I may not have seen enough of his reviews, but I've never seen him say "in my opinion" so clearly before giving something a not good. Dude was clearly sad about it
@@mocapcow2933 Except this album isn’t the same. There was more passion in the vocals and some polish in the production of the first two records but this new one is completely devoid of any energy, as if Frank himself didn’t even want to do it. I liked those first two albums, and side by side, there’s definitely a difference.
@@mavvos For someone who is not a fan, they sound extremely similar, instrumentation is sometimes good, but he really is pushing the boundaries of what is singing, I get annoyed when his vocals come on.
“He actually made an album that sounds like how Hobo Johnson music sounds like to people who hate ALL of Hobo Johnson’s music” Couldn’t have summed up the album enough. It’s truly disappointing and sounds like he has lost passion for what made him likeable (musically) entirely and decided to make a parody of his own style. Edited: Wow, I appreciate the likes and comments as it’s nice to know other people care and feel this way about Johnson’s music. I think this album has some moments, but not close to enough. Regardless of the music quality , I honestly hope Johnson is okay given the album’s emotions.
i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again- the album instantly struck me as a sort of parody of himself, and not in a charming way. the delivery in some of the tracks (see the world, therapist) sounds intentionally corny and terrible EDIT apparently i didn’t read your whole comment so mine is entirely redundant :P
@@moonagecatamite That is such a lame fucking cop-out. No. He made a shitty record. If it was intentionally shitty, thdb then that's actually even fluppin pluppin *WORSE!*
I got “I Want to See the World” recommended to me on UA-cam with no knowledge of who Hobo Johnson was and assumed it was just some dude making purposefully bad comedy music, like some Lonely Island type shit, I was like “oh this is pretty funny” Then I checked the comments and it slowly dawned on me that this mans music is supposed to be taken 100% at face value, I couldn’t fucking believe it lmao
So He got revenge on the haters by making a album that sounds as bad as the haters think his music is and showing it too people who formerly liked his music-making more haters of the music-GENIUS
Just gave it a listen, it 100% sounds like rejected rick and morty songs. "The world is shit but Im shit too boo hoo hoo whinny the pooh" is every songs essence
the songs are jokes, that is the whole point do you think someone sounding drunk and saying "I want to go to Samoa and ask them for real Do you want us occupying you still? I want to go to Honduras because it just isn't right We meddled in their elections several different times Guatemala to say sorry for the harm I'm sorry we exploited your farms I'd like to see Africa, an unbelievable theft Occurred and we should never forget Oh, you wanna see the world? The world? But it is fucking awful And if you stare too hard then you just might find The bottom of a bottle" is serious
Considering this is a hobo Johnson record im surprised that this is potentially the most in-depth and serious Not Good review I've ever seen on this channel
Yeah Anthony, I understand if you didn't like the instrumentals, but saying that this album once again shows that homeless people are the rats of our society and we should cleanse the streets of their filth is a little too much imo
I absolutely loved The Fall of Hobo Johnson, but I’m sad to say that I saw this coming. It lacked a lot of the charm previous projects had. I’m genuinely disappointed in how a lot of this turned out. I hope Frank can come back strong on his next record.
Wow, the individual dynamism and mental/emotional agility it takes to really like something, yet also really NOT like a different thing a mere 7 days apart is truly mindblowing.
Saying "Hobo Johnson? More like Homo Johnson" and then laughing at your own joke for 10 minutes doesn't count as a review, Anthony. Also, yeah the album sucks though.
It‘s very „AJR-esque“. Or very „middle school project-esque“. Or the exact opposite of Muse. Wherein he certainly does cover some sensitive topic, but he does so in the most blatant and barebones way possible.
I was listening to this album with friends, and the second track was so stupid that we could not stop laughing. I had no idea how someone could genuinely record that and think it’s good. It was ironically a great time.
All of Fantano’s 2021 scores so far: 0/10: 0 1/10: 0 2/10: 4 - Greta Van Fleet - The Battle at Garden’s Gate - twenty one pilots - Scaled and Icy - Migos - Culture III - Modest Mouse - The Golden Casket 3/10: 4 - Eminem - Music to be Murdered By (Deluxe) - Florida Georgia Line - Life Rolls On - Justin Bieber - Justice - girl in red - if i could make it go quiet 4/10: 7 5/10: 16 6/10: 17 7/10: 27 8/10: 20 9/10: 2 - Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra - Promises - St. Vincent - Daddy’s Home 10/10: 1 - Spellling - The Turning Wheel NOT GOOD: 2 - Architects - For Those That Wish to Exist - Hobo Johnson - The Revenge of Hobo Johnson NOT BAD: 1 - Steven Wilson - The Future Bites No Score / Rating: 2 - AJR - OK Orchestra - Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor’s Version) Classic Reviews: 5 - The Roots - Things Fall Apart - M.I.A - Arular - Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral - Portishead - Dummy - Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidanand Redux Reviews: 1 - Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (7/10 -> 9/10) Cal Chuchesta Appearances: 4 - Gorillas - Plastic Beach (Redux Review) - Viagra Boys - Welfare Jazz - Weezer - OK Human - Denzel Curry x Kenny Beats - Unlocked 1.5
I interpret "You Want A Baby" as someone who's despair has driven them away from something that they may have wanted at a different point in their life. It's about seeing the future as so bleak as to let a partner go who might want kids or get married. It's not shitting on other parents for having kids, it's about how the narrator responds to anxiety about the future.
