To your criticism about the goofiness and corniness I have just one response: not only did this album come out almost 2 decades ago but cmon man this is the band where every member has color coordinated ties
@@wakkle That literally makes no sense. If they made a song for every genre that just means they made bad music in every genre not that every genre is bad lmao.
L + ratio + this music is amazing + you're even whiter + actually, thanks for bringing up the Joe Hawley stuff, many fans unfortunately ignore it, so I'm glad that even if you don't like the album, you at least did your homework for it + unsubscribed.
42:04 The “Kubrick Stare" is one of Stanley Kubrick's most recognizable directorial techniques, a method of shot composition where a character stares at the camera with a forward tilt, to convey to the audience that the character in question is at the peak of their derangement.
Yes I really hope this is intentional and this review is a scripted joke about ‘popular songs by small guys bad, listen to my songs about dissing poor people.’
@@grayanddevpdx I dont really think so, it's very likely that he genuely mant what he said, but it´s an opinion, everyone likes different things ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
i personally LOVE the vocal effect on Taken for a Ride, it’s reminiscent of By You by Tony Banks & seeing as i’m a huge fan of Tony/Genesis in general it’s probably my favorite thing about TFAR
@@Pmf95k Same i had fun watching the hawaii part ii one and i knew which songs he was gonna hate and like. though the ones he hates in this album are pretty fair.
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum is an actual place in Farmington Hills, Michigan! I remember I went there once, they got a lot of cool mechanical games. Some of them used to scare me as a kid, but looking back on it they are actually pretty cool!
YES bro that place rules I go there pretty frequently, the vibe is so sick and so far it’s the only arcade in like a 30 mile radius that has space invaders 💀💀 genuinely super cool, going there on the regular is like my biggest flex as a tally hall fan
i think you missed the point of two wuv. it's supposed to start off as a painfully bland love song that slowly devolves into straight up stalking the olsen twins.
I’m a big fan of this album, but I can definitely see why you dislike it. I don’t mind the corniness in the lyrics and actually enjoy it a lot of the time, mostly because I have never once taken it seriously. Never have I once listened to this album and been like “damn that was some pretty insightful shit”, it’s just stupid fun to me. Casting that aside though, I can see where you’re coming from on most of the ones you dislike. Haiku has a boring instrumental, but I can usually sit through it because I like the corny lyrics. Just apathy is the most boring song on the album musically, and it’s lyrics are ass. Be born’s instrumental is nice, but I fucking DESPISE the lyrics. Where I disagree most is with the whole world and you and banana man. I really enjoy both of them and cannot be convinced otherwise. Despite my differing opinions, I really enjoyed this video. Watching someone talk about how they dislike this album just made me realize why I like it. Unsubscribed.
@@Brave_Brevity I don't know man, everybody is entitled to their opinion but his way of expressing it is too freaking annoying. He doesn't even do it properly, the proper way to criticize something like music is to see/listen to it first and then say what you have in mind, this is just mindless ranting.
I think your main mistake was going into this album expecting some attempt to be serious and deep like miracle musical, I always appreciated this album for having a variety of fun light silly songs that I can for the most part keep coming back to. although other theatercire shit isnt my jam I think it would be amiss to disregard what they're doing on the notion that its corny. I respect artists going against the grain and doing what makes them happy idk
I think there is meaning if you look deep enough and I think that is what this album message is (mainly the last line - Wouldn't the world be better off if we took nonsense seriously?)
I find it funny that you gave much more positive ratings upon revisiting the album, considering good day is about the album itself and how you should "give it a few tries" because your perspective might change
I think you might just like good & evil more than this one, since it's a more serious album and stuff. The first time i listened to it i absolutely hated it, but most of the songs grew on me. It's definitely slower paced, but I think the payoff is worth it.
one of my favorite parts of people calling it that is that joe is apparently part native american & zubin (one of the other members) is persian-american. their music is so white it transcends their actual races (joking)
Banana Man is totally a product of its time, being written in 2005, but overall I have to say I disagree with the points made here. I love this album to death. It's not the first time I've disagreed with you, but it may be the most I have. Either way, I'm not watching this channel for affirmation of my own views, great video as always!
I think this album is all pretty intensely mid-2000s and your mileage may vary with this album with where you stand on that and corniness. For me, the corniness gives it a kind of campy charm that’s endearing for me. It’s uncompromisingly upbeat in a way that can be refreshing when a lot of music out there has to be serious, cynical, or cool.
I think this kind of feeling applies to a lot of “theater core” of this era. You kind of had to really been tuned in to the vibe. I was not at the time, still am not really.
I love how silly and goofy it is. It’s joyous music, music for silly little guys and gals. It’s music to frolic around to in the garden, why must you hate such gooberish music
I generally like the album, you can tell the underlying creative effort that went into it. Never got why oddity or a preppy feel is somehow intrinsically bad, seems a deeply cynical and pretentious way to judge the quality of a work
THAT'S WHAT IM SAYING- this video is honestly insufferable to watch because this dude seems to just get his rocks off complaining and hating for no reason. I have literally never seen someone so extremely hateful for no reason and honestly- I don't understand his horrible hatred for tallyhall (plus the way he just bashes their shit in calling them college rejects and stuff is just fucking rude)
@Aquarium Gravel emotion without logic is... emotion. that's what emotion is. a lot of people (but not all) feel emotion before anything logical. logic is the analytical evaluation of emotion. it could be possible this video isn't meaning to be analytical, but a person expressing emotion; saying how he feels without explaining why he feels it and all yk? this is a first reaction, not a review. his constant ridicule of it (though it may seem unfair, not logical and confusing) could simply be him expressing his emotions. emotions, again, by nature hold no logic. to me it seems most of all of it is jokes / purposeful exaggeration to convey his feelings, like a lot of people do when they dislike something. like the expression to "rag" on something lol and i could definitely understand how (especially if you don't agree with his opinions) it's very rude and crass. --that's all just a theory on a possible interpretation though. he could be actually analytical in this video, you could find it illogical and believe he just doesn't understand the album because of it, but it could also be likely that you just don't understand him. i see lots of people accuse others of 'simply not interpreting it the right way' or 'not understanding it' when people scrutinise media they like. im not saying that's definitely 100% the case here, but just as an (overused) reminder, art is subjective! let people enjoy what they wanna like, let people dislike what they wanna hate.
@@lautaroescarlon7501such as hating tally hall on the premise that they’re “corny” (which also needs to die as a word. It had its heyday in 2006, ironically unlike tally hall) just because it’s not a sincere declaration of an idea and is instead just dumb fun.
Personally think this album is pretty fun. Hey, it ain't the best thing in the world, there are definitely a few rather boring tracks, but it's a good thing for me to just put on when I need something like it to kinda elevate my mood. I was super scared you were going to react to the bonus tracks as well, because you'd have to sit through Mucka Blucka and I have a feeling you wouldn't like that one much at all, lol.
@@stinkystinkypoopystinkypeepee still makes no sense because good day was written by andrew horowitz, albeit the part he disliked was sung by joe hawley. It's still not joe's songwriting
this has always been my ‘comfort album’-something that i could look to when i felt bad. i acknowledge that it isn’t perfect or anything, but i somewhat dislike when people write it off just for being weird or whatever. It takes me back to being a young child and not taking the world too seriously. I think looking at the album as a whole with the mindset of a cynical consumer is kind of missing the point as a whole. also yea you’re right about joe. he kinda sucks.
@Jeremy U's ReevU I don't think Brad is against artists being oddball lol. He's pretty clearly got a thing for experimental music. However, many of these songs sound equally experimental and uninspired, which are not traits that mix well. He considered Ruler of Everything the best track on the album despite containing a boatload of Tally Hall's staple cornball edginess. That's probably because it presented a fully-formed idea, which was actually well represented in the song's execution. Personally, I find a lot of the songs in this album contain that 'insufferable theatre-kid melodrama while simultaneously lacking any tangible emotional core'... kinda... vibe? Although, it's not nearly as pervasive as it is in Hawaii: Part II. I understand the 'not taking yourself too seriously' aspect of the OP, but it kinda seems like the band does take it seriously.
