Tools timing is like fine art...you need to step back to see the big picture! They use Polyrhythms...everyone is playing something different but together its a work of art. Tool is a "feel" band and they have a lot of odd timing. Once you hear these songs a few times you will catch an overall rhythm. You wanna take a journey? Hit up "Invincible". But honestly, they have no bad songs bro! Tool army is here for you! Spiral out...keep going! 🌀👁
I find it entertaining when people that only have heard 4/4 time their entire life then are introduced to TOOL. Should be fun as he continues the journey and growth with these masters of music.
You are not tripping. Tool is famous for it's meter changes in thier songs. And since you like bass and drums, there is a video of Danny Carey on drums playing Pneuma from thier latest album. It's worth a reaction of it's own.
Definitely watch the live Pnuema video from Vic Firth. Also, if you'd like your mind blown even more, Rick Beato did an interview with Danny and Danny says he plays live and in studio with no metronome/tick in his monitors because it'd be too hard to program.
@@ethanburgess3475 Justin was a main reason I got myself a bass, after playing guitar for 14 years. Nothing beats playing Tool bass lines... Such a fulfilling thing to do.
@@Rovalowy he is the best bassist ever, next to geddy lee and lesclay pool. Justin is so unique and same here man, I picked up a bass cause of him. Nobody has his tone, I have never heard a bass sound so punchy and rich with midrange. I strive to own a wal someday.
@@ethanburgess3475 Same here, was studying the tone for years now. If it wasn't for money, I would go and get myself all the effects straight away. So chunky, forward and punchy at the same time, damn man, its a dream...
The guitar part .. Adam was using a "Talk Box". Peter Frampton used it back in the '70's. So you were actually correct, he was able to control the sound using his voice. A talk box (also spelled talkbox and talk-box) is an effects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrument by shaping the frequency content of the sound and to apply speech sounds (in the same way as singing) onto the sounds of the instrument.
Yes, the talk box is an old trick been done to Death . It was a bit passé, but Adam Jones had the last word and absolutely perfected it ! almost like those other attempts were leading up to that precise point in time!
I lost it when he said “I don’t wanna look slow in front of the tool homies, you just got here”😂instant like and sub lol you’re good bro. Don’t stress about not catching the beat right away, it’ll take a few listens but I promise it gets better the more you hear it. If you wanna stick with this album you should do ‘Right in Two’ next. You’ll see a different side of them that’ll ease you back in before getting to the crazier tracks. Enjoy this journey my friend!
Once I had an out of body experience while listening to this song on LSD, I saw the entire history of the universe but in reverse. On another trip Pnuema blasted me through the universe and gave me a glimpse of heaven. Both times it was only a couple of seconds but left me mind blown and speechless. Tool is the real deal, their music is something very special
My favorite part about Tool is that every member if the band has a solo. My other favorite part of Tool that they all play them at the same time. Its 3 wizards and an octopus doing what they do best
TOOL changed my life each song resonated differently at different points in my life. I subscribed thanks to your second reaction. I will be here for any future TOOL. Most intelligent band I know of.
So you are half right. That was the guitar you were hearing, and also the guitar player using a talk box. He is able to manipulate the sound of the guitar by a device that is attached to his microphone, and he places in his mouth and literally talks. If you want to see two really good examples of this, check out Petwr Frampton's "Do You Feel Like We Do" and Scorpions "The Zoo" live in Berlin. As a huge Tool fan (favorite band) I would say go back and do something from one of their earlier albums next, as their is a definite progression to their music. Stinkfist or Sober, or possibly 46 & 2 or Ænema.
watch it with 'The Gloaming' I used to fall asleep every night in Iraq to Intension and than to Right In Two. When I was married, i would put my wife to sleep with that track on low and I have seen so much in this world now hahahaha. Tool is a trip. Life is a trip. This is awesome that someone else loves that track as much as me.
Tool often doesn't have a steady beat, but a constant flow like a raging river. Each moment feels chaotic, but as a whole, there is perfect continuity.
The guitar part that sounded like a voice is being fed through a vocoder or talk box, the guitar signal is connected to a box that is attached to a tube that goes into the guitarist’s mouth to modulate the sound.
