I'm just starting to teach a History of Pop course in college, and I'm going to use this as a teaching tool to teach the kids the difference between chords and melody. BRILLIANT!
I think a lot of commenters are missing the point. This video is not a condemnation of pop music, but rather a demonstration of the power of simplicity. These songs do not "copy" one another - they are all vary significantly in melody composition. Who could ever confuse any one of them for another? If you want to criticize the re-use of a tried-and-true chord progressions, please see The Blues as exhibit A. Esoteric complexity does not equal musical value.
Being a complete newbie, I found this to be worth more than hours of twraling, explains why I keep changing song mid chord because I found a familair snip of tune, guys this is brilliant well done
It's I - V - VIm - IV; the chords themselves depend on the key you're playing in. If you play it in E like in this video, it's E, B, C#m, A, but a lot of the songs they play aren't in the key of E. For example, if the song was originally in the key of F#, it'd be F#, C#, Ebm, B, and so on. They're transposing everything into the same key, but the songs they play actually don't use the same 4 chords, just the same chord progression. It's always been a common progression, and it always will be.
@UltraMegaSuperPhil EXCELLENT explanation! (you must teach theory(?)) It's the secret revealed! The chord progression of fame! Now, go forth - sing, play, and write MUSIC!!! Or just enjoy with more understanding...
This can be done with almost any song and almost any chord combination. I only play about 4 chords on guitar and I sing a ton of songs. Kudos to this guy for making it sound so good. Love the video.
@michaelkelvin1 It depends on the key of the instrument (which is fixed), it really doesn't matter what the actual chords are. You can play a piece that's in C major on an F major horn if you transpose the notes, and it'll sound exactly the same. What is important the the progression of the chords, 1st-5th-6th Minor-4th.
It's not just the C-G-Am-F. They are common in pop songs, but then take the same chords but go Am-F-C-G and you have every epic-climax song sountrack. Gandalf dying, Nascar commercials, a ton of Lincoln Park.
And not just that either, same idea - the whole repeated chord progression starting on the 4th chord of the sequence, going F-C-G-Am. Numa numa song, (love always feels like a) battlefield.
Is it awesome that my science teacher played this in class? Something to do with the brain... I weren't listening, to busy concentrating on this piece of awesomeness.
@Lyonside im not saying your wrong coz i was gonna comment to that they missed five for fightings song...but would it be wrong to say that maybe the uploader of this vid came across this vid "youtube.com/watch?v=nDqSdiI7HwE" and assumed it was axis of awesomeness song?
Depending on how deeply you break things down, you could claim that nothing is original. I mean hell, the vast majority of books use the same set of words, and even more deeply, every book uses the same 26 letters over and over again. How unoriginal is that? :P
Often, the "originality" of a song or book is an abstract pattern that goes beyond individual words/chords or letters/notes. :)
none of these songs actually share the same 4 chords over and over...they bring them down/up in scale so they match the 4 chords they're playing lol. you're all retarded
by "the same four chords", they're talking about that specific *chord progression* which you can play starting on any chord. Just like you can do the same dance in your room or your brother's room; it's not the *absolute* position of your feet, it's their *relative* position in relation to each other during the dance/song.
@DeeZStankYNutZ Humans have particular hearing that makes us all alike, in the root of it. These songs are original; it's just that unless you break all the rules your music will have its root in this way. Not necessarily 4 chords; there are other similarities that tie all music together. Look up "atonal" music if you want something that breaks all the rules. What makes every song different is the mood, style, meaning, instruments, voice, and melody. Every detail counts in music.
@CatFlashBlue while I partly agree with you and I admit that you presented a well thought-out post, and I admit that perhaps calling her/him a "shit teacher" just for playing this is jumping the gun a bit, but I have to disagree when you say, "these songs are original." some of the songs are very pretty, and I like several of them in their own in the right setting and as you correctly said, mood as well, cont...
