Axis of Awesome - 4 Four Chord Song (with song titles and Burned-in subtitles)

Live from the 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The original video: • Axis of Awesome - 4 Fo...

[@ayderla789]

would make a great playlist at a party, the songs would flow seamlessly it seems

[@paine_inflicta]

I have a friend who plays piano and guitar, and she took this and *massively* expanded it, and plays it at parties

[@George.Andrews.]

If you want your guests to leave.

[@johnwrath3612]

They’re in different keys

[@JonesNate]

@@johnwrath3612 So, find all the ones that are in the same key and put them together. Then find the ones that have key changes and use them as transition songs. (Livin' On A Prayer is a great example. It changes keys at the last chorus, so then you could put all the songs in the new key after it.)

[@JonesNate]

@@paine_inflicta I'd like the list, if you can.

[@jcolinmizia9161]

The blue man group always has three people. Three people is the smallest group possible that can have an “in” group and an “outsider.” I feel like these guys have a very similar dynamic.

[@lenochod6]

Thank you so much for the names of the songs and excellent timing...

[@jakublizon6375]

Damn, they're all good, but the keyboard guy has a killer voice.

[@potatoeater9499]

You mean chicken little

[@jakublizon6375]

@@potatoeater9499 Indeed, I do

[@denen404]

was gonna say that I was impressed by how many songs he sang while sounding amazing with all of them

[@AbsentMindedGamer]

They did a few different versions of this with different songs, but this one is my favourite. They get the timing spot on too.

[@shortbusgus4480]

Jack Black vibes from the middle guy

[@sillybilly686]

He is a lady now.

[@stineberg8795]

And Eddie Murphy on the left.

[@dcjway]

Or a young Meatloaf.

[@loganvandyk7090]

Jack Black is the greatest human being ever!

[@nicholashurst780]

Jordan is her name (she's come out as trans since 20 years ago)

[@natpat6394]

Sometimes when I am feeling down I’ll find this again. It always helps

[@slimforty]

Me too

[@Serverclosed]

Lyrics: (James Blunt - You're Beautiful) My life is brilliant My love is pure I saw an angel of that I'm sure (Alphaville - Forever Young) Forever young I wanna be forever young (Jason Mraz - I'm Yours) I won't hesitate no more no more it can not wait, I'm yours (Mika - Happy Ending) This is the way you left me I'm not pretending no love no hope no glory, no happy ending. (Alex Lloyd - Amazing) Cause you were amazing and we did amazing things (The Calling - Wherever You Will Go) If I could, then I would I'll go wherever you will go (Elton John - Can You Feel the Love Tonight) And can you feel the love tonight (Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved) And she will be loved yeah she will be loved (The last goodnight - Pictures of You) Pictures of you pictures of me hung upon your wall for the world to see (U2 - With or Without You) Cause I can't live with or without you (Crowded House - Fall at Your Feet) Whenever I fall at your feet You let your tears (Kasey Chambers - Not Pretty Enough) Am I not pretty enough Is my heart too bro(ken) (The Beatles - Let It Be) When I found myself in times of trouble mother Mary comes to me (Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under the Bridge) Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner (Daryl Braithwaite - The Horses) That's the way it's gonna be little darling We'll go riding on the horses yeah (Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry) No woman no cry (Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy) Yeah mama this surely is a dream (Men at Work - Land Down Under) I come from a land down under (Banjo Paterson - Waltzing Matilda) Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong (A-ha - Take On Me (Green Day - When I Come Around)) Take on me (When I come around) Take me on (Oh when I come around) I'll be gone In a day or two (Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight (Toto - Africa)) Save tonight (It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you) and fight the break of dawn Come tomorrow, (There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do) tomorrow I'll be gone (Beyonce - If I Were a Boy (The Offspring - Self Esteem)) If I were a boy (I know she's playing with me) I think I would understand (Well that's ok 'cause I've got no self-esteem) (The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far Kid (The Offspring - Self Esteem)) With a thousand lies (Oh yeah yeah yeah) And a good disguise Hit 'em right between the eyes (Oh yeah yeah) Hit 'em right between the eyes (Pink - U + Ur Hand) 'Cause I'm not here for your entertainment you don't really wanna mess with me tonight (Lady Gaga - Poker Face) Can't read my Can't read my No he can't read my poker face (Aqua - Barbie Girl) Come on Barbie let's go party (The Fray - You Found Me) Lost and insecure You found me, you found me (3OH!3 - Don't Trust Me) She wants to touch me woohoo She wants to love me woohoo She'll never leave me woohoo (MGMT - Kids) Enjoy yourself Take only what you need from here (Tim Minchin - Canvas Bags) Take your canvas bags Take your canvas bags Take your canvas bags To the supermarket Take your canvas bags (Natalie Imbruglia - Torn) Nothing's right, I'm torn I'm all out of faith This is how I feel, I'm cold and I am shamed Lying naked on the floor Illusion never changed Into something real I'm Wide awake and I can see (Five for Fighting - Superman) I'm more than a bird I'm more than a plane (Axis of Awesome - Birdplane) I'm a birdplane I'm a birdplane A motherfucking birdplane (Missy Higgins - Scar) Doesn't that sound familiar? Doesn't that hit too close to home? Doesn't that make you shiver; the way that things have gone? And doesn't that seem peculiar 'cause everyone wants a little more? It's something I do remember to never go this far That's all it takes to be a star. Credits to @Keno Fuhrken

