Third Eye is absolutely the evolution track. It has the early Tool rage transform into the open minded higher consciousness feel that Tool has had from Lateralus onward. It puts the listener through the experience of a perspective changing trip. ***SPOILER WARNING for Skullz*** This is then compounded with how Lateralus opens with a song about letting go of your grudges. It completes the transformation, with Maynard shedding that anger from the earlier records in that scream.
This song took me a while to truly appreciate. Seeing it live was a game changer. 30,000 people screaming "prying open my third eye" hits different lol. The next album is a masterpiece, can't wait. Great reaction as always!
I was about to say this haha. Haven’t seen tool live myself but have watched enough videos to be able to appreciate third eye as one of the best songs on the album now
You legitimately have some of the best Tool reactions ever. I love watching you spiral out with your interpretations, and explanations, and insights. It reminds me a lot of my own journey with the band, and while I'm not sure that Tool has saved my life, I am certain that it has shaped my life, and the lessons and perspectives formed from listening to their music have enhanced my life, probably immeasurably. That I live in an age where I can watch someone, from across the world, enter the fold and start anew. It's truly amazing as well as fascinating.
For me personally this is Tool's best album. I understand the greatness of Lateralus but this will always be their best. And like most Tool songs you have to listen to them afew times before it really clicks.
Yeah there's a lot of things implied through the music itself and its amazing that Maynard can pick up on all that and write lyrics that compliment the band so well too 💯 They are a DEEEP band.
No one is ever ready for this song the first time. All of their songs are amazing but this is a masterpiece. This is a trip in song form. A life changing experience in someone's life explained in the only possible way.
first time i listened to it i was tripping balls off shrooms and it was the perfect time as soon as i heard bill hicks talk about drugs i was hooked and you’re right i was definitely not ready
The "Toolest" of Tool songs, in my book. One of those that gets better with each listen. Great reaction as always... you have an excellent ability to tease-out deeper meanings and find threads that connect the songs and the album as a whole. All those threads lead to Lateralus.... get ready! Meanwhile check out 46 & 2 by the O'Keefe Music Foundation and Tool's live 1993 performance of Sober, if you haven't already. Both are essential listens.
Hah! The "Toolest" of Tool songs hits the nail on the head. It's impossible to pick a favorite as all their songs are masterpieces, but if absolutely had to choose just one, it would be Thrid Eye. First time I heard it I was on acid. I don't think I need to elaborate on how insane this song sounded to me at that time.
Finally. I have been patiently waiting for you to hear this. It is my favorite Tool song since the first time I heard it when it came out. Pneuma and Lateralus are mostly a tie for a distant second.
Your comment about the "great cliffhanger" is spot on - I've always felt like this song sort of sets the stage for Lateralus, teasing what's to come. Not to say that it doesn't stand in its own right as well.
Great reaction! Yes, this is a masterpiece that takes time to fully absorb. Can't wait for you to get into Lateralus. In the meantime, I would recommend the live version of Third Eye (Salival). Personally, I think the live version is better than the studio version. Spiral out! ruclips.net/video/eH6mKLqe4Yc/видео.html
One of the best analysis of Third eye on youtube. Thanks Skullz. Little hint, instead of seeing this as facing with his childhood, try think of it as facing with the buried unconscious memory from his previous life time - the vessel (body) which he used in that sand of time... Regarding the blue skin - many holy people in Eastern culture are depicted with blue skin, not only Shiva. That is how people perceived them since their energies were electric blue ((-)ions?). Eastern lore says that color of energies of higher beings is generally shining white, but when they want to descend to the lower level of being in order to interact with humans, or to do any specific project on material plane of existence - their energies become electric blue (drop in frequency). Here in this song, we have Maynard's facing with unconscious memory, under the guidance of one such blue being... People who had these interactions in life, have much trouble to explain to others, as words are far far away from what is really experienced. Shout out to Maynard how he managed to depict it. In which way he opened the natural screens of unconscious is relevant, but there is no point to speculate - is it mushroom, or is it maybe martial art (he is Jiu Jitsu brown belt) - there are many techniques to do that, but takes time and effort. Since he was PRYING, I would say later is more probable, but its just my guess... I liked how you ended the reaction - there is no point to have an experience if it does not TRANSFORM you after it, if there is no elevation, no ascendance in being. Otherwise, its just another interesting story to tell, and nothing else. Sat Nam 🙏
I've been listening to Tool since elementary school (my dad was always a massive fan) and I had a few songs I liked but didn't really care for most of their long mostly instrumental songs growing up. I love almost every song now but this song took me literally 10 years of hearing every now and then to truly appreciate and now it's definitely in my top 3 favorite tool songs... Trying psychedelics in my adulthood probably helped me appreciate some of their weirder songs tbh haha
Hell of a way to end the album eh? Please don't take too long of a break. This is way too much fun. Personally, I hope you dive right into Lateralus with the exception of the live version of Pushit from Salival. It's such a unique take on the original and doesn't break the chronology of your venture.
