I just released my active drum transcription of Invincible! Follow along with Danny Carey's 7 over 3 polyrhythm throughout the song: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e2yd08SehtHUlLg.html

Invincible is 100% my favorite song on this album.

@Republic3D

2 жыл бұрын

Same. In the beginning it was one of my least favorites, but it took only a few listens to absolutely love it.

@onepunchflan3071

Жыл бұрын

Same

@giovannitigalo7011

11 ай бұрын

Same. It's classic, classic Tool

I am always impressed at how every Tool song sounds like a Tool song and yet so innovative. Masterful!

@m90rider65

2 жыл бұрын

Gods gift to music

@DundG

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, like they're their own Genre and decided to make each song a different Band with their own feel!

@TerribleEnglish

11 ай бұрын

I disagree. This album for me is the end of Tool; nothing new here at all, and most of it is super monotonous.

@aiwass84

9 ай бұрын

@@TerribleEnglish That's why Danny was nominated best prog drummer in 2022....😂

@TerribleEnglish

9 ай бұрын

@@aiwass84 I can't say the drumming has made any difference to me. The songs are still super long, boring and samey for me.

Having all Tool songs between 9.0 and 9.9 gives you a great idea who's the boss on stages nowdays.

Seeing this live made me appreciate it a lot more. I mean it's got a bass solo from Justin AND Danny playing a giant xylophone

@nilsacf

7 ай бұрын

THIS. I saw it live back in October and I’m still mind blown about it.

I got to see them perform this song live back in January. It was such an incredible experience and this song in particular moved me. Being in that audience was such an honor.

@korylinn2251

2 жыл бұрын

Me too (Sacramento) - it was the first time they had performed it live, and they let the crowd video it. It was incredible

@thewalkingbob1394

2 жыл бұрын

@@rayromero815 hey that’s the same one I was at! What a great show!

@TAT2DON

4 ай бұрын

As a TOOL ARMY MEMBER YOU HAVE BEEN INOCULATED. 🌀👁🌀👁🌟BLESS THIS IMMUNITY

@TAT2DON

4 ай бұрын

Portland MODA Center and the Eugene University,where the ducks are still a massive experience

I saw this live during this tour. I had no idea that the solo at 14:37 was Justin on the bass. Always thought it was just a 2nd guitar recorded in studio.

Being in a band with Danny may get you overlooked, and I believe Adam is SEVERELY underrated as a player!

@p-mac8413

2 жыл бұрын

What he does on 7empest is some of the most insane guitar work I've heard in years.

@onepunchflan3071

Жыл бұрын

They all stand out as gods for me.

@OMGtheykilledKenny42

Жыл бұрын

@@p-mac8413 a 15 minute track is crazy. And he's been working on that for like 2 decades.

@torvisaid4433

Жыл бұрын

He was until this album. It seems like he was holding back for their swan song. In Fear Inoculum he clearly shows that he is one of greatest guitar players of all time

Great Reaction, David. If you enjoyed this, then you'll love "Descending" and you should probably do another reaction to "Pneuma", just the audio...loved your reaction you did with Danny's drum cam, but would like to see you analyze the song more deeply

@toodrunktotastethischicken

2 жыл бұрын

Descending and Tempest

@treysalazar7791

2 жыл бұрын

@@toodrunktotastethischicken David di do one for 7empest. It was great. check it out

they can make a great groove using 7/4 because there is space between the notes, nothing is overplayed, it fits, also the melody of maynard does a great job with the groove.

As a long time hardore tool fan and drummer, I can say this is one of my most favourite reviews. Well done man !!

Dave, that synthesizer solo near the end there is actually Danny playing pads! I didn't realize until I saw this live.

Definitely my favourite song on that album. Really hope you get a chance to see them live one day. Its an experience.

I think this is the most excited I've ever got for a reaction video..just like you say in your intro, I am definatly shivering with anticipation!!

David you can take the warrior out of the war but you can't take the war out of the warrior. ✌️

Adam Jones is my favorite guitarist mainly because he does drive a LOT of Tool songs. I know people praise Danny Carey the most, and I love him too, but Tool has always been all about Adam Jones's guitar for me.

