A lot of professional criticism I've read of Aenima has also called out what I've read described as anaemic or claustrophobic production as a problem they had with it. It is a bit jarring at first, but listening through the album as a whole, that sort of muddy centre-panned production becomes the sort of baseline sound of the album, making the moments where they deviate from it (either by playing around with things moving through the stereo spectrum, or by dropping in some extra guitar tracks panned way out to the sides to make the sound much fuller, as they do twice in "Pushit") really jump out of the speakers at you. Listening to one song in isolation kind of disrupts that effect. EDIT: The album version has always been one of my favourite Tool tracks. I love how simple and direct it is compared to much of their music - I wish they spent more time exploring emotional themes more simply like they do on tracks like this, "Jimmy", and "H" compared to the more, well, meandering prog of their newer material. I do agree to some extent that the extended percussion section in the bridge kind of feels tacked-on, but I always get over trying to compare it on a purely musical level to the album track because I try to imagine what it would have been like to be in that emotional, entranced state in the crowd, watching Danny and Aloke Dutta jam together on stage. Noodly stuff is always easier to appreciate in a live setting. I think their peak moment of folding the jammy world music stuff into the Tool sound in a really coherent way is the Holy Trinity on Lateralus.
This is really a special song, and hearing it live, especially the bridge section, is incredibly hypnotic and cathartic. A lot of the production choices, the moments of key change, and several other items you noted have a LOT to do with the lyrical message, sonic narrative, emotional story being expressed. Agreed about the live vs studio version. As well as this live version was recorded, it simply cannot capture the energy and intensity of being there in person (which was undoubtedly orders of magnitude more impact than the live recording is).
For me the last note transports exhaustion, kind of a disappointed relief. It a perfect fit to the slow building, the back and forth and the short burn till the end. Like pushing the last energy out in the final breath of what could have been, realising the finish line.
1:11:21 They re-recorded Opiate from 1992 as Opiate2 in 2022 for the 30 year anniversary and you can pretty much repeat all your criticism in this video for that track.
I really want to check out more Tool. I have only really listened to a few songs. I read a comment here that they are more of an album band and I always get a sense that I’m missing something. I like the songs I have heard. They just don’t grab me the way they did when I first heard them in the early 90s. I feel like they are worth digging into. Maybe they will grow on me 🤷♀️
Tool albums are EP "72826" (1991) EP "Opiate" (1992) then "Undertow" (1993) "AEnima" (1996) "Lateralus" (2001) "10,000 Days"(2006) "Fear Inoculum" (2019)
Lyrically the song is a sequel to Prison Sex from Undertow. Undertow is also the album I would recommend to hear their more straightforward rock feels. There are still proggy elements, but less than their later work.
I *love* this song. This (and Jimmy) is the song that taught me to love Tool. Much of that has to do with Maynard's singing, of course...I love how he soars in this track. But I also really appreciate the constrained and minimalist nature of the music throughout this track. It works thematically and just appeals to me aesthetically, as well. I do like the studio better than the live track. Particularly Maynard's vocals, which always a major part of my enjoyment of any Tool song.
If you're struggling to enjoy them, i would say that maybe it's because tool is an album band. Maybe doing individual songs limits things. I posted something a while ago regarding pneuma.... exciting for us because it was new....i don't think it was the best suggestion for you. If you want to do an album one day, personally my recommendation would be 1 lateralus, 2 anema, 3 10,000 days. I think the majority of fans would either agree or put anema first. There are definitely some people who would put 10,000 days first...it is a bit more accessible so maybe it would be better for you....i dunno
Very familiar with the studio version of this since I spent many days immersed in the Tool's first three albums when I got into them. It's not one of my favorite Tool tracks, but like most of their songs it does work better in the context of the album. I do really dig the "psychedelic" section of the song, especially when the guitar emerges into that echo/delayed-drenched riff. FWIW, I've never been a huge fan of the production on this album in general, certainly not compared to Lateralus or 10K Days or their latest. It definitely has a very unique sound, but too much of the album sounds incredibly boxy, as if it was recorded in mono. The live version I haven't heard as much, but they definitely take the song in a very different direction, emphasizing the atmospheric and (dare I say) the emotional elements more than structural elements of the original. Tough to say which I prefer, but Danny's drumming in the live version is certainly very yummy.
