How Tool Write A Song | Artists Series S2E5

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    As Maynard sings in Lateralus: Over-thinking, over-analyzing separates the body from the mind. So if you’re in for a out-of-body experience, strap in, today we’re looking at Tool. Also, this is definitely not safe for work and there will be some disturbing images and subjects we’ll have to talk about. You have been warned.

Комментарии • 1,9 тыс.

  • @harriswangberg
    @harriswangberg 6 лет назад +732

    This is quite possibly the least masturbatory analysis I've seen of Tool's music. Well done!

    • @kurtcameron7562
      @kurtcameron7562 6 лет назад +6

      it was a little masturbatory in the beginning, but i agree lol.

    • @wattrocks
      @wattrocks 6 лет назад +22

      Maynard said they made tool “because the music at the time didn’t have the climaxes in their songs in the right positions so they made songs with the climaxes where they needed to be for their own personal masturbation.” 😂

  • @PureLimbic
    @PureLimbic 6 лет назад +1294

    How does Tool write a song? Slowly....very...VERY...slowly. Like a drunk turtle trying swim across an ocean made of peanut butter.

    • @JaimeWulf
      @JaimeWulf 6 лет назад +43

      Well, to be fair a person cannot just sit down and hammer out something as deeply profound as what they do in short order...
      I imagine it takes a lot of personal soul searching and things of that nature to get there...

    • @lima4282
      @lima4282 6 лет назад +14

      🤣🤣🤘🏽 this comment made my week. And it’s true!

    • @PedroFaria
      @PedroFaria 6 лет назад +6

      I would guess that you didn't even watch the video thru its end and made your point on a comment. Exactly what Tool try to work around. It's true, they write slowly but not like your stupid analogy. Like someone who wants to write something that is meaningful.

    • @jmow429
      @jmow429 5 лет назад +1

      @@PedroFaria he was joking big guy, the fact that Maynard also has APC and the other one puscifer with Trent so not only is it the emotion of the song that causes the wait but also the other projects he's involved with

    • @jessea4438
      @jessea4438 5 лет назад +2

      Then the 5th Album must have the secret to the universe hidden within it or some shit if it's taking them this long to write their album.

  • @karther1058
    @karther1058 6 лет назад +77

    Tool songs, as a whole make me feel like im entering through a door to an entirely different ecosystem.

    • @odd4231
      @odd4231 3 года назад

      the scary door

  • @Abudzin
    @Abudzin 6 лет назад +591

    Songwriting with Babish.

    • @x3wildcard
      @x3wildcard 6 лет назад +11

      A more accurate description I cannot imagine.

    • @nerohendo6593
      @nerohendo6593 5 лет назад +2

      Abuyin ibn Djadir I really appreciate this comment. Thank you.

    • @BEEJAYEEEEEEE
      @BEEJAYEEEEEEE 5 лет назад +1

      Love this comment, I was already thinking exactly that.

    • @thelatenightgamer2624
      @thelatenightgamer2624 5 лет назад

      singing with babish 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @HeVn7LaO
      @HeVn7LaO 5 лет назад

      Abuyin ibn Djadir i can't unthink this now...

  • @DaviMartins99
    @DaviMartins99 6 лет назад +658

    Huge balls for making this video. Tool is a very complex band.

    • @VexylObby
      @VexylObby 6 лет назад +14

      Relatively perhaps.

    • @hamburgerdungon5869
      @hamburgerdungon5869 6 лет назад +12

      Tool is pretty complex, but also relatively easy to parse. Especially since you only have to sort through 4 parts that are each so independent. The music isn't subtle, and it's not hiding anything.
      Other prog bands out there go the extra mile to add all the subtlety to evoke more subliminal feelings and ideas in their music... (Like The Dear Hunter, but maybe I have a little bias). Tool is great though.

    • @clutch1141
      @clutch1141 6 лет назад +3

      Not really. They put thought into their writing and adhere to an overarching theme and a gimmick original to themselves, but that's just the art of album making which is all but dead now, but would have just made them just another dog in the pack in the 70s.

    • @xMaverickFPS
      @xMaverickFPS 6 лет назад +4

      i read "hugs balls"
      i need some sleep.

    • @xMaverickFPS
      @xMaverickFPS 6 лет назад +8

      666Mrnecrobutcher - much more complex and original than your username.
      stay in school, kid.

  • @samjensen409
    @samjensen409 5 лет назад +115

    Maynard on Prison Sex:
    “This song is about identifying and recognizing cyclical abuse within yourself.”
    Sure it could be religion and many other things. It’s most easily understood and fits most closely in the context of sexual abuse though.
    The entire Aenima album is about introspection and individuation. To me it’s the most beautiful album ever written.

    • @ethanwelborn
      @ethanwelborn 4 года назад +18

      Prison Sex is on Undertow. Was that a mistake, or are you just commenting that they continued their introspection commentary on the next album?

    • @Draco_Alpha
      @Draco_Alpha 5 месяцев назад

      bro. everything they've ever released from Ænema on is about introspection and personal growth. i love it.

  • @Ambir91
    @Ambir91 6 лет назад +403

    I looove how you organize your videos: so clear, easy to follow, very right into the point.... Oh man, you are terrific!!!

    • @wizard9403
      @wizard9403 6 лет назад

      I must absolutely agree. First time I've visited your channel and am very pleasantly surprised. Enjoyed your observations and presentation, quite penetrating and yet succinct.

