2013 Was So Bad

[@generaljesus7669]

I did the Harlem Shake with a few friends for my 5th grade talent show, and I think that's why I'm an alcoholic now.

[@evanismakingmusic]

Great comment

[@Lu_phonics]

@@evanismakingmusic amazing comment

[@shemajdgantt5732]

WHICH Harlem Shake? Please say the P. Diddy one

[@Pax_Mayn3]

Steller remark

[@АперКот-т5ф]

Relatable

[@brycedavis9458]

Macklemore showed up, told us he liked cheap deals on clothes, told us he thought he was gay in the third grade, and then faded into irrelevance

[@base4yrface]

THEY THOUGHT I WAS GAY

[@Demion83]

*gun to the back of his head* you've been gay the whole time...

[@mftmss7086]

bruh he looking to me like that type like bang dem till mandem cry fam bet he would bend over for cash

[@stevie8271]

fuuuuck there was a soundclown or something that had that "i thought i was gay in the third grade" as a punchline but i doubt i'll ever find it, was from YEEEEARS ago

[@harleykf1]

@@stevie8271 Is it "Come on guys its 2014 time for" by spingebill? I also recommend "and i think to myself" by the unfinished pickle

[@Shambly]

I mean thrift shop was a piece of music that significantly increased the profit of second hand stores. That is powerful stuff.

[@noahchopson7136]

No cap, I thifted everything my whole life so 2013 was like the apocalypse lol

[@ajiththomas2465]

@Fries Same here.

[@888fluffy]

I think thrift shop and can't hold us are actually pretty good. But fantano can't separate the songs from the cringe that Macklemore became later.

[@chrisjfox8715]

And on top of that it's the first ever drill beat

[@hazeltowers221]

That doesn’t make thrift stores less terrible unfortunately

[@garretth3786]

I still say that if Macklemore hadn't won that Grammy for Best Rap Album, and nothing else changes about the timeline, he would not get anywhere near the hate and clowning he gets now and would be looked upon generally well by the community

[@3Horus]

Macklemore was a breath of fresh air at the time. Fantano gave them a 7, they got good reviews. Then everyone hated them because they got the Grammy over Kendrick and they acknowledged Kendrick was robbed. I don’t get it

[@rafetizer]

The repetition of that horn line is what ultimately drags it down after the initial high.

[@jeremyc9593]

I can't believe that people still care about what the Grammy's think. It's discredited itself for decades.

[@chillinJohnny]

It is, but wasn't back then

[@meepswag35]

I think also he got white guilt, and never shot for the a list again, his next big single after this album was a goofy posse cut about mopeds, it sucks since he was obviously very good

[@tofuteh2348]

It was only a breath of fresh air if you only listened to radio hits i think. As far as hiphop goes yeah i can see people disliking it even before all the grammy stuff. Macklemore generally has good messages but i cant get into his music

[@gabrieltobia]

The fact that Get Lucky was kept from the number 1 spot on the Hot 100 by Blurred fucking Lines makes me so depressed.

[@thegroove14]

Get Lucky came in at #14

[@gabrieltobia]

@@thegroove14 In this case I'm referring to the Billboard Hot 100 chart, not the year end list.

[@ehhhrl]

pharrell

[@sheridan7475]

There was a duality happening around then… big edm and folk scenes erupted and the mainstream music that steamrolled it was both so bad and so good… and at the time all of it made perfect sense. Thank you for watching my Ted Talk ❤

[@calebdonaldson8770]

Honestly, any of the singles from RAM should've CRUSHED the charts! I mean, seriously, Get Lucky, Lose Yourself to Dance, Instant Crush, Fragments of Time, Give Life Back to Music?! It's like a series best hits compilation right here!

[@idcaboutirl]

all im learning about this series is that anthony is way more into katy perry than i thought hed be

[@2000Doriyas]

Sub plot goes deep

[@marcobaldini4589]

Ha hates ET tough, which i think is a Great track

[@idcaboutirl]

@@marcobaldini4589 totally agree

[@portisheadthird3]

as he should

[@8nicopink868]

I'm not surrpised tbh. Carly Rae Jepsen's music reminds me a lot of Katy's in her prime.

[@johnoates3791]

The fact that Get Lucky and Royals were not the biggest hits of 2013 is upsetting.

[@harrylane4]

The fact that get lucky wasn’t in the top 10 is wild, I feel like that song was EVERYWHERE that summer.

[@lancejohnson3278]

Just came in here to say the same, how is Get Lucky not on here? That song went so fucking hard.

[@progunjack5556]

Royals was got cut off by year, it was gotten popular in the later half of 2013

[@CypressDahlia]

That's how I feel about all these lists, NGL. I DISTINCTLY remember hearing certain songs WAY more on the radio than the ones that are at the top of the lists. Maybe the radio had better taste than we gave it credit for.

[@swoopskee]

christ, get lucky was in 2013? Fuck, I'm old

[@musichere3287]

Can't Hold Us is great. I'm surprised you don't like it. Such a great instrumental, performance and chorus. Everything you want from a hype song. I'm not surprised it's been so fondly remembered.

[@peterb9416]

I work at an arena and this song gets played CONSTANTLY at hockey games lol

[@curly-d23]

I especially like the bridge.

