Gotta say melon, I agree that Joey Bada$$’s 2012 mixtape 1999 was crazy

@Mr_Clean1

6 ай бұрын

Kinda random, but why does everyone call him Melon?

@fliptheflunk

6 ай бұрын

@@Mr_Clean1electronic music producer Zomby called him that on Twitter when fantano gave him like a 5 for his album “with love”

@IgneousDialect

6 ай бұрын

@Mr_Clean1 I’m pretty sure the call him that for his bald head, similar to your profile picture lmao

@NeutralMjolkHotel

6 ай бұрын

⁠@@Mr_Clean1He gave a mid+ review to British electronic artist “Zomby”, who was known at the time for lots of petty twitter drama. Zomby tweeted at him calling him a “fuckin melon”. /mu/ ran with the name as a meme for a while before it became Fantano lore

@ervin7178

6 ай бұрын

@@Mr_Clean1cause he ripe and juicy

The charts were pretty inaccurate around 1994-1998. Billboard didn’t allow certain songs to chart if they didn’t have a physical single released until 1999. So songs like Don’t speak, Men in black, torn, iris, mr jones, ill be there for you, how bizarre, one headlight, and lovefool didn’t chart despite how insanely popular they were. For those years i would highly recommend looking at the year end radio charts as well. They paint a more accurate picture of what was popular. Edit - forgot that this started to become a problem in 1994 actually, not 1995. Mr jones by counting crows didn’t chart either.

@fantano

6 ай бұрын

thanks for the heads-up!

@chiarosuburekeni9325

6 ай бұрын

Wow, can’t believe the songs you mentioned didn’t officially chart. Just about every one is a quintessential 90s banger. 😮

@alistairjr8341

6 ай бұрын

Don’t forget ‘Don’t Speak’ by No Doubt. Probably the most popular song that never even charted in the Hot100

@lw3764

6 ай бұрын

Looks like someone listens to Chris Molanphy's Hit Parade podcast maybe?

@iSocket_

6 ай бұрын

@@alistairjr8341 literally the first example they gave of a non-charting song

So nice of you to embody the 90s by wearing your Arthur cosplay

@BrofUJu

6 ай бұрын

"A.A.R.D.VARK." is 🔥

I'm SO glad this is back, thank you Mr. Fantano 💙💙

@dingytot

6 ай бұрын

Agreed

@AugustRx

6 ай бұрын

im not😃

@Thesportsmusicgod

6 ай бұрын

Same

@Arawn505

Ай бұрын

Waiting for the 1997 video!

Fantano out here looking like he's having a wonderful kind of day

@MicahEdmonds

6 ай бұрын

Man's learning to work and play AND get along with others.

@deftones8717

6 ай бұрын

Hahah such a good comment

@matthewjones879

6 ай бұрын

Hey, that’s a place to start

@AfferbeckBeats

6 ай бұрын

He's definitely listening to the rhythm of the street

I was prepared for you to rank Kiss Me low but S tier is so justified. You never think it’s a great song until you hear it again

@chiarosuburekeni9325

6 ай бұрын

That is one of the few 1999 smash hits to truly stand the test of time. I still hear that track from time to time 25 years later

@jasonfitzpatrick2197

6 ай бұрын

Intellectually I know it's well made, but it's so twee it sets my teeth on edge.

@juliusseizure591

6 ай бұрын

@@jasonfitzpatrick2197 embrace the twee, my friend

@jcr2016

6 ай бұрын

I despise that song as it played frequently at my first job. So now every time I hear the chorus I think of the shitty people I worked for and the verbal abuse I suffered as a 15 year old. But maybe in a different life I would appreciate its twang.

@jcr2016

6 ай бұрын

I despise that song as it played frequently at my first job. So now every time I hear the chorus I think of the shitty people I worked for and the verbal abuse I suffered as a 15 year old. But maybe in a different life I would appreciate its twee

That Sixpence None the Richer track is one of my favorite pop songs from back then, after seeing you rip most of the previous songs to shreds I was kind of holding my breath... but my boy came through, based take on "kiss me".

