A Cellist's Nightmare - The Piano Guys "Rockelbel's Canon"

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  • @MZimmer275
    @MZimmer275  7 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    A lot of people already meant this could probably be a rip off from Rob Paravonian (th-cam.com/video/JdxkVQy7QLM/w-d-xo.html ).
    I don't know if the The Piano Guys know what Rob did or not. So I kindly ask you not to complain about this.
    If you take a closer look at TH-cam you will find more funny complaints about Pachelbel's Canon.

    • @primmoore6232
      @primmoore6232 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maybe it's just a case of great minds thinking alike!

    • @talkingmuffins9560
      @talkingmuffins9560 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      nah fam. they use similar set up and language for the joke. this is a total rip off and they should be ashamed and come out and 1) admit it, and 2) give Rob his due.

    • @Yvonne-gd3wg
      @Yvonne-gd3wg 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love this. The classic was played at my fathers funeral. I cried and laughed at the same time now.

    • @jezp1976
      @jezp1976 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rowan Atkinson in 2012 did this:
      th-cam.com/video/CwzjlmBLfrQ/w-d-xo.html

    • @lucaslucas191202
      @lucaslucas191202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@talkingmuffins9560
      Lol it's so different. Even if they had seen the video the only things they have stolen is talking about this specific piece, which no one would call plagiarism

  • @thelowlybard
    @thelowlybard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1519

    Any musicians worst nightmare:
    The audience thinking they should try clapping to the beat.

    • @imgn3566
      @imgn3566 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      OMG IKR

    • @RefrigeratedTP
      @RefrigeratedTP 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      I used to drum at my parent's church when I was a kid. Everyone clapped all the time. It was honestly the hardest thing I had to do at the age of 12.

    • @christopherfuentes3450
      @christopherfuentes3450 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      J bet you was there with yo eyes closed tryna internalize the actual tempo huh

    • @stealthy_velociraptor
      @stealthy_velociraptor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      KyRowan IKR!?

    • @CottidaeSEA
      @CottidaeSEA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Wearing in-ear headphones with a metronome running, pretending like you're trying to hear the audio clearly when it's really just to make sure the audience doesn't fuck you up.

  • @drhandle
    @drhandle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3917

    Eight notes? Eight notes? Absolute luxury! I played double bass at school - in 1984, we played O Fortuna from Carmina Burana, and the bass part had eighty-four bars of D. Eighty-four bars. EIGHTY-FOUR BARS of the one note. D. An open string. EIGHTY-FOUR #*&ING BARS. That was thirty-four years ago, and I remember the UTTER TEDIUM of EIGHTY-FOUR BARS OF THE SAME OPEN STRING. I have not forgotten, and I have not forgiven. It left me SCARRED. If I ever meet up with the conductor of the senior orchestra again, he must be in his nineties by now, but I DON'T CARE I'm going to grab him by the tie and pull the knot ridiculously tight and let down the tyres of his wheelchair and scream "That's for eighty-four bars of SHEER BOREDOM YOU RELENTLESS BASTARD." If you're out there, Mr Trigg, you have been warned...

    • @deuterium-0156
      @deuterium-0156 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      well then...

    • @jamiecarruthers60
      @jamiecarruthers60 6 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      You string instruments had it lucky I would have begged for a one note part after having ridiculously hard flute parts which almost suffocated me.

    • @alexchang7959
      @alexchang7959 6 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Yeah but playing eight notes is worse than just one note cuz you don’t have to worry about the one note, but in canon, the cellist has to worry about playing the notes in tune.

    • @derrickharnish8990
      @derrickharnish8990 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      This is my favorite thing I've read in a while

    • @eyelessjack3406
      @eyelessjack3406 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i dunno where that 3 came from but imma stick by it tbh. because if you weren't able to learn shit alone and read music.. prob why you're still frustrated.

