This song is actually about a friend of the band that was arrested on relatively minor weed charges and the judge threw the book at him. The same judge was later caught with drugs and a prostitute. The pot calling the kettle black indeed. Lot of great wordplay in this song.
Cool to know this story, man.. thanks for sharing it. There’s a lot of times I miss info like this, and it’s great to have something that helps put it into a perspective. So many lives ruined over heavy sentences for victimless crimes that are wholly insignificant to society as a whole. Things need to change in this respect.
@@stephengiannone5449 your being pretty narrow minded aren't you? The worlds full of hypocrites, not limited to the United States Politics. Its in genera, but I'm guessing you have a one tracked mind.
Maynard weaves a lot of colloquialisms associated with hypocrisy: The Pot Calling the Kettle Black Standing on a Soapbox Those who lives in glass houses should not throw stones Weeping in shades of cozened indigo basically means crying crocodile tears A Kangaroo court is one in which the verdict was decided before the trial began Who are you to wave your finger? (Because you're not any better) In a general sense the song can refer to the hypocrisy of judgemental people. In a more specific sense it can refer to the hypocrisy of the Judicial/Political systems.
The “eyeballs deep in muddy waters” is being full of shit. Like, you’re so full of shit, it’s up to your eyeballs. I always joke, people with brown eyes are “full of shit” lol.
I always thought this song was calling out the government for acting so high and mighty / virtuous with their war on drugs. And at the same time... the government is responsible for so much insane and monstrous shit. Like... really? You have the moral authority to dictate what's right and wrong?!
@@ab19201920 do you mean like flood the streets with crack to fund their illegal wars and then start the war drugs for a situation they started in the first place. America, land of the free.
@@ab19201920 I think that's definitely a big part of this song's meaning. No doubt! But also multiple other messages going on as well. Maynard is great at that!
Tool is one of those bands, musicians, that make music on a whole other level. The lyrics are deep. The music is deep. The meaning/s are deep. They're dimensional and cerebral and spiritual.
The line “weeping shades of cozened indigo, got lemon juice in you eye” Simply, “crocodile tears” Also, weeping shades-to throw shade means to publicly criticize, cozen-to trick or be deceitful, indigo-blue, sad, and lemon juice would make your eyes water. Some people have deeper interpretations but that’s my take
One of many great things about Tool is 99% of the messages in their lyrics are about personal growth. A lot of the vague metaphors can be applied to many different aspects of life up for interpretation. But ultimately it's about looking within yourself to grow and be better. You are responsible for your own struggles and it's up to you to recognize them, breakthrough, and come out better on the other side. Most of their songs start in dark places, moving towards the light which makes almost every song of theirs both uplifting and empowering.
Welcome to the Family, y’all!! You two are definitely Tool fans. I just gotta warn you, there is no going back. Once you taste the all-around greatness, as you two have now, it’s impossible to leave the boys. They get us and keep us. Awesome. I love you both. Keep going!!!
That’s not true at all... the closest thing to what you’re kinda getting at is in Circle 8, in Bolgia 2, sinners are immersed forever in a river of excrement... but those sinners are those who are guilty of “excessive flattery”. I don’t know where you heard this or if you came up with it yourself, but I don’t think that’s right at all.
muddy water has been a reference to heroin for a long time. so maybe its your up to your eyes in your own addiction, how can you talk shit... type shit. drugs are drugs.
Another theory is that Maynard is calling out Led Zeppelin who have always come down like a tonne of bricks on anyone they thought had 'stolen their ideas'. Where they themselves had directly ripped off Muddy Waters, one of the greatest blues musicians of all time, in "whole Lotta love". This is a VERY brief and probably not 100% correct comment because I'm genuinely high as all fuck right now.
40 plus year rock drummer here and i have to say i just love Tool, such a unique style and sound and these guys take it to a A Whole Nother Level ! Welcome to the world of Tool and Great reaction
BJ grooving to that base line and Asia deep in thought dissecting those lyrics. It's about hypocrisy in general but especially about drug laws. The pot calling the kettle black. Those in glass house should not throw stones.
Sometimes TOOL songs are a real trip to try and puzzle out, that's just how Maynard writes. All metaphors and innuendos. But you definitely caught the spirit of it.
It isn't about weed. It's just an expression for someone doing something that doesn't make sense. "You must have been high!" It was written about hypocrisy especially in the government and Judicial system following a lawsuit with a previous record label.
@@SatanDynastyKiller seems a bit too specific for me to just "interpret" it that way. Or maybe I just made it up? 🤷♂️ Try a web browser that works. You might find some interesting facts.
the guitar player is beyond good... his sound, his off signature riffs are unbelievable!! His mother must have been a saint to let him practice everyday and hearing his mistakes and then he found perfection!
more of a play on words: - an agitator = stirring "the pot" - a hypocrite = "the pot" calling the kettle black - delusional = so high, you must be smoking "the pot"
It's like whenever someone mentions "being high" their brains just shut off from there. A song full of idioms back to back interwoven and one sentence people are "WEED WEED WEED WEED NOTHING ELSE IN THE SONG MATTERS THAT IS SAID WEED WEED WEED".