Bro!! Great reaction! This song took me forever to appreciate and come to an understanding of what it means to me. That’s what Tool’s music is for. Not for us to be told what it’s about or how we should feel while listening to it. It’s there for us to question our own belief system. To think for ourselves and question the leaders, teachers, authorities in our lives and come to our own personal realization of the music, the lyrics, the emotion that it creates within us. Think for ourselves, question authorities! Love it bro! Can’t wait for the Lateralus reactions
I had this album for 6 months before I finally listened past the intro to this song. It became my favourite song for the next 20 years. Then FI came out with the album version of descending, and I got a new favourite song. This is still number 2 tho :)
Dude, more than appreciating Tool, i seriously respect you for doing your work on Jung, and I am glad to have been a part of it, i am hoping the Academy of Ideas really becomes a resource for you as it was for me :)
TOOL ARMY 🪖, since 1992. Love all of you reactions and sure you know they are on tour right now. Look into the concepts of the Fibbinochi sequence and the golden circle, and the theory proposed by Carl Jung (46&2) all are embedded in the music and the time signatures. Spiral out, keep going !
14:40 - Al Jourgensen (Ministry) has claimed that he "accidentally" gave Maynard and Paul some LSD spiced whiskey back in 1992 thus "creating" the psychedelic Tool that created AEnima. But that's just Uncle Al talking.
Just five head first into the next album. It will blow your mind. It’s definitely worth the journey that is TOOL. I’m loving this man. Keep going strong!!!!
The before times have ended my friend. Our journey now enters the depths of complexity, with your mind sure to be compromised in full on every track of the next album.
Woohoo, Lateralus album on the horizon! Can't wait! Now, I realize you asked for what Tool to request in between albums, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and request something else. 👇 Please react to Opeth. (Progrock/metal etc) This live performance of Harlequin Forest by Opeth at Royal Albert Hall (PLEASE) Link 👇 ruclips.net/video/0HRett4kOpM/видео.html They're from Sweden, one of a kind (in my opinion )band and masters of transitions, melodies, exceptional musicianship & more. The 'current band' members - Mikael Åkerfeldt/vocals, lyricist, lead guitar, composer and overall master of everything he does. Fredrik Åkesson also lead guitar Martin Mendez - bass Drums - Martin Axenrot-left the band, so a permanent one is TBD. Joakim Svalberg- keyboards/mellotron Thanks for your consideration. Anita
I was lucky enough to get to hear this song live, when I was a younger man. I guess there was a someone special at that specific concert and maynard went ham on that day. I will never, ever forget it. This one song is so special for me. Their whole discography is a banger...and yet that one time, moment...i'll never forget it. I swear it was like 27 minutes long.
Everyone who says Lateralus is the best Tool album was born after 1990. Lateralus is the first album that they heard from Tool and they don't ever go back and research early material. F****** millennials. It is a great album and it was one of the best live shows I've ever seen in my life but still I don't think it is the best that's only my opinion. My first tool concert was in 1993 and I've seen them eight times total. Also I think they are one of the best role models now. They're not strung out on drugs their lyrics actually mean something they live productive lives outside of music and they don't put themselves out there on social media like they are gods or something they're totally against that. Anyway, lifelong Tool fan, I love your Channel, I love to see Tool fans being born keep up the good work my friend.
(-) ions mean that the atom has gained electrons. So I think the title of that track needs to be viewed in that way. Glad you got to experience all of this album. Your thoughts and theories about the story of the album was fun to listen to. I have my own thoughts about specific portions, but I love that Tool's music can be interpreted in so many ways. I have to say this song is one of my favorites from the album. From a purely musical standpoint, it's definitely got the most going on. It's like a song about finally getting back in touch with a long lost loved one. Whether that's a part of yourself, someone else, some great truth, or some otherworldly entity you see when tripping, it's so uplifting to hear someone so joyous about something. "So good to see you! I missed you so much!"
Salival not only fits in the timeline between Aenima and Lateralus, but has some live performances and a couple covers including No Quarter by Led Zeppelin and a song from Justin's previous band Peach.
Phosphorescent desert buttons = peyote, in my opinion. Thank you for these videos! I appreciate all the hard work you put into each one. Take your well deserved break and we will be here when you're ready for more Tool!
Great reaction as usual! I heard this song maybe 100 times and never really understood it until I heard it while tripping. My impression is that the subject (probably Maynard) was looking back in the past and wondering why the hell his old self's dreams and paths had changed...but realizes that once he was able to pry open his third eye and have an out of body experience he was able to know that it was his current self that strayed. Forcing to keep his third eye open is the only way he can be sure to connect with his child self to "get back" to his perception of his true path...haha like I said, I was tripping.
The salival version of Pushit is definitely something you should listen to, I'm sure a bunch of people have already recommended it! It's almost like an entirely new version of Pushit, definitely worth checking out between Aenema and Lateralus
Stoned in the back of a Toyota Sprinter with a killer sound system cruising round town on a Friday night in the late 90's listening to -ions, the left/right panning felt like it was passing through my head.
