Just a reminder that Florida Georgia Line toured with “Hot in Herre” creator Nelly for a year after collaborating on multiple songs. I went to one of those concerts. It was bad.
Virgin internet-core music fan writing walls of text about how deep their favorite peepoopwave musician is vs chad Florida Georgia Line listener who chills in his truck has no idea any other music outside of country radio exists
Nah more like the white dude named John going on about immigrants are taking over and tells people to do their own research but when people do he just says "lol fucking liberals".
I've always thought it was funny how opposed the casual pop rap and country fans are to each other's music. It always seems like the lyrics for hits in both genres are essentially just lists of brands and tropes that make it seem like the artist is desperately trying to convince you just how real™ and just like you™ they are. They want the same thing as you! [Beer, geetars, Fords, God, simple life, sex] [money, clout, hypebeast clothes, drugs, a good time, sex]
I feel like FGL is low hanging fruit for the country scene. Everyone I know hates them yet they get financial success every record. I would love to hear melons thoughts on Luke Combs. Someone I think has more care for his creations but admittedly he’s nothing new. He seems to be the most liked current stadium country act. Edit: I also wanna hear his thoughts on a modern bluegrass album like Tyler Childers
Mr. Combs does feel like another baritone voice in country (besides Luke Bryan and Dylan Scott). That's about it for me. I've heard some say he's a great live act and I can't say for certain but to me, the fella has way too much hype. But maybe I'm missing something.
@@loathy4528 Combs is essentially playing off the "Red Solo Cup"-era Toby Keith everyman blue collar image, but tailoring it with a decisively more middle-of-the-road inocuous sound that pretty much any contemporary country listener can't hate. He strikes me as easily likeable and his songs are written well, but also sound pretty bland once you've listened to at least half a dozen songs of his.
That's what makes FGL the Nickelback of country music. Speaking of which, FGL used to have the same producer as Nickelback, which makes the comparison all the more meaningful.
Country music is in a dark age fr. The bad artists outnumber the good ones by so much it’s insane. Edit: This is coming from someone who owns vinyls of classic country albums from people like Johnny Cash, Sheryl Crow, etc.
Are there any country artists or tracks you'd actually recommend? I can think of maybe 2 country songs I've heard in my entire existence that I've actually enjoyed, and that's probably only because they were by indie musicians.
@@HollywoodActorRyanGosling Not exactly married to the genre but Cousin Joe Two Shacks has some solid songs. Deep End and Lucy Skidmore are pretty good from my memory
@@HollywoodActorRyanGosling welp sorry to say, mine is from the same boat as all the artist in country I enjoy have a lot of Indie and Pop ascetics. With that said, LANCO is a lovely little group who make fun and much more convincing love songs, Old Dominion makes some decent songs fusing bits of rock and country into a very fun but sometimes very bland sound (I'd only really suggest their debut and a few singles from their Sophomore album), then George Strait makes some beautiful classic country to this day that I thoroughly enjoyed. Those are some decent pointers for me if you're not into the whole Bro Country style.
@@HollywoodActorRyanGosling Chris Stapleton and Old 97's are pretty good if you like country with a more southern rock/blues-y edge. There's also The Highwomen, who are a bit more traditionally country but offer a unique perspective on country tropes since the group is all made up of women (they're also made up of some pretty high profile musicians like Brandy Carlile and Maren Morris). Sturgill Simpson is pretty good, especially his album A Sailor's Guide to Earth, but I don't follow him too strictly and I'm not too into his older stuff.
I don't know if it was a slow day or melon just felt like listening to some bad country music. He reviews this but not Foster the People's ep last december. I was waiting for his opinion on that one.