Little late to the party here, great reaction and I love her enthusiasm on understanding the lyrics! Keeping it short and only giving some context, his mom was in a wheelchair around 10,000 days. Title of the album, and the album basically reflects their relationship. This song is about her church and her faith. They basically used her as a martyr after Judith passes away. But they weren't there for her during her life, they didn't care like they said they did. "Eye hole deep in muddy water, you practically raised the dead" is saying after she passed they used her as a religious idol in a way, they practically raised the dead with 'their faith', when in reality they were eye hole deep in muddy water because they were so full of shit Also, the lyrics "now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo, got lemon juice up in your eye" cozened, meaning trickery, indigo, blue as in mood, lemon juice in the eye, forced. It's all just another way of using words to express your feelings
Without diving into the lyrics , the base and percussion matches any move you make as it moves me , I don’t know if I’m moving or being moved physically . And then the lyrics send another part of me in a new direction . I’m just beginning my tool journey and it feels like it seeping into me , mind body and soul .
The Pot and the kettle are both Black. Hence the origin of the phrase, because at the time, iron was the material people knew how to use in the kitchen. All pots, kettles, pans, etc, were Iron. Love it.
This one is almost like a double entendre. It is about hypocrites “the pot calling kettle black” and you must be high to think that I can’t see through the hypocrisy. Great reaction.
I've heard that the muddy waters reference is zeppelin taking different ideas/creativities from muddy waters stuff and that's where the hypocrisy comes into play which is super interesting to think about
Good reaction. You’re right about Tool... listening to Lateralus from beginning to end over and over... kept me sane through a dark period in my life. ✌🏼
@13:26, Listening to an entire Tool album. Makes me think of kids back in the40s, 50s and 60s who would have record listening parties. You can do that with Tool albums as well, and Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, etc.
The thing with Tool is Maynard's lyrics are usually written from a wider perspective of social commentary and personal philosophy rather than a specific "moment" in life which is more common with hip-hop and rap artists.
There is no other band like Tool, Maynard is on a level all his own, then you throw in the band that are some of the greatest musicians of our time. If you have time to dig into Maynards autobiography you'll have a taste of his intelligence but you will never grasp how good he really is. Been listening to them for years and they still amaze me... check out the last album they did... unbelievable!
They did miss the point but they were in the ballpark.. it looks explained right here. It's great to see the new viewpoints read into the lyrics what they know.
I think this song is about a friend of the band who got convicted of a pot charge and it came out later that the judge who convicted him was an addict of something far stronger than pot.
@@plexus After looking around for the lyrics meaning online I acctually dint find anything about this friend. Guess it is just a rumor. However, the interpretations I found was even better. =)
Tool only recently (August 2019) released their music in digital media before that you had to buy it all by album and it’s due to them being Prog Rock/Metal because albums/ songs typically have themes and meaning to them.
Everyone focuses on different things in music and they've demonstrated that here. She obviously likes to find meaning in the lyrics and my man here likes to pick up on that too but also likes to feel the overall vibe
I think this song talking about the judicial system with a lot of court/lawyers undertones. “Who are you to Judge” a judge waiving his finger” “liar lawyer, what’s the difference” Kangaroo is a reference to a “kangaroo court” which is a saying for half ass trials where judges/lawyers just jump from case to case. Pot calling the kettle black is like lawyers arguing in court when they go home and get “high” too.
My dad introduced me to Pink Floyd when I was 12, I returned the favor 20 years later, told him Tool is Pink Floyd continued. Blew his mind, think he likes Tool more than me ;)
Simply put this song represents what the kettle is feeling in the saying " the pot calling the kettle black" or there abouts in the symbolism of the song and you can go much deeper then that.
It really surprises me how many people never heard the expression "the pot calling the kettle black" and therefore dont understand when he says pissed all over my black kettle and why the song is called the pot. Or the eye balls deep line
Damn, when Asia really gets the vibe of this song. "Who are you to be pissin' all over my black kettle when you need to be lookin' at your damn self." FUCK . YES. nailed it.