Jambi is slightly more progressive in time signatures and methods than The Pot - so you did very well to love this for what it is, it's a wonderful Tool track, and the Bass and Drums kick ass on this thing!
TOOL is one of my fav bands, seen them twice in concert so far. I find it's best to just sit back and enjoy the journey because it'll take you for ride.
The Pot was just your icebreaker lol. You're not tripping - they are known for wacky time signatures and long songs that usually require multiple listens. You really really need to watch the Pneuma live drum cam. And 46 and 2.
“Am I tripping” …. No but you should be… especially for the Lateralus album and the Fear innoculum album lol…. Check out right in two next… easy but great lyrics and a middle section that represents war from sticks and stones up through Nuclear… with instruments !!!!!
Greetings from Canada. Crept in? Like the cat crept in, crapped, crept out. (joke from the 1940s). But I LOVE the bass too. Peace, love and bellbottoms.
11:13 That effect comes from something called a talk box. The guitar goes from the amp into a pedal with a tiny speaker inside hooked up to a long plastic tube. The tube runs up the mic stand and goes in your mouth, then you can "talk" and mouth movements affect the sound.
Everyone with the same stank face at the drop. Also love him getting his first taste of not being able to find the beat haha, some of them you just can't Bob to. Most people Bob for a bit then just end up stopping and listening. They do it on purpose to get you to pay attention.
Learn how to tap out measures of 8th notes instead of 4/4 time. They rarely do 4/4 time. For instance, 8/8 may seem like its just 4/4 in 8th notes but it can be clapped out 1-2-3 1-2-3 1-2 -- they commonly switch between 3/8 5/8 6/8 7/8/ 8/8 and 9/8 in most songs. Makes it hard to sway and dance to. :)
I hope you got to see them live. I've been going from small local shows to large concerts for well over 30 years now. One of the greatest experiences in my life was seeing Tool live. This song is amazing live. Nobody does a live performance like Tool.
Tool is also called "Math Rock" because they use a lot of different rhythms together, polyrhythms , and offbeats. They are the masters of buildup. You just gotta find a rhythm, any rhythm, and if you get knocked off you find another. As you listen to them repeatedly, you get into it almost by instinct.
@@ogLogLogLogLI agree that tool is not math Rock. But you know how music genres can be. Some people might put tool in the category because I also see Rush being mentioned with math rock sometimes
@@patrickfoxchild2608 it's not remotely math rock (thankfully, I don't enjoy math rock). Just because people want to constantly talk about Fibonacci, and it isn't 4/4, doesn't make it math rock.
Welcome to the journey that is Tool. Just sit back and listen. You will be impressed with Maynard's vocals and the way they come together. My favorite band!!!
You ain't tripping, that's is the Danny Carey and his one of a kind time signatures. Your just getting started in the catalog!!! Go to the beginning when you have time to. 1993 and start with their first album Undertow and work your way forward and hear their progression, enjoy brother, this trip is a great ride!!!
Their songs are movies, they are all about building emotion through dynamics and taking you on a sonic journey. You are taken from what seems to be a repetitive beat/riff and they keep fucking with it in different time signatures and taking the themes of the melody/rhythms and exploring the different emotional states of those riffs, leading to a big climax in what would be”act 3” and bringing you home bringing in a simpler familiar riff that was somewhere in the intro. Their songs are like Plato’s Hero Journey. They take you somewhere special.
7:14 "My head nod hella off"... lol... we feel you... welcome aboard friend, fully jealous you get to listen to it for the first time, wish I could go back... spiral out!
For the solo, guitarist Adam Jones used a talk box. This is a device with a tube going to the microphone stand, where he chews the end in different mouth shapes, to channel different kinda vocal sounds through the guitar sound
Tool songs don't let you off easy. You don't get to lean back and just coast. You get challenged, tossed around, and left free falling in pure sound. That's their unique magic.
If you wanna know how he did "that" watch "Tool - Jambi - The Non-existent DVD", it's simply amazing engineering of mixing live footage, live play and the studio version.
