Abstract
This paper is motivated by a paradox in the reception of the Magnetic Fields’ three-volume album, 69 Love Songs. In a class in which we discussed this album, a group of students maintained that this is a great collection of songs to listen to after the break-up of an amorous relation because it entirely deconstructs love and shows its absurdity. Another group of students emphatically disagreed, arguing that it would be too painful to listen to these songs because their overall assertion is that one can find happiness only in the plenitude of love. Do the 69 Love Songs deconstruct or reaffirm love?
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Radical Musicology |
| Volume | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |