i cried listening to this album. I'm an anti zionist jew, who's been called an anti semite by my own people and lost lifelong friends over the course of the past year. I feel lost and sad and hopeless and it's been nice but haunting to lean into those emotions while listening to this album. Ceasefire now. Our peoples will stand as brothers once again, and we wont stop fighting, as powerless as we feel, until then.
I cried too. I’m not Jewish or Palestinian but I’m utterly horrified by everything that’s going on. Up until recently I’ve been completely numb, just trying to shake off everything going on so I can function on a day to day basis, but this album really activated me and I was ready for it. I hate all of this. Cease Fire now. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
No comment, as of today, more than fourty thousand people are recorded deceased. And the true toll has been estimated to be much higher. Death is real.
Some idiots still think they're doing this for attention and money when Efrim has shown for decades that war and especially children dying in war are existentially disturbing to him.
Well, and they're not exactly flaunting wealth. Because they don't have wealth to flaunt. They don't charge much for their shows, don't sell merch. . . So the idea they're doing this for money is demented. And as for attention -- they don't speak to the audience, don't do interviews more often than once or twice a decade, don't promote themselves beyond the bare minimum, refuse collaborations. . . so that's kind of demented too. Some people are just thick and disturbed.
what's sad is that there aren't more artists making art and forming a movement against the war and genocide like they used to. art can cut through the media bs and help people see clearly and make them come together for a common cause. this is yet another example of how capitalism has ruined real art imo.
It's refreshing to see someone stick to their beliefs so strongly, especially in the wake of social media trying to shut down any conversations on less than PG topics
As long as you support Hamas social media won’t shut you down. Only if you support Israel will you be shut down. Fantano is doing it on this video, he’s actively deleting comments that are in support of Israel.
I encourage everyone to read the Gaza Healthcare Letters. The human cost, in every sense of the phrase, is unbelievable. We need a global reset towards peace.
"I felt then, as I feel now, that the politicians who sent us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, rather than organizing nothing better than legalized mass murder." Harry Patch (1898-2009, last surviving combat veteran of the First World War)
@@Licensedbeast its crazy to say anthony did this "only" to get the video over 10 minutes for monetization. I think at this point in his career, its plain to see his motives for talking about serious or political issues, wearing his feeling on his sleeves comes in many forms and the repetition of the title goes beyond stretching the video length for length sake. Try to see beyond typical youtuber video behavior here - there's a respectful and solemn tone throughout the message of the video and the fact that it *doesn't end with every other videos plug of 'be sure to like subscribe and tell me what i should review next!!' means the focus is solely on what is being repeated: the (increasing) death toll of the situation that the art is about. I think Anthony did a great job of reviewing the music, understanding the context within it and relaying that information in a tactful and graceful manner.
@@kleins-v7v1k people dying in Israel vs over 40k in gaza I of course will say no one should die and my condolences to all families but after 75 years of genocide against Palestine what do you think they would do? Let it keep happening after 100s of thousands had died?
@@kleins-v7v It was. It in no way justified the year that followed. It in no way justified the month that followed it. Any mention of October 7th is pretty hollow when Israel had dozens of chances to get the hostages back, and responded every time by bombing another school or hospital, and were directly responsible for the deaths of some of those hostages.
As much as i disagree with some of your music opinions, I will always respect you as a person for your willingness to use your platform for good when so many stay silent
It’s great that for once this comment section is not filled to the brim with Jokes and punch lines. We needed a serious comment section for this one. 🇵🇸
@@BrettTaeztonI like trolling, so I get it, but genuine question; how many multiple of october 7ths, in terms of people, do you think Israel has killed in the past year? 5? 10? Even w/ the conservative estimate of 40k, that is nearly 40x the number of blood spilled since then. When you use the agreed upon numbers from international sources, it goes up to 100x, 150x, even 200x. One-liners only give so much an argument to good data
No matter how much we hear about the atrocities being committed in Palestine and now Lebanon, the true scale and extremity will always be incomprehensible to us in the west. We will hear death tolls, news headlines and maybe even direct accounts of this genocide but the level of tragedy is something that we can never truly understand or experience. Shame on every person in political power who is able to stand by and do nothing and still sleep at night. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Not only will it be incomprehensible, the infuriating truth is that it'll probably never be accurately reported or even acknowledged, even after the genocide has ended
You don’t know what it’s like until you’re in it. Your head can’t replicate anything similar to it. I went to Lebanon 2 times this summer. It wasn’t an easy experience. I’ve lived in the west my whole life, one thing I’ve learnt is that the west loves to point the finger rather than take responsibility for the chaos in the Middle East.
@@briancarroll0 what kind of question is that? is the statement of free palestine not specific enough? people just don't want civilians and children to die. that simple
Not unless they're brand new subscribers that are also Zionists. Anyone who's been watching for more than a couple weeks, this shouldn't be the first time they hear Anthony talk about Palestine.
Think of every person you know. Every person you have ever known. Your family Your friends People you went (or go) to school with People you work with Add to them people you only see occasionally Add on top of that people you’ve only interacted with once, but can remember. That group of people is the life you’ve lived in this world. Relationships, large and small, you’ve had to a community around you, and whose lives have intersected with yours to create this tapestry of beautiful human existence. The number of people killed, murdered by a horrific project of extermination, is many times greater than all of those people you just imagined. Gone. Just gone. In haunting fear, terrible pain, and soul-rending anguish. That is what this is, and don’t let any of these bastards out there obfuscate that, talk it down, or act like it’s the cost of business. Like there is no other choice. There is, so long as we never look away from the answer staring us right in the face: that something is wrong, something is broken about the arrangement of things right now, and we must do something about it.