Don’t be fooled, Fantabo is just mad that he’s not a real country boy, and consequently, he’s unable to get any of the country babes that reside on farmersonly
As a country fan and reviewer it hurts to know this crap is what the labels are producing and wanting to push. I gave it a 2 and had very similar thoughts. Solid review Melon
Nashville has a major minority complex when comparing itself to Hollywood. The city that is called the home of the genre has killed the genre (in the mainstream anyway save for one or two guys: Stapleton, Church, Paisley)
My boss puts on our local pop-country station every day at work. If I hear one more goddamn 'baer, gurls, and trucks' line I'm going to comprehensively lose my shit
Just declaring my bias immediately, I don't like FGL at all and this album is no different. The further they lean into cross genre appeal, the less and less I like them. And it feels like that is the weird space that country music is in right now. You have pop/hip-hop/trap influence trying to make country sound like every other easily digestible song on the radio, except this has a country drawl and a little bit more guitar than everything else other radio pop. And then you have people like Zach Bryan, Tyler Childers, and Parker McCollum that play for a red-dirt and Appalachia sound of country. It may not be radio friendly because some person that doesn't traditionally like country can't bop along to it, but it's lyrical, has good story telling, and interesting chord progressions and musical instrument accompaniments. It's this weird struggle between making country music sound like everything else and maintaining it's own integrity as a musical genre. And it's albums like this and that other pop/ bro country groups or solo acts put out that in my opinion dumb down and strip away what I believe to be an expansive and creative genre and boil it down to cliche stereotypes and catchy choruses that people will forget about in two weeks. I guess long and short of this rant, I wish more innovative and impactful song writers didn't have to try to sound like FGL to have music row success broadly among the public, because to be honest FGL isn't country in my opinion it's pop with a drawl.
Mezmerize is my number one; Violent Pornography, Question! (goated) and Sad Statue is a baller three-track run, and the rest of the album is all killer, no filler.
Let's take a moment to appreciate how good of a music writer Anthony is he's able to explain musicians effect on the current scenes efficiently and tactfully
No, that’d be anything by Brantley Gilbert. Particularly the song “take it outside”. Many a Walmart parking lot brawl has been had to that song. I hate living in rural America.
Not only did I not expect you to start reviewing the Morgan Wallen n-word video halfway through this review, but it was equally uncalled for that you gave it a 10.
when he said "with" at 6:07 i thought he was gonna go back on his joke and say a WAP and a whip however i was wrong, but i'd like to point out that joke cause i think its a good one
It's honestly quite remarkable to witness, in the span of less than eight years, how this duo has went from writing songs like "Itz Just What We Do" and "Dayum Baby"...........................to now largely trying to come across as a crossover Christian radio act like for KING & COUNTRY. It's just surreal to see. I get they probably got quite defensive observing the sharp decline of bro-country not long after their breakthrough with "Cruise", but it almost feels as though they're desperate to run away from those origins. But here's the thing: their debut album wll always remain their commercial peak, and most of their core fanbase regularly mentions how much they miss the rollicking energy of their first album. It seems to me that, with this album, they were desperately trying to forge a middle ground between the fans they originally gained with their debut record, with those who appreciate their so-called move towards "maturity"......................but the end result is an awkward album that still largely lacks the energy and tempo of their debut with the exception of three songs that just come across as hysterical attempts at showing "Hey, we're still the same party-hardy boys you've known and liked!". And neither audience is going to feel passionate about this.
@@Her_Viscera Was I speaking ill of them? I really wasn't but, rather, simply pointing out that their overall sound is more reminiscent of contemporary Christian music as of late than earlier eras of theirs and wasn't deriding them but, rather, FGL's lack of tempo in many of their more recent songs that I feel is trying to emulate Christian acts but not suiting them as well. Just an observation. =)
Totally wasn’t expecting fantano to say “Florida Georgia line have surpassed every legendary artist that you can think of. With this recent record they have solidified themselves as the greatest musical duo ever. “ huge words
Love it when they said "welcome to my house, baby take control now" thanks Anthony where's the new Black Dresses review. Where's the new Black Dresses review? I'm not gonna ask again haha
A dirt road
A cold beer
A blue jeans
A red pickup
A rural noun, simple adjective
Underrated comment
Its a fucking scarecrow again!
s/o Bo Burnham
Shhhhhhh, you wouldn’t want to expose the secrets of Bro-Country poetry.
A Bud Light with the logo facing out
me: "I wonder why Fantano doesn't review more country"
FGL: *exists*
me: "oh right"
holy shit its ryan sheckler
coulda done a hurray for the riff raff or tyler childers album in these past years
This is rap for people who hate black people.