I think this sums up the whole album. The fall was a very romanticized and creative way to show depression and sorrow while holding on to some tiny amount of hope. This album however sounds about as far away from hope as possible. Idk how to explain it but I came away from the album feeling depressed myself
I totally agree. I thought I was crazy or just in a shit mood on first listen because I LOVE his previous album. But-this album feels so cynical and whiny. And, worst of all, it’s extremely BORING and monotonous. I hope Frank is okay; I hope he can work on himself and put more soul into his next project 😔
i listened to album in the prospective of a artist. and 100,000 percent. it was made to be bad intentionally. i think hobo played on our fears of not existing having children, reminding our government is corrupt and other things i liked this project
This video was too long. Halfway through it, I got hungry so I left it playing and went to the kitchen to fix myself a sandwich. But then I found out that I'm out of mayonnaise so I went to a store. There, I saw the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my whole life. But I'm really a shy person so I took up a three-year personality development course so I can introduce myself. She was very friendly and all, but unfortunately, she had a boyfriend. So I said, all good, I'm a mature person. I want the best for her and I harbor no illusion that I am the best person for her and she seems happy with her boyfriend, so I did not bother her anymore. But we kept in touch and we became friends and I got over my crush on her. Then she broke up with her boyfriend, we drank some alcohol because of it, I told her she'll be fine and I wished her well. I still think she's the most beautiful woman in the world, but like I said, I am over my crush on her. It was like five years already when I first saw her. Besides, I am quiet happy with the friendship I developed with her. It was more important than a crush. So we kept hanging out, drinking, having coffee, and all. I had a girlfriend, she started dating other guys. My girlfriend wants to live some other life without me in it, so I said, "Okay, I want the best for you and I want you to pursue your happiness." My lady friend and I drank alcohol about it, and she gave me the same advice I gave her when she was in that position and I became okay with the breakup immediately. But we were really drunk, so she spent the night in my apartment. I only have one bed, so you know what that means: She took the bed and I slept on the couch. But on the couch, I really can't sleep. Something was bothering me. So I tossed and turned for about three hours, then I finally can't take it anymore, I stood up and went straight to my room where she's sleeping. I approached the bed, gently sat on it and I reached for her shoulder to pull her closer to me. She stirred and woke up. She asked what's up. I told her, "you know, the first time I saw you, I was watching a video and left it playing to get myself a sandwich then went to the store to get some mayo then I got so distracted by life that I forgot to finish the video." She said, "You know what, I've been wondering about a weird noise in your night drawer." So we opened that drawer, and lo and behold, there's my phone and this video still has two minutes of play time on it.
"I Wanna See The World" is the only song I actually liked on this album. Maybe it was just my personal interpretation of the song, but I thought it was a decent commentary on the American tendency towards viewing the world from a place of privilege. The rest of the album is the equivalent of setting piss on fire, though.
I loved The Fall of Hobo Johnson. That record is really awesome. This new one almost ruins it for me. Anything more than a NOT GOOD would have been insane.
"His next album is going to be Hobo Johnson Alienates His Fanbase... but what is alienating his fanbase if not this?" he really didn't know what was coming
i really liked his first 2 albums and i think Revenge wasn't actually that terrible, but i'm hoping that his next release will have more awareness of what went wrong while not trying to be patronizing. he teased a new song on his youtube a bit ago and it seemed pretty nice.
He’s the only one! The lone real person in the hundreds of thousands of musical artists. All the rest are just trend chasers ranging from Kendrick all the way to Nickelback
I personally love Hobo Johnson, and there are a few tracks on this LP I really do enjoy for a variety of reasons, but boy oh boy, what a let down, the man completely threw away just about everything that made his last album successful. The night it was released one of my first thoughts were “Ohhhh no Melon ain’t gonna be about this one bit no sir he will not” and that being said, I hope he can come back and spark up something more interesting in the future.
I Want You Back and You Need Help were both okay. Everything else kinda just sucked hard. If you told me this was a parody album on "woke" musical artists I would fully believe it but unfortunately its completely serious.
I liked The Fall of Hobo Johnson, didn't love it, but appreciated alot of the tracks. I found the cockroach skit to be kinda too long on repeated listens, and some of the shouting adlibs on tracks like Ugly Kid were unappealing - though it did actually endear me to his music after initially hating it. I gave it a chance because of the fantano review, and I'm still glad I did. But this is just sad. It really is like he wanted to get rid of all the good will that album gave him.