That was a very flowery way of typing. Good job. If someone's easily swayed by emotion they'll like it. Personally I think our government should help Americans who've been affected by the hurricanes before anyone else
@@strangebrew1231that's a false dichotomy. There is the capacity to help everyone who needs it. Don't let people lie to you by pretending it's us or them. There is the possibility of both. It just requires some sacrifices by those who have more to help those that have less
this is honestly haunting. to think how incredibly inaccurate the death toll is and to also think that every singular number added, every mark on the board was a life lived by someone, and it’s just gone. when one person dies from something as horrific as this, it’s not just them that goes. a part of their loved ones, friends, and anybody they have every influenced is gone too, and it’s just cruel and haunting to think how much weight a single number can hold, and how small it feels at the same time…
شكراً لأرائك منذ بداية الاحداث هذا الامر يدل كم انك شخص محترم نتمنى الرحمة والعون من الله لجميع الناس المسالمين في العالم وتحديداً للذين يعانون في غزة ورفح ولبنان وقريباً باقي الدول -عاشق للموسيقى من العراق
I'm so thankful for Godspeed for doing this, and for you too Anthony for spotting the light for a case people slowlly forgettitng sadly despite it not being calmed down since a year now. And thank you for everyone who never forgot them from your thoughts & prayers
This is such a serious album about such serious tragedies that the comment section known for edgy and unfunny jokes are respectful towards the album and Fantano, which is tragically appropriate. Ceasefire now and free Palestine. Also, I highly recommend to listen to the untitled song that's the ending song on the vinyl. It's terrifying.
I bought the vinyl before having streamed the whole thing for the first time and I don’t regret it. I knew just based on the teaser single this was gonna be a really important album to listen to.
watching the genocide in Palestine unfold while studying Latin American history is debilitating. This is not the only genocide the U.S. has knowingly funded, the Mayan genocide (over 160,000 Mayans killed) was a result of the U.S. coup for the sake of Chiquita expanding their empire in Central America. FDR's goodneighbor policy funded authoritarian regimes (many of which comitted genocides against indigenous people) in Latin America for the sake of anticommunism and allowing multinational corporations to expand. The U.S. kept close diplomatic relations with Trujillo, the dictator of the Dominican Republic, who operated a brutal fascist regime, and carried out a genocide of Haitians, and they only assassinated him when there were fears of a communist revolution. These are only a few examples of the atrocities the U.S. has funded in modern history.
@@AZ2PM is absolutely is not. the country you love so dearly is an imperialist piece of shit responsible for every and more crimes, that is has claimed its enemies to be perpetrators of in its entire history.
Great review, but the death toll in the title is greatly underestimated!! Edit: My apologies, it’s extremely unfortunate that the grim reality is that the health ministry in Gaza is basically nonexistent now and we may never know the full death toll 😔
Im palestinian and currently in the west bank and this record made me tear up for my own people more than i was already grieving over it and it is way more than 42,010
I don't think there are enough words in human language for me to convey my rage and disgust at my own country for funding what Israel has done to you and people you know and love. I'm so sorry for all you've had to experience and I sincerely hope you stay safe where you are.
Stay strong man, hopefully our governments wake up and stop funding the disgusting actions of the IDF and Netanyahu soon, if not directly doing something. this is an urgent matter that people aren't taking as urgent as they should. Free palestine and I wish you the best
Thank you so much Anthony. My wife is a teacher and she has many Palestinian coworkers and students. She has a student that had to get shrapnel removed on the first week of school because while she was in Palestine a missile struck her building. A student that was in Lebanon last month was killed in the attack in Beirut by the occupation. You have no idea how much we appreciate you and the artist for your voices.
Grey rubble - Green shoots is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs I’ve ever heard. Up there with the material in Lift your skinny fists. Just goes to show, when the unbelievable musical talent these guys have is accompanied by an equally powerful emotion, a musical masterpiece is the result.
I wonder if besides hammering the point of thousands of innocent people dead the ending is a reference of Yanqui U.X.O LP version of a Bush sample looping with people cheering
immense respect to gy!be. i don’t know how other artists can put out work that isn’t about this. i know life goes on for us in the global north, but as a creative person myself, i can’t make anything that isn’t about this because it’s all i think about.
I love that you're so upfront on the issues Anthony. I've been thinking about the war a lot recently as it's the one year anniversary and things seem to only be getting worse. I'm glad to hear that people still care.
There are ~650,000 homeless people in America (population 350 million) There are ~2 million homeless people in Gaza (population 2.1 million) Even after this genocide ends, these peoples' lives have been utterly destroyed
I mean the US doesn't have an underground tunnel network all across the country used for terrorism and horrifically attacked a militarily superior neighbor in 100 year conflict. Still, yes the civilians have paid a horrific price that no one should.
@@fafolaw Please educate yourself on american imperialism; the only reason the US doesnt have an underground tunnel network is because they are the global hegemonic superpower and can do coups and terrorism in broad daylight. Also your comment very much reads like youre excusing collective punishment, when you're saying that first sentence before mourning the price the people of Gaza had to pay. I hope that's not how you actually feel.
