Anthony Fantano REACTS to The Smile - "Foreign Spies", "Zero Sum"

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  • @NicholasSWilliams
    @NicholasSWilliams 29 дней назад +60

    Foreign Spies hits you after multiple listens. And then it's crushingly beautiful.

  • @MicahBuzanANIMATION
    @MicahBuzanANIMATION Месяц назад +167

    Cutouts isn't a B side album. People confidently jump to conclusions based on almost no information lol

    • @kaspervanroyen1027
      @kaspervanroyen1027 Месяц назад +36

      I guess it’s more like a Kid A/Amnesiac-situation, where they recorded the material for both albums at the same time and then grouped the tracks that would fit together in two piles.

    • @hotlettuce14
      @hotlettuce14 29 дней назад +4

      I think its reasonable to assume given the name and how the tracklist features just eyes and mouth, one of the first songs the smile ever workshopped but missed out on 2 albums thus far. not to mention dont get me started and foreign spies feel underdone to me

    • @granthuling3235
      @granthuling3235 29 дней назад +7

      @@hotlettuce14 Eyes and Mouth is considered an extremely strong song

    • @kaspervanroyen1027
      @kaspervanroyen1027 29 дней назад +7

      @@hotlettuce14 The title comes from a lyric in Zero Sum. And Jonny of Thom have since the early Radiohead-days been roadtesting songs that didn't find their place on an album until many albums later.

    • @hotlettuce14
      @hotlettuce14 28 дней назад +2

      @@granthuling3235 I agree, by no means did do I think a song is any less good because it hasnt made an album at the time. Amnesiac is one of my favourite albums and nude is a top 5 song of all time for me

  • @relaxedphylax
    @relaxedphylax Месяц назад +66

    bro keeps spitting out the dumbest takes

    • @christianmogildea4963
      @christianmogildea4963 29 дней назад +10

      Iean, he looks like that Sonic villain.

    • @PalaceDude
      @PalaceDude 27 дней назад +8

      Fr, mf said "they're B sides" cuz they're called cutouts, just another way to shit on it.

  • @Rgdonaire_07
    @Rgdonaire_07 28 дней назад +21

    Solid couple of singles. Zero sum is a sick track.

  • @pliozhkapliozhkapliozhkapl7414
    @pliozhkapliozhkapliozhkapl7414 Месяц назад +37

    Zero sum has King Crimson vibes like Read the room. you know, this Robert Fripp'ish buzzing guitar and weird rhythms

    • @gorskiy1
      @gorskiy1 29 дней назад +4

      Reminds me of KC Discipline era

    • @_uohaloran
      @_uohaloran 27 дней назад +1

      @@gorskiy1 I agree. I wonder if Anthony was thinking about the cover for Discipline when he said Red instead of the album name itself, being Discipline. There's such a confidence in being the front a center of a song while playing those relentless frenzy of notes. Definitely dug Zero Sum a lot.

  • @thomshrike
    @thomshrike 25 дней назад +13

    A video of amazing music coming from arguably the most genius musicians of the last 30 years being discussed with a tone of pedantic superiority by someone with a toothpick in his mouth.

  • @ethanwimsett
    @ethanwimsett Месяц назад +95

    Don't get me started was amazing what

    • @stephencalvird7276
      @stephencalvird7276 28 дней назад +10

      Yeah I dont know what Fantano is smoking, Dont Get Me Started is fucking awesome. Specially when the drums come in and the " your voice means nothing" outro

    • @Piti21041986
      @Piti21041986 28 дней назад +7

      @@stephencalvird7276 The live version of the song is awesome, but imho the studio recording doesn't deliver the same "oomph"

    • @TVBabbs
      @TVBabbs 28 дней назад +3

      The difference between the live and the studio version is insane. I don't know why but I think they decided to record the drums in this "muffled" way, removing a lot of the low frequenzies , resulting in a loss of the kick effect to the kick lol. Live it's more of a dance song, hearing that big kick in your chest

