Looks like a great program, on sale for a one time payment of $47, lifetime access, and 60 days to get a refund. Tell me the 4 chords now and I will lean heavier into buying your program.
Diatonic chords... there's nothing interesting here. Besides, there are many pop songs that break that mold. This isn't the artist's fault. Fans like simple diatonic tunes, so artists will write to the fan's tastes, you know, if they want to eat and pay the bills.
I really hope people understand this is not him being "talented" or "iconic", it's about popular songs being written using the same progression. The fact that they fit so well around the same chords is the reason why they are so catchy.
Exactly, it shows how untalented and un origional they are, they pump out an algorithmic song and people think it's talent cause they don't know any better
The band Axis of Awesome has a song called 4 chords about this very thing. Pretty funny skit they put on. If goes from modern songs to commerical jingles to 80s to everything basically with the same four chords.
Yeah. I always have been a fan of old time Western swing because of my grandfather and the fact that the music is great but usually not overdone, paired with enough vocals to seal the deal
@@BryanWillis1 yeah, I know there's a book with this theory (idk the name of the theory) and that this theory is around for a while. But no one did it in a song, before Axis of Awesome 😉✌️
Let It Be went back in the Billboard charts in Oct 2021 when it was reissued in a special edition. So it might have been in the charts when this was done.
the beatles just recently hit the charts with their re release of revolver this could’ve been when they re released let it be although i doubt it but after-all the beatles are iconic and the best and most influential band in my opinion and let it be is one of their most popular
Jason mraz kinda did too. He plays a bunch of super unpopular funky stuff nobody knows about it likes, then he makes 'Im Yours' with the most basic 4 chords and it's one of the biggest songs of that decade. In his older music he even raps about (kind of bragging) that he could write a hit whenever he wants to.
That is because the majority of pop music in the charts are all written by the same 6 or 7 writers and they tend to stick to chords that are favourable to everyone's ear. They're magic chords that work with everyone.
It’s basic music theory. E minor, C, G, and D. And it’s not just popular in pop, but also country as well. It’s simple chords and used correctly with the right rhythm, you can alter 1 chord to sound many different ways.
@@jefrebugni4064 i think he was referring to the fact that any mediocre guitar player can fit any pop songs into the chord progression Sheeran was talking about.
he is not trying to prove that he’s soo talented he is trying to prove that every pop song on the charts lately is written with the same chord progression
I think it’s funny how Ed is like, “LISTEN, everything is reused!” And all the interviewers understand is, “wow he can play so many songs with 4 chords!” Lmfao
It's not the specific chords. It's the progression. I-IV-V-vi... he doesn't have to play in the original key of the song. That covers a loooooot of music
@@RecordTempoSure I have to apologize, I misread your initial comment. I thought you were hoping to be able to play like Ed specifically. I'm pretty sure brain damage is an important factor there.
They still have charts? Lmfao! How is that even possible when this is the worst era in music history. Talent is no longer required. This guy would've been lucky being able to sing for free drinks in rundown bars if he came out in the 60's-90's.
@@jeffreyval9665you realize this started with duwap chord progression in the 50s? He literally applied this to a beatles song. Music industries always been a machine, except for outliers like hendrix and others who break the norm and revolutionize the actual art these business men turn around as product.
@@jeffreyval9665agreed. All songs are the same, I can hardly find anything unique in love songs, pop, and anything that’s not metal or rock. That’s all I listen to cause it’s all that sounds good to me anymore
Ed Sheeran demonstrated music theory and the basic four chord progression. His ability to remember all the lyrics to pop songs, however, is impressive.
i love that so many people simply dont understand music enough to realize that this isnt anything special really, you could transpose any song any way you want and it still would work
The point being made here is not about the key, it's about chord progressions. Of course you could transpose any song, but even then, not all songs revolve arround the same chord progression. If you go to different musical genres or even venture into other musical cultures, transposing will not enable you to play most songs using these 4 "magic" chords
It isnt about transposing. It is commonly known that charting songs centre around gcd and eminor just work well together 3 positive notes and 1 negative sounding just makes a rhythym. In saying that i know fuck all about music and i know they do drift away from these but i know majority of number 1 songs have had those 4 chords at the core
Ed used G-D-Emin-C chords. It is the most common chord sequence because most of the songs we listen to uses the same chord progression. I play in this chord sequence too.. to impress my younger cousins to trick them that i am already god tier in music, it never fails 🤟🏼😔
@@michaelmuller159 If I were you I'd go binging the indie scene and learning what else is out there, because Pop music has been like this for a good 40-60 years now. Approximately 100 000 songs are uploaded to spotify every day (as of 2022), you probably have only listened to 0.0001% of music released in the past 10 years alone.
