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The Magnetic Fields - Andrew in Drag (2012)
"A pity she does not exist,
A shame he's not a fag;
The only girl I ever loved
Was Andrew in drag.
There is no hope of love for me,
From here on I'll go stag -
The only girl I'll ever love
Is Andrew in drag.
[...]
I've always been a ladies' man
And I don't have to brag
But I become a momma's boy
For Andrew in drag.
I'd sign away my trust fund
I would even sell the Jag
If I could spend my misspent youth
With Andrew in drag..."
#favourite lyrics#the magnetic fields#andrew in drag#2012#stephin merritt#love at the bottom of the sea#i won't pretend to be some great fan of The Magnetic Fields‚ or even to know very much about them at all; this is really the#only song of theirs that's floated across my radar‚ but the second it did it stuck firm as a favourite#recounting the surely universal (no?) experience of seeing a friend in a new and confusing context which blows open your ideas about#sex and sexuality‚ Merritt's deadpan delivery mixed with the pop lite synth design of the song give it a very specifically 80s feel but#the wry lyrics feel a little more up to date. it's actually quite a sweet song‚ underneath it all; our narrator doesn't seem to be beating#himself up particularly about these new feelings‚ just bemoaning the helplessness of the situation. likewise there's something quite#charming about the way the lyrics don't specify really anything about Andrew's appearance (besides being in drag): there's no focus on the#physical‚ but simply the expression of a yearning desire (albeit somewhat crudely expressed). I've always particularly liked how vividly#Merritt sketches in his narrator‚ his life and experiences in just a few lines (after all‚ this is a brief song and about 40% of the lines#are just the title repeated). it's in the details of the trust fund and the jag‚ as well as the specific turn of phrase (the slur‚ the#non quoted lines about wagging tails) which so perfectly recall an image of a certain type of well to do American frat boy#and all the eye rolling coarseness and selfishness that implies‚ but subverted a little in this one sincere expression of newly#found and unrequited queer attraction
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