@@unsolicitedinput9185 The band never took itself seriously. This was just a fun album and the only serious songs that were meant to be serious is spring and a storm and ruler of everything. I understand brad but I think he would have liked the album a lot more if he didnt care about whatever joe did and didnt hear hpii
@@jeremyusreevu237 There's are differences between: A. Trying too hard to be weird B. Being weird but executing it in a way that's substantive or memorable C. Being overly reliant on yr weirdness and becoming nothing once that inevitably fades D. Constantly referencing or implying to yr own weirdness to the point where it becomes insufferable E. Being weird and good
@@moris_tm6670 Fair enough, I'll admit that a portion of my perspective on the band is due to the fanbase and its tendency for overanalysis (not a unique quality to any fanbase). That being said, how did you decide on those two songs? Is there an interview I’m missing? Only a few of these songs come across as light-hearted or silly. **Maybe** the band intended to make a serious song for shits and giggles, but then that just makes them seem more uninspired lol I think Brad might have been less **irritated** had he come in less… cynical (although that’d be woefully out of character lmao), but I don’t know if it would have changed his final score. In his review of Pop Food, Brad explained his impression of Stauber as "empty music that was trying to be experimental but didn't feel experimental in the slightest," which strikes me as a more accurate representation of his irritation here than “He doesn’t like quirky music / he’s annoyed the band takes themselves seriously.” The difference was that said album somewhat won him over in the end whereas this album failed. Frankly, I don’t think Tally Hall was ever gonna be Brad’s kinda music but neither is almost anything I listen to nowadays. Enjoy what you want and Good Day ;]
Speaking as a fan of what you've dubbed "theater-core" albums, I'd be interested to hear your reactions and thoughts to Will Wood's The Normal Album. It hits a lot of the same beats for me, but it's also a lot more direct in its subject matter. And theater-core sounds something I'd describe it as in a non derogatory way.
pausing the album every few seconds to point out the “cringe” doesn’t really make for a good first listening experience. this really shows as well because after re-listening with a different state of mind you rated many of the songs higher. otherwise, fun review. much more fair to the album than the hp2 one was and i agree with some points here. be born is trash, and banana man is.. questionable. i still do love this album, though :) and thanks for pointing out joe’s controversy; i disagree with the transphobia points bc he was just misinformed (im trans) but though the doc is accusatory and that video is garbage (made by a conservative ranttuber??☠️) some of his behavior *is* concerning, and he shouldn’t be put on a pedestal like many people in the fandom do. i do adore his music but he’s human, after all.
having relistened to be born, i think it’s nice. rob’s voice is excellent, as always, and the tune is pleasant; but it’s placed right after the streak of perfect songs (imo) that are good day to the bidding. comparing it to those makes it seem worse in the context of the album to me, but i was too harsh calling it trash. it’s good!
To me tally hall was an acquired taste, I mean the first three times i heard taken for a ride literally the only thing i remembered from it was “kinda sounds like daft punk” and now its my favorite song of all time
calling "Ruler of Everything" cringe and then hearing him play his own horrendously bland taste in music is comical. I love hip hop and rap music, but i feel like every white dude whose into those genres have the most god awful musical opinions imaginable.
@@brandonsheets1883honestly as someone who’s a pretty big fan of Brad’s, I agree with you entirely about the “White guilt” thing. It gets to a level that can be painfully cringey sometimes, even to this day.
say what u wanna say but this album was actual god to my adhd middle school brain; i had it on loop 24/7 and literally never got tired of it, despite never being able to listen to an album before that because everything kinda felt the same sonically.
if you’re not already familiar with them you might appreciate they might be giants a bit more; “flood” is the only album of their’s i’ve heard in its entirety but it similarly has a sort of goofy, not-very-serious tone to it but benefits from a lot of variety and exploration in different sounds, non-pretentious lyrics with oddly specific but unique subject matters, and songs that can’t really overstay their welcome given how short they are, for better or for worse
They Might Be Giants is like Tally Hall but better in every way. I really want a Flood reaction now. Lincoln, Apollo 18, Here Comes Science, The Spine, Nanobots and I Like Fun would all be fun reactions too. I listen to a lot of depressing emo stuff, so it’s nice to have a band that can just put a smile on my face. I can always count on them to make fun, happy, carefree vibes with occasional deeper meanings. They also make music specifically designed to appeal to adults and young children which is cool. The fact that they have 22 albums and only one song that’s in my “sad mix” playlist is remarkable.
Their records always have a nice chunk of darkness and cynicism in there. Or in the case of Apollo 18, a heap of it. Balances out the quirkiness for me.
The Spine is another great record of theirs that was made around the same time as MMMM, maybe that would be a good one for Brad to react to as a contrast to MMMM. To me it doesn't sound nearly as mid-2000s corny as MMMM, I don't even know if there's even a single "2000's" thing about it besides a music video that the creators of Homestar Runner made for one of the singles.
Brad went full two face on this one lol the difference between your live reaction and future thoughts on each track is night and day. But then again, it makes sense this is def a weird album that takes some time to think on
I'm glad you went over the allegations and came to your own conclusion. It's very common that one's enjoyment of a person's art can make them biased, and clearly I'm no exception. It's hard to come to terms with the fact that someone who helped create something that brought you so much joy brought others so much pain. It's also hard to decide what to do with the memories you have with their work. Are they invalid and phony? I'm not quite sure myself. I wish I had a conclusive statement I could put here, but I'm still trying to figure it out myself.
In my opinion, I think the memories are valid. Especially if the music in question is very meaningful to you. (If it represents a time in your life, or a particular person for you, etc). As to whether you should continue listening to said artist, that’s up to you. I usually believe in separating art from the artist (while still keeping in mind what they did and not just sweeping it under the rug, of course), but it depends on the situation.
Ok dropping the whole Dog from Raditude thing and breaking character for a sec: It’s hard for sure. The Smiths and Brand New used to be my two favorite bands. Now, Weezer and Death Cab For Cutie have taken those spots, partly due to the fact that the frontmen of The Smiths and Brand New… aren’t exactly swell guys to put it lightly. I kept trying to hold onto the memories I have with those bands and not let it affect my enjoyment of their music, but I just kept feeling guilty in the back of my mind and it got harder and harder to enjoy the music. I still listen to both of those bands and it’s often enjoyable, but I don’t consider them my favorites anymore, not necessarily because of the people behind it, but more so the fact that it hindered my love for their music for quite a while. And they get paid for streaming so that also comes with some guilt.
@@thedogfromraditude5449 yeah i totally get that, i personally still love the smiths music despite morriseys behaviour, it should just really come down to the person and what they can look past to appreciate art
@@benbrian9884 Yeah, I still have multiple The Smiths band posters hanging on my wall and I still display the Strangeways Here We Come CD that I got in elementary school. I think the fact that the rest of the band has openly denounced Morrissey’s views has made me feel better about that. I also don’t really have any problems listening to Kanye West despite everything he’s said and done. Separating the art from the artist is hard sometimes, but it’s better for culture as a whole.
