Don't be so harsh on yourself melon, I believe you're opinions are worth at least a high 3

@fasd182

2 жыл бұрын

I'll give this opinion a light to decnt 7

@oliversteininger7679

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe a light 4

@perplexed1783

2 жыл бұрын

Feelin a light to decent 6 on your opinion towards melon's opinion

@ConnorCTG

2 жыл бұрын

strong 6

@SamA-wg5cb

2 жыл бұрын

@@fasd182 This comment on another's opinion? It's NOT GOOD.

I think a problem may be that the average people who engage with your content don't actually engage in much critical content besides you. They expect you to basically function as an advertisement rather than a critic, because people like certain things as a product rather than a piece of art worth critically analyzing. I definitely don't always agree with you but you are certainly a consistent and fair critic. I just feel like a lot of people don't want a fair critic, they want confirmation bias.

@coolsnoopy1506

2 жыл бұрын

damn well said, you got a solid point

@BJAdamBarry

2 жыл бұрын

The first thought I think of when I read this was the gaming community who do this very thing all the time.

@jackharlow7491

2 жыл бұрын

yes.

@perplexed1783

2 жыл бұрын

Normally I hate critics, Pitchfork and Metacritic are all bs to me and I also hate when people try to justify an album's quality based on the reviews that those critics gave and not form their own opinion, Although I Love Fantano cuz he not only critics it but also adds a bit of fun in it so the audience stays engaged

@manaspradhan8041

2 жыл бұрын

@@BJAdamBarry eh i would disagree that the gaming community is on the opposite end since places like ign and gamespot get consistent hate for not having critical reviews. everything is a lazy list of 'salient features'.people like avgn and dunkey have dominated conversation in gaming since the start of youtube

I have literally been watching you for over a decade. I may not agree with all of your reviews but at least you are consistent. You give all of your reasons for why you don't like something, even if we don't agree with the reasons.

@perplexed1783

2 жыл бұрын

Also he adds fun to these reviews to let the audience stay engaged and not just come off as a nerd reviewing music with big words

@undiiviidual

2 жыл бұрын

only exception: the review of Jaden Smith’s 2019 ‘ERYS’ album

@perplexed1783

2 жыл бұрын

@Undiiviidual is Bad Album was bad

@undiiviidual

2 жыл бұрын

@@perplexed1783 not really. if you follow along it’s a pretty decent concept album, plus it has plenty of great songs

@sheikhhussain3145

2 жыл бұрын

His review of Care Package _ Drake is fucking horrible but other than that I agree

You are reasonable, thank you for giving me back my wife and kids, anthony!!

@HipHopfan_

2 жыл бұрын

🤦🏼‍♂️

@bakhtiyarguseinov9402

2 жыл бұрын

Bruh

@rubywest5166

2 жыл бұрын

And they were still recognisable when you got them? Damn!

@sunvinn

2 жыл бұрын

It's good to see you and Anthony on good terms, Mr. Nem

@perplexed1783

2 жыл бұрын

How does it feel to see your idol get destroyed by a melon every time he drops

I think the reason why you're arguably the most prominent music reviewer on the site is because even when we disagree on the quality of an album, you bring up very valid points to support your feelings on whichever album is getting reviewed. I think that's what leads to people disliking your reviews. It's easy to dismiss criticism when it's so outlandish that it doesn't even make sense to engage with it, but when there's a hint of truth to it? That definitely hits a lot harder.

@sakinaalia1067

2 жыл бұрын

This is it. He always gives constructive criticism. He doesn’t go into an album not wanting it to be good and he always tells artists where they could improve. Other reviewers say that they don’t like something without explaining why but he always does

@iggunnafandom7432

2 жыл бұрын

thats just wrong. his reasons for not liking gunna is completely off base

@Jahammed

2 жыл бұрын

@@iggunnafandom7432 the only reason you need is that he sounds half asleep on 90% of his tracks

@mavisevelyn618

2 жыл бұрын

@@iggunnafandom7432 thought this was a joke until I looked at your channel name LMAOOO

@iggunnafandom7432

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jahammed you ain’t even listen to his music I bet

Man is prepping us for that Crash review

@bunja9101

2 жыл бұрын

I want him to give it an 8 so bad but he’ll probably give it a 5 :(

@Luke-el8hs

2 жыл бұрын

me too 😭😭 I loved it I'd give it a 9 myself. But even if he does im gonna still love it regardless