  • @PANDORASBOXRELEASE
    @PANDORASBOXRELEASE 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3416

    reminds me of Mr. bean

    • @MZimmer275
      @MZimmer275  11 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      This were also my thoughts at this wonderful evening!

    • @rhdkittinadie2463
      @rhdkittinadie2463 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      PANDORASBOXRELEASE Reminds me of Virgil Fox talking about Bach just before he lets fly with Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor.

    • @EfrainRiveraJunior
      @EfrainRiveraJunior 9 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      You mean to say, that's NOT Mr. Bean?

    • @dracobellator5861
      @dracobellator5861 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Efrain Rivera Junior i thought of mister bean right away

    • @deannagoodfellow360
      @deannagoodfellow360 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Light Over Darkness a British comedy tv show look it up it's brilliant

  • @LaineyBug2020
    @LaineyBug2020 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    As a kid with A.D.D. I loved playing the cello in this because I was still playing along with the other parts in my head & hitting all my parts. My cochairs would always say they could just hear me humming the other parts...

  • @fredbullmer273
    @fredbullmer273 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love they still tell the same story even in their current concerts Jon still busts his moves, and they still have as much fun doing it as when they filmed their video. Priceless.

  • @jessicabickley6341
    @jessicabickley6341 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    "I memorized it" I completely fell apart laughing at that point and didn't stop until the end of the video XD

  • @zozohastie
    @zozohastie 11 ปีที่แล้ว +361

    And that, my friends, is the life of a double bassist in orchestras. XD

    • @JamesYee
      @JamesYee 11 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      At least he plays! As a Trombone player I HATED orchestra because most of the time I just tried to stay awake because I played NOTING, then a single note then nothing... :|

    • @zozohastie
      @zozohastie 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      yeah, that happens to me soooo much too!
      In one of my recent songs, I had seven bars, then I played a D and then there was 12 more bars, and it was a slow song. XD
      I feel you, man. XD

    • @Calsop170
      @Calsop170 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Randomkillerqueen At least you are not a percussionist. I played off-stage percussion for Mahler 2. 5 Movements of not playing, coming in at almost an hour of waiting.

    • @zozohastie
      @zozohastie 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Calsop170 oh wow. :0

    • @hansb181
      @hansb181 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Randomkillerqueen Yes that is so true

  • @loistaysom1419
    @loistaysom1419 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1180

    To all the people complaining that the piano guys ripped of the Pachelbel Rant -- Steve was just complaining about something cellists have complained about for years. Seriously I'm older than either of these guys, and every cellist has a right to make fun of Pachelbel's Canon. Nobody gets to say they were the first. Besides, the rant takes a very different tack and follows that same progression through so many different pieces. If you think they're the same you should watch both again. The rant's great, but Steve really captured how I feel. Ya, I know bassists have it worse, but neither cellists of bassists should complain compared to percussion. I mean, think about the triangle counting 63 measures to they can come in at the right place with "ting." That make Pachelbel seem exciting.

    • @TheJasonbking
      @TheJasonbking 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Even worse when you get an orchestral director that wants to play it at 35-40bpm because it sounds 'prettier' played at a glacial pace.

    • @seola3026
      @seola3026 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Yeah, he just happens to be complaining about the same thing, in the same way, then uses the same schtick to demonstrate it, complete with musical accompaniment to prove the original schtick.
      Totally "original".

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well his resolution to the joke is different and the way he adresses it musically is different.

    • @jorklind
      @jorklind 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same - I was so happy when we moved past this piece in middle school orchestra. I dreaded the day we would drag it out of our repertoire.

    • @lanajay8464
      @lanajay8464 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      This song is the most boring song I have ever played on my cello ever. The violins didnt get why I complained so I made them swap parts.

  • @rachelf5466
    @rachelf5466 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2293

    Steven just got one thing wrong; he thinks the cello/bass part of Pachelbel's Canon is bad, try every piece of bass music ever. I had one song that literally was entirely made up of G's, until you moved to E's on the next page.

    • @lisaschuster9305
      @lisaschuster9305 9 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      +Rachel F I feel so sorry for you.

