Sean reacts to Lateralus by Tool. He picked up on the Fibonacci Sequence without me mentioning it's role in the song. Check out Sean's channel here: / @gaffneyinkwell
The original song title was 987 because the chorus changes time between 9/8 8/8 and 7/8 987 is also the 16th number in the Fibonacci sequence. The lyrics start on a Fibonacci sequence, have a syllable count in reference to the Fibonacci sequence.
On the surface, Lateralus does have the ability to contradict religious intuition and I felt a little bit of this with Sean's initial reaction. The song is begging the viewer to question...everything. Religious beliefs 100% included. The concepts were inspired by a drug induced peyote ceremony after all. Maynard is questioning reality itself here. It's a monumental artistic achievement and a piece of cultural history that made an imprint on the zeitgeist for millennials and Gen-X. Regarding Fibonacci itself, I personally believe you can choose to view almost anything through a theist or atheist lens. I view Fibonacci as evidence of a creator, so this song is unintentionally a religious experience for me :) Time for Invincible :)
Great suggestion for these two big minds. These are my favorite type of reactors to Tool. You almost want to spare them from Sober 😅 But would love to hear their perspective on their progression while aging.
That repetitious sound at the beginning reminds me of listening to a heartbeat. When you’re born, you see black and white. The next colors to develop are red and yellow. There’s that literal meaning and there’s also metaphorical meaning of only seeing right/wrong when you’re younger but as you age you start seeing different aspects of each individual situation. That’s always been my take on it.
100%. I love their videos but the ear buds bug me every time. 😆 GET. HEADPHONES!! I listen to music with ear buds all the time. But Tool comes on and I’m switching gear immediately!
Man, your initial analysis is better than most who’ve spent time with this song. Kudos to you! Thank you again for the amazing reaction. You’re killing it.
It’s not color theory. My understanding is that biologically, humans are able to recognize black first, then the contrast of white, and then able to perceive the color of red and yellow in utero. And most color words from earlier languages reflect this having more specific words for reds and yellows well before a difference between greens and blues. Not to take away from your interpretation because that’s still valid.
I’ve listened to this song counless times and I have yet to think of the weeping willow/weeping widow word play. That’s why I love listening to your analyses.
Thanks. I know not everyone liked that pickup - but the more I think of it, the more I'm convinced that Maynard is constantly drawing multiple references ideas all at the same time. Makes the analysis so rich- there is more going on than is going on!
Somewhere on RUclips there's a video that follows the whole song with the Fibonacci sequence by using the bouncing ball on the lyrics. Great reaction, thanks!
Love your thoughtful and insightful reactions. This song is so inspiring- particularly the line “swing on the spiral of our own divinity and still be a human” always makes me cry.
Yessss been waiting for this one all week. And Sean has been waiting too! Days upon days upon days 😂 Perhaps we could squeeze in 2 Tool Reactions a week? Idk ? Give the people what they want 🙏
I bought this the night before it was released in the Americas, 15th May 2001, a week shy of twenty-three years ago, and only just now heard the drums spiralling around me, vertically.
Congrats - you guys just experienced Tool's best song for the first time. Come back and revisit it in a year after you've had time to take in more of their body of work.
One of the best suggestions for new Tool listeners. You really have to step away and revisit. It's always either a brand new mental journey or you hear new notes.
Love this suggestion. As a writer, I know that taking time away from something, then returning makes it so much easier to feel/know more from the work.
@@danielbolin2361 I did that because deep down I knew that it would ruin your day. You and the wife probably got in an argument over it, she took my side because she’s more empathetic than you are and now your getting a divorce because you can’t manage expectations or pick up Susie from daycare on time due to your inability to put down the vodka bottle. 😘
@@danielbolin2361 I am a story teller by nature. Obviously that was satire and an amusing attempt to crack a joke. I laughed. Hope you chuckled a bit 😂
I shared your first reaction to TOOL on a TOOL page right after you first made the reaction. And I see they've arrived in droves to "witness the beauty" of your reactions to this amazing band. Love it. Spiral Out! Keep going!
