Set lists (1999 and before)
The Magnetic Fields [at Mergefest, Merge Records'
5th year anniversary]
at the Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, North Carolina
July 29, 1994
SM: electric guitar, CG: drum kit; SD: cello; Chuck (Hyson?): electric
guitar
When I'm Out of Town * Either You Don't Love Me or I Don't Love
You * Born on a Train * 100,000 Fireflies * Strange Powers * Lonely Highway
* Deep Sea Diving Suit * Love Goes Home to Paris in the Spring * Dream
Hat (with Mac McCaughan) * Candy * San Diego Zoo * Rot in the Sun * Desert
Island * Summer Lies * Young and Insane
(thanks to Michael Pemberton for this list)
The Magnetic Fields/Containe/The Mad Scene
at the Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, North Carolina
July 24, 1995
SM: electric guitar; CG: drum kit, ukulele; SD: cello; JW: electric
guitar
With Whom to Dance? * Why I Cry * Sunset City * I Have the Moon
* Summer Lies * Either You Don't Love Me or I Don't Love You * Lonely Highway
* Josephine * Aging Spinsters * Suddenly There is a Tidal Wave * When You're
Old and Lonely * Love Goes Home to Paris in the Spring * When I'm Out of
Town * ENCORE: Swinging London * In the City in the Rain * 100,000 Fireflies
The Magnetic Fields/Ben Lee
at the Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, North Carolina
June 6, 1997
SM: electric guitar; CG: drum kit; SD: cello; JW: electric guitar
Josephine * When You Were My Baby * Love Goes Home to Paris in
the Spring * Aging Spinsters * Falling Out of Love (with You) * All the
Umbrellas in London * Puerto Rico Way * Lonely Highway * Two Characters
in Search of a Country Song * Why I Cry * The Saddest Story Ever Told *
Looking for Love (in the Hall of Mirrors) * With Whom to Dance? * I Have
the Moon * Swinging London * Smoke and Mirrors * 100,000 Fireflies * I
Die: You Die * Born on a Train * ENCORE: Deep Sea Diving Suit * Dream Hat
* As You Turn to Go * Take Ecstasy with Me
(they also played "Hopeless," but I forgot when)
The Magnetic Fields
at the Olde Clube, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania
February 6, 1998
I've Got New York * With Whom to Dance? * Young and Insane * Falling
out of Love (with You) * All the Umbrellas in London * Aging Spinsters
* Lonely Highway * In My Secret Place * Smoke and Mirrors * Lindy-Lou *
Strange Powers * How Fucking Romantic * I Don't Believe You * Just Like
a Movie Star * The Saddest Story Ever Told * ENCORE: I Have the Moon *
Born on a Train
(thanks to Jeremy Schroeder for this list)
The Magnetic Fields/Flare
at the Knitting Factory, New York, New York
May 31, 1998
SM: electric guitar; CG: piano; SD: cello; JW: banjo
(unsure of sequence)
Tokyo Á Go-Go (instrumental) * Lovers from the Moon * Jeremy
* The Tiny Goat * The Desperate Things You Made Me Do * Don't Look Away
* Sugar World * Summer Lies * As You Turn to Go * Just Like a Movie Star
* I Don't Believe You * Lindy-Lou * I Think I Need a New Heart * Kissing
Things * The Dead Only Quickly * Tar-Heel Boy
(thanks to the stephinsongs list members who helped piece this
together: NK, liat, and ldb)
The Magnetic Fields
at the Bowery Ballroom, New York, New York
July 11, 1998
SM: electric guitar; CG: keyboard; SD: cello; JW: banjo
Dancing in Your Eyes * Lindy-Lou * Long Vermont Roads * Kissing
Things * Save a Secret for the Moon * The Dead Only Quickly * Just Like
a Movie Star * Ever Falls the Twilight * I Don't Believe You * Tar-Heel
Boy * As You Turn to Go * Aging Spinsters * The Tiny Goat * Jeremy * You
and Me and the Moon * Smoke and Mirrors * He Didn't * Sugar World * All
the Umbrellas in London * The Desperate Things You Made Me Do * Lovers
from the Moon * ENCORE: How Fucking Romantic * San Diego Zoo * Josephine
(thanks to liat and Jeremy Schroeder for this list)
The Magnetic Fields
at Fletcher's, Baltimore, Maryland
July 24, 1998
SM: electric guitar; CG: keyboard; SD: cello; JW: banjo
The Dead Only Quickly * Save a Secret for the Moon * I Have the
Moon * Don't Look Away * Kissing Things * Aging Spinsters * Long Vermont
Roads * Sugar World * I Don't Believe You * Dancing in Your Eyes * Lindy-Lou
* He Didn't * San Diego Zoo * The Desperate Things You Made Me Do * The
Tiny Goat * Just Like a Movie Star * ENCORE: City of the Damned * Smoke
and Mirrors * Jeremy
(thanks to Will Savvy for this list)
The Magnetic Fields
at the Black Cat, Washington, D. C.