Except that’s not an excuse, just because there’s bad country doesn’t mean that’s all there is, there’s a lot of good country music out there
That’s like saying he shouldn’t review rap because 6ix9ine exists
Classics week was a month ago, what is this doing here?
I chuckled
The Cracker Barrel lunch-rush customers ain't gonna be too happy about this one Anthony
Wouldn't have happened if Brad's wife wasn't fired.
I work at Cracker Barrel and I even found that hilarious and accurate
My favorite bro country trope is white dudes singing songs about the country being a mess all of a sudden and having no idea why
top comment material but the memes will soar
My favorite rap trope is black dudes singing songs about their city being a mess all of a sudden and having no idea why
@@HieronymousLex ratio
@@flacosummers go back to Twitter kid
@@HieronymousLex Imma let you in on a little secret, that's also because of white dudes
The streets of naperville won't be happy about this one
Naperville? IL?
Lol
the streets of glen ellyn are going to be FURIOUS
The angry napervillian mobs have taken over downers grove. Help
this is a certified palatine classic
Just a reminder that Florida Georgia Line toured with “Hot in Herre” creator Nelly for a year after collaborating on multiple songs. I went to one of those concerts. It was bad.
I went to an FGL concert. Granted I was blackout drunk off tequila, it was bad.
@@user-fn5xg7qt7u God I wish I was blackout drunk
@@user-fn5xg7qt7u jeez, it’s still bad blacked out? I can only imagine it sober
@@revelrouscobra7647 yeah it was shit, and I’m a country music fan lol.
florida georgia line is the ultimate chad music group
swag
The Killers exist
How can you say that when Hanson exists?
@Luke I think they make OK music, but I’ve seen several killers fans who are total Chads
Virgin internet-core music fan writing walls of text about how deep their favorite peepoopwave musician is vs chad Florida Georgia Line listener who chills in his truck has no idea any other music outside of country radio exists
Nothing could've prepared me for a Florida Georgia Line review.
Continuing the trend of “things that should probably never happen yet continually surprise us” that the 2020’s have so far held up
Lil Nas X has more country credibility than FGL.
Facts
Comments are on fire with the jokes this video, you love to see it
I’m surprised that an album by this group actually managed to receive a positive integer as a score from you
I think a majority of the material on this album suffers for two reasons
1. Its by Florida Geordia Line
2. It says Florida Georgia Line on the cover
Anthony has clearly never driven his truck down a dirt road
I feel like Florida Georgia Line is what middle-aged Karens listen to after they've unsuccessfully tried to shop at a Trader Joe's without a mask.
Cringe
No you don’t understand literally everything is karen.
Nah more like the white dude named John going on about immigrants are taking over and tells people to do their own research but when people do he just says "lol fucking liberals".
I've always thought it was funny how opposed the casual pop rap and country fans are to each other's music. It always seems like the lyrics for hits in both genres are essentially just lists of brands and tropes that make it seem like the artist is desperately trying to convince you just how real™ and just like you™ they are. They want the same thing as you! [Beer, geetars, Fords, God, simple life, sex] [money, clout, hypebeast clothes, drugs, a good time, sex]
Exactly, that’s why I hate a lot of shit in both genres lol
Ain't heard of these guys since like 2013.
honestly lol
Probably for the best
Lucky
FGL is like if herpes learned how to use garageband
Hey Florida Georgia Line,
Please stop
Almost 200 people agree
I feel like FGL is low hanging fruit for the country scene. Everyone I know hates them yet they get financial success every record. I would love to hear melons thoughts on Luke Combs. Someone I think has more care for his creations but admittedly he’s nothing new. He seems to be the most liked current stadium country act.
Edit: I also wanna hear his thoughts on a modern bluegrass album like Tyler Childers
Mr. Combs does feel like another baritone voice in country (besides Luke Bryan and Dylan Scott). That's about it for me. I've heard some say he's a great live act and I can't say for certain but to me, the fella has way too much hype. But maybe I'm missing something.
@@loathy4528 Combs is essentially playing off the "Red Solo Cup"-era Toby Keith everyman blue collar image, but tailoring it with a decisively more middle-of-the-road inocuous sound that pretty much any contemporary country listener can't hate. He strikes me as easily likeable and his songs are written well, but also sound pretty bland once you've listened to at least half a dozen songs of his.