@PomadeJam of course. There are many reactors who fake their way through these videos because they know the TOOL fans love to see people discover this band, but they are easily distinguishable from genuine reactors like yourselves. I love the in depth breakdowns and the way you absorb both music and lyrics. TOOL really are a "tool" for healing and overcoming. I've found myself being carried along the way through many difficult times with this band.
"Bathe in the fountain" Fountain of youth mentioned in "Invincible" too "Ponce DeLeon's fountain" Maybe connections with "Negative ions" from "Aenima".
In regards to the color, I always took the beginning of the song as the "birth". The wave sound he heard, I always heard as a fetus' heartbeat. Then, babies don't see in color at birth, they see black and white, but then red, then yellow, then orange is the first color infants see.
Sean and Mr. Jam 😊, thank you so much for the deep dive into this. Time, effort, thoughtfulness, willingness to open that door of spirituality, philosophy, existentialism, etc. Top notch, guys!! Please keep going with Tool. I am reluctant (chicken) at present to share my deepest personal understanding of this song, and Tool as a whole for that matter. Please 🙏 continue your journey. We might discover together that there really is no spoon.😊
Thanks, 88. I feel you; doing these reactions is scary for me - Tool opens up heart and soul; a frightening self examination along with Maynard's vulnerable examination.
If you ignore your intuition and don’t take chances in the moment, your life doesn’t change. You live in a circle. Your life will spiral outward until the end when you let go and live outside the box.
These are fun. If Sean ever decided to do a quick 10-15 minute "I've sat with the song for a week and here are some further thoughts" videos on his channel I'd probably check those out.
@@GaffneyInkwell noticed the videos on your channel are much shorter generally. That'd be fine if you chose to do them there. As I said, here would be fine too. Cheers.
Great reaction again! I love the comment, that stories lose their power when you explain them. To me, great lyrics leave room for the listener by not giving a complete picture. You need to put your own thoughts and emotions in, to get meaning out. In that sense, poetry is a mirror for the self. And Tool is just really great at that game. The process of the brain of an infant maturing is called "cerebral lateralization" and one of the first steps in that process is to go from monochrome vision to color vision. To me this song is about becoming human and your relationship to yourself. You start out just being a pure observer, you learn to analyze, and then to "not analyze" and just feel. I love the phrase "I must feed my will to feel this moment", you don't just "want" to do what you want, you need to work on yourself. There is a common interpretation that this is about the relationship between science and art as well, I kinda like that one as well.
Oh yeah, and the mathematical complexity of the song, juxtaposed with the "overthinking, overanalysing seperates the body from the mind" is just a great comment on how to enjoy this music. Tools music often get overanalysed and people read a lot of mystical stuff into them. I can almost hear Maynard telling me "we made this awesome piece of music, stick your feet on the ground, listen, loose yourself between the sounds, this is not the time to analyze, freakin feel it!"
Great insights, Dennis. Dead on about good lyrics - the power of being personal. Too much art forgets that the art is never complete until the audience makes it their own.
@@GaffneyInkwellby the way, can I offer you a fun filter to see this song through? I think it is meant to be funny, Tool parodying Tool maybe. First the title, Tool usually have great, meaningful song titles, take "the pot", that has so many great layers when taken in conjunction with the lyrics. Lateralus sounds deep, it eludes to a lot of profound concepts, like lateral thinking, cerebral lateralization or muscles, calling back to forty-six and two, but Lateralus is pig-latin, it doesn't mean anything. The Fibonacci stuff seems really mystical and dense, but the golden ratio is already embedded in the harmony and rhythms of music, putting it into the length of the intro, verse and refrain, and into the meters of the verse is certainly clever, but it is pretty banal, like a painting of the word "painting". The key then becomes the line "overthinking, overanalyzing, separates the body from the mind" Maynard is mocking us for our efforts. If we cut those false trails, and just listen, I think this song is about just planting our feet on the ground and loosing our self between the sounds, open up to let it in, and feel it move across our skin. Like you do at a concert, or when you are a pure listener, like a child. In that light, I think it is a really funny and powerfully simple song.