27:42 I agree with you on this point lmao,, wait till u see the music video. joe called it’s “racial” rather than racist which doesn’t help at all but I’ve always found it funny how the fan base chooses to ignore that
banana man is a weird fucking song and i would be able to overlook it so much more easily if it didn't feel like it was towing this strange line between racist and just quirky random i remember someone in the comments of the mv said "this feels like a race that doesn't exist" or something, and... no, the race exists, cuz it's literally some sort of caribbean accent
Edit: The reason Hidden in the Sand and Murders are popular is because of TikTok. I was like you once, I kept hearing the name "Tally Hall" mentioned, and every time I checked them out I didn't really like their music. Then I heard Ruler of Everything. From that point on, I couldn't stop listening to it and decided to check out the album. I still didn't really like most of the songs, except maybe The Bidding. Over time, I kept listening to the songs and gradually became more and more warmed up to them, then I started to actually choose to listen to them to the point where I enjoyed Miracle Musical on my first/second listen. All in all, I would definitely call them an acquired taste, and everyone's different so your experience will almost definitely be different from my own. I'd like to finish this by saying no one's forcing you to listen to this, and if you don't want to, that's perfectly fine. Also, if you end up listening to Joe Hawley Joe Hawley, I'm guessing your least favorite song will be Bahamian Rap City.
This guy's the type of guy to get passed the AUX cord and start playing Game Over by Falling in Reverse Also calling Banana Man racist is the whitest statement I've ever heard.
If you thought the robotic voice of Taken For A Ride was bad, know that you're listen to a re-recording of this whole album that came out after they changed record labels. The original version was even MORE robotic, and it was impossible to understand the lyrics without them written in front of you.
what is he supposed to do, if you wanna listen to the songs just do that. if brad just let the whole song play before saying his thoughs it would just get boring.
Personally, I have loved this album for a while for its variety and unique/innovative work. Me watching this video made me realize WHY I like this album. If you look into tallyhall while their first album was out, they didn’t stick with a genre of music. That’s the whole point on why some songs sound weirder than others. They made up their own genre of music, calling it “fabloo”. They ended up dropping it because people started identifying what fabloo was, and categories and genres for their music, which is what they didn’t want. The effects and the different writing of songs themselves are what make the album wonky, odd, and well, mechanical/marvelous. And throughout the video it was hard to follow along when after every 4 words or in the beginning, you would pause the song to start criticizing and insulting it of how the lyrics are “the worst you’ve ever heard”. The face palms and putting your head down every minute as well aren’t funny either. Each member would write a song of theirs, the band then cleaning it up and recording it. The lyrics and writing are definitely going to be different. And for all of the Joe hawley document believers, the majority of the doc was debunked. Lots of it was either exaggerated or made up to make him look like a bad influencer. Joe was misinformed, and he was not doing most things said intentionally. I recommend doing some research before reacting to tallyhall or really any artist, and then going off about how the story in their songs don’t make any sense and turn it into a video of insulting the members.
Fun fact, one of the members of this band was Rob Cantor, (Same guy who went on to make actual canibal Shia LaBeouf) so there was some very strong talent in this band to enjoy that isnt joe hally Edit: I would highly recomend reacting to any Will Wood album, especially since I don't think I've seen you react to much jazz-type stuff. Also his "quirky"-ness comes through a lot better than tally hall, especially since his music has a big focus on mental health.
The whole LGBT audience came along after they went on hiatus. Also, according to the other members Joe's didn't understand what he was talking about and his views have changed after they talked to him.
Okay so, I’m gonna whip out my race card for a second. I am half indigenous American, half of Northern European and English ancestry. And I may in fact, be the whitest person I know, because this music is the shit. It’s unapologetically melodic Beatles stuff and I crave it with every white fiber in my body.
I actually just listened to this album yesterday on vinyl and I gotta say, I freaking ADORED it. I would probably give it like a 10/10. It’s quirky nature and experimentation led to a wild and enjoyable experience for me from beginning to end. Each song gave me something new and entertaining. Although I can totally understand that it may be off putting for some, I figured I would throw my two cents in and say that I really love this album.
the amount of times that he says "i'd rather listen to weezer" has me curious if weezer has grown on bradley (cuz i remember him saying blue and pinkerton are mid). and it also has me EXTRA curious to see him do a reaction to one of the good weezer albums edit: saw more of the video, he said he didn't like them. still would wanna see him make a reaction.
I cannot believe I watched a grown man embarrass himself for 45 minutes. It was funny but I spend enough time around children already so Brad here acting like a man-child caused an instant rejection in the form of what I find only fitting to describe as "cringe". I don't use this word often. Never, actually. The fact I have to resort to it now is disappointing.
As a big Tally Hall fan this was hilarious to watch 💀 I never considered what a song like Banana Man or Be Born for the first time as a grown man would be like, I discovered this band when I was 14 lmaoo
You've got some great points and criticisms hidden in here. It's just such a shame it's buried under a veritable avalanche of the word "cringe" and self-fulfilling prophecies (I've never seen someone sabotage a first listen for themselves as badly as you consistently did here). I'm not a superfan of the band or the album, don't get me wrong. Just was a genuinely irritating watch the entire way through that (ironically enough, given your overall thoughts on the album) made me cringe *hard*, despite how much I wanted to give the review a chance.
Personally, I think their next album, Good and Evil, is far more consistent and actually shows a developing style. There are definitely still a few bad ones though.
40 minutes of a contrarian making shallow, reactionary points to an album a lot of people love. It's not insightful and he sounds more stoned than my deadbeat uncle. Doesn't enjoy starch or mid 2000s white people. Every point is juxtaposed by his future, sober self the next morning. Subscribed.
I love this album, and when he got to Welcome to Tally Hall I paused to go make a sandwich with wonderbread and I come back to him calling the song "white as wonderbread." Thanks Brad.
It’s called an opinion man. Same way you love tallyhall, I really can’t stand them. But that’s ok, we’re both people at the end of the day, with differing views. Have a little compassion dude.
Shits actually hilarious, they’re pissed af. It’s like they’ve never heard of opinions. They gotta run to defend their favorite band the moment they hear any criticism about it. It’s almost like deep down they know the musics flawed😮.
@@strawman7428It’s not that they’re against people having opinions, Brad doesn’t actually give a smidgen of fair criticism. It basically amounts to “It’s bad because it’s bad”.
I love this album but I genuinely really appreciate your approach to the Joe Hawley allegations and I'd like to thank you for pointing out the issues with the J Peterson fan analyzing transphobia allegations, plus your criticisms here are all really well founded and well thought out ❤
Yeah, I'm not sure I even knew who Jordan Peterson _was_ when I first watched that video, But I was definitely a bit skeptical of it, Because it seemed like the guy was not coming from a place of concern, Or trying to find the truth, But rather just trying to defend a musician he likes. Also I think one of the main sources he gave for Joe Hawley not being transphobic was that he remembered seeing a post where he said trans rights one time but couldn't find it afterwards, Which is honestly a really shoddy source.
I love hawaii: part II. BUT GOD do i understand why people do not like it. My taste in music is so assbackwards that its basically nonexistent. Edit: (Do you need constant stimulation?)
Now that we’re at tally hall, could you react to the Gizmodgery album by Self. It’s a (90s) band made mostly by Matt Mahaffey (thus the name Self) but their music is really refreshing. In this particular album they actually used an element from a toy instrument for each song, kinda cool idk. My excuse for this random recommendation is because their song “Dead Man” was played in a tally hall vlog. Anyways please and thank you and bye
YESS!!! Gizmodgery is one of my favorite albums of all time, I adore every album that I've heard from sElf! As someone who is also a huge Tally Hall fan, I was so happy when I heard Dead Man in one of their vlogs!!
I always see They Might Be Giants be compared to Tally Hall or brought up together, but I don't really see the connection. TMBG also has a few "Tiktok songs" (Stuff Is Way and Istanbul) so I guess they attracted a similar audience. But they don't really sound all that similar to me, I guess TMBG can also get a bit quirky but not to an extreme like Tally Hall seems to do sometimes. Their most "quirky" song is probably "Fingertips (Combined)". They Might Be Giants is more alt rock than indie pop, and you can listen to most of their stuff without having people force your arms and neck into some wooden contraption and pelt tomatoes at you in the town square. I suspect the same isn't true for Tally Hall
they might be giants and tally hall went in similar paths after their peak as well - they both started making music for kids, tv shows, video games, etc. rob cantor works for disney now and makes the music for “the ghost and molly mcgee”
@@ginsengstrip2002 A lot of trans and non-binary people say this and I’m gonna repeat the same thing: Joe Hawley is not a transphobe. Yes he said things that I don’t agree with, but he obviously didn’t understand it, and he didn’t care about it. There’s a difference between being confused and actively hating trans people.
