Bloody harpsichords

There is no piece of music which cannot be improved by the removal of the hapsichord part. Bloody harpsichords, twittering on. Even the music that comes without harpsichords should be double-checked for their residue. Composers should be certified harpsichord-free, for the benefit of the public, i.e. me.

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Pete
Not a big Joanna Newsom fan then?
Yarb
I hadn't heard of her, but she sounds truly awful. Can you recommend a particular track?
Knuckles
She's more of a harp than a harpsichord girl. If you're at all interested I'd say her best work is Emily. It's no Cathal Coughlan, mind.
Yarb
I downloaded "Emily" from eMusic. That's 12 minutes of my life I won't get back. I can't understate how terrible that was; possibly the worst thing I have ever heard.
Pete
Oh no! I feel that if only I had checked back on comment tracking, I could have averted this disaster for you. I wasn't putting her forward as a suggestion, just mentioning her as the only harpsichordist I ever did hear. I gave up after the 30sec clip.
Yarb

As Knuckles said, she was much more harp than harpsichord. I don't have a fundamental problem with the harp, but it's got to be used sparingly.

I've now got four downloads remaining this month - that's a symphony, Pete, which one should it be?

Red Shoes
I feel sorry for the people who lived in harpsichord times and had to endure social events where they all had to gather in a room and listen to one being played all bloody evening.
Yarb
Forced harpsichord exposure, one of many barbarities left behind by civilised people.

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