You've heard plenty of inane pop songs. They aren't interesting musically, you know exactly what they are going to do, there's no aha! moment to them. As a musician, I find them boring because many are constructed on the I-IV-V model, and I always know when each of those chords is going to hit. (If you aren't familiar with this notation, it just refers to the interval relationships of the song's chords. If the song is in C major, then the chords are C-F-G, since F is a fourth interval above C, and G is a fifth interval.)
By way of introducing Guitar Comic Rob Paravonian's hysterically funny Pachelbel's Canon rant, this week's Music Room is on insipid music. But you can also join in on where Pachelbel is following you, even if you won't eat at Taco Bell any more because it sounds too close.
Click through to enjoy, and I'll catch you at the bridge (no doubt more IV and V).
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