If you’re a lover of classical music, then you know Pachelbel’s famous ‘Canon in D.’
Chances are you either love or hate it. The notoriously boring eight-note song is undoubtedly one of the most popular pieces of all time. In this hysterical performance, The Piano Guys light-heartedly mock the simple song before turning into something completely different.
This will have you cracking up from start to finish—these guys are pure comedy!
Watch The Piano Guys spice up “Pachelbel’s Canon” with this genius performance called “Rockelbel’s Canon.”
At the beginning of the video, musician Steven Sharp Nelson complains about the cello part in the “Canon in D.” He explains how the piano part is full of many beautiful notes, whereas the cello part is the same eight notes, 28 times over.
Steven then begins playing the Pachelbel piece, only he adds a funny twist. The musician/comedian proceeds to play “Canon in D” while making fun of the song the whole time with comical facial gestures and body language.
The Piano Guys start playing the piece and Steven has the crowd bursting in laughter with his antics.
He makes a humorous face as if to say, “This song really this boring!?” At one point, Steven pretends like he’s falling asleep playing “Canon in D.” He even opens a banana and takes a bite after a moment before throwing it behind him.
After going through the slow song, The Piano Guys decide to add their own unique twist to Pachelbel’s famous piece.
“John, do you mind if we speed this up a little bit? I don’t know, maybe 300 bpm? Let’s rename it too, instead of calling it Pachelbel’s Canon, let’s call it “Rockelbel’s Canon.”
With that, they’re off into a new version of the song that’s much more exciting.
With the crowd completely captivated, The Piano Guys start to play a faster, more exciting version of “Pachelbel’s Canon.”
Steven begins playing his cello like a guitar before John comes in with some impressively speedy piano chords to match. You can hear the audience’s excitement as they begin to loudly clap along to “Rockelbel’s Canon.”
The Piano Guys thrash on their instruments, going as fast as they can while playing the catchy piece. Steven shows that he’s an all-around musician, turning his cello into a drum set.
When Steven starts to use his cello as drums, John breaks out into some amusing dances that have people in attendance roaring with laughter.
John jumps off his piano bench and starts running around the stage, wiggling and shaking in a rambunctious fashion. People can’t help but laugh and cheer for the impromptu boogie, he’s got some moves!
The internet went crazy for the hipper version of Pachelbel’s “Canon in D,” with millions of people who watched the hilarious duo.
Over 3.5 million people viewed the funny performance on YouTube.
On top of millions of people who viewed, 30,000 liked the video and more than 1,500 left comments for The Piano Guys.
“I’ve been playing cello 10 years now and I so so love watching Piano Guys videos. I really want to see them in concert,” said one YouTube user.
“As a cellist I appreciate this so much I’ve played for over 8 years and these 8 notes have caused so much heartache so this is a great twist,” said another viewer on YouTube.
The Piano Guys are absolutely brilliant. They definitely make it on the list of live performances I want to see. To watch them make “Rockelbel’s Canon,” watch the video below!
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