Is Streets Of London truly Pachelbels Canon???

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: Mr Happy
Date: 06 Mar 08 - 06:28 AM

Don't think twice its the streets of London?

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: GUEST,Acorn4
Date: 06 Mar 08 - 03:29 AM

Will Mr Pachelbel be rising from the grave to claim his PRS fee?

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 06 Mar 08 - 02:04 AM

Art - I thought the same thing years ago. You can sing both together and they sound pretty good...

Stock, Aitken and Waterman once confessed that the Kylie Minogue hit 'I should be so lucky' was based on Pachabel's canon. That one isn't so easy to see though.

LTS

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: nager
Date: 05 Mar 08 - 08:54 PM

Agreed: Hilarious - and brilliantly informative!

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: Sorcha
Date: 05 Mar 08 - 08:53 PM

Well, there ARE only so many notes and so many progressions and so many combinations.....some things are just bound to be similar at least.

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: M.Ted
Date: 05 Mar 08 - 08:39 PM

Thanks for posting that link,Becky, it's very,very,funny--

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 05 Mar 08 - 07:43 PM

It is a common chord progression. Whether there's any actual relation is an interesting question. See this examination of the topic.

;-)

~ Becky in Tucson

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 05 Mar 08 - 07:42 PM

Pretty sure there was a previous lengthy thread on just the same subject, and just how many songs are based on the same chord progression. (And I've previously mentioned the Clemnenti sonatina)
There was also a hilarious video clip on Youtube of this 'cellist who absolutely HATES Pachelbel's Canon because the 'cello only gets to play the same 8 notes all the way through. (Go on, Google it, past my bedtime to do the searches!)

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: M.Ted
Date: 05 Mar 08 - 07:37 PM

And, obsessive/compulsive that I am, before posting, I grabbed the three
relevant pieces and listened to them side by side(the Paul Anka thing is similar for about one measure in the bass part, and goes, as he says, "My Way"--

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: M.Ted
Date: 05 Mar 08 - 07:27 PM

The chord progression is the same, as is the pulse--the melody mostly the same, but ends with a "folk" tag, rather than Pachelbel's-

The chord progression has been really popular, and shows up a lot of places--"One Tin Soldier" for instance--and really, when you get down to it, is basis of the "Mr. Bojangles" progression that used for so many songs--

If you can handle it emotionally, Art, PM me your email address and I'll bounce back an interesting metal guitar version of the maestro's grand work.

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: Jeri
Date: 05 Mar 08 - 07:15 PM

Lest anyone think 'derivative' is a negative term, I believe P's Cannon might have been the inspiration for the tune. It came first, and the chords sound similar to me.

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: Jeri
Date: 05 Mar 08 - 06:57 PM

I've been told, and I believe from hearing them both, that the chord sequence is the same, or at least SoL is derivative.

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: GUEST,The Mole Catcher's unplugged Apprentice
Date: 05 Mar 08 - 06:47 PM

I just listened to the song (Streets of London) and see no similarities with the much over played Pachabel's Canon at all

Charlotte (played both on the piano too)

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: GUEST,Acorn4
Date: 05 Mar 08 - 05:53 PM

The sequence certainly has a lot of similarities - Remember "Groovy Kind of Love" by Wayne Fontana - the tune is exactly the same as a sonatina by the composer Clementi.

Subject: RE: Is Strts Of Lndn truly Pchlbels Canon???
From: GUEST,Ken Brock
Date: 05 Mar 08 - 05:51 PM

I don't know, but I think that Paul Anka's "I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" is.

Subject: StrtsO'Lon=Paclbel Canon??
From: Art Thieme
Date: 05 Mar 08 - 05:43 PM

It dawned on me a while ago that Streets Of London (Ralph McTell) is made with the chords to, and pretty much the melody of, Pachelbel's Canon!

Am I correct?

Art Thieme