Sydney-based comedians The Axis of Awesome set out to prove that most music is made up of the same four chords.
The beauty of this video lies not its assertion that songwriters are derivative – we know pop music is formulaic. The beauty lies rather, in the cavalcade of shit-tastic Australian musos and mind-numbingly forgettable songs used to illustrate this point.
Anything that combines Amiel’s “Lovesong”, Alex Lloyd’s “Amazing”, Thirsty Merc’s “Twenty Good Reasons” AND Ben Lee’s “Cigarettes Will Kill You” without making me want to spray my brains on the keyboard deserves a medal. It’s like the track-listing for the world’s shittest rom-com.
Via Buzz Feed
