Maynard has nothing to do with the music at all. The rest of the band writes the music, and once they are completely finished they give a copy to Maynard who writes and adds lyrics to their music. Maynard has said that he doesn't even play an instrument!!
@@stinkfist7588 If so, completely unintentional - it's a system that has produced some of the greatest music ever, so it's far from terrible! I was just correcting where you said that Maynard writes his own music...
Maynard writes all the lyrics, after the rest of the band lays down the music tracks One of the better lines Maynard’s ever written: ‘Something kinda sad about The way that things have come to be Desensitized to everything What became of subtlety?” It’s the basis for the entire song
In the 90's maynard would be right there with em helping make musical decisions. It wasnt until the lateralus record he came out and said that its horrible writing with the band. So he decided to let the 3 of them battle it out in the writing process and he would come in after the majority or the song structures were finished. He makes a few slight changes to make his vocals work.
Stinkfist in my opinion is about indulging in anything to the point of oversatuation which causes you to need more and more to feel. Yes Maynard has always wrote all the lyrics. You need to listen to something off the new album, you'll see how much this band has grown. I'd suggest Pneuma. You won't be disappointed and I believe that song will convince you that they are one of the best bands ever. They never included a lyric sheet with any of their music, so people can listen to the music first, and then decipher the lyrics and come to their own conclusion. Keep up the Tool reactions, you soon won't be able to stop listening to them.✌🤘
Now that is a very interesting interpretation of the song I didn't look at it from that angle but you make a very good point. We are infatuated with their music and slowly becoming huge fans make sure to hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more content
@@Hollywood6IX I agree with Jeff here. The way how the chorus slowly moves from needing only a finger to needing the whole arm shoulder deep at the end is just a double entendre to how you can basically be oversaturated with anything. Drugs, food, porn, media, internet. You get used to it, bored with it, and need something more and more to satisfy.
Tool lyrics are like taking a degree in pyschology - you can try to interprate or understand but your probably better off just enjoying the experience on your first listen and focus more on the meaning afterwards. These are my interpratations but everyone probably has their own: Opiate is the unfocused rage of youth. Undertow is dispair and disillusionment. Aenima is the fire and the fury - the wish to destroy and the wish to create/evolve, also to revisit past experience through drugs. Lateralus is delving deeper into the mind and trying to understand. 10000 is pain and reflection and experimentation. Fear Innoculum is the feeling of getting older and knowing your place in the universe. The world has evolved in new ways but you know who you are and what you have to do.
"Tool is exactly what it sounds like: It's a big dick. It's a wrench. It's also what it sounds like: It's a verb, it's a digging factor. It's an active process of searching, as in use us, we are a shovel, we are the match, we're the blotter of acid, your tool; use us as a catalyst in your process of finding out whatever it is you need to find out, or whatever it is you're trying to achieve." - Maynard James Keenan Y'all nailed it!
It's so f'n funny to me when I see 1st time reactions to a Tool song I've been listening to for 23 years. You look at people's faces and they're like 😳😳 Its so awesome. I'm happy you guys love them. Wait till you hear Opiate, Undertow, Aenima, Salival, Lateralus, 10,000 days and Fear Inoculum in their entirety. Lord have mercy gentlemen. That's what greatness sounds like. I would love to see your reactions to Meshuggah.
Maynard is 100% responsible for the lyrics and overall vibe the finished track has. The guys build a beast of a song and Maynard finishes it. Also very rarely are tool song names literal. Maynard's mentioned many times including in his book that he'd rather let the fans think and navigate it themselves. That amazing dude has a history and mind for sure.
I started listening to Tool back in 93 when I was a freshman in high school with their Undertow album. This album came out when I was a senior in 96 and man, it opened my eyes.
Tool is my 3rd favorite live band...I graduated in 90 and they were the best hard rock band at that time.... Pearl Jam NIN TOOL Only because Tool has toured or been a band in years were NIN and PJ have....NIN is best live act in my opinion (lights,pit, energy,set lenght) PJ longevity, range, live acts 3.5 hours 33 songs never the same is like Touring with the Dead... Still listening 2021. Happy Normal Year WWG1WGA
TOOL Army here, thanks for the shout out, I don't enjoy criticizing anyone, I have been a Tool fan since the 90's and I find them amazing, and I just want everyone to have good, and meaningful experience when listening to this band because they are one of a kind. I left for awhile but Stinkfist brought me back such a headbanger. By the way Stinkfist is a metaphor meaning that humans have become desensitized to what is normal and seek out the extreme. Please check out LATERALUS, this is a very uplifting song and just plain EPIC.
yeah, i’ll be the first to admit there are a lot of tool fans out there that are... well, tools. they have that “i’m better than you and you’re not listening to this right” attitude that irritates me. but most of their fans just want to share the awesomeness with everyone they can. i gave my 18yo nephew their entire discography a few months ago and told him to listen to Lateralus first. he sent me a text that night that just said “holy crap! 🤯” they’re now his favorite band. i’m so damn proud 😊
Your reactions to TOOL are second to none!!! Thank you for reminding me why I am in the TOOL ARMY. Please react to ANY song off their new, 13 YEARS AND WAITING ALBUM, Fear Inoculum, Much respect to you cats😎
2 of the most straightforward but truly emotional and beautiful songs they have are wings for Marie parts 1 and 2. Its Maynards ode to his mom who passed away after almost 30 years of being paralyzed.
