It's my understanding that this song is an extreme case of symbolism for human emotions. It's appears to be about fist f****ing lyrically, but it's only a metaphor for how the human race has to go to extremes to get feelings of satisfaction. My 2 cents

Everything about this song is set up to have you uncomfortable, then comfortable. All of their album's will take you on different journeys. And for me, the journey changes with every experience. That is why TOOL is one of very few artists that resonate with my soul.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah there's very chaotic moments and then they turn very soothing. Love how they sonically take you on an experience 💯

This is the album where you can sort of see the transformation from the early sound to the current sound. While some of the anger is still there in the lyrics, there is also introspection too. This one also had the most singles of any album. Stinkfist, Eulogy, 46 & 2, H, and Aenima all got radio play.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Oh damn, that's more than half the album if you don't count the "intermission" tracks lol.

Dude! I can't wait to see your reactions to this album! One of the greatest albums ever... no joke!

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've seen the hype around it! Has me excited 🔥🔥🔥

@evolutionviii12

2 жыл бұрын

Same here!!! Seriously, they just keep getting better song to song, album to album!

@Flagg795

2 жыл бұрын

Aright. I am in for the duration. Let’s go! This record is so great. H, 46&2, Pushit, Ænema…. All amazing.

@dominicfergie

Жыл бұрын

Thank you !! I've been saying it for years, one of the best albums ever imo.

@edmilewski2907

5 ай бұрын

The greatest album ever in my opinion. Fuck the Beatles.

They're all classics.

The transformation began with this album. Prepare yourself.

“It’s a lot to take in all at once”… most appropriate description of this song. 🤣 This album is a banger and that atmosphere you described developing will arrive in spades when you get to Lateralus. But no need to look ahead, Eulogy is an underrated gem.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 Yeah I caught that one while editing lol

@eidetecker

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper "This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to." heh heh heh.

@hunglikeahorse---fly

2 жыл бұрын

"That's what she said" Michael Scott on the office.

TOOL IS FOREVER

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

This was my favorite tool album for over a decade. I had my interpretation of it. Thought I understood the themes. A few years ago I dated a resident psychiatrist and introduced her to the album. Immediately after stinkfist ended, she says “It’s about BPD?” I was like, “what?”. She says “he said finger/elbow/shoulder deep into the borderline. It sounded like he’s either in a relationship with a borderline or he is the borderline.” And just like that, this woman unlocked the underlying meaning of the entire album for me. It tied the whole thing together seamlessly.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm 🤔..... that's interesting. I have family with BPD. I'll have to revisit the song with that in mind. Unique observation 💯

@justinsomniactor

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper Stinkfist opens that door but I think it’s most clearly illustrated in Pushit.

@effysparkle9865

Жыл бұрын

Omg ! I’ve never thought of that although I have BPD and I relate to this song a lot! Also the line “show me that you love me and that we belong together “ one of the most distinct elements of BPD is separation anxiety and for someone with BPD it might be the headline in their head every time they get into a relationship. Also now I realize how much this song talks about conflicting feelings that is also one of the elements in BPD And being comfortable with pain? That is classic! You hurt yourself in order to feel relaxed and comfortable after an anxiety attack This is clicking so much dots in my head right now Mind blown 🤯

@DSWTOOL

7 ай бұрын

After being extremely close to someone with BPD and finding this interpretation of the song recently. It makes perfect sense that this would be the meaning of this song.

One of my favourites 🖖

Came here for a stink fist reaction left here with an interest to "slip away" I didn't realize you were an artist as well I should have known with your wide range and deeply measurable knowledge of the infinite world of musical sound..

Ah yes the journey continues. Can't wait!

yes the journey continues,

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

🤘🤘🤘

I assure you any tool head that loves to see people react to music that means so much to them will ride out this entire journey with you my friend. Always fun to watch an intelligent person spiral out. Enjoy the ride.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Much love bro! 🤘 Been awesome seeing so many people join in during this journey 💯

@darenmiller2218

Жыл бұрын

Very true. Binging the hell out of everything now lol.