July 26, 1998
SM: electric guitar; CG: keyboard; SD: cello; JW: banjo
Lindy-Lou * I Don't Believe You * All the Umbrellas in London *
Long Vermont Roads * Kissing Things * Aging Spinsters * Dancing in Your
Eyes * Lovers from the Moon * As You Turn to Go * Smoke and Mirrors * You
and Me and the Moon * The Tiny Goat * Ever Falls the Twilight * I Think
I Need a New Heart * Strange Powers * The Desperate Things You Made Me
Do * Just Like a Movie Star * San Diego Zoo * 100,000 Fireflies * The Dead
Only Quickly * ENCORE: Washington, D. C. * Tokyo Á Go-Go (instrumental)
* How Fucking Romantic * Candy * Summer Lies * He Didn't
(thanks to Will Savvy for this list)
The Magnetic Fields/Damon and Naomi/The Kletters
at the Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, North Carolina
July 26, 1998
SM: electric guitar; CG: keyboard; SD: cello; JW: banjo
He Didn't * I Don't Believe You * All the Umbrellas in London *
Long Vermont Roads * Lindy-Lou * Aging Spinsters * Dancing in Your Eyes
* As You Turn to Go * Jeremy * Sugar World * I Have the Moon * I Think
I Need a New Heart * Smoke and Mirrors * You and Me and the Moon * Ever
Falls the Twilight * The Desperate Things You Made Me Do * Lovers from
the Moon * The Tiny Goat * The Saddest Story Ever Told * Just Like a Movie
Star * ENCORE: How Fucking Romantic * Kissing Things * Fear of Trains *
Born on a Train * Tokyo Á Go-Go (instrumental)
The Magnetic Fields/Damon and Naomi
at Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta, Georgia
July 27, 1998
SM: electric guitar; CG: keyboard; SD: cello; JW: banjo
He Didn't * All the Umbrellas in London * I Don't Believe You *
Long Vermont Roads * Lindy-Lou * Dancing in Your Eyes * Aging Spinsters
* Ever Falls the Twilight * The Saddest Story Ever Told * The Tiny Goat
* Save a Secret for the Moon * Kissing Things * I Think I Need a New Heart
* Smoke and Mirrors * Jeremy * Tar-Heel Boy * Josephine * The Desperate
Things You Made Me Do * Just Like a Movie Star * The Dead Only Quickly
* ENCORE: San Diego Zoo * Lovers from the Moon * More Than a Feeling [Boston]
* <a song by the Cars> * As You Turn to Go
(thanks to Jack Mayfield and Kerry Mitchell for this list)
The Magnetic Fields/Damon and Naomi
at the Mermaid Lounge, New Orleans, Louisiana
August 1, 1998
SM: electric guitar; CG: keyboard; SD: cello; JW: banjo
(unsure of sequence)
As You Turn to Go * I Have the Moon * Love Goes Home to Paris in
the Spring * Save a Secret for the Moon * Lonely Highway * Sugar World
* All the Umbrellas in London * Long Vermont Roads * Kissing Things * I
Don't Believe You * Ever Falls the Twilight * Jeremy * Smoke and Mirrors
* The Desperate Things You Made Me Do * The Dead Only Quickly * I Think
I Need a New Heart * Born on a Train * Just Like a Movie Star * Summer
Lies * Banks of the Pontchartrain [Nanci Griffith] * Strange Powers
