2002 Had BANGERS

[@ehm3056]

this is my petition to anthony to give Toxic an honorary spot as the 11th song on the 2004 tier list because it goes too hard to be forgotten

yes

[@felipelozano3378]

agree

[@prodbyzaqq]

Toxic da 🐐 no 🧢

[@dekaiaverett3265]

The beat on toxic is too fire

[@cityboy2092]

Britney not appearing on these lists is blasphemous. You could not so much as go take a shit in the year 2000 without hearing Oops I Did It Again in some capacity

[@Crossark1]

In The End was easily in S tier just by virtue of cultural impact alone, before factoring in how much of a banger it is. The anime and gaming communities would not have survived the 2000s and early 2010s without the holy trinity of HyperCam 2, Windows Movie Maker, and Linkin Park.

[@yetinate8014]

Nothing like a DBZ x In The End AMV to hype a young teen in the 00's

[@RetroHalon]

​@@yetinate8014 Thanks for mentioning that. Those Dragonball AMVs with LP music kicked ass! It was my first introduction to the internet really.

[@mg682]

The best years of my childhood. Blasting amvs and being introduced to all these different bands of the 90s and 00s.

[@iGotSpaceLikeNASA]

@@yetinate8014 No doubt! I got introduced to Linkin Park through a Papercut Dragonball AMV

[@StoneEagle194]

2002 was a watershed moment in for the American anime community in general. DBZ had officially become the best thing since sliced bread, the AcTN block kicked into high gear, and at the center of all of it was Linkin Park, a bunch of unapologetic mecha fans that loved Gundam.

[@mitchlmitten5874]

Between Blurry, How You Remind Me, and Whever You Will Go, 2002 was a good year for dads who just bought a motorcycle

[@nickfalletta661]

🤣🤣🤣

[@cityboy2092]

Lol that was also the year of Wasting My Time by Default, My Sacrifice by Creed, and the Hero song Chad Kroeger did for Spider-Man. What an amazing year to be a suburban dad 2002 was

[@Airplane299]

@@cityboy2092 Don't forget about One Last Breath also by Creed!

[@ambozz3726]

Whever

[@nu-metalfan2654]

@MitchLmitten. I don’t get this Dad meme when we talk about Post Grunge/Butt Rock bands. Post Grunge/Butt Rock appeals more to a younger audience (now are in their mid 20’s to mid 30’s) that are sad. The people that listen to Puddle Of Mudd, Nickelback or The Calling or more likely to listen to Dido than Foo Fighters or Muse that are very much Dad bands. I should know because I’m one of those people that listen to Post Grunge and also likes Dido, and I’m in my mid 20’s.

[@sonne5111]

Fantano correctly confirmed that "In The End" is one of the greatest songs ever made.

[@me-ou3hs]

@MyBeautifulDarkTwistedSilentPlanet I would agree but it’s still a really good song

[@kdawgthechef2855]

@MyBeautifulDarkTwistedSilentPlanet no but I can only think of a few that touch the presence in the end had (numb, what I’ve done, numb)

[@Jack-bn3it]

@@kdawgthechef2855 I think you forgot numb

[@thirdhandlv4231]

Its mid, i despise the sound of the 2000's say for a few songs that don't sound like they are from that decade.

[@Shakethe5Dusts]

@MyBeautifulDarkTwistedSilentPlanet LP doesn't have 15 great songs.

[@runnersdialzero1244]

A girl in my class died in November 2001 and "Wherever You Will Go" was played at her funeral. She wasn't The Calling Superfan #1, but it was one of the last songs she'd illegally downloaded from the internet and she'd written a few lines from it on the last page of her diary. I have no idea why I'm sharing this, but I suppose it does make it especially memorable for me while maybe less so for Melon and others. I hear that song and whoops, here come the very nice dead girl from art class vibes. ;(

[@jml6263]

Linkin Park is such an important band in the cultural landscape of modern American music and they deserve to be recognized for it. Love those guys a lot.

[@skskskpost8852]

For a band that has never been regarded as critically acclaimed, they're one of the most influential bands of this generation.