@georgehernandez2156

6 ай бұрын

Amazing song, just hearing the guitar in the beginning is incredible

@northwestnightmaresenterta9917

6 ай бұрын

It's one of those songs that defines the 90s for me. Didn't know it was from that late into the 90s.

@Setashi

6 ай бұрын

Kiss Me kind of gives me the same feeling inside that No Rain by Blind Melon does.

@Bradleybrookwood

6 ай бұрын

Honestly I wouldn't really consider this guy much of a music nerd since he's praised some songs that vocally and musically are absolute shit and then rips other songs to shreds.

@das0ul177

6 ай бұрын

That song is just memories bro 07 5 years old listening to my dad and u clues playing guitar and singing this

Christina was really edging with the innuendos on Genie In A Bottle!

@TattyBojangles81

6 ай бұрын

Gooning in a bottle

@ubermikesocal

6 ай бұрын

She was also scissoring, and also possibly docking.

@duane_313

6 ай бұрын

Charlie Puth did an interview that got xtina fans mad cause he said “genie in the bottle” sucked and he praised Britney’s early hits and broke down all the complex music theory parts of “oops I did it again”. 😆 Us die hard pop music heads know that yes Christina may be the “better” singer, but the whole Britney package: songs, videos, looks,life story, etc are superior. Good to see melon rate these songs what they’re due 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@naosoumarcelo

5 ай бұрын

@@duane_313 Speak for yourself, after Stripped, Christina became a much more interesting artist than Britney Spears could ever dream of. Like Janet once said: it's all about control and Xtina has lots of it (unlike Britney).

@24kgoldplatedvermeil

4 ай бұрын

⁠@@duane_313 this statement really just boils down to bias and stan wars. Its not honest.

I feel incredibly seen that Anthony not only likes A Thousand Miles unironically, but also Baby One More Time

Loved this one. We need more 90s redux.

Livin La Vida Loca is one of the best pop songs of the 90’s. I can’t wait to see where he puts it!

@mrlevinielsen

6 ай бұрын

Si

@io3606

4 ай бұрын

as a latinoamerican, i could say under the pits of hell

Ricky Martin sounded really gentrified, but that’s also where a lot of top-flite Latin pop was at the time. Livin La Vida Loca was just as big in Latin America as it was in the US, etc. That being said, there were also a lot of LatAm megahits that did lean kinda into traditionalism and identity, used traditional instruments and sounds/motifs (often in gimmicky and “inauthentic” ways) etc. Guys like Carlos Vives, etc were omnipresent from like 96-05.

@TheMFYeti

6 ай бұрын

About the same spot on the timeline, Enrique Iglesias might be another face for that wave of LatAm pop music. Lots of songs incorporating more “Latin” sounds, actual Spanish lyrics, be it lines or whole Spanish versions of songs, and leaning into his accent rather than a sanitized singing voice. At the same token, you could argue he’s borderline an industry plant, given how his father, Julio Iglesias, is literally the most successful Spanish singer in the world. Also, impossible to forget that Marc Antony was fucking crushing it too.

@cartilagehead6326

6 ай бұрын

@@TheMFYeti Marc Antony is a really good example of somebody who took his fandom of older, more explicitly “Latin” styles of music (Fania All-Stars, etc) and really made that central to his sound.

@cartilagehead6326

6 ай бұрын

Also now I’m remembering how they tried to make Enrique’s “Hero” into a 9/11 song

Cher's Believe is a perfect song. You just gotta Believe harder!

Britney Spears is the Female version of Kurt Cobain in terms of how people react to their music. People reacted to her as the cultural movement in terms of bringing a new trend of music. Which she was instantly forced to be the biggest name in music Because of it. Baby One More Time is the Smells Like Teen Spirit of 90s White Girl Pop.

@chiarosuburekeni9325

6 ай бұрын

Baby one more time was such a big song and such a change in the culture of like pop music that I can literally remember where I was in November 1998, when the video premiered. All of us were sitting there absolutely transfixed and quiet during the whole video like wtf if this. And with the exception of the girls there we were all into metal and shit. Didn’t matter though because we knew whatever we were watching at that moment was about to be huuuge

The dance remix for Nobody’s Supposed To Be Here is also a house classic and a banger.