Can tell you put a lot of effort into this vid, really fun to watch
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@@OakVolcano7858 TRUE
To your criticism about the goofiness and corniness I have just one response: not only did this album come out almost 2 decades ago but cmon man this is the band where every member has color coordinated ties
@EasyCoast your opinion is not enjoyable
@@russiantreeman5976 if you like it
you like it
@@wakkle That literally makes no sense. If they made a song for every genre that just means they made bad music in every genre not that every genre is bad lmao.
Holy crap the fans of this band are annoying as hell
@@wakkle I really like Tally Hall and dislike the review, but what you just said makes 0 sense. and the guy Aaa EEE explains why it makes no sense.
L + ratio + this music is amazing + you're even whiter + actually, thanks for bringing up the Joe Hawley stuff, many fans unfortunately ignore it, so I'm glad that even if you don't like the album, you at least did your homework for it + unsubscribed.
i disagree+this made me laugh my ass off+liked
@@zlpt literally at the start of the video lmao
same
i suport him even more
So do you like the video? Or….?
even though you felt that tally hall was the white boy weezer, tally hall has something weezer doesn't, someone who is not white.
Yeah but they don’t got Pinkerton tho
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zubins persian i think. i have a friend who’s persian and considers herself white but idk
@@FilthyTea i love pinkerton it needs to be recognized more
@@TonyAnimatesStuff real
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The “Kubrick Stare" is one of Stanley Kubrick's most recognizable directorial techniques, a method of shot composition where a character stares at the camera with a forward tilt, to convey to the audience that the character in question is at the peak of their derangement.
That was actually scary lol
Yes I really hope this is intentional and this review is a scripted joke about ‘popular songs by small guys bad, listen to my songs about dissing poor people.’
@@grayanddevpdx I dont really think so, it's very likely that he genuely mant what he said, but it´s an opinion, everyone likes different things ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Best comment.
SOMEONE TELL THIS DUDE HES WHITE
There's two types of white people
1. People with white skin
2. *White* people
6:17 HE'S GOT A STANLEY TOO
If you hate the vocal effect from taken for a ride, you'll hate the 2005 version it's that effect but way more intense
He'd probably prefer the pingry version of it or a live one without the effects
@@fresanegra77 He'd probably prefer to just not listen to this band.
@@bamocomics8344 at least he'll be hearing human voices and not some voice effects
I mean, MMMM is an album from the 2000’s, of course it’s going to be 𝓠𝓾𝓲𝓻𝓴𝔂
i personally LOVE the vocal effect on Taken for a Ride, it’s reminiscent of By You by Tony Banks & seeing as i’m a huge fan of Tony/Genesis in general it’s probably my favorite thing about TFAR
Lmao I love this album so much and watching it get trashed on is hilarious.
I’m like extremely offended and laughing at the same time.
@@Pmf95k Same i had fun watching the hawaii part ii one and i knew which songs he was gonna hate and like. though the ones he hates in this album are pretty fair.
FOR REAL! Like id defend MMMM to death but catch myself saying “that’s kinda true doe” every now and then lol
Honestly, it's funny because he doesn't bring up good points, he just calls stuff shit, and that's a good enough reason.
@@bamocomics8344 That's our Bradley
I love how many Future Bradley's there are, really opening the flood gates to the Bradverse
i feel like reaction brad and future brad are 2 completely different persons, i love future brad so much
Fun fact: the haiku is actually structured lyrically to almost be a haiku because the song is about a guy struggling to write a haiku for a girl
I think thats why he hates it because theres no point to it
@@puffersfish4296 elaborate
@@puffersfish4296 wdym "no point" that literally IS the point
@@mega1552 I worded this wrong but I don't even remember what I was saying soooooo
That's why I love the song I think it's adorable
*i bet theyre college dropouts*
multiple of thrm have PHDs lmfao
somehow this is even sadder
@@peatrude4872 good and evil is a better album, MMMM aged really bad
Isn’t zubin straight up a doctor?
@@Arlo-Marino yeah I think so
Ross too
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum is an actual place in Farmington Hills, Michigan!
I remember I went there once, they got a lot of cool mechanical games. Some of them used to scare me as a kid, but looking back on it they are actually pretty cool!
YES bro that place rules I go there pretty frequently, the vibe is so sick and so far it’s the only arcade in like a 30 mile radius that has space invaders 💀💀 genuinely super cool, going there on the regular is like my biggest flex as a tally hall fan
I went there when I was 6 and now I shitpost about tally hall being posers who've never even been to Marvin's marvelous mechanical museum
they're getting demolished and being replaced with a grocery store
@@schnargleton25 they are moving
i think you missed the point of two wuv. it's supposed to start off as a painfully bland love song that slowly devolves into straight up stalking the olsen twins.
+ if he would watch the music wideo he would propably die lol
“The Whitest Album of All Time.”
what about the white album???💀
this comment is so funny
Checkmate atheists
weezer ?
nothing can prepare you for this. not even hawaii: part. ii
It's a good album though
@@jeremyusreevu237 of course you think that
@@Drogon7102 Uh, yeah. Because it is.
@@Drogon7102 there are very good songs and very bad songs
It’s a good album.
Your criticisms are so bad that it makes me like tally hall more
Did you watch the video?
Bro did not actually watch the video 😭
He's right
I’m a big fan of this album, but I can definitely see why you dislike it. I don’t mind the corniness in the lyrics and actually enjoy it a lot of the time, mostly because I have never once taken it seriously. Never have I once listened to this album and been like “damn that was some pretty insightful shit”, it’s just stupid fun to me. Casting that aside though, I can see where you’re coming from on most of the ones you dislike. Haiku has a boring instrumental, but I can usually sit through it because I like the corny lyrics. Just apathy is the most boring song on the album musically, and it’s lyrics are ass. Be born’s instrumental is nice, but I fucking DESPISE the lyrics. Where I disagree most is with the whole world and you and banana man. I really enjoy both of them and cannot be convinced otherwise.
Despite my differing opinions, I really enjoyed this video. Watching someone talk about how they dislike this album just made me realize why I like it. Unsubscribed.
Love the band and miracle musical. But seeing a second opinion on its flaw I enjoy as well especially on valid points.
100% with you on Be Born lmao, had no idea it wasn’t just me
Just apathy is awesome what's so bad about it
@@Brave_Brevity I don't know man, everybody is entitled to their opinion but his way of expressing it is too freaking annoying.
He doesn't even do it properly, the proper way to criticize something like music is to see/listen to it first and then say what you have in mind, this is just mindless ranting.
BASED
I think your main mistake was going into this album expecting some attempt to be serious and deep like miracle musical, I always appreciated this album for having a variety of fun light silly songs that I can for the most part keep coming back to. although other theatercire shit isnt my jam I think it would be amiss to disregard what they're doing on the notion that its corny. I respect artists going against the grain and doing what makes them happy idk
I think there is meaning if you look deep enough and I think that is what this album message is (mainly the last line - Wouldn't the world be better off if we took nonsense seriously?)
It just ain't good
@@alrightbloke3725what is good then?
If you want a serious Tally Hall album I’d recommend Good & evil
I find it funny that you gave much more positive ratings upon revisiting the album, considering good day is about the album itself and how you should "give it a few tries" because your perspective might change
I think you might just like good & evil more than this one, since it's a more serious album and stuff. The first time i listened to it i absolutely hated it, but most of the songs grew on me. It's definitely slower paced, but I think the payoff is worth it.