@@fafolaw please google the cause for Palestinian flight in 1948 No matter how this started (which for some reason people like to ignore it was started through the similar kind of migration that half the world still demonizes), israel has been in control after an ethnic cleansing for over 70 years, and now its happening again at full force.
@@AnthemUnanthemed I know about the Nakba, a lot more than you do probably, now you google 1929 Hebron massacre. This conflict is not as black and white as you think, not even close.
@@louis3163 That's the only reason? lol so all the countries that are not "the global hegemonic superpower" which are 99% of them including the one I live in, have huge network of underground tunnels in civilians areas used for military purposes? I'm not excusing collective punishment, but in IHL, there's something called "loss of protection".
That title still fucking blows my mind. They really said “no poetic bullshit this time. Just put it out there.” I bawled my eyes out when I realized what they did, with that non-title.
I really wish ads weren't on this video because it's really dystopian to hear the death toll and then immediately get a Starbucks ad at the end. I appreciate Fantano using his platform, though.
@@tyler-xo3rbHe donates a lot to charitable causes like helping Palestinians and encourages others to do the same. It's not like he keeps it all to himself. Have you been doing anything to help anyone as of late?
Every time I think about the war these days, I just start to cry. The suffering and the brutality are beyond comprehension. Good review and a great album.
The ending made me sob. Humanity has continually failed its children. How will the people of Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, and Syria ever recover from the disaster that the US and Israel has caused.
A Chatpile album and a Godspeed album all in the same month? I am so grateful. Both albums offer up a stark, dread filled, and deeply honest reflection on the world we endure. Our short lives-our health, our well being, our hopes, our dreams, our dignity, our freedom, our youth-are being sacrificed to service the interests of the powerful. Unite or die, we must collectively defend ourselves from the war waged against working people and the vulnerable by the capitalist class and the imperialist states.
'Cool World' couldn't have been a more appropriate title for that record too - what an absolute barn-burner. I've already listened to it three times through!
No musical sting after the intro, no score, comments are somber. Fantano and his community are consistently great. Ceasefire now, and return the stolen land.
they are so great. they say everything you agree with. omg perfect! say more things i agree with! repeat more narratives I get fed to me by social media! ~seal clap~
@@thelevelbeyondhuman istg lmfao these people all live in their leftist echo chambers and have the audacity to say bullshit like "returning stolen land" like bitch you literally live in america looool
stolen land?? Huh?? I agree with the ceasefire, but not the stolen land... It was the Jews land for thousands of years until the Romans teamed with the Palestinians??
28,000 people killed and the conservative estimate amount of people killed is now around 350,000. Im glad Fantano pointed this out and made a point to discuss those responsible. Incomprehensible devastation upon humankind.
the mad thing is despite liking them, following them, Keeping up with various music blogs, & listening to well over 5k tracks released in 2024, this record had still completely passed me by. Which is crazy as it's such an important record.
Reminder for everyone who may potentially show up and get mad at Fantano for talking about this: Content creators can talk about whatever they want. Including politics. Especially with serious issues like this. You’re not mad because he’s talking about politics and he’s “just a music reviewer.” You’re mad because you don’t want to admit that he’s talking about views that don’t align with yours. You’re saying he should “get back to talking about music” because you’re too closed minded to have an honest and open conversation even if it makes you uncomfortable. You’d rather plug your ears and pretend the issues aren’t present. But they are. You can pretend all you want, but you can’t escape the reality. That being said, free Palestine, and I’m gonna reiterate what Macklemore has said: “fuck America.”
@@blastexxplayysyt3920Yeah i do. America is still bad. They are the ones funding this genocide and have conducted many others, have funded terrorists groups including the taliban, and bombed and murdered an entire innocent country because the person who signed off bombs at the time was racist. Sadly i was born here and not the uk, and sadly im much too poor to do anything about that now. And even then, telling me to live in a country i support is... Extremely stupid and doesnt make any sense? You cant have empathy unless you are that thing? What are you a psychopath?
@@astraabynn9690 Calling me a psychopath? Holy calm down dude, are all you people like this? I only asked if he lived in America and then you started schizo posting what the fuck
anthony I would highly recommend you buy this album on vinyl. the hidden track on side D is absolutely haunting and one of their best drone tracks. it drives home the horror about what’s going on in gaza.
Over 10000 were kids, about 1400 were toddlers. That 40000+ figure doesn't include death by starvation and lack of healthcare, but only missiles and guns.
How is it debunked? Hamas spent billions of foreign aid building terror tunnels underneath Gaza. Whether you stand with Israel or not you can’t deny that if you call Israel genocidal you would be ignorant to not think Hamas is equally as genocidal (and much more public about it, go read their charters). War is a terrible thing and these civilian deaths can’t be justified of course but I wonder what you would’ve done different on October 7th? Remember those 1,500 people were civilians and they didn’t deserve to get raped (still) and killed. I hope you don’t just think it was a long time coming, that was the excuse for 9/11 as well, in reality the victims had nothing to do with it (same as innocent Palestinians).
Anthony, can I tell you that this was one of the most powerful of your videos to date, and even one of the most powerful I've seen on YT. I started bawling at the end: every repetition; another life, another martyr, another reason to fight for a better world. Thank you.
Hey Melon. You are so brave to vocal your opinions for everybody to see across all platforms you're in. I see a lot of influencers who shy away from doing the same. I have so much respect for you man, you have no idea.