Funny story: when this was first played on the radio before the album came out, I thought the DJ said it was called ‘stained fish’ and when the album did come out and I listened to it on repeat, I thought Maynard was saying ‘the Simpsons tell you everything!’ Haha, couldn’t find the lyrics back then 🤣

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

"DOPE!" 🤦‍♂️ lmao

28 years later, and this album still holds water. No pun intended. 😆

Another incredible Tool song this band just doesn't disappoint 💯🔥🚒💪

You'll come to appreciate why maynards singing being on an even keel with the rest of the band. I remember in high school i would hear aenema tracks on the radio and think "yeah thats cool." And then one day i was driving home a little depressed and stinkfist came on the radio and it was like i heard it.for the first time. The next day i went and bought aenema and never looked back. They really demand repeated listens in order to fully appreciate - so layered, so dense. A lot of the beauty is layered in subtle colors of sound - you can really tell that they spend a lot of time on post-undertow records. Oh, and check out the music video for stinkfist. The guitarist did it all. He's a genius. All of them are, which is such a rare thing in rick history.

Great reaction! This is the album when Tool switched bass players. I bet you can figure out which songs are with the new bassist.

Can't wait for more! #ToolArmy #Spiralout

“Relax, turn around, and take my hand.” In the context of this song is a Maynard masterclass in double entendres.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

It's crazy how different this song hits after getting to Lateralus. Completely different perspective 💯

@richardjones1498

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper I'll say that your initial read brought a different perspective. That's the beauty of tool. Has many angles

This song in concert is on a whole other level from most songs I’ve ever heard… the power was just incredible!

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine bro! 💯

Wow Aenima for the first time huh. . This is my favorite album by them.

Here for it 🔥🔥🔥 Great reaction fam 🤟😎

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it brother 🤘

reviewing a perfect album sounds like a lot of fun

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

🤘🤘🤘

Enjoy the ride brother.. this album is a masterpiece. Pushit, 46 and 2, stinkfist, eulogy, third eye, jimmy, H, some slightly more masterful than others but all of them are profound profound songs. Pushit for me always stood out as such a well musically illustrated journey… but they really are all masterful. Looking forward to viewing your journey. Also your outro music was really nice.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it brother! The Tool journey has been amazing so far and VERY rewarding! 💯 And thanks, that songs called "Risk." It's on Spotify and will be on my YT channel soon! Much love! 🤘

Track #1.

Dude! I wish I could like all your tool reactions more than once!! Looking for to your journey down this amazing rabbit hole! Thanks bro!

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to have you along for the ride bro! I'll see you at 46 and 2 🤘

Pretty fucking excited for the next song😁👍

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

It's coming bro! 🤘

One time in a live performance Maynard said before playing this song, “this song, like all of our songs, is about anal sex.”

Also, if you want to go forward thinking of this album thematically, without spoiling too much, I'll just say that the title Ænima (pronounced aah-nim-uh) is a portmanteau of the words anima and enema. I'm sure you know what an enema is, a flushing and purging of the colon... but anima, which is latin for "the animating principle" or the soul, comes from the Jungian term which basically is the deepest part of the psyche, or the "true self" that is buried underneath the ego and the shadow and all the conditioning and "shit" that compounds with experience. Jung was big on the union of opposites, so he saw the male "anima" as the feminine form of the psyche, and the female "animus" as the masculine, but the fact that it's feminine isn't really important in the context of the album. The point is that the title is a reference to the purging of the soul. So if you don't know much about Jung's "analytical psychology" you might be interested in researching a little primer on his concepts. He was very big about dream interpretation and seeking truth about one's self in the exploration of one's inner world to achieve what he calls "individuation", which basically just means becoming in tune and integrating your true self, which he saw as a life-long pursuit, rather than a means to an end. Anyway, it's clear that Maynard was highly influenced by Jung when he wrote this album, and was going through a personal transformation of sorts from the angry, angsty person you saw in Undertow to someone who's more in tune and at peace with themselves. And that progression follows throughout the rest of Tool's music. But this album is very much about introspection and confronting the "shadow self" and all the negative trauma and emotions in one's life to reach a higher potential. That's all. Just thought it would help you moving on with this album and your attempts at interpreting the music along the way. Also, you'll notice that the album is spelled Ænima with an "i", while the title track is spelled Ænema with an "e". Which will be clear when you reach that song. lol. Just another little thing to point out that most people don't notice on first listen. Enjoy, and I'll definitely be coming back to follow along on your Tool journey and live Vicariously through your first-time listens.