@@maxotto9877 they are the same song, but they add different elements to the live version. Basically I'm saying I prefer the live version that's what Salival is. Alot of people prefer the Push It Salival version over the Aenima album version both are great though. Me preferring Third Eye live is no different than that.
There's a reason why everything these cats do goes multi-platinum many, many times over. Truly gifted artists. And we are all blessed to be alive while they reign. BTW... dope reaction vids brothers! CHEERS!
Oh fuck yeah. They should react to no quarter by led Zeppelin first to hear the original then hear tools take on it. IMO the best cover ever done of any song in history
Stinkfist is about how desensitised society has become and how it takes more & more to feel any emotion... check out vicarious as another song it’s about how we live vicariously threw the violence we see in the news
Just came across you guys..Love how YOU LOVE and appreciate Tool. They are the greatest band ever. They definitely take you on a soulful journey through their music. Stinkfist is one of my all time favorites. Hard to choose a favorite. LOL Love them all! If you haven't done Parabol/ Parabola OMG! You'll love it! Keep rocking out 😁🤘
Stink fist is metamorphic; just as in the song talks about going from finger, to knuckle, to elbow, and eventually shoulder deep inside the borderline, he’s singing about getting desensitized to things and needing more and more. You guys rock! Tool is a double meaning....they are a tool to be used to find higher being, and they are tools....they have a sense of humor.
In interviews Maynard states that this song could mean to the listener about not becoming complacent and take discomfort as a way to progress . Of course,you can take it literally,but with most Tool songs are usually double or triple entendre.If you think about it,the symbolism of taking your hand and sticking it deep inside represents reaching spiritually into yourself at the point where you are uncomfortable .Maynard writes the lyrics . Yes ,he is a lyrical genius and one of the smartest people in entertainment .They have stated their name is everything you mentioned.
Came for the Tool Tuesday’s..stayed for y’alls dynamic. Every single song has a deeper meaning. Been a proud Tooligan for 15+ years. Welcome to the family guys 😉
This one is about Boderline personality disorder. ..hence the line "finger deep within the borderline" knuckles deep inside the boderline" I'll keep digging till I feel something"
@@luisamoa2500 way I see it it's a double meaning. the song is about hypocrisy in general. pissing all over the black kettle, kangaroo (court) done hung the juror, etc. like people can say it's about weed and they're not wrong, neither is @Tristan, it's about both of those and a lot more. many mentions of hanging the innocent with the guilty
@@luisamoa2500 No. That sums up the message of the song just fine. Obviously there's an extra layer with the pot-smoking references and all that, but the above is a fine way to sum up it. Tool's great and all but to deify them in such a manner that every song title must be some three dimensional metaphor is a bit culty.
Its presumptuous to claim to know "THE" meaning to any Tool song, as Maynard himself has refused to expand upon the meaning of his lyrics, leaving interpretation open for the listener. That being said, as for "the Pot", my interpretation was a damning statement about the botched governmental reaction to Hurricane Katrina (eyeballs deep in muddy water) and a tongue in cheek explanation of Bush's reelection and why people voted for him ("You must've been high....You must've been SO HIGH!")
Hey absolutely love these tool reactions! You definitely have a new sub now. You guys mentioned trying to branch out to and listen to other bands, so Gojira is my recommendation! I cannot emphasize how blown away you guys will be! Gojira is a progressive metal band from France whose lyrics actually have a real meaning! They're environmentalists! So I recommend Stranded, Silvera, Heaviest Matter of the Universe, Flying Whales, or Gift of Guilt as a first listen. Promise you won't be disappointed! 😁
Larry (Smokey) you dirty dawg! I saw that look on your face after 7:43 when you heard the lyric "...this may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to..." I know what you were thinking, lol. I'm new to your channel but glad you're loving Tool and I'm loving your reactions. :P
When praising Tool, never forget to mention the musicians 🤎 In Tool the music comes first, Maynard "just" writes the words over it! These guys are geniuses each one in their own pocket
May be late to the game here but the band writes the music, the Maynard comes up with the lyrics. Truly greatness that we get to experience. Welcome to the Tool Family.
Awesome reactions, honest opinions is something we all appreciate, sprial on the journey with Tool, the more you listen, the more you are sucked in the rabbit hole, but there's no trap in the end, rather the brightest light there could ever be.
