Blog: The Opening Acts

Let's Listen To Some Magnetic Fields Covers – Part Six: Turning The Tables

Nov 29, 2009, 5:00am The Opening Acts
Let's Listen To Some Magnetic Fields Covers – Part Six: Turning The Tables For the final part in this series, I've decided to feature the small handful of covers performed by The Magnetic Fields. "The Man Amplifier" was the B-side to the "Why I Cry" 7-inch; the remaining songs come from various compilation albums, all of which are out-of-print. For the anal retentive out there, I should point out that there are other covers out there by Stephin Merritt and his related side projects (see this comprehensive discography ), but these are the only ones credited specifically to The Magnetic Fields. So if you were hoping to hear Future Bible Heroes' cover [...]
Artist:The Magnetic Fields
Title:Heroes (David Bowie Cover)
Link Text:The Magnetic Fields - Heroes (David Bowie Cover)
File Name:The-Magnetic-Fields-Heroes-Dav id-Bowie-Cover.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Magnetic Fields
Title:I Die, You Die (Gary Numan Cover)
Link Text:The Magnetic Fields - I Die, You Die (Gary Numan Cover)
File Name:The-Magnetic-Fields-I-Die-You- Die-Gary-Numan-Cover.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1997
Artist:The Magnetic Fields
Title:If I Were A Rich Man
Link Text:The Magnetic Fields - If I Were A Rich Man (From Fiddler On The Roof)
File Name:The-Magnetic-Fields-If-I-Were- A-Rich-Man.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1999
Artist:The Magnetic Fields
Title:Le Tourbillion
Link Text:The Magnetic Fields - Le Tourbillion (Written By Cyrus Bassiak)
File Name:The-Magnetic-Fields-Le-Tourbil lion.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1999
Artist:The Magnetic Fields
Title:The Man Amplifier (Young Marble Giants Cover)
Link Text:The Magnetic Fields - The Man Amplifier (Young Marble Giants Cover)
File Name:The-Magnetic-Fields-The-Man-Am plifier-Young-Marble-Giants-Co ver.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1995
Artists: , , ,
Tags: , , , ,
Posts: 421   Tracks: 551   Last Crawl: 1117 mins ago
Location: Nashville, TN

Hot Artists

  • Kanye West
    “Monster” is a good indication of what KanYe’s next album, Dark Twisted Fantasy, is gonna be – a mix of the best and worst from [...]More about Kanye West
  • Sufjan Stevens
    This week has been seemingly endless, I find myself crawling into the weekend with just one desire...to sleep in tomorrow. It seems as though my energy has [...]More about Sufjan Stevens
  • The Arcade Fire
    Opening their tour in support of The Suburbs, Arcade Fire offered Boston a concert tantamount to an indie rock revival meeting. As he introduced “Intervention” from Neon Bible, Wim [...]More about The Arcade Fire
  • Jay-Z
    Today we have a gnarly little tune to feature from a couple of our close friends and Major Rager family members Barletta and O-God.  I [...]More about Jay-Z
  • Bon Iver
    Given its plop time on Friday afternoon, you may have missed Pitchfork’s lengthy interview with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver/Gayngs/Volcano Choir.  Here’s what we learned: He [...]More about Bon Iver
  • Rick Ross
    A couple months back, I introduced you to Miami's newest dubstep threat, Caligula. They ended up winning the 'M.I.A. - Steppin' Up' remix competition outright and [...]More about Rick Ross
  • Nicki Minaj
    This article was written by Busted BASS . Today’s popular music is all over the place, but hip-hop’s influence remains supreme. [...]More about Nicki Minaj
  • Matt & Kim
    I begrudgingly post this because I am far from a Matt and Kim fan, but after seeing so much buzz about this one, I decided to [...]More about Matt & Kim
  • Cee-Lo Green
    Fresh from Cee-Lo 's album is this new cut and if we all heard drama and raw emotion from his hit track "No One's [...]More about Cee-Lo Green
  • Lady GaGa
    It was really not all that long ago that i was speaking to Munchi about the idea of [...]More about Lady GaGa
MoreAdd itRSS