That's what makes FGL the Nickelback of country music. Speaking of which, FGL used to have the same producer as Nickelback, which makes the comparison all the more meaningful.
Ever hear the one about bert chintis?
Luke Combs is definitely way better than your average bro country artist, and I'm not just saying that because I'm from his city lmao
Country music is in a dark age fr. The bad artists outnumber the good ones by so much it’s insane.
Edit: This is coming from someone who owns vinyls of classic country albums from people like Johnny Cash, Sheryl Crow, etc.
Are there any country artists or tracks you'd actually recommend? I can think of maybe 2 country songs I've heard in my entire existence that I've actually enjoyed, and that's probably only because they were by indie musicians.
@@HollywoodActorRyanGosling Not exactly married to the genre but Cousin Joe Two Shacks has some solid songs. Deep End and Lucy Skidmore are pretty good from my memory
@@HollywoodActorRyanGosling welp sorry to say, mine is from the same boat as all the artist in country I enjoy have a lot of Indie and Pop ascetics. With that said, LANCO is a lovely little group who make fun and much more convincing love songs, Old Dominion makes some decent songs fusing bits of rock and country into a very fun but sometimes very bland sound (I'd only really suggest their debut and a few singles from their Sophomore album), then George Strait makes some beautiful classic country to this day that I thoroughly enjoyed. Those are some decent pointers for me if you're not into the whole Bro Country style.
@@HollywoodActorRyanGosling Chris Stapleton and Old 97's are pretty good if you like country with a more southern rock/blues-y edge. There's also The Highwomen, who are a bit more traditionally country but offer a unique perspective on country tropes since the group is all made up of women (they're also made up of some pretty high profile musicians like Brandy Carlile and Maren Morris). Sturgill Simpson is pretty good, especially his album A Sailor's Guide to Earth, but I don't follow him too strictly and I'm not too into his older stuff.
@@HollywoodActorRyanGosling check out Parker McCollum and Muscadine Bloodline
This is the kinda music that would bully indie rock at high school
All fun and games until you realize this album and Mac Miller’s Swimming have the same score
damn daniel
Unacceptable
the difference is I'd be ok with Florida Georgia Line dying
I’ve come to accept that Melon is simply not a Mac Miller fan and that he only gave Circles a good score to avoid invoking a riot.
didn’t even watch the review 😤
Life rolls on, *but the memories of this album won’t with it.*
"Florida Georgia Line, FOREVER!!"
Me : Oh God No. Please No. NOOOOOOOOOO
"Florida Georgia Line's new album is experimental and blazes a new trail for the genre, I'm feeling a strong 9"
Aight
Blazes a trail?
You kiddin? This album muds down a backcountry road.
That patsy cline in the background is one of the most symbolic things of all time
MOST SYMBOLIC? ALL TIME?
It was also in the discovery classics week review
Florida Georgia Line is definitely one of the bands of all time
Up there with nickelback, imagine dragons and 21 pilots
They're definitely a band that exists.
@@TIMIMPALA420 at least 21 pilots has trench
i like dis one
@@TIMIMPALA420 21 pilots is good
"turn that wap into a dap" is a line that will haunt me the rest of my life
I never expected Anthony to ever review a Florida Georgia Line album.
This review pretty much says “Oh yeah. They’re still a thing.”
I don't know if it was a slow day or melon just felt like listening to some bad country music. He reviews this but not Foster the People's ep last december. I was waiting for his opinion on that one.
Hidden Track: "Q Gonna Save Us All"
💀
we need more of anthony squinting his eyebrows and questioning reality while reading the lyrics of a country album
Florida Georgia Line is making the exact kind of on-the-nose pandering music that Bo Burnham made fun of years ago.
It's ok fantano, you don't have to suffer through my school bus radio as enjoyable it may seem to us.
From WAP to DAP: An Opera by Florida Georgia Line
You're giving them way too much credit, but you're a good soul for not saying what I would for 10 full minutes
If you listen carefully you can hear “Welcome to Sonic can I take your order”
I saw this in my notifs and just started chant-whispering “Yes Yes Yes YES YES YES *YES* *YES* *YES*”
Are you gonna punch me with both hands?
