This is when I became a diehard Tool fan. I love all of their stuff, but especially this album. When bands are first breaking, they seem to create their best material.
@@Xuimaki I think this is how people decide which Tool album is "better" or " best" just personal bias. To me which ever tool album I'm listening to is my favorite for that time and the change with my mood.
Tool is a band that can do no wrong in my eyes. I love their entire catalog. It's cool how their music got more intricate and complicated with each album, but this one is still my favorite! I went through some weird dark times one winter shortly after this was released and I would listen to it over and over while sitting in front of my fireplace and getting lost in the flames. Mixed bag of emotions when I hear it now but still love it!!
It’s about addiction. Plain and simple. How starting out, it seems like it makes everything better, then eventually it takes a dark turn and drags you down and gets so tough that it seems impossible to escape. And even though you can see it’s making you feel so bad, you still do it for that little glimpse of euphoria. I highly recommend having the lyrics pulled up while or before listening and the concepts of the songs will make more sense and likely will result in you having a better experience with the songs. Try to have yourself a great rest of your day!
"Prison Sex' from the same album is one of my all time favorites. The bass and drums are just so thick. *Adult themes warning if you decide to react to it.
@@SoulTripChuck not karma. Its abt the chain of abuse. Children sexually abused are more likely to become abusers themselves but the song is about breaking the chain of abuse.
Musicians usually have 10-15 years to craft a first album with no pressure. Once you make it you have to come up with another one every 2 years on a deadline - some musician, I forget
Ironically this is the album with the first bassist Paul D'Amour and not Justin Chancellor. I definitely agree with you that it has that fat thick distinct Tool sound, it's just interesting how they were able keep that tonally consistent with two different bassists
Wow Undertow? So glad to see you reacting to songs that aren’t “main stream“! I spent hours and hours practicing this song on the drums in high school when it first came out. So fun to play!
My older brother's friend got me into Tool back in high school. He could play guitar and sing just like Maynard, hitting and holding the notes. He pulled so much fine trim for an average looking chud.
TOOL is that rare band that i found in my younger angrier days, then as i aged they got less and less angry as did I. Every album release seemed to perfectly fit where my temperment in life was at the current time. Another band that went from super angry to more of a feel good mellower vibe (but still rocks hard) that i grew up with is CLUTCH, yall need to react to more Clutch, 1 song is not even a drop in the bucket of their vastly varying sound.
This is early Tool, shorter/angrier songs, ha! Some prefer this vibe of their sound but I like the later stuff, it jibes more with my spiritual/seeking side, ha. But angry Maynard really fits the bill when I'm in a certain mood or mindset.
Tool is amazing. Been a huge fan since the 90s and this is my second favourite album of theirs after Enima. Crawl Away and Swamp Song are great songs to check out too.
Lex almost hit it but just barely missed It's about being on the heroin nod, he's nodded off and now he's trapped in the Undertow and unable wake up, It's also about trying to get get clean but relapsing.
I love Tool, Danny Carrey is a beast on the drums and Maynard just has this great vocal range and interesting style. I'm loving just watching Lex vibe to this.
Is it just me, or when they react to Tool, do they always do a non lyric video? Of all the bands you really ought to make sure you have lyrics for, (especially if you have trouble hearing/understanding the words in a song), Tool is on top of the list. (All apologies if you do have the lyrics in front on a phone or whatever.)
It's very hard to find lyric videos of the modern songs. The videos are getting removed by the rights holders more and more. Tool lyric vods seem to be all nut gone now.
So Good, Undertow was the album that really introduced me to Tool, and me and my friends played it over and over.Brad you really should of done the lyric video for this one.
Have you ever done any Porcupine Tree, they have some great songs! They split up around 2011 but now have a new album coming out! They are prog and Steven Wilson is lead singer and has had his own prolific solo career. The live version of their song "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" is better even than the audio version, they always sound fantastic live.
