Please list here only your questions.

@GrimrDirge

Жыл бұрын

Can you provide an example of how you would apply the golden ration melodically?

@antoniocarlin5026

Жыл бұрын

We dont need Tool if exists King Crimson... the Fathers of Prog Rock (you need check them KC)

@keysersose6728

Жыл бұрын

No need to reply to this, but do you listen to these songs that you listen to for the channel after you record? I'm not necessarily meaning in the car or on the treadmill or anything, but even once, off camera? I think you should for all of them, as it is a good practice to give the artist their full respect, but Tool songs benefit more from that than most due to their rhythmic tension and release style of composition. That said, thank you for the videos, I've seen a few of them and you have a great love for music and it is nice to hear your point of view in all of them.

@japhy4529

Жыл бұрын

Hi Amy - Have you come across the (Japanese) Koto ensemble arrangement of Lateralus? Simply amazing! kzread.info/dash/bejne/lqFmyc6uY7qyd84.html Also, a harpist (also named Amy!) has done an arrangement of the song. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aIp82NetnMrMaJM.html

@chefmike8888

Жыл бұрын

There is a 3 piece cello version of this song. Very interesting as well.

As a tool fan, I can say you’re more than likely gonna get a good amount of views on this video. Tool fans love seeing reactions to this band because we love to live vicariously through others first times so we can relive it through your eyes.

@redwiresound

Жыл бұрын

heh, vicarious

@williambrookings722

Жыл бұрын

The artistry of Tool is so deep that I find the analysis of others can often shed new light on their music or lyrics, which adds to the enjoyment.

@MagnificoGiganticus

Жыл бұрын

I see what you did there.

@MrBojanglesUK

Жыл бұрын

100% you can only lose your Tool virginity once. We long to relive that deflowering over and over.

@BurningWell

Жыл бұрын

That's really well said. We love seeing people first hearing Tool because we can't listen to Tool for the first time again ourselves.

Black - 1 Then - 1 White are -2 All I see -3 In my infancy -5 Red and yellow then came to be - 8 Reaching out to me - 5 Let’s me see -3 As below so above and beyond, I imagine - 13 Drawn outside the lines of reason -8 Push the envelope - 5 Watch it bend - 3

@chefmike8888

Жыл бұрын

Was going to point this out so thanks for saving me the trouble 😈

@CS_Sardine

Жыл бұрын

What's the significance of this thought? 🤔

@2Quietus

Жыл бұрын

@@CS_Sardine It's the Fibonacci sequence in the Lyrics. 1-1-2-3-5-8-5-3 (goes up then down), then 13-8-5-3 (begins high then low). These are all mathematical numbers of the Sequence written down in a lyrical sequence to mimic the Fibonacci...the Golden Ratio.

@mstorrboy

Жыл бұрын

@@CS_Sardine The syllables in each line are the Fibonacci numbers in sequence

@jtlinard3627

Жыл бұрын

Maynard on Joe Rogan is a bit embarrassed about the whole Fibonacci sequence. Actually called it sophomoric. But once you know about it you think about it whenever you hear it.

You can do as many of these videos on Tool as you’d like to. For Tool fans, seeing your reaction is the closest we’ll get to hearing it again for the first time.

@hamishbartholomaeus

7 ай бұрын

For sure! 🔥🙌🏼

@diwasdhungana

7 ай бұрын

10 months in, this is the most viewed video in this channel.

@lundyke9636

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Feels like the first time, every time.

@bradhaines3142

5 ай бұрын

nope. i went from the cheap headphones that came with cd players back when this was new, to actually good audio, and THAT was literally like hearing it for the first time again. so much i didnt hear before

@-25920-

5 ай бұрын

Yes dude

"Overthinking, over-analyzing, separates the body from the mind. Withering my intuition leaving all these opportunities behind." Maynard's lyrics in Tool's most analyzed song ever.

@TheJoshestWhite

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Terrence McKenna's quote "Do not give in, to astonishment" I may not have that verbatim but I appreciate this idea

@danyael777

Жыл бұрын

He got us good, eh?

@nonfiction876

Жыл бұрын

I mean its not meant as a hit to the listener. The whole song is literally based on a mathematical concept, so its most likely them realizing they have separated the body from the mind.

@johnoss3987

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, but not all analyzing is over-analyzing. But I don't know, maybe I'm over-thinking it

@j.mbarlow5952

8 ай бұрын

Only if it's withering your intuitions :V

this entire album is just a masterpiece. the fact that these 4 people got together and made music is a miracle honestly. i love this band.

@adam5769

Жыл бұрын

I find it difficult not to listen to the entire album rather than just one song. The album flows together so perfectly. It was my first introduction to Tool. The only band that gives me goosebumps after hearing the same song thousands of times.

@fortytwomohawks7852

Жыл бұрын

I played this for a friend. I might as well have been taking fingernails to a chalkboard in front of him. I don't know if Tool has a gene and you're required to have the gene?? I don't know but if so I'm very glad to have the gene.

@doubleueffsee6483

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Green Jelly!

@ianashmore9910

Жыл бұрын

The crazy part, is that they don't get together, they do their parts separately.