  • @emmywillow6599
    @emmywillow6599 6 лет назад +165

    Parabol/Parabola is one of my favorite tunes. Just the constant guitar drone, and especially Maynard riding on the F# the entire way through.

    • @kreationrunnerful
      @kreationrunnerful 6 лет назад +5

      Yea..that's a song that does something to my soul

    • @timothyreff6750
      @timothyreff6750 5 лет назад +1

      Jack Rota it’s still as relevant as ever, even after 18 years.

    • @buzzed_light_beer
      @buzzed_light_beer 5 лет назад +2

      still one of my favorites to this day. It helps remind me of the perspective of eternity and enjoy the time I have here being alive.

    • @F3Ibane
      @F3Ibane 5 лет назад +1

      Rick Beato highlights the cleverness of Parabol/Parabola here: ruclips.net/video/f53W_KfQpNc/видео.html

  • @avenoir7522
    @avenoir7522 6 лет назад +154

    Roses are red,
    Prog is dynamic,
    I am a Boar Vessel 600-500 B.C,
    etruscan, ceramic

    • @d.h.k.c8113
      @d.h.k.c8113 6 лет назад +13

      ProgForGuitar roses are red, prog is dynamic, earth lost the dragon balls, more are on Namek

    • @karlboud88
      @karlboud88 6 лет назад +2

      Roses are red,
      Prog is dynamic,
      The nurse is dead,
      Because of medic.

    • @MrNeosantana
      @MrNeosantana 5 лет назад

      Holy shit, Roman memes are bleeding into RUclips

  • @DavidSaintloth
    @DavidSaintloth 5 лет назад +60

    Tool maximizes discordance. Discordance is the key to originality ...to patterns within apparent chaos...and that is why their music is not easily consumed with a mere hearing of a 10 second clip...they are so tightly integrated across the variation in sounds that to get the full experience you MUST listen to the whole song...this is also why you can listen to them over and over and over and traverse different explorations on the sonic landscape all these varied ....not so easily predicted sound patterns take you...it's glorious work.

    • @SwoleTown
      @SwoleTown 3 месяца назад

      This is even more true when seeing them live.

  • @JaimeWulf
    @JaimeWulf 6 лет назад +111

    I've never seen Tool explained as well as this before...
    Even I realized that as deep as I like to believe I think I'm not doing them justice when listening to their songs...
    Thank You!

    • @meci6625
      @meci6625 5 лет назад

      Search for "Alvinsch" on RUclips. He's a Colombian music RUclipsr who does awesome video essays on music. He did a 30 minute video on Tool, specifically, Lateralus. I think his videos have English subtitles, so you can check them out!

    • @jwilliama4427
      @jwilliama4427 5 лет назад +1

      @@meci6625 .....The video did not have English subtitles.

  • @St1ff
    @St1ff 6 лет назад +520

    tool helped me accept being an atheist when i was younger...as corny as that sounds. But I met a girl once who is a huge fan and they helped her find religion... its crazy how they just portray vague ideas that you can mold.

    • @adamschlinker972
      @adamschlinker972 6 лет назад +59

      I love the coexistence of both a rejection of religion, but also a desire for the mystical in Tool's lyrics. Good comment.

    • @rubengastelum7212
      @rubengastelum7212 6 лет назад +7

      Definitely a Spiritual Awakening...either way.....
      No?

    • @kambion
      @kambion 6 лет назад +18

      Not really corny, thanks for sharing. It's interesting to me that some people have to come to terms with atheism. When I realized there was probably no god, it felt like a ton of weight lifted off my shoulders.

    • @rubengastelum7212
      @rubengastelum7212 6 лет назад +6

      @@kambion yes The Heaviest Weight. I truly LOVE MYSELF FOR THE FIRST TIME , AND LOVE YOU WHO ARE READING THIS . AND THOSE WHO DONT , TOO. 😀🐶🔭

    • @pawnmusic
      @pawnmusic 6 лет назад +35

      Most religions have very little to do with God and or the mystical. Religion is man’s feeble attempt at organizing, labeling, and putting the divine mystery into jar to be dissected and divided. The spiritual quality of life can and most certainly does exist beyond the grip of religion. But... if religion is the necessary stepping stone one needs in order to evolve.. than by all means. Not here to judge, but rather remind people that “God” is not beholden to any religion.

  • @Ambir91
    @Ambir91 6 лет назад +507

    Finally someone did it!!! :) Thank you so much!!!

    • @diegoparra6918
      @diegoparra6918 6 лет назад +2

      Ambir91 lol tu comentaste en el ultimo video de antonio garcia villagrán

    • @Ambir91
      @Ambir91 6 лет назад +2

      Deko Parra si pues jajaja hola hermano, que tal con la revolución hamparte? ;)

    • @diegoparra6918
      @diegoparra6918 6 лет назад +1

      Ambir91 jajaja compartiendola con medio mundo 💜

    • @Ambir91
      @Ambir91 6 лет назад +1

      Deko Parra lo mismo hermano 💖

    • @johnnydalton3957
      @johnnydalton3957 6 лет назад

      I thought the answer was goin to be they wait ten yrs.

  • @WhatIveLearned
    @WhatIveLearned 5 лет назад +18

    Excellent

  • @dprob1985
    @dprob1985 6 лет назад +57

    Man. U can tell this was made by a true tool fan.

    • @KodyXXVll
      @KodyXXVll 5 лет назад +1

      oh yeah with an APC pic on the thumbnail lol. true fan indeed

    • @SwagHorse
      @SwagHorse 3 года назад

      Man. U? Thats a great football team

    • @zero0fake
      @zero0fake 3 года назад

      @@KodyXXVll lmao

    • @thysgeldenhuys8218
      @thysgeldenhuys8218 2 года назад

      @@SwagHorse Was a great football team. Now! They are sure way to chronic hypertension...

