Nothing makes a rock song more impotent than a harpsichord solo

I got problems with the harpsichord. Stay out of my rock songs!

 

That's what I call a hot take.

I dig the **** out of harpsichords and if a musician is feeling the spirit, let them have their solo.

There's a Love (band) song that comes to mind but I can't recall the name at the moment.

 

Don't limit your scope.

 

I wouldn't ever want to hear this song without the harpsichord.

 

I agree.. The banjo would have fit better

 

Harpsichord often MAKES a song for me especially '66 & '67 material

 

It can't be a true psychedelic without a harpsichord.

 

I love the harpsichord, adds quite a flavor to a song !

However I the one I think ruins a song too many times is the saxophone, no instrument takes the wind out of a song like a misplaced/unnecessary sax solo, especially in an aggressive rock song.

 

I like the harpsichord. When I was young my dad got a mail order harpsichord that he assembled (primarily with glue). The black and white keys were reversed from the piano, and the strings were plucked rather than hammered. I love the use of the harpsichord in Jimi's "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" and Sparks "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth." It gives everything a stately feel.

 

I agree. The problem ain't harpsichord, it's that 90% of songs with saxophones shouldn't have them.

 

The sax solos on the Stones' "Rip This Joint" -- certainly an aggressive rock song -- work brilliantly.

 

The harpsichord in The Doors' "Touch Me" is sublime

 

Deep Purple's "Blind" has a great harpsichord riff in a great song.

 

Nothing makes a rock song more important than a harpsichord solo.

 

yeah, you let him know....

 

Isn't there a harpsichord on "See Emily Play"? During that "crazy" section? How could anyone not love that?

 

That's how I read the thread title at first.

 

From this century:

 

As with most things, move over, let Jimi take over:

Hendrix - Burning of the Midnight Lamp

 

Does "Lady Jane" have a harpsichord?

 

I have the same issue with Saxophones.

 

The harpsichord at the end of You Are All Princes by Egg. Bloody brilliant.

 

If used to highlight the heaviness of what is going own around, I do not mind the odd harpsichord in rock. Isn't there one in Black Sabbath's "The Writ"?

 

Missed opportunity for Jon Lord to have run a harpsichord through three Marshall Stacks with a Leslie.

 

Oh brother...

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