lol " HEY GUISE THEY ARENT STOLEN!!!!! DIS VID IZ BULLSHIT AND I ARE SO SMART AND MUST TRY ANF PROVE MY IQ OF 56 TO EVERYONE!!!!" Smart people are smart.
I really hate that people keep commenting how lame the video is because it is a chord progression and not actually a "stolen song". Instead of being so analytical, why can't you just appreciate the humor that so many of these songs have a similar chord progression? If you can't appreciate that, then go fuck your couch and shut up.
How the fuck did you even put the Beatles in there? Wonder who's song came out first? and if you're looking for something worth watching, type in Pachelbel Rant... It is more entertaining and no bullshit.
other artists didnt steal the song, they just used the same chord progression as Journey did, and as you can tell its a pretty common chord progression. im sure there are several songs written before dont stop believin that use the same progression.
For anybody that knows anything about music, this song uses a 1 5 6 4 chord progression which is THE most commonly used progression in just about every genre of music (Let it Be, No Woman No Cry, Whats My Age Again, Amazed, Afterlife) To say that a song is "stolen" because the chord progression in it has been used before is just retarded because 99.9% of songs you hear today use chord progressions that have already been used its how they are applied with a melody that makes them original dumbass
I think your presentation is well taken. I don't think this is any kind of coincidence. It seems to me, though it is funny and enjoyable, it seems like a sad commentary on the artists. You pulled it off nicely. It gives me personally a lot to think about. I do think if an artist was really that talented and honest, they would do their songs another way than that pattern because after this, I'd be burnt to hear it again. Some become so desperate to be noticed. I'm glad this is just a minority.
This song is called the Four Chord song. The progression 1maj, 4maj, 6min, 5maj is one of the most common chord progressions. In fact if you switch the order of the same chords (like at 3:20) you have at least another 50 songs. The song is a spoof on the fact that people use this chord progression way too often.
Jimi Hendrix did it on "Bold As Love" (1967), which blows away all of this crap put together (in my opinion)... I didn't know about "Waltzing Matilda". Maybe that's where John Lennon got the progression for "In My Life" (1965)...
Heh! Funny to point out the most stolen song since Jimmy Fallon used to do the same thing as part of his stand up act using 80's songs! Still fun to listen to, though.
Some of the songs have that chord progression as part of the song and not the main riff.
Apart from E-A-B (or C-F-G If you're not a lazy guitar player!) another common chord progression riff is C, Cmaj7, C7, C6 (it doesn't have to be C, it can be any chord, its just that change in notes) - that has been used 1,000's of times
Here's some others that could have been included: Purple Rain (Prince), Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Pat Benatar), Love Somebody (Rick Springfield), and Worn me Down (Rachael Yamagata). As for another one that came out before this, there's Last Kiss (older song covered by Pearl Jam). I'm a bit tired, but I think maybe Anything for Love (Meatloaf) is rather similar as well.
that's why most of these songs are so damn awesome! unlike some 'popular' belief that an 'original' must have 'different' sounds with every single 'key' - well, most songs have almost same key arrangements to make the songs appeal to the ears of human...hohohoho..;-)))
What the fuck, this actually sounds great. Although Let It Be came out like a good 5-6 years before Journey actually sang that song so they didn't "rip" it off.
That's nonsense, you obviously have no idea at all about music, or what constitutes a song. Next you will be saying that all books in english are stolen from eachother because they use the same words!
If it's so easy to steal songs, then why don't you do it too and become a millionaire? Because it's not so easy, that's why, it's not a question of stealing songs, it's a question of using the same notes in a new and good way!
Well, if you pick 4 chords that go together and form a loop, you can sing literally ANY song along and it will sound good. So, you could do this with any other song as the original :P
i could go one forever with songs with the same riffs. mainly commercial crap rips off the same old shit. its the geniuses that break through and come up with something original.
I don't think this is meant to be a "stolen song", It is a chord progresion like kabukibear explained... I have written and keep writting songs with the same progressions, of course that doesn't mean that they're all in the same scale ;)
The Song is made with the Best Songs in History and if u still say its not ... Why do they sing like the man at work @2:50 , they couldnt know how they would sing ...
