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

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  • Опубліковано 15 вер 2015
  • Australian comedy trio #AxisofAwesome (Jordan Raskopoulos, Lee Naimo, Benny Davis), rock the stage at the 2010 #JustForLaughs Festival in Montreal.
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  • @Rhlgull1331
    @Rhlgull1331 4 роки тому +1472

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

    • @NoblesseOblige-17
      @NoblesseOblige-17 4 роки тому +61

      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 3 роки тому +40

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

    • @heeroisking
      @heeroisking 3 роки тому +42

      and it only took 40 years

    • @leafyleafeon3825
      @leafyleafeon3825 3 роки тому +2

      Can someone explain?

    • @Rhlgull1331
      @Rhlgull1331 3 роки тому +22

      @@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. :)

  • @clutchtastic_
    @clutchtastic_ 3 роки тому +972

    I like how they actually use different songs each time they perform this

    • @byHexted
      @byHexted 2 роки тому +44

      Because there’s so many songs that use the chords I think they literally don’t have time to do all the songs haha so they have to rotate

    • @whoever_81
      @whoever_81 2 роки тому +3

      Many are the same though

    • @z-beeblebrox
      @z-beeblebrox Рік тому +1

      @@whoever_81 well I mean, they're ALL the same technically

    • @whoever_81
      @whoever_81 Рік тому

      @@z-beeblebrox Yup...

    • @aureliosoares4746
      @aureliosoares4746 Рік тому

      Was expecting this.

  • @gingycakes7608
    @gingycakes7608 4 роки тому +475

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

    • @aetherofthenorth9700
      @aetherofthenorth9700 3 роки тому +16

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

    • @JarrekAsF
      @JarrekAsF 3 роки тому +10

      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 11 місяців тому

      love that marcy playground made it in

  • @matthewpartlow1831
    @matthewpartlow1831 4 роки тому +1148

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

    • @steved8714
      @steved8714 4 роки тому +60

      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 +18

      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 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @carlshneebly7136
    @carlshneebly7136 8 років тому +2369

    Australian Jack Black is dope

    • @unclebozo9845
      @unclebozo9845 7 років тому +133

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

    • @jonahs92
      @jonahs92 4 роки тому +12

      @@unclebozo9845 I think you mean he lol

    • @unclebozo9845
      @unclebozo9845 4 роки тому +100

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

    • @jonahs92
      @jonahs92 4 роки тому +15

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

    • @CobraPlaysGames
      @CobraPlaysGames 4 роки тому +18

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

  • @s0ulrider174
    @s0ulrider174 4 роки тому +280

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

    • @LucasBenderChannel
      @LucasBenderChannel 2 роки тому

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

    • @kookoo111222
      @kookoo111222 6 днів тому

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

  • @James_Bowie
    @James_Bowie 3 роки тому +341

    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 +14

      And Ed Sheeran will still win

    • @bradavon
      @bradavon 7 місяців тому

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

    • @monique8641
      @monique8641 6 місяців тому

      @@juanmorales2719 Unlikely.

  • @PrivateIdaho24-7-52
    @PrivateIdaho24-7-52 4 роки тому +588

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

    • @harryscott2955
      @harryscott2955 4 роки тому +70

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

    • @bd2073
      @bd2073 3 роки тому +5

      Because they're shitty djs with ghost producers

  • @nicholasonciul5770
    @nicholasonciul5770 3 роки тому +107

    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 +11

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

  • @PokojniToza1804
    @PokojniToza1804 3 роки тому +367

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

    • @zergmare7
      @zergmare7 3 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 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @robholloway6829
    @robholloway6829 3 роки тому +153

    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 2 роки тому +19

      They change songs so not same exactly tbh

    • @frqv
      @frqv 2 роки тому +18

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

  • @passionoflovers
    @passionoflovers 5 років тому +266

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

    • @googiegress7459
      @googiegress7459 2 роки тому +11

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

  • @sally1111100
    @sally1111100 Рік тому +34

    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 +4

      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

  • @brokeboys1388
    @brokeboys1388 2 роки тому +20

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

  • @neilsummers2610
    @neilsummers2610 3 роки тому +35

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

  • @davidhunt1350
    @davidhunt1350 Рік тому +16

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

  • @mlgpenguinboy9271
    @mlgpenguinboy9271 4 роки тому +67

    They finally got a laugh at the 40 years gag

  • @sarahjanelees6904
    @sarahjanelees6904 8 місяців тому +5

    Thank you for performing this tribute ❤

  • @Jermbot15
    @Jermbot15 3 роки тому +27

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

  • @djnato10
    @djnato10 2 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.