You would've given this a ten if death grips made it
Anthony, singing the chorus to "Cruise" for 10 minutes doesn't count as a review.
God I would pay for that
Don’t be fooled, Fantabo is just mad that he’s not a real country boy, and consequently, he’s unable to get any of the country babes that reside on farmersonly
I thought it was cousinsonly
Florida georgia line make music for people who Kurt cobain was complaining about in bloom.
As a country fan and reviewer it hurts to know this crap is what the labels are producing and wanting to push. I gave it a 2 and had very similar thoughts. Solid review Melon
Saying "Yee-naw" for two minutes isn't a review, Anthony.
everybody gangsta til people generally agree with a negative fantano review
Red shirt gonna watch this review of a band I much dislike
Surprised this was not a "NOT GOOD"
Texas really be lookin like that Murder Ballads cover right now
tell me about it
Nashville has a major minority complex when comparing itself to Hollywood. The city that is called the home of the genre has killed the genre (in the mainstream anyway save for one or two guys: Stapleton, Church, Paisley)
"Long live the Walmart parking lot"
- Florida Georgia Line
Where I live, it is the Safeway parking lot.
My boss puts on our local pop-country station every day at work. If I hear one more goddamn 'baer, gurls, and trucks' line I'm going to comprehensively lose my shit
Just declaring my bias immediately, I don't like FGL at all and this album is no different. The further they lean into cross genre appeal, the less and less I like them. And it feels like that is the weird space that country music is in right now. You have pop/hip-hop/trap influence trying to make country sound like every other easily digestible song on the radio, except this has a country drawl and a little bit more guitar than everything else other radio pop. And then you have people like Zach Bryan, Tyler Childers, and Parker McCollum that play for a red-dirt and Appalachia sound of country. It may not be radio friendly because some person that doesn't traditionally like country can't bop along to it, but it's lyrical, has good story telling, and interesting chord progressions and musical instrument accompaniments. It's this weird struggle between making country music sound like everything else and maintaining it's own integrity as a musical genre. And it's albums like this and that other pop/ bro country groups or solo acts put out that in my opinion dumb down and strip away what I believe to be an expansive and creative genre and boil it down to cliche stereotypes and catchy choruses that people will forget about in two weeks. I guess long and short of this rant, I wish more innovative and impactful song writers didn't have to try to sound like FGL to have music row success broadly among the public, because to be honest FGL isn't country in my opinion it's pop with a drawl.
Living in a progressive town on the Florida Georgia line has been ruined by this horrific group.
That’s hilariously tragic, what town?
If TYRON gets lower than an 8 I’m telling the cops.
"I'm feeling a Strong 6 to a Light 7, tran..."
SOAD tier list when Antony?
If he makes one, every album should be B Tier or higher. They only released 5 albums but every one of them is at least an 8/10 for me.
Toxicity S tier
Self-Titled best album
Mezmerize is my number one; Violent Pornography, Question! (goated) and Sad Statue is a baller three-track run, and the rest of the album is all killer, no filler.
@@TheGardiner Old School Hollywood is a dud
Anthony, you are not allowed to threaten to kill the members of Florida Georgia Line simply because they make bad music.
Let's take a moment to appreciate how good of a music writer Anthony is he's able to explain musicians effect on the current scenes efficiently and tactfully
Slow month for music huh, surprised that FGL got an actual review and not YUNO
Wish he would review more independent country and americana
Same
Wouldn't get enough views
Only melon could make me sit through a review of a Florida Georgia Line album.
This is the music conservatives put on when they think they're punk
No, that’d be anything by Brantley Gilbert. Particularly the song “take it outside”. Many a Walmart parking lot brawl has been had to that song. I hate living in rural America.
You don't know any real conservatives kiddo
@@thugnificent9143 they're aren't any around anymore. Especially in current mainstream politics.
@@SaintKines nope
@@thugnificent9143 he doesn't and it shows. pretty cringeworthy.
Not only did I not expect you to start reviewing the Morgan Wallen n-word video halfway through this review, but it was equally uncalled for that you gave it a 10.
FGL has a lot of casual listeners and some fans, but they’ll never have a following.
Fantano had to listen to a Florida Georgia Line album...