@lobot6894

Жыл бұрын

Also the fact they were able to stay objective and didn't become partisan political hacks and could see the flaws on both left and right from 2015-present day. I've become very jaded with how one sided and or partisan all forms of media has become. From actual news, to music, movies, sports, etc. I just wanna be able to enjoy something without feeling like I'm being lectured to by a political partisan hack, left or right. I respect the band on lots of levels. Same with his views on religion, he can talk/sing about his dislike of it, without casting hate on people that are religious. It takes a lot of self control to not cast a wide net over people when it comes to religion and politics, especially with how easy it is to fall into the trap of groupthink. It deserves a lot of respect imo.

She says "This is some of the most badass shit i've ever heard" EXTREMELY elegantly. I love it, you earned a sub.

@546Scott

Жыл бұрын

Yesss exactly

@SkarneZ

Жыл бұрын

On God

@MaRINoL

Жыл бұрын

You are hearing what you want to hear. She followed up and essentially said the opposite of what you suggested: kzread.info/dash/bejne/do58wbN7p6jHeJM.html The people upvoting you are equally clueless.

@dribblesg2

Жыл бұрын

@@MaRINoL It made me laugh to hear her explain the structure and intent of the song in greater detail than 99% of tool fans could, only for her opinion of the song to finally be: 'meh.. its alright'

@xXxXcrosbykidXxXx

Жыл бұрын

@@dribblesg2 kinda like Joe Rogan geeking out over it while Maynard was on his podcast, only for Maynard to cringe and basically say the same "meh.. it's alright" lol

FINALLY someone who knows what they are talking about and can define why this is so good. Refreshing to find someone who doesn't sensationalize it with basic bs and dramatic presentation. awesome breakdown.

I've seen a ton of Tool reaction videos. I think you gave a very deep, intellectual and thoughtful reaction, more so than most videos I've watched. Excellent job

It’s always a pleasure to watch a review of a TOOL song by someone with extensive musical background.

@stevebarber8501

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree!

@jameshannagan4256

Жыл бұрын

They are my favorite reaction video band and I like Radiohead and Yes as well.

@tracimac6210

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree!

@windyhead7960

9 ай бұрын

Although she's a bit condescending

In my opinion, this is the best song TOOL has written, and one of the greatest songs ever written. Twenty years later and it still gives me goosebumps. Pure perfection.

@zahira_rania

Жыл бұрын

Pneuma

@47Hamburgers

Жыл бұрын

Not once, since hearing it for the first time, has it left me with dry eyes. Sometimes sobbing. Sometimes smiling with tears at the beauty of it all. Fully agree with you. It's my number one of all time. I can't imagine anything will dethrone it but I welcome the possibility.

@analozada9475

Жыл бұрын

Yup! 🔥🤘🔥👁️🔥🌀🔥

@bobsaggater3454

Жыл бұрын

to be honest, hooker with a penis is unironically my favorite tool song.

@honestgoat

Жыл бұрын

Yeah man. Totally. Not the song I have the strongest connection to (Stinkfist), but definitely the best objectively. The album is one of the greatest albums of all time.

i love the fact that it also describes how color perception develops in the human eye in the opening lyrics

@shreddie.mercury

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/dmVhudd7krnLYqg.html Skip to 1:37. You're welcome.

@dstrvyer69

11 ай бұрын

i've always taken it to indicate Maynard's growing perception of race when he was child.

@windyhead7960

9 ай бұрын

I always thought he's referring to stages of alchemy.

@frogdeity

9 ай бұрын

@@windyhead7960 Yeah. The whole album is about alchemy/gnosticism and Jungian thought.

Schism is the Tool song with the most time signature changes. Their song Penuma is all polyrhythms. Both very different for rock music.

@jeffwaraksa2475

Жыл бұрын

Pneuma is totally an all Danny song.

Played by an orchestra, but with Danny Carrey still playing drums for the percussion element. I'd love to hear that.

@The_Kiosk

Жыл бұрын

I've wanted that for a long time. Or at least a talented and creative orchestra.

@JJ-tx4cw

Жыл бұрын

I found a cello group playing it! kzread.info/dash/bejne/gI2GlqOjfaS-Z8o.html

@ronanderson6778

Жыл бұрын

Check out Break of Reality’s cover of this…it’s 3 cellists

@microcolonel

Жыл бұрын

Perfect for strings.

@calibanism

Жыл бұрын

not only danny, but the whole band, with a concept like metallica did with S&M. This one would be called STOOL with the musical key-like S!

Did I just get suggested a well spoken classical musician doing their first Tool reaction? Well, I know what I'm watching this winter, can't wait to go on this journey with you.

It made me giggle when at 6:20 you said that you decided to "keep going". I was like, "yep, and spiral out!"

Many have described the intro percussion as sounding like being inside the womb. The song lyrically kind of walks you through the progression of life. So the beginning of the song is, basically, birth. Amazing song. It is absolutely a perfect song.

@Jason-fb5xm

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct, I think you can even hear the heart beat thumping until blends into the intro

@TheGoIsWin21

Жыл бұрын

I believe the initial lyrics, where Maynard is describing the colors he sees, also alludes to the way human eyes develop at infancy.