    • @ethanwimsett
      @ethanwimsett 27 дней назад +2

      @@TVBabbs Ah yeah I saw one performance. Though in the studio version I quite like the drums having more of a textural quality

    • @TVBabbs
      @TVBabbs 27 дней назад +2

      @@ethanwimsett yeah, it's pretty much subjective. It's a choice

  • @swiftykai
    @swiftykai Месяц назад +24

    the album is not b-sides

  • @ummmidontknow
    @ummmidontknow 16 дней назад +5

    That comment section. You know most of them weren’t even listening, they were too busy thinking up a clever negative comment…and comparing what they’re hearing to RHCP, the smiths and the stokes (may have been more), 3 VERY different bands, bands that sound nothing like what was playing

  • @LEMOnBRaINn
    @LEMOnBRaINn 29 дней назад +43

    Comparing Thom Yorke to tame impala is like comparing Greta van fleet to led zeppelin Fantano is one big walking L

  • @JoeJoeJoe25
    @JoeJoeJoe25 Месяц назад +16

    They didn't hear "The Slip" yet?

    • @Teeheehee093
      @Teeheehee093 Месяц назад +17

      There's no way to listen to it officially without owning the vinyl. Doubt he cares enough to seek it out.

  • @TheLunarnotes
    @TheLunarnotes Месяц назад +13

    Zero Sum needs to go on much longer, why did they end it so abruptly? it was worthy of another 2 mins at least

    • @PalaceDude
      @PalaceDude 27 дней назад

      Real, I am so editing the chorus and will make it last at least 8 more bars.

    • @TheLunarnotes
      @TheLunarnotes 27 дней назад +1

      @@PalaceDude haha, well, I didn't necessarily want it to repeat but I wanted it to evolve into something more, make it happen!

    • @pantalaemon
      @pantalaemon 19 дней назад +3

      leaving you wanting more is an art too

  • @apharms
    @apharms Месяц назад +16

    “gen z animal collective”

  • @Jaies_
    @Jaies_ 21 день назад +5

    This is an A-side album lol

  • @pastywhiteboy9393
    @pastywhiteboy9393 Месяц назад +93

    The King Of Limbs is one of the best Radiohead albums and Fantano will always be incorrect. :)

    • @exert2020
      @exert2020 Месяц назад +22

      I'm loving more the more I listen to it. Its definitely a grower. If I'm having a shower in the morning I go to KOL and Moon SP before any of their other stuff. Soooo good.

    • @yomuin5389
      @yomuin5389 Месяц назад +4

      Real

    • @Matthew-zv8qe
      @Matthew-zv8qe Месяц назад +7

      no, lol

    • @AmnesiacReal
      @AmnesiacReal Месяц назад

      Like me

    • @diaperwarfare5138
      @diaperwarfare5138 Месяц назад +6

      It’s really not, but it’s not bad and an interesting direction for the band but let’s relax

  • @justmyllty
    @justmyllty 27 дней назад +3

    I don’t think I will ever understand this man.

  • @orots
    @orots Месяц назад +52

    god this guy is so annoying

    • @thisoldman5050
      @thisoldman5050 29 дней назад +2

      Especially picking on us old baby boomers...

    • @isaiah147
      @isaiah147 27 дней назад

      ​@@thisoldman5050 Fantano sucks it's not a secret

  • @GIBKEL
    @GIBKEL Месяц назад +10

    Ouch! I quite enjoyed them.

    • @Mulch-Muncher
      @Mulch-Muncher Месяц назад +3

      I’m happy Fantano and giggens like it. It’s just that chat go along with the way Fantano might be acting towards the track like when he made those national geography jokes, the votes dropped.

    • @GIBKEL
      @GIBKEL Месяц назад

      @@Mulch-Muncher Yeah…he’s a joker. I guess I took it on the chin a bit as liked that ‘Don’t get me started’-nice low end.

  • @masterninja9716
    @masterninja9716 4 дня назад

    The Smile is amazing. It takes multiple listens until your brain re-wires a bit. Like OK Computer did to me in 1997.

