I just think of "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers when I hear it now.
this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2025
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Thanks for sharing, this was new to me
No problem, it's one of those songs i like to listen to on hot summer nights outside.
Beat me to it. Also the music video rules, because the guy playing the harpsichord looks exactly like a early Soviet political cartoon of 
if he was hooked on heroin and sweatily playing harpsichord
You ever listen to the mariachi one Hugh Cornwell did a few years back? It's my go-to song to play when i'm given a nylon string guitar.
And yeah, Dave Greenfield just looked like that lmao.
No, but thanks for the suggestion!
Lol yeah he's got the slightly upturned nose like the Whos from the Grinch that just oozes snootiness at first look
Lmao, he does look like a British failson strung out while "exploring the orient".
It makes me think of pompous dinner parties hosted by nobility
There’s a punk band that used one. Can’t remember the song off the top of my head, but it has the line “in every single town every officer is down”.
I like the harpsichord, but don't really care much for most harpsichord music. I need more like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZGxnN8O4RE
This rules, thanks
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It makes me think of that I Spy CD-ROM game
Half A World Away by REM has a superb harpsichord part that comes in about the one minute mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWiBIrPMEWk
The arrangement in this song is so good... harpsichord, organ, violin, and the vocals... beautifully melancholy
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Whenever I hear a harpsichord all I want to do is snap my fingers.
Music itself can’t be pompous or snobby, it’s just music
Makes me think of the Warcraft 2 soundtrack