bloodyrosemccoy | It's Not Just Me (Reply)

This is pretty good. I should look up more by this guy.

Son of a bitch didn’t know how good he had it. I played the bass. We didn’t even have a part for this damn song, so sometimes they’d give us the cello part, but with a thousand rests.

Yes, it’s a running joke that I have a violent animosity for this song. I have at least two friends, probably more, who might take exception to that on the grounds that they like the Canon. Which is all well and good. Even I don’t actually mind it as a background to other songs, as pointed out—I could even add a few songs to that list he gives, and I like those. But I love the actual thing rather less. And this video makes me feel better because it shows that it’s not just me! Hell, even among classical musicians, Canon Fatigue is a running gag—just look at the sketch done by classical music satirist* Peter Schickele where a radio host goes insane from Pachelbel Overload. (“Pachelbel didn’t write this, the Marquis de Sade did!”)

And you’ve got to admit, it’s pretty funny.

*No, really, there is such a thing. And he’s pretty funny, too.