The Axis of Awesome 4 Chords Melbourne Comedy Festival

[joneseylz]

theres a ghost look at bennys head 0:52 secs

[DevanLund]

It's so weird that the video of this same performance (which now has over 21 million views) actually has songs cut out of this version for some reason.

[Dach1998]

hahaha great!!!



[hugsterkb]

could someone send me all the notes in each chord? and maybe the order? please?

[guyt1234]

@hugsterkb I believe it's E B C#M A

[riklex]

@hugsterkb i tought  a chronic C then G then A then F chord

[trex0021]

Toto – Africa Beyonce – If I were a boy The Offspring – Self esteem The Offspring – You’re gonna go far kid One Republic – Apologise T.I. – Whatever you like P!nk – U + ur hand Lady Gaga – Pokerface Aqua – Barbie girl The Fray – You found me 3OH!3 – Don’t trust me MGMT – Kids Tim Minchin – Canvas Bags Natalie Imbruglia – Torn Five For Fighting – Superman Axis Of Awesome – Birdplane Missy Higgins – Scar

[trex0021]

Kasey Chambers – Not pretty enough The Beatles – Let it be Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the bridge Daryl Braithwate – The horses Bob Marley – No woman no cry Marcy Playground – Sex & candy Men At Work – Down under Banjo Patterson – Waltzing Matilda Australia’s funniest home videos intro Jack Johnson – Taylor Spice Girls – 2 become 1 A-ha – Take on me Green Day – When I come around Eagle-eye Cherry – Save tonight

[trex0021]

Journey – Don’t Stop Believing James Blunt – You’re Beautiful Alphaville  – Forever Young Jason Mraz – I’m Yours Mika – Happy Ending Alex Lloyd – Amazing The Calling – Wherever you will go Elton John – Can you feel the love tonight Maroon 5 – She will be loved The Last Goodnight – Pictures of you P!nk – Please don’t leave me Ben Lee – Cigarettes will kill you U2 – With or without you Crowded House – Fall at your feet

[cheeseloverHPfan]

how many songs did they put in this?

[trex0021]

@cheeseloverHPfan 45 at my count

[cheeseloverHPfan]

@trex0021 thx

[amygail97]

I love Benny -3 -3

[lothaleng]

this simple chord progression has made a lot of money for a lot of people. why even try to be different/creative when you can just use the good old I, V, VI, IV haha. i bet half the people who love the songs these guys churned out didn't even know it was the same recycled formula

[987jasy]

is it me or does bennie not play keyboard at 3:57 to 3:59?, ive watched this video a lot, and this is the first time ive noticed it

[SoFiEdOo]

@987jasy Yeah cause hes horrified at Lee's choice of a 'hit' XD

[buggler]

@JPRPC C G Am F

[JPRPC]

what are the four chords?



[AtharAqua]

@JPRPC any standard 4-chord sequence in any key lol. but the key they do it in is Cmajor, I believe.

[dangerready]

@JPRPC  E, B, C#, A.

[ElementsandEmotions]

@dangerready I'm pretty sure it's Emajor, Bmajor, C#minor, and Amajor.

[blueleafblackapple]

infact, that does make me shiver..it may be a joking song. but it means the world to me.

[KainsLolita]

Gotta LOVE ♥♥♥ Benny ♥♥♥

[TerraNova2343]

I think there's a song about their fans saying that Jordan looks like Jack Black that they sing. It should be on YouTube. They are awesome!!!

[KarinaPotter114]

LOL No matter how many times I watch this, it's still freak'n AWESOME xD

[DawnOfTheWolf]

Too true...too true

[erik49563]

Benny :D

[MrTaojonz]

Well .. the guy it the middle look like a cross between Meat Loaf , Shrek , and Jack Black .

[JJnAJ10]

... Did anyone else think that was Jack Black for a moment?

[MRsupesonic1]

you can see peopole behind benny through the transparent wall thumbs up if you see them,too.

[sketchmeister]

Fuck X Factor!

