Anthony Fantano Reviewed Our Podcast.. | Fear&Melon 🍈

Hasan famously does not like music so naturally we brought the internets busiest music nerd on to berate him for 2 hours straight.
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0:00 Intro
2:40 Fantano’s on a PR Tour
3:53 Hasan and Will Are Going to Japan
5:05 the Boy’s Talk About Their Worst Travel Experience
7:17 Does Over Consumption Ruin Enjoyment?
14:55 Which Artist Will Get You Laid?
21:40 The Boys Get Nostalgic Over Boomer Music
29:15 The History of Fantano and His Powerlifting Background
34:00 Is Pop Music Too Mathematical?
40:00 Worst Era of Music
43:13 Early 2000’s EDM and Its Consequences
#hasanabi #theneedledrop #podcast

[@MeganRoseRuiz]

3 people with ADHD trying to have a linear conversation on this podcast is cracking me the hell up

[@milamila1123]

🤣

[@Samhain23]

When Fantano has to silence Hasan with a single finger so he doesn't lose his train of thought.

[@Skaos87]

being the same in the audience made it incredibly enjoyable :)

[@dieauferstehung]

Everyone has ADHD this doesnt exist.

[@funnyboys1235]

@@dieauferstehung thanks Dr. Dieauferstehung

[@jukappa]

Lol Hasan was like a little brother trying to fit in with his older brother and his friend.

[@katielady873]

aww it's true

[@PsychedelicSocialist]

this is like the opposite of the chapo trap house episode

[@sarac7278]

@@PsychedelicSocialist so true

[@rentaltoast2201]

for real he was so antsy and kept interrupting everyone LMAO

[@basedboi3956]

@@PsychedelicSocialist lmao that’s all I could think while watching. When the guest is political, Will is out of his element. When the guest is in the arts, Hasan is out of his element

[@TimmayKC]

When melon said "shut the fuck up!"... I really vibed w/ that.

[@bringurownvibe]

I vibed with that when I heard some of Will's music takes.

[@vitaminwater9662]

​@@bringurownvibe no one asked

[@jamesfarrant9779]

The boys assembled looking like power rangers today, love it

[@artypyrec4186]

Lmao! The moment you pointed it out, I saw it.

[@s1ightlypanda]

You could open up a bakery with the amount of cake in this room.

[@JulianCedar]

Will finally gets an episode for him to express his passion of being a nerd

[@bringurownvibe]

More like to express his wrong opinions

[@ambatuBUHSURK]

@@bringurownvibe Fantano haters follow him around like an army ghosts on his shoulder bruh

[@alienjournalism]

I was stoked to go deep with Fantano and massively respect Will not letting Hasan make it all about Hasan. GodDAMN he was cringe this episode.

[@PirateZ1]

@@ambatuBUHSURK I think he was hating on Will, not Fantano

[@Summerrhead]

@@alienjournalism cry about it

[@i_shoot_stuff]

the Marche walk by is a staple of the podcast and I never want it to stop. hi Marche, appreciate you keeping this ship afloat

[@Luckytrapt]

Yeah shout out Marche. While these two debate who should host and what the name should be, we have Marche being our ANCHOR in production. Thank you Marche. ♥️

[@ciaacho1]

if only he'd mix that mic audio properly for once

[@whatdothlife4660]

Haha I was a Marche enjoyer when he was streaming Heroes of the Storm and my jaw dropped when I saw him on a live Hasanabi stream.

[@PanamaPunk1]

@@whatdothlife4660 Most HOTS streamers fell off hard, glad to see some stay on their feet.

[@alyssayarbrough6290]

will is such an underrated conversationalist for making up for hasan’s online brain worms and actually asking the guest questions lol

[@zgrb]

Will asks a question, melon answers, hasan rambles about himself for 5 mins, repeat

[@julius333333]

@@zgrb EXACTLY

[@oaklandstreet]

really? cuz there were quite a few points where hasan asks THE GUEST a question and will literally goes "i'll take this one"

[@rentaltoast2201]

@@oaklandstreet yeah bc it’s a three way conversation

[@MichaelMineCraftings]

Definitely one of the best guests so far(Will)

[@iana1641]

I feeling a strong 7 for this episode. Which as we all know is the highest honor that can be given.

[@team_edward]

DAMN/10 episode for sure

[@TIMIMPALA420]

Same as the lil pump album

[@kristavaillancourt6313]

DAMN.

[@danielmontoya1065]

I'm feeling a light six. Not enough white hats

[@millardfilmore1403]

I have to break through the limits of this joke and just give it a 9 cuz i really loved it hahah

[@Mezelenja]

Anthony is so pleasant man. Always seen him as a chill guy, but dude seems to be completely zen at all times.