@nickmagrick7702

Жыл бұрын

@@TheGoIsWin21 yes, a multilayered analogy. both of birth and growth of maturity

@Themata

Жыл бұрын

Beginning in the centre of the spiral

Since you've done the Neil Peart drum cam, you need to do the Danny Carey drum cam to Pnuema. I would bet you would enjoy that.

@dwhitsed

Жыл бұрын

I agree,. Pneuma is as good as Lateralus and the Danny Carey drum cam is just brilliant.

@stevehutnikoff5964

Жыл бұрын

I thought she would have done a RUSH song after the Professor video.

@jtkdmd6266

Жыл бұрын

Pneuma has as an awesome intro.

@CBDubz

Жыл бұрын

Mind melting

@2yoyoyo1Unplugged

Жыл бұрын

Not a drummer myself, but my top four favorites (in no particular order) are Danny Carey, Neil Peart (RIP), Mike Portnoy, and The Rev (RIP)

Danny Carey of Tool is now the torch holder for rock drummers since Neil Pert passed away, the drumming world is in good hands and this is coming from life long Neil Pert fan.

@wildbushman420

Жыл бұрын

Bran Dailor from Mastodon is pretty talented too.

@dflsam

Жыл бұрын

🎯

@richt4795

Жыл бұрын

Gavin Harrison

@GeorgeTropicana

Жыл бұрын

@@wildbushman420 plenty of people are talented, that wasn't the point

@andrewlocke6103

Жыл бұрын

Brann Dailor would like a word!

I love how much you picked up with your first listen, very impressive, you picked up on the "joke" of it being highly technical and analytical and Maynard criticizing over analyzing. It's one of the best songs ever IMO. Thank you so much for giving us your perspective on it.

I wasn’t familiar with Tool. I think I really liked it. I’ll have to give them a direct listen and dig in to them some more.

@aceshelman

Жыл бұрын

10,000 Days is a good starter album

@FelixNothus

Жыл бұрын

@@aceshelman That or Aenima I would say

@futurebreedmachine9302

Жыл бұрын

Spiral out my friend! I think Lateralus would be good starting point for you. Just keep in mind that they are really focused on rhythm.

@scottiiiejames

Жыл бұрын

Just make sure you listen to Fear Inoculum last :)

@valentin7693

Жыл бұрын

Invincible is beautiful

In my humble opinion, although Lateralus and Schism are the more talked about songs on this album, and probably with good reason, The Holy Trinity (Disposition, Reflection, Triad) is their magnum opus. Absolutely soul touching stuff

@futurebreedmachine9302

Жыл бұрын

I would say Parabol / Parabola is the best from the album if not comparable to the Holy Trinity.

@Themata

Жыл бұрын

Bookended by that Grudge scream

You do not just listen to Tool, you experience it… deep into your soul.

@williamsporing1500

Жыл бұрын

Agree…back in the 70’s, it was Yes for me. Much too deep for non musicians.

@AlataloBryon

11 ай бұрын

@@williamsporing1500 yes does have that same feeling of connection

@zaodedong9935

10 ай бұрын

Kind of like psychedelics

@stevenlee7

10 ай бұрын

I don't think I have a soul so I mostly experience it in my general crotch area

@zaodedong9935

10 ай бұрын

@@stevenlee7 that's the herpes

Coming from a background where I am the only person in my local area who loves progressive rock / metal and my only friends who love this kind of music are online friends I must I say that I would expect a classical music teacher or someone with a classical background to approach this kind of music with horror. I must say you have such an open mind and I really respect / appreciate that. Amazing attitude ma'am, I wish more people had an attitude like yours. Makes me feel even I should be more open to things. Amazing channel, look forward to more great content from you.

What a wonderful channel. Hugely open minded lady with a lot of knowledge and insight

Your observation of the 3/4 with 4/4 time is spot on!!

You brought tears to my eyes about a song I've listened to thousands of times. Thank you, you made it feel as if I had listened to it for the very first time ever. It was awesome and so cathartic.

@RRRobertLazer

6 ай бұрын

Dude you are not alone

@Nedorostok

6 ай бұрын

Also crying here 😂

Nothing more pleasant than to watch a studied musician genuinely and organically let the rhythm move their body. Your detailed analysis of this song was very interesting. I appreciate your content.

Fun fact (as far as I know) this was originally called 987, which is a Fibonacci number but also the chorus is in a 9/8, 8/8, 7/8 meter.

@sgt.pepper5078

Жыл бұрын

Well it's actually in a 9/8, 8/8, 7/8 and it was called 987, so you got your time signatures reversed there. And they realised that 987 was a number in the fibonacci sequence after the fact and thought it was pretty cool.

@chelfyn

Жыл бұрын

Not just the time signatures, the lyrics have syllable counts based on the fibonacci series. Spiral out!

@jbird4478

Жыл бұрын

@@chelfyn Someone has been overanalyzing ;)

@ericnix6266

Жыл бұрын

@@chelfyn Yes and it reverses.

@chelfyn

Жыл бұрын

@@jbird4478 Someone has been visiting the wikipedia entry to try and sound educated :)

My Band director used to say that Tool was a mix of dark metal and cerebral post-modern-Sit down band

@TheJoshestWhite

Жыл бұрын

Wonder if they ever noticed the mosh pits at their concerts lol

What I love most about Tool is that it is super deep, but it is not at all gratuitous. It sounds 'interesting', but it doesn't sound like they are trying really hard. They're just making some music. And that's why it's fun to geek out over. Whereas some other technical bands sound like they're trying to play something really complicated, as if they're challenging the listener to figure out how clever they are.