@CatFlashBlue but to assert that blink 182's "dammit" or the black eyed peas "where is the love," has any musical integrity simply because "every detail counts" is a bit weak and pandering in my opinion, and granted I may be wrong or biased, but a band that releases an entire album of 4 chord songs generally gets less respect from musicians than a band that doesn't stuff itself into the "easy" 4 chord come up with a pretty melody, couple of choruses and a bridge pattern, and for good reason
@CatFlashBlue my point was primarily that I would expect a music teacher to have slightly higher musical standards than the average pop listening teenager, if a music teacher did play this in class, I would have more respect if it was an example of either copying repeated patterns to mimic other commercial success or just lack of skill presented in a negative or atleast unoriginal light, instead of "look isn't this cool!, I would think twice about a music teacher that was excited about this vid
@DeeZStankYNutZ I generalized that all these songs were original. However, originality doesn't always speak for good music. I would like to say that all music has a point and purpose, even if these songs are just there to make other songs look better. I'm not a fan of mainstream but that's because it's redundant and doesn't have much heart to it. Someone else may think the opposite of me, including a music teacher. It's like a creationist becoming a biologist. They have a right to their opinion.
@CatFlashBlue opinions are all we have here as you can't scientifically prove that a song is good or bad, a person asked if it was cool that his/her teacher showed them this vid, I didn't think so based on my expectations of a music teacher being a tad more musically "educated," you disagree because you say all aspects of said music count and contribute to the experience, I said that your statement, while partially true, seemed a bit weak and pandering, you say they have a right to their opinion
@DeeZStankYNutZ Your other comment confused me a bit, but I got most of what you were saying. I guess then the only thing left to say is that my opinion is that a music teacher doesn't have to limit the music they listen to just because they are more "educated". We shouldn't create such a hierarchy of music. Nonetheless, maybe someone somewhere else thinks that THIS is good music and the teacher shouldn't be listening to the crap you like. I threw in a bit of satire there =)
@CatFlashBlue ofcourse a music teacher doesn't have to, or even should, limit what music they listen to, but with that education should come some recognition, recognition of talent or lack thereof, patterns, originality, musical aptitude, etc.
also I agree we shouldn't create a hierarchy of music as it would be extremely difficult to declare one sound good and another bad
however, with education comes recognition like I said before, for instance...
@CatFlashBlue play guitar for 6 months, and you will likely be fascinated by Slash/Kirk Hammett or someone like them, play for 10 or 15 years and you will likely be fascinated by Jason Becker/Shawn Lane or someone like them, now I ask you, who is the more talented musician? Slash or Jason Becker?
clearly Jason Becker is light years ahead of Slash, and I would dare to say that you won't find a "good" guitar player to disagree, the hierarchy is unavoidable in some instances
@DeeZStankYNutZ Yeah and the hierarchy could also be set up so many different ways. I don't know names very well unless their art [any sort not just music] REALLY stands out to me, so I don't know the guitarists you named. But, I can follow example and say that with opinions, a person could argue why slash is better than Jason Becker. I played guitar for 4 years and never found heart in it. So I don't even like the instrument we're on.
@CatFlashBlue similarly, an educated music teacher or professor will always give more musical credit to Bach than they will Blink 182, they will rank the originality of the Beach Boys far above that of Katy Perry, and for good reason
I understand your position, but I stand behind my position that a music teacher should instill originality and talent instead of glorifying mimicked patterns, and that was my point however poorly I originally said it
@DeeZStankYNutZ Actually, I have found inspiration in Katy Perry. I don't know the title of the song, but 2 friends of mine were playing on piano and singing, and they described the song as "one of the few she sings in her lower range". Anywhoozel, I took the chord arpeggio from the piano and transposed it into ukulele, changed up the rhythm, altered a few other things, and now it's a completely different song. If you look deep enough, you will find scary connections. [Stravinsky + Star Wars]
@CatFlashBlue and by the way, thanks for the interesting conversation, I like it when someone intelligently disagrees with me, it forces us to examine why we have our ideals and beliefs and whether or not they are actually valid, it's nice to see someone debate a topic without it turning into meaningless insults, feel free to disagree with me anytime you want, I welcome the adult conversation
@DeeZStankYNutZ This last comment annoyed me. "adult conversation"? ERG. I love all people and would not belittle them in such ways, just because of first impressions and reactions on the internet. And further, adult conversation implies limits because what our society describes as adult is professional, mature, calm and collected, and thus gets rid of all the "childish" creativity. I know what you meant with your comment, and I know you meant well, but 90% of social interactions are impressions
@CatFlashBlue well ofcourse they have a right to their opinion, that doesn't make their opinion any more valid, the poster asked a question and I gave my answer, and your response is that they have a right to their opinion...
that may be a valid comeback if I am advocating for all pop music to be banned, but i'm not, i'm just answering a question, and ofcourse you are entitled to your opinion as well, but "they can have an opinion" is hardly a counter to my response to your previous statement
But for people to say this makes those artists talentless is harsh, it's just that this is a very successful chord progression that mentally with or without recognising it, musicians already know it works.
this can be played in any key as long as you use the I V vi IV chords from that key for example in the key of C which is how aixs of awsome play it the chords would be in order C, G, Am and F
To those of you asking what chords, it really doesn't matter. You can play:
Em, C, G, D... or really any of the other variations people have commented, as long as it's the same I-V-vi-IV progression. If you don't know what that is, google it.