[@kevinhansen9258]

Kind of off topic but as a South African America seems by far to have the most eclectic selection of music. It's quite amazing, though I suppose it's size can account for some of that.

[@АлександрМалахов-ш1л]

I’ve never been into Linkin Park, I’ve listened to like two songs by them, but I have heard from so many people that this band influenced them, helped them to get through their life etc. that I can’t dislike them. Plus, the songs I did hear were excellent. They seem like the only good nu-metal band😊

[@oetproductions8101]

@@hunterlawless8835 They super corny. That’s how you could dislike them. You are right tho. Also, nostalgia sure helps. Remember they had that song with Dre? Cringe

[@49zeph]

@@oetproductions8101 remember that collab EP with JayZ! Amazing.

[@conserva-chan2735]

I would love him to continue with this series in the 80s and 90s

[@MusicJunkiePlus]

I’m kinda surprised that the movie “White Chicks” didn’t get a mention when discussing “A Thousand Miles”. The Terry Crews scene singing that song is a timeless slice of art

[@grmancool]

singlehandedly made the song a timeless classic for millennials

[@Thesportsmusicgod]

IKR

[@yudhabagaskara98]

It's a good thing because it's getting boring

[@MvsG18]

Let's not forget Move Your Feet by Junior Senior

[@christianlucas7656]

I bet Fantano hates that movie lol

[@andrewnicon]

Puddle of Mudd is such a funny name. I can just imagine the conversation where a guy in the band is like "Guys. What if we added another D to the word Mud?" And they all look at him like he's a genius.

[@eaglesandowls]

Yeah, but back then people were substituting S's with Z's and doing other things with letters in names so I'm not surprised.

[@pranavprankstergangster]

Such a bad band as well

[@ferrolad]

i feel like that's a scene from the puddle of mudd biopic. blurry: the puddle of mudd story

[@crazycadet133]

pudd o mudd

[@telequacker-9529]

That Puddle track is not B tier... C, tops

[@henrygreen2096]

A thousands miles made me listen to every other project Vanessa released. She's underrated. Her first three albums are great.

[@TheLegoBongoDrum]

i love fantano comments because i get such unusual music recs that always hit, got any fav individual songs?

[@robf1557]

@@TheLegoBongoDrum I'm not thee biggest fan of hers but White Houses is a pretty damn good song

[@henrygreen2096]

@@TheLegoBongoDrum For individual tracks I agree that _White Houses_ is a huge stand out I think it's her next best written/performed song out of her entire discog. Two other tracks are _Private Radio_ and _Ordinary day._ She did a bunch of covers that I think show off her singing skills like _Dreams_ (Fleetwood Mac) and I like her version of _Paint It Black_ (The Rolling Stones).

[@jodijodijodi]

Mike Shinoda’s side project Fort Minor - The Rising Tied is so underrated. Some of the songwriting on that is exceptional such as in songs like Kenji, Right Now, Slip out the Back and Red to Black. Love that project.

[@MispeledStalion]

A Thousand Miles is timeless. I'm a man in my 30s and it's my go-to for karaoke. ALWAYS gets the people going, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, or gender.

[@guykoplowich4068]

No black man has ever got going to a thousand miles

[@maki6569]

@@guykoplowich4068 except when its a remix about killing fellow black men

[@dancerarinz556]

@@guykoplowich4068 That is false my guy

[@tylerjones954]

@@maki6569 What?

[@whatsthematterwithyou]

@@guykoplowich4068 ever heard of terry crews?

[@TheZenomeProject]

The fact that Cornell didn't get the kind of copycats that Cobain and Vedder did was honestly sort of a silent way of showing respect, because precious few actually had the technical chops to pull that off and everyone knew that. Neither Cobain nor Vedder were what I would consider singers with a lot of vocal range, even though their vocals were still iconic, while Cornell's vocal abilities could've gone toe-to-toe with some of the best vocalists in rock history.

