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!
No way. This is a banger and its a good intro for folks who probably couldn't listen to the longer songs that have long build ups. This is a good one IMO
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
I took a few hits last week and listened to pneuma and it literally felt like I was transcending from my body. They're music is fucking phenomenal and really on a whole different level then most if not all other music lol
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!
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.
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.
Yea if you're a simpleton like most of us used to a 4/4 tools time signatures don't line up with the expected changes. I've listened to tool since the 90s, despite not being able to keep time i intrinsically know when the various changes happen by brute force of listening to them so long.
welcome to 6/8 and 7/8 and 9/8 time signatures. They are fun but also takes years to get down to an understanding. Tool is the meme of its not music its math
If you listen to it alot, even if you're not really musically inclined to keep time, you kinda learn/feel the odd time signaturs and know when the change ups come. This is coming from a 30 year tool fan with no real musical training
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.
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.
Hooker with a penis. The name alone sets back a lot of folks who do these reaction videos, until they listen to how great the song is and if they read the lyrics
It's effing hilarious your reaction made the odd time signature A LOT more pronounced and awkward than it otherwise would have. I was laughing this whole time. Fun reaction!
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 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.
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!!!
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.
“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 !!!!!
I grew up in Miami in the 80s/90s and listened only to hip hop (2 live crew, Uncle luke, 95 South, and all that shit is that a 13 year old probably shouldn't of listened to) and thought white music was corny. Then I moved to a white ass country town in Massachusetts when i was 15 and had to kinda try assimilate, slowly started listening to more "white" music (rock, metal, alternative, grunge) but when i heard tool for the first time, some shit clicked and i became a tool fan ever since. One thing i learned is having to be open minded when you move to new place that is totally different than where you came from. I remember saying i hate country (still kinda do), but dolly Parton here I am wrecked me. Chris Stapleton and a few others I've enjoyed. I'm rambling reminiscing about how my taste in music has changed over time and tool (Metallica, Megadeth) were catalysts
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.
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.
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
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 🌀
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!
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.
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!!!
"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
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.
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.
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
Welcome to the world of Poly-Rhythm.... I would say this song is more in the "intermediate" lvl of TOOL 's work, and there ARE lvls... If ya like that funky bass and great hook i recommend 46+2, one of my personal favorites
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. :)
rock on, man! not sure if you make music or not, but as a musician it blows my mind how these guys compose these looong intricate songs, and then not only that but perform them live pretty much flawlessly night after night.
Love watching people discover the insane genius of Tool's timing. How most of it should absolutely not work together but the sum of the parts is so much greater than the whole
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
Awesome reaction. Again. You’re gonna love Tool. Easy to digest BUT AWESOME songs: Grudge Right in Two Sober Aenema Pneuma (live drum cam available but should listen to regular one first) More complicated but AWESOME: Lateralus Fear Inoculum Descending Wings for Marie/10,000 Days (together) Etc etc etc. Tool does NOT have a bad song. Ya NEED lyrics tho. It also wouldn’t hurt to read a little background on each song before you start. Like… Lateralus being based on a mathematical sequence. Or Wings being about Maynard’s mother who passed after being wheelchair bound for nearly 10,000 Days. Personally, I think you should do a studio version of Pneuma with the drum cam version right after. (YES, we will watch the whole thing 😆). You love drums so much that you’ll DEFINITELY love that. You’ll get to see for yourself that what you’re listening to is NOT tricks of the studio. It’s Danny doin ALL OF THAT. Live. But you do you. Either way, here’s what you HAVE TO DO after reacting to any Tool song: turn off the camera, turn out the lights, lay down with your best headphones and listen again. Away from the camera, away from all of our annoying asses. 😆 Just for YOU. Don’t try to count it out, don’t try to “make sense of it”. Just feel it. It’s an experience. It’s a journey. SO worth it. What ya gotta understand about Tool is that it’s SUPER complex. It’s mathematical. It’s not bubble gum rock designed and dumbed down to please the mindless masses. Each of those four men are absolute masters of what they do. All skilled, yes. But also absolutely unique and creative. Anyway, Imma stop rambling now. Here to watch your Tool journey! Spiral out! Keep going! 🌀☮️
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.
Go check out "Pneuma" the drum cam version. Then Sober, Aenima, Stinkfist and "46 and 2" ( Both the tool version and the O'Keefe version). Right in Two, 7empest, etc. So much amazing stuff.
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!
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.
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!
Watch Peter Frampton’s live concert to see the guitar tech used in this song. The guitar is run through a vocoder. A tube interfaces with the signal coming from the guitar. The tube goes in the players mouth, and the shape of the mouth changes the guitar sound before going to the amplifier. The rhythm counts change throughout the track. Start counting the one when the vocals start and you may find the number of beats between the phrases. But there may be polyrhythms at play. See West African djembe playing for background on that. Thank you for choosing to explore new sounds.