@dansimmons5382

11 ай бұрын

I agree. While Tool is very technical and precise the music flows in a very organic way. You can tell that they are not trying too hard. I like progressive music but I don't like it when the music sounds forced.

@windyhead7960

9 ай бұрын

@@dansimmons5382 Yeah, to be honest I think sometimes even the classic progressive bands sounded pretentious sometimes; ELP for example. But the classic prog band equivalent to TOOL's effortlessness is Jethro Tull.

@metroidhunter965

9 ай бұрын

I swear, it seems like Tool’s songs are just them jamming in the studio and someone pushed the record button

@CarlYota

7 ай бұрын

Well some bands make music for other musicians. And to us laypeople who don’t understand the “language” that well it sounds pretentious as you describe. Obviously to other musicians it’s not as much of a challenge to figure out what clever music theory things were being done. The rest of us just want a tune that makes us feel good.

Glad you brought up the juxtaposition between the lyrics and the complexity of the composition. It's a very Tool move to make a song warning against overthinking, and have it become the most analyzed and picked apart song in their discography. Not the first time they've created such tongue in cheek oxymorons.

Once i learned that Tool writes the music first then the lyrics, i started to feel the lyrics were narating how the guitar develops through the song. It is such a rhythm driven song that the guitar has to keep growing to fill it's place in the song.

There is a 3 piece cello group called Break of Reality that covers this and it is absolutely brilliant. I agree with your take, I'd really love to hear the entire album performed by an orchestra.

I love TOOL and I love Maynard James Keenan's voice. He is an absolute GENIUS when it comes to his lyricism, his amazing voice, and the way the music's set up in such ebbs and flows. He is such an amazing musician.. it's alternative rock, which is different than metal or just plain rock. I love watching peole break down a band I've been listening to for 30+ years! ❤❤❤

The Fibonacci sequence in this song is utilised by the singer , Maynard James Kennan ,in the rhythmic pattern in which he sings the verse. The beginning of verse one : Black = 1 And = 1 White are = 2 All I see = 3 In my in-fan-cy = 5 Red and ye-llow then came to be = 8 (Then he goes backwards ) Re-aching out to me = 5 Let's me see = 3

@vistringer

Жыл бұрын

The guitars chord progression are as well, but backwards.

@Themata

Жыл бұрын

And the theme of beginning life in a tight spiral and then ... spiral out

TOOL fans take their music very, very seriously ;) Excellent analysis, btw.

@harlanmonk569

Жыл бұрын

I agree . Its cultish imo. Lol. If you don't know every detail you are not in the club lol.

@Pohgrey

Жыл бұрын

@@harlanmonk569 you don't even know the handshake! You can't talk about Tool like that! Begone with you! 😜

@Pohgrey

Жыл бұрын

In all fairness tho, I do take my Tool music pretty seriously... lol. They are hands down my favorite band.

@harlanmonk569

Жыл бұрын

No not the super duper secret handshake ! You got me I'm leaving now. Lol.

@harlanmonk569

Жыл бұрын

We all have our faves. Can't dispute that friend. Have you checked out NeObliviscaris?

The sound of the precussion building at the begining of the song represents an unborn child hearing it's mothers heartbeat. The guitar then intensifies signaling the birth, then Maynard sings about the child becoming aware of the world around it through it's developing senses.

Adam Jones is such an under appreciated guitarist in my opinion

@rubaidaallen2764

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. He is so awesome, unique and brilliant. I think Adam Jones flys under the radar because of how beautifully subtle he is. He’s not showing off and annoying everyone with the “look at what I can do” guitar player nonsense. If you’ve ever seen Tool live, the beauty of his style of playing is something to behold. I’m not a musician, but I know greatness when I see it.

@danross8805

Жыл бұрын

@@rubaidaallen2764 yeah totally agree, he's not a lead guitarist, but just an equal part of the band.

@squidface7952

Жыл бұрын

Best thing about Adam Jones imo he never does more than needed, unlike most guitarists "showboating" everything has a purpose as part of the music. Massively underated guitarist.

@emptycloud2774

Жыл бұрын

He shines with his compositional and rhythmic work; people overlook him because he expresses it in the same key.

@BrianKiddDevDesign

11 ай бұрын

He creates great sonic textures.

This song changed my life!!

The lyrics in the later parts of the song always spoke to me. Don't listen to tool much these days, but this song still makes the skin on the back of my neck tingle.

@nznige

Жыл бұрын

Give fear inoculum a go its incredible, but its a grower, after 2 years of listening to one or more tracks every day its still getting better

You not only feel and react. But you are humble enough to teach us. Thanks. Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱

“Reaching out to embrace the rhythm” gives me goosebumps every time for the last 20 ish years. Only Tool does that.

Tool is very much a "feel" band. They don't play to a click on their albums or live. Pretty incredible.

@Ennello

Жыл бұрын

they don't? that's weird in this day and age, especially with a production like theirs.

@MrPablo616

Жыл бұрын

I think Danny's wearing something in the Pneuma drum cam video, first few seconds? Is that a lead down his back?

