Therapist Reacts to The Grudge by Tool
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Therapist analyzes the lyrics of The Grudge by Tool to discuss how often when bad things happen to us and we hold a grudge they often happen because we didn't have a CHOICE. This song shows us that now we do have a choice to hold onto the grudge and face the consequences of that or let go.
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That pause before the scream...
Literally was gonna comment thats my favorite part of Tool reactions is always picking the perfect but worse place to pause😂😂😂spiral out keep going
Never been blue-balled so hard.
That's a top comment right there.@@1bossdj
@@1bossdj LOL Right?
I barely ever complain about pauses, but that timing was atrocious lol.
Wings for Marie part 1 and 2. You’ll be blown away by the way Maynard expresses his hurt with the situation.
I second this
Absolutely
Especially is preceded with Judith by A Perfect Circle.
This is the one.
@@tluvolin_
Agreed!
Add in “Orestes” by APC and “Jimmy” by Tool as well!
This whole album start to finish... ❤❤ It's ALLL therapy!
It's their best album, in my opinion.
As is 10000 days, and Fear Inoculum.
LOL
@@rogueprince1341 Aenima, Lateralus, and 10,000 Days, in my opinion, are the masterpiece trilogy.
I always said Aenima was their best album but Lateralus is literally perfect.
Tool has been the consistent thread throughout my life. With each version of myself the lyrics have had many meanings.
This is how I feel about them
The greatest thing about Tool is that they have grown up with us, and us with them. As we mature (and the band members) the music has matured.
No doubt, I'm with you brother. Same here as I get older
This is the most "Tool Fan" thing a Tool Fan has ever said
@@forsain4533 hahaha checks out 😂
30+ year fan of Tool, and I have never and will never get tired of their music. Not one bad song in their entire discography. The best band of my lifetime. 4 masters of their craft. #Toolforever
❤❤❤
I second this!!!!
Same
Jambi is the worst one though. I hate it so much
Agreed! Same here!
Tool IS musical therapy ❤❤
plus all the excellent Souls-likes, Tool + Souls = Growth
Very true
You hit the nail on the head Taylor!! That 25 second scream at the end really encapsulates the power of letting go of a grudge 👍
But she couldn't have paused it at a worse time, it almost knocked her out of the chair 🤣
In the past ten years I had a life altering events that left me angry, confused, grudges against everything, and much later I realized I was even depressed. I asked no one for help, just said “be a man” and swallowed it all. Even became physically unhealthy to go along with my true lack of mental health.
Then one day it came to me. I am not angry at those things, they don’t piss me off. I allow those things to get to me.
I allow them to piss me off. Since then my outlook has changed dramatically. I am still not completely healed, but heading that direction.
Your insights into my favorite music is also helping me in that journey. Thank you for this channel. Not only do I get to hear encouragement but also get to watch someone become a fan of what I have always known as the greatest music ever to exist.
Same dude same. Depression is one hell of a demon
You helped me comprehend TOOL deeper than ever before… for real. You are a very sharp girl. Articulate and observant. I’m subbed after watching 3 of your TOOL videos. Also, your message at the end is very moving. To those of you hesitant to ask for help, just ask. It’s worth it. I asked a friend for help recently after being in deep, and it provided the sense of normalcy I needed to think clearly about what to try next. Please, don’t wait to ask anymore. Your life is waiting, but not forever.
I always hear something new when I listen to Tool, but especially whenever you break the songs down. It's really helped me understand why I listen to the music that I do and what purpose it serves for me. It's been really eye-opening for me and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.
Different perspectives bring new understanding... sometimes a better understanding. I agree with you for sure
Maynard is a god as a lyricist. Weaving amazing thoughts and concepts into songs in extremely unique ways. Never being completely forward and always leaving you to understand it for yourself allowing you to grow personally with each song.
9:18 Did I just get edged before the scream!!??!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
When she paused at that point I literally said out loud at my monitor, "Oh no! Not there!" lolol
😂😂
I grew up in a broken home situation and TOOL is one of the only reasons im still here today. It took me many years and lots of self love and reflrction i had to learn on my own, and im still learning and growing at 38. But i just wanted to say that TOOL absolutely has changed my life and im eternally grateful for their music because of it.