    • @rachelf5466
      @rachelf5466 9 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Adam Michna Thank you. The struggle is so real.

    • @lisaschuster9305
      @lisaschuster9305 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Rachel F May I ask what kind of instrument you play?

    • @rachelf5466
      @rachelf5466 9 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      String bass, piano, and organ. But I was complaining about the string bass :)

    • @BadWebDiver
      @BadWebDiver 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I'm guessing Chariots of Fire Theme.

  • @AbigailPoirier
    @AbigailPoirier 7 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    As a beginner cellist, I liked this song because I could actually play it. And only it, lol.

  • @inkyscrolls5193
    @inkyscrolls5193 8 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    It's like watching Mr Bean on the cello!

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Was going to say the same, Rowan Atkinson class.

  • @hornetguard_6652
    @hornetguard_6652 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been playing cello 10 years now and I so so love watching Piano Guys videos. I really want to see them in concert

  • @Natasha_professionaldogtrainer
    @Natasha_professionaldogtrainer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    He wrote the first 8 notes, and DIED! XD Best line I've heard in a loooong time XD I'm surprised he didn't slip on the banana peel while he was dancing XD

  • @mattthie9993
    @mattthie9993 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THIS-IS-AWESOME!!!!!!! No one truly understands our pain better than other cellists!!! I wish I could give this a million thumbs up!

  • @ta192utube
    @ta192utube 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    When he moved the cello instead of the bow, I laughed so hard my wife came in to see what was going on...

  • @mollykay4412
    @mollykay4412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    New Year's Eve 2022... it's raining and this video popped on my phone...Thank you Piano Guys... I had the BEST cup of coffee filled laughter, you guys made my day! 🤩🎁🤩😘 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023!!! 🥳❤️🍾🎆🎊🎉

  • @christypfeiffer3262
    @christypfeiffer3262 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was looking for a recessional for my wedding in 24 days and I came across this song...I was looking for a song that was classy but modern. And I think this could be the song! Thanks The Piano Guys !!!

    • @christypfeiffer3262
      @christypfeiffer3262 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sadly this didn't end up being in the wedding but that's ok. My wedding ended up being a beautiful day, a handsome groom and I had some great help getting beautiful and it was a great day!

    • @christophermajor3308
      @christophermajor3308 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Many have referenced Mr. Bean, but so enjoyable to see him with an accomplice. I do worry about Mr. Bean, as he does seem lonely.

  • @guardianoflight3
    @guardianoflight3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I understand Steven’s pain very well. When I was a senior in high school, I performed Pachelbel’s Canon in a flute quartet with three freshmen flautists for Solo and Ensemble and I was the equivalent of the cello part. The same eight notes over and over and over...... I knew I was keeping the other three in time with each other, but it was still painful to play.

  • @PlanForPlanB
    @PlanForPlanB 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2404

    I hate when the audience claps to the beat. Or tries to.

    • @gatekeeper65
      @gatekeeper65 6 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      especially a white audience with less than no rhythm at all.

    • @accelaxeld
      @accelaxeld 6 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      "white audience"

    • @djdrawjunk7860
      @djdrawjunk7860 6 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      @@gatekeeper65 вro υ do υnderѕтand мoѕт мυѕιc ғroм тнaт тιмe caмѕ ғroм. wнιтe people? тнe ιrony ιѕ ғυcĸιng мaѕѕιve

    • @epicloltrollface
      @epicloltrollface 6 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      gatekeeper65 buy it's okay, people can't be racist to white people

    • @Brynwyn123
      @Brynwyn123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      AshManzarek classical is a very specific movement that took place in Europe. Africa has its equivalents. Literally every country has its own historical musical movements and it's your fault you haven't sought any of it out.

  • @zoestaff1375
    @zoestaff1375 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They are so much fun! Not your average musicians. An absolute inspiration to any lover of true music.