[@afk_hesh]

On therapy gecko he said he was into eastern spirituality at one point so I bet he's well read as far as that stuff goes

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

I don't take any of that shit literally but it got me from anxious and suicidal in my birth religion to stable and managing.

[@gesudinazaret9259]

@@ArchibaldClumpy bro fucking same ,i was about to off myself until i stumbled with a tiny bit of zen teachings,it saved me

[@ziontartt6193]

I like how they're all color coded.

[@UmmadikTas]

This is so funny

[@bringurownvibe]

Fr, tan, white, and Italian.

[@ziontartt6193]

@@bringurownvibe lmao which is tan

[@ericksanchez370]

Queer coded

[@woody_you_want]

I will never get over Hasans distain for live music. It has to be his worst take

[@goobadoob]

"Marvel movies are bad" is his 2nd worse take. His opinion on cats is his 1st worst take.

[@Slashx92]

@@goobadoob 100%

[@kevin3994]

@@goobadoob hes back and forth on cats but I gotta throw in not linking sea food as one of his worst takes

[@markm5702]

@@goobadoob bruh, marvel movies are bad tho

[@thisguy5493]

@@goobadoob Marvel really is bad tho

[@tedddybear]

I’d love to see an ep where they have QT (unofficial official host) on again to talk about Master Baker because that show was so much fun and I’d live to hear more about the behind the scenes and it’s conception.

[@morkmon]

yes, it was so good

[@thejobbernowl]

Yeeeees, master baker was top tier content

[@raycakes2939]

conception? it's just masterchef with baking lol it ain't that deep

[@tedddybear]

@@raycakes2939 I guess when I say conception, I’m more talking about how the contestants were decided on, why she picked certain desserts over others, why certain rules were chosen, or alternate ways the show would have been produced or possibly how another version of the show could be done in the future etc

[@strutter789]

I could not imagine strolling through Barcelona and stumbling upon Anthony Fantano losing his mind on a bench

[@samhhhhh]

I love Hasan and Will but this pod really kind of shows their asses as not great interviewers. Loop things back to themselves way too much and take up way too much of the conversation. Glad Anthony was able to circle back but it gets frustrating.

[@tilly5944]

Yeah when will kept saying 'I'll take this one' when Hasan was asking a question to Anthony (the literal guest) I had to switch off

[@darkunicornblood5140]

I think if you view the podcast as more of a conversation than an interview you might get less frustrated with how will and hasan do things, I personally like the casual flow of conversation they seem to have with their guests. As for will taking the question, you would have to understand the fact that he is a massive music and edm fan/connoisseur and is very passionate about it. I very much doubt he meant to cut Anthony out of the equation but the question was about something he is so very into, he couldn’t help himself. Anyway, that’s just my thoughts on it.

[@ozymandias___868]

Waa waa 😭😭

[@samhhhhh]

@@ozymandias___868 Lmao

[@rentaltoast2201]

@@darkunicornblood5140 very well said, only thing i’d add is hasan has to learn to keep that adhd interruption stuff to a minimum, melon literally shut him down a couple times so that he could answer 🤣

[@Hopelesslydope.]

Hasan being +10db higher than everyone is killing me LOL I love Anthony. Loved the pod

[@bringurownvibe]

Fr they need a dedicated sound guy

[@WinterReflections]

Thank you, I don't know why more people aren't commenting on the absurdly bad audio balance.

[@mattashley3076]

audio in this ep is fucking dog shit

[@BrandonArd91]

on more episodes than this one. it's like my only complaint with the podcast.

[@grafzhl]

It's crazy that after months I check in on the pod again for the guest and the audio is still absolute amateurish dogshit.

[@junehera3668]

Three very big bois talking big things. Love y’all

[@theprecipiceofreason]

Fantano losing patience is the best. Get this man on more podcasts with self absorbed people

[@benjamin6261]

It’s so valid. Will and Hasan are genuinely the worst podcasters with interruptions. It’s unbearable

[@rentaltoast2201]

i love hassy but melons energy is so necessary, he is the big bro in this conversation haha

[@mjuzumaki]

​@@benjamin6261Willie was TRYING his best to keep the conversation going. Hassan however... 😬

[@brendank5413]

Will was doing a decent job and was genuinely interested in the conversation, but man I think ADHD is the main villain on this one lol.