Same here. No broken home. But Tool made me feel so many different things in emotions. No other band can do this. I really learned and became stronger because of them. Keep it up mate you will get there.
Happy that you are still here friend
This album, specifically this song, saved me as a teenager. I was mentally going down a dark path, thinking everything and everyone was against meme, blah blah teenager stuff. Then this album came out. I didn't fully understand it at the time, but slowly I absorbed what it was saying and I let go of the hatred that was brewing in my heart.
This song is pure poetry. Amazing opening to an album. So vastly different than previous Tool's lyrical subject matter. They came out of nowhere with a surprisingly positive and uplifting message. The previous albums, you'd be hard pressed to find songs with those themes. I think it displayed a lot of growth in Maynard. He clearly had a shift in his mental being between Aenima and Lateralus. I think it was really cool at the time to see and feel that progression.
One of my favorite Tool songs. The lyrics and meaning. Simply incredible. Danny’s steady drumming build up the entire time up to the incredible breakdown and I mean that scream at the end… Please continue the 🌀
So loved your reaction to this song - this is my favorite song by Tool and one of my favorite ones ever. This is also why I love heavy music so much - it is therapeutic to rock out like this.
Overdue for Tool - Pushit. Album version. Toxic relationship song
That's also IMHO the centerpiece of Aenima and one of the coldest guitar licks (after the breakdown) that I've heard.
I love the salival version. It’s so beautiful.
@@mori9060 it’s good but I think far inferior and definitely not on the first listen
Hell yeah, Pushit studio version
@@stephenmorelli6741 I think 'derivative' is a good term for Pushit Salvial.
Everything Maynard is involved in is pure genius! Tool is my all time favorite band. 46&2 has my whole soul in a headlock
I don't usually watch these kind of videos but ive been watching tool all evening and stumbled on this. Then spent the next 2 hrs watching more of your videos. Holy shit i wish id found these years ago. Your break down of the songs cuts so deep with me. Gonna be here all night 😂
I think you and Tool may have just saved my life. I feel as though the weight of the world has just been lifted off my mind, heart, body and soul. I don’t know how to describe it because it’s been so long and such a foreign emotion but it’s HOPEFULNESS 🎉 for the first time in many years. Thank you so much Taylor truly and sincerely, I can’t stress this enough ❤
Watching you for a while now and love your perspective. Tool is very deep and only for certain people that can truly see it.
This is one of their best songs!
Keep doin your thing! We love it!!!!
This is awesome!! I love experiencing Tool all over again through someone else's eyes. Great breakdown of the song too!!
This is my favorite band since I was 14 now in my 40s every album has resonated with me throughout my life. I really enjoy hearing your breakdown of these songs.
It takes about 30 years for Saturn to orbit the sun. In the context of the song this can be seen as a mid-life crisis point. A point of realization that it's time to move on from things that have kept you trapped in your grudges of the past.
or maybe is another Tool fan overreacting
thank you so much for offering this analysis of tool. please do more
The first reaction where I didn't have to explain the return of Saturn, I love it! When Saturn first returned for me (I was in late my 20s) I had to let go of a lot of anger connected to my distant past and I became a very different person than what I knew. I still remember listening to this in the shower, trying to let things go as the water washed over me when I had my epiphany. Before that day I felt like a child trapped in a adult's body. Nowadays, I can't even remember what I was so angry at for those 20 something years. Thank you so much for this channel. It is so much more than just music reaction and I tell all my friends about it. Much love. 🤗
Holy crap, this was the best reaction to a song I've ever heard. Instant subscriber!
The power of the choice. Absolutely love your analysis. Keep up the amazing work. Your clients are lucky to have you!
Clicked because it's a Tool vid, stayed for the utterly captivating host. Love your energy!
Thank you so much for your insight on that. Really helps me with the crown I wear. Appreciate you
I love taking this roller-coaster of emotions with you ❤
Love your passion, insight, empathy, wisdom and intensity. Keep Spiraling Out...
Lateralus is not only one of the best albums ever written (imo) but the title track is one of the most complicated songs ever written (imo again). People think that the references (not trying to spoil too much) only follow the syllables in Lateralus, but it goes SO MUCH DEEPER.
I think you’re fibbing.