Just b/c you made it sound similar means nothing... play the "sampled clip" from don't stop believing and the clip from those songs you accused...otherwise worthless vid with no merit or proof!!
as other said,this is just a chord progression.it's not a stolen song in all examples.it's one of the most easily heard melodies and it's just very easy to write a song on it.if the title was different,that would be a great mashup of songs...
@Arseman03 That's because this isn't the original. Search up Axis of Awesome. They're recorded version (which this video is stealing from) has over 3 mil and they're live video has over 13 mil.
You guys forgot Linkin Park's "Shadow of the Day". A friend once told me they stole it from U2's With or Without You. My response was: "There a lot more other songs with that same chord progression." So here it is. Well done guys! The truth is out there.
whoever sang theose songs have awesome talent and meshing them together thankyou good listen. I guess if you go back to the frist time music was played to now you basically here the same chords but with differant instruments..makes me wonder sometimes i guess we are all interconnected funny going to the life forces heartbeat yet kinda scary alot of artists listed there have a lot of talent some dont alas i guess all that matters is if you like it or dont...
So funny. I was playing one of these songs on the piano the other day and suddenly I thought '... this sounds like another song I know ... have I got the melody wrong?' Then I realized it sounded like literally 200 other songs.
This is fucking retarded. Singing over a similar chord progression does not make it stolen. This chord progression was initialy seen in Let it Be and has been ripped off an INSANE amount of times.
@Guyfigful Well, it's definitely not original, of course. I think it's more of a standard, or maybe a simple formula for a popular song. Maybe I'm crazy though.
Obviously this video went right over your head. The purpose was to show how popular music follows a particular formula. Also, I'm pretty sure "Waltzing Matilda" was written long before "Let It Be", even though the chord progression was probably conceived at the dawn of time, long before "Waltzing Matilda" so you can't pinpoint when exactly it was "initially seen".
I will give you huge credit for thinkin' this thru...but MOST stolen song ever??? that just might belong to some Hymn first sung around 100 AD or such :-)
It`s a trick, you can sing every song on different notes, you base this on E and B, but for example let it be starts whit C and G, you just sung it a bit higher, still, pretty interesting how you can just adapt any song.
It's not a stolen song, it's a chord progression. It's not Pachelbel's Canon in D either. It's a I V vi IV chord progression. It's pleasant to listen to and it is easy to write melodies over it, as well as being a short 4 chord progression that is easy to set words to. If they tried Pachelbel's it would be I V vi iii which would need a continuation because a iii chord in that context doesn't resolve back to I to our ear. This wouldn't work for a lot of pop music so they don't do it.
it happens
SamEladio 3 days ago
I enjoyed that. Very amusing!
jrules85 1 week ago
You can add Snow by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
groutdave 1 week ago
Beatles - Let It Be: 1970
Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 1981
Beatles copied a song that didn't exist for over a decade?
Hairysteed 1 week ago
"It's my life - and it's now or never! I ain't gonna live forever..."
Hairysteed 1 week ago
Do you guys really not get that this whole thing is a total joke?
DTPVH 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
ONE QUESTION BUDDY?!
HOW COULD THE BEATLES STEAL 'LET IT BE' (A SONG WHICH CAME OUT IN 1970) FROM JOURNEY ( A SONG THAT CAME OUT IN 1981)??? DISCONNECTION,
SO ALL THE SONGS YOU LISTED WERE ACTUALLY "STOLEN" FROM THE BEATLES NOT JOURNEY.
ilovemusic555 2 weeks ago
"Canon" by Pachalbel was the first tune to ever use this melody. He wrote it.
doodleguitarist 2 weeks ago
This is sooooo funny hahahahahahahaha his singing hahahahahaha
scoonboon 2 weeks ago
you forgot the SAVATAGE-Believe
KOSTASBEAZ 3 weeks ago
You are allowed to take 4 measures of any song :)... This is why it's not stolen :)
matotaki 4 weeks ago
lol " HEY GUISE THEY ARENT STOLEN!!!!! DIS VID IZ BULLSHIT AND I ARE SO SMART AND MUST TRY ANF PROVE MY IQ OF 56 TO EVERYONE!!!!" Smart people are smart.