You are the GOAT!!!! I love your reactions. I really appreciate the way you break down the videos. I am learning so much from you. Keep them coming!!!

Hope you get to Descending, one of my top Tool songs right now!

Surprised you didn’t comment on the bass solo. Amazing song, can’t wait you react to Descending.

First to comment!I love Tool!good job man!good night here from Italy!

Descending is the gem on this album. Great work.

@justinman114

Жыл бұрын

Definitely

Absolutely love the lyricism in this song along with Danney Carey's usual shenanigans on the drums and Adam and Justin doing their own things as well

So happy to see this pop up! Love your TOOL reactions!

Awesome reaction David! We need your reaction to "Descending" right now! 😄 It will get into your top3 from Tool for sure ❤️

Your reactions are always so good, and now you have made my day by rating one of my favorite Tool songs. Can't get much better than that. I have lived in Seattle for the last 40 years, yes I'm old, Moving on. I have seen some amazing music come out of this city though out the years, Alice in Chains, and Soundgarden two of my favorites, RIP Chris & Layne. There is another band however that seems to have been forgotten, although I don't know why. They are called Candlebox, the lead singer is Kevin Martin he has an amazing voice. I would love it if you could give me your opinion on what I consider one of their best songs (YOU) please it is important that you do the lyric video because the others have been cut to the point of losing the message they are trying to convey, and the message is so necessary.........

@p-mac8413

2 жыл бұрын

You could say a lot of people have left Candlebox... far behind... Sorry, had to be done.

@litawells8803

2 жыл бұрын

@@p-mac8413 A good since of humor is never wasted on me.

Man, I love it when you do Tool. I end up re-watching your Tool reactions 😂

This is Tools Starway to Heaven 💯🎸🥁🎼⚡️⚡️⚡️🌟👁🌀👁

This 7/4 signature is just something special lol

Had a kinda depressing day, stumbled upon your reaction of my - at the moment- favorite song by Tool. Felt better afterwards 😀 I didn’t understand why the ‘slowing down’ made me so excited and now I do. Thanks for explaining this, you’re the first person I ever heard about that. Thank you 🙏☺️🌀

I’ve listened to and enjoyed TOOL since the early 90’s and David and others similar to him have helped me appreciate their music even more! Thanks David!

Here another fan from CHILE!

7/8 7/4 and I counted half time too. Only TooL. Mind blowing always!

Ohhhh I hope we can see you react to Descending eventually. I love that song more every time I hear it.

Nothing like DH gushing over Tool and pointing out weird details noone else would ever notice. Great stuff as always, and I can't wait to see Descending and Culling Voices...

Top 5 song for me, and gonna see them live in 6 days🤘

I've seen some people who love this song and people who've don't it a little dull. I think I fell a little more in love with this task because of a mix of the powerful lyrics and being at that age where the powerful lyrics hit me in the chest hard. Tool has been one of the few bands who have been able to hit me with extreme emotional reaction. There's a lot of other bands that hit me on an emotional level, but tool is on a different plain and just hit in a different way

can you imagine Maynard sitting in a car listing to this and singing and making up the words, he always finds a way to fill each song just enough to never over do it.

This is amazing album. Do more, do all. Amazing analysis too. What you found in vocals, the beauty, could be shear love, if you check out the lyrics.

7 is a theme in this album.

I would have never noticed that they actually sped up, if David hadn't marveled over it. when you think about it, it makes sense, because of the section at the very end. speeding up the tempo ever so slightly and then dropping into a halftime feel, as David said, creates the illusion of having slowed down, then, at the end, when they go back into regular time, the ending has that extra energy because of the increased tempo. Fricking brilliant! Thanks, David!

I'm happy to see you headbang, so! I also headbang

Great reaction 🤣 you seem excited lol.

This was the last song they played in the show I went (SLC) and the only one they allowed to record, and I’m not into recording but I kind of glad I saved a piece of this song played live.