Damnnnnn, greatly appreciated the REAL diagnosis of how this BEAUTIFULLY AMAZING BAND: TOOL; makes YOU(and most ALL of the COUNTLESS other fans that appreciate and admire their presentation art, within this sonic medium...). And NOT to exclude the solid SENTINEL, that is: BJ out of the interpreting maze that IS; Maynard James Keenan's lyrics. I always can relate with your initial feeling/understanding of a TOOL song, as i believe, just as in our day to day lives; our interpretation of this HOLY reality changes from minute 2 minute/day 2 day, SO 2 does one's understanding and emotional connection to ANY & ALL TOOL(& any of MJK's other projects;A PERFECT CIRCLE and PUSCIFER) tracks. aS THIS WAS THE FIRST BAND THAT SEEMED TO UTILIZE THIS AMAZING SONIC LANDSCAPE OF EXPRESSION, TO LEGITIMATELY WORK THROUGH AND OUT OF PAIN AND SORROW TO INEVITABLY OBTAIN PEACE AND WISDOM, through the inherent processes derived from our internal dialogue and understanding regarding our 'shadow' and repressed selves!! who sorry for the long winded and Hunter S. Thompson style run-on sentences BUT your comments within the finally of this video inspired me to share as i felt as though ASIA is turning the corner and is beginning to see THE FULL TRACK or PICTURE in regards to this amazing PROBLEM ACKNOWLEDGING, PROBLEM SOLVING and then; WISDOM OBTAINING MUSIC!!! Cant wait for some more TOOL/MJK reactions and perhaps as a friendly suggestion; I believe your ready for 'pushit" off of the mostly LIVE album; SALIVAL...So Thank You and PEACE, LOVE AND GOOD HAPPINESS STUFF TO YOU BOTH!!
Every time you guys review a tool song, I watch ! But even more so, I'm mesmerized by Asia's aura, personality and incredible beauty !! BJ - congrats! You locked in a stunner ! I enjoy both of your open mindedness! Thanks for sharing your perspective.
Vocals are a second to musicianship with Tool. With many bands, vocals are lead, with Tool, vocal it’s just another instrument in the collective. They literally could leave vocals off of a lot of their songs and they would still be good. I know you guys were focusing on the lyrics, but literally lyrics were secondary to the musicianship in this song! Those guys are phenomenal musicians.
I took it as a multilayered song.. the flaw of our judicial system and then also the demonation of cannabis. Maynard is actually not a fan of pot but this is about more then just his personal view of it. It's about passing judgment on others, acting like your house is in perfect order. Love that you guys are vibing and getting into the lyrics... most reaction only give you one or the other. Keep up the Tool journey and remember you're never wrong in your interpretation, it's what it does to you, not what others tell you it's about (so ignore everything I said above! 😊)
@@garrettlink9090 Lol, same, though, I was referencing the way kids are being indoctrinated in schools today. "Rob the grave to snow the cradle" sounds to me like teaching particular interpretations of history to schoolchildren to instill ideological narratives. "Burn the evidence down" is reminiscent of how teachers don't want parents to know what they're teaching their kids. During the pandemic, teachers were complaining about virtual learning over Zoom because parents might overhear what they're doing in class. Very suspicious.
If you want some TOOL lyrics that will BLOW YOUR MIND, listen to Fear Inoculum. Think about Covid when you listen, and the fact that this album came out BEFORE Covid hit. Another great TOOL song with great lyrics is Anemia.
In all of these reactions to this song nobody talks about what the bass guitar is doing. It’s the elephant in the room. It’s thumping, it’s the the number one feature up front in your face and no one talks about it.
Welcome to the enlightenment of Tool. Climb on board. Keep all arms and legs inside the vehicle. You should expect sudden jerks of consciousness and thought provoking lyrics while going into new levels of rhythm and sensory overload. Do Not be afraid. Allow the music to seek the inner regions of your listening like water flowing....encompassing all its touches with the elixir of reason, talent and a wanting of more.
70 yr old pot smoker, first joint 'Summer of love" 69 for me, Last joint 5 minutes ago. And the Lord Said " Even as the Green Herb have I Given you All Things" Genesis 9/3. Just Say Thanks Dude, and "Pass it over to me".
You should react to "Invincible" if you want somthing of the new album "fear inoculum" album. Otherwise "wings for marie" part 1 and 2 are an absolute emotional masterpiece, they are on the album 10,000 days which refers to the time Maynard's mother spent in paralysis before she passed away, the song is an ode to her😇👌
I also get a sense that they're using a double meaning of "you must have been high", both as high, being out of your mind, as well as being up high judging others.
Maynard admits he does drugs(hes the kettle),the theres the Hypocrites that are weeping shades of cozened indigo which are the cops/courts(The Pot). The reference to High refers to high and mighty.
Another great reaction. If you lay down with the lights off and listen to an entire Tool album as you say, trust me, it's a wicked trip👁 Cheers guys! ✌🏼
This is a song about hypocrites, it’s just a play on words with the high part. The sentence in the song that references the pot is pissing over my black cattle or the pot calling the kettle black.
Tool is woke music. And it's been like that since then came out. That why you never really heard about them cause they stay out of the media for a reason. The wakening is real they woke me up in 1992 I was 11 going on 12 been my favorite band since. It bring me Joy to see my brother and sister actually hearing their message in 2021. I love you both stay blessed.