CRFxX 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
not stolen songs. change title plz
vincentgun 1 month ago
It's called a "chord progression", not a "stolen song"
butchermachine 1 month ago 5
Also, I would like to add how much I enjoy hearing a deep-voiced man sing "Am I not pretty enough?"
KharismaticKayteh 1 month ago
I really hate that people keep commenting how lame the video is because it is a chord progression and not actually a "stolen song". Instead of being so analytical, why can't you just appreciate the humor that so many of these songs have a similar chord progression? If you can't appreciate that, then go fuck your couch and shut up.
KharismaticKayteh 1 month ago
The Four Chord Song by the Axis of Awesome A COMEDY BAND!!!
MrmaddensIS1chnl 1 month ago
Everyone needs to chill the fuck out and laugh at the joke.
We get that it's a 1 5 6 4 progression, congratulations retard.
It's not saying that they stole it from Journey, it's just funny that they can put all those songs into one progression.
Seriously, stop being fucking idiots.
aestheticamorous 1 month ago
Why is everyone getting so offended? This is supposed to be funny.
RabbiPanda 1 month ago 2
How the fuck did you even put the Beatles in there? Wonder who's song came out first? and if you're looking for something worth watching, type in Pachelbel Rant... It is more entertaining and no bullshit.
greenapplepuppyranch 1 month ago
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i think it's funny that i dont know more than half of these songs xD
GiAnTsMaKeYoUbRaVe 1 month ago
other artists didnt steal the song, they just used the same chord progression as Journey did, and as you can tell its a pretty common chord progression. im sure there are several songs written before dont stop believin that use the same progression.
family69guy24fan69 1 month ago
Even though this isn'texactly true/accurate, it's still pretty cool.
Squeaky199797 2 months ago
they actually are not the same chords, its just the same distance from the last chord !! :P
TheJ0026 2 months ago
chords in music are limited, don't you think? besides when i heard(or saw rather) under the bridge i just went 0.o are you fucking serious?
Ganbrat 2 months ago
For anybody that knows anything about music, this song uses a 1 5 6 4 chord progression which is THE most commonly used progression in just about every genre of music (Let it Be, No Woman No Cry, Whats My Age Again, Amazed, Afterlife) To say that a song is "stolen" because the chord progression in it has been used before is just retarded because 99.9% of songs you hear today use chord progressions that have already been used its how they are applied with a melody that makes them original dumbass
blakefoster937 2 months ago
That isn't the same piano melody. Plus there's no bass guitar so it doesn't really sound like the Journey song at all.
c0rnp0p5 2 months ago
niccceee voice dude u rock!!
Trains4four 2 months ago
stupid .
mayra101985 2 months ago
This is so stupid. Don't think the guys from journey were writing music when the Beatles recorded Let it be !!
boukevanzinderen 2 months ago
Fail...lol i love this shows music from BEFORE Journey. Haha
Kayleemouse 2 months ago
you are an idiot..... the chord progresson is ORIGINALLY from a classical piece a long long long time before journey
proximityeffect1 2 months ago
sounds like flight of the concord
seetroo 2 months ago
I think your presentation is well taken. I don't think this is any kind of coincidence. It seems to me, though it is funny and enjoyable, it seems like a sad commentary on the artists. You pulled it off nicely. It gives me personally a lot to think about. I do think if an artist was really that talented and honest, they would do their songs another way than that pattern because after this, I'd be burnt to hear it again. Some become so desperate to be noticed. I'm glad this is just a minority.
MrMusicDreamz 2 months ago
crowded house would never do that! the finn brothers went to my school when they were my age no jokes, google it! :D
lUkieey2beeALyve 2 months ago
How could the Beatles steal from Journey? Dumbass.
13heavymetal 2 months ago
Very cool !!
davver1 2 months ago
your good at singing lol
megapwn323 2 months ago
Just shows humanity is addicted to 1 melody!
craigeee14 2 months ago
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mimmi2211 2 months ago
sounds great
mimmi2211 2 months ago
lol this IS the most stolen song in history
Alicea66 2 months ago
lol you have the beatles, let it be in there, which was made more than a decade before journey made this ?????
