Stephin Merritt performs "The Night You Can't Remember"

[Flowerbranche]

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!

[CartoonMuhammed]

Is this crowd on nitrous oxide or something?

[ffeiawjion]

no kidding

[Denton91]

dude.... this is so awesome! I love this song

[StephinMerritt]

Real nice.

[jdjusticeTV]

wow he has such a great baritone..

and this song is but one of hundreds of great compositions by Mr. Merritt..

thanks for posting!!

[Cheetah9876543210]

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?

[vbabe1]

is that a compliment or an insult?

I'd have to say he is and is not lemony.

He's his editor! XD

[FgClips]

Lol, he's not really his editor. He's the author. He writes under the pen name Lemony Snicket.

[vbabe1]

-.-; I know. I love him.

[sergelapelle]

This song is not part of the Lemony Snicket songs. It is from his own album, 69 Love Songs.

[Babyhowdy233]

The melody here is a dead ringer for a song I heard in a Scottish pub several years.

[wizzardsmith]

Funny and beautiful at the same time. Hes amazing. Like an American Morrissey.

[owlparrot]

except stephin can sing...

[wizzardsmith]

Either Morrissey's voice hits you or it doesn't. I personally love it. He's my God (alongside Stephin of course... and Tom Waits, Steven Fry, PJ Harvey and Brian Eno)

[PotatoSkills]

This video was found on accident and has opened my eyes to the Magnetic Fields. Thank you!

[gbay99]

they are amazing arnt they... if you havent already, look at there 69 love songs album

[pooppoopplopp]

Yeah I think it's a ukulele made out of a cigar box.

[Oilkink]

This is genius! I love his art of rhyming in this song. Probably my favourite song from 69 Love Songs.

[Grinlord]

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?

[A550RGY]

Such a clever, beautiful song. It's in such a different league from the Top 40 stuff passing as music nowadays.

[boobabycluebaby2]

This is great. I've been listening over and over.

[jariten]

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.

[mxtthxw]

Cuz it's a funny song!

[gentlemec]

i've cried to this song too much to agree

[gentlemec]

why is the audience laughing?

[thevoid99]

I love this song. The melody reminds me of the music from "Badlands" by Terrence Malick.

[pooppoopplopp]

What kind of ukelele is stephin playing? Anyone know?

[thecottonginny]

No wonder Gothic Archies reminded me of the Magnetic Fields!

[globglob2]

Any Smoosh footage to upload?

[saucepolicy]

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.

[debaser247]

One of my favorite Magnetic Fields songs.