message to harry manback makes me cry laughing every time i hear it. that's an actual voicemail they received back in the day which makes it so much funnier. putting it on the album is the best.
You noticed an improvement in bass on this album... because this album is where Tool made the switch from Pual D'Amour to Justin Chancellor. Great reaction. Next two songs have great lyrics!
Even though Undertow is a great album, it's my least favorite tool album purely because Justin is way more interesting of a bass player. It makes sense that Paul left to play guitar in other bands because he approached the bass parts like a guitar player, and his bass lines were often echoing what Adam was playing on guitar, whereas Justin is often driving the melody of the songs with his playing.
I’ve watched several of your tool reaction videos. You do a great job giving your two cents in what the meaning of the lyrics are, and also just reading the lyrics as they are because, as you said, it can be hard to hear sometimes. My son and I are flying from Utah to New York to see them at Madison Square Garden this Friday and we are so excited.
Hey, I'm really enjoying your Tool reactions more than every other channel out there that I've seen do them. The chronological journey is really something special to share with us Tool fans. And I think your interpretations are pretty spot on and observant.
Maynard, and the rest of the band, are the Hookers; selling their selves/music to the world. They played this one in Louisville a few weeks ago and it was so fun to sing along.
This is honestly one of my favorite songs from them, and for a somewhat silly reason- it shows their basic side. They have so many deep, well-thought-out songs, but then they have this relatively short song complaining about a fan. It feels like a great 'vent' song, it shows that they are just people like us. It's also amazingly catchy and great to rock out to when you're peeved XD
The last four tracks on this album are still amongst my favorite all time Tool songs. The transformation they take becomes very apparent. You're spiraling out from this point bro!
MJK's lifelong tirades against hypocrisy have continued in Tool's music even through to the most recent release, Fear Inoculum. Gotta love his continuity of artistic integrity.
I like where they placed this song, it's a bit more of the heavy, ironically enough, "light-hearted" Tool, before we dive back into the deeper, more emotional stuff that comes next. Serves as a nice little resurfacing to take a breath, before diving back down.
After listening to, and embracing Tool's entire discography over the years, I understand why Hooker With A Penis may be their most visceral song ever. Because Tool is about as genuine as it gets, I can see how challenging their authenticity and integrety would cause Maynard to write these lyrics (with this music).
Oh!!! I adore your snake insight of 46&2. Since a snake is a symbol of wisdom, shedding totally makes sense in growing in knowledge. 🥰 Really looking forward to your reaction to Aenima as that was my favorite Tool song until Pneuma came out. Keep posting please! Your videos are the best!
Hooker.. was the opening song on one of the times thru touring on Ænima (3 times around). This was back in the day with an open floor General Admission and with Maynard in front... those were the days
Been waiting for this Skullz!! I've watched your full catalog of Tool tracks, pretty much on this ride with you now 😆 I had never really considered that the lyrics could connect to each other across tracks on the album, that's a dope take and I appreciate that angle fo sho. Best tracks on the album are coming up! Jimmy < Pushit < Aenima < Third Eye. You're in for a real treat with those. The lyrics here a straight up troll, it's just Maynard's sense of humor. I got lucky enough to see them play this live in February! (they never play this 😆) MOAR TOOL SKULLZ. I'm hooked. Your reactions rock!
It was a message to Maynard specifically. Way back when, a friend of a friend asked Maynard to put up an acquaintance of his for a few days who was flying in from another country. ( which one wasn't specified ) Maynard picked up this person from the airport who proceeded to not leave Maynards couch for the next two weeks, eating everything in his refrigerator and racking up gigantic long distance charges on his phone. Maynard finally had enough and told the guy he had until the end of the day to get out. Two days later Maynard came home to that message on his answering machine.