[@cnysmashbros4910]

Love the pod and the boys but they do like to ask their guests questions and then immediately cut them off in their response all the time

[@ezrabrownstein3237]

Every person in that room has ADHD lmao that's just kinda how conversations go 😂

[@bibubbletea]

My adhd brain never even noticed lol

[@marcodallolio9746]

Showjumping, going to the opera, what an aristocratic childhood Hasan had

[@artemiswallace8716]

honestly, i think hasan being a rich kid in turkey sort of helped shape his socialist views. he's seen both sides of the coin.

[@artemiswallace8716]

@@yhhkj529 nice strawman. Im also a poor as you so eloquently put it, im just saying he has a different perspective than a lot of us. He's seen that side of the fence up close and knows what they're like behind closed doors personaly. You're just coming off as bitter.

[@seeksolace2059]

​@@artemiswallace8716 she deleted her comment what did she say

[@BobCCLIV]

This is just meant as constructive criticism nothing more but you guys could really benefit from having an audio engineer mix the audio a bit before you release

[@g0ldgriffingreen]

It’s too bad because this is probably a great episode, but I can’t hear Fantano and just have Hasan screaming in my ears 😢

[@BobCCLIV]

@@g0ldgriffingreen yeah i'm an audio engineer for my day job so I wasn't totally sure if it was just me being biased but I honestly had to turn it off because I was turning the volume up and down too much.

[@g0ldgriffingreen]

@@BobCCLIV I come from a family of audio engineers so I feel your pain! But no you aren’t alone. Hopefully this is something they fix and reupload, but I am doubtful.

[@carlseiler]

I think they record a mixdown of the audio tracks instead of the mics individually so there isn't much that can be done in post. I think they tried bringing Fantano up higher whenever Hasan wasn't speaking, but yes, I also found it somewhat distracting. Probably part of the problem is that they start the recordings without much prep time and so the assistant (Marth?) has to run around to get everything ready even when they are already rolling. But yes it is unfortunate. One of the worst offenders by far was when Ludwig was on with Karl Jacobs and they had 5 guests so they gave Ludwig a different condenser microphone which had a different latency to the SM7bs so a lot of the audio was plagued with heavy echo and phasing. I think they do use some sort of gating in the live mix but in that case because the condenser mic was much more sensitive than the dynamics, it picked up when other people were speaking and so it muddled the sound with delayed echoy signal. Anyways I wonder what kind of recorder/mixer they are using. Sometimes i feel like they also cut the cameras live and then just have a single master recording, although it feels a little harder to believe because the assistant was walking around as the cameras were being cut in the opening on this episode.

[@carlseiler]

It might be that the sound is more level once the episode gets going around the 10min mark

[@RadicalizeLeft]

Anthony telling Hasan fuck you multiple times was my personal highlight 😂

[@nonesuchone]

You can tell they’re friends by the way he cuts Hasan off *quick* when needed. Heavy Murat energy strong 8/10

[@angel988944]

As a fellow ADHD person, I think the reason it's easy to love and continue to enjoy music without getting bored and moving onto the next thin like we do with everything else is because it's constantly changing. I'm constantly finding new music that different. My music taste and the things I listen to change on a weekly basis, but I'm still listening to music. It's always been a constant for me throughout my life and Anthony just helped me realize it's the one thing I never get bored of.

[@Emil-sh6sq]

I go through periods of listening more/less to music, but it’s still a constant part of my life, which is crazy considering my chronic hobby-hopping

[@Amouroso]

They’re dressed like when power rangers would be at school but for some reason still adhere to their ranger colour theming

[@MitraKesava]

This is the best comment

[@joelstoecklin2418]

Will and Hasan don't let their guests speak enough

[@basedboi3956]

The inherent issue with podcasts hosted by streamers- people who make a living by talking as much as possible.

[@DayManAHHHah]

When Hasan asked a question and at 2 different points Will said "Oh I can answer this one" and he he did of course. Like... that question was obviously for the GUEST, the music reviewer lol

[@joelstoecklin2418]

@@DayManAHHHah yesss im like NOOO WHY i want fantanto to tell me!

[@deadhead4077]

For realz, glad.im not the only one noticing

[@jague231]

Bro everytime I listen to Hasan telling a story of his childhood I realized how privilege he was raised and I'm impressed of how he turn out

[@bartbreukels5429]

He just turned out narcissistic like most of them whats there to be impressed about???

[@aliandrtr670]

Like what. I’ll tell you if it’s common in turkey or not

[@VanessaHBIC]

My favorite episode so far! Tbh is has everything to do with talking lots of music, it's structure and 90s/00s talk 😊

[@shrekstacy]

cant believe they got timmy turner on the pod Edit: THANK YOU TO THE PRODUCER FOR SAYING STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO I LOVE YOU

[@miasmi5992]

Hasan going "The SZA boyfriend.... Murder.. Is fucking fire" IS SO FUCKING FUNNY. That's my himbo

[@ishachit]

beethoven only has nine symphonies i’m crying 😭😭

[@BeanyBabey]

Melon wearing that Timmy Turner fit

[@elishaisrael]

One of my fave episodes, more music talk please!

