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  • I like the song and the accompanying film, which is just right.

  • Beautiful! Really nice job.

  • The singer is a male.

  • amazing! well done, uploader person, you kill with art!

  • I really liked the animation, yet it is simple, but that is not a problem, because you're talented.

  • Wow. That was really cute and amazing. Great job.

  • great job, I thought this is the official video and I was really impressed but now I realized it's a fan made video and I'm even more impressed

  • Love this animation, absolutely perfect for the song!

  • good job!

  • I love love love this animation, I need a video like this done in the future, would you be interested?

  • Just PERFECT. Well done. ^___^

  • I love this. I bet the band wishes this was their video.

  • soooo cute!<3

  • This should be the official video.

  • Good job! Seems to go well with the song.

  • right on

  • love it(: <3

  • This video is incredible. Well done on the animation. Its exactly what I needed this morning.

  • Stephin Merritt is a genius.

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  • perfect example of how we've all been duped into thinking that our happiness depends on others. I'm learning that this myth couldn't be farther from the truth.

  • Story of my life. For now. <3

  • I only just realised that this wasn't actually the real video... so it MUST be good to fool an honours degree student lol =D Well done =)

  • Fuck youtube.

  • this is a great animation, well done mustve taken ages!

  • The whole mood and style of this animation is perfect for the song. It makes animation seem seductively simple...as though it's a doodle which a fairy has brought to life with a magic spell. Spread the love beautiful artistic person!

  • @arsmithx Beautiful review! You also keep spreading the love. Let's make this a chain reaction of universal love.

    (:

  • A beautiful animation made by a talented fan. I am happy it made its way into the regular curriculum of TMF or Mr. Merrit.

  • love love! well done!

  • I was looking for a heartbreak song and found this! really cool :)

  • this is great! so i originally watched this on my phone after someone sent it to me for audio purposes, and i thought it was the official music video, like something that the band had made, and i loved it! props to you :)

  • I'm here because Lev Yilmaz linked to this animation on Facebook. Are you familiar with his work?

    Great job! I wish my first animation in AE was half that good! :D

  • Hey, really like your animation. Hope you continue to do them, especially to lovely music. Thanks :)

  • Brilliant work!!! I absolute LOVE this animation. I hope you do more. Maybe a Pixies song? LOL Love it, love it, love it! Shared on Facebook even thought it has to be watched here. Awesome!

  • awesome!

  • Thins song ends too quickly! Raping the repeat button here!!

  • Didn't know this song until today... it's wonderful, every line is accurate, and this spec video accompanies it perfectly

  • Great stuff.

  • If you want , check out our band The Same Mistakes. For original indie rock that doesn't suck that bad

  • the vid creeps me out a little.

  • Such a good break up song. I will be listening to this if I listen to my therapist and get rid of you

  • 1:03 - those things look like the Kaws companions

  • ohh thats so cool and cute!!

  • That was awesome :D

  • Fantastic work.

  • pure gorgeous video makes this song even better..

  • Beautiful.

  • hhmmmm... ya know the song didn't sound so creepy stalker until now O.o the videos still amazingly well done tho<3

  • You can "make a career of being blue"?? sign me up! I need work...this economy is bull$hit!!!

  • perfect!

  • genius video - perfect for the genius song

  • is that jhonny from jthm at 0:37 ?

  • great use of AE ! Love it. very nice visual interpretation.

  • I really liked this animation!! so cute even tho it's dark! ahah <3

  • The perfect antidote to this over-achieving, happy happy long time, sad-is-bad culture.

  • super cute animation!

    and your explanation, also cute!

  • your animation is awesome!!!

  • Awesome, simply awesome. Thanks

  • great work! imagery works really well :)

  • While searching for Magnetic Fields, I came across this & thought, 'that's probably not the Kate Freund who was the creative mind behind "Pussy Talk"'. Then at the end I saw, "for my Rob" and thought, "OMG it totes was!!1!" I thought your video was very sweet.

  • You did a fantastic job on this video! It really complements the song!

  • ai, ai...

  • You said it, Stephin...

  • rad

  • Nice work! The animation fits perfectly.

  • His voice sorta reminds me of Michael Gira, i love that rough style.

  • loxsly????

  • 15 people never smoked Clove cigarettes

  • this is fantastic.  i hope you found a career doing what you love. maybe you have a web series now you could tell us all about...

  • It's obvious that the folks that dislike this video are complete tools. 

  • nice post

  • Great animation. Nicely done.

  • You are very good - excellent first animation!

  • this is your first animated film?

    great job!

  • never stops being lyrically brilliant

  • Brilliant :D

  • i love u cosette munch <3

  • this is brilliant,.

  • this is awesome!

  • Brilliant Kate - great animation - must've taken hoursand dedication to Rob!

    And brilliant Stephin Merritt - my fav. song writer ever! !

    I'm trying to cover this song but the bar lengths are all whack - how him! Gonna have to sample the audio and synch it to a 2/4 click-track and write up the chords. There's got to be some logic, otherwise how else would Merritt have come up with it - one can shoe-horn lyrics into a tune only so far.

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  • love the video posted it on my writers typing tunes blog under film and animation I found out about the band in an entertainment news email and searched on youtube and found your channel - linda randall :)

  • haha, i'm mad he associated Camus with a melodramatic depressed teenager; if the intent was to lampoon a sad love song, he succeeded!

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  • this is amazing, animation and song 

  • I consider this a youtube classic now, what isn't it more popular? Though that many views is quite good!

  • I consider this a youtube classic now, what isn't it more popular? Though that many views is quite good, w00t!

  • I <3 this song

  • this is the perfect video for this song!!!