Oh man. Jimmy is next. This song I ended up appreciating twice. I didn't know the actual lyrics for years, nor anything about Maynard's life. After I learned all that and revisited Jimmy it choked me up. I was blown away again despite having heard it 50 times.
hooker is definitely in my top favorites for tool... its a great chance to hear mjk angry. he is always passionate but rarely angry like this. I love the voice cracks in screaming it let's you know he ment it
It's growing on me and it's just compelling to say fuck you to those types of people lol. Hypocrites are the worst. Especially hypocrites with no self awareness 💯
Love your reactions! I feel like this was just a straight forward FU to haters. No need to mince words or hide meaning with something like that! Keep up with the great heartfelt content!!!
This song is great to get the angst out. I had a chef when I was first working in the kitchens who’s nickname was Buddy. This song was the perfect calm down relax after a long shift. Great reaction as always!!
This song is the most straightforward song on the album just a really aggressive heavy song about hypocrites you definitely got it the next song jimmy is a little more complex lyrically but very deep in it’s meaning I’ll explain more once you react to it next week 🌀
@@Skullzrapper I dont know if you got it but I laid out all of the Tool songs in order of which one's are supposed to be played together. I thin kit was on your Flood reaction but I can re-post if you still need it
@@Skullzrapper Aenima's (on-e-ma) songs are meant to be paired as such: • Stinkfist • Eulogy • H • Useful Idiot/46 & 2 • Message to Harry Manback/Hooker with a Penis • Intermission/Jimmy • Die Eier Von Satan/Pushit • Cesaro Summability/Aenima • (-) Ions/Third Eye When you get to Lateralus (lat-er-all-us): • The Grudge • Eon Blue Apocalypse/The Patient • Mantra/Schism • Parabol/Parabola • Ticks & Leeches • Lateralus • Disposition/Reflection/Triad (AKA The Holy Trinity) • Fiaape de Oiad (honestly you don't need to do this one) When you get to 10,000 Days: • Vicarious • Jambi • Wings for Marie/10,000 Days • The Pot • Lipan Conjuring (honestly you can skip) • Lost Keys (Blame Hoffman)/Rosetta Stoned • Intension • Right in Two (some argue Intension/Right in Two should go together, not me) • Viginti Tres (you can also skip this one) And finally Fear Inoculum, you ONLY need to react to: • Fear Inoculum • Pneuma • Invincible • Descending • Culling Voices • Chocolate Chip Trip (this is a drum-solo track) • 7empest Tool also has a Live album called Salival (sa-live-al) which might best be reacted to after you've heard their entire catalogue. It does contain some cover songs and another instrumental song that are all worth reacting to because if you make it this far you are going to bee a full-blown Tool Army member and will want to devour all of their content. One stand-out track on Salival is a live version of Pushit (from the Aenima album) where they completely change the song and it's mind-blowing.
Loved it when Maynard picked out a guy during this song at the 25th april concert in Hamburg Germany, focused him and pointed his mittle finger at him in the "fuck you , buddy" part. :D
Supposedly when they rented the loft from Bill Manspeaker in LA (founder of the band Green Jelly which Maynard did guest vocals on a couple songs) they had one of those guests that crazy parties get. You know the guy that walks in off the street to drink, eat and be merry for free that nobody knows or noticed until it was too late. Anyway they had legendary parties where some major drugs were done and this guy apparently cleaned out their fridge and later left this message on one of the band members answering machine. They didn't know his name so they called him Harry Manback as in Hairy Man Back. I saw an interview with Danny and Bill Manspeaker where they explained it once, I think I have the details correct but it was long ago.
The connection between a bunch of Tool songs and Bill Manspeaker is kinda funny.... isn't he the one that claimed to have been abducted by aliens and was the inspiration for Rosetta Stoned?
@@hunterfitch5951 Probably I can't remember. There are a lot of interesting connections to Bill, the loft and the band. Tom Morello and Maynard talking music and forming the ideas for their bands. If you haven't read Maynard's book I recommend it. Gives some background. My first post got erased for some reason. I tried to include a link to a Rolling Stone article about some of this. I'll try again separately from this.
This is just one of those fun/freedom artist flex moments to me. Make something sound so good that you can insult the listener. And it does sound that good
So I got a OGT92 tattoo BECAUSE of this song just to point out I'm a dick and hypocrite. Everyone is to some extent. I just need a reminder sometimes, so I got it on my knuckles.
