Im always amazed by how intuitive you both are. This is the ultimate TOOL catalog breakdown and as a fan of this band I love it!

@stephenlackey5852

3 жыл бұрын

It is an absolute joy to listen to two intelligent open-minded people have open discourse.

Religion is just a reference, remember this is multi layered. You’ve been looking at it through the lenses of psychology, why stop now? Crucifying the ego is a recurring theme in Tools music. To learn to point a finger at yourself instead of the rest of the world, and kill the martyr within.

I don't consider these to be "reaction videos" This to me is Sunday School for the avid/beginner TOOL fan. As a listener since '93 this is very refreshing. I look forward (w/ my Third Eye) to taking this extraordinary journey with you to the end. And beyond.

The song Aenima tells you more about Maynard's thoughts on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology.

One thing I find fascinating is that Maynard has said that the instrumentals are done first and then he lays down the lyrics after. It's so interesting how Maynard will manipulate words, by increasing the syllables or mumbling a word to make it flow with or just under the instramentals. Maynard will stretch a word into another bar and it changes the entire way the song sounds.

@blazinbuc99

3 жыл бұрын

I'm stoned to the bone my friend. This comment was recognized

This song is so incredible. It’s hard to pick a favorite Tool song since they are all good, but this is up there. This is where you could tell they were exploring their capabilities and were much more than a heavy band.

Eulogy was the first song I heard after hearing that my grandfather had passed away. Aenima was loaded into the CD player in my car and Eulogy started to play when I started the engine. Needless to say, I was in tears the entire time and have a strong emotional reaction every time I listen to it now.

Point of fact by a native English speaker: I have NEVER heard the word eulogy used except as a spoken tribute for a deceased person. Normally at a funeral.

Please continue this journey. I can tell you are going to be deeply affected by what's yet to come.

Look up L. Ron Hubbard. LOVE your reactions !!!

When you listen to Jimmy, a couple of things to consider. First, Maynard James Keenan is Jimmy. Second, eleven is the age when his mother had her stroke... Also, he was born and raised in Ohio before moving to Michigan, so the line "Under a dead Ohio sky" is a personal, not random thing.. Anyone from Ohio, myself included, knows what a dead Ohio sky looks and feels like....

All thumbs up, 0 down. That's the way any TOOL reaction video should be!

Where are you from, guys? Your approach to this music is quite similar to mine, and to many of us here, i think. Good job!

My favorite tool song is the one i am listening to. This band is in a space all to themselves. Love this band!!!!

Being such a HUGE fan of Bill Hicks i always felt like he was who the song is about, but thats the beauty of TOOL, 100 people can listen to the same song and have 100 different interpretations of it.

Another great video! Keep it up her and him 😁

This is my favorite Tool song. I don't think it's about anyone in general, it's more about the general dangers of demagoguery, thinking for yourself instead of having your thoughts dictated to you by whoever has a microphone and a platform to stand on.

I think the word you’re looking for in describing Manson being persuasive is charismatic. Magnetic.

@edwin-jq4dp

3 жыл бұрын

Manson?

...I am thinking this is about being wary of false prophets. Some people want to connect to someone that can show them the way...they have the answers. Kinda hints to the loud evangelists that yell and shout with their truths. This ideal weaves through several Tool songs...Reverend Maynard and the flock of sheep followers first comes to mind. Wonderful job. ☆

Love the time signatures in this one. ✌

Hi, I just subscribed and I really enjoy the reactions and the breakdown of the song. I especially like the visual appearance the both of you created, it's so professional and warm. Not only do we get to enjoy the music, we also get experience the warm and calming atmosphere like environment that makes your channel a one of a kind. Thank you. ✌

One of my all time favorite Tool songs. Glad you liked it.

Every Saturday I'm looking forward for your videos! I enjoy every minute of it, thank you for sharing your experience with this amazing band and for all your intelligent discussions. can't wait till you reach the best of TOOL. 💙

@initum1599

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

From the man himself, in an interview between Carrie Borzillo and Maynard James Keenan dated December 1996: *Who is "Eulogy" about? My guesses are Jesus Christ, Paul D'Amour (Tool's ex-bassist), or Kurt Cobain.* "There are no songs on the album about Paul. People might think that, but it's not the case." *Is it about Kurt Cobain? I wouldn't think you'd be a fan of his.* "I appreciate what he did. I'm not really happy with his professional widow. The song's about tendencies, NOT about a specific individual. It's about tendencies of people wanting to stand on a soap box and sacrifice themselves in some way. We don't need that process anymore. You're on your own now."