@@LifetimeDisaster Well, things didn't go well for Good & Evil
@@P0Pdart If he doesn't like Good and Evil either, there's always Joe Hawley Joe Hawley.
Tally Hall is the kind of band that grows on you. I didn’t like it much the first time I heard it, but by third or fourth I loved it.
@@grayanddevpdxi liked Tally Hall right from the first listen, i love wacky semi-Beatlesque music
"The whitest album ever" says one of the whitest guys I've seen
one of my favorite parts of people calling it that is that joe is apparently part native american & zubin (one of the other members) is persian-american. their music is so white it transcends their actual races (joking)
@@synodicseason wait joes native american?
Banana Man is totally a product of its time, being written in 2005, but overall I have to say I disagree with the points made here. I love this album to death. It's not the first time I've disagreed with you, but it may be the most I have. Either way, I'm not watching this channel for affirmation of my own views, great video as always!
I think this album is all pretty intensely mid-2000s and your mileage may vary with this album with where you stand on that and corniness.
For me, the corniness gives it a kind of campy charm that’s endearing for me. It’s uncompromisingly upbeat in a way that can be refreshing when a lot of music out there has to be serious, cynical, or cool.
Nostalgically
I think this kind of feeling applies to a lot of “theater core” of this era. You kind of had to really been tuned in to the vibe. I was not at the time, still am not really.
So many bad songs on this album
@@LukeLaczynski Thanks for the opinion
Using “White” as an insult makes you cringe. Unsub
this comment is cringe
@@kiki-shapesay what you want, the poster is a factual person.
@@kiki-shapetheres nothing factual about "cringe"
I love how silly and goofy it is. It’s joyous music, music for silly little guys and gals. It’s music to frolic around to in the garden, why must you hate such gooberish music
as a certified silly and goofy person, this album just isn’t it for me
You missed the bonus track “mucka blucka”. I would pay to see you react to that
I generally like the album, you can tell the underlying creative effort that went into it. Never got why oddity or a preppy feel is somehow intrinsically bad, seems a deeply cynical and pretentious way to judge the quality of a work
THAT'S WHAT IM SAYING- this video is honestly insufferable to watch because this dude seems to just get his rocks off complaining and hating for no reason. I have literally never seen someone so extremely hateful for no reason and honestly- I don't understand his horrible hatred for tallyhall (plus the way he just bashes their shit in calling them college rejects and stuff is just fucking rude)
@@trymetrix857 you ever heard of just disliking stuff??
@Aquarium Gravel calm down Socrates, it's just a goofy album
@Aquarium Gravel emotion without logic is... emotion. that's what emotion is. a lot of people (but not all) feel emotion before anything logical. logic is the analytical evaluation of emotion. it could be possible this video isn't meaning to be analytical, but a person expressing emotion; saying how he feels without explaining why he feels it and all yk? this is a first reaction, not a review. his constant ridicule of it (though it may seem unfair, not logical and confusing) could simply be him expressing his emotions. emotions, again, by nature hold no logic. to me it seems most of all of it is jokes / purposeful exaggeration to convey his feelings, like a lot of people do when they dislike something. like the expression to "rag" on something lol and i could definitely understand how (especially if you don't agree with his opinions) it's very rude and crass. --that's all just a theory on a possible interpretation though. he could be actually analytical in this video, you could find it illogical and believe he just doesn't understand the album because of it, but it could also be likely that you just don't understand him. i see lots of people accuse others of 'simply not interpreting it the right way' or 'not understanding it' when people scrutinise media they like. im not saying that's definitely 100% the case here, but just as an (overused) reminder, art is subjective! let people enjoy what they wanna like, let people dislike what they wanna hate.
@Aquarium Gravel "socrates!" --plato
Piss poor takes, excellent delivery, thoroughly enjoyed it
piss poor takes such as??
@@lautaroescarlon7501such as hating tally hall on the premise that they’re “corny” (which also needs to die as a word. It had its heyday in 2006, ironically unlike tally hall) just because it’s not a sincere declaration of an idea and is instead just dumb fun.
Personally think this album is pretty fun. Hey, it ain't the best thing in the world, there are definitely a few rather boring tracks, but it's a good thing for me to just put on when I need something like it to kinda elevate my mood.
I was super scared you were going to react to the bonus tracks as well, because you'd have to sit through Mucka Blucka and I have a feeling you wouldn't like that one much at all, lol.
Mucka Blucka is godly
@@LucyWest370 it’s truly a love hate relationship.
fym mucka blucka on top
I just don’t like banana man and the last song.
bluck bluck kaa, du-bluck, a bluck black-a
I find it funny that he said "this is the joe hawley I remember and expected" while listening to good day, considering joe hawley didn't even write it
He probably meant hints of Joe Hawley
Not him hating on joe hawley music/voice and then saying that the beginning of the ruler of everything is good 💀💀
@@stinkystinkypoopystinkypeepee still makes no sense because good day was written by andrew horowitz, albeit the part he disliked was sung by joe hawley. It's still not joe's songwriting
@@billchifer2434 His favorite songs in both albums have been written by joe, too. Ruler of Everything and Hymn for a Scarecrow
@@LifetimeDisaster ok
Brad’s descent into madness after Be Born starts playing is almost poetic
“This song is trash!”
“Future Bradley here, this song is great.”
"this song is mediocre."
"Future Bradley here, this song wasn't as bad as the other ones, still not great"
FTFY
I think he likes tally hall
...it's a good thing he didn't listen to Mucka Blucka
FR 😿
BRAD L, MUCKA BLUCKA SLAPS SO HARD 🙏🙏
umm… you skipped over dream and mucka blucka… mucka blucka is a MASTERPIECE and i am SO disappointed in you… unsubbed, disliked, blocked, and reported
this has always been my ‘comfort album’-something that i could look to when i felt bad. i acknowledge that it isn’t perfect or anything, but i somewhat dislike when people write it off just for being weird or whatever. It takes me back to being a young child and not taking the world too seriously. I think looking at the album as a whole with the mindset of a cynical consumer is kind of missing the point as a whole.
also yea you’re right about joe. he kinda sucks.
I hate how people acting like an album, band, or artist being "weird" is a bad thing. There's nothing wrong with quirky, bizarre, and surreal music.
@Jeremy U's ReevU I don't think Brad is against artists being oddball lol. He's pretty clearly got a thing for experimental music. However, many of these songs sound equally experimental and uninspired, which are not traits that mix well.
He considered Ruler of Everything the best track on the album despite containing a boatload of Tally Hall's staple cornball edginess. That's probably because it presented a fully-formed idea, which was actually well represented in the song's execution.
Personally, I find a lot of the songs in this album contain that 'insufferable theatre-kid melodrama while simultaneously lacking any tangible emotional core'... kinda... vibe? Although, it's not nearly as pervasive as it is in Hawaii: Part II.
I understand the 'not taking yourself too seriously' aspect of the OP, but it kinda seems like the band does take it seriously.
@@unsolicitedinput9185 The band never took itself seriously. This was just a fun album and the only serious songs that were meant to be serious is spring and a storm and ruler of everything.
I understand brad but I think he would have liked the album a lot more if he didnt care about whatever joe did and didnt hear hpii
@@jeremyusreevu237 There's are differences between:
A. Trying too hard to be weird
B. Being weird but executing it in a way that's substantive or memorable
C. Being overly reliant on yr weirdness and becoming nothing once that inevitably fades
D. Constantly referencing or implying to yr own weirdness to the point where it becomes insufferable
E. Being weird and good
@@moris_tm6670 Fair enough, I'll admit that a portion of my perspective on the band is due to the fanbase and its tendency for overanalysis (not a unique quality to any fanbase).