  • @Fleato
    @Fleato 5 лет назад +35

    I've always said tool has a tribal sound. Look at songs like jambi.

  • @crazyaboutnature
    @crazyaboutnature 6 лет назад +86

    Okay, for real. You must do Alice in Chains now!

    • @gregc2621
      @gregc2621 6 лет назад +5

      crazyaboutnature Alice in chains (original with layne) would in fact be extremely superb. You will get one guaranteed view and like right here my friend. Hehe...

    • @rumblefish9
      @rumblefish9 6 лет назад +1

      YES! This!

    • @rumblefish9
      @rumblefish9 6 лет назад +2

      Gregory Chuhta old Alice and new Alice is just Jerry Cantrell changing music styles and evolving his writing style. Cantrell was their main songwriter contributing to 94% of the musical compositions and 50% of the lyrics in the Layne days. They were always heading towards the new doom metal style. It already started with Died and Get Born Again. New Alice is fucking good too. One song I'd really like them to dissect is Acid Bubble. Its a complex composition.

    • @tross6380
      @tross6380 6 лет назад

      💖😣💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖👀

    • @MrTechselect
      @MrTechselect 6 лет назад

      Gregory Chuhta Layne didn't write Alice in Chains' songs. Jerry Cantrell did.

  • @sonicbroom8522
    @sonicbroom8522 6 лет назад +79

    Transcendent is the only word I can think of to describe Tool's music

  • @divisionofthenorth1
    @divisionofthenorth1 6 лет назад +72

    Well I'm gonna listen to some tool now.

    • @danielnilsson9835
      @danielnilsson9835 6 лет назад

      issac Hernandez ’bout time! 😀

    • @asifahmed6986
      @asifahmed6986 6 лет назад +2

      lucky bastard getting to listen to tool for first time

  • @Aaron-ui9tj
    @Aaron-ui9tj 5 лет назад +296

    Those "clean guitar parts" were mostly the bass.

    • @jax8740
      @jax8740 5 лет назад +6

      For real though

    • @saberuk7374
      @saberuk7374 5 лет назад +32

      the fuck do you think a bass is?

    • @flamingoman6812
      @flamingoman6812 5 лет назад +7

      @@saberuk7374 You're not supposed to hear the bass in metal

    • @albonymus1682
      @albonymus1682 5 лет назад +36

      uuuhm what? did you even listen to the songs of tool? if you dont hear the bass your deaf xD
      What about Obscura, Dying fetus, Korn, Deftones, Rage against the Machine, Haken, any doom metal,
      I dont know man we must listen to 2 different music genres...
      When your not supposed to hear it why use it at all xD

    • @jakerjohnson38
      @jakerjohnson38 5 лет назад +11

      albo nymus deep breaths, friend.

  • @rileydermanuelian7307
    @rileydermanuelian7307 6 лет назад +271

    Hey, can we expect a Primus video in the future?

  • @ezramancini1491
    @ezramancini1491 6 лет назад +156

    Not to be snarky but all of the examples of polyrhythms are actually polymeters, and at with the thing about clean parts being around the tonic, the first example is distorted, the second and third examples are bass. Otherwise, great video with great information, just incorrect examples.

    • @hunterbiden7391
      @hunterbiden7391 6 лет назад +6

      I noticed that as well with the examples. I don’t really agree with his interpretations but a good video nonetheless.

    • @Holistic-songwriting
      @Holistic-songwriting  6 лет назад +26

      You're right, there would have been better examples, but during editing, I decided to go with their more popular riffs. Would've felt weird without the Pot in there somewhere, you know? ;)

    • @nerdmiestergeneral42
      @nerdmiestergeneral42 6 лет назад +27

      If you were going with popular songs, I'm surprised you didn't manage to squeeze in Lateralus somewhere. As a math nerd, I think that it is the greatest song of all time

    • @SystemOfATool
      @SystemOfATool 5 лет назад +18

      @@nerdmiestergeneral42 he did put lateralus in there, you just missed it. This whole video is just an example of overthinking and overanalyzing hahaha

    • @anthonyshukerstaff3369
      @anthonyshukerstaff3369 5 лет назад +1

      True. Polymeter not polyrhythm. There are so many examples of this in tool that i think it is hard to pick which examples to use. (Shout out to a favaourite of mine 4:50 of Lateralus) Another note 😉 is that allow Danny Carey does these extremely well this is not by far the first band to do this. So many have before but I think tool is one of the best. Hard to think of a band that did it better.

  • @zions4785
    @zions4785 6 лет назад +48

    Maynard is my biggest inspiration, and has motivated me throughout my life to constantly thrive on becoming a better me every day. My music and life would not be where it is at today if not for Tool. Thank you for this enlightening video! Keep up the great work :)

    • @Mindrex327
      @Mindrex327 6 лет назад +1

      What is a better "you"? What was wrong with the old "you"? How is the new "you" better or worse? Will "you" ever really know? Will it matter in the end? NO.

