if submitted to looping videos of fantano reviews i would admit to anything, it's absolute t o r t u r e to sit through, like get to the fucking point already - probably his audience enjoys lenghty hyperactive youtube hosts/channels more than i do
can easily see why it's popular though, seems to me it has a very calculated appeal like sean parkers international hipster playlist on spotify
― niels, Friday, 20 February 2015 17:57 (nine years ago) link
if this is "popular" it's as good an argument for wiping out human beings as any
― f***kin good lookin for a knacker (Noodle Vague), Friday, 20 February 2015 18:02 (nine years ago) link
i suspect that a substantial measure measure of AF's success owes to his appearance and tone. he has the face of children's show host, unremarkable yet extremely pliable, prone to rubbery, theatrical exaggeration. his expressions seem not expressive of an inner state, but contrived in an actorly manner to illustrate this or that point.
not realizing where i was i assumed "af" meant arcade fire. still works kinda
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 20 February 2015 18:05 (nine years ago) link
while people praise ebert for all his warm-hearted blogging and support of the indie scene etc, dude got famous being a nonthreatening, amiable nerd who showed sincere respect for the medium while keeping it light and telling people what was worth seeing with his thumb. fantano fits the mold perfectly.
― da croupier, Friday, 20 February 2015 18:05 (nine years ago) link
Ladies and gentlemen, the gangsta rap pewdiepie is here
― pro stroke Johnny Gill songs would rub you the right way (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, February 20, 2015 11:18 AM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha ok that even might be a LITTLE unfair to fantano, of whom i am NO FAN
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 20 February 2015 18:06 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I mean, I kid but you can't really hate on Fantano
Dude found his own lane wherein he actually reviews for an audience that exists instead of the less than 1000 people on planet earth who give a fuck about "rockism" and "pazz and jop" and Wussy
― pro stroke Johnny Gill songs would rub you the right way (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 20 February 2015 18:15 (nine years ago) link
Like he's not trying to get ALL UP IN OUR BIZ pitching clips to Fader or the Oxford American or whatever. Dude exists in his own bubble
― pro stroke Johnny Gill songs would rub you the right way (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 20 February 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link
a LITTLE unfair to fantano, of whom i am NO FAN
no fan o'?
― contenderizer, Friday, 20 February 2015 18:18 (nine years ago) link
Fantano? Not a fan.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Friday, 20 February 2015 18:24 (nine years ago) link
lotta room for $$$ in a bubble
― j., Friday, 20 February 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
Wow, I definitely started this thread by posting video with the Needle Drop dude in it.
― markers, Sunday, 1 March 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFo0j945vB8
― hunangarage, Monday, 9 March 2015 03:31 (nine years ago) link
thanks to deej's twitter i see this guy has some kind of latin-borat komedy r&b alter ego
― goole, Friday, 21 August 2015 19:02 (eight years ago) link
most youth internet culture (aside from the racists) just pass me by w/o any impression but this little dingus makes me so angry
― goole, Friday, 21 August 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
god yes me too
― bombsover# (Noodle Vague), Friday, 21 August 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/music-vlogger-anthony-fantano-mistaken-for-oregon-shooter
― TheFatSJW (D-40), Friday, 2 October 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
i say execute him just in case
― nameReinhard Gruhl/name (Noodle Vague), Friday, 2 October 2015 16:50 (eight years ago) link
ok lol
― welltris (crüt), Friday, 2 October 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
who wants to look at a music critic?― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 19:32 (5 years ago)
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 19:32 (5 years ago)
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, 29 December 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
thread title compels me to post that whenever I want to hear a hip-hop review, my first stop is Dead End Hip Hop
― Dominique, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 22:27 (eight years ago) link
https://albumfriend.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/fantano2.png
― hunangarage, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 22:39 (eight years ago) link
usually goes down differently when they appear on each other's shows
― Dominique, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 22:51 (eight years ago) link
I decided to give a fantano youtube a try. This guy lost me by talking longer than a minute
― The Once-ler, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 23:04 (eight years ago) link
Oh shit.., he just sarcastically called me an independently thinking snowflake
― The Once-ler, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 23:07 (eight years ago) link
I hate when youtube recommends this guy to me now (I found a stop suggesting option but it must still have kinks). I cringe everytime his trendy, bulbous, hipster face gets placed next to content I like
I want to kill him between the eyes
― The Once-ler, Friday, 22 January 2016 21:08 (eight years ago) link
It's impressive how he manages to look so aggressively annoying in every single still image I've ever seen of him, that's some real brand cultivation. I tried watching a video once out of curiosity and made it about twelve seconds, just brutal.
― mozart, Friday, 22 January 2016 21:21 (eight years ago) link
Fantano is (slightly) less obnoxious than this guy.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 22 January 2016 21:46 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s8mhU6P1Ho
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 22 January 2016 23:25 (eight years ago) link
milo13 16,335Upvote+2DownvoteWow…Fantano is like me without bitches
― k3vin k., Thursday, 3 March 2016 01:14 (eight years ago) link
i hate this stuff
― lute bro (brimstead), Thursday, 3 March 2016 01:40 (eight years ago) link
even though i haven't watched any. the youtube screenshot previews in the sidebar are enough
I quite like this guy, he also does unboxings of limited edition box sets and stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjjQiwVVqWg
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Thursday, 3 March 2016 09:03 (eight years ago) link
Never got the point of unboxing videos. Just seems like a boring video blogger ritual.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 3 March 2016 11:04 (eight years ago) link
i think i'm old because i fucking hate all video content produced for social media. except cat videos and comical injury footage.
― contenderizer, Thursday, 3 March 2016 13:43 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, unless the topic really benefits from being in a video form I tend to avoid videos. I shouldn't have to stop the music I'm listening to, or put headphones so I don't bother anyone, just to hear what could have just as simply been typed.
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Thursday, 3 March 2016 13:59 (eight years ago) link
"Never got the point of unboxing videos. Just seems like a boring video blogger ritual."
hi you are not nine years old.
― scott seward, Thursday, 3 March 2016 15:57 (eight years ago) link
it's the latest in viral capitalist propoganda don't you know
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 3 March 2016 15:59 (eight years ago) link
I don't think most people doing unboxing videos are 9 either.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 3 March 2016 16:28 (eight years ago) link
neither are the people doing the gamestop dumpster diving videos that my nine year old was obsessed with.
― scott seward, Thursday, 3 March 2016 16:54 (eight years ago) link
but yeah some unboxing stuff obviously for the people who are mentally nine. at heart.
― scott seward, Thursday, 3 March 2016 16:55 (eight years ago) link
dumpster diving videos >>>>> unboxing
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 3 March 2016 16:56 (eight years ago) link
But the unboxing videos usually look slow and ceremonial. As if they'd get a separate commentator if they could.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 3 March 2016 17:33 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Cornelius Pardew (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 3 March 2016 17:40 (eight years ago) link
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!
― dyl, Thursday, 3 March 2016 18:54 (eight years ago) link
I like really like Todd's One Hit Wonderland series.
― Austin, Thursday, 3 March 2016 20:29 (eight years ago) link
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
― dyl, Friday, 4 March 2016 16:45 (eight years ago) link
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."
― hunangarage, Friday, 4 March 2016 16:58 (eight years ago) link
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.
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Friday, 4 March 2016 17:43 (eight years ago) link
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
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Friday, 4 March 2016 17:47 (eight years ago) link