  • @NicoleYang
    @NicoleYang 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2046

    Is anybody else getting a mr bean kinda vibe

  • @juu2356
    @juu2356 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've absolutely loved that song. still do, and also did notivce that repeat before. but dude, now you changed it for me... forever.

  • @Firetech914
    @Firetech914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    is it just me or does everyone else hate when the crowd starts clapping?

    • @zachariz1490
      @zachariz1490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      D. S. It's not about hating the crowd clapping. It's about hating the crowd clapping AT THE WRONG TIME. A crowd clapping and trying (i invite you to note "invite" really hard into your mind) to clap with the rhythm and fail miserably. It annoys the people playing, messes up their rhythm and might make one guy play a note too fast, too slow or just one measure too soon. At one point, you know that you don't know the piece, so just wait for the people who know it to clap before doing so

    • @itaintrocketscience
      @itaintrocketscience 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes, makes me corrosively angry. I actually watched a video, not long ago, that the audience was clapping to the sound of silence 🧐 ( yes, the Simon and Garfunkel song)
      Seriously?
      How do you clap to that?
      How do you think it’s ok?
      Paul was clearly annoyed

    • @Anvilshock
      @Anvilshock 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Germans love to clap um-pah.

    • @danikirk5774
      @danikirk5774 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely

    • @Zaire82
      @Zaire82 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's on par with 40 year old white people clapping when the plane lands.
      I just avoid clapping all together. It's the most annoying feature of white people, and I refuse to contribute.

  • @SeaWolfEntertainment
    @SeaWolfEntertainment 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    got to see them dec 4 2017 in san Diego, CA. fourth row VIP sound check and meet and greet after the show. was such an amazing show

  • @blueanna2458
    @blueanna2458 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So excited to go see the show soon!!!!!!!!

  • @TheKique25
    @TheKique25 10 ปีที่แล้ว +959

    My personal opinion is that Pachelbel dated a cellist who broke up with him...hence the revenge!:D

    • @JackieTheCatfox
      @JackieTheCatfox 6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Rob Paravonian would agree.

    • @e30lev
      @e30lev 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Don't use his jokes 😂

    • @josefbaldisimo5333
      @josefbaldisimo5333 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Dont plagiarize his jokes man XD

    • @wendyleeconnelly2939
      @wendyleeconnelly2939 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      or only got so far in his own cello lessons, and wrote to his own level

    • @chryssanthemum
      @chryssanthemum 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂😂

  • @Elroid
    @Elroid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I dont really mind the audience clapping here
    Its not a musical, its a humorous show, built on the energy on set

    • @RhysGFrelsa-Eudyptula
      @RhysGFrelsa-Eudyptula 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would have still liked to have heard the whole thing instead of all the clapping.

  • @davidknisely3003
    @davidknisely3003 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I saw them last month in Sioux City (and from the front row, no less). They were fantastic (and best yet, I got to meet them after the concert).

    • @queenelizabeth4017
      @queenelizabeth4017 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      lucky

    • @ashnikfield4224
      @ashnikfield4224 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I get to do that at their Santa Barbara concert! Very first two seats, and I get to meet them before as well!

  • @starsun6363
    @starsun6363 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for making me smile today!

  • @happyexpat6817
    @happyexpat6817 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Pachelbel's Canon and have since I was a little kid and my mom made me, as a very young kid, chaperona my older sister's date to see "Ordinary People"! Great film made greater because of the Canon. Have now, as an adult, heard it at so many weddings and funerals and memorial services that it has lost it's inital impact....on me. It still is, however, even if the cellist has only 8 notes, one of the most beautiful pieces of music out there. Thanks you, Robert Redford, for using it in your film "Ordinary People" and for educating me. Oh yeah....the date my sister was on never amounted to anything. I mean, she was only 15!

  • @nancyann2069
    @nancyann2069 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Their performance brought to mind the great Victor Borge! Loved it! ❤

  • @alexandrawales3099
    @alexandrawales3099 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw them in 2010, or 2011, only Jon could make it, i told him he makes me a better and how much of an inspiration he is to me, and he said thank you. It was amazing meeting him. (I'm a violinist).