  • @letsrideraido8674
    @letsrideraido8674 2 роки тому +22

    3:09 is when the perfect melody starts ❤

  • @Underscorezeus
    @Underscorezeus 4 роки тому +25

    When he pulled out the kazoo I fucking lost it

  • @kenji2times126
    @kenji2times126 8 років тому +82

    that takes talent, folks

  • @Floatnx
    @Floatnx 5 років тому +24

    This video just gave me so much nostalgia i wanna cry

  • @DanBorries
    @DanBorries 4 місяці тому +1

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

  • @kullivideo6581
    @kullivideo6581 4 роки тому +61

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

  • @joshnp7841
    @joshnp7841 7 років тому +5

    crazy talent

  • @devilsoffspring5519
    @devilsoffspring5519 3 роки тому +58

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

  • @TheSuper4323
    @TheSuper4323 8 років тому +151

    The funniest thing is i love all those songs

    • @omardude39
      @omardude39 4 роки 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 2 роки тому +2

      That's why they do it.

    • @giulioberruti3861
      @giulioberruti3861 2 роки тому

      Pop(ular) music

  • @jademcclintock1780
    @jademcclintock1780 5 років тому +51

    Gonna go make a playlist with all these songs now 👏

  • @HILOVSKY100
    @HILOVSKY100 2 роки тому +2

    amazing and great performance with this guys

  • @philipg6708
    @philipg6708 4 роки тому +17

    - 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.

  • @WhatSayCrochet
    @WhatSayCrochet 17 днів тому

    I love when he brought out the kazoo. 😂

  • @highfunq2863
    @highfunq2863 7 років тому +7

    This is amazing.....

  • @AlexMyers69
    @AlexMyers69 6 років тому +245

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

    • @edab9088
      @edab9088 4 роки тому +2

      😂😂😂 easily the best

  • @stevethea5250
    @stevethea5250 2 роки тому

    the composition and compilation is perfect

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

    talent!

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 4 роки тому +2

    This song is so amazing

  • @angelicataylor7179
    @angelicataylor7179 Рік тому +25

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

    • @SAMATOZ2
      @SAMATOZ2 5 місяців тому

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

  • @nesspriestley249
    @nesspriestley249 4 роки тому +4

    Love you guys!

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

    That is brilliant

  • @guiguisuperG
    @guiguisuperG 3 роки тому +2

    Wow! Quelle belle découverte!!

  • @matthewmorgan7056
    @matthewmorgan7056 3 роки тому +1

    UNREAL!

  • @kenokrend4600
    @kenokrend4600 3 роки тому +5

    Never seen an audience rock so hard

  • @brianaschmidt910
    @brianaschmidt910 5 років тому +15

    I would love a playlist of all these songs

  • @AkSamurai69
    @AkSamurai69 2 роки тому +8

    I like this version, and chicken little really shines

  • @Nunyaaa12345
    @Nunyaaa12345 7 років тому +2

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

  • @lewimillionzYT
    @lewimillionzYT 3 роки тому +26

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

  • @rondyreeves4772
    @rondyreeves4772 Рік тому +4

    These guys really are talented, and are really funny!

  • @waxsantiago339
    @waxsantiago339 5 років тому +3

    These guys are good!

  • @jaygamerz6747
    @jaygamerz6747 5 років тому +4

    i loved this! XD

  • @aisukyubu6470
    @aisukyubu6470 3 роки тому +12

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

  • @Aikisbest
    @Aikisbest 3 роки тому +1

    Oh gods, the goosebumps! ;w;

  • @ApocalypticJoker
    @ApocalypticJoker 3 роки тому +37

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

    • @googiegress7459
      @googiegress7459 2 роки тому +2

      They also always stand in front of the drummer

  • @howinteresting8268
    @howinteresting8268 8 років тому +3

    Fave

  • @GeminiTwinning
    @GeminiTwinning 6 місяців тому +2

    Late to the party but its still poppin'

  • @wangchili
    @wangchili Рік тому

    This is great!

  • @DmitryBykov
    @DmitryBykov 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @TheSpineSplitter7
    @TheSpineSplitter7 4 роки тому +16

    I love that he's playing a BC Rich guitar for pop songs haha

  • @stefspin3057
    @stefspin3057 4 роки тому +2

    Pure brilliance!!🤣👏👏

  • @entrippyZ
    @entrippyZ 4 роки тому

    Yes.