I work for a Metal hardness company and we crank that shit on the floor close to closing time everyday. My boss comes out saying" Hell yes baby" everybody loves that song now. 😂😂😂😂😎😎😎
Great reactions. You guys really do a great job researching the band, members, and doing a deep musical theory analysis, which is awesome to see. You really need to reach to Ghost Love Score by Nightwish to get broken in to reactions. Listen to the live version at Wacken
I really appreciate you guys getting out of your comfort zone and reacting to bands like Tool. Yeah, they are one of the best of a generation. Keep broadening your horizons gentlemen, love what you are doing.
Great reaction Guys! Please do "Vicarious"! It's about society's addiction to the media. Great song you'll love it man. Tool is the Greatest & most skilled band of all time, no cap!
@@Hollywood6IX The original artwork you're looking at was the cover of the album. It was a 3D Image and when you moved it, it looked like the eyes were flowing into the portal...
I know i feel terrible...i dont know why i keep wanting to say gary white i promise thr next tool reaction we do i will get the name right. Make sure you subscribe to the channel so you can make sure i get it right on the next one
The look on smokeys face when he hears those lyrics for the first time 😊 ITS NOT ENOUGH, I NEEED MORE NOTHING SEEMS TO SATISFY I SAID I DONT WANT IT I JUST NEED IT THE BREATH TO FEEL TO KNOW IM ALIVE
Maynard writes his own lyrics, this is why it's so original and has meaning. Not just a vocalist but an artist/lyricist. Adam/Danny/Justin write the music and he writes his lyrics to the music afterwards (at least on the latest album and I believe on the others as well).
Good reaction video guys, couple thoughts, The Pot... ever heard the saying “the pot calling the kettle black?” Song May have an underlying message about hypocrisy (the meaning is up to the listener imo). Stinkfist... using a graphic idea to comment on the excesses of self in our culture... just my take. Great job fellas
Great reaction guys. Us Tool fans waited a painful 13 damn years for Tool to put out the last album in 2019. Personally I was so worried they would not stand up to the older stuff. I was wrong! Please check out anything off the Fear inaculum their latest. Most would suggest to go in order starting with the first song. I'd say pick anything but 7empest just won a grammy (the last song on the album). You will not be disappointed and you will be amazed at how they grew over a 13 year hiatus. As a drummer that can cover some tool like Stinkfist, the new stuff is mind blowing! I grew up with this band from the very beginning and I just love watching newbs. Please keep it up! #Toolarmy
funny watching you guys from March, just discovering Tool, and to now seeing you all understanding how important this band is to humanity. Modern day Pink Floyd. it touches your soul in a way that virtually no other band can do with the exception of classical music. Bravo to you guys for taking the deep dive. I would really be interested to see some of you all's music on your Trash Talkers channel. I really dont like rap all that much, but there are gems in the genre that interest me, i feel that with your understanding of musical tallent a la Tool, well, id really just like to hear what you guys can do! if the intro is any hint....well i really like what i hear. You both seem to have pure souls that resonate with others, so keep up the great work, and keep the Tool coming.
nah man. maynard writes all of the lyrics solely on his own. he may take influence from his experiences, but the lyrical content is all him. same goes for the rest of the band and their respective instruments. these guys don't have very many albums, but each one is a masterpiece
Rage Against The Machine... Know Your Enemy ft. Maynard James Keenan.. RAGE has bars and groove. You know something's good when Maynard be involved. SEND IT!!!!!
Maynard has said many times, he wants to wait until most of the music has been written before he writes lyrics. He wants to hear what they've come up with musically, then write lyrics to how that music makes him feel.
The thing tool does better than any other rock band is being able to sway your emotion even with no lyrics just sounds and when put that with maynards emotions its just incredible. And as I'm typing this you shouted me out! Lol
I saw them in Baltimore on the “10,000 Days” tour & I remember it was on a Fri night & it was the weekend Paris Hilton had to spend in jail & Maynard dedicated this song to her 👍I know….I know cuz I was thinking the same thing “What a sweet,caring,considerate fella this guy is to care that much about someone who is down on their luck” 🤨🖤🥶
The album artwork represents the mind dissolving away from its square-like structure into cloud like eyes (consciousness), symbolizing thinking outside the box, more openly and not so “set in its ways”. This being their second full album fits in place as their first album (Undertow) symbolized BODY, this one symbolizes MIND, then Lateralus symbolizes (individual) SPIRIT, then collective spirit , then multiverses spirit. They’re a trip and a half!!
One metaphor I heard of for this song is about opening up to one another. Family. Friends. Significant other. Another one is society as a whole becoming desensitized to many things in life. Keep the reactions coming. Love’em. Especially from guys such as yourselves coming from a different genre.