  • @Merkaba954
    @Merkaba954 5 лет назад +16

    Tool has taken me through 26 years of my existence and I love it

  • @inakipolmartinez3873
    @inakipolmartinez3873 6 лет назад +185

    Do Porcupine Tree/The Smiths/Opeth/Steven Wilson

    • @leonardo9259
      @leonardo9259 6 лет назад +1

      Iñaki Pol Martinez one at the time dude

    • @inakipolmartinez3873
      @inakipolmartinez3873 6 лет назад

      Just giving him some options, I'm not asking him to do all of them

    • @josephhernandez708
      @josephhernandez708 6 лет назад +1

      did not know all those bands collaborated together

    • @inakipolmartinez3873
      @inakipolmartinez3873 6 лет назад

      Joseph Hernandez yes they did!!!

    • @catm9431
      @catm9431 6 лет назад +9

      Porcupine tree!!! Do porcupine tree!

  • @ganginfr4923
    @ganginfr4923 6 лет назад +68

    >"How to write a TOOL song"
    >a perfect circle image
    *sigh*

    • @KodyXXVll
      @KodyXXVll 5 лет назад +2

      yeah i disliked the vidoe just because of that.

    • @TheNSJaws
      @TheNSJaws 5 лет назад +1

      to be fair, first album n a half sounded a lot like Tool

    • @justs_
      @justs_ 4 года назад +1

      @KodyXXVll
      Yeah you’re an idiot.

    • @debasegrog5153
      @debasegrog5153 3 года назад

      You do realize it still is the same person right?

  • @sergiomiron7091
    @sergiomiron7091 6 лет назад +43

    Great video. I'd love to see Nine Inch Nails next!

    • @timmarrier
      @timmarrier 6 лет назад +1

      I think Trent kinda wandered away from his calling, but I do not find him lacking for it. His early work is undeniably epic, straight and true. Alas, things have changed, but also we should not expect artistic expression to be a constant attribute, either. That's how greatness like Reznor's gets ruined I think. It's not so much ideas that run dry, it's inspiration, experiences. In this country it's a year of touring while writing a second album, uh-huh sure you got it, gonna be epic.
      Downward spiral would be cool on this channel though, no doubt...

  • @lallarn6684
    @lallarn6684 6 лет назад +17

    Tool, one of the best bands out there. Period!

  • @13squared57
    @13squared57 6 лет назад +16

    He uses Justins bass line in the Pot as an example of Adams guitar playing.

  • @yellsatcloud175
    @yellsatcloud175 5 лет назад +30

    You hit on my very favorite part of Tool, which a lot of people overlook. (I see, particularly on social media, a lot of people who find tool pretentious, and make memes about how douchebags tell them that "they just dont understand" or "this song has more meter/signature changes and is therefore better", which is in some ways fair.) I find Progressive music to be a double-edged sword in general, and I think that the relative popularity of Tool, as a band that has these progressive elements has more to do with this notion than Tool in itself being pretentious. The same things that these people are complaining about could be said tenfold for your typical Dream Theater fan.
    The part that separates Tool, and in some ways makes them LESS pretentious than your typical Progressive Metal band is the point you made @2:14. They are in many cases using progressive music as a vehicle for representing an idea that includes both music and lyrical theme. To me, Tool is about cohesion and songcraft, rather than instrumental-ism or technique, which drives most ACTUALLY pretentious Progressive Music. In reality, they take a pretty minimalist approach from a skill perspective when compared to almost all of their contemporaries. Dany Carey is almost unarguably the most "showy" member, but even he is generally using his percussion to tie together elements, establish mood, or to foreshadow concepts that are to come later in the arrangements. Prog music is by it's nature kind of pretentious, but Tool seem to be using it as a vehicle for eliminating limitations in pursuit of expressing a usually NECESSARILY complex idea or emotion, rather than using it as an excuse to show off.
    I get that their fans can be overbearing, but it drives me nuts when people miss this point, and essentially extend a gripe that they have with progressive music in general almost entirely onto a band within that genre that deserves it the least.

    • @j.r.severt5899
      @j.r.severt5899 5 лет назад +1

      Stretchy Pockets Well said.

    • @tiojohann
      @tiojohann 4 года назад +1

      Really well said dude! I think exactly the same!

    • @bemersonbakebarmen
      @bemersonbakebarmen 4 года назад +1

      Tool is seld indulgent and pretentious
      King Crimson is self indulgent and pretentious
      RUSH is self indulgent and pretentious
      Yes is self indulgent and pretentious
      Zappa is self indulgent and pretentious
      Jethro Tull is self indulgent and pretentious
      Etc.
      Prog rock is the most hated rock genre in the planet. I remember Sonic Youth were offended when someone implied King Crimson were an influence. Radiohead hates the idea Pink Floyd and Prog has anything to do witth their music. Complex Music is always seen as pretentious and self indulgent.

    • @reidgowan2670
      @reidgowan2670 4 года назад +2

      bemersonbakebarmen I like listening to/playing complex music not because I wanna show off, but just because I think it sounds cool and I like it

    • @rubengastelum7212
      @rubengastelum7212 4 года назад

      By eliminating limitations you open yourself to all possibilities I get it 🔧🔧

  • @nznegativeions
    @nznegativeions 6 лет назад +23

    Do more TooL *PLEASE GOD, PLEASE*

  • @2002jaljacob
    @2002jaljacob 5 лет назад +5

    "Heres a clean guitar"
    Shows clip of Vicarious
    (Bass and Distorted guitar)
    ...what?

  • @ethanwilliams4352
    @ethanwilliams4352 6 лет назад +28

    Could we get some love for Rage Against The Machine?