Thank you, I've thought about like that -pittsburgh, Pa

Yay!!!! Finally!!!!! Did u say Portuguese slang??? I'm Portuguese 🤣🤣🤣 30 seconds in and I got chills for real, I was smiling watching ur reaction and grooving to it like you were! Awesome 🙂🙂🙂

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Yes that's what the lyric website said anyways lol. This one's definitely a banger! 🔥🔥🔥

Maybe it is the fact of age, having children or todays society compared to the late 90s but I cant stop thinking about cell phones and social media. Constant overstimulation, nobody should be bored but in the end as much as many might complain about them it does seem like we would not want life any other way. Something kind of sad about how we came to be, what became of subtly. I will keep digging till I feel something. It just fits so well

Glad to see you kept going onto the next album.

The last evolution from undertow to Aenima is Justin Chancellor. He was invited to try out to be the new bassist. and he wrote the baseline to 46&2 while waiting to audition.

Keep crushing it man!!!!!! Love this album!!!

“It’s a lot to take in all at once” that basically sums up this song. Well said even that the context in which you said it wasn’t meant to be. Great reaction looking forward to the next step down the rabbit hole

Welcome to my equal favourite album and favourite Tool album of all time (there is no best Tool album. Only the one that speaks to you the most). I started my Tool journey with a second hand record store in late 2010. It blew me away. The pessimism mixed with optimism. The hate mixed with love. The beauty mixed with the crass. The positivity in dark content... And that chugging, unstoppable thud that perforates the whole album. This song is a good reflection of the whole record. I see it as lamenting the way we have to be stimulated by everything constantly and can't just relax without boredom. Because if we're constantly stimulated it dilutes our ability to enjoy things. It's being likened to fisting. The more we crave and push that envelope the less we feel that rush Small note there are a lot of interludes and you should consider pairing them with a song to avoid disappointing yourself. Especially Interlude and Pushit (I think?) as they blend musically

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

I have the interludes worked out. Some people left me some comments. Appreciate the help 💯 Yeah there's definitely a sense of diminishing returns when there's too much stimulation. We are creatures built to adapt to whatever we experience! But yeah that's what I love about them too, just how they're able to be so crass but also so deep! It's really cuts to the core of human nature 💯

Here we go. This album is my all time favorite. Your in for a awesome ride. Also fyi this album is when Justin chancellor came one. Their new bass player

Really great song. 👍

Hellyeah 500th like🤘🏿🤘🤘🏼 IMO this definitely was their breakthrough album. It definitely was for me. Spent 9 months straight listening to nothing but this album. Had the cassette in the truck and the CD at home. And to this day, especially watcing you react and analyze it, it still gives me chills!! Its in my top 3 of all time.

They've been doing an "Extended Stinkfist" version live with a musical interlude in the middle. It's incredible.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear that! 🔥🔥🔥

@LanceThompsonKssooner

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper YT it. There are some pretty decent fan videos. Try the one from Atlantic City 2 years ago. It has good audio. I just saw the twice in the last month. They aren't performing it now. They're doing Opiate² instead.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

@@LanceThompsonKssooner Yeah I was thinking of doing live reactions when I reach the end of the Tool journey or maybe in between albums so I'll probably hold off until then 💯 Thanks for the info. Everyone was telling me that it was hard to find anything decent live on YT.

@LanceThompsonKssooner

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper Yeah it's not great but decent enough to hear the song. More TOOL!

After listening to them for more than ten years I find myself going back to Opiate more and more often. You really are missing out. Some of the songs will blow you away that they were recorded live

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely going to go back at some point 💯

to me its about pushing your boundries of pain and pleasure and what you will tolerate to get those things

I totally understand your thoughts on the quiet mixing of Maynards vocals. Especially with the analogy you used. I got a coworker who is very soft spoken and has a hard Trini accent. He makes fun of me for "Not understanding English. "

As you can probably tell, I’m currently watching EVERY damned reaction ( and liking them too ) today - as I finally have the time to do just that!!! You really have a finger on TOOL’S pulse as well, man!!!! I truly am enjoying tf out of your interpretations of each song, and I ALSO enjoy living “vicariously” through you as you listen to each song for the 1st time as well!!!!!

Your breakdowns always give me a better understanding love this thanku so much lovely Skullz much love and God bless always x

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wendy! Much love 🤘

@wendyraymond1751

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper my pleasure always x

I love to listen to people try to assign deeper meaning to this song. It's about a hand in the pooper bro.