The colours named in the song are also deliberate. It start with work done by a British man named William Gladstone, he notes that the Greek writer Homer, never once used any reference to the colour blue in his works, and went through and counted the number of times each colour is used and found that in order of number of times used it went Black, white, red, yellow and green... The rest were colours that were named only a few times each in comparison. Surprised by this he checked other texts of the same time period and found the percentage of times that colours were named were strikingly similar, with only small deviations for the same main five colours. It's believe that the reason for this is that the order of the colours in this way is due to the order that humans named them, and it's also believed to be the order that a newborn baby starts to see the world around them, with these colours in that order. It add a bit more to the idea of the lyric "black and white are, all I see, in my infancy" both literally for a newborn, and also true for fledgling humanity.
I listened to a talk by Iain McGilchrist, the author of The Master and His Emissary, where he discusses the role of the left and right brain in shaping our experience of the world and it really reminded me of this song. Could the lateralisation of our brain hemispheres be an influence on Maynard writing Lateralus? 🤔
Yeah - I know the lyric was "widow" - I believe that Maynard was using a common phrase (weeping willow) to expand his lyrics to include the literal AND the echoes of imagery.
Since the enlightenment we've predominantly focused on logic and reason and we've lost touch with the natural, spiritual, transcendent....we've forgone our intuition with overthinking, to our detriment, both are necessary to retain our humanity.
I really appreciate you guys and your analysis of the songs. I actually look forward to your reactions. Just a question......Did anyone point out to you the use of the Fibonacci sequence in the song's structure?
Everyone gets caught up on the Fibonacci correlation, of course with the spiral , which is what the Fibonacci sequence is mathematically. However few understand what he is actually talking about , to understand it , one - you must have an understanding of Egyptian mythology , the occult , inner awakening as will as out of body experience. I do not have the want or the time to get into details, but there are some clues .
Oh boy, wait until you find out that the Willy Wonka effect is because they subconsciously have you riding the spiral of the Fibonacci sequence without knowing it. 🌀 😵💫
Unless my CD is misprinted, the name of the album is Lateralus, whereas the song on the track list is spelled Lateralis. Same thing goes with their previous album Aenima, the song is spelled Aenema. Most websites have the latter correct, but the song is matches the album for the former. If you have a physical copy, look again. Almost no one notices this.
You should do The Pot next, oh wait maybe Sober, or maybe Parabole, or even Fear Inoculum. Hey don't forget Invincible, and/or 7empest. Can't forget Pneuma. Oh my gosh I almost forgot Forty Six & 2. Prison Sex is great....Ya know, you might just listen to everything Tool has. Don't get me started on Perfect Circle.
So what are the 3 musicians (Adam, Danny, Justin) thinking when they are composing the music to which Maynard later adds melody, lyrics? Are they composing what is to them cool new sounds, rhythms? How do these rhythms, melodies fit into, reflect what he is thinking?
I get the note taking and all of that. But your next task is to listen to it alone with no reaction or distractions and see how that feels….. just a suggestion ✌️
The beginning of the song reminds me of what you would hear inside of a womb. You would hear the muffled sound of a heart beating and the vascular system working. Then it gets louder and louder until you are born. Then Maynard's first lyrics just happen to be about an infant. Just a thought. 🤔
When you discover the famous connection of this song to the Fibonacci Sequence it blows your mind all over again
I know, right?!!
The original song title was 987 because the chorus changes time between 9/8 8/8 and 7/8
987 is also the 16th number in the Fibonacci sequence. The lyrics start on a Fibonacci sequence, have a syllable count in reference to the Fibonacci sequence.
On the surface, Lateralus does have the ability to contradict religious intuition and I felt a little bit of this with Sean's initial reaction. The song is begging the viewer to question...everything. Religious beliefs 100% included.
The concepts were inspired by a drug induced peyote ceremony after all. Maynard is questioning reality itself here.
It's a monumental artistic achievement and a piece of cultural history that made an imprint on the zeitgeist for millennials and Gen-X.
Regarding Fibonacci itself, I personally believe you can choose to view almost anything through a theist or atheist lens. I view Fibonacci as evidence of a creator, so this song is unintentionally a religious experience for me :)
Time for Invincible :)
Excellent insights, Savage.
