One of Tool's finest new songs and phenomenal cover. The groove is deep.

Great to see John Kew getting love here! Been a fan of his for a long time and great to see him getting his due here. Thanks for another great reaction Andrew

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

You bet Christopher!

as far drum Tool covers go, Johnkew is goat.

Invincible is incredibly fun because the whole track is basically in 7 with the constant pulse of 3 going underneath. I saw Tool live in January and in the crowd you felt the 3 but heard the 7. It was wild

John Kew has such an amazing catalogue. His Mastodon Chimes at Midnight, and Tool Leteralus are ballistic. His Ellie Goulding Hanging On cover is also amazing! He's disappeared a bit lately...a shame, as he is seriously good! 🤘🤘

No one does it like John when it comes to Tool covers. He is so god damn precise. I would give anything to have new John videos coming out; I miss them a lot. The only proof you need that he is the genuine article is that he has videos of just the drums with no back in track. How many people out there have the balls to cover a song this difficult and then give you the recording of just them playing? Very few Also, yeah, he looks like he gained 25 lbs of muscle between this and his previous vid. DUDES JACKED

I love when John says " I am not even close to danny's playing "🙏😉

First i saw you i thought Phil Collins is doing KZread Videos now 🤩 but i am not disappointet from this channel 😘

If Danny ever gets sick John could fill in with ease...Just so damn good!

John is a frickin' beast - he nailed this great and complicated song! One of my faves from Fear Inoculum!

This song is about being older and trying to prove yourself and perform like when you were young and spry. Kind of ironic to cover this song to show you can keep up with Danny who is in his 60s. My daughter and I saw Tool a year ago and Danny played for well over an hour with this intensity. He is the GOAT.

@kevinlynch2248

3 ай бұрын

I just saw them in January and they played for about two hours and Danny was incredible. They were all in sync and you could tell they knew it. Best I’ve seen them.

It is amazing seeing him living the song. He's in the zone completly.

Finally another John Kew Cover ❤Too bad his channel got really quite within the last years. I hope he’s doing well.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

oh really? Well it'd take a lot of time to get these covers ready

That Tom is counting in 7 from beginning whilst the bass drum and snare play in 3

Чудовий кавер і відповідна реакція ) жуже дякую вам! Схоже у вас нлвий підписник )

Fantastic man, and great for you to contribute to John's exposure 🤟

I'm sooooo happy to see John here again! Thanks!

Pretty awesome the multi-measure hemiola just playing dotted quarternotes over the 7/8 beat. I love the effect.

The one-handed tom and bass drum fill at 11:01 is outstanding! Danny would be proud! 🔥🥁🤘🏻

John Kew is the best. Just wish he would do descending :P

Wow, never heard of Johnkew. He's awesome! Great cover.

Oh one more thing, I wish you would have done more rewinds haha I didn’t want this reaction to end

The predator clip caught me off guard and I gotta admit I laughed hard enough to wake the dog up. You're witty my friend.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

🤣👌

man thats some next level guys that relaxed he scratched his nose still keeps perfect time have a great day great video

If the need would ever come and they needed someone to sub in for Danny during an emergency, John Kew is THAT MAN!

@AndrewRooneyDrums

9 ай бұрын

True!

100%! This is the song I want to see the Danny drum cam.This is fantastic. Dut the sound coming from Danny's drums on the studio version is so delicious. Especially in the cymbal and high-hat work you noted.

Seems like a very accurate cover. One of my favorite Tool songs.

Bravo,perfect sound perfect drumming.

I don't even play drums and I need to practice!

Great cover!

Thanks again Mr. Rooney and props to the original video. I really enjoy watching them here though. It feels like a community of drummer friends; and so "the beat goes on"

This song is crazy

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Total madness

@travispick5160

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewRooneyDrums For madness check out Ty Visser, He did a 1 take drum cover of 10,000 days. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gHp9qcN7g7DPlsY.html

3 over 7 in those tom sections.

The 5/8 - 7/8 back and forth (or what ever it is) has been adopted by my whole vascular system.

yes!❤

I love watching your reaction to Mr. Carey's mad ass skills!

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Yes Jonathan!

Did he already have all the muscles when the song started?

Sounds spot on.

Mind blown 🤯

Tool is fantastic. Do I want heavy metal or something more soft? Tool is the answer. It's like heavy metal in slow motion very well orcistrated.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Agree!

Love John!

Este baterista es, hasta el momento, el que mejores covers de Tool tiene en su canal de YT. Gracias por la reacción Andrew

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Gracias a ti!

Gracious reaction Andrew, as always. JQs covers are top notch. If you've never seen his Rosetta Stoned dissection and cover you really should, and immediately. It's just that fucking good, fair dinkum must watch TV. All of his covers off the Fear Inoculum album were great, his production and packaging definitely took a step forward. Those bulbs reflecting off the floor toms, very tasty! Like you said also, Tool is notoriously camera shy, so quality footage of Danny pounding out these hits is rare and hard to get ahold of. John's videos have given many of us a look at how a lot Danny's stuff is played. And a much greater appreciation for some favorite old tunes. Hearing John explain the preparation, difficulties, and effort that goes into recording one of these intricate covers is incredibly insightful as well. The real treat for me at least though, was his bringing to light some of the little things that Danny does in his work that set him apart from the average human. Rare is the artist that explains himself to the layman! So it's really cool to be able to pick up on things that you would otherwise miss. Watch the deconstruction first and then the performance and tell me that isn't the coolest shit you've seen in a hot minute, I dare you. Links follow and thanks for posting! deconstruction kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z3mopJakiN20nag.html cover kzread.info/dash/bejne/nat6q5Nmos2rpbA.html

His cover is awesome. Check out Delta Empire cover of Ticks and Leeches.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

5 ай бұрын

Oh that sounds good!