I strongly believe things *ARE* permanently fu ked, but that's never made me think something like activism is pointless. A good deed is always good regardless of its consequences (or lack thereof) Political participation for the sake of political participation is not an invalid stance to take.
i liked this record but i can see why a lot of people dont, especially fantony got a lot of mental health issues i’m working through but this album has all of the melodrama that’s nice for me i get that it’s not super ‘great’ objectively but i had a lot of fun listening to it
I agree with you dude. There are some tracks/moments on hobos alum that are playful, lighthearted and yield to a very much more sensitive crowd. It makes me care for the young, those that may feel hopeless in a world overpowered by the cooperations, the politicians, or the other that he brings up in his lyrics which make him “feel fucked”. Imo there are cool and relevant topics he brings up, but I wish that they weren’t covered up by his topics of ‘depression’ or complete utter hopelessness (I assume that many more artists will dive deeper into these worlds social topics soon). Overall imo, this album didn’t deserve a not good - granted his faults just shine way brighter than his highs, after all his therapist says his ideals are great (but maybe this album proves that the shrink was just getting paid)😬
There's no such thing as objectively "great" . Art is perceived by our subjective lense and that's it, there is no objectivity. If you like, it's good for you. Don't let these people who don't understand that sway you
@@LordOfDhara oh dude i agree with you completely, i appreciate the words though. i can absolutely acknowledge the flaws and i’m by no means saying it’s a 10, but i have a lot of fun listening to these tunes
@@maximiliant2448 i agree with this a lot, like this album is all over the place and it is WAY melodramatic and has tons of flaws. that being said, a lot of it can be really fun (as fun as depressing looks at workers’ rights and other issues if injustice can be)
The disappointment comes from them having an early interview before they both 'blew up'. They both seemed to genuinely like one another and had a 'friendship'
Honestly all the shit Melon hates about this album are the things I genuinely appreciated. It’s the weakest of the three. It’s not as catchy and fun as his prior two, but I don’t think it was supposed to be. I appreciate what he was trying to achieve, and I think he achieved it, even if it’s at the expense of “likability.”
Yeah I jus gave it a listen and it’s pretty fkn cool ngl I hadn’t heard of him before this and Havnt heard anything else but this is pretty fire like I def understand his and others perspective but I like his voice and his attitude he doesn’t have charisma but it’s jus smth about it that makes u feel like ur listening to a friend kinda talking to u or telling a story idk it’s cool tho
Hobo Johnson has never been someone to make "normal" music, this, and now "Hobo Johnson Alienates His Fanbase" which released yesterday, show this. He doesn't take himself way too seriously. It kind of seems the further he keeps going, the more he challenges what people think about him. His singing voice isn't the best, and never has been, but his emotion in his music are what sets him apart from almost everyone else in the industry. Although he doesn't take himself very seriously at times, you can tell he cares about his music and puts his heart into it.
Now you’re bullying homeless people too? This man has no limits!!!
That's why he's taking revenge now
"After this album, he's GONNA be a hobo, no one will buy his record"
-anothony broketano
He does not miss!!!
Looking at this fuckin' oogle.
@@AcidPhos69 that’s an old internet throwback were u on hipster runoff too lol
A 10 and a not good in just two days
Perfectly balanced as all things should be
eu juro, toda seção de comentários de vídeo gringo eu encontro algum algum br lá
Lil 4 in between
@jo3lxD It's Portuguese, not Italian, but close enough I guess
@jo3lxD sorry no speako taco
@@JaMorantBiggerArm Wow lovin the casual lowkey racism in this comment chain /s
never before has fantano sounded so deadpan. this is just scaled and icy but somehow even more heartbreaking
you should go and see the MGK Tickets to my Downfall review... (- the heartbreaking. that shit was ass)
@@raghavseth1 that was a shitty video
I’m guessing he was excited to see where he would go after his last LP.
Didn’t like the result and he’s genuinely disappointed.
@@raghavseth1 that wasn't the greatest album ever, but it was popular and deserved a real review.
I may not have seen enough of his reviews, but I've never seen him say "in my opinion" so clearly before giving something a not good. Dude was clearly sad about it
Hobo Johnson getting topped by Satan: NOT GOOD
Lil Nas X topping Satan: BEST
LNX is a power bottom though
One is a video the other is part of the song
@@geminikid609 dude chill it's a fucking joke
@@szanghajskiinstytutfilmowy6097 You make it sound like I'm seething
@@sonikku956 I responded to the other comment hahah
This is the review equivalent of “I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed.”
They know eachother so he probably knows hobo is gonna see it.