He is not trying to prove that he’s soo talented he is trying to prove that every pop song on the charts lately is written with the same chord progression.
To be fair imo if the song still appears when I turn on “generic national radio station” it still counts. It probably doesn’t as it isn’t actually in the charts but that’s just my way of categorizing songs.
@d6995 The funny part is that you're wrong. Only 29 Beatles songs out of approx 200 use I IV V progressions. And the overwhelming majority of their songs use more than 4 chords.
In order to admit one must first deny. Nobody is denying it. It is not nefarious. It is a very common chord progression. Music is mostly about rhythm and time. The chosen chords signify key and tone.
I - V - vi - IV The most common pop progression, I'm a music instructor and it blows my students mind whenever I show them how prolific this progression is
Easily done in any key, with a little painless study of some basic diatonic music theory. Jazz guitarists use this in any key by improvising over the II, the IV (five) and I chords, for example. Look up the whys and wherefores of a 2-5-1 progression :-)
@@flyingsnail4060 Yeah for sure, my bad, I thought he had said in the order of G D Em C. Rewatched the video. I guess a lot of songs have the progression starting with Em as you mentioned, like Snow and Save Tonight.
That’s what Louis Tomlinson meant when he said “playing something poppy on the same four cords” in his song, well that’s one way to look at what he said.
So does no one else remember axis of awesomeness doing this like 10 years ago they actually did all the pop songs live in front of an audience using those four chords maybe even three
it's not just him. That's litterally the 4 cord progession for many many songs. anyone can do it if you play guitar. not just guitar, vocals too. you can just sing and switch right into another song and another and so on
Of course it’s Staged - “do you want me to bet you ?” - “Yea” - “somebody grab me a guitar” (Instant guitar out of nowhere in 2second) This whole show is staged bro
@@Artheusslay they were the original term for pop, its now known as rocknroll, psychedelic rock, they even got prog rock, but back in the day it all just got down pop since it was POPular. The “genres” known in the POPular music at the time were: Jazz, Rock, Blues and Pop pretty much. Now with such evolution in music genres and music etiquettes I understand why you call them psychedelic rock. But every music artist has pretty much like 50+ genres in they whole catalog. We just generalise them or shorten them to 6-8 genres and styles
@@cydrych As funny as the AoA version is, it's not "their bit" in any original sense - they just happened to blow up with something that's been done a gazillion times. Or did AoA steal it from this random guy with an older video? ua-cam.com/video/lWOR0Ujb7Ms/v-deo.html
It's easy folks. Those chords are a chord progression which works in every key and is insanely pleasing and easy to (western) ears. Let's put it like that. The music market works like every other market. Would you as a normal consumer ever buy a product which appears to be extremely complicated to you? No. There is your Jazz vs Pop Music answer.
@@dannybuck2047 works for every genre? mate dont insult other genres, alot of metal has very heard riffs like megadeth riffs, not a simple 4 chord progression
Yes! Most songs are composed in a progression of 3-4 chords and if you don’t have the chord exactly as the note demands you can always transpose them and adjust the key
@SoftserveSodium I listen to complex music too and I’m a student in music production. I know my stuff. Most songs now days ARE made with triad chords in progressions of 3-4 Jazz is improvisation too so that’s why it’s not only 3-4 chords.
@@pacoromero976 most people can't easily remember what pitch a song starts on, we just remember intervals from there. So he can take a song that starts on a B but play it starting on G and no few people will notice.
Every real guitarist has known this for ages. This isn't meant to be impressive, he's just showing people that pop music is simple. It should be encouraging everybody to start playing an instrument.
@@anon17472 I know you know, and I know other people know. But Ed and/or whoever edited this video seems to think that he has a special gift. He kind of does but that gift is an ultra pop-y voice and incredibly low standards. Most musicians can't do what he does cause they're busy trying to make better music.
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Looks like a great program, on sale for a one time payment of $47, lifetime access, and 60 days to get a refund. Tell me the 4 chords now and I will lean heavier into buying your program.