  • @sirmoanalot3779
    @sirmoanalot3779 5 лет назад +5

    I wonder if anyone ever just “has a quick listen to Tool”

    • @kennytaylor8541
      @kennytaylor8541 5 лет назад

      What is this blasphemy you speak of?? Hahahaha

  • @hamburgerdungon5869
    @hamburgerdungon5869 6 лет назад +12

    It'd be great if you did an episode on Alice in Chains (especially hitting hard on their unique vocal harmonies). I'd also love an episode on The Dear Hunter, even though they aren't super popular.
    Love the show! Keep it up!

  • @dfw_motorrad1329
    @dfw_motorrad1329 6 лет назад +4

    When I listen to Tool or Kyuss or similar bands, I don't usually pay attention to the lyrics. But the rhythm sort of entrances me. I find myself finger-drumming along with the drums or bass.
    Then as I started to learn what Tool was all about and started to listen to the lyrics, I found out how much it actually applies. Now every time I listen through their albums, I find a new lyric to pick apart and dissect, and I get a whole new meaning to each song. I've listened to each album probably 50 times in the past four years and still I find something new every time. This video basically sums up what I've learned through the past four years, and even still taught me more. I hadn't thought about Prison Sex in terms of the "passing down our beliefs to our children."
    This is why Tool is in my very short list of favorite bands. They keep you thinking. They keep you questioning.
    Thanks for this video.

  • @BrunoWiebelt
    @BrunoWiebelt 6 лет назад +40

    that was mind-blowing ...

  • @Inferiis
    @Inferiis 4 года назад +5

    "How Tool Write A Song"
    Well, slowly. Veeery slowly.

  • @davidmunoz6897
    @davidmunoz6897 6 лет назад +26

    Would be great if you could do the same with Porcupine Tree, Pineapple thief, Opeth and Coheed and Cambria

    • @theneonvert5368
      @theneonvert5368 6 лет назад +6

      David Muñoz hell yeah Coheed and Cambria!

    • @zucchinisurprise6347
      @zucchinisurprise6347 6 лет назад +2

      Porcupine Tree for sure! It would be great to touch on Steven Wilson's solo work as well, he's an incredibly prolific artist.

    • @Weloz92
      @Weloz92 6 лет назад

      Idiot The Great I think that it would be better to cover his main influences (70's prog, British pop, 80's pop, 90's rock and metal)... He's an incredible musician, producer and sound engineer, but his songwriting is ultimately a little derivative and not that distinct on his own.. not the best subject for this series (in my opinion, at least).

    • @zucchinisurprise6347
      @zucchinisurprise6347 6 лет назад

      Travis the Great That's a completely fair criticism of his work, but I'm more interested in the way he uses concepts and storylines to tie his albums together thematically and creates such listenable music while still making use of complex musical ideas.

  • @vincentthienpandey9853
    @vincentthienpandey9853 4 года назад +6

    I heard “the lick” around 7:04
    Just me?

    • @diepappnase111
      @diepappnase111 3 года назад +1

      Not exactly. The jump from the flat seven back to the one is missing

    • @vincentthienpandey9853
      @vincentthienpandey9853 3 года назад

      @@diepappnase111 yeah, but still- almost there 💀💀

    • @diepappnase111
      @diepappnase111 3 года назад +1

      @@vincentthienpandey9853
      I know right? I just love that part in Parabol. Guess I know why now

  • @lewisvincent9204
    @lewisvincent9204 6 лет назад +59

    Do animals as leaders next please!!

    • @nznegativeions
      @nznegativeions 6 лет назад +1

      lewis vincent fuck off

    • @UditDey
      @UditDey 6 лет назад +1

      Jesus why?

    • @drefrazier4266
      @drefrazier4266 6 лет назад +1

      Jesus is just mad three musicians play better than God Himself

  • @pagerrager8880865
    @pagerrager8880865 5 лет назад +5

    Who went here after Spotify got TOOL on there?

  • @CorStock666
    @CorStock666 6 лет назад +6

    Danny has answered where he pulls his tribal inspirations, and readily admits to "appropriating" them. Alot of their rhythmic and chordal choices are covered at their music clinic, I recommend going.

  • @john.james.110
    @john.james.110 5 лет назад +4

    Wow, that interpretation of Prison Sex blew my mind.

  • @loganbarclay5075
    @loganbarclay5075 6 лет назад +10

    I always look forward to these, but this has easily been my favorite artists series so far. I love to see how the compositional techniques a band uses actually reflects their image and the meaning of their songs and this particular video carried many astute observations and interpretations into Tool's discography. Very well done (btw Periphery, Pink Floyd and Red Hot Chilli Peppers are just begging to have an episode done on them).

  • @vibesmcgoodson768
    @vibesmcgoodson768 6 лет назад +1

    Please do meshuggah, I'm very curious to see how you analyse their music and I'm dying to hear something that doesn't just talk about their poly-rhythms for half an hour.

  • @yourrealdad9442
    @yourrealdad9442 6 лет назад +134

    When I hear Tool I get a sense of this massive primal force. Like they're recreating the music of the universe that's been present since the beginning of time. Like they're erecting some massive monolith from the center of existence. I guess the one word I would use to describe Tool is "massive". And I definitely don't intend for that to be a pretentious synonym for "big", I mean truly massive. Larger than anything we could fully perceive as a whole without mapping out one part at a time.

    • @1888CHAD8881
      @1888CHAD8881 6 лет назад +2

      Man, I was tripping one time and literally heard different lyrics to the song... I tried to record what the CD was playing on my cassette tape but of course it wasn't the same

    • @yourrealdad9442
      @yourrealdad9442 6 лет назад +5

      I listened to Lateralus on repeat my first time tripping

    • @LJ-ve2hi
      @LJ-ve2hi 6 лет назад +12

      Yes. I've felt like TOOL is music that always existed, "the music of the universe" as you well said it. When I hear them I feel something resonating inside of me, something primitive and something bigger than myself.