I watched Fantano a bunch from 2013-16 and have only recently started coming back to the channel to see what he's up to lately. What impressed me is that he's still plugging away and basically sticking to the same format he had a decade ago. Obviously he's expanded the content offering with things like Let's Argue, livestreams et al, but the consistency in style and tone of his reviews is unwavering and that's proof to me that the only agenda he has is celebrating the artform and thinking about and sharing his love of music. I'm glad to see the channel continue to gain traction and I hope whatever annoyances come with increased exposure don't inhibit another ten years of great reviews. He's a real one.

you are genuinely one of the most well-spoken media people ive heard and i could listen to you ramble about anything because its just fun and interesting to see you navigate thoughts/modern topics so well. i would love to know what you credit your learned dialogue to most? reading something specific? or specific radio/podcast? writing? obviously a combo but anything specific that influcened the way you talk/reason i would love to hear THANKS

Anybody who's taking Melon's critical reception so seriously that they genuinely believe that he's only out to give people poor review scores should go and watch Dunkey's videos on game critics because even though he’s talking about a completely different art form, his reasoning and logic applies to critics of all kinds

@victormeursault

2 жыл бұрын

love how dunkey can spit on something you love, yet you are still laughing at it lmao

@DMVGREY

2 жыл бұрын

@@victormeursault his arkham city review is Anthony Twisted Fantasy review, even tho MBDTF is overrated

@TommyTom21

2 жыл бұрын

@@DMVGREY “MBDTF is overrated” 🤓

@DMVGREY

2 жыл бұрын

@@TommyTom21 yeah it's not a 10 its closer to a strong 7

@methyod

2 жыл бұрын

@@TommyTom21 it absolutely is though, Anthonys score was lenient

Sorry if you’re feeling frustrated Anthony. The internet is so scary! You’re the best, and we’re more than grateful for all the content, including shitposts. Remember that taking breaks from social media will always help! Your well-being is always number one priority!

@DouglasCarter69

2 жыл бұрын

He’s a multimillionaire off of the hate and he’s complaining about the hate lmao what a baby

@danny-xm8xq

2 жыл бұрын

@@DouglasCarter69 L take

@joefortson6112

2 жыл бұрын

@@DouglasCarter69 L take

@tofer980

2 жыл бұрын

@@DouglasCarter69 Lt buddy

@elguapo4268

2 жыл бұрын

@@DouglasCarter69 for real look at his Twitter he's not free of spreading hate himself. His hard core fans are aggressive as hell too.

Let's just be thankful that the world's most popular music critic is actually a decent human being. Like sure, sometimes Fantano is a bit brazen but at least he has good morals and is respectful towards everyone. The last thing we need is another toxic internet personality who uses their platform to spread hate and misinformation.

@danishaoyama6403

2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said.

HOT TAKE: have a banana🍌

@goldtoilet54

2 жыл бұрын

🤯

I love the fact that you're actually willing to put out a negative review today, unlike many publications that won't give anything less than a 5/10. And while I may not agree with everything you say, we all have our own opinion. I started my own album and music journey in Fall of 2017, and four and a half years later, I've only heard six albums I'd consider a 10/10, and I've heard others I'd give a 1 or 2. I respect you for it, and your articulation of your opinions has helped reshape the way I think about music. I think about artistic purpose, and even if its just fun music without much of a message, I can still enjoy that too. Don't listen to people who say stupid stuff online.

@ibrahimdelomavicsmithson164

2 жыл бұрын

What are those 6 albums? Just curious

@megaascension2748

2 жыл бұрын

@@ibrahimdelomavicsmithson164 I'm mainly into alt-rock, but I've been diversifying my palette recently. Those six albums are: Good Kid, Maad City by Kendrick Lamar Melodrama by Lorde The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd A Thousand Suns by Linkin Park Trench by Twenty One Pilots Some other albums that are nearly 10s for me: The Eminem Show by Eminem Meteora by Linkin Park A Rush of Blood To The Head by Coldplay Currents by Tame Impala

@elijahsantos518

2 жыл бұрын

@@megaascension2748 AROBTTH !!! Good taste man, that’s like top 2 coldplay for me (viva la vida’s my top 1, very biased towards the art/baroque pop/rock sounds)

@soulmoney119

2 жыл бұрын

@@megaascension2748 based ATS enjoyer

I mean I think you’re a very thoughtful guy melon, but repeating “MBDTF WILL NEVER BE MORE THAN A 6” over and over again isn’t a good way to make your point. Joking aside, you are definitely a thoughtful and insightful dude. I don’t always agree but I really respect how you come to your conclusions. There’s a reason you still have an audience. If everyone agreed with you all the time, you probably wouldn’t be as thoughtful as you are.