haha when you said 'bro my wrinkles are gonna be just cause of Tool' I cracked up.... I was literally staring there thinking 'I think I can see his 3rd eye' ( having just been 'pried' open by some kind of fucked up combine harvester left over from Undertow!! ) I've been digesting this song for decades!!!! It just gets better with age. The effort. skill and care with which this was laid down never ceases to amaze me.... I don't think I could manage such a thing in my lifetime - so thank God for bands who can! I love all the throwbacks in Third Eye to Undertow, particularly some of Adam's guitar work..... and you'll come to see there are some throw forwards also ;) Thanks for the time and care you take with your reactions, looking forward to whatever may come next ;)
If you haven't heard it, I'd suggest checking out Passenger by Deftones (Maynard sings on it) next, if you wanna take a break before starting a new album. So good 🤘
Bill Hicks opened for them a few times back in the '90s before he got sick. I LOVE this outrageously mad song! (Mad as in crazy, nuts, bonkers. Not angry or anything like that.) Time signature, obviously loads of three going on there. I'm not sure it's how they worked back then, but now, technology being what it is, the band jams, each instrumentalist bringing their various ideas to the others, and after a whole lot of work, those immaculately beautiful, almost living instrumental parts are handed over to the inimitable MJK so that he can put words and vocal melodies to them. After all that, the band gets together as a unit and carefully build the complete songs like master engineers building awesome aural automatons. You'll become more and more aware of this as you progress through this study with us. They clearly trade ideas when it comes to the lyrics, though. Danny Carey, as I mentioned before and I'm sure loads of other people have, too, is a dinkum magician, which is, of course, made evident by the images he has on his drumkit. All of them are proper psychonauts to some degree or another. That third eye is obviously a reference to the mystical third eye that opens up as the kundalini rises - the pineal gland according to many which calcifies and becomes useless if one allows it to. Scientists involved in the study of such things say it's the part of the brain responsible for the production and excretion of DMT in the brain. With that being said, I'm sure that those "phosphorescent desert buttons" are the buttons of the peyote cactus that when eaten, send the eater on an all-expenses-paid trip into space. Man, never mind the peyote. Just lie back with your eyes closed and let Tool help you with the job of prying open that third eye of yours. Maybe you've been working on it all along. When it's open, one knows it. But it's also all too easy for one to get distracted and neglect it for a time. When that happens, it can seem frustrating getting back on-track and get these glimpses behind the veil of illusion between one and the true reality behind that veil. "Came out to watch you play. Why are you running away?" These are just two of many things that have occurred to me while enjoying this aural feast and it's a feast I've partaken of many times in many different states of mind. I once made myself pretty unpopular at a party by mixing "Third Eye" into somebody's psy-trance set while the mixing console was unattended and as you might imagine, private psy-trance party - many a psyche was being navigated in many a different way. Anyway, that was fun. Thanks so much again for taking us with you. PEACE!
I love the fact that you are going through the albums in order. I also really dig your thoughts on meanings etc and analysis during your first listen. keep riding the spiral man big
You don’t even know, but next week will be The Grudge, one of the greatest Tool songs of all. Love that you’re loving this journey! Lateralus is a masterpiece. Buckle up! Also, lyrical edit. "Web's residue from my withered eye" Also also, really really enjoy your lyrical interpretation. It really has shed a new light on Tool for me about this album that I'd never considered... even after being a 20+ year listener. Keep it up!! LAST EDIT. Phosphorescent desert buttons = Peyote.
What up yo!!?...thanks for the awesome reaction, this is a very profound song, it goes over a lot of people's heads, but you got it right away.... looking forward to your next one.. Spiral Out, Keep Going 🤘
There is also a cover of a song by a group called Peach, which is the band Justin was in before Tool, the song is (You Lied) just amazing guitar work. Can't wait for Lateralus, my favorite album, my favorite song. Can't wait to see how the song Lateralus hits you, it made me cry the first time I heard it back in 2001, to this day I still tear up when I hear it.
it makes perfect sense for you to go straight onto Salival. you get properly mastered live material and a supreme cover version. david bottrill is also present again at the production helm (as he is for Lateralus, which was released just a few months later).
After he sings 'You thought that I had run away, chasing the trail of smoke and reason...' I have always visualised the music to be the third eye answering him back... which when listened to through that lens is fucking powerful. The music feels like the spiritual integration into being. I don't even trip and that's how it speaks to me...
46 and 2 is really amazing... You will get a duet in your head for the rest of your life... As you get to Right in two, there's a rooftop cover witch is really something...
I just wanted to say thank you again. I find your reactions both confirming and enlightening at the same time and they have become a real highlight of my week. I know I'm just some Internet Guy over here but I really, really do appreciate you sharing your journey and thoughtful reactions. That all being said I hope you enjoy your break between albums... you are going to need it.
Yes!!! Now your in for a ride!!! Lateralus!!! The opening track is a true masterpiece, as is the hole album! The Grudge next! Can’t wait… 😀🙌🏻👍🏻 The production level is a big step up from Anima… insane good album and my absolut favorite album of all time! And their musicality also take big leap forward… especially Dannys drumming.
This song is one of the single greatest sonic journeys I've ever been on, the evolution the song takes is just something only a handful of bands have given me. I always saw this song as the gateway to Lateralus. I didn't listen to the albums in order, so I never got to see the progression the way you're seeing it, but I'll be damned if I did not immediately acknowledge how far and away Third Eye takes you, almost as if it's trying to get you away from this album by the end and somewhere else entirely, never to return.
"That bass, that bass!" - yeah, Justin Chancellor is just the BEST! He is insane. It's so cool to watch you go through this catalogue! Their art & craft is just something else...
I’ve always seen this album as a reckoning of your own mortality. How to confront that. Be a good person. Don’t listen to that little voice in your head that tells you that you’re not good enough, because that’s your oppressor. Live unafraid. Finding your compassion is to finding your strength.