[WthTheHekk]

F*ck Off chicken .. little

[fraco180]

how many of you stopped counting the songs when the guy in the vest started singing?

[smoshfan12123]

No1 likes greenday anyways

[Paddicimo]

@smoshfan12123 fuck right off, i love greenday. they are one of the biggest bands and have written over 150 songs, and have also made multi millions of pounds/dollars, and your trying to say nobody likes them? fuck that

[back2theivory]

'take your canvas bags' hahah good one

[MelancholyPhoenix]

love how they start telling him it's just 2 songs that fit, and he just looks right at them and sings the next over the top of them like "LOLNOPE"

[xAwkwardWhitePeoplex]

ACDC to the max.

[babybel972]

Why is Chicken Little, a Kasey Chambers' fan, and Jack Black singing in a stage ?

[fraco180]

how dare he cut off AHA with GREEN DAY!!!! i feel robbed

[Paddicimo]

@fraco180 green day are awesome, dont dis

[fraco180]

@Paddicimo in wouldn't say i was dissing green day. (i personally like green day alot, i have like 3 of their albums) im just sayin, when i come around WAS a big hit, but they cut off Aha, one of my personal favorite 80's bands of all time.... so, yeah. no dis intended.

[Bhayeslhs2010]

lmao @ "fack off chicken little" "yea fack off...chicken...little"

[TimmesMimmes]

You changed peoples lifes tonight!

[LolBabyAnabell]

oh the irony. they say they've never had a hit in their first hit XD

[shadowhawk0137]

soooooo old

[crazygreg09]

Hairs on the back of your neck and funny. Brilliant !!

[xXThePurePandaXx]

the reason why tim minchin wa so funny in this was because tim minchin was on just before them XD

[madeddu7]

Chicken little's joke always goes over the audience's head. 

[MichaelaKhan23]

genius!

[mishimihendrix]

chill out peeps, it's not copying it's only the popular 1-5-6m-4-Chord Progression

[gibsondanny]

@mishimihendrix I - V - vi - IV is the proper way to write it

[mishimihendrix]

@gibsondanny you can use both... If you want I could even write it as the Eigenfrequencies for the Wave-Equation in a Guitar String... but i still think 1-5-6m-4 is the most intuitive description for the youtube community

[devineskilled]

sheldon cooper, aussie jack black and chicken little

[luizcross2008]

Pobre benny :'(

haushUSHus

Esses cara manda mto

[Msninjaelf]

@luizcross2008 yo se!

[lyndsayiu5]

@MARMARR1 Because some people won't understand.

[lostvil]

esses kras sao foda gosttei muito os karas sao foda!!! ......

[TomaMiAmore1991]

fock off chicken little :D

[NightDies]

why is charlie bit my finger in the suggestions

[gibsondanny]

@NightDies because your gay

[NightDies]

@gibsondanny thats not what your mum said last night

[gibsondanny]

@NightDies Ah... was that You boning my mum last night... How you been dude

[NightDies]

@gibsondanny ok can your mum walk now

[flabsy]

@MARMARR1 Well I just assumed that not everybody knows what that means. But nice try being a smartass.

[jnoshima]

this song is amazing but it's spoilt every song that they do that I like... not because I now know its done with just four chords, but because Axis of Awesome sing EVERY SINGLE ONE better than the originals aha

[LaileB22]

"Gonna make love to your baby"

[YodaOwns]

I'm gonna make love to your baby!

[TheAftermath8]

me aand my bro tried to sing this song so far we suck

[MrNiknak97]

Can anyone else see the people back stage?

[mrcarlmustard]

What are the lyrics to the song immediately after 3:44?

[beesly01]

@mrcarlmustard it's the theme to "Austrailia's funniest home videos"

[radgemasterben]

come on barbie lets go party haha. love it

[Remsi26]

sensationelllll!!!!!

[MrLadwagon]

Under the bridge has 8 chords but its still impressive....