Nothing to do with Maryjane yaw :D welcome to the rabbit hole and welcome to our TooL world :)) You got to listen to TooL from the beginning to the end as it’s an experience. Enjoy listening 🤙🏽🤟🏽
It was great that you guys were able to put together that it was about hypocrisy without knowing the play on words of a "POT calling the kettle black." "When you pissed all over my black kettle you must have been HIGH".
Tool becomes a way of life. When i want to escape from the noise of society. I drive my van out to the desert put on topl amd eat shrooms. Makes the work week better
I feel you two did a fine job in breaking this song down. I would suggest doing a reaction to Danny Carey (the drummer) performing "Pneuma" in concert.
Lol, not many people can beat on some drums like Danny Carey. I used to lay back and listen to Tool with headphones on. You can hear sounds rolling across your mind. Crazy
I’ve watched a lot of the pot reactions and no one has picked up on the connection between “The Pot” and the person pissing on his black kettle (pot calling the kettle black). Nice catch!
He's talking about corruption of the system. How those who are in power judge are also corrupt. This isn't about drugs. "Pot calling the Kettle black" or "Those in glass houses shouldn't cast the first stone."
the more tool you listen to, you'll realize that Maynard writes in layers, double entendres, and such. Its kind of his thing. The surface level is often hinting at the point: here, he's saying "you must have been high - to have criticized me for something you're so much worse with."
to extend the double entendre a bit, "the pot" is a reference to the pot calling the kettle black; however, the pot is also being high enough that you can't see your hypocrisy. Pretty smart stuff! keep it up, love the reviews :)
This song is actually about a friend of the band that was arrested on relatively minor weed charges and the judge threw the book at him. The same judge was later caught with drugs and a prostitute. The pot calling the kettle black indeed. Lot of great wordplay in this song.
Cool to know this story, man.. thanks for sharing it. There’s a lot of times I miss info like this, and it’s great to have something that helps put it into a perspective.
So many lives ruined over heavy sentences for victimless crimes that are wholly insignificant to society as a whole. Things need to change in this respect.
Nice information, and so sad.
True shit.
That part!
Where did you hear this from? I doubt it came from anyone in the band
This song is about hypocrisy, “the pot calling the kettle black.”
So american politics?
And very much a, "who tf are you to judge?"
Also dont piss down my back and tell me its raining
Yea hypocrisy and corruption basically...
@@stephengiannone5449 your being pretty narrow minded aren't you? The worlds full of hypocrites, not limited to the United States Politics. Its in genera, but I'm guessing you have a one tracked mind.
Maynard weaves a lot of colloquialisms associated with hypocrisy:
The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
Standing on a Soapbox
Those who lives in glass houses should not throw stones
Weeping in shades of cozened indigo basically means crying crocodile tears
A Kangaroo court is one in which the verdict was decided before the trial began
Who are you to wave your finger? (Because you're not any better)
In a general sense the song can refer to the hypocrisy of judgemental people.
In a more specific sense it can refer to the hypocrisy of the Judicial/Political systems.
This...100% this
The “eyeballs deep in muddy waters” is being full of shit. Like, you’re so full of shit, it’s up to your eyeballs. I always joke, people with brown eyes are “full of shit” lol.
Nicely done 🙌🏼
Perfect
Nailed it
The weed references are a red herring, with the real meaning referring to "the pot calling the kettle black" -- another way of explaining hypocrisy.
Let's just hope people have the wherewithal to find out what a red herring is.
@@navelpicker LOL!
I always thought this song was calling out the government for acting so high and mighty / virtuous with their war on drugs. And at the same time... the government is responsible for so much insane and monstrous shit. Like... really? You have the moral authority to dictate what's right and wrong?!
@@ab19201920 do you mean like flood the streets with crack to fund their illegal wars and then start the war drugs for a situation they started in the first place. America, land of the free.
@@ab19201920 I think that's definitely a big part of this song's meaning. No doubt! But also multiple other messages going on as well. Maynard is great at that!
Tool is one of those bands, musicians, that make music on a whole other level. The lyrics are deep. The music is deep. The meaning/s are deep. They're dimensional and cerebral and spiritual.
Same with Fair to Midland. So many more ppl need to know them and their musical genius
The line “weeping shades of cozened indigo, got lemon juice in you eye”
Simply, “crocodile tears”
Also, weeping shades-to throw shade means to publicly criticize, cozen-to trick or be deceitful, indigo-blue, sad, and lemon juice would make your eyes water.
Some people have deeper interpretations but that’s my take
All this is true, but he always uses double meanings. Like I think those are also simply strains of marijuana.
One of many great things about Tool is 99% of the messages in their lyrics are about personal growth. A lot of the vague metaphors can be applied to many different aspects of life up for interpretation. But ultimately it's about looking within yourself to grow and be better. You are responsible for your own struggles and it's up to you to recognize them, breakthrough, and come out better on the other side. Most of their songs start in dark places, moving towards the light which makes almost every song of theirs both uplifting and empowering.