The story I read/heard was there was a house band members were renting a house, one day an Italian guy turned up and was staying on the couch, everyone thought someone else in the house knew him, turns out no one did so they kicked him out and he left that message and another one (message to Harry Manback 2). Or something along those lines
Some Tool songs do have a fairly straightforward message. HWAP is one of them. Its also one of their nastiest and hardest songs. Like you said, sometimes a song doesn't need to have much depth or high ambition.
To me, this track feel like a rant set to music. I imagine one of the band was confronted by this person and was just blown away by their lack of awareness. They related the story to the rest of the band and "bang" you have the genesis of an album track. Historically some legendary tracks have a very simple inception. Here in Australia, one of the country's best known anthems was inspired by the writer watching clouds roll past his window.
Wait til you get to the next 2 albums. I wish I could experience all this again for the first time, with their full catalogue. I first heard them in 1994 (and obviously massive fan since the first song - Opiate).
Always imagined the music video for this track, where a person is yelling at themself into a free standing mirror, with the camera sporadically panning 360° around. No matter what they do, they can't destroy the mirror, and can only give themself the middle finger.
Funny you bring up Underworld because A Perfect Circle has a song on that movie’s soundtrack it’s called Weak and Powerless ( Tilling My Own Grave remix) that’s a really bad ass song you should check it out sometime. I’m really digging your journey through the Tool catalog. Very good spot on first reaction observations.
Hi! Skullz...could you please play the next 2 songs back 2 back with no stops? I've been a fan since 92', it's my favorite & it's how the band wanted them to be heard ✌& ty.
When I saw them live this February, this was the song they played before intermission, and my friend who I was worth, turned to me during the outro and just said "Holy Fuck!" This is because when Danny hit that double bass at the end, we could not only feel it in our chest, but throughout our entire body, from across the arena. Seriously, go see them live. It' just can't be explained. My only regret is not being a fan in my teens so I could have seen them during the Lateralus tour.
hooker with a penis is one of my all time favorite tools songs precisely because it's very straightforward, highly inflammatory, and the instrumentals and vocals are just going nuts in fairly short period of time. it's a song that is unique for tool but IMO doesn't lack in talent. it's almost like an interlude, along with the answering machine.
the song is purposefully Moree straightforward. the record execs wanted a more radio friendly, short-length song. they wrote this last minute as a f** u to them.
Love how the kids basically a walking advertisement and then has the balls to call Tool sell-outs. “I sold my soul to make a record, then you bought one”
@@Skullzrapper have you done any Puscifer maynards 3rd band the latest album is a fun listen but all their albums have some classics I know I heard you say you listen to APC but didn't know if Puscifer was on your radar. Great reaction BTW
This is a statement from Tool. Not meant to be deep. Danny is nearing death metal at the end. HARDEST SONG NEXT TO JERK-OFF. Most brutal in a great, transparent message and sound. 💯
Ok ok.. Subscribing.. Just because you appreciate it, a lot. Just kidding. Tool army here. Subscribing cuz I want to see you becoming one of us. I'll go back and put a like in every video of yours just to help you out. You are an intelligent human being. Cheers
" In typical Tool fashion, I'm having trouble hearing what he's saying." .....yeah.....From what I know, that was intentional to create balance between all instruments in the mix.
I admit I love this song because angry Maynard is fun Maynard. There may not be a more abstract message than being pissed at a dude calling them sellouts for growing (and calling out the system that. akes us all products to be bought and sold) but sometimes you need to acknowledge you're pissed and scream about. And Maynard is *hilarious* when he does so. And the song is a jam.
Maynard does know how to be direct. 😀 You have likely since learned, but if not Harry Manback was an actual voice mail left on the answering machine of a friend of the band (the singer for Green Jelly) by his former roomate. Allegedly he slept with the guy's girl friend.
