Let's argue: Melon is jealous of Cal's success

I'm pretty sure the bechdel test is designed for movies and books. It's kind of hard to have a conversation in a pop song that lasts longer than 20 seconds.

Lets argue: Cal Chuchesta has done more for the rap game then Kendrick Lamar

LET'S ARGUE: John Cena has done more for the rap game then Kendrick Lamar Basic Thuganomics > To Pimp a Butterfly

Classical music is very underrated. Bach straight up slaps in da whip

Those harmonies tho

*Bechdel With The Good Hair*

This video didn't have enough edge, too squeeky clean. 2/10.

People who view Beyonce as some kind of socially contentious art hero and not a corporate pop star are playing themselves. Her music is one big product for the top 40 chart, it's only "woke" in the most superficial way possible.

Just do a fursona reveal already.

Guess I'm smoking and listening to Frank Sinatra tonight.

as someone with tinnitus, I will tell you that i feel very lucky that its low and that after a few years i can barely notice it. It gets better, but what I would urge and I tell my friends to do this too, is to wear ear plugs and listen to when your phone says "this is too loud" To answer the kid who emailed melon, things do get better and the thing to focus on would be to start thinking of ways to prevent it from getting worse.

Sorry, missed your answer to the psychedelic music statement, too busy tripping on the background

How does a song that is not a duet between two recognizable female singers even pass the Bechtel test. WTF?

The Walmart kid thing just opened my mind.

This is the closest we're ever going to get to a MBDTF redux

Wolfthony Shirtano

It's rare for an R&B/Pop artist like Beyonce to not mention the opposite gender in a song. That goes for males focusing on women as well...

you said something positive about mbdtf but i still got ptsd flashbacks from the review, you'll be hearing from my lawyers soon x

Wearing earplugs at concerts? Hell no 😂😂😂. I'm not a nerd. I'm not getting nae-naed on by the cool kids 😤🤚🤚🤚

Lets Argue is my favorite anime

My definitive list of what makes a song objectively good: it's not bad* *sometimes, it depends

That intro song sounds like the theme from Akira

I took 4 tabs of acid and for the second time in my life, I listened to Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here album. It's not that I heard anything new, it's how I heard the same music in a different way. It's as if somehow my mind had previously and subconsciously memorized the entire album note for note and acid unlocked that knowledge, projecting shimmering wavey visual cloud patterns that moved or danced one step ahead of (and yet, in sync with) the music. At the same time, I instinctively knew which way the patterns would move with the unlocked knowledge of the album's note for note sound. In my humble experience, I can say that acid definitely enhanced the way I heard Wish You Were Here. BTW a little side note: The meaning of life is to learn and to laugh. Education and entertainment. Love is a bonus not to be squandered.

That intro was better than any of the Billboard performances

I've only heard about the Bechdel test in the context of movies/tv. How do you frame that for music?

When is the Melon album coming out bro? All this singing and bass playing has got me stoked.

That was the best intro of all time

Let’s Argue: Kendrick Lamar’s reaction to a white fan quoting his song (after he invited her on stage, and told her to sing) and saying the “n” word, was honestly annoyingly stupid on his part and the audience was acting superbly immature about it.

Tinnitus isn’t curable but the brain is a beautiful thing. Most of the time, the brain eventually blocks out the sounds/ringing brought on by tinnitus and eventually the person won’t even notice the tinnitus anymore

Let's argue: Melon needs to admit to his Vietnam atrocities and face justice

Anthony "At the end of the day" Fantano

If you record those harmonies in the intro with Cal it's a HIT 🔥🔥🔥

So we just gonna act like Melon didn't have some of the best vocals of the year at the beginning of this video? No autotune either...

not gonna lie, some of the takes in this video were pretty hot

I actually prefer psychedelic music when I'm NOT tripping, because it reminds me of when I'm tripping. When I'm tripping I prefer calmer, folky music because it can help ground you.

idek how loud is too loud...sometimes i try to turn up the volume and its already on max and sometimes i barely have the volume halfway up and i have a headache.