  • @user-fv6pc5kz2i
    @user-fv6pc5kz2i 8 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    Why do I suddenly feel bad for the basses in my orchestra

    • @roser.5834
      @roser.5834 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Fluffy Unicorns ya, it sucks kinda to be a cellist. All the low notes while you violinist and violist rock on...sad life or cellist and bassist 😞😔😕😭😭😭😢😢😢

    • @Ammaruaron
      @Ammaruaron 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      because you should

    • @elybarnard7879
      @elybarnard7879 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tbh you should (I’m a cellist btw)

    • @robertm8318
      @robertm8318 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No reason to, they signed up for double bass because they wanted tedium... or just can't play an instrument.

    • @tavit.6036
      @tavit.6036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@roser.5834 heyyy, Violists don't "rock on"

  • @dwalton1865
    @dwalton1865 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    These guys are the best!! I can't wait to see them in concert

  • @jacoblein2118
    @jacoblein2118 8 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    2:05 you guys have no idea how relate-able this is for musicians.

    • @ellawahlquist6907
      @ellawahlquist6907 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      When you didn't get that solo at the concert. xD

    • @redhoodie4111
      @redhoodie4111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jacob Lein relatable* not relate-able....

    • @grumpyhale821
      @grumpyhale821 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least I got to move around.

    • @elybarnard7879
      @elybarnard7879 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup! 😂

    • @ashleyhornack4677
      @ashleyhornack4677 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I play cello, and in on a band, and I play bassoon parts. Let me tell you this... From two years of being in an Orchestra and having good parts, bassoon players have it tough!!! I had to play the same phrase for an entire song!!! I feel bad for both cellists and bassoonists.

  • @heatherwilliams1071
    @heatherwilliams1071 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is literally one of the best videos on the internet.

  • @josiecarroll8537
    @josiecarroll8537 8 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    this video is gold. I was laughing pretty hard at Steve, but I completely lost it when Jon started dancing!

    • @meganmercer2733
      @meganmercer2733 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I went to one of their concerts last December, and the skit they did for Pachelbel's Canon then was different (same kinda idea) and it was just as good. XD Jon's dancing is even better IRL.

  • @AG-mt3xs
    @AG-mt3xs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the funniest thing! Pachabel's Canon in D was one of my favorites as a pianist. I never considered how boring it was for a cellist. LOl

  • @rneustel388
    @rneustel388 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I couldn’t stop smiling-my face actually hurt at the end!!

  • @joannevargas9638
    @joannevargas9638 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this! Could watch it over and over again!

  • @thefruitofpassion927
    @thefruitofpassion927 7 ปีที่แล้ว +516

    Clapping along to classical. Yeah...don't do that audience

    • @thebravegallade731
      @thebravegallade731 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      TBF it's supposed to be a joke

    • @rossnaheedy3400
      @rossnaheedy3400 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If Von Karajan conducted through audience clapping, this is certainly okay! th-cam.com/video/GTZlB2mUwjQ/w-d-xo.html

    • @npc6817
      @npc6817 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      actually that's a great idea, imma start doing that

    • @muh1h1
      @muh1h1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Germans... We can't help ourselves...

    • @MZimmer275
      @MZimmer275  5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@rossnaheedy3400 Clapping in the Radetzky March is a tradion at the New Years Concert and the conductors are handling it very different.

  • @pocahontasreese1423
    @pocahontasreese1423 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Right up my alley...this will be the first song I learn to play on CELLO...This was encouraging.

  • @mariew8561
    @mariew8561 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a cellist I appreciate this so much I've played for over 8 years and these 8 notes have caused so much heartache so this is a great twist

  • @bbrakenhoff
    @bbrakenhoff 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video makes me excited for next summer when I'll see them live!