Said it before, I’ll say it again. Your reactions and analysis are so enjoyable to watch. Can’t wait to see the next chapter 😊 And will look forward to whenever you get around to “Salival”. Knowing the songs on it through and through will give you so much more hearing them live. 🙏🏻
For in between you should consider doing the 93 live sober performance and or the tools Led Zeppelin no quarter cover off Salival then when your wrapped up with all the albums after fear Inoculum you gotta go back to 92 and do opiate and the new track they released back in March of this year called Opiate2
A trip indeed. It really is interesting, watching Tool, and other GREAT bands, evolve in their creative evolution, sound, & depth. I know it's not Tool per se, but you mentioned some live reaction. Maybe consider A Perfect Circle, live@red rocks. That would be a cool breather before Lateralis. Just a thought. That's a really neat live show.
Your thoughts on how psychedelics might make dramatic advancements in the future is interesting. As someone who has also never had a trip, I feel Tool, and music in general, is perhaps the next closest thing. One of the things I like to do with Tool lyrics is to see them from the perspective of Humanity as a whole. It sometimes really does feel like there is some part of us we've collectively lost or forgotten, and that we're (hopefully) heading towards remembering what it was. After all the dogma , and smoke, and reason, we can realize we aren't hiding or running from anything. Time and experience is necessary in order to begin prying open our third eyes, not just individually, but as a species. I certainly hope we do.
This is, after all is said and done, perhaps my favorite Tool song. If I could choose only one, this might be it. I don't think it's objectively the best in any way I can explain, there's just something about it that grows on you. That being said, in my opinion, it is the perfect intro into Lateralus. I can't wait for your next reaction
I know Lateralus is next but man, when he gets to 10000 days its gonna be so cool seeing your reaction to songs like intension and vicarious Nice reaction its really been fun watching you assemble the pieces as you react to each of this songs and build your narrative and perspective to the whole thing See you on Lateralus
you should do the Salival album. it came out between this and the next album. it was mostly live stuff and covers with some new versions to old faves :)
I'm gonna subscribe cause I'm really interested in your reaction to Fear Inoculum. That album seems designed to break down personal walls and leave your soul exposed.
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Can't wait to see you listen to Lateralus for the first time. It's amazing how much Tool evolved from Undertow to Ænima to Lateralus.
From anger, to revenge/reflection, to higher conscious
Third Eye is absolutely the evolution track. It has the early Tool rage transform into the open minded higher consciousness feel that Tool has had from Lateralus onward. It puts the listener through the experience of a perspective changing trip.
***SPOILER WARNING for Skullz*** This is then compounded with how Lateralus opens with a song about letting go of your grudges. It completes the transformation, with Maynard shedding that anger from the earlier records in that scream.
And also from Paul d’Amour to the much better Justin Chancellor!!!
This song took me a while to truly appreciate. Seeing it live was a game changer. 30,000 people screaming "prying open my third eye" hits different lol. The next album is a masterpiece, can't wait. Great reaction as always!
Took me a couple months in 97 to get it
I was about to say this haha. Haven’t seen tool live myself but have watched enough videos to be able to appreciate third eye as one of the best songs on the album now
Uhh, you make me feel jealous, damnit!
I agree it took me years before I even started listening to it.
My thoughts exactly!
it is wonderfull that you listened to ions first. I appreciated, thanks.
I wanted to get the full experience 🤘
You legitimately have some of the best Tool reactions ever. I love watching you spiral out with your interpretations, and explanations, and insights. It reminds me a lot of my own journey with the band, and while I'm not sure that Tool has saved my life, I am certain that it has shaped my life, and the lessons and perspectives formed from listening to their music have enhanced my life, probably immeasurably. That I live in an age where I can watch someone, from across the world, enter the fold and start anew. It's truly amazing as well as fascinating.
Love this comment 💯🤘❤
It’s nice to find your tribe 🤟
Don‘t forget Tool‘s version of Led Zeppelins „No Quarter“ on the Salival EP. It‘s truly an epic masterpiece.
“This gonna take some time” 25 years later tool is still high rotation on my Spotify
For me personally this is Tool's best album. I understand the greatness of Lateralus but this will always be their best. And like most Tool songs you have to listen to them afew times before it really clicks.
Yeah there's a lot of things implied through the music itself and its amazing that Maynard can pick up on all that and write lyrics that compliment the band so well too 💯 They are a DEEEP band.
No one is ever ready for this song the first time. All of their songs are amazing but this is a masterpiece. This is a trip in song form. A life changing experience in someone's life explained in the only possible way.
first time i listened to it i was tripping balls off shrooms and it was the perfect time as soon as i heard bill hicks talk about drugs i was hooked and you’re right i was definitely not ready
The "Toolest" of Tool songs, in my book. One of those that gets better with each listen. Great reaction as always... you have an excellent ability to tease-out deeper meanings and find threads that connect the songs and the album as a whole. All those threads lead to Lateralus.... get ready! Meanwhile check out 46 & 2 by the O'Keefe Music Foundation and Tool's live 1993 performance of Sober, if you haven't already. Both are essential listens.