[@postbunnie]

This was so much fun to sing along to and I wouldn't have been able to without this comment because I'm only used to hearing the other version.

[@bradleyg7498]

boring life eh?

[@jamesfletcher5906]

This is not the lyrics though, wtf is wrong with you

[@Wawawa60]

thanks for the credit, i guess all comments got deleted for some reason?

[@GeoffreyEatWorld]

Thank you for your service

[@matthewevans252]

I’ve seen this many times over many many years, and each time I can’t help watch the whole thing because it’s so gosh darn perfect.

[@gritsonamission]

When I listen to a song that causes me to get another one stuck on the tip of my tongue, I play this and feel so much better.

[@qono1458]

This is literally music today laid bare for all to see. No 70's tunes. These guys are genius. They need more recognition.

[@tiggerbooth6968]

Let It Be came out in 1970 :) The chord progression is common yes. But that doesn’t mean it’s bad. It’s well know from Pachabels Canon in D (but even then other classical composers used it). That’s just the nature of music and music theory. Songs generally follow a pattern including I-IV-V as that’s what sounds most pleasing in general (chord tension and resolution) The 12 bar blues famously uses a I-IV-I-V progression. It’s just common because it’s what works musically. That’s also why you can’t copy-write a chord progression. People enjoy the sound, and that’s the most important part of the music. I get your preference for older music! That’s fine! But I think you’ll find music from any era is actually pretty similar when you look at it! :)

[@nomorok15]

@@tiggerbooth6968there is no feeling better than someone having formulated your thought exactly already thanks

[@matthewh2929]

2 guys and gal keep up

[@jacob3917]

The time and talent it to blend this many songs cohesively is what is most impressive.

[@hapzagod]

you missed the entire point. it's just a 4 chord progression. it takes about 10 seconds to transpose these songs to the same key lmao.

[@DingDangDun]

It's actually incredibly easy.

[@mercurial1025]

not really

[@themechanic8643]

however the time its taken to upgrade this video to at least 1080p is unacceptable

[@jiovannimuniz6122]

It's very easy to do

[@mikeg3950]

Pretty epic performance. Very original I love it

[@theswagsire3754]

Thats just the thing the songs aint original Kinda ironic to be honest

[@DingDangDun]

Not original and people have been doing this for years with popular and "country" music. It baffles me that people throw money at popular musicians who are just regurgitating extremely basic songs with a catchy hook the gullible masses feel like they can relate to. My old band used to take clint eastwood by the gorillaz and mash it up with sad but true by metallica throwing the riffs back and forth between guitar and keys and the rhythm between drums and bass and syncopating it into a swirl of madness until all resolve into the bridge for superstition by stevie wonder which wed end up mashing with tennessee he's by the grateful dead. It's how musicians joke and play with eachother when you're bored at practice and then you realize the audience just Eats it up so we give em the hose.

[@price41899]

Discount Jack Black has some epic pipes and personal style.

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

Please She is what Jack Black wants to be when he grows up.

[@price41899]

@@julesmasseffectmusic Holy shit she's She! I was unaware, haven't kept up. ❤️

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

@@price41899 Yeah surprised me too, I was looking for their newer work and found an interview mentioning it.

