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Pachelbel's Stalking Me Trivia Quiz

Rob Paravonian's video, "Pachelbel Rant", is one of the funniest on the internet. He highlights the pervasiveness in pop and rock music of the chord progression employed by Pachelbel's "Canon in D". You needn't have watched the video to play the quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by glendathecat. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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Jul 23 22

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Question 1 of 10

1. Rob Paravonian hates Pachelbel's "Canon in D" with a vengeance. He claims, as a cellist, that this is due to the monotony of the cello part which is a sequence of just eight quarter notes, repeated how many times?
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Question 2 of 10

2. Staying away from Pachelbel and his canon doesn't prove to be an option for Rob. He goes to his "step nephew in-law's" eighth grade graduation only to hear which Vitamin C song based upon the canon's chords?
Hint

Smile

The Itch

Me, Myself and I

Graduation (Friends Forever)

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Question 3 of 10

3. On the way home, Rob turns on the radio for some classic rock, only to find that Pachelbel has got there first. He's confronted by Aerosmith lyrics: "There was a time, when I was so broken hearted".

Which 1993 Aerosmith hit contains those words? Hint

Amazing

Blind Man

Livin' on the Edge

Cryin'

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where can Rob go to escape from Pachelbel's Canon? He seeks sanctuary in the world of punk music only to discover that Pachelbel is already there. He's in which 1994 Green Day hit which opens with the line, "Do you have the time to listen to me whine ..."? Hint

Hitchin' a Ride

She

Basket Case

When I Come Around

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Question 5 of 10

5. Pachelbel certainly has friends in high places. No less than the Fab Four and mother Mary. Could Pachelbel turn out to be the fifth Beatle? In which song from their "canon" would you find him? Hint

Twist and Shout

Let It Be

Yesterday

Paperback Writer

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Question 6 of 10

6. "See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side"

Suppose Rob tries to escape from Liverpool to Ireland. It would once again be to no avail. In which U2 song would he find that oh so familiar chord progression? Hint

Pride (In the Name of Love)

Beautiful Day

All I Want Is You

With or Without You

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Question 7 of 10

7. Think a trip across the ocean to a younger generation might do the trick? Think again, because Pachelbel has even infiltrated the teenage energy of Avril Lavigne. Which song, the worldwide follow-up to "Complicated", uses the same sequence? Could she make it any more obvious?

Hint

Don't Tell Me

I'm With You

My Happy Ending

Sk8er Boi

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Question 8 of 10

8. A radical change of musical direction is called for. Surely Pachelbel won't be rubbing shoulders with a late reggae great who "used to sit in the government yard in Trenchtown"? Yes he is. In which classic Bob Marley song will you find his presence?

Hint

Jamming

Exodus

Redemption Song

No Woman, No Cry

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Question 9 of 10

9. Should Rob try the world of rap? Or hip-hop? Or R&B? Will Pachelbel follow him there? Which of these songs is marked by his influence? Hint

"Life Goes On" by 2Pac

They all are

"C U When U Get There" by Coolio

"Don't Matter" by Akon

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Question 10 of 10

10. It's no use. It doesn't seem you can run or hide from that confounded canon. Perhaps the only hope for Rob is to head in one direction and just keep running. Go west, Rob, which is terrible advice because, you've guessed it, Pachelbel is there already. Whose 1993 remake of the Village People hit "Go West", once again highlighted that chord progression?
Hint

Depeche Mode

Pet Shop Boys

Duran Duran

Stone Roses

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: 54

If you're interested, those eight notes are D, A, B, F Sharp, G, D, G, A.

Johann Pachelbel was a German composer who lived from 1653 to 1706. His canon only really became popular in the twentieth century and is now used in many different ways, particularly as a wedding piece. It was also used in the 1980 film, "Ordinary People"

Rob also bemoans the uncoolness of learning the cello as a child. There is, he says, "no way to be cool when your instrument is larger than you" and he goes on to describe the bullies eying up the cello carrying school child, as though it were "a wounded gazelle in the Serengeti".

Answer: Graduation (Friends Forever)

Vitamin C (aka Colleen Fitzpatrick) is an American actress and singer. The song reached number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2000. It has, perhaps unsurprisingly, become a popular choice at American graduation ceremonies.

Answer: Cryin'

Aerosmith was formed in Boston in 1970 and has become one of America's biggest rock bands. "Cryin'" reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 17 in the UK.

Answer: Basket Case

I love Rob's line that "Punk music is a joke, it's really just Baroque!".

"Basket Case", taken from the "Dookie" album was well received in the US without entering the Billboard Hot 100. It reached number seven in the UK. Green Day would have to wait another ten years for their first top 10 placing on the Hot 100, when "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" reached number two.

5. Pachelbel certainly has friends in high places. No less than the Fab Four and mother Mary. Could Pachelbel turn out to be the fifth Beatle? In which song from their "canon" would you find him?

Answer: Let It Be

"When I find myself in times of trouble,
mother Mary comes to me,
speaking words of wisdom, let it be."

"Let It Be" is taken from their album of the same name which was their last studio album to be released. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two in the UK where it was kept off the top spot by "Bridge Over Troubled Water".

6. "See the stone set in your eyes See the thorn twist in your side" Suppose Rob tries to escape from Liverpool to Ireland. It would once again be to no avail. In which U2 song would he find that oh so familiar chord progression?

Answer: With or Without You

After trying out the possibilities of "Feedback" and "The Hype", U2 settled on their rather better known name. "With or Without You" was taken from the "Joshua Tree" album. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987 and reached number four in the UK.

Answer: Sk8er Boi

"He was a boy
She was a girl
Can I make it anymore obvious?"

"Sk8er Boi", released in 2002, was the second single taken from Lavigne's debut album. Although it wasn't as big a hit as "Complicated", it still managed number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and number eight in the UK.

Answer: No Woman, No Cry

"I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown"

Bob Marley, who died in 1981, is the undisputed reggae great and "No Woman, No Cry" is up there with his greatest recordings. The 2004 Rolling Stone "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" ranked the song at number 37.

9. Should Rob try the world of rap? Or hip-hop? Or R&B? Will Pachelbel follow him there? Which of these songs is marked by his influence?

Answer: They all are

2Pac (aka Tupac Shakur) was a rap artist, sadly shot dead in 1996. "Life Goes On" was a number 15 hit in the UK in the year of his death.

Coolio (aka Artis Leon Ivey) is another American rapper. His 1997 hit "C U When U Get There", reached number three in the UK and number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Akon (aka Aliaune Badara Akon Thiam) represents the world of R&B. "Don't Matter" topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2007 and peaked at number three in the UK.

Answer: Pet Shop Boys

Compared to "YMCA" and "In the Navy", "Go West" fared poorly for the Village People producing only a number 15 UK hit in 1979. This original version was based upon the Canon's chords but the Pet Shop Boys' reworking brought it even further to the fore. Their cover reached number two in the UK.

Source: Author glendathecat

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