    • @reubenrowell6681
      @reubenrowell6681 6 лет назад +4

      Well said brother tool is bigger then music I was 15 years old when I heard undertow I was like wtf is this and where the fuck has this music been hidding I absolutely love this band above all others Maynerd and com. They invented a sound that will never again even be close to be match tool the music gods of the univerise 💥💢💥

    • @gosborg
      @gosborg 6 лет назад +4

      Your real dad I think the word “primal”, which you mentioned, sums them up well. It’s like their music comes from the species from which we later evolved. We recognize it at a fundamental level, but our conscious minds find it sometimes disturbing, confusing, primitive, almost alien. Great band!

  • @stealthsmoke5780
    @stealthsmoke5780 5 лет назад +23

    Outstanding video! Long time Tool fan and you hit it perfectly!

  • @parissoares7679
    @parissoares7679 6 лет назад +147

    Do System of a Down next

  • @loganstrait7503
    @loganstrait7503 6 лет назад +3

    Tool - Cathartic, psychedelic, angst, best of 2000s metal, rush-esque

  • @theamazingjay161
    @theamazingjay161 6 лет назад +36

    Pretty nice breakdown.
    When I was a kid I used to listen to Tool very sporadic. It was just too complex for me.
    But today I love every single song of Tool.
    Sometimes it just needs time.
    Good content. Keep going!

  • @corzakkzakkcor3309
    @corzakkzakkcor3309 5 лет назад +3

    I think of Tool as a folk band but with heavy guitars, especially the singing on Lateralus

  • @timachevsky
    @timachevsky 6 лет назад +15

    One of your best works.

  • @damirplicanic4190
    @damirplicanic4190 6 лет назад +2

    I love the way you help me/us to go deeper, to dive-in into music. I write reviews myself, on my blog (currently on hiatus), and my writing is much different then yours. You use theorie of music, and notes, chords and their progressions, etc. On the other side, I am talking about my emotions (mostly) and situations I was while I was listening Lp/CD/tape/mp3. Also I try to theorise on way the music reflects artist's perception of certain phenomenon or state in the World, and how new artwork coexist with previouse discography and current state of music today. I hope I will get back to my reviews, again.
    Thank you so much.

  • @wolfturan6933
    @wolfturan6933 6 лет назад +7

    Amazing video as always, dude. Never seen such quality of music analysis. System Of A Down next? Rock on!

  • @jacksonbowen
    @jacksonbowen 5 лет назад +4

    Really good insightful video, great job man

  • @ValentinoNuzzoliArt
    @ValentinoNuzzoliArt 6 лет назад +11

    Artist Series on Alice In Chains? The Beatles? Evanescence?

  • @highonnymphetamine6179
    @highonnymphetamine6179 6 лет назад +73

    I never thought about Prison Sex's double meaning. Here's my interpretation of that sequence:
    "I've got my hands bound" - He's unable to break free from the limitations placed upon him by religion.
    "My head down" - He is subservient out of his own sense of inefficacy. Religion gives him a false sense of strength.
    "And my eyes closed" - He refuses to look with his own eyes, instead believing what he's told to believe.
    "My throats wide open" He willingly accepts the lies that are fed to him.
    The image of a praying man was a brilliant observation though. Well done.

    • @xwinglover
      @xwinglover 6 лет назад

      I agree, well articulated

    • @wallchris75
      @wallchris75 5 лет назад

      Also conjures up an image of a blindfolded bound person with their throat cut

    • @KodyXXVll
      @KodyXXVll 5 лет назад +1

      No, actually, that song is literally about maynard being molested and raped in the ass as a kid.

    • @coconutfpv
      @coconutfpv 5 лет назад

      @@KodyXXVll So does he says. He also said that they do their music so they can climax in the right moment, that none other music give them. Sooo... Use your own mind, don't be a tool ;P

    • @Orderoll
      @Orderoll 5 лет назад

      It describes a sacrificial human being.

  • @sanny8716
    @sanny8716 6 лет назад +47

    Yes! You keep doing my favourite bands!
    Could you maybe do Joy Division?

  • @PandaCristos
    @PandaCristos 4 года назад +1

    everyone is a music theory expert/lyric analyst until bald guy explain the visualization of a person praying, I did imagine a totally different image, I'm in shame!!!

  • @aadilbhogal9352
    @aadilbhogal9352 6 лет назад +25

    Please make one on Gorillaz and Soundgarden

  • @jaypaans3471
    @jaypaans3471 5 лет назад +2

    At 11:03, I thought it was "...My head down and my eyes closed
    / Half-closed, wide open". I guess the "My throat's wide open" is also good. But the reference to religion is just genius.

  • @shnoogums187
    @shnoogums187 6 лет назад +26

    Nine Inch Nails and Opeth!

    • @j.r.severt5899
      @j.r.severt5899 5 лет назад +1

      I second Opeth. Fittingly, Opeth is my second favorite after Tool.

    • @nunyabinis
      @nunyabinis 5 лет назад

      NIN I totally agree, although it seems Pink Floyd fits better as the secondary band. Tool is a like harder metal Floyd, with some similarities to Opeth except the singing. imo.

