This video of Australian comedy group Axis of Awesome has been making the rounds on the internet lately, so I’m probably late to the party, but if you haven’t seen it, watch this hilarious and well-done (annotated!) medley showing how a huge chunk of major pop hits use the same four chords again and again…
It reminds me a lot of this other comedian’s rant about how many pop hits borrow heavily from Pachelbel’s Canon in D:
So, why do we pay pop singers so much money to sing the same damn song over and over again? 