Spiritualized and Pachelbel (sic) and theft...

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

Radio 2 last night at about 9.45 were playing a really beautiful piece of classical music which I thought I recognised, and then realsied why; it's Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by yer man Jason! "All I want in life's a little bit of love to take the pain away..." etcetera, only of course it didn't have words or guitars and wasn't about Kate Radley and smack, and I seemt o remember a girl I made a tape for many years ago telling me that he'd nicked the tune off Pachelbel (Pachobel? That sounds too much like Taco Bell!) and I know nothing about classical music, even less than I know about anything else being a hopeless and shameless dilettente, so what's the chap's name really and and what's the tune/piece/track/song called? And where can I get it cheap? It was ace.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 14 April 2003 08:17 (twenty-two years ago)

God, I sound so excited.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 14 April 2003 08:23 (twenty-two years ago)

lots of people have ripped off pachebel's canon. ani difranco, for one, unfortunately.
i can't remember which annoying song it was, though.

― gabriel (gabe), Monday, 14 April 2003 08:26 (twenty-two years ago)

The Farm : 'Altogether Now'

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Monday, 14 April 2003 08:30 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a His Name Is Alive song that uses it, too. Except I think it was a cover, as well, that was ripped off a rip-off. Jason Pierce in nicking tunes from other artists shocker!

― kate, Monday, 14 April 2003 08:39 (twenty-two years ago)

As a friend of mine pointed out, 'Ladies and Gentleman...' also = 'Grandad' by Clive Dunn.

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Monday, 14 April 2003 08:42 (twenty-two years ago)

He was called Johann Pachelbel, and it's the 'Canon', and it's on a lot of "discover the classics!" compilations, genaerally paired with the 'Gigue', for some reason. If you want it new, Naxos is the biggest budget classical record label I can think of; otherwise, there's usually a few copies in second-hand shops and boot fairs.

...I have 'Grandad' in my head now. aaaaaaaaaah. the PAIN.

― cis (cis), Monday, 14 April 2003 09:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Which hip-hop artist was it that sampled the Canon a few years ago?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 14 April 2003 09:23 (twenty-two years ago)

three variations of pachelbel's canon in d-major are also on the second side of eno's discreet music. the better side of that record as side 1 consists just of very slow low-key repeated patterns. music to make wallpapers peel off the walls very slowly.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Monday, 14 April 2003 09:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Oasis have used the chord progression in 2 singles and a b-side.

― Jez (Jez), Monday, 14 April 2003 10:56 (twenty-two years ago)

If pachelbel were alive today he would have millions in royalites from unoriginal pop songs (i don't think 'the graduation song has been mentioned yet- which directly sampled i think). also from boundless numbers of street busking string quartets. my friends used to make hundreds of dollars an hour playing pachelbel's cannon on the streets of touristy victoria b.c.

― ddd, Monday, 14 April 2003 11:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Why's it named ater a gun?

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 14 April 2003 13:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Pachebel was very well-endowed.

― dan fitz (danfitz), Monday, 14 April 2003 13:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I think the hip-hop one was c u when u get there by coolio.

― jamie t, Tuesday, 15 April 2003 13:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Pet Shop Boys, "Go West" (aka "All Together Now" by the Farm)

― s woods, Tuesday, 15 April 2003 13:06 (twenty-two years ago)

sixteen years pass...

Maroon 5, "Memories"

― jaymc, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 20:16 (six years ago)

There’s like a million of these.

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 22:02 (six years ago)

Few more blatant than this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvprWTGTNe8

― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 22:07 (six years ago)

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.