Every song of Tool is a deeper meaning, that's what makes them such a powerful experience to absorb
@@redreaper0013 I know. “Fibbing” was a veiled reference to what the poster was getting at.
@@DRSmith8808nice🫡
This song has helped me out so much these last 5 months after my ex walked out with our children
So Sorry to hear bro 🙏 This song has helped me big time, after my daughther died
Thank you for this. One of my fav Tool songs, and whenever I revisit it is so therapeutic. We all have grudges; let it go.
Hello, I have always been a fan of Tool and I really like their music and this song always appears when I need it most, thank you very much for giving me encouragement I really needed it at this moment
I love how the message (really in every tool song) is always mirrored in the motifs of the music.
The song clearly wants to change, to evolve, to move beyond the simple motif from the beginning, but everytime it gets traction within the music, it is held back by "The Grudge".
Until that can be exorcised from the song, it can't progress to it's ultimate peak right at the end. Which could be a message in itself, the longer you hold on, the less of a payoff in your life will be available. If you wait too long you only get a short time to be the "best version" of yourself.
LET GO!
Thank you for your perspective...I've been a tool fan since before you were born pretty sure, but I really enjoy watching your funny faces and expert analysis...
You helped me to understand why on earth we would ever forgive someone and let it go. It’s not for them, it is for our own self. I appreciate and applaud your insight. I heard him before, but it’s difficult when one is in the middle of it to understand why we need to let it go. Thank you
You are a breath of fresh air. Thank you!!
this is the first time a TOOL reaction video has brought tears to my eyes - thank you Taylor for saying so many things I didn't know that I needed to hear ❤🤘
DO ALL OF TOOL! They're my favorite band. I'd love to hear what you think of Judith by APC. Maynard sings for them as well as Tool in case you didnt know.
I love Tool. However I would be wary about this becoming a Tool channel.
@Fl4ppers I didn't mean for her to stop doing other bands, but maybe do like Tool Tuesday or something like that.
🛠️T⚙️⚙️L🛠️ makes All of Us Better Human Beings 🙏 Another Awesome Reaction and Advice 👊
WooHoo! The Grudge! Let it go! This song is so powerful! The world and society encourage grudges, don't believe them, it will drag you down to the "the Bottom" (Tool song). The album opened my eyes, mind and heart, it continues to help me on the path to maturity and individuation. Spiral out! 🌀🌀🌀
Very well put young sir
"Let go" I believe is what you actually wanted to say.
"Let It Go" is a song from the Disney movie _Frozen_ 😅
Yes!!! Bottom reference !! 👌
This was a good reaction for sure, you are so cool and we love your words 👍✨ I have been listening to this song since it came out, and its still rockin !
Thank you, this is extremely AWESOME!! I personally held a grudge for the past 15 years. But, with the CORRECT Therapy, a good set of head phones, and the TOOL CD catalog. I like you just said,"listen to these tracks, with a whole new perspective.
What a reaction! Love it. I've recently been fuxked over by my employer, not bad financially but more in a "where am i going in life" kinda way and just listening to Tool makes me feel better, center myself and have confidence for the inevitable bullshit meetings coming over my horizon the next couple weeks :)
Watching someone enjoy music that I’ve enjoyed since childhood and giving therapeutic input is amazing.
Love your videos! Keep them coming!
Omg…. Tool therapy. This is amazing. I watched them play this live 20 years ago. I really felt you talking through that. Great channel.
She makes the cutest TOOL Stinkface expressions HAHAHA.😂
Spiral out. Keep Going. There's is SO much more of Tool we need you to experience with us.
You always make me feel better, thank you for doing this.
Love you got to this!!! Lateralus is next from Tool, is a vibe and a journey!!
I’ve always loved Tool but I’m so thankful for this particular reaction and break down. I made a choice not to live with a grudge and let it control me years ago and I think it’s made all the difference in my life. This song perfectly encapsulates that, and your break down just brought to life the true meaning of the song and message for me, and for that, thank you.
Yes!!!! I am soooo excited by this one. I love this message so much
You cutting away at 9:20 right before the greatest scream ever recorded was a gut-punch lol - but as ever, a wonderful analysis and thank you for doing another great track and helping me rethink some of the messaging. Wonderful!