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i cried listening to this album. I'm an anti zionist jew, who's been called an anti semite by my own people and lost lifelong friends over the course of the past year. I feel lost and sad and hopeless and it's been nice but haunting to lean into those emotions while listening to this album. Ceasefire now. Our peoples will stand as brothers once again, and we wont stop fighting, as powerless as we feel, until then.
Love you brother
You are not alone, many others of us are in the same boat
I cried too. I’m not Jewish or Palestinian but I’m utterly horrified by everything that’s going on. Up until recently I’ve been completely numb, just trying to shake off everything going on so I can function on a day to day basis, but this album really activated me and I was ready for it. I hate all of this. Cease Fire now. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Love you man
✊
The no score + yellow flannel is like the positive equivalent of unreviewable
Unreviewable (non-derogatory)
This new Godspeed You! Black Emperor album is GOOD
Dude who gives a shit, do yall ever stop with this cringe??
@@irishmanrants89unreviewable /pos
Unreviewable (but with an a not er)
They said more in an album with no lyrics than a lot of bands do in an entire discography.
Plot twist they all sound like bobcat goldthwait
No they didn’t actually moron
thats deep, crazy you are only 10 years old
@@TrentYakle peepee poopoo
@@TrentYakle Imagine being this petty over a regular ass TH-cam comment lmao. Pathetic.
No comment. As of 15 October 2024, 42,227 dead, including nearly 16,765 children.
You’re just being performative now
@@Shakenmike117🤨
@@Shakenmike117 say what you're really thinking why dont you
Don't forget most of which is of Palestinian descent. Not Jewish, *Palestinian* . CNN wouldn't tell you that
No jokes in the comments today, shit is real. RIP to all the fallen, this world is cruel.
israel will get through this dont worry
@soulmoney119 you are a demon
i agree with the message but the album itself is terrible
@@Irenesmith9603 you eat babies
@@nya55155 i really liked it! probably my aoty
No comment, as of today, more than fourty thousand people are recorded deceased. And the true toll has been estimated to be much higher. Death is real.
What are your thoughts on October 7th
@@kleins-v7v Twelve hundred people were killed then. In my view, any mass loss of life is devastation.
@@kleins-v7vwhat’re your thoughts on 75 years of violence?
@@kleins-v7vfailed zionazi bait
@@kleins-v7vIsrael had it coming 🤷♂️
Some idiots still think they're doing this for attention and money when Efrim has shown for decades that war and especially children dying in war are existentially disturbing to him.
If you could get money for being anti-genocide, all the major artist in the world wouldn't be running away from the topic.
Efrim is just very sensible and has cared for a long time.
Well, and they're not exactly flaunting wealth. Because they don't have wealth to flaunt. They don't charge much for their shows, don't sell merch. . . So the idea they're doing this for money is demented.
And as for attention -- they don't speak to the audience, don't do interviews more often than once or twice a decade, don't promote themselves beyond the bare minimum, refuse collaborations. . . so that's kind of demented too.
Some people are just thick and disturbed.
@@paulbishop6357 fyi they do sell merch but agreed
what's sad is that there aren't more artists making art and forming a movement against the war and genocide like they used to. art can cut through the media bs and help people see clearly and make them come together for a common cause. this is yet another example of how capitalism has ruined real art imo.
It's refreshing to see someone stick to their beliefs so strongly, especially in the wake of social media trying to shut down any conversations on less than PG topics
As long as you support Hamas social media won’t shut you down. Only if you support Israel will you be shut down. Fantano is doing it on this video, he’s actively deleting comments that are in support of Israel.
I encourage everyone to read the Gaza Healthcare Letters. The human cost, in every sense of the phrase, is unbelievable. We need a global reset towards peace.
The cynism and cold intellectual calculations of the Israëli (and many Western) political strategists are utterly deplorable and unforgivable.
hear hear
The Noah Samson vid on them is so well made
@@hamarabhai78 I agree that this is a tragedy. Nothing on Gaia's green earth would make me watch a Noah Samson video though,ngl
@@tumultoustortellini why? Hw accurately covers the topic in its entirety
you can really feel how serious this review is from the beginning
Wonder what his thoughts on October 7th are
no lie i forgot about everything about this until i kept hearing the death toll repeated over and over at the end
just, wow
@@kleins-v7vi wonder what your mom thinks about my balls
@@kleins-v7v nobody will miss you when you’re gone
@@kleins-v7v thoughts that any human being with critical thinking would have??
"I felt then, as I feel now, that the politicians who sent us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, rather than organizing nothing better than legalized mass murder."
Harry Patch (1898-2009, last surviving combat veteran of the First World War)
I had no idea what I was clicking on, but now I feel like I was supposed to see this
Same
Plot twist he's actually a war criminal idf soldier
@@David-bh1rnhe's a fucking music review nerd
@@David-bh1rndude what? Jokes?
The repetition at the end is haunting... As has been noted, it also makes the video exactly 10:07 long.
It hammers in the fact at how large that number is. All of those innocent lives, now turned into mere statistics.
@@Christian-97he only did it to get the video over 10 minutes so it gets better monetization
Maybe so, but it still does the job of hammering in the message. As of 10 October 2024, 42,010 dead@@Licensedbeast
@@Licensedbeast Okay?
