Oh yeah, this video comes round again. It shows nothing, and is completely misleading. It's a one sided sampling of similarities, hiding every difference there is. Nothing but bias and manipulation.

Everybody knows there are 12 notes in the western scale. What's the news?

Old is better, huh. Bullshit

Here's some old songs with the big daddy chord sequence, everybody knows: C-Am-F-G

- Stand by me
- Unchained melody
- Let's twist again
- Wonderful world
- I will always love you
- Every breath you take
- Runaround Sue
- All I have to do is dream
- It's in his kiss
- Duke of Earl

.. and countless others

These things are repeated because they are vehicles to sustain the recognition of genre. The same goes for the style these are played with.

When we learn to play, we all learn the same old songs, chords and licks. It's how tradition is sustained.

New writers, voices and players come around, and they want to play music and entertain audiences too, just like the old farts did.

80% of what audiences want is something they can recognize. It's how music works. The same goes for schools, politics, business ect.

In fact, new songs are different than the old ones. They tend to have more dynamics, more melodies, more hooks, more rhythm, contemporary lyrics, artists emphasize emotion a lot more, musicians are technically better, gear is better and there's a lot more innovative tools to work with, production has improved, a&r is more knowledgable.. the list is endless. But if you only focus on similarities, you don't get to hear any of this.

Listening for similarities is a habit of the untrained ear.

You wanna tell me that the songs of Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Vince Gill, Lady Antebellum, Sarah Evans, Zac Brown Band, Sugarland, Kacey Musgraves, Brooks & Dunn, Brandi Carlisle and many others, sucks? Suit yourself.

But, a video from an ignorant bedroom producer proves otherwise, really? I don't think so. It's just sad and misleading. Online bullshit of the typical kind.