You need to make a collab with Cal! That intro was fire

Loved the video and points. Can't wait to see you live.

Overhated is an amazing word. We can all agree on that.

Arguably ur best intro to date

Good comment about hearing damage. Last year I was listening to opeth on the bus and when I was getting my bus card out, I accidentally learned on the volume control on my device and that shit went roaring up to maximum. It physically hurt even though it was only about three seconds before I stopped it. For several days after I had a ringing in my ears and loud sounds hurt. I was in acoustic shock but luckily it didn’t develop into full blown tinnitus and within a week I was back to normal. Close call though and it illustrates how fragile hearing is.

Lil Aaron youtube ad before this video, new favorite artist.

Great installment of Let's Argue!! That intro was ecstatic bro.

Melon is online.

Triggered at the AM background for "bland rock". AM is a great album

The thing about listening to really layered music like Tool or Pink Floyd on a psychedelic is that it becomes way easier to dissect each individual layer rather than hearing it all as a full piece. It's like you suddenly have this ability to select a layer and listen to just that one part of it and follow it better than when you're sober. You're hearing is also a lot more magnified, so what could be really quiet and way in the background can suddenly be heard with equal validity to what's already in the foreground of a mix.

I subscribed today cause this video made me chuckle a couple of times

Just gonna share my experience with tinnitus cause it's relevant. Last year, when I was 20, I went to a rock concert and, like a dumbass, I didn't wear any ear protection. I was near the front of the stage too, so the speakers were fairly close. Now I got ringing in my ear, and it makes it sometimes hard to concentrate on school and trying to get to sleep. It can be very intrusive, and by the looks of it I have a very mild case because I don't hear the ringing when I'm not in a quiet room. Trust me, it's not worth it to not wear ear protection to music concerts. It doesn't make you uncool, and no one is gonna make fun of you for it. Even if they do, they're the losers who are gonna be deaf by the time they're 35, meanwhile you'll still have functioning ears. Be better than me, and wear ear protection.

*Thanks, Fandingus*

That intro was heavenly thx mel

When I've gone to concerts in the past, I didn't wear earbuds because usually I was far enough away that it wasn't all that loud, like kind of a safe distance. However, I made the HUGE mistake of not wearing earplugs when going to see Death Grips in DC and boy I had tinnitus (or whatever temporary version of that there is) for like 2-3 weeks after. Ever since that, I've tried to make a point of at least not getting too close to the speakers and instruments if I *really* don't wanna wear earplugs. I also don't usually go any higher than 4-5 notches below max volume with earphones because I just think it's totally unpleasant to listen any louder. Just be careful with your ears kids.

Frank Sinatra sounds very different stoned and on acid

*GERALD*

This is my favorite Fantano segment including the album reviews tbh

This is easily my favourite 'Argue'ment yet! So funny how you put it: Nobody owes anyone anything Aaaagghh!

the answer to this: 10:32 , is to release music under a pseudonym. if your music drastically changes from what you originally did.

Intro was beautiful

Wow this is one of your best videos I've seen

tinnitus is real shit. Thanks for saying that Anthony. I got tinnitus the night after my first gig and thought my life was over... Still feel like that sometimes, two years later. Things slowly got better as I learned to live with it but I really have to look after myself to make sure it doesn't get worse: always check my music's not too loud, I wear moulded ear plugs when playing gigs or basically any time I go to a club. It's really hard to sleep at night so having a nightly routine with a podcast is my solace. There was a time when I couldn't fall asleep without a loud rain track.

I don't know what you have against Interpol. Turn on the bright lights with its dark, melancholic post punk sound is a completely different album than the more 'poppier' Antics. Our Love to admire is different to Antics. And S/T has a more experimental approach (listen to 'Lights') than the pretty safe and solid El Pintor.

Fant, if you don't add a juicy ass bass line in that intro in the next "let's argue", imma

Melon, what you said about taking care of our ears so we can still enjoying music really touched me.

Dat harmony in the beginning was beautiful, a masterpiece :')

This melon never puts my hot takes in the vids.