  • @jamesbushy9031
    @jamesbushy9031 3 роки тому

    Love it

  • @eddiegrondin4034
    @eddiegrondin4034 4 роки тому

    Awesome

  • @zub7
    @zub7 8 років тому +6

    enjoyed this.

  • @b34m270
    @b34m270 2 роки тому +6

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

    • @theblackbaron4119
      @theblackbaron4119 2 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.

  • @JVFNAF
    @JVFNAF 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @gatheist6716
    @gatheist6716 4 роки тому +1

    Mind. Blown :o

  • @bassyamaha
    @bassyamaha Рік тому

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

  • @hanvonah
    @hanvonah 5 років тому +124

    I came from spill

  • @tinygod81
    @tinygod81 Рік тому

    That Hight Note.. Jesus!!!!!

  • @monsieuralfonse8070
    @monsieuralfonse8070 4 роки тому +42

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

  • @fabiobaraldi3580
    @fabiobaraldi3580 10 місяців тому

    Nice!!!! 🎉

  • @dobbo7690
    @dobbo7690 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @ridgmills5541
    @ridgmills5541 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing this is just amazing wow😮😧😯😱

  • @scrubmatic9030
    @scrubmatic9030 2 роки тому

    Best audience eva.

  • @marcushartmann2035
    @marcushartmann2035 2 роки тому

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

  • @sheyshey1306
    @sheyshey1306 11 місяців тому

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

  • @Hitori_FtoL
    @Hitori_FtoL Місяць тому

    That's crazy omg

  • @davidmyers3693
    @davidmyers3693 Рік тому +1

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

  • @zimsbert
    @zimsbert Рік тому

    awesome ;)

  • @dragonfilth13
    @dragonfilth13 3 роки тому +61

    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 3 роки тому +45

      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 +9

      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 +2

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

  • @sandonschultz7355
    @sandonschultz7355 3 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 2 роки тому +1

      @@chadjustice8560 shut up

    • @chadjustice8560
      @chadjustice8560 2 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

  • @_Error_404_Goodbye
    @_Error_404_Goodbye Рік тому +2

    “I’m a mother f&@kin bird plane!”

  • @francisco_cl
    @francisco_cl Рік тому

    ohhh Caaaanadaaa

  • @nc7547
    @nc7547 2 роки тому +6

    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

  • @joeyhcmc
    @joeyhcmc 5 років тому +11

    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 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @louisabell1454
    @louisabell1454 7 років тому +27

    They added more!

    • @The123karate
      @The123karate 7 років тому +4

      It's a little different every time they play it

    • @Lex-br4wx
      @Lex-br4wx 6 років тому

      Woooo. :/

    • @KiraFriede
      @KiraFriede 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @hakansoderholm6514
      @hakansoderholm6514 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @eazy-cheez-e8033
      @eazy-cheez-e8033 3 роки тому

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

  • @Clarkarias
    @Clarkarias 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @abbiesnooze8239
    @abbiesnooze8239 4 роки тому +7

    Here because Todd in the Shadows

  • @step5k666
    @step5k666 3 роки тому

    Cool

  • @Iluvlollipops
    @Iluvlollipops 4 роки тому +1

    I'm so proud of her

  • @thunguyenthihuong4395
    @thunguyenthihuong4395 5 років тому +8

    National anthem of Canada in love

  • @bartek9347
    @bartek9347 3 роки тому

    2020:)

  • @notfunny8804
    @notfunny8804 3 роки тому +4

    It's like a live Neil Cicierega song

  • @thebigdawg61
    @thebigdawg61 5 років тому +100

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

    • @LeClaw
      @LeClaw 4 роки тому +20

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

    • @patrickj994
      @patrickj994 4 роки тому +4

      That is....literally the point.

  • @cvz8849
    @cvz8849 7 місяців тому

    Awesome they studied the Ripley Method! Lol

  • @paul16451
    @paul16451 3 роки тому +6

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

  • @andres_disez
    @andres_disez 3 роки тому +1

    2:46

  • @yodizzll
    @yodizzll 2 роки тому

    ah yes, the famous horse, warthog, and meerkat rock band. fantastic.

  • @matteocoarezza3816
    @matteocoarezza3816 2 роки тому

    Playing a BC Rich lmao