MyAqaa 2 months ago 2
This song is called the Four Chord song. The progression 1maj, 4maj, 6min, 5maj is one of the most common chord progressions. In fact if you switch the order of the same chords (like at 3:20) you have at least another 50 songs. The song is a spoof on the fact that people use this chord progression way too often.
SuperTrey09 2 months ago 3
@SuperTrey09 Agreed! i think the video make took the progression in a wrong way! :) May be he/she wasn't aware of that fact.
Chiffoneire 2 months ago
I would say Let it Be was way before Journeys song.
cs292 2 months ago
I hate to tell you this, but some of these songs came before Don't Stop Believin'
lxKazxl 2 months ago
Just the same chords?!
Werderfreak97 2 months ago
Jimi Hendrix did it on "Bold As Love" (1967), which blows away all of this crap put together (in my opinion)... I didn't know about "Waltzing Matilda". Maybe that's where John Lennon got the progression for "In My Life" (1965)...
i45funker 2 months ago
Heh! Funny to point out the most stolen song since Jimmy Fallon used to do the same thing as part of his stand up act using 80's songs! Still fun to listen to, though.
Glippernip 2 months ago
Some of the songs have that chord progression as part of the song and not the main riff.
Apart from E-A-B (or C-F-G If you're not a lazy guitar player!) another common chord progression riff is C, Cmaj7, C7, C6 (it doesn't have to be C, it can be any chord, its just that change in notes) - that has been used 1,000's of times
neil73 2 months ago 2
many songs have the same beat, so we can remmber and so they become famous and earn money :s thats how songwriting is
eddiehalenvan 2 months ago
Uh Let it Be definitely cam waaaay before Journey.
SaidTheDolphin 2 months ago
Silly, those piano chords are standard. Many pop/alt have the same beat
MrAbomb234 2 months ago 21
Here's some others that could have been included: Purple Rain (Prince), Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Pat Benatar), Love Somebody (Rick Springfield), and Worn me Down (Rachael Yamagata). As for another one that came out before this, there's Last Kiss (older song covered by Pearl Jam). I'm a bit tired, but I think maybe Anything for Love (Meatloaf) is rather similar as well.
CthulhuForCocoaPuffs 2 months ago
Not stolen. Just a common pop chord progression.
Indeed, it's lame to use 'em so much.
MarcoTorrance 2 months ago
Let it Be came out before don't stop believing... i think lol
skooshtastic 2 months ago
Ha.. ok.. now i know i like most of these song.. lol
mnstube 2 months ago
Ha.. ok.. now i know i like most of these song.. lol
mnstube 2 months ago
you put some work into this, I´m still laughing!!!
r1cseeker 2 months ago
I haven't enjoyed a video this much in a longgg while :)
KivaCrystal 2 months ago
that's why most of these songs are so damn awesome! unlike some 'popular' belief that an 'original' must have 'different' sounds with every single 'key' - well, most songs have almost same key arrangements to make the songs appeal to the ears of human...hohohoho..;-)))
mrskennyfred 2 months ago
What the fuck, this actually sounds great. Although Let It Be came out like a good 5-6 years before Journey actually sang that song so they didn't "rip" it off.
kardz201 3 months ago
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kardz201 3 months ago
LOL. This just become a whole new song.
nizepart0519 3 months ago
3:14-Made my day
Chillgoalie17 3 months ago
A chord sequence is NOT a song. The melody is the main part of the song, not the chords. This video is bullshit.
frauirmabunt 3 months ago 13
@frauirmabunt It's a joke, settle the fuck down
HypaChondriacMusic 3 months ago
@HypaChondriacMusic
No, it's not a joke, it's a piece of misinformation. Hope that helps, idiot.
frauirmabunt 3 months ago
@frauirmabunt Um, unless you're retarded or have a severe case of... being a retard, it's clearly a joke.
HypaChondriacMusic 3 months ago
@HypaChondriacMusic
Yeah whatever, have it your own way, pillock.
frauirmabunt 3 months ago
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@frauirmabunt If you actually take this seriously, you have problems.