Red Vox Another Light review. Let the Binyot flow through you.

love the Politkz reference near the end

You better add more to that intro song with every new edition of let's argue

Best intro ever!!!

i had to google Bechdel Test because i had no idea what that was lol

This series makes me love Mondays 🙏🏽😂

I live for these.

that intro sounded like 'heavenly' by Adventures lul

Thatistheplan slowly sips into this world

Btw I had tinnitus for 10+ years, 24 now... I was terrified when I first got it, and it still is a part of life, but honestly like most things when you have them long enough you'll just get used to it. My "silence" is not completely silent. If I dwell on it, it does seem quite sad, but 99,9% of the time I don't mind it

The AM backdrop while talking about clean rock albums...lol

Review the new Kyle album. He is the 89th most listened to person on spotify, your favorite xxl freshman of 2017, and both all the reviews I have seen and myself really enjoy the album.

i hope you know i spent the entirety of this video staring at your wolf t-shirt

Best video I think you’ve ever done

We need a full version of that song at the beginning

Review Shrek the Halls

Is "Let's Argue" on Soubdcloud

About the psychedelic thing man, when I listened to comfy in nautica by panda bear I really got a different experience with the end of that song on a psychedelic. It really left me in a trance like never before

I need that dance gavin dance clip isolated to send to all my friends lol

The fact that you (in particular) will generally not like an album if it isn't somehow different or more built-up than previous albums by that artist is one of the few things that I tend to not like about your reviews. One of very few things, sure, but it's a thing. It's not even consistent - sometimes a same-same album is amazing because you like that same-same sound the first time around; other times it's clear you weren't satisfied with the previous sound, which is fine, but suddenly the fact that it's same-same is a mark of shame on that artist as your brows furrow and your voice gets dark and verboten. If you balance that equation, the problem is not the band's consistency, but your subjective impression of the sound - and yet it's always framed as a problem of consistency. If we're talking about something thicc and layered and engineered like a sample-heavy project, or something like Tool, that makes sense. You EXPECT them to innovate, to push the sound forward and keep you on your toes. But sometimes you just want to listen to KISS or Bob Marley or Ugly Kid Joe and get that sound, that feeling. I don't need The Melvins to innovate. I appreciate bands that innovate on The Melvins, but that doesn't mean I want The Melvins to innovate. Does that make sense? Probably not. Either way, love you melon. Keep up the good work.

great vocal harmonies melon.

I think this video made me laugh harder than I ever have before at a fantano vid

Regarding the ear plugs at concert thing, I attended a gig by The Prodigy about 3 years ago and was stood behind the sound desk, even a band as rock 'n' roll as the godfathers of british rave had a guy monitoring the decibel level on a screen at their gig to make sure it was within safe levels. Obviously I can't speak for rough and ready local music nights, but at a professional well organised show, the volume level should be monitored and controlled to a point where a 90-120 minute gig is not going to affect your hearing in any major way.

death grips sounds different when your noided

I'm kind of sad because that intro was so close to being the start of circle of life :(

1:50 I agree with OP. Not just psychedelic music too, music in general

That harmony was gorgeous, be proud

Let’s argue: that was the best intro on KZfaq.

“That’s how you get tinnitus!” - Lúcio

3:27 another point here is what if you have limited equipment to record things with, maybe you use GarageBand (which I’ve not figured out how to record multiple things at once with), maybe you mess up a lot &/or the only person making music. Then you kinda have to cut, copy & paste to some extent

I agree with the guy arguing about rock albums without an edge. I complained about it when I used to follow you on Twitter. It happened with you and the Preoccupations’ last record...

what is that song

Watch that video of Kendrick calling out some girl he brought on stage to sing MAAD City for saying the N word, iz painful to watch

A sound can be reused until you run out of ways to make it equal quality to whatever your peak performance in that sound was. If your running out of things to do with one sound, then it's time to change, but you can always come back to it when you do have an idea for it.

DGD SHOUT OUT IM HERE FOR IT