Don’t act like this isn’t just you, Danny. We’re too good at critical thinking for this.
@missy23752 місяці тому
He's trying to get one over on us again, we should form a union
@aqua_potat48122 місяці тому
Real😂
@Easton5552 місяці тому
Top notch critical thinking 🧠
@taraantovska65192 місяці тому
HES PLAYING MIND GAMES WITH US!! HE BETTER STOP DECEIVING US LIKE THE GOVERNMENT PUT ON YOUR TINFOIL HATS GUYS!!! :0
@kuzeyrl2 місяці тому
lol
@steadie2 місяці тому
what garth loses, chris gaines.....
@ellaflynn49762 місяці тому
lol
@Amplifire02 місяці тому
Fuck you man I'm crying
@GoGoStars222 місяці тому
😭😭
@NoBSRecoverfacts2 місяці тому
Omg stop xD
@_Cotton2 місяці тому
Gold
@erinnn732 місяці тому
I 100% thought that alter ego picture was onision
@zoeishahaha2 місяці тому
SAME
@haruthegremlin2 місяці тому
I DID TOO LMAO
@tori10762 місяці тому
glad it wasn’t just me !
@pickleslicker2 місяці тому
i was about to comment the same thing
@travis_redfern67712 місяці тому
Holy shit I forgot about Onision
@clambersc39172 місяці тому
I genuinely thought that was Onision in the thumbnail
@salbei_honig2 місяці тому
THANK YOU! I thought I was going insane
@clambersc39172 місяці тому
@@salbei_honig HAHA ME TOOO! Glad I'm not the only one!
@sweetlemons46172 місяці тому
RIGHTTT
@mossygrub2 місяці тому
SAMEEE i was scaredd lmao
@NekagaiKpcat2 місяці тому
Me too
@manslaughter31802 місяці тому
Chris Gaines sounds like an emo Deviantart OC with a very tragic backstory, I'm surprised he's not some sort of angel with eyes that change depending on his mood
@mrziiz68932 місяці тому
Who’s to say he’s not?
@klymothe2 місяці тому
deviantart oc 😭😭😭
@nonctm7772 місяці тому
Don't mention eyes that change color depending on the mood, i made an OC like that many years ago thinking i was so creative and original 🥲🥲
@southparkfirefly2 місяці тому
@@nonctm777 GOOD I hope you're ashamed!! I'm joking o3o we all have our cringey period in our life~
@nonctm7772 місяці тому
@@southparkfirefly I promise i'm kinda improving in OC creation lmao, but i miss those times when i felt like the most original kid in the world
@Poopybuttmuncher2 місяці тому
Danny Gonzalez“how i tricked the internet into believing I was a country singer named Garth brooks”
@enhypenobsessed43322 місяці тому
amazing
@Ohwhale792 місяці тому
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@ZeranZeran2 місяці тому
WHERE ARE THE BODIES, GARTH? I miss when YMH was still funny..
@TL-rt3kz2 місяці тому
this is so funny 😂
@puppupya2 місяці тому
his names spelled gonzalez
@killerjag2 місяці тому
Every time someone is both the host and musical guest on SNL I always want them to introduce themselves while sitting in the audience and then sprint on stage in a panic while their band starts playing
@Demiglitch2 місяці тому
"huh thats a familiar number... oh dear God!"
@silverserpent4202 місяці тому
I remember this. What a weird stunt. 😂 Later when Chris Angel appeared I legit almost thought Garth was back at it again.
@AmyAberrantМісяць тому
Lmao
@yuki97kira14 днів тому
Garth brooks Chris gaines Chris angel We have never seen them all in one room
@silverserpent4207 днів тому
@@yuki97kira Big facts 👀
@veryferalthing21 годину тому
"almost thought Garth was back at it again" is SUCH a funny sentence to me
@silverserpent4207 годин тому
@@veryferalthing Making you smile or laugh is everything!!! 💚🫶🏽💚
@ravioli32572 місяці тому
His alter ego in the thumbnail looks so much like onision, I took psychic damage from remembering he exists.
@angierose1112 місяці тому
so glad i’m not the only one that saw him
@slurmqueen9302 місяці тому
Honestly Yeah
@rainbowlack2 місяці тому
@@angierose111same😭
@skyblue60922 місяці тому
RIGHT
@rufusdrumknottvgc2 місяці тому
SAME I honestly thought Danny just put Onision in the thumbnail as a joke??? Then I watched the vid and I was like so he just looks like that huh💀
@teddieprox23072 місяці тому
danny is every paul zimmer clone's worst fear
@RubyNemesis2 місяці тому
Meanwhile, going back to the The Update Corner is Danny's worst fear. Or at least the worst fear of his knees.
@raeofsunshine94012 місяці тому
Paul has been on my Instagram everywhere...I can't escape him
@shenheprime2 місяці тому
@@raeofsunshine9401NAH SAME
@Hellens.melons2 місяці тому
Fr
@Hellens.melons2 місяці тому
@@shenheprimeHUH!?😭
@phoenixgirl702 місяці тому
As an old…he really was hiding who he was. The single came out and Garths name or a project was never mentioned. Someone outed him, and people were laughing about it, and that’s when PR stepped in and the albums label was changed to put Garths name on the cover. He wanted us to believe Chris was real, the album was supposed to be ground breaking, and then he’d surprise us all that Chris was Garth all along. But it didn’t happen that way. I wasn’t a country music fan, but he was say about 1/2 Taylor Swift popularity. In fact he’d be second I think in popularity as of now. But I understand he was put in a box and wanted to try something super different but fans would of just left if he said “I wanna go Emo”. But I think the overdone character just made people say wtf no matter what music we all liked. But his career still recovered and then he retired pretty early still hugely popular.
