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dfwdlg
95 posts
Feb 24, 2010
12:46 PM
Did everybody miss the spot-on cover of Alanis Morissette's Hand-in-my-pocket harp playing by one of the contestants on American Idol last night?
jonsparrow
2382 posts
Feb 24, 2010
12:50 PM
yes.
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isaacullah
763 posts
Feb 24, 2010
1:19 PM
yes. Every time they have harp on idol, it get's worse. I never thought I'd be wishing that guy Taylor was back on it!
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barbequebob
536 posts
Feb 24, 2010
1:30 PM
Well, you gotta remember, American Idol is not looking for a great harp player, just a great vocalist, and instrumental virtuosity is EXTREMELY secondary. If the lead singer is a great player, but a terrible vocalist and no stage presence, his playing ability will never come across particularly well, wheras a great vocalist with good stage presence but lousy playing chops will far more easily get across to an audience (unless it's entirely filled with harp players), and that's the reality of things.
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GermanHarpist
1169 posts
Feb 24, 2010
1:35 PM
Here's the clip.


She's a pretty good musician, me thinks.

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pharpo
178 posts
Feb 24, 2010
2:15 PM
Hey she was pretty good over all !
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Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. - Charlie Parker
jonsparrow
2386 posts
Feb 24, 2010
2:28 PM
i like her dreads. but the video dont work.
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gene
394 posts
Feb 24, 2010
8:28 PM
I only watch that show when the bad auditions are on, but I happened to catch that show. She was my favorite because she was different. Nearly everybody else that makes it that far all come from the same cookie cutter.


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