Appreciate it my friend! Both on my to do list 🤘
Hah! The "Toolest" of Tool songs hits the nail on the head. It's impossible to pick a favorite as all their songs are masterpieces, but if absolutely had to choose just one, it would be Thrid Eye. First time I heard it I was on acid. I don't think I need to elaborate on how insane this song sounded to me at that time.
The Salival version of this song is wild! I think I like it even better
Totally !!! And the Pushit version too!!!
Finally. I have been patiently waiting for you to hear this. It is my favorite Tool song since the first time I heard it when it came out. Pneuma and Lateralus are mostly a tie for a distant second.
Your comment about the "great cliffhanger" is spot on - I've always felt like this song sort of sets the stage for Lateralus, teasing what's to come. Not to say that it doesn't stand in its own right as well.
Get ready to spiral out.
When I saw tool for the first time in 2017, they opened with Third Eye
Who would have thought that one day - I'd find myself enjoying watching videos of people discovering Tool...?
Living vicariously, are we? 👀 lol
Appreciate you 🤘🌀🔥
Great reaction! Yes, this is a masterpiece that takes time to fully absorb. Can't wait for you to get into Lateralus. In the meantime, I would recommend the live version of Third Eye (Salival). Personally, I think the live version is better than the studio version. Spiral out!
ruclips.net/video/eH6mKLqe4Yc/видео.html
One of the best analysis of Third eye on youtube. Thanks Skullz. Little hint, instead of seeing this as facing with his childhood, try think of it as facing with the buried unconscious memory from his previous life time - the vessel (body) which he used in that sand of time... Regarding the blue skin - many holy people in Eastern culture are depicted with blue skin, not only Shiva. That is how people perceived them since their energies were electric blue ((-)ions?). Eastern lore says that color of energies of higher beings is generally shining white, but when they want to descend to the lower level of being in order to interact with humans, or to do any specific project on material plane of existence - their energies become electric blue (drop in frequency). Here in this song, we have Maynard's facing with unconscious memory, under the guidance of one such blue being... People who had these interactions in life, have much trouble to explain to others, as words are far far away from what is really experienced. Shout out to Maynard how he managed to depict it. In which way he opened the natural screens of unconscious is relevant, but there is no point to speculate - is it mushroom, or is it maybe martial art (he is Jiu Jitsu brown belt) - there are many techniques to do that, but takes time and effort. Since he was PRYING, I would say later is more probable, but its just my guess... I liked how you ended the reaction - there is no point to have an experience if it does not TRANSFORM you after it, if there is no elevation, no ascendance in being. Otherwise, its just another interesting story to tell, and nothing else. Sat Nam 🙏
I've been listening to Tool since elementary school (my dad was always a massive fan) and I had a few songs I liked but didn't really care for most of their long mostly instrumental songs growing up. I love almost every song now but this song took me literally 10 years of hearing every now and then to truly appreciate and now it's definitely in my top 3 favorite tool songs... Trying psychedelics in my adulthood probably helped me appreciate some of their weirder songs tbh haha
Hell of a way to end the album eh? Please don't take too long of a break. This is way too much fun. Personally, I hope you dive right into Lateralus with the exception of the live version of Pushit from Salival. It's such a unique take on the original and doesn't break the chronology of your venture.
The Led Zeppelin cover is awesome as well.
Absolutely!
Salival would be a nice detour...
And great songs change forever...
My push it , is salival push it.
The pushit salival helped saved me from a violent relationship.. it’s magic
Great reaction my friend!! My 30 year TOOL fan ass learned some stuff today...!
Aye!!! That's awesome my friend! Glad you enjoyed 🤘
There’s concert footage of third eye with great audio quality. I definitely recommend that.
Bro!! Great reaction!
This song took me forever to appreciate and come to an understanding of what it means to me. That’s what Tool’s music is for. Not for us to be told what it’s about or how we should feel while listening to it. It’s there for us to question our own belief system. To think for ourselves and question the leaders, teachers, authorities in our lives and come to our own personal realization of the music, the lyrics, the emotion that it creates within us. Think for ourselves, question authorities!
Love it bro! Can’t wait for the Lateralus reactions
For real! It's not a war of drugs, it's a war on personal freedom 🔥🔥🔥
I had this album for 6 months before I finally listened past the intro to this song. It became my favourite song for the next 20 years. Then FI came out with the album version of descending, and I got a new favourite song. This is still number 2 tho :)
Dude, more than appreciating Tool, i seriously respect you for doing your work on Jung, and I am glad to have been a part of it, i am hoping the Academy of Ideas really becomes a resource for you as it was for me :)
I've been listening here and there! Mostly when I go for walks 💯
@@Skullzrapper You should move on to some Nietzsche next ;) Get your existential on! lol
"it's gonna take me some time to digest this one" lol get used to it skulls. 😂
TOOL ARMY 🪖, since 1992. Love all of you reactions and sure you know they are on tour right now. Look into the concepts of the Fibbinochi sequence and the golden circle, and the theory proposed by Carl Jung (46&2) all are embedded in the music and the time signatures. Spiral out, keep going !
Phosphorescent desert buttons is a reference to peyote
Here for it 🔥🔥🔥
Great reaction fam 🙌
Thanks brother 🔥
Was so excited to see your reaction. Hands down one of my favorite TOOL songs. #TOOL
14:40 - Al Jourgensen (Ministry) has claimed that he "accidentally" gave Maynard and Paul some LSD spiced whiskey back in 1992 thus "creating" the psychedelic Tool that created AEnima.