You need to check out Ænima (which is the album name), but also a song on the album. Then Third Eye, which is also on this album. To answer your question on lyrics, yes he does. Only after the music is already written. So, Tool writes all the music (Adam/Daney/Justin), then, and only then, does Maynard throw lyrics to it (once all the songs are completed, musically). Yes, Maynard is not 'officially' part of the band. He just sings for them. Enjoy the ride!
Hey guys, I just recently started watching your reactions to Tool and love them. There is one thing you guys mention occasionally but not give too much attention to and that's Justin Chancellor and his bass lines. I just recently started practicing bass and Tool songs are ones I want to learn most, and damn they are tough especially since I'm a beginner but the rhythms that make them the genius they are is the toughest to follow. If you look at bass tabs for Justin's lines, he is doing a lot. This is my first time I ever posted a comment on anything so excuse if I sound like whatever. But I appreciate you guys and dig your love for Tool. I just thought Justin Chancellor could get a little more love. Thanks guys
So the metaphor of this song relates to Tool and their fans. We are never satisfied. We always want more from them. And even if Maynard's hand was covered in shite, we'd still shake it.
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The artist name is Alex grey, yes Maynard writes how own music, yes tool is the best band ever.
There is more than one artist I believe
Maynard has nothing to do with the music at all. The rest of the band writes the music, and once they are completely finished they give a copy to Maynard who writes and adds lyrics to their music. Maynard has said that he doesn't even play an instrument!!
@@cadmus777 you make this sound like such a terrible thing?
@@stinkfist7588 If so, completely unintentional - it's a system that has produced some of the greatest music ever, so it's far from terrible! I was just correcting where you said that Maynard writes his own music...
@@cadmus777 technically I meant his own lyrics.
Maynard writes all the lyrics, after the rest of the band lays down the music tracks
One of the better lines Maynard’s ever written:
‘Something kinda sad about
The way that things have come to be
Desensitized to everything
What became of subtlety?”
It’s the basis for the entire song
Actually Maynard said in an interview he writes the lyrics after they’ve made the instrumental.
I’ll keep digging
Till I feel something
In the 90's maynard would be right there with em helping make musical decisions. It wasnt until the lateralus record he came out and said that its horrible writing with the band. So he decided to let the 3 of them battle it out in the writing process and he would come in after the majority or the song structures were finished. He makes a few slight changes to make his vocals work.
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Jordan Carver it’s a group effort actually
Stinkfist in my opinion is about indulging in anything to the point of oversatuation which causes you to need more and more to feel. Yes Maynard has always wrote all the lyrics. You need to listen to something off the new album, you'll see how much this band has grown. I'd suggest Pneuma. You won't be disappointed and I believe that song will convince you that they are one of the best bands ever. They never included a lyric sheet with any of their music, so people can listen to the music first, and then decipher the lyrics and come to their own conclusion. Keep up the Tool reactions, you soon won't be able to stop listening to them.✌🤘
Now that is a very interesting interpretation of the song I didn't look at it from that angle but you make a very good point. We are infatuated with their music and slowly becoming huge fans make sure to hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more content
@@Hollywood6IX I agree with Jeff here. The way how the chorus slowly moves from needing only a finger to needing the whole arm shoulder deep at the end is just a double entendre to how you can basically be oversaturated with anything. Drugs, food, porn, media, internet. You get used to it, bored with it, and need something more and more to satisfy.
They included lyrics in the Fear Inoculum cover
Tool lyrics are like taking a degree in pyschology - you can try to interprate or understand but your probably better off just enjoying the experience on your first listen and focus more on the meaning afterwards. These are my interpratations but everyone probably has their own:
Opiate is the unfocused rage of youth. Undertow is dispair and disillusionment. Aenima is the fire and the fury - the wish to destroy and the wish to create/evolve, also to revisit past experience through drugs. Lateralus is delving deeper into the mind and trying to understand. 10000 is pain and reflection and experimentation. Fear Innoculum is the feeling of getting older and knowing your place in the universe. The world has evolved in new ways but you know who you are and what you have to do.
@@Hollywood6IX Jeff is spot on with his breakdown
You guys are gonna freak out when you listen to vicarious and parabola.
Vicarious is such a powerful song
If they do parabola they have to do parabol in the same video otherwise I feel like it’s not the same experience
Vicarious is an amazing song!!!
You guys would probably like Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned, but it is a pretty intense song.
Kinch yeah, if you listen to Rosetta Stoned you will absolutely need the lyrics handy to follow it.
Prison sex, they need to listen to it.
Absolutely need the lyrics. Absolutely. It’s an amazing story, too!!!
Tool is penis. Yes, MJK admitted it.
Reflection from Lateralus :)
"Tool is exactly what it sounds like: It's a big dick. It's a wrench. It's also what it sounds like: It's a verb, it's a digging factor. It's an active process of searching, as in use us, we are a shovel, we are the match, we're the blotter of acid, your tool; use us as a catalyst in your process of finding out whatever it is you need to find out, or whatever it is you're trying to achieve." - Maynard James Keenan
Y'all nailed it!
