Canon in T

I saw a clip of this kid rocking it so hard on youtube recently, and I just had to post it:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

Just in case the link ever stops working, search for "Canon Rock" (the version by funtwo). Yah, 22 million people have viewed this video, soon to be at 23 million. How did I ever not know about this? I guess I was too busy watching "The Evolution of Dance".

I love the chord progression of Johann Pachabel's Canon in D:


D A Bm F#m G D G A

I used to sit and improvise over it when I would play my keyboard at home. I love the song in general...it reminds me of summers as an altar boy doing weddings for tips.

"Johann Pachabel was the first one-hit wonder." Crap. That was an original witty idea I've been saying for the last ten years. Mozart and Beethoven are famous for numerous songs, but the name Pachabel is literally synonymous with Canon in D. Before I saw down to write this post I wanted to do some research on Pachabel, so I looked into his entry on Wikipedia (it was lazy research)....yah, literally on the second paragraph it says that some bastard named Rob Paravonian also is famously known for saying the Pachabel was the original one-hit wonder. Also there's a youtube video of his Pachabel routine. I'm not posting that one, because I don't want to promote it anymore. When I first saw this, I was worried that the guy had said it in the 60's or something, but it looks pretty modern...at least in my heart I knew I said the line first. But I don't have a youtube video; I doubt my friends will believe me.