[@JustAJauneArc]

Maybe I'm jaded but I *despise* Can't Hold Us. If I ever hear that piano progression in anything again I cannot be held accountable for what I'll do

[@youraveragepasser-by7367]

@@JustAJauneArc nah bro the song was hype asf

[@STDealer]

@@youraveragepasser-by7367 no nigga.

[@i_unfriend_u]

Thrift Shop was definitely a product of its time. I appreciate the message of utilizing second-hand clothes and not relying on the newest, hottest, most expensive fashion - but it was one of those songs that blew up and burned out very quickly.

[@TheAlexual]

I found it interesting that Royals by Lorde didn't make the list, but I looked it up and despite it being one of the highest ranking songs of the entire decade (18), it didn't hit the top 10 in either 2013 (15) or 2014 (20). It must have hit big at an awkward time and ended up being pretty successful in both years without it dominating either one.

[@shamppoopapi]

Royals was S tier

[@HEWHOTAWNS]

@@shamppoopapi i second this royals was actually good

[@maxvermeij1779]

Pretty crazy, especially considering the influence that track had on pop music for years to come

[@justitgstuff5284]

When I think of that song I think of winter 2013, so that kind of makes sense

[@lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191]

@@maxvermeij1779 I would say it is the Smells Like Teen Spirit of the 2010s as this song ended the Late 00s/Early 2010s Club Boom (Don’t know why a lot of Gen Z people are nostalgic for the Pitbull era as this wave was the precursor to Mumble Rap) just like Nirvana did that to Hair Metal in the 1990s imo

[@aphelionvoid4491]

Not even JT fan, but Mirrors alone wipes half of the singles here with its ass. And i still have soft spot for thrift shop, it reminds me the fun times of my college years.

[@rake6065]

Mirrors is undeniably a bop.

[@thegroove14]

Reminder that Filthy Frank started the Harlem Shake meme

[@williammccallum4760]

Good times. ITS FILTHY FRANK MUTHA FUCKAAAA; ITS FILTHY FRANK BITCH

[@camusreviews6877]

And is also Joji, dude went viral for three different reasons

[@cdvideodump]

@@camusreviews6877 CAUSE SOMETIMES I LOOK IN HER EYES AND THAT'S WHERE I FIND A GLIMPSE OF US

[@rockkiller124]

Missed papa franku

[@TechnoBacon]

@@camusreviews6877 It's insane to me that people don't know that Joji was once FilthyFrank. Like I get _how_ they don't know but I can't wrap my head around it sometimes lol.

[@RobertIDK]

The thing that I always found the most offensive about Cruise by a Florida Georgia Line was that there is legitimately only 4 bars between the first and second choruses. I can’t think of a more blatantly soulless corporate country pop song in existence. Horrible.

[@darkskinwhite]

well all of that is true but I wouldnt count that as evidence. there are numerous great, classic, timeless songs where the verses are just a few bars, or the 2nd verse is just the 1st verse again. songs that go chorus > 4bar verse > bridge > chorus > chorus > chorus lol

[@CantTellYou]

I work with a lot of “only listen to country guys” and seeing them enjoy modern country that is almost always just a hip-pop track but with a twangy accent singing will forever be a trip

[@cd-zw2tt]

I hate country but love that song with absolutely no justification

[@iamnotthatguy7166]

SHE GATT DEM LONG TAN LEEEGS

[@bdecampc]

“Cruise” truly challenges our assumption that what is experimental must be subversive - because if this isn’t the most aggressive form of late stage capitalism artistic experimentation than I sure as fuck don’t know what is

[@TheBlackKnight1o1]

I am glad that Blurred Lines gave way to Word Crimes by Weird Al Yankovic

[@JohnSmith-yd5wq]

At least you can learn something from weird al and Word Crimes.

[@JLynnEchelon]

Leave it to Weird Al to give that silver lining.

[@marginallymuted7400]

I am SHOCKED by fantano's placement of Roar. That song is like nails on a chalkboard and simultaneously like staring at paint dry.

[@jerrys1]

AGREED 💯

[@countdooku7152]

I’m surprised he placed the Harlem Shake song so high.

[@dylandog2296]

I’m shocked he called P!nk inoffensive

[@TechnoBacon]

I really like Roar personally lmao not mad at it.

[@tydpool]

Glad I'm not the only one who thought this. Hated that track when it was popular and it hasn't aged any better.

[@idioticgenius5267]

Let’s have a moment of silence for Bruno Mars’ Locked Out of Heaven, which ranked at number 11 😔 one of his best songs imo

[@_b_e_a_n_s_]

pre-Uptown Funk era Bruno Mars was a gem. i love his new stuff with Silk Sonic but damn

[@radurte]

Locked Out of Top 10

[@kdawgthechef2855]

Locked out of heaven has aged like fine wine for me. I used to hate wine in high school, but holy fuck do I love it now.

[@owkrikki]

locked out and when i was your man are criminally low

[@SocialCreditScore]

For too loOoOoOoOng

[@johnpaulcross424]

Not gonna lie, growing up as a teen in the 2010’s it was kind of fun, and I enjoyed the music on the radio at the time. I’m grateful that I’ve expanded my horizons and listened to music I never would hear on the radio but I can still look back fondly on those years and the music and still derive some semblance of enjoyment from it. But cruise makes me want to dive off a bridge.