@heartsupport just know I love your reactions and as I'm dealing with a betrayal by my own daughter, something I never thought possible, this was a great one to help me try to find a way to the other side, which has been a struggle for a year now. Thank you
Taylor! Awesome Tool breakdown again! Please do more Tool! "Jimmy" and "H." I would love to hear your analysis of both oth those songs!
Jimmy is my second favorite from that album! Soooo good!!
Great song and great job breaking it down. Thank you 🙏
I see a lot of “Push It” suggestions.
I have to agree!
Salival version!
Follow the instructions at the beginning of the song.
Yes!!!
Ofc then followed by THAT live version 😂
I liked your thoughts about realizing you still have choice even if choices were taken away from you in the past. It’s a hard hurdle to get through but being aware of that pattern is liberating (and scary, in a good way)
I really enjoy your breakdown of Tool songs. Just about the entirety of the band’s discography is loaded with deeply meaningful and insightful compositions.
H would be a great song to do next!
Amazing! Loved the whole talk about choices. And this songs always helps a ton
I absolutely love your channel, I absolutely love Tool and I absolutely love you !!! You're beautiful and have a lovely smile, a great personality, and have killer facial expressions . 😀❤️🤘
I was waiting for this one.
I love your insight, and it's why this this band is so important to me. You dance to them a bit like I do haha, because the time signatures produce sort of a technical reaction in the body. To me, Lateralus was their prime, but they had different peaks through their evolution.
@heartsupport so thankful i found this channel. 46&2 was the 1st vid i watched. Which really hit home, recently relived a truma from 3+ decades ago. Been in therapy for a few months now and my first big step in taking back my life was a concert @ the ryman (devo). Took huge steps towards recovery. I donated to your fundraiser. Corrosion of conformity's albatross is a song i would like to see a reaction from.
The scream resonated with me so hard recently (been listening for years). I've had that feeling expressed in dreams before and never quite understood it or why I felt that way. The song helped me realize that I had been harboring that same unbridled frustration and anger, I have been holding to my grudges. That scream is now so incredibly soothing for me because I let it carry that feeling out of me, I let these grudges die and embrace who I am without them. Few other pieces of music have guided me so carefully into understanding more about myself the way that Tool and especially this song have. Genuinely, mushrooms are the only other thing that has given my that level of insight in such a short period of time.
Very well-thought analysis!
Really love your point of view, amazing.
So cool ! Nice to see you 🤩great content 😎 take care✨
You're not the coolest but you're the realest therapist ever 😍
Taylor palmbry is so inspiring and motivational and I love her taste in music she is very good at turning any song into a positive way to apply it to help yourself with your own mental and emotional health issues. I love watching her reaction to videos she is so beautiful and has such a good personality I love her input it is very helpful to me and this is coming from a recovering drug addict and bipolar, and severely depressed person that is suffering with suicidal thoughts thanks so much Taylor palmbry you have been a real help to me without even realizing it
Maynard has a few songs about dealing with the trauma of his mother's accident (looking into that would provide more background) across his bands, Jimmy by TOOL specifically is great. Also Judith (A Perfect Circle), The Patient (TOOL), Wings for Marie pts 1 & 2 by TOOL. Wings will grab your heart strings and yank them hard.
I just found your channel today and have watched so many of your videos already. Your insight into a lot of song mean so much to a genre and style of both music and mental health that isn’t talked about enough. I would definitely suggest looking into some early blue October songs for the pain he’s has in his words and voice. Songs like razorblade, hate me, and dirt room. On the other side, fear is one of his greatest songs to me personally about healing
So much healing can come through music. I love how you break down a song. You should be a therapist! Hahahaha
I don’t think I ever realized the calmest musical part of this song has the lyric “choose to let this go”
Love the tool reactions
One of the best long screams ever
I just started following you and love the channel! Watched the SOAD playlist and think you would love to break down their some lonely day.
You did one of the most requested from Tool
Next stop: doing one of the most requested (if not the most requested) from A Perfect Circle (one of Maynard's other projects) - The Outsider, which talks about suicide and how people perceive suicide
She can't skip over Puscifer, though!
