The Magnetic Fields - The Saddest Story Ever Told

[3LGuap0]

Started listening to The Magnetic Fields thanks to Scrubs, this is my fav song now

[mrOrange1251]

It also sounds like the end of Love Will Tear Us Apart

[jerkstore74]

Beautiful.....sad.........true­.

[6969gorilla]

anyway you can play "Tarheel Boy"? i have looked all over and cant find it ;)

[debe1959]

`lost in France`:)

[graemeislord]

Incredibly beautiful song. I feel so lucky to have found the genius of Stephin Merritt

[cheesecake134]

The intro to this is just like........it's like Jesus.

[HomocusGenetica]

i cant believe this song exists

[skybreaker09]

Is it me, or does the opening sound almost identical to the opening of "And then he kissed me" by the Crystals?

[MegaKafil]

@skybreaker09 You've got a good point there. Have to agree with you.

[evillaugher]

@skybreaker09 I read that it was intentional. That actually introduced me to the Crystals song.

[QueenCosmos]

very pretty



[beybladefan]

Sweet song :)

[finalsolution14]

good song. sleepover movie sucked though.

[Aritul]

I adore the cover art.

[littlepro22]

This song in the trailer for The Myth of the American Sleepover makes is so beautiful and for some reason makes me want to cry

[malkani17]

this reminds me of that song by The Crystals, "Then He Kissed Me"

[MatthewTS22]

@malkani17 AHAHAHA! I was thinking I’ve heard that song somewhere! Did you think of Goodfellas as well?? ;)

[cheesecake134]

That intro <3

[freudastaire]

The saddest story ever told is that most Magnetic Fields fans only know 69 songs and ignore these wonderful first records

[ayeungturtle]

before i owned this album, i used to come listen to this video all the time....back then there were only like 23 views...

[tmonster88]

Thumbs up if you heard this song through Ben Gibbard!

[l33tmaster104]

@tmonster88 Who?

[Maxdg1013]

@tmonster88 No, but I heard "Why I cry", which he was doing with Daniel Handler.

In other news, why is there no comments from the same month? this video must be more popular than THAT.

[nightchef57]

I love this song. Like all great pop songs it captures the essence of an emotional experience perfectly. I think even the weird low-fi production is right. You could make a cleaner, punchier, catchier version, and it might even have been a hit, but it wouldn't have communicated the feeling as well.

[BenderBurgers]

I love this song. Its perfect, music doesnt get much better than this.Im completely new to this band so idk how much ill like of their other stuff yet,but the first song i hear from them I love.I like pretty much all types of music but i mostly listen to metal so finding a song in a different genre of music I love just adds to my music catalogue and I appreciate more.

[dreamindex]

Yeah this song is a freakin classic I love it so much

[Ieatbabyseals]

These songs always make me sad cause I've never even gotten to fall in love and be rejected. I've never fallen in love.

[Jamesbharris2]

It's overrated.

[ryanski77]

@Ieatbabyseals

That's the saddest story ever told. And it's told by millions.

[ethanB612]

@Ieatbabyseals It fucking sucks.

[SwayingDaisies]

@Ieatbabyseals Some people have said it sucks... but it doesn't... its amazing. As another one of their songs says

"You won't be happy with me,

But give me one more chance

You won't be happy anyway"

Cos mate, thats as bad as it gets. I once said to a young lass... the only girl I've ever loved... "I'd rather be miserable with you, than miserable without you."

One day you'll get there, and it'll be wonderful, but that doesn't mean it'll be ideal.

[RuthePhoenix]

@Ieatbabyseals It will happen. And then you can go from being "sad" to being totally fucking broken :D

[BenderBurgers]

@Ieatbabyseals Thats a good thing.Loving someone and being in love is different. Loving someone is caring for them and it is a possitive thing for you and the person you love.Being in love is a sickness that will and up hurting you in the end.If your rejected by someone your in love with its worse then facing your own mortality.Its worse then death.Death destroys you but being rejected by someone your madly in love with destroys everything you were.It destroys your world and the way you see it.

[sanchazer]

@Ieatbabyseals ...trust me, you don't want to know.. It's not worth the heartache when they leave...

[mothmaiden]

@Ieatbabyseals

You ain't missin' much, honey.

[Timmybear]

It's like Nico covering a Ronettes song. :)

[lostshoe]

I LOOOOOOVE this song!

[briefhistory]

I agree. Most of the covers are merely flattering.

[sammu]

thanks for uploading this, i think this is the only video with the original song on youtube.