This is from their 1996 album Aenima. This song is about abuse. Maynard was abused as a child. This has gotta be one of my favorite Tool songs. And I’ve been listening to them for decades. The feeling you got and the description you gave is what they want you to feel with those lyrics. I agree, I like the studio version more. Their new stuff will be different. They’ve been around for over 30 years. Life changes, they’ve changed, and so will their music. Even though you didn’t love the song I respect and enjoyed your reaction.
yes so good man!! tesseract fan here enjoying some tool :D:D wating for the war of being review... that riff at 4:11 and at the end so agressive that ripped my head off
If you want to hear the less cerebral side of Tool, listen to anything from Undertow (maybe not Disgustipated though). I personally love their later stuff and am one of the people that tend to put them on a pedestal for it. But Undertow is still my second favorite album of theirs, exactly because of the stark contrast it gives to their later work. The album is much more down to earth and more directly driven by personal emotions than what came after it. I'm not sure I would call it relaxed though. :D
As much as I enjoy most of your takes on different songs on your channel, I disagree with you on some of what you said about the reimagined track. To me, the new ideas and sounds introduced in the song as well as the 'meandering bridge' actually kept me more engaged in the song and added much more emotional value to it. I don't even like most of Fear Inoculum Tracks but this one to me doesn't sound like 'noodling', it speaks to me in many different ways. Anyway, in the end I think it's a matter of taste :p, have a good day.
There’s a difference between being a person who listens to music as a technical analyst and being a MUSICAL person. Tool is enjoyed far more by musicians than by non-musicians. For musicians, music is felt more than thought about.
Bro, this song is something else. It might take multiple listens to catch it for all that it is. Imo the studio is better. The live version has a killer intro and def installs a different feel, but this studio track is fn masterpiece
Yeah I'd agree, however the energy Maynard carries in the latter half of the Live version just drives the emotion that much deeper for me. He makes you feel his emotion, best of the best!
Not my favourite Tool track, but still my favourite of their albums. The first track even presaged their fate, dissapearing up their own @$$holes. I know, I know, that's part of their whole sacred geometry knights templar topological escape. I just haven't smoked enough DMT to get it. Despite the snark, I'm a fan. Bryan, you kept referring to their sound as alternative rock, but I've always thought of them as a Metal band. How do you distinguish in this case?
I agree with the initial negativity on this one. As far as this album goes Push-it is down the list for me. I would skip this track for the first decade or so of this albums existence. I probably would recommend the songs Eulogy or 46 and 2 off of this album instead. I always disliked the live version more myself. This really is a depressing song. Its meant to be. Appreciate the honest reaction
Bruh, tool was a giant dick joke for the first 10 years. So a breakup song is very much in the MO, also that break up can be from anything….. including drugs or any toxic relationship
Hmm, you liked the studio version more, and yet ypu didnt seem to like the studio version much... In fairness I dont think this song one of their better ones.
Spending an hour meandering on trying to define what an artist 'should' be doing to satisfy the specific notes/melodies/production choices/structures that fit your preferences is ridiculous. Half the time you're trying to define what/who is tool from your own narrow perspective which is the opposite of what Tool is and the opposite of art. I can sum it up in a couple sentences. You can't put art in a box. You seem to prefer surface level rock and progressive tool isn't for you - cool. Move on with the negativity over something you don't connect with. Virtually nothing you assumed about who / what Tool is or what you think they're trying to do made any sense and came across like a desperate attempt to explain why its their fault you're not connecting with their music. I don't know much more about why they made this art any more than you do but you don't need to try to explain it. Its ok - its not for you and nobody needs to hear it. Leaving this comment for your 'exposure'. I guess the channel name gave it away.