  • @emilyhurt4444
    @emilyhurt4444 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When I met them at one of their concerts, the first thing I said to Jon was "Nice dance moves" ;)

  • @ashnikfield4224
    @ashnikfield4224 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I LAUGHED SO HARD when Steve did all this crazy stuff, and when Jon randomly started dancing rapidly! That just made my who day better!

  • @timw2479
    @timw2479 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this song on cello is basically a double bass player's entire life. my nightmares are filled with full pages of whole notes.

  • @PhantomFan1a
    @PhantomFan1a 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every time I see this when they go on tour in the UK it cracks me up :D

  • @archistrage
    @archistrage 10 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I didn't know Mr. Bean played the Cello :)

  • @RFGfotografie
    @RFGfotografie 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's hillarious and amazingly played. Really can't this get any better...

  • @bradsimpson8724
    @bradsimpson8724 10 ปีที่แล้ว +275

    Hilarious. I wish the audio had been adjusted to lower the audience volume and allow the performers their performance, but it was plenty funny. The piece is actually really interesting, too, and I would have liked to have heard more of it.

    • @MZimmer275
      @MZimmer275  10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The acoustics are a little bit weird in Circus Krone: There are a lot of uncovered concrete walls in the audience and no noise cancelling elements.
      Some weeks before I was at a Schiller concert in a cinema and the sound was really awesome.

    • @ruthchipperfield3061
      @ruthchipperfield3061 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The acoustics were terrible, piano inaudible, their voices unintelligible, audience loud and clear! Pity. It was probably brilliant...

    • @Anvilshock
      @Anvilshock 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's the hand-held shot of some fuckhead's pocket camera, not a professional live recording, what the hell do you expect, you moron??

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Anvilshock As this is youtube, a comment like that...

    • @Anvilshock
      @Anvilshock 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@57thorns I don't mind people not knowing things. I do mind people not bothering to use their brains for two seconds and explicitly choosing to prance about with their ignorance.

  • @lexifeldmann5353
    @lexifeldmann5353 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I keep coming back to this because its just hilarious!

  • @robertaviles8451
    @robertaviles8451 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Jon is just tearin up that stage! Go Jon! Go Jon! Go Jon! :^D

  • @ILoveTheMoodyBlues
    @ILoveTheMoodyBlues 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just wow! They are so creative, and talented!

  • @ambrooks5
    @ambrooks5 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Freakin hilarious! Great musicians with a great sense of humor!

  • @emmaconder7854
    @emmaconder7854 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love these guys SO MUCH!!

  • @MZimmer275
    @MZimmer275  11 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    So I'm glad to see them in Leipzig on Nov 14th 2014.And I hope this will be part of the show again!!! ;-)

    • @MZimmer275
      @MZimmer275  10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It was part of the show in Leipzig ;-)))

    • @MZimmer275
      @MZimmer275  9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anna McLeran
      Sorry I don't own a TARDIS or a DeLorean DMC-12

    • @Panda-qf3bw
      @Panda-qf3bw 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +MZimmer275 it still is. i saw it on february 5th 2016

    • @sam3184
      @sam3184 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +MZimmer275 Still in Vancouver May 20th 2016

    • @roxanemccooeye5742
      @roxanemccooeye5742 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Still in the show Dec 3, 2016 in Buffalo NY, USA

  • @loveisinportant5570
    @loveisinportant5570 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The body humour is on spot. The combination of entertaining a crowd whilst playing music in this way is amazing.

  • @anonymoususer5635
    @anonymoususer5635 11 ปีที่แล้ว +596

    writes the first 8 notes... and then dies...

    • @RuthFL
      @RuthFL 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and its also a hold music for one of the UK electricity suppliers...

    • @avocado3-in-182
      @avocado3-in-182 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only in the inside

    • @meep5667
      @meep5667 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      *clap clap clap clap*

  • @lbco5229
    @lbco5229 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Audience clapping along .. total enjoyment from audience and musicians .. isn’t that the point? This was great!

