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Stephin Merritt (born 1966 in New York City, United States) is a singer-songwriter. He has created and played principal roles in the following bands: The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths, The Gothic Archies, and Future Bible Heroes.
He briefly used the name The Baudelaire Memorial Orchestra as an attribution for a song written for Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, entitled “Scream and Run Away”. Further music was recorded for the audiobook versions of the series and is attributed to The Gothic Archies.
Under his own name, he recorded and released the soundtracks to the films Eban and Charley and Pieces of April. The soundtrack to the late Nickelodeon show The Adventures of Pete & Pete featured many of his songs.
He and director Chen Shi-Zheng have collaborated on three pieces of musical theatre; Orphan of Zhao (2003), Peach Blossom Fan (2004), and My Life as a Fairy Tale (2005). Select tracks from these works have been released on Nonesuch Records under the title Showtunes.
Merritt is openly gay. His lyrics are known for bending and blurring the gender line; examples include the songWhen My Boy Walks Down the Street, sung by a male vocalist, which contains the lyric “and he’s going to be my wife”. He is fascinated with the undead, often making veiled or explicit references to vampires. Other frequent motifs in his lyrics include trains and railroads, the moon, dancing, eyes, and, of course, love.
He briefly used the name The Baudelaire Memorial Orchestra as an attribution for a song written for Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, entitled “Scream and Run Away”. Further music was recorded for the audiobook versions of the series and is attributed to The Gothic Archies.
Under his own name, he recorded and released the soundtracks to the films Eban and Charley and Pieces of April. The soundtrack to the late Nickelodeon show The Adventures of Pete & Pete featured many of his songs.
He and director Chen Shi-Zheng have collaborated on three pieces of musical theatre; Orphan of Zhao (2003), Peach Blossom Fan (2004), and My Life as a Fairy Tale (2005). Select tracks from these works have been released on Nonesuch Records under the title Showtunes.
Merritt is openly gay. His lyrics are known for bending and blurring the gender line; examples include the song
When My Boy Walks Down the Street, sung by a male vocalist, which contains the lyric “and he’s going to be my wife”. He is fascinated with the undead, often making veiled or explicit references to vampires. Other frequent motifs in his lyrics include trains and railroads, the moon, dancing, eyes, and, of course, love.
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Showtunes
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Eban & Charley
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My Life as a Fairy Tale
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The Man of a Million Faces
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TheAlbumYard wrote:
Stephin Merritt – Obscurities (2011) in a YouTube playlist: http://thealbumyard.com/music/129
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stevesanta wrote:
What a cool guy. I'd love to see him do a collaboration with Daniel Johnston.
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Chows wrote:
I think he may in fact be an alien sent forth to Earth in an attempt to satritize our dreadful, constraining field of music. [2]
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RodcetNife wrote:
Maybe he should be illegal, he just makes life too complete.
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JoshCIVM wrote:
A Coraline musical, huh? Cool.
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withallmypower wrote:
I want to eat him up(2)
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ManIDontEven wrote:
Ok, this man can do no wrong. I think he may in fact be an alien sent forth to Earth in an attempt to satritize our dreadful, constraining field of music.
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Cox_of_Seagulls wrote:
I love this man.
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loopeyloop wrote:
I want to eat him up
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stereocase wrote:
SIGH
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davethegnome wrote:
If you like the Showtunes album, check out Stephen Merritt's offerings on Amazon Mp3 because the they have the full albums for the musicals that the songs from the Showtunes album came from...
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insomniacme wrote:
well ever since my last post, Showtunes has become one of absolute favs. So yeah ....
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jessefivey wrote:
The most depressed man in rock.
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insomniacme wrote:
I'd like Showtunes as well pls!
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d_entonado wrote:
(if anyone could share showtunes i'd be your best friend forever. ) me too!!
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laurenade wrote:
<3
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palanwen wrote:
yeah, i'd pretty much agree.
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theforecast wrote:
i know stephin merritt is the man of mine. i'm so excited to see him tonight, but i will not accost him afterwards and tell him i love him.
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reassurance wrote:
I think Stephin Merritt may be the man of my dreams.
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prilbot wrote:
Anyone have the new Merritt The Man of a Million Faces mp3? Us brits can't buy it from Amazon.co.uk and my itunes store keeps messing up.
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Upstairs at the Square: Stephin Merritt & Emma Straub
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imaginarychris, tymps_, groovez0ne and 9 other people added Stephin Merritt to their libraries. Thursday morning
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riotsqrrrl added Stephin Merritt to the lineup of Upstairs at the Square: Stephin Merritt & Emma Straub at Barnes & Noble.... 15 days ago
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