The song was about a trendy hipster telling Maynard that HE sold out once they got popular. IIRC, OGT is original gangsta Tool, or a term for the fans that listened to them since the beginning, when they weren't popular. Basically, he was pulling the hipster move of saying he knew X band before they were popular. The guy didn't see the irony that he was telling them they sold out when this guy was embracing every cool trend at the time. Essentially, he sold out to everything selling him something that was the trend. The point is we all sell out to an extent, and though this guy thinks he knows who the band is, all he knows is what they "sold him".
The punk side of Tool yeah! As much as I love the proggy direction of Tool, I wish they would sometimes come back to this "in your face" meat and potatoes style.
""new"" tattoo that claimed that he was OGT, always came off to me to say that this "fan" was just a poser. like having a tattoo from 92 would be more authentic than something brand new to make such a claim.
Nice job again, I agree that this is a pretty straightforward track, one of my least favourite tracks in the Tool discography. Still a killer track but the bar is set so high. See you on the next one. Thanks for doing this, mate. 👍
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message to harry manback makes me cry laughing every time i hear it. that's an actual voicemail they received back in the day which makes it so much funnier. putting it on the album is the best.
I remember seeing TOOL for this tour.
Maynard introduced HWAP with "This next song is about all our new merchandise."
You noticed an improvement in bass on this album... because this album is where Tool made the switch from Pual D'Amour to Justin Chancellor. Great reaction. Next two songs have great lyrics!
Can't wait 🤘
Even though Undertow is a great album, it's my least favorite tool album purely because Justin is way more interesting of a bass player. It makes sense that Paul left to play guitar in other bands because he approached the bass parts like a guitar player, and his bass lines were often echoing what Adam was playing on guitar, whereas Justin is often driving the melody of the songs with his playing.
@@TheTallter I respectfully disagree. I do prefer justin but am also a big fan of Paul.
I’ve watched several of your tool reaction videos. You do a great job giving your two cents in what the meaning of the lyrics are, and also just reading the lyrics as they are because, as you said, it can be hard to hear sometimes. My son and I are flying from Utah to New York to see them at Madison Square Garden this Friday and we are so excited.
ATTENTION TOOL ARMY!! Lets get skullz to 50k subs. He has some of the best Tool reactions that I have seen. He deserves more views. Lets go!
Much love! I appreciate that brother 🙏❤
Hey, I'm really enjoying your Tool reactions more than every other channel out there that I've seen do them. The chronological journey is really something special to share with us Tool fans. And I think your interpretations are pretty spot on and observant.
Thanks you! Happy to have you along for the ride my friend 🤘
Right? Really impressive lyrical dissects on first listen. Kudos!
Agreed - and I love the chronological progression through the albums. Just found this channel a couple weeks ago, great stuff.
20 years later and I still get that same grin on my face when I listen to this song. Keep it up brother!
Yeah that's the look I get the more I listen! The STANK GRIN 😂😂😂
Same grin I have when listening to Aenima too. Both have that straightforward, calling-out- hypocrisy message.
Maynard, and the rest of the band, are the Hookers; selling their selves/music to the world. They played this one in Louisville a few weeks ago and it was so fun to sing along.
Yeah. I was there. That was probably one of my favorite songs they played
Agreed.
This is honestly one of my favorite songs from them, and for a somewhat silly reason- it shows their basic side. They have so many deep, well-thought-out songs, but then they have this relatively short song complaining about a fan. It feels like a great 'vent' song, it shows that they are just people like us. It's also amazingly catchy and great to rock out to when you're peeved XD
The last four tracks on this album are still amongst my favorite all time Tool songs. The transformation they take becomes very apparent. You're spiraling out from this point bro!
MJK's lifelong tirades against hypocrisy have continued in Tool's music even through to the most recent release, Fear Inoculum. Gotta love his continuity of artistic integrity.
Love your Tool reactions/ analysis! My read is that Maynard IS the Hooker w/ a P. Selling himself to his fans.
That makes more sense 💯
I like where they placed this song, it's a bit more of the heavy, ironically enough, "light-hearted" Tool, before we dive back into the deeper, more emotional stuff that comes next. Serves as a nice little resurfacing to take a breath, before diving back down.