This is actually one of the lesser versions of this song/gag - it's been improved considerably in their live shows where they start combining multiple songs simultaneously, and the use of different songs (or a different order of songs) also increases the energy in the live shows.
so true ive often thought when i was playing my keyboard that there must be pattern but never realised till you hear a good few just how many use the same chords, .
Rather than comparing these 4 chords to the 26 letters of the alphabet, I'd say it looks more like using only 6 or 7 of those letters. And if people were to write using only those letters, then, yeah, that'd be pretty interesting.
@jarenchacon@bromchifray Another way to look at it would be to compare it to literary concepts like "love". The word is used disproportionately to it's relative importance in, say, a dictionary. One certainly wouldn't say that a writer who elaborates on the concept of love is unoriginal.
@JaredChacon Why? Everything that was ever written and all words ever spoken in the English language for example, can be quite adequately expressed with the same 26 letters in the alphabet. That makes all English speakers look so dumb, no?
Don't be so defensive, I only said they "look dumb", of course I couldn't judge their compositions based on an overused progression, the chords are only a small part of the effectiveness of a song when compared to other things. It makes people look dumb when they think they are have such original chords. At least acknowledge that the chords are overused, then impress us with something else in the song. But they really don't realize that they use the same chords are in every song..
@JaredChacon And you are not being defensive? About your comment I only meant to say they look dumb - at least not well thought over. And I didn't even LOL. ;)
We looked at this in Science, its to do with our Brain. Theres a reason why people like heavy metal and can hear the music, but when people who don't like it, only hear noise.
lol?! N1
DerSchniepel 1 day ago
In what key are they playing?
ram1441 1 day ago
I'm just starting to teach a History of Pop course in college, and I'm going to use this as a teaching tool to teach the kids the difference between chords and melody. BRILLIANT!
AmandaHallay 3 days ago
shit i figured out C G Am F was every song years ago. i shoulda got on this
ZombiePharoh 1 week ago
titanium - david guetta feat sia
same chords ;)
ilovemybestvideos 1 week ago 3
Wow!
Great songs and great voices♥
Nate98Mega 2 weeks ago
LOL at the ending on take on me!!!! :D
moneybee123 2 weeks ago
0:29 dat asssssss
DannehLAD 2 weeks ago 2
I think a lot of commenters are missing the point. This video is not a condemnation of pop music, but rather a demonstration of the power of simplicity. These songs do not "copy" one another - they are all vary significantly in melody composition. Who could ever confuse any one of them for another? If you want to criticize the re-use of a tried-and-true chord progressions, please see The Blues as exhibit A. Esoteric complexity does not equal musical value.
brokev03 3 weeks ago
Being a complete newbie, I found this to be worth more than hours of twraling, explains why I keep changing song mid chord because I found a familair snip of tune, guys this is brilliant well done
rabstewart1 3 weeks ago
3:06 IS BEAST xD
Tollerud2 3 weeks ago 3
What r the chords ur using???
mrsleamontieth118 3 weeks ago
There are lots of three and four chord videos on YouTube, but yours is HILARIOUS!
burpo 4 weeks ago
brilliant!!!!
M4DDISON 1 month ago
Im sorry, I don't get it... people actually didnt know this was happening?
eddieisfiction 1 month ago
Love it!
funkiihempdesigns 1 month ago
3:12 LMAO!!
AshBlue1989 1 month ago 2
Great job. At the same time... well, all those hit lists. Ridiculous. Unbelievable how little it takes to be a star.
shephronqpan 1 month ago
not surprising really, iron maiden made way more than 36 songs that have i VI VII
or for a more popular example, i can name dozens of country standards that are just the primary chords, I IV and VI
ragerpez 1 month ago
amazing!!!!!!
milkymoo62 1 month ago
oh some!