YES to Porcupine Tree!!! I like Tool, but Porcupine Tree is one of my top 5 favorite bands - incredible musicianship and Gavin Harrison is one of the greatest drummers of all time (Neil Peart was a fan)
I always understood this song to be about addiction (heroin?) -- first verse hes praising how great it is, and 2nd verse hes singing only half the praise of it. By the end he is telling himself that he is euphoric, when it sounds like he isn't convinced.
Flood is the appropriate song to follow listening to Undertow as in explains that once the goal Maynard was trying to reach in this song was reached it turns out not to be the Rock that Maynard thought he was clinging to
I like the part how he breaks up the word, Eu ……phor……….i……….aaaa……. At the end ,It took me a while to figure out what he was saying , when he says ,”euphoria” and breaking it up into four syllables ! 👁
Early TOOL is some of the most honest music you will ever experience...no bells or whistles, just pure passion. Gotta do 'Hooker With A Penis' next, full of attitude and revenge...pure Maynard! More TOOL please, love you guys. X
The brilliance of this song is how the lyrical theme matches the music composition and flow... Both of which depict the addiction flow. 1st time - twice as high as heaven, twice as loud as reason Next time - only half as high as heaven, half as loud as reason... Nothing matches the 1st high And the flow - high/come down/despair/high/come down/despair The flow lyrically and musically matches that pattern... Brilliance!
"left-right walking - tumble - get up" feel of this song makes another appearance in "the package" by a perfect circle. same exact idea. except i think apc has it as a winged iron giant robot trying to "give this to me" fly (like a moth to the sun ..."it's gonna be worth it!")
All of tools albums are concept albums this album specifically is about two things escaping the cycles of abuse and addiction and facing your problems and escaping you mind and mental illness before it consumes you there’s a bit more to it as well especially with the song flood he’s using an undertow as a metaphor to being trapped an undertow is, a strong seaward bottom current returning the water of broken waves back out to sea
Damn, YES. Unfortunately, they (almost always) only react to songs which win the stream polls. And most of their voters seem to prefer the mid-era music of the Pretenders more. Crazy I know, but there it is.
You MUST react to Jay Black, " Cara Mia " 1991, PBS video on youtube. Cara Mia was a huge hit and Jay sings it live on PBS. You will not believe this guy's voice.
I read somewhere sometime ago they wrote all their songs on lsd. As a 70s/80s user/not abuser, I have had many pleasant drug-free flashbacks while listening and looking thru the amazing albums artwork 😂😮😊
I liked their first Opiate EP, before Undertow that got heavy rotation on MTV. I more liked the band Stabbing Westward at the time, more punch. Check their song Ungod. Another band from the time was The God Machine with the killer song Dream Machine.
The three bands I loved that I always felt had a similar sound were Stabbing Westward, Gravity Kills, and God Lives Underwater. Great music from all of em.
I mean, when you don’t have a lyric video just pull up Genius, (but just don’t look at the “meaning” sections and the comments because all of that is user edited, so their interpretation is as good as yours but it’s so easy to get influenced by those opinions once you give them your time-pretty rare I pull up an annotation but I will to figure out a line or verse because maybe they incorporated a primary source into their interpretation, like an interview where the songwriter said, “this line means this…,” of course, that’s something Maynard never did for the bulk of the band’s existence. In fact, when asked he would explain that he’d rather fans interpreted the songs on their own, without his input beyond the expression itself.) The whole Undertow album is that “heavy.”
Opiate and undertow easily are their two heaviest albums it got psychedelic and progressive from Ænima onward tool from 92 to 93 was alt metal alt rock hard rock
They say when your drowning you can go down twice ya may survive but 3rd time down euphoria!! I think its referencing drowning and something I haven't figured it out. 😂
you should do a reaction to manowar "warriors of the world...live".....metal ppl stick together no matter what....black,white,yellow,red....we are all brothers
I'm not speaking about Tool. But there is a lot of history and meaning to most of the songs you react to. You would learn so much by looking up the what and why and how this historical art was created. (Just saying)
Definitely. I love when reaction channels look up and discuss the meaning of the songs after listening, but very few channels seem to do that. It really does add a lot to the reaction though, and I always find it interesting when they come up with a totally different explanation than the one you had in mind.
