Monday, July 2, 2012

Pachelbel's Canon in D

Johann Pachelbel was this German Baroque composer who lived from 1653 to 1706 and wrote the world famous Canon in D in 1680.  Most renditions of this song are done by an orchestra and put to a slideshow of sunsets or wedding pictures like this one...


But YouTube does this awesome thing where it will recommend other videos that are related and I found a couple awesome renditions of Pachelbel's work.  This first one is a computer simulated keyboard that teaches you how to play the song on the piano!


And then there's the 'Blow your mind version' done by a couple of dudes in the living room of their apartment - and it does kind of blow your mind... that these two guys are actually fairly musically talented...  The song is by nature an awesome song - and lends itself to interesting renditions such as this one:
And this one! (skip over his introduction...)


Another fun video that caught my eye on YouTube was a Rock Version that was playing in a prison yard located in the Philippines.  The prison would organize flash mobs where the inmates would synchronize dance to popular songs.  The idea seems kind of out there but several videos claim that the inmates who dance together are more unified and have less prison violence.  The idea caught fire in the jails throughout China, India, and Thailand where they've imposed Yoga and created their own World Cup.  The 'Cebu Provincial Detention Center' in the Philippines has become world famous for their dancing inmates, insomuch that now they are apparently viewed more as dancers than inmates...
And here's another one for fun!


A 10 minute search on YouTube will show you that Pachelbel's musical creation connects with and inspires people of all ages throughout the world!  

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