@24kgoldplatedvermeil

4 ай бұрын

Tbh the dance remix is the only reason it made this list. Melon shouldve reviewed it over the standard

Every single one of these songs was locked away in that "radio in the background at the doctor's office" part of my brain. Growing up in the 90s/2000s was such a vibe lol

@ryangaskin4938

5 ай бұрын

Many of these are in the “mom driving me to/from school” part of my brain haha

@bobabubbletea393

Ай бұрын

Love the nostalgia!

It's always great, when people who'd been around back then talk about music. Thanks for putting out this video, Pitbull!

Genie in a bottle isn't just a horny song, it's about the singer navigating the minefield of their budding sexuality as an inexperienced young woman who doesn't want to be used and who needs to go at their own pace. It's heavy on the innuendo because it's trying to thread the needle of talking about sex from a teenage girl's perspective without being too explicit. Imo it's a solid B tier at least.

@smokeyrobinson3199

5 ай бұрын

I love that Christina song I can’t lie… super catchy always enjoyed the production my self could be nostalgic but idk have always thought it was a well done big hit.

@christinafazeera740

5 ай бұрын

PREACH GIRRRLLLL PREACHHH

@TaylorTaylor1989

5 ай бұрын

What he said about "Genie in a bottle" 100% could be applied to "Baby one more time". I can’t understand why in one of the songs this bothers him, but in the other it doesn’t. This is dishonest and unfair. Anyway, GIAB still a bop!!

I want an hour long fantano sugar ray breakdown

@bobabubbletea393

Ай бұрын

I bet Cal Chuchesta would be willing to do that.

When we were 10 my friend asked his mom to go to a Britney Spears concert. So we went and saw Aaron Carter , Shakira, and Britney Spears at the Gorge.

One of my favorite years for pop music

I lowkey love Every Morning even though the lyrics are very douchey

@DogmenHardcastle

6 ай бұрын

I don't know if I could possibly hate a song more

@Thesportsmusicgod

6 ай бұрын

Same

Even though 'Livin la Vida Loca's latinnes may be a little faux and gentrified, it never stopped me from loving that song. It's so energetic and fun, absolute S tier for me

That Deborah Cox song was pretty great and kind of forgotten about when it comes to 1999 bangers. I remember there were a few remixes of it and they were pretty good too, at least the dance remix

@lw3764

6 ай бұрын

Same, listening to that song again, for the first time in probably 24 years, it's just so good. Fantastic. She should have been a bigger star.

@stephaniec311

6 ай бұрын

I loved this song ❤

I haven’t watched it yet, but if Every Morning by Sugar Ray gets dragged through the mud by Melon and put in the E category, I’m going to end it all.

@Thesportsmusicgod

6 ай бұрын

Well it happened sadly

@rubywest5166

6 ай бұрын

F’s in chat lads

@homogenicmp3

6 ай бұрын

Rip.

Elated about the praise for "kiss me." Always thought it was a gem of the 90s.

Not putting Cher in A or S is crazy and the Christina song is way low for being such a bop.

@kukusenka

6 ай бұрын

he's a hater

@christinafazeera740

5 ай бұрын

owh I would rate Believe in an S tier based on the first 10 second alone

Baby One More Time and Kiss Me both deserve their spot. Great songs, both of them.

@eyecontrol4900

6 ай бұрын

unpopular opinion. Genie in a bottle is the better song and should be at least B or even A tier. Better vocals and smoother hook.

@tacticaljunk1608

6 ай бұрын

kiss me baby one more time

@hunterwilliams8923

6 ай бұрын

@@eyecontrol4900well you were right, that’s definitely an unpopular opinion

@deanbarrett5953

6 ай бұрын

@@eyecontrol4900It’s fine to be completely wrong about things sometimes 😉

@eyecontrol4900

6 ай бұрын

@@deanbarrett5953 thats why i said its an unpopular opinion.

I had the weirdest fever dream last night. Anthony was dressed as a skeleton singing Karaoke to Hotline Bling, Country Roads and finished with a surprisingly emotional cover of My Way. I need to go the doctors to get my head checked.

