The Real Reason I'm Called Melon
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- Опубликовано: 23 окт 2022
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“Melon” is a classic British insult, and Zomby is British. It has nothing to do with Anthony’s melon-like cranium. That’s just a happy coincidence.
melon
ok can you explain what its supposed to mean. dumb as a melon or some shit?
melon head
Happy little accident
yeah 'fucking melon' is essentially equivalent to 'silly bastard'. American probably confused bc they don't try and be funny/goofy while fully cussing someone out, made me realise how british that is lol
It's honestly nice that lemon explained the origins of his name
Blind Lemon Jefferson.
Lenon really looks different in this one
oh i must have mixed him up with dev melons
@@evil_bnuuy666 i think you are thinking about glennon
@@evil_bnuuy666 that don't sound right 😂
now that the statute of limitations has passed, i'm glad that you are taking the time to clear the air and talk about how you ransacked my house and took the watermelons out of my fridge in 1997
tea
fantano part of hivemind confirmed???
@@josemariareyes3448 the lore deepens
@Lucien Favre 1992: The Cure - Friday I’m In Love
Dang i miss when the comment section was nothing but this shite lul
Please explain where the term “Anthony Fantano” came from
Per the Merriam-Webster dictionary:
-Anthony Fantano
"A type of melon"
Ya mama
"anthony:" From Latin Antōnius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent h suggested by an unetymological association with Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)). The Roman clan name is of uncertain etymology, but is not Greek or Hebrew; most likely of Etruscan origin, possibly derived from Ani, the Etruscan god of the sky. Doublet of Antoine.
"fantano:" Italian and Spanish: habitational name from any of numerous places in Italy and Spain named with pantano ‘marsh, bog’.
according to wiktionary and the dictionary of american family names, respectively
He excessively likes the youtuber “fantano” and changed his last name to the creators handle
@@tetsuoumezawa5833 thank you 🥲
anthony, saying "i'm bald" only takes two thirds of a second.
Should be top comment
Not if your jpegmafia
Seeing Fantano have to explain the Melon thing to every new wave of his fanbase is like a grandpa telling his grandkids the same story he told his kids
I've been following him for like 7 years and never heard this story lol
I’ve been following him since I was 9 I’m 43 now and never heard it lol
@@noicemate9111 Ive been following him on his way home and he still hasn't seen me yet
@@gnarcky6ix6 crazy that 7 years ago was 2015. I’ve been following melon since 2010 and that’s basically half of my life
@@dappunk1 you 24?
Thanks for explaining why your parents named you the way they did, mr. Melon, I was actually pretty curious as to their... "ahead of the curve" name choice, I must say
anthony you cant just say "im the melon" repeatidly for 6 minutes straight and expect us to beleive you
You can’t just give it a 10/10 because it’s your name, Anthony.
*Melon
cumthony milktano
@@iamawatcher9201 nah don't worry, Anthony's his nickname
Melon da 🐐 no 🧢
LMFAOOO
the insult he made turned into something far bigger than anything Zomby has made 😂
Yeah. The dude fell into irrelevancy pretty quickly.
The album was decidedly mid. The melon was right.
@@enneff lol right a 5 perfectly sells you what zomby's music is like as a whole
Zomby's music is pretty great, don't let this distract y'all
NGL his track Thaw off of Ultra is incredible.
"Life gave me melons and I made melonade" gotta be a top 10 line Anthony's ever said 😂
The lore thiccens
I remember telling a friend your videos were good in highschool and he said you sucked 😂 now I'm a grown ass man with a degree and a career and I'm still here, time flies. I've got to check how long I've been subbed it's got to be around 10 years now
Somehow I never even questioned where the nickname came from. When I started watching Fantano and saw people saying Melon I just looked at him and thought 'They're right. That's a melon'
Hahahahahahahaha me too
been watching like 5 years now and yea i assumed the same thing lol
Do you know... The Mellon man?
Omg same
So in a way, turns out Zomby is one of the most influential artists of our time
Pretty much 🤣🤣
thats definitley the take away of this video🍉
Who?
@@mart5610 someone didn't watch the video 🤡
@@blarghblargh i really didn't lol I saw 10 seconds of it and scrolled to the comments 💀
Sometimes I feel bad about calling him melon then I remember the wrongs he has wronged
He give Because the Internet a 5, he deserve it
@@viridio_ fax he should’ve given it a 4/10. L fantano
@@BigOwl51 me when i lie
I can never forgive him for his opinion on the first Hiatus Kaiyote album.