You guys should really consider 'Parabol, Parabola' next.
Love the way you guy's dissect these masterpieces.
Great suggestion for these two big minds. These are my favorite type of reactors to Tool. You almost want to spare them from Sober 😅 But would love to hear their perspective on their progression while aging.
Thanks!
That repetitious sound at the beginning reminds me of listening to a heartbeat. When you’re born, you see black and white. The next colors to develop are red and yellow. There’s that literal meaning and there’s also metaphorical meaning of only seeing right/wrong when you’re younger but as you age you start seeing different aspects of each individual situation. That’s always been my take on it.
Hmmmm
I'm a mom and a nurse and have heard many ultrasonic fetus heartbeats. A beat with a whoosh sound. I believe that's what this recording is.
@@carlakane3313 Lovely!
Good insight!
He started to explain the meaning of 46&2, and I don’t think he’s even heard that one. 😂
You guys should be using quality headphones. Wearing earbuds for Tool is like wearing a track suit to a symphony.
Unless it's a Tool Aenima tracksuit.
@@randomsasquatchwithwifi4090 Ha!
100%. I love their videos but the ear buds bug me every time. 😆
GET. HEADPHONES!!
I listen to music with ear buds all the time. But Tool comes on and I’m switching gear immediately!
I really like that you don't front load him with any information or expectations.
Hey thanks!
Scary for me - but a much better reaction. I hate movie trailers that give everything away; spoils the fun of a first time.
“From contemplation to cacophony”. What a great quote.
Keep it up you two! And grab some better earphones for a better experience!
Yeah, I have to invest. Thanks, Travis!
Spiral Out keep going, gents 👏
This series is great. I'm amazed by what this guy can unpack after 1 listen. Took me 50 to get half as much. Would love to see a reaction to H.
H would be perfect!
Thanks, Zuli!
Man, your initial analysis is better than most who’ve spent time with this song. Kudos to you! Thank you again for the amazing reaction. You’re killing it.
Thank you, Daniel. I'm having fun.
It’s not color theory. My understanding is that biologically, humans are able to recognize black first, then the contrast of white, and then able to perceive the color of red and yellow in utero. And most color words from earlier languages reflect this having more specific words for reds and yellows well before a difference between greens and blues.
Not to take away from your interpretation because that’s still valid.
Great insight Daniel. I'm loving how much I'm learning in comments like this.
Blow his mind with Pneuma, he is ready.
✌️✝️
By far my favorite Tool reaction videos, you guys are awesome.
Thank you, Keith.
The deeper you go, the better it gets. I know that sounds cliche but it's true when it comes to tool.
The colors are what you first see when you're born and seeing reality outside the womb
I’ve listened to this song counless times and I have yet to think of the weeping willow/weeping widow word play. That’s why I love listening to your analyses.
Thanks. I know not everyone liked that pickup - but the more I think of it, the more I'm convinced that Maynard is constantly drawing multiple references ideas all at the same time. Makes the analysis so rich- there is more going on than is going on!
Being into Sacred Geometry this one speaks to me. For me the journey is the spiritual journey within one's mind... (prying open my third eye)
Somewhere on RUclips there's a video that follows the whole song with the Fibonacci sequence by using the bouncing ball on the lyrics. Great reaction, thanks!
Awesome! That would be something to watch.
Love your thoughtful and insightful reactions. This song is so inspiring- particularly the line “swing on the spiral of our own divinity and still be a human” always makes me cry.
Yeah - the simple beauty of the thought is so moving.
Yessss been waiting for this one all week.
And Sean has been waiting too! Days upon days upon days 😂
Perhaps we could squeeze in 2 Tool Reactions a week? Idk ? Give the people what they want 🙏
No. We'll finish too quickly. Lol
@@donrodztx I'm with you - I don't want to rush these!
Spiral out dudes, great video. Keep them coming 👍🌀🧬🗿
Thanks!
I always thought the water sound was an ultrasound.
TooL=GOAT
I believe initially it is an ultrasound from Danny Carey's daughter before she was born
I am loving that take on the opening sound.
