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> That youtube video from Axis of Comedy is amazing; they go through 38 songs from bands as diverse as Journey, Elton John, U2, the Beatles, Bob Marley, Green D

> That youtube video from Axis of Comedy is amazing; they go through 38 songs from bands as diverse as Journey, Elton John, U2, the Beatles, Bob Marley, Green Day, Aqua, and Beyonce. What's amazing is how they somehow failed to identify the original piece and its composer, i.e. Canon in D Major, P 37, by Johann Pachelbel.[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Af372EQLck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Af372EQLck

wodenokoto 3y ago
I thought you’d link to pachelbel’s rant, which is a funny standup music rant about how the canon is everywhere https://youtu.be/uxC1fPE1QEE https://youtu.be/uxC1fPE1QEE
- cafard 3y ago
  Peter Schickele once invented the classical music station WTWP--Wall-to-Wall Pachelbel.
  - shagie 3y ago
    Heh... PDQ Bach album. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTWP_Classical_Talkity-Talk_Radio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTWP_Classical_Talkity-Talk_Ra... > Towards the middle of the repeat of the Canon, Blondie suffers a nervous breakdown, being the result of an overdose of Pachebel. It's available via Streaming: Amazon https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BLXWCHQS https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BLXWCHQS Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/p-d-q-bach-classical-wtwp-talkity-talk-radio/1653876253 https://music.apple.com/us/album/p-d-q-bach-classical-wtwp-t... Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/5gLmlAeNfrfzJJffMbdM3V?si=aiKEvpwcTFCmFK_A16GQ5A https://open.spotify.com/album/5gLmlAeNfrfzJJffMbdM3V?si=aiK... (And a YouTube channel with it: https://youtu.be/x6qbIGJwuqw https://youtu.be/x6qbIGJwuqw )
tshaddox 3y ago
Canon in D is a rather different chord progression that is twice as long as the I–V–vi–IV and is quite divergent after the first 3 chords which the progressions have in common.
- Maursault 3y ago
  Are you kidding me? They're precisely derivative.
  - tshaddox 3y ago
    I’m not kidding, and I don’t quite know what you mean. The progressions start with the same 3 chords, but that (and the fact that both progressions have significantly influenced pop music) is pretty much the extent of the similarities. The biggest difference is that the Canon in D progression is an 8 bar loop, and the second 4 bars is a subdominant progression, which leads to a lot of different melodic options than a single 4 bar loop.
    - Maursault 3y ago
      > and I don’t quite know what you mean. ... the fact that both progressions have significantly influenced pop music) is pretty much the extent of the similarities. The progression of the Canon is I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V, but I-V-vi-III-IV-I-IV-V and I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-II-V. and I-V-vi-III are the same progressions, and any progression in 4/4 beginning with I-V-vi-x no matter what the last chord is, is the same progression. Here's a popular song with the exact same changes transposed to G Major instead of D Major.[1] Here are 20 more of them.[2] (Watch the full video to understand why you are completely mistaken — i.e. why your analysis and objections are wrong, and why your nitpicking unsupportable). Axis of Comedy only used the first four chords of the progression for simplicity's sake, but all of those songs are identical or near enough to the Canon to either be considered the same or derivative. No one rational would consider changes novel because they changed one of three or one of eight roots from minor to major, nor would they consider changes novel because they only used the first four roots of the Canon progression. You are either trolling or have something wrong with your ears. Your argument isn't even pedantry because it is factually incorrect. Please find something else to do. [1] https://www.guitardownunder.com/songs/memories.php https://www.guitardownunder.com/songs/memories.php [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PC6jwoHyOk&t=0m52s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PC6jwoHyOk&t=0m52s

wodenokoto 3y ago

I thought you’d link to pachelbel’s rant, which is a funny standup music rant about how the canon is everywhere https://youtu.be/uxC1fPE1QEE https://youtu.be/uxC1fPE1QEE

cafard 3y ago
Peter Schickele once invented the classical music station WTWP--Wall-to-Wall Pachelbel.
- shagie 3y ago
  Heh... PDQ Bach album. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTWP_Classical_Talkity-Talk_Radio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTWP_Classical_Talkity-Talk_Ra... > Towards the middle of the repeat of the Canon, Blondie suffers a nervous breakdown, being the result of an overdose of Pachebel. It's available via Streaming: Amazon https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BLXWCHQS https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BLXWCHQS Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/p-d-q-bach-classical-wtwp-talkity-talk-radio/1653876253 https://music.apple.com/us/album/p-d-q-bach-classical-wtwp-t... Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/5gLmlAeNfrfzJJffMbdM3V?si=aiKEvpwcTFCmFK_A16GQ5A https://open.spotify.com/album/5gLmlAeNfrfzJJffMbdM3V?si=aiK... (And a YouTube channel with it: https://youtu.be/x6qbIGJwuqw https://youtu.be/x6qbIGJwuqw )

tshaddox 3y ago

Canon in D is a rather different chord progression that is twice as long as the I–V–vi–IV and is quite divergent after the first 3 chords which the progressions have in common.

Maursault 3y ago
Are you kidding me? They're precisely derivative.
- tshaddox 3y ago
  I’m not kidding, and I don’t quite know what you mean. The progressions start with the same 3 chords, but that (and the fact that both progressions have significantly influenced pop music) is pretty much the extent of the similarities. The biggest difference is that the Canon in D progression is an 8 bar loop, and the second 4 bars is a subdominant progression, which leads to a lot of different melodic options than a single 4 bar loop.
  - Maursault 3y ago
    > and I don’t quite know what you mean. ... the fact that both progressions have significantly influenced pop music) is pretty much the extent of the similarities. The progression of the Canon is I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V, but I-V-vi-III-IV-I-IV-V and I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-II-V. and I-V-vi-III are the same progressions, and any progression in 4/4 beginning with I-V-vi-x no matter what the last chord is, is the same progression. Here's a popular song with the exact same changes transposed to G Major instead of D Major.[1] Here are 20 more of them.[2] (Watch the full video to understand why you are completely mistaken — i.e. why your analysis and objections are wrong, and why your nitpicking unsupportable). Axis of Comedy only used the first four chords of the progression for simplicity's sake, but all of those songs are identical or near enough to the Canon to either be considered the same or derivative. No one rational would consider changes novel because they changed one of three or one of eight roots from minor to major, nor would they consider changes novel because they only used the first four roots of the Canon progression. You are either trolling or have something wrong with your ears. Your argument isn't even pedantry because it is factually incorrect. Please find something else to do. [1] https://www.guitardownunder.com/songs/memories.php https://www.guitardownunder.com/songs/memories.php [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PC6jwoHyOk&t=0m52s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PC6jwoHyOk&t=0m52s