Magnetic Fields - The Nun's Litany (Stephin Merritt vocals)

[tregnier279]

I personally think the album version is superior to this one, in that they're both excellent, but Claudia's vocals blend better with the sort of uptempo rendering in this version. I think Stephin Merritt's vocals, with a slower acoustic version, is certainly the tops, however.

[Daleksec100]

Is there a way to make one of the M. Feilds funniest and best songs, better? By Stephin Merrit singing? Yes.

[akb333]

i just love this!

[juttman]

Please send this to me! I love this version

[fums63]

If you have his version of "California Girls," can you upload that too?

[Sprinkles12345]

@fums63 yeah i would like that too

[SAtrenchfoot]

@fums63 I'll see what I can do.

[TehCheeseweasel]

@fums63 Hey, I just uploaded that version - you'll find it on my channel.

[BBalmost]

so addicted to this song

[mseales]

Merritt's voice fucking owns and he can goddamn drip sarcasm and irony and hurt and all that shit off anything he sings, but yeah, i like the chick's version better. just hits the notes better and more tenderly i think.

[BethGoth15]

Stephin is awesome! I like Shirley's version but I can't really hear the lyrics that well.

[JrCashLovecats]

Where can this version be found officially? Where did YOU get it??

[SAtrenchfoot]

Bought it off iTunes. It was on the single of Please Stop Dancing, I don't know where else it might be.

[JrCashLovecats]

Gasp! That EP is not on Discogs! ... I wonder what else I'm missing...

[PedanticPig]

Hah, 69 views. :3

[JBrrou]

i loved that album too

[brightsuperstition]

I don't like this version too much. Lacks the dynamics, haunting-ness, sassiness and overall emotion felt in Shirley Simm's singing (or was it Claudia Gonson's?).

Too monotonous.

[SAtrenchfoot]

I like both of them, to be honest I prefer the Simms vocals but I put this up here because not everyone agrees (and for some reason this wasn't on youtube)

[PenguinJockey]

@SAtrenchfoot I agree, but the acoustic version with SM's vocals is the very best of all.

[mcdutchboy]

the one were he sings is so much better

[Surgleh]

first post

[RetardRage99]

lie