Tool - H. I feel like is one of their most underrated songs. So much raw emotion in Maynards vocals.
I cried when I heard H. live for the first time in my life.
Yes
My favorite
Great one, i had the album when i was younger.
Great one. Criminally underrated.
It's so f'n funny to me when I see 1st time reactions to a Tool song I've been listening to for 23 years. You look at people's faces and they're like 😳😳 Its so awesome. I'm happy you guys love them. Wait till you hear Opiate, Undertow, Aenima, Salival, Lateralus, 10,000 days and Fear Inoculum in their entirety. Lord have mercy gentlemen. That's what greatness sounds like. I would love to see your reactions to Meshuggah.
Meshuggah is Tool with steroids! I love them
@@eduardopinto989
😂😂 indeed
Maynard is 100% responsible for the lyrics and overall vibe the finished track has. The guys build a beast of a song and Maynard finishes it. Also very rarely are tool song names literal. Maynard's mentioned many times including in his book that he'd rather let the fans think and navigate it themselves. That amazing dude has a history and mind for sure.
I started listening to Tool back in 93 when I was a freshman in high school with their Undertow album. This album came out when I was a senior in 96 and man, it opened my eyes.
Tool is my 3rd favorite live band...I graduated in 90 and they were the best hard rock band at that time....
Pearl Jam
NIN
TOOL
Only because Tool has toured or been a band in years were NIN and PJ have....NIN is best live act in my opinion (lights,pit, energy,set lenght)
PJ longevity, range, live acts 3.5 hours 33 songs never the same is like Touring with the Dead...
Still listening 2021.
Happy Normal Year
WWG1WGA
Tool No Quarter is a must listen it’s a Led Zeppelin cover but one of their best.👍Great reaction.
krazzybastard but listening to the original beforehand is key!! Makes it that much better.
Cool, thanks!
@@jamielunsford1 you can ponder why they removed the whimsical parts like the bit about Thor.
You guys are hitting the mainstream songs of theres. The great tracks are the ones you dont see over listened/watched.
@@leecarmichael5449 bro so crazy for u to say that....coming right up
Pushit, right in two, H., Patient, fortysixandtwo, schism, vicarious, jambi, ticks and leeches, Jimmy, Lateralus Parabola, Reflection are a must
I agree.
I approve this message
Lol. How about just do it all👍
I can’t wait to see some from Fear Inoculum
Pushit!!! Yes!!!!!
Disposition, Intension...
TOOL Army here, thanks for the shout out, I don't enjoy criticizing anyone, I have been a Tool fan since the 90's and I find them amazing, and I just want everyone to have good, and meaningful experience when listening to this band because they are one of a kind. I left for awhile but Stinkfist brought me back such a headbanger. By the way Stinkfist is a metaphor meaning that humans have become desensitized to what is normal and seek out the extreme. Please check out LATERALUS, this is a very uplifting song and just plain EPIC.
Lita Wells same here, fan since the 90’s... first time I saw them live it changed my life
yeah, i’ll be the first to admit there are a lot of tool fans out there that are... well, tools. they have that “i’m better than you and you’re not listening to this right” attitude that irritates me. but most of their fans just want to share the awesomeness with everyone they can. i gave my 18yo nephew their entire discography a few months ago and told him to listen to Lateralus first. he sent me a text that night that just said “holy crap! 🤯” they’re now his favorite band. i’m so damn proud 😊
That's how you end up with Slaanesh -_-
First time I heard sober, it was all over
Remember it's TOOL. Yall have to do lyric videos. Welcome to the TOOL ARMY!
Thank you we're glad to be here with you guys
Your reactions to TOOL are second to none!!! Thank you for reminding me why I am in the TOOL ARMY. Please react to ANY song off their new, 13 YEARS AND WAITING ALBUM, Fear Inoculum, Much respect to you cats😎
Watching this guy is the best. He puts out what we keep in when Tool is blasting. ruclips.net/video/NcTyUh9Z9-8/видео.html
2 of the most straightforward but truly emotional and beautiful songs they have are wings for Marie parts 1 and 2. Its Maynards ode to his mom who passed away after almost 30 years of being paralyzed.
Even better if you listen to Judith by a perfect circle first
They have a song called Third Eye on this same album... it is a trip to say the least
You can't go wrong with either version, but imo the Salival Live version is better.
@@maxotto9877 they are the same song, but they add different elements to the live version. Basically I'm saying I prefer the live version that's what Salival is. Alot of people prefer the Push It Salival version over the Aenima album version both are great though. Me preferring Third Eye live is no different than that.
@@maxotto9877 In my opinion yes they are different and yes you should.
I like third eye studio and pushit salival. Different tastes for every one.
@@maxotto9877 Third Eye is the same song it's just live. Not like how they completely redid Pushit.
bro we love you too keep it up. love how yall are constantly trying to improve. next one should be vicarious, that shit goes hard bruh.
