Axis of Awesome - All Popular Songs Are The Same 4 Chords

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  • Опубліковано 31 гру 2024

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  • @Rhlgull1331
    @Rhlgull1331 5 років тому +1585

    They finally got a laugh from the “40 years” gag!

    • @NoblesseOblige-17
      @NoblesseOblige-17 4 роки тому +67

      You'd have thought that as they get older, they'd get less reaction to that one, not more. But I do like it.

    • @HenriqueErzinger
      @HenriqueErzinger 4 роки тому +49

      they do that joke for more than 10 years without changing the number hahaha

    • @heeroisking
      @heeroisking 4 роки тому +45

      and it only took 40 years

    • @leafyleafeon3825
      @leafyleafeon3825 4 роки тому +2

      Can someone explain?

    • @Rhlgull1331
      @Rhlgull1331 4 роки тому +24

      @@leafyleafeon3825 On other videos of AoA performing this song they introduce themselves as a group who have been performing for “40 - 50 years” and I always thought it was kinda funny but I never heard an audience reaction to that line until I watched this video. :)

  • @gingycakes7608
    @gingycakes7608 4 роки тому +531

    Love how they change some of the songs when they preform this in different places

    • @aetherofthenorth9700
      @aetherofthenorth9700 4 роки тому +18

      Because if they used all the song every time, they'd be there for days

    • @JarrekAsF
      @JarrekAsF 3 роки тому +13

      It is nice to watch each if the these videos and see the differences. Keeps it fresh

    • @RoestiF
      @RoestiF 3 роки тому +4

      Didn't know until I saw this one😅

    • @last7509
      @last7509 Рік тому

      love that marcy playground made it in

    • @dragon_toad
      @dragon_toad 2 місяці тому +2

      They also chage the songs up as time goes by to keep it relevant.
      Which is actually a pain in the butt, because one of those versions is my favourite, but do you think I remember which performance it was? Nope!

  • @s0ulrider174
    @s0ulrider174 4 роки тому +324

    Never thought Id see this video in a better quality than 240p. Awesome

    • @LucasBenderChannel
      @LucasBenderChannel 3 роки тому +1

      They also have a professional music video for it! :)

    • @kookoo111222
      @kookoo111222 8 місяців тому +3

      I keep coming back to that 240p video anyway. :-)

  • @carlshneebly7136
    @carlshneebly7136 8 років тому +2476

    Australian Jack Black is dope

    • @unclebozo9845
      @unclebozo9845 7 років тому +136

      Except that she doesn't look anything like Jack Black anymore.

    • @jonahs92
      @jonahs92 5 років тому +17

      @@unclebozo9845 I think you mean he lol

    • @unclebozo9845
      @unclebozo9845 5 років тому +101

      She transitioned to female, so 'she' is Jordan's correct pronoun now.

    • @jonahs92
      @jonahs92 5 років тому +15

      @@unclebozo9845 Uh, what? Really? I had no idea lol.

    • @CobraPlaysGames
      @CobraPlaysGames 5 років тому +18

      Mike Barksdale mate are you saying jack black ain’t talented? Sort your hearing out

  • @sally1111100
    @sally1111100 Рік тому +47

    I like seeing how their singing voices progressed from the video I watched 13 years ago. This is still a super entertaining video!

    • @BlinksAwakening
      @BlinksAwakening Рік тому +5

      I'd argue the guy on keyboard can't quite hit the high note of Take On Me for as long as he used to in older clips of this song

  • @James_Bowie
    @James_Bowie 4 роки тому +364

    Ought to be an annual Grammy Award for Four Chord Song of the Year. Imagine the length of the nomination list.

    • @juanmorales2719
      @juanmorales2719 3 роки тому +17

      And Ed Sheeran will still win

    • @bradavon
      @bradavon Рік тому

      ​@@juanmorales2719because he literally makes the same 4 chord statement.

    • @monique8641
      @monique8641 Рік тому

      @@juanmorales2719 Unlikely.

  • @DanBorries
    @DanBorries Рік тому +28

    "Oh, Canada..." Just freaking killed me 😂

  • @matthewpartlow1831
    @matthewpartlow1831 5 років тому +1218

    Wow, those two always forget about 4 chords. Every time they do this, they just dont remember.

