Jerry Chang Does Pachelbel’s Canon in D
The New York Times has an article about the internet-famous guitar player JerryC who published a YouTube video of himself playing an electric rock version of Pachelbel’s Canon. The movie was an instant hit, and spawned a huge number of imitations, almost none as good as Jerry C’s original, which you can view below:
Then, a guy only identified as Funtwo published his own version of the song, which was even better performed than the original:
Naturally, the Times reporter did his best to track this newcomer down:
By following a series of clues on JerryC’s message board and various Canon Rock videos, I was able to trace funtwo’s video to Jeong-Hyun Lim, a 23-year-old Korean who taught himself guitar over the course of the last six years. Now living in Seoul, he listens avidly to Bach and Vivaldi, and in 2000 he took a month of guitar lessons. He plays an ESP, an Alfee Custon SEC-28OTC with gold-colored detailing. A close analysis of his playing style and a comparison of his appearance in person with that of the figure in the video, left little doubt that Mr. Lim is the elusive funtwo.
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33 Responses to “Jerry Chang Does Pachelbel’s Canon in D”
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Those two should totally make their own band. That would be awesome.
Yeah, like Danielle said:
Theese two guys should make their own band.
They would beat all the records of most sold albums xD
Agree with previous replies..who are they really..
My mom is going to be so pissed when I use this as my processional music for my wedding…Thanks JerryC!!!!
second vid dead
Laughing Out Loud
Yngwie Malmsteen and trans siberian orchestra and Riock Wakeman all did this version… decades before these kids. Can you guess who their idols are??
The kid can play, but not what we’re hearing. The visual is dark, so alot of the fingerings are not clear, but he’s definitely not doing the killer sweeps ala Yngwie Malmsteen. His picking hand doesn’t keep up with the speed of the audio either. He fakes it pretty well though
I thought he was faking a bit of it too, i’ve seen a lot better guitar playin before. besides, what does the media know about guitar playing
i listened to different versions of this song, from satriani to yngwie. but for some reason, despite that i like yngwie’s and satriani’s (canon in C), these two guys kick off! amazing speed and finger tapping and harmonics. Not a fake
i think that dude takes it in the butt…………………………………FROM MEN….
We can be as great if WE PRACTICE………. Simple display of mastery on a particular good song……….
Agreed… allthough im sure they have both tried, PLUs alot of amazing guitar players go un noticed because with the 70’s the guitar solo and, true guitar savonts in major bands, died.
These guys are the best!!!!
They know what there doing!
IT’S REAL!!!
ROCK AND ROLL DUDES
Really awesome music!!! Being mysterious adds even more attraction to the song.
For those who say Jerry C is a fake, please have REAL evidence.
Here is a video of him appearing on a Taiwan TV show.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5436414674584551455&hl=en-CA
He can’t be a fakie if he really appear on a TV show, can he?
dudes, dudes, dudes….
1. definately not fake,
2. Jerry C Rocks,
3. Im playing it RIGHT NOW, not that hard.
4. Theres tabs and versions all over the internet.
i very love Canon In D played by FUNTWO, is there any high quality audio/video available they played can be download on the NET
no but if you do a google search you can find sites that allow you to download flash videos off youtube and other sites. Also the second link doesn’t work just go on to youtube and search guitar.
[...] If you want to know more about JerryC and funtwo then you might want to read this article. As I leave you to enjoy Canon, here is a CollegeHumor video link where Rob Paravonian explains why he hates this particular piece of classical music! Posted in Video, Music. [...]
dude this is awsome!!!
Awesome!!!!!! I want the mp3 for this song…………:D They are so good!
JERRYC ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!
I THINK THAT JERRYC IS WAAAAY BETER THAN FUNTWO AND THE JERRYC VERSION IS NOT FAKE!!!!!
*THIS SONG IS HAAAAARD!!!!!
WHERE CAN I FIND THE INTRUMENTAL TO THIS SONG I WANT TO ROCK OUT LIKE JJERRYC…. I CANT FIND IT ANNNNYWHERE>>> HELP
where can I find the background music??
http://www.bebo.com/Jerrycguitar
(or http://Jerrycguitar.bebo.com)
if u have bebo become a fan…
The video is real, if you say it as a fake then you must be a beginner guitarist or you can play guitar at all.
This video inspired me to play my guitar again, thanks man.
Awesome music.
My wife walked down the isle to the same (abeit a little slower).
My wife will kill me if I can’t find this as an MP3.
What talent !!
Thanks for sharing.
YOU IDIOTS OF COURSE ITS NO FAKE….IVE SEEN IT LIVE
galing mo pare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What, they are not fakes. JerryC was voted as best young guitarist in a national competition in Taiwan where he’s from. Don’t be hatin these kids just coz you wish you could rock out like them do.
I like this song I can play part of it not all of it yet. I hope I can play the whole song someday.