Prison Sex, Invincible, Shism, Parabola, Bottom I'll always go back to Aenima the album. Any song on there is a masterpiece. Honestly if you asl me tomorrow I'd say a complete different 5 lol. I love Tool
Drums - AEnema Base - Wings for Martie PT 2 Guitar - Invincible Vocals - Prison Sex Band - Rosetta Stoned PS. You could make this list with any 5 Tool song and no one would be incorrect
i think danny said schism was his favorite off lateralus while first promoting album. lmao, "schism" is tool's version of melvins "divorced" (featuring, um, tool). lmao damn this girl on the right (voice of voiceless) be SCREAMING!
Yeah I don’t get it. Vicarious, The Pot, Jambi, 10,000 Days, and Right in Two are all highlights in their discography imo. Also Intension is an incredibly beautiful song that is probably their most slept on deep cut.
Danny - Pneuma Justin - Aenima Adam - Third Eye Maynard - 10,000 Days Pt 2 Collective - Reflection and Descending... I just couldn't separate the two. Had to include them both somehow, and you could isolate any member on either track as a signature for this list; these are the two most perfect pieces of art in my lifetime.
Maybe it's impossible to choose the best ones but it's possible to share your love for Tool, and you've done it well my friend. 🙌 Took me an hour but here is mine. Drums: The Grudge Bass: Schism Guitar: Third Eye Vocals: 10,000 Days (Wings Pt. 2) All: 7empest
I feel like not enough people give 10,000 Days (Wings pt. 2) the attention it deserves. Oh, what are they gonna do when the lights go down? Without you to guide them all to Zion? What are they gonna do when the rivers overrun? Other than tremble incessantly? Gives me chills.
Justin I’d say 46&2 because when when he was asked to be in the band after Paul de’ Amour left one of the requirements was to have some songs of his own to work on when they were in process of making Aenema album and 46&2 was in his back pocket when he flew to LA to join the band and the rest is history
When you were listing how you would rank them and got to drums, 46 & 2 immediately came to mind. This will always be my favorite Tool song. Danny Carey plays drums as if he has six arms. Hooker With A Penis was a bold pick, lyric wise, but you make a great argument as to why it deserved to be on this list! I'm sitting here hoping that The Pot would be on your list, and it wins the overall category!
bill hicks: "all i'm trying to do, folks, is rid the world of all these fevered fucking egos that are tainting our collective unconscious and making us pay a higher psychic price than we can ever fucking imagine"
I became a Tool fan around the time 10000 days came out. I saw them for the first time in February this year! Then.... they extended their north America tour and I'm going to see them again in November!!!! Mind blowing!
Lateralus for MayNard the barbarian because of his vocal fibanocci pattern and also navigating through that song was amazing. This song has it all the whole maynard vocal gambit. The crooning the powerful vocals the bone chilling clean vocal approach. Lateralus is what got me into the band and it’s still my favorite song from them just a masterpiece
I love this video! Thank you! Your enthusiasm for this legendary band is genuine. Your enthusiasm is life affirming, sir! It's even better that you are a musician yourself. You definitely cheered me up ;)
You’re truly one of the BEST personalities I’ve seen/listened to on RUclips! Your intelligence for music..No fuck that…that’s obvious! Your LOVE for music mixed with your intelligence and that unbelievable drive that only an artist can have, is awesome and a pleasure to enjoy on our side of the computer. Love your content, love your channel. Rock on🤘
Hell yeah! I love how Michael just shows his emotion when a tune hits him… Grinding his teeth, tention on his lips, jaws in a firm bite… and his fist waving in enthousiasm…. I have the same reactions and feel about similar portions of music like Michael… I’d love to grab a drink, (water, lemonade) with you Michael… we would have a lot to share and discuss… I hope you know what I mean… Anyway… cheers from the Netherlands!
I was late to Tool. As an Englishman travelling the USA, I found myself living in an aircraft hanger on a farm. To kill time I went to buy CDs and found 10,000 days.