@@Licensedbeast its crazy to say anthony did this "only" to get the video over 10 minutes for monetization. I think at this point in his career, its plain to see his motives for talking about serious or political issues, wearing his feeling on his sleeves comes in many forms and the repetition of the title goes beyond stretching the video length for length sake. Try to see beyond typical youtuber video behavior here - there's a respectful and solemn tone throughout the message of the video and the fact that it *doesn't end with every other videos plug of 'be sure to like subscribe and tell me what i should review next!!' means the focus is solely on what is being repeated: the (increasing) death toll of the situation that the art is about. I think Anthony did a great job of reviewing the music, understanding the context within it and relaying that information in a tactful and graceful manner.
Not even a minute in, and I can already tell the tone of this review.
And it’s tragically appropriate given the subject matter.
October 7th was tragic
@@kleins-v7v1k people dying in Israel vs over 40k in gaza I of course will say no one should die and my condolences to all families but after 75 years of genocide against Palestine what do you think they would do? Let it keep happening after 100s of thousands had died?
@@magicartclub-mg5yo we’re using the word “genocide” very loosely here
@@NobodyzJellyok nazi
@@kleins-v7v It was. It in no way justified the year that followed. It in no way justified the month that followed it. Any mention of October 7th is pretty hollow when Israel had dozens of chances to get the hostages back, and responded every time by bombing another school or hospital, and were directly responsible for the deaths of some of those hostages.
Despite the review being 20 minutes old, the death toll is already unfortunately inaccurate
Inaccurate because those numbers are recorded by the United Nations. A group made up of dictators who want to see Israel dead and gone.
The toll was already inaccurate when it was released.
True, but probably not in the way you’d assume
It's 43,000 dead now :(
@blackstreek the actual number is more likely around 100,000.....
As much as i disagree with some of your music opinions, I will always respect you as a person for your willingness to use your platform for good when so many stay silent
*a wild Halsey review appears*
It’s great that for once this comment section is not filled to the brim with Jokes and punch lines. We needed a serious comment section for this one. 🇵🇸
For real 🇵🇸
October 7th
@@ElliYeetYT pathetic 😂
April 1948
@@BrettTaeztonI like trolling, so I get it, but genuine question; how many multiple of october 7ths, in terms of people, do you think Israel has killed in the past year? 5? 10? Even w/ the conservative estimate of 40k, that is nearly 40x the number of blood spilled since then. When you use the agreed upon numbers from international sources, it goes up to 100x, 150x, even 200x.
One-liners only give so much an argument to good data
No matter how much we hear about the atrocities being committed in Palestine and now Lebanon, the true scale and extremity will always be incomprehensible to us in the west. We will hear death tolls, news headlines and maybe even direct accounts of this genocide but the level of tragedy is something that we can never truly understand or experience. Shame on every person in political power who is able to stand by and do nothing and still sleep at night. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Not only will it be incomprehensible, the infuriating truth is that it'll probably never be accurately reported or even acknowledged, even after the genocide has ended
You don’t know what it’s like until you’re in it. Your head can’t replicate anything similar to it. I went to Lebanon 2 times this summer. It wasn’t an easy experience. I’ve lived in the west my whole life, one thing I’ve learnt is that the west loves to point the finger rather than take responsibility for the chaos in the Middle East.
❤❤
Which part of Palestine do you want freed?
@@briancarroll0 what kind of question is that? is the statement of free palestine not specific enough? people just don't want civilians and children to die. that simple
probably gonna lose you a few subscribers but i appreciate you speaking on what you believe in to the people who can hear you
Not unless they're brand new subscribers that are also Zionists. Anyone who's been watching for more than a couple weeks, this shouldn't be the first time they hear Anthony talk about Palestine.
Those lost subscribers are inhuman
who cares?
@@T3H8People who don’t care about Innocent Israelis are lost. Oof.
oh boo fucking hoo
Think of every person you know. Every person you have ever known.
Your family
Your friends
People you went (or go) to school with
People you work with
Add to them people you only see occasionally
Add on top of that people you’ve only interacted with once, but can remember.
That group of people is the life you’ve lived in this world. Relationships, large and small, you’ve had to a community around you, and whose lives have intersected with yours to create this tapestry of beautiful human existence.
The number of people killed, murdered by a horrific project of extermination, is many times greater than all of those people you just imagined. Gone. Just gone. In haunting fear, terrible pain, and soul-rending anguish.
That is what this is, and don’t let any of these bastards out there obfuscate that, talk it down, or act like it’s the cost of business. Like there is no other choice. There is, so long as we never look away from the answer staring us right in the face: that something is wrong, something is broken about the arrangement of things right now, and we must do something about it.
Goddamn man, thank you for the perspective but fuck dude
That was a very flowery way of typing. Good job. If someone's easily swayed by emotion they'll like it. Personally I think our government should help Americans who've been affected by the hurricanes before anyone else
@@strangebrew1231that's a false dichotomy. There is the capacity to help everyone who needs it.
Don't let people lie to you by pretending it's us or them. There is the possibility of both. It just requires some sacrifices by those who have more to help those that have less
@@theoneandonlyjs19 It absolutely is us or them are you kidding me? The Feds claim that there’s no money to assist Americans
this is honestly haunting. to think how incredibly inaccurate the death toll is and to also think that every singular number added, every mark on the board was a life lived by someone, and it’s just gone. when one person dies from something as horrific as this, it’s not just them that goes. a part of their loved ones, friends, and anybody they have every influenced is gone too, and it’s just cruel and haunting to think how much weight a single number can hold, and how small it feels at the same time…
Wow that ending. Thank you for using your platform like this fantano.
thank you for updating the title..