TheLeanneism 1 month ago
very cool dudes !!
Mrbrutus002 1 month ago
thanks bmw, you zoom. ;)
fairshareable 1 month ago
thanks this really enlightens me to play more with 4 simple chords.
ARMER56 1 month ago
the self esteem chords im finding are WEIRD! D:
youholdthekeytolife 1 month ago
this was on comic relief
101elton101 1 month ago
It's I - V - VIm - IV; the chords themselves depend on the key you're playing in. If you play it in E like in this video, it's E, B, C#m, A, but a lot of the songs they play aren't in the key of E. For example, if the song was originally in the key of F#, it'd be F#, C#, Ebm, B, and so on. They're transposing everything into the same key, but the songs they play actually don't use the same 4 chords, just the same chord progression. It's always been a common progression, and it always will be.
UltraMegaSuperPhil 1 month ago 16
@UltraMegaSuperPhil EXCELLENT explanation! (you must teach theory(?)) It's the secret revealed! The chord progression of fame! Now, go forth - sing, play, and write MUSIC!!! Or just enjoy with more understanding...
ElleJayBlues 1 month ago
@ElleJayBlues I don't teach theory, I just find it very interesting :p
UltraMegaSuperPhil 1 month ago
its funny because all those musicians sucks
MrRileythekid 1 month ago
what are the four chords brother. can you please write it down for me plzzzzzz
123wesner 2 months ago
awsome
lucydannibear 2 months ago
BLINK :D
SIdewaysFootsteps 2 months ago
But I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more. Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles to fall down at your door!
Monkeyballmania 2 months ago
This is just the first bit of the Pachelbel Canon ostinato.
AsSomedayItMayHappen 2 months ago
This can be done with almost any song and almost any chord combination. I only play about 4 chords on guitar and I sing a ton of songs. Kudos to this guy for making it sound so good. Love the video.
tylernute 2 months ago
4 chords, brainwashing you since......
Adnan248999 2 months ago
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curlytots77 2 months ago
I feel like such a music geek for watching this... haha
MellyMel095 2 months ago
@TomBurrow1995 @TomBurrow1995 Same progression, different key. I-V-vi-IV.
TheLivingSeven 2 months ago
So tell me the chords these popular songs are played on? Some say E,B,C#m, A and others say it's C,G,Am, and F?
michaelkelvin1 2 months ago
@michaelkelvin1 It depends on the key of the instrument (which is fixed), it really doesn't matter what the actual chords are. You can play a piece that's in C major on an F major horn if you transpose the notes, and it'll sound exactly the same. What is important the the progression of the chords, 1st-5th-6th Minor-4th.
GFPPgk007 2 months ago 2
@michaelkelvin1 It depends on the key. They play in E, so it's E, B, C#m, A, but not all of those songs use those chords.
UltraMegaSuperPhil 1 month ago
Omg.
Joyerdd 2 months ago
Whoa that is a lot
asecretman1 2 months ago
haha awesome voice!
zenith0000006 2 months ago
3:13 LMAO!!
nickjohns07 3 months ago 3
its g d em c
evonyage 3 months ago
hahaha its funny that in fact, as fry from futurama said once: "people want to watch (or in this case, listen to) the same thing over and over again"
extrapalapaketl 3 months ago
you can also include 'one day' by matisyahu
theduchessofuke 3 months ago
alternatively c g Am f
theduchessofuke 3 months ago
lol oops, i watched this on my iPod, so i didn't see the top comments lol
WesAmbler 3 months ago
GOT IT!!!! the chords are, E, B, Cm, A..it goes perfectly with the song...i mean songs lol
WesAmbler 3 months ago
@WesAmbler C#m*
AlexCClarke 3 months ago
@AlexCClarke thanks dude
WesAmbler 3 months ago
i know that the first two chords are E and B, but i can't figure it out from there
WesAmbler 3 months ago
But I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm yooooooours
It's not just the C-G-Am-F. They are common in pop songs, but then take the same chords but go Am-F-C-G and you have every epic-climax song sountrack. Gandalf dying, Nascar commercials, a ton of Lincoln Park.
And not just that either, same idea - the whole repeated chord progression starting on the 4th chord of the sequence, going F-C-G-Am. Numa numa song, (love always feels like a) battlefield.