Welcome to the world of Polyrhythms when listening to Tool, Basist & Drummer often play like that. Look up polyrhythms, you or tool isn’t off beat the more you listen to them the more you’ll catch it
The “guitar solo” they use what’s called a “talk box”. Essentially the sound is played through a tube that the player holds in his mouth. He can change the pitch by moving his mouth. TOOL puts so much effort into creating their art, each one is unique. If it’s messed with your head, it’s done its job.Welcome to the journey friend. You will have to listen to most of them several times to process it all. You need to experience Lateralus and parabol/parabola (two tracks that play into one another).
TOOL are masters of their craft... and Maynards ability to use his instrument is next level. There could easily be a college course on his vocal phrasing alone.
I love watching you react to Tool. I love the appreciation you hold for their music. I have been a Tool fan since 1993 (shows my age lol) also I love your positive affirmations in each of your videos.
With Tool the drums are usually doing a polyrhythm (so the count isn’t a standard 4/4 but more like alternating time signatures based on the feeling of the song). Usually the bass and guitar keep more of the rhythm you can bob your head to. There is a great video of the drummer, Danny Carey, with a drum cam playing Pneuma which is incredible to watch. The man is playing 4 different rhythms at once, each arm and leg is on a different beat.
"oh shit that's the guitar solo! Y'all gonna get me!" Yo you're killing me!! Enjoy this spiral and remember to breathe. Pneuma drum cam is jaw dropping also
The crazy guitar sound was with a tube that guitarist uses in his mouth and uses a microphone to capture the sound. You could check out Peter Frampton who made it famous with a song called, Do you feel like we do. From Frampton comes alive album
The way the guitarist is doing that is with a device called a talk box. It’s a combination of his guitar playing and his voice. Adam Jones, guitar player is a musical genius. Him and Tom Morello from rage against the machine changed guitar in the 90s. They also went to high school together
With Tool you learn that a normal song "beat" is one thing and musicality is a very different, but related, thing. Another - more straightforward - Tool classic banger is "46 & 2"
Read a comment that rings true with every first time reaction when someone tries to keep the beat… the beauty of tool is everyone has a solo. The genius of tool is they all play their solo at the same time. Check out “Sober” one of my faves
I’ll also add my vote that you watch the drum cam of Danny Carey doing “Pneuma” next. Seeing the Octopus actually doing 4 different rhythms, one for each hand and foot at the same time it is just mind blowing
The lead guitar parts that sound like a “yell” are done with an effect known as a talk box. I’m no sound engineer but if I understand correctly it’s made by combining guitar and vocal frequencies together.
I haven't messed around with a talk box, but I'm pretty sure it routes your guitar's signal out a tube you put in your mouth. Moving your jaw, lips and tongue (like you do when you talk) changes the tonal quality which is the picked up by a microphone which is then routed back into your guitar signal chain. You can get the same effect if you play music from your phone and put the phone speakers right up to your mouth. Try it out. It's kinda fun.
@@radioethiopiate I just knew I was butchering the engineering principles of that explanation. I’ve seen them used once or twice, I watched Joe Walsh use one for ‘Rocky Mountain way’ on the crossroads festival and then of course I believe Peter frampton originally popularized the effect on “Frampton comes Alive”? If I remember correctly.
Watching your reaction I was dying and was gonna comment any polyrhythms but my comrades have me covered in the other comments. Love your reaction. I was every bit as mystified as you when it came out. Absolutely love it. Keep going!
The sense memories I get from 10,000 days: thin mints, summer mornings, and world of Warcraft. For about a month straight one summer I would wake up, turn on 10,000 days album, get a pack of frozen thin mints from the freezer, heat up a cup of coffee, and fire up WoW. Jambi is like a portal back in time to minty chocolate goodness and endless gaming. Good times.
2:43 yes! That look! Now you're in the spiral brother! Keep on coming down with us! Watch the pneuma drum-cam video to blow your mind a bit more before you go deeper in this marvelous rabbit hole! Love your energy brother!
Let go of everything that you know about music and the way it’s written. You are on another level with Tool. It’s a journey and not something you can tap your foot or bob your head to. These are 4 geniuses in one band. There is not going back to the old you brother. Keep riding that spiral 🌀
This was the first Tool song I heard way back in middle school. I couldn't really appreciate how intricate it was back then, but it still blew my mind. As I got older, my level of appreciation for this band has just grow so much. Love seeing others react basically the same way I did in my youth.
