Very funny!!! I like it a lot! I also think that it's funny that people are arguing about songs that came out before Journey recorded "Don't Stop..." If people are taking the 'stolen song' literally, then jokes on them. Great job man!
Nobody stole from anyone. The notes can be different. It's the pattern in which they are built. The pattern that is the same in all of these songs is the chord scheme: I, V, vi, IV. It has been around for ages(ex: Canon in D - 1694AD. Look it up.). This chord scheme is pleasant to the human ear, fluid and catchy. That's why most songs that have this chord scheme are successful and become "Pop" songs.
This was cool how you put it all together, and you sing well, but your argument is really stupid not only because of all the things mentioned below (The Beatles point, hahaha) but this simply a standard chord progression 1-5-6-7-1
if anything the people who produce music that fits to 4 chords are ripping off you. Its boring and simple yet they make loads of money. Axis of Awesome are indeed awesome and i love how they have pointed this out. I hate pop music and so this song is probably the best crap i've heard.
I can sing almost any song to this audio track and it would sound ok....most of these songs sound nothing like the 4 Chords and if they do they use different tunes/instruments
and please tell me how the Bealtes let it be made it in here if it was released over 10 years before dont stop believing?
I can sing almost any song to this audio track and it would sound ok....most of these songs sound nothing like the 4 Chords and if they do they use different tunes/instruments
No one ripped off anyone its simple fuckin music theory. unless ripping off means using 4 chord progressions that sound pleasing( as in pop. 4/4 timing duh) in a key
THIS IS AXIS OF AWSOME NOT JOURNEY IT IS CALLED 4 CORD SONG (sorry about capps just angry about the stupid title and the uploader, i would have subed were it not for that)
Hey, idiot. Yeah you. The retard who uploaded this video. No one stole anything. Anyone can write a four chord song, as Axis of Awesome was trying to prove in this song. No one stole anything from Journey. Are you stupid?
And... according to the rest of the internet, "Waltzing Matilda" came WAY before "Don't Stop Believing".
You're either trolling, or you're just fucking stupid.
i already made a comment saying its not stealing in reply to @kiedoki. but i also wanns add theres some songs in there that are written well before dont stop beleiing. SO The beatles arent original they copy Journey @shamebox? if u listen to most of these songs in their original form u can hardly tell unless u know about making music and chords and such, they played at differetn tempos and such. next tiem use some commen sense before stealing a song and sayung the other are unoriginal
@LittleWing1985 Yes, which is why the original Axis of Awesome video is really great. (For anyone who learns a bit of music theory and some chords, it also makes it really easy to jump in and play guitar/piano to your favorite songs too). This video takes the song and claims that it implies everyone is ripping of Journey.
They aren't. They are ripping off music theory, which was around well before the 80's.
@Dylnuge i knew that a couple were and several others were from around the same time frame. but i still thought that vido was interesting because i never noticed the similarity in the chords.
Did you expect us to be all "Oh my God, how true..." because one, we all know that it's Axis of Awesome. And secondly, they didn't all rip off Journey, the song is a joke about how so many songs use Pachelbel's Canon, or "the four chords", not about Journey. Jesus, it's the most widely known chord progression in music. They are original. Because it's a PART OF MUSIC! Jeez, some people around here don't use their head at all.
Hey this is stupid. The audio is 4 Chords by The Axis Of Awesome. The song is about how most pop songs have the same 4 chords not about ripping off journey. Idiot.
@kiedokl exactly. Also, waltzing matilda was written just a lil before don't stop believin' lol. Anyway enough about chords/journey... I reckon someone should make a medley of these songs!
@kiedokl well said. some people are stupid. i guess in this case no song is original cuz every cgord has been used i song lol. plus each song still has their own beat going they just ahve the same chords its not stealing or even sampling for that matter. their jsut only using the 4 chords in his song so they all osund almost exactly alike
@kiedokl they don't really all use the same chords..... they just changed the key of the song.... so yeah..... kind of the same chords.... but not quite... and yes i speak music!
wait wait wait are you telling me the journey song came out before let it be by the beatles? that doesn't sound right. Also that was one fucking epic song ! Most of those songs are great, must be that awesome chord. However i think you could fit almost any song into a chord if you wanted to.
It's a real simple chord progression that's used so damn much because its
A) Simple and B) you can mess with it and play with it to a huge extent and still pump out original music. It's a simple 1 chord, then 5 chord, then 6 chord, then 4 chord, but in don't stop believing, its the 1,5,6,4 and then a 1,5,2,4. see? changes it up a bit.
actually, the romantic composers are the most stolen. Go back to Bach (yes, I know he's baroque), and work your way up. He's the father of western music. Mozart is the God. These patterns are all over their music. Along with a thousand others, not the same one over and over, but whatever. lol
John Lennon said himself that he took a lot of inspiration from Journey and also Rush. Except for Yellow Submarine which they famously stole from Mrs Miller. ( watch?v=TQlI2gxvF-g )
@martinwel84 *Ahem* John lennon was 20 years before Journey. I DOUBT they stole from Rush because Rush is both obscure and weird, and incredibly talented in a DIFFERENT WAY than the beatles (Not saying the beatles are bad or anything. They are the best, but the have a different style than Rush) and I don't even know who Mrs. Miller is.