Hot take: your 7 for DAMN and the associated review did a great job articulating some of the problems I had with it, while acknowledging there is a very high floor for the quality level on a Kendrick album. There have been others I didn’t agree with, but it reminds me not to treat your opinions as anything less than honestly held and well thought out. It’s obvious what your taste is in music after listening for years, and I can’t think of anything you’ve reviewed that wasn’t in line with that

@arjunvivekraj8758

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly I would say it’s a 8 or 9 bad but a 7 isn’t a bad rating imo

@russellwest8767

2 жыл бұрын

@@arjunvivekraj8758 I interpret a 7 as an excellent/very enjoyable project that’s worth getting, but it either has a significant flaw, or has a concept that didn’t work (or no concept at all). From his review, Anthony thought the concept fell completely flat, which ought to be Kendrick’s strong suit. If there’s a 7 from that year he criminally underrated I’d probably say SZA, because the concept for CTRL is stronger every time I listen to it

@man4437

2 жыл бұрын

@@arjunvivekraj8758 These comments are kind of annoying because a 7 is to me virtually the same as an 8 or a 9. It's like you're saying that any slight deviation from your opinion is worth less but hey you at least liked it so you're not completely wrong. I know you probably don't think anything like that but there's this vibe around his fanbase every time he makes a review that basically any deviation from the standard opinion is bad. See: the Silk Sonic review which was wildly positive but still extremely controversial

@navsbiggeststanandpersonal6138

2 жыл бұрын

There was quality on DAMN? Where was it hiding. Humble is the best song on it and its mid. Everything else is a borefest

@kylegonewild

2 жыл бұрын

@@navsbiggeststanandpersonal6138 Sorry songs like FEAR didn't hype you up bro but that doesn't make them bad quality. There's plenty of good to be had on the album even if it's not nearly as strong as GKMC or TPAB.

Great video and an important discussion to come back to. You have put me onto alot of great music with your reviews, and i usually check stuff out even if it's a negative review.

it was cathartic to see melon defend himself like this considering how chill he typically is with these types of criticisms

You don't need to protect your reasoning. It's your musical taste, and you do the best to express your love or frustration towards certain music. There are some objective reasonings in music, but it's very subjective what you enjoy, what emotions it creates, how you use your imagination & what songs personally mean to you. Everyone should embrace their own personal opinion on what they love about music, considering other opinion as an option or advice, but never as a face value.

You're all good Anthony, we love you. I hope shit doesn't get to you too much.

That sounds like something an unreasonable person would say…

Here’s my take: Fantano is immune to fanboy-ism. I started watching him back in 2010. He reviewed an album and gave it a 6 or something. The band’s album right before was almost perfect and I was pissed cuz I loved the band but I didn’t want to admit their latest album was boring. I eventually came to terms with it. Anyway, I guess it was enough to catch my attention and I kept watching his videos. I don’t always agree but I know he’s always honest. Fantano is a real one.

@tomconroy5875

2 жыл бұрын

Death grips

@psychokitty444

2 жыл бұрын

TV On The Radio? (I hope I'm wrong, though, because I thought Nine Types of Light was their masterpiece and much more consistent than Dear Science.)

I mean I still think a lot of what was said on that Carrie & Lowell review was Bad Takes, and I still think that Melon is a human being capable of love compassion and intelligent thought lol. You can think both things if you yourself are a rational human being.

@bernadettebread

2 жыл бұрын

based

The tiger shirt makes its return. What a monumental day

It was very reasonable of you to steal both of my kidneys for your BBQ Anthony, your guests were so impressed that they screamed

I appreciate that you're honest about your negative opinions. Nothing is more annoying or condescending than watching someone review something and noticing that they are desperately trying to find positive things about it.

Easier said than done but don’t let the hate get to you, & keep doing what you’ve been doing for years. So many people would hate to see you change including myself😄

@jackfordclassified

2 жыл бұрын

Besides his political opinions. Those need to change.