I'm glad they included this one in the current tour
After listening to, and embracing Tool's entire discography over the years, I understand why Hooker With A Penis may be their most visceral song ever. Because Tool is about as genuine as it gets, I can see how challenging their authenticity and integrety would cause Maynard to write these lyrics (with this music).
This always struck me as that song they just had to get off their chest lol. An itch they had to scratch, while at the same time just jamming out.
Nailed it. There are a couple songs on this record that are just in your face, and this is one of them. Aenima is the other.
I fuck with it! This songs growing on me. I've been in a more light hearted mood lately so this and eulogy have been my go-tos lol.
@@Skullzrapper I can sense the lightheartedness in this video. glad for you. hope everything is well today. stay present and be you.
Appreciate it bro! Hope all is well with you 💯
I'm loving your interpretation of the lyrics, you're making me think about these songs in ways I haven't before!
Thanks a bunch!!!
Oh!!! I adore your snake insight of 46&2. Since a snake is a symbol of wisdom, shedding totally makes sense in growing in knowledge. 🥰
Really looking forward to your reaction to Aenima as that was my favorite Tool song until Pneuma came out.
Keep posting please! Your videos are the best!
Appreciate you my friend! 🤘
Hooker.. was the opening song on one of the times thru touring on Ænima (3 times around). This was back in the day with an open floor General Admission and with Maynard in front... those were the days
Been waiting for this Skullz!! I've watched your full catalog of Tool tracks, pretty much on this ride with you now 😆 I had never really considered that the lyrics could connect to each other across tracks on the album, that's a dope take and I appreciate that angle fo sho. Best tracks on the album are coming up! Jimmy < Pushit < Aenima < Third Eye. You're in for a real treat with those. The lyrics here a straight up troll, it's just Maynard's sense of humor. I got lucky enough to see them play this live in February! (they never play this 😆) MOAR TOOL SKULLZ. I'm hooked. Your reactions rock!
Appreciate you brother! 💯🤘
Those are my favorite 4 on this album..
Message to Harry Manback was taken from an actual phone message they got and they put a piano track on top of it.
Lol And it leads right into a song about Maynard addressing a disgruntled fan 🤣 That's awesome!
It was a message to Maynard specifically.
Way back when, a friend of a friend asked Maynard to put up an acquaintance of his for a few days who was flying in from another country. ( which one wasn't specified )
Maynard picked up this person from the airport who proceeded to not leave Maynards couch for the next two weeks, eating everything in his refrigerator and racking up gigantic long distance charges on his phone.
Maynard finally had enough and told the guy he had until the end of the day to get out.
Two days later Maynard came home to that message on his answering machine.
This song is essentially a meme. They were way ahead of their time.
@@riffgroove He was Italian
@@nucl3arboNg That would have been my guess.
Quite simply one of the best dis tracks I've ever heard. I'd love to hear Maynard sing about how he feels when someone cuts him off in traffic.
Fun fact: Low in the background there is another vocal track with Meynard just reading the Tool Merchandise list.
Oh man. Jimmy is next. This song I ended up appreciating twice. I didn't know the actual lyrics for years, nor anything about Maynard's life. After I learned all that and revisited Jimmy it choked me up. I was blown away again despite having heard it 50 times.
hooker is definitely in my top favorites for tool... its a great chance to hear mjk angry. he is always passionate but rarely angry like this. I love the voice cracks in screaming it let's you know he ment it
It's growing on me and it's just compelling to say fuck you to those types of people lol. Hypocrites are the worst. Especially hypocrites with no self awareness 💯
Love your reactions! I feel like this was just a straight forward FU to haters. No need to mince words or hide meaning with something like that! Keep up with the great heartfelt content!!!
there's a couple 'fuck you' songs on this record. Love it
This song is great to get the angst out. I had a chef when I was first working in the kitchens who’s nickname was Buddy. This song was the perfect calm down relax after a long shift.
Great reaction as always!!
"FUUUUUUUUCK YOU BUDDY" 😂😂😂 Man I wish they made songs like this for my previous bosses 💯
As always - looking forward to the next one!
