Pachelbel's Canon - Classic or Dud?

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I was sure there was a thread on it but I couldn't find it. Anyway, my theory prof was hating on this all class today (even using it as an example of what not to do with continuous variations). I think it's great!

― Sundar (sundar), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

It's nice enough but "Adagio for Strings" does the same broad idea in a much more compelling manner; see also Randall Thompson's "Alleluia" for the choral version.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

Absolutely classic!

― melton mowbray (adr), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:05 (twenty years ago)

I don't find "Pachelbel's Canon" and "Adagio for Strings" to be very similar at all.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

I mean, both are very open-sounding and moving, but "Canon" seems light and pastoral whereas "Adagio" is wrenching.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

Saying they share the same broad idea is not the same thing as saying they are very similar. "The same broad idea" = both are built upon a canon.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:10 (twenty years ago)

CLASSIC

― Coolio, Monday, 12 September 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

Even The Farm couldn't ruin it, so it must be Good.

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

as far as rock ballads go, this has to be the most commonly referenced/used chord sequence ever. oddly, I still like it.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 12 September 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)

I've always hated it, for no specific reason. I propose this thread spiral into "songs which reference Pachelbel's Canon"

― emilys, Monday, 12 September 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

I don't find "Pachelbel's Canon" and "Adagio for Strings" to be very similar at all.

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

I mean, both are very open-sounding and moving, but "Canon" seems light and pastoral whereas "Adagio" is wrenching.

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)

classic but overexposed

― quality does not equal quality (wetmink), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)

Saying they share the same broad idea is not the same thing as saying they are very similar. "The same broad idea" = both are built upon a canon.

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

Def. overplayed during wedding ceremonies.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

CLASSIC

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

classic

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Even The Farm couldn't ruin it, so it must be Good.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

as far as rock ballads go, this has to be the most commonly referenced/used chord sequence ever. oddly, I still like it.

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

wiseass

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

HI NOODLE VAGUE I HATE YOU AND ALL YOUR ANTECEDENTS AND ALL YOUR PROGENY KISS KISS

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

I thought it made the thread pretty.

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

Actually it made the thread wrenching.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

I thought it made the thread light and pastoral.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

I've always hated this thread, for no specific reason.

― emilys., Monday, 12 September 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

wiseass

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

HI JAYMC I HATE YOU AND ALL YOUR ANTECEDENTS AND ALL YOUR PROGENY KISS KISS

― The Ghost of Thread Wrenching (noodle vague), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:50 (twenty years ago)

Dud if only b/c it's become for weddings what's "Let's Get It On" has become for sex: White America's easy retort for a sense of culture to which they're utterly indifferent.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Monday, 12 September 2005 21:57 (twenty years ago)

Pachelbel's Canon - Classic
'All Together Now' by the Farm - Dud

― avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Monday, 12 September 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)

Pachelbel's Canon - Classic or Dud?

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 12 September 2005 23:25 (twenty years ago)

An esoteric question for musical geniuses/experts: Is it true that, with the original baroque tuning, that brief, weird dissonance about 3/4 of the way through does not occur?

― M. V. (M.V.), Monday, 12 September 2005 23:46 (twenty years ago)

And I ask this because I like that brief, weird dissonance, but I wonder if Mr. P intended it.

― M. V. (M.V.), Monday, 12 September 2005 23:48 (twenty years ago)

I think it's great - the chords are very pop-friendly. I can't believe Oasis had the audacity to release 4 'different' songs (inc 2 singles) based on it.

― Jez (Jez), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 10:00 (twenty years ago)

Pachelbel's Canon - Classic
'Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer' by Parliament - Classic

― Raymond Douglas Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 10:03 (twenty years ago)

'ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space'

― N_RQ, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 10:04 (twenty years ago)

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