[@Logren121]

This is so beautiful i wish i would go back in time to 2012 again

[@calebhunter7440]

All I remember about 2012 was that year had the best Pop Danthology. XD

[@austinhall3937]

@@calebhunter7440 I can barely remember 2012... if it wasn't for me high school would have just been called "school"

[@lowercase21]

Take me with you idc ill fit in the trunk if I have too. These days really suck ass.

[@ethansmith9065]

All the videos ive been watching lately have hurt my feelings with their post dates. 9yr, 10yr, 12yr. What id do to reverse the clock. Back to the rise of Key of Awesome and Epic Mealtime. Back before the bullshit descended on me. And now with the bullshit we're all going thru, the desire becomes desperation. Nobody ever tells you that the clock nor the calendar have brakes. Hold on to now kids. It only happens once.

[@zed.lmaooo]

"You can take those four chords, repeat them, and pump out every pop song ever, is that what you're saying?" "Well, yeah." "Fack off."

[@jasonpdsi]

I can't tell you how many times I have watched this video...and it NEVER gets old :D

[@k0ku365]

Probably the best version of their 4 chords song variants

[@samiampro]

So glad I stumbled upon this video. These guys are fantastic

[@Alessandro---]

EFFIN BRILLIANT!!!! This made my evening!

[@yosefpeter2583]

The old days mashup songs compilation😎

[@landyfischer6275]

I watch this at least annually

[@RobErt-vf8xm]

Damn! Never heard of this group and they were performing years ago now I think they're not together anymore. Man I missed out there

[@Death-gj2dn]

As a kid I would listen to every version of this song available on loop

[@mikecallan5165]

The kazoo gets me everytime

[@holdenboy02]

your song description & timing was excellent, well done, do some more.

[@anthonyhewetson5086]

Well, that was pretty cool. It reminded me of a video I saw a long time ago, forgotten the title, where a bass line from a huge song just bled into the next (I think my favorite was Sunshine of Your Love and Innagadadavida). Excellent job of getting the song title in at just the right moment - I'm pretty ancient so that helped me wrap my head around things:)

[@Jake9066]

The oldest one I can remember is Rob Paravonian - Pachelbel Rant... It's from the olden days of the internet (circa 2005)

[@francisrogers9824]

Maybe Pacabel's Canon. Written in 1699 and has been used in a lot of songs

[@chlochlo742]

i just got my bass out and youre right! sunshine and gadda da vida use pretty much the exact same notes and flow into each other nicely

[@charles2083]

Great performance, some pretty good songs right there.

[@andrewellisonlee]

The kazoo was perfect for MGMT.

[@unceldolan8020]

I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this video. But amazing. Every. Single. Time.

[@patrickjungmann204]

It's 2022 and I'm sitting in front of my PC, applauding! This is just awesome!

[@christopherwalsh4228]

That is one of the best music videos I've ever seen. Amazing performances. And being from Jacksonville,Florida myself i liked seeing Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi

[@matrixphijr]

"Take On Me When I Come Around" would legitimately be a great song.

[@nicholasweed3116]

I've never cried from something so beautiful.

[@LIGHTWARRIOR678]

The best melody is after "you are gonna far kid" with this too 💗💗💗

[@GaladorLP]

Its amazing how they just improvized that song

[@InuYasha19832002]

4 chord mixed playlists are great

[@dobbo7690]

So well done

[@azoutlaw7]

No wonder they're called Awesome! Brilliant!

[@scottdacombe9320]

Still gold after all this time!

[@AkSamurai69]

This is actually the best love song ever composed

[@AwayFromTheWorld]

Fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

[@hillbillydranyam7915]

I'd pay to see these Ole boys right now.. Great chemistry all round, I'm just now discovering them. Hoping to find more content 🤞👍

[@BipoIarbear]

They all died😔

[@paulwoodford6229]

They died next year

[@ruinfox4108]

oh cool i didnt know this version existed, there is another version that used youtubes old built in annotations but once that feature was removed you couldnt see the song names anymore

[@JDOTVegas]

GREAT work guys!

[@eliteteamkiller319]

It sounds so simple, and yet it’s so hard to write a hit.