    • @steved8714
      @steved8714 5 років тому +64

      Just lucky they pick it up so quickly after making themselves look so foolish.

    • @ChaS4m
      @ChaS4m 4 роки тому +34

      Yeah for like the past 40, 30, 15, 22, 50 years they keep forgetting damn

    • @MrJojux
      @MrJojux 4 роки тому +20

      Just as they always forget they wrote Bird-Plane!

    • @elpidiomanuelalvarenga4223
      @elpidiomanuelalvarenga4223 4 роки тому +3

      It seems you keep forgetting you already have seen the sketch. :-)

    • @lunch7213
      @lunch7213 4 роки тому +1

      Elpidio Manuel Alvarenga Ah shit.., they’re on to us, boss!

  • @Zerozerozero-m9l
    @Zerozerozero-m9l 6 років тому +277

    Funny! The audience response/laugh always hits when they get to Land Down Under.

    • @googiegress
      @googiegress 3 роки тому +12

      You can see people slowly forgetting about Barbie Girl though. Shame.

  • @neilsummers2610
    @neilsummers2610 3 роки тому +42

    still get goose bumps when he jumps in with Can you feel the love

  • @nicholasonciul5770
    @nicholasonciul5770 4 роки тому +132

    I saw the original video when I was like 11 and I stupidly didn’t realize how young they were and believed it when they said were together for 40 years

    • @frqv
      @frqv 2 роки тому +14

      At age 11, everyone older that 20 is 'really old'. :-)

  • @davidhunt1350
    @davidhunt1350 Рік тому +19

    this song makes you feel so good,they truly are the AXIS OF AWESOME!

  • @robholloway6829
    @robholloway6829 3 роки тому +181

    Imagine doing one skit for 20 years and people still coming to it like its something new.

    • @michellekozaczok8201
      @michellekozaczok8201 3 роки тому

      Same 😉

    • @alimerchant7947
      @alimerchant7947 3 роки тому +22

      They change songs so not same exactly tbh

    • @frqv
      @frqv 2 роки тому +21

      Yeah, like any band playing their four-chord-songs for decades.

  • @PrivateIdaho24-7-52
    @PrivateIdaho24-7-52 5 років тому +615

    You can sing the lyrics from any The Chainsmokers' song to the melody of any The Chainsmokers' songs.

    • @harryscott2955
      @harryscott2955 4 роки тому +74

      Private Idaho for that I would need to know the lyrics from any chainsmokers song and the melody from any chainsmokers song.

    • @bd2073
      @bd2073 4 роки тому +5

      Because they're shitty djs with ghost producers

  • @sarahjanelees6904
    @sarahjanelees6904 Рік тому +6

    Thank you for performing this tribute ❤

  • @brokeboys1388
    @brokeboys1388 3 роки тому +41

    UA-cam HQ: Hey boss, you seeing this?
    Boss: wow…that’s a thousand copyright strikes in one video.

    • @dragon_toad
      @dragon_toad 2 місяці тому

      Nah, fair use means they can use a teensey portion of the song if they're needing to do so to make an argument or prove a point.
      Which they sorta are.

  • @djnato10
    @djnato10 3 роки тому +22

    This reminds me of the book by Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond called The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way). The KLF wrote this book about how to make a number one hit and supposedly used their own book that produce some classic dance anthems from the early to mid 90s.

  • @mlgpenguinboy9271
    @mlgpenguinboy9271 5 років тому +75

    They finally got a laugh at the 40 years gag

  • @Jermbot15
    @Jermbot15 4 роки тому +31

    2015 and already socially distancing. These guys were ahead of their time!

  • @PokojniToza1804
    @PokojniToza1804 4 роки тому +387

    So Sheldon Cooper's missing brother, Australian Jack Black and Chicken Little made a band...

    • @zergmare7
      @zergmare7 4 роки тому

      That should have been their band name... long i know but still

    • @tuznicovek
      @tuznicovek 3 роки тому +3

      Sound like beginning of a good joke :)

    • @provakarroychy1535
      @provakarroychy1535 3 роки тому

      Dang! 😂

    • @LighthawkTenchi
      @LighthawkTenchi 3 роки тому +3

      The band manager takes one look at them and says, “What is this, a joke?”