  • This is a brilliantly animated video. And how come I never heard of the Magnetic Fields before? They are fantastic!

  • I really like this video and the song. Great work.

  • Brilliant song, brilliant vid !

  • If I did not know any better I would have swore this was the official video for the song. Great job Kate

  • among the best, ever

  • fantastic animation! First one?

    wow

  • Let me put it in simple words:

    I can't believe it's an amateur job, so well does it suit the video.

  • muy buena la animación, de una excelente canción, felicitaciones!

  • dude i don't want to sound negative about anyones creative process there is so much overblown personal shit set to music on youtube but this is great you've captured the spirt of the song in your animation effin excellant

  • I love this song and I love your animation! Keep up the awesome :p

  • real cute which is weird but good great job Kate

  • superb animation....very well done.........

  • great job! i rarely like it when people make videos....but yours rocked:) thanks for sharing:) xoxoxo

  • Brilliant!

  • beautiful

  • amazing!!!!

  • Kate, you're so AWESOME.

    Are you interested in The Clash?

    I would be so happy to see your animation of Magnificent 7.

  • i could listen to this song everyday

  • Nice animation for your first time... :)  The 69 Love Songs album is a minor masterpiece!

  • Also, camus is an author not a book; couldn't you put a title on it?

  • I didn't care for the animations, I thought they were rather harsh and ugly considering the laid backness/ beauty of the song. Also I find literal representations of the songs lyrics to be rather lacking in creativity and thought (thats what everyone seems to do, and its so straightforward). Also the character seems to react to prozac as if it was an amphetamine. Just my opinion, thanks for putting the song up :)

  • @jimmymortis so...no girlfriend, huh?

  • @RobSchrab I have only had one girlfriend in my life and hated the institution. I just have friends who are also women that I have sex with. Now, why do you care?

  • @jimmymortis Yeah, yeah.

  • @jimmymortis i agree. i can't believe your comment is hidden because so many people disagree... i think you've put forward a very reasonable critique.

    i think the animation is well done, visually, but it's far too literal, and the style doesn't fit the mood of the song.

  • @jameshale86 Thats ad populum for you; there is nothing people on the internet like more than censoring others.

  • this is just plain awesome

  • this is my life right now.....

  • this is brilliant

  • At around 0:37 or 0:38, is that Oswald from SCUD the Disposable Assassin?

  • @TheJellyFighter yes, yes it is. Good eye!

  • this is so wonderful

  • Well done!!

  • This is just the sort of disturbing, twisted work you'd expect from a Magnetic Fields fan.

    I l♥ve it!

  • really cute and well done

  • very cool...!

  • Well done!!!

  • OMG I Love this song. Going through what this song is talking about. I love the animation. Good job.

  • aaaaaaaaamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing­!

  • Fantastic

  • That was amazing!! Gold star!

  • if only MTV were this good.

  • the video really suits the song

  • Albert Camus, clove cigarettes, and vermouth. ahhh...

  • I love the magnetic fields.....thanks for this........

  • That was amazing.

  • OMG awesome video, I think I will try do animation myself o_O too

  • Wow that was amazing. Favorite!

  • This is an absolutely brilliant treatment of a brilliant song. Thanks so much for sharing your gifts with the world!

  • Sweet video for a sweet song... really wonderful!

  • Excellent video from a belly laugh perspective for an amazing, thoroughly enjoyable song.,, that rather pathetically, I can so relate to. Where are you now Alison Cameron?

  • Excellent!

  • I found this about a year ago, and it is still my probably-definitely-maybe-well­ok-most favourite thing on the whole world wide web. God bless us all for the Magnetic Fields. Thank you for the lovely vid. PEACE! - Jon

  • This is fantastic! So very fun. (It's also one of my favorite songs.)

  • amazing ;)

  • How cool.

    Great video. I had gotten too drunk to dream on a mix some time back, but I like this track a lot more.

    I love the dark lo-fi sound. reminds me of some of the older tracks from the band Broadcast.

    Coolness all around with this.

    Thanks.

  • Very very nicely done! I love everything about it!

  • heh this is one-a my favourite tunes.

    AWESOME!

  • I'll chime in on loving the song, too. But also love the animation - very cute, clever and fun.

  • hahaha..... i like it.....^_^

  • I love love love this. Thanks for doing it! Keep it up!

  • like like like like

  • this is really cute, great song choice x

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  • i loved it the video went so well with the song..actually Moby is my fav so I always tend to love these stuffs.. Kudos to you..If u ever come on TV u can be sure I'll be watching you!!

  • great job!!!

  • @FreundKateFreund Great work. Lovely song too. Keep up the after effecting :)

  • Love the song... Never heard of these guys before but plan on investigating. The video was cool too. You could have said it was the "official" video and I wouldn't have questioned it...

  • This is one of my favorite MF songs. Awesome job with the animation - your style reminds me of Don Hertzfeldt. Have you checked out his stuff?

  • so trippy

  • Very nice work! When I get a budget you are hired!

  • You kept it 'simple' which is what I like about the song. So kudos to you. A good 'stamp'. I'm pleasantly surprised.

  • if this was turn into electronica... not by a hip hop artist or any crap like that... awesome song though

  • awesome! MFs are such a killer band and the animation made it that much better!!

  • Great work, I love it!!

  • this is great! specially if it's your first! great job!

  • great animation! great job!

  • nicely done Kate!

  • That you for making me smile this morning.

  • wow. thanks for the great vid to one of my fave songs!

  • I clicked on this because I like the song, even though there's so much cruddy animation on YouTube, and was pleasantly surprised that the animation was smartly done! *subscribe* I wanna animate too!