@CoastPropertyBuyers I think it was actually Stinkfist, but from when MTV used to play music and I liked it but never gave it too much thought. 10 years later, I buy a Tool album after hearing "The Pot" on the radio. 👍
Vicarious isn't an odd pick at all. If you know your stuff. It's required. People do not understand how difficult and intricate it is. Most also don't understand the interplay between the bass and guitar. You'll be blown away when your see it live as far as who is playing what. They have a few songs like that. But this song is just an impeccable and beautiful composition. I'm glad you realize it. Most just skip over it in best of lists. But it is a MONSTER in every way.
Oofta! This is a loaded post! Expect paragraphs of comments from me when I get a chance lol. Tool is my all time favorite band and I think the greatest band ever. They transcend every other band exponentially in my opinion, because they’re so deep and they don’t produce a bad song. So you can’t have a wrong pick because there’s so many you could choose and they’re all great. I like the format of best from each member then overall I like that approach
I think this is a great list based on your criteria (id replace the pot with lateralus tho). There are so many good parts in their discography tho that I can see every single one of your choices easy to argue against! What a fantastic band
Great list. It makes me happy to see 10k days get so much love. That album will always have a special place for me. My personal top 5 would be: -Eulogy -Right in Two -Invincible -Reflection -46&2
One trick that actually helped me with "Jambi": After the intro, i start the pull-off riff (when the drum toms stop) with an upstroke, instead of downstroke picking.
Oh man, you literally hit every single one of my faves in each category. Your list is PERFECT! And yes, go see Tool live if you haven't. It's not a concert or even an event, it's a religious experience. You won't regret it. (6x since '92...and counting).
Drums: The Grudge Bass: Schism Guitar: Stinkfist (i know odd choice) or Lateralus (if I can double up) Vocals: Right in Two Complete Song: Lateralus Honorable Mention: No Quarter
Drums: Forty Six & 2, triad, ticks and leeches, reflection argh so hard... ill go forty six & 2 just cause i agree that its the best drum section i heard in any song ever Bass: Reflection. Its so simple but its so hypnotic and the tone is just lovely. shout out- Aenima the bassline is sick Guitar: Lateralus - the whole song is guitar heaven. Vocals sound: Pushit Lyrics: Wings for Marie/10000 days Whole song: Third eye. No one picks this song out but it is a masterpiece.
Drums: Ticks and leeches or the Grudge Bass: The Pot, killer bass line Guitar: 7empest Vocals: The Grudge, love that scream Band: Descending, between the opening bass line, Maynard’s vocals, Danny’s drums and Adams outto solo, song is perfect from start to finish
love the list. some other considerations... Drums - the grudge Guitar - 7empest Bass - the pot Vocals - schism or rosetta stoned All - 7empest again lol
Love this list! Your insightfulness and adjectives are inspiring. Brings me back to my days as a 17-year-old bass player in her boyfriend’s band and also a 37 year old woman that likes to revisit the best… but also…Lateralus.
hell yeah man... as you alluded, you could have swapped out every one of those songs you picked for something else, and you would have been right. By far the greatest metal/prog/alt. rock/whateveryouwannacallthem band of all time as far as I'm concerned. Please do some more Tool analysis! love watching people who know what they're talking about geek out on Tool as much as I do
3 of the songs you picked are in my top 5 - 46 & 2, Jambi and The Pot. I kept pausing when you said it was drums or guitar for the next song, etc. I didn't guess any right for the particular instrument, but I guessed correctly that 46 & 2 and The Pot would be in your list. This is such a difficult thing to consider. Because while I am listening to ANY tool song, I never think about listening to a different tune of theirs instead. Every song they've made is better than great to me (except for a couple of the weird interludes - that are only there to allow you to process the masterpiece you just heard and prepare you for the next). Stay awesome Mike!
I bought Opiate the day it came out in 1992 at a Hastings. Sweat, Hush, Part of me, Opiate are simply amazing for me. Then Swamp Song is simply incredible, then the whole Lateralus album. :) Ticks and Leeches is my Honorable Mention because it is amazing also! I seem to like their angry stuff!