Arthur fit goes hard

Every Morning is classic idc.

1999 was crazy for film too. Some of the greatest movies came out that year

Shrek 2's version of Livin' La Vida Loca clears Ricky Martin

Charli XCX was right when she said she just wanted to go back to 1999

The women were killing it in ‘99, only one band with a male lead singer and one male solo artist. It was the year of Queens!

Fantano: I’m going to judge Britney by 90s standards Also Fantano, in the same video: Believe is dated

@evajaneryan3746

5 ай бұрын

He's a hypocrite

@AD-sh4rw

5 ай бұрын

Hes a contrarian. To scared to have a real opinion

I looooooove Every Morning. I heard every day 1998-99 on MTV. I love someday too!

@Thesportsmusicgod

6 ай бұрын

Same

Calling Vida Loca bland is an insane take

@noahleach7690

5 ай бұрын

just listen to it, the only thin out of the realm is his accent and it sounds fake

We need a Britney Tier List!! I need to know your thoughts about Britney on a Moby track, a Danja track and, of course, a Max Martin track (did he peaked with Britney or afterwards?)

@JiafeiProducts6969

13 күн бұрын

I want to know his opinion on blackout

How do you not know "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" she really does kill that vocal.

YES so happy for this series to be back :)))

Very pleased with everything said about "Kiss Me". Such a great song.

@shocksystem8675

6 ай бұрын

Same

@prettyshinyspaghetti8332

6 ай бұрын

It's so beautiful. Like he said, EVERYTHING about that song is perfect

@josh44026

6 ай бұрын

Yes

You should’ve made a “Genie in a Bottle rubs me the wrong way” joke

glad this series is back, also it would be cool to see a RYM albums version of this series.

I think re:Genie in a bottle, diva-pop at the time was honing on this really youthful image, and also pushing the sex appeal harder, and that contributed to a weird kind of infantilizing grodiness to the sexuality that aged like fkn milk.

The story behind livin lavida loca is so interesting, they were interested in trying to essentially make ‘stadium’ Latin music since huge pop singles in that style hadn’t been made in Latin genres at the time, it had nothing to do with appealing to the US

@24kgoldplatedvermeil

4 ай бұрын

Id believe it had to do with appealing to the us a little. The sound of loca wasnt going to appeal to latin audiences. His popularity in those markets hinged on other more authentic songs in his catalog

@angelsunemtoledocabllero5801

Ай бұрын

​@@24kgoldplatedvermeilNot sure about that I remember a lot of latin pop at the time sounding a lot like living la vida loca

@24kgoldplatedvermeil

Ай бұрын

@@angelsunemtoledocabllero5801 i always felt that was because they were trying to crossover because of the latin craze. But idk

You need to do a tier list for the 1980’s decade cuz I’m curious what was popular while I was a kid.

I also didn't remember the Deborah Cox song, and it's so invigorating! Wow what a find.

@chiarosuburekeni9325

6 ай бұрын

It’s pretty great. The dance remix of that song kinda is the one that lasted the test of time. It became like a really big club song well into the 2000s

@josh44026

6 ай бұрын

It’s like gospel pop

The notion of putting on Cher's Believe to casually vibe to 😭

Seeing one of my frist every favorite songs "Kiss Me" make the top of the list makes my inner child so happy.

I'm surprised Backstreet Boys' I Want It That Way didn't make it to the top 10, from what I've seen that song was huge during that year, I just saw and it ranked at number 15.

@Texaslawhorn

6 ай бұрын

I'm surprised, too. I was 16 in the summer of 1999, and both the song and the music video were huge!

in "no scrubs" they rhymed "me" with "me" and no one ever noticed

Sugar Ray's every morning definitely gives off a strong meloncolly vibe that makes one reflects on somber and better times. Very nostalgic for me.

@danieldemoro2743

4 ай бұрын

Agreed. The song still slaps

Genie in a Bottle in D tier!? Un-fucking-acceptable

Genie in a Bottle was catchier back then and even holds up better than Baby One More Time in my unpopular opinion. As someone who liked neither growing up the latter always had a depressing sound to it that irked me for being a pop song.

