Classical Pop 4 Pet Shop Boys – Go West / Pachelbel – Canon in D Composed around 1680 for three violins and a cello, these eight bars – repeated a hypnotic 28 times – form one of the best-known pieces of classical music in history. The instantly recognisable chord progression pops up everywhere from The Farm’s 1990 hit, All Together Now to Coolio’s C U When U Get There (1997). Pop svengali Pete Waterman admitted to the BBCs Music magazine that it was the inspiration for Kylie Minogue’s bubblegum breakthrough, I Should Be So Lucky. And electro-pop duo, Pet Shop Boys – who recently premiered a piece on the life of Alan Turing at the BBC Proms – are demonstrably fond of the classical back catalogue. One Phd student has compiled a list of classical melodies they’ve used in their songs, which includes Pachelbel’s Canon. Both the melody and chord progression of their Village People cover, Go West, hark back to 17th Century Germany. https://youtube/watch?v=cfGTm_viXPs#t=187
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 14:32:42 +0000
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