What's there to learn?
I hate this shit just put the dam chords it’s easy look u have E F G A B C D E flats and sharps in between a what are the chords :d
Diatonic chords... there's nothing interesting here. Besides, there are many pop songs that break that mold. This isn't the artist's fault. Fans like simple diatonic tunes, so artists will write to the fan's tastes, you know, if they want to eat and pay the bills.
@@SudiptaMondal-cl5br can you pls tell me them I just got a guitar and I want to learn them so I can play those songs
Pop guitarist plays 4 chords in front of millions of people. Jazz guitarist plays millions of chords in front of four people
Some truth yo!
This means that the moust of people have shit in their heads.
that's because all the music in the pop charts is the same crap except REN
Pity jazz sounds so bad😊
I think you could put alphaville, Elton John, maroon 5 and almost every other hit that's there to make the song sound good.
I really hope people understand this is not him being "talented" or "iconic", it's about popular songs being written using the same progression. The fact that they fit so well around the same chords is the reason why they are so catchy.
Exactly, it shows how untalented and un origional they are, they pump out an algorithmic song and people think it's talent cause they don't know any better
The band Axis of Awesome has a song called 4 chords about this very thing. Pretty funny skit they put on. If goes from modern songs to commerical jingles to 80s to everything basically with the same four chords.
Let it be uses 7 chords idk what he was playing
It's the main reason why I turn off the radio and listen to my old school CDs. The crap on the radio is pure garbage.
@@James-kj9hw That's because nobody can mimic The Beatles.
When basic music theory blows people's minds
maybe because not everyone knows music theory?
This isn't really music theory just showing how repetitive and unoriginal most of pop is
@@yaersacks5277 nah it’s music theory. He’s transposing some of these.
Not everybody knows music theory.... Stop being a fucking snob. I bet there's basic scientific facts you don't know
@@jrheeeeehe’s using the same 4 chords and singing them in that key, not transposing anything lol
“Do you want me to dare you?” As if this wasn’t preplanned before the show 😂
Jazz musicians doing this: I can play you any jazz song in 449 chords
That's when the jazz musician does it and the only guy in the audience claps politely
hahahahahahaha
And never be able to do it again the same way.
As a jazz musician, I definitely agree AHHAHAHA
😂😂😂
His voice is what is doing the work
That my thought. If he stopped singing you probably wouldn't be able to to tell the song very easily.
@@WS12658True. In most cases, vocals will be the most important part of music to most people.
My guitar teacher told me that 12 years ago and, surprise, it still holds true today !
It’s been that way forever in pop music.
He’s illustrating the simplicity of pop music…
And most of the music in the charts at the time we're his songs
@@Backofthekop yeah😅 pretty much. Ed IS the pop king of our generation after all.
Yeah. I always have been a fan of old time Western swing because of my grandfather and the fact that the music is great but usually not overdone, paired with enough vocals to seal the deal
Thats why o listen rockn Roll
Pop as in popular, means that reach out for the most who likely didn't had the chance to attend school of music:)
It doesn't say something about Ed Sheeran, but more so about the simplicity of most hit songs. It's a formula.
Yeah exactly. Even Ed stole it 😅
That's originally from: Axis of Awesome and it's even called: 4 chords song ✌
@@dondemonico love axis of awesome but this existed well before that. As a music teacher Ive been doing this with students forever. Nothing new.
Pachabel wrote Canon in D and we just never stopped playing it.
@@BryanWillis1 yeah, I know there's a book with this theory (idk the name of the theory) and that this theory is around for a while.
But no one did it in a song, before Axis of Awesome 😉✌️
@@dondemonico dude chord progression is not something that belongs to someone. Its just called being simple music theory.
It's our ears 👂 and our brain. It's like the sound of falling rain . A sound that soothes all pain.
With a voice like that guitar is not even needed 😂😂
I can play any song in the charts right now:
Requests Let it be 1970.
Let It Be went back in the Billboard charts in Oct 2021 when it was reissued in a special edition. So it might have been in the charts when this was done.
Easy cheap music today
@Nothing Matters you know that's not what he meant, also the Beatles are dogshit.
@@jimanderson5172 easy cheap comments too
Let it Be has a much more intricate chord progression than just those 4 chords. I'm sure that's why it was requested.
