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21 07 2007

The Meaning Of “A Capella”

Posted by: Jónas Sen in Volta Tour

I read somewhere on Björk.com that Björk had sung Pagan Poetry a capella in Madrid. That means our front of house sound engineer, Kevin Pruce, killed the harpsichord while we were performing it. Thanks Kevin. You are a god!

Here he is:

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1. Bijoruku says:
   
   July 21st, 2007 at 2:20 pm

   Um, I am a little confused about what you wrote there: did something go wrong? So he killed the harpsichord so Björk could sing a capella or what?

2. vesperanto says:
   
   July 21st, 2007 at 3:13 pm

   Apparently the harpsichord was off key that night
   so when Jonas played Pagan Poetry it sounded all wrong.

   By killing it off and unwillingly turnig the song into an a capella version
   that Kevin guy saved the day.

   What about a clavichord? Did you bring one with you on tour, Jonas?

3. Jónas Sen says:
   
   July 22nd, 2007 at 2:38 pm

   No, we thought about bringing a clavichord, but it would be too much trouble. It needs constant tuning. We are trying to solve the harpsichord problem, maybe Björk will buy a harpsichord that we will take with us on the rest of the tour.

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