But that's just Uncle Al talking.
Just five head first into the next album. It will blow your mind. It’s definitely worth the journey that is TOOL. I’m loving this man. Keep going strong!!!!
The Grudge next, which is such a killer album opener, if ever there was one
Adam jones and the producer were shaking a piece of sheet metal in the great room for that thunder effect
The before times have ended my friend. Our journey now enters the depths of complexity, with your mind sure to be compromised in full on every track of the next album.
Woohoo, Lateralus album on the horizon! Can't wait!
Now, I realize you asked for what Tool to request in between albums, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and request something else. 👇
Please react to Opeth. (Progrock/metal etc)
This live performance of Harlequin Forest by Opeth at Royal Albert Hall (PLEASE)
Link 👇
ruclips.net/video/0HRett4kOpM/видео.html
They're from Sweden, one of a kind (in my opinion )band and masters of transitions, melodies, exceptional musicianship & more. The 'current band' members -
Mikael Åkerfeldt/vocals, lyricist, lead guitar, composer and overall master of everything he does.
Fredrik Åkesson also lead guitar
Martin Mendez - bass
Drums - Martin Axenrot-left the band, so a permanent one is TBD.
Joakim Svalberg- keyboards/mellotron
Thanks for your consideration.
Anita
Every time you listen to it you will find new things
I just love everything about this reaction!
Love to hear it! I'm working my way through Lateralus right now! Hope to see you in the comments 🤘
I was lucky enough to get to hear this song live, when I was a younger man. I guess there was a someone special at that specific concert and maynard went ham on that day. I will never, ever forget it. This one song is so special for me. Their whole discography is a banger...and yet that one time, moment...i'll never forget it. I swear it was like 27 minutes long.
I think this is a favorite of every Tool fan..
Everyone who says Lateralus is the best Tool album was born after 1990. Lateralus is the first album that they heard from Tool and they don't ever go back and research early material. F****** millennials. It is a great album and it was one of the best live shows I've ever seen in my life but still I don't think it is the best that's only my opinion. My first tool concert was in 1993 and I've seen them eight times total. Also I think they are one of the best role models now. They're not strung out on drugs their lyrics actually mean something they live productive lives outside of music and they don't put themselves out there on social media like they are gods or something they're totally against that. Anyway, lifelong Tool fan, I love your Channel, I love to see Tool fans being born keep up the good work my friend.
I love this song some of Adam's best work
TOOL - The Grudge
Time to LET GO!
30:40 to 31:23 he says this not even knowing that the next song is the grudge...wow...he has no idea n yet he is spot on
(-) ions mean that the atom has gained electrons. So I think the title of that track needs to be viewed in that way.
Glad you got to experience all of this album. Your thoughts and theories about the story of the album was fun to listen to. I have my own thoughts about specific portions, but I love that Tool's music can be interpreted in so many ways.
I have to say this song is one of my favorites from the album. From a purely musical standpoint, it's definitely got the most going on. It's like a song about finally getting back in touch with a long lost loved one. Whether that's a part of yourself, someone else, some great truth, or some otherworldly entity you see when tripping, it's so uplifting to hear someone so joyous about something.
"So good to see you! I missed you so much!"
Suuuuper late to the party but to me the (-) in Ions means he’s looking to attract the positive in the world now.
My love for this song is eternal
Salival! Yes! This album, DO IT
Salival not only fits in the timeline between Aenima and Lateralus, but has some live performances and a couple covers including No Quarter by Led Zeppelin and a song from Justin's previous band Peach.
A must must must do you lied and no quarter are awesome covers you can not miss
Hell I even like the math phone call track.
Salival is an amazing album plain and simple!! LOVE IT !! lol
Phosphorescent desert buttons = peyote, in my opinion. Thank you for these videos! I appreciate all the hard work you put into each one. Take your well deserved break and we will be here when you're ready for more Tool!
Appreciate you saying that my friend ❤🤘🔥
Great reaction as usual! I heard this song maybe 100 times and never really understood it until I heard it while tripping. My impression is that the subject (probably Maynard) was looking back in the past and wondering why the hell his old self's dreams and paths had changed...but realizes that once he was able to pry open his third eye and have an out of body experience he was able to know that it was his current self that strayed. Forcing to keep his third eye open is the only way he can be sure to connect with his child self to "get back" to his perception of his true path...haha like I said, I was tripping.
🤘🤘🤟 Fire reaction bro 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Appreciate it bro! 🔥🔥🔥
Yes, the 46&2 video from the kids is epic.
The salival version of Pushit is definitely something you should listen to, I'm sure a bunch of people have already recommended it! It's almost like an entirely new version of Pushit, definitely worth checking out between Aenema and Lateralus
100% agree!
Absolutely!!
Stoned in the back of a Toyota Sprinter with a killer sound system cruising round town on a Friday night in the late 90's listening to -ions, the left/right panning felt like it was passing through my head.
