D A Bm G - 40 anos de música pop resumidos em 4 acordes

U2, Lady Gaga, Green Day, A-ha, Offspring, The Calling, Black Eyed Peas, Men at Work, Bon Jovi, Red Hot Chili Papers, Beyoncé, e até os Beatles. Apesar das diferenças, estes e muitos outros artistas da música tem mais em comum do que todo mundo pensa: todos emplacaram hits grudentos baseados na fórmula mágica de 4 acordes: D A Bm G (em diferentes tons, é claro).

Para provar isso, os caras do The Axis of Awesome na apresentação abaixo, especialistas em tratar com humor a música pop mundial, juntaram 45 canções escritas na mesma sequência harmônica.

Veja se você reconhece todas as canções e seus intérpretes:

O vídeo inclui as seguintes canções, nesta ordem:

1. Journey – "Don't Stop Believin'"
2. James Blunt – "You're Beautiful"
3. Black Eyed Peas – "Where Is the Love"
4. Alphaville – "Forever Young"
5. Jason Mraz – "I'm Yours"
6. Train – "Hey, Soul Sister"
7. The Calling – "Wherever You Will Go"
8. Elton John – "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" (do Rei Leão)
9. Akon – "Don't Matter"
10. John Denver – "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
11. Lady Gaga – "Paparazzi"
12. U2 – "With Or Without You"
13. The Last Goodnight – "Pictures of You"
14. Maroon Five – "She Will Be Loved"
15. The Beatles – "Let It Be"
16. Bob Marley – "No Woman No Cry"
17. Marcy Playground – "Sex and Candy"
18. Men At Work – "Down Under"
19. Jill Colucci – "The Funny Things You Do" (tema de America's Funniest Home Videos)
20. Jack Johnson – "Taylor"
21. Spice Girls – "2 Become 1"
22. a-ha – "Take On Me"
23. Green Day – "When I Come Around"
24. Eagle Eye Cherry – "Save Tonight"
25. Toto – "Africa"
26. Beyoncé – "If I Were a Boy"
27. Kelly Clarkson – "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
28. Jason Derulo – "In My Head"
29. The Smashing Pumpkins – "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
30. Joan Osborne – "One of Us"
31. Avril Lavigne – "Complicated"
32. The Offspring – "Self Esteem"
33. The Offspring – "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid"
34. Akon – "Beautiful"
35. Timbaland com OneRepublic – "Apologize"
36. Eminem com Rihanna – "Love the Way You Lie"
37. Bon Jovi – "It's My Life"
38. Lady Gaga – "Poker Face"
39. Aqua – "Barbie Girl"
40. Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Otherside"
41. The Gregory Brothers – "Double Rainbow Song"
42. MGMT – "Kids"
43. Andrea Bocelli – "Time to Say Goodbye"
44. Robert Burns – "Auld Lang Syne"
45. Five for Fighting – "Superman"
46. The Axis of Awesome – "Birdplane"
47. Missy Higgins – "Scar"

Outras faixas que já foram incluídas:

1. Alex Lloyd – "Amazing"
2. Richard Marx – "Right Here Waiting"
3. Adele – "Someone Like You"
4. Christina Perri – "Jar of Hearts"
5. Crowded House – "Fall At Your Feet"
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Under the Bridge"
7. Daryl Braithwaite – "The Horses"
8. Pink – "U + Ur Hand"
9. The Fray – "You Found Me"
10. 3OH!3 – "Don't Trust Me"
11. Tim Minchin – "Canvas Bags"
12. Blink-182 – "Dammit"
13. Kasey Chambers – "Not Pretty Enough"
14. Alicia Keys – "No One"
15. Amiel – "Lovesong"
16. Bush – "Glycerine"
17. Thirsty Merc – "20 Good Reasons"
18. Lighthouse Family – "High"
19. Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Soul to Squeeze"
20. Banjo Paterson – "Waltzing Matilda"
21. Bic Runga – "Sway"
22. Ben Lee – "Cigarettes Will Kill You"
23. Michael Jackson – "Man in the Mirror"
24. Mika – "Happy Ending"
25. The Cranberries – "Zombie"
26. Natalie Imbruglia – "Torn"