Same here, every tour except Undertow. I can count the number of artists I have bought albums (old man CD) since I heard TOOL the first time. Game changing stuff...
The way I feel this rhythmically is an overall 9, but divided into three sets of two plus a set of three (1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2-3)…until Danny decides to tweak it around and throw more or toss out beats here and there. I fell pretty deep into the TOOL rabbit hole about 1 1/2 years ago and I am still catching new things every. single. time.
"Am I trippin" is actually the correct answer when listening to tool.
Sometimes it seems like tool would be easier to follow if you were
It do be like that.
@@theziggy1342to be fair, it do be fun to listen to high lmao
Wait until he finds their official music videos. :)
@@TheKennedysKorner let's ease him into this. one does not just run into the matrix. have to crawl first
Tools timing is like fine art...you need to step back to see the big picture! They use Polyrhythms...everyone is playing something different but together its a work of art. Tool is a "feel" band and they have a lot of odd timing. Once you hear these songs a few times you will catch an overall rhythm. You wanna take a journey? Hit up "Invincible". But honestly, they have no bad songs bro! Tool army is here for you! Spiral out...keep going! 🌀👁
Lol, it was hilarious watching him try to count the time signature.
100 songs of 11/12 or 5/5/6 or even Fibonacci. That’s Tool.
Amen, been a fan since 96
I find it entertaining when people that only have heard 4/4 time their entire life then are introduced to TOOL. Should be fun as he continues the journey and growth with these masters of music.
It’s really like a symphony.
You are not tripping. Tool is famous for it's meter changes in thier songs. And since you like bass and drums, there is a video of Danny Carey on drums playing Pneuma from thier latest album. It's worth a reaction of it's own.
Bro! Welcome to the world of odd time signatures and changing them up mid-song. Danny Carey drum am of Pneuma is gonna blow your mind.
Definitely watch the live Pnuema video from Vic Firth.
Also, if you'd like your mind blown even more, Rick Beato did an interview with Danny and Danny says he plays live and in studio with no metronome/tick in his monitors because it'd be too hard to program.
Please watch the Pneuma LIVE DRUM CAM Danny Carey 🐙 🔥
Came here to say the same.
Dude, watching this guy try to bob his head to this was hilarious. You want him to watch Pneuma??! He'll be all sorts of confused.
If you're a bass and drums guy, then you're in the right place. Nobody does it better than TOOL!
This man needs some Schism in his life.
Chancellors wal is amazing
@@ethanburgess3475 Justin was a main reason I got myself a bass, after playing guitar for 14 years. Nothing beats playing Tool bass lines... Such a fulfilling thing to do.
@@Rovalowy he is the best bassist ever, next to geddy lee and lesclay pool. Justin is so unique and same here man, I picked up a bass cause of him. Nobody has his tone, I have never heard a bass sound so punchy and rich with midrange. I strive to own a wal someday.
@@ethanburgess3475 Same here, was studying the tone for years now. If it wasn't for money, I would go and get myself all the effects straight away. So chunky, forward and punchy at the same time, damn man, its a dream...
That’s no motorcycle, that’s the 🐙 in his natural habitat 😉👊
Lmao 😂
Going to watch it in its natural habitat next week, super stoked. Seen it fling its tentacles 2019, was an experience
Yes!
🤣🤣🤣🤣👌💯❤️🔥
But it does sound like a motorcycle I've always loved that about it!
Tool army did you dirty suggesting this as the next song to listen to😂. like going from the kiddiepool to the deep end
This might be the best reaction comment I've ever read !
The guitar part .. Adam was using a "Talk Box". Peter Frampton used it back in the '70's. So you were actually correct, he was able to control the sound using his voice.
A talk box (also spelled talkbox and talk-box) is an effects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrument by shaping the frequency content of the sound and to apply speech sounds (in the same way as singing) onto the sounds of the instrument.
Also Rocky Mountain Way by Joe Walsh and many more songs.. The funk band the Meters used it and many more 😊
And Bon Jovi
Love it
Well Peter Frampton helped Adam get his talk box all set up.
Yes, the talk box is an old trick been done to Death . It was a bit passé, but Adam Jones had the last word and absolutely perfected it ! almost like those other attempts were leading up to that precise point in time!
Welcome to the Spiral. You will be in good company. TOOL is rewiring your brain in real time.