[@waresimmons2402]

Hasan please give Melon some space to talk

[@DayManAHHHah]

Anthony was so low energy in this podcast when he was so incredibly giggly on h3 lol

[@josha1349]

Shoutout will for the floating points and phaorah sanders shout. Such a good album, movement 6 was my favorite

[@glieb]

Fantano's totally blasted out pink fit when it switches to his camera was killing me. You'll get there Marche;)

[@quantumjoss]

Yo Fantano making his rounds around podcasts, can’t wait to see where he ends up next

[@dellarae]

Fantano making Has look regular size. Need alllll the big boys damn

[@riversauerwein]

The three of you together are incredible. 🔥🔥🔥

[@miriamcita]

im so here for that quick ska convo. i screamed YEEEES when i heard "streetlight manifesto?"

[@DeronHargrove]

Another crossover with these two is amazing

[@haterwatch]

was just waiting for this

[@WJ4USA]

I was just thinking, there should be a fear& to watch today

[@FirstReconClan]

As a big fan of Rammstien, loved that mini segment the guys had on them. Gotta love those dirty germans and their badass tunes

[@EtherealBeing]

Good to see Will and Anthony! Keep it comin

[@Action_Sloth]

i laughed too hard at "its not MF DOOM" and hurt my own feelings

[@tpsam]

Bitches don't care about Doom that's why he was homeless and Drake is as successful as Eminem

[@nick8422]

kraftwerk was being played on Midwest radio in the 80s - the interaction between European and American electronic dance music was happening from the jump

[@river9939]

i would've loved to hear hasan and anthony talk more in depth about punk stuff, because it's the perfect intersection of music and politics

[@dellarae]

Hasan doesn't like punk. He said it once and my heart broke haha

[@river9939]

@@dellarae SERIOUSLY??? NOOOOOOO

[@dirtysweatshirt]

@@dellarae well now my heart is broken

[@vitaminwater9662]

​@@dellarae he said he barely listens to music and punk is kind of an acquired taste

[@hashira9166]

Love the Godspeed representation on the podcast! Hasan would love that band if he listened to music :(

[@ericksanchez370]

Me too! And all the other artists they brought up. Why do u think Hasan would love Godspeed? Is it the messages in the music? Honestly curious, I’ve really been wanting to get into them and saw them at a festival not too long ago

[@hashira9166]

@@ericksanchez370 Their music is very political and anti-war, anti-capitalism. Providence, Sleep or BBF3 would be the first that come to mind when I show people this band for the first time. All show a motif of America failing for it's own systemic reasons. They broke up in 2003 due to shock and disgust over the Iraq War.

[@abiylakew3328]

This episode flew by

[@SamanthaNikoletta]

woooow the pacha reference SENT me... in college I dated a guy who was friends with the chainsmokers and we went to pacha multiple times with them & it was right when let me take a selfie came out... absolute insanity. ptsd. hahaha

[@Dublin_N]

Hasan's mic volume: ‼️ Will's mic volume: ⛰️ Anthony's mic volume: ⁻ᵐᵉˡᵒⁿ⁻ This podcast's content is a strong 9 but the mic balancing (+ lack of compression?) is a light 2

[@ericklewis3786]

you can tell hasan and will are like genuine friends, its very wholesome

[@a6i396]

i don’t listen to music either at the gym. i’ve been disconnected from the new music idk what to listen to. podcasts and documentaries and shit i can learn from us the way to go for me.

[@mtljin]

I really appreciate how great will is on the podcast questioning guests

[@niikoeofficial]

Will will now forever have my respect for bringing up the bosstones and reel big fish. Marche with the Streetlight Manifesto call too. Ska rips❤

[@meowmc360]

i had a dream a few months ago fantano was on the pod and was asked about today’s formulated music and now the dream is real 😳

[@scott3013]

Paused this to listen to Promises by Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders. Daaaammmmnnnn. Looking forward to taking a long walk with this one. Movement 9 snuck up on me too!

[@MrCottonball99]

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones dismissal killed me 💔 I love that shit. And Reel Big Fish. Catch22.

