There are a lot of sounds you can get out of the magnetic fields generated by the wide variety of guitar pickups along CME’s showroom walls. But, it was the sounds of Sequential’s classic analog synth circuits in the Prophet-10, which Ryder patched into the Hummingbird Repeat Percussion Tremolo pedal by Earthquaker Devices, that adds an ambient, pulsing frequency, turning out what would otherwise simply be a sad love song into something more subtle, with more nuance—even among 69 other songs on the three-volume concept album released by The Magnetic Fields in 1999. Giving us yet another example of the sonic depth a synth can add to the overall sound of a musical composition, here’s the CME House Band with their rendition of “I Don’t Want to Get Over You” by the Magnetic Fields.
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More about Magnetic Fields!
The Magnetic Fields (named after the André Breton/Philippe Soupault novel Les Champs Magnétiques) are an American band founded and led by Stephin Merritt. Merritt is the group's primary songwriter, producer, and vocalist, as well as frequent multi-instrumentalist. Merritt's lyrics are often about love and feature atypical or neutral gender roles, and are by turns ironic, tongue-in-cheek, bitter, and humorous.
The band released their debut single "100,000 Fireflies" in 1991. The single was typical of the band's earlier career, characterized by synthesized instrumentation by Merritt, with lead vocals provided by Susan Anway (and then by Stephin Merritt himself, from the House of Tomorrow EP onwards). A more traditional band later materialized; it is now composed of Merritt, Claudia Gonson, Sam Davol, and John Woo, with occasional guest vocals by Shirley Simms. The band's best-known work is the 1999 three-volume concept album 69 Love Songs. It was followed in the succeeding years by a "no-synth" trilogy: i (2004), Distortion (2008), and Realism (2010). The band's latest album, Quickies, was released on May 29, 2020.
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Gear Used:
Fender LTD NAMM 1963 Telecaster
Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb Combo
Gibson Montana Jerry Cantrell Signature "Atone"
Sequential Prophet-10
Earthquaker Devices Hummingbird Repeat Percussion Tremolo
1983 Squier Bullet Bass
Ampeg BR-15 Portaflex
Ludwig Classic Oak Kit
Ludwig Copper Over Pewter Snare
Zildjian K Sweet 14" Hi-hats
Zildjian 16” armond medium thin crash
Zildjian K Custom Dark 19" Crash
Zildjian A Sweet 23" Ride
Recording Gear Used:
Universal Audio Apollo X8
AEA R88 MkII Stereo Ribbon Microphone
Shure Beta 52A Supercardioid Dynamic Kick Drum Microphone
AEA N22 Active Ribbon Microphone
Shure SM58
Shure SM57
Featuring
Elizabeth Moen - Vocals
Nathaniel Murphy - Guitar
David Ball - Guitar
Gus Martini - Bass
Zach Moore - Drums
Ryder Baumann - Keys
Songs Played:
00:00-02:28 "I Don't Want to Get Over You" The Magnetic Fields
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Lyrics:
I don't wanna get over you
I guess I could take a sleepin' pill
And sleep at will
And not have to go through what I go through
I guess I should take Prozac, right?
And just smile all night
At somebody new
Somebody is not too bright
But sweet and kind
Who would try to get you off my mind
I could leave this agony behind
Which is just what I'd do
If I wanted to
But I don't wanna get over you
'Cause I don't wanna get over love
I could listen to my therapist
Pretend you don't exist
And not have to dream of what I dream of
I could listen to all my friends
And go out again
And pretend it's enough
Or I could make a career of bein' blue
I could dress in black and read Camus
Smoke clove cigarettes and drink Vermouth
Like I was 17, that would be a scream
But I don't wanna get over you