Hey jordan, this is the "reaction" genre and as such I assume people come to my video expecting to hear my initial thoughts about media. This doesn't sound like the Tool I was expecting and thus my initial thoughts were about their width and range. "[B]ut you don't need to try to explain it." But see, I kinda do since that's what my audience wants. The whole channel is about me attempting to break down and analyze music; to find those musical ideas that support a larger narrative/idea and expose them. Sometimes I get it, other times I don't. It's a niche format, for sure. Thanks for giving the channel a chance though and I appreciate the "comment for exposure."
Pretty sure the title is a play on "enema" (the title track uses that as a metaphor) and "anima," which is Latin for soul and a famous Jungian psychological concept.
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Salival was released in 2000.
This recording is from 1997 🎶
A lot of professional criticism I've read of Aenima has also called out what I've read described as anaemic or claustrophobic production as a problem they had with it. It is a bit jarring at first, but listening through the album as a whole, that sort of muddy centre-panned production becomes the sort of baseline sound of the album, making the moments where they deviate from it (either by playing around with things moving through the stereo spectrum, or by dropping in some extra guitar tracks panned way out to the sides to make the sound much fuller, as they do twice in "Pushit") really jump out of the speakers at you. Listening to one song in isolation kind of disrupts that effect.
EDIT: The album version has always been one of my favourite Tool tracks. I love how simple and direct it is compared to much of their music - I wish they spent more time exploring emotional themes more simply like they do on tracks like this, "Jimmy", and "H" compared to the more, well, meandering prog of their newer material. I do agree to some extent that the extended percussion section in the bridge kind of feels tacked-on, but I always get over trying to compare it on a purely musical level to the album track because I try to imagine what it would have been like to be in that emotional, entranced state in the crowd, watching Danny and Aloke Dutta jam together on stage. Noodly stuff is always easier to appreciate in a live setting. I think their peak moment of folding the jammy world music stuff into the Tool sound in a really coherent way is the Holy Trinity on Lateralus.
This is really a special song, and hearing it live, especially the bridge section, is incredibly hypnotic and cathartic. A lot of the production choices, the moments of key change, and several other items you noted have a LOT to do with the lyrical message, sonic narrative, emotional story being expressed. Agreed about the live vs studio version. As well as this live version was recorded, it simply cannot capture the energy and intensity of being there in person (which was undoubtedly orders of magnitude more impact than the live recording is).
Aloke Dutta was a guest musician playing the tabla on the live track. Live album was before Lateralus.
Song needed more tabla
@@computerfilemost modern music needs more tabla 😂
For me the last note transports exhaustion, kind of a disappointed relief. It a perfect fit to the slow building, the back and forth and the short burn till the end. Like pushing the last energy out in the final breath of what could have been, realising the finish line.
Great choice for live comparison!
“Choke this infant here before me”. What a to say the innocence is dead. At least that’s how I feel about those lyrics. Cheese-it’s Christ
1:11:21 They re-recorded Opiate from 1992 as Opiate2 in 2022 for the 30 year anniversary and you can pretty much repeat all your criticism in this video for that track.
The song is about a battle between his true-self and ego.
I really want to check out more Tool. I have only really listened to a few songs. I read a comment here that they are more of an album band and I always get a sense that I’m missing something. I like the songs I have heard. They just don’t grab me the way they did when I first heard them in the early 90s. I feel like they are worth digging into. Maybe they will grow on me 🤷♀️
Tool albums are EP "72826" (1991) EP "Opiate" (1992) then "Undertow" (1993) "AEnima" (1996) "Lateralus" (2001) "10,000 Days"(2006) "Fear Inoculum" (2019)
Now do 3rd Eye 👁 from the same 2 albums. Do the Salival Live video version.
Lyrically the song is a sequel to Prison Sex from Undertow. Undertow is also the album I would recommend to hear their more straightforward rock feels. There are still proggy elements, but less than their later work.