CVsym 4 months ago
it doesn't really matter what chords you use it's a pattern it's major major minor major. this particular song is Emajor Bmajor C#minor and Amajor
superman15151 4 months ago
WOW - NEVER KNEW BOUT DIS! - Silly Me
Berkybbz 4 months ago
God I fucking hate that chord. Very simple and very kingergarten like. So pissed off how many songs have used it and they all really suck.
UpwardsFallings 4 months ago
C-G-Am-F
sophiebeliebs 4 months ago 17
@bmw123321 What are those 4 Chords?
Taragneti 4 months ago
what are the chords?:L
britnaaaayx3britaaaz 4 months ago
so the chords are???
14SupaG 4 months ago
2 things ... wow... n music success is actually based on research n deliberate action rather than a fluke ... they don't wing it...
GAMARAYVIDEO 4 months ago
More than 36 haha
andyscoot43 4 months ago
Is it awesome that my science teacher played this in class? Something to do with the brain... I weren't listening, to busy concentrating on this piece of awesomeness.
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@Lyonside im not saying your wrong coz i was gonna comment to that they missed five for fightings song...but would it be wrong to say that maybe the uploader of this vid came across this vid "youtube.com/watch?v=nDqSdiI7HwE" and assumed it was axis of awesomeness song?
SuperINmyPANTS 4 months ago
It's Friday! Friday! Gotta get down on Fri-dayee!
tylersurfer18 5 months ago
It's E, B, C#m, A
SkeletonGuns 5 months ago 27
@SkeletonGuns Used to play 'Dont Stop Believin' back in the day...yes, twas in E. Cheers
PuckRocker43 5 months ago
@SkeletonGuns no it's not, it's C, G, Am, F.
TomBurrow1995 3 months ago 2
@TomBurrow1995 you're fucking stupid fuck you
SporeKore 2 months ago
@TomBurrow1995 It's all relative... Root, Fifth, Minor sixth, Fourth...
coolhaha10 2 months ago 2
@TomBurrow1995 no A, F,C, G
ChinoZblexKlub7 2 months ago
Totally awsome!
LadyAlexandria95 5 months ago
One missed - the first 2 lines before "birdplane" are Five for Fighting's "It's Not Easy (Superman)".
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averagejar68 6 months ago
u forgot when i come around! Green Day
jjayy1995 6 months ago
U can use: g d e and c
ixXgamerXxi 6 months ago
is this in E?
SpartanArnhem 6 months ago
Depending on how deeply you break things down, you could claim that nothing is original. I mean hell, the vast majority of books use the same set of words, and even more deeply, every book uses the same 26 letters over and over again. How unoriginal is that? :P
Often, the "originality" of a song or book is an abstract pattern that goes beyond individual words/chords or letters/notes. :)
AndreRhineDavis 6 months ago
WOW
bobspark18 6 months ago
What are the 4 chords?
Hoobahoo 6 months ago 2
@Hoobahoo E B D#m A
altf4nubs 6 months ago
@altf4nubs what?
Turbo5Turtle 6 months ago
@Turbo5Turtle thats the chords
altf4nubs 6 months ago
none of these songs actually share the same 4 chords over and over...they bring them down/up in scale so they match the 4 chords they're playing lol. you're all retarded
mosespwns 6 months ago
@mosespwns
by "the same four chords", they're talking about that specific *chord progression* which you can play starting on any chord. Just like you can do the same dance in your room or your brother's room; it's not the *absolute* position of your feet, it's their *relative* position in relation to each other during the dance/song.
AndreRhineDavis 6 months ago 2
wow.... amazing
jinxkid00 6 months ago
This one of the first thing my music teacher thought us.
timonix2 6 months ago
I haven't heard half these songs in ages!
kimify05 6 months ago
Hearing how all these songs sound exactly the same make me wanna throw up.