🎉
I lost it when he said “I don’t wanna look slow in front of the tool homies, you just got here”😂instant like and sub lol you’re good bro. Don’t stress about not catching the beat right away, it’ll take a few listens but I promise it gets better the more you hear it. If you wanna stick with this album you should do ‘Right in Two’ next. You’ll see a different side of them that’ll ease you back in before getting to the crazier tracks. Enjoy this journey my friend!
I would give anything to hear Tool for the first time again. Bravo sir.
Once I had an out of body experience while listening to this song on LSD, I saw the entire history of the universe but in reverse. On another trip Pnuema blasted me through the universe and gave me a glimpse of heaven. Both times it was only a couple of seconds but left me mind blown and speechless. Tool is the real deal, their music is something very special
Digging the TOOL reactions so far. Can't wait for you to check out the Danny Carey drum cam live version of Pneuma!
The earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old, and you existed the same time as Tool.
My favorite part about Tool is that every member if the band has a solo.
My other favorite part of Tool that they all play them at the same time.
Its 3 wizards and an octopus doing what they do best
Best part is time stamp 4.04 he's trying to figure beat out but realized there is no discernable time signature. Welcome to Tool And Danny Carey.
Yup. You caught it. It has different time signatures. Gotta appreciate it for the unique art it is.
TOOL changed my life each song resonated differently at different points in my life. I subscribed thanks to your second reaction. I will be here for any future TOOL. Most intelligent band I know of.
Hey Shannon
So you are half right. That was the guitar you were hearing, and also the guitar player using a talk box. He is able to manipulate the sound of the guitar by a device that is attached to his microphone, and he places in his mouth and literally talks. If you want to see two really good examples of this, check out Petwr Frampton's "Do You Feel Like We Do" and Scorpions "The Zoo" live in Berlin.
As a huge Tool fan (favorite band) I would say go back and do something from one of their earlier albums next, as their is a definite progression to their music. Stinkfist or Sober, or possibly 46 & 2 or Ænema.
After a few listens, those odd time signatures sound normal and appropriate.
I would go now with Right in Two, it's my favourite Tool track, and is such a beautiful thing.
check out Right in Two by Beard of Harmony (cover) you wont be disappointed)
watch it with 'The Gloaming' I used to fall asleep every night in Iraq to Intension and than to Right In Two. When I was married, i would put my wife to sleep with that track on low and I have seen so much in this world now hahahaha. Tool is a trip. Life is a trip. This is awesome that someone else loves that track as much as me.
It’s a beauty but I feel like he needs to react to some of their older stuff before he can really appreciate just how beautiful it is.
@@xXMr.WiGGleZzXxOne of the best covers of any song by any band ever.
Right in two needs to be listened to with the video attached to it. If you were not awakened after that, I don’t know what will.
Tool often doesn't have a steady beat, but a constant flow like a raging river. Each moment feels chaotic, but as a whole, there is perfect continuity.
Lmaoooo watching you try to catch the rhythm has me rolling. Dont feel bad man finding the 1 in a Tool song should be an Olympic sport.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
“This is going to be one hell of a journey.” Never a truer sentence spoken.
You'll get all the Tool fans, keep it going with the reactions!
Hang in there man... you are paying close attention, that's a great start :)
The guitar part that sounded like a voice is being fed through a vocoder or talk box, the guitar signal is connected to a box that is attached to a tube that goes into the guitarist’s mouth to modulate the sound.
46 and 2 is going to blow this dudes mind. I love it
The guitar sound is created playing the sound through the mouth, the artist Peter Frampton was famous for it back in the 70’s
Yes, the Talk Box!
Joe Walsh helped Adam Jones build the talkbox for this track-album
Zapp and Roger also used the talk box.
Jambi is slightly more progressive in time signatures and methods than The Pot - so you did very well to love this for what it is, it's a wonderful Tool track, and the Bass and Drums kick ass on this thing!
This was the funniest reaction to tool I've ever seen. I just wish I could hear Tool for the first time again.
tool is a JOURNEY bro 😭😭 gotta give it a chance and you’ll see the art come together
I grew up hood bro, "crept' in" is accurate nomenclature sir
Bro, welcome to the tool family.