Great job as always. Songs to check. Bahaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead or Violent Femmes - Never Tell. ✌️
haha when you said 'bro my wrinkles are gonna be just cause of Tool' I cracked up.... I was literally staring there thinking 'I think I can see his 3rd eye' ( having just been 'pried' open by some kind of fucked up combine harvester left over from Undertow!! ) I've been digesting this song for decades!!!! It just gets better with age. The effort. skill and care with which this was laid down never ceases to amaze me.... I don't think I could manage such a thing in my lifetime - so thank God for bands who can! I love all the throwbacks in Third Eye to Undertow, particularly some of Adam's guitar work..... and you'll come to see there are some throw forwards also ;)
Thanks for the time and care you take with your reactions, looking forward to whatever may come next ;)
Appreciate it bro! It's definitely time consuming but I enjoy it! 💯
If you haven't heard it, I'd suggest checking out Passenger by Deftones (Maynard sings on it) next, if you wanna take a break before starting a new album. So good 🤘
Honestly I want to react to a bunch of Tool related stuff before going into Lateralus so recommend away! I'm going to put that on my list 💯
Passenger is one of my top 10 favorite songs
Yes Lateralus is a thing of beauty
Bill Hicks opened for them a few times back in the '90s before he got sick. I LOVE this outrageously mad song! (Mad as in crazy, nuts, bonkers. Not angry or anything like that.) Time signature, obviously loads of three going on there. I'm not sure it's how they worked back then, but now, technology being what it is, the band jams, each instrumentalist bringing their various ideas to the others, and after a whole lot of work, those immaculately beautiful, almost living instrumental parts are handed over to the inimitable MJK so that he can put words and vocal melodies to them. After all that, the band gets together as a unit and carefully build the complete songs like master engineers building awesome aural automatons. You'll become more and more aware of this as you progress through this study with us. They clearly trade ideas when it comes to the lyrics, though. Danny Carey, as I mentioned before and I'm sure loads of other people have, too, is a dinkum magician, which is, of course, made evident by the images he has on his drumkit. All of them are proper psychonauts to some degree or another. That third eye is obviously a reference to the mystical third eye that opens up as the kundalini rises - the pineal gland according to many which calcifies and becomes useless if one allows it to. Scientists involved in the study of such things say it's the part of the brain responsible for the production and excretion of DMT in the brain. With that being said, I'm sure that those "phosphorescent desert buttons" are the buttons of the peyote cactus that when eaten, send the eater on an all-expenses-paid trip into space.
Man, never mind the peyote. Just lie back with your eyes closed and let Tool help you with the job of prying open that third eye of yours. Maybe you've been working on it all along. When it's open, one knows it. But it's also all too easy for one to get distracted and neglect it for a time. When that happens, it can seem frustrating getting back on-track and get these glimpses behind the veil of illusion between one and the true reality behind that veil. "Came out to watch you play. Why are you running away?"
These are just two of many things that have occurred to me while enjoying this aural feast and it's a feast I've partaken of many times in many different states of mind. I once made myself pretty unpopular at a party by mixing "Third Eye" into somebody's psy-trance set while the mixing console was unattended and as you might imagine, private psy-trance party - many a psyche was being navigated in many a different way.
Anyway, that was fun. Thanks so much again for taking us with you. PEACE!
Negative ions attract positive energy, which is something you need for a good trip. And Third Eye is definitely a trip.
I love the fact that you are going through the albums in order. I also really dig your thoughts on meanings etc and analysis during your first listen. keep riding the spiral man big
Appreciate you my dude! 🤘
You don’t even know, but next week will be The Grudge, one of the greatest Tool songs of all. Love that you’re loving this journey! Lateralus is a masterpiece. Buckle up!
Also, lyrical edit. "Web's residue from my withered eye"
Also also, really really enjoy your lyrical interpretation. It really has shed a new light on Tool for me about this album that I'd never considered... even after being a 20+ year listener. Keep it up!!
LAST EDIT. Phosphorescent desert buttons = Peyote.
My first Tool concert was at Red Rocks... they opened with this.
Brother, you are the best in the game. cant wait for more tool albums!
Reacting to Salival would be Epic if you want to hear Tool live and feel yourself enter a different dimension!
What up yo!!?...thanks for the awesome reaction, this is a very profound song, it goes over a lot of people's heads, but you got it right away.... looking forward to your next one.. Spiral Out, Keep Going 🤘
Appreciate it bro! 🤘
@@Skullzrapper we appreciate you big bro😎
There is also a cover of a song by a group called Peach, which is the band Justin was in before Tool, the song is (You Lied) just amazing guitar work. Can't wait for Lateralus, my favorite album, my favorite song. Can't wait to see how the song Lateralus hits you, it made me cry the first time I heard it back in 2001, to this day I still tear up when I hear it.
I just yelled out "Oh fuck, it's Tuesday!" Thanks for making content I look forward to.
it makes perfect sense for you to go straight onto Salival. you get properly mastered live material and a supreme cover version. david bottrill is also present again at the production helm (as he is for Lateralus, which was released just a few months later).
After he sings 'You thought that I had run away, chasing the trail of smoke and reason...' I have always visualised the music to be the third eye answering him back... which when listened to through that lens is fucking powerful. The music feels like the spiritual integration into being. I don't even trip and that's how it speaks to me...
46 and 2 is really amazing...
You will get a duet in your head for the rest of your life...
As you get to Right in two, there's a rooftop cover witch is really something...
I just wanted to say thank you again. I find your reactions both confirming and enlightening at the same time and they have become a real highlight of my week. I know I'm just some Internet Guy over here but I really, really do appreciate you sharing your journey and thoughtful reactions.