Okay. This is a surprisingly difficult list to make. For me, I put 3 tracks from Lateralus because that album single handedly pulled me out of a deep suicidal depression, so it’s biased for sure: Drums - Rosetta Stoned (so many changes and dynamically diverse) Vocals - Pushit (Salival version) Guitar - Triad Bass - Schism Band - Parabol/Parabola
Michael, this lists leans so heavily into 10,000 Days. Is this where you first discovered them? If I had to make a list: Bass: 46 & 2 (really shows what Justin brought that Paul didn't quite have in sound), Guitar: Lateralus (haunting and soft in parts, face melting in others), Drums: TIcks and Leaches or Aenema (the intro, the versus the breakdown at the end are just great), Lyrics/Vocals (toughest one): maybe Parabola ('Embrace this moment, remember: We are eternal, all this pain is an allusion) Total Song: Schism (first time I heard it was on MTV. Music video put me off and I couldn't get into it. Heard it on the radio out of context and I fell in love with the song and Tool)
I’m a fan since Undertow. At 13 years old that album spoke to my teenage angst perfectly. I was wearing my Tool shirt one day and some kid said “Tool suuuuucks”! I said “fuck you” calmly and punched him in the mouth. As I’ve aged all the way to middle age I feel like Tool has grown with me. Fear Inoculum is me today. Still that disdain for all manner of liars, fools, and tools is just below the surface but I am wiser and emotionally mature. Sophisticated and self confident. This has been their evolution and mine. I won’t say fuck you and punch anyone. I’ll let you know I see you….with my third eye. I know who and what you are. Then if you wanna throw hands I will wreck you. Or maybe I’m completely full of shit and it’s just some kick ass jams!?!?! But even though Undertow is my first love. Fear Inoculum is the greatest.
@@AlphanumericCharacters Fear Inoculum is the next logical step after Lateralus. I feel like 10,000 days is kind a relapse episode into the old ways of Tool. I love FI but Lateralus is my favorite then FI
I LOVE Adam's guitar tone, particularly on the 10,000 Days album. If someone made me choose just one sound for rock/metal guitar, I'd have to point to that album!
Agreed 👍. Personally, I rate him highly, even though a lot of guitar purist’s wouldn’t. It’s usually just right, no over the top solo’s, rich & deep down tuned sound, just perfect. Adam’s a creative fella, had a Hollywood career before he was in the band, hat’s off 🎩. I can’t even fix the chain on my dirt bike, lolz.
Danny Carey (Drums) - Hard but would have to go to The Grudge because of the end. Justin Chancellor (Bass) - Easily The Pot. So incredibly funky. Adam Jones (Guitar) - Easily Third Eye (Salival). Must be a nightmare to play live though. Maynard James Keenan (Vocals) - Very difficult but I think it might be 10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2). He puts so much emotion into his lyrics. And don't even get me started on the writing!
My quick list without giving it much too thought is: Danny - Rosetta Stoned Adam - Right in Two Justin - Descending Maynard - Pushit All - Third Eye or Schism
Overall, this was pretty easy for me: Drums: The Grudge, simply for the break and fills that start at 3:42. Bass: Schism. Basic pick? Yes. Obvious pick? Also yes. Tell me a single bass student that you know of that hasn't tried to learn this tune. Guitar: Jambi, simple for the wild ass "pull-through" technique that Adam first used with this track. Vocals: Imma cheat and say Wings 1 & 2. Fight me. Overall: Lateralus. Again, obvious pick for sure, but there's a reason it's a signature song. Edit: I wrote this before your list started and happy to see we agree on Jambi. What a banger.
Flew down from Canada an finally caught dead and co for my first time at fenway on the 24th. Up there for the best night of my life. Hope you can go over a song or two from this tour .
Congrats on 500k subscribers! My top 5 tool songs would probably be Opiate, 7empest, Forty-Six & Two, The Pot, and The Grudge. Sorry Undertow, you're the only album that didn't have a song make the cut, but I love you too!
HIT ME WITH YOUR LIST! (& who's going to philly??)
Prison Sex, Invincible, Shism, Parabola, Bottom
I'll always go back to Aenima the album. Any song on there is a masterpiece. Honestly if you asl me tomorrow I'd say a complete different 5 lol. I love Tool
happy 4th 5th 6th 7th u n the fam!...aloha nui loa....mauifam
I’m going to Minneapolips and maybe Milwaukee. I saw them in Rockville in May and it was amazing!
Opiate, Prison Sex, Undertow. 46&2, The Pot
Same. To me that is a perfect album. Jimmy is underrated.