I'm just here to like this video and like everybody that comments on it to the minute that I actually watch the video. Oh yeah and more tool videos please
Production on that album is pretty weak and it makes for these 'one song' listens a bit rough.. but a lot of these are stunning songs. I like this one a lot.
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This is when I became a diehard Tool fan. I love all of their stuff, but especially this album. When bands are first breaking, they seem to create their best material.
Ya Jerk Off became one of my favorite tracks after the month of horror a roommate was causing....what a disaster of a human being he was
Possibly, but maybe we just associate it as the best because it’s the material we hold dearest to us.
Early stuff is just more raw and undefined it’s a thing of beauty ….✌🏻
To be honest, I think "Lateralus" is their best material, because to me, it is one of the greatest records ever recorded.
@@Xuimaki I think this is how people decide which Tool album is "better" or " best" just personal bias.
To me which ever tool album I'm listening to is my favorite for that time and the change with my mood.
Tool is a band that can do no wrong in my eyes. I love their entire catalog. It's cool how their music got more intricate and complicated with each album, but this one is still my favorite! I went through some weird dark times one winter shortly after this was released and I would listen to it over and over while sitting in front of my fireplace and getting lost in the flames. Mixed bag of emotions when I hear it now but still love it!!
It’s about addiction. Plain and simple. How starting out, it seems like it makes everything better, then eventually it takes a dark turn and drags you down and gets so tough that it seems impossible to escape. And even though you can see it’s making you feel so bad, you still do it for that little glimpse of euphoria. I highly recommend having the lyrics pulled up while or before listening and the concepts of the songs will make more sense and likely will result in you having a better experience with the songs. Try to have yourself a great rest of your day!
if it's maynard, it's about ego.
Exactly, how could I let this being me back to my knees!
"Prison Sex' from the same album is one of my all time favorites. The bass and drums are just so thick. *Adult themes warning if you decide to react to it.
great tune!
That’s a power song!
prison sex = best tool song next to pushit imo
Prison Sex is largely about karma. that's all i will divulge.
@@SoulTripChuck not karma. Its abt the chain of abuse. Children sexually abused are more likely to become abusers themselves but the song is about breaking the chain of abuse.
Nice! Some old school Tool. Don't let us wait too long for the next Tool reaction.
Brad is a sturdy rock and Lex is the wind, water and fire that dances around her sturdy rock. Brad processes the music and Lex feels it. ✌️
With the distinct bass line and Maynard's vocals, I can always tell it's Tool.
Musicians usually have 10-15 years to craft a first album with no pressure. Once you make it you have to come up with another one every 2 years on a deadline - some musician, I forget
Ironically this is the album with the first bassist Paul D'Amour and not Justin Chancellor. I definitely agree with you that it has that fat thick distinct Tool sound, it's just interesting how they were able keep that tonally consistent with two different bassists
Wow Undertow? So glad to see you reacting to songs that aren’t “main stream“! I spent hours and hours practicing this song on the drums in high school when it first came out. So fun to play!
My older brother's friend got me into Tool back in high school. He could play guitar and sing just like Maynard, hitting and holding the notes. He pulled so much fine trim for an average looking chud.
Just found you two. A complete joy to watch and listen too. Thank you.
This album is very raw compared to their highly polished later work. I'd love it if they made another album like this one.
TOOL is that rare band that i found in my younger angrier days, then as i aged they got less and less angry as did I. Every album release seemed to perfectly fit where my temperment in life was at the current time. Another band that went from super angry to more of a feel good mellower vibe (but still rocks hard) that i grew up with is CLUTCH, yall need to react to more Clutch, 1 song is not even a drop in the bucket of their vastly varying sound.