This album we meet Justin Chancellor on bass.

BTW, Justin Chancellor replaced Paul D'Amour as bassist for this album. Some of the changes you mentioned could be due to this. Definitely brought a little different sound.

@timfarrow1545

2 жыл бұрын

I mentioned this too I'm glad someone else is following a similar train of thought

@mikarage3677

2 жыл бұрын

Paul d amour recorded most of the songs. Justin only recorded Jimmy, 46&2 and third eye.

@neonom1024

2 жыл бұрын

the Forty-Six & 2 riff is a *hell* of an audition piece

Even after all these years they are still closing shows with it. Huge song for them. 👍

@bentowle3478

Жыл бұрын

Possibly my favorite from them

hey our boy couldn't wait to get into Aenima!!! ;) you are gonna love this!! looking forward to enjoying it with you ;)

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Much love bro! Yeah I just couldn't wait 🤣

such srfaacy logic.keep listening, you'll get it.

I make the same face every time I hear Stinkfist. Just when I think I can’t stand that distorted guitar any longer, Carey and D’amour drop in with the bass and drums and all is right with the world!!!

Pushit will blow your headphones!

I know I'm late to the game, and I'm sure someone has already pointed this out, but I credit Justin for playing a huge part in the evolution of Tool over the years. Paul was the bass player for Opiate and Undertow, and he was there for a good portion of the writing of this album, but Justin came in and finished the album. Justin amd Danny seem to be on the same wavelength and their interplay on this, and the later albums is incredible. I'm not sure Tool would have evolved in the same way had Paul stayed in the band.

Greatest album ever recorded. Subscribed

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Much love bro! 🤘

@marcellomartello9914

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper man I hope you pull as much value from their music as I have over the last 20+ years

@marcellomartello9914

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper looking forward to Eulogy

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

I really have! I've hard some hardships recently and they've definitely helped me in a invaluable way! Eulogy will be up on Tool Tuesday 🤘

the change of producer represents a major leap forward in their soundscapes. their sound became so much richer, less abrasive, and more atmosperic yrt without negating any of the band's raw energy. sitting the vocals right back into this album opener was i think a master stroke, enticing you into their collossal sound in search of the meaning to this beautifully frail sounding vocal and then battering you about during the pre-chorus, then disappearing back into the pummeling music. adam jones' video with this underneath is about as pummeling a sensory ride as you will ever experience.

FYI Skullz , the original bassist PAUlL D’AMOUR leaves TOOL introduce JUSTIN CHANCELLOR ! Still their bassist 🤘🏼🤘🏼

I just realized what FI is missing compared to old stuff. There's not enough Maynard sound riffing with his vocals. He does it A LOT in this album and I feel we didn't get much of that in FI. Am I wrong?

@hawks7775

2 жыл бұрын

I believe maynard has a different way of expressing and delivering his emotions now and I also saw an interview where he admitted he can not sing like he use to....he was too brutal on his vocals and it caught up to him...

Enjoy! You're going to love this album. It's Justin's 1st album.. The whole album is a masterpiece!

Undertow was their “big break through album” they were already stars when they dropped this.

Maynard went into what us old tool fans called manequein mode, 😎⚡

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

🤔🤔🤔

Hellz yeah! Your reaction videos are fantastic. Doing Tool's discography front to back is only proper. They're kind of a big deal. 🖤 I'm not so much into hip hop but your stuff does sound groovy and flows very well. 🤘🏻 Keep it up brother man.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it my friend! I do all different types of music on my album and a lot of people who like my music aren't big on rap either. Check out my stuff if you have time, you might be surprised 💯

@mattbreese0144

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper i most def will. You seem very knowledgeable and "music minded" by these tool reactions. Tool reaction vids have been a guilty pleasure for some time, and yours really are the best. I'm not blowing smoke up your behind, they really make me happy. 😊 Tool isn't my fav band, it's my favorite THING, and to see your excitement and awe is really very, very cool. 😎

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

That makes me really happy bro! Really appreciate that 🙏 I try to watch Tool reactions too but it's hard to find the time lately haha. But thanks bro. And let me know what you think of my music 💯

After Undertow I remember getting this cd and on first listen I wasn't sure I liked how they progressed. Undertow and the ep were like finding rare treasure. I missed the groove but It didn't take long to grow with the cd/band. This cd only gets better from here. ✌️

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's definitely an adjustment! But I'm digging it 💯

Do the whole album hell yeah

Opiate really connected with me when I was just around 20, angsty, angry, and frustrated with the world. It has some of the best songs to me because I grew up with them. Not sure how much I'd enjoy it after hearing all their newer stuff first, as well being older and perhaps just a little more chill than I was back then. I do remember at the time I did NOT want introspective Maynard, I wanted pissed off rage Maynard. But the songs I disliked at first are some of my all time favorites. Great band through and through.

