I love this piece of music and this is just so cool Sent to you by kevn57 via Google Reader: Canon Rock on YouTube via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on 8/11/08 In the Baroque years of around 1680, Johann Pachelbel from Germany composed his Canon D in Major. Centuries later, that particular meme has spread to YouTube as well in the form of Canon Rock, a search for which yields 19,000 results right now. Below is an example by Japanese user Khaluah20, but at currently 187,000+ views it's not the most popular example... with over 47 million views, Guitar90's version ("Practice, Practice, Practice and get a copy of Guitar Master Pro, that's how I did it!") ranks higher, creating the 86th most watched YouTube channel. <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E57qOSOLhNg" style="width: 500px; height: 412px;" allowscriptaccess="never" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> [Via Spiegel, which currently asks if the internet is making us dumb – the latter word in Google-colored letters.] [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Canon Rock on YouTube | Comments][Advertisement] PingPongPie - the art of linkbaiting and social media marketing Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Google Blogoscoped using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites
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