That being said, how did you decide on those two songs? Is there an interview I’m missing? Only a few of these songs come across as light-hearted or silly. **Maybe** the band intended to make a serious song for shits and giggles, but then that just makes them seem more uninspired lol
I think Brad might have been less **irritated** had he come in less… cynical (although that’d be woefully out of character lmao), but I don’t know if it would have changed his final score.
In his review of Pop Food, Brad explained his impression of Stauber as "empty music that was trying to be experimental but didn't feel experimental in the slightest," which strikes me as a more accurate representation of his irritation here than “He doesn’t like quirky music / he’s annoyed the band takes themselves seriously.” The difference was that said album somewhat won him over in the end whereas this album failed.
Frankly, I don’t think Tally Hall was ever gonna be Brad’s kinda music but neither is almost anything I listen to nowadays. Enjoy what you want and Good Day ;]
Welp clearly this channel is not for me
Speaking as a fan of what you've dubbed "theater-core" albums, I'd be interested to hear your reactions and thoughts to Will Wood's The Normal Album. It hits a lot of the same beats for me, but it's also a lot more direct in its subject matter. And theater-core sounds something I'd describe it as in a non derogatory way.
The Normal Album is an absolute masterpiece!!!!!
will wood sucks, tally hall is acctually good and it's not theater core. will wood is stupid theater core
Future Bradley is my favorite character in the Brad Taste in Music canon.
I don't trust him. Why didn't Future Bradley warn us about 9/11?
B Dizzle
He hop out on the scene
Got a bitch on his left
And he smoking on the green
Bro boutta be on suicide watch after listening to Mucka Blucka
Real, he’s gonna hunt down Ross or something 😿😞
@@StarjellybearFELLOW TALLY HALL FAN. 🙏🙏🙏
pausing the album every few seconds to point out the “cringe” doesn’t really make for a good first listening experience. this really shows as well because after re-listening with a different state of mind you rated many of the songs higher.
otherwise, fun review. much more fair to the album than the hp2 one was and i agree with some points here. be born is trash, and banana man is.. questionable. i still do love this album, though :)
and thanks for pointing out joe’s controversy; i disagree with the transphobia points bc he was just misinformed (im trans) but though the doc is accusatory and that video is garbage (made by a conservative ranttuber??☠️) some of his behavior *is* concerning, and he shouldn’t be put on a pedestal like many people in the fandom do. i do adore his music but he’s human, after all.
when i agree with someone.
except be born is actually god like
having relistened to be born, i think it’s nice. rob’s voice is excellent, as always, and the tune is pleasant; but it’s placed right after the streak of perfect songs (imo) that are good day to the bidding. comparing it to those makes it seem worse in the context of the album to me, but i was too harsh calling it trash. it’s good!
The joe drama was proven fake actually lol
Source?
To me tally hall was an acquired taste, I mean the first three times i heard taken for a ride literally the only thing i remembered from it was “kinda sounds like daft punk” and now its my favorite song of all time
calling "Ruler of Everything" cringe and then hearing him play his own horrendously bland taste in music is comical. I love hip hop and rap music, but i feel like every white dude whose into those genres have the most god awful musical opinions imaginable.
@@brandonsheets1883honestly as someone who’s a pretty big fan of Brad’s, I agree with you entirely about the “White guilt” thing. It gets to a level that can be painfully cringey sometimes, even to this day.
possibly the worst review ive ever seen of any album ever.
Agreed I’m subbed
Aint no way you gonna call this the “whitest album of all time” while looking like sid from ice age’s failed abortion and being named Bradley
say what u wanna say but this album was actual god to my adhd middle school brain; i had it on loop 24/7 and literally never got tired of it, despite never being able to listen to an album before that because everything kinda felt the same sonically.
My experience except I've toned down and am no longer a tally hall frequenter
if you’re not already familiar with them you might appreciate they might be giants a bit more; “flood” is the only album of their’s i’ve heard in its entirety but it similarly has a sort of goofy, not-very-serious tone to it but benefits from a lot of variety and exploration in different sounds, non-pretentious lyrics with oddly specific but unique subject matters, and songs that can’t really overstay their welcome given how short they are, for better or for worse
They Might Be Giants rules!!!!!
They Might Be Giants is like Tally Hall but better in every way. I really want a Flood reaction now. Lincoln, Apollo 18, Here Comes Science, The Spine, Nanobots and I Like Fun would all be fun reactions too. I listen to a lot of depressing emo stuff, so it’s nice to have a band that can just put a smile on my face. I can always count on them to make fun, happy, carefree vibes with occasional deeper meanings. They also make music specifically designed to appeal to adults and young children which is cool. The fact that they have 22 albums and only one song that’s in my “sad mix” playlist is remarkable.
Their records always have a nice chunk of darkness and cynicism in there.
Or in the case of Apollo 18, a heap of it.
Balances out the quirkiness for me.
i cant recommend they might be giants enough, one of my favorite bands of all time
The Spine is another great record of theirs that was made around the same time as MMMM, maybe that would be a good one for Brad to react to as a contrast to MMMM. To me it doesn't sound nearly as mid-2000s corny as MMMM, I don't even know if there's even a single "2000's" thing about it besides a music video that the creators of Homestar Runner made for one of the singles.
“whitest album ever” HAVE YOU SEEN YOURSELF 🤯🤯🤯🤯
He's a self-hating whiteoid
Light skin reply
@@Dumpsterhuggies 4chan slang 💔💔💔💔
Your name actually has two star surround it shut the scup up
There are two types of white people
1. People with white skin
2. *White* people
21:21 This is hilarious to me considering that rob works for disney, and zubin is a doctor
Ross is also a doctor
I already know he’s gonna hate spring and a storm, which is my favourite song on here. after the miracle musical vid im ready for anything…
Well he gave it a smiley ball so
@@waterbottle1121 he didn’t like it at first, istg whenever he reacts to music i like he’s on like 40 minutes of sleep
Brad went full two face on this one lol the difference between your live reaction and future thoughts on each track is night and day. But then again, it makes sense this is def a weird album that takes some time to think on
His dreamland video was like this
I’d rather have him change his opinion then be set in stone and not budge.
It's an album that grows on you.
Light and night
This is why RUclips shouldn't have removed dislikes
I'm glad you went over the allegations and came to your own conclusion. It's very common that one's enjoyment of a person's art can make them biased, and clearly I'm no exception. It's hard to come to terms with the fact that someone who helped create something that brought you so much joy brought others so much pain. It's also hard to decide what to do with the memories you have with their work. Are they invalid and phony? I'm not quite sure myself. I wish I had a conclusive statement I could put here, but I'm still trying to figure it out myself.
In my opinion, I think the memories are valid. Especially if the music in question is very meaningful to you. (If it represents a time in your life, or a particular person for you, etc). As to whether you should continue listening to said artist, that’s up to you. I usually believe in separating art from the artist (while still keeping in mind what they did and not just sweeping it under the rug, of course), but it depends on the situation.
Ok dropping the whole Dog from Raditude thing and breaking character for a sec:
It’s hard for sure. The Smiths and Brand New used to be my two favorite bands. Now, Weezer and Death Cab For Cutie have taken those spots, partly due to the fact that the frontmen of The Smiths and Brand New… aren’t exactly swell guys to put it lightly. I kept trying to hold onto the memories I have with those bands and not let it affect my enjoyment of their music, but I just kept feeling guilty in the back of my mind and it got harder and harder to enjoy the music. I still listen to both of those bands and it’s often enjoyable, but I don’t consider them my favorites anymore, not necessarily because of the people behind it, but more so the fact that it hindered my love for their music for quite a while. And they get paid for streaming so that also comes with some guilt.
