Axis of Awesome - 4 Chord Song

My brother in law showed me this video while we were in Santa Barbara over the weekend. An Aussie comedy troupe - "Axis of Awesome" - bring to light an issue that has plagued pop songwriting over the last couple decades. Excessive use of a particular sequence of 4 chords!! Watch the above video and you'll see how one popular song after another features the same exact chord progression.

For the record, they are playing in E Major, and the progression is | I | V | vi | IV | (E, B, C#m, A). Hmmm... that reminds of a certain song I worked on with my students a couple months ago.

Either these songwriters are geniuses, or we are buffoons for digging their lack of invention, over and over again. I'm undecided. I like a lot of the songs they poke fun at in the video. Enjoy.

Jesse

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