This person knows what he's talking about. Pachelbel's Canon is one of the most overused chord progressions, but it's not "stolen." We're always using things we've heard when we make music, and building on what we know as we expand in new directions. So while the chord progression may not be anything new, you can see how the melodies went in different directions, even if the way they could be sung were similar so they could fit those chords.
@wertywertywerty4686 Well not quite...those chords ARE in there, in that order, but the actual progression of Canon is "I - V - VI - III - IV - I - IV - V"...whereas this progression is "I - V - VI - IV"...It's very close, but there IS a notable variation in the beginning there (the presence of the III chord)...not trying to troll, just clearing that up. :)
To be honest its not the same chords its the way their play and sung along to that may be similar. If you want music that really copies and pastes the same three chords look at the punk era. Furthermore @uriel44444 who says banjo paterson wasn't the doctors final regeneration, and matilda could be his companion who is also a ballroom dancer........ Waltzing
Jeezus... trying to stop myself form pushing the taboo "fanboy alert" button...
This is an Axis of Awesome song that is literally TRYING to point out the fact that NONE of these songs are original. As in a SATIRICAL SONG. Even THEY don't know what song ORIGINALLY used it.
Somehow, I don't think Journey got to this chord progression first. Besides, it's a chord progression. There's limited ways that you can combine what amounts to variations on 6 chords (C, D, E, F, G, A, B), especially when taking into account that using minor chords in an upbeat song generally doesn't work.
Journey invented this chord progression as much as the ancient Greeks invented Math. IF you know how, you can do this with ANY 4 4 song, its a trick with timing, not thievery.
I love that you imply that Journey came before the Beatles or the nursery rhyme. Oh and that's is why the Axis of awesome name this song 4 chords not journey's stolen song... you suck uploader
The title says that dont stop believing is the most stolen son in history but its not, all of these songs including dontstop beliving have stolen those chords from another song which was out before all modern music. Pachebels canon in D. Just search Pachebel rant guy and watch the video hell prove it.
They r not stolen unless u have the stolen version separated and the original one separated too. The harmony is the same, and they have similar BPM that's y u think that they r stolen but they aint unless as I said u have some separate proofs.
@UFOENGINE actually the harmonies are not the same. That is the only difference in these songs besides the lyrics.... what they are showing is that many songs use the same exact *chord progressions*. The chord progressions are not melodies. They are the chords of combined notes that create the parts of songs which the melody hovers over. In many ways, the chord progressions evoke the "magic" and "emotion" of the song, that "certain something" you can't put your finger on which makes it great.
@jeng3000 Ok, first of all, don't teach me about the chords because I'm into music more than u can imagine. :) So, yes, they r chords, but from one chord, u can make a lots of harmonies but the root note is the same. So, u can have quintaccord, quartaccord, sextaccord etc.and the root note is the same. These r not stolen songs the uploader is stupid or has no knowledge about music theory and that's a fact. Case closed!
@jeng3000 Ok, u don't have to remove it. When u'll think of harmony u think of 4 voices: bass, alto, soprano and tenor(melody) (AND THESE HARMONIES MAKES THE CHORD ALL TOGETHER). The root of the chord is the same and the harmony SEPERATE NOTES R IN OTHER shape, but the root chord is the same. And these r not stolen songs. They r just chord patterns in the music harmony (usually in the western harmony) used a lot by the songwriters and producers. Discussion closed!
It amazing how the Bettles stole the chords all the way back in 1969 when dont stop believing was released in 1981 im sorry but this is one of the dumbest claims that i have ever read... and ive seen the cover of world weekly news... this is up there with BatBoy descovering the hiding place of Sadam Husain for the Army
@Bouquer I think you're not getting the joke. They know the Beatles came before. They even play Waltzing Matilda which is before the Beatles. What they're saying is that the chord progressions that are found in these songs are the most common chord progressions quite possibly. It's so common it's almost a crutch. If you want to instantly make people cry, all you need to do is bring up this chord progression. It's kind of like a musical inside joke.
@jeng3000 no no wait, I understand the original joke, (axis of awesome) its the fact that the Name of the video claims that they all stole the progression from don't stop believing, as if that was the claim that the AXIS was making, apparently the maker of the video believes this or he thinks that that is how Axis of Awesome believes it.
@MasterHMH its actually not a rip off of pachabel's canon. the chord progression for pachabel's canon is I - V - vi - iii (IV - I - IV - V). This chord progression is I - V - vi - IV ( I)
@MasterHMH Not the same progression. As someone re-corrected: Canon in D is actually I-V-vi-iii and then there's a 2nd part IV-I-IV-V, while this one just repeats I-V-vi-IV over and over again. So Canon's chord progression is more complex and lasts for a count of 8, while this common one lasts only 4 and repeats.
@jfesmire although, he DOES have a large 'Axis of Awesome' image, right at the beginning lol.
But yeah, wtf? stole from journey....? no. Dude, there are only so many possible chord combinations, after a while, people are bound to start repeating things. besides, by this stage in human existance, very little is orginal, which is why so much of Postmodern art is appropirated. Anyway... obviously this chord progression works, which is why all these songs are hits. People like it.
Epic failure on 100 posts...The piece that MOST notably used this chord progression was Pachelbel's Canon in D, written centuries ago....epic failure people...