It cracks me up that 9.1 is a “low” score for Tool - whenever you go over 8.5 I’m amazed. And tbh, then I forget the number almost immediately. But I always remember your commentary. Seeing you connect with a song that actually challenges you and delights is just too much fun. Wonder if you’ll ever get to (more?) Jane’s Addiction. Some great live stuff out there. Either way, rock on David, Thanks for the joy.

That entire album is a masterpiece, well worth the wait. I know many people love Lateralus. And why wouldn't they, it's a great album. But for me, Fear Inoculum completely blows it out of the water. This song ranks slightly below Pneuma and the title song in my book though. The 9.1 fits well, I think, which is kind of crazy for a song that isn't the best on the album. But it's Tool, so there's that. I loved your remark about how melodic Danny's drumming is. That for me is a key to why I love Tool despite there being only 3 instruments, which I'm usually not a fan of. Danny basically plays for two.

@williamkramer9731

2 жыл бұрын

I like that the songs seemed to focus more than ever, full composition, rather than worrying about hooks and making big hits...I can see where some people complained a bit, but for me, i agree with it being called a masterpiece.

@TerribleEnglish

11 ай бұрын

Completely disagree. For me, Fear Innoculum is samey, tedious and nothing new at all. In fact, it's mostly super boring.

@DanielM796

Ай бұрын

@@TerribleEnglishit’s easily their best album. Title track, pneuma, invincible, and descending are better songs that any Tool song that came before.

@TerribleEnglish

Ай бұрын

@@DanielM796 It's easily their worst album for me. Pneuma is their most boring song and the whole album is samey and pedestrian, apart from the bit of rocking at the start of 7empest. Even the little interludes are nothing we haven't heard before.

@DanielM796

Ай бұрын

@@TerribleEnglishto me, every track sounds completely different from one another. I dont really give a shit about the interludes like with any tool album, but the actual songs in the album stand on their own. Pneuma isn’t the best at all from the album but it sure isnt boring imo. Invincible and Descending are basically the pinnacle of tool’s whole discography.

Tool, masters of using instrumental delay effects just right. They have kind of a feel for when to use it, and how to not overdo it. You discribed it just right. The delay on the bass is so great, because it's not so much, that it becomes the main focus for the listener, it's just right.

Spiral out, keep going! 🔥

Another good video, thanks! I don't know if you know, but check into what all Justin does in this song if you don't know yet. Danny, as well. You may change your rating.

Great reaction. I loved you did it for Chile hahaha 🤣

Another thing that could blow your mind is the technique of that pounding "ba-da-da-bum bum ba-da-da-bum bum bum" riff. It's all down-strokes.

@WillWindWonder

Жыл бұрын

@DH here's a clip i recorded a couple years ago: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eXtkp9VufK6XfNI.html I first saw the technique during a live performance of Jambi, but they go full bore in Invincible. I've been playing guitar since ~1997 and while I can't for example replicate all of what what Steve Vai or John Petrucci play, I can at least recognize their techniques when I hear them. The first time I saw this it ruined me. I'd never seen it, and what I was seeing didn't match what I was hearing. Until it did. And now it's apparent across several TOOL songs. I can't think of any other band that does it, but I'm fairly myopic in my media consumption.

My favorite Tool song is typically whichever one I'm listening to.

Great

This is the 2nd best song from this album! You are going to be counting like crazy on it!

The double kick almost shuffles side to side in sound

The calculation meme was hilarious

That vocal effect was actually Justin playing the same notes and giving the illusion of it being the vocals having the effect. That's at least according to live videos and covers I have watched as well as my ear and knowing that Justin's pedal board rivals Danny's set up in pieces. It could have been done in post on the recording but that's how they do it live.

The worst thing about hearing Tool for the first time is. That you know you'll never, ever hear Tool, for the first time again

Sung great and one of their best songs, IMO. #ToolArmy

This quickly became a favorite of mine. Checkout the Lennon Claypool cover of Satori 👍

If you like Maynard’s vocals in this song, definitely listen to Culling Voices…

As soon as i see Tool i just clickerdy click...

It's about him so you should be feeling the way you do about his vocals...One of his many gifts!

