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Pachelbel Rant from 2006 [Official High Quality Re-Post]
Comedian Rob Paravonian's 'Pachelbel Rant', a comedy bit showing that the chord progression of Pachelbel's Canon underlies countless pop songs. This is a high-quality 2019 re-post of the 2006 original.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended in threads on music copyright and chord progressions as a funny, accurate demonstration that a few chords are fundamental to music.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- RobPRocks
- Topic
- chord progressions in pop music
- Format
- comedy
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Tangentially related, but all you need is Pachelbel's Canon. [VIDEO] (Yes, it's a youtube video, and I hate videos, but this one is worth it)
beagle3 on Hacker News · 2022-04
In What chords do you need?I thought you’d link to pachelbel’s rant, which is a funny standup music rant about how the canon is everywhere [VIDEO]
wodenokoto on Hacker News · 2023-05
In Ed Sheeran Wins Copyright Case over Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’The amount of songs you can play as a medley is staggering to say the least. Last time this was on the front page we were a few who posted different medleys. I’ll repost my favorite, pachhelbels rant: [VIDEO]
wodenokoto on Hacker News · 2023-05
In Ed Sheeran Demonstrates How Copyright Is Destroying Musicians
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