I was really into NIN early on. Tthe first thing that drew me to TOOL was thinking they sounded like a guitar/bass/drum band playing NIN songs.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

I gotta check out some more NIN stuff at some point! 💯

Wait till you see the video

I love the way you reacted to Undertow (song by song through the album). This morning seeing you have started on Ænima makes me happy knowing that you will react to some of my favs. Keep doing what you're doing! Looking forward to your reaction, Hooker with a Penis. It's just funny typing that.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 Thanks man! Glad you're enjoying the journey with me 🤘

Undertow was in your face...AENIMA is sneaking around you, whispering in your ear from behind. 🗣

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Like I said when you finished disgustipated, they set for next... changing narrative. From self to society or self in society ; artwork show something that looks like a screen or tv; perception or how society percents themselves. Maynard just calls out what he sees. Of course integrating and maintaining his personal experiences and the way he sees and maybe despises and accepts it; adjust self to evolving human psychi while dealing with own journey/ realization/ enlightenment. And getting a message across

The album is pronounced Ahh-neh-ma. This album is so dope and there are so many great songs from it. The engineering is definitely more produced and you'll see that continue as you progress to the later albums. Not that they're more produced but they use production almost as a 5th instrument. If that makes any sense.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Makes perfect sense! I do some audio engineering on the side and love seeing artists do that 🤘

🤝🙏🧘‍♂️

Welcome to pleasant surprise #1... rinse, repeat, spin.. this album is soooo good bro. That would bre funny if this was a continuation from Maynard. He's deep enough to do something for comedic spite like that.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I wouldn't put it past him 🤣🤣🤣

WEN TOOL SKULLZ!? 😆❤

Skullz, I just went to listen to your personal music because I'm looking for the song at the end of this reaction. I love the sound of it. Sadly, I couldn't locate it, so I'm hoping you'll tell me the name of it. So, in listening to what music I did find of yours, I gotta say... YOU ARE REALLY TALENTED!!! It isn't what I usually listen to but it's so obvious you put a lot of work into how good you sound and how good the music sounds. I wish you major success!

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏❤ That song is called "Risk." I'm slowly releasing my songs on my channel. I'm planning on doing a premiere tomorrow for another one but not sure which one is up next yet lol. Should be up soon. Otherwise it's on Spotify or available to purchase. Thanks for giving me a chance even though it's not necassarily your thing. Appreciate the open-mind ❤🤘

@floridabelle

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper Thanks for the quick reply. I'll definitely be heading to Spotify to hear the whole song. There's a good chance I'll listen to more as well even though my main listens are Melodeath, prog rock/metal, etc. (mainly Opeth, Be'lakor and Machiavellian God). At my age, I've heard it all. Music is awesome!

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks you! Yes music is amazing! I love everything from rap to movie osts to metal to folk. Anything delivered with passion and creativity ❤

@floridabelle

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper 🎵 👍🏻 🎧 ❤

sup skullz

Difference between Undetow and Aenima is the bass players, AEnima introduced Justin, love Paul and he must have been tricky to replace for such a band going forward but that is the distinct difference...huge fan of Undertow, in my top 2 Tool albums

Shoulder deep inside the borderline..

You've had the appetizer, now you are getting into the meat and potatoes

Its about desensitization. In general, sure, but more specifically with humanity and things like media consumption. The way we need more sex and violence on the screen to push the boundaries to feel something. Think your average horror movie from the 70s or 80s like Halloween and how tame that is compared to something like Human Centipede or Saw or Hostel. The song is more generalized, and that's just an example. It can be any sort of desensitization, but media is a good example. Just look where the internet has brought us as a society. But the TV screen at the start of the music video and the further exploration of the theme in Vicarious makes me definitely think that was on his mind when he wrote the lyrics. The anal fisting part is just a metaphor for needing more and more stimulation to feel something. I.e. finger>knuckle>shoulder

@mujtabaanwar2012

Жыл бұрын

On point!

no, continue on... do dailys!