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...
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.
diving into Tool from the middle of their catalog is intense im glad im old and got to start from Opiate and enjoy the progression insanely talented band 🤘🤘🤘enjoy the ride Sir
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.
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.
one more thing... the guitar solo is created using a talk box. Peter Framptom used it in the 70's and Roger Troutman in the 80's. It's kinda like the first auto tune.
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
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.
"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. :)
@@YouCanCallMeMisterK 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!
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!
I would give anything to hear Tool for the first time again. Bravo sir.
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 !
No way. This is a banger and its a good intro for folks who probably couldn't listen to the longer songs that have long build ups. This is a good one IMO
@@shaid153right! Rosetta Stoned or Third Eye would be thrown into the undertow 😂
Pun intended
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
I took a few hits last week and listened to pneuma and it literally felt like I was transcending from my body. They're music is fucking phenomenal and really on a whole different level then most if not all other music lol
Welcome to the Spiral. You will be in good company. TOOL is rewiring your brain in real time.
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Digging the TOOL reactions so far. Can't wait for you to check out the Danny Carey drum cam live version of Pneuma!
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!
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.
The earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old, and you existed the same time as Tool.
4.5 billi...lmfao😂
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.
Yup. You caught it. It has different time signatures. Gotta appreciate it for the unique art it is.
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.
Yea if you're a simpleton like most of us used to a 4/4 tools time signatures don't line up with the expected changes. I've listened to tool since the 90s, despite not being able to keep time i intrinsically know when the various changes happen by brute force of listening to them so long.
welcome to 6/8 and 7/8 and 9/8 time signatures. They are fun but also takes years to get down to an understanding. Tool is the meme of its not music its math
After a few listens, those odd time signatures sound normal and appropriate.
If you listen to it alot, even if you're not really musically inclined to keep time, you kinda learn/feel the odd time signaturs and know when the change ups come. This is coming from a 30 year tool fan with no real musical training
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.
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.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
46 and 2 is going to blow this dudes mind. I love it
Hooker with a penis. The name alone sets back a lot of folks who do these reaction videos, until they listen to how great the song is and if they read the lyrics
You'll get all the Tool fans, keep it going with the reactions!
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.
This was the funniest reaction to tool I've ever seen. I just wish I could hear Tool for the first time again.
7:14 "I feel like my head nod hella off" welcome to Tool, brother 🤝🏻 we right there with you
It's effing hilarious your reaction made the odd time signature A LOT more pronounced and awkward than it otherwise would have. I was laughing this whole time. Fun reaction!
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!
Right in Two is a fire song too.
FUCKIN SINGLED OUT AGAIN. RIGHT. IN. TWO. THIS WAS MY LULLABY IN IRAQ. INTENSION TOO.
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 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.
Tool is a masterclass in music.
Hang in there man... you are paying close attention, that's a great start :)
tool is a JOURNEY bro 😭😭 gotta give it a chance and you’ll see the art come together
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!!!
My fav bamd Tool playing Chess♟️while other bands be playing ♦️Checkers!
each seat on the tool roll coaster feels different Welcome to the TOOL army / homies
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
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.
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.
“This is going to be one hell of a journey.” Never a truer sentence spoken.
“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 !!!!!
"Okay there we go, keep it right there."
"Nah." - TOOL
Bro, welcome to the tool family.
I grew up hood bro, "crept' in" is accurate nomenclature sir
I grew up in Miami in the 80s/90s and listened only to hip hop (2 live crew, Uncle luke, 95 South, and all that shit is that a 13 year old probably shouldn't of listened to) and thought white music was corny. Then I moved to a white ass country town in Massachusetts when i was 15 and had to kinda try assimilate, slowly started listening to more "white" music (rock, metal, alternative, grunge) but when i heard tool for the first time, some shit clicked and i became a tool fan ever since.
One thing i learned is having to be open minded when you move to new place that is totally different than where you came from. I remember saying i hate country (still kinda do), but dolly Parton here I am wrecked me. Chris Stapleton and a few others I've enjoyed.
I'm rambling reminiscing about how my taste in music has changed over time and tool (Metallica, Megadeth) were catalysts
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.
@7:39, the beauty of Tool is that anywhere you hear the "1" will be occasionally right. I just get to enjoy those moments that much more
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...
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
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 🌀
Well we certainly got an honest reaction! 🤘
Tool changes time a lot. Been listening to them since the early 90s and they still hit just as hard 30 years later.
TOOL ARMY here, spiral out.... keep going.