@davidschechtman actually, all they did was double the speed. but yes, none was stolen, mere coincidence played a hell of a role, and its more over that they are NEAR identical, not exact, as that would be maybe 2 songs
Third and final, {I hate to draw this out but I just don't like when people get into this argument while not knowing anything:} The basic assumption that ANY song written after "Don't Stop Believing" is a rip off because they use the same sequence of chords {not even the same chords but the same sequence} is dumb. In the world of music, certain chords theoretically sound "right" and match. That's the basics of theory. Other people just discover the progression on their own cause it's easyto play
Secondly, and more importantly. A lot of the snippets of these songs don't even use that progression fully. "Let It Be" for example uses that progression in the beginning of the verse but then shifts to something different for "speaking words of wisdom, let it be" but the parody doesn't display that cause you're not supposed to make an angry video proclaiming Journey as the driving force behind pop songs.
More importanty, even if Let It Be was that progression. Didn't it come first? Nonsense.
Yeah...the guy who made this video is a dolt who doesn't know much about music.
A lot of people have said this but if you REALLY think all of these songs all sound the same cause they use the same progression, you know nothing of music. With this particular segment, all of the songs sound the same because they are all shifted into the same key {E - B - C# - A} which actually IS the key of "Don't Stop Believing, true. It's more for comedic purposes than to prove a point -your video isn't.
Actually Cannon in D is 8 chords, with 3 of them being the same as previous chords. So still 5 different chords. D A B F# G D G A, rinse and repeat as needed. And it's not the exact same four chords, if people would just go look up sheet music they can see it for themselves.
The point isn't that they "stole" from Journey, but that these songs all use the same four chords. Their entire bit is that all pop songs from the past fifty-odd years consist of exactly the same four chords.
@parkerpops I V vi IV chord progression, which means you take any key (let's say C, just to keep it simple). You play the chord for the first note of the scale in that key (C) then for the fifth (G) then the minor sixth (Am) then the fourth (F), lather, rinse, repeat ;)
Point A: So, just to be sure, every person who writes a fucking song in G or C is a knockoff? What do you want people to do, make a new fucking chord? You do realize that almost none of these songs actually have that progression, but you can put them over it because they're in G or C? Do you know a single thing about music at all?
Point B: You whine about people stealing music whilst fucking stealing the Axis of Awesome's video. Congratulations, sir, you're a dumbass, AND a hypocrite.
People are dumb. Axis of awesome wanted to make a song like this so they took a bunch of pop songs and transposed them into this key. Some already were but not all. I'm not saying journey robbed the beatles or got ripped off alot. These are alot of dongs with similar chord proggression. These chords are used alot for a reason.
@uriel44444 and banjo patterson got the melody for it from an old english nursery rhyme. theres only so many original chord progressions you can make that sound good. nobody stole anything
people are getting confused. some of the songs didnt even use those chords. they changed the keys of the songs to match the rest. thought the progressions are similar, in that the chords are matched up the same way, a lot of the songs are in different keys.
and it doesn't stop here, I am making a list of more and have come to about 50 other than these
TheDoctorGrenade 2 weeks ago
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TheDoctorGrenade 2 weeks ago
Very funny!!! I like it a lot! I also think that it's funny that people are arguing about songs that came out before Journey recorded "Don't Stop..." If people are taking the 'stolen song' literally, then jokes on them. Great job man!
timmymo22 1 month ago
Nobody stole from anyone. The notes can be different. It's the pattern in which they are built. The pattern that is the same in all of these songs is the chord scheme: I, V, vi, IV. It has been around for ages(ex: Canon in D - 1694AD. Look it up.). This chord scheme is pleasant to the human ear, fluid and catchy. That's why most songs that have this chord scheme are successful and become "Pop" songs.
furhoota 1 month ago
how could michael jackson have stolen from journey in 1987?
ccm004 2 months ago
I wouldn't really say these songs stole from Journey, but this is a great mash up.
IGuessIllCallUrBluff 5 months ago
194 dislikes means the people saw their favorite band/artist in this and are going "THIS IS NOT A RIP OFF"
darekiscool1994 6 months ago
Grab any tune at MediaOutletOnline. Just search it with Gooogle :P
HermilaeMount 7 months ago
Pretty sure The Beatles and Waltzing Matilda predate Journey but nice attempt at being a smartass,
Malet89 7 months ago
so ein gschmarri, des sind bloß die akkorde geleich, da is nix geklaut,geklaut is es nur wenn die melodie genau gleich is bzw der text ...
Superhubi95 7 months ago
its awsome it expresses my strong feeling
Martin1207011 7 months ago
even if this would have been the original song, the content is very confusing^^
2FuNnY4uDude 7 months ago
fucking retard, the beatles definitely stole from journey...
raminios 7 months ago
really Let It Be?, my ass they copied Journey more like they copied the Beatles
numanuma94 7 months ago
Chord progressions do not a song make.
worldofdraculas 8 months ago
This was cool how you put it all together, and you sing well, but your argument is really stupid not only because of all the things mentioned below (The Beatles point, hahaha) but this simply a standard chord progression 1-5-6-7-1
Skrymik 8 months ago
if anything the people who produce music that fits to 4 chords are ripping off you. Its boring and simple yet they make loads of money. Axis of Awesome are indeed awesome and i love how they have pointed this out. I hate pop music and so this song is probably the best crap i've heard.