Okay “any song in the pop charts today” ThE bEaTlEs
Yeah this is pre scripted and pretty pathetic
...let it be
the beatles just recently hit the charts with their re release of revolver this could’ve been when they re released let it be although i doubt it but after-all the beatles are iconic and the best and most influential band in my opinion and let it be is one of their most popular
Yeeaaah..When that dude said "The Beatles" .. I had this moment 😐
u mad? lads like passenger and craig or even bigger names like The weeknd can only dream of a success like the beatles
He understands the simplicity. Reason why he milked the UK charts for a while lol
Literally he played the system and now hes collabing with the artists he actually likes
Jason mraz kinda did too. He plays a bunch of super unpopular funky stuff nobody knows about it likes, then he makes 'Im Yours' with the most basic 4 chords and it's one of the biggest songs of that decade. In his older music he even raps about (kind of bragging) that he could write a hit whenever he wants to.
@@JacksonMack3742ngl I'm yours is incredibly catchy
@@JacksonMack3742 and hes damn right i loved I'm yours 😭
@@CJ-cz3hv hence all the random colabs he’s in the hood more than most rappers 🤣🤣🤣
Im impressed he knows the words to any song at any time along with playing them
Thats why he is one of the best
It's more impressive that he remembers lyrics than it is that humans are stuck in four chords
Not humans... just pop music. Almost every other genre breaks that pattern.
You find remembering _that_ much impressive? He only sang a few lines. You're easy to impress.
@Dave Britton most of songs are written in 4 chords or less.
This is a fact.
It's really that impressive? I remember the lyrics to over 100 songs and I never thought that's impressive. Just good memory to something you love.
@@vinlondon8904
Maybe the songs you listen to, but I was talking about lyrics. What is your point?
The Beatles using that specific chord progression for their last chart-topper was just the beginning of an era to come.
True
It’s just a I V vi IV very boring but they did it well
@@FrostyLosty lol I know that, but most people don't understand music theory like that.
The Beatles are overrated IMO.
@@vr6one and theres is always this guy, bro no one is talking about how good they are xd
That is because the majority of pop music in the charts are all written by the same 6 or 7 writers and they tend to stick to chords that are favourable to everyone's ear. They're magic chords that work with everyone.
He's so cool, smiling the whole time.
My fellow musicians, I feel your pain.
🤣🤣🤣
Explain?
😂😂😂
I'm not a musician and I felt the pain 🤦♂️
@@lessacto this is not Ed Sheeran being a good musician. It's just catchy songs can be played on the same cords over and over.
The surprised looks and gasps… Exactly who the music is made for.
Pop musics aimed at those with simple minds 🤣
Pretty demeaning
@@joshyboi2447 But true
Gate keeper
@@frankiemazzei8882wide audiences who aren't super into music
This man is a lyrical genius i swear that's why me and my mom love him and his music especially thinking out loud and perfect
The cord pops songs more easily than the classic song cord.
The legendary G,D,Em,C, that can fit to most any pop songs
No it's I V vi IV.
You can move the chords to any key.
Is it legendary? Or is it the reason serial killers are made because of the loop in the mind
@@joshbrucks I-V-vi-IV* ik it was just a typo
man if shit doesnt have Cm its not worth listening
@@vgmkas yeah mb
Every jazz musicians feels this way about pop. It’s nice to see someone who gets it
TYhere`s a lot of good pop out there though, just not on the charts for the most part. Top 20, top 40 stuff is all the same :/
you right@@afrog2666
and every metalhead too
He makes it though so hes just as bad
Every non pop musician feels this way
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It’s basic music theory. E minor, C, G, and D. And it’s not just popular in pop, but also country as well. It’s simple chords and used correctly with the right rhythm, you can alter 1 chord to sound many different ways.
as a guitarist i can tell you, just about any guitarist can
tell me what
@@jefrebugni4064 i think he was referring to the fact that any mediocre guitar player can fit any pop songs into the chord progression Sheeran was talking about.
@@ctx4241 who’s sheeran
@@jefrebugni4064 Ed Sheeran
@@disos450 you guys are dull
he is not trying to prove that he’s soo talented he is trying to prove that every pop song on the charts lately is written with the same chord progression
And that's why it's so fucking repetitive
Not lately... ever. There's a song called the 4 chord song, look it up
He played the beetles. Lol that's not lately.