[@NathanA]

Cruise makes me want to cruise into oncoming traffic

[@johnpaulcross424]

@@NathanA stealing this for future conversations

[@jamieduggan4297]

Yea everyone talks about being a teen in the 00s and 90s but now it's our turn

[@lightningmonky7674]

Dude the radio hits were atrocious in the 2010's

[@TheDeathOrange]

cruise bangs idc corny lyrics but it’s such a fun track. never realised the hate

[@colinhobbs7265]

Don't kill the part of you that enjoys the cringy things, kill the part of you that cringes. Thrift Shop remains a bop, as does Can't Hold Us. Also Downtown is fucking magnificent.

[@TheDeathOrange]

so does cruise lol

[@I-do-not-read-replies]

Sorry guys . One day you will get some taste

[@random_musicfan]

Screw the haters, you are right!

[@swissidol8403]

thank you for having a unique opinion instead of parroting everything fantano says 🎉

[@drewsome]

was really surprised to not see royals, drunk in love, hold on we’re going home, applause, upon way more 2013 hits. billboards top 10 honestly don’t include any songs i think of when i think of 2013

[@spliffbuddha]

Get lucky was the anthem of that summer or I was living in an alternate universe

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

I don’t care man, thrift store lives in my heart as that goofy ass song you don’t have to take seriously. It’s not its fault the Grammys are stupid.

[@noahchopson7136]

The song itself is fine, but I was always a big thrifter, and that song totally changed the game for the worse, and I'm bitter for that 😂

[@israelsaadesnoozer377]

It's like music isn't allowed to just be fun it all has to have 50 layers of deep lyricism and metaphors that redefine the english language. A lot of songs get unfairly overcriticized just because of popularity especially rap songs.

[@robojimtv]

I agree. It's not a great song but it's got this funky charm that I just enjoy hearing it. Unfortunately it made people assume Macklemore is a better rapper than he actually is especially since he doesn't rap about black people problems so white people could relate.

[@e-heromanny4348]

Yeah I hate how Macklemore got so much heat for what the Grammy's decided. Plus no matter how he handled it, he was screwed with the backlash he got from the greater Hip Hop community. Had he said nothing or kept what he and Kendrick talked about to themselves, people would have accused him of going along with it but when he showed the conversation he had with Kendrick, people accused him of being performative. Damned if you do, damned if you dont.

[@popkornking]

Dude likes the song so much he forgot it's name

[@andreww.9342]

Can't Hold Us was an ELITE summer anthem, can't believe you've done this Anthony

[@SteeZy644]

This ranking is so wild, Roar is the blandest song Katy ever made in her peak era, no one listened to Harlem Shake past the first drop cuz that’s where the meme ended. Can’t Hold Us and Mirrors are genuinely good songs here and deserved to be higher up.

[@taylorcrockett48]

AGREED, I was shocked hearing him praise Harlem Shake

[@mcnoodles3010]

Im glad im not the only one who thought Can’t Hold Us got shafted

[@nikk796]

Couldn't agree more

[@muaddibz]

Uh disagree with can't hold us but Mirrors was a gem of a song, especially the longer version.

[@cFyugThCzvAqYaGmxRgfCKTuvHMEjQ]

Listen Fantano isn't the sorta reviewer to give a zelda game 10/10 just because it's a zelda game and everybody will play it and will remember it, it needs its own merit. Harlem Shake does what it wants to do well, the production just still makes it pop, it's a club track, it's not meant to draw in your attention with vocals front and center or complex composition. It's still not easy to make that but a pop song is just a much harder thing to get right. Mirrors is an oversweetened mess, there are much richer sounds out there from that time even within pop love songs

[@noizyme]

And here I am, enjoying every second of Thrift Shop over all 7 syllables Katy Perry turned Roar into.

[@tatertotbobaandpieck]

Right, I have absolutely no clue how he put roar above just give me a reason or thrift shop LMAO

[@lucaswallo8127]

what

[@walterclements2892]

nice pfp

[@UmbranGrace]

“Applause” by Lady Gaga may not have bested “Roar” by Katy Perry at the time but it certainly aged far, far better than “Roar” did over the years 😌✨

[@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745]

Jfc it is lol

[@Rob-ew9id]

Applause aged terribly lmao what are you on about. Dated as hell.

[@madduxlunde7007]

@@Rob-ew9id guess you don’t live for the applause applause applause, live for the applause plause, live for the applause plause

[@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745]

@@Rob-ew9id lol stop kidding. Applause is timeless that it still triggers boomer evangelicals in 2022

[@Rob-ew9id]

@@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745 Nobody has thought about Applause or any Lady Gaga song since the time it came out

[@johnayers6951]

The praise for “Roar” does make me question… maybe the Fantano haters are right, sometimes?

[@harleykf1]

Not possible. Fantano is the busiest music nerd. He knows all there was, is, or ever will be about music. But then again, he also gave MBDTF a 6.