MsTrixxi666 8 months ago
Er, even the guys performing don´t stop believing "stole" this. i´m pretty sure, that wltzing matilda had been there before don´t stop believing. =)
DerCassedy 9 months ago
I have never heard of Axis of Awesome, but now I know they really are awesome, and the title of this video needs to be corrected..
spartanGUN 9 months ago
I can sing almost any song to this audio track and it would sound ok....most of these songs sound nothing like the 4 Chords and if they do they use different tunes/instruments
and please tell me how the Bealtes let it be made it in here if it was released over 10 years before dont stop believing?
9783430842 9 months ago 3
I can sing almost any song to this audio track and it would sound ok....most of these songs sound nothing like the 4 Chords and if they do they use different tunes/instruments
9783430842 9 months ago
No one ripped off anyone its simple fuckin music theory. unless ripping off means using 4 chord progressions that sound pleasing( as in pop. 4/4 timing duh) in a key
metalupyourass9 9 months ago
You put a Beatles song in there dude! The Beatles were years before Journey! I guess Journey ripped off the Beatles huh?
MiassisDragon 9 months ago 4
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You put the Beatles in there dude! They were years before Journey! I guess Journey ripped off the Beatles huh!
MiassisDragon 9 months ago
You put the Beatles in there dude! They were years before Journey! I guess Journey ripped off the Beatles huh!
MiassisDragon 9 months ago
THIS IS AXIS OF AWSOME NOT JOURNEY IT IS CALLED 4 CORD SONG (sorry about capps just angry about the stupid title and the uploader, i would have subed were it not for that)
wowmasterrr999 9 months ago
stop insulting , this is awesome , its a free remix covedred :D, i like it :D:D:D:D:
L0KO1 9 months ago
THIS IS BULLSHIT
ARLENBUGI 9 months ago
i love the way that i've watched them perform this various times but each time they do different songs, proving their point even further!
XxdaggerzxX 10 months ago 4
He atlest got 90 thousend views, guess he's enjoying it anyways
syltkakana 10 months ago
Hey, idiot. Yeah you. The retard who uploaded this video. No one stole anything. Anyone can write a four chord song, as Axis of Awesome was trying to prove in this song. No one stole anything from Journey. Are you stupid?
And... according to the rest of the internet, "Waltzing Matilda" came WAY before "Don't Stop Believing".
You're either trolling, or you're just fucking stupid.
KoinuTheKrazed 10 months ago 2
I would say that the Beatles where the ones to get ripped of.
P.S. I don't think they got inspiration from banjo Paterson, I don't think they know who he is.
Dack105 10 months ago
A. You are completley missing the point, and
B. You really fucking think journey was the first band to put together a set of harmonic major chords? Wow...
bfk4life555 11 months ago
lmfao can anyone even tell what said 4 chords are?
CoRpRaLWuLF 11 months ago
so you honestly belive that waltzing Matilda was created after dont stop beliving? :)
alexanderwinblad 11 months ago
thats a good picture of alicia keys..
oliwa182 11 months ago
There is like 50 more news songs that stole this beat after this video was made!!
c78t 11 months ago
i already made a comment saying its not stealing in reply to @kiedoki. but i also wanns add theres some songs in there that are written well before dont stop beleiing. SO The beatles arent original they copy Journey @shamebox? if u listen to most of these songs in their original form u can hardly tell unless u know about making music and chords and such, they played at differetn tempos and such. next tiem use some commen sense before stealing a song and sayung the other are unoriginal
scootsie119 11 months ago
hey what about jordan sparks tatoo? that would go with it. (i think lol)
MashupMaker9000 11 months ago
all songs come from classical, there are only 7 notes in each key not including octaves. you can't write a 100% original song.
RaisedAnchorsBand 1 year ago
@RaisedAnchorsBand I thought there were 13 notes - you have to count the sharps and flats. There are thirteen semitones in one octave.
LMF5000 11 months ago
Yup this guy is right, the beatles ripped of a song that had not been written yet. You idiot, lol.
fortesp33 1 year ago
@fortesp33 SSSHHHH dont tell anyone the fact we all know!
XxkillerbeenxX 11 months ago
@LittleWing1985 Yes, which is why the original Axis of Awesome video is really great. (For anyone who learns a bit of music theory and some chords, it also makes it really easy to jump in and play guitar/piano to your favorite songs too). This video takes the song and claims that it implies everyone is ripping of Journey.
They aren't. They are ripping off music theory, which was around well before the 80's.
Dylnuge 1 year ago
Of course this is Axis of Awesome. The concept was just ripped off of a Rob Paravonian song, Pachelbel's Rant
antepas 1 year ago
298 people didn't even bother to read the comments or notice that some of these songs are older than Don't Stop Believing.
Dylnuge 1 year ago
@Dylnuge i knew that a couple were and several others were from around the same time frame. but i still thought that vido was interesting because i never noticed the similarity in the chords.
LittleWing1985 1 year ago
did any one else notice that the entire video was distorted, or am i just really high right now
skiingxmoose 1 year ago
@skiingxmoose no it was all fucked up. seems to be a common thing since youtube started sucking.
KAG8893 1 year ago
@skiingxmoose you're just high.