TOOL is one of my fav bands, seen them twice in concert so far. I find it's best to just sit back and enjoy the journey because it'll take you for ride.
Welcome to the rabbit hole brahdah, do not fear the leap, there are legion of us down here to catch you, than show you around the place after.
Right in Two is a fire song too.
FUCKIN SINGLED OUT AGAIN. RIGHT. IN. TWO. THIS WAS MY LULLABY IN IRAQ. INTENSION TOO.
The Pot was just your icebreaker lol.
You're not tripping - they are known for wacky time signatures and long songs that usually require multiple listens. You really really need to watch the Pneuma live drum cam. And 46 and 2.
The tool fan club is here now! Buckle up...
each seat on the tool roll coaster feels different Welcome to the TOOL army / homies
You ain't trippin bro. This is Tool. Check out Danny Carey live playing drums, song is called pneuma
That needs to wait a few more songs bc that will blow his mind. With the masterpiece of a song
Tool is a masterclass in music.
“Am I tripping” …. No but you should be… especially for the Lateralus album and the Fear innoculum album lol…. Check out right in two next… easy but great lyrics and a middle section that represents war from sticks and stones up through Nuclear… with instruments !!!!!
7:14 "I feel like my head nod hella off" welcome to Tool, brother 🤝🏻 we right there with you
Bro when that guitar hit you you had me dying your a fool. Welcome to the club this band is Amazing. South central LA out
Tool army here. Just found you! Subbing for the greatest band that has ever existed! This song is fucking ridiculous live..the drop!
Greetings from Canada. Crept in? Like the cat crept in, crapped, crept out. (joke from the 1940s). But I LOVE the bass too. Peace, love and bellbottoms.
11:13
That effect comes from something called a talk box. The guitar goes from the amp into a pedal with a tiny speaker inside hooked up to a long plastic tube. The tube runs up the mic stand and goes in your mouth, then you can "talk" and mouth movements affect the sound.
"Okay there we go, keep it right there."
"Nah." - TOOL
Everyone with the same stank face at the drop. Also love him getting his first taste of not being able to find the beat haha, some of them you just can't Bob to. Most people Bob for a bit then just end up stopping and listening. They do it on purpose to get you to pay attention.
Especially seeing them live 😂 most of the crowd ends up just swaying back and forth
Learn how to tap out measures of 8th notes instead of 4/4 time. They rarely do 4/4 time.
For instance, 8/8 may seem like its just 4/4 in 8th notes but it can be clapped out 1-2-3 1-2-3 1-2 -- they commonly switch between 3/8 5/8 6/8 7/8/ 8/8 and 9/8 in most songs. Makes it hard to sway and dance to. :)
It’s an experience.
@@dougderonde1266don't forget 33/8 😝
The time is in 9. Once you count it you can feel it.
Like just counting up to 9 over again ?
@@Monsterclip101 Yee bruh.
@Monsterclip101 Yeah, the first section is in 9 and when the breakdown happens it's in 6.
@@gj0116 thank you babygirl
TOOL ARMY here, spiral out.... keep going.
“ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been. Spiral out, keep going”
Oh my lord! Jambi! We're all in for a treat today! WOOOOOOO HERE WE GOO!?
Edit: lateralus or invincible. Grab a coin and flip for one.
I hope you got to see them live. I've been going from small local shows to large concerts for well over 30 years now. One of the greatest experiences in my life was seeing Tool live. This song is amazing live. Nobody does a live performance like Tool.
Well we certainly got an honest reaction! 🤘
Tool is also called "Math Rock" because they use a lot of different rhythms together, polyrhythms , and offbeats. They are the masters of buildup. You just gotta find a rhythm, any rhythm, and if you get knocked off you find another. As you listen to them repeatedly, you get into it almost by instinct.
Definitely not math rock
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@@ogLogLogLogLI agree that tool is not math Rock. But you know how music genres can be. Some people might put tool in the category because I also see Rush being mentioned with math rock sometimes
@@ogLogLogLogL lateralus
@@patrickfoxchild2608 it's not remotely math rock (thankfully, I don't enjoy math rock). Just because people want to constantly talk about Fibonacci, and it isn't 4/4, doesn't make it math rock.