Definitely one of my favorites by Tool

Great to see my new friends enjoying one of my favorite bands. love you guys

30:03. In this gap, there is one thing that tied me up about the lyrics you showed. It was like , get off you fuckn’ cross, we need room for the next martyr. That’s a big part of this, I think.

this is my favorite song by tool

I literally just binge watched your whole catalog today. Love it! If you think you may have heard a song before you do a video, and you have not "listened" to it. Just let us know that you have. The way you analyze the songs so deep. Even if you "kind of" heard a song before. Giving it a good hard listen is way different. As you already know. I can see you are going to love the development of the music, as the albums go on. I can see it in your face. I can't wait to see your reaction.

@initum1599

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

Love your reactions! And your accent!

One of my favorite TOOL tracks. ✌

Like most Tool songs, there's going to be an overarching theme that's used or implied by either the title or specific lyrics that evoke it, but that function as something of a guide-rail to a deeper-but-related concept. Like Sober being about *more* than "an addiction song", and "Stinkfist" using the sexual act of fisting to allude to feelings of emptiness vs pursuit of fulfillment, character building and relationships through hardship, etc. Tool will often use an on-the-nose title supplemented with certain evocative lines in the song to bring you a few steps into a series of more broad concepts that relate to the various human conditions and experiences. Some personal, some general, some scathing, some tender.

my favourite tool song

a lot of people think this song was about L. Ron Hubbard and the hypocrisy of religion.

Could be as simple as reflecting on your own past self. Could be the psychological Ego that is there to protect you, to speak for you. If you say I want to be a better person then you are saying "I want this flawed version to die and get replaced." So if you were to improve, then look back on things , it would be a perspective of "you claimed all this time that you would die for me, so why then are you so surprised to hear your own eulogy." The line about not all martyrs finding divinity could be about how our past self died for the next version and that's amazing but it doesn't make this past version 'good'. It also is that the next version is just another step on the path. To ascend you must die, you must be crucified. So it's killing your current incarnation (metaphorically) and then becoming a newer more perfect but imperfect version that will have it's turn to be the 'next fool martyr'

Got this album in 6th grade.. brings me back

Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina!

Awesome stuff! 🇵🇱💪🏼😎

Love your channel

Maynard has written about hypocrisy several times before, especially when it came to religions. To me, this is just another example, but how we connect it to make sense is on us. It fits so many things...

Just relistened. Holy shit! This song is a one-act opera. Or the end of a Hollywood thriller. Fucking genius.

Astute point about progression and growth from the first album.

Great song and a great album. IMO, it was Tool's turning point- they were getting much better not only in the cohesiveness of the members but were also evolving into their sound. Such a talented, unique band that is ahead of their time.

Thanks for sharing

That JC Dobbs footage is just begging to be reacted to.

@danielpowers2191

3 жыл бұрын

Also, those AKG headphones are crisp. I own the same pair.

love the little intium sketch on the bookcase

@initum1599

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you both. She

@johncox1221

3 жыл бұрын

i was speaking of the one on the bookcase. he and her from behind

I read where the song was about Ron L. Hubbard and Scientology.

@TheOptimistiCynic

3 жыл бұрын

I think the Ron L. Hubbard comment was made back in the day when saying it was about Jesus Christ would have been a pretty bad PR statement....so it's up for speculation imo and prolly as tool would like it.

@TheOptimistiCynic

3 жыл бұрын

Also Jesus fits the narrative a lot better and maynard had more reason to be mad at christianity because as he states several times about his dislike for his mother's congregation, but that is just my interpretation.

21:24. Don’t apologize. This is a reason TOOL exists, and puts out art like this. Perspective, intuition, objectivity, discussion, isn’t that what art is for?

@jeremiahmackay226

3 жыл бұрын

Well said Gabriel!

@Gabriel_Moline

3 жыл бұрын

jeremiah mackay Thanks.

Great video, next album is lateralus !

Ænima is my favorite album. It was my first Tool album and was always more digestible with the average length songs. Very heavy album.

I think the song is less about the worshipped and more about the worshipper. Because the martyrs tend to be those who die FOR an idea. And the worshipped is the idea for which people die.

I've always felt this song was dealing with death of ego. Kind of fits with the tone of the album. Especially since this song comes a couple tracks before 46&2. Breaking through ego before stepping through shadow.

Tool are professionals...

1:02. That is the correct pronunciation for the place where the writer wrote.

What a find, I've had to wade through loads of arseholes to find a someone watch with a good hear for the music as well a good breakdown of the lyrics.

@initum1599

3 жыл бұрын

We're glad you like it :)

The production value in their albums are much greater from this one and on.

The progression of Tool through the years is quite the journey. In Opiate the were still very garage bandish. Undertow to Aenima they definitely got more polished. Lateralus to 10,000 days they became perfectionists.

