Canon Rock

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2009-10-24T16:46:39Z

Youtube

2006

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Canon Rock <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/by8oyJztzwo&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/by8oyJztzwo&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <h2>About</h2> Canon Rock is a classical/metal instrumental composed by the Taiwanese musician and songwriter <a href="http://www.dipity.com/timetube/YouTube-Jerry-C">Jerry Chang</a> (aka JerryC). The guitar arrangement is based on Johann Pachelbel’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachelbel's_Canon">Canon in D Major</a>, a well-known classical masterpiece often used during wedding ceremonies. JerryC’s arrangement was subsequently covered by a South Korean guitarist known as Funtwo, which became viral and went on to recieve over 64 million views and inspired over 2,000 video responses. <h2>Origins</h2> The video footage of Jerry’s performance was initially uploaded on <a href="http://jerryc.tw/">his band site</a>, but later spread over to other video-sharing sites like <a href="http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=safari&rls=en&q=youtube+canon+rock&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=ZEnrStPdKZPvlAe2vPX_BA&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQqwQwAA">YouTube</a>#, where it has received nearly 7 million views [as of October 2009]. But Canon Rock recitals didn’t quite go viral until <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Jeong-hyun">Funtwo</a>, a guitarist from S. Korea, uploaded his own rendition of Canon Rock on a Korean musicians’ site called <a href="http://www.mule.co.kr/MulePds/pds_movie/PdsBorder_Movie_View.asp?pds_num=89569&Pds_Type=%B5%BF%BF%B5%BB%F3%C0%DA%B7%E1">Mule.co.kr</a>. Simply titled “guitar”, it gained overnight exposure and quickly spread over to YouTube, where it became the 26th most watched video on YouTube [as of October 2009]: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QjA5faZF1A8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QjA5faZF1A8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> For more information on the backstory of Canon Rock, you can check out the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/arts/television/27heff.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2">NYTimes article</a> (Aug 27th, 2006). <h2>Derivatives</h2> Many derivatives of Canon Rock have taken the setting from Funtwo’s video, where the guitarist is sitting on a bed with a baseball cap concealing his/her identity. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/mattrach">MattRach</a> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/owAj5LiXG5w&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/owAj5LiXG5w&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wam-oMub8EU&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wam-oMub8EU&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qaL5vFYVLUs&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qaL5vFYVLUs&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/hackologue">hackologue</a> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" 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height="344"></embed></object> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/sktr32gtr">sktr32gtr</a> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NYW794n-aQU&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_profilepage&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NYW794n-aQU&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_profilepage&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UtiGIkcpmu0&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_profilepage&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UtiGIkcpmu0&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_profilepage&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/goljadkin">goljadkin</a>, who performed an acoustic version <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hTI8-RP6iaM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hTI8-RP6iaM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/digihero">digihero</a>, who did a version in Mario Paint Composer <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/W0fzQTZu0FY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param 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The compilation was titled “Ultimate Canon Rock”. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dMWl_5NujBw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dMWl_5NujBw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

2009-11-10T01:51:16Z

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