R.I.P. Standard Chord Progressions
rdezoveelste 7 months ago
I just want to learn how to play this!!! :/
TheRoadLessTraveled6 7 months ago 2
This is just called vamping isn't it ?
jmasters24 7 months ago
People talked crap at some songs I listened to yet they listened to different songs that used the same 4 chords. Hypocrites.
crazydudetz 7 months ago
@crazydudetz harmony is part of music, not everything
wetlipse3 7 months ago
Is it awesome that my music teacher played this in class?
tehsupervampy 7 months ago 82
@tehsupervampy only if her point was, "be an original musician, don't be like this"
if her point was, "isn't this cool," then you have a shit teacher that should broaden her horizons musically
DeeZStankYNutZ 7 months ago
@DeeZStankYNutZ Humans have particular hearing that makes us all alike, in the root of it. These songs are original; it's just that unless you break all the rules your music will have its root in this way. Not necessarily 4 chords; there are other similarities that tie all music together. Look up "atonal" music if you want something that breaks all the rules. What makes every song different is the mood, style, meaning, instruments, voice, and melody. Every detail counts in music.
CatFlashBlue 6 months ago
@CatFlashBlue while I partly agree with you and I admit that you presented a well thought-out post, and I admit that perhaps calling her/him a "shit teacher" just for playing this is jumping the gun a bit, but I have to disagree when you say, "these songs are original." some of the songs are very pretty, and I like several of them in their own in the right setting and as you correctly said, mood as well, cont...
DeeZStankYNutZ 6 months ago
@CatFlashBlue but to assert that blink 182's "dammit" or the black eyed peas "where is the love," has any musical integrity simply because "every detail counts" is a bit weak and pandering in my opinion, and granted I may be wrong or biased, but a band that releases an entire album of 4 chord songs generally gets less respect from musicians than a band that doesn't stuff itself into the "easy" 4 chord come up with a pretty melody, couple of choruses and a bridge pattern, and for good reason
DeeZStankYNutZ 6 months ago
@CatFlashBlue my point was primarily that I would expect a music teacher to have slightly higher musical standards than the average pop listening teenager, if a music teacher did play this in class, I would have more respect if it was an example of either copying repeated patterns to mimic other commercial success or just lack of skill presented in a negative or atleast unoriginal light, instead of "look isn't this cool!, I would think twice about a music teacher that was excited about this vid
DeeZStankYNutZ 6 months ago
@DeeZStankYNutZ I generalized that all these songs were original. However, originality doesn't always speak for good music. I would like to say that all music has a point and purpose, even if these songs are just there to make other songs look better. I'm not a fan of mainstream but that's because it's redundant and doesn't have much heart to it. Someone else may think the opposite of me, including a music teacher. It's like a creationist becoming a biologist. They have a right to their opinion.
CatFlashBlue 6 months ago
@CatFlashBlue opinions are all we have here as you can't scientifically prove that a song is good or bad, a person asked if it was cool that his/her teacher showed them this vid, I didn't think so based on my expectations of a music teacher being a tad more musically "educated," you disagree because you say all aspects of said music count and contribute to the experience, I said that your statement, while partially true, seemed a bit weak and pandering, you say they have a right to their opinion
DeeZStankYNutZ 4 months ago
@DeeZStankYNutZ Your other comment confused me a bit, but I got most of what you were saying. I guess then the only thing left to say is that my opinion is that a music teacher doesn't have to limit the music they listen to just because they are more "educated". We shouldn't create such a hierarchy of music. Nonetheless, maybe someone somewhere else thinks that THIS is good music and the teacher shouldn't be listening to the crap you like. I threw in a bit of satire there =)
CatFlashBlue 4 months ago
@CatFlashBlue ofcourse a music teacher doesn't have to, or even should, limit what music they listen to, but with that education should come some recognition, recognition of talent or lack thereof, patterns, originality, musical aptitude, etc.
also I agree we shouldn't create a hierarchy of music as it would be extremely difficult to declare one sound good and another bad
however, with education comes recognition like I said before, for instance...
DeeZStankYNutZ 4 months ago
@CatFlashBlue play guitar for 6 months, and you will likely be fascinated by Slash/Kirk Hammett or someone like them, play for 10 or 15 years and you will likely be fascinated by Jason Becker/Shawn Lane or someone like them, now I ask you, who is the more talented musician? Slash or Jason Becker?
clearly Jason Becker is light years ahead of Slash, and I would dare to say that you won't find a "good" guitar player to disagree, the hierarchy is unavoidable in some instances
DeeZStankYNutZ 4 months ago
@DeeZStankYNutZ Yeah and the hierarchy could also be set up so many different ways. I don't know names very well unless their art [any sort not just music] REALLY stands out to me, so I don't know the guitarists you named. But, I can follow example and say that with opinions, a person could argue why slash is better than Jason Becker. I played guitar for 4 years and never found heart in it. So I don't even like the instrument we're on.