Yes on more CLUTCH!
This is early Tool, shorter/angrier songs, ha! Some prefer this vibe of their sound but I like the later stuff, it jibes more with my spiritual/seeking side, ha. But angry Maynard really fits the bill when I'm in a certain mood or mindset.
Amen!
They gotta listen to prison sex. Great song. ✨✨
Tool is amazing. Been a huge fan since the 90s and this is my second favourite album of theirs after Enima. Crawl Away and Swamp Song are great songs to check out too.
This album is 🔥
Lex almost hit it but just barely missed It's about being on the heroin nod, he's nodded off and now he's trapped in the Undertow and unable wake up, It's also about trying to get get clean but relapsing.
@endless013 you summed it up beautifully! I’m a recovering addict and this song is one of the things that helped me get thru it.
one of my top 5 albums ever, I love Tool in general but this album was Headexplodingly good when it came out and remains so today.
i'm so glad i saw them in concert. so talented and INCREDIBLE live.
Same. Best concert I've ever been to
I love Tool, Danny Carrey is a beast on the drums and Maynard just has this great vocal range and interesting style. I'm loving just watching Lex vibe to this.
Is it just me, or when they react to Tool, do they always do a non lyric video?
Of all the bands you really ought to make sure you have lyrics for, (especially
if you have trouble hearing/understanding the words in a song), Tool is on top
of the list.
(All apologies if you do have the lyrics in front on a phone or whatever.)
It's very hard to find lyric videos of the modern songs. The videos are getting removed by the rights holders more and more. Tool lyric vods seem to be all nut gone now.
TOOL would absolutely disagree. words get in the way. real shit is in the music.
Def need to have lyrics pulled up
@@soth1sol maynard spending 10+ years writing lyrics for 1 album disagrees 😭😭
So Good, Undertow was the album that really introduced me to Tool, and me and my friends played it over and over.Brad you really should of done the lyric video for this one.
This is off the first full-length LP. With the original bass player. Great album
love this song, awesome album
Have you ever done any Porcupine Tree, they have some great songs! They split up around 2011 but now have a new album coming out! They are prog and Steven Wilson is lead singer and has had his own prolific solo career. The live version of their song "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" is better even than the audio version, they always sound fantastic live.
I really wish that Brad would do the lyric video for Blackest Eyes, they are an awesome band and Steven Wilson is very talented
I'd also like to see them do some The Mars Volta but Brad's head may explode
YES to Porcupine Tree!!! I like Tool, but Porcupine Tree is one of my top 5 favorite bands - incredible musicianship and Gavin Harrison is one of the greatest drummers of all time (Neil Peart was a fan)
@@mvellis3863 I heard he isn't part of this new album, is that true?
@@sharilynbratton6476 not true, it's the bass player who is not on the album
Yerrrsss. Hardly anyone reacts to songs off Undertow. Sober aside.
Hey guys what's up! Greetings from South Florida! Tool just makes you want to keep listening. You guys rock! God bless you! Peace!
tool has been my favorite band since I first heard their opiate album way back in the early 90s. in my opinion they have never made a bad song.
I always understood this song to be about addiction (heroin?) -- first verse hes praising how great it is, and 2nd verse hes singing only half the praise of it. By the end he is telling himself that he is euphoric, when it sounds like he isn't convinced.
Flood is the appropriate song to follow listening to Undertow as in explains that once the goal Maynard was trying to reach in this song was reached it turns out not to be the Rock that Maynard thought he was clinging to
Wow! I really dig this song. I don't think I've heard this one. How did I miss it?
I had this song on repeat months ago. Underrated song. Great reaction
The undertow is the pull of addiction. In my opinion. The entire album is a struggle with abuse and addiction.
This is the Tool I love.
Early 90’s working in a machine shop was the first time hearing Tool. Fan ever since.