[@muaddibz]

Yeah, mirrors is way better and people still listen to it and have nice things to say about it, which I guess is the most relevant thing here.

[@okagron]

I like the contrast of Todd in the Shadows shitting all over that song in his Top 10 Worst Songs of 2013. And he's right, the song is trash.

[@beneathsands]

Not calling out the collage of cliches that makes up the lyrics of that song is cowardice.

[@sirum3n262]

That song is hot garbage, I genuinely don’t get the appeal of it at all…

[@Dyl_Pyckled]

it's still really trippy, as someone from Seattle, to see how people remember Macklemore. I was never a huge fan, but prior to his mainstream breakout around that time, he was somewhat of a Seattle local rap scene staple. It's just so strange for me to even think of him as the fleeting mainstream success that he was in 2013.

[@lunkenris8284]

What's the sentiment towards him now? Nostalgic? Forgotten? Is he still relevant somehow?

[@Dyl_Pyckled]

@@lunkenris8284 in seattle? Nah i think the entire seattle scene is pretty embarrassed about him now lmfao

[@Dyl_Pyckled]

Actually, even that feeling of embarrassment is long gone. Nobody really cares about him or sees him as a central figure in Seattle, as far as I can tell. The scene has moved wayyyyy on and i dont think the kids making music here now give two shits about macklemore

[@hive-sys]

@@lunkenris8284 dunno exactly but if it tells you anything, macklemore did some live stuff for KEXP (Seattle radio station) a month or two ago, and those vids have uh… sad view counts especially considering his KEXP performance of Cant Hold Us from 2013 is like, in the millions of views

[@brutaldomcom]

That kinda happened with Lizzo in Minnesota…now obviously at this point Lizzo has had way more longevity and accolades than Macklemore, but there was a similar shift where she went from being a local rap/RnB staple to becoming a national icon with songs that were poppier and more novelty-esque

[@Juli_is_Online]

I'm telling you Anthony when you hear Can't Hold Us in the club you will absolutely wanna put it in S. People go insane over that track and it's an absolute blast every single time

[@ThomAvella]

>can't hold us >the club pick one

[@Reynolds69er]

I'm sure you could say the same thing about Dance Monkey. Doesn't mean it should be anywhere above F

[@dugsbunnyog3544]

Lmao tf kinda club plays that

[@Juli_is_Online]

@@Reynolds69er I have never seen anyone but the radio play that and anyone do anything to that song but lightly bump

[@psychokitty444]

Probably not going to sway a dude who cites "People know to when leave you the hell alone" as an advantage of living in the Northeast.

[@SteMail926]

Disclosure, Get Lucky and Royals, not cracking the list is wild. They dominated the charts in the UK

[@Jacket01]

Get Lucky is so good too

[@jeremyc9593]

Royals is definitely better than anything listed here

[@roronoalaw7772]

Royals was played so much I thought it must have been number 1.

[@elcrestdrakenia9437]

I very distinctly remember where I was when I first heard Get Lucky on the radio. I was on a roundabout next to a McDonald's just outside Grenoside after coming home in my mum's car from the woods near there. I still go to that McDonald's occasionally, even if it is a good 20 or so minute ride from my Uni.

[@santinerino624]

i love "when i was your man". Its relatable and not as corny as a lot of other ballads. The vocal take is amazing from him and it just succeeds perfectly at what its supposed to be. to me its A Tier

[@-piras]

agreed, tho i take alot of pleasure from singing it, so maybe I'm kinda biased

[@roronoalaw7772]

I think Bruno Mars is the most overrated artist of the 2010s and that song is just alright.

[@zackzallie8735]

While 2013 had some bads, it offers the mind-blowing stuff too like Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires, Arctic Monkeys' AM, Arcade Fire's Reflektor, Kanye West's Yeezus, QOTSA's Like Clockwork, and Daft Punk's Random Access Memories. Those albums defined my '13 school life so much.

[@mezombart0423]

scratch a lil bit beneath the surface and 2013 was legendary

[@chrisrj9871]

Sadly, none of that made the Top 10 of the year, which is what the video was about.

[@dinogiron2910]

What Arcade Fire did>>>

[@lturgeon0225]

roar above mirrors is genuinely insane

[@spamsingles5948]

Mirrors is the best here by several miles

[@JRHamify]

I remember the melon really not liking Mirrors even at the time

[@carseatdeadrest]

Yeah, at least mirrors is catchy and listenable. I get not finding it impressive, but Roar is impressively bad.

[@spamsingles5948]

@@JRHamify He said it was the worst song on an album he gave a 5, so I'm surprised it wasn't lower

[@JRHamify]

@@spamsingles5948 which is wild because it is absolutely one of the highlights

[@dadjeans1655]

Actually been seeing a lot of recent love to Mirrors, not sure what sparked that online but makes sense cause that and 20/20 were always great imo. Couldn’t disagree more on that

[@chrisjfox8715]

Yeah, he's welcome to not like it...but him making it seem like no one else does anymore is kinda silly

[@yourstruly9013]

20/20 is fantastic I completely agree

[@tylere.8436]

Yeah like wtf, it's like his strongest work imo, sure the songs can be long af, but they vibe really nice, especially instrumentally.