It's even deeper. He's proving that he didn't steal someone's melodies
He's been sued twice over this premise.
No he isnt, they weren't written to the same chord progression. He is changing the vocal melody to fit one specific chord progression.
What a pure amazing voice !!
Ed Sheeran reminds me of Gaara from Naruto
I think it’s funny how Ed is like, “LISTEN, everything is reused!” And all the interviewers understand is, “wow he can play so many songs with 4 chords!” Lmfao
Nigga Beethoven heard this same criticism about note variance and made a masterpeice *with 4 NOTES*
Shut up
Only within the Western sphere. When you try with any other culture, then it's just a different 4 chords.
😂😂 good shit man.seriously they don’t get it at all.
Axis of awesome did it first
@@aaronmicalowe you made absolutly no connection to what the comment actually said. Way to go my man, next time, maxbe read what was said.
It's not the specific chords. It's the progression. I-IV-V-vi... he doesn't have to play in the original key of the song. That covers a loooooot of music
True. Though, it's important to play a song in the key it was written in. It's a major factor affecting the entire song
I hope I can play like this one day!
@@RecordTempoSure
If you jump head first into a wall you'll be halfway there.
@@old_timey_prospector I hope so!
@@RecordTempoSure
I have to apologize, I misread your initial comment. I thought you were hoping to be able to play like Ed specifically.
I'm pretty sure brain damage is an important factor there.
This is actually one of the first things you learn as a guitar player.
Really?..explain..there is major info missing from this short clip..as usual
@@Jeremya74 There are thousands of songs that can be played using a set of 4 chords.
Ed: anything on the charts right now.
Reporter: beetles.
They still have charts? Lmfao! How is that even possible when this is the worst era in music history. Talent is no longer required. This guy would've been lucky being able to sing for free drinks in rundown bars if he came out in the 60's-90's.
@@jeffreyval9665
Well at least the poor bastard ain't rapping. 😒
@@jeffreyval9665you realize this started with duwap chord progression in the 50s? He literally applied this to a beatles song.
Music industries always been a machine, except for outliers like hendrix and others who break the norm and revolutionize the actual art these business men turn around as product.
@@jeffreyval9665agreed. All songs are the same, I can hardly find anything unique in love songs, pop, and anything that’s not metal or rock. That’s all I listen to cause it’s all that sounds good to me anymore
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Why do I feel like I’ve heard this song before?” That’s why.
Yup pop music is painfully lazy.
4 cord song by those 4 aussies
@@siege2928 miss Michael jackson😮💨
@@siege2928 this is why we migrate to kpop
@@atheoristspointofview7059 no
That's what stifles creativity in songwriters
Ed Sheeran demonstrated music theory and the basic four chord progression. His ability to remember all the lyrics to pop songs, however, is impressive.
I can't be the only one who heard Wonderwall on each song
🎯
(I scrolled to find this)
I can’t not hear this now
Same four chords, if you're interested Google the four songs of pop
Said maybe
@@stanleyteng6484 you’re gonna be the one that saves me
"Four Chords" by The Axis Of Awesome also illustrates this perfectly
I was looking for this comment
I've watched that many times. Brilliant.
Literally just commented the same thing then scrolled further down :)
yes!!
Glad too see some others remember
Did the subtitles seriously just say “brother man” instead of “Mother Mary?” 😂😂
The last one was actually "Mother Mary"
Ed said "Brother Man"😂
i love that so many people simply dont understand music enough to realize that this isnt anything special really, you could transpose any song any way you want and it still would work
FINALLY SOMEONE KNOWS!!
Correct
The point being made here is not about the key, it's about chord progressions. Of course you could transpose any song, but even then, not all songs revolve arround the same chord progression. If you go to different musical genres or even venture into other musical cultures, transposing will not enable you to play most songs using these 4 "magic" chords
It isnt about transposing. It is commonly known that charting songs centre around gcd and eminor just work well together 3 positive notes and 1 negative sounding just makes a rhythym. In saying that i know fuck all about music and i know they do drift away from these but i know majority of number 1 songs have had those 4 chords at the core
what he is showing is that all POP music is the same and purposely watered down to suck the intelligence out of those that can't think for themselves.