@Daniel-xu6kd

3 жыл бұрын

fear inoculum they became masters

i hit like the moment she said you know , these days hahahahahha. PS. Those headphones are pretty awesome

@initum1599

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately those headphones broke some time ago :)

Nice

Wish there was more music lol it's so it's so long but I agree.. it has very good accents.. before the time but in agreeance with 2000s rock like crossfade red mudvayne

"He had a lot of nothing to say. Took a stand on every little thing. Ranting and pointing his finger. You sure could yell." I don't see how anyone could interpret this to mean anything but mockery and sarcasm.

Jim Jones, perhaps? Especially concerning him demanding that his followers die for HIM, and at the same time, "don't you step out of line."

Good 👍👍👌👌

This!

Yeeeeeeeees, continue t0 spir4l ou7!! Your reactions are funny, especially when y0ur BF ... interve es xD

@ 14:58 you nailed it! Exactly! Cult followers

Yippeee..... and I haven't watched you yet 😁

Hi I love your videos, i feel like i am watching yuou experience the same journey i went through 20 years ago, tool sort of changed my life direction back then. Did you give a rating for Stinkfist in the previous video? I think I missed it :)

@initum1599

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you for your comment. No, we didn't actually. I was also considering to stop rating completely, since I've progressed so much in the journey and each song sounds better and better. I would love to hear your opinion about this :) Thanks, She.

love euology i think einema is pronounced with a long I

whatever you do i highly recommend doing jimmy/judith(apc)/10000 days part 1 / part 2 in one recording session

I’m. New here. Your pronunciation was perfect. In What country do you live? Just curious.i checked your posted videos. Are you strictly reacting only to Tool? What genres are you intending to cover?

@initum1599

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you for your comments. We live in the United Kingdom. (She) I definetely would like to listen to Perfect Cyrcle and Puscifer after Tool journey and we are opened for suggestions :)

sorry but i want this played at my funeral

This song is against Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard

Song cane out in 96’ amazing how it still feels experimental when you compare it to the crap coming out these days.Tool is timeless

@Trepanation21

3 жыл бұрын

Oh please. Pretentious ass comment. All shit music sounds bad when you compare it to good music. Either because you're too busy and don't care to look, you're just listening to the same bands over and over for the last 20 years and never spending any time with new shit, or just having "today's music" shoveled into your mouth. There is so much good music and so many talented artists coming out these days, you just haven't spent any time looking.

@dadouttolunch6486

3 жыл бұрын

From canada, fully agreed! Cheers friend, 🤙🤘

you said it right, otherwise.... I would have been offended... lol

You're the perfect specimen

You're still just scratching the surface. Exciting, isn't it? :)

@Trepanation21

3 жыл бұрын

It's you. You're the corny, pretentious Tool fan, Jimmy.

@deadohiosky1701

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry you have such a sad life.

Yeah! You did miss something! Bill Hicks! Check out the work of Bill Hicks, as the album is dedicated to this guy, arguably the greatest comedian of all time. I haven't watched your video of Third Eye yet but I'm sure you'll get to him there.

GOOD BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

This song is about Andy Kaufman, the guy who played Latka on the show, Taxi. Man in the Moon is a movie about his life starting Jim Carrey. Great movie. He had a lot of nothing to say, because Andy was a jokester. He could go on and on, & in the end there's no point. Very funny man. We will miss him. You need to watch the movie, them you'll understand the song

@munkeebranestoo5259

3 жыл бұрын

We lost Andy to cancer. He tried everything he could try. Nothing cured it. Sad too, cause he was great comedian. You've GOT to see the movie

@munkeebranestoo5259

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gabriel_Moline done & done

@Gabriel_Moline

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent.

@Gabriel_Moline

3 жыл бұрын

Munkee Brayn Stoo There is one problem, still. Your last line said “them”, when you clearly intended to put “then”. It really matters grammatically.

@munkeebranestoo5259

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gabriel_Moline fingerslip. And idk why but, I was thinking of twiggy, latka's cousin on Laverne & Shirley. Scatterbrained... Too much info to keep it all straight

You guys are really great, and maybe you would do a live stream to get better insight for a topic you choose. I understand the pitfalls, or, no I don’t, cuz I’m not you, but it might be an option. I mean, you probably don’t need money, so you could channel all the super chats to a great charity. Hopefully, animals, cuz they don’t have a choice. Regardless. All the best.

It’s pronounced like ‘ah-ni-mah’ 😊

26:33. I always thought the song was about a guy he knew that was influential in a time in his life, that he found out later was full of shit. Still, this is the first time seeing the lyrics. They didn’t come in the cd art, and there was no internet, and I never looked them up. We are talking early nineties, and I got on it around ninety seven. It is absolutely one of the best songs they have ever done. Top eight, easy.