[@harrisontt]

this is like the dream lineup lets go

[@MrPaulyskas]

Please mix the audio in the future evenly, Hasan sounds like screaming, meanwhile I barely can hear Anthony

[@uhmazingluck8345]

this is a nightmare blunt rotation in podcast form

[@burritobronson2680]

Will Neff is honestly so great on this show, he asks great and interesting questions

[@UmmadikTas]

THIS PODCAST IS IMPROVING DAY BY DAY. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK WITH THE QUESTIONS AND GAMES MARCHE!

[@PabloAfroSamurai]

I was pleasantly surprised by this, I enjoyed the hell out of it

[@Broly8861]

Anthony 'Nelson lauging' at Hasan for hour is the best thing I didn't know I was going to see today.

[@BottledADHD]

Will came with the heavy hitting questions this pod; he's so goated

[@romeoalpha68]

How can you not like music ? I love music . It's been a part of my life .

[@bentleymahakij1]

Bro Anthony said like 5 things this whole podcast LOL

[@greglane334]

I never thought I'd hear a reference to Burzum on this pod 😂

[@HamelinSong]

I had to go back cause I couldn't believe that a man who doesn't know anything about music knows fucking Varg Vikerness 🤣

[@greglane334]

@@HamelinSong Right?? My respect for these guys went up a few levels

[@TheMajestyD]

Anthony went to the same tour I did” pledge of allegiance tour” slipknot,rammstein,system of a down,mudvaybe. First metal show I went to and it changed everything! Haha love how his first concert was the same

[@christmastiger]

Maybe it's just me but if a guy tried to show/play me Taylor Swift or Phoebe Bridgers I would immediately know it was an attempt to get laid and be turned off. B-side or not it just would feel disingenuous, like "you're a chick so here is some chick music, bet you like that?! Ignore the fact that these songs are all about breakups, let's get it on!"

[@islabee94]

Id just think his taste was basic af and ask for the aux after a short period of politely listening

[@firehammock3021]

Feeling a light to decent 4 on this mixing

[@maksschmidt]

I recently had Summer Girls stuck in my head for some god awful reason, and finally got it out. Then Anthony mentions LFO… Is this now my cross to bear?

[@thiccer]

yall need coasters for that table

[@mrlevinielsen]

I concur

[@taylorseidlitz6109]

I can't believe Anthony Fantano admitted to listening to albums on 1.5x speed so that he can crank out more reviews

[@llamaczech]

I also lift to podcasts and such. Unless I'm hitting new weights or going for a hectic pump, then its some sort of aggressive metal or disco respectively.

[@BlackBoxGamers]

love how Gabber gets a good shoutout (plus since Melonman did a track with Lil Texas) Got me all hyped !

[@EleanoRa99]

Will with the “I was one of first thirty kids on aderall” flex sent me 💀

[@spilledsocks]

anthony playing hatebreed and earth crisis for hassan is pretty hard

[@zacfar2148]

we love the chaos of three ADHD people in a room for an hour

[@ianopus]

50:08 really cool to hear gabber brought up. gabber/hardcore/frenchcore still so good

[@RMPalm2000]

I was his like 80th subscriber or something. Still love his stuff. Should have put on Magrudergrind and rocked Hasan's world.

[@reactlords]

LETSGO! Best pod on YT

[@mikeytaylorjr]

The opening is so funny. "So what the fuck are we going to talk about?"

[@squishydough2866]

Fantano just rattling off all of my first albums in his list of first albums. The Bush album is Sixteen Stone!

[@jaxcore]

BANGER EPISODE

[@luca_milla]

Yoooo my man said Bangerang goes hard I feel so validated

[@sobegene]

Oh man I went to the same Slipknot tour! Was incredible!

[@Hijadesatanas]

Hasan getting in the gabber scene would make my heart so happy 😵‍💫

[@BlackBoxGamers]

He'd throw down a good Hakke

[@skyler7525]

4:05 - 5:01 is like watching an old married couple argue.

[@Rod95ok]

Please have someone monitor your audio levels. the dips and peaks in this episode are so rough I have to constantly adjust my volume.

[@ToastyDangles]

"Donde esta la biblioteca dude, every time" LMAO

[@technic_star]

Melon dropping the Porter Robinson reference made me happy :’)

[@alexandra4873_]

Heyyy I thought Jake made that Japan itinerary for US? 😂 lol

[@anba9499]

the first tech minutes gave me huge anxiety, imagine how it was for him

[@Sonicxchubs42]

Letsgo my very first album i ever owned was SOAD first

[@Sonicxchubs42]

and their toxicity album is one of my favorite ever

[@scoobertmcruppert2915]

44:15 The explosion of EDM was the explosion of the availability extacsy. Will nails it just after that.

[@shockostrichpaak640]

1:37 Hey Marche!