@@nabidiboyjones6567 can't wait for him to review Logic's next album lol
@@mauriciohiure2192 He seems to be enjoying logic's latest release so idk
@@JaMorantBiggerArm yeah, i hope it won't absolutely suck but if it does it'll be another awkward review like this one
@@mauriciohiure2192 well
Ahh, the balance is restored.
Fr, I listened to the hobo Johnson album after Anthony gave it an 8, and this new album seems the same. Glad he has given him a not good.
I like Hobo Johnson :(
But yea this record isn’t great
@@mocapcow2933 Nah, the fall is great (even tho it gets old quickly), not the same thing at all with revenge
@@mocapcow2933 Except this album isn’t the same. There was more passion in the vocals and some polish in the production of the first two records but this new one is completely devoid of any energy, as if Frank himself didn’t even want to do it. I liked those first two albums, and side by side, there’s definitely a difference.
@@mavvos For someone who is not a fan, they sound extremely similar, instrumentation is sometimes good, but he really is pushing the boundaries of what is singing, I get annoyed when his vocals come on.
“He actually made an album that sounds like how Hobo Johnson music sounds like to people who hate ALL of Hobo Johnson’s music”
Couldn’t have summed up the album enough. It’s truly disappointing and sounds like he has lost passion for what made him likeable (musically) entirely and decided to make a parody of his own style.
Edited: Wow, I appreciate the likes and comments as it’s nice to know other people care and feel this way about Johnson’s music. I think this album has some moments, but not close to enough. Regardless of the music quality , I honestly hope Johnson is okay given the album’s emotions.
Wow this is it right here. I already didn't like his other stuff and this album is that except turn up all the qualities I dont like💀
i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again- the album instantly struck me as a sort of parody of himself, and not in a charming way. the delivery in some of the tracks (see the world, therapist) sounds intentionally corny and terrible
EDIT apparently i didn’t read your whole comment so mine is entirely redundant :P
that honestly might be what this is hahaha...its called the REVENGE of Hobo Johnson
this was exactly what i thought
@@moonagecatamite That is such a lame fucking cop-out.
No. He made a shitty record. If it was intentionally shitty, thdb then that's actually even fluppin pluppin *WORSE!*
“If I hear another g-cord I’m breaking your shit.”
Man… already 10 seconds in and Anthony doesn’t even seem to be in the joking mood I’m scared
like when ur parents call u up to your room
He sounds like my mom when she saw the hub on my browsing history for the first time
“I’m not mad, I’m disappointed.”
good cuz you nasty
lol
I swear to God, Anthony’s never been this disappointed.
the big day
Lol did you see the Modest Mouse review just the other day? One of the best indie rock bands ever releasing total trash?
In my opinion. And his.
Father of All
@@dutdut2.059 I think he liked Hobo more than Chance
Speeding bullet.
I got “I Want to See the World” recommended to me on UA-cam with no knowledge of who Hobo Johnson was and assumed it was just some dude making purposefully bad comedy music, like some Lonely Island type shit, I was like “oh this is pretty funny”
Then I checked the comments and it slowly dawned on me that this mans music is supposed to be taken 100% at face value, I couldn’t fucking believe it lmao
YOOOOO SAME
So He got revenge on the haters by making a album that sounds as bad as the haters think his music is and showing it too people who formerly liked his music-making more haters of the music-GENIUS
The perfect crime
Or he was always shit
This is some of the most genuine disappointment I’ve ever seen in a NOT GOOD
Typical of Anthony to declare his hatred for the homeless
Tbf if they consistently made music like this, I'd hate them too.
Luckily we have MC Ride
Just gave it a listen, it 100% sounds like rejected rick and morty songs.
"The world is shit but Im shit too boo hoo hoo whinny the pooh" is every songs essence
Just replying to say he put almost this exact line in the following joke album lmao
@@billbag9924 "The world is fucking shit, I'm a piece of shit too" I believe
the songs are jokes, that is the whole point
do you think someone sounding drunk and saying "I want to go to Samoa and ask them for real
Do you want us occupying you still?
I want to go to Honduras because it just isn't right
We meddled in their elections several different times
Guatemala to say sorry for the harm
I'm sorry we exploited your farms
I'd like to see Africa, an unbelievable theft
Occurred and we should never forget
Oh, you wanna see the world? The world?
But it is fucking awful
And if you stare too hard then you just might find
The bottom of a bottle" is serious
@@skoop651 bro, no one thinks it’s serious. It’s just not funny at all and is painful to listen to.
Little did we all know that the last track wasn’t a joke, as he actually released “hobo Johnson alienates his fanbase”
1. you can tell melon had a hard time doing this
2. DID YOU MURDER CAL WHERE THE HELL IS HE????
We already had Cal murdered, I don't think Anthony would kill him again so that he doesn't have to go through regret and Cal's ressurection again.
