20 Responses to “A Brief History of Pop Music in Four Chords”

1. BlogzZz EtcEtc Says:
   July 1st, 2011 at 11:40

   A Brief History of Pop Music in Four Chords: Benny Davis created it, I expanded it. http://www.JaeFord.com … http://bit.ly/kW2o3G LSMscBZhome

2. KidKriss Says:
   July 1st, 2011 at 12:32

   @STONEY3K The chord progression is I V iv IV

3. maxricardi Says:
   July 1st, 2011 at 12:35

   basket case and the sign. with the same chords o.O
   and twinkle twinkle little star. wow
   great video!

4. Stoney3K Says:
   July 1st, 2011 at 12:38

   @throngil Do some math and figure out what that progression does when you transpose it down 4 half-steps.

   Right, you end up at C-G-Am-F.

   If you’re really adventurous (or hate singing in C) play it as G-D-Em-C. Or get a capo and play it wherever you want.

5. babycakes87100 Says:
   July 1st, 2011 at 12:59

   Good job my old friend. This brings back memories!!

6. throngil Says:
   July 1st, 2011 at 13:24

   You’re using the wrong chords for at least half of them songs, and they’re the one i know. The four chord progression is E,B,C#m,A. Try it, it will sound much better

7. DannyLaam Says:
   July 1st, 2011 at 13:44

   ROFL xD “ABCDEFG “

8. jackaiku Says:
   July 1st, 2011 at 14:07

   the idea is good…
   but i feel you’re off tune in lots of it,
   in the singing

9. rebbyindo Says:
   July 1st, 2011 at 14:16

   nice, but the feedback is awful. just turn off the monitor on your recording program

10. mickayrex Says:
    July 1st, 2011 at 14:58

    love the inclusion of green day =D

11. lukegibbins Says:
    July 1st, 2011 at 15:15

    the version ben davis did was excellent. this difficult to listen to

12. alika207 Says:
    July 1st, 2011 at 16:04

    Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey should have been included! Come on!

13. bishbashboshely Says:
    July 1st, 2011 at 16:42

    All this demonstrates is that if you play any progression in C major (including just strumming C), you can just about crowbar in ANY major-key melody (which covers most Western Pop music). Points for bothering to do it, I suppose.

14. lordfly88 Says:
    July 1st, 2011 at 16:45

    Haha, nicely done. I like how you ended with God Save The Queen.

15. antisubae Says:
    July 1st, 2011 at 16:49

    Friggin’ Chilliwack out of nowhere! This was great, I get a huge kick out of these medley videos.

16. fordjae Says:
    July 1st, 2011 at 17:23

    A couple of them were a stretch, but I made them work.

17. theokkrieger Says:
    July 1st, 2011 at 18:08

    last kiss goes indubitably like this: G, Em, C, D

18. TheSoundFaction Says:
    July 1st, 2011 at 19:00

    That was really funny! A couple of them were a stretch, but funny none-the-less. =)

19. idalgleish87 Says:
    July 1st, 2011 at 19:06

    and every light house family song tooo that lol theres sooo many

20. idalgleish87 Says:
    July 1st, 2011 at 20:01

    and ‘
    take me on’