[@TakeNoShift]

8:18 **vinyl scratch sound** YOU'RE NOW LISTENING TO **car crash sound** 102.3 **elephant sound** REAL ROCK FM **explosion** WHERE WE PLAY NOTHING BUT ROCK, ROCK, AND MORE ROCK **glass shattering sound** **police siren** THIS AIN'T YOUR GRANNY'S STATION **Imagine Dragons - Radioactive starts playing**

[@BareBandSubscription]

It’s worth mentioning that “Thrift Shop” came out when people were getting tired of hearing rappers brag about their money and materialistic expenses, so that boosted its appeal. Honestly, contrary to Fantano’s take on it, I believe people feel motivated to rag on it mostly as a response to the Grammys upset and Mackelmore’s ensuing lack of popularity and growing scrutiny. The song itself sounds about the same to me as it did back when it came out, which is to say I think it’s a decent, fun, if not expendable single.

[@StrawberryMooosic]

"Katy Perry's Roar, this is actually one of her best singles, in my opinion." Jesus Christ, Melon

[@gr6373]

Man is off his rocker

[@Setashi]

This video is full of bad takes.

[@JupeGiggles]

@@Setashi thank you. Bro has Harlem shake over when I was your man

[@LessGo7921]

@@JupeGiggles Also thinks that Can’t Hold Us is bad simply cuz it happened to be from Macklemore. That same song from a different artist would gone much higher

[@PurpSSB]

@@Setashi yes thank you mirrors hook is amazing idk what he is on about

[@NeonRadarMusic]

So I started teaching music in 2013 and the kids wanted to learn most of these songs cause they were so big at the time so thanks for the memories, Melon. 🤗

[@cdvideodump]

Even if they weren't so great?

[@treacle4617]

@@cdvideodump He tastes like you only sweeter?

[@cdvideodump]

@@treacle4617 One night and one more time?

[@sheridan7475]

It was a fantastic year, such a year that’s worthy of a dedicated video ✨

[@phillipbell4394]

I feel like the weirdest part of Radioactive was the puppet dog-fighting music video. Like I really don't get why that was the choice they went with.

[@kacper06660y]

Damn I forgot that since all 12 year old me was the Assassin’s Creed trailer, which featured that song.

[@matthewjury4385]

Disgusting

[@nousername2942]

There were a lot of extremely bad music videos from the early 2010s, a very special kind of tacky we only had around that period in time, mostly LOL RANDUMB xD cringe.

[@mrlevinielsen]

That video scared me for some reason when I was like 8

[@Amazongrassmonster]

It’s crazy that ‘Get Lucky’, ‘Royals’ and ‘Gangnam Style’ all dropped this year but didn’t make the top 10. And yet that Florida Georgia Line track did???????

[@chillinJohnny]

Ram was a masterpiece but Gangnam Style and can't hold us were just soo about feeling over the form

[@angelsunemtoledocabllero5801]

Billboard didn't take streaming into account at that time. That's why even when this songs were very big didn't get at the top.

[@helas33]

Roar getting a lot more praise than I was expecting that song grinds my gears

[@Loraszno]

If you think 2013 was bad, wait til you see 2014.

[@thegroove14]

I looked at the song list and I wouldn’t want to listen to any of those songs again. (Maybe Counting Stars)

[@Stefan_Gerards]

wait until he gets to 2022 lmao

[@sahulianhooligan7046]

No just 2010-2013 sucked

[@liohobo]

CANT WAIT

[@zackzallie8735]

but 2016 is the year harambe got shot. therefore, its the worst year.

[@destructiveblade7446]

Really wish Clarity hit the top 10 that year, because that song is still a bop all these years later.

[@ggthewhale]

Honestly really nice song

[@d3rrick10493]

Yup

[@lalitthapa101]

Legit had a crush on the Foxes cause of that😭

[@Amouroso]

This series is so fucking awesome. Keep em coming Melon😭 2014 was cursed too

[@thegroove14]

2014. The year that gave us Iggy Azalea.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Seriously, what is fantano's problem with Macklemore? "Can't Hold Us" and "Thrift Shop" are two of the best hit songs of 2013

[@diegocorral8787]

2014 I weirdly liked so I am super excited for that year. 2015 not so much though.

[@BigOwl51]

@@kenterminateddq5311 I mean macklemores super corny and commercial, but if you’re a normie like me that’s not a huge issue. But for a critic I could see why he would hate him

[@Nut-rition]

@@thegroove14 generous year, giving, and shit.

[@Rob-ew9id]

S: Can't Hold Us A: Thrift Shop, Mirrors B: Radioactive C: Cruise, When I Was Your Man, Just Give Me a Reason D: Roar E: Harlem Shake F: Blurred Lines

[@faust3530]

Oh my god Anthony, still coming in with the 20/20 experience hot takes. I relisten to this album occasionally and it STILL sounds fantastic to me. Mirrors is a CLASSIC of modern pop

[@TheAndyk123]

For real. Has anyone even listened to Harlem Shake since 2013? I have no idea how he can rate that song so highly when Mirrors and 20/20 in general have had so much more staying power.

[@WorldsBestSpy]

Mirrors especially the original 7/8 min cut is truly amazing.