[missbburnz]

how can anyone dislike this ? seriously

[11jansza]

"cant read my, cant read my, no he cant read my poker face"

"come on barbie lets go party"

haha that was the best bit

[Djieff]

Thanks Guys for the chords! :D

[Mizoni]

never thought about the 4 chords thing until this video

[Djieff]

Do anybody knows which chords they are using? My ears aren't good enough :(

[rodey666]

@Djieff E B C#m A

[MrKlecmanStudios]

@rodey666 you can also use C G Am F if you can't sing that high

[thecrooningtears]

@Djieff G - D - E - C, that's the chords i play anyway.

[gollumsalterego]

This video should have the 15 million views, it's the better quality of the two.

[TheDragon12000]

36 artist sorry

[TheDragon12000]

It shows how talented all these 41 artist are when they don't even know that they wrote other peoples songs and the other artist didn't know that they coped their own songs.

[ftball999]

41 people wrote those 4 chord songs.

[bulla1996]

41 people didn´t knew any of the songs

[whatthefee]

Lol, no one laughs when the guy is introducing them....awkwarrd.,

[ScottOrKaze]

I'm more than a bird, I'm more than a plane, I'm a birdplane. A fucking birdplane!

[griff1562]

The full version, no half ass job like their introductions

[rainbowpups244710]

Best song ever!!!

[jordz3377]

and im benny

[pinkpiggy976]

I've listened to this so many times that on my road trip to California I sung it the whole thing in the car. My family were very irritated and slightly amused. :P

[milkmister]

what are the 4 chords???

[flabsy]

@milkmister Chords are: E, B, C#m, A, but you can do this in every major key. For example if you're playing in C, then it's: C, G, Am, F

[philipdorian]

love this song!!

[sendivine]

I think so too. He really lool like Jack Black lol

[yepthatswhoiam]

the guy in the middle looks like jack black

[himynameissmile]

wait, Benny said they'd never wrote a 4 chord song, when Birdplane is one of their songs.

[bagaba57]

@himynameissmile its just a joke to get the act started

[bagaba57]

@himynameissmile just a joke to get the act started, and its "they had never written"

[njcrox]

'yeah, fack off... CHICKEN LITTLE!' xD

[twerley97]

you should go on britains got talent

[tisverycool]

@twerley97 exept for the fact they have no need to play in front of the queen or get more famous they already have enough million views from this song with titles oh yeah and they arnt brittish :P

[doubledudes1]

@twerley97 you probabaly dont know this... they're from australia

[1stMateWill]

A mother fuckin Birdplane!

[FreeRain100]

Whats the song at 2:06?

[tasteofcoda]

@FreeRain100 Wherever You Will Go - The Calling

[bhsp]

@FreeRain100 Wherever You Will Go - The Calling

[pinkpiggy976]

@FreeRain100 I believe that is Wherever You Will Go by The Calling

[TlaskalVladislav]

verry gut XD

[Grine55]

fuck off... chicken little

[austinthebookworm5]

I love how the guy on our left keeps breaking the moment :)

[asisorfree]

Fucking awesome lol

[anonihamster]

Love them sneaking in a bit of Tim Minchin...

[jag519]

Damn it! Pachelbel is everywhere!

[MrBigape1]

it would be better if they didnt do this sketch everywere.....

[SacredCowEater]

@MrBigape1

no. Its better cause they do it everywhere.

[DarkChewy87]

For anyone that wants to the know what chords are being played, it's E-B-C#-A or you can think of it as the I-V-vi-IV in E major. Of course, you can play these chords in any key. Definitely used a lot in popular music :)

[DanielCiurlizza]

@DarkChewy87 Don't be tellin' people our musical secrets! Shooooot.

[NoahSzto]

Probably the most clever comedy act I've seen in ages.

[9wombats]

All I can say is AWSOME!

[njcrox]

i had this going through my head during my geography exam this morning. one of the answers i put would make no sense unless the examiner had seen this video..