@@viridio_ That shit bumps......in my toilet
Making a 5 minute video of you crushing Melons with your bare hands while frantically shouting "Who's the Melon!" Is certainly a choice Anthony.
"Mélonade" Is the name of a pretty solid future funk album by the artist of the same name. fun fact
Thank you. Good stuff.
Isn’t it because you have a lot of melonin in your skin
Nice
This flashback reminds me how glad I am that Anthony stopped calling us “his needledrops”
Can't believe we finally have some Melon Lore.
Anthony, sobbing for 5 minutes and 39 seconds about how "my little melon" was your ex Aubrey Drizzy's pet name for you won't fix things between him and you.
This is the greatest pfp of all time
I recently began studying theology. I started with Christianity and the teachings of the Bible. Then, I studied Islam and the Quran. After that I moved on to Hinduism and Buddhism. However, it wasn't until I began studying *Melonism* that I truly felt spiritually connected to the universe. I now feel completely revitalized and my view of the world has changed for the better. Thank you *Melon*
r u related to john wall
@@DiscGolfLeagueMVP yes
the nickname has better longevity than zombie’s entire career
@Joel Osteen that’s funny coming from you joel
@Joel Osteen nah but you creepy
Who is zombie? Never heard of it
@@mart5610 he's a breakbeat legend
@@fiftyclown oh ok. I also wrote that comment only halfway through the vid lol
This is Zomby's greatest hit
The joke's on Zomby; his queen died. Melon always has the last laugh.
Melons queen left him though
The queen probably heard that dank breakcore and died
This is Anthony's way of reclaiming the M-word
Cheers for referencing the classic still game quote “when life gives you melons, make melonade”
Never thought that the lore behind the nickname was on the same level as Drake feeling a Light 1 on Melon's existence.
You cannot be chopping melons for 5 minutes straight Anthony 10/10
I feel for you, Anthony. So brave of you to recount your experience as a poor black child in Chicago. So sad that you coundn't buy melons as a child and have to star talking about music to afford them.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😐
Didn’t have time to watch the full video so thanks for this
I’ve never actually thought about this, he just is “melon”
I thought Anthony was called Melon because his head looks like a melon
Really glad to see that the "nickname" isnt bothering you, one could say you are doing great post melon.
I’m from London and I wondered watching this whether Zomby was British because melon is an actual insult here… like prick, twat or muppet 😂
Muppet lolol i like it when y’all say “donut” too
Fun fact, in Chinese calling somebody a "dumb melon" (傻瓜) is a very common insult, and cuts kinda deep.
I never understood Melon and I've been watching since like 2012, but I finally saw it myself when I was high af one time and was watching the vid and your head actually fully looked like a melon.
Very subtle giveaway of your Halloween costume this year Anthony
Yeah he’s going to go as a Zomby, the electronic music producer with an undead career
My favorite part of this video was when Melon said “It’s Melon time” and meloned all over the place
giving melons a 10 because of the fact it’s your name is a clever move
I didn't know that the word "melonade" could make me laugh this hard
I think I’ve been watching Anthony long enough to hear him explain this at least 3 separate times over the years now.
The melon plant does whatever it needs to survive. In this case financially
I salute Anthony ..His reviews were the first I started watching after finally graduating from The Source magazine and Vibe rap pages .. MTV vH1 etc
i don’t think i needed a 5 minute video for this, i can figure this one out myself.
No.
This is just the lore dump channel at this point and I love it
Claiming that you can say the n word because you are “a highly melanated melon” is crossing the line Anthony
Low key hits uniquely different with you and your channel, as well as how much it’s grown as a meme. Doesn’t feel weird which feels weird 😂😂
Thanks for all the great years Melonhead!! I'm so happy to have found your channel, and wish you many more successes!
I’ve always said it lovingly. Keep up the good work Melon
another great W for Anthony, 10 years later practically no knows or remembers this Zomby guy (at least outside the UK) but anyone who knows even the slightest about the music critics field, knows something about Fantano .. even if it's just his rather distinguishable face and head-shape
I would love to watch a full-fledged Fantano documentary. It seems like your life has been an interesting ride!
I was a fan around that time and long before, and always thought that melon was a reference to your head. And if I recall too there was a video with Sean Evans where you were two melons or something like that.
Wow Anthony, I admire you for inspiring your audience to bring melon back to its roots as an insult, will do! Hope this makes up for all those times I didn’t buy a ridge👍
Remember this fondly, one of the best moments of the needle drop saga
Glad to have been here since you had that like green screen on a stand that you put the album cover on
“…which exposed the concept of calling me a Mellon to my core audience”. What a great sentence
because of your big knockers
Such a good nickname, and it came about so organically.
i have recently transitioned into a melon myself (shaved my head clean). thank you for showing me the melon ways, i don't miss my bad-hair-days
Didn’t we already clear this up in the Japanese Breakfast interview, Melonious Felonious?