[@JeremyJud]

"I'm Jordan, and I'm Lee and I'm - WE ARE THE AXIS OF AWESOME, and I'm Benny." Lmaooooo poor Benny

[@InstrumentofRuinInnit]

I remember my music teacher showing me this in intermediate school lmao. Classic

[@jznanskippy]

April 2022: still a great one to watch

[@ProbablyOscar]

this just got in my recommendation, i believe this will blow up, welcome 2022 ppl ❤️

[@mitchravenswyck705]

The lead vocalist gives amazing Meatloaf energy!

[@ewileycoy]

Canon in D is the basis of every pop song, still

[@jingomcbright3687]

I come across this every couple of months. It always makes me cry. Maybe I've become 4 chord song emotionally attached. I'm such a loser.

[@BipoIarbear]

This is so brilliant

[@techsk8er1O5]

genius just genius

[@fluphybunny930]

This is the greatest comedy group that has ever been. Yeah Sammy J and Randy, I went there.

[@CartoonKidOLLY]

THAT WAS AMAZING

[@deanb4799]

Magnificent!

[@mungomidge1090]

Amazing!

[@johnkoko5794]

Mind blowing.

[@Bigk-ft8nq]

Ahhh forgot how great this is

[@delvindoodles2182]

This is so amazing b it at the same time brings some sort of looming dread. Lol

[@lexagriffin3220]

This is great.

[@glennknauer2696]

Awesome!

[@xgoldendeagle6064]

Im more than a Bird Im more than a Plane IM A BIRDPLANEEEEEE🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@camerongauci5507]

Brilliant!

[@choicesman2000]

Yes the music compnaies con us for years

[@laynearaya3404]

Awesome🤗🤗🙂

[@Koko-pm4qq]

I remember this being shown in school ages ago

[@oricalu448]

"The lead singer of Axis of Awesome is trans" is not the information I expected to learn today, but I sure did. Good for her.

[@mike8984ify]

Can't figure out if "The Minchin" is a typo or just the proper way to refer to him

[@EtherGaming604]

"We've never had a hit" They have a hit now lol

[@luc2629]

In one word: WoW Also me, like wait 40 years?? How old where those guys??

[@avimit.g]

It's 14 not 40 I think

[@luc2629]

@@avimit.g that makes more sense 😅

[@minari8076]

it’s 40, it’s part of their joke

[@GamerTech8752]

Names as lyrics amazing

[@loeffelm]

Epictly brilliant

[@BaboYoda]

R.I.P. to times 140p was enough...

[@HunTotoo]

Ez tök jó :P :D

[@JayFoxFire]

Wow, I really want to hear the full version of can you feel the love tonight, Haha, they're good!

[@michaelpollard5010]

Still here 2022!!!

[@winnergirls2]

I missed this Video:))

[@PrinceKaeru]

Legend

[@c.g.9331]

Brilliant

[@holdenboy02]

the same video as all the rest but you did your research. Well done, best version on the net.

[@karensnowden962]

How SO VERY CLEVER

[@saberekakhuangkaih1728]

This is always my song of songs when I am loww

[@MegaDani00]

Why do i only see this now? 9 yrs later…gosh youtube do you even know me?!

[@steve44xds]

How can anyone dislike this group?

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

rIght proper ones.

[@George.Andrews.]

The four chord curse of the last 20 years

[@Qardo]

Just 20 years? Really it has been happening for the last 60+ years. All the popular songs all have something similar. And generally, it is an accident but in recent years. It is a curse as corporations have a finger in music and it is all copy and paste.

[@Fahad_ibrahim]

Damn take on me🥺🔥

[@sheilaluse4145]

Entertaining

[@huskiehuskerson5300]

Love when they expose pop

[@joeivo911]

Holy cow

[@cmscalvert]

These guys are the shit. BENNY kills it!

[@deathwrow9652]

I appreciate that Canvas Bags is "The Minchin" instead of just Tim

[@donnybrfc1]

Only Aussie could be this brilliant

[@jackaddie7866]

this is REAL entertainment

[@DantesLastShowDown]

I dont remember that well but im pretty sure this cord is pachabelles cannon my music teacher did a very similar bit back in the day

[@seeps9353]

The Minchin! Lmao

[@T-rev33]

Honestly I could recognize the 4th cord before he even played it and I have no musical training. This is super accurate haha

[@josemanan5727]

Making a playlist

[@StabbyMcStabwood]

I wonder how many artists tried to copywrite strike this video