  • @ferdiaobrien3238
    @ferdiaobrien3238 25 дней назад +3

    Why people would listen to someones opinion on music who obviously doesn't have a single musical bone in their body is beyond me 😂😂😂

    • @misterbowlerhat
      @misterbowlerhat 20 дней назад

      He play da bass

    • @ferdiaobrien3238
      @ferdiaobrien3238 20 дней назад +1

      @misterbowlerhat he can play the magical pink skin flute for all I care, if your a fan of his opinions you most likely don't have an original opinion of your own 😅

  • @Walloflce
    @Walloflce Месяц назад +19

    contrary to popular belief, I'm beginning to believe this is Jonny Greenwood's scrap material band and NOT Thom's.. I don't think Jonny is a lyricist (as far as I know) but that is Thom's main contribution. They're all equals in the Smile but I read/hear a lot of "this is Thom's extra stuff" but its actually Jonny's..

    • @sepi_
      @sepi_ Месяц назад

      Exactly bro

    • @ghostchannel65
      @ghostchannel65 28 дней назад +2

      It’s pretty even across the board, imo. There are plenty of songs that melodically sound like Thom Yorke compositions. That’s being said, these two are Jonny’s for sure. And it certainly isn’t scrap material by any stretch.

  • @OwenCubitt-j6z
    @OwenCubitt-j6z 29 дней назад +2

    Not a b-side album Anthony! Haha

  • @HM8667
    @HM8667 29 дней назад +9

    Why isn’t anyone talking about their lyrics? "Don’t Get Me Started" feels like a response to the Israel-Palestine conflict and helped me undertand Yorke more.

    • @John.Christopher
      @John.Christopher 20 дней назад

      Anyone who stopped listening is a delluded childish idiot

  • @masaltmusic
    @masaltmusic Месяц назад +6

    idk what anthony is yammering on about but ok

  • @PalaceDude
    @PalaceDude 27 дней назад

    Can't give two shits about what these two think, but I am defo glad Fantano liked Zero Sum, it goes HARD!

  • @pantalaemon
    @pantalaemon 19 дней назад

    hardest song ever written about windows 95 dont @ me

  • @lms2932
    @lms2932 29 дней назад +3

    As usual, he has no taste.

  • @Outrjs
    @Outrjs 17 дней назад

    Why could they not play these songs with Radiohead?

    • @bugsbunnywearingasmoking801
      @bugsbunnywearingasmoking801 17 дней назад +3

      I think people expect too much from a new radiohead album, so the smile is freedom

    • @Outrjs
      @Outrjs 17 дней назад +1

      @bugsbunnywearingasmoking801 Yes, you're right. The Smile is a garage band. Make an album, go and play it.
      Radiohead is a production. Make an album, promote, sell, pay outside entities, getting the whole band together.
      I agree with you. Freedom

  • @NoCoder10
    @NoCoder10 День назад

    The older I get, the less I give a fuck about what people think about the music I love. Music is art and will hit every person differently. The music I don't like, is not bad because I don't like it, it has value for someone.
    Listening to a pretentious snob give his "opinion" on music is meaningless.
    One of my favourite sayings about critics - Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.

  • @Teeheehee093
    @Teeheehee093 Месяц назад +4

    Zero Sum is amazing
    But yeah i dont like Foreign Spies, Thom rarely uses synths i straight up don't like but those synths sound cheap

    • @randoH3000
      @randoH3000 27 дней назад +2

      Synths sound cheap lol wtf

    • @middaymeds
      @middaymeds 12 дней назад +2

      Thom usually uses hardware synths which can sometimes lag behind their VST counterparts in a few areas. Analog synths in general trade fidelity for a warm and lofi sound. But they're DEFINITELY not cheaper.

  • @tennenyt5311
    @tennenyt5311 Месяц назад +2

    can't say I love the synths on Foreign Spies, something kind of lame about it. It's a nice song overall but not the best