[@jbstrevel94]

The only modern day rock artist that was heavily influenced by Cornell, that could hold a candle, *in my opinion* is Brent Smith of Shinedown. Brent’s said multiple times that Chris had a major impact on him. Which, out of all the mid-range vocalists of the 2000’s to today, Brent Smith has the best range and vocal chops to back it up.

[@nicolasriveros943]

i would said Myles Kennedy from Alter Bridge is the closest thing to a Cornell copycat in terms of vocal range when it comes to the post grunge/alt metal late 2000 acts. Which is funny since the musicians from that band made famous by working with a Eddie Vedder copycat in the first place lmao

[@jbstrevel94]

@@nicolasriveros943 good call. I sadly forget about Myles.

[@nicolasriveros943]

@@jbstrevel94 still a great singer tho

[@BunzJackson]

Yeah, I feel like Chris Cornell is underappreciated as a vocalist. Plenty of people know he was great of course, but not as many as there should be.

[@dooderman8361]

Unironically I like how you remind me, I think it’s a good song, it’s not amazing and isn’t my favourite song, but it’s good. Never understood what people hated so much about the lead vocals, I think he doesn’t overdo that sound and yea when it’s overdone it sounds awful but I think he tiptoed that line ok. I haven’t heard any of their other songs so I can’t speak to how much I like/dislike the band but this one isn’t bad. Judging by what everyone else has to say about the band tho and this being regarded as their least bad song I don’t plan on diving into their catalogue at any point but I do enjoy how you remind me, I think it’s good.

[@nowokeplease8522]

Nah it's amazing.

[@yeepsleep]

Not hating on your opinion at all, but Chad's voice is what kills it for me. Totally subjective but when I hear him sing I think of farts, or expired hot dogs, or not showering for several days and this song is the perfect example of that

[@Schnooblers]

listen to if everyone cared and if today was your last day, great songs imo that everyone overlooks

[@Thesportsmusicgod]

Same

[@peedro1531]

it's a banger

[@edgarasmeskauskas2367]

So many great songs here. ,,How you remind me” definetly deserves nr. 1. Also ,,hybrid theory” has no skips. Just banger after banger. Even ,,Cure for the Itch.

[@yasinserkan1320]

Curr for the itch goes stupidly fire tho is that an unpopular opinion?

[@paolosworld99]

The strings on Cure For The Itch make it ascend the whole album upward in time for the finale track.

[@birberking6999]

Melon giving linkin park praise in general AND an S for In The End is one of his biggest W’s ever.

[@GotDamBoi]

in hindsight Mike Shinoda is a huge reason why I got into hip hop lol

[@Gluu4]

Same lol. Linkin Park really did lead me towards it and I'm so thankful it did.

[@burgermind802]

Dick Mountain is better than Shopify Mountain.

[@matt0G]

and the interview of his maybe is the reason he's not hating on linking park for once 😂

[@dudewithlaptop8663]

I remember being like 14 and rapping hands held high and bleed it out. Then I heard deltron 3030 and ever since rap has been one of my favorite genres.

[@JackInABeanstalk98]

@@dudewithlaptop8663 he had bars in those pre album demos too. even post LP "I Have not begun" is good as hell

[@Mezelenja]

Linkin Park had the world in their hands in the 00s. Endless bangers.

[@dsxa918]

I'm disappointed they didn't hold my attention - I'm not sure who's fault that is. I listened to so much of their first two albums and have got to catch up on anything since

[@paolosworld99]

Eminem and Linkin Park topped the charts

[@paolosworld99]

@@dsxa918 Minutes To Midnight is meant to be listened to after the first two. It's all quiet and kind of has "after the storm" vibes ATS sucks at first but grows on you.

[@lilyluhtwizzy]

@@dsxa918 Man every song is memorable, you really gotta listen to every album from beginning to end. 7 entire masterpieces.

[@20usuario]

​@@dsxa918 Same happen me with Doom, ppl love him, but its no for me.

[@sillysillyshenaniganz]

Who else cheered when A Thousand Miles got S Tier?