LittleWing1985 1 year ago
Did you expect us to be all "Oh my God, how true..." because one, we all know that it's Axis of Awesome. And secondly, they didn't all rip off Journey, the song is a joke about how so many songs use Pachelbel's Canon, or "the four chords", not about Journey. Jesus, it's the most widely known chord progression in music. They are original. Because it's a PART OF MUSIC! Jeez, some people around here don't use their head at all.
psych380 1 year ago 3
those are all songs stolen
sethfan1000000 1 year ago
Well.. you have a nice voice :)
suckergettecity 1 year ago
How on earth were the beatles supposed to steal a journey's song????
katy2589 1 year ago
@katy2589 Time Travel Dummy!
drewsonfire 1 year ago
GRAWWEREREER SQUID OF ANGER!! its pachelbel canon, not journey jebus rice
sorry, had to let it out
donotadheretosilence 1 year ago
whos originally doing all these?
faunzey1616 1 year ago
Hey this is stupid. The audio is 4 Chords by The Axis Of Awesome. The song is about how most pop songs have the same 4 chords not about ripping off journey. Idiot.
kiedokl 1 year ago 82
@kiedokl exactly. Also, waltzing matilda was written just a lil before don't stop believin' lol. Anyway enough about chords/journey... I reckon someone should make a medley of these songs!
messageonthepavement 11 months ago
@kiedokl well said. some people are stupid. i guess in this case no song is original cuz every cgord has been used i song lol. plus each song still has their own beat going they just ahve the same chords its not stealing or even sampling for that matter. their jsut only using the 4 chords in his song so they all osund almost exactly alike
scootsie119 11 months ago
@kiedokl they don't really all use the same chords..... they just changed the key of the song.... so yeah..... kind of the same chords.... but not quite... and yes i speak music!
jjennbee 11 months ago
wait wait wait are you telling me the journey song came out before let it be by the beatles? that doesn't sound right. Also that was one fucking epic song ! Most of those songs are great, must be that awesome chord. However i think you could fit almost any song into a chord if you wanted to.
LushLucid 1 year ago 3
Is this Axis of Awesome? Cause if it is, they should be mentioned in the description.
NateLeePhillips 1 year ago
It's a real simple chord progression that's used so damn much because its
A) Simple and B) you can mess with it and play with it to a huge extent and still pump out original music. It's a simple 1 chord, then 5 chord, then 6 chord, then 4 chord, but in don't stop believing, its the 1,5,6,4 and then a 1,5,2,4. see? changes it up a bit.
cowsnmonkees 1 year ago
To be honest, It's just a chord progression. Just cause Maiden used it in "Can I play with madness" doesn't make it any less epic.
NightXemnas 1 year ago
actually, the romantic composers are the most stolen. Go back to Bach (yes, I know he's baroque), and work your way up. He's the father of western music. Mozart is the God. These patterns are all over their music. Along with a thousand others, not the same one over and over, but whatever. lol
battousai423 1 year ago
John Lennon said himself that he took a lot of inspiration from Journey and also Rush. Except for Yellow Submarine which they famously stole from Mrs Miller. ( watch?v=TQlI2gxvF-g )
martinwel84 1 year ago
@martinwel84 *Ahem* John lennon was 20 years before Journey. I DOUBT they stole from Rush because Rush is both obscure and weird, and incredibly talented in a DIFFERENT WAY than the beatles (Not saying the beatles are bad or anything. They are the best, but the have a different style than Rush) and I don't even know who Mrs. Miller is.
cowsnmonkees 1 year ago
@martinwel84:
Journey: Formed 1973
Rush: Formed 1968
Are you on crack? Sure, Rush was formed in 1968, but their first album didn't come out until '74. You're either retarded or a troll.
Chatboy91 1 year ago
BIRDPLANE!!!
Shockwave109 1 year ago
Y'know it wasn't on purpose, lol. It's a subconscious thing; these people aren't intentionally ripping off Journey... especially Banjo Patterson :P
But yeah, Axis of Awesome kicks ass.
SyntheticErotica 1 year ago
first of all, second music isn't right. and second, god!! please!!
nunobc100 1 year ago
Lol, did you honestly think that the beatles ripped off journey?
MyAJ91 1 year ago 2
yup.... it's ust some chords... of course that sometimes the line will be the same
TheAcidPoets 1 year ago
BRILLIANT!
Kimikimer 1 year ago
Many more songs than these listed. MANY more.
Goldfinger
Sum41
Something Corporate
All American Rejects
not going to go on...
mluman83 1 year ago
lol ths chord progression is from 1919 guys pachebels canon in d
wertywertywerty4686 1 year ago
@wertywertywerty4686
This person knows what he's talking about. Pachelbel's Canon is one of the most overused chord progressions, but it's not "stolen." We're always using things we've heard when we make music, and building on what we know as we expand in new directions. So while the chord progression may not be anything new, you can see how the melodies went in different directions, even if the way they could be sung were similar so they could fit those chords.
It's an interesting study.
trueLOTM 1 year ago 3
@wertywertywerty4686 Well not quite...those chords ARE in there, in that order, but the actual progression of Canon is "I - V - VI - III - IV - I - IV - V"...whereas this progression is "I - V - VI - IV"...It's very close, but there IS a notable variation in the beginning there (the presence of the III chord)...not trying to troll, just clearing that up. :)
thebigsmuz 1 year ago
To be honest its not the same chords its the way their play and sung along to that may be similar. If you want music that really copies and pastes the same three chords look at the punk era. Furthermore @uriel44444 who says banjo paterson wasn't the doctors final regeneration, and matilda could be his companion who is also a ballroom dancer........ Waltzing
vampirerape 1 year ago
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vampirerape 1 year ago
For real, it's crazy how many songs actually have THESE 4 chords (just in different orders): Am, G, C, and F
boomboomsniffsniff 1 year ago
Jeezus... trying to stop myself form pushing the taboo "fanboy alert" button...
