The Axis of Awesome: How to Write a Love Song
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- Опубліковано 28 лют 2011
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The Axis of Awesome, Australia's Most Awesomest Musical Comedy Group, take you through how to write a love song.
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Almost 10 years later and “Meaningless Whisspeeerrr” still gets me 😂 😂
The meaningless whisper has been around since the early nineties bud, with Boys to Men. Probably even before that.
Hope I’m not the only one still listening to these guys in 2020
I am too brother, they may have broken up but they’re still amazing!
Just found out one of them is bald. I don't know if I like them anymore.
:)
You're not alone lol
@@lordtsweeble2898 .. Yeah, he's the elephant in the room, no one mentions that Lee is now bald.
This is actually a good song
I have to agree with that.
As someone who spent a lot of the 90s in doctor's offices playing easy-listening R&B, this is the funniest thing I have ever seen or heard.
The only thing they missed is rhyming "high" with "sky".
Hello from 9yrs in the future
And 'fire' with 'desire'.
How have I only just found this?!
"This is my backup and he sings quite breath fully... breath fully
He takes the words I say and sings them after me... after me."
Hahahaha that bit got me! Brilliant!
"I know it's lazy song writing, but I don't care, because I sleep on a big pile of money at night"
So true...
I haven't wrote anything for this, so I streeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech the woooooooooooooooords
"GIRL, you might think it's weird, GIRL, that there's 3 guys singing about just 1 GIRL, GIRL, but lemme tell you something, GIRL, it's not weird at all. In fact, GIRL, it's an industry standard, and it happens all the time."
Happens all the time...
Girl
This about sums up every damn Boys II Men song that was ever created! This just shows how much love songs reall suck! Good Job!
Steel-string guitar...
Chimes...
Synthetic percussion...
Baby girl, I wanna show you
how much I really love you
(How much I really love you)
Baby girl, that's what I call you
to show you that my love for you is true
Baby girl, my love is so great
that I wrote you this song
And to show you how much I really care
it sounds like every other one
The beat kicks in and then
I sing a bit more rhythmically
To make it sensual I sing it in a minor key
I move my hands like
I'm pushing someone in front of me
(Get out of my way)
Now that's the first verse and
now I'm gonna take it to the bridge
I say something 'bout how I dont wanna break up
then I turn around and rhyme it with make up
I tell you that we should be together
How long?
Forever
That's long
And ever
So long
Girl you're always in my heart
(In my heart)
and I never wanna be apart
(Never be apart)
Honey, you'll always be mine
(Baby, be mine)
Baby girl, it's chorus time
This is how you write a love song
Yeah, this is how you write a cliché love song
This is how you write a love song
Yeah, a shitty 90's R n' B love song
This is my backup and he sings quite breathily
(Breathily)
He takes the words I sing
and sings them after me
(Sings 'em after me)
He emphasizes words and sings emphatically
(I sing emphatically!)
Now listen to us singing acapella harmony
Now we're back at the bridge
I haven't written anything for this
So. I'm. gonna. Stretch. Out. The words.
Repeating everything i say
'Til I get
('Til I get)
'Til I get
('Til I get)
'Til I get
('Til I get)
Yeah, 'til I get back to the chorus
This is how you write a love song
Yeah, a shitty, shitty, shitty, shitty love song
And to show you I care I throw my hands in the air
And cut the music while I sing a long note!
Hey, girl,l I've been standing at the back
not doing much for this song.
But that's because my talents are quite limited.
But that don't mean that I love you any less.
In fact it means the opposite .
(I'm just showing off my voice)
It's just that it's so hard for me to find the words
to really express the way that I feel about you, girl.
Especially when I have to worry about
fitting those words to music,
and there's some kind of rhyme structure involved.
(Meaningless whisper)
I know it's lazy song writing but I don't care,
'cause I sleep on a big pile of money at night.
Girl, you might think it's weird, girl,
that there's three guys singing about just one girl, girl.
But let me tell you something, girl, it's not weird at all.
In fact, girl, it's an industry standard,
and it happens all the time.
(Happens all the time)
Well, girl, I better wrap this up about now,
'cause I'm about to get cut off by-
-Whoaaaaaaaaaaa
Baby, I wrote you a love song
It wasn't hard and it really didn't take long
A totally generic love song
Yeah, really this could be about anyone
But it's for you
Yeah, this is your love song, Non-Specific-Girl
To let you know we take it seriously
Then watch as we change the key
When you change the key in a love song
It means you're singing passionately
But we still haven't reached the end
Now were gonna go and change the key again
Look at me I'm singing a love song
Yeah anyone can sing a shitty love song
Our love is so unique
That I copied every other shitty love song
I think I just heard most boy band love songs from the mid 90s to now :)
Gotta listen to “title of the song”
We still have'nt reached the end ... no coz were gonna change the key again! totally brilliant.