@jaredtrobinson

2 жыл бұрын

dailies? dailies

if you found this first song of the album way more atmoshperic than undertow, .. yes that is right, and it's just the tip of the Iceberg... a lot of surprises are waiting for you right ahead.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Can not wait! 🔥🔥🔥

new basist yo

Tool's guitarist is a big hip-hop head.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Really? Wonder who his favorites are haha

@jirikrajnak9047

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper He's been praising the hip hop scene as innovative in a couple interviews I've listened to, but hasn't called out any artists by name.. if I recall correctly.

I feel like this album is someone having to deal with the world after breaking free from the undertow of addiction.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

I can absolutely see that interpretation so far! 🤘

Stinkfist is an easy entry into Aenima. Nearly radio friendly. And maybe by holding back the vocal track Maynard is telling us to keep digging? Maybe we’re ‘vocals’ overstimulated? Haha… just shitting around with lyrics. I like how he explores from a small voice-to begging for more in the chorus. You won’t regret choosing Aenima now. It gets more interesting with every track. Save Opiate for a chaser after Fear Innoculum.

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah thats what I was thinking for Opiate 💯 And I agree I think Stinkfist lyrically is A LOT like Undertow. I didn't think about that with the way he's mixed. The fact that his vocals are mixed as if he's on the phone too makes me think he feels far away from what he's talking about maybe, like a rift between them? (also kind of weird that Disgustipated ended with the walkie talkie effect and then the album starts with a similar effect). And then in the hook he's loud and clear. Everything they do is so damn dense! 🔥

@heyskipj

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper I can't get over that in a few months you'll hear what took Tool 25+ years. The atmosphere builds and sounds less "dense" over time. Heavy? A lot more lighter moments coming too. Feels "fuller" too. Eulogy. Buckle up.

You can do Opiate in 2 videos and they wouldn’t be that long. It’s a short album. Worth listening to it though. You don’t know “angry Maynard” yet.

Just in case u dont know.....u should check out ALL their video singles.....ALL directed by Adam Jones himself......pretty fuckin cool

Btw their bass player for opiate and undertow quit the band after undertow this album is the first to have Justin Chancellor so that’s why the bass sounds different Justin has been in the band from this point on and don’t get me wrong their old bass player Paul D’Amour was amazing and helped lay down the foundation of what tool was but you’ll soon see that Justin took the band to a whole new level

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Do you know why Paul quit? He has to be kicking himself in the ass now lol

@MrDuanepalmer

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper it's been said that Paul was impatient with how long and tedious the band took to write the music. Maybe he wanted to play guitar along side Adam and hire a new bass player but Adam wouldn't have it. Just a couple that I've heard over the years.

@hank35682

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skullzrapper he said in an interview that he wanted to expand and do other things but there was no bad blood as far as public knowledge goes he said that the time and effort to play and make tools music was basically to much for him and ya know a part of me doesn’t blame him 😂 there just that good haha but he did write out the bass lines and riffs for a hand full of songs on the album before he left in 95 this album came out in 96 the songs were Stinkfist Eulogy Pushit and Ænema you can even see the demo tapes of Ænima with Paul playing on KZread from 95 right before he left Justin then came in and used what Paul had written out for those songs which is pretty crazy

@timfarrow1545

2 жыл бұрын

@@hank35682 at least Justin didn't get jason'd looking at you lars... *Insert heavy expletive here*

@hank35682

2 жыл бұрын

@@timfarrow1545 🤣 so funny and ironic that you said that just as I was listening to and Justice for all I’m not even joking hahaha so weird

This is the album where TOOL became TOOL.

Sup man

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Aye! Thanks for dropping by 🔥🔥🔥

The slow creep of authoritarianism w consumerism .

maynard is 1/4

Aww Knee Muh

Maybe he's blended in with the mix so that you listen more carefully to his words 🤷‍♂️

@Skullzrapper

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've heard that is the goal. However when the band around him is just as interesting, you have to pick what you're going to listen to. Also all the instruments are more audible than MJK. It probably made more sense when it came out pre-internet but now you can just look the lyrics. Either way, I appreciate what they're trying to do there. People should listen more carefully 💯

Just be sure to keep and open mind and not think to literal about the lyrics.

Intolerance started with a bong gurgling