One of the best albums of the early 90s…
Love when you guys do Tool :)))))))))))))))
This is proof that you need to delve more into the past of TOOL.
He´s talking about addiction, that one that can bring you down to your knees.
I wish they had kept this heavier angrier sound for a couple more albums.
or all, or at least 1 track per album.
i think they are called tool to promote sense of evolution
I like the part how he breaks up the word, Eu ……phor……….i……….aaaa……. At the end ,It took me a while to figure out what he was saying , when he says ,”euphoria” and breaking it up into four syllables ! 👁
BEST TOOL right here⬇⬇⬇
Sweet, old Tool! Great song and album, it doesn't get enough love. ✌️
Early TOOL is some of the most honest music you will ever experience...no bells or whistles, just pure passion. Gotta do 'Hooker With A Penis' next, full of attitude and revenge...pure Maynard! More TOOL please, love you guys. X
Pretty sure they already did HWAP.
"i sold my soul to make a record, dipshit, and, 44&2, bought, 46&2~!" -_-
Thier second album. I have loved to see Thier progression. My favorite band of all time. Lateralus! For Brad and his lyric analyzing self.
this album slams so hard!!!
Yo,Brad! Danny Careys unique drumming is the equivalent of Cakes offbeat singing! 😂😂😂Glad you enjoyed it!
The brilliance of this song is how the lyrical theme matches the music composition and flow... Both of which depict the addiction flow.
1st time - twice as high as heaven, twice as loud as reason
Next time - only half as high as heaven, half as loud as reason...
Nothing matches the 1st high
And the flow - high/come down/despair/high/come down/despair
The flow lyrically and musically matches that pattern... Brilliance!
"left-right walking - tumble - get up" feel of this song makes another appearance in "the package" by a perfect circle. same exact idea. except i think apc has it as a winged iron giant robot trying to "give this to me" fly (like a moth to the sun ..."it's gonna be worth it!")
The feeling is what the music creates and the lyrics describe it.
All of tools albums are concept albums this album specifically is about two things escaping the cycles of abuse and addiction and facing your problems and escaping you mind and mental illness before it consumes you there’s a bit more to it as well especially with the song flood he’s using an undertow as a metaphor to being trapped an undertow is, a strong seaward bottom current returning the water of broken waves back out to sea
Just about my favorite Tool album
"Mystery Achievement" by the Pretenders, please... next time you're looking for something from the 80's!
Damn, YES. Unfortunately, they (almost always) only react to songs which win the stream polls. And most of their voters seem to prefer the mid-era music of the Pretenders more. Crazy I know, but there it is.
Love it .godbless guys
Of course you now have witnessed that TOOL is the most awesome band born out of the United States
They've actually done a lot of Tool already and saw them live recently!!
This song is dirty. This whole album is dirty.
You MUST react to Jay Black, " Cara Mia " 1991, PBS video on youtube. Cara Mia was a huge hit and Jay sings it live on PBS. You will not believe this guy's voice.
Hey guys, if you don't mind, you need to react to Jambi by Tool.
Need to check out "46 & 2" by them.
Pretty sure they already did
They did
I read somewhere sometime ago they wrote all their songs on lsd. As a 70s/80s user/not abuser, I have had many pleasant drug-free flashbacks while listening and looking thru the amazing albums artwork 😂😮😊
Nice, did they do this at the concert you saw? This is one of my favs.
Maestro Fresh Wes - Let Your Backbone Slide
I liked their first Opiate EP, before Undertow that got heavy rotation on MTV. I more liked the band Stabbing Westward at the time, more punch. Check their song Ungod.
Another band from the time was The God Machine with the killer song Dream Machine.
Stabbing Westward is an awesome band
The three bands I loved that I always felt had a similar sound were Stabbing Westward, Gravity Kills, and God Lives Underwater. Great music from all of em.