  • @DarukaEon
    @DarukaEon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    @4:37 - If there was a real life equivalent to Snoopy dancing on the piano, that would be it. Ha ha ha ha!

  • @fionbarr416
    @fionbarr416 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Holy shit, that is the most amazing concert video I have ever seen, that was classical music!!!

  • @lucrezia909
    @lucrezia909 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The cellist making faces like Mr. Bean is hilarious!! You guys are talented and funny at the same time!! :D

  • @daifuuu
    @daifuuu 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm glad someone shares my belief the pachlebel's canon IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE

  • @RaphaeLoh01
    @RaphaeLoh01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Good thing the audience started clapping... I almost heard the music!

  • @venchergaming
    @venchergaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was my first quartet piece i played as a cellist in grade school.

  • @franciscampagna2711
    @franciscampagna2711 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My son and his wife had this played at their wedding. Victor Borge must be smiling.

  • @brookewilson2235
    @brookewilson2235 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Actually, cellists would be clapping." Yup, I was... as a cellist. I am not a fan of Pachelbel's Canon but this video was great. Had me laughing the whole time. Love you, Piano Guys!

  • @abbymal243
    @abbymal243 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I had to play his part on the flute for our christmas concert at school. It is the worst thing ever!!!! My arms hurt and i zoned out through half of it.

  • @misfit_pets5731
    @misfit_pets5731 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    My son was on the floor laughing. He loved it.

  • @sreepurammike
    @sreepurammike 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Wow man what a dancer...

  • @abogadoaprendiz
    @abogadoaprendiz 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are the best guys!!!!

  • @donkmeister
    @donkmeister 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A lot of the pre-amble is a word-for-word repeat of Rob Paravonian's sketch about being a cellist playing pachelbel's canon in D. Not a crime but needs to be acknowledged!

  • @taimoormubashir1907
    @taimoormubashir1907 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love these guys so much

  • @dhruel
    @dhruel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I see that somebody studied at the Mr. Bean Music Academy.

  • @sugaraddict6526
    @sugaraddict6526 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is fantastic on the cello.
    You guys were fantastic

  • @spiderstormy
    @spiderstormy 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They did the same routine a few weeks ago at Wolf Trap and it was hilarious.

  • @amybradley2514
    @amybradley2514 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this! What fun!

  • @menoslantern
    @menoslantern 10 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    celloi player looks a ittle like mr bean

  • @delilahdarling3421
    @delilahdarling3421 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video reminds me of my orchestra and I, with my group of cellists. We were playing Irish Party in Third Class, and all we played were 3 notes throughout the entire piece.

  • @TechGirl84
    @TechGirl84 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Just when I thought I'd seen it all from these two....this happens! 😂

  • @CornballLyric
    @CornballLyric 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very funny and a lot of fun to watch. Loved it.

  • @christinetwardzik7830
    @christinetwardzik7830 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Steven Sharp Nelson is a dead ringer for Mr. Bean in this one!

  • @watersnake5319
    @watersnake5319 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was one of the greatest things I've ever seen

  • @xleshens1385
    @xleshens1385 6 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Actually a cellist nightmare is slippery floor because when playing, there Cello may slip

    • @sahilnawal7531
      @sahilnawal7531 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      X Leshens it is called an end pin acre

    • @xleshens1385
      @xleshens1385 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@sahilnawal7531 you missed the joke it *'slipped over'* your head 😑

    • @Tag-ts5vl
      @Tag-ts5vl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The real nightmare is canon in d WITH a slippery floor... **shivers**

    • @heyitsshai2010
      @heyitsshai2010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I had to play in a band room that didn't work with my endpin anchor (the chairs didn't have the right kind of legs) so I was holding it with my leg and it almost slipped multiple times... one of the most terrifying moments of my life

    • @joelgeorge3513
      @joelgeorge3513 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      their** im sorry i had to

  • @airwick4u
    @airwick4u 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can never stop hearing the same 8 notes now whenever I listen to it

  • @MrChristoferoful
    @MrChristoferoful 10 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Rob Paravonian's gotta be pissed about this though...