I *love* this song. This (and Jimmy) is the song that taught me to love Tool. Much of that has to do with Maynard's singing, of course...I love how he soars in this track. But I also really appreciate the constrained and minimalist nature of the music throughout this track. It works thematically and just appeals to me aesthetically, as well. I do like the studio better than the live track. Particularly Maynard's vocals, which always a major part of my enjoyment of any Tool song.
Great choice dude. They do the same with third eye
Man the Salival Third Eye is on another planet for me, it's just hits so hard!
@@chriswebb7822 it's hard to explain how artful it is literally becoming the song
I learn so much about music from watching this channel.
If you're struggling to enjoy them, i would say that maybe it's because tool is an album band. Maybe doing individual songs limits things. I posted something a while ago regarding pneuma.... exciting for us because it was new....i don't think it was the best suggestion for you. If you want to do an album one day, personally my recommendation would be 1 lateralus, 2 anema, 3 10,000 days. I think the majority of fans would either agree or put anema first. There are definitely some people who would put 10,000 days first...it is a bit more accessible so maybe it would be better for you....i dunno
As I'm listening, I'd like to add that lateralus is about personal relationships
@@mikelbentubeHe listened to Lateralus and it's definitely a strong track as a standalone.
Pneuma is a meandering masterpiece, but it’s a slow burn. That entire album is
Putting a cerebral spin on it definitely makes sense in the very Jungian context of the album this song is on.
Very familiar with the studio version of this since I spent many days immersed in the Tool's first three albums when I got into them. It's not one of my favorite Tool tracks, but like most of their songs it does work better in the context of the album. I do really dig the "psychedelic" section of the song, especially when the guitar emerges into that echo/delayed-drenched riff. FWIW, I've never been a huge fan of the production on this album in general, certainly not compared to Lateralus or 10K Days or their latest. It definitely has a very unique sound, but too much of the album sounds incredibly boxy, as if it was recorded in mono. The live version I haven't heard as much, but they definitely take the song in a very different direction, emphasizing the atmospheric and (dare I say) the emotional elements more than structural elements of the original. Tough to say which I prefer, but Danny's drumming in the live version is certainly very yummy.
This is from their 1996 album Aenima. This song is about abuse. Maynard was abused as a child.
This has gotta be one of my favorite Tool songs. And I’ve been listening to them for decades.
The feeling you got and the description you gave is what they want you to feel with those lyrics.
I agree, I like the studio version more.
Their new stuff will be different. They’ve been around for over 30 years. Life changes, they’ve changed, and so will their music.
Even though you didn’t love the song I respect and enjoyed your reaction.
yes so good man!! tesseract fan here enjoying some tool :D:D wating for the war of being review... that riff at 4:11 and at the end so agressive that ripped my head off
If you want to hear the less cerebral side of Tool, listen to anything from Undertow (maybe not Disgustipated though). I personally love their later stuff and am one of the people that tend to put them on a pedestal for it. But Undertow is still my second favorite album of theirs, exactly because of the stark contrast it gives to their later work. The album is much more down to earth and more directly driven by personal emotions than what came after it. I'm not sure I would call it relaxed though. :D
This is a great topic. The studio and live.
As much as I enjoy most of your takes on different songs on your channel, I disagree with you on some of what you said about the reimagined track. To me, the new ideas and sounds introduced in the song as well as the 'meandering bridge' actually kept me more engaged in the song and added much more emotional value to it. I don't even like most of Fear Inoculum Tracks but this one to me doesn't sound like 'noodling', it speaks to me in many different ways. Anyway, in the end I think it's a matter of taste :p, have a good day.
There’s a difference between being a person who listens to music as a technical analyst and being a MUSICAL person. Tool is enjoyed far more by musicians than by non-musicians. For musicians, music is felt more than thought about.
My favourite tool song
I kinda wonder if those intervals in the guitar bit offer hope in the narrative
Just so you know I'll watch every tool video you do , I'll even subscribe if you start doing one weekly 💯
`Great reaction as always. The only band who I think pulls off live better is Kiss. Plus, audience-enhanced audio ftw!