Adam's fuckin high notes at the end of the song make me want to cry lol

What a song bud. 🤘

tool🔥

Lolz welcome to the life of a tool fan. It's no joke that our favourite tool songs constantly changing. Great reaction and review and I do agree with you. There are more impressive examples of thier song writing. Even then it still stands up to the tool standard and is a great song just not my favourite lolz. I love the grudge and is still the best opening track to an album I've ever heard.

Descending would be another great one to check out

@alessandrafato5654

2 жыл бұрын

For sure!it's wonderful...a journey through music...Even if most people didn't appreciate this last album,I think there are many pearls...after Descending,Culling voices too...Good morning here from Italy Tool Army!hope to see them live once in my life...unfortunately,this year,they don't play here...

Uh oh , someone get the Excedrin ready . David is about to get more time signature headaches. 😆

Syncopation eargasm

21:24 this was my reaction listening to this the first time too

21:25 “Oh, Yeah!”

Did I hear Southpark, Mel Brooks and Wendy? You sir just gained a new subscriber.

Tool is not a one time listen, it gets better the more times you its played

Have you reacted to Tools lost keys / Rosetta stoned . Some crazy time signatures in that song

@THEDavidHeretic

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/l5ptycmribzVfrQ.html

TOOL.. the master of Mathmetal

YOU GOTTA WATCH ERNESTO SCHNACK COVERS OF TOOL ON ACOUSTIC GUITAR. ONE MAN BAND. BASS MELODY GUITAR DRUMS AND YOU CAN HEAR THE LYRICS

interesting question, if this was your FIRST tool reaction, would it be rated any differently? not knowing what they have done already or having any past experiences of how they write songs.

@THEDavidHeretic

2 жыл бұрын

Possibly, I honestly don't know.

Idk. Maynard sounds like he's singing for APC on this album. Quite the change. I miss his rawness on previous albums.

Hi again David. Back as promised👀😊 Still not a fan. But....👍

Descending is even better!!! The whole song is just a masterpiece but last 3 minutes of the song is just a musical orgasm for your ears!!!

Did you miss the bass solo?

its about getting old man, hits hard. especially when you FEEL the music as a function of the message, as opposed to getting bogged down analysing the signatures/arrangement etc.

Is this the only Tool song with a bass solo?

It took too long for you to figure 21 out 😂

What's your favorite Tool song? Nvm, you answered it. The Grudge

@THEDavidHeretic

2 жыл бұрын

So far....so far. I still have a lot of catching up to do.

How the fuck he catchs all of this. Music is more complex than we thought

@THEDavidHeretic

2 жыл бұрын

I've been studying and playing music since the age of 3, so listening to music and reading music is second nature to me. Tool definitely does some complex things with their song writing and arranging, they are definitely what I would call a 5 Brain Band.

@matheusm6786

2 жыл бұрын

@@THEDavidHeretic Huge fan, i am watching your tick and leechs reaction right now. Learning a lot stuff, thanx. The god of time signatures, it is an honor

@THEDavidHeretic

2 жыл бұрын

@@matheusm6786 Thank you for being a part of the channel, glad to hear you are enjoying the videos. I'm just good with music, it really is like my first language. Yes I said first, I consider English to be my second language.

This one feels stretched out to me. Like they got stuck on repeat a couple times.

I love TOOL but his song is giving me almost nothing emotionally. Technically it is great, but I feel nothing.

Question..at the risk of sounding COMPLETELY STUPID...Isn't 7/8 time just 7/4 time in "double time"???

@THEDavidHeretic

2 жыл бұрын

Technically, there is no difference from a standpoint of straight counting of beats per measure. There is a difference in approach and feel though, it's hard to describe.

Do you like South Park?

@THEDavidHeretic

2 жыл бұрын

I used to, for about the first 5 seasons....then it became beyond ridiculous and I lost interest.

@trumphatesyou

2 жыл бұрын

The Movie is one of the greatest things ever made. I don't watch much anymore but Trey and Matt are geniuses

@trumphatesyou

2 жыл бұрын

I originally asked because you use material from them. I'm not a lawyer just inquisitive

Completely ignores the bass drop.

Who cares what the beat count is, focus on the song itself and it’s meaning.