It's Not Just Me

[bloodyrosemccoy]

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

 

I’ll see you in hell, Pachelbel.

 

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.

Comments

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

I have been looking for this (I used to have an mp3) for over a year. Thank you.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/]

No offense taken. ^_^ This actually reminds me of a main character in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency who firmly believes that a specific composer (I forget who) deliberately put a part in to annoy cellists.

I enjoy this song with some measure of schadenfreude now, like standing in the rain next to someone under an umbrella. :>

[viizou.livejournal.com]

Very funny! Thanks for sharing, it put me in a good mood.

The downside is that now I'll have those chords in my head for the rest of the day...

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, you're most heartily welcome.

Which one, the rant or the Zelda song?

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

The rant, sorry. I didn't even notice the Zelda song until my second time reading, I was too busy making high pitched noises.

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

You might get a kick out of this, or at least hate it with a violent passion:

http://rapidshare.com/files/11573789/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_Symphony_feat._Mali_-_Pachelbel_s_s_Canon_in_D__live_rap_version_.MP3

It's the Canon in D, with rapping. From an orchestral TV special. For an anime. Yes.