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!
the craziest time signature from tool is PNUEMA its a constantly changing Time signature. But Tool is great enjoyable thinking music.
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.
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!!!
I’m a long time Tool fan. Since the 90s. I’ve seen them live 3 times. This is my favourite Tool song.
"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
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
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.
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
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
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
Welcome to the world of Poly-Rhythm.... I would say this song is more in the "intermediate" lvl of TOOL 's work, and there ARE lvls... If ya like that funky bass and great hook i recommend 46+2, one of my personal favorites
Welcome to the Tool army.....spiral out
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 😝
rock on, man! not sure if you make music or not, but as a musician it blows my mind how these guys compose these looong intricate songs, and then not only that but perform them live pretty much flawlessly night after night.
Love watching people discover the insane genius of Tool's timing. How most of it should absolutely not work together but the sum of the parts is so much greater than the whole
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!
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.
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.
“ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been. Spiral out, keep going”
Awesome reaction. Again. You’re gonna love Tool.
Easy to digest BUT AWESOME songs:
Grudge
Right in Two
Sober
Aenema
Pneuma (live drum cam available but should listen to regular one first)
More complicated but AWESOME:
Lateralus
Fear Inoculum
Descending
Wings for Marie/10,000 Days (together)
Etc etc etc. Tool does NOT have a bad song.
Ya NEED lyrics tho. It also wouldn’t hurt to read a little background on each song before you start. Like… Lateralus being based on a mathematical sequence. Or Wings being about Maynard’s mother who passed after being wheelchair bound for nearly 10,000 Days.
Personally, I think you should do a studio version of Pneuma with the drum cam version right after. (YES, we will watch the whole thing 😆). You love drums so much that you’ll DEFINITELY love that. You’ll get to see for yourself that what you’re listening to is NOT tricks of the studio. It’s Danny doin ALL OF THAT. Live.
But you do you.
Either way, here’s what you HAVE TO DO after reacting to any Tool song: turn off the camera, turn out the lights, lay down with your best headphones and listen again. Away from the camera, away from all of our annoying asses. 😆 Just for YOU. Don’t try to count it out, don’t try to “make sense of it”. Just feel it. It’s an experience. It’s a journey. SO worth it. What ya gotta understand about Tool is that it’s SUPER complex. It’s mathematical. It’s not bubble gum rock designed and dumbed down to please the mindless masses. Each of those four men are absolute masters of what they do. All skilled, yes. But also absolutely unique and creative.
Anyway, Imma stop rambling now. Here to watch your Tool journey! Spiral out! Keep going! 🌀☮️
Lyrically , Jambi is one of my favorite TOOL songs.
I am excited you found them! Welcome to the journey!
11:05 it is a guitar amp(accessory) called a Talk Box... you put a tube in your mouth and sing into it while you play your guitar...
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".
Justin chancellor is the bass player, Danny Carey on drums, Adam Jones on guitar, and jmk James Maynard Keenan on vocals
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.
Go check out "Pneuma" the drum cam version. Then Sober, Aenima, Stinkfist and "46 and 2" ( Both the tool version and the O'Keefe version).
Right in Two, 7empest, etc. So much amazing stuff.
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 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
except the guitars are in 6/4 and carey plays a 4/3 polyrhythm intertwined with 9/8.
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
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@@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.
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!
Watch Peter Frampton’s live concert to see the guitar tech used in this song. The guitar is run through a vocoder. A tube interfaces with the signal coming from the guitar. The tube goes in the players mouth, and the shape of the mouth changes the guitar sound before going to the amplifier.
The rhythm counts change throughout the track. Start counting the one when the vocals start and you may find the number of beats between the phrases. But there may be polyrhythms at play. See West African djembe playing for background on that.
Thank you for choosing to explore new sounds.
Gotta get Jay to see Tool live. He would have the time of his life.
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...
You jumped into the deep end with these 2 songs. Welcome, the waters warm. The TooL Army will lift you up, spiral out.
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.
diving into Tool from the middle of their catalog is intense
im glad im old and got to start from Opiate and enjoy the progression
insanely talented band 🤘🤘🤘enjoy the ride Sir
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.
That was the git-tar lol. But he has a voice modulator attached. The movement of his mouth “shapes” the strings he plucks.
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.
The pot is one of their more "easy" songs .. similar songs would be sober.. vicarious.. stinkfist .. the grudge.. but all there songs are good
In your vid at 11:06 when you’re asking if it was a guitar in the solo, yes. Adam Jones is using a talk box that gives it that effect.
I love your state of astonishment. Welcome to The Trip. Enjoy
one more thing... the guitar solo is created using a talk box. Peter Framptom used it in the 70's and Roger Troutman in the 80's. It's kinda like the first auto tune.
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
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.