Drums-Ticks and Leeches
Bass-The Pot
Guitar-7mpest
Vocals-Right In Two
Band-Parabol/Parabola OR Lateralus
Very, very solid list!!
@@Guitargatethank you! I had to edit vocals because it’s Tool lol. I had The Grudge, but Right in Two literally changed my life due to MJK’s lyrics..
Drums - AEnema
Base - Wings for Martie PT 2
Guitar - Invincible
Vocals - Prison Sex
Band - Rosetta Stoned
PS. You could make this list with any 5 Tool song and no one would be incorrect
Parabol/Parabola is an exercise in tension.
Drums-46&2
Bass-Ænema
Guitar-Prison Sex
Vocals-The Pot
Whole Band-No Quarter (Live)
Schism for the whole band because everyone shines equally in that song. It’s a masterpiece and it showcases everyone in the bands talents
i think danny said schism was his favorite off lateralus while first promoting album. lmao, "schism" is tool's version of melvins "divorced" (featuring, um, tool). lmao
damn this girl on the right (voice of voiceless) be SCREAMING!
10.000 days is really underrated by a lot of Tool fans who "like the older stuff more".
That album is an absolute masterpiece as a whole.
It's amazing how that album was received by some. For many, it was like anesthesia...took a minute to kick in.
I love all of their albums. Not a dud in the discography
Yeah I don’t get it. Vicarious, The Pot, Jambi, 10,000 Days, and Right in Two are all highlights in their discography imo. Also Intension is an incredibly beautiful song that is probably their most slept on deep cut.
Danny - Pneuma
Justin - Aenima
Adam - Third Eye
Maynard - 10,000 Days Pt 2
Collective - Reflection and Descending... I just couldn't separate the two. Had to include them both somehow, and you could isolate any member on either track as a signature for this list; these are the two most perfect pieces of art in my lifetime.
Very true, especially Descending for me is somehow very, very hard to reconcile
Maybe it's impossible to choose the best ones but it's possible to share your love for Tool, and you've done it well my friend. 🙌
Took me an hour but here is mine.
Drums: The Grudge
Bass: Schism
Guitar: Third Eye
Vocals: 10,000 Days (Wings Pt. 2)
All: 7empest
I would personally have Rosetta Stone for vocals, that shit is trippyyyy
Guitar tone and sounds on Third eye are just out of this world
I feel like not enough people give 10,000 Days (Wings pt. 2) the attention it deserves.
Oh, what are they gonna do when the lights go down?
Without you to guide them all to Zion?
What are they gonna do when the rivers overrun?
Other than tremble incessantly?
Gives me chills.
@@neofintch2 absolutely right!
Awesome list
Couldn’t have liked this video fast enough. Great list. I still get goosebumps after all these years. My favorite band of all time.
If I had to choose, my top 5 would vary every day.
I suspect a lot of Tool heads would feel the same.
Fantastic video Michael. Thank you👏
"Liar, lawyer...mirror for ya. What's the difference?" One of my fave Tool lyrics !!
Justin I’d say 46&2 because when when he was asked to be in the band after Paul de’ Amour left one of the requirements was to have some songs of his own to work on when they were in process of making Aenema album and 46&2 was in his back pocket when he flew to LA to join the band and the rest is history
When you were listing how you would rank them and got to drums, 46 & 2 immediately came to mind. This will always be my favorite Tool song. Danny Carey plays drums as if he has six arms. Hooker With A Penis was a bold pick, lyric wise, but you make a great argument as to why it deserved to be on this list!
I'm sitting here hoping that The Pot would be on your list, and it wins the overall category!
Drums: Ticks and Leeches
Guitar: Stinkfist
Bass: Wings for Marie / 10,000 Days
Vocals: The Patient or Swamp Song
Band: Rosetta Stoned
Not only did Tool give me everything about Tool, they gave me Bill Hicks 🙏
bill hicks: "all i'm trying to do, folks, is rid the world of all these fevered fucking egos that are tainting our collective unconscious and making us pay a higher psychic price than we can ever fucking imagine"
Love Tool, loved Bill, had no idea they were connected?
The original bundle. 🤘
I became a Tool fan around the time 10000 days came out. I saw them for the first time in February this year! Then.... they extended their north America tour and I'm going to see them again in November!!!! Mind blowing!