  • @MattiK2609
    @MattiK2609 3 місяці тому +3

    Jordan's "Lemme get this straight, Chicken Little..." NEVER ceases to make me laugh 😅

  • @philipg6708
    @philipg6708 4 роки тому +19

    - No woman no cry
    - Yeah momma this surely is a dream
    -Don't tell me your sorry cause your not
    -Well I guess this is growing up
    -I come from the land down under...
    Just thought it would fit the cadence of that part.

  • @LIGHTWARRIOR-888
    @LIGHTWARRIOR-888 2 роки тому +22

    3:09 is when the perfect melody starts ❤

  • @kenji2times126
    @kenji2times126 8 років тому +83

    that takes talent, folks

  • @TheSuper4323
    @TheSuper4323 9 років тому +153

    The funniest thing is i love all those songs

    • @omardude39
      @omardude39 5 років тому +8

      Do you think you might understand why it's called 'Pop' music yet?

    • @icy2275
      @icy2275 3 роки тому +4

      @@omardude39 is it because I pop my eyes out crying from Barbie Girl

    • @WakaWaka2468
      @WakaWaka2468 3 роки тому +2

      That's why they do it.

    • @giulioberruti3861
      @giulioberruti3861 2 роки тому

      Pop(ular) music

  • @kullivideo6969
    @kullivideo6969 4 роки тому +68

    Oh my god that take on me high note was beautiful....

  • @cognitive-disonance
    @cognitive-disonance 3 роки тому +10

    I like this version, and chicken little really shines

  • @andrewwolfgang7461
    @andrewwolfgang7461 3 роки тому +13

    I love how they change the songs everyone in a while

  • @devilsoffspring5519
    @devilsoffspring5519 3 роки тому +60

    Dang, a four-hour show in a little over 5 minutes! It must be that new audio compression format :)

  • @Floatnx
    @Floatnx 6 років тому +25

    This video just gave me so much nostalgia i wanna cry

  • @ApocalypticJoker
    @ApocalypticJoker 4 роки тому +41

    i have seen like five different performances of them doing this and i STILL never hear the guitar.....

    • @googiegress
      @googiegress 3 роки тому +2

      They also always stand in front of the drummer

  • @jademcclintock1780
    @jademcclintock1780 6 років тому +50

    Gonna go make a playlist with all these songs now 👏

  • @Underscorezeus
    @Underscorezeus 5 років тому +27

    When he pulled out the kazoo I fucking lost it

    • @msolec2000
      @msolec2000 3 роки тому +3

      She's awesome.

    • @tycoonjeffyboyMkII
      @tycoonjeffyboyMkII 8 місяців тому

      @@msolec2000 she?

    • @msolec2000
      @msolec2000 8 місяців тому

      @@tycoonjeffyboyMkII Yes

    • @Rystefn
      @Rystefn 7 місяців тому

      @@tycoonjeffyboyMkII Yes. Look up their song "Elephant in the Room"

    • @RobertJW
      @RobertJW 6 місяців тому

      ​@@tycoonjeffyboyMkII
      Jordan's transitioned.
      She's very happy now.

  • @angelicataylor7179
    @angelicataylor7179 2 роки тому +26

    I kinda miss the days when I would get just one song stuck in my head lmao

    • @SAMATOZ2
      @SAMATOZ2 Рік тому +1

      The urge to sing 'Lion Sleeps Tonite' is just a whim away. Mona mona, do do do do do

  • @EatTheMarxists
    @EatTheMarxists Рік тому +4

    These guys really are talented, and are really funny!

  • @lewimillionzYT
    @lewimillionzYT 4 роки тому +28

    Who could ever forget. Sheldon cooper, jack black and barney stinson with glasses

  • @dvbykov_design
    @dvbykov_design 3 роки тому +5

    Лучшие! :)) Молодцы ребята! Это вся наша жизнь! :)

  • @davidmyers3693
    @davidmyers3693 Рік тому +3

    Does anyone know where I can get a song list for this particular version?