[@Frdnnd]

Me

[@shocksystem8675]

Me

[@88res]

Cheered??? I got $100 and everyone clapped

[@Thesportsmusicgod]

Me

[@gasmask1408]

Me tbh

[@R3nnan]

I want an entire video of melon doing Eddie Vedder (and his copycats) impressions

[@bobjenkins4925]

EEEEEBEEEEHHH, RESS HIS HEDANA PILLO MAYDA CONCEREH AGAHEH

[@Ok-tl1dv]

AA AAAAHHAAAA UUUUUUUUU I FEEL ALIVE UIUIIUIUU AAAAAHHHAAA UUUUUUUU IM STILL ALIVE

[@Amazongrassmonster]

His impressions are the best part of these videos 😂

[@Arawn505]

His singing at 14:55 had me laughing out loud 😂

[@honeydew1160]

The way I was chanting "S-Tier! S-Tier!" when Linkin Park came up 🤣

[@mohhie]

Im a big fan of ashanti's 'foolish', the way it incorporates repetition into its structure beutifuly reflects the realities of a toxic relationship. Its a great song but not through the lenses of a pop hit

[@DonPasquale_]

Wherever You Will Go is one of the essential early 2000s looking out the window in the car pretending your life is a movie as a kid songs

[@benjadamon]

I can’t help but love that song lol

[@solitudeisbliss6]

If you start playing the track in the background just after fantano starts talking about them in this video it somehow fits perfectly..

[@yellowgina23]

Word

[@ImDeluxeSP33some]

THE LINKIN PARK PRAISE ON THE FANTANO CHANNEL IS WHAT I LIVE FOR

[@trevsoda]

I will always remember nelly dilemma for making great use of the iconic "ahh" sound effect

[@bigbonesbrian]

Funny that you called Nickelback "Ticklesack" and then started scratching your balls for 15 minutes, but you're the boss I suppose

[@MelMelodyWerner]

you're right. that was funny.

[@sgeddegs]

celest

[@JonnyBoyOfficial]

Unfortunately, Atlantic Records denied the Australian band Silverchair, from being able to debut one of their best albums in America in 2002, Diorama. That would be in the S tier for sure.

[@RustleXer]

Love to see Silverchair be appreciated by others, such a solid Aussie band up there with The Living End and Violent Soho.

[@bradley163]

Damn. Silverchair was such am overlooked band here in the states. I lived and breathed Frogstomp and always looked forward to each of their subsequent projects.

[@moresnqp]

insane that the label did that

[@mattr3250]

There early years were super good. They’ve gone a little “Maroon 5” the last 5-10 years.

[@stevenmcdonald]

Still amazes me that Tomorrow was preformed by 15 year old's

[@superzrod7723]

A thousand miles is one of the best songs of the decade! I can’t praise it enough

[@SBRS47]

The only playlist I have contains just one song: "In the End." It has over 20,000 hours of playtime.

[@cdvideodump]

I tried so hard to add more songs But in the end is all that really matters

[@trevsoda]

anthony could you please make sure you do a rendition of every song on future lists? it's kind of a pain to go look them up in case I don't remember them, but your singing always jogs my memory

[@agustingiacomelli]

yeah, this

[@iGotSpaceLikeNASA]

I’m just a few years younger than Anthony and I do wonder if this tier list has so many ‘iconic tunes’ because of our age at the time and being so open and excited about new music and sounds. That early teenage phase is such an impressionable time. Or maybe someone here of a different generation can agree with me also that these songs are absolute bangers! 🔥

[@tximinoman]

It's because of that, of course. The moment you were a teenager tends to be when a lot of people (not saying this is your or Fantano's case) think music peaked. That's why the old people trope is complaining about "how they don't do music like they used to, man". In my head, the best couple of years for music were 2006 to 2008 because I was incredibly excited about it back then. I turned 17 in 06 and we started going to this club that on top of having a room for rap, and a room for electro, had a room for indie rock which was the genre I was really into at the time, also a new (and very short lived) TV channel centered in alternative/indie music appeared that year in my country. Those three years were a time of constant music discovery for me. There was always a new band, a new song, a new album to listen to, and it was very exciting. I started going to as many concerts as I could during that time also. Of course when I go back and listen to music from that era I have a lot of nostalgia for it even if I think many of the albums I used to listen back then don't hold up at all.