Love your Tool reactions an breakdowns thanku so much this was absolutely awesome an so are you much love and God bless always x
This song is the most straightforward song on the album just a really aggressive heavy song about hypocrites you definitely got it the next song jimmy is a little more complex lyrically but very deep in it’s meaning I’ll explain more once you react to it next week 🌀
Appreciate it brother! 🔥🔥🔥
Ive watched all your TOOL videos, Im excited for what you're about to get into. Very excited for you to do Third eye...
Appreciate the support 💯 Yeah I have no idea what's ahead of me at this point 👀
These are the reactions Tool fans are looking for. Fantastic reaction, great job, keep the catalogue rolling I will follow.
Appreciate it bro! Glad to have you along for the journey 💯🤘
Every Tuesday I get excited for a new Tool reaction. Thanks Skullz!
Me too lol. Appreciate you bro 🔥🔥🔥
@@Skullzrapper I dont know if you got it but I laid out all of the Tool songs in order of which one's are supposed to be played together. I thin kit was on your Flood reaction but I can re-post if you still need it
You can post it again if it's not too much trouble 💯
@@Skullzrapper Aenima's (on-e-ma) songs are meant to be paired as such:
• Stinkfist
• Eulogy
• H
• Useful Idiot/46 & 2
• Message to Harry Manback/Hooker with a Penis
• Intermission/Jimmy
• Die Eier Von Satan/Pushit
• Cesaro Summability/Aenima
• (-) Ions/Third Eye
When you get to Lateralus (lat-er-all-us):
• The Grudge
• Eon Blue Apocalypse/The Patient
• Mantra/Schism
• Parabol/Parabola
• Ticks & Leeches
• Lateralus
• Disposition/Reflection/Triad (AKA The Holy Trinity)
• Fiaape de Oiad (honestly you don't need to do this one)
When you get to 10,000 Days:
• Vicarious
• Jambi
• Wings for Marie/10,000 Days
• The Pot
• Lipan Conjuring (honestly you can skip)
• Lost Keys (Blame Hoffman)/Rosetta Stoned
• Intension
• Right in Two (some argue Intension/Right in Two should go together, not me)
• Viginti Tres (you can also skip this one)
And finally Fear Inoculum, you ONLY need to react to:
• Fear Inoculum
• Pneuma
• Invincible
• Descending
• Culling Voices
• Chocolate Chip Trip (this is a drum-solo track)
• 7empest
Tool also has a Live album called Salival (sa-live-al) which might best be reacted to after you've heard their entire catalogue. It does contain some cover songs and another instrumental song that are all worth reacting to because if you make it this far you are going to bee a full-blown Tool Army member and will want to devour all of their content. One stand-out track on Salival is a live version of Pushit (from the Aenima album) where they completely change the song and it's mind-blowing.
Keep them coming Skullz
Loved it when Maynard picked out a guy during this song at the 25th april concert in Hamburg Germany, focused him and pointed his mittle finger at him in the "fuck you , buddy" part. :D
Supposedly when they rented the loft from Bill Manspeaker in LA (founder of the band Green Jelly which Maynard did guest vocals on a couple songs) they had one of those guests that crazy parties get. You know the guy that walks in off the street to drink, eat and be merry for free that nobody knows or noticed until it was too late. Anyway they had legendary parties where some major drugs were done and this guy apparently cleaned out their fridge and later left this message on one of the band members answering machine. They didn't know his name so they called him Harry Manback as in Hairy Man Back. I saw an interview with Danny and Bill Manspeaker where they explained it once, I think I have the details correct but it was long ago.
The connection between a bunch of Tool songs and Bill Manspeaker is kinda funny.... isn't he the one that claimed to have been abducted by aliens and was the inspiration for Rosetta Stoned?
@@hunterfitch5951 Probably I can't remember. There are a lot of interesting connections to Bill, the loft and the band. Tom Morello and Maynard talking music and forming the ideas for their bands. If you haven't read Maynard's book I recommend it. Gives some background. My first post got erased for some reason. I tried to include a link to a Rolling Stone article about some of this. I'll try again separately from this.