I bought this the night before it was released in the Americas, 15th May 2001, a week shy of twenty-three years ago, and only just now heard the drums spiralling around me, vertically.
there really aren't many bands that you can keep finding new things about their music decades in.
Congrats - you guys just experienced Tool's best song for the first time.
Come back and revisit it in a year after you've had time to take in more of their body of work.
One of the best suggestions for new Tool listeners. You really have to step away and revisit. It's always either a brand new mental journey or you hear new notes.
Love this suggestion. As a writer, I know that taking time away from something, then returning makes it so much easier to feel/know more from the work.
23:15 Jesus talks about it in his parabol’s ….. humm maybe we do Parabol/Parabola next 😉
That's not how you spell parable.
@@danielbolin2361 I did that because deep down I knew that it would ruin your day. You and the wife probably got in an argument over it, she took my side because she’s more empathetic than you are and now your getting a divorce because you can’t manage expectations or pick up Susie from daycare on time due to your inability to put down the vodka bottle. 😘
@johncarpenter3751 does it take so little to ruin your day? I had a great one actually. Nice story there. Write what you know n all. 🙃
@@danielbolin2361 I am a story teller by nature. Obviously that was satire and an amusing attempt to crack a joke. I laughed. Hope you chuckled a bit 😂
Great reaction gentlemen
Thank you!
I hope the whole Tool Army finds their way here. This was a Super Soul Sunday episode for me! 🌀🌀🌀
I shared your first reaction to TOOL on a TOOL page right after you first made the reaction. And I see they've arrived in droves to "witness the beauty" of your reactions to this amazing band. Love it. Spiral Out! Keep going!
Hey thanks so much for sharing, that’s awesome! Really appreciate it!
@PomadeJam of course. There are many reactors who fake their way through these videos because they know the TOOL fans love to see people discover this band, but they are easily distinguishable from genuine reactors like yourselves. I love the in depth breakdowns and the way you absorb both music and lyrics. TOOL really are a "tool" for healing and overcoming. I've found myself being carried along the way through many difficult times with this band.
@@donrodztx I've had similar experiences with their music and really love sharing it with others.
Thanks, Don. Your support means a lot to Pomade, and the fan responses and adding to my wispy first responses is very fun for me.
"Bathe in the fountain" Fountain of youth mentioned in "Invincible" too "Ponce DeLeon's fountain" Maybe connections with "Negative ions" from "Aenima".
Amazing as always you two! Great analysis. Really think you need to do Parabol/ Parabola or Descending next. Can’t wait for whatever you guys do!
Thanks you!
Awwwwwww yes here we go 🤘🌀
You two are crushing this. Best thing on YT right now. It's a beautiful journey. Enjoy and Spiral out.
Thanks, eternal!
Thank You for réaction, Gentlemen!
I love this song! Just started the video, but excited to hear the analysis!
Heck yeah!! This is going to be good!
In regards to the color, I always took the beginning of the song as the "birth". The wave sound he heard, I always heard as a fetus' heartbeat. Then, babies don't see in color at birth, they see black and white, but then red, then yellow, then orange is the first color infants see.
Excellent insight - verified above by a nurse!
And the song represents a birth into the world, and its eventual aspirations and freedom, into life and spiral out…
Sean and Mr. Jam 😊, thank you so much for the deep dive into this. Time, effort, thoughtfulness, willingness to open that door of spirituality, philosophy, existentialism, etc. Top notch, guys!!
Please keep going with Tool. I am reluctant (chicken) at present to share my deepest personal understanding of this song, and Tool as a whole for that matter.
Please 🙏 continue your journey. We might discover together that there really is no spoon.😊
Thanks, 88. I feel you; doing these reactions is scary for me - Tool opens up heart and soul; a frightening self examination along with Maynard's vulnerable examination.
If you ignore your intuition and don’t take chances in the moment, your life doesn’t change. You live in a circle. Your life will spiral outward until the end when you let go and live outside the box.
Beautifully stated
Thanks, Theo.