Have you considered a comparison of Sepulturas attitude 2m session vs studio version?
Bro, this song is something else. It might take multiple listens to catch it for all that it is. Imo the studio is better. The live version has a killer intro and def installs a different feel, but this studio track is fn masterpiece
Yeah I'd agree, however the energy Maynard carries in the latter half of the Live version just drives the emotion that much deeper for me. He makes you feel his emotion, best of the best!
Yeah 100% the studio is the one.
If you want a live song that's better than the studio version....pantera, domination, Moscow '91
have you listened to opaite 2
The studio... better.... oh brother this guy stinks
-spongebob fish
Is the intro a sound of bees or flies?
37:55 excuse me? 👀are we going to ignore pink schism in the room?
He's not used to artists with range
@@dangusrangus😂
nice hair
Not my favourite Tool track, but still my favourite of their albums. The first track even presaged their fate, dissapearing up their own @$$holes. I know, I know, that's part of their whole sacred geometry knights templar topological escape. I just haven't smoked enough DMT to get it.
Despite the snark, I'm a fan. Bryan, you kept referring to their sound as alternative rock, but I've always thought of them as a Metal band. How do you distinguish in this case?
Yeah they're not Alt Rock, more Progressive Metal than anything but they are pretty much alone in their own genre you might say, very unique for sure!
They are not metal that's for sure.
@@VeyroneR Why not?
@@ggluckmanful that's what band member say. They get crazy when some1 calls them metal. Lol
@@VeyroneR well, that was back when metal was associated with hair metal mostly, so I understand why he said so lol
I agree with the initial negativity on this one. As far as this album goes Push-it is down the list for me. I would skip this track for the first decade or so of this albums existence. I probably would recommend the songs Eulogy or 46 and 2 off of this album instead. I always disliked the live version more myself. This really is a depressing song. Its meant to be. Appreciate the honest reaction
Oh wow, this dude picked a doozy
Bruh, tool was a giant dick joke for the first 10 years. So a breakup song is very much in the MO, also that break up can be from anything….. including drugs or any toxic relationship
In his vocal setup, he's half out of breath from the previous song.
Hmm, you liked the studio version more, and yet ypu didnt seem to like the studio version much... In fairness I dont think this song one of their better ones.
Spending an hour meandering on trying to define what an artist 'should' be doing to satisfy the specific notes/melodies/production choices/structures that fit your preferences is ridiculous. Half the time you're trying to define what/who is tool from your own narrow perspective which is the opposite of what Tool is and the opposite of art. I can sum it up in a couple sentences. You can't put art in a box. You seem to prefer surface level rock and progressive tool isn't for you - cool. Move on with the negativity over something you don't connect with. Virtually nothing you assumed about who / what Tool is or what you think they're trying to do made any sense and came across like a desperate attempt to explain why its their fault you're not connecting with their music. I don't know much more about why they made this art any more than you do but you don't need to try to explain it. Its ok - its not for you and nobody needs to hear it. Leaving this comment for your 'exposure'. I guess the channel name gave it away.
Hey jordan, this is the "reaction" genre and as such I assume people come to my video expecting to hear my initial thoughts about media. This doesn't sound like the Tool I was expecting and thus my initial thoughts were about their width and range. "[B]ut you don't need to try to explain it." But see, I kinda do since that's what my audience wants. The whole channel is about me attempting to break down and analyze music; to find those musical ideas that support a larger narrative/idea and expose them. Sometimes I get it, other times I don't. It's a niche format, for sure. Thanks for giving the channel a chance though and I appreciate the "comment for exposure."
23:00. .... Well the album title is a play on the word anemic
Pretty sure the title is a play on "enema" (the title track uses that as a metaphor) and "anima," which is Latin for soul and a famous Jungian psychological concept.
Bro this video is over an hour long… SKIP
Wait until you find out I have 3+ hour long videos with my longest being 4h51m 😄