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isn't this sad and beautiful?
yes it is! i prefer the harpsichord version 19%  19%  [ 3 ]
yes it is! i prefer the guitar version 63%  63%  [ 10 ]
meh! i'd rather go eat some ice cream! 19%  19%  [ 3 ]
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29 Aug 2011, 5:28 pm

Wow ! I like both of them but loved the second one alot, It's quite beautiful in a relaxing way. The tempo isn't so sad to me



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31 Aug 2011, 11:54 am

auntblabby wrote:
CosmicRuss wrote:
It is a beautiful piece and I love to hear the harpsichord being played, however, I much prefer the production quality of the guitar version.


it seems by an informal count so far, that not many people seem to like the harpsichord version. maybe because it is less visceral than the guitar version?

I really like both versions in different ways. The guitar version is more soothing and cathartic while harpsichord version is more intriguing.

I would describe the harpsichord version as being a little more detached and uncanny, like the emotion is not quite fully human. Or maybe I've just come to associate harpsichord music with things old/archaic, too old to seem real anymore, and that invokes the haunting/enchanting feeling.



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01 Sep 2011, 2:19 am

marshall wrote:
I would describe the harpsichord version as being a little more detached and uncanny, like the emotion is not quite fully human. Or maybe I've just come to associate harpsichord music with things old/archaic, too old to seem real anymore, and that invokes the haunting/enchanting feeling.


another way of putting it, is that the guitar version is more heart while the harpsichord version is more head.



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01 Sep 2011, 3:09 am

Wow.
Beautiful piece of music (I liked the guitar version best) and full of emotion. I love it!



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01 Sep 2011, 5:30 am

^^^
glad ya liked it :)
if ya really want to hear an evocatively cosmic version of it, find an astroscopes cd-rom [and an old computer capable of running windows 9x OS programs] and give it a listen.



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01 Sep 2011, 2:59 pm

auntblabby wrote:
marshall wrote:
I would describe the harpsichord version as being a little more detached and uncanny, like the emotion is not quite fully human. Or maybe I've just come to associate harpsichord music with things old/archaic, too old to seem real anymore, and that invokes the haunting/enchanting feeling.


another way of putting it, is that the guitar version is more heart while the harpsichord version is more head.


I don't know if I'd that's the first thing that comes to mind. Both have a strong emotional quality. The harpsichord version is more haunting and intriguing along with the melancholy. The guitar version is more down to earth.