Pachelbel's Rant

Posted by on Dec 5, 2007 in Music | 12 comments

If you’ve never seen this before, it’s worth 5 minutes and 14 seconds of entertainment.

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Does anyone know WHY Pachelbel’s Canon in D recurs so much in pop music?

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  • http://dayngrzone.blogspot.com/ dayngr

    That was excellent. I wish I had the answer to why it is so popular but all I can think of is it is so darn catchy.

  • http://dayngrzone.blogspot.com/ dayngr

    That was excellent. I wish I had the answer to why it is so popular but all I can think of is it is so darn catchy.

  • http://www.ChristopherSPenn.com/ Christopher S. Penn

    I’ve heard a couple of theories -

    Matthew Ebel said that it’s largely fourths and fifths, which harmonize well – psychoacoustics.

    A few folks online posit that at one time or another, most popular musicians have taken and have had to play classical music, usually in childhood and Canon is one of the more memorable pieces.

  • http://www.ChristopherSPenn.com Christopher S. Penn

    I’ve heard a couple of theories -

    Matthew Ebel said that it’s largely fourths and fifths, which harmonize well – psychoacoustics.

    A few folks online posit that at one time or another, most popular musicians have taken and have had to play classical music, usually in childhood and Canon is one of the more memorable pieces.

  • http://inoveryourhead.net/ julien

    that was awesome. i’ll be hearing it everywhere now.

  • http://inoveryourhead.net julien

    that was awesome. i’ll be hearing it everywhere now.

  • http://trafcom.typepad.com/blog Donna Papacosta

    Loved this, Chris. Great laugh to end the day.
    Thanks!

  • http://trafcom.typepad.com/blog Donna Papacosta

    Loved this, Chris. Great laugh to end the day.
    Thanks!

  • http://metrohair.blogspot.com/ phillymac

    It doesn’t work!

  • http://metrohair.blogspot.com phillymac

    It doesn’t work!

  • http://metrohair.blogspot.com/ phillymac

    OK, it worked! Awesome.

  • http://metrohair.blogspot.com phillymac

    OK, it worked! Awesome.