This is an Axis of Awesome song that is literally TRYING to point out the fact that NONE of these songs are original. As in a SATIRICAL SONG. Even THEY don't know what song ORIGINALLY used it.
thr3dawg 1 year ago
You're bad with music.
All of this is wrong.
JayChristopherx 1 year ago
come on. The chords were used long before journey ;)
CapturedEye 1 year ago
Waltzing Matilda - 1887.
Let It Be - 1970.
Don't Stop Believing - 1981.
Somehow, I don't think Journey got to this chord progression first. Besides, it's a chord progression. There's limited ways that you can combine what amounts to variations on 6 chords (C, D, E, F, G, A, B), especially when taking into account that using minor chords in an upbeat song generally doesn't work.
MidgardGaming 1 year ago
Journey invented this chord progression as much as the ancient Greeks invented Math. IF you know how, you can do this with ANY 4 4 song, its a trick with timing, not thievery.
Denny8128 1 year ago 2
Most oldest chords!
kraks11 1 year ago
these chords were used since the stoneage. not since 1980
takeout4 1 year ago 3
@takeout4 Exactly even some of the songs in this vid were from before then
joncast64 1 year ago
I love that you imply that Journey came before the Beatles or the nursery rhyme. Oh and that's is why the Axis of awesome name this song 4 chords not journey's stolen song... you suck uploader
11qheck 1 year ago
Look up "Pachelbel rant" and you'll get the original, from which the Axis of Awesome got (stole?) the idea for this song.
Improbatur 1 year ago
Not stolen. It's just that every sang has the same chords!
swedishmikafan 1 year ago
oooh...GOOD JOB...you can steal someone else's joke and post is as your own....good job you!
jamesthemaniac 1 year ago
I'm a BIRDPLANE! :D
peecheew 1 year ago
I thought Let it Be was older than Don't Stop Believing....
NerdisthewerdYEAH 1 year ago
@NerdisthewerdYEAH it is kids are retarded and think that journey was the greatest band ever
NoShaDow36 1 year ago
The title says that dont stop believing is the most stolen son in history but its not, all of these songs including dontstop beliving have stolen those chords from another song which was out before all modern music. Pachebels canon in D. Just search Pachebel rant guy and watch the video hell prove it.
zendolian 1 year ago
@zendolian
1) Canon in D doesn't use the same chord sequence.
2) Canon in D wasn't the first to use that chord sequence anyway.
wzbzbz 1 year ago
Why did you steal the video from axis of awesome? dumbass.
wiilite 1 year ago
They r not stolen unless u have the stolen version separated and the original one separated too. The harmony is the same, and they have similar BPM that's y u think that they r stolen but they aint unless as I said u have some separate proofs.
UFOENGINE 1 year ago
@UFOENGINE actually the harmonies are not the same. That is the only difference in these songs besides the lyrics.... what they are showing is that many songs use the same exact *chord progressions*. The chord progressions are not melodies. They are the chords of combined notes that create the parts of songs which the melody hovers over. In many ways, the chord progressions evoke the "magic" and "emotion" of the song, that "certain something" you can't put your finger on which makes it great.
jeng3000 1 year ago
@jeng3000 Ok, first of all, don't teach me about the chords because I'm into music more than u can imagine. :) So, yes, they r chords, but from one chord, u can make a lots of harmonies but the root note is the same. So, u can have quintaccord, quartaccord, sextaccord etc.and the root note is the same. These r not stolen songs the uploader is stupid or has no knowledge about music theory and that's a fact. Case closed!
UFOENGINE 1 year ago
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jeng3000 1 year ago
@jeng3000 Ok, u don't have to remove it. When u'll think of harmony u think of 4 voices: bass, alto, soprano and tenor(melody) (AND THESE HARMONIES MAKES THE CHORD ALL TOGETHER). The root of the chord is the same and the harmony SEPERATE NOTES R IN OTHER shape, but the root chord is the same. And these r not stolen songs. They r just chord patterns in the music harmony (usually in the western harmony) used a lot by the songwriters and producers. Discussion closed!
UFOENGINE 1 year ago
@jeng3000 Harmonies/the voices makes the chords!
UFOENGINE 1 year ago
I also love how the Beatles stole from Journey. They must have had a time machine.
jfesmire 1 year ago
lol, beatles were before journey but even so, these 4 chords have been around way before either group
thegreenflashlight 1 year ago
It amazing how the Bettles stole the chords all the way back in 1969 when dont stop believing was released in 1981 im sorry but this is one of the dumbest claims that i have ever read... and ive seen the cover of world weekly news... this is up there with BatBoy descovering the hiding place of Sadam Husain for the Army
Bouquer 1 year ago
@Bouquer I think you're not getting the joke. They know the Beatles came before. They even play Waltzing Matilda which is before the Beatles. What they're saying is that the chord progressions that are found in these songs are the most common chord progressions quite possibly. It's so common it's almost a crutch. If you want to instantly make people cry, all you need to do is bring up this chord progression. It's kind of like a musical inside joke.
jeng3000 1 year ago
@jeng3000 no no wait, I understand the original joke, (axis of awesome) its the fact that the Name of the video claims that they all stole the progression from don't stop believing, as if that was the claim that the AXIS was making, apparently the maker of the video believes this or he thinks that that is how Axis of Awesome believes it.