[@willkersey7340]

In the End defined my childhood

[@bobjenkins4925]

Lets be real, our dads will NEVER appreciate Linkin Park the way we do. Sometimes you just gotta come up at a certain time

[@nu-metalfan2654]

@Matt Bethel. Not for me, I’m one of those “born in the wrong era” types. I was born in 1996 but I really should’ve been born in 1984 so I could’ve been a teenager during my favourite era of music from 1997 to 2003. I was a teenager from 2009 to 2016 and the music fucking sucked.

[@chrisplaut394]

nostalgia is a hell of a drug

[@JohnDoe-vc5qb]

That Linkin Park album that is all remixes and written in 1337 5P34K was pretty good

[@imjustok9966]

This is somewhat unrelated, but I think it would be interesting to see your a top 5-10 albums for the years you have missed. Most of my favorite albums came out way before your channel was a thing. It could be similar to this, just instead of billboard songs, it’s your favorite albums (or even songs if you like). Ik it would be a lot more work than just taking the songs off a billboard list, but I think it would be really interesting

[@GoombaGuy1996]

A legitimate reason why people hated Nickelback was that while the band itself wasn’t the worst, their success opened the door for actual bad bands to find mainstream success. Bands such as Theory of a Deadman, Trapt, etc.

[@justinspenks]

nickelback fun fact: Chad Kroeger asked his step dad for $4000 to produce their first EP, they took the money, spent half of it on making the EP and the other half on mushrooms. A LOT of mushrooms

[@kevinschulze5258]

Ok wtf 2002 was an amazing year in music looking back after all this time

[@matthewsimmons8378]

Avril Lavigne's "Complicated" just missed out at #11. Would've liked to see where you would've placed it.

[@jeremyc9593]

A

[@TheRareVideosXL]

Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" is certainly a banger.

[@Thesportsmusicgod]

Yep

[@nicole5436]

Nope

[@ThomasWillett1]

As someone whose father liked Puddle of Mudd's first album and played it to death including loving "She Hates Me" a bit too much, seeing someone call it bad 20 years later is VERY cathartic.

[@willsmi89]

2002 was not bad of a year at all! Man the nostalgia on all these tracks. TAKE ME BACK TO THOSE DAYS!!!!! 😭😭

[@Ryan-wr8fx]

Haven't watched the video yet, but A Thousand Miles is still a banger, S tier all the way

[@moodyx5626]

Jesus, I was only 5 in 2002, but I can recall all of these songs from either their title or first few seconds. Crazy how impactful these early 00s songs were despite how young I was.

[@thefan1629]

Hybrid Theory would be so deserving of a classic review.

[@Supertaldo916]

Linkin Park may have been the point that Nu Metal went kind of down hill because of how much more "poppy" it became, but damn me if Hybrid Theory wasn't a banger of an album. Literally one of my top 10 albums that I listen on repeat to this day without getting tired of it. There's something about how it merges Nu-metal, industrial metal, elctronic and screamo without any of it sounding corny, topped by Chester Bennington's voice being a gift from the heavens and Mike Shinoda being an outstanding rapper in comparison to every other rap-metal white boy rapper that sux massive balones. The only fault I'd give it is the track Cure for the Itch which is far from being my favorite song ever. 10/10 album in my mind fosho.

[@ChrisSl8]

Your summary of that era of Linkin Park is perfect. Speaking of Cure for the Itch, I distinctly remember discovering it back in 2001 or so when I had the CD and was listening through, the song came off as strange but oddly captivating but I couldn't stop listening to it, especially as a 12 year old living through the immediate post-9/11 NYC world. Fast forward to around 2020 when I was doing all kinds of random Spotify deep dives on different artists and I found it again, listening to it through similarly eerie times during the peak of the "empty roads" period that spring. It remains in my regular rotation now for sure.