Cal is coming back whenever Nav drops his next project mark my words
this is a good point
When Cal didn't show up for the 10 I accepted that he's dead
STAN HOLLYHOCK
Daughters in the background like “You Won’t Get the Score You Want”
Swans in the background too, however he wasn't being very kind
Except it kind of is the score we wanted...
I thought people hate hobo johnson
lmao @ this being filmed at the same time as spellling
@@xylin3683 Same but issa joke
Considering this is a hobo Johnson record im surprised that this is potentially the most in-depth and serious Not Good review I've ever seen on this channel
Anthony, giving him a not good because he's homeless is kind of harsh.
Nah i agree with ant man.
@@newthrash1221 well then maybe he should get a house
Yeah Anthony, I understand if you didn't like the instrumentals, but saying that this album once again shows that homeless people are the rats of our society and we should cleanse the streets of their filth is a little too much imo
From 10 to 4 to NOT GOOD, Jesus wept.
P.S.: Legendary description
Didn’t he give Fall of Hobo Johnson an 8?
@@colltonrighem I think he meant the last few days, the 10 is Spellling
I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED
@@fowfissimo OF LOVING OF LOVING
@@petflash4050 WITH NOBODY TO LOVE
This just sounds like Johnson doomscrolled for 30 minutes, ranted about it to himself for hours, and shat an album out, out of spite.
That’s exactly what this album sounds like, so disappointing dude
Honestly the most effective way to convince me not to doomscroll
Aren’t we all doomscrolling? This album was extremely timely. What’s your yearly income? Maybe that determines whether you relate to the album or not.
@@thefarleftshow1285
Saying ideas you like back at you isnt good art
@@thefarleftshow1285 are you serious dude that's the most insufferable shit I've ever heard.
I absolutely loved The Fall of Hobo Johnson, but I’m sad to say that I saw this coming. It lacked a lot of the charm previous projects had. I’m genuinely disappointed in how a lot of this turned out. I hope Frank can come back strong on his next record.
Yeah I listened to it once and then went and saw him at the album release concert. The concert was a lot better than what he recorded somehow
that last sentence aged liked milk
He never had it to give it
It’s like he took everything I loved about TFOHJ and just pissed all over it
I think i seen that pfp of yours in my dreams. That sketch
I guess hobo johnson should have pulled himself up by his bootstraps and become part of the bourgeoisie to make a better album
LMFAOOOO
Lol
A 10 and a Not Good all in the same week. The duality of melon…
Who got the ten? Kinda missed a few videos...
@@martinchavez9051 Check the new Spellling review
Wow, the individual dynamism and mental/emotional agility it takes to really like something, yet also really NOT like a different thing a mere 7 days apart is truly mindblowing.
@@michaelhaydenbell I see why your mom says you’re a gifted kid
If it was called The Turning of Wheel Johnson you would've given it a 10.
By spelller Johnson
The Vengeance of Homeless Jackson: *NOT BAD*
*sees Hobo Johnson review*
"Oh shit, Hobo Johnson's back!"
*its a NOT GOOD review*
"...oh shit, Hobo Johnson's back"
underrated
Saying "Hobo Johnson? More like Homo Johnson" and then laughing at your own joke for 10 minutes doesn't count as a review, Anthony.
Also, yeah the album sucks though.
This is the problem when people go “I wanna make a song about this” and then only care about there message getting across and not about the music
Very conceivable. But what hurts is that the instrumentals aren’t bad at all, just the shrieky, desperate-to-be-heard vocals are
Made me think of Kanye’s “Ye vs the people” song lol
Not sure he put too much thought into getting the message across either
It‘s very „AJR-esque“. Or very „middle school project-esque“. Or the exact opposite of Muse. Wherein he certainly does cover some sensitive topic, but he does so in the most blatant and barebones way possible.
Honestly Melon, I'm getting a little tired of your schtick of taking over Cal's show here. Let's let the real rap expert weigh in here for once eh?
I was listening to this album with friends, and the second track was so stupid that we could not stop laughing. I had no idea how someone could genuinely record that and think it’s good. It was ironically a great time.
The dog from Raditude
man I wish I could’ve laughed. I just heard it and felt nothing.
Idk I liked how the song progressed from very innocent to incredibly dark while paired with an upbeat track
@@ericdickey6523 yeah fax I noticed that too it’s interesting how different peoples taste and perspective are
Did you understand the point of the track?