  • @AlexMyers69
    @AlexMyers69 7 років тому +246

    I didn't know Jack Black, Mike Dirnt's accountant cousin, and Mike Dirnt with black hair performed together

    • @edab9088
      @edab9088 5 років тому +2

      😂😂😂 easily the best

  • @HILOVSKY100
    @HILOVSKY100 3 роки тому +2

    amazing and great performance with this guys

  • @brianaschmidt910
    @brianaschmidt910 5 років тому +15

    I would love a playlist of all these songs

  • @monsieuralfonse8070
    @monsieuralfonse8070 4 роки тому +42

    Dang, they must get like 1% of royalties for this

  • @0304hours
    @0304hours 5 років тому +124

    I came from spill

  • @kenokrend4600
    @kenokrend4600 3 роки тому +6

    Never seen an audience rock so hard

  • @aisukyubu6470
    @aisukyubu6470 3 роки тому +13

    They will update this song every single time and in the future someone will make 1000 songs with the same 4 chords.

  • @b34m270
    @b34m270 3 роки тому +7

    I love how they just take different songs every now and then

    • @theblackbaron4119
      @theblackbaron4119 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah, there are still so many 4 chord songs to choose from :') not a good sign for pop music. It's been stagnating in creativity for a while. Since the 'hit singles" are written by a handful of people and performed by many artists bound to a record label. Like Skylar grey she probably has more writing credits than lots of other female artists. She basically wrote lots of Rihanna songs for her.

  • @GeminiTwinning
    @GeminiTwinning Рік тому +2

    Late to the party but its still poppin'

  • @joshnp7841
    @joshnp7841 8 років тому +5

    crazy talent

  • @bassyamaha
    @bassyamaha 2 роки тому

    Iść w strone słońca ..it was a hit of a Polish Band 2 + 1

  • @JVFNAF
    @JVFNAF 4 роки тому +4

    and there are all of Christophe Maé songs in France! X)

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 4 роки тому +3

    This song is so amazing

  • @guiguisuperG
    @guiguisuperG 3 роки тому +2

    Wow! Quelle belle découverte!!

  • @jorgewagner122
    @jorgewagner122 3 місяці тому

    Fantástico vídeo...

  • @joeyhcmc
    @joeyhcmc 6 років тому +12

    what’s the title of the song having lyrics of “control yourself...take only what you need...”?

    • @mathemezzamorphis
      @mathemezzamorphis 5 років тому +6

      'kids' by mgmt!

    • @NYJWR07
      @NYJWR07 5 років тому +4

      Oh boy if you didn't know mgmt a world of wonder awaits you. I am kind of jealous.

  • @stevethea5250
    @stevethea5250 2 роки тому

    the composition and compilation is perfect

  • @dragonfilth13
    @dragonfilth13 4 роки тому +64

    How come these guys change up the pattern of the songs? This is like the third different version i've heard. I loved singing along to the original!

    • @alestev24
      @alestev24 4 роки тому +48

      That's the point. The songs are all interchangeable. It doesn't matter, in which order they play them, and they could use many, many more.

    • @Puschit1
      @Puschit1 2 роки тому +11

      It's not just the point, they will obviously make decisions depending on the audience. The original will have australian bands nobody knows in Montreal, so they swapped those for bands/songs that are locally well known.
      Also, I mean, if you are doing this again and again you will welcome any change^^

    • @midgetwars1
      @midgetwars1 2 роки тому +3

      @@Puschit1 Most obvious one is changing Waltzing Matilda to O Canada

  • @nc7547
    @nc7547 2 роки тому +7

    As in You're Beautiful, these chords are in one part, verse, bridge or chorus, then the song changes. Brilliant though, they managed to start from the 2nd bar as well, so to make it VI IV I V instead of I V VI IV. I bet in the future there'll be plenty of more songs with these chords. It's not just pop though, they've been used in classical music as well. They just sound good, nothing you can do about it. Sound, arrangement, vocals, lyrics, instruments and the lot make all the difference. Try I VI IV V or I V IV V and you can come up with hundreds of songs for each progression. Not to mention the blues progression which works for most blues and rock and roll hits of the 50s 60s 70s

  • @theactualcanadian8300
    @theactualcanadian8300 4 роки тому +19

    Is this their only bit? It’s the only thing I ever see them do..

