Music Criticism in Video Form

it's the latest in viral capitalist propoganda don't you know

I don't think most people doing unboxing videos are 9 either.

neither are the people doing the gamestop dumpster diving videos that my nine year old was obsessed with.

but yeah some unboxing stuff obviously for the people who are mentally nine. at heart.

dumpster diving videos >>>>> unboxing

But the unboxing videos usually look slow and ceremonial. As if they'd get a separate commentator if they could.

i worked with a guy who was into unboxing videos. basically he was quite an acquisitive, materialistic, fetishizing sort who got a visceral thrill from taking new goods, primarily electronic goods, out of their boxes after buying them. he explained that watching unboxing videos gave him a vicarious buzz.

he was 25 and quite immature/silly

http://channelawesome.com/category/videos/producers/todd/

i think this one lurks ilm. unless he's one of you? fess up!

I like really like Todd's One Hit Wonderland series.

sometimes it seems like the extent of the research he does is to read a couple wikipedia articles and type some stuff into the youtube search bar, but yeah, when it's good it really is good.

the bulk of his current-song-reviewing series used to be very much of the 'hetero white male reacts to/rants about things that were not made with him in mind' youtube genre which bugged me a bit but his output has certainly diversified since then and he does manage to be insightful

http://www.dailyuw.com/news/article_834a9b96-e038-11e5-b357-0fc016531edd.html

"Fantano’s insights were greeted with silent appreciation and rapt attention, while his jokes were met with tear-inducing laughter, enough for him to consider a career as a comedian if the music review business ever tanks. But for now, “The Needle Drop” doesn’t seem to be losing fans or slowing down in any way."

He was the first guy to put in the amount of work like that on YouTube, his grind is admirable,” Ross said. 'Few people used that format to review music, and he’s not beholden to any big media corporation, so that resonates with disillusioned music fans.'

this isn't entirely true, since theneedledrop is partnered with Complex Media. it's unlikely that Complex has any real editorial authority over his reviews (these partnerships usually amount to 'you give us a share of your ad revenue, and in return we do virtually nothing to promote your channel'), but it would be naive to assume that Fantano is an independent youtuber.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/3b7uk3/hip_hop_reacts_to_gay_marriage_legalisation/csjvxts

lol, apparently he was partnered with Maker Studios (a Disney subsidiary) up until sometime last year

I know Todd lurks over at the AV Club, but I'm not sure he lurks here.

big fan of Nostalgia Chick, who left that site a year or so ago and just hosts her own youtube. haven't seen much Todd but he has guested in her videos before.

Fantano reviews memes now and they get 100k+ views

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2zcJq-oFvg

nice try, this is just that new radiohead leak

Life is full of "I wish I realized I could have made money just by ______" headsmacks, and in this one the blank is "being annoying on video."

Like, I already talk about stuff in an annoying way all the time, if only I had turned the camera on?

Guess who's in this enlightening video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4lFSq_Efzk

Learning that's the tip of the iceberg.

oh good can we not write thinkpieces about this piece of shit now

Lmao Racethony Wartano gonna str8 clean up in Trump's America with the biggest audience of any working music critic while we're arguing about whether the 1975 is on enough lists

t/s is he the most popular music critic bc he uses sound effects when describing a swans record or does he court a white nationalist reddit audience

proud to have been right since day 1

You all will remember this day when this dude takes over the world.

― ksh, Wednesday, June 9, 2010 1:14 AM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

does this really come as a surprise

Only in the sense that the reasons he was already disliked don't seem to have any relation/wouldn't point to this development

Unless I missed something

This guy's changing lives and none of you even appreciate it:

This guy's changing lives and none of you even appreciate it:

This guy's changing lives and none of you even appreciate it:

This guy's changing lives and none of you even appreciate it:

This guy's changing lives and none of you even appreciate it:

This guy's changing lives and none of you even appreciate it:

This guy's changing lives and none of you even appreciate it:

This guy's changing lives and none of you even appreciate it:

But is he changing his pants

the reasons he was already disliked don't seem to have any relation/wouldn't point to this development

wants to nail down and evaluate art = wants to nail down and evaluate human beings

Oh good call!

i guess i misunderstood this video, am i the only one? i thought this was making fun of this POV, admittedly i watched 2/3rds and didn't read anything about it.

Sadly it is not satire

holy shit, then!

what y'all think about this asshole?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xva6KUM2aWo

Never understood the hate for Fantano. That 'SJW' attack video is def gross, but what does that have to do with his work as a music critic? Hysterical criticism of Fantano always struck me as anonymous music/pop culture writers getting salty that someone managed to become successful on their own terms with name/face recognition.

Never understood the hate for Fantano. That 'SJW' attack video is def gross, but what does that have to do with his work as a music critic?

Ugh I know right? Same way Hitler was treated iirc. He did some gross things but mein gott could he paint amirite?

Managed forty seconds of that video, my god

wow that guy in the shadows is fuckin hateful

oh, please! what does he say in that video that is so terrible? it's everybody else. guilt by association - Xgau is much more crass on a regular basis in his actual reviews.

xp

Just dawned on me this week that needle drop guy is uncommonly beautiful. Looks much better with a shaved head though.

― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, December 29, 2015

the immediate Hitler comparison was hilarious though, thank u

it wasn't so much him but that video was completely unwatchable

I'm not gonna pass up on a good clean Godwin if it's presented on a gold platter, yw xp

animated knight w robot voice hectoring in threatening monotone srsly going to haunt my every dream

ban flappy bird

@imago - Well, yeah. but so what? i don't watch his reviews regularly, but i don't hate him. people have had this visceral reaction the guy since he showed up on youtube (this thread!) and i can't figure it out. i get it, he's annoying, but he became successful on his own terms, built a following, and like i said, anonymous/faceless critics loathe him.