[@thecodebrief]

Honestly I can't see another thrift shop/ gangnam style track at all which is what makes them so special. Those tracks worked because the energy was vastly different back then and encapsulated it. Nowadays when I look at the charts - everyone's tryna be too cool/too hungry for success to really let something goofy like that flourish.

[@evanboyd3847]

It’s because they saw how everyone turned on Macklemore for no good reason, including Anthony here, and don’t want to step on the same landmine

[@saeedbaig4249]

You're both wrong. Just look at some of the songs in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 right now: "I Like You (A Happier Song)", "Super Freaky Girl", "About Damn Time" - just fun songs that don't take themselves too seriously. And people didn't turn on Macklemore for his playful songs - they turned on him cause the Grammys snubbed Kendrick for him (which admittedly wasn't his fault). Yall curmudgeons need to get your suspenders out of a twist and turn on the radio and see what people are actually listening to instead of making boomer-tier takes on "kids nowadays".

[@evanboyd3847]

@@saeedbaig4249 I wouldn’t have used I Like You as the modern parallel for the type of song Thrift Shop was in 2013. But maybe I’m not thinking straight, i did just take a doody in my adult diaper. Nuuuuurse!!!

[@chrisjfox8715]

@@saeedbaig4249 curmudgeons?? 😂😂😂

[@thecodebrief]

@@saeedbaig4249 lmfao fair take. But I suppose what I meant by thrift shop and gangnam style was the overall virality of those tracks spreading throughout society. I checked all the songs you mentioned. None have cross 50-60M views on their main video. Everyone and their grandmother had heard thrift shop or gangnam style or Harlem shake for example. There’s no doubt songs like those are still made. But it feels like the backing of wider society to let em spread is waning - especially post pandemic.

[@ashharris1036]

Mirrors is probably one of JTs best songs not gonna lie, super emotionally rich for a pop song in my mind.

[@juanguillen9409]

I really loved Pompeii by Bastille during that time for some reason.

[@nightskyarchitect]

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were unironically great fun. I still listen to Gold and Downtown regularly

[@dodecahippo6378]

Thrift shop is a bop and no one can tell me otherwise

[@CHClNOfullmelt]

Corny song played at every boring botton up shirt parties

[@dodecahippo6378]

@@CHClNOfullmelt I mean obviously it was corny 🤷🏼

[@mrlevinielsen]

@@CHClNOfullmelt it’s a vibe

[@Noirlore]

Am I deaf or is Mirrors like an A tier song

[@SteeZy644]

The outro on the extended is phenomenal

[@martinsanchez4827]

A or higher for me, especially considering it's a mainstream pop song.

[@justitgstuff5284]

Definitely better than Roar

[@jakelyon2262]

Better than Roar, but Roar should be E tier and Mirrors should be D tier

[@ihasmario]

Not deaf mirrors is very good pop

[@jbofficial32]

Can't Hold Us is an eternal banger I don't care. One of the best hype anthems ever. Great instrumental, fantastic chorus and good Macklemore performance.

[@strangerofthe2067]

I lived in Seattle from around 2010-2015 and I still suffer from Thrift Shop/Same Love/Can’t Hold Us PTSD. Like that shit was already playing EVERYWHERE, but being in Macklemore’s hometown on top of it…. Every Seahawks/Mariners/Sounders game (I went to a LOT), every mall, every grocery store, gas station, public restroom, every 30-40 year old white male or female hipster driving by with their windows down….. the horns on Thrift Shop still haunt my dreams. Sometimes I wake up in cold sweats, nervously shaking and staring into the darkness in the corner of my room, and I swear I can see a faint image of Macklemore standing there in a cheetah print fur coat with a $0.99 Goodwill tag hanging from it and he’s holding a pair of scissors and he looks me dead in my eyes and says “………… BUT SHIT IT WAS 99 CENTS!!!!” and then proceeds to cut the tag off before roller blading off into the darkness….. Will the nightmares ever stop?!?!?

[@tylerlindsey4772]

I went on a family cruise in 2013 and it was the worst decision Ive ever made in my life. The song cruise ft nelly played nearly every 10 minutes on the top deck. It made a memory though, a very terrible memory that will haunt me and everyone around me in dementia.

[@magoog9864]

This was the year I was a freshman in college. The communal bathroom I had to use in my dorm always had the pop radio playing. It was living hell. Roar, mirrors, blurred lines, and radioactive played on a near constant loop everyday. I would need to take a dump, walk into the bathroom, hear blurred lines start, and just turn and leave. Dark times.

[@allysoncurtis4732]

Don't think I can forgive you for that Mirrors take Anthony

[@zachzoeller6620]

Anthony’s a coward for switching up on Thrift Shop.

[@herpiss]

Can’t believe 2013 was nearly a decade ago. Feels shorter.

[@f4gsforpele]

I can 💀

[@nikk796]

I'm still living in 2018

[@zakur0hako]

I'm still living in 2011

[@f4gsforpele]

I’m still living in 1996 (I wasn’t born yet but don’t question it)

[@wakawoo12]

For real though. Though I will say 2010 feels like a different lifetime to me for some reason.