HypaChondriacMusic 3 months ago
@frauirmabunt you´re right, but not a bad video.
pepakake27 2 weeks ago
@frauirmabunt This video is not bull shit the Music industry is one stolen song after another.
ilovemusic555 2 weeks ago
@ilovemusic555
That's nonsense, you obviously have no idea at all about music, or what constitutes a song. Next you will be saying that all books in english are stolen from eachother because they use the same words!
If it's so easy to steal songs, then why don't you do it too and become a millionaire? Because it's not so easy, that's why, it's not a question of stealing songs, it's a question of using the same notes in a new and good way!
frauirmabunt 2 weeks ago
How are older songs stolen from this? I'm hoping this is mostly a joke.
AllTimeAesthetic 3 months ago
all songs are awesomeeeeee
Zerox692 3 months ago
You cheated, chord progression changed and then changed back in the middle :p
davesheik 3 months ago
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davesheik 3 months ago
Haha, well done! I assume you're not being serious with the "stolen song" thing?
Sjoera 3 months ago
Well, if you pick 4 chords that go together and form a loop, you can sing literally ANY song along and it will sound good. So, you could do this with any other song as the original :P
FilipMiljkovic 3 months ago
this is... freaking awesome.
vanillaonmytongue2 3 months ago
Thats True... Werent Some Done Before Journey ?
TheTorpedoTurtle 3 months ago
some of these songs were done before journey...but still amazing
bigalmd09 3 months ago
your chord progression changes. so the title to this video is misleading.
lansed 3 months ago
I love some of these songs, but wow! hahaha amazing! :D
theheytherejulia 3 months ago
hi
4milanSheva 4 months ago
this is an Australian band's song called "the four chords song" look it up
Trapper2159 4 months ago
@Trapper2159 No the band's called axis of awesome, the four chord song is a song of them.
moetjewa451 3 months ago
@moetjewa451 yeah and they're australian
Trapper2159 3 months ago
Nothing's stolen here. Just simply the same chord progression...!
Funny world. Well done, however, just nothing is stolen for sure.
sonata4real 4 months ago
holy shit, that's awesome.
FlippyMyDog 4 months ago
this is mroe like the best song in the history of music
MightySerbianFighter 4 months ago
i could go one forever with songs with the same riffs. mainly commercial crap rips off the same old shit. its the geniuses that break through and come up with something original.
Psylonz 4 months ago
Im suprised that black eyed peas are not on this list.
megadeth1056 4 months ago
@megadeth1056 you're a fucking idiot...
QuentinGoley 4 months ago
@QuentinGoley
Thanks
megadeth1056 4 months ago
@megadeth1056 They are
ReallyRaspyVoice 4 months ago
The chord progression here is even heard in almost any techno song.
Also, after the music stopped in the middle, the chords went from a 4/4 to a 2/4 rythm
GameKid98 4 months ago
whatc axis of awesome lice four chourd song its much bettert
supermaster135790 5 months ago
@supermaster135790 live *
supermaster135790 5 months ago
welcome to the world of pop music.
zekeLindgren 5 months ago
This is actually good, it's accurate.
metalgtrfreak 5 months ago
HAHAHA, that was good.
foofer818 5 months ago
is this on itunes? i love this medley!
imamadmad1 5 months ago
that sounds amazing, realy amazing , i could hear it all day long xD, so nice voices
divine2o 6 months ago
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divine2o 6 months ago
dude all i can say is .. you're insane
OMAS1993 6 months ago
4:30!!! ROFLMAO!!!
SoulGuitarMan 6 months ago
who else lauged at 2:50 HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
videomasta521743 6 months ago 65
@videomasta521743 hahahahah YESS IM gonna go listen to that now!!!
NikoLiberty1000 4 months ago
me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DoubleOGuitar 3 months ago
@videomasta521743 hey i do come from a land down-under
Skippymabob 3 months ago
is it just me or does this sound awesome?