@TC-ku4vv2 місяці тому
This should be the top comment
@AngryVet442 місяці тому
I was a fan and remember when that album came out as part of a movie that never happened. Google is your friend. From Wikipedia: “Chris Gaines is a one-off fictional rock persona created as a movie character for Garth Brooks to explore musical styles far removed from his success as a country singer. Initially, Brooks planned to feature the Gaines persona in The Lamb, a motion picture that never materialized. In 1999, Brooks released Garth Brooks in...the Life of Chris Gaines, his only album as Gaines. The album produced two charting Billboard singles, including the top 5 pop hit "Lost in You".”
@functionatthejunction2 місяці тому
This. I was alive then and he never attached his name to Gaines until much later when it became apparent it wasnt working out. His name was NOT on the first batches of CDs and stuff at Wal Mart and Chris was being 100% pushed as a real dude that was not related to Garth Brooks. It is just like the OP said, his name was not stuck on the records until later when he was outed and all the older CDs got pulled and replaced.
@h0rriphic2 місяці тому
@@AngryVet44lol Garth/Chris, is that you? 💀
@phoenixgirl702 місяці тому
@@MomeGnome Sorry it was a long time ago. I said I wasn’t a country music fan but he was huge. I think others would have a problem with your comparison when many here don’t know who he is because they were too young. You can see I’m making a guesstimate. But I thought that slot went to Michael Jackson. There’s too many variables and lists and they’d probably juggle around the same 4 names. But as I said, he was HUGE. And that’s all I have to say about that. - Forrest Gump
@veryferalthing2 місяці тому
lemony snicket's hit series about a tortured musical artist, "a series of bad things happening"
@gachathis48582 місяці тому
Isn't it "a series of unfortunate events" ??
@veryferalthing2 місяці тому
@@gachathis4858 ahh, that is the joke. im doing a play on words
@chillcreep4926День тому
doubly funny, I think, as lemony Snicket is a pseudonym / "nom de plume" too
@severeerror522 місяці тому
Garth Brooks recently released an album exclusive to Bass Pro shops. So congratulations to him for continuing to have the weirdest instincts on the planet.
@kingozymandiass2 місяці тому
I love this man more every day
@aronastron95382 місяці тому
Man knows his audience
@MrHendrix172 місяці тому
The pharaohs could only dream of having a bespoke Garth Brooks album play in their pyramids
@Matthew-bp9tm2 місяці тому
He also has almost no streaming numbers at all, because he exclusively licensed all his music to Amazon music. And zero humans ever subscribed to Amazon music…#sad
@nomoretwitterhandles2 місяці тому
I'm no backwoods hick but goddamn I love me a Bass Pro. Garth Brooks was so right for that.
@IntermissionNovel2 місяці тому
"Definitely seems like a weird thing to do" - guy who did exactly the same thing
@burgerpowder82 місяці тому
LMAO
@legowinnertoy2 місяці тому
Twice
@spamtonsfather96212 місяці тому
I like it its hilarious when hes ironic @@user-gl6xu1wy7g
@peytvnzМісяць тому
@@user-gl6xu1wy7gwell danny did it for fun, it was a joke ? unlike chris gaines, he actually put out an explanation: his youtube video. its just what danny does ?
@rileygullins8024Місяць тому
@@user-gl6xu1wy7gHe’s not mad about it calling him a Karen is an interesting choice of words?
@CharlieSimmer272 місяці тому
silly danny has never heard of the absolute banger no skips album "hannah montana 2: meet miley cyrus" from like 2008
@ashleyyeoman9872Місяць тому
with the double discs! i thought the same thing!
@houseonwillowbrook2 місяці тому
when you mentioned "was this as his career was starting to fade into irrelevance or is this at the height of his fame?" I laughed a little. just for background, he never really faded into irrelevance. he's STILL wildly successful. He regularly sells out stadiums and still makes new music. Friends in Low Places is in the top 5 on several country music charts, and is even #1 on a few.
@NonSimonary5 днів тому
Yeah I saw him in concert a few years back! It was actually pretty cool. He's a good singer. Honestly, regardless of whether he was actually trying to be two different people or it was a movie, I think it was just some weird thing he did. Like, most super famous people (thinking of Doja Cat being a cat at that Met Gala and Lil Nas X just going almost naked lol) do something really outlandish and weird. Of course it is super strange, but so is Lady Gaga wearing that meat dress, and the whole thing with Jojo Siwa now. I think he was just doing some weird thing.
@adammgolan2 місяці тому
Robert has to be fake. Danny has used this tactic before, and I see right through it. He's doing something.
@Annicamdw2 місяці тому
Fr I won’t believe in Robert til I see him 😡😡
@a.sapphic.Magnus.Chase.2 місяці тому
Look up Robert Schulz (i think thats it?) its a real person 😭😭
@username-re9yk2 місяці тому
Leave our guy Robert out of this!!!!!!!
@a.sapphic.Magnus.Chase.2 місяці тому
@@username-re9yk yeah he actually makes pretty funny videos, i saw him before i realized it was the same person 💀
@CharlieCole892 місяці тому
Yea, He is real. Guy is a comedian
@persephone64572 місяці тому
Chris Gaines is just Garth’s dark and edgy OC you can’t not convince me that. The 90s weren’t ready for Gaines, but I think 2024 could be his year
@user-mt3yh1pw5k2 місяці тому
Greg.Robert.Grebert.
@theradiofreejenn2 місяці тому
Having lived through the Chris Gaines era while I was in high school...I actually agree with this lol
@alishaa_242 місяці тому
He is literally just Garth Onision-ified
@lydiamvaughan2 місяці тому
@@alishaa_24nooo omg
@thekawaiislartibartfast422 місяці тому
Agreed, actually. I was working at Borders when the album came out and I really enjoyed it but I feel it was definitely ahead of its time.
