Watch Out, Your Mind Will be Blow so Hard your Head Explodes.

[/6 Matt]

Watch out, their is an F-Bomb at 5:21
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ"]The Axis of Awesome: 4 Chords Official Music Video - YouTube[/ame]

Three Guys make all these songs from just 4 chords.

Journey -- "Don't Stop Believing"
James Blunt -- "You're Beautiful"
Black Eyed Peas -- "Where Is the Love"
Alphaville -- "Forever Young"
Jason Mraz -- "I'm Yours"
Train -- "Hey Soul Sister"
The Calling -- "Wherever You Will Go"
Elton John -- "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" (from The Lion King)
Akon -- "Don't Matter"
John Denver -- "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Lady Gaga -- "Paparazzi"
U2 -- "With Or Without You"
The Last Goodnight -- "Pictures of You"
Maroon Five -- "She Will Be Loved"
The Beatles -- "Let It Be"
Bob Marley -- "No Woman No Cry"
Marcy Playground -- "Sex and Candy"
Men At Work -- "Land Down Under"
Theme from America's Funniest Home Videos
Jack Johnson -- "Taylor"
Spice Girls -- "Two Become One"
A Ha -- "Take On Me"
Green Day -- "When I Come Around"
Eagle Eye Cherry -- "Save Tonight"
Toto -- "Africa"
Beyonce -- "If I Were A Boy"
Kelly Clarkson -- "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
Jason DeRulo -- "In My Head"
The Smashing Pumpkins -- "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Joan Osborne -- "One Of Us"
Avril Lavigne -- "Complicated"
The Offspring -- "Self Esteem"
The Offspring -- "You're Gonna Go Far Kid"
Akon -- "Beautiful"
Timberland featuring OneRepublic -- "Apologize"
Eminem featuring Rihanna -- "Love the Way You Lie"
Bon Jovi -- "It's My Life"
Lady Gaga -- "Pokerface"
Aqua -- "Barbie Girl"
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- "Otherside"
The Gregory Brothers -- "Double Rainbow"
MGMT -- "Kids"
Andrea Bocelli -- "Time To Say Goodbye"
Robert Burns -- "Auld Lang Syne"
Five for fighting -- "Superman"
The Axis of Awesome -- "Birdplane"
Missy Higgins -- "Scar"

 

[RustyRatRod]

That just shows how unimaginative musicians are. Lets see um do that with Led Zeppelin.

 

[/6 Matt]

Or Pink Floyd

 

[smlveightis]

I liked it!

 

[YY1]

I'm actually kinda' surprised they needed the 4th.

...and the potential song list is MUCH longer.

 

[diymirage]

I'm actually kinda' surprised they needed the 4th.

no kidding, doesn't AC/DC only use 3 ?

 

[sr71mopar]

Can they play some Rush?

 

[72Dodge]

Well, if you transpose all the songs to one key and only include the chorus, that's really easy to only use 4 chords. Now leave them all in their original keys and include the entire songs, and there's a LOT more chords being used in those songs originally. Of course, as songs go, these are relatively simple songs. I totally agree with the Rush and Pink Floyd comments!

That said, this video was pure genius.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Somebody asked Hank Williams Sr once why he only used four chords. He said "ain't that all there is?"

 

[72Dodge]

Well, in memory of the great Lou Reed, this quote of his seems appropriate:

"One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." - Lou Reed