MsPrizz 6 months ago 57
@MsPrizz The sound of awesomeness
nmende00 2 months ago
I guess every song in the world is stolen.... CHORD PROGRESSION.... Ever heard of it....
ilebron76 6 months ago 5
I don't think this is meant to be a "stolen song", It is a chord progresion like kabukibear explained... I have written and keep writting songs with the same progressions, of course that doesn't mean that they're all in the same scale ;)
mztguitar 7 months ago 2
The Song is made with the Best Songs in History and if u still say its not ... Why do they sing like the man at work @2:50 , they couldnt know how they would sing ...
TheDarkkniqht 7 months ago
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TheDarkkniqht 7 months ago
How Would The Beatles Steal From Journey If The Beatles Made Let It Be First Way To Be A Dumbass
MIKEANDMICHAELSHOW1 7 months ago
Remember when you could watch a video without having to sit through a commercial?
Remember when music videos were uploaded by users and not VEVO
Remember when all the info was to the right of the video?
Remember you could rate a video 1-5 stars?
Remember the famous yellow subscribe button?
Remember when the users controlled the site and now corporations?
WE MISS THE OLD YOUTUBE!
Post this in every video and lets start a youtube revolution!
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blackmist411 7 months ago 3
Nice how all those songs fit together. I know it's to prove a point but still it's awesome. xD
nohabody 7 months ago
oh man! such BS!!!
robertkindstrand 7 months ago
lmao when you sang take on me
terracottaheavens 7 months ago
hahaha this is amazing
you forgot no women no cry...
and probably a bunch of others as well
enyoctap 7 months ago
The REAL answer is that the members of Journey are time travelers.
Matt10670 7 months ago
@michealsmorrison dude u fucken read my mind trippy
Cvmars90 8 months ago
Beauty steals from the sublime
History is what it was
We are together now
because we are what we was...
michaelsmorrison 8 months ago
..waltzing matilda is WELL older than let it be, written in 1895.
justinshock 8 months ago
and green day's "holiday"!
Livnosity 8 months ago
Beatles were before Journey
ducktapemagic 8 months ago
3:08 XD
crimsonBen 9 months ago
lol "Taaaake meeee oooon...." ......>.> "take hiiim on..." .
great job on this, added many new awesome song titles to my master song list.
ProcrastiBrowser 9 months ago
lol
DrAllcome5150 9 months ago
IS this really a song please help someone who song is this what is this called?
QUEkstep 9 months ago
@QUEkstep it's written by the axis of awesome, who is a comedian/band. it's sometimes called four chords.
inyourface9806 9 months ago
honestly how much is there to do really
codyjobe 9 months ago
Just b/c you made it sound similar means nothing... play the "sampled clip" from don't stop believing and the clip from those songs you accused...otherwise worthless vid with no merit or proof!!
Siguy999 9 months ago
Also Tarzan Boy could easily fit
AwkwardArmadillo 9 months ago
3:15 Shi-hit dude :D
DarthFennec 9 months ago
I realized they're all the same song pretty much. =-)
itanimulliNSA 9 months ago
as other said,this is just a chord progression.it's not a stolen song in all examples.it's one of the most easily heard melodies and it's just very easy to write a song on it.if the title was different,that would be a great mashup of songs...
DIErector31 9 months ago
Every single Matchbox 20 song could be in this
RandyNewmanFan 9 months ago
I LOLED at A-HA and BIRDPLANE!!!!! C G Am F ftw!!!!
RandyNewmanFan 9 months ago
"Let it Be" came out years before "Don't Stop Believing".
nakedunicorns 10 months ago
only 280K views? i dont understand why this didnt get more views. i cant believe the nonsense that DOES get views on youtube.
Arseman03 10 months ago
@Arseman03 Only I watch this vid 5 times a day. Other people should too.
vnhcoltridge 10 months ago
@Arseman03 That's because this isn't the original. Search up Axis of Awesome. They're recorded version (which this video is stealing from) has over 3 mil and they're live video has over 13 mil.
AfterStory182 10 months ago
actually amazing !! :p
starstrucklove14 10 months ago
ye the I V vi IV is the probably the most common chord progression in popular music and btw i love the a-ha bit haha fair play thats was hilarious
kennyboyfox92 10 months ago
Земиииии...