"In this case, it probably would've been better for Johnson to keep being Hobo"
DAMN. Anthony
hes gonna lose his mind on hobo Johnson alienates his fanbase
Dude I was fucking BLOWN. it sounds like demos to this album 😂
All of Fantano’s 2021 scores so far:
0/10: 0
1/10: 0
2/10: 4
- Greta Van Fleet - The Battle at Garden’s Gate
- twenty one pilots - Scaled and Icy
- Migos - Culture III
- Modest Mouse - The Golden Casket
3/10: 4
- Eminem - Music to be Murdered By (Deluxe)
- Florida Georgia Line - Life Rolls On
- Justin Bieber - Justice
- girl in red - if i could make it go quiet
4/10: 7
5/10: 16
6/10: 17
7/10: 27
8/10: 20
9/10: 2
- Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
- St. Vincent - Daddy’s Home
10/10: 1
- Spellling - The Turning Wheel
NOT GOOD: 2
- Architects - For Those That Wish to Exist
- Hobo Johnson - The Revenge of Hobo Johnson
NOT BAD: 1
- Steven Wilson - The Future Bites
No Score / Rating: 2
- AJR - OK Orchestra
- Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
Classic Reviews: 5
- The Roots - Things Fall Apart
- M.I.A - Arular
- Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
- Portishead - Dummy
- Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidanand
Redux Reviews: 1
- Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (7/10 -> 9/10)
Cal Chuchesta Appearances: 4
- Gorillas - Plastic Beach (Redux Review)
- Viagra Boys - Welfare Jazz
- Weezer - OK Human
- Denzel Curry x Kenny Beats - Unlocked 1.5
thank you
Fantano, you were meant to give this a 10 and Spellling a ‘NOT GOOD’. Please don’t let this ever happen again.
You can't just talk and discuss the album for 10 minutes and call it a review
I feel like discussion is as close as you can get to a review when talking about something as subjective as music
You are taking fantanos comment section waaaay serious pal.
Album IV: A New Hobo
Album V: Johnson Strikes Back
Album VI: The Return of Hobo Johnson
He has Swans and Daughters in the background, it's a 10
I tried to listen to swans. It was as disappointing as I could have possibly imagined
“Sayer of things” fits this album so well
Fantano, calling him "homeless cock" for 30 minutes is not a review. Subscribed.
This review feels like the epitome of "i'm not angry, just disappointed. "
I interpret "You Want A Baby" as someone who's despair has driven them away from something that they may have wanted at a different point in their life. It's about seeing the future as so bleak as to let a partner go who might want kids or get married. It's not shitting on other parents for having kids, it's about how the narrator responds to anxiety about the future.
You want a baby is definitely not face value lyrics, there's metaphors in there for more than just having a baby, it reminds me a lot of I Want a Dog
I think this sums up the whole album. The fall was a very romanticized and creative way to show depression and sorrow while holding on to some tiny amount of hope. This album however sounds about as far away from hope as possible. Idk how to explain it but I came away from the album feeling depressed myself
“Hobo getting topped” an oldie but a goodie
Actually went hard on a guy he’s friends with, respect the lack of bias
He’s friends with him?
@@MW-tj8vc they did an interview a few years back, they seemed friendly
@@saccoli4919 being friendly for an interview doesnt mean friendship at all
@@rileygotpb yeah I guess you’re right
I totally agree. I thought I was crazy or just in a shit mood on first listen because I LOVE his previous album. But-this album feels so cynical and whiny. And, worst of all, it’s extremely BORING and monotonous. I hope Frank is okay; I hope he can work on himself and put more soul into his next project 😔
Dang you thought his last album wasn't whiny?? And this one is? I thought the first one was whiny af. Imma have to give this one a wide berth 🤣
@@ThePersia450 lol I specifically mean his vocal delivery. Very nasal on this one, I really like his soft vocal fry delivery on much of the The Fall
I’m convinced the terribleness of this album was intentional
i listened to album in the prospective of a artist. and 100,000 percent. it was made to be bad intentionally. i think hobo played on our fears of not existing having children, reminding our government is corrupt and other things i liked this project
Why would someone make an intentionally terrible album with zero clues to indicate that the terribleness was deliberate?
@@StudioScarecrow it is hobo Johnson after all
@@StudioScarecrow Lou Reed's metal machine music would be another one
@@anty. it'd just be a weird decision imo. Very self-destructive for no real reason if he knew everyone would hate it
When he describes Hobo Johnson it doesn’t feel like he’s going down a list, but rather constantly correcting himself about what he is.
Anthony, you do realize he’s not an actual hobo right?