  • @panchromatic242
    @panchromatic242 5 лет назад +6

    I love your other channels too, Today I Found Out, and Biographics! Your musical insights and historical acumen are truly inspiring!

  • @dankaiser4608
    @dankaiser4608 6 лет назад +8

    Excellent! Great video and addition to the series. Now you just need NIN!

  • @Rayk76
    @Rayk76 5 лет назад +4

    Great analysis, tool to me are enriching, escapism, fulfilment, and spiritual satisfaction...

  • @setoarise
    @setoarise 6 лет назад +5

    Another masterpiece, well done Bro! Hope you do some analisys about System of a Down someday. Cheers!

  • @whatbreaksthesilence8508
    @whatbreaksthesilence8508 5 лет назад +1

    Them sticking to the tonic might be due to the fact that they like using Phrygian dominant which sounds awesome with having a drone-like tonic playing over melodies, but take my opinion with a grain of salt I am no Music Theorist

  • @FreeToBe12
    @FreeToBe12 6 лет назад +9

    I’d like to see a Pixies analysis.

  • @trolljageren9638
    @trolljageren9638 6 лет назад +5

    Maynard for me its the best artist of all times. I mean how often one artist can make tree bands epic??? Tool its far out! Perfect Circle its simply the best, and Puscifer becomes my favorite in 2017 when I was in terrible depression state.
    Thank You!

    • @jaredglass7307
      @jaredglass7307 6 лет назад +2

      Conditions of my parole is such a good album. Now I need to listen

    • @kellymccann9540
      @kellymccann9540 5 лет назад

      @Luka K. hmm and that's why he and his band is still selling out arenas and some people would sell their left nut to see them and your still sitting at a keyboard complaining and critiquing some one like your the siskle and ebert of music, sure he may not sound the same but would you after 25 years or so, seriously, some people's children.

    • @kellymccann9540
      @kellymccann9540 5 лет назад

      @Luka K. Well let's see how you sound and act in 25 years. People get older, they sound different, their ambitions change there's bands from the 60's and 70's performing for free at county fairs and casinos just trying to stay some what relevant. I'm not saying tool is the greatest band ever or even my favorite but tool is still gonna make music and sell tickets and people are still gonna listen to them and buy them whether they suck or not and they're still gonna make their millions whether you like it or not. One of my favorite bands growing up was metallica do you think I like their music they've put out the last decade or 2 no would I still go see them even though they're old and gray fuck yea it's just what people do and always will.

  • @saiftherockstar2
    @saiftherockstar2 6 лет назад +39

    Commme on, should have talked about Chancellor's contribution too

    • @CristelleFerreira
      @CristelleFerreira 6 лет назад +6

      Absolutely agree. Cannot talk about Tool's drums without talking about their bass! They're the percussive skeleton of the band's music.

    • @lpswarriorfan1868
      @lpswarriorfan1868 6 лет назад +8

      Such a clear line between pre-Chancellor days and now. The old stuff was great, but what he brought to the band brought greatness to whole new level.

    • @t00lh43
      @t00lh43 6 лет назад +4

      Chancellor is an absolute beast.

    • @BillyxRansom
      @BillyxRansom 6 лет назад

      lps warrior fan 186 to be fair, he didn't do much writing on AENIMA, in fact I'm not sure he wrote more than 3 of the songs on it. So it's hard to compare AENIMA Justin to 10K Justin, since there's a bit less to work with. You've got Lateralus and 10K, that's it.

  • @MA-eb2kz
    @MA-eb2kz 6 лет назад +1

    A Perfect Circle would *at least* make an interesting addendum to this episode....

  • @garrisonpeters539
    @garrisonpeters539 6 лет назад +49

    Queens of The Stone Age! You gotta do them man!

    • @Moises505130
      @Moises505130 6 лет назад

      Garrison Peters those guys are amazing

    • @leonardo9259
      @leonardo9259 6 лет назад

      Yeah

    • @wingracer1614
      @wingracer1614 6 лет назад

      He'd have to leave out any clips of no one knows. They get yanked. Everything else seems to be fair game.

    • @Moises505130
      @Moises505130 6 лет назад

      wingracer 16 Rick Beato already did No One Knows, so it won't matter if its left out

    • @garrisonpeters539
      @garrisonpeters539 6 лет назад +1

      Ehhhh, I think it was more money hungry lawyers than the actual band, but I understand it could get a strike. I just wanna see this info beast dissect that band until I see the guts and all. A boy can dream!

  • @brookhavyn2731
    @brookhavyn2731 5 лет назад +1

    the only problem with using interviews for evidence in this video is its impossible knowing when maynard is serious or fucking around

  • @Deathsoulx25x
    @Deathsoulx25x 6 лет назад +148

    Do the Mars Volta or King Crimson.

    • @rubenaguilar666
      @rubenaguilar666 6 лет назад +6

      Deathsoulx25x yes!! I wanna see TMV

    • @theneonvert5368
      @theneonvert5368 6 лет назад +5

      Deathsoulx25x The Mars Volta is my favorite band and I have wanted holistic songwriting to do a video on them since I first subscibed

    • @centroalphabiotista9871
      @centroalphabiotista9871 6 лет назад +4

      The Mars Volta!!!!!!!

    • @iron_tyson
      @iron_tyson 6 лет назад

      Yessss... TMV please!

    • @tob564
      @tob564 6 лет назад

      Mars Volta would be amazing!

  • @edwardvanhelgen5406
    @edwardvanhelgen5406 6 лет назад +3

    *Coheed and Cambria!* But you can also go with *Puscifer* and *The Reign of Kindo* ;) Anyway: awesome job. Keep it up!

