Talk:The Magnetic Fields

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Eva Longoria edit

Sorry everyone, I can't figure out how to do a citation. But the reference for Eva Longoria and Tony Parker's wedding dance to "Book of Love" is from People (http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20045213,00.html)

twee

The word twee doesn't appear anywhere on this page. Can that be right? -- Zarvok | Talk 03:52, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Magnetic Fields' music doesn't really fit into that category, does it? (The only connection I can see is that twee is associated with homosexuality and Stephin Merritt publishes his music under the name "Gay and Loud.") Llajwa 16:26, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He's clearly being a smartarse. Tell him to shove it up his arse. Magnetic Fields rock!!60.240.153.58 (talk) 17:59, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"unorthodox" instruments

The instruments named as "unorthodox instruments" are orthodox instruments. They were created for the purpose of making music. For instance, one might consider a hammer an unorthodox instrument, but by no means is a cello "unorthodox." I would not even consider many of these instruments unorthodox within the synthpop genre, which is known for using a variety of instruments as well as truly unorthodox instruments. This sentence needs to be clarified as to what the author meant by using the word "unorthodox."

Question from article

"comment: Magnetophone isn't a Galaxie 500 spin-off, aside from being founded seven years later in 1998. Did the author mean Damon & Naomi?" --AW (talk) 04:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Characterization of music as 1980s synth pop in opening paragraph

Is this at all accurate? This is more accurate of SOME albums under the MF moniker, but applies mostly to albums Merritt has released under the name Future Bible Heroes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.32.78.12 (talk) 04:55, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Just by the numbers, I'd say it's incorrect to label them synthpop. At least half of their catalog isn't. It's also misleading to say Merritt's music is in an 80s synthpop style because the influence of Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, and other vintage rock and pop figures is quite apparent. You can't call it synthpop just because synthesizers are prominent. Other than indie pop and indie rock, vague descriptors, I can't think of any other fitting classification of the band. Jonas.E.B. 06:47, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Links

I did an interview with Claudia Gonson of this group, so I feel it deserves to be a part of this page. Then WHY, when other band interviews are included on this page in the link AREA, why cannot MINE? Kingtommy2020 (talk) 19:56, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Trying to get links to your own site into Wikipedia is a conflict of interest, and discouraged. If it's important, someone else will add it. --McGeddon (talk) 20:56, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Buffalo Rome?

Does anyone have any more information about the Buffalo Rome project? More importantly, I know the LD Beghtol book mentions Buffalo Rome, but does it mention he played all the instruments? I don't recall that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dotbrodu (talk) 03:22, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

At the lack of any interest whatsoever, I have removed that information. Please contact me before adding it again without verifiable sources. Dotbrodu (talk) 20:41, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Genres

Indie pop is accurate as an overarching genre for their whole body of work and synth pop constitutes a large portion of their discography (most everything pre-69 love songs). Noise pop, on the other hand, is only really present on one album (Distortion) and I'm not exactly sure where indie folk fits in, at all. I'm going to make the appropriate edits in the infobox. Mbza (talk) 09:42, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

-- well, Stephin likes to insist that they are a calypso band, indie folk is a better way of phrasing that. their musical style isn't really folk, but there is a good amount of folk influence. i thought that any genre that they've released music under could be listed in the infobox, but that's fine. 75.48.78.183 (talk) 01:16, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Marketing, rather than encyclopedic

Much of the article reads as a marketing / promotional piece, using extravagent, subjective adjectives to 'pump up' the band and its members and albums. It should read as a factual, encyclopedic article if it is to be on Wikipedia.

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An actual band history?

The history section jumps from 1991 to 1999, jumping over the first 5 releases and pretending that that 6th, 7th, and 8th release were initially released as one. It needs serious fleshing out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:810D:980:29C8:FC5C:ED97:39C2:293E (talk) 00:19, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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