@blipbobeep8345

Жыл бұрын

@@MrPablo616 In ear monitors to hear the other musicians on a big stage and over the drums.

@777biggs

Жыл бұрын

They do use a click. They have videos of the recording process. Danney probably isn't using a click live, but he does in the studio.

@Ennello

Жыл бұрын

@@blipbobeep8345 Yeah that's what I thought

'I know, it's heresy, i did it it' 🤣 love it. Your reactions are so good! Please react to more Tool!

I just came across this video. Your enthusiasm is infectious, thank you for a great break down of a great song.

Thanks for the fascinating analysis! The way you hear not just the music but also relate it to the lyrics, all while thinking about the underlying meaning is just so great. Will be watching a lot more videos

It's an absolute trip of a song total masterpiece

@commentatron

Жыл бұрын

Sonic DMT.

Love this! Adam Jones Tool’s guitarist, is a classically trained violinist so his guitar playing kind of mimics that. Danny Carey has quite a jazz background and is considered the best drummer in the world right now and Justin just kicks ass as a bassist who also has a degree in music theory. MJK is a singer, songwriter who can actually sing, beautifully. You don’t see that in rock very often. I think it’s awesome to hear a classical musician critiquing Tools work. This is one of my favorite Tool songs. Happy you chose it. You should listen to Schism, Descending and Reflection next . Bravo on this! 👏👏👏👏

I love how much passion you place into your individual points, and so many of them give us a lot to digest.

Fantastic content. The way you blend not only the technical aspects of a composition but add in the genuine joy and appreciation of whatever particular genre on its own merits for what the musical style is meant to be is a breath of fresh air. This was the first of your videos I have seen...new subscriber. Looking forward to enjoying your current library and new content to come. Thank you

It might be an interesting idea to get someone to walk you through guitar pedals and effects, similar to how your introduction to the instruments videos work. Getting an idea of the different ways a guitar tone can be constructed would both give you a better vocabulary to work with when discussing guitar tone/timbre as well as give you some additional insight.

@ArturdeSousaRocha

Жыл бұрын

I immediately thought of Josh from JHS Pedals. He'd have to curb down his sense of humor a bit perhaps but only a bit. :)

@QuirqUK

Жыл бұрын

Or maybe Emily Hopkins, the harpist

@MotorbreathChannel

Жыл бұрын

@@QuirqUK yeah I've previously suggested three of Emily Hopkins's videos, but it didn't seem like anyone supported the idea. Or maybe KZread is still blocking my every comment outside of my own channel for no apparent reason (though I have a couple of theories about that).

@felderup

Жыл бұрын

@@MotorbreathChannel maybe not as a musician, just to demonstrate pedals with harp, it'd be quite interesting to have her teaching instead of showing what the pedals sound like, by the by... you comment isn't visible, i couldn't read it, youtube is still shadow banning your comments.

@elevenseven-yq4vu

Жыл бұрын

​@@MotorbreathChannel Your comment is clearly visible, so don't worry.

The strategy of announcing the next listen, publicly, on the day you post to Ko-fi is *very effective*. I will testify! Been enjoying your education and analyses for some time, but tonight I could not resist the early look and listen. Thank you for approaching TOOL with such enthusiasm and interest. You'll find that fans of the group have an unusually deep appreciation for their canon, moreso than most bands' followers. Their brilliance attracts deep thinkers and emotionally intuitive listeners. If I might recommend you watch (not just listen) Danny Carey in the drumcam video of a live performance of "Pneuma", released by Vic Firth. It's gotten tons of reactions by now, but I really want to see *you* experience his genius and hear your analysis. It might be fun to have along your friend from the video you made for an introduction to rock drumming.

@DM-il1hf

Жыл бұрын

That drum cam video is nuts. In the intro where he plays those double stroke rolls on the pad, he smoothly transitions to single strokes as the roll slows. That intro alone is impossible for 99% of drummers. And it’s the most simple part for him in the entire piece. That’s how great he is.

I just love the way you talk; so smooth and with a very good choice of words. Thank you!

"Swing on the spiral of divinity and still be human"..... such an epic line

I started listening to this band when their first single came out back in 92-93ish. They're the only band that I've listened to consistently since then. Like I was a HUGE Pink Floyd fan; had every album (including the obscure soundtracks they did for art house films) and gladly missed my Senior Prom to see them in 94 at Foxboro stadium. I've been a guitar player since that time, and David Gilmore was my favorite player, literally everything I do now from the fact that I'm mostly a Strat player, his I use vibrato and bends, and the way I tend to use phrasing when I'm improvising over music finds it's genesis in his playing. I've been a luthier for 20+years, and have been modifying/servicing and building guitar amps for about 15 years: that all started trying to get his lead tone on Comfortably Numb, which required a vintage 70s Big Muff at a time before the effects pedal explosion in the 2000s where you can find clones and modified clones of vintage pedals. The only choice I had besides laying out $600 for an actual vintage one was to get a schematic, learn how to read it and how to solder, and then build one. That said, I honestly can't really even listen to them anymore: I just played them out. I wasn't even aware that I had been listening to Tool that long, I realized it when I was ragging on a friend who's basically listened only to Rush for 35 years and said "I can't understand how you can still listen to it after all this time, I don't listed really to anything that I did in highschool…except for MAYBE Tool." Then I thought more about it and realized that while I didn't consider myself a Tool freak, in a way I was. I've always found this song to be the culmination of the band's (& Maynard's in particular) sense of humor, specifically that Gen X aloof, trolling sense of humor. The songs structure almost forces you to pay attention to what's going on, I mean REALLY listen. While that's going on the lyrics are saying "psst, hey…hey, are you listening? (Yes, I'm listening)…are you sure? Are you listening closely? (Yes…I'm listening) {in an almost whispering voice} okay, now pay attention…pay close attention (I am) good, okay now what you need to do is…… {shouting in your ear} STOP LISTENING SO CLOSELY AND F'CKING RELAX!! Side note: while I've been a dedicated guitar player for over 30 years, there's always at least one moment when listing to Tool where I think to myself "ahh hell…I should have learned the drums instead." Danny Carey's playing always lights a spark of envy because of how good he is.