CatFlashBlue 4 months ago
@CatFlashBlue similarly, an educated music teacher or professor will always give more musical credit to Bach than they will Blink 182, they will rank the originality of the Beach Boys far above that of Katy Perry, and for good reason
I understand your position, but I stand behind my position that a music teacher should instill originality and talent instead of glorifying mimicked patterns, and that was my point however poorly I originally said it
DeeZStankYNutZ 4 months ago
@DeeZStankYNutZ Actually, I have found inspiration in Katy Perry. I don't know the title of the song, but 2 friends of mine were playing on piano and singing, and they described the song as "one of the few she sings in her lower range". Anywhoozel, I took the chord arpeggio from the piano and transposed it into ukulele, changed up the rhythm, altered a few other things, and now it's a completely different song. If you look deep enough, you will find scary connections. [Stravinsky + Star Wars]
CatFlashBlue 4 months ago
@CatFlashBlue and by the way, thanks for the interesting conversation, I like it when someone intelligently disagrees with me, it forces us to examine why we have our ideals and beliefs and whether or not they are actually valid, it's nice to see someone debate a topic without it turning into meaningless insults, feel free to disagree with me anytime you want, I welcome the adult conversation
DeeZStankYNutZ 4 months ago
@DeeZStankYNutZ This last comment annoyed me. "adult conversation"? ERG. I love all people and would not belittle them in such ways, just because of first impressions and reactions on the internet. And further, adult conversation implies limits because what our society describes as adult is professional, mature, calm and collected, and thus gets rid of all the "childish" creativity. I know what you meant with your comment, and I know you meant well, but 90% of social interactions are impressions
CatFlashBlue 4 months ago
@CatFlashBlue well ofcourse they have a right to their opinion, that doesn't make their opinion any more valid, the poster asked a question and I gave my answer, and your response is that they have a right to their opinion...
that may be a valid comeback if I am advocating for all pop music to be banned, but i'm not, i'm just answering a question, and ofcourse you are entitled to your opinion as well, but "they can have an opinion" is hardly a counter to my response to your previous statement
DeeZStankYNutZ 4 months ago
@tehsupervampy my counselors performed this at camp. it was really cool
stykzninja1 6 months ago
@tehsupervampy same!
Splashscoots 4 months ago
@tehsupervampy our did to :)
SpawnSystem 4 months ago
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@tehsupervampy our did to :)
SpawnSystem 4 months ago
@tehsupervampy Mine too.
LuffarLinn 4 months ago
@tehsupervampy mine did too :3
DaniDaSpazz 3 months ago
Axis of Awesome!!
Cdeath27 7 months ago
LOL, that was incredible. Bet you guys had lot of fun making this. Great job bro's!
NVSEUFOs 7 months ago
Brilliant very clever.
But for people to say this makes those artists talentless is harsh, it's just that this is a very successful chord progression that mentally with or without recognising it, musicians already know it works.
ashtombut 7 months ago
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tbucky723 8 months ago
"man in the mirror" isnt that progression...
A1akaA2z 8 months ago
This is why rock and roll , without interesting lyrics, holds little interest for me.
Cool pot.
sndymornful 8 months ago
@sndymornful that's not rock and roll
BowetBurger 8 months ago
Let it be the oldest song in the video?
juffan 8 months ago
@juffan Waltzing Matilda's a bit older, I'd say.
Keldroc 7 months ago
Jessie J - Price Tag
sweetiepetie 8 months ago
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actually liked this! :)
TheOzil55 8 months ago
im a f***ing birdplane? was that supposed to be funny? i think it ruined it for me
franklymydearrr 9 months ago
@franklymydearrr
It´s a song by themself (Axis of Awesome)
Bloodflower84 9 months ago
@franklymydearrr its one of their songs.
LauraTProductions 7 months ago
gay
feymuz 9 months ago
this can be played in any key as long as you use the I V vi IV chords from that key for example in the key of C which is how aixs of awsome play it the chords would be in order C, G, Am and F
ollie21271 9 months ago
Nice job directly copying someone else's video with a gay title
Asshole
theanonymoususer24 9 months ago
iv play a few of these songs and all have been F, C, Dm, Bb
HoodedPianist 9 months ago
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TheAssirampiano 9 months ago
@sampark17 ..no its C Am F G
iggrut 9 months ago
@iggrut No? It's C G Am F
MCskittle23 9 months ago
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iggrut 9 months ago
legends !