There's a reason why everything these cats do goes multi-platinum many, many times over.
Truly gifted artists. And we are all blessed to be alive while they reign.
BTW... dope reaction vids brothers!
CHEERS!
Tool - no quarter Tool - lateralus are both a must
Oh fuck yeah. They should react to no quarter by led Zeppelin first to hear the original then hear tools take on it. IMO the best cover ever done of any song in history
Its so cool to watch a mind being blown in front of my eyes
Stinkfist is about how desensitised society has become and how it takes more & more to feel any emotion... check out vicarious as another song it’s about how we live vicariously threw the violence we see in the news
Preach
Just came across you guys..Love how YOU LOVE and appreciate Tool. They are the greatest band ever. They definitely take you on a soulful journey through their music. Stinkfist is one of my all time favorites. Hard to choose a favorite. LOL Love them all! If you haven't done Parabol/ Parabola OMG! You'll love it! Keep rocking out 😁🤘
Stink fist is metamorphic; just as in the song talks about going from finger, to knuckle, to elbow, and eventually shoulder deep inside the borderline, he’s singing about getting desensitized to things and needing more and more. You guys rock! Tool is a double meaning....they are a tool to be used to find higher being, and they are tools....they have a sense of humor.
In interviews Maynard states that this song could mean to the listener about not becoming complacent and take discomfort as a way to progress . Of course,you can take it literally,but with most Tool songs are usually double or triple entendre.If you think about it,the symbolism of taking your hand and sticking it deep inside represents reaching spiritually into yourself at the point where you are uncomfortable .Maynard writes the lyrics . Yes ,he is a lyrical genius and one of the smartest people in entertainment .They have stated their name is everything you mentioned.
Tool No Quarter. It's trippy dudes
No quarter huh....thats one we hasnt been suggested to us yet... Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned, it might be next. 😉
@@Hollywood6IX I just subbed. Can't wait. Lost keys/Rosetta Stoned is also wild. It's about a DMT trip but you need to do them together
Trash Talkers definitely do it! You may know but it was originally done by Led Zeppelin. Tool puts their own stamp on it and it’s fabulous.
@@kimmernew19 i agree. Perfect sound, song and composition for them.
Came for the Tool Tuesday’s..stayed for y’alls dynamic. Every single song has a deeper meaning. Been a proud Tooligan for 15+ years. Welcome to the family guys 😉
This one is about Boderline personality disorder. ..hence the line "finger deep within the borderline" knuckles deep inside the boderline" I'll keep digging till I feel something"
The Pot refers to the pot calling the kettle black.
No way ,that's too easy. It's always more than that with Tool.
@@luisamoa2500 way I see it it's a double meaning. the song is about hypocrisy in general. pissing all over the black kettle, kangaroo (court) done hung the juror, etc. like people can say it's about weed and they're not wrong, neither is @Tristan, it's about both of those and a lot more. many mentions of hanging the innocent with the guilty
@@luisamoa2500 No. That sums up the message of the song just fine. Obviously there's an extra layer with the pot-smoking references and all that, but the above is a fine way to sum up it. Tool's great and all but to deify them in such a manner that every song title must be some three dimensional metaphor is a bit culty.
You musta been high ON YOUR PEDESTAL.
Always weirds me that ppl think it's about weed.
Its presumptuous to claim to know "THE" meaning to any Tool song, as Maynard himself has refused to expand upon the meaning of his lyrics, leaving interpretation open for the listener.
That being said, as for "the Pot", my interpretation was a damning statement about the botched governmental reaction to Hurricane Katrina (eyeballs deep in muddy water) and a tongue in cheek explanation of Bush's reelection and why people voted for him ("You must've been high....You must've been SO HIGH!")
Hey absolutely love these tool reactions! You definitely have a new sub now. You guys mentioned trying to branch out to and listen to other bands, so Gojira is my recommendation! I cannot emphasize how blown away you guys will be!
Gojira is a progressive metal band from France whose lyrics actually have a real meaning! They're environmentalists! So I recommend Stranded, Silvera, Heaviest Matter of the Universe, Flying Whales, or Gift of Guilt as a first listen. Promise you won't be disappointed! 😁
I literally laugh out loud every time he says "Gary White" Great job guys, keep it up!!!
You should do a reaction to Danny Carey, the drummer of Tool, performing "Pneuma" titled:
Danny Carey | "Pneuma" by Tool (LIVE IN CONCERT)
Y’all are bad ass!!!
Thank you so much
Loving your reactions to Tool! Found you today! On my 38th birthday! You’re part of my quarantine party! 🤘🏻🌀
Larry (Smokey) you dirty dawg! I saw that look on your face after 7:43 when you heard the lyric "...this may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to..." I know what you were thinking, lol. I'm new to your channel but glad you're loving Tool and I'm loving your reactions. :P
When praising Tool, never forget to mention the musicians 🤎
In Tool the music comes first, Maynard "just" writes the words over it!