QuenchedUrge 11 months ago
You sorta just made an epic mashup.
doubleOMichael 11 months ago
this guys singing is really nasal... : /
theannajc6 11 months ago
some of these songs came before dont stop believing...
yankeefan821 11 months ago
@yankeefan821
that's the joke
darwinrover 11 months ago
Brilliant video! This really needs to go viral.
Esco187fu 11 months ago
You guys forgot Linkin Park's "Shadow of the Day". A friend once told me they stole it from U2's With or Without You. My response was: "There a lot more other songs with that same chord progression." So here it is. Well done guys! The truth is out there.
robmartytrips 11 months ago
it should be a polka by weird AL
wrestinc 11 months ago
whoever sang theose songs have awesome talent and meshing them together thankyou good listen. I guess if you go back to the frist time music was played to now you basically here the same chords but with differant instruments..makes me wonder sometimes i guess we are all interconnected funny going to the life forces heartbeat yet kinda scary alot of artists listed there have a lot of talent some dont alas i guess all that matters is if you like it or dont...
DMW53184 11 months ago
This was fabulous! :D
TimelesslyTian 11 months ago
So funny. I was playing one of these songs on the piano the other day and suddenly I thought '... this sounds like another song I know ... have I got the melody wrong?' Then I realized it sounded like literally 200 other songs.
sofeecat 11 months ago
half these guys came after the song was made hahahaha
rockerz4ever21 11 months ago
3: 11 make me laugh so hard. Brilliant guys! Smart and funny
sbalchan 11 months ago
Banjo Patterson Waltzing matilda was published in 1903... So, propably is the first
ElymnionElohim 11 months ago
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It's not a stolen song, it's a chord progression.
meet7sos 11 months ago
I Laughed So Hard At Some Points. Thnx! I Really Needed A Good Laugh (:(:
PuertoBabe 11 months ago
i thought of them more as sampled
ImTotallySummer 11 months ago
nice job, a good way to teach a common progression!!
MegaJavierazo 11 months ago
it's not stolen, it's just a chord progression E B C# A
falcorne019 11 months ago
isn't waltzing matilda the original?
povax 11 months ago
This video is supposed to show that most major hit pop songs can be played with 4 chords watch the actual axis of awesome video
truckerv1 11 months ago
i need some kinda of explanation how journey is the most stolen song in history....please?
sassyheros 11 months ago
This is fucking retarded. Singing over a similar chord progression does not make it stolen. This chord progression was initialy seen in Let it Be and has been ripped off an INSANE amount of times.
Guyfigful 11 months ago
@Guyfigful Well, it's definitely not original, of course. I think it's more of a standard, or maybe a simple formula for a popular song. Maybe I'm crazy though.
Nukefuzion 11 months ago
@Guyfigful
Obviously this video went right over your head. The purpose was to show how popular music follows a particular formula. Also, I'm pretty sure "Waltzing Matilda" was written long before "Let It Be", even though the chord progression was probably conceived at the dawn of time, long before "Waltzing Matilda" so you can't pinpoint when exactly it was "initially seen".
sickofwaitingtables 11 months ago
It's amazing how many of you retards completely missed the point of the video.
FiveStarJah 11 months ago
I will give you huge credit for thinkin' this thru...but MOST stolen song ever??? that just might belong to some Hymn first sung around 100 AD or such :-)
kjsinftw 11 months ago
It`s a trick, you can sing every song on different notes, you base this on E and B, but for example let it be starts whit C and G, you just sung it a bit higher, still, pretty interesting how you can just adapt any song.
picutocu89 11 months ago
@picutocu89 the key doesn't matter. it's how one cord follows another, that's always the same pattern.
djbarxxx1000 11 months ago
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@picutocu89 it's not about the key but how one cord follows another, it's always the same pattern
djbarxxx1000 11 months ago
It's not a stolen song, it's a chord progression. It's not Pachelbel's Canon in D either. It's a I V vi IV chord progression. It's pleasant to listen to and it is easy to write melodies over it, as well as being a short 4 chord progression that is easy to set words to. If they tried Pachelbel's it would be I V vi iii which would need a continuation because a iii chord in that context doesn't resolve back to I to our ear. This wouldn't work for a lot of pop music so they don't do it.
kabukibear 11 months ago 79