MercilessHanzo 9 months ago
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what is I - V - vi - IV ??
iimba099 9 months ago
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what is I - V - vi - IV ???
iimba099 9 months ago
ummmmmmm.... you realize that there are only 35 songs in this vid right?
CNMGCHANNEL 10 months ago
es ist einfach geil geil geil! :P
TheIsiEasy 10 months ago
C G A F
pianoworm 10 months ago
@pianoworm C G Am F
t3hpwnzerer 10 months ago
@t3hpwnzerer ur right, forgot to put minor
pianoworm 10 months ago
4:00 - 4:11 best song of all.
dmilic 10 months ago
@dmilic such a good song :D
rockinfluff 10 months ago
the best part of the song is only from 0:00 to 1:40 IMO
HmongHero90 10 months ago
To those of you asking what chords, it really doesn't matter. You can play:
Em, C, G, D... or really any of the other variations people have commented, as long as it's the same I-V-vi-IV progression. If you don't know what that is, google it.
SealKun1991 10 months ago
HEY SOUL SISTER , TRY IT :D
bambipaza 10 months ago
This is actually one of the lesser versions of this song/gag - it's been improved considerably in their live shows where they start combining multiple songs simultaneously, and the use of different songs (or a different order of songs) also increases the energy in the live shows.
NewhamMatt 10 months ago 17
So these 4 chords should be the most beautiful chords to put together.
shyyonk 10 months ago
Lol holy shit Nice B5 on" take me on"
Alexander87oclock 10 months ago
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shitty hits from people with no talent (exept the Beatles)
lesfilmsdetrincamp 11 months ago
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pretty much like every single one of these songs
shrenk87 11 months ago
so true ive often thought when i was playing my keyboard that there must be pattern but never realised till you hear a good few just how many use the same chords, .
carpetcal 11 months ago
@bromchifray
Rather than comparing these 4 chords to the 26 letters of the alphabet, I'd say it looks more like using only 6 or 7 of those letters. And if people were to write using only those letters, then, yeah, that'd be pretty interesting.
@joshycooky1
E, B, C#, A.
ZoboCamel 11 months ago
what are the 4 chords??
joshycooky1 11 months ago
@jarenchacon @bromchifray Another way to look at it would be to compare it to literary concepts like "love". The word is used disproportionately to it's relative importance in, say, a dictionary. One certainly wouldn't say that a writer who elaborates on the concept of love is unoriginal.
toekneebahrtun 11 months ago
@toekneebahrtun
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JaredChacon 11 months ago
This makes the song writers look so dumb.. lol
JaredChacon 11 months ago
@JaredChacon Why? Everything that was ever written and all words ever spoken in the English language for example, can be quite adequately expressed with the same 26 letters in the alphabet. That makes all English speakers look so dumb, no?
bromchifray 11 months ago
@bromchifray
Don't be so defensive, I only said they "look dumb", of course I couldn't judge their compositions based on an overused progression, the chords are only a small part of the effectiveness of a song when compared to other things. It makes people look dumb when they think they are have such original chords. At least acknowledge that the chords are overused, then impress us with something else in the song. But they really don't realize that they use the same chords are in every song..
JaredChacon 11 months ago
@JaredChacon And you are not being defensive? About your comment I only meant to say they look dumb - at least not well thought over. And I didn't even LOL. ;)
bromchifray 11 months ago
I'm no musician but had a good laugh mate
eruseron 11 months ago
I'm a f''cking birdplane, doesn't that sounds miliure XD
MrGoeiegozer 11 months ago
awesome idea. unbelievableyou found all these songs. and a talented singer too!!
MaurijnMusic 11 months ago
@MaurijnMusic they R called "the axis of awesome" ^^
user3098304 11 months ago
46 people clearly had some part in writing those songs.
And are ashamed.
Alclead 11 months ago
I'm a f**king birdplane! LMAO!!!
wendys120 1 year ago
We looked at this in Science, its to do with our Brain. Theres a reason why people like heavy metal and can hear the music, but when people who don't like it, only hear noise.
battlestorm123 1 year ago 2
at 3:00 Take on me... LOL!!! Kewl!!! :)
sockmonkey1432 1 year ago