    • @Tyriama
      @Tyriama 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Was about to say :P
      Remember watching his take on it years ago.

    • @MrChristoferoful
      @MrChristoferoful 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tyriama Precisely.

    • @vonitajoy7712
      @vonitajoy7712 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      plz dont say piss

    • @GoddessPallasAthena
      @GoddessPallasAthena 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah I remember watching "The Pachelbel Rant" years ago and even had it on my MYSPACE page (if that tells you how long ago I saw it).

  • @PonderousTroll
    @PonderousTroll 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    there's no way i will ever listen to Canon the same way ever again!!!

  • @thedailyjarrett738
    @thedailyjarrett738 7 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    After watching this I ask myself: Is The Piano Guys a comedy group or a music group?

    • @MZimmer275
      @MZimmer275  7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Well I think they are entertainers.

    • @heatherjohnson6699
      @heatherjohnson6699 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Both... They are both. 😂 And honestly, they are a group of kid music geeks who never really grew up, despite the fact that they're technically "adult age". Which begs the question: who's the adult supervision on their road trips??... 😂😂😂

    • @BertiferousRex
      @BertiferousRex 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes.

    • @djdrawjunk7860
      @djdrawjunk7860 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@heatherjohnson6699 тнanĸ тнe вυѕ drιver

    • @heatherjohnson6699
      @heatherjohnson6699 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Cryptic Sounds Now all I can picture is The Piano Guys touring around in a school bus, being driven by an old salty "seen it all and nothing phases them" "stay behind the yellow line and stay in your seats at all times that the bus is in motion [ *monotone voice* ]" bus driver, as all of The Piano Guy members are being hyper silly kids laughing and talking and joking and fighting in the back, lol

  • @deepstariaenigmatica2601
    @deepstariaenigmatica2601 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The way the piano guy takes off is something I can only dream of doing on a stage.

  • @merceknight
    @merceknight 11 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I'm watching Steve do the intro cello part and I' cant help but think "Mr Bean plays a Concert". I mean he even kind of resembles Rowan Atkinson.

  • @theviewer6889
    @theviewer6889 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I once had a friend who played the piano complaining about having to play a larger part. I played the cello and we were both playing Pacabelles canon. I showed them my music and they quickly stopped complaining

  • @AvoltageGaming
    @AvoltageGaming 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    If you listened to rob p's vid and this one, you know that the premise(canon in D is shit for cellists) is the same, but the way they continue from that is very different. rob makes a song showing how many songs have the same chords as canon in D, making a comical funny song from it, and these guys continue to play off how shitty the song is on a cello, adding a bit of their own rock style to it.
    If you take the time to watch both vids, you'll see what I'm talking about.

    • @Johnnybravo60025
      @Johnnybravo60025 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They took a lot of the same jokes and almost identical wording from his jokes...

  • @gallamile
    @gallamile 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love everything you do!

  • @veiah_
    @veiah_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Who else saw 2:27 and realized this man had talent?

    • @CookieMasterRBLX
      @CookieMasterRBLX 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Noted_ Musician how does that get you to realize he has talent

  • @HappyOddGirl
    @HappyOddGirl 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is just so many kinds of awesome! :D

  • @gerrychan5729
    @gerrychan5729 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    clapping should be done at the end of the performance. some performers actually advice/remind their audience to clap afterwards.

    • @RhysGFrelsa-Eudyptula
      @RhysGFrelsa-Eudyptula 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most audiences still don't follow it... unfortunately.

    • @kraio-sfu
      @kraio-sfu 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was rhythmic clapping, not laudatory clapping

  • @benmore2067
    @benmore2067 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7 Minutes of my life extremely well spent

  • @NoviceindisguiseOfficial
    @NoviceindisguiseOfficial 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    'I've memorized it . . .' LOL