@Kajaks00n2 місяці тому
Honestly i love the idea of this project even if it was a flop
@user-gl6xu1wy7g2 місяці тому
fr, Danny spends the whole video trying (and failing) to roast it, roast Garth's name, etc, instead of seeing how funny/subversive it is
@Aaron-zt5eeМісяць тому
Yeah, some people didn’t get that it was an act.
@Mangolite2 місяці тому
Chris Gaines failed as a rock artist, but at the encouragement of his late father, Gaines became Garth Brooks, the country singer. As Garth Brooks, his career skyrocketed, but Chris's passion as a rockster still burns inside, believing that he can make it work as his true self and not having to hide behind the Garth Brooks facade anymore. However, the country star power was proven unstoppable. Chris maintained the monster he created, but deep down, he will always be Chris Gaines.
@JuneBug_87Місяць тому
There it is
@jujuexe2 місяці тому
as someone with OCs its genuinely so real of him to just make every possible traumatic event to happen to chris gaines
@niaram2 місяці тому
idk why it’s a STRUGGLE for me to have an OC with a least a decent life 😭 nope, just trauma after trauma
@jujuexe2 місяці тому
@@niaram LMAO it's more interesting that way
@sixfeetundertheradar60802 місяці тому
@@niaramif I have to have trauma so do my ocs 😂😭
@probablyprin2 місяці тому
How do you guys make the ocs? Do you draw them or do you just think of them?
@AntepenultimaRomantica2 місяці тому
@@probablyprin I personally draw them, write stories, keep them on ToyHouse
@onstr2 місяці тому
one of my favorite SNL sketches ever was when Garth Brooks was the musical guest and Tracy Morgan pulled him aside and just trashed Chris Gaines. Said he was horrible and even got Garth to agree. After Garth exited the scene Lorne Michaels comes up to Tracy and said "You do know Garth IS Chris, right?" and Tracy said "I know. Somebody gotta tell him"
@elliejones98722 місяці тому
womp womp
@pseudo.sadness2 місяці тому
that is the most tracy morgan thing ive ever heard
@radishsayshi2 місяці тому
You can still find the VH1 Chris Gaines behind the music special, where they made a choice to make him a sex addict. Five stars, would recommend.
@TemmiePlays2 місяці тому
the thing is nobody didn't know it wasn't him. and he didn't try to hide it. im pretty sure his PR team tried to market it as such and Garth is just too gullible and good natured to rebel. his Gaines' backstory was just the movie plot stuff for sure. they probably aimed for some grassroots/ guerilla marketing campaign and got cold feet partway through
@TemmiePlays2 місяці тому
also Tracy Morgan is so dang unfunny I can see him being really proud he got to be a part of such an obvious joke lol
@justshitpostingdontbmadokplzty2 місяці тому
I love when an artist creates an OC and lives it
@Rosemarybun2 місяці тому
My favorite fact about garth brooks is his recipe for the breakfast bowl he eats every day which consists of 2 tablespoons butter, 8 large eggs, one 16-ounce bag frozen hash browns, such as Tater Tots, thawed, 1 pound pork sausage, 1 pound bacon, *One 9-ounce package cheese and roasted garlic tortellini*, and 10 ounces sharp Cheddar, grated.
@dancincoolkid2 місяці тому
that is literally insane. how is he still alive.
@AerCloud2 місяці тому
Please tell me that's like a recipe for a weeks worth of "breakfast bowls"
@cloudy00012 місяці тому
he wants to pull an elvis
@h0rriphic2 місяці тому
His farts must be lethal.
@MayMoment_2 місяці тому
WAIT THAT'S THE REAL PERSONS DIET? I THOUGHT YOU MEANT THE FAKE GUY HE MADE UP
@esleep2 місяці тому
Chris Gaines is just the "original character DO NOT STEAL!!!1!" from Garth Brooks' preteen DeviantArt days, complete with angsty backstory
@bassetts18992 місяці тому
"here's my musicsona guysss ^_^ pls comment and fave!! =3"
@poopykira2 місяці тому
HELPPP thats what i was thinking hes like the edgy oc you make when ur 12
@MsSheerAwesomeness2 місяці тому
That is so funny
@bejeweledbat132 місяці тому
chris gaines is just the shadow the hedgehog of garth brooks /j
@alicegallagher92912 місяці тому
It’s like a creepypasta origin story
@szzaxx16042 місяці тому
The running theme of giving your OC’s the most tragic backstory possible existed even back then, crazy man
@hoplul2 місяці тому
this has been a thing for several millennia wdym
@alicethemad16132 місяці тому
Bro has NOT read Frankenstein
@freshgoobigoblin2 місяці тому
@@hoplul facts.
@poopoocaca9182 місяці тому
@@alicethemad1613 LMAO😭
@prpl3v3n0m2 місяці тому
@@alicethemad1613I’m laughing at your joke, good job 👏
@RobwithoneB2 місяці тому
Danny, Garth wasn't trying to hide his identity or pretend it wasn't him. He just wanted to try something different (and weird) because he got bored of being so famous and rich as Garth, that he wanted to try something else. Still weird af, but he wasnt trying to hide the fact that it was him
@user-gl6xu1wy7g2 місяці тому
its crazy how Danny doesnt understand Garth Brooks was trolling people and it was not as serious as it seems, its satire of rock stars, its alter ego, its art projects, etc He thinks people in the 90s didnt know about any of that
@RobwithoneB2 місяці тому
@user-gl6xu1wy7g well, he wasnt trying to troll anyone. He just wanted to try something different. He wasnt trying to hide the fact that its him either. Garth is just a weird dude, and because he's so inconceivably rich, he got bored being himself. So he tried "Chris Gaines" and in doing that, he weirded everyone out
@user-gl6xu1wy7g2 місяці тому
@@RobwithoneB i can easily imagine Garth and his wife and friends laughing and having fun while doing this project, i doubt he was as emo as he seemed, this was the peak time of prank phone calls and Dennis Rodman wearing dresses, being subversive, like Michael Jackson trolling music executives, tricking parapazzis, Spinal Tap, Waynes World, etc, MarylinManson rumors, the concept of a brooding rockstar was well established into comedy by that point. His BehindTheMusic episode is an obvious spoof and meant to be (subtextually/conceptually) funny, is what i always got from him at the time.. But yes the haters didnt understand, this was also a time where TV shows would get cancelled just for someone changing their hairstyle, people writing letters, etc
@user-ur9kj4iv4l21 день тому
This and the album was released as a test to see if people would like the movie and it would work it was a combination of things but garth certainly had fun doing this and trolling people
@PointsofData15 днів тому
@user-gl6xu1wy7g "The haters didn't understand"? He intentionally hid that he was part of the project at first, the first releases of the albums didn't have his name, how were people supposed to recognize it as a joke when it seemed he was seriously trying to branch out as someone else?