شكراً لأرائك منذ بداية الاحداث هذا الامر يدل كم انك شخص محترم
نتمنى الرحمة والعون من الله لجميع الناس المسالمين في العالم وتحديداً للذين يعانون في غزة ورفح ولبنان وقريباً باقي الدول
-عاشق للموسيقى من العراق
حياك الله اخويه
I'm so thankful for Godspeed for doing this, and for you too Anthony for spotting the light for a case people slowlly forgettitng sadly despite it not being calmed down since a year now.
And thank you for everyone who never forgot them from your thoughts & prayers
This is such a serious album about such serious tragedies that the comment section known for edgy and unfunny jokes are respectful towards the album and Fantano, which is tragically appropriate. Ceasefire now and free Palestine.
Also, I highly recommend to listen to the untitled song that's the ending song on the vinyl. It's terrifying.
I bought the vinyl before having streamed the whole thing for the first time and I don’t regret it. I knew just based on the teaser single this was gonna be a really important album to listen to.
palestine is NOT the victim
@@soulmoney119bad bait
@@soulmoney119rot
@@soulmoney119 Yes they are. That's not even an argument.
Got to love an album that, before even starting it, puts you right in the middle of a very uncomfortable truth and conversation
watching the genocide in Palestine unfold while studying Latin American history is debilitating. This is not the only genocide the U.S. has knowingly funded, the Mayan genocide (over 160,000 Mayans killed) was a result of the U.S. coup for the sake of Chiquita expanding their empire in Central America. FDR's goodneighbor policy funded authoritarian regimes (many of which comitted genocides against indigenous people) in Latin America for the sake of anticommunism and allowing multinational corporations to expand. The U.S. kept close diplomatic relations with Trujillo, the dictator of the Dominican Republic, who operated a brutal fascist regime, and carried out a genocide of Haitians, and they only assassinated him when there were fears of a communist revolution. These are only a few examples of the atrocities the U.S. has funded in modern history.
Not a genocide either but the US literally brought about the Revolution in Iran when they were afraid of communist revolution against the Shah as well
Apples and oranges comparison. Flawed argument.
@@AZ2PM is absolutely is not. the country you love so dearly is an imperialist piece of shit responsible for every and more crimes, that is has claimed its enemies to be perpetrators of in its entire history.
@@robojimtvnope - iran was because they were going to nationalize oil, so the cia did a solid for british bp
@@meesalikeu lmfao
Great review, but the death toll in the title is greatly underestimated!!
Edit: My apologies, it’s extremely unfortunate that the grim reality is that the health ministry in Gaza is basically nonexistent now and we may never know the full death toll 😔
@@rexplos1on its even more impactful when you think about how the statistics of the genocide (even when underestimated) have escalated since. 🇵🇸
It’s also underestimated at the end of the video
The gaza doctor letter estimates 118K and the Lancet months ago estimated up to 186K
He acknowledges as such in the video
October 7th
No comment, as of 10 OCTOBER 2024 42,010 dead.
This is a comment tho
The real toll is several times that, conservatively speaking.
@@Shortswatcher648 and the no title is still a title lol
@@yjw2 the majority are Hamas militants, numbers are inflated by Hamas
368,000 according to a recent estimate
Im palestinian and currently in the west bank and this record made me tear up for my own people more than i was already grieving over it and it is way more than 42,010
I don't think there are enough words in human language for me to convey my rage and disgust at my own country for funding what Israel has done to you and people you know and love. I'm so sorry for all you've had to experience and I sincerely hope you stay safe where you are.
@@AFishCrow ty man that how governments were and they won't change
Stay strong man, hopefully our governments wake up and stop funding the disgusting actions of the IDF and Netanyahu soon, if not directly doing something. this is an urgent matter that people aren't taking as urgent as they should. Free palestine and I wish you the best
Sending love from Colombia brother! The situation destroys my soul. Hope the world Open it's eyes and learn from this masacre. A great hug brother.
@motaz2642 if they won't change, we have to change them ourselves
that loop hit like a truck
Thank you so much Anthony. My wife is a teacher and she has many Palestinian coworkers and students. She has a student that had to get shrapnel removed on the first week of school because while she was in Palestine a missile struck her building. A student that was in Lebanon last month was killed in the attack in Beirut by the occupation. You have no idea how much we appreciate you and the artist for your voices.
One of his best reviews. Great stuff melon.
My respect won for Fantano
For 30 years, Godspeed have been the pride of my city. A beautiful city called Montreal, Quebec in Canada.
Been too long since I've visited from Maine. Cheers. Peace, love and music.
“We live in a city called Montreal… because we love eachother”
From “Fuck Off Get Free”
Respect from southern Ontario
all worship the holy toe
True i was wondering wtf happened
Relevant and important title to see that we must not ignore
thank you for not mincing words about the Palestinian genocide. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
The loop at 7:00 is powerful and haunting
Grey rubble - Green shoots is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs I’ve ever heard. Up there with the material in Lift your skinny fists. Just goes to show, when the unbelievable musical talent these guys have is accompanied by an equally powerful emotion, a musical masterpiece is the result.
Raindrops Cast in Lead floored me. unbelievable last 4 minutes in that track, just beyond heartbreaking and beautiful.
I wonder if besides hammering the point of thousands of innocent people dead the ending is a reference of Yanqui U.X.O LP version of a Bush sample looping with people cheering
this review’s been a long time coming. solidarity forever.