[@jakemd9907]

Summed up my experience with linkin park exactly. Although I did find cure for the itch quite captivating just based off its peculiarity

[@Supertaldo916]

@@ChrisSl8 yeah, I get what you are saying about Cure for the itch, it has an uncanny strange vibe to it that ,for me, depends on the day wether I absolutely love or just want to skip. But it's pretty mesmerizing tbh.

[@skskskpost8852]

I dont know man, RYM used to hate HT religiously and calling them corny (and I love LP)

[@Thesportsmusicgod]

Yep

[@tristancooper3139]

So cute to see nostalgia getting to Anthony

[@Blargishtarbin]

I’m a huge Linkin Park fan. Have been most of my life, and I’m a 96 baby. Love to see them in this.

[@Juli_is_Online]

Fantano and/or his editor remembering Neil Cicierega's AC/VC is truly a beautiful moment. Absolute classic

[@andrewpappas9311]

System of a Down had some great songs in ‘02, I-E-A-I-A-I-O, Chic ‘N’ Stu and Mr. Jack are some of my favourite songs (plus Steal This Album! is awesome). Plus speaking of great albums, Foo Fighters’ One By One is absolutely killer as well

[@aeskeets]

I love that wild unplugged string part in Nu Guns.

[@Lance_G]

I just want to say that your impromptu singing is S Tier in my book 🙌

[@oops6876]

NGL, I’ve honestly always loved Blurry and it’s vibe, so someone finally giving it even a little bit of praise is nice to hear.

[@amberplease9537]

i was at a random party like two years ago, in the end started playing and i swear one dude started singing, another one joined and then we had a small circle of millennials singing to linkin park to perfection. and we speak spanish one of my greatest anecdotes

[@MOTat18]

I know. I love that song

[@Arat1t1]

In The End is always a guaranteed party starter when you're at karaoke.

[@Jake20111]

The drumming on A Thousand Miles is fantastic. They go so hard it's kinda nuts

[@9.peanut]

It’s really the recording and the mix - plenty of people pound out drum tracks that get mixed down to oblivion. Whoever mastered that track said no, we’re letting every instrument sit at 66% and duke it out. That song had to be recorded somewhere special and mastered by a legend.

[@buennabus527]

Linkin Park's first 3 albums are incredible

[@thefan1629]

A thousand suns is their best tho.

[@lilyluhtwizzy]

All 7*

[@marcgw496]

@@thefan1629I agree with that actually. I have a tendency to listen to Hybrid Theory and Meteora the most but I think A thousand suns is their highest quality record from start to finish. Shame that it was dismissed so quickly by everyone back when it released just because it wasn’t nu metal.

[@ghosttones3422]

Legit all these years I thought Creed did "Wherever You WIll Go" lmao

[@thegroove14]

“A Thousand Miles” is a banger still to this day!

[@iwishiwasthemoon87]

Terry Crews agrees!

[@brandonayong5823]

That " Chill pop" Era was so amazing A thousand miles Everything Dido was doing That girl who sang "Nothing is right I'm torn. I'm all out of place. This is how I feel." 😂😂

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Why are you fantano fans so… delicate? Like feminine men. You have some of the most vaginal takes on pop music lol. Like full of estrogen

[@Thesportsmusicgod]

Yep

[@witchbvrner]

Man, those first two Linkin Park records are still great.

[@DEFGHST]

3:52

[@DEFGHST]

❤

[@Thrashman-ye4cf]

YOU LIKE TO THINK YOURE NEVER WROOOOONG

[@jeremyc9593]

One of the few bands that everyone didn't turn on when they found out that everyone likes them

[@v00doozz82]

Idc what anyone says, “she hates me” is great bar music and always a blast to hear.

[@zoerose3478]

I need to know how old u are respectfully 😭

[@v00doozz82]

@@zoerose3478 26

[@danford4275]

Usher reppin' Unreal Tournament with his chains

[@dorianmunoz8058]

I love these videos so much, it gives me the excuse to play these songs loud af to “remind” myself 😂😂

[@person.w9780]

Crazy how iconic some of these songs are 20 years later. Don't hear a lot of songs of that caliber anymore.