@Juli_is_Online

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackfordclassified Nah. His political opinions are based

@jackfordclassified

2 жыл бұрын

@@Juli_is_Online lmao I hope ur joking. His political views revolve around not liking people who get the vaccine and Joe Rogan baddddd. He clowns on Jaden for being woke and yet he’s exactly like him. Some of what he says is fine tho.

@ayyyayay

2 жыл бұрын

idk if hes that much affected by it, his career is literally older than my whole life he just say he does these reviews from a place of passion, and not clout or trolling

Him mentally preparing himself for the backlash for him giving Crash a strong 5/light 6

@eric_ma_23

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly i'm scared he'll give it a 4. He didn't react positively to any of the non-single tracks on his stream yesterday

@jugularstab

2 жыл бұрын

@@eric_ma_23 scared bruh

@ferencssalvoski3721

2 жыл бұрын

3, album is not good as Motomami

@carolynr570

2 жыл бұрын

@@ferencssalvoski3721 I haven’t heard motomami but yeah i wouldn’t be surprised, crash was disappointing

anthony standing up for himself something i love to see

I'm approaching 7 years of Needledrop content consumption. Disagreed with an outlook on a record you reviewed literally an hour ago. However, to this day, i still regard you as one of the most coherent and considerate voices in music appraisal, distinction, and theorization. Needledrop serves as a launchpad, a kickoff towards harboring your own musical critique skills. More poignantly, it serves as a reminder to listen to art with more than just your ears if you REALLY want to get something deeper out of it. Thank you Anthony, keep it up

I've watched you since 2011-2012 and two things are for sure. 1) you definitely care about music 2) I may not agree with all of the bad rated reviews, but I know when you give a 10 (or relatively high score), the music ALWAYS slaps. Replay value is debatable, but the listening experience is worth it! Thanks Fantano!

@AashMusic

2 жыл бұрын

@Keu V Forsure, I can respect that and there is a grey area to both our points. For me, the repeat value can be due to genre for example. I'm don't listen to heavy metal as much these days. However, I can 100% appreciate and applaud a well made metal album, but it's probably not in my daily rotation.

@AashMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Also when Fantano give it a 10, it's probably a repealable album for him. Fantano 10 isn't always a 10 for me. But a Fantano 10 is always worth a listen.

Thank you for doing your job and doing it the way you best see fit. It helps me an many other people to better understand the music that they’re listening to. I don’t agree with everything, but as a fan.. I don’t think I’m supposed to. We all have the right to our own opinions on things, and yours are so concisely well delivered that many people will take you as an authority in order to devalue their own. I know I used to. Now I look at your content as a different perspective, and not the only valid one. So thanks for teaching me that melon man.

i just want to say anthony that you've motivated me to actively search for new music and i really appreciate that. even if i don't like all the music i find, it still shows me more of the world and other than people than if i just listened to the same stuff all the time.

ok, I agree with your unbiased opinions Ant Fart

Melon, saying you're reasonable simply for being 'white' isn't a good enough justification

@estebanb7166

2 жыл бұрын

That’s true, but it worked for the founding fathers.

I'm a 48 year old who's been watching you for years. I mostly watch because I find your reviews entertaining, but you've also turned me onto newer music I might not have known about otherwise. I always appreciate that.

I already tweeted this under one of your posts but I’m working on a playlist of every top 50 albums you’ve done. And I’m gonna add your vinyl updates and classic reviews and the mu/essentials so I get albums that aren’t just from the 2010’s-present. I’m making it not Bc I want your exact music taste and to agree with all your opinions but I made it for the same reason I watch your vids in the first place. Your reviews are unbiased and reach tons of different genres and artists most of which I didn’t even know existed. And Even though I’m not finished with the list I like to put it on shuffle and just hear something new. Basically I shuffle and if I see a song I like I listen to the whole album so I’m not missing out on the album experience. Some stuff I don’t like but most of it is interesting and is broadening my musical horizons. Basically dude you have great taste and your opinion matters. Maybe not to everyone but to those of us who don’t have the time or determination to listen to every album in the world and put it into words. So just keep doing what you’re doing man. 💚

I feel like you get a lot of peoples’ flak because your impact reaches so far. Serves as a testament that your work captures an undeniably ranged audience, which is a good thing. Keep doing your thing melon, one love brudda

I always keep up with your channel even when it doesn't involve albums or music I'm interested in. I just like hearing your opinion because it's all so thought out and presented well. I've started listening to a lot of bands because of your reviews that I would have never known existed.

