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Featured era: 2005
Canon Rock
“A beige cap, one room, and Pachelbel at full volume.”
- Featured era
- 2005
- Peak era
- 2006
- Company
- Lim Jeong-hyun (funtwo), arrangement by JerryC
- Category
- Viral Videos
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On Video
funtwo's "Canon Rock" cover
Plays from YouTube when you press play. Views, length and date from YouTube, October 2026.
About This Video
- From:
- funtwo
- Added:
- November 17, 2008
- Length:
- 5:21
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What Was It?
Canon Rock is a rock arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon in D by the Taiwanese guitarist Jerry Chang, known as JerryC. It became famous through a cover by the South Korean guitarist Lim Jeong-hyun, known online as funtwo, who recorded himself playing it in a beige cap on October 23, 2005.
Lim posted the video to the Korean music site Mule, and a YouTube user called guitar90 reposted it under the plain title "guitar". For eight months nobody knew who the player was, until The New York Times named him in August 2006 as a self-taught 23-year-old living in Seoul. Some viewers suspected a fake because the sound did not quite match the picture. Lim explained that he had recorded the audio and video separately.
It was once one of the most-viewed videos on YouTube and set off thousands of Canon Rock covers.
Things You Probably Forgot
- The beige cap
- The original YouTube title, just "guitar"
- Arguing over whether the sound matched his fingers
- Weezer recreating his room in the "Pork and Beans" video
The Story
- 2005 Lim Jeong-hyun recorded his Canon Rock cover on October 23 and posted it to the Korean site Mule.
- 2006 The New York Times revealed that the anonymous guitarist was Lim.
- 2008 Lim played Canon Rock at the YouTube Live event on November 22, alongside Joe Satriani.
Its Legacy
Lim's performance is still on YouTube, including this later upload on his own channel. JerryC went on to a successful career as a Mandopop composer and producer.
Memories
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