That's true art. No idea were it's gonna go, just an exploration of the artistic side of your brain
Welcome to the Family, y’all!!
You two are definitely Tool fans. I just gotta warn you, there is no going back. Once you taste the all-around greatness, as you two have now, it’s impossible to leave the boys. They get us and keep us.
Awesome. I love you both. Keep going!!!
Hey Danny, are you related by chance, to an it named Demi?
I think “it” is Demi’s preferred pronouns btw!
I feel he’s vibing it way more than she is
It's about hypocrsy, High is a double meaning (looking down on someone to feel superior).
Bars
Nice
I'd say it even has a triple meaning - 1. actually high on substances 2. feeling superior 3. mistaken/"out of your mind"
So does Pot in this song - Kettle pot and ganja pot. Great mind music and yet soul music
The whole 10,000 days album is a masterpiece. Wings for Marie (both parts) and right in two
Jambi was my first Tool song
Right in Two is such a goddamn underrated banger. Idk how many times I've played that FULL NINE MINUTE SONG🔥🔥
“Eyehole deep in muddy waters” is a reference to Dante’s Inferno, one of the the rings of hell specifically for hypocrites and liars.
That’s not true at all... the closest thing to what you’re kinda getting at is in Circle 8, in Bolgia 2, sinners are immersed forever in a river of excrement... but those sinners are those who are guilty of “excessive flattery”. I don’t know where you heard this or if you came up with it yourself, but I don’t think that’s right at all.
@@plexus kind of sounds like reverse baptism for simonists
muddy water has been a reference to heroin for a long time. so maybe its your up to your eyes in your own addiction, how can you talk shit... type shit. drugs are drugs.
Another theory is that Maynard is calling out Led Zeppelin who have always come down like a tonne of bricks on anyone they thought had 'stolen their ideas'. Where they themselves had directly ripped off Muddy Waters, one of the greatest blues musicians of all time, in "whole Lotta love". This is a VERY brief and probably not 100% correct comment because I'm genuinely high as all fuck right now.
You can't see clearly in muddy waters, always gonna be murky.......
40 plus year rock drummer here and i have to say i just love Tool, such a unique style and sound and these guys take it to a A Whole Nother Level ! Welcome to the world of Tool and Great reaction
BJ grooving to that base line and Asia deep in thought dissecting those lyrics.
It's about hypocrisy in general but especially about drug laws. The pot calling the kettle black. Those in glass house should not throw stones.
Sometimes TOOL songs are a real trip to try and puzzle out, that's just how Maynard writes. All metaphors and innuendos. But you definitely caught the spirit of it.
I had to read lyrics of songs I liked to fully get it! Lol
It isn't about weed. It's just an expression for someone doing something that doesn't make sense. "You must have been high!" It was written about hypocrisy especially in the government and Judicial system following a lawsuit with a previous record label.
I ask people "Are you fkin high?" When they're about to do stupid shit.
@@EpochUnlocked yes! That's what my wife asks me sometimes. 🤣
Your interpretation, there is no definitive answer as to what it is about…
@@SatanDynastyKiller seems a bit too specific for me to just "interpret" it that way. Or maybe I just made it up? 🤷♂️ Try a web browser that works. You might find some interesting facts.
Tool is a personal experience because everyone has their own interpretation of each song.
the guitar player is beyond good... his sound, his off signature riffs are unbelievable!! His mother must have been a saint to let him practice everyday and hearing his mistakes and then he found perfection!
more of a play on words:
- an agitator = stirring "the pot"
- a hypocrite = "the pot" calling the kettle black
- delusional = so high, you must be smoking "the pot"
The magic of TOOL is that people can draw different meanings their music has doubles and triple entendre songs
It's like whenever someone mentions "being high" their brains just shut off from there. A song full of idioms back to back interwoven and one sentence people are "WEED WEED WEED WEED NOTHING ELSE IN THE SONG MATTERS THAT IS SAID WEED WEED WEED".
Little late to the party here, great reaction and I love her enthusiasm on understanding the lyrics! Keeping it short and only giving some context, his mom was in a wheelchair around 10,000 days. Title of the album, and the album basically reflects their relationship. This song is about her church and her faith. They basically used her as a martyr after Judith passes away. But they weren't there for her during her life, they didn't care like they said they did. "Eye hole deep in muddy water, you practically raised the dead" is saying after she passed they used her as a religious idol in a way, they practically raised the dead with 'their faith', when in reality they were eye hole deep in muddy water because they were so full of shit
Also, the lyrics "now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo, got lemon juice up in your eye" cozened, meaning trickery, indigo, blue as in mood, lemon juice in the eye, forced. It's all just another way of using words to express your feelings
Without diving into the lyrics , the base and percussion matches any move you make as it moves me , I don’t know if I’m moving or being moved physically . And then the lyrics send another part of me in a new direction . I’m just beginning my tool journey and it feels like it seeping into me , mind body and soul .