Found your channel when I didn't really know how to approach finding new music. And while I love some stuff you have given negative reviews to, I have liked most of the things you loved and it really helped to ease me into new genres like metal. You have a great way to really break down what you enjoy in instrumentals or a vocal performance so even if an album sounds very foreign or weird to me the first time, I try to relisten and pay attention to some of the positives you mentioned. I've started to discover bands and albums on my own now, even ahead of your reviews and it's been a great experience. clipping.'s Splendor & Misery was the first project I found through your reviews, loved it and have been watching since. Whenever I disagree with your opinion, I now can clearly articulate which points I disagree on, this is a big step forward for me

Hot take: Fantano is one of the most insightful music reviewers and you can actually learn something from any of his vids, even if he’s just shitting on your favorite artist. Cold take: The fact that he hates Yeat

The preface to Charli XCX album review lol

Passion is a vital thing to have when encountering adversity. I may not agree 💯 percent of the time with your comments and reviews, but I know you are doing it from your heart. That is all that matters. Keep it up man.

I've always looked at your channel as looking forward to generate discussion about music. People take it too personally sometimes

"the high horse people put themselves on for liking a thing" . Word.

I've never totally agreed with you but I really appreciate having your perspective and I appreciate you a lot melon

The way I see it, your opinions are the reason we come to your channel. It wouldn’t be half as interesting if we agreed on everything all the time. I love watching your reviews because it’s fun hearing a different perspective from a person who’s equally as passionate about music as I am! Lots of love and respect for you :) ✌️

I just like your music taste dude, I respect your opinions and I love your writing, the way you describe music is so enlightening and you always manage to show me new angles to songs, albums etc that I didn't notice before or couldn't quite decipher. I've been watching you since DAMN and ive discovered so much great music since then and had alot of laughs along the way. Love ya Melon

3:16 "I'M HERE TO END ANYONE'S CAREER AND LIVELIHOOD I THINK I HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT" wow

Lmao you know how many times this man has given Dance Gavin Dance albums mediocre ratings? That’s my favorite goddamn band. It LITERALLY says “This is just my opinion” or some shit like that in the description lmao.

I speak for everyone when I say, we stand with Melon

Hey Anthony, genuine question here. What would you suggest for a pretty young person who has only recently(past 10-12 months) gotten into listening to music seriously beyond the generic pop and hip hop mainstream hits, to learn to appreciate music better, in terms of identifying melodies, chord progressions, instruments, hooks etc, and also how do you manage to keep up with and remember the works of seemingly hundreds of artists and bands, even drawing comparisons between stuff written 20-30 years ago and current albums in your reviews?

Happy to see you sticking up for what you do as a reviewer. Your reasonability with your opinions and your open-minded perspective on music (which is more than I think some people realize) is ultimately what makes you my favorite music critic on the internet.

He's prepping for the Crash review next week.

@retnugnahte

2 жыл бұрын

i'm calling a 6

thanks for this video melon criticism of your music criticism is pretty often irrational and stupid. people always bring up this caricature of a fantano fan that just agrees with everything you say and doesn’t think for themself, but i’ve genuinely never come across somebody like this. and then there are the people who hate you because you disagree with them on a few things. dawg, if you want a music critic to agree with you on everything, make your own youtube channel and do it yourself. the role of a critic is to offer a different perspective, or introduce you to new things. not to circlejerk the popular opinion. thank u melon, i love ur content

0:01 feeling like a wheel

While sometimes I don’t completely agree with every single review you’ve done. People fail to realize that it is your opinion and shouldn’t affect anyones view on that review. What I believe makes you a great music reviewer is how spread out your reviews are. If you have every decent to good album as a high review and every trash album a low score. It would become stale, not even and seem fake in a sense of your rating. The spread out scores allow for a more honest rating of that album. I’ve also noticed people will rate an entire album based on a couple of great songs even tho it has mostly mid songs. So to rate the entirety of the album equally and even the cohesiveness of every song to the next is a level of thought I like in the reviews. I think people are more judgmental and hateful of your reviews because your reasoning to why it’s that score has some truthfulness to it and more likely for them to get frustrated that you are somewhat right.