Vocals: Pushit (live)
Guitar: Parabola
Bass: The Pot
Drums: The Grudge
Band: Rosetta Stoned
Drums - Rosetta Stoned
Bass - Reflection
Guitar - 7mpest
Vocals - Lateralus
Band - The Grudge
Aenima will always be my favorite song of theirs.
Drums: The Grudge
Guitar: 7empest
Bass: Schism
Vocals: Pushit from Salival
Band: Fear Inoculum
I like that list
@@bwhotwing411 High five!
Lateralus for MayNard the barbarian because of his vocal fibanocci pattern and also navigating through that song was amazing. This song has it all the whole maynard vocal gambit. The crooning the powerful vocals the bone chilling clean vocal approach. Lateralus is what got me into the band and it’s still my favorite song from them just a masterpiece
I love this video! Thank you! Your enthusiasm for this legendary band is genuine. Your enthusiasm is life affirming, sir! It's even better that you are a musician yourself. You definitely cheered me up ;)
Drums- Ticks and Leeches or Invincible
Bass- 46&2
Guitar- 7empest
Vocals- The Grudge
Band- Reflection/Disposition, Pneuma OR Lateralus
Reflection…
Ha ha didn't expect the money shot on number 1! Love your take.. very happy that you did such a deep dive on my fav band.. thank you.. love you bro
drums - rosetta stoned
bass - the pot
guitar - descending
vocals - 10,000 days (wings pt 2)
total - Lateralus
This
Still filled with great watches. Thanks Michael
Drums - Pneuma
Bass - Schism
Guitar - Sober
Vocals - The Grudge
Everyone - Lateralus
You’re truly one of the BEST personalities I’ve seen/listened to on RUclips!
Your intelligence for music..No fuck that…that’s obvious! Your LOVE for music mixed with your intelligence and that unbelievable drive that only an artist can have, is awesome and a pleasure to enjoy on our side of the computer. Love your content, love your channel. Rock on🤘
Hell yeah!
I love how Michael just shows his emotion when a tune hits him…
Grinding his teeth, tention on his lips, jaws in a firm bite… and his fist waving in enthousiasm….
I have the same reactions and feel about similar portions of music like Michael…
I’d love to grab a drink, (water, lemonade) with you Michael… we would have a lot to share and discuss…
I hope you know what I mean…
Anyway… cheers from the Netherlands!
I was late to Tool. As an Englishman travelling the USA, I found myself living in an aircraft hanger on a farm. To kill time I went to buy CDs and found 10,000 days.
Wow awesome intro my man…don’t tell me the very first Tool song you heard was Vicarious!! 🤯
@CoastPropertyBuyers I think it was actually Stinkfist, but from when MTV used to play music and I liked it but never gave it too much thought.
10 years later, I buy a Tool album after hearing "The Pot" on the radio. 👍
@@CoastPropertyBuyersnonsense!!! Great track.
Vicarious isn't an odd pick at all. If you know your stuff. It's required. People do not understand how difficult and intricate it is. Most also don't understand the interplay between the bass and guitar. You'll be blown away when your see it live as far as who is playing what. They have a few songs like that. But this song is just an impeccable and beautiful composition. I'm glad you realize it. Most just skip over it in best of lists. But it is a MONSTER in every way.
Oofta! This is a loaded post! Expect paragraphs of comments from me when I get a chance lol. Tool is my all time favorite band and I think the greatest band ever. They transcend every other band exponentially in my opinion, because they’re so deep and they don’t produce a bad song. So you can’t have a wrong pick because there’s so many you could choose and they’re all great. I like the format of best from each member then overall I like that approach
agreed. they are the g.o.a.t.'s as far as I'm concerned
I think this is a great list based on your criteria (id replace the pot with lateralus tho). There are so many good parts in their discography tho that I can see every single one of your choices easy to argue against! What a fantastic band
Drums: The Grudge
Guitar: 7empest
Vocals: Pushit
Bass: 46 and 2
Band: Lateralus
Any of these could be switched out for other songs though
Great list. It makes me happy to see 10k days get so much love. That album will always have a special place for me.
My personal top 5 would be:
-Eulogy
-Right in Two
-Invincible
-Reflection
-46&2
One trick that actually helped me with "Jambi": After the intro, i start the pull-off riff (when the drum toms stop) with an upstroke, instead of downstroke picking.