    • @popip123
      @popip123 4 роки тому +19

      They've had one hit, this. They've made other songs but they're all completely overshadowed by the success of this

    • @backwardsface3046
      @backwardsface3046 4 роки тому +2

      @@popip123 well, birdplane is pretty dope

    • @shelbyvillerules9962
      @shelbyvillerules9962 4 роки тому +12

      This was always going to be their biggest hit because it’s a four chord song.

  • @JarppaGuru
    @JarppaGuru 28 днів тому

    0:40 yes four chord I-V-vi-IV. chords not matter if they same pattern. we can transpose and they become exac same chords.. and add do it. some songs use same pattern different order vi-IV -I-V still same chords and plus there is other key that use same chords even pattern is different. chords not make big different. its melody that make song. now make songs with same melody. yes there is couple xD

  • @highfunq2863
    @highfunq2863 7 років тому +8

    This is amazing.....

  • @andres_disez
    @andres_disez 3 роки тому +1

    2:46

  • @nesspriestley249
    @nesspriestley249 5 років тому +4

    Love you guys!

  • @tinygod81
    @tinygod81 2 роки тому +1

    That Hight Note.. Jesus!!!!!

  • @louisabell1454
    @louisabell1454 8 років тому +28

    They added more!

    • @The123karate
      @The123karate 8 років тому +4

      It's a little different every time they play it

    • @Lex-br4wx
      @Lex-br4wx 7 років тому

      Woooo. :/

    • @KiraFriede
      @KiraFriede 5 років тому +1

      But they cut some of the best. I really liked the waltzing mathilda and the canvas bag part.

    • @hakansoderholm6514
      @hakansoderholm6514 4 роки тому +2

      @@KiraFriede Yes and Beatles: Mother Mary... Sorry cant remember the name😕😕

    • @eazy-cheez-e8033
      @eazy-cheez-e8033 4 роки тому

      @@hakansoderholm6514 it’s Beatles - Let it Be 😊

  • @Clarkarias
    @Clarkarias 2 роки тому +3

    "Check me out I'm a bird plane" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

  • @WhatSayCrochet
    @WhatSayCrochet 8 місяців тому

    I love when he brought out the kazoo. 😂

  • @matthewmorgan7056
    @matthewmorgan7056 4 роки тому +1

    UNREAL!

  • @marcushartmann2035
    @marcushartmann2035 3 роки тому +1

    The "Corona - Extra" Commercial is quite funny at those times :-))) ROTFL

  • @DatSqueakyBoi
    @DatSqueakyBoi 5 років тому +33

    This man is wearing a red black parade jacket

  • @_Error_404_Goodbye
    @_Error_404_Goodbye 2 роки тому +3

    “I’m a mother f&@kin bird plane!”

  • @sandonschultz7355
    @sandonschultz7355 4 роки тому +13

    These three were social distancing before it was necessary.

    • @chadjustice8560
      @chadjustice8560 3 роки тому +2

      It was necessary at all and didn't change anything other than give people control who want to do it through fear.

    • @EPrimeify
      @EPrimeify 3 роки тому +1

      @@chadjustice8560 shut up

    • @chadjustice8560
      @chadjustice8560 3 роки тому

      @@EPrimeify Don't like facts huh don't have an argument to why we should? I know you don't because there is nothing to back it up with but hey thanks for the comment 9 months later

    • @BJGvideos
      @BJGvideos 5 місяців тому

      ​@@chadjustice8560Oh yeah because apparently viruses care about such things as humans fear. Sure thing

  • @dzejdzej2745
    @dzejdzej2745 4 роки тому +1

    4:11 what song is that?

    • @joannjames7985
      @joannjames7985 4 роки тому

      That's Auld Lang Syne, the New Year's Song! It's real good, and will likely sound super familiar even if you havent ever heard it

  • @7tosquare
    @7tosquare 8 років тому +3

    talent!