[@HeySchultz]

2013 was a bad year for me to be the music director at my college radio station that insisted we play top 40 pop. I should have known it was a bad sign when we got a demo CD proclaiming it was “the moment you’ve all been waiting for! The debut single for rock and roll’s newest sensation; “It’s Time” by Imagine Dragons!” “Radioactive” was not only the best single off the debut album from Nickelback 2.0, but would end up being the best song the band has ever released. I was also pressured all year by my staff to have Gangnam Style in heavy rotation. Dark days. This review was triggering.

[@memekingk373]

The fact that Applause off Artpop wasnt top ten this year was a *crime*

[@itookallthenames]

Roar was just that fucking brave song with different lyrics

[@veronicalysyj9023]

Completely!

[@rhynemusic]

Disagree w thrift shop hate, it doesn’t hold up perfectly but still a fun song and can’t deny the beat has the energy and bounce right

[@Mystico1713]

2013 was an incredible year for EDM tho

[@basedboi3956]

Anthony isn’t a big EDM guy but goddamn 2013 was a great year for those of us who are

[@darpannath3218]

wake me up ❤

[@unclephillymya]

yeesss siiirr

[@Temppuri]

@@basedboi3956 yep, and then he puts fucking harlem shake in A

[@deadspack1721]

Disclosure - Settle

[@joewhite4456]

I just can't help but feel if a rapper said the same things as blurred lines it wouldn't be seen as offensive. Like, Eminem got less criticism for writing about tying someone up and burning the house down and that song was just as successful.

[@dazura9262]

Just as reference, here are numbers 11 - 20: 11 *Locked Out of Heaven* Bruno Mars 12 "Ho Hey" The Lumineers 13 "Stay" Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko 14 *Get Lucky* Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams 15 *Royals* Lorde 16 *I Knew You Were Trouble* Taylor Swift 17 "We Can't Stop" Miley Cyrus 18 *Wrecking Ball* Miley Cyrus 19 *Wake Me Up* Avicii 20 "Suit & Tie" Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z I don't know how these didn't get higher

[@barnaby4232]

A lot of them were released at the end of the year

[@amalija11]

I would love a series like this for the 2000s lol

[@chrisrj9871]

90s, 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s... but I guess that's a lot of work. Maybe the big/biggish anniversary years... every 5 years. Next year, it'd be 2008, 2003, 1998, '93, '88, '83, '78, '73, '68, '63, '58, and 1953 if he was interested in those years.

[@williamd2989]

I really want to see him do 2007, solely because 'I Wanna Love You' - one of the most baffling #1 hits ever - is in that Top 10 and I need to see him react to it.

[@idioticgenius5267]

It’s surprising to me that Royals didn’t make the top 10 considering how big that song was in 2013.

[@PianuReeves]

there's NO WAY anthony avoiding the word "tier" every time he's placing an album is NOT to deliberately piss me off

[@jacktowers7533]

This video is giving me Vietnam flashbacks of the year itself and Todd in the shadows video and I love it because it reminds me even in high school dominated by this shit I was listening to much better new shit at the time

[@Akrostix]

0:02 she's not there anymore Anthony, let her go

[@benr3799]

Listening to Mirrors to spite Melon is what I’ll be doing for the rest of my October

[@martinsanchez4827]

Me right now.

[@rake6065]

Same.

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

Daft punk was pretty memorable with RAM that year

[@e-heromanny4348]

Thrift Shop is still a banger to me in a fun way. It wasn't afraid to be silly, nothing else on the charts sounded like it and along with Lorde's Royals, sorta pushed an anti materialist, anti consumerism mentality. Guarantee there was an uptick in Thrift store sales instead of always buying something new, trendy and expensive.

[@alexlovendahl7779]

Agreed 100% on everything you said re: Macklemore. It's really upsetting how quickly he swept in and took over. And yet somehow he finally put out a genuine love letter to classic hip-hop with some creative flows in Downtown and nobody noticed it.

[@matthewroberts3125]

My personal ranking: S - Harlem Shake A - When I was your man B - Radioactive, Just give me a reason, Can't stop us C - Thift shop, Mirrors D - Roar F - Cruise, Blurred lines

[@Makkle4000]

I had major depression in 2013 so makes sense, in a better place now thank god

[@zaiah9252]

Thank God your in a better place. Did music help you get out of it?

[@thebuzz76]

I was in high school in 2013 and 2014, so I was just coming of age. Spotify just came out and I started getting into music. For so long I was a rock only elitist because of the just absolute trash that was coming out on the radio here and it is such a shame these two years made me miss out on the cool stuff that started to come out, specifically in the hiphop scene, in 2015-2016 until late college.

[@billyfox1468]

Had the EXACT same experience wtf

[@dexter_vane]

I'll say that as someone who was 16 in 2013 and just started going out and stuff, The Heist was huge and has a very special place in my heart. Although that doens't increase its musical merit per se, I think people are waaaaay too harsh and quick to dismiss it.

[@eric_lambert]

I have so much nostalgia for this year that I just can't get past. 2013 music will always have a special place in my heart.