Melon having a pizza hut moustache is peak evolution 🍉
I was way into the UK Dubstep scene starting at Deep Medi at the time, and I can confirm multiple people had issues with Zomby.
I distinctly remember reading comments such as ''This one is great, too bad he's such a tool''
Also, if I get the honor of naming a type of melon, the Fantano Melon actually has a nice ring to it, sounds refreshing.
You know, I always _figured_ the nickname probably had something to do with your close personal relationship with Gallagher, and I'm glad to finally have confirmation of that.
Your called Melon because you are a Melon
Spoiler: He’s called “Melon” because he made love to a fan on a platter of prosciutto and melon at OVO Fest 2013.
OWO Fest
😍😍😍
This story time sure brought me back. Ahh, what days those were
You melon
"Life gave me melon and i made melonade" is a great phrase Anthony, your so funny
Crazy that I remember this happening around the time I started following 😳a decade of being disappointed by the Melon's takes.
😂😂😂
It really makes you think about the fragility of life.
In Lord of the Rings, melon is the elvish word for friend so you could think of it as everyone calling you their friend. It’s also the password that gets Frodo and the rest of the fellowship into Moria, but that leads to Gandalf dying… so… there’s that.
I'm British. Melon is usually just used as an light-hearted insult, usually thrown at someone who has done something clumsy or dumb.
Melon really tried to beat these fruit allegations
Homosexuality
Yo uh uh yo
Anthony, AKA Melon
Convicted Felon
Went to jail, always yellin
Maybe kinda smellin
But he ain’t never tellin
Existence is light one
Cookie recipe, the right one
Catch him in the street, pull a gun
And he might run
He got the flannels
Red, yellow, needle drop channel
Records on the shelf
On the wall, soundproof panel
He’s the melon
Broke the law, convicted felon
Send him angry DM’s
But he ain’t never tellin
He’s the melon
Uh uhhhhhh
Needle drop melon
“One of the most popular and most talked about records… of that week” 🤧
🍉 da 🐐 no 🧢
real?
🍈 ripe and juicy 🤤
I'm a real FANtano so I already saw the podcast clip explaining it and know why. Moving forward I will mostly call you LEMON instead
Fantano (that is an excellent surename btw) has such a deep lore it is kind of amazing. You are my favorite melon in the animal kingdom.
yesss I got me a melon shirt back in the day. love you melon man
Thank you for updating us on Melon lore
A 6 minute video dissecting a watermelon was a tad bit unnecessary, Melon
I thought its his real name, but then the head shape also gave me doubts but people weren't actually insulting when using it so I thought "well it could be his real name"
5:11 "Life gave me melons and I made melonade" -Melonthony Melontano
Biggie, Jay, Nas, Pac and Nemnem could never
who calls logic "THE MELON" ??????
Love you, melon 🍉
Thank you for this video I am a new fan and had no idea why everyone always spamming melon in twitch chat/comments. But yea from what I’ve seen your fanbase calls you melon in a very loving and endearing way so I guess zombys insult had a very positive effect
I think its a great nickname actually.
And oh god, I've been here for quite some time because when I saw the title of the video i thought "wait, people don't know this?"
Keep the great work, Melon.
Most influential and well noted thing Zomby has ever done and will ever do is use the word "melon" as an insult on twitter one time.
Despite the latent racial prejudices displayed in this video, this was a nice anecdote of Anthony's time undercover as a Black Israelite.
5:08 seeing Andrew Huang fly over the screen had me weak
Fantano da 🐐 no 🧢
real 4?
Fantano da 🍉 no 🧢
real 2?
“Life sent me Melons and I made Melinade”😭😭😭
Been a fan of melon since like 2009, never knew that was the origin of melon. Melon.
fist
fist 👊👊👊
👊
I remember that specific tweet blew up on 4chan's /mu/ lol, I think it wouldn't have gotten that big of a nickname without them
Kind of a melon-choly story, since it started with an insult
I can’t believe that was nearly a decade ago! I read that Twitter exchange on the SCHOOL BUS!!
I seriously thought it was just because there's a melon in the track review opening theme like maybe it was the main thing you did back in the day or something lmao just like oh there's a melon that MUST be it 😂
A hundred and forty-seven glasses of melonade and a bag of fluffy-puff marshmallows to you too