Ed used G-D-Emin-C chords. It is the most common chord sequence because most of the songs we listen to uses the same chord progression. I play in this chord sequence too.. to impress my younger cousins to trick them that i am already god tier in music, it never fails 🤟🏼😔
Good on you! Tough it makes me personally kinda sad that modern music is mass produced in this way....
@@michaelmuller159 if by modern music you mean anything after the 1930s then sure.
@@slowpoke9364 With modern music I mean Pop music....
@@michaelmuller159 If I were you I'd go binging the indie scene and learning what else is out there, because Pop music has been like this for a good 40-60 years now. Approximately 100 000 songs are uploaded to spotify every day (as of 2022), you probably have only listened to 0.0001% of music released in the past 10 years alone.
And if they weren't you can always change the tone of the song from a B to a G for example and it would still match
That's why playing the guitar is so easy
G-Em-C-D
You know if you know 😂
Em, G , C , D .. thats all you need :)
Sometimes A, Am, and E
C Am F G ?
@@1nfius948that would be 7 then 😂😂
No one wants to play an F
@@mikeb8913 Thats a C scale though.
I can play any song in the pop charts right now.
LET IT BE, THE BEATLES!!!!!
literally not even one
he avoided let it be
And Craig David lol
Every Acid Dropper Goes Bad Eventually
Ed Sheeran is just so immensely talented to know these songs off the top of his head and then just play them at random.
He is not trying to prove that he’s soo talented he is trying to prove that every pop song on the charts lately is written with the same chord progression.
“Pop charts today”
“Let It Be by The Beatles”…..
Lol
It’s just known music he wants dumbass
To be fair imo if the song still appears when I turn on “generic national radio station” it still counts. It probably doesn’t as it isn’t actually in the charts but that’s just my way of categorizing songs.
The funny part is the beatles are the ones who popularised these 4 chords in pop music
@d6995 The funny part is that you're wrong.
Only 29 Beatles songs out of approx 200 use I IV V progressions. And the overwhelming majority of their songs use more than 4 chords.
@@BeatlesCentricUniverse do you know what popularised means?
Most experienced musicians know rhis...not a big deal!!
He’s amazing
About time someone in the pop industry admits to this.
They really dont need to, you can just turn on your car radio and set it to any station that playes pop music.
In order to admit one must first deny. Nobody is denying it. It is not nefarious. It is a very common chord progression. Music is mostly about rhythm and time. The chosen chords signify key and tone.
That's actually a well known chord progression so you don't need to admit the obvious
Literally everyone admits to knowing this
been widely know for decades, but thank you Ed Sheeran for exposing this lol
Axis of Awesome: "Do we not even exist to you?"
Their live video of the 4 chords song has 80 million views.
Thank you
Exactly what I thought of, chicken little
YES!!! This.
Came here to leave almost this exact comment
I'm impressed that you can pull any song title out of a hat & he knows the words.
He's so cheeky lol 🤣
I - V - vi - IV The most common pop progression, I'm a music instructor and it blows my students mind whenever I show them how prolific this progression is
Which 4 chords?
Pretty sure it's C - G - Am - F
1564 yep .. that progression is truly Catchy 🙏👍👏👏👏
@@tazz7830 depends on the key.
Easily done in any key, with a little painless study of some basic diatonic music theory. Jazz guitarists use this in any key by improvising over the II, the IV (five) and I chords, for example. Look up the whys and wherefores of a 2-5-1 progression :-)
Axis of Awesome sitting there like "wow, what a smart realization wonder how he realized that"
They stole it from someone else, stupid
Exactly my thoughts
Chicken little 🤣 what a band 👍
As if they were the first
“Come on Barbie let’s go party!” 🤣…that bit still cracks me up just thinking about it!
Who was that woman?
Man, she had so much admiration for Ed in her eyes! 🎉
yolanthe cabau
@@bahacantur932Nothing less than a swimsuit :/.
And this is what drives music Majors absolutely Bonkers about famous musicians.
Axis of Awesome did this wayyy back in the day and it’s still true even now
Came here to say that lol
Apparently stealing from TLC wasn’t enough for Ed
Yes
It will always be true. The video is a joke. LOL
I know lol people act like he's a genius for pointing this out
He’s damn lucky they didn’t pick a song in a minor key 😂
He still could've done it
One minor with 3 major comes under 4 cords progression.
Fr eg. G, C, D followed by e minor.
