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The Axis of Awesome 4 Chords

posted by arvana 10 months 3 weeks ago • 5578 views
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Oh man this has to go top 10!


written by Fade  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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This song sounds familiar.


written by Fletch  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Reminds me of:

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Pachelbel-Rant-Never-look-at-the-Canon-in-D-the-same


written by catsaway9  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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I've heard those chords somewhere before..


written by gwiz665  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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I - V - vi - IV


written by dystopianfuturetoday  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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OMG what band is this?! BEST SONG EVER!


written by sillma  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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A-Ha part sold me, awesome.


written by 12425  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Tags for this video have been changed from 'chords, songs, pop music, formula' to 'chords, songs, pop music, formula, canon in d' - edited by djsunkid


written by siftbot  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
I - V - vi - IV


Or:
T-D-Ts-S

Oldest trick in the book.


written by Ornthoron  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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perhaps *nsfw for a M-F.. towards the end?


written by 13735  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Invocations (nsfw) cannot be called by mxxcon because mxxcon is not privileged - sorry.


written by siftbot  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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JOURNEY JOURNEY JOURNEY


written by 13757  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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I was aware of these 4 awesome chords, but I didn't realize they were used that often. Still, it's pretty impressive just how different most of these songs sound, given they're all built on these 4 simple chords.


written by Xax  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Yeah, for real. I'm with Xax. That's nuts! It's like the Ubiquitous Break Beat.


written by Kraz  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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That Journey was such a tease. More Journey!


written by rychan  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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^amen to that.
seriously, couldn't they have gotten a better singer for this?
never mind, I just heard their impression of TAKE ON ME and i found the falsetto milk through the nose hilarious.
But the actual upbote came at the "I'm a mutherfuckin birdplane" line. classic !


written by qruel  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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pretty much the same thing, only not as good (from two years ago):
http://www.videosift.com/video/A-Brief-History-of-Pop-Music-in-Four-Chords


written by solecist  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Screw the nsfw, if youre to that part of the song at work and people are listening they would do well to be okay with it.


written by GDGD  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Downunder channel no?


written by acl123  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Tags for this video have been changed from 'chords, songs, pop music, formula, canon in d' to 'chords, songs, pop music, formula, canon in d, johann, pachelbel' - edited by rasch187


written by siftbot  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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I always wondered about this stuff.. is it really the same chords in each song? Has someone looked them up, checked them to be these chords are presented by these videos?

That'd be amazing. But what i sort of feel is that they're singing songs to a beat and the chords they match to the singing sound ok, but not necessarily to my ears like the song they are taken from.

I'm just wondering, not hating.


written by dannym3141  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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upvote for Tim Minchin - canvas bags

Birdplane was good too


written by residue  | 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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*promote because I missed this so others probably did too.

Great stuff. I love bits like this.


written by lucky760  | 10 months 1 week ago | CH
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Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Saturday, January 17th, 2009 9:20am PST - promote requested by lucky760.


written by siftbot  | 10 months 1 week ago | CH
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*downunder (you can tell by the pure number of Aussie bands included)

However I'm not that impressed by these videos (and there are a few of them)... I mean it's not like the melodies over the top are the same.

There are a host of basic building blocks of music, and this is one of them.

To me, that makes a big fat... 'So what'... do this with melodies and see how many songs you get together.

But upvote for the amusing singing and number of Aussie songs.


written by spoco2  | 10 months 1 week ago | CH
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Adding video to channels (Downunder) - requested by spoco2.


written by siftbot  | 10 months 1 week ago | CH
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Using the same chord patterns is over-condemned. Fully agree with "spoco2" about the "so what".

It's a bit of a stretch for an analogy, but I feel it's like complaining all the hamburgers today use bread, lettuce, and beef.


written by lertad  | 10 months 1 week ago | CH
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*nsfw


written by Zonbie  | 5 months ago | CH
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This video has been flagged as being Not Suitable For Work - declared nsfw by Zonbie.


written by siftbot  | 5 months ago | CH
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*promote


written by gwiz665  | 5 months ago | CH
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Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Monday, January 26th, 2009 2:52pm PST - promote requested by gwiz665.


written by siftbot  | 5 months ago | CH
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Funny Glycerine by Bush is in this mix: A local karaoke Jock our here has a melody in the same vein as this, using Glycerine as a base.


written by darkrowan  | 5 months ago | CH
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I'm another who doesn't "get" this. They lay down a repetitive track and sing over it in the more-or-less style of the original songs. Since they don't lay down the original music, it is up to me to imagine, from memory, how close it is to the original. Ever listen to one song while watching a different video? Our minds can sync things up amazingly well. This is BS. If they want to illustrate their actual point, do it better.

OTOH, it is cute I suppose. So is hello kitty.


written by pmkierst  | 5 months ago | CH
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I guess they're saying that a LOT of pop songs use the same 4-chord progression.


written by arvana  | 5 months ago | CH
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The Pachelbel Rant is much better IMO....this one is a bit tedious.

Now I want to try making a Pandora station that only plays songs with 1-5-6-4.


written by dirtythirtyix  | 5 months ago | CH
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