639 3 жыл бұрын

@@RiiSchob class song class series

@RiiSchob 3 жыл бұрын

@@stevenorr9639 I'm rewatching it on Hulu as we speak. Still fun to watch.

@stevenorr9639 3 жыл бұрын

@@RiiSchob never get tired of watching the shield brother

@anastasiafrisby5164 7 ай бұрын

The best performance I attended. I've attended quite a few. Love their music. Was a sit down gig in the Olympia Dublin.

@Shug1910 5 жыл бұрын

Loved this first time I heard it on the shield, didn't know title or band, only googled it in past year with 'song on shield about butterfly'that I got it ,haunting!

@toopoable 12 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video for an unbelievably great song.

@frogamigo 16 жыл бұрын

I LOVE THIS SONG! One of those songs that you listen to compulsively over and over again about 1,000 times (and then can't listen to it again for about 2 years). :) Great video to accompany!

@misslongfellow8988 4 жыл бұрын

Lol perfectly explained

@marcosnacar7182 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful song, I also recommend the movie:magnetic fields, different, but same name. Dammm good song.

@Tubekeny1 7 жыл бұрын

i couldnt make u stay; not for all the tea in China. love found. love lost. haunting. sad. beautiful

@craigwithington 14 жыл бұрын

Brilliant song, great emotive video too. Good work, I liked it a lot!

@njaimmusic 14 жыл бұрын

Fucking perfect. "I can make you fly away, but I could never make you stay."

@razikboston3414 7 ай бұрын

This was my top song on Spotify!

@gilactico 5 жыл бұрын

Probably one of my favourite songs to feature North Carolina :).

@gokurippetoe8750 3 жыл бұрын

Is it NC's "Country Roads"?

@willamato 11 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done. Thank you.

@palindromeman9670 2 ай бұрын

Breaks my heart every time I listen to this song, every time...

@whiskerswv 14 жыл бұрын

Nice choice of clips. They go beautifully with the song.

@simony1210 2 жыл бұрын

I just discovered the Magnetic Fields and my god, they're amazing

@davidrichman9779 Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the fold

@Flowerbranche 8 ай бұрын

I've been a fan since 2000 when I discovered 69 Love Songs. I'm so thankful that I did! Stephin Merritt's songs have given me so much pleasure and joy ever since. I've seen the band live three times, my third time as recently as last Thursday in Gothenburg!

@melishadavis3744 10 жыл бұрын

Love this and Stephen Merritt

@kerrgal 11 жыл бұрын

The song was/is perfect.

@iwasbornin1979May 14 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful video and sound!!!!!!!!!!

@1969420 12 жыл бұрын

dude i love when great t.v. shows can follow up with great soundtracks

@briteness 6 жыл бұрын

Genuinely moving. It's hard to write a good love song.

@shonamacaskill4145 12 жыл бұрын

great song xxx

@pggyyr 16 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. I usually avoid fan-made videos, but this one is really great--the footage is reminiscent of the photo on the early CD's, with the couple leaning on the car. My favorite Magnetic Fields song.

@notanfningain 6 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful song.

@JoniPlayboy1979 11 жыл бұрын

wow this is beautiful. i consider myself lucky that i found this band.

@Martel4 14 жыл бұрын

this song changed my life and this is the first time i've ever heard it.

@inacristobal8794 8 жыл бұрын

Someone asked to give her a list of songs about unrequited love and this song is the first one on the list.

@etherealclaim 5 жыл бұрын

What are the other songs of the list?

@worldsquiethere 11 жыл бұрын

First time I listened to this about 4 years ago and I've forgotten it now for 3 months or so. It's great when listening to a song can make you feel like setting foot back home.

@apricotjam212 2 жыл бұрын

Listen to it after 8 years?