Fantano is like Omni Man here. He defeated Hobo but took a lot of damage in his listen to the album
This video was too long. Halfway through it, I got hungry so I left it playing and went to the kitchen to fix myself a sandwich. But then I found out that I'm out of mayonnaise so I went to a store. There, I saw the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my whole life. But I'm really a shy person so I took up a three-year personality development course so I can introduce myself. She was very friendly and all, but unfortunately, she had a boyfriend. So I said, all good, I'm a mature person. I want the best for her and I harbor no illusion that I am the best person for her and she seems happy with her boyfriend, so I did not bother her anymore. But we kept in touch and we became friends and I got over my crush on her. Then she broke up with her boyfriend, we drank some alcohol because of it, I told her she'll be fine and I wished her well. I still think she's the most beautiful woman in the world, but like I said, I am over my crush on her. It was like five years already when I first saw her. Besides, I am quiet happy with the friendship I developed with her. It was more important than a crush. So we kept hanging out, drinking, having coffee, and all. I had a girlfriend, she started dating other guys. My girlfriend wants to live some other life without me in it, so I said, "Okay, I want the best for you and I want you to pursue your happiness." My lady friend and I drank alcohol about it, and she gave me the same advice I gave her when she was in that position and I became okay with the breakup immediately. But we were really drunk, so she spent the night in my apartment. I only have one bed, so you know what that means: She took the bed and I slept on the couch. But on the couch, I really can't sleep. Something was bothering me. So I tossed and turned for about three hours, then I finally can't take it anymore, I stood up and went straight to my room where she's sleeping. I approached the bed, gently sat on it and I reached for her shoulder to pull her closer to me. She stirred and woke up. She asked what's up. I told her, "you know, the first time I saw you, I was watching a video and left it playing to get myself a sandwich then went to the store to get some mayo then I got so distracted by life that I forgot to finish the video." She said, "You know what, I've been wondering about a weird noise in your night drawer." So we opened that drawer, and lo and behold, there's my phone and this video still has two minutes of play time on it.
I'm glad your battery held up that sounds crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice copy pasta.
I did not read this :)
As much as I tried and tried, I just couldn’t find the same hobo Johnson I spent hours listening to two years ago man, feelsbad
Had to follow up a 10/10 with this to balance it out
My mans sigh was so depressed at the start 😭😭
The rise of Hobo Johnson is the Rise, the fall of Hobo Johnson is the Revenge, The Revenge of Hobo Johnson is the Fall
Fantano hates the homeless
I read the homies at first but applies both ways I guess
Let me listen to the album in blissful ignorance before I watch you destroy hobo mans career
"I Wanna See The World" is the only song I actually liked on this album. Maybe it was just my personal interpretation of the song, but I thought it was a decent commentary on the American tendency towards viewing the world from a place of privilege. The rest of the album is the equivalent of setting piss on fire, though.
I didn’t think it was that bad
I can't believe Fantano gave a 10/10 and "NOT GOOD" the same week 💀💀💀
Damn when's the last time we saw a not good? It feels like a long time ago
prob cus we just got a 10
March 4th, For Those That Wish to Exist by Architects
I think it was Nav in Nov. 2020. Not completely sure though
No , I was wrong, seems like it was Architects/For Those That Wish to Exist
@@t.c.bramblett617 yeah
Hobo Johnson is The Front Bottoms in a different genre
Yeah this is all things in their right place once again
indeed
Love ya brad
React to hobo!
Still waiting on that kid a review bradley
Your own reaction just said it all Brad
This has gotta be the most unenthused I’ve seen this dude in a minute😂
i love how this entire video is done with moderate aggression
Next album title : THE DEATH OF HOBO JOHNSON
I loved The Fall of Hobo Johnson. That record is really awesome. This new one almost ruins it for me. Anything more than a NOT GOOD would have been insane.
Wow i really liked this album guess we just listen to it different
Melon had expectations for Hobo as an artist, this album feels like Hobo looked at all that was being put on him and said "...nahhhh. whatever."
I straight up loved it lol I wish it was longer
@@KrazyEngima same I loved it. I think it was the right length tho
@@skymoerike7431 I just meant part of me wanted more
yeah same, but I think my politics factors into it a lot
His singing on this whole album sounds like hes making up the words on the spot
"His next album is going to be Hobo Johnson Alienates His Fanbase... but what is alienating his fanbase if not this?"
he really didn't know what was coming
i really liked his first 2 albums and i think Revenge wasn't actually that terrible, but i'm hoping that his next release will have more awareness of what went wrong while not trying to be patronizing. he teased a new song on his youtube a bit ago and it seemed pretty nice.
im not gonna lie though i think a non-demo version of Villian of Himself would go kinda hard.
This album sounds a little like Hobo Johnson and a lot like Filthy Frank
Never have I been so disappointed with an artist I loved so much before
“Screamer, poet , sayer of things “
Leave hobo alone man he’s the only one just being himself not trying to fit in and that’s what makes him genuine
He’s the only one! The lone real person in the hundreds of thousands of musical artists. All the rest are just trend chasers ranging from Kendrick all the way to Nickelback
if it’s any indication of hobo johnson’s fanbase all three people i met who genuinely liked him have caused me some degree of trauma
clown upon em thats all, nice prof pic tho
@@raiden2369 lmao it's a relic of my midwest emo phase
man fantano missed the entire point of "i want to see the world".
Wouldn't be the first time a song completely flies over his head
I personally love Hobo Johnson, and there are a few tracks on this LP I really do enjoy for a variety of reasons, but boy oh boy, what a let down, the man completely threw away just about everything that made his last album successful. The night it was released one of my first thoughts were “Ohhhh no Melon ain’t gonna be about this one bit no sir he will not” and that being said, I hope he can come back and spark up something more interesting in the future.