(thanks to John St. Denis and Rusty Spell for this list)
The Magnetic Fields/Barbara Manning/The Pacific
Ocean
at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco,
California
August 12, 1998
SM: electric guitar; CG: piano; SD: cello; JW: banjo/electric guitar
As You Turn to Go * Love Goes Home to Paris in the Spring * I Have
the Moon * Aging Spingsters * Kissing Things * Dancing in Your Eyes * All
the Umbrellas in London * Long Vermont Roads * I Don't Believe You * How
Fucking Romantic * Smoke and Mirrors * San Diego Zoo (with Barbara Manning)
* Save a Secret for the Moon * Lindy-Lou * He Didn't * Come Back from San
Francisco * The Desperate Things You Made Me Do * Lonely Highway * The
Dead Only Quickly * 100,000 Fireflies * Strange Powers * Just Like a Movie
Star * Born on a Train * ENCORE: Josephine * Tokyo Á Go-Go (instrumental)
* Old Orchard Beach * I Think I Need a New Heart
(thanks to Robey Pointer for this list)
The Magnetic Fields/The Minx
at the Foxfire, Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 19, 1998
SM: electric guitar; CG: keyboard
BBC Radiophonic Workshop * Dancing in Your Eyes * All the Umbrellas
in London * Love Goes Home to Paris in the Spring * Lindy-Lou * The Dead
Only Quickly * Just Like a Movie Star * Long Vermont Roads * Born on a
Train (10 seconds) * Lonely Highway * Lovers from the Moon * Smoke and
Mirrors * The Tiny Goat * He Didn't * Kissing Things * Candy * With Whom
to Dance? * As You Turn to Go * Save a Secret for the Moon * Summer Lies
* The Desperate Things You Made Me Do * How Fucking Romantic * 100,000
Fireflies
(thanks to Jon Reischl for this list)
The Magnetic Fields/Flare/Honeybunch
at the Bowery Ballroom, New York, New York
May 21, 1999
SM: electric guitar, ukulele; CG: keyboard; SD: cello; JW: electric
guitar, banjo
A Pretty Girl is Like... * I Don't Believe in the Sun * All My
Little Words (with LD) * The One You Really Love (with LD) * Love is Like
Jazz * Come Back from San Francisco * Reno Dakota * The Book of Love *
When My Boy Walks Down the Street * The Night You Can't Remember * Very
Funny * Epitaph for My Heart * Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old *
Love is Like a Bottle of Gin * Busby Berkeley Dreams * Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
* Acoustic Guitar * How Fucking Romantic * A Chicken with Its Head Cut
Off * Abigail, Belle of Kilronan * The Things We Did and Didn't Do * ENCORE:
I Think I Need a New Heart * Old Orchard Beach * I Have the Moon * Just
Like a Movie Star
The Magnetic Fields [at M10K a.k.a. Mergefest
II]
at the Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, North Carolina
July 23, 1999
SM: electric guitar; CG: keyboard; LD: voice; DK: voice; SS: voice,
guitar
The One You Really Love * I Don't Believe in the Sun * All My Little
Words * Blue You * Come Back from San Francisco * A Pretty Girl is Like...