These guys are geniuses each one in their own pocket
Love watching people discover Tool...... Great Job guys...
Just found you guys ...love it your awesome
Thanks so much. hit that sub button for us and let us know what we should react to next
@@Hollywood6IX i did and thanks . Enjoy your musical journey
This been the first song I heard from Tool and the video is more than awesome!!!!!!!
May be late to the game here but the band writes the music, the Maynard comes up with the lyrics. Truly greatness that we get to experience. Welcome to the Tool Family.
Here is the 2nd BEST TOOL song! Another great master piece of musics and lyrical mastery!
Awesome reactions, honest opinions is something we all appreciate, sprial on the journey with Tool, the more you listen, the more you are sucked in the rabbit hole, but there's no trap in the end, rather the brightest light there could ever be.
Tool for life.
“i love tools fan base”
*famous last words*
It baffles me yet makes me jealous you are hearing Tool for the first time. Enjoy.
I love it! hit that sub button for us and join us on our voyage to uncover more of there greatness
I work for a Metal hardness company and we crank that shit on the floor close to closing time everyday. My boss comes out saying" Hell yes baby" everybody loves that song now. 😂😂😂😂😎😎😎
One of my fave songs
Great reactions. You guys really do a great job researching the band, members, and doing a deep musical theory analysis, which is awesome to see. You really need to reach to Ghost Love Score by Nightwish to get broken in to reactions. Listen to the live version at Wacken
Thanks for that! we will def look into, hit that subscribe button for us so you can let us know what we did right or wrong when we react to it.
The album cover had an ever revolving eye back in the 90’s when the album was released.
I really appreciate you guys getting out of your comfort zone and reacting to bands like Tool. Yeah, they are one of the best of a generation. Keep broadening your horizons gentlemen, love what you are doing.
I’m not even gonna suggest a song because I KNOW you will eventually do the WHOLE discography.
( you’re gonna get/are hooked.)
The original Ænima CD album cover came with that molded plastic that when you tilt it back and forth would make the art behind it move.
Yes it showed California falling of the Continental US..
I hope somewhere there is a proctology office with the muzak version of this on real low in the background.
Great reaction Guys! Please do "Vicarious"! It's about society's addiction to the media. Great song you'll love it man. Tool is the Greatest & most skilled band of all time, no cap!
congrats on 2k subs my dudes, we'll race you to 10k!
thanks bro. and sure sounds like a bet... YOU ARE ON
@@Hollywood6IX The original artwork you're looking at was the cover of the album. It was a 3D Image and when you moved it, it looked like the eyes were flowing into the portal...
Alex GRey ALex Grey ALex Grey !!! Remember that name. He is the one behind all the art that you see for tool
I know i feel terrible...i dont know why i keep wanting to say gary white i promise thr next tool reaction we do i will get the name right. Make sure you subscribe to the channel so you can make sure i get it right on the next one
these 2 songs alone will solidify them as best band ever!
Nailed it with the third eye
Awesome !! Rage rulz also !!
The look on smokeys face when he hears those lyrics for the first time 😊
ITS NOT ENOUGH, I NEEED MORE
NOTHING SEEMS TO SATISFY
I SAID I DONT WANT IT
I JUST NEED IT
THE BREATH TO FEEL
TO KNOW IM ALIVE
by the way, y'all earned my sub. Props!
Psychedelic indeed. I often get the same feeling when listening to them. Psychedelic metal
Maynard writes his own lyrics, this is why it's so original and has meaning. Not just a vocalist but an artist/lyricist. Adam/Danny/Justin write the music and he writes his lyrics to the music afterwards (at least on the latest album and I believe on the others as well).
Good reaction video guys, couple thoughts, The Pot... ever heard the saying “the pot calling the kettle black?” Song May have an underlying message about hypocrisy (the meaning is up to the listener imo).
Stinkfist... using a graphic idea to comment on the excesses of self in our culture... just my take.
Great job fellas
Tool - Pushit (Salival - Live) will blow you away
Glad you guys like Tool 🖒🖒
Great reaction guys. Us Tool fans waited a painful 13 damn years for Tool to put out the last album in 2019. Personally I was so worried they would not stand up to the older stuff. I was wrong!
Please check out anything off the Fear inaculum their latest. Most would suggest to go in order starting with the first song. I'd say pick anything but 7empest just won a grammy (the last song on the album). You will not be disappointed and you will be amazed at how they grew over a 13 year hiatus.
As a drummer that can cover some tool like Stinkfist, the new stuff is mind blowing! I grew up with this band from the very beginning and I just love watching newbs. Please keep it up! #Toolarmy
I feel like I’m chillin with you guys. Love it.
This song is about addiction whether it be drugs, love, or anything else that makes you need more and more to get your fix.