@PrincessBunhead2 місяці тому
I had this single, back when I was in high school in the 90s, they had a big display for it at the front of Sam Goody (damn, I'm really that old). I remember sitting with a friend in her car as this song played on the radio and she was pissed that Chris Gaines wasn't going on tour because she wanted to see him in concert. I had to explain to her that this was just Garth Brooks having a mid-life crisis. Thanks for opening up this memory, I had a great laugh!
@functionatthejunction2 місяці тому
Did you have one of the original releases that didnt have Garth's name on the cover?
@PrincessBunhead2 місяці тому
@functionatthejunction I'm pretty sure mine said it was Garth Brooks as Chris.
@kerrijustice88652 місяці тому
Danny, I am 43 and my daughter and I watch you together.😊 As a teenager during this time in Garth's life, I can tell you that Garth is trying so hard to rewrite history. At the time, Garth LIVED as Chris Gaines. Nobody ever mentioned "a movie" back then. He wore that wig full time and refused to answer to "Garth." It was confusing because Garth was "method acting" but acting like THE PUBLIC was crazy. The fact that they've rewritten history and lied about this fake movie and "the public wasn't ready..." 😂 We weren't ready to accept Garth selling us Chris Gaines was a real person. That wig must've squeezed his brain too tight! Great video, Danny, my daughter and I love your content! 🎉
@angelbabies72 місяці тому
47 and this is exactly right. We all thought he'd gone crazy and just wanted it to stop. The cringe was palatable.
@mad_hatt2 місяці тому
This is so wholesome! I’d love it if my mom and I watched UKpostsrs together 😭💜
@heyjustj2 місяці тому
I’m 39 and this is the FIRST time I have heard about the movie. I definitely remember the VH1 special and SNL Garth/Gaines appearance. It was bizarre.
@elizabethpemberton84452 місяці тому
Yeah, I’m 54, and it was never a secret. It was a huge thing, just weird. I thought that “Chris Gaines” was fully integrated into pop culture references as a weird and unsuccessful dual persona thing, but apparently it’s been so long it went out of circulation. Also I think the sex addiction thing in the biography is a swipe at David Duchovny.
@isntmeulooking42 місяці тому
@@elizabethpemberton8445a swipe?
@therealslmccl2 місяці тому
He is the IRL Hannah Montana of this generation
@ianianianianian2 місяці тому
not the artist we needed, but the artist we deserved
@TheQueenOfSheba2 місяці тому
Garth Brooks!? 😂
@SaintShion2 місяці тому
Orville Peck has been real quiet since this video.
@klaythoring13262 місяці тому
That's what I was thinking too XD
@SK2NK2 місяці тому
You get the best of both Garths
@ffxfgxsfxxxg24192 місяці тому
12:10 why is the backstory part unintentionally hilarious??
@user-gl6xu1wy7g2 місяці тому
it's intentionally hilarious, why does no one understand this, this is called Trolling, this is called Viral Marketing, even if it was in the 90s, this was the point
@mariajw48032 місяці тому
David Bowie did something similar. He created a fictive person, an alter ego that he named Ziggy Stardust. It worked quite well for David Bowie.
@abracabadass2 місяці тому
Chris Gaines' dark backstory sounds like a kid making their first D&D character
@shaeVettori2 місяці тому
What was yours? ...don't lie
@RadikAlice2 місяці тому
This makes me laugh so much, because my first ever character was an edgelord rogue who licked his rusty, bloodstained dagger because he enjoyed it and by the time I got to play him, I retooled him into a good boy monk. Granted, there was still tragedy. Raised in orphanage, burns down
@isabelflann40872 місяці тому
Mbmbam would like a word
@Theanonymousbystander2 місяці тому
You don't look like you'd even know what DnD is
@abracabadass2 місяці тому
@@shaeVettori tbh my first character was a Goliath Rogue because I didn't know wtf I was doing and nobody stopped me 💀 she absolutely had a tragic backstory though.
@The_Roach_Hiding_In_Your_Room2 місяці тому
His friend's plane had to crash because he's not allowed to have friends in high places.
@bluefairyme142 місяці тому
😂😂😂😂
@LacroixboiMarx2 місяці тому
This is a beautiful comment.
@Diva34502 місяці тому
Golden
@callmeqt12692 місяці тому
I am in awe of you
@yuki97kira2 дні тому
It must be hard to be his friends..you gotta end the friendship before boarding
@junejunejuniejuneМісяць тому
He just wanted to cosplay Snape, with a sprinkle of Chris Angel.
@Katrielible7 днів тому
Lol .... too early for that.
@beautifulpokerface8630Місяць тому
Danny changed his mind 1200 times, you did it Chris, we're all confused
@RubyNemesis2 місяці тому
I hate it when my wedding photographers try to shoot my wedding like Schindler's List.
@shwing14282 місяці тому
haha that's immediately what I thought
@Andy-jh2fs2 місяці тому
OMG same thought! I was like "the ol' Schindler's wedding photographer eh?"
