Pachelbel Rant

A comedian rants about how much it sucks to play Pachelbel's Canon in D on a cello. Recorded live at Penn State, this piece by comedian/musician Rob Paravonian has been a favorite on the Dr. Demento Show.

[Crowd laughs at previous joke]

[guitar strumming]

I'm going to leave you with this little story

it's about this piece of music

it's a very popular piece of music

i'm sure you all know it,

but I'll sing the melody right now, just,

ba dada da dadada

dadadadadadada dadadada

Yeah, Pachabel's Cannon in D

It was a big hit in the classical world

and I know this because I'm a geek.

[crowd laughs]

I know what you're thinking, you're like, Rob

you can't be a geek, you play guitar.

You're so cool.

Okay you weren't thinking that, but I was.

Well, I haven't always been this cool

because I haven't always played guitar.

I started out on the cello.

Yeah, the cello is a wonderful beautiful instrument.

It's cool to be an adult who plays the cello,

being a kid that played the cello sucked.

Because there's no way to be cool when your instrument is larger than you

When you walk to school with a cello you're like a wounded gazelle on the Saragetti.

The bullies smell you coming from a mile away.

[sniffs air audibly]

"Ohh, I'm not sure what that thing is, but I know I'm going to break it."