Stabbing Westward God lives underwater! I remember that
Ego death is a subject in a lot of their songs as well from opiate to fear Inoculum and facing your fears
This is what Tool was. I don't now when they started being called a Prog Rock band, but this was 100% hardcore Grunge
damn girl is fuckin killing it ❤️❤️❤️ he's talking about being taken down into the undertow of anything imo
eu, phor, i, a
can i pay y'all to react to shit? how's it work 😌
I mean, when you don’t have a lyric video just pull up Genius, (but just don’t look at the “meaning” sections and the comments because all of that is user edited, so their interpretation is as good as yours but it’s so easy to get influenced by those opinions once you give them your time-pretty rare I pull up an annotation but I will to figure out a line or verse because maybe they incorporated a primary source into their interpretation, like an interview where the songwriter said, “this line means this…,” of course, that’s something Maynard never did for the bulk of the band’s existence. In fact, when asked he would explain that he’d rather fans interpreted the songs on their own, without his input beyond the expression itself.)
The whole Undertow album is that “heavy.”
I do like some Tool though it has been a while since I've sat down and listened to them.
HEY I KNOW THESE GUYS! The band obviously but I mean the content creators. WHAT UP YALL HOPE YOU LIVIN GOOD THESE DAYS!!!
Lexi's close. It's about how addiction drags you under, again and again.
Opiate and undertow easily are their two heaviest albums it got psychedelic and progressive from Ænima onward tool from 92 to 93 was alt metal alt rock hard rock
Hey it's been awhile, rock 😎🤘
Should listen to Look Out Sunshine by The Fratellis
still follows and enjoy you guys
YES! Please more off Undertow, would to see you checkout 4 Degrees
Was their first release if I remember right... Set the new GRUNGE World 🌎 on FiRE! Or METAL? 1991. Also SOBER. 💯🔥
I love me some Angry Maynard
Check out "A Perfect Circle" please. It's Maynard's(Tool's lead singer)'s side project. Also A+ excellent. Bit of a different style.
"undertow" is tool's "the package" ;)
You should do some PUSIFER (did I spell that right?🤔😅). Oh and have you reacted to DOOMED from A PERFECT CIRCLE?
Agreed, Remedy and Bedlamite.
I’d be interested to see what you made of ‘Wanna Get Free’ by Shaka Ponk
You should find the original artwork for this album. It was banned and considered explicit.
They say when your drowning you can go down twice ya may survive but 3rd time down euphoria!! I think its referencing drowning and something I haven't figured it out. 😂
Tool is always a great time! Please listen to Cold & Ugly by them.
I was wondering when you'd listen to Undertow.
you should do a reaction to manowar "warriors of the world...live".....metal ppl stick together no matter what....black,white,yellow,red....we are all brothers
Hear it live with* tales from the dark side*. It's the best tool song ever.
I'm not speaking about Tool. But there is a lot of history and meaning to most of the songs you react to. You would learn so much by looking up the what and why and how this historical art was created. (Just saying)
Definitely. I love when reaction channels look up and discuss the meaning of the songs after listening, but very few channels seem to do that. It really does add a lot to the reaction though, and I always find it interesting when they come up with a totally different explanation than the one you had in mind.
Cool.
Love lex ! On point !
Debut Tool is still the best Tool.
opiate?
Tool is Sober y'all. It's imagination, not drugs.
You nailed it!
Poor Brad, hard to hear old Tool lyrics.
got a playlist if you want it Metal/Rock.
Lyric vids for Tool
Idk if u guys do rnb reactions but could yall please react to Victoria Monet - Moment? 💕
You should consider reacting to Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
I'm just here to like this video and like everybody that comments on it to the minute that I actually watch the video. Oh yeah and more tool videos please
You gotta listen to wings for marie part 1 and 2! Have to have the lyrics also.
Finally another tool song!!!!! :)
Production on that album is pretty weak and it makes for these 'one song' listens a bit rough.. but a lot of these are stunning songs. I like this one a lot.
TOOL 👍🏆
Let's goooo, Lex! :)