@wildheart2978

6 ай бұрын

I think Genie in a Bottle aged better than Baby One More Time as well. In fact, Christina's debut aged better in general. It's not as bubblegum pop. Her vocals and the mix of r&b saved it.

@RacingWorldTV202

6 ай бұрын

​@@wildheart2978Even though the innuendos kinda hit you over the head, I think the vibe of the music fits what's going on. Especially the chorus, which kinda takes you for a ride on the wave of emotions going on. It's tastefully of its time while still sounding fresh to this day

@raymondacosta4150

5 ай бұрын

Not to mention Baby One More Time’s horrendous lyrics. The video and beat is what made the song what it became, iconic. But Genie in A Bottle is the better song of the two.

@SquierMarr

4 ай бұрын

This is a crazy take from all of you. Baby One More Time is an amazing song in many ways. Maybe not lyrically but musically it's great and is the one that holds up and is remembered. It holds up so well people do covers of it in different genres and it still slaps because it's fundamentally good songwriting. Genie in a Bottle is fun but sounds very much of it's time, without any sort of classic songwriting fundementals to allow it to stand up as a classic. And the innuendos are so so cringe as Anthony says. They're so obvious it would be less weird if she just said what she meant lol. Not that I hate the song but saying Baby One More Time holds up less is crazy.

@Mrster

4 ай бұрын

@@SquierMarr Again it's probably an unpopular opinion but Cathy Dennis' Toxic or even Oops I did it again (?) are better tracks than this one. The innuendos of Genie don't stray too far from... Well, pretty much any pop track ever in terms of being too on the nose or whatever.

I’m glad this series is back! I was hoping for the 90s after the 2000s and 10s series

I was 16 when "Genie" hit its peak, and I loved it and the music video. I still do!

*burps aggressively*

Whenever I heard TLC's No Scrubs (on the radio - NOT my music by choice), I can only remember playing Baldur's Gate 1 during my workbreaks. Yay I'm nearly 40! :|

Kiss Me is such a banger. Cute as fuck and so nostalgic

Glad you kept going with this

Sixpence None the Richer got a handful of great wholesome songs that just warms your heart, i really like them

@HotStrange

6 ай бұрын

Yeah they’re great. There She Goes is a classic as well. Their rhythm section rules. The bass in Kiss Me is so good.

@Nakedprey

6 ай бұрын

They have a lot of dark, somber tunes as well.

@SirLemming

6 ай бұрын

Interestingly that's just the handful, and then the rest are largely about crippling depression and anxiety. Really unique band and it's a shame there wasn't really much of a place for them in the industry. But I'm glad they had their one big hit at least. And it wasn't some insipid commercial tune that they came to resent, it was actually a great song they could be proud of.

@lovelyy6491

6 ай бұрын

@@Nakedprey true, i particularly love "too far gone"

@lovelyy6491

6 ай бұрын

@@SirLemming even their darker songs are very reassuring to me, it's comforting

1999 but it's in the voice of that one low voice at the end of 1999 by Prince.

I soon as I saw Believe pop up at the end i started singing it and didnt catch what Melon said from there on tbh Wild take to put it in B

@Thesportsmusicgod

6 ай бұрын

Should be in the S tie

One bit that lives rent free in my head is a line from CollegeHumor's "If Google Was a Guy" series, "Sugar Ray ironically cool yet?"

i fucking love britney spears

Would love to also see a return of the "These albums are 10s" series!

i’m soooo excited for this 90s series 😍😍 i loved the 2000s and 2010s videos, i’m expecting mariah and janet will be on some of these 90s lists 🥰😍

Sugar Ray performed at a free concert that was organized by Nassau County, Long Island on Labor Day Weekend 2023

I didn't know that Anthony existined inside of a Playstation 4 background theme. That kicks ass!

Loved this series, so glad ypu brought it back!

Cher invented hyperpop, she deserves an S tier just for that

@alvarotaranta

6 ай бұрын

She deserves jail for that 😅

I’m offended Genie in a Bottle is in a D row 😂 it wasn’t in my native language, so I didn’t even realize any innuendos. I think it deserves at least a B tier 🧞‍♀️

Always enjoy this series!