@faegoyle777

Жыл бұрын

Same, Tool has been on my soundtrack of life since early high school. Will definitely be my top favorite band until my final days.

@williamsporing1500

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In the 70’s, it was Yes, Floyd and ELP for me. Early genesis is also good. I’ve been a musician for 50+ years, and 4/4 three chord songs bore me to death….

The whole album in itself is a Fibonacci mind screw.....Lateralus’s title-track’s introduction lasts one minute and 12 seconds and the numbers 0, 1, 1, 2 are the first four in the Fibonacci sequence. The first verse kicks in on 97 seconds, which is approximately 1.618 minutes, i.e. the golden ratio. Each verse is also 55 seconds long, which is the 11th number in the sequence. The syllables in those verses match the sequence too, peaking at 13 (coincidentally, the same number of total album tracks) and then again in a descending order thereafter. Furthermore, the time signature of the song’s main riff is 9/8, 8/8 and 7/8, and 987 is the 17th number in the sequence. The final lines Maynard sings are, ​‘Spiral out. Keep going.’ Following so far? Lateralus, the song is kind of puzzle that signposts the truth of the record - the real one.. To hear it, the Fibonacci pattern must be applied to the songs as a whole, dividing them into two figurative sets, or spirals, and entirely overhauling the tracklisting. THE REAL RECORD starts with Parabol/Parabola and then goes into Schism, Ticks & Leeches, Mantra, Lateralus, Faap De Oiad, The Grudge, Triad, Eon Blue Apocalypse, Reflection, The Patient and finally, Disposition. In that order, each set of two songs in the new sequence add up to 13 (using their original track numbers: 6+7, 5+8, 4+9, 13, 1+12, 2+11, 3+10), with the former 13th track acting as a kind of pivot (‘To swing on the spiral’). In this order also the otherwise choppy, rumbling end of Schism doesn’t feel so jarring and abrupt when it flows into Danny Carey’s virtuosic rhythms on Ticks & Leeches. Another notes how Mantra - a warped sample of Maynard gently squeezing a mewling Siamese cat - sounds like choking, which would tie in with the last lines on Ticks & Leeches, ​‘I hope you choke.’ Largely, the transitions from one track to the next feel neater, and more logically.

@lordbyron6265

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That's the brilliance of Tool .

@2Quietus

Жыл бұрын

Yeh thanks for typing all this out, as it saved me from it. She completely missed all of that and too hung up on the musical score rather than the whole as a complete piece to understand its significance.

@Pohgrey

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Have you watched Maynard's first interview with Joe Rogan? He talks about the idea behind incorporating the Fibonacci sequence in Lateralus and pretty much slams it. He called it a stupid idea and pretty much shat all over it... Why does he have to be such a dick about it..? Lol

@2Quietus

Жыл бұрын

@@Pohgrey Maynard is known for doing that when people analyze TOOL songs. No idea why. Maybe he thought people weren't smart enough to figure it out and its his way of getting back by shitting on the songs. IDK...it'd be a billion to one odds it just happened by accident.

@karsonmapes

Жыл бұрын

holy fucking hell

By a wide margin one of the most eloquent reactions I have ever seen. I also appreciate the use of a second camera as a device to show the viewer that we are to receive a well thought out , yet very honest, examination of what you have just heard. This is wonderful.

Earned my sub, love the way you talk about music, composition, time signatures and seamless transitioning within music.❤

Great reaction! Omw over to your analysis vid. Thanks for doing this one Amy! Looking forward to more Tool, such a great band!

Melodically they can be complex, but what is fascinating about them is that typically the melodic leads come from Justin Chancellor (bassist) and Maynard James Keenan (Vocals). Adam Jones (guitar) plays much more often with texture and rhythm than he does with melody. It creates this fantastic musical dynamic that is different from any other band I've ever heard. Danny Carey, the drummer, is also an incredibly melodic player who attended the Conservatory of Music in Kansas City and studied classical and jazz percussion for three years at the University of Missouri before leaving school to pursue the drums full time in LA in the late 80s. They're an absolutely amazing band. Check out their songs The Grudge from the same record, and Invincible from their 2019 record Fear Innoculum.

Subscribed, excited to watch the upcoming and previous videos!