If may not be serious like Tool and APC, but some of those songs are still fairly profound... At least in my opinion! The song _UPGrade_ from "Existential Reckoning" I feel speaks deeply to our current always-online lifestyle, and where we're headed as a society. 😊
@@DUKE_of_RAMBLEwatched them live last summer in Portugal. Sad it was only a 45min set, but it was extremely good
@@S2condHeartbeat Nice!
really what I like about that song is it's got meanings all depending on how you want to see it.
I see it that way, but I also recognize it as the drama queen not getting their way- someone who wants what they want, and when they don't get it they cry about life being horrible to them, how they want to end it all, etc. I have met both people in this strange world and I love that song for both kinds of personalities. the line that carries it for me is the end. both very sad in one way, but the other way is basically saying "well then if you're gonna stop using people as tools, bye. just stay away from me!"
and we don't need to fight over meanings BTW just in case a war starts on this.
Awesome breakdown! Listening to the lyrics of this song helped me thru a really dark time in my life after a nasty divorce.
I was doing everything Maynard talks about, wearing it like a crown. I had to let go and move on.
Lateralus is an entire album of healing and therapy in a very dark and heavy format. There is something so soothing about every part of it.
I love watching people react and interpret tools music. Ive known this song for over 20 years now, and never considered that maynard was making the song itself a saturn point. The song itself is the driving force to make the choice. Wonderful interpretation and ill hear this song in a new light now ♥️
that was great. Thank you for that.
Wings for Mary Part 2 10,00 Days would love to hear your take on it. Tool videos are the best
You gotta do the whole thing at least. Can't have part 2 without part 1, come on
This one hits my heart every time.. part one and 2
Start with Jimmy, then Judith by "A Perfect Circle", then Wings parts 1 and 2. It's interesting to see Maynard's whole journey and the evolution of his position and feelings.
Most people listen to the grudge: Da fuq is Scarlett whatever he just said.
This young lady: right off the bat that was my favorite book growing up! Levels people. Levels
I cut my mother out of my life some years ago. One day shortly afterward I was listening to this song and its meaning developed into a different theme for me at that moment. My siblings and I were all processing the issues with our mother a little differently to one another. The line “wear the grudge like a crown” really resonated with me because I was struggling with wanting to prove how right I was in cutting my mom out. I really wanted to show everyone that it was correct and this is why. I found myself thinking about it so much and going through conversations I would have with family members if they approached me about it. I realized I was bordering on wearing my grudge like a crown, carrying it around like some sort of trophy. And though I didn’t act on those feelings of pride and approval-seeking very much, I did still have them. This song was pivotal in my ability to drop the grudge and move on in my life peacefully. It so perfectly illustrated the manifestation of carrying a grudge. I’m glad to say I let go of the grudge and the anger and the pride surrounding the situation and I live with complete peace with my decision and every time I hear this song it reminds me of how far I have come 🖤
Nice. Good for you!
Recently I’ve had a year of both Heaven and Hell. Soaring highs and crippling lows. It took a while, but I found my footing and clawed my way back to my form of mental entropy. During that long night I found peace in knowing.
When you see both sides of the pain, you gain power and control over it.
and Parabola is insane! you gotta give a reaction. definitely taking over as one of my favs
4 magical musicians
Thank you for everything you have done with Tool. It has helped me substantially.
I would love to hear your perspective on Rosetta Stoned. You have to do the video that has Blame Hoffman and it is a really LONG yet totally awesome ride. I am sure other Tool faithful would say the same thing.
My fav Tool song. When I started feeling better with my depression after many attempts at self harm (specifically cutting and my one suicide attempt) I actually started to miss my depression. It had become such a part of my being, I didn’t know how to exist without feeling shitty.
I loved your reaction - whacky in all the best ways.
I've listened to this song for almost 2 decades and have used it's wisdom to help me with letting go of many grudges since I first listened to it. Recently I had a conflict with a coworker that has led him be essentially fired because he chooses to hold a grudge against me and not apologize for basically assaulting me (nothing that crazy, he got up in my face and started screaming at me and then shoved me.) I wish I could show him this song to help him, honestly. He's unemployed now so he's only hurting himself by holding on to this.
One of y favorite songs from them!
Ugh, how did you yammer through the best part of the song. 11:50-12:20: the intensity, the crescendo, the finality, the musicianship. That section brings the whole thing full circle with an exclamation point
i feel like the song from tool right in two would be a excellent song for you to analize :) great reaction again