Putting Believe by Cher anywhere else than S is a catastrophic L

@hwgavin

6 ай бұрын

did a dirty on cher

I've been waiting so long for the 90s Tiers.... My winter just got better

Hell yeah! Love this series 😂 love to look back at what was popular at that time… 90s is probably one of my fav eras so I look forward to the full series. Always like going back on the eras…

Happy New Year Anthony!!

i'm glad that you think prince's 1999 is a 10 out of 10. 100% agreed

The list being one giant F is crazy

You were so right about Sixpence. Would love you to review the whole self-titled album, or even better,their previous one “Beautiful Mess”

So glad Kiss Me got the S tier, was prepared for a F.

I remember being quite surprised by that Monica version of Angel of Mine... Here in Europe, Angel of Mine was already made popular by Eternal, so a very very similar cover, a year or so after the original, didn't make sense to me... At least it went big in the States.

@phillinsogood

6 ай бұрын

The 90’s was a weird time for mainstream music there were so many covers to songs that weren’t even that far apart from each other in terms of years

hell yeah. my favorite series

@shocksystem8675

6 ай бұрын

I love these series from Fantano too.

All right Melon lets gooo!!! So hyped for the series to be back

I was born in 1999 and the only reason I know Genie in a Bottle is because my local radio station still BLASTS it multiple times daily to this day

Nobody's Supposed to Be Here is definitely my favorite National track, thanks for giving it a shout-out Anthony

When I think of 1999 Rob Zombie, The Offspring and Smash Mouth come to mind.

Anthony likes sixpence wow, also didn’t realize it came out pre 1999, i was so adamant it was early 2000’s it sounded and felt like. Great song

Did you guys know the song “Viva La Vida Loca” was the closing song for the 2004 animated blockbuster hit Shrek 2?

Sugar Ray got a lucky bounce and got big right around the time Sublime did and everyone found out Nowell was gone. For many kids, myself very much included, Sublime was our first real taste of sort of reggae influenced music. Prior to this our musical lives revolved around grunge, Metallica, and whatever classic rock our parents listened to. We were starting to discover punk, that lead us to sublime, which blew our tiny minds. This isn't meant as hyperbole either, the first time I saw the video for "fly" by SR was within maybe a month or so of my first time hearing Santeria and genuinely feeling like that was the end of that style of music. Sugar Ray, Incubus, 3/11, common rider, a whole bunch more, regardless of each bands merit on their own a big chunk of their success relied on young sublime fans trying to fill that void and going with stuff that was at least kind of similar. Then every handful of years or so we would be shocked to learn that yet another one of our favorite sublime songs was a cover, but that's a whole other thing.

Kinda crazy to not see Smooth and Californication on here, feels like those songs were huge

@cioccolato2124

6 ай бұрын

Smooth's 12-week reign over the chart started when the Billboard yearly calendar was ending. It became one of the biggest songs of 2000 because of that

@michiel6718

6 ай бұрын

@@cioccolato2124 I see, that makes a lot of sense

@phillinsogood

6 ай бұрын

@@michiel6718yea smooth did end ranking pretty high for the year end in 1999. It landed in the 30’s region which is pretty good for a late hit

You just dislike Sugar Ray because they remind you of all the chads who were popular in school while young nerdy Fantano was shoved into a locker.

SO HAPPY THIS IS BACK!!

(1) I don’t remember the Deborah Cox song either (2) I am reeling over “I Want It That Way” not being on the list (3) Crazy that Britney arguably was able to top “Baby” with “Oops! I Did It Again” just the next year. Max Martin is truly a genius. This was such a good time to be a pop music fan especially as a kid. Everything was a collective experience. It was just so much damn fun.

like the fact that you had issues with the innuendos on genie in a bottle then put it on the D row😂

@katmonroe4611

6 ай бұрын

Justice 🧞‍♂️for “ Genie🧞‍♀️in a bottle”

One of my favorite series from the melonman lesgooooo

listening to genie in a bottle as an adult and actually understanding it really changes things

Every morning is a banger

I'm so glad that Anthony did my birth year 😁. Awesome video, sir. I'm looking forward to a great year of videos.