  • @adamwood87
    @adamwood87 6 лет назад +5

    first Nirvana, then Tool. fantastic! how about The Cure or Weezer next?

  • @Smoke11B
    @Smoke11B 5 лет назад +4

    Thank you for making this video.

  • @toprak3479
    @toprak3479 6 лет назад +28

    A Perfect Circle next!

  • @x3wildcard
    @x3wildcard 6 лет назад +2

    Most songs hand you a glass full of a concept; whether it is meaning, emotion, ideology, or story. Tool's music takes you by the hand, leads you out into the forest of human experience... and leaves you there to find your way back by yourself.

  • @whitneyangelie3682
    @whitneyangelie3682 6 лет назад +4

    I would love to see you do a vid on Lynyrd Skynyrd and Leonard Cohen (the 2 Lynards lol)...Skynyrd because I think they were amazing at constructing melodies and riffs and Cohen because he was so...different, and was a true poet.

  • @MS-yl9xv
    @MS-yl9xv 6 лет назад +7

    Alice in Chains pls

  • @A_Salted_Fishe
    @A_Salted_Fishe 6 лет назад +49

    Love Tool! Please do Dillinger Escape Plan at some point! :D

    • @amemename
      @amemename 6 лет назад +1

      Kevin Yes!!!!!!

    • @TheIvasyl
      @TheIvasyl 6 лет назад

      yeeeea, you're gonna love reviewing them

  • @darthvadermv
    @darthvadermv 6 лет назад +3

    First video i watched on this channel, and I LOVE it!! Its so well done, im trully amazed :D
    Any chance you could do System of a Down next? I feel like theyre interesting enough, both musically and lyrically, to be analysed.
    Keep on the good work, greetings from Serbia 😄😄

  • @MacMillerHD
    @MacMillerHD 6 лет назад +5

    Really great video! For me the most interesting Maynard lyrics are Forty six & Two - He´s talking about what has to happen with our shadow (as Carl Jung writes) to get 2 more chromosomes (I don´t know if I´m exactly right, but that´s one of the interpretations)

    • @michaelbeard4883
      @michaelbeard4883 6 лет назад +2

      Lukáš Urban The shadow is your unbridled potentials without your anxiety and self limiters. Basically evolving and transcending ones self

  • @banarasi_sangeetkar
    @banarasi_sangeetkar 6 лет назад +6

    Do Soundgarden please

  • @matthewmcleod7319
    @matthewmcleod7319 6 лет назад +4

    Please do a jeff Buckley video

  • @cortomaltese6048
    @cortomaltese6048 5 лет назад +13

    Tool sounds like a Nikola Tesla invention that connects a homo sapiens worthy enough to the heart of the universe..
    Beautiful explanation btw ..

    • @ДушанПешић-и4ю
      @ДушанПешић-и4ю 5 лет назад

      Tool and Nikola Tesla... As a Tool fan and a Serbian guy, I approve this comment with the highest mark.

  • @patrickl5205
    @patrickl5205 6 лет назад +4

    Do system of a down !!

  • @XoXitsSaruhh
    @XoXitsSaruhh 6 лет назад +1

    Tool was the first band I ever really got into. It definitely shaped my thinking, and I think it's helped me not get sucked in by a lot of bullshit. If their goal was to mold people into kind and thoughtful people, they succeeded with me. What I find sad is a lot of the message gets lost with people, and they end up basically worshiping Maynard. At the end of the day we're all just people.

  • @TripleTSingt
    @TripleTSingt 6 лет назад +5

    Do soAd next, pls. OwO

  • @chronicsmith1115
    @chronicsmith1115 5 лет назад +1

    Maynard builds lyrical tesseracts around the three dimensional music of Tool.

  • @nicolesebesta91
    @nicolesebesta91 6 лет назад +4

    Death grips

  • @summerlakes5045
    @summerlakes5045 6 лет назад +2

    Could you do a video on Tame Impala, Sufjan Stevens, or Pinback?

  • @drewbairdummel
    @drewbairdummel 6 лет назад +12

    I loved this episode so much. Great work.

  • @rufusstanier8893
    @rufusstanier8893 6 лет назад +1

    before I've watched it- D phrygian#3?

  • @paigetail
    @paigetail 6 лет назад +3

    Alice in Chains?

  • @Alex-Dissonance
    @Alex-Dissonance 5 лет назад +1

    prisonsex interpretation = mindblown

  • @Flugmorph
    @Flugmorph 6 лет назад +30

    talking about polyrythms. hehehe
    get on that meshuggah level.

    • @jockojockoson9995
      @jockojockoson9995 6 лет назад +8

      Alot of Meshuggah is in 4/4. It's the way it's phrased and accented that makes it sound polyrythymic

    • @Flugmorph
      @Flugmorph 6 лет назад

      @@jockojockoson9995 i mean yeah.

    • @rubengastelum7212
      @rubengastelum7212 6 лет назад

      Uh Huh hu...

    • @KodyXXVll
      @KodyXXVll 5 лет назад

      meshuggah never uses polyrhythms genius. they do syncopation.

    • @j.r.severt5899
      @j.r.severt5899 5 лет назад

      It’s mostly 4/4 arranged around different parts of the song to make it seem more complex than it really is. Still impressive but the majority of their music isn’t THAT technical. Except ObZen.

  • @Bigjeffrey123
    @Bigjeffrey123 5 лет назад +1

    6:17 and 7:00 Thats Parabol not Parabola