The Pot and the kettle are both Black. Hence the origin of the phrase, because at the time, iron was the material people knew how to use in the kitchen. All pots, kettles, pans, etc, were Iron. Love it.
This one is almost like a double entendre. It is about hypocrites “the pot calling kettle black” and you must be high to think that I can’t see through the hypocrisy. Great reaction.
"Eyeballs deep in muddy water"
Hippo
Bars!!!
"Up to your eyeballs in your own s."
I've heard that the muddy waters reference is zeppelin taking different ideas/creativities from muddy waters stuff and that's where the hypocrisy comes into play which is super interesting to think about
Hippo critical. !!!👍👍
Good reaction. You’re right about Tool... listening to Lateralus from beginning to end over and over... kept me sane through a dark period in my life. ✌🏼
Aenima got me through rehab after getting a spinal cord injury. I had my own room and cranked that album at every opportunity
My kid plays this on bass and guitar. I was so happy, because I have been a fan of Tool since the beginning
Finally saw them live earlier this year and they played this. Absolutely jammed
Tool is so cool
Always an advenrure!!!!
One of the best Bands.
They Rock!!!!
@13:26, Listening to an entire Tool album. Makes me think of kids back in the40s, 50s and 60s who would have record listening parties. You can do that with Tool albums as well, and Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, etc.
Awesome reaction to this outstanding Tool track!
The thing with Tool is Maynard's lyrics are usually written from a wider perspective of social commentary and personal philosophy rather than a specific "moment" in life which is more common with hip-hop and rap artists.
There is no other band like Tool, Maynard is on a level all his own, then you throw in the band that are some of the greatest musicians of our time. If you have time to dig into Maynards autobiography you'll have a taste of his intelligence but you will never grasp how good he really is. Been listening to them for years and they still amaze me... check out the last album they did... unbelievable!
They did miss the point but they were in the ballpark.. it looks explained right here. It's great to see the new viewpoints read into the lyrics what they know.
TOOL. Love to sit back with headphones and listen for hours...
This is what I loved about the 90s. It was about personal growth and holding up a mirror at society, mocking it, and learning from it.
I think this song is about a friend of the band who got convicted of a pot charge and it came out later that the judge who convicted him was an addict of something far stronger than pot.
Yeah, calling out the judge for being a hypocrite.
That’s not true at all. Citation needed for sure.
@@plexus After looking around for the lyrics meaning online I acctually dint find anything about this friend. Guess it is just a rumor.
However, the interpretations I found was even better. =)
Kangaroo court.
I love watching you two work the songs out. So much awesome. Spiral out. Keep going.
Tool only recently (August 2019) released their music in digital media before that you had to buy it all by album and it’s due to them being Prog Rock/Metal because albums/ songs typically have themes and meaning to them.
Everyone focuses on different things in music and they've demonstrated that here. She obviously likes to find meaning in the lyrics and my man here likes to pick up on that too but also likes to feel the overall vibe
I think this song talking about the judicial system with a lot of court/lawyers undertones. “Who are you to Judge” a judge waiving his finger” “liar lawyer, what’s the difference”
Kangaroo is a reference to a “kangaroo court” which is a saying for half ass trials where judges/lawyers just jump from case to case. Pot calling the kettle black is like lawyers arguing in court when they go home and get “high” too.
Something that makes me love Tool so much is how the music is written is truly an art, and that art is subjective.
Wow this is pink floyd, yes, level of music.
Yes.
My dad introduced me to Pink Floyd when I was 12, I returned the favor 20 years later, told him Tool is Pink Floyd continued. Blew his mind, think he likes Tool more than me ;)
Simply put this song represents what the kettle is feeling in the saying " the pot calling the kettle black" or there abouts in the symbolism of the song and you can go much deeper then that.
It really surprises me how many people never heard the expression "the pot calling the kettle black" and therefore dont understand when he says pissed all over my black kettle and why the song is called the pot. Or the eye balls deep line
Damn, when Asia really gets the vibe of this song. "Who are you to be pissin' all over my black kettle when you need to be lookin' at your damn self." FUCK . YES. nailed it.