Bouquer 1 year ago
Geniale!!! braaaaavo :)
sebastiano5551 1 year ago
It's originally Pachelbel's canon in D, not Don't Stop Believing.
SharpAsaSp00n 1 year ago
Glad to see somebody beat me to the Canon in D correction. THAT is the most recycled progression in music these days.
...but it's pretty.
MasterHMH 1 year ago
@MasterHMH its actually not a rip off of pachabel's canon. the chord progression for pachabel's canon is I - V - vi - iii (IV - I - IV - V). This chord progression is I - V - vi - IV ( I)
wordlife94 1 year ago 2
@MasterHMH Not the same progression. As someone re-corrected: Canon in D is actually I-V-vi-iii and then there's a 2nd part IV-I-IV-V, while this one just repeats I-V-vi-IV over and over again. So Canon's chord progression is more complex and lasts for a count of 8, while this common one lasts only 4 and repeats.
jeng3000 1 year ago
None of these artists ripped off anything. You can't copyright a friggin' chord progression.
However, you ripped off an Axis of Awesome routine and posted it here as if they did this for you, without crediting them at all.
jfesmire 1 year ago
@jfesmire although, he DOES have a large 'Axis of Awesome' image, right at the beginning lol.
But yeah, wtf? stole from journey....? no. Dude, there are only so many possible chord combinations, after a while, people are bound to start repeating things. besides, by this stage in human existance, very little is orginal, which is why so much of Postmodern art is appropirated. Anyway... obviously this chord progression works, which is why all these songs are hits. People like it.
moel13 1 year ago
Actually, there all a rip off of Cannon in D, so no, Journey isn't the ones who started it. Chord Progression on Guitar C, G, Am, F test it out.
Selkra 1 year ago 2
4 chords out of 7 major chords... yay thank you
Comett005 1 year ago
My god, please tell me some of you people aren't THAT fucking retarded.
It's a joke, they're well aware The Beatles and Waltzing Matilda were first.
Anddd, this video is totally genius.
Awesome.
=]
loraine199116 1 year ago
Are you kidding me. This chord progression is centuries old....
Don't Stop Believing the first one? Good one.
Axis of Awesome only put it first because it has that recognizable piano that other songs can be sang over
Jesus, people nowadays....
xVishDaFish 1 year ago 3
This is not stolen from dont stop beliving but all are four churd songs
kallsbo 1 year ago
Epic failure on 100 posts...The piece that MOST notably used this chord progression was Pachelbel's Canon in D, written centuries ago....epic failure people...
DannySeigel 1 year ago
they got the mika lyrics wrong
bigbookofnothing 1 year ago
Its funny how Birdplane also steals
MsJx56 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
"High" by Lighthouse family DOES NOT HAVE this background in it, so STFU.
I dislike this video.
LyriMetacurl 1 year ago
they changed the tune of most songs, and around the middle they changed the sequence, so:
1- it isent stolen,
2-not even the chrods in the originals are the same, (the progression is)
3- some of the "stolen" songs were made before don't stop believing
davidschechtman 1 year ago
@davidschechtman actually, all they did was double the speed. but yes, none was stolen, mere coincidence played a hell of a role, and its more over that they are NEAR identical, not exact, as that would be maybe 2 songs
maxdafax 1 year ago
@maxdafax they did both, just look again, glad u agree with me
davidschechtman 1 year ago
if it was "stolen" don't you think all of these other artists would have been sued by now?
some of these songs are older than "don't stop believing"
seriously, learn about music before you start throwing out uneducated crap like that.
QueenAustralia69 1 year ago
Third and final, {I hate to draw this out but I just don't like when people get into this argument while not knowing anything:} The basic assumption that ANY song written after "Don't Stop Believing" is a rip off because they use the same sequence of chords {not even the same chords but the same sequence} is dumb. In the world of music, certain chords theoretically sound "right" and match. That's the basics of theory. Other people just discover the progression on their own cause it's easyto play
HappilyWithMonotony 1 year ago
Secondly, and more importantly. A lot of the snippets of these songs don't even use that progression fully. "Let It Be" for example uses that progression in the beginning of the verse but then shifts to something different for "speaking words of wisdom, let it be" but the parody doesn't display that cause you're not supposed to make an angry video proclaiming Journey as the driving force behind pop songs.
More importanty, even if Let It Be was that progression. Didn't it come first? Nonsense.
HappilyWithMonotony 1 year ago
Yeah...the guy who made this video is a dolt who doesn't know much about music.
A lot of people have said this but if you REALLY think all of these songs all sound the same cause they use the same progression, you know nothing of music. With this particular segment, all of the songs sound the same because they are all shifted into the same key {E - B - C# - A} which actually IS the key of "Don't Stop Believing, true. It's more for comedic purposes than to prove a point -your video isn't.
HappilyWithMonotony 1 year ago
FUCK YOU JOURNEY IS YOUNGER THAN THE BEATLES! :O Let it be is WAY OLDER!!!
RankielGuitar 1 year ago 2
the only reason why its "stolen" is because its such an amasing song
murcury51423 1 year ago
Doesn't that technically make Waltzing Matilda the most stolen song in music history?