[@johnmaddentheliberalmermai7183]

That’s the death of the monoculture for ya

[@brandonayong5823]

I think back then song structure still mattered so much. Like artists really had a verse a chorus a verse another chorus a bridge and a closure. From pop to rap from rock to R'N'B this was still the rulebook. I think the streaming Era kinda killed that

[@MrDudieNoodles]

Bruh what is this boomerzoomer ass take. You are literally watching one of the largest music reviewers in the world. Just go through fandango’s best of the year lists if you are missing some good modern / contemporary music

[@feargm]

@@brandonayong5823 This, 100%. god i miss the mainstream having bridges and stuff

[@leam89]

Yeah I disagree. There's lots of great new music. You're just nostalgic

[@Akrostix]

Can't wait until we hit 2006 and it's like half Nickelback

[@jerrysmooth24]

Linkin park and Qotsa almost made the Iraq war worth it

[@Hevvvyyy]

Bruh.. Songs for the deaf tho

[@nicole5436]

True

[@skskskpost8852]

Never forget that RYM and Critics used to dunk on Linkin Park religiously (not on Nickelback level, but still). They have always been good. They just got an unfair amount of hate from Snobs and elitist it made me question my music taste that having LP as my favourite artist means that I have an awful music taste.

[@nowokeplease8522]

Yeah music subjective as hell. I don't give a shit if people get into the intricacies and nuances of what makes music good, because you could do that with any music.

[@DerangedManiac12]

Disappointed you didn't bring out the Eddie Vedder voice for Wherever You Will Go (MadTV once made a sketch about Vedder voice overuse using that song) but glad you otherwise brought it out frequently this video.

[@lordphilbert3838]

Thank you Mr. Fantano I love your work! I'm glad to see we like the same part of the song at 14:55 lol

[@joshgiannini1804]

I have to listen to each song to jog my memory and I 100% agree blurry is their most decent song. I was genuinely surprised that song was by them because I always loved the chorus

[@Ofallthings089]

The DJ played In The End as the last song for my cousin’s wedding.

[@joshw9424]

Shout out to the Patti Labelle sample on Nelly "Dilemma" and the Chuck Brown sample (Bustin Loose!) on "Hot in Here"

[@yxngkarim]

can’t wait for Fantano to review the 1800s

[@sunsetsoverlavenderfields]

I'm glad you actually like Blurry, i have extra nostalgic attachment to it being the theme song for Ace Combat 5, aka the best flight combat game ever made

[@stevemeli]

Surprised not to see Avril in there. 2002 was a massive year for her.

[@jessew7565]

Oh god Puddle of Mudd. In about 2018 I ended up sitting behind the lead singer on an international flight. It was economy seating. I knew it was him, because he was harassing his drummer, drunkenly telling him that Puddle of Mudd is going to break up because he texted his wife. He kept drinking until he passed out, and when I looked it up apparently he's doing really really bad. Wishing him luck smh

[@rudeboyspodcast]

I will watch these videos PURELY to hear Fantano do impressions of vocalists. It's always a great time. EDIT: Nickelback getting a C is mind-blowing. I unironically enjoy "How You Remind Me," so that made my day.

[@poopoofuhqueue2389]

"Hero" by Josie Scott and Chad Kroeger from the Spiderman soundtrack is also a really good song.

[@boheyo]

I think that's the closest I've come to enjoying a Nickelback song.

[@poopoofuhqueue2389]

@@boheyo I'll add another one. Leader of Men. It was there very very first mainstream single. I like that song.

[@bikeguy75]

Love the Neil Cicierega smash up.

[@yebwulebdullah]

How you remind me is at least an A. How many hooks can you throw in one song, go through them there’s way more than you think. It’s a masterclass of pop songwriting

[@JazzySpF]

Imagine writing the guitar part to Blurry and being stuck with Mudd Johnson singing the lead vocal.

[@Number_6ix]

God I really want his name to be Mudd Johnson. I don’t actually know what it is, but I’ll be damned if that man shouldn’t go to his grave with the name “Mudd Johnson” permanently attached to him.