Friggin epic song and an epic rendition from JK. Great work roons

But his how good is Danny for having WRITTEN that. What a mind

Last time I was this early, Rooney and I both had hair.

@sintaxera

Жыл бұрын

Me too

Super late comment, but my favorite johnkew cover is Rosetta Stoned. Absolutely insane cover

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Yup that was my first one of his on here. Awesome stuff

Hi Andrew, awesome content as usual! I know it's been awhile since I've commented on one of your videos but don't worry, I'm watching in the background 😉 The moment I saw the name Johnkew my first thought was??? That man who can cover any tool song perfectly plus many other bands content!!! I believe I discovered him back around 2015 🤔 Anyways I'm glad you're giving him the attention he's due, he's a fantastic drummer!

Absolutely filthy!!!!

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Stank face overload

No new John Kew vids for a long time...Where you at John ???

endurance endurance endurance

I would love it if you tutorialed how to do a cover and manipulate the original audio like you described.

Can anyone smarter than me break down the math of the drum part at 14:35. I've listened to this song hundreds of times but not a drummer or musician so never understood that section. It's mindblowing, but i'm sure there's some math to the kicks that matches with theme of the song. Appreciate it!

@WebsterA

Жыл бұрын

Hey man. I'm a drummer and jam this song with friends often. No brag, just for context. Lol. That section you're referring to is the only part of the track where I lose the drum pattern. There's still the same "8 counts of 7 beats" but I can only seem to remember the first phrase. So I play that phrase, play 7 more bars of 7beats, then kick into the next cool riff that is also 7 beats. It's all 7 beats lol So I can't give you the pattern; I'm not even sure ther is one. I decode Meshuggah songs and still haven't heard one in that part lol. But I CAN tell you to keep counting in 7 and try and memorize eight different phrases. Which sucks. Lol. It's like BADA BABUM BUM BADA BABUM BUM BADABUMBADABUM BUM ETC

@toolrjm

Жыл бұрын

@@WebsterA heyy dude thank you for taking the time to explain it! Gonna keep giving it a listen along with your explanation til it clicks. 🤘

I saw tool and automatically clicked. Lol

great reaction sir, super cool to watch. Forgive me if this has been covered already but it would really great to see a reaction on something by Thomas Pridgin from the old The Mars Volta days. That boy has got chops for daaaaays. great content, thanks again and keep it up!

Danny Carey is a freakin' genius. Haven't seen you react to Meytal Cohen yet. She has a few Tool covers online aswell.

Danny Carney uses electric drum pads more than a sample pad.

John might not be Danny but he is still a beast.

Johnkew 2024

orright ! three minutes in , gotta stop 'n' say , shitthis'sgonnabegood . I flew over to his channel and subed-liked b4 it got to far in , now I'm back to share a first look with you. here we gooo !. whew ,, after the event , well that was as good as I knew it'd be. me , no drummer but would love his setup , sounds niice and it'd be a blast to , "muck around on " . thanks again to your very clued in patrons .

I agree man, it would be near impossible to find another drummer with the talent, technique and creativity that Danny has… it’s one thing to cover Danny’s stuff, but try and create something similar from scratch 😅 good luck with that lol 😂

Would John be Worn out if tool asked him to fill in? That's the question.

I swear that’s Danny in makeup

He is an archeology professor at the University of Colorado (or is it CSU?)

The whole song is in 7/3 polyrhythm

The song is all in 7/4, sometimes you can feel it as 7/8. But I think Danny plays some kind of 3/4 + 4/4 polyrythm during the first segment of the song.

@benfoster9464

Жыл бұрын

The phrase for the main riff is 3 bars of 7/4, so what Danny does throughout the song is play a phrase in his right hand accenting every 3rd beat (So... like a 6/8ish?) over the 7/4, and then it just lines back up at the top of the 3 bar phrase.

😯🤘🥁🤘

Wait .. isn't this the guy who is an acheologist and his name is John Williams? (and we all know which archeology themed movies that other John Williams made some great tunes..)

Tool is Tool. They are their own genre, no need to put them in any other box.

…John is John , Danny is Danny and Tool still Tool 👍👍

TWSS

watch kevin paradis already

wHy dOeS iT tAke sO lOnG fOr a NeW tOoL aLbUm To GeT RelEasEd?!?

If I understand correctly, the entire song is in 7.

@WebsterA

Жыл бұрын

Yessir! Alot if times, there's also dotted 8th notes instrumentalizing the tactus, too. Wraps around every 3 measures. Not too many 3:7 riffs in metal, other than stuff from Fredrik Thordendal. Lol 👍

@bobsondugnutt7526

Жыл бұрын

@@WebsterA Sweet :D

Statue bro…..

This was my least favorite of the big songs from this album. And not cause it’s a bad song by any means. In fact it’s an amazing song - but it has so many riffs that sound identical to other tool songs hT ur sounds like a tool medley rather than its own individual song.

Great cover but not better than eloy with heretic anthem

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Yup that's a great one for sure

Nice

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

YUP