@@GaffneyInkwell thank *you*
My vote is for “The Grudge” next
Fantastic reaction / review. Look forward to more
These are fun. If Sean ever decided to do a quick 10-15 minute "I've sat with the song for a week and here are some further thoughts" videos on his channel I'd probably check those out.
or on here again. either way. ;)
That is a great idea.
Me, too. Great idea!
Great idea.
@@GaffneyInkwell noticed the videos on your channel are much shorter generally. That'd be fine if you chose to do them there. As I said, here would be fine too. Cheers.
Great reaction! ❤
I’ve been waiting for this! This song fills me with hope and will to live each time I listen to it. Thank you! Keep going!
Great reaction again! I love the comment, that stories lose their power when you explain them. To me, great lyrics leave room for the listener by not giving a complete picture. You need to put your own thoughts and emotions in, to get meaning out. In that sense, poetry is a mirror for the self. And Tool is just really great at that game.
The process of the brain of an infant maturing is called "cerebral lateralization" and one of the first steps in that process is to go from monochrome vision to color vision. To me this song is about becoming human and your relationship to yourself. You start out just being a pure observer, you learn to analyze, and then to "not analyze" and just feel. I love the phrase "I must feed my will to feel this moment", you don't just "want" to do what you want, you need to work on yourself.
There is a common interpretation that this is about the relationship between science and art as well, I kinda like that one as well.
Oh yeah, and the mathematical complexity of the song, juxtaposed with the "overthinking, overanalysing seperates the body from the mind" is just a great comment on how to enjoy this music. Tools music often get overanalysed and people read a lot of mystical stuff into them. I can almost hear Maynard telling me "we made this awesome piece of music, stick your feet on the ground, listen, loose yourself between the sounds, this is not the time to analyze, freakin feel it!"
Great insights, Dennis. Dead on about good lyrics - the power of being personal. Too much art forgets that the art is never complete until the audience makes it their own.
@@GaffneyInkwellby the way, can I offer you a fun filter to see this song through? I think it is meant to be funny, Tool parodying Tool maybe. First the title, Tool usually have great, meaningful song titles, take "the pot", that has so many great layers when taken in conjunction with the lyrics. Lateralus sounds deep, it eludes to a lot of profound concepts, like lateral thinking, cerebral lateralization or muscles, calling back to forty-six and two, but Lateralus is pig-latin, it doesn't mean anything. The Fibonacci stuff seems really mystical and dense, but the golden ratio is already embedded in the harmony and rhythms of music, putting it into the length of the intro, verse and refrain, and into the meters of the verse is certainly clever, but it is pretty banal, like a painting of the word "painting".
The key then becomes the line "overthinking, overanalyzing, separates the body from the mind" Maynard is mocking us for our efforts. If we cut those false trails, and just listen, I think this song is about just planting our feet on the ground and loosing our self between the sounds, open up to let it in, and feel it move across our skin. Like you do at a concert, or when you are a pure listener, like a child. In that light, I think it is a really funny and powerfully simple song.
Another excellent choice :)
A masterpiece. Keep Spiraling Out...
The colours named in the song are also deliberate. It start with work done by a British man named William Gladstone, he notes that the Greek writer Homer, never once used any reference to the colour blue in his works, and went through and counted the number of times each colour is used and found that in order of number of times used it went Black, white, red, yellow and green... The rest were colours that were named only a few times each in comparison.
Surprised by this he checked other texts of the same time period and found the percentage of times that colours were named were strikingly similar, with only small deviations for the same main five colours.
It's believe that the reason for this is that the order of the colours in this way is due to the order that humans named them, and it's also believed to be the order that a newborn baby starts to see the world around them, with these colours in that order.
It add a bit more to the idea of the lyric "black and white are, all I see, in my infancy" both literally for a newborn, and also true for fledgling humanity.
Fascinating! Thanks!
Evolution of the eye. Darkness and not-darkness was first. The next receptors to evolve received Red and yellow
I listened to a talk by Iain McGilchrist, the author of The Master and His Emissary, where he discusses the role of the left and right brain in shaping our experience of the world and it really reminded me of this song.