I follow a few excellent folks that break down popular music, and I am just finding your page...and loving it. As someone who played percussion for almost 2 decades it is nice to get perspective from someone with a refined music knowledge. Once I saw you were doing this track I was ecstatic. And you share sheet music no less! Very glad to have found your page.

Well done! Enjoyed your informative presentation along with the reaction.

This video is fantastic. So interesting to hear it musically analysed.

Every TOOL fan lives for that moment around 2:40+ where your smile is just naturally working it’s way out as you first hear a piece as brilliant as Lateralus!

Yes, Tool really approaches things more through rhythm than melody. A large amount of their music stays entirely in D (the most common alternate tuning for guitars in metal is called drop D).

@Pohgrey

Жыл бұрын

When you have one of the best percussionists alive on the planet in your band it's okay to play into that strength and focus on rythm!

@GeorgeTropicana

Жыл бұрын

Tool isn't metal

@Pohgrey

Жыл бұрын

@@GeorgeTropicana correct. They're more than just metal.

@GeorgeTropicana

Жыл бұрын

@@Pohgrey they're not metal at all and they themselves say that

@Pohgrey

Жыл бұрын

@@GeorgeTropicana okay, where did I say they were metal? Lol

I've heard this so many times and I just got goosebumps again. Every damn time.

the irony of it all is that spiraling out is exactly what you are doing on this chanel here on YT ;) keep going and your will discover many amazing things

I loved watching your reaction to one of the best songs ever written, you earned another subscriber! See this today, you uploaded this 8 months ago, by now im sure you've seen an orchestra play it. Us old TOOL fans have seen lots of covers of Lateralus over the decades!

Love your videos and analysis. Welcome to what we like to call the Tool rabbit hole.

I don't know why it took so long for me to find you but you are by far the best reaction channel her on KZread (only viewed this video so far)!! The editing, the care, the choice of words. I can see this is not a one shot, rather it speaks to your dedication to music. Thank you please make more! I am a Tool fan, still to this day, but there is more out there to check out so I don't listen to them as much. The way you explained all of those details and how they fit into the song and the artists intention is what makes you stand out. I watch another 2 channels regularly one is more for their entertaining reaction while the other is for their analysis. The latter would be more similar to your style of reaction but there is a level of care/attention to your production that is much better!

More TOOL!!! Awesome reaction and great information. I think you would love the song “Schism”

You're always waiting for what comes next, even if you've heard it hundreds of times. Also, what i love, especially if you're new to Tool, just as you think the song is over, you realize that it's only at the mid-point. I appreciate musicians who take the time to really flesh out an idea/concept. New subscriber on first view. Welcome to the rabbit hole, enjoy.

When I first started watching your videos in the beginning of your channel this is the song I wanted to request for you to listen to- Great job thank you

The more you analyse the more complicated it gets. If you feel it, you feel it:) This the first I watch your video I love it so much! Thanks for helping me to understand why I love this band so much.

I'm a huge rock fan, I admit I had never heard Laterus although I like Vicarious and Schism, I never listened to more Tool, shame on me I know but this gave me the advantages to share in this experience with Amy. It's fascinating Listening to the reaction from an educated music perspective, and it's eye opening. And you are right, this would sound even better with an orchestra

@terrahawk1977

Жыл бұрын

Try 46&2 its awesome look up kids covering it 👍

@Egoblivion

Жыл бұрын

Omg Tool with an orchestra?!!

@Gideonite

Жыл бұрын

@@Egoblivion I think you can find the recordings online or on KZread the Kronos orchestra did a cover of sober and a few other tool songs orchestral.

@Egoblivion

Жыл бұрын

@@Gideonite There were a couple string tribute to Tool albums in the early ‘00s and even a baroque tribute. They were great, but i was thinking along the lines of what Metallica did with _S & M,_ the band plating with the orchestra. Thanks for the recommendation though! 👍

@Lurch685

Жыл бұрын

Lateralus is an album that demands to be listened to on a pair of really good headphones, with no distractions, in a comfortable environment, and preferably plenty of ganja and a drink.

My first time watching your videos. I don’t usually like reaction vids but I love your sober appraisal and it’s also very nice to learn some technical things about the music I love. I can play but have only a very basic understanding of music theory. Things like this are so helpful. Thankyou, I shall subscribe.

Such a fantastic objective view of this masterpiece! Thank you for sharing!

Oh my goodness, you may be a Tool fan! Lol. A lot of their music is like this with interesting shifts in time and also odd time signatures and polyrythms. They're all great musicians, but their drummer, their percussionist, Danny Carey, is otherworldly and highly educated in music. You caught the jazz feel too. He does take inspiration from some of the jazz greats. He's truly something special and Tool absolutely would not be the same without him.

The lyrics of the first verse are also in the Fibbonacci sequence if you count the syllables 1 Black 1 and 2 White are 3 All I see 5 in my infancy 8 red and yellow then came to be 5 Reaching out to me 3 lets me see

Ur background so warm and welcoming😊

My first time to your channel. Loved your reaction and knowledge of this song. Thank you! Subscribed and would love to hear you breakdown additional Tool songs. Will check out some of your other videos in the meantime. ;)

I've watched many reactions to this song, and you're the only one to comment on the themes of the song. Subscribed.