@@flyingsnail4060 Yeah for sure, my bad, I thought he had said in the order of G D Em C. Rewatched the video. I guess a lot of songs have the progression starting with Em as you mentioned, like Snow and Save Tonight.
Pop songs are not in the minor key. He said any pop song on the charts.
No kidding😂
This was done way before, it’s literally called the four chords song. Done by a British comedy singing group in the early 2000s
What an artist 🤩
Axis of Awesome did an entire song about this - once you hear it you can’t unhear the chords.
That song is forever stuck in my head 😆
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I literally can't hear those songs anymore without having to sing the 4 chord song 🤣
Thank you.. I was trying to remember their name
But why the hell does a great "rock" band like Beatles have a 4 chord song? Like ever, why?
That’s what Louis Tomlinson meant when he said “playing something poppy on the same four cords” in his song, well that’s one way to look at what he said.
This is exactly what I thought of!!
same thoughts 👀
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT!!
Love your name😁
@@findkevin thanks luv
Kann man als Mann auch mal sagen der Typ ist einfach nur geil 😊
Ed: Get me a guitar...
Production: Oh you mean this Ed Sheeran Signature Edition Acoustic that you brought up here for this exact moment?
So does no one else remember axis of awesomeness doing this like 10 years ago they actually did all the pop songs live in front of an audience using those four chords maybe even three
I do. Im irritated at this actually,as i like some of sheerans songs but he should know better.
YUP and I have it as one of my offline storage UA-cam videos. I think it might still be on UA-cam but people like to recycle music AND ideas.
Axis did an awesome job with it too...
Wouldn't be the first time he's taken credit for someone else's work...
Saw them live and it was the best
it's not just him. That's litterally the 4 cord progession for many many songs. anyone can do it if you play guitar. not just guitar, vocals too. you can just sing and switch right into another song and another and so on
Yeah was literally my first thing I learnt at piano classes. The axis of awesome did a whole parody too it’s great
But there's only 1 Ed brah 😂
go do it then
What are those 4 chords. Could you please name them..
@@SoftserveSodium “and today your challenge is to piss off every mainstream artist, or at least as many as possible”
Crushed it, bro 😂
And this kids....is a 'REAL' voice and real talent!
Talented wowww
Axis of Awesome does a really great medley called "The 4 chord song"
he copied them, he use almost the same intro
@@ALEXWATSON07 I was thinking the same thing
@@ALEXWATSON07 look up the Pachelbel rant and you'll see that Axis of Awesome didn't come up with the idea in the first place.
@@pburks pachelbel canon uses 5 different chords and the progression is 8 chords long.
Damn they did it well.
I love how the only #1 beatles song that uses I, IV, V, and vi is the one they asked for
Almost as if it's all scripted 😆
I’d assume that the interviewer had heard of the 4-chords thing before
@@bigsmoke1887 too true.
Of course it’s Staged
- “do you want me to bet you ?”
- “Yea”
- “somebody grab me a guitar”
(Instant guitar out of nowhere in 2second)
This whole show is staged bro
I'd have asked for strawberry fields lol
🐐 I said over a decade ago that Ed is the greatest in our time… ❤❤❤
Thats real talent!
-Anything in the pop charts right now
-The Beatles
They were the original pop band
@@stevenshar1233they were psychedelic rock
@@Artheusslay they were the original term for pop, its now known as rocknroll, psychedelic rock, they even got prog rock, but back in the day it all just got down pop since it was POPular. The “genres” known in the POPular music at the time were: Jazz, Rock, Blues and Pop pretty much. Now with such evolution in music genres and music etiquettes I understand why you call them psychedelic rock. But every music artist has pretty much like 50+ genres in they whole catalog. We just generalise them or shorten them to 6-8 genres and styles
means they are timeless
They were the pop
Ed Sheeran is that older brother we all needed
This makes me feel old. I always remember the geeky ginger kid busking on the streets in Norwich before he was famous! 🤣 Thoroughly nice chap.
who’s “we”?
lol SOOO true, if you play guitar you know this
Как будто это открытие. Так играет любой чел с гитарой в любой деревне.
If anyone is wondering the cords he was using were G,C,D and Em
Saving the day 🤌🏽
Tysm ❤
Ty. All My favorite chords
Knew that
Thank you bro appreciated
"These are the 4 chords" - playes every Oasis song
Underrated comment
Alice in chains played those 4 chords too
Oasis are class lad
@@aaronhughes2550 yeah, they're not bad like.