Watching your reviews, let's argues and hotcakes has always reminded me of the humble nature of humanity. It's a vibe of positivity and honesty for sure. Thank you and keep it up! Edit: yeah I realized it's says hotcakes when I meant Hot takes. Well, it's not like your hotcakes don't have that same effect.

oh boy I can't wait for the comments to definitely not bring up scores of reviews they disagree with and instead discuss things in a fair and level headed way

@BoondoggleMyCognle

2 жыл бұрын

I wish he'd bring up how much of a toxic person he is on social media. His Twitter specifically since every time I see him argue with someone he doesn't like he resorts to condescension and emojis

@themandownstairs4765

2 жыл бұрын

@@BoondoggleMyCognle not going to imply you're wrong (because you're not) but I'd say it seems like fantano does not take Twitter at all seriously and when he runs out of energy to have a civil discussion (whether that be because people are coming at him full force consistently or just that he's spent too long on there) he says something quickly and stops paying attention, even if that is a strawman or just a couple laughing emojis

@themandownstairs4765

2 жыл бұрын

@@BoondoggleMyCognle I'm not really defending it (I think he doubled down too hard on the "cutting edge art is never conservative" point honestly) but if you've ever spent six consecutive hours on Twitter you probably know it's easy to just give up on rational discourse

@navsbiggeststanandpersonal6138

2 жыл бұрын

Emergency Tsunami a NOT GOOD tho. Wtf? Did he not hear repercussions, don’t need friends, young wheezy, or vetiment socks. Could have at least have given it a 1 😡

@SpaceAgeDave

2 жыл бұрын

@@BoondoggleMyCognle Doesn't pop up in his vids I watch so it doesn't bother me

Anthony, the frequency with which I disagree with your opinions is MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT YOU. I'm sorry people blow that out of proportion or attack you for it, because I see it as a wonderful thing that helps me think more critically about the music I listen to. I don't leave comments that often, and I'd wager I'm like the majority of people who watch your stuff. And these people attacking you are a very loud minority. Also to echo what tons of other people have said, you've got me into so many different artists and even whole genres that I now adore, it's hard to even put into words how grateful I am for you and your presence online. Keep it up bro, and take a break if you think you need it! You're the best

I only started watching you recently, and don’t really know that much about music. You’ll often state you dislike artists that I enjoy, and i don’t really find it frustrating. Feels like it just opens my eyes/ears to the fact that music has a lot more depth and intricacies that I would know of as a casual listener. Thank you for your work.

Love you Anthony, thanks for what you're doing.

Thanks for not reporting me to the police that one time Anthony. Really saved me some explaining.

As a recent guest, I can confirm firsthand the rationality.

I feel like you always create a helpful conversation surrounding all topics you touch. Whether or not I agree with what you say, I’m always happy to have engaged with someone who does care and is happy to have a good faith discussion about all things music!

This is all prep for the charli review. He doesn’t want to be torn apart.

sometimes I agree with you, and sometimes not. however, I think you're a nice and passionate person and I'm sending to you love from the other side of the planet. Keep it up Anthony !

I think your reviews are reasonable and definitely to the point. I can find it oftentimes entertaining to watch you and Brad Taste In Music review songs/albums because it's kinda become an interest, to me, to hear what people have to say about songs (whether obscure or overrated or average) that I may enjoy myself.

About two minutes in and with what you're saying plus with that asterisk "home" blip added when you said hone which I myself learned recently about that grammar dealio I gotta say both you and your content are both thoughtful and awesome even if you've dissed Tom fans too much. You rock and you're my honie ;)

It wasn’t very reasonable from you to criticize my grandmother’s cookings so harshly, Melon

Of course he’s reasonable and well thought but at the end of the day they’re opinions, too many people take his word as truth. If you like an album and he doesn’t, fuck it dude enjoy that album, he’s just a dude, the entertainment doesn’t come from him being right it comes from him being well-spoken and from giving ppl a space to talk about music.

I like you as a music critic because you are really good at backing up your arguments for bad songs, as well as explaining why a good song works for you. You also remind me of some of the people I see working at Amoeba music in SF whom I may not share the same exact music taste with but we could talk about music for hours and hours and hours together.