4:40 the guys smirking face while Anthony complaining about the lyric is hilarious
Listen to Tyler Childers Long Violent History instead
My album of the year. I was hoping Fantano would comment on it at least
Keep your nose on the grindstone and out of these hills.
Tyler, Sturgill, and Chris Stapleton are about as far as I go into country music.
I disagree with Fanranos polotics but still love his reviews, keep it up dude.
1:48 That may be the most editing I've seen in a tnd review lol
those two men are just the same man
every time i hear these guys sing it makes my heart feel good
4:35 It seems Anthony didn't get the memo that country girls make do
3 is extremely generous for a Florida Georgia Line project
Florida Georgia Line putting out a bad album? I'm am downright shocked
George Jones would give Florida Georgia Line about 10 seconds of his attention.
Tbh Anthony you didn’t really have to include a “listen” link in the description of this one.
i actually laughed out loud when i saw this title. surprised you decided to review this
Did somebody actually ask him to review this album? Look at that cover... what did they expect would be his score?
Your remix of job was iconic tbh
when he said "with" at 6:07 i thought he was gonna go back on his joke and say a WAP and a whip however i was wrong, but i'd like to point out that joke cause i think its a good one
This album was ghost-written by Death Grips. I'm suprised you didn't pick up on that.
This is the nicest I've ever heard anyone be to Florida Georgia Line.
I like how everytime Tony says ''Look'' he's basically saying ''yea it's garbage but..''
It's honestly quite remarkable to witness, in the span of less than eight years, how this duo has went from writing songs like "Itz Just What We Do" and "Dayum Baby"...........................to now largely trying to come across as a crossover Christian radio act like for KING & COUNTRY.
It's just surreal to see. I get they probably got quite defensive observing the sharp decline of bro-country not long after their breakthrough with "Cruise", but it almost feels as though they're desperate to run away from those origins. But here's the thing: their debut album wll always remain their commercial peak, and most of their core fanbase regularly mentions how much they miss the rollicking energy of their first album.
It seems to me that, with this album, they were desperately trying to forge a middle ground between the fans they originally gained with their debut record, with those who appreciate their so-called move towards "maturity"......................but the end result is an awkward album that still largely lacks the energy and tempo of their debut with the exception of three songs that just come across as hysterical attempts at showing "Hey, we're still the same party-hardy boys you've known and liked!". And neither audience is going to feel passionate about this.
I grew up with Christian bands and will NOT tolerate someone NOT speaking ill of them.
@@Her_Viscera Was I speaking ill of them? I really wasn't but, rather, simply pointing out that their overall sound is more reminiscent of contemporary Christian music as of late than earlier eras of theirs and wasn't deriding them but, rather, FGL's lack of tempo in many of their more recent songs that I feel is trying to emulate Christian acts but not suiting them as well. Just an observation. =)
@@MACMAMI Read my comment again, it was a joke.
im flabbergasted i really thought AF was gonna like this
Totally wasn’t expecting fantano to say “Florida Georgia line have surpassed every legendary artist that you can think of. With this recent record they have solidified themselves as the greatest musical duo ever. “ huge words
Funny
Wow it's funny because he didn't actually say that. You're a comedy genius.
Florida Georgia Line are the Nickelback of country music.
I absolutely love that Fantano's default Death Grips beat is fucking Blood Creepin
Wow who could've guessed that this album would turn out to be a complete dumpster fire.
Here's to Melon's WAP never turning into a DAP
Of all the country bands you could've possibly reviewed....
Having Patsy Cline watching Melon review FGL hurts in the worst way possible.
I draw the line at Florida-Georgia.
Wait what ? For once in a life time , the comments are actually talking about the video...
Love it when they said "welcome to my house, baby take control now" thanks Anthony where's the new Black Dresses review. Where's the new Black Dresses review? I'm not gonna ask again haha
Memphis Kansas Breeze
This is definitely the most unexpected review so far this year.
sorry anthony but playing the banjo for 10 minutes is not a review
The name of this group makes me cringe
It survived the NOT GOOD. I'll give them that
Forgot how awful FGL was lmao, ruined country for the last ten years
this review goes a bit off the rails and i couldnt be happier about it