[@cdvideodump]

His name is Wes Scantlin, uncultured swine

[@AzraelNewtype0079]

@@Number_6ix Considering the antics Wes Scantlin has been up to starting back in this era and never stopping, I think he'd probably prefer to be able to go somewhere as Mudd Johnson too.

[@josephdoran2277]

I was listening to LP today in the car. Hybrid Theory. Shit hits like Mike Tyson's right hook

[@SuavisforsenE]

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[@nwh3rd]

Your post-grunge vocal mimicking will never get old 😂

[@farbrormelker1558]

The best parts of these videos are Anthony showing off his vocal chops

[@jw-ob1wv]

This list should be looking even better. Nickelback and the Calling are easily A tier for me. Those are absolute classics that I would happily blast out of the car with the windows down

[@scruvydom]

Generally nailed it but Foolish as a C-tier???? You mud fam?? Sooo bittersweet and sultry, so smooth, so catchy, doesn't change up much, but just enough to keep you hooked - that lil break near the end where they cut out the backing track - "when I get the strength to leave... you"... Honestly one of my favorite RnB tracks ever, total L on that placement.

[@quinnwaterman1535]

Puddle of Mud blurry's music video hit me hard. My friend has a similar situation with his kid and it really put it in perspective.

[@myles7453]

In the End & Diliemma, I agree with the placement. A 1000 miles is fun, Always got to think of the Terry Crew singing clip in White Chicks when it comes on. I didn't know Hot in Herre was 2002 (I thought it was later). Ashanti & Nickelback, I would have placed in B, and What's Love, I would have in S.

[@ringo8410]

"A Thousand Miles" is one of those 'Oh, *that* song' for me. I've heard the instrumental at the beginning a thousand times but never knew the title of the actual song. Yeah, it's a good one.

[@andrewnicon]

"Good gracious ass is bodacious" is one of the funnier starting lyrics I can think of. Like the phrase "good gracious" is funny by itself.

[@thegrinderman1090]

Thank you, I was just trying to remember that line and couldn't get past 'good gracious'. I'm partial to the Happy Mondays opener "Son, I'm 30. I only went with your mother cos she's dirty."

[@Joeny_Depps]

Love these videos. Nostalgia overload.

[@jackreeder215]

Melon, you cant describe the status of Afghanistan in 2002 as a "Banger"

[@jamieslacks]

never thought Fantano would put Who I Smoke in S tier

[@QuillPGall]

this is the first tier list of yours where i actually fully agree. great video malone

[@aisidapatrick2781]

How you remind me by Nickelback was a dope track. It’s an “A” tier song.

[@overlorddan7868]

I am actually surprised that Hybrid Theory wasn’t in your 2000s By the Decade video because I figured it would get a 10, In The End getting an S is a huge W though

[@Pieguy3OO]

Idc what anyone says How you remind me is a fuckin BANGER. Not the best band but that song goes hard.

[@palatonian9618]

Also the music video for How You Remind Me is f***ing hilarious

[@itsallenwow]

A Thousand Miles is such a catchy single that nearly 20 years later a gang would make a song rapping over this track called Who I Smoke where they brag about a series of murders they did in the Jacksonville area. And this song was so catchy they went to the top of the charts on the back of this awesome chorus and piano line.

[@matthewgilliland2163]

Whole different song sample man. Killer track tho.

[@itsallenwow]

I wrote all that out just to be flat out confusing it with the other catchy ass song about distance by a female singer from this era. I’ll take this L

[@matthewgilliland2163]

I am actually incorrect I was thinking bout "one thousand miles" mb dudes right

[@matthewgilliland2163]

So I think we both take an L on this one lol

[@itsallenwow]

Ok but just to confirm. My original comment is correct then lol?

[@rafetizer]

I picked up Hybrid Theory based solely on the cover art, and I was not disappointed.

[@fatfard]

god it feels so good every time fantano heaps praise onto linkin park

[@yeezystreetteam]

that fat joe song makes me wish i was cool and dated my crush in highschool instead of being an angsty boi. its a dreamy cut

[@giarichards8379]

1:09 Stone Cold Steve Fantano 😬💀