2 місяці тому
Honestly I feel like there’s so many artists that would like to change their style, but they can’t because that’s not what people would expect from them.
@jyoung63662 місяці тому
Absolutely… their fans expect a certain style. They’d likely push away current fans while having a hard time gaining new ones
@carolinatorres75752 місяці тому
Reminds me of how Julian Casablancas from The Strokes created The Voidz to make more experimental music that he wanted to try. They definitely sound different.
@savannahacevedo2 місяці тому
❤
@EbonkIsBorn2 місяці тому
No one: Doja cat "I volunteer, i volunteer as tribute!"
@savannahacevedo2 місяці тому
@@EbonkIsBorn HAHA
@austinjoiner59682 місяці тому
Missed opportunity to call his dark brooding alter ego, Darth Brooks
@ItsGl00MY2 місяці тому
I thought it was some strange form of Onision... and I can't unsee it
@KindWanderer942 місяці тому
That's really sweet of you to shout out small artists like fox szn I'm sure he really appreciates it.
@azetac_2 місяці тому
He only has the one single, hope he puts out another one soon
@KindWanderer942 місяці тому
@azetac_ oh he has to now that Danny shouted him out. It's gonna be a banger.
@ALPHAB3TB0Y_2 місяці тому
@@KindWanderer94gonna be on all our playlists for sure
@k.i.t.k.a.t.2 місяці тому
Fox szn is so underrated fr 🙏
@radishsayshi2 місяці тому
I was in highschool at the time. He was extremely popular back then, he wasn't losing traction at all, he just got bored and wanted to be a rock star for a change. We all knew immediately, and roasted him to no end.
@amandakrause93942 місяці тому
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@OGimouse12 місяці тому
IIRC the original album back then didn't have "Garth Brooks as..."
@bethanysolimine54282 місяці тому
@@OGimouse1 I'll have to dig it out and check it.
@chadrific2 місяці тому
the endless roasting tho 😂 no one took it seriously AT ALL
@LacroixboiMarx2 місяці тому
Yea we had the big “limited edition” box set of all of Garth’s CD’s. Then out of nowhere, CHRIS GAINES 😅
@Targemq82 місяці тому
I was in college when this happened, and I never got the impression he was serious about "hiding" that Gaines was really Garth Brooks. It was very much done with a wink. Also, it's really hard to communicate just how huge Garth Brooks was at the time. He was unquestionably the biggest musician in the nation, and, almost single-handedly, brought country music back into the main stream. It also bears mentioning that this was the era of Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, all these really edgy musicians. Garth brooks had this really wholesome image, and I think, playing this character who has a way to escape from his own image without actually abandoning an insanely successful career entirely.
@pudding3cloudforgottenworl16326 днів тому
“yes ned flames” we all say in unison
@Kellyeeeee2 місяці тому
"Lost In You" is unironically such a serve. It's pure 90's r&b written by babyface. Childish Gambino also did a beautiful cover.
@cuhleef2 місяці тому
Loved his cover.
@plutojelly2 місяці тому
childish gambino is my favorite 🫶
@iloveblackdudes2 місяці тому
Let me kiss all three of u
@iloveblackdudes2 місяці тому
Ure all great and i appreciate you
@isdeirinnme2 місяці тому
Donald Glover as Childish Gambino covering Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines is just layers of meta
@louloudaki_2 місяці тому
2:38 glad chris gaines failed as an alter ego because respectfully that looks like onision with a goatee and that’s really cursed
@grafi8382 місяці тому
yes it’s the same similarity onision and young shane dawson share for me. it’s odd and evil
@amiahh61572 місяці тому
literally though the thumbnail was onision. i got war flashbacks
@hallocher6082 місяці тому
Gaines will be back
@Razmattazer2 місяці тому
Omg yes, that's who he looks like!
@adventureisntfar2 місяці тому
I assumed this video was about onision because of the thumbnail. He looks just like him 😬
@Marqhll2 місяці тому
Holy shit! I was around when this happened and watching young people discover this is amazing. I'm 30 seconds into the video and I can't wait to watch this.
@lizbeffers476121 день тому
5:43 - Hannah Montana DID release an album similar to this! It was called "Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus". One disc was Hannah and the other disc was Miley. They were the basis for her debut tour, literally called the 'Best of Both Worlds' tour! Source: 7-10 year old me who played that album until the CDs no longer worked
@d-rocky2 місяці тому
I just gotta say as someone who grew up around this - while it may have been goofy af, a huge part of the reason it wasn’t well received was because of how emotional, timid & feminine Gaines was. Garth made the mistake of building a fan base that despised the kind of man he portrayed with Gaines.
@gr33ngirlsea2 місяці тому
It's too bad he couldn't go at it anonymously and build a different fan base with Chris. I wonder how long they might've been able to keep it a secret...
@lordlittletoeq85372 місяці тому
@@gr33ngirlsea ngl thatd have been great
@lordlittletoeq85372 місяці тому
yeah contry people and emos werent super tight back then
@deereye872 місяці тому
That’s kinda sad. I feel bad for him.
@kainotachi2 місяці тому
The other thing is that Garth was known as a very "clean" artist, you know, safe for a hardcore Christian fanbase during the moral panic of the 90s (around the time the parental advisory labels got popularized), and that's where much of his popularity was. So him going on about sex and such was really kind of shocking at the time.
@Alien_Spit12 місяці тому
“sex that’s the best thing about being a musician” had me dying 😂
@LucyLu982 місяці тому
"about being a musician"
@Alien_Spit12 місяці тому
@@LucyLu98thanks I’ll fix that
@ae8312 місяці тому
7:42 genuinely made me almost choke from laughing so hard
@BankruptMonkey2 місяці тому
Authors can have pennames and do multiple genres, singers should have that option too
@zeldaninja152 місяці тому
Honestly I was living that Garth Brooks and Chris Gains double aesthetic as a teen because of my love of being dramatically emo conflicting with my Christian parents. Chris Gains at school, Garth Brooks at church.