The pot is one of their more "easy" songs .. similar songs would be sober.. vicarious.. stinkfist .. the grudge.. but all there songs are good
Welcome to the journey that is Tool. Just sit back and listen. You will be impressed with Maynard's vocals and the way they come together. My favorite band!!!
You ain't tripping, that's is the Danny Carey and his one of a kind time signatures. Your just getting started in the catalog!!! Go to the beginning when you have time to. 1993 and start with their first album Undertow and work your way forward and hear their progression, enjoy brother, this trip is a great ride!!!
Their songs are movies, they are all about building emotion through dynamics and taking you on a sonic journey. You are taken from what seems to be a repetitive beat/riff and they keep fucking with it in different time signatures and taking the themes of the melody/rhythms and exploring the different emotional states of those riffs, leading to a big climax in what would be”act 3” and bringing you home bringing in a simpler familiar riff that was somewhere in the intro. Their songs are like Plato’s Hero Journey. They take you somewhere special.
Lyrically , Jambi is one of my favorite TOOL songs.
I am excited you found them! Welcome to the journey!
You jumped into the deep end with these 2 songs. Welcome, the waters warm. The TooL Army will lift you up, spiral out.
Welcome to the Tool army.....spiral out
7:14 "My head nod hella off"... lol... we feel you... welcome aboard friend, fully jealous you get to listen to it for the first time, wish I could go back... spiral out!
For the solo, guitarist Adam Jones used a talk box. This is a device with a tube going to the microphone stand, where he chews the end in different mouth shapes, to channel different kinda vocal sounds through the guitar sound
Tool songs don't let you off easy. You don't get to lean back and just coast. You get challenged, tossed around, and left free falling in pure sound. That's their unique magic.
Yes, it was the GIT tar... 100%. It's called a "Talk Box". Pretty cool effect. Used by few. Love that you're loving this.
If you wanna know how he did "that" watch "Tool - Jambi - The Non-existent DVD", it's simply amazing engineering of mixing live footage, live play and the studio version.
Welcome to the world of Polyrhythms when listening to Tool, Basist & Drummer often play like that. Look up polyrhythms, you or tool isn’t off beat the more you listen to them the more you’ll catch it
With that being said, hope you get to read this, but just wait for what’s in store for you with this band bro. 🌀Spiral out brotha
This is the funniest shit I’ve heard all day. Great reaction. Keep it up.
The “guitar solo” they use what’s called a “talk box”. Essentially the sound is played through a tube that the player holds in his mouth. He can change the pitch by moving his mouth.
TOOL puts so much effort into creating their art, each one is unique. If it’s messed with your head, it’s done its job.Welcome to the journey friend. You will have to listen to most of them several times to process it all. You need to experience Lateralus and parabol/parabola (two tracks that play into one another).
oh and if you like that guitar effect i def recommend Pink Floyd - Keep Talking (preferably the pulse live vid :D )
I never see any Pink Floud reactions lol
TOOL are masters of their craft... and Maynards ability to use his instrument is next level. There could easily be a college course on his vocal phrasing alone.
I love watching you react to Tool. I love the appreciation you hold for their music. I have been a Tool fan since 1993 (shows my age lol) also I love your positive affirmations in each of your videos.
With Tool the drums are usually doing a polyrhythm (so the count isn’t a standard 4/4 but more like alternating time signatures based on the feeling of the song). Usually the bass and guitar keep more of the rhythm you can bob your head to. There is a great video of the drummer, Danny Carey, with a drum cam playing Pneuma which is incredible to watch. The man is playing 4 different rhythms at once, each arm and leg is on a different beat.
That was the git-tar lol. But he has a voice modulator attached. The movement of his mouth “shapes” the strings he plucks.
Yes, a guitar effect known as a Talkbox. It's been around a long time. Peter Frampton used it in the 70s. Look up his song "Do you Feel like I Do".
“This is gonna be one hell of a journey, filled with many headaches, and a lot of confusion, so…”
‘TooL’
"oh shit that's the guitar solo! Y'all gonna get me!" Yo you're killing me!! Enjoy this spiral and remember to breathe. Pneuma drum cam is jaw dropping also
The crazy guitar sound was with a tube that guitarist uses in his mouth and uses a microphone to capture the sound. You could check out Peter Frampton who made it famous with a song called, Do you feel like we do. From Frampton comes alive album
Talkbox!