Give us a movie music tier list

Fantano’s just trying to defend himself for the upcoming Charli XCX review

This is for us Charli fans. He can already feel it lol

A critic’s value lies in the consistency of their voice and Anthony is consistent. For example, I’ve been watching him for a long time and I’ve noticed that he values innovation in a project very highly. If a project steps outside previously explored territory in an interesting way, that scores major points for him. He’s always been that way and is very consistent with that criterion. I’ve noticed that he also values lyrical content and the overarching message of an album highly. If a project has a well thought out, properly realized message that it explores meaningfully throughout the project, that will also score highly for him, extra points if it sonically lends itself to the theme of its lyrics. So with that being said, an album that is innovative, has a well realized theme that is consistent across the album, both sonically and lyrically, that will score VERY highly for him. A great example of an album like what I’ve described is “To pimp a butterfly” and we saw his review on that. Now, those criteria that I laid out that are very important to Anthony, they aren’t as important for me. I’m more of a sonic junky. I have no problem with an album that isn’t innovative. To use the “stepping outside the box” analogy again, I don’t care if an album steps outside of the box as long as the album fully explores the box, so to speak. Having an album that charts new territory in an enjoyable way is nice, but I don’t need that to think an album is truly great as long as the album explores previous sounds in a very enjoyable way. Also, I don’t need an album to have good lyrics, I’m not that into lyrics. There’s definitely music that I think has very interesting or meaningful lyrics, a good example of that would be hollowed be my name by Iron Maiden, but I don’t need that to love the album. Also, to be completely frank, an album’s overarching theme doesn’t mean much to me. I don’t really consume music like that, I go far more on a track by track basis. Again, this isn’t the case with all albums, SOAD’s “Toxicity” is an example of an album that has such an amazing and fully realized overarching theme that it adds a lot to the music for me, but not nearly as much as it does for Anthony. The things that are the most important for me are having an interesting and engaging rhythmic quality, energizing melodies, and expressive use of harmony. I really like the use of dissonant chords and just generally using chords, melodies, and rhythms that are raw, emotionally impactful, and unique. Overall, I am more attracted to the sonic qualities of music. To put it as simply as possible, Anthony values the artistic expression of a project very highly. I value the raw sonic appeal of a project very highly. Obviously it follows that because of this, we will have different views on a lot of projects, which is fine. We value different things in music but the important thing about Anthony as a reviewer is the consistency of his voice. Because he’s been so consistent, if I see a project that he reviews very highly, I will already have an idea of why he likes it because I know what he values highly in music, and that’s because he’s consistent. Understanding what the reviewer values in music and knowing what you personally value in music is necessary for getting the most out of a reviewers content, and if you can’t get a clear picture of what is important to the reviewer because they’re inconsistent in their criticism, then they lose their value as a critic.

I think you've done your best to hang in there in this crazy time and be reasonable and balanced and bring clearer thinking about music and all of the wonderful craziness that comes along with it. And you've had to go face to face with some of the darkest nastiest negative energy of the internet, it's not easy, but your still here still growing I see you becoming more and more positive and more vulnerable and open, in spite of all of it. I think it's possible music is more healing than we previously imagined, and we are at the beginning of a special new era of music, and I look forward to watching it all unfold with all of you. P.s. I recently came across Max Cooper's music and feel compared to share it around with anyone that might listen. Start with the video Everything and go from there.

Charli XCX review when

@tylersquanto8938

2 жыл бұрын

Incoming 5

@Juniorm4286

2 жыл бұрын

@@tylersquanto8938 I think 7 he simps for her

Not to Nav

How could you not be with shirt choice so good

I agree. I think that you are very sincere. People get stuck to much on the nmber note. This serves for any critic, its always the same complains

Nothing but love and respect, but you run 2 channels that require a lot of research and a twitch stream, and you post near daily on those channels. Jesus christ dude, like I get that the answer is probably like passion or something like that, but how have you not burnt out yet? Like deadass there are channels that have teams of people that post once a week, and they burn out. And you've been doing this shit for years. Like the amount of production and quality production at that feels inhuman. Like damn dude if you ever need a week or something we'll still be here. Or at least I will, and I think a lot of people feel the same.

@phillipbell4394

2 жыл бұрын

Also the thing that I think throws people off about your reviews is that people forget that it is literally your job to research music extensively. Like for something like Joyner Lucas' ADHD and Logic's Supermarket I don't think that they are the most sonically offensive, but you have likely heard every single song and album that those projects rather blatently rip off. And people without that context are like, "Well you're just a Logic hater", but like no they're just legitimately not adding anything to the sound they've hijacked. But they don't know that though.