I Want You Back and You Need Help were both okay.
Everything else kinda just sucked hard. If you told me this was a parody album on "woke" musical artists I would fully believe it but unfortunately its completely serious.
Twenty One Pilots and hobo chilling with having 8s go down to a 2 and NOT GOOD
I can't believe this album actually made Anthony so bitter that he became borderline nihilistic only five minutes in
Damn, that 10 is really taken a toll on Anthony a lot, isn't it? Future albums won't even be close to his standards now.
I liked The Fall of Hobo Johnson, didn't love it, but appreciated alot of the tracks. I found the cockroach skit to be kinda too long on repeated listens, and some of the shouting adlibs on tracks like Ugly Kid were unappealing - though it did actually endear me to his music after initially hating it. I gave it a chance because of the fantano review, and I'm still glad I did. But this is just sad. It really is like he wanted to get rid of all the good will that album gave him.
lmao he's still got daughters and swans in the background
i guess hobo johnson accidentally mixed up the titles of this record and the last one
I strongly believe things *ARE* permanently fu ked, but that's never made me think something like activism is pointless.
A good deed is always good regardless of its consequences (or lack thereof)
Political participation for the sake of political participation is not an invalid stance to take.
i liked this record but i can see why a lot of people dont, especially fantony
got a lot of mental health issues i’m working through but this album has all of the melodrama that’s nice for me
i get that it’s not super ‘great’ objectively but i had a lot of fun listening to it
I agree with you dude. There are some tracks/moments on hobos alum that are playful, lighthearted and yield to a very much more sensitive crowd. It makes me care for the young, those that may feel hopeless in a world overpowered by the cooperations, the politicians, or the other that he brings up in his lyrics which make him “feel fucked”. Imo there are cool and relevant topics he brings up, but I wish that they weren’t covered up by his topics of ‘depression’ or complete utter hopelessness (I assume that many more artists will dive deeper into these worlds social topics soon). Overall imo, this album didn’t deserve a not good - granted his faults just shine way brighter than his highs, after all his therapist says his ideals are great (but maybe this album proves that the shrink was just getting paid)😬
There's no such thing as objectively "great" . Art is perceived by our subjective lense and that's it, there is no objectivity.
If you like, it's good for you.
Don't let these people who don't understand that sway you
@@LordOfDhara oh dude i agree with you completely, i appreciate the words though. i can absolutely acknowledge the flaws and i’m by no means saying it’s a 10, but i have a lot of fun listening to these tunes
@@maximiliant2448 i agree with this a lot, like this album is all over the place and it is WAY melodramatic and has tons of flaws. that being said, a lot of it can be really fun (as fun as depressing looks at workers’ rights and other issues if injustice can be)
Bro been hittin that haterade too hard.
Fantano just has two of his tens sitting in the back mocking hobo johnson
It isn’t good when one of his first lines is “sayer of things”
The disappointment comes from them having an early interview before they both 'blew up'. They both seemed to genuinely like one another and had a 'friendship'
10/10 immediately followed by a Not Good
I really like the song Anton levay I can tell I’m going to listen to that driving home at 7 am some day after coming down off of pills
The Rise: Coomer
The Fall: Zoomer
The Revenge: Doomer
This album was so good though
Hobo Johnson vs Bo Burnham rated pg-13
Honestly all the shit Melon hates about this album are the things I genuinely appreciated. It’s the weakest of the three. It’s not as catchy and fun as his prior two, but I don’t think it was supposed to be. I appreciate what he was trying to achieve, and I think he achieved it, even if it’s at the expense of “likability.”
Yeah I jus gave it a listen and it’s pretty fkn cool ngl I hadn’t heard of him before this and Havnt heard anything else but this is pretty fire like I def understand his and others perspective but I like his voice and his attitude he doesn’t have charisma but it’s jus smth about it that makes u feel like ur listening to a friend kinda talking to u or telling a story idk it’s cool tho
@@randokadando I agree with u partner
Hobo Johnson has never been someone to make "normal" music, this, and now "Hobo Johnson Alienates His Fanbase" which released yesterday, show this. He doesn't take himself way too seriously. It kind of seems the further he keeps going, the more he challenges what people think about him. His singing voice isn't the best, and never has been, but his emotion in his music are what sets him apart from almost everyone else in the industry. Although he doesn't take himself very seriously at times, you can tell he cares about his music and puts his heart into it.
@@HollowEdits 100 percent agree brodie
This album was so disappointing for Tony that he even didn't transition :'v
I thought it was a cute little album and it made me happy
Music is subjective however for me personally, the album made me depressed as fuck
Hobo Johnson made an album that sounded like a Hobo Johnson Parody.
From a ten to a not good In two days
It’s like going from a party in one day to a funeral to the next