How I stumbled upon this site is a bit convoluted. Then again, isn't most everything I do? (Comments regarding said rhetorical question will be moderated - I warn you!) Anyway, I am a member of a word of mouth marketing site, that spawned a word of mouth check out the website kinda thing. On the very day one of my 13-year old male offspring's teachers advised I needed to rent the video "A Raisin in the Sun" so he could complete some work, I received an email from the word of mouth check it out website thingy (which I usually just delete) but something greater in the universe told me to look at it. (No it wasn't just the little voices in my head that told me to do it.) In the email was OVGuide. I said to myself...."Self - this looks interesting and since we do need to check for streaming videos online (free is always better than renting) - let's check it out! (For the record - self agreed.)

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Did that get your attention? I suppose I'm guilty - of trying to get my 13-year old male offspring to listen to songs I like. I mean really! Kids these days have no appreciation for the classics, like....er.....Pink Floyd? Returning the favor, said male offspring sometimes harasses me mercilessly until I suffer through some video or other he's discovered on You Tube (in the hopes he'll stop bothering me about it.) Tonight he announced he had a song he thought I'd like, and I said to myself - "Self...we'd better make time for it or we'll never get a moment of peace tonight." Oh yes, and make sure you have five minutes to listen to it. Oh great! Sure, not only do I NOT want to listen to it - it's going to take five full minutes of torture before I can go about my evening.

OK, OK! So it isn't quite that bad listening to some of the songs. They usually beat the stand up comedy he finds. I'm afraid he and I do NOT find the same things amusing most of the time. So, after postponing the inevitable as long as I could, I finally caved and agreed to dutifully listen to the song so he would stop pestering me about it.

There are some songs, no matter how they're performed, catch your attention. Back in the stone age, I studied classical piano for five years, thus gaining an appreciation for some of the finer songs in life. One of my favorites has always been Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel. (It's more frequently called simply "Pachelbel Canon" and affectionately dubbed "Taco Bell Canon" by me). The song is one of the most relaxing ones I know. It has a marvelous meandering melody. (Uh oh! Alliteration Alert! Oops...I did it again! (Critical Alert! I've sunk to  level of quoting Britney Spears - I'm losing it...Mayday!...Mayday!...) I'm doing the repetitive initial sound thing again. Alliteration: the repetition of an initial consonant sound in two or more words - as opposed to my alert full of assonance (the repetition of an initial vowel sound in two or more words) and if I don't stop using parenthesis you're going to be hopelessly lost in the desert of rambling thoughts...

You may or may not be a fan of the electric guitar era, but you'll have to admit this guy does a darn good job of integrating classical meets instrumental rock.  Give it a listen and tell me what you think. This video has had over 43 million views!! Give it a watch...or at least a listen while you tidy up some emails or something...and tell me what you think!