@@thedogfromraditude5449 yeah i totally get that, i personally still love the smiths music despite morriseys behaviour, it should just really come down to the person and what they can look past to appreciate art
@@thedogfromraditude5449 They get paid
@@benbrian9884 Yeah, I still have multiple The Smiths band posters hanging on my wall and I still display the Strangeways Here We Come CD that I got in elementary school. I think the fact that the rest of the band has openly denounced Morrissey’s views has made me feel better about that. I also don’t really have any problems listening to Kanye West despite everything he’s said and done. Separating the art from the artist is hard sometimes, but it’s better for culture as a whole.
why is future bradley so much more agreeable then video bradley??
follow up: whats wrong with being corny
It's because future Bradley actually listens to the song
this whole video:
brad: meh
future bradley: smiley ball
27:42 I agree with you on this point lmao,, wait till u see the music video. joe called it’s “racial” rather than racist which doesn’t help at all but I’ve always found it funny how the fan base chooses to ignore that
banana man is a weird fucking song and i would be able to overlook it so much more easily if it didn't feel like it was towing this strange line between racist and just quirky random
i remember someone in the comments of the mv said "this feels like a race that doesn't exist" or something, and... no, the race exists, cuz it's literally some sort of caribbean accent
@@_DF_ yeah if it was racist one of the other members definitely would've stopped joe from doing it
It's a musically very fun song, relax.
@@joelbarish i wouldn’t call it genuinely racist but it’s certainly insensitive
Banana man is best 🍌
I like how he says that Tally Hall is the white weezer as if weezer wasn’t white
Yeah that's the joke
First time encountering sarcasm? Or have you never run across humor in any form?
Weezer is Italian
wow its almost like thats the joke
how do you manage to operate day to day when super simple things such as this fly completely over your head?
Edit: The reason Hidden in the Sand and Murders are popular is because of TikTok.
I was like you once, I kept hearing the name "Tally Hall" mentioned, and every time I checked them out I didn't really like their music. Then I heard Ruler of Everything. From that point on, I couldn't stop listening to it and decided to check out the album. I still didn't really like most of the songs, except maybe The Bidding. Over time, I kept listening to the songs and gradually became more and more warmed up to them, then I started to actually choose to listen to them to the point where I enjoyed Miracle Musical on my first/second listen. All in all, I would definitely call them an acquired taste, and everyone's different so your experience will almost definitely be different from my own. I'd like to finish this by saying no one's forcing you to listen to this, and if you don't want to, that's perfectly fine.
Also, if you end up listening to Joe Hawley Joe Hawley, I'm guessing your least favorite song will be Bahamian Rap City.
I fucking love Bahamian rap city, but yeah probably lmao
Personally I think he’s gonna hate your mother is a basketball or Aristotles denial
zubin is literally Persian help
Wow I had no idea that Zubin was Pokémon 53. Persian from Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, Yellow.
@@TheBananaMananahilarious
“MARVIN’S MARVELOUS MANIFEST DESTINY” dude 💀
This guy's the type of guy to get passed the AUX cord and start playing Game Over by Falling in Reverse
Also calling Banana Man racist is the whitest statement I've ever heard.
It’s more or less insensitive but I doubt it was in bad faith
It’s always funny when you tear apart every project I love 😭
you didn’t even listen to mucka blucka, that’s the best song
If you thought the robotic voice of Taken For A Ride was bad, know that you're listen to a re-recording of this whole album that came out after they changed record labels. The original version was even MORE robotic, and it was impossible to understand the lyrics without them written in front of you.
This is a good example of what not to do in a review. Stop pausing every few seconds on the first listen.
brad’s an internet personality, he’s gonna have to make his reviews interesting somehow
He's a commentator, he's going to commentate.
what is he supposed to do, if you wanna listen to the songs just do that. if brad just let the whole song play before saying his thoughs it would just get boring.
@@lorir9748i perfer boring than just blaitently wrong.
@@attackoramic8361how can you be "blatantly wrong" about something as subjective as music?
Personally, I have loved this album for a while for its variety and unique/innovative work. Me watching this video made me realize WHY I like this album. If you look into tallyhall while their first album was out, they didn’t stick with a genre of music. That’s the whole point on why some songs sound weirder than others. They made up their own genre of music, calling it “fabloo”. They ended up dropping it because people started identifying what fabloo was, and categories and genres for their music, which is what they didn’t want. The effects and the different writing of songs themselves are what make the album wonky, odd, and well, mechanical/marvelous. And throughout the video it was hard to follow along when after every 4 words or in the beginning, you would pause the song to start criticizing and insulting it of how the lyrics are “the worst you’ve ever heard”. The face palms and putting your head down every minute as well aren’t funny either. Each member would write a song of theirs, the band then cleaning it up and recording it. The lyrics and writing are definitely going to be different. And for all of the Joe hawley document believers, the majority of the doc was debunked. Lots of it was either exaggerated or made up to make him look like a bad influencer. Joe was misinformed, and he was not doing most things said intentionally. I recommend doing some research before reacting to tallyhall or really any artist, and then going off about how the story in their songs don’t make any sense and turn it into a video of insulting the members.
His take on Banana Man made me throw my dog
@@ILUVRANDYMEEKS banana man music video
Fun fact, one of the members of this band was Rob Cantor, (Same guy who went on to make actual canibal Shia LaBeouf) so there was some very strong talent in this band to enjoy that isnt joe hally
Edit:
I would highly recomend reacting to any Will Wood album, especially since I don't think I've seen you react to much jazz-type stuff. Also his "quirky"-ness comes through a lot better than tally hall, especially since his music has a big focus on mental health.
Dude I would pay for him to listen to Will Wood.
@@The-User-With-Five-Names lmao great username(s)
this guy has the stalest, coldest, blandest takes ive ever heard in my life
He literally hates on the people who enjoy this music. If he is reviewing music, he should do it from a broader perspective.
@@Dream_Sweet_In_Sea_Major FR LMFAAOOO ofc the conservative doesnt like tally hall. tally hall dislikers going on my dni
@@penntopaper9305 idk…he doesn’t come across as conservative to me.
@@Dream_Sweet_In_Sea_Major he said in the beginning of the video that he is lol
@@penntopaper9305 ah so he did. Doesn’t really justify him hating the music though…like, hate the artist, not the art.
him hating on spring and a storm hurt me so bad i cant-
@@Sylvemations_THTSHP_13 same 💀
It'll always strike me as odd that Joe Hawley a member of Tally Hall, turned out to be transphobic when most of the band's audience is LGBT.
Ngl that’s funny as hell 😂
Azaelia Banks type situation
Tyler, the Creator pre-IGOR era
The whole LGBT audience came along after they went on hiatus. Also, according to the other members Joe's didn't understand what he was talking about and his views have changed after they talked to him.
@@bienzoo nah the lgbt fanbase only started after flower boy came out.
Okay so, I’m gonna whip out my race card for a second. I am half indigenous American, half of Northern European and English ancestry. And I may in fact, be the whitest person I know, because this music is the shit. It’s unapologetically melodic Beatles stuff and I crave it with every white fiber in my body.
“Tally hall is the white weezer” my brother Christ all of weezer is white
And zubin (the blue tie one) is Persian
@@Zerr988and bora is turkish
I actually just listened to this album yesterday on vinyl and I gotta say, I freaking ADORED it. I would probably give it like a 10/10. It’s quirky nature and experimentation led to a wild and enjoyable experience for me from beginning to end. Each song gave me something new and entertaining. Although I can totally understand that it may be off putting for some, I figured I would throw my two cents in and say that I really love this album.
The quote that would transcribe this album is in the last line, “Wouldn’t the world be better off if the world would take nonsense more seriously?”
the amount of times that he says "i'd rather listen to weezer" has me curious if weezer has grown on bradley (cuz i remember him saying blue and pinkerton are mid). and it also has me EXTRA curious to see him do a reaction to one of the good weezer albums
edit: saw more of the video, he said he didn't like them. still would wanna see him make a reaction.