Third Eye!!! 14 minute journey. Awesome! Way ahead of its time.
Def greatest band of ALL TIME. Lateralus. Epic. Spiral out Army !!!!!
dudes, I really love your content and would like to suggest a real ear opener of a band- Gojira
They’re called Tool because you an use their music as as a tool to analyze, understand, and question different parts of life.
Clever!
Tool = peen... it's a sarcastic joke..looking hard for deeper meaning when it is in front of you makes you a dick. More or less
Thank you guys for exploring such great music!
Anything from Fear Inoculum will be up your alley
This was the only song they let us all record without being kicked out of the concert. Last song of the night. New Orleans
Yep I was there. It's been their finale for most shows I think
funny watching you guys from March, just discovering Tool, and to now seeing you all understanding how important this band is to humanity. Modern day Pink Floyd. it touches your soul in a way that virtually no other band can do with the exception of classical music. Bravo to you guys for taking the deep dive. I would really be interested to see some of you all's music on your Trash Talkers channel. I really dont like rap all that much, but there are gems in the genre that interest me, i feel that with your understanding of musical tallent a la Tool, well, id really just like to hear what you guys can do! if the intro is any hint....well i really like what i hear. You both seem to have pure souls that resonate with others, so keep up the great work, and keep the Tool coming.
nah man. maynard writes all of the lyrics solely on his own. he may take influence from his experiences, but the lyrical content is all him. same goes for the rest of the band and their respective instruments. these guys don't have very many albums, but each one is a masterpiece
Nice guys! Enjoy the ride!
Rage Against The Machine... Know Your Enemy ft. Maynard James Keenan.. RAGE has bars and groove. You know something's good when Maynard be involved. SEND IT!!!!!
Keep up the good work guys!
Can't go wrong with Tool. Keep diving deeper in their work.
Other bands you may enjoy:
Rush
Yes
Deep Purple
Dream Theater
The lyrics are 100% Maynard. For example the new album he wrote in a few days after the band sent it to him
Listening to tool is like putting together a puzzle.
No dislikes👍
So cute when you try to drum along. 😂
Soen - Jinn. It's beautiful.
My humble opinion...This is the greatest love song ever written
great work guys
Great vids guys! Keep the Tool tracks coming. You won't find a bad track and the journey will bewilder you. Cheers!
Maynard has said many times, he wants to wait until most of the music has been written before he writes lyrics. He wants to hear what they've come up with musically, then write lyrics to how that music makes him feel.
The thing tool does better than any other rock band is being able to sway your emotion even with no lyrics just sounds and when put that with maynards emotions its just incredible. And as I'm typing this you shouted me out! Lol
I saw them in Baltimore on the “10,000 Days” tour & I remember it was on a Fri night & it was the weekend Paris Hilton had to spend in jail & Maynard dedicated this song to her 👍I know….I know cuz I was thinking the same thing “What a sweet,caring,considerate fella this guy is to care that much about someone who is down on their luck” 🤨🖤🥶
the break at 8:18 was used in Celebrity Deathmatch for their pre-commercial title screen
The album artwork represents the mind dissolving away from its square-like structure into cloud like eyes (consciousness), symbolizing thinking outside the box, more openly and not so “set in its ways”. This being their second full album fits in place as their first album (Undertow) symbolized BODY, this one symbolizes MIND, then Lateralus symbolizes (individual) SPIRIT, then collective spirit , then multiverses spirit. They’re a trip and a half!!
One metaphor I heard of for this song is about opening up to one another. Family. Friends. Significant other.
Another one is society as a whole becoming desensitized to many things in life.
Keep the reactions coming. Love’em. Especially from guys such as yourselves coming from a different genre.
You need to check out Ænima (which is the album name), but also a song on the album. Then Third Eye, which is also on this album.
To answer your question on lyrics, yes he does. Only after the music is already written. So, Tool writes all the music (Adam/Daney/Justin), then, and only then, does Maynard throw lyrics to it (once all the songs are completed, musically). Yes, Maynard is not 'officially' part of the band. He just sings for them. Enjoy the ride!
Hey guys, I just recently started watching your reactions to Tool and love them. There is one thing you guys mention occasionally but not give too much attention to and that's Justin Chancellor and his bass lines. I just recently started practicing bass and Tool songs are ones I want to learn most, and damn they are tough especially since I'm a beginner but the rhythms that make them the genius they are is the toughest to follow. If you look at bass tabs for Justin's lines, he is doing a lot. This is my first time I ever posted a comment on anything so excuse if I sound like whatever. But I appreciate you guys and dig your love for Tool. I just thought Justin Chancellor could get a little more love. Thanks guys
All four write their own parts. THAT is unique.
So the metaphor of this song relates to Tool and their fans. We are never satisfied. We always want more from them. And even if Maynard's hand was covered in shite, we'd still shake it.
Tool creates music that makes a person feel. They are the best ever at it.