Gotta get Jay to see Tool live. He would have the time of his life.
I love your state of astonishment. Welcome to The Trip. Enjoy
The way the guitarist is doing that is with a device called a talk box. It’s a combination of his guitar playing and his voice. Adam Jones, guitar player is a musical genius. Him and Tom Morello from rage against the machine changed guitar in the 90s. They also went to high school together
With Tool you learn that a normal song "beat" is one thing and musicality is a very different, but related, thing.
Another - more straightforward - Tool classic banger is "46 & 2"
You are completely right with "Krept In" ...that's totally correct sir!!
Read a comment that rings true with every first time reaction when someone tries to keep the beat… the beauty of tool is everyone has a solo. The genius of tool is they all play their solo at the same time.
Check out “Sober” one of my faves
Dude soooo much more to explore when it comes to TOOL! Best musicians out there!
the craziest time signature from tool is PNUEMA its a constantly changing Time signature. But Tool is great enjoyable thinking music.
Tool changes time a lot. Been listening to them since the early 90s and they still hit just as hard 30 years later.
I’ll also add my vote that you watch the drum cam of Danny Carey doing “Pneuma” next. Seeing the Octopus actually doing 4 different rhythms, one for each hand and foot at the same time it is just mind blowing
The lead guitar parts that sound like a “yell” are done with an effect known as a talk box. I’m no sound engineer but if I understand correctly it’s made by combining guitar and vocal frequencies together.
I haven't messed around with a talk box, but I'm pretty sure it routes your guitar's signal out a tube you put in your mouth. Moving your jaw, lips and tongue (like you do when you talk) changes the tonal quality which is the picked up by a microphone which is then routed back into your guitar signal chain.
You can get the same effect if you play music from your phone and put the phone speakers right up to your mouth. Try it out. It's kinda fun.
@@radioethiopiate I just knew I was butchering the engineering principles of that explanation. I’ve seen them used once or twice, I watched Joe Walsh use one for ‘Rocky Mountain way’ on the crossroads festival and then of course I believe Peter frampton originally popularized the effect on “Frampton comes Alive”? If I remember correctly.
@@dharmalock5032 Yeah, both classic uses of the talk box.
"Man, that guy's guitar is talkin'!"
"Hey my shoes are talkin' too!"
Watching your reaction I was dying and was gonna comment any polyrhythms but my comrades have me covered in the other comments. Love your reaction. I was every bit as mystified as you when it came out. Absolutely love it. Keep going!
The sense memories I get from 10,000 days: thin mints, summer mornings, and world of Warcraft. For about a month straight one summer I would wake up, turn on 10,000 days album, get a pack of frozen thin mints from the freezer, heat up a cup of coffee, and fire up WoW. Jambi is like a portal back in time to minty chocolate goodness and endless gaming. Good times.
2:43 yes! That look! Now you're in the spiral brother! Keep on coming down with us! Watch the pneuma drum-cam video to blow your mind a bit more before you go deeper in this marvelous rabbit hole!
Love your energy brother!
"How you do that?" That, my friend, is a talkbox. It routes the guitar sound through a device in the guitarist's mouth.
It’s an infinite spiral, brother. Long way to go! Enjoy!!
Let go of everything that you know about music and the way it’s written. You are on another level with Tool. It’s a journey and not something you can tap your foot or bob your head to. These are 4 geniuses in one band. There is not going back to the old you brother. Keep riding that spiral 🌀
This was the first Tool song I heard way back in middle school. I couldn't really appreciate how intricate it was back then, but it still blew my mind. As I got older, my level of appreciation for this band has just grow so much. Love seeing others react basically the same way I did in my youth.
I've seen Tool live 3 times. It's a different experience every time! 🔥🤌
Same here, every tour except Undertow. I can count the number of artists I have bought albums (old man CD) since I heard TOOL the first time. Game changing stuff...
The way I feel this rhythmically is an overall 9, but divided into three sets of two plus a set of three (1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2-3)…until Danny decides to tweak it around and throw more or toss out beats here and there. I fell pretty deep into the TOOL rabbit hole about 1 1/2 years ago and I am still catching new things every. single. time.