I cannot believe I watched a grown man embarrass himself for 45 minutes. It was funny but I spend enough time around children already so Brad here acting like a man-child caused an instant rejection in the form of what I find only fitting to describe as "cringe". I don't use this word often. Never, actually. The fact I have to resort to it now is disappointing.
As a big Tally Hall fan this was hilarious to watch 💀
I never considered what a song like Banana Man or Be Born for the first time as a grown man would be like, I discovered this band when I was 14 lmaoo
It’s on videos like these where the whole dislike button being removed decision really suffers
I LISTENED TO ALL OF TALLY HALL EVERYDAY FOR THE PAST 2 DAYS AW HELL NAH ☠️
Lmfao only 2?
@@badmerbonks6548 it turned into 6 weeks lmao
@@oatmac try 2 years 💯💯
@@paperclip9846okay?
IVE HAD MMMM ON LOOP FOR 3 DAYS. IM NOT JOKING. 😁
You've got some great points and criticisms hidden in here. It's just such a shame it's buried under a veritable avalanche of the word "cringe" and self-fulfilling prophecies (I've never seen someone sabotage a first listen for themselves as badly as you consistently did here). I'm not a superfan of the band or the album, don't get me wrong. Just was a genuinely irritating watch the entire way through that (ironically enough, given your overall thoughts on the album) made me cringe *hard*, despite how much I wanted to give the review a chance.
If you’re calling this the whitest album of all time, then id hate to see your opinion on Weezer
dude's attitude like an edgy teenager fr
It's cause he never moved put his mums basement
whos gonna tell him tally hall is funnily enough more diverse than weezer 😭
dude his skulls as thick as a rock id love 2 see you try. also are you a spvtw fan?? :DDud😮d😮dushxh
@@escapefr0mslender yes i AM did u hear there's a new animated series coming soon
no?
@@realcopoolman wtf do you mean yes it is LMAOOOO
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Personally, I think their next album, Good and Evil, is far more consistent and actually shows a developing style. There are definitely still a few bad ones though.
I legitimately just thought that that album was called &
He hated it
I love you Brad. You may hate all of my favorite artists but I don't mind
Extremely based
@@milesmonacothesequel2294 yes
he calls them all theatercore im sobbing 💔💔
40 minutes of a contrarian making shallow, reactionary points to an album a lot of people love. It's not insightful and he sounds more stoned than my deadbeat uncle. Doesn't enjoy starch or mid 2000s white people. Every point is juxtaposed by his future, sober self the next morning.
Subscribed.
comparing a song from 2005 to 21 pilots (a band that formed in 2009). amazing
@@bagboimuffin4814 they might be on that comparing a 2005 band to a 2009 band is funny.
Which it is.
I love this album, and when he got to Welcome to Tally Hall I paused to go make a sandwich with wonderbread and I come back to him calling the song "white as wonderbread." Thanks Brad.
i love microplastics
I love Tally Hall so much and seeing this guy trash on it for being an actual fun album and band is hilarious. Have a little fun dude.
It’s called an opinion man. Same way you love tallyhall, I really can’t stand them. But that’s ok, we’re both people at the end of the day, with differing views. Have a little compassion dude.
@@strawman7428 love your comment but nuh uh
@@ilovetallyhallalot fair response, have a nice day!
@@strawman7428 lol u too man
i like tally hall too but hes right
as a tally hall fan? yeah they suck but you get used to it
kinda more of marvins marvelous mid museum but its charming
respectfully all the tally hall fans in the comments being irrationally mad is the funniest thing ever
I KNOW RIGHTT
Shits actually hilarious, they’re pissed af. It’s like they’ve never heard of opinions. They gotta run to defend their favorite band the moment they hear any criticism about it. It’s almost like deep down they know the musics flawed😮.
@@strawman7428 music cant really be flawed because its entirely subjective
Loooooooolll
@@strawman7428It’s not that they’re against people having opinions, Brad doesn’t actually give a smidgen of fair criticism. It basically amounts to “It’s bad because it’s bad”.
I love this album but I genuinely really appreciate your approach to the Joe Hawley allegations and I'd like to thank you for pointing out the issues with the J Peterson fan analyzing transphobia allegations, plus your criticisms here are all really well founded and well thought out ❤
Yeah, I'm not sure I even knew who Jordan Peterson _was_ when I first watched that video, But I was definitely a bit skeptical of it, Because it seemed like the guy was not coming from a place of concern, Or trying to find the truth, But rather just trying to defend a musician he likes. Also I think one of the main sources he gave for Joe Hawley not being transphobic was that he remembered seeing a post where he said trans rights one time but couldn't find it afterwards, Which is honestly a really shoddy source.
Im scared to know what sorta music you think is good and not corny? The song you put on during Banana Man sounded like pretty generic rap itself
That was not rap lmao
@@ilysukiluv Then what would you call it? At 26:33 that is clearly rap music
I can't believe I'm so scared for a video that I recommended, but whatever he says, I know it'll be insightful criticism.
Bradley- "inshightful critishism"
@@justinx590 Yeah, this comment really aged like a fine milk didn't it.
Aged like milk in the sun. Half of this was just "it's bad because it's bad"
I see where you got your name from 💀
Cuz his name is Brad
it’s true, his name is indeed brad
I love hawaii: part II. BUT GOD do i understand why people do not like it. My taste in music is so assbackwards that its basically nonexistent. Edit: (Do you need constant stimulation?)
yeah brad has adhd
@@realcopoolmanI do too, I love this album because of the constant stimulation
Absolutely amazing video, couldnt possibly agree less.
Now that we’re at tally hall, could you react to the Gizmodgery album by Self. It’s a (90s) band made mostly by Matt Mahaffey (thus the name Self) but their music is really refreshing. In this particular album they actually used an element from a toy instrument for each song, kinda cool idk. My excuse for this random recommendation is because their song “Dead Man” was played in a tally hall vlog. Anyways please and thank you and bye
YESS!!! Gizmodgery is one of my favorite albums of all time, I adore every album that I've heard from sElf! As someone who is also a huge Tally Hall fan, I was so happy when I heard Dead Man in one of their vlogs!!
I always see They Might Be Giants be compared to Tally Hall or brought up together, but I don't really see the connection. TMBG also has a few "Tiktok songs" (Stuff Is Way and Istanbul) so I guess they attracted a similar audience. But they don't really sound all that similar to me, I guess TMBG can also get a bit quirky but not to an extreme like Tally Hall seems to do sometimes. Their most "quirky" song is probably "Fingertips (Combined)".
They Might Be Giants is more alt rock than indie pop, and you can listen to most of their stuff without having people force your arms and neck into some wooden contraption and pelt tomatoes at you in the town square. I suspect the same isn't true for Tally Hall
they might be giants and tally hall went in similar paths after their peak as well - they both started making music for kids, tv shows, video games, etc. rob cantor works for disney now and makes the music for “the ghost and molly mcgee”
tmbg is just better. way better.
ik this is a hate listen but i appreciate how well spoken you are about the abuse/transphobia stuff at the beginning
What was he talking about could you catch me up?
@@dr.amygdala6524 one of the members of the band is transphobic and he went into it a bit
@@ginsengstrip2002 A lot of trans and non-binary people say this and I’m gonna repeat the same thing: Joe Hawley is not a transphobe. Yes he said things that I don’t agree with, but he obviously didn’t understand it, and he didn’t care about it. There’s a difference between being confused and actively hating trans people.
@@ginsengstrip2002 ALLEGEDLY transphobic.
@@tweer64 definitely transphobic*
This is like saying rap is ass because it’s too black
@@2-_all he did was make a comparison lol
I grew up in Farmington Hills, MI.
There was a mall there called Tally Hall, and they had a Marvin's magical mechanical... thing.
Aye yeah, they were from Ann Arbor !
Tis what they named it after
Last time in the metro area me and my pals actually haunted the MMMM. It's pretty sweet...