Fricken awesome.
This song and "Title of the Song" by DaVinci's Notebook pretty-much lay-out the format/ template for such mass-produced boy-band songs.
Add to that Bo Burnham's Repeat Stuff
meaningless whisper.... :) laughed out loud at that bit :)
The greatest part was when they started changing keys and they treated it seriously.
Meaningless whisper... I cracked up at that part!
I've seen these guys twice at Sydney University, they are great live performers XD
Love it! These guys really are awesome
This is such an underrated song for how true it is... Good stuff my dudes... Shout out from USA to Australia
NEEDS more axis of awesome music videos!!
This is still a hilarious but catchy example of the genre
Absolutely brilliant!!
It's embarrassing how accurate this is.
Love you axis of awesome. Love you.
Love when funny or die does funny videos, which isn't often
That last "Girl." is what really gets me laughing XD
"I'm just showing off my voice" :P Lovely!
If you somehow haven't seen it, their "Four Chord Song" is required viewing.
best funnyordie video for ages
Well done guys !!!
i think this is so much better than any other love song.
so true, but I still love these kind of songs. guilty pleasure
A few friends of mine did a version of this, and made it somehow even more amusing.
Could u make a vid of that pleases
the first thing i noticed... PURE awesomeness!
♥'s that song just heard it on sunrise,
you guys are awesomely talented. :)
so clever - Thanks for posting this - !!!!
THIS IS AWESEOME!
Absolutely love these people :)
Haha the key changes are awesome!:)
this could actually be a radio hit
This song is so relevant, Bo Burnham made his own version (though more contemporary than just 90s) about 4-5 years later, if my mental timeline is correct (which, as you know, would be pretty miraculous...)
the 'gurl' at the end is just too much!!!! LOLLLLLLL
Awesome. Lee's resemblance to the tall Backstreet Boy adds to the awesomeness. :)
loved this
First one in a long time I liked. It's true, most love songs are like this.
Awesome!!!!! SO very very very true!
just listened to them "perform" this on the nerdist and now I'm a big fan
Pure genius!
Standing ovation!!
Class of 10!
Really this could be about anyone BUT ITS FOR YOU!
well done, good video
I DEMAND MORE AXIS OF AWESOME
"I'm just showing off my voice!"
"change the key again..." - amazing :-D love it
AWESOME!
i luv u guys
these guys are awesome! i really like there 4 chord song and if you don't know what i'm talking about youtube it
I can always relie on Axis of Awesome to make me laugh :D
They Are All So Cool!!!! :D:D XX
genious!
Great!!!
amazing!
THIS IS FREAKIN HILARIOUS
Admirable instructional video. Thanks ...
(can you enable embedding please?)
SPOT ON!
'Girl, you don't think it's weird, girl, that there is three guys singing about just one girl, girl? Let me tell you something, girl. It's not weird at all...'
Best love song ever! I want it to be sung to me!! :)
This should have more views! Haha so funny.
@JATproductions42 If you listen to the first chorus they say "90s rnb love song" back then phrases like baby girl were more common in these kind of songs. Shawty was more of a rap term til late 90s/200s.
Jordan has a Legend of Zelda tattoo.
Just when i thought Axis of Awesome couldn't get more awesome
the best ...the very best
Still love it -3
Just tried youtube's subtitles, they are just hilarious on this particular track XD
BENNY IS HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is some funny and accurate shit! LOLLOLOLOLOL
"now I'm gonna take it ti the bridge"
im goin to try to write my love song using this structure
Im learning this. RIGHT NOW.
@MordieSG A lot of old Backstreet Boys, NSync, All 4 One, Boyz II Men, Az Yet, and even a lot of solo singers goin back decades.
nothing without Axis of awesome
This is so freaking funny!
BEST. SONG. EVER.
Brilliant. If you like this then you'd like Pop Song by Jon Lajoie. Also on youtube. Same sort of thing but about pop songs in general. I'm surprised it's not in the suggested videos next to this one. I found this one after I showed the Jon Lajoie one to a friend and they in turn suggested this one.
lmao! this is so good!! :')
one of FoD's finest
top class
i love the end. "heeheehehehehehee GIRL."
@DNAmaze Australia has several musical comedy groups - my favorite Tripod (search tripod gonna make you happy) to stay on the love song theme.
this is actually really good
Videos of the bands parodied I've noted in this Video: Boys 2 men, NKOTB, Take That, N'Sync. Anything else? :)
pure genius
Happeneds all of timeee
Theses guys went to my high-school. seeing them on funny or die is just fucking awesome...
Best love song ever! xD
So epic and true! :D
Quality!
BRILLIANT!!! I cant stop laughing!
I would actually fall for this ;p
You're sooo funny! xD
FNLOL! I'm in the back not doing much.
I'm fukin rollin!