Damnnnnn, greatly appreciated the REAL diagnosis of how this BEAUTIFULLY AMAZING BAND: TOOL; makes YOU(and most ALL of the COUNTLESS other fans that appreciate and admire their presentation art, within this sonic medium...). And NOT to exclude the solid SENTINEL, that is: BJ out of the interpreting maze that IS; Maynard James Keenan's lyrics. I always can relate with your initial feeling/understanding of a TOOL song, as i believe, just as in our day to day lives; our interpretation of this HOLY reality changes from minute 2 minute/day 2 day, SO 2 does one's understanding and emotional connection to ANY & ALL TOOL(& any of MJK's other projects;A PERFECT CIRCLE and PUSCIFER) tracks. aS THIS WAS THE FIRST BAND THAT SEEMED TO UTILIZE THIS AMAZING SONIC LANDSCAPE OF EXPRESSION, TO LEGITIMATELY WORK THROUGH AND OUT OF PAIN AND SORROW TO INEVITABLY OBTAIN PEACE AND WISDOM, through the inherent processes derived from our internal dialogue and understanding regarding our 'shadow' and repressed selves!! who sorry for the long winded and Hunter S. Thompson style run-on sentences BUT your comments within the finally of this video inspired me to share as i felt as though ASIA is turning the corner and is beginning to see THE FULL TRACK or PICTURE in regards to this amazing PROBLEM ACKNOWLEDGING, PROBLEM SOLVING and then; WISDOM OBTAINING MUSIC!!! Cant wait for some more TOOL/MJK reactions and perhaps as a friendly suggestion; I believe your ready for 'pushit" off of the mostly LIVE album; SALIVAL...So Thank You and PEACE, LOVE AND GOOD HAPPINESS STUFF TO YOU BOTH!!
Every time you guys review a tool song, I watch ! But even more so, I'm mesmerized by Asia's aura, personality and incredible beauty !! BJ - congrats! You locked in a stunner ! I enjoy both of your open mindedness! Thanks for sharing your perspective.
That cover art, is a being that Alex grey painted, after saying he had met the being while on a dmt trip.
Vocals are a second to musicianship with Tool. With many bands, vocals are lead, with Tool, vocal it’s just another instrument in the collective. They literally could leave vocals off of a lot of their songs and they would still be good. I know you guys were focusing on the lyrics, but literally lyrics were secondary to the musicianship in this song! Those guys are phenomenal musicians.
"Listening to Tool is like going to church". You are officially a member of the Tool Army!!
Yup
Tool army
Irony
"The Pot calling the kettle black ". Old fashioned term. This is what the song is about.
I am glad you guys like one of the best bands ever....... :) Subscribed after watching this and right in 2. Good luck y'all
I took it as a multilayered song.. the flaw of our judicial system and then also the demonation of cannabis. Maynard is actually not a fan of pot but this is about more then just his personal view of it. It's about passing judgment on others, acting like your house is in perfect order. Love that you guys are vibing and getting into the lyrics... most reaction only give you one or the other. Keep up the Tool journey and remember you're never wrong in your interpretation, it's what it does to you, not what others tell you it's about (so ignore everything I said above! 😊)
"Rob the grave to snow the cradle" snow means deceive. Deceive the children.
nice catch. I hadn't considered that before.
Sounds like public school. 😂
@@aV414Ncl4e Correct. I remember being brainwashed in public school to think anyone who did drugs was bad.
@@garrettlink9090 Lol, same, though, I was referencing the way kids are being indoctrinated in schools today.
"Rob the grave to snow the cradle" sounds to me like teaching particular interpretations of history to schoolchildren to instill ideological narratives.
"Burn the evidence down" is reminiscent of how teachers don't want parents to know what they're teaching their kids.
During the pandemic, teachers were complaining about virtual learning over Zoom because parents might overhear what they're doing in class.
Very suspicious.
I saw Tool in concert a few months ago, it was an epic experience. Peace 🤘
If you want some TOOL lyrics that will BLOW YOUR MIND, listen to Fear Inoculum. Think about Covid when you listen, and the fact that this album came out BEFORE Covid hit. Another great TOOL song with great lyrics is Anemia.
such a badass and holistic band. the pot is the song that introduced me to them. nice video, your reactions were engaging!
In all of these reactions to this song nobody talks about what the bass guitar is doing. It’s the elephant in the room. It’s thumping, it’s the the number one feature up front in your face and no one talks about it.
Right In Two and Wings for Marie Pt 1 and 2 are a must from this album. Trust
Welcome to the enlightenment of Tool. Climb on board. Keep all arms and legs inside the vehicle. You should expect sudden jerks of consciousness and thought provoking lyrics while going into new levels of rhythm and sensory overload. Do Not be afraid. Allow the music to seek the inner regions of your listening like water flowing....encompassing all its touches with the elixir of reason, talent and a wanting of more.
Recently came across your reactions. Good job, you both have unique approaches and I think you get Tool really well.
I love this... It's thoughtful. Been a tool fan since 92.. Appreciate the appreciation..
70 yr old pot smoker, first joint 'Summer of love" 69 for me, Last joint 5 minutes ago. And the Lord Said " Even as the Green Herb have I Given you All Things" Genesis 9/3. Just Say Thanks Dude, and "Pass it over to me".