That all being said I hope you enjoy your break between albums... you are going to need it.
Really appreciate that! Glad you've been enjoying them! I've been enjoying interacting in the comments! It's been a hell of a trip so far! 🤘🔥
Awe yeah! Can't wait to watch this later!
You could always go back and watch the live version of Sober if you are looking for a good live version.
Yes!!! Now your in for a ride!!! Lateralus!!!
The opening track is a true masterpiece, as is the hole album!
The Grudge next! Can’t wait… 😀🙌🏻👍🏻
The production level is a big step up from Anima… insane good album and my absolut favorite album of all time!
And their musicality also take big leap forward… especially Dannys drumming.
This song is one of the single greatest sonic journeys I've ever been on, the evolution the song takes is just something only a handful of bands have given me. I always saw this song as the gateway to Lateralus. I didn't listen to the albums in order, so I never got to see the progression the way you're seeing it, but I'll be damned if I did not immediately acknowledge how far and away Third Eye takes you, almost as if it's trying to get you away from this album by the end and somewhere else entirely, never to return.
"That bass, that bass!" - yeah, Justin Chancellor is just the BEST! He is insane. It's so cool to watch you go through this catalogue! Their art & craft is just something else...
buckle up! ride fixing to shift to another level. Get ready "The Grudge" starts it off right.
Great reaction as always, but yeah, now would be a great time to check out the Salival versions of Third Eye and PUSHIT. Enjoy
So glad are into Tool. Love your reactions
I’m so pumped to see you react to the Lateralus album. It’s the perfect evolution.
Can’t wait for Lateralus!
Oh please head right into Lateralus album. The Grudge is on deck and will blow your mind.
I’ve always seen this album as a reckoning of your own mortality. How to confront that. Be a good person. Don’t listen to that little voice in your head that tells you that you’re not good enough, because that’s your oppressor. Live unafraid. Finding your compassion is to finding your strength.
Said it before, I’ll say it again. Your reactions and analysis are so enjoyable to watch. Can’t wait to see the next chapter 😊
And will look forward to whenever you get around to “Salival”. Knowing the songs on it through and through will give you so much more hearing them live. 🙏🏻
Appreciate it my dude 🤘
Another great review & reaction!..👌👍
Thanks my friend 🤘
Another banger great ending can’t wait for the rest of the journey.
Tool took Bill Hicks on tour with them as an opening act for a time.
Hey, I have that eye tattooed on the back of my neck, so I never forget the people that I have left behind in my life.
For in between you should consider doing the 93 live sober performance and or the tools Led Zeppelin no quarter cover off Salival then when your wrapped up with all the albums after fear Inoculum you gotta go back to 92 and do opiate and the new track they released back in March of this year called Opiate2
A trip indeed. It really is interesting, watching Tool, and other GREAT bands, evolve in their creative evolution, sound, & depth.
I know it's not Tool per se, but you mentioned some live reaction. Maybe consider A Perfect Circle, live@red rocks. That would be a cool breather before Lateralis. Just a thought. That's a really neat live show.
Your thoughts on how psychedelics might make dramatic advancements in the future is interesting. As someone who has also never had a trip, I feel Tool, and music in general, is perhaps the next closest thing. One of the things I like to do with Tool lyrics is to see them from the perspective of Humanity as a whole. It sometimes really does feel like there is some part of us we've collectively lost or forgotten, and that we're (hopefully) heading towards remembering what it was. After all the dogma , and smoke, and reason, we can realize we aren't hiding or running from anything. Time and experience is necessary in order to begin prying open our third eyes, not just individually, but as a species. I certainly hope we do.
This is, after all is said and done, perhaps my favorite Tool song. If I could choose only one, this might be it. I don't think it's objectively the best in any way I can explain, there's just something about it that grows on you. That being said, in my opinion, it is the perfect intro into Lateralus. I can't wait for your next reaction
SALUD SKULLZ!!
badass, bro, Ænima is my favorite,
Lateralus is amazing,
the tool journey continues!
spiral out,
keep going.
3rd Eye could sit comfortably on Fear Inoculum
The Okeefe kids will blow your mind
I know Lateralus is next but man, when he gets to 10000 days its gonna be so cool seeing your reaction to songs like intension and vicarious
Nice reaction its really been fun watching you assemble the pieces as you react to each of this songs and build your narrative and perspective to the whole thing
See you on Lateralus
Yes, exactly! Thank you for articulating my thoughts so precisely.
You have my favorite Tool song next....The Grudge. Man, you are in for a ride. Don't take too long of a break 😄
you should do the Salival album. it came out between this and the next album. it was mostly live stuff and covers with some new versions to old faves :)
I’m so excited for you to hear Lateralus so amazing 🎶😉👍👁🌀 🌀🌀🌀🔧
I enjoyed your first times with TOOL!!!! Next please 😊🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
I'll get there my friend 🤘
I'm gonna subscribe cause I'm really interested in your reaction to Fear Inoculum. That album seems designed to break down personal walls and leave your soul exposed.
Appreciate the support my dude 🤘
There is an incredible live performance of this on Salival. Not to mention a completely different and live version of Pushit. You must do Salival.
Thanks man….I needed this today.
Good to see you my friend 🤘