I'm sorry; "Stinkfist" might be old but it got me hooked on TOOL. So did "Sober"
Rosetta Stoned for vocals. What a wild departure that still works!
I would argue Rosetta for one of the best overall songs of all time.. what a ride you go on when listening to that song!!
Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned is my #1. So unique even for TOOL and that is saying something. And yeah, it rocks extremely hard.
Peak Tool
And drums
Drums - Ticks and Leeches
Bass - Schism
Guitar - 7mpest
Vocals - Eulogy
Band - Pushit (live from Salval)
Drums , triad
Guitar, reflection
Vocals, third eye
Bass , the pot
Whole band , push it
Drums- Ticks and Leeches or Opiate
Guitar- Parabola or 7empest
Bass- Schism
Lyrics/ vocals - Pushit or the grudge
Perfect song- Lateralus
Hey Michael! I'm the dude that asked you for your Tool fav on the last live stream. Thanks for delivering with this top 5!!
WOOF!
Adam--Descending
Danny--7empest
Justin--10 000 days Wings Pt'2
Paul--Flood
Maynard--The Grudge
Tool--Descending
Nice to mention of Paul
The Grudge is very underrated imo
Oh man, you literally hit every single one of my faves in each category. Your list is PERFECT! And yes, go see Tool live if you haven't. It's not a concert or even an event, it's a religious experience. You won't regret it. (6x since '92...and counting).
Drums - Eulogy
Bass - Rosseta Stoned
Guitar - H.
Vocals - Stinkfist
Band - The Patient.
:}
Drums: The Grudge
Bass: Schism
Guitar: Stinkfist (i know odd choice) or Lateralus (if I can double up)
Vocals: Right in Two
Complete Song: Lateralus
Honorable Mention: No Quarter
Drums: Forty Six & 2, triad, ticks and leeches, reflection argh so hard... ill go forty six & 2 just cause i agree that its the best drum section i heard in any song ever
Bass: Reflection. Its so simple but its so hypnotic and the tone is just lovely. shout out- Aenima the bassline is sick
Guitar: Lateralus - the whole song is guitar heaven.
Vocals sound: Pushit
Lyrics: Wings for Marie/10000 days
Whole song: Third eye. No one picks this song out but it is a masterpiece.
Drums: Ticks and leeches or the Grudge
Bass: The Pot, killer bass line
Guitar: 7empest
Vocals: The Grudge, love that scream
Band: Descending, between the opening bass line, Maynard’s vocals, Danny’s drums and Adams outto solo, song is perfect from start to finish
I love how you describe sound - your passion is infectious!
love the list. some other considerations...
Drums - the grudge
Guitar - 7empest
Bass - the pot
Vocals - schism or rosetta stoned
All - 7empest again lol
jimmy, stinkfist, grudge, pushit, jambi, i can go on. they are and have always been my fav. band.
good to see Jimmy getting some love. One of the best songs.
Drums - 7empest
Bass - Pushit
Guitar - Lateralus
Vocals- Rosetta Stoned
Band - Wings for Marie / 10,000 Days
🤘🏻🌀
Noo goddamnit i was listening to that, why did you turn off the camera! 😂
Good picks. Impossible mission. Man they’re timeless.
Drums: The Grudge
Guitar: 7empest
Bass: Right in Two
Lyrics: Jimmy
Collective: H.
Congrats on 500k!
Love this list! Your insightfulness and adjectives are inspiring. Brings me back to my days as a 17-year-old bass player in her boyfriend’s band and also a 37 year old woman that likes to revisit the best… but also…Lateralus.
Drums- The Grudge
Guitars- Jambi
Bass- Sober
Vocals- Forty Six & 2
Band- The Pot (It’s a perfect song)
hell yeah man... as you alluded, you could have swapped out every one of those songs you picked for something else, and you would have been right. By far the greatest metal/prog/alt. rock/whateveryouwannacallthem band of all time as far as I'm concerned. Please do some more Tool analysis! love watching people who know what they're talking about geek out on Tool as much as I do
3 of the songs you picked are in my top 5 - 46 & 2, Jambi and The Pot. I kept pausing when you said it was drums or guitar for the next song, etc. I didn't guess any right for the particular instrument, but I guessed correctly that 46 & 2 and The Pot would be in your list. This is such a difficult thing to consider. Because while I am listening to ANY tool song, I never think about listening to a different tune of theirs instead. Every song they've made is better than great to me (except for a couple of the weird interludes - that are only there to allow you to process the masterpiece you just heard and prepare you for the next). Stay awesome Mike!