@tylerwhite13222 місяці тому
Garth in streets, Chris in the sheets, as they say.
@frozenwarrior13542 місяці тому
do you are have stupid?
@nkr88512 місяці тому
@@tylerwhite1322they do say that a lot actually! might even be one of his song titles
@o0Scarrow0o2 місяці тому
I guess you could say you got the best of both worlds
@TimeTravelingFetus2 місяці тому
All we pray, although we can't decide Catholic in the morning, satanist at night
@HalvyRen2 місяці тому
Hannah Montana literally has an album called “Meet Miley Cyrus” and I can’t tell if Danny was making a joke bc he knew this or if he just happened to pick a bad example 😅
@Tess3212 місяці тому
Lmao I was wondering that as well. I happened to be looking away at that point and had to rewind it to see if he edited in a picture of that album
@professorhaystacks66062 місяці тому
"It's like if they put Lassie in the Louvre" "Lassie is in the Louvre" "I know, I was deliberately describing a similar situation."
@Countdownsmiles2 місяці тому
I think he meant in the context of the show. All of us in real life knew it was miley cyrus the whole time
@randomtinypotatocried2 місяці тому
I thought that album happened and wasn't sure if I misremembered it
@cambuck22312 місяці тому
I was legit about to say something haha
@notkonniДень тому
musicians creating alter egos or going by other names in order to release music is actually a lot more common than you would think, especially in more underground scenes. a lot of artists have side accounts completely disassociated with their original personality to make different types of music, and they sometimes gain a lot of popularity before people even realize they're the same person.
@kingsleycy34502 місяці тому
Has anyone considered the unreleased movie might have been a comedy? Chris Gain's life is so outrageously tragic. It's like someone is taking the piss of the tortured artist trope
@meganchambers81082 місяці тому
LMAO based on the thumbnail, I definitely thought this was about Onision trying to make country music XD
@Annicamdw2 місяці тому
I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one lol
@Bubaiel2 місяці тому
SAME
@Tottosmile2 місяці тому
Deadass me too
@ChristinaLF2 місяці тому
Me too! It’s too uncanny …
@brinnspencer2 місяці тому
YUPP
@macularius2 місяці тому
no one who has been a teen within the past several decades is surprised that garth brooks came up with an edgy emo OC with an unnecessarily elaborate backstory, bless his heart
@bleedthebeat12 місяці тому
The story is much better than that. Chris Gaines has an elaborate backstory because he was the main character in a movie that was going to star Garth Brookes playing Chris Gaines. The album was released as sort of a promotional album for the movie. The album did so bad that the movie was cancelled.
@macularius2 місяці тому
@@bleedthebeat1 damn that's wild someone should make a youtube video about that
@galstibilj9913Місяць тому
@@macularius😂😂😂
@adamprice3466Місяць тому
@@bleedthebeat1 The movie got scrapped before the album was released. Garth had already written the album for the movie so he decided to release it as the character. It didn't go over well.
@adamprice3466Місяць тому
The album isn't that bad if you listen to it now
@lovelyjuliexo2 місяці тому
1:38 to this day??? kinda crazy when i’ve never even _heard_ of this guy 😭
@jrobertr2 місяці тому
He was truly living his own Hannah Montana fantasy 🤣
@heytriskit2 місяці тому
Garth Brooks lived in my town growing up. He once saw a family struggling to get home in bad weather and bought them a car. He's a really nice guy. Very charitable.
@adventurer4252 місяці тому
Same situation here, I never heard anything but good stuff about him
@deereye872 місяці тому
That’s really sweet
@hedgehog31802 місяці тому
That is sweet but also an insane display of his wealth but I guess it's better to put it towards actually helping people.
@heytriskit2 місяці тому
@hedgehog3180 There wasn't any publicity around when he did it. The family told our local news. He did things like this for tons of people, and when anyone went to his gate (the whole town knew where he lived), he would come out to take pictures and sign autographs. Just a very genuine dude.
@Peanut_taco_muffin2 місяці тому
@@hedgehog3180 he has wealth and was doing something out of the goodness of his heart- the fact that he did something life changing for someone that cost money isn’t a bad thing in any way
@Opaldiia2 місяці тому
Danny has really been pumping out content lately
@flackyjones35662 місяці тому
That’s cus he’s got his special team to help him out (Robert)
@placeholderdoe2 місяці тому
@@flackyjones3566 It’s because he has his special council of content to help him out, its just one guy named robert
@pioxia7772 місяці тому
@@placeholderdoelol
@Annicamdw2 місяці тому
So has Kurtis. We’re really being blessed by the content Gods
@lone_stick2 місяці тому
Drew's only guy is still us
@cashdingo63862 місяці тому
My theory is Chris Gaines is his real identity and he was the original singer for the Goo Goo Dolls. After being kicked out for being TOO moody he changes to Garth and plans his life long revenge plot to take over the music industry and destroy John Rzeznik.
@zubetp2 місяці тому
I think more artists should do this. I have always loved those music videos where the singer plays multiple characters, like in Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend," or Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me" (which are kind of the same song now that I think about it). It would be like that. I would _love_ if Taylor Swift's altsona, Andromeda Twist, came out with her authentic 2007 pop-punk album, "Bleed With Me." The cover title is a pop punk version of "You Belong With Me." "She wears short skirts, I wear converse. She's cheer captain and I'm not cheer captain." She basically dresses and acts like Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way. I can't wait. Your move, Taylor.