I came to understand this song is about multiple people, bill hicks (from the song third eye on this album) , hitler (inspired by dier von satanor eggs of satan) and jesus inspired by maynards religious mother judith marie,the inspiration for wings for marie from this band and the song judith from a perfect circle (maynards 2nd band as lead singer) and in the end a eulogy is a word about a person after they die.

@googleisevil1041

3 жыл бұрын

Dier von Satan is just a joke song. It’s a recipe for hash cookies

@colbybostian1393

3 жыл бұрын

this song is about L. Rond Hubbard, the founder of scientology.... He had a lot to say

11:27. I was gunna criticize. I then realized you were expanding the main point of the conversation, to the next album.

Maynard hates organized religion. ✌

Some of Maynard's music is about his mother, Judith. His father is a preacher.. But i could be wrong.

@jeremyryan770

3 жыл бұрын

Teacher not preacher :)

@bradleybriscoe2608

3 жыл бұрын

Jason Richard, with all due respect, Maynard's father was a High School teacher and the High School's wrestling coach. Mrs. Keenan was a housewife and held the family down, as best she should. Maynard was on his father's High School wrestling team.

@jasonrichard5440

3 жыл бұрын

@@bradleybriscoe2608 thanks for the info Brad. Like I said, I could be wrong, and appreciate that you gave me something new to think about

@jasonrichard5440

3 жыл бұрын

@@bradleybriscoe2608 Also, didn't she die of pneumonia?

@jasonrichard5440

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyryan770 thanks man, but wasn't A Perfect Circle song "Judith" about his mother? And very religious.

The Pot. Do it.

Its about the guy who started scientology

I feel that Maynard hates religion because the congregation felt that Maynard's mom deserved her aneurysm/paralization (1976) because of her lifestyle. IE single divorced (1968) mother. ✌

He had a lot to say...he had a lot of nothing to say

or like when i got a hundred thousand dollar life insurace policy and my ex tried to expidite my demise

15:16. Moralities from a preacher? Hilarious.

For me I see the first obvious reference is to Jesus, however this to me is just a metaphor. And deferring it to the simplistic view of religion does no justice. In fact the song could be referenced to many individuals who have died for a cause, the Martyrs past, present and future, religious, philosophical and/or political. The statement for me of this song is dont due for me or anyone else. We are all people. You are not my redeemer. I and I alone am my own redeemer and you are yours. Dont soap box your view as if it had something to with me and my way. Now that 6our dead I follow someone above ground. Myself. The song doe me is about living to become what you believe instead of dying to wash away the sins of the Masses. Focus on the development of self actualization. I always keep on mind Tool has at the very least a Thelemic inspiration at its core.

You have a mistake in name of song its called Eulogy

@initum1599

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Fixed

@kotozllla

3 жыл бұрын

@@initum1599 thanks for reaction

All martyrs, but especially one from Seattle. Thoughts?

@eventis7

3 жыл бұрын

Eulogy was "the" song that got me into Tool...

@patrickbernardy3100

3 жыл бұрын

@@eventis7 Wow ... Kurt Cobain? Totally interesting idea. I'm not sure if Maynard had a problem with him, though.

@JoeSmith-if8ky

2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, 100%

The song is about L Ron Hubbard, the founder of scientology. People frequently mistakenly attribute the song to Jesus Christ, but this is incorrect. It's an indictment of Hubbard's hypocrisy and anger at being chased out of the religion that he founded.

@michaelpeterson9016

3 жыл бұрын

Doubtful it's about any one specific person. Probably about an amalgamation of people like L Ron Hubbard and other charlatans. L Ron wasn't the first false prophet and won't be the last.

@clintwood9472

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelpeterson9016 Nah. There are no ambiguous tool songs. Saying a tool song could be about anything is just a way of avoiding having to admit that you don't know what the song is about.

@michaelpeterson9016

3 жыл бұрын

@@clintwood9472 Yes because Stinkfist is literally about shoving your arm up someones colon up to your shoulder.

@clintwood9472

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelpeterson9016 could be. Why is it tool fans are all so sure they've got a direct connection to Maynard's psyche? It's hilarious the way you clowns fawn over him.

@GoldTop57

3 жыл бұрын

Dan H I mean Maynard specially mentioned L Ron Hubbard on this album in the song Aenema, so I think it’s ridiculous to assume this wasn’t about him at least in part.

My original thought was that this is about many different people. From pastors to family members to ex band mates and so on. Also maybe about himself in a way.

You made a mistake in claiming this had sounds from their next album "10,000 Days" when in fact this was released in 1996, Lateralus was in 2001, then 10,000 Days was 2006. Edit: 11:18

i think hubaw huhubaw

@bruun1974

2 жыл бұрын

Somewhat distracting yes. 😄❤‍🔥