{"id":1238,"date":"2015-09-24T03:12:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T10:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2022-01-12T16:07:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T23:07:43","slug":"magnetic-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/magnetic-fields","title":{"rendered":"Episode 51: The Magnetic Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Andrew in Drag&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1241\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SongExploder51.png\" alt=\"SongExploder51\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SongExploder51.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SongExploder51-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SongExploder51-560x278.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=7c0c9fdc17abe18396b3d98b806b24fa\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/magnetic-fields-andrew-in\/id788236947?i=353087402&#038;mt=2&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/0d8f1f15-79e5-4d41-8a76-703114ff6400\/SongExploder51-TheMagneticFields-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Stephin Merritt has fronted the band <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Magnetic_Fields\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Magnetic Fields<\/a> for over twenty-five years. In this episode, he breaks down the song \u201cAndrew in Drag\u201d from the band\u2019s latest album, <i>Love at the Bottom of the Sea<\/i>, even though he doesn\u2019t actually remember writing it. After releasing his triple-album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mergerecords.com\/69-love-songs\">69 Love Songs<\/a> to huge acclaim in 1999, Stephin stopped using synthesizers for the next three Magnetic Fields albums. He talks about why he stopped, and why started using them again, and why he doesn\u2019t write down his melodies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/andrew-in-drag\/id495279869?i=495279874&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy &#8220;Andrew in Drag&#8221; on iTunes.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/the-magnetic-fields-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cn6aU1MY_TQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bumblebee Tuna &#8211; commercial jingle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a picture of Stephin&#8217;s Dewanatron. To learn more about the instrument, head to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dewanatron.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official Dewanatron website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Stephin-Merritt_Dewanatron.jpeg\" alt=\"Stephin-Merritt_Dewanatron\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Stephin-Merritt_Dewanatron.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Stephin-Merritt_Dewanatron-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s Stephin&#8217;s studio:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_7050.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_7050\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_7050.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_7050-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Andrew in Drag&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 Stephin Merritt has fronted the band The Magnetic Fields for over twenty-five years. 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