MassiveMarket 1 year ago 5
@MaskedMonkeyMan
Actually Cannon in D is 8 chords, with 3 of them being the same as previous chords. So still 5 different chords. D A B F# G D G A, rinse and repeat as needed. And it's not the exact same four chords, if people would just go look up sheet music they can see it for themselves.
rezisehtnys 1 year ago
the song isn't stolen it's just thast the same four cohords are used
Korentokuulla 1 year ago
dumb ass..
pokemetalfan 1 year ago
I don't want to be rude or to hurt you, but the title of your video proves you don't know anything about music ! Sorry, it's ridiculous !
Paoli0013 1 year ago 44
Banjo Patterson Waltzing Matilda - 1887
Beatles Let it Be - 1969
Journey Don't Stop Believin' - 1981
jake0311 1 year ago 57
@jake0311 LOL! You said 69!
skeliton1121 1 year ago
@jake0311 Pachelbel's Canon in D - 1680
isaninja17 1 year ago
@jake0311 Pachelbel's Canon in D - 1680
isaninja17 1 year ago 35
@isaninja17 People forget history so quickly.
Aimjiel 10 months ago
@isaninja17 that song actually had a different progression
namely I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V
the progression here is I-V-vi-IV
ericon52168 9 months ago
Facepalm.
All these songs are SIMILAR not stolen, the four chord thing isn't stolen from Don't Stop Believing.
jerodarts 1 year ago
The point isn't that they "stole" from Journey, but that these songs all use the same four chords. Their entire bit is that all pop songs from the past fifty-odd years consist of exactly the same four chords.
Seldon2639 1 year ago
Great job uploader, way to completely change the context of this bit. Idiot.
n8dogg87 1 year ago 3
A few were added... They need to make a FULL four chord song medley.
GoldenPickaxe 1 year ago
most of those songs r older than Don't Stop Believing... how can they be stolen?
MrRainbowsocks 1 year ago
wasnt stolen. chord progresion is just common.
LeviLance 1 year ago
its from Canon in d u moron the cords are d-a-b-f
al3kssl 1 year ago
Banjo patterson died in the 40's...The Beatles are from the sixties... So how in the fuck did they steal a song realeased in the eighties?
It's called having the same fucking chord progression you fool
BrandNameChapstick 1 year ago
its not ripping off using the same chords. ripping off is kid rock with werewolves of london and sweet home alabama.
MegaPunkRocka 1 year ago
there the same chords, not the same order or song ya fool!
fearrsalach 1 year ago
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bibopapop 1 year ago 154
@bibopapop You are completely correct sir. This chord progression goes all the way back to renaissance music.
dukeraul47 1 year ago
@bibopapop
dude, that's comedy!
tema2k7 1 year ago
@bibopapop I don't think that's what the uploader meant. I think the title means that don't stop believing is the song that is the most stolen.
Choo69 1 year ago
@bibopapop ? didnt he say shame on these "original" artists?
peter9style 1 year ago
um, what chord progression is this?
parkerpops 1 year ago
@parkerpops I V vi IV chord progression, which means you take any key (let's say C, just to keep it simple). You play the chord for the first note of the scale in that key (C) then for the fifth (G) then the minor sixth (Am) then the fourth (F), lather, rinse, repeat ;)
Coricopat42 1 year ago
@Coricopat42 wow thanks :) but is the song actually in C? if not, what is it in?! :)
parkerpops 1 year ago
@parkerpops It's in E
chords are E major, B major, C sharp minor, A major
kadenthespinner 1 year ago
Point A: So, just to be sure, every person who writes a fucking song in G or C is a knockoff? What do you want people to do, make a new fucking chord? You do realize that almost none of these songs actually have that progression, but you can put them over it because they're in G or C? Do you know a single thing about music at all?
Point B: You whine about people stealing music whilst fucking stealing the Axis of Awesome's video. Congratulations, sir, you're a dumbass, AND a hypocrite.
coooliox27 1 year ago 3
People are dumb. Axis of awesome wanted to make a song like this so they took a bunch of pop songs and transposed them into this key. Some already were but not all. I'm not saying journey robbed the beatles or got ripped off alot. These are alot of dongs with similar chord proggression. These chords are used alot for a reason.
SilverSaint8221 1 year ago
They were stolen from Pachelbel's Canon in D major, from the 17th century.
luffis1985 1 year ago
Banjo Paterson died in 1941, and he stole the chord progression from a song released in 1981. He was an Australian poet, not doctor who.
uriel44444 1 year ago 76
@uriel44444 FFS.
Boognoss 1 year ago
@uriel44444 Thank you for pointing out that people are still ignorami in the world.
jlr426 1 year ago
@uriel44444 and banjo patterson got the melody for it from an old english nursery rhyme. theres only so many original chord progressions you can make that sound good. nobody stole anything
liam747sheep 1 year ago 2
@uriel44444 LMFAO
hmp22 1 year ago
The chord progression wasn't stolen, it just seemed to fit in with a lot of songs. That's why is it used to many times
imadey0utube 1 year ago
It was stolen from Pachelbel
rawwqq 1 year ago
people are getting confused. some of the songs didnt even use those chords. they changed the keys of the songs to match the rest. thought the progressions are similar, in that the chords are matched up the same way, a lot of the songs are in different keys.
dimsummusubi 1 year ago 3