[@brivooo5381]

EDM and dance were so good back then

[@MichaelMikeyMike]

SO EXCITED for the announcement of the Macklemore flavored chewing gum! Can't wait to try it 🍬 11:35

[@reinhardtwilhelm5415]

Man, Thrift Shop, Can’t Hold Us and Mirrors deserved so much better, those are all solid 8/10 songs (and I think Mirrors is the best Justin Timberlake song, because unlike practically everything else the guy put out the narrator actually has something at stake emotionally here).

[@rthompson116]

I definitely want to see this series continue, but I would also love to see a Big K.R.I.T. discography ranking. Always seems to be under appreciated and made some absolute fire during the same time as all the doo doo caca we have in this video.

[@secondaccount2634]

You know you mentioning a specific artist makes me think a griselda tier list consisting of the big threes albums would be awesome

[@uhuhuh1966]

I’m really sick of the Macklemore hate, I can’t speak on anything after The Heist, but I still fucs with Can’t Hold Us, Thrift Shop, & Same Love they’re classics and a great time

[@neondragon1633]

same

[@godofnothing428]

Wing$ is great too

[@totempolejoe1]

HARD disagree on both "Roar" and the Macklemore songs. "Roar" is one of Katy's blandest, least enthralling songs. "Thrift Shop" may be goofy, and "Can't Hold Us" maybe be a bit chipper and cheesy, but they are both electrifying, fun singles with a lot of personality and fantastic choruses.

[@jinxed7915]

Ya know what Thrift Shop is? A proto-Cheap Thrills. It has that *celebrating being poor but still having a good time* vibe but without sounding instantly dated

[@cadavison]

Calling Florida Georgia Line "white noise" is accurate for all of their songs.

[@movieracket1726]

Bro idk what it is about Mirrors but I keep coming back to that song when I think of that time in my life...

[@_b_e_a_n_s_]

2013 feels both so recent yet so far away. Like does anyone remember Sophia Grace and Rosie singing "Thrift Shop" on Ellen back when they were incredibly popular? Sophia Grace is NINETEEN now. she's a year older than me but i just remember her as the little kid on Ellen

[@james-m-8285]

1:01 I actually _hated_ that era of fem pop drum production, just sounds like pep rally drums through a blown out speaker, usually with very little else for instrumentation.

[@sydberetta4649]

Greatest contribution JT has ever contributed to pop culture was playing the Napster guy in The Social Network

[@adamquenano8563]

I literally blocked Macklemore from my mind until now

[@arigrey8499]

He won over good kid mad city at the Grammies and I can't get over that

[@michaelkenny4351]

Honestly 10-20 in 2013 is bearable, was mildly surprised no Daft Punk or Lorde, def thought they were def in the top ten

[@Leave380]

Can’t hold us at D? Damn that song was fucking banger. And I didn’t even like Macklemore at all but I’d give that song at least a B tier

[@ad-ll6he]

I was 12/13 in 2012/2013, and even then I recognized how night and day the years were. Looking back at 22 I feel the same.

[@brivooo5381]

Calvin Harris and alesso - under control Avicii - wake me up Zedd - clarity Zedd - stay the night Calvin Harris - I need your love Avicii - Hey Brother Calvin Harris - Thinking About you Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike - Mammoth Mako - Our story Mako - Beam (Original Mix) Avicii - you make me (my favorite Avicii song from that year) Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike - Find tomorrow Martin Garrix - Animals Forgot the names but the song is called “bring it back” from spinnin records Nicky Romero - Legacy Selena Gomez - Slow down ( Pop EDM) Lady Gaga - Applause (electro pop) Don Diablo and Matt Nash - Starlight Sebastian ingrosso and tommy trash ft. John Martin - Reload Steve Angello - SVLR Starlight (Otto knows remix) And so so so much more. 2013 was the best year for all EDM fans around the world including myself my friends and family and other people who were participated in the EDM boom. But that was EDM, y’all are pop so it’s probably why 2013 sucked for y’all I guess.

[@alih6804]

I’m honestly surprised that Royals was not in the Top 10. I seriously thought that was top 5 most popular.

[@jokebookrally]

I was in a cringe Mumford and Sons wannabe band in 2013 and we no lie used to cover Radioactive. Those were strange times.

[@Danoninon]

Now you are biased against them

[@yobruddah8920]

It really kind of astounds me that people still hold that Grammy haul for Macklemore against him when by this point Kendrick has triple the amount of Grammys Macklemore does. One night has a lot of people placing a low B songs in high E territory.

[@ktownshutdown21]

And I love GKMC, maybe even more than TPAB, but goddamn the way people are STILL being bitches about The Heist is so stupid. Ken and Mack were the only two rap album nominees worth a shit that year, so I was fine with either of them winning. Because if we can honest, Random Access Memory really isn't THAT poppin outside of Get Lucky, so why don't people hold the same grudge against Daft Punk for album of the year? Either would be stupid to hold, but at least the energy would be consistent.

[@BIGBLUBLUR]

I don't think I'll ever really forgive the music world for how it treated Mack after that.

[@JosiahAlanKnor]

I love can’t hold us cause the horns pop off and it’s awesome lol. I’ve only had 2 songs in S tier this far (Bad Romance, Call Me Maybe) this would be the third :(

[@DanielHernandez-td2yh]

Putting Roar over Can't Hold Us is craaaazy