A comedian rants about how much it sucks to play Pachelbel's Canon in D on a cello. Recorded live at Penn State, this piece by comedian/musician Rob Paravonian has been a favorite on the Dr. Demento Show.
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who is still watching this in 2015?
BalasHapus"Step Nephew In-Law" XD
BalasHapusSo Pachebel was just a four chords song...
BalasHapusWhat is this? A comedian at penn state?!
BalasHapuswhat areo smith song is she talking about?
BalasHapusI agree... everyone gets married to that moldy old tune... I want to get DIVORCED to Pachelbel's Canon in D...
BalasHapus"La Bamba" is another song that's been lifted ad nauseum...
Very talented! Even if you could, you wouldn't see Pachebel on VH1 looking back at the 1790s as it was written around 1680 (sorry, being pedantic!)
BalasHapusGuacamole, guacamole...
BalasHapusI don't even live in the same country but find his various tunes fun and quirky. I don't know if it helps but he could use some subscribing love from Youtube. So may viewed and so few subscribers!? Let's show some support out there yeah? Cheers :D
BalasHapusYou want more boring? Alto part on "Carol of the Bells".
BalasHapusholly crap i can relate to that. i played cello in high school and i still remember the music sheet for that song.
BalasHapusUm, there iS no Viola part... trust me, I had to play the cello part many a time... ;)
BalasHapusIt may be called a canon but its actually a passacaglia. The bassline is supposed to repeat ;)
BalasHapusDNews sent me here!
BalasHapusWe watched this in school in music
BalasHapusAnyone watching in 2016? :)
BalasHapusThe thing is there is a plethora of crazy original bands that think outside the box and produce beautiful engaging music but it doesn't see the light of day because everyone is so comfortable with the familiar.
BalasHapusThe original zoobe for music
BalasHapusBut... I like that song...
BalasHapusHAHAHA. I'm dying.
BalasHapusyou should drop your mixtape no joke it'd be 🔥🔥🔥
BalasHapusI'm a cellist, and I wholeheartedly agree. Pachelbel's Canon sucks.Rockelbel's Canon, on the other hand....
BalasHapusI don't even go to taco bell they sound so close. lol
BalasHapusHaving looked into Hook by Blues Traveler, he has no right to complain about it.
BalasHapusHook was specifically made to mock people and satirize popular music because the hook in a song's structure will always bring someone back. That's why it has the Pachelbel Canon, because Hook was openly mocking the fact that people like it and will listen to a song just because it has it.
LOL IM STILL WATCHING IN OCTOBER 2015
BalasHapusUhmm, not 1790s.
BalasHapus"VH1's I Love the 1690s"
Why do I feel like the video quality in 06 was so much better than it is now, shit!
BalasHapus"It's my cross to bear my entire life..." lmao
BalasHapusThe funny thing is, Pachelbel only wrote those 8 notes. The rest of the parts were meant to be improvised like Jazz music based on the chord progression noted by Pachelbel and grounded by the instrument playing the basso continuo (which is what those 8 notes are), which could either be a violincello or a viola d'gamba. Eventually people wrote down their favorite improvisations and combined them to create the amalgamation version we have now.
BalasHapusBut yeah, it's worse than he thinks.
I call it the descending progression because of the bass lines. Clapton loves it.
BalasHapusPachelbel is certainly not following you.
BalasHapusMaybe he means Taco Bell. He sounds more like that than Pachelbel.
BalasHapusI wish the author got a penny for every view...
BalasHapusWho else here was the cello guy?
BalasHapus"It's probably Johann, they are all named Johann" :-))
BalasHapusYou cellists have no right to complain; you have essentially endless repertory, unlike we violists, constantly overshadowed by your golden tenor voice. We (violas) get the worst parts. Constantly voice crossing us with elegant soli sections (Warlock's Capriol Suite - ii - Pavane; Barber's Adagio for Strings; and many others), concerti and sonatas, as well as better quartet parts.
BalasHapusSuck it up and play a few boring parts every now and then.
And to answer your question, "Why would Pachelbel do that to us?"
Well, it was a canon and gigue for 3 violins and continuo (harpsichord), so it was never originally intended for cello.
Half of these songs are I, V, vi, IV.
BalasHapusThe worst cello part ever written is Palladio. It's horrible.
BalasHapusPoor guy...cello on this! lolol!
BalasHapus'Step-nephew-in-law'
BalasHapusPachelbel died in the early 1700s. I think he meant 1690s.
BalasHapusPachelbel is such a Pancake.
BalasHapusI am a celloist, I thought it was hilarious,..................................... until 0:42
BalasHapusSee u later pachelbel in hell woah what a stalker :| OH SEE U IN HELL PACHELBELL
BalasHapusWe watched this in my jazz band class and I think we all died while falling into insanity. Now to get this played in concert band.
BalasHapusThis clown is a bad joke. He should wash his filthy mouth before talking about one of the greatest music masterpieces.
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