@FlyoverStatePark2 місяці тому
So I've done a lot of research into the Chris Gaines phenomenon and... I just want to clear up a few confusing tidbits. First off, the album was originally released as "Chris Gaines Greatest Hits". His backstory includes being in the band "Crush" (he and his bandmate wanted to be the new Lennon and McCartney) and then going on to do some solo projects. Another important tidbit is that while he was doing this stunt in 1999, Garth Brooks and his then wife were separated, with his divorce happening a few years later in 2001. With that context in mind, his VH1 Behind the Life documentary is a WILD ride. The amount of time spent discussing his sex addiction is insane and plays out like what a middle schooler thinks sex addiction would be. Pair that with the fact that he was separating from his wife and it looks like he's severely overcompensating with a character that HE CREATED by making Chris Gaines a rocker sex god. For more context, I made a helpful video analysis: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/qnNeiqCNb5l1pas.html
@Neomie922 місяці тому
This is CRAZY hahahah omg thanks for giving more insight. I’m so tickled
@kainotachi2 місяці тому
THANK YOU. I was certain I remembered that the Garth Brooks name wasn't originally on the album cover, and that's why it was such a big joke how quickly people figured it out, but I was seriously starting to think I'd been Mandella Effected.
@samanthaloudermilk77792 місяці тому
boosting this
@lkelevra76362 місяці тому
to be the new Lennon... that explains the cult thing reference, I guess 💀
@AmySay2 місяці тому
any time an artist tries deliberately to be the new beatles, things usually end up disastrous (hi there, pretty odd era of panic at the disco)
@littlexxbull2 місяці тому
To be honest, male country stars have a hard time transitioning into completely different genres without serious scrutiny from insecure male listeners, so I'm sure that had something to do with it
@robertschnobert90902 місяці тому
Men drive commercial trucks, they drink whiskey and beer everyday, and they listen to country. If you refuse to do these manly things you're not a man. There's absolutely nothing insecure about that.
@beelzebub64142 місяці тому
@@robertschnobert9090 is this sarcasm
@MsSheerAwesomeness2 місяці тому
@robertschnobert9090 what the hell
@homeiswonderland2 місяці тому
I do believe that's sarcasm, Dark Lord. @@beelzebub6414
@lovelymill2 місяці тому
@@robertschnobert9090robert schnobert😭😭😭
@Clownkhitty2 місяці тому
10:30 why does it look like he’s blushing like an anime girl
@KekuTheLaughing2 місяці тому
It's rare I find a new channel that I actually wanna subscribe to. Good job man.
@Bowj_472 місяці тому
2 Danny 2 greg Edit: to the guy that said 2 Danny 1 cup 💀
@Sanrioxgrl2 місяці тому
2 Greg 2 danny 2 dreg 2 granny 2 Greg 2 Dan 2 gr 2 eg
@valleyluvsU2 місяці тому
danny 2 greg 2
@rcs123_2 місяці тому
2 granny 2 dreg
@sian1862 місяці тому
2 Furious 2 Danny
@chillpolarbear2 місяці тому
22 danny greg
@waleedbaidas2812 місяці тому
13:15 When Danny is reading Chris Gains’ backstory my first thought was this is someone’s first DnD edge lord, emo character that they just gave THE MOST tragic backstory they could possibly think of. Like anyone else agree?
@hedgehog31802 місяці тому
It's absolutely the kind of tragic backstory that an OC would have or you'd see on like AO3. Like just an insane series of tragedies one after the other where everyone keeps dying but also nothing that could ever add like real moral baggage to the story nor have like wider implications since it is just there to make the character cool and edgy.
@mckaylamurphy5336Місяць тому
This is legit so interesting and strange lol like this is actually a fascinating story. I love watching videos like this about stuff from years ago I’ve never heard about lol it’s really actually intriguing.
@billpicklethecat40332 місяці тому
Garth is from my hometown. Our Target, and most of the town, is on Garth Brooks Boulevard
@grace24872 місяці тому
the way they wrote Gaines' backstory is exactly how catfishers lie - then my mom got cancer, then my brother went to jail, then I got diagnosed with a rare condition no one else has ever had before..........
@zie82382 місяці тому
How have I never noticed how pretty Danny’s eyes are? They look like the turquoise water in the Caribbean. (I’m faded rn and I spent the whole video trying to determine if they were edited or not)
@ninalove30442 місяці тому
@16:54 Not the interviewer calling him Chris Grains🤣
@user-et9mh6tg1v2 місяці тому
It actually makes perfect sense for a superstar to want to experience just being a musician again, without influencing or being influenced by their main brand. Many famous artists have done some variation of this, though maybe not quite as comedically.
@naudybroken2 місяці тому
Which is why it's confusing he didn't do it the same way as those artists because this isn't new it's been done before. Authors have done it too. Usually in both cases they get miffed that they are as successful as their normal identity so it gets "leaked" and then they become successful but they don't go through all this weirdness.
@juliabuonincontro86172 місяці тому
Yeah even JK Rowling did this, releasing mystery novels under a random name
@RealLifeIronManМісяць тому
Sounds like he just wanted to branch out into another genre.
@JoselynMartello2 місяці тому
5:44 ok but there was literally a Hannah Montana album that shipped with an EP called "Meet Miley Cyrus" 😭😭
@JoselynMartello2 місяці тому
@bunny-dl2fimy brother in Christ I was saying it because it was a funny haha I don't know why this comment triggered you so badly LMAO I wish I could laugh react to it 😂
@aesthetix33982 місяці тому
Whenever you upload me and my mom and my brother watch you, you are seriously the best.
@hx0ad5Місяць тому
the combination of the mopey emo look with the light acoustic elevator music is scrambling my brain bigtime
@theonenamedv2 місяці тому
6:10 "he's not a rock star, he looks more like a cult leader" Jared Leto: "what's the difference??"
@rancidprince31332 місяці тому
7:55 the reason none of his other songs ever hit billboard charts is because they didn’t play on pop radio stations. They were super popular, just not eligible for that specifically.
