oh dude... it's that one classical ditty that plays on cell phones and is always the most annoying ring (which, inevitably, a coworker will have on their oft ringing phone)... what is it? Mozart? Pachelbel? C'mon music types, what is is?

You might want to point up the fact that this is the guy who did the Pachelbel Rant -- it did really well here on VS.

Yea!!!! Matt! Yer Viddies for squares and hosers, as is yer other one found here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y1lLdCxpig
"Shawna's Phrase of the Week" - Episode One (Series)
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Shawna's Phrase of the Week - Episode One

Created By:
Matt Pyrch
Shawna Turner
Andrew Kalotai

Written By:
Shawna Turner

Directed By:
Matt Pyrch

Music By:
Bach - Pachelbel's Canon in D Major

Otherwise known as, why Matt won't/can't read...and why matt can't play..
*blog

I don't think Jake will ever get displaced. Currently the vid is at 441, the closest fairly recent submission is at 179 (rembar's Pachelbel rant) submitted 3 months ago. Jake will probably stay at #1 unless Pachelbel gets lots of [star] promotes or someone finds a video of Richard Dawkins playing a ukulele on the Daily Show while juggling cats… (!)
But basically, it's what JD said, "mob-voting" will most likely get noticed and squashed.

Both beats are minor variations of a standard guitar strumming pattern so it's not at all surprising you can make them fit perfectly together. Mainstream music uses just a few standard beat/chord patterns, and you can find many more examples of such "stealing", like
http://www.videosift.com/video/A-Brief-History-of-Pop-Music-in-Four-Chords and
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Pachelbel-Rant-Never-look-at-the-Canon-in-D-the-same

While I appreciate the extra publicity for the sift, is there any particular reason you have the Pachelbel Rant on your Christmas playlist? I just saw it while browsing....

P.S. Great work on the playlist, btw.

Haha, I was referring to Jake in my above post, not Pachelbel. Thus the "that", as opposed to "this".

For those of you who were confused, UPVOTE THIS SIFT!!! PACHELBEL APPROVES THIS MESSAGE!!!*






*Pachelbel (as well as his immediate family and estate) in no way approves or in any way endorses this message.

There is no way Jake is going down. He's like the Dark Sith of the Sift. This just has only 1/4 the votes he possess, he pisses down on Pachelbel (and my Segovia sift) from astronomical heights currently...

^----- My sentiments, exactly. F**k your ukelele, Pachelbel for the PEOPLE!!! Onwards, comrades, onwards and upvotes!

Yeah, farhad, I've noticed that too, but with FF~1.5 too - the weird thing is it only *occasionally* kicks in. Irritating as hell when it does happen. Weird.

Listening to the very awesome Pachelbel Rant right now - fortunately it's working the "right" way instead of the 'buggy feature' way right now.

I played cello in 4th and 5th grades (got to middle school and the horrible teacher turned me off of playing music for the rest of my life) and I remember always liking Pachelbell's Canon quite a bit. That it was repetitive didn't really bother me because pretty much all beginning cello parts are obscenely repetitive.

As I cellist, I can back him up. I think the score gives us two measures of the notes, and then has a repeat sign for, like, the rest of the thing. I'd get so bored that I'd make up my own harmonies which, come to think of it, was my first experience in playing by ear. So thanks Pachelbel for boring me.