Could the lateralisation of our brain hemispheres be an influence on Maynard writing Lateralus? 🤔
Would love to hear your reaction to the Salival tour version of Pushit. Great stuff love the vids!!🔥🔥🤮
Man, y’all got something good here… great reactions fellas
Thanks!
Thanks!
Black then white refers to the, I believe disproved now, infant that sees black and white forst then red and yellow later.
Jesus is an archetype of your identity, your ego. The human is divine participating in both the material world and the spiritual.
last correction I promise , lol, It is Weep like a WIDOW not WILLOW , What lyrics were yall reading?
you're right again. :) we did say widow one of the times at least. Widow definitely makes way more sense. I still like willow trees though. :)
Yeah - I know the lyric was "widow" - I believe that Maynard was using a common phrase (weeping willow) to expand his lyrics to include the literal AND the echoes of imagery.
Since the enlightenment we've predominantly focused on logic and reason and we've lost touch with the natural, spiritual, transcendent....we've forgone our intuition with overthinking, to our detriment, both are necessary to retain our humanity.
Yes, yes, yes!!
The Witness next, #please
The character in that also witnesses the beauty
I really appreciate you guys and your analysis of the songs. I actually look forward to your reactions. Just a question......Did anyone point out to you the use of the Fibonacci sequence in the song's structure?
I knew about it, but I didn’t tell Sean about it until after he’d analyzed the song. He picked up on it anyway.
Thanks, Tim. The Fibonacci use blows my mind.
Sensory overload warning!
Everyone gets caught up on the Fibonacci correlation, of course with the spiral , which is what the Fibonacci sequence is mathematically. However few understand what he is actually talking about , to understand it , one - you must have an understanding of Egyptian mythology , the occult , inner awakening as will as out of body experience. I do not have the want or the time to get into details, but there are some clues .
Oh boy, wait until you find out that the Willy Wonka effect is because they subconsciously have you riding the spiral of the Fibonacci sequence without knowing it. 🌀 😵💫
LateralUs*
fixed
Unless my CD is misprinted, the name of the album is Lateralus, whereas the song on the track list is spelled Lateralis.
Same thing goes with their previous album Aenima, the song is spelled Aenema. Most websites have the latter correct, but the song is matches the album for the former.
If you have a physical copy, look again. Almost no one notices this.
You should do The Pot next, oh wait maybe Sober, or maybe Parabole, or even Fear Inoculum. Hey don't forget Invincible, and/or 7empest. Can't forget Pneuma. Oh my gosh I almost forgot Forty Six & 2. Prison Sex is great....Ya know, you might just listen to everything Tool has. Don't get me started on Perfect Circle.
I agree! 🙂
Someone mentioned the song 46 and 2 and I believe that would be the next song to do if you're diving into a journey
On the list!
Welcome to TOOl, they will wake you up to the shitness of other lazy music.
Peace friends! 🤘🇨🇦✌️
“As below so above” is a reversal of Hermetic teachings which say it’s “As above so below.”
So what are the 3 musicians (Adam, Danny, Justin) thinking when they are composing the music to which Maynard later adds melody, lyrics? Are they composing what is to them cool new sounds, rhythms? How do these rhythms, melodies fit into, reflect what he is thinking?
Love to know the process.
I get the note taking and all of that. But your next task is to listen to it alone with no reaction or distractions and see how that feels….. just a suggestion ✌️
The beginning of the song reminds me of what you would hear inside of a womb. You would hear the muffled sound of a heart beating and the vascular system working. Then it gets louder and louder until you are born. Then Maynard's first lyrics just happen to be about an infant. Just a thought. 🤔
Now that you say that, I can totally see it. thanks!
I’m not sure about the “will and wind” lyrics. It sounds to me more like “will and whim” but maybe that is another word play…
Parabol / Parabola next?
Might have to be.
A superwaltz lol
U guys need to listen to some Fear Factory. They have the bestsongs about man versus machines.
Check the title spelling 😉
Doh, thanks! Fixed it.
Lateralis? how bout Lateralus!
the truly embarrassing thing is, I took 6 years of Latin. I fixed it.
Parabol/Parabola next?
Maybe Pushit?
Ohh pushit is a good one! Great story. Maybe Jimmy could be after Pushit