@savannahacevedo2 місяці тому
❤
@prometheuszero92 місяці тому
Timing is insane, I was JUST talking about the whole Chris Gaines thing with my brother over the weekend, so I already knew about it. I feel like he even appeared on SNL as Chris Gaines... which maybe you talk about, but I haven't actually finished the video yet. So yeah tbf, I have never actually done any investigating about Chris Gaines. I just remember being a kid and seeing it and thinking it looked like a stupid thing to do, so this video is actually just what I needed to get caught up on the backstory of Chris Gaines.
@mayo44212 місяці тому
He looks like Onision on his alter ego LMAO
@batterofwaffle2 місяці тому
6:36 “It’s Garth Brooks IN Chris Gaines”
@Kade-c0gh426 днів тому
🤨
@moon.beanzz8 днів тому
📸 🤨
@jpgranat2 місяці тому
8:08 Country music did not rate on the Hot 100 or top 40 charts at the time. They had their own separate metrics.
@lovelyjuliexo2 місяці тому
14:28 a plane crash? was that gonna be in the movie? 😭
@luvlymanda2 місяці тому
The side tangent about the name Garth had me rolling lol
@HAVgiraffe2 місяці тому
9:00 Chris Gaines walked so that Sia could run.
@littleprettyfairy2 місяці тому
i was thinking of her too 😭
@user-fb6if4ms8d2 місяці тому
a few months ago I was at a writing camp where we learned about Chris Gaines and then did an activity where we took genres we didn’t write about and made up a persona who did write those book genres. The counselor said we were “Chris Gaines-ing ourselves”
@RadikAlice2 місяці тому
From the moment I saw the thumbnail and even after the video was over, can't unsee Gaines as Adam Gontier with a soul patch. It's even more accurate for his younger self
@Moltens2 місяці тому
I left this video more confused than when I clicked on it and I can't tell if I was supposed to
@Millie-Nielsen2 місяці тому
As a designated Old Person, I can confirm that back in the day when the internet wasn't as omnipresent the whole "Chris Gaines" thing did confuse and fool some people, but generally people knew it was some kind of Garth Brooks alter-ego thing for a movie once it got into the major news outlets and the newscasters were very wink-wink about it. "We're going to interview Chris Gaines, who we hear is a big fan of Garth Brooks!" I think he may have tried to see if he could legitimately trick people at first, but most people figured it out fairly quick by 1999 standards and his fans were like, "...the hell is this?" When they listened to the album. It was definitely pretty widely known by the time he was on SNL.
@Aaron-zt5eeМісяць тому
That episode of SNL was hilarious. He was pretty much in on the joke at that point.
@peacecitizen12 місяці тому
I was 27 when this happened, I was never a Garth Brooks fan but everybody knew who he was. I never heard anything about a movie, and remember him being completely serious about this alter ego. Only after it started getting out that CG was GB did any "cheeky-ness" start.
@lovelyjuliexo2 місяці тому
6:49 okay but if _all_ the fans were confused, then they didn’t do a good job with marketing 😅
@r0tting_strawberryМісяць тому
i live for every time danny says "one guy named robert"
@SpookyDeerArt2 місяці тому
kind of insane with how big of garth brooks fans my parents are, i've literally never heard of chris gaines. brooks was on constantly when i was growing up and they still listen to him regularly... but i've never heard of gaines, despite him debuting when i was a year old. definitely going to ask my parents about this tbh EDIT: i asked. apparently my mom didn't buy the album when it came out because she thought it was cringe. then went on to tell me garth brooks is "too woke" for her nowadays, which... okay. sure.
@Neomie922 місяці тому
LMAO sorry but your edit has me laughing so hard
@rolyatinsonia2 місяці тому
“Too woke” lol as to be expected from a country fan
@MissDebbieSue1232 місяці тому
As a now-oldie i remember this very well. Garth Brooks came out the gate with a debut album that had now-classic hits on it, and followed that up with numerous albums with numerous hits. It got to the point that he could sing names out of the phone book and it would have gone platinum. I believe he got bored. I remember being kind of embarrassed for him cause what the hello? What with the bad wig and soul-patch? You've got a ton of money and this is the best you could do? The music wasn't bad, but it sounded like Garth Brooks, so why not just be Garth Brooks? One thing that Garth Brooks was was an entertainer. It's a shame he didn't allow his music to be on You Tube or streaming for years; long enough to be forgotten by a generation. If anybody gets a chance to see some of his concert footage from back in the day, you will be shocked at the amount of energy he put into his shows. It's amazing. One of his songs, "The Dance" has one of the best videos i have ever seen. "Friends in Low Places" is the best partying song ever, personally I love "What She's Doing Now" and "Learning to Live Again". I think his music is slowly being allowed on UKposts, its a shame it took so long that he is largely forgotten and his name means little when he could still be relevant.
@Golgi-GygesМісяць тому
Yes. I believe that that whole Chris Gaines thing was Garth trying to have artistic evolution. Remember, he was already not just a country star, he was pop. We can assume that there are narcissistic elements to the Chris Gaines venture, but in a manner not harmful to others. The concept came across, or ended up as silly and naive. It also opened doors to ridicule and criticism.
@nullskey83702 місяці тому
he was so ahead of his time
@l1feisstressful-dp7ze2 місяці тому
11:21 it doesn't even sound like rock the instromentals are so light and he's like whispering the lyrics I am now convinced he doesn't even know what rock music is or sounds like
@portlandaustin2 місяці тому
Go check out the Goo Goo dolls. Pretty sure that is what he was going for.
@l1feisstressful-dp7ze2 місяці тому
@@portlandaustin oh but still
@portlandaustin12 днів тому
@@l1feisstressful-dp7ze moonshine?
@l1feisstressful-dp7ze10 днів тому
@@portlandaustin pardon?
@portlandaustin10 днів тому
@l1feisstressful-dp7ze it's a stupid pun but sounds like butt and still can also mean a place you make alcohol.
@user-ki1qq9ht7i2 місяці тому
i love how robert sends danny on a little webquest every video, like he's a history student doing his schoolwork