Rock's answer to Eeyore, Magnetic Fields brainchild Stephin Merritt, was once accused of being racist for his professed love of the song "Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah" (from Song of the South, the insanely minstrely black sheep of the Disney catalog) and for not seeming too into black music. Well, two can play that game, as…
If you don't know who Stephin Merritt is, please get acquainted. This documentary follows Merritt, one of the most brilliant songwriters of the past generation, and looks at a side of him his fans have never seen before.
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Merritt is the bass-voiced singer/songwriter who fronts indie rock group The Magnetic Fields.
Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields sings a modified version of "The Wheels on the Bus" for a Volvo commercial. What a world. [visit4info, via]
If the new Bruce Springsteen track "Your Own Worst Enemy" isn't the perfect cover song for Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields—if not being an actual tribute—we'll eat Clarence Clemons' sweaty hat. Also "Girls In Their Summer Clothes."
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