This is just one of those fun/freedom artist flex moments to me. Make something sound so good that you can insult the listener. And it does sound that good
Absolutely 🔥🔥🔥
I remember tool back in the day badass 😎
So I got a OGT92 tattoo BECAUSE of this song just to point out I'm a dick and hypocrite. Everyone is to some extent. I just need a reminder sometimes, so I got it on my knuckles.
That's fucking awesome! 🤘
You really have to see this song live! It is pure 🔥 !
I think this song rocks! It’s cool to just get your anger out musically once in a while, without analyzing it too much. Love your reacts! Spiral out!
Yeah not every song needs to be super deep! Just was a bit of a curve ball is all! 💯
The story I read/heard was there was a house band members were renting a house, one day an Italian guy turned up and was staying on the couch, everyone thought someone else in the house knew him, turns out no one did so they kicked him out and he left that message and another one (message to Harry Manback 2). Or something along those lines
Some Tool songs do have a fairly straightforward message. HWAP is one of them. Its also one of their nastiest and hardest songs. Like you said, sometimes a song doesn't need to have much depth or high ambition.
crawling on my belly is a reference to how we used to be much earlier in our evolution
6:25 this album is when they got their new and current bassist, he's a fucking maestro
Perfect choices!!!
So you made it here congratulations. TOOL IS FOREVER 🤘🔥🖤🔥🤘
Hell yeah,Brother. Another tool reaction.
🤘🤘🤘
To me, this track feel like a rant set to music.
I imagine one of the band was confronted by this person and was just blown away by their lack of awareness.
They related the story to the rest of the band and "bang" you have the genesis of an album track.
Historically some legendary tracks have a very simple inception.
Here in Australia, one of the country's best known anthems was inspired by the writer watching clouds roll past his window.
Wait til you get to the next 2 albums. I wish I could experience all this again for the first time, with their full catalogue. I first heard them in 1994 (and obviously massive fan since the first song - Opiate).
The last riff in this song is one of my favorites on this record
They played this live at the show in Louisville, and people were going fuckin wild lol
Always imagined the music video for this track, where a person is yelling at themself into a free standing mirror, with the camera sporadically panning 360° around. No matter what they do, they can't destroy the mirror, and can only give themself the middle finger.
Cool idea bro! 🔥
Yesss the chaotic music during 46&2 totally makes me think of a moment of metamorphosis.
Exactly. There's a heavy Carl Jung influence that was/is very much involved in TooL's work
Rumor is that actual message left on someone in the bands answering machine
Patiently waiting for Aenema :D
Great reaction!! I saw Tool in February and this one went hard as fuck !!
Funny you bring up Underworld because A Perfect Circle has a song on that movie’s soundtrack it’s called Weak and Powerless ( Tilling My Own Grave remix) that’s a really bad ass song you should check it out sometime. I’m really digging your journey through the Tool catalog. Very good spot on first reaction observations.
Oh I know that song by them, well the original, not the remix lol. That's awesome! I appreciate the kind words my friend 🤘
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Hi! Skullz...could you please play the next 2 songs back 2 back with no stops? I've been a fan since 92', it's my favorite & it's how the band wanted them to be heard ✌& ty.
Yeah I have it recorded. I did Intermission then Jimmy 💯
8:06 One of the dopest breakdowns ever!
When I saw them live this February, this was the song they played before intermission, and my friend who I was worth, turned to me during the outro and just said "Holy Fuck!" This is because when Danny hit that double bass at the end, we could not only feel it in our chest, but throughout our entire body, from across the arena. Seriously, go see them live. It' just can't be explained. My only regret is not being a fan in my teens so I could have seen them during the Lateralus tour.
hooker with a penis is one of my all time favorite tools songs precisely because it's very straightforward, highly inflammatory, and the instrumentals and vocals are just going nuts in fairly short period of time. it's a song that is unique for tool but IMO doesn't lack in talent. it's almost like an interlude, along with the answering machine.
