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The piece is the trope namer for the [[Pachelbel's Canon Progression]]. Cellists detest this piece because it involves playing the same 8 note progression 27 times without change or pause. |
The piece is the trope namer for the [[Pachelbel's Canon Progression]]. Cellists detest this piece because it involves playing the same 8 note progression 27 times without change or pause. |
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* "Lullaby" by the string quartet [[Bond (music)|bond]] is an adaptation of the song. |
* "Lullaby" by the string quartet [[Bond (music)|bond]] is an adaptation of the song. |
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* The influence of the piece can be seen in many of [[Emilie Autumn]]'s songs, since as a child she would mentally play the piece each night to suppress her auditory hallucinations (as quoted from [[wikipedia:Emilie Autumn|The Other Wiki]]). A few bars of the melody are shoehorned into "Save You", and the first half of the ostinato is used in "Ancient Grounds" and "Let the Record Show". |
* The influence of the piece can be seen in many of [[Emilie Autumn]]'s songs, since as a child she would mentally play the piece each night to suppress her auditory hallucinations (as quoted from [[wikipedia:Emilie Autumn|The Other Wiki]]). A few bars of the melody are shoehorned into "Save You", and the first half of the ostinato is used in "Ancient Grounds" and "Let the Record Show". |
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* In the anime ''[[Lucky Star]]'', Tsukasa's ringtone sounds like a cheerier version of this. |
* In the anime ''[[Lucky Star]]'', Tsukasa's ringtone sounds like a cheerier version of this. |
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* In the ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' film ''Evangelion: Death and Rebirth'', a recurring motif of the three main characters playing the piece is used to punctuate the recap portion. |
* In the ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' film ''Evangelion: Death and Rebirth'', a recurring motif of the three main characters playing the piece is used to punctuate the recap portion. |
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* Comedian Rob Paravonian famously made |
* Comedian Rob Paravonian famously made an infamous [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM rant] about the piece, noting how boring it is to play the bass line as the cellist in the ensemble, as well as [[Pachelbel's Canon Progression|the progression's]] ubiquity in popular music (although [[Square Peg, Round Trope|few of the examples given actually use the progression]]). |
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* ''[[South Park]]'' uses [[The Jimmy Hart Version]] in the scene where Cartman has a tea party with his stuffed toys. |
* ''[[South Park]]'' uses [[The Jimmy Hart Version]] in the scene where Cartman has a tea party with his stuffed toys. |
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* [[Tay Zonday]]'s arrangement "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSCzMT8IMME Canon In Z]." |
* [[Tay Zonday]]'s arrangement "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSCzMT8IMME Canon In Z]." |
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