Solidarity with a country that persecutes women and lgbt+ people?
@@grogu1986 Does that mean you believe they all deserve to die as a result?
immense respect to gy!be. i don’t know how other artists can put out work that isn’t about this. i know life goes on for us in the global north, but as a creative person myself, i can’t make anything that isn’t about this because it’s all i think about.
The ending is as haunting as "String Loop Manufactured During Downpour"
thank you, anthony. for standing up for what you believe in- for what is right. for taking a stance that should not be controversial.
I love that you're so upfront on the issues Anthony. I've been thinking about the war a lot recently as it's the one year anniversary and things seem to only be getting worse. I'm glad to hear that people still care.
16 october. 42,409 dead.
I forgot I was watching a music review for a second. Thanks for always using your voice for good, Melon. 🍉
There are ~650,000 homeless people in America (population 350 million)
There are ~2 million homeless people in Gaza (population 2.1 million)
Even after this genocide ends, these peoples' lives have been utterly destroyed
I mean the US doesn't have an underground tunnel network all across the country used for terrorism and horrifically attacked a militarily superior neighbor in 100 year conflict. Still, yes the civilians have paid a horrific price that no one should.
@@fafolaw Please educate yourself on american imperialism; the only reason the US doesnt have an underground tunnel network is because they are the global hegemonic superpower and can do coups and terrorism in broad daylight.
Also your comment very much reads like youre excusing collective punishment, when you're saying that first sentence before mourning the price the people of Gaza had to pay. I hope that's not how you actually feel.
@@fafolaw please google the cause for Palestinian flight in 1948
No matter how this started (which for some reason people like to ignore it was started through the similar kind of migration that half the world still demonizes), israel has been in control after an ethnic cleansing for over 70 years, and now its happening again at full force.
@@AnthemUnanthemed I know about the Nakba, a lot more than you do probably, now you google 1929 Hebron massacre.
This conflict is not as black and white as you think, not even close.
@@louis3163 That's the only reason? lol so all the countries that are not "the global hegemonic superpower" which are 99% of them including the one I live in, have huge network of underground tunnels in civilians areas used for military purposes?
I'm not excusing collective punishment, but in IHL, there's something called "loss of protection".
It's absolutely haunting how the album begins with a recording of an actual drone and transitions seamlessly into instrumental drone.
😮😮😮🫨🫨🫨🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
its so difficult to look forward to better days when everything around us just seems to be getting worse and worse. ceasefire now
@@lemontonk you live there?
@@grogu1986 maybe they just care, unlike you spineless Republican incels?
@@J.S.3259Do they care about October 7th?
@@BrentFanan Do you care about years of oppression?
@@agnomenamedgrimblegromble3735 Decades*
maybe your best review yet.
more than half my coworkers are from lebanon, god help them
That title still fucking blows my mind. They really said “no poetic bullshit this time. Just put it out there.”
I bawled my eyes out when I realized what they did, with that non-title.
PS. The estimated death toll by 100 American health care workers in Gaza is expected to be well over 120,000.
I’ll take it as a 10
Thank you, Fantano, this has been a rough year, but I'm glad there are still people like you.
Just the title alone “Pale spectator takes photographs” gives me irl chills. What is this world.
I really wish ads weren't on this video because it's really dystopian to hear the death toll and then immediately get a Starbucks ad at the end. I appreciate Fantano using his platform, though.
It's TH-cam who puts the ads in the video even if the video is not monetized
This is incredibly powerful. Thank you.
i always appreciate how you use your platform to speak on larger issues. you're not afraid to put it all out on your main content; that takes balls
takes so much balls to make a ton of money by saying the culturally accepted thing that everyone agrees with, so brave
for sure we can’t ignore the profit involved, but you’d be surprised dude there’s a lot of anti-palestine rhetoric out there. it’s scary man
@@tyler-xo3rbHe donates a lot to charitable causes like helping Palestinians and encourages others to do the same. It's not like he keeps it all to himself. Have you been doing anything to help anyone as of late?
Every time I think about the war these days, I just start to cry. The suffering and the brutality are beyond comprehension. Good review and a great album.
The ending made me sob. Humanity has continually failed its children. How will the people of Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, and Syria ever recover from the disaster that the US and Israel has caused.
Haiti too :"(
palestine is not the victim lol nice try tho
Bait use to be believable
If you care so much about human life, wait until you hear about the amount of children who get murdered by abortion
Israel is the victim not the oppressor. People in those other countries suffer far more from the hands of their own governments than from Israel.
I appreciate you updating the number, shit is heartbreaking though…
Coincidentally the runtime of this video is 10:07 (October 7th) I wonder how intentional that was.
Watch the last 2 minutes to find out.
probably just needed to get past the 10min mark to get monetized
Jesus why man, idc who you support but that was literal terrorism. How could you make light of that?
@@streethaloIts the 8 minute mark now
Yo tf that's kinda sus
Fantano's greatest review oat
Thank you sincerely for speaking out when peace and justice are denied to so many
A Chatpile album and a Godspeed album all in the same month? I am so grateful. Both albums offer up a stark, dread filled, and deeply honest reflection on the world we endure.
Our short lives-our health, our well being, our hopes, our dreams, our dignity, our freedom, our youth-are being sacrificed to service the interests of the powerful.
Unite or die, we must collectively defend ourselves from the war waged against working people and the vulnerable by the capitalist class and the imperialist states.
Period.