* Nothing Matters When We're Dancing * Reno Dakota * No One Will Ever Love
You * Love is Like a Bottle of Gin * Bitter Tears * Papa Was a Rodeo *
Washington, D.C. * Roses * The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side * If
You Don't Cry * Epitaph for My Heart * My Sentimental Melody * Kiss Me
Like You Mean It
The Magnetic Fields/Brian Dewan (9/9)/Margaret
Leng Tan (9/10)
at the Knitting Factory, New York, New York
September 9 and 10, 1999
SM: electric guitar, ukulele, bell, piano; CG: piano, keyboard;
SD: cello, electric guitar; JW: electric and acoustic guitars, banjo; LD:
voice; DK: voice; SS: voice; DH: accordion
Night One: Songs 1-35 of 69 Love Songs (Absolutely
Cuckoo to Promises of Eternity)
Night Two: Songs 36-69 of 69 Love Songs (World Love
to Zebra)
The Magnetic Fields/The Weird Library of Art
at Lee's Palace, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
September 16, 1999
SM: electric guitar, mandolin; CG: piano; SD: cello; JW: electric
guitar, banjo
Love is Like a Bottle of Gin * I Don't Believe in the Sun * I Have
the Moon * All My Little Words * The Book of Love * All the Umbrellas in
London * Epitaph For My Heart * Parades Go By * If You Don't Cry * Come
Back from San Francisco * The One You Really Love * The Sun Goes Down and
the World Goes Dancing * Love Goes Home to Paris in the Spring * Smoke
and Mirrors * Underwear * Papa Was a Rodeo * Yeah! Oh, Yeah! * The Night
You Can't Remember * Born on a Train * The Things We Did and Didn't Do
* FIRST ENCORE: Reno Dakota * Love is Like Jazz * Aging Spinsters * SECOND
ENCORE: I Think I Need a New Heart
(thanks to Eric Van Rysdam for this list and to Nick Marcilio for a clarification)
The Magnetic Fields
at the Dionysus, Oberlin, Ohio
September 19, 1999
Love is Like Jazz * The Book of Love * Aging Spinsters * I Don't
Believe in the Sun * All My Little Words * A Chicken with Its Head Cut
Off * All the Umbrellas in London * Acoustic Guitar * The Night You Can't
Remember * Come Back from San Francisco * Love Goes Home to Paris in the
Spring * How to Say Goodbye * Epitaph for My Heart * The Cactus Where Your
Heart Should Be * Papa Was a Rodeo * Born on a Train * The Sun Goes Down
and the World Goes Dancing * If You Don't Cry * I Think I Need a New Heart
* Smoke and Mirrors * Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old * Yeah! Oh,
Yeah! * Strange Powers * Abigail, Belle of Kilronan * You and Me and the
Moon * The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side * Reno Dakota * The Saddest
Story Ever Told * Busby Berkeley Dreams
(thanks to Alex Ricketts for this list)
The Magnetic Fields/Snakefarm
at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California
September 24, 1999
Love in the Shadows * Love Goes Home to Paris in the Spring * I
Don't Believe in the Sun * A Chicken with Its Head Cut Off * Aging Spinsters
* Very Funny * All My Little Words * Come Back from San Francisco * All
the Umbrellas in London * The Night You Can't Remember * Reno Dakota *
Love is Like Jazz * You're My Only Home * The Sun Goes Down and the World
Goes Dancing * Nothing Matters When We're Dancing * Love is Like a Bottle
of Gin * Papa Was a Rodeo * Born on a Train * How Fucking Romantic * Epitaph
for my Heart * The One You Really Love * The Luckiest Guy on the Lower
East Side * If You Don't Cry * The Book of Love * Smoke and Mirrors * Yeah!
Oh, Yeah! * Abigail, Belle of Kilronan * ENCORE: Busby Berkeley Dreams
* Acoustic Guitar * The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure * Time Enough for
Rocking When We're Old * Roses * The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be
(thanks to Daniela S. and Christopher Rice for this list)
SM = Stephin Merritt; CG = Claudia Gonson; SD = Sam Davol; JW =
John Woo
LD = ld beghtol; DK = Dudley Klute; SS = Shirley Simms; DH = Daniel
Handler
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