Drums : Pneuma
Bass : Vicarious
Guitar : Parabola
Vocals : Lateralus
Band : The pot
I bought Opiate the day it came out in 1992 at a Hastings. Sweat, Hush, Part of me, Opiate are simply amazing for me. Then Swamp Song is simply incredible, then the whole Lateralus album. :) Ticks and Leeches is my Honorable Mention because it is amazing also! I seem to like their angry stuff!
Invincible is that song with everything for me. Those lyrics hit hard. Adam jones and Danny Cary at there finest.
Got my tickets for the Portland show. Gonna lose my mind, can't wait. "The Pot" is my favorite song from Tool hands down.
Okay. This is a surprisingly difficult list to make. For me, I put 3 tracks from Lateralus because that album single handedly pulled me out of a deep suicidal depression, so it’s biased for sure:
Drums - Rosetta Stoned (so many changes and dynamically diverse)
Vocals - Pushit (Salival version)
Guitar - Triad
Bass - Schism
Band - Parabol/Parabola
Drums - Triad
Guitar - Third Eye
Bass - Intension
Vocals - Parabol/Parabola
Band - Ænema
Drums: Invincible
Bass: Descending
Guitar: Jambi
Vocals: Right in Two
Full Band: Lateralus (ultimate masterpiece)
Totally agree with the 46&2 and exactly that part of the song played! Best ever!
Michael, this lists leans so heavily into 10,000 Days. Is this where you first discovered them? If I had to make a list: Bass: 46 & 2 (really shows what Justin brought that Paul didn't quite have in sound), Guitar: Lateralus (haunting and soft in parts, face melting in others), Drums: TIcks and Leaches or Aenema (the intro, the versus the breakdown at the end are just great), Lyrics/Vocals (toughest one): maybe Parabola ('Embrace this moment, remember: We are eternal, all this pain is an allusion) Total Song: Schism (first time I heard it was on MTV. Music video put me off and I couldn't get into it. Heard it on the radio out of context and I fell in love with the song and Tool)
No! Been a fan since opiate if I remember correctly. Maybe undertow. or the same time.
That crossed my mind too about Michaels list
I’m a fan since Undertow. At 13 years old that album spoke to my teenage angst perfectly. I was wearing my Tool shirt one day and some kid said “Tool suuuuucks”! I said “fuck you” calmly and punched him in the mouth.
As I’ve aged all the way to middle age I feel like Tool has grown with me. Fear Inoculum is me today. Still that disdain for all manner of liars, fools, and tools is just below the surface but I am wiser and emotionally mature. Sophisticated and self confident. This has been their evolution and mine. I won’t say fuck you and punch anyone. I’ll let you know I see you….with my third eye. I know who and what you are. Then if you wanna throw hands I will wreck you.
Or maybe I’m completely full of shit and it’s just some kick ass jams!?!?!
But even though Undertow is my first love. Fear Inoculum is the greatest.
@@AlphanumericCharacters Fear Inoculum is the next logical step after Lateralus. I feel like 10,000 days is kind a relapse episode into the old ways of Tool. I love FI but Lateralus is my favorite then FI
I LOVE Adam's guitar tone, particularly on the 10,000 Days album. If someone made me choose just one sound for rock/metal guitar, I'd have to point to that album!
Agreed 👍. Personally, I rate him highly, even though a lot of guitar purist’s wouldn’t. It’s usually just right, no over the top solo’s, rich & deep down tuned sound, just perfect. Adam’s a creative fella, had a Hollywood career before he was in the band, hat’s off 🎩. I can’t even fix the chain on my dirt bike, lolz.
You did a fine job on the Jambi riff
Before watching, my list :
Drums: Ticks & Leeches
Bass: 10,000 Days
Guitar: 7empest
Vocals: H
All: Third Eye
I love this!! Ok, here I go….