The song is calling out politicians that make laws And then turn around and break them, yet still hold you accountable.
I really like to focus on the groove and interplay of instruments with Tool's music more than figuring out the meaning of lyrics.
Y'all are on a hot streak with these Tool reactions!! Keep going!! My vote is still with Eulogy.
Awesome song - Eulogy
they add different rock flavors to the same messages other music groups, but messages stay the same.
thank you for having an open mind to listen
tool is great at making albums where one some tranistions into the next, turning a album into one continuos musical opera
Justin Chancellor RIPS that bass! Awesome. Danny Carey on drums. Best rhythm section in rock.
You should react to "Invincible" if you want somthing of the new album "fear inoculum" album. Otherwise "wings for marie" part 1 and 2 are an absolute emotional masterpiece, they are on the album 10,000 days which refers to the time Maynard's mother spent in paralysis before she passed away, the song is an ode to her😇👌
"INVINCIBLE" has deep meanings for me. I'll be 50 at the end of this year, and felt every word of that song.
The story I heard was this is a rant about a friend of his experience in the court system over pot charges.
I also get a sense that they're using a double meaning of "you must have been high", both as high, being out of your mind, as well as being up high judging others.
You guys are hitting my happy place! Tool and Slipknot are 2 of my favorites.
“The Pot” calling the kettle black is the meaning behind the song
Maynard admits he does drugs(hes the kettle),the theres the Hypocrites that are weeping shades of cozened indigo which are the cops/courts(The Pot). The reference to High refers to high and mighty.
Another great reaction. If you lay down with the lights off and listen to an entire Tool album as you say, trust me, it's a wicked trip👁 Cheers guys! ✌🏼
In my youth I would blaze up to tool and space out to it. Awesome times no regrets 👌
My favorite beginning of any song that i have heard !!
Thank you for not cutting this song..tools songs are hella long but we are here for all of it!
i love to watch all figure it out they are deep in there songs tool is my favorite band
This is a song about hypocrites, it’s just a play on words with the high part. The sentence in the song that references the pot is pissing over my black cattle or the pot calling the kettle black.
Also he is the singer of a perfect circle and you should check that out too
Tool is woke music. And it's been like that since then came out. That why you never really heard about them cause they stay out of the media for a reason. The wakening is real they woke me up in 1992 I was 11 going on 12 been my favorite band since.
It bring me Joy to see my brother and sister actually hearing their message in 2021. I love you both stay blessed.
There's nothing wrong with not getting Tool lyrics the first time, that indicates only that you are still sane.
Nothing to do with Maryjane yaw :D welcome to the rabbit hole and welcome to our TooL world :))
You got to listen to TooL from the beginning to the end as it’s an experience. Enjoy listening 🤙🏽🤟🏽
It was great that you guys were able to put together that it was about hypocrisy without knowing the play on words of a "POT calling the kettle black." "When you pissed all over my black kettle you must have been HIGH".
You don’t “listen” to Tool, you “Experience” Tool.
The pot…. Calling the kettle black, is the phrase;}> Even though they don’t say the pot, it’s the name of the song:}~
Tool becomes a way of life. When i want to escape from the noise of society. I drive my van out to the desert put on topl amd eat shrooms. Makes the work week better
TOOL ARMY!
RISE UP!
"liar lawyer mirror show me what's the difference" great line!
Tool Army here, this song is about people who judge others and yet doing the same thing behind closed doors.
I feel you two did a fine job in breaking this song down. I would suggest doing a reaction to Danny Carey (the drummer) performing "Pneuma" in concert.
BJ....love your group. I love Protect Ya Neck! We know you are RZA lmao
Lol, not many people can beat on some drums like Danny Carey.
I used to lay back and listen to Tool with headphones on. You can hear sounds rolling across your mind. Crazy
I’ve watched a lot of the pot reactions and no one has picked up on the connection between “The Pot” and the person pissing on his black kettle (pot calling the kettle black). Nice catch!
The one song you should hear is sober. That is the one the brought me into tool. You guys are awesome I love your perspectives on the material given.
He's talking about corruption of the system. How those who are in power judge are also corrupt. This isn't about drugs. "Pot calling the Kettle black" or "Those in glass houses shouldn't cast the first stone."
the more tool you listen to, you'll realize that Maynard writes in layers, double entendres, and such. Its kind of his thing. The surface level is often hinting at the point: here, he's saying "you must have been high - to have criticized me for something you're so much worse with."
to extend the double entendre a bit, "the pot" is a reference to the pot calling the kettle black; however, the pot is also being high enough that you can't see your hypocrisy. Pretty smart stuff! keep it up, love the reviews :)
he's also saying "you won't hear me until you pull your hypocritical head out of your..." rear. don't wanna get pinged by RUclips.
Great job! Something you didn't catch is how the lyrics are linked directly to juridical stuff, such as "Kangaroo Jury", check it out!