Giving DAMN. a 7 wasn't reasonable Melon...

@AcherontiaStyx

2 жыл бұрын

Giving Swimming a 3 wasn't reasonable

@bryansfistfulofwood4620

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! Way too positive. If Kendrick hadn't made that album, it would have gotten a 5 at best.

@navsbiggeststanandpersonal6138

2 жыл бұрын

Its a trash album. What do you expect a 10 for a record which is full of bloated empty songs with Kendrick moaning the entire song?

It’s not even out of touch Thursday, fantano

I feel like this is a situation of "Time to remind the internet that subjectivity isn't a scapegoat for arguments in replychains and instead is a something that makes up most experiences relating to most things and that each experience has its own background" that could really just be said in less than a minute were it not for, well, the people that think what I just said

This was very well spoken and a very detailed introspective look into your review process. Unsubbed

I seriously can't stand this guy. Subscribed.

5:43 what this video is actually about

6:48 well that's just a flat out lie.

• Gave MBDTF a 5 • Gave House of Balloons a 3 • Gave DAMN a 7 • Gave Swimming a 3 • Gave Silk Sonic a 7 “Im actually very reasonable”

@iraqlobster1227

2 жыл бұрын

Gave money store a 10

@Kevschwa

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a difference between controversy and reason

@navsbiggeststanandpersonal6138

2 жыл бұрын

True, all of those albums deserved like a 1.

@epixstarxxv

2 жыл бұрын

@@navsbiggeststanandpersonal6138 ratio fool

@ferencssalvoski3721

2 жыл бұрын

People not always like the same shit, I don't want to simp Fantano, but even an score scale is taking different for anyone

Youre reasonable and calm till you get into politics. Then your takes are spicier than my mamas habanero enchiladas

@billhicks8

2 жыл бұрын

what you mean he's a social democrat, yeah wow the spice is unbearable

@heyitsfranklynn168

2 жыл бұрын

@@billhicks8 not buying into your propaganda bill kicks. We all know you faked your death and became Alex Jones

I genuinely admire the way you review music. Your way of describing your impression of albums is very clear and precise.

1:13 I will report this as an invasion of personal space.

I think the problem boils down to assuming bad faith. Some people automatically assume that someone speaking harshly about a piece of art, or cracking jokes at its or the artist's expense, is being disingenuous and trolling for attention. For sure, there are assholes like that out there. But most people aren't like that. It has always confused me when people have said you're a troll, a shill, a bad actor, or especially a bigot. I came to your channel after years of exposure to caustic critics like Nostalgia Critic and AVGN, so I found your relatively measured, calm criticism refreshing. I don't always agree with your assessments (I think Die Lit is the worst album I've ever heard), but I never come away from your reviews feeling like you're only doing them for cheap outrage bait.

I really didn’t expect you to have these kinds of radical views on the LGBTIQ+ community

@lucag.lisickza425

2 жыл бұрын

go with the alphabet dude

VideoGameDunkey made a great point about reviewers that I've always liked. As long as a reviewer is open and consistent with their tastes you can get a lot from it. There are certain artists and genres I really like that in my opinion you underrate. However your reasoning behind your scores and analysis of the music are consistent. I can use this as context to inform if something is worth checking out. If you think a piece is really good but is dragged down by its lyricism I might still check it out as I may find I tend to disagree on lyrical content as you but agree on other aspects of a song. I think there's a reason you're the internet's busiest music nerd and it's not because you're bad at what you do. On the contrary!

As someone who doesn’t post anything but comments im always surprised how influencers are affected by the negativity of their audience. I guess even if youve been around as long as Anthony has it can still make you feel bad. I guess the consolation is that most people who are overly negative have shit opinions anyway and not worth paying attention to.

7/10 for Carrie and Lowell was ridiculous, though.

@gollumei

2 жыл бұрын

It's his opinion. There's probably people who rate it even lower.

Wiener hahaha

@geteheh3h3636

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@MaxMax-zo9vq

2 жыл бұрын

Gotem

This video is a milestone for melon, he's gazing at the abyss thinking about the future waiting to wash out or become the monster he fears

Melon channeling his inner Will Forte at 1:40 was a highlight.