  • @derek2593
    @derek2593 3 місяці тому

    I could be wrong, but that sounds like the first 4 chords of pachelbel's Canon.

  • @waxsantiago339
    @waxsantiago339 5 років тому +3

    These guys are good!

  • @toneloke6959
    @toneloke6959 5 років тому +8

    4:10 name of that please

    • @geedub88
      @geedub88 5 років тому +2

      Auld Lang Syne.

  • @notfunny8804
    @notfunny8804 4 роки тому +4

    It's like a live Neil Cicierega song

  • @paul16451
    @paul16451 4 роки тому +6

    Hey soul sister, ain't that Mr. Mister on the radio, stereo, the way you move ain't fair you know...

  • @sheyshey1306
    @sheyshey1306 Рік тому

    Mind blown , now it makes sense why a lot of songs sound the same to me. I thought I was just imagining things

  • @fabiobaraldi3580
    @fabiobaraldi3580 Рік тому

    Nice!!!! 🎉

  • @Telruin
    @Telruin 5 років тому +20

    Is the audience not on board, or stunned?

  • @Aikisbest
    @Aikisbest 3 роки тому +1

    Oh gods, the goosebumps! ;w;

  • @liftyswifty4125
    @liftyswifty4125 2 роки тому +5

    Did he say 'I'm gonna make love to your baby' ?? 😂😂

  • @freebee8221
    @freebee8221 5 років тому +12

    No double time?

    • @thecapn8614
      @thecapn8614 5 років тому +2

      and there was only Jordan's "fuck off chicken little"

  • @entrippyZ
    @entrippyZ 5 років тому

    Yes.

  • @Nunyaaa12345
    @Nunyaaa12345 8 років тому +2

    I have all these songs downloaded!!!! They're so awesome!!!

  • @jimmythefish
    @jimmythefish 2 роки тому +2

    The 1-5-6-4.
    Beato.

  • @Thelonedrifter
    @Thelonedrifter 2 роки тому

    2:52 what songs that

  • @ridgmills5541
    @ridgmills5541 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing this is just amazing wow😮😧😯😱

  • @wangchili
    @wangchili 2 роки тому

    This is great!

  • @Lina-di1gi
    @Lina-di1gi 7 років тому +2

    That is brilliant

  • @VegasGuy89183
    @VegasGuy89183 5 років тому +8

    I'm honored to be the 1,000th thumbs up for this great group.

  • @howinteresting8268
    @howinteresting8268 8 років тому +3

    Fave

  • @thebigdawg61
    @thebigdawg61 6 років тому +102

    Since Axis of Awesome actually did "Birdplane" their excuse that they've never done a four chord song doesn't hold water.

    • @LeClaw
      @LeClaw 5 років тому +20

      *Insert Rainer Wolfcastle "that's the joke" meme here*

    • @patrickj994
      @patrickj994 4 роки тому +4

      That is....literally the point.

  • @jaygamerz6747
    @jaygamerz6747 5 років тому +4

    i loved this! XD

  • @The_BigO
    @The_BigO Рік тому +6

    Ed Sheeran needs to use this for his legal defence in his copyright case

    • @Yumi_Jay
      @Yumi_Jay Рік тому +5

      I think his lawyer did play it.

  • @EKIAEKIA
    @EKIAEKIA 5 років тому +7

    Here because Todd in the Shadows

  • @amoloeaygrolo4132
    @amoloeaygrolo4132 4 роки тому +3

    Is the guy on the left eddie murphy?

    • @Tenryuu19
      @Tenryuu19 4 роки тому +1

      Now that he transitioned into a bald man, he looks like him more, but no.

  • @coreybeasley5012
    @coreybeasley5012 6 років тому +7

    What’s the kazoo song at 3:49 ?

  • @jackrubin8595
    @jackrubin8595 3 роки тому

    Which cords are they and do they have song sheets

    • @JamesBond-zd5jx
      @JamesBond-zd5jx 2 роки тому +1

      It’s really the same chord progression rather than the same four chords. The chords change depending on the key. The chord progression being I V vi IV. Those are Roman numerals. The lowercase indicates a minor chord and the upper case indicates a major chord.
      If you aren’t into music theory none of this makes any sense.