'Cool World' couldn't have been a more appropriate title for that record too - what an absolute barn-burner. I've already listened to it three times through!
Thank you, Anthony.
Reviewing this with the flannel and on 10/10 and pointing out the 10 in the death toll makes the score clear. Important statement. Great video.
No funny comment this time... Free Palestine man this is heartbreaking.
no score is the correct score
No musical sting after the intro, no score, comments are somber. Fantano and his community are consistently great. Ceasefire now, and return the stolen land.
they are so great. they say everything you agree with. omg perfect! say more things i agree with! repeat more narratives I get fed to me by social media! ~seal clap~
@@thelevelbeyondhuman istg lmfao these people all live in their leftist echo chambers and have the audacity to say bullshit like "returning stolen land" like bitch you literally live in america looool
stolen lol
stolen land?? Huh?? I agree with the ceasefire, but not the stolen land... It was the Jews land for thousands of years until the Romans teamed with the Palestinians??
no comment, as of today, over 42,000 people are dead
Wildly lowballed number. Hell, millions died in Afghanistan/Iraq from sanctions and warfare
Those numbers are recorded by Hamas
@@Itsmrsaltyyyy yes it's probably much higher
So human shields work. Who would have guessed
It's amazing how the last part of the review is an art piece itself
That loop at the end of the review was genuinely haunting
Easily impressed
Love you for this review. 🇵🇸
Brilliant way to review this album. Thank you!
Watching the end of the video made me cry. Hearing the numbers repeatedly just hit me in my stomach. I was not expecting it.
thank you so much for this , anthony and Godspeed
Great show in Toronto! The opener Kee Avil was entrancing.
28,000 people killed and the conservative estimate amount of people killed is now around 350,000. Im glad Fantano pointed this out and made a point to discuss those responsible.
Incomprehensible devastation upon humankind.
had to make sure he hit the 10 minute mark
I respect you so much Melon, the album was beautiful, and I loved how you worded everything in the video
It is truly a special album
Free free Palestine
the ending of the video 😭
the mad thing is despite liking them, following them, Keeping up with various music blogs, & listening to well over 5k tracks released in 2024, this record had still completely passed me by. Which is crazy as it's such an important record.
God bless you man 🙏🏻
Reminder for everyone who may potentially show up and get mad at Fantano for talking about this:
Content creators can talk about whatever they want. Including politics. Especially with serious issues like this.
You’re not mad because he’s talking about politics and he’s “just a music reviewer.” You’re mad because you don’t want to admit that he’s talking about views that don’t align with yours. You’re saying he should “get back to talking about music” because you’re too closed minded to have an honest and open conversation even if it makes you uncomfortable. You’d rather plug your ears and pretend the issues aren’t present. But they are. You can pretend all you want, but you can’t escape the reality.
That being said, free Palestine, and I’m gonna reiterate what Macklemore has said: “fuck America.”
if someone is mad at this then that person is objectively awful person
Do you live in America?
@@blastexxplayysyt3920Yeah i do. America is still bad. They are the ones funding this genocide and have conducted many others, have funded terrorists groups including the taliban, and bombed and murdered an entire innocent country because the person who signed off bombs at the time was racist. Sadly i was born here and not the uk, and sadly im much too poor to do anything about that now. And even then, telling me to live in a country i support is... Extremely stupid and doesnt make any sense? You cant have empathy unless you are that thing? What are you a psychopath?
I feel like being an antisemite is something to get mad over
@@astraabynn9690 Calling me a psychopath? Holy calm down dude, are all you people like this? I only asked if he lived in America and then you started schizo posting what the fuck
Godspeed you, Anthony Fantano 🙏🏿
Completely with you on this one!
anthony I would highly recommend you buy this album on vinyl. the hidden track on side D is absolutely haunting and one of their best drone tracks. it drives home the horror about what’s going on in gaza.
With their arms outstretched...
God, possibly one of the most devastating and soul-crushing experiences I've had in a long, long time.
Over 10000 were kids, about 1400 were toddlers.
That 40000+ figure doesn't include death by starvation and lack of healthcare, but only missiles and guns.
Isn’t that the point of a human shield? That means they worked
@@canalzinhathe human shields argument has been debunked several times. Stop justifying genocide weirdo.
@@canalzinhawhat was that nonsensical cacophony that you typed out? Be coherent
How is it debunked? Hamas spent billions of foreign aid building terror tunnels underneath Gaza. Whether you stand with Israel or not you can’t deny that if you call Israel genocidal you would be ignorant to not think Hamas is equally as genocidal (and much more public about it, go read their charters). War is a terrible thing and these civilian deaths can’t be justified of course but I wonder what you would’ve done different on October 7th? Remember those 1,500 people were civilians and they didn’t deserve to get raped (still) and killed. I hope you don’t just think it was a long time coming, that was the excuse for 9/11 as well, in reality the victims had nothing to do with it (same as innocent Palestinians).
@ nobody is reading allat
Thank you antony
To make a review this fitting takes a special talent. Keep up the excellent work.
Anthony, can I tell you that this was one of the most powerful of your videos to date, and even one of the most powerful I've seen on YT. I started bawling at the end: every repetition; another life, another martyr, another reason to fight for a better world. Thank you.
Hey Melon. You are so brave to vocal your opinions for everybody to see across all platforms you're in. I see a lot of influencers who shy away from doing the same. I have so much respect for you man, you have no idea.
This review, including its prelude means the album fulfilled its purpose.
i respect you