Danny Carey the drummer for tool used to play jazz for years before you join the band. That’s why he likes to play a lot on the high hat and snare.

@plantdesigns7889

Жыл бұрын

Check out the videos of him with Doug Webb.

I absolutely loved your video and your review. Thank you! ❤

i love seeing your face discover whats unfolding. pure music love shows and its superb. keep it up

I think the interesting guitar sound you are hearing and referring to starting just after about 19:45 is a short example of using a wah-wah pedal (sometimes just called 'wah'). It is a foot pedal that you rock back and forth, creating that wah-wah sound. It does this by altering the tone and frequencies of the guitar's electronic signal. It is just used briefly here, often a guitar player will use it over a longer period of time. Jimi Hendrix often used a wah, with 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)' being an example song. It is a really fun pedal to play around with. The Cry Baby is probably the best known brand of this pedal, and is the one I have.

@digibirder

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Wah really does give a "vocal" quality to a guitar. Or even a keyboard when it's occasionally used there.

@helenespaulding7562

Жыл бұрын

It was one of the shortcomings of the “rock” guitar presentation , IMO. The special effects widely used for the guitar in rock music were never mentioned nor was Amy given an example to hear. I specifically spoke of the wah wah peddle and the whammy bar as being hugely important.

@LeeKennison

Жыл бұрын

@@helenespaulding7562 Yeah, rock guitarist are crazy about their pedals, and usually develop quite a collection. Guitarists are often collectors at heart, and different kinds of pedals are a lot cheaper to collect than different guitars. Although some guitar players are not that pedal crazy, and might just settle on just a few that becomes a signature part of their sound, such as reverb or chorus effects. Modern amps have taken over some of the duties with their built in modeling effects. They not only model certain popular amp models, but often provide pedal like effects, sometimes having their own pedals for controlling the amp.

@JWar-

Жыл бұрын

Much of guitar based rock/metal is more focused on timbre than melody. Guitarists work to develop a signature tone. The use of tube amps allows for dynamics of tone depending on playing. For example in the solo of this song you can hear transitions from overdrive to broken up distortion in parts while playing one note. That's on purpose. Pinch harmonics are used at a certain point, wah is used breifly, and Adam generally uses delay and flanger to give a sweeping feeling. Even feedback can be used musically. Rock/Metal is rhythm and timbre. I love different types of sounds and how the same note can feel so different from itself.

@LeeKennison

Жыл бұрын

@@digibirder Didn't know that about the keyboard, but it makes sense, I can see where that could sound cool.

I love hearing a professionals opinion on my favorite band! 🙏

you love it bubba. watching your hand movement and the microexpressions of your face. love the channel. thank you so much for your hard work!

I really enjoyed your take on this song, it's a bit if a favourite of mine. Thank you for taking the time to explore this song. You are clearly a real musician, who plays one of the most beautiful instruments.

You can't listen to this without noticing how the drumming is so unique and powerful especially the way he drives the ending. Brilliant talent unmatched anywhere.

I could never really catch anything from the instruments that made me think of the fibonacci sequence. It’s always been the syllables of the lyrics counting up and then back down, but at the same time using subject matter dealing with spiraling out as creative individuals. There are many different Tool songs that often give me the sensation of listening to crickets. Where something can seem chaotic and random, but somehow perfectly organized in nature , and soothing in a way. Eulogy, Lateralus, pushit, and Invincible have moments that give me that vibe. Anyway, loved your reaction!!! I’ll subscribe and see what you explore next.

@petedog9581

Жыл бұрын

The band plays mainly in 9/8 8/8 and 7/8.

Really really really great reaction, review, information, presented well presented uniquely everything was awesome about this video. Instant sub. Also one of my favorite songs and bands and hoping to learn much from you thank you!

First of all, loved the breakdown! As a fan of Tool for thirty years now (oh wow!) I always knew that their music was complex and relaxed, free-flowing and structured, beautiful and coarse, but I don't think I quite understood that as well as I do just listening to you breakdown this one song. This is definitely one of my favorite songs of theirs, but you may have just convinced me it is my favorite song ever. It's like a musical representation of holding two truths at the same time that are equal and contradicting, which I always say is the perfect metaphor for our current world.

As a drummer i learn so much from your perspective of the song

@williamsporing1500

Жыл бұрын

Danny is a beast…maybe the best drummer alive right now

Tool always kinda sounds like a record being played in reverse.. but they do it on purpose and it sounds amazing ..

@Dario_Salvi

Жыл бұрын

that's a nice way to see it

@iantrolington6594

Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? Have you ever heard a record being played in reverse lol?

@stagger9660

Жыл бұрын

@@iantrolington6594 I see where he is coming from. Tool does have a strange quality to it that is intentional left for interpretation. And even if that's not how you interpret it, you can give others the room to express their own experience with it. Maybe you could learn something

@iantrolington6594

Жыл бұрын

@@stagger9660 How is playing a record backwards an intention for interpretation? It isn't.

@stagger9660

Жыл бұрын

@@iantrolington6594 that's how the other guy interpreted it. I'm simply stating I agree. I also suggest you listen to what I'm telling you

I really enjoyed your reaction and breakdown to the pieces of this. Subbed.

LOVE the way you’re enjoying this work of art.

...I would definitely like to hear this with an orchestra. Yes, please!