Drums- 7empist
Bass- Third Eye
Guitar- Prison Sex
Vocals- Rosetta Stoned
Band- Eulogy
Danny Carey (Drums) - Hard but would have to go to The Grudge because of the end.
Justin Chancellor (Bass) - Easily The Pot. So incredibly funky.
Adam Jones (Guitar) - Easily Third Eye (Salival). Must be a nightmare to play live though.
Maynard James Keenan (Vocals) - Very difficult but I think it might be 10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2). He puts so much emotion into his lyrics. And don't even get me started on the writing!
Drums: Pneuma
Guitar: Invincible
Bass: Schism
Vocal: The Grudge
Whole Band: Lateralus
Another great video, Thank you !
Drums - The Grudge / Rosetta Stoned
Bass - The Pot
Guitar - Right in Two
Vocals - The Grudge (I mean it has everything)
Band - Lateralus
There's a Tool song gorgeous everyday for every scenario. Great list Mike. Couldn't like this fast enough.
I absolutely love your Tool passion! Hell yes!
This is why I love the track Pushit so much it showcases all of them at their best imo.
Ready to see you try out that new PRS tele! Seems right up your alley
Definitely the best concert I have ever seen.
MSG Sphere is opening in Vegas. I would pay $1000 a ticket to see them there.
Gun to my head top 5 Tool songs:
1. Lateralus
2. Descending
3. The Grudge
4. Right in Two
5. Pushit
Pushit
Descending
Reflection
Jimmy
Right In Two
Hard to choose but;
Drums: Vicarious
Vocals: H.
Bass: Jambi
Guitar: Reflection
All: The Pot
Doooood, GREAT topic for a video. Excellent all rounder on the POT...these guys are simply amazing.
My quick list without giving it much too thought is:
Danny - Rosetta Stoned
Adam - Right in Two
Justin - Descending
Maynard - Pushit
All - Third Eye or Schism
Oh Rosetta Stoned is a great track for Carey.
Drums-Pneuma
Bass-The Pot
Guitar-Jambi
Vocals-Stinkfist
Band-Parabol/Parabola
Drums: Pneuma.
Guitar: Ænima.
Bass: Forty Six & 2.
Vocals: The Pot.
Song: Schism.
Drums- Ticks and Leeches
Bass - the Pot
Guitar - Rossetta stoned
Vocals - schism
Band - the Grudge🔥🔥
Great choices Michael. I'm not even going to try, but Hooker and The Pot are are a couple of my favorites for sure.
Guitar - Descending
Drums - Triad
Bass - The Pot
Vocals - H.
Band - The Grudge
"Fuckin' Tool" . . . That pretty much says it all. Love your list. Mine changes every day.
RIGHT?!
Guitar: AEnema
Change my mind.
Btw I love seeing how you lose your mind when talking about these songs/parts 🤣
Drums: Rosetta Stoned
Bass: Bottom
Guitar: Aenema
Vocals: The Grudge
Overall: Third Eye
Overall, this was pretty easy for me:
Drums: The Grudge, simply for the break and fills that start at 3:42.
Bass: Schism. Basic pick? Yes. Obvious pick? Also yes. Tell me a single bass student that you know of that hasn't tried to learn this tune.
Guitar: Jambi, simple for the wild ass "pull-through" technique that Adam first used with this track.
Vocals: Imma cheat and say Wings 1 & 2. Fight me.
Overall: Lateralus. Again, obvious pick for sure, but there's a reason it's a signature song.
Edit: I wrote this before your list started and happy to see we agree on Jambi. What a banger.
Flew down from Canada an finally caught dead and co for my first time at fenway on the 24th. Up there for the best night of my life. Hope you can go over a song or two from this tour .
Drums: Pneuma, Bass: Schism, Guitar: 7empest, Vocals: The Grudge (The scream is just epic), Band: Parabol/a (!!!) OR Culling Voices
Tool is a experience not just a band
10,000 days will always be one of my favorite albums of all time
Congrats on 500k subscribers!
My top 5 tool songs would probably be Opiate, 7empest, Forty-Six & Two, The Pot, and The Grudge. Sorry Undertow, you're the only album that didn't have a song make the cut, but I love you too!
10,000 days is a masterpiece of an album
Where’s the fist bump 👊 same picks Mike!! Love your work