[ultimatefurydave]

c'mon barbie let's go barbie. hahaha

[dman27982]

FUCK OFF CHICKEN LITTLE

[njcrox]

41 people couldn't write a 4 chord song...

[Alexzpwn]

Anyone knows the guitar chords?

[NeroDeCastro]

@Alexzpwn C,G,F,Am

[njcrox]

@NeroDeCastro if you look at how he is playing the guitar, it's E, B#, C#, Am :)

[Malakai6489]

@njcrox Wrong too. :D It's E, B#, C#m and A. And in the second half it's C#m, A, E, B#

[njcrox]

@Malakai6489 meh, either way

[njcrox]

@Malakai6489 actually it's still E, B#, C# A, look at how he's playing the guitar!

[Malakai6489]

@njcrox Look it up at wikipedia "Axis of Awesome". It DEFINITELY is C#m. It doesn't sound good otherwise.

[newowned]

@njcrox there's no such note as B#. Also, it definitely is C#m

[akirolok]

@newowned you can have any note sharp, just because a B# is a C doesn't mean it doesn't exist, it's used when using a C would be either redundant of not musically correct.

[newowned]

@akirolok I'm well aware of that. For the sake of simplicity, I was referring to notes on a keyboard. No one would refer to C as B# in this instance either (a simple I-V-vi-IV chord progression). Aside from that, the note he plays is B.

[MrKlecmanStudios]

@newowned

[olliethewallyavfc]

best song ever is still missing though :/ chasing cars snow patrol soo not all songs are 4 chord songs :)

[ClockworkFacility1]

they've been going on for forty years.

[jennifercapp1991]

awesome!!

[GojkoGoodman]

All those bands who play a four-chord medley always forget The Police’s SO LONELY.

[NinjaStarfish94]

'Take your canvas bags, take your canvas bags, take your canvas bags to the supermarket!!'

[mrmyth5555]

U gotta love it

[JosefineChan]

Awesome :)

[njcrox]

yeahhh fack off chicken little! xD LOL

[ellieeccentric]

40 people were never able to write a 4-chord song :P

[njcrox]

@ellieeccentric hahaha :L

[WTF2334]

@ellieeccentric 1 cunt was unable to be original and not a gay cunt.

[AKARekcah]

Epic!!!!!!!!



[RikBussy]

I want an explanation:

They say whey have never wrote a 4 chords song

BUT

they do sing birdplane in this video

[MRSOPUNX]

What are the chords he is using anyway?

[MrDeleteble]

@MRSOPUNX I think its B, F#, G#m and E. You can however go up a pitch by instead doing C, G, Am and F.

[puddingsaladboy]

jack black!!!

[MessyPiggy3]

that is awesome thanks to them we are doing something fun in music and we are doing the same thing as them. thanks u guys are AWESOME!!!!

[RomaBegum333]

Pretty good for old guys...

[mfighter96]

@RomaBegum333 ... Dude, they're like 20.

[RomaBegum333]

@mfighter96 whoops! Are you sure? they look like middle-aged...

[parislaurence]

ahah they showed us this at school!

[GeckoGamesCo]

@parislaurence same :L which skl?

[parislaurence]

@GeckoGamesCo all saints

[thagoose47]

these guys kick ass

[13rawk]

I want to hear Jack Black sing Birdplane.

[aussiekingsley]

Pause the clip, Press 9, JIZZ IN MY PANTS!

[Digitbig]

Well, obviously it takes a lot more than just those four chords to write a pop hit. You also have to write lyrics, a melody, a catchy hook, etc. Just because this progression is so prevalent doesn't mean it doesn't take a buttload of talent to write a song good enough to top the charts.

[DarkKonohaCorps]

Actually it does, notice all the talentless hacks on the top of the so called "charts".

[Digitbig]

@DarkKonohaCorps Notice how I said "WRITE a song good enough top to top the charts." Most pop stars have an ensemble of very talented people who write and produce their songs. Not anyone can do that.

[forthfam]

hahaha kool