@@Dnutty253 I do prefer it when Alice in chains play them tbh
"All right, now play rap god".
Lady just drowning on Ed while getting a free concert
“Mother Mary co-…”
Caption: Brother man💀
BROTHER MAN COMES TO ME
YOO I'M SCREAMING 😭😭
He said brother man, dummy
new superhero
Excuse me brother man!
A musician’s way of confidently saying “hold my beer”. Ed: Get me a guitar.
Exactly this :)
I'm telling you.. any song 😎
He’s not that talented with guitar his voice yes but he’s just playing some simple chords
G C D and A, helps if you can also sing
4 chords by axis of awesome is a whole song based on this premise worth a listen
Aaaah, there you are. Wanted to comment the same thing.^^
@@Kalmaggedon same
Right? I was gonna say Axis of Awesome already did this 13 years ago!
I see y'all people of culture as well ☕
Omg they are the best, DOUBLE TIME!!!! HAHAHA
The Axis of Awesome - The Four Chord Song. That is all. And that is where I am going now 👌🏻
Yep, he totally stole their bit.
100% this, they blew the doors open on all this decades ago, with their own style of musical comedy to hold it all together.
@@cydrych As funny as the AoA version is, it's not "their bit" in any original sense - they just happened to blow up with something that's been done a gazillion times. Or did AoA steal it from this random guy with an older video? ua-cam.com/video/lWOR0Ujb7Ms/v-deo.html
tell me the four chords , cos that's all I got in my repatuior
@@perlundgren7797 thanks. Now I’m going to be going through the UA-cams trying to find out who that guy stole the bit from. 😂👍🏻✌🏻
He’s brilliant
It's easy folks. Those chords are a chord progression which works in every key and is insanely pleasing and easy to (western) ears. Let's put it like that. The music market works like every other market. Would you as a normal consumer ever buy a product which appears to be extremely complicated to you? No. There is your Jazz vs Pop Music answer.
Hes making a comment on the pop music industry not trying to display how talented he is.
@@dannybuck2047 Try doing it with la villa strangiato by rush and get back to me
we get it
@@dannybuck2047 works for every genre? mate dont insult other genres, alot of metal has very heard riffs like megadeth riffs, not a simple 4 chord progression
When Axis of Awesome did it, crickets, when Ed does it, omfg he's a genius.
Love their version!
Their viral video = crickets?
I just commented this same thing haha such a good song
What are you even talking about? The Axis of Evil video/song was super popular.
@@TheArrowedKnee let the man push his narrative
Me encanta todas! Que genio eres
"Name any song thats in the pop charts right now"
"LeT iT bE"
Yes! Most songs are composed in a progression of 3-4 chords and if you don’t have the chord exactly as the note demands you can always transpose them and adjust the key
My taught me that when it comes to singing and playing the piano.
@SoftserveSodium I listen to complex music too and I’m a student in music production.
I know my stuff.
Most songs now days ARE made with triad chords in progressions of 3-4
Jazz is improvisation too so that’s why it’s not only 3-4 chords.
How can you adjust a key? Is it kinda like changing the chord? The root or 3 or 5th?
@@pacoromero976 yeah, sorry, I'm not that familiar with the vocabulary of music theory. I play by ear. And I haven't practiced my instruments in years
@@pacoromero976 most people can't easily remember what pitch a song starts on, we just remember intervals from there.
So he can take a song that starts on a B but play it starting on G and no few people will notice.
Plot twist, Ed only knows four chords
Every real guitarist has known this for ages. This isn't meant to be impressive, he's just showing people that pop music is simple. It should be encouraging everybody to start playing an instrument.
@@p90neck I know it's not impressive, maybe go comment on all the people saying it is
@@anon17472 I know you know, and I know other people know. But Ed and/or whoever edited this video seems to think that he has a special gift. He kind of does but that gift is an ultra pop-y voice and incredibly low standards. Most musicians can't do what he does cause they're busy trying to make better music.
@@p90neck it looks impressive if you can't play an instrument, I guess.
But that's most "musicians" now anyway, just tell the computer to make sounds
And he is close to being a billionaire ! So his for cords are very expensive