Maynard with A perfect circle does a song on the sound track to under world. And another great breakdown.
Yeah someone else mentioned that lol. I knew nothing of APC when I watched the Underworld movies. Very cool! 💯
the song is purposefully Moree straightforward. the record execs wanted a more radio friendly, short-length song. they wrote this last minute as a f** u to them.
that vid/track at the beginning was craaaaaaap
Hope your day gets better 💯
I’m a huge Tool fan!!! I love everything they do but this song stands alone as the baddest shit I’ve ever heard!
It's about fucken time ! LOL
"American Werewolf In London" ??
Tool4life😉🎶🤘🏽
Love how the kids basically a walking advertisement and then has the balls to call Tool sell-outs. “I sold my soul to make a record, then you bought one”
I always have interpreted the song title as Maynard referring to himself as the "Hooker with a penis" as he sells himself in his records
I think you're dead on 💯🤘🌀
I always took the title to mean ' we are the same and you also sell yourself ' and the title is clearly a dig at the ogt
Message to Harry is like a comedy show to me, I can't NOT laugh every time.
There's something funny about how chill the dude is while saying all those horrible things 😂
Let's go
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@@Skullzrapper have you done any Puscifer maynards 3rd band the latest album is a fun listen but all their albums have some classics I know I heard you say you listen to APC but didn't know if Puscifer was on your radar. Great reaction BTW
Thanks man! I've heard absolutely nothing from Puscifer! I'm excited to get into them at some point!
Sup bro 🤟😎 Let's goooo 🔥🔥🔥
Great reaction fam 🙌
Appreciate it Jared 🔥🔥🔥
This is a statement from Tool. Not meant to be deep. Danny is nearing death metal at the end. HARDEST SONG NEXT TO JERK-OFF. Most brutal in a great, transparent message and sound. 💯
Don't forget Ticks and Leeches, goes pretty hard too 🤘
Ok ok.. Subscribing.. Just because you appreciate it, a lot. Just kidding. Tool army here. Subscribing cuz I want to see you becoming one of us. I'll go back and put a like in every video of yours just to help you out. You are an intelligent human being. Cheers
I appreciate it...... A LOT lol Much love 🤘
It was his landlord. lol. They're all cool now.
" In typical Tool fashion, I'm having trouble hearing what he's saying." .....yeah.....From what I know, that was intentional to create balance between all instruments in the mix.
I can’t wait till you get into Lateralus
This is a great live tune! Angry Maynard for sure.
Spiral out brother 🤘🏼🌀🌀🌀
I admit I love this song because angry Maynard is fun Maynard. There may not be a more abstract message than being pissed at a dude calling them sellouts for growing (and calling out the system that. akes us all products to be bought and sold) but sometimes you need to acknowledge you're pissed and scream about. And Maynard is *hilarious* when he does so. And the song is a jam.
100% agree! I actually have a much greater appreciation for this song now after listening to it a bunch 🤘
Maynard does know how to be direct. 😀
You have likely since learned, but if not Harry Manback was an actual voice mail left on the answering machine of a friend of the band (the singer for Green Jelly) by his former roomate. Allegedly he slept with the guy's girl friend.
The song was about a trendy hipster telling Maynard that HE sold out once they got popular. IIRC, OGT is original gangsta Tool, or a term for the fans that listened to them since the beginning, when they weren't popular. Basically, he was pulling the hipster move of saying he knew X band before they were popular. The guy didn't see the irony that he was telling them they sold out when this guy was embracing every cool trend at the time. Essentially, he sold out to everything selling him something that was the trend. The point is we all sell out to an extent, and though this guy thinks he knows who the band is, all he knows is what they "sold him".
Well, this is when Justin chancellor joined Tool, so different bassist different sound
The punk side of Tool yeah! As much as I love the proggy direction of Tool, I wish they would sometimes come back to this "in your face" meat and potatoes style.
Probably the best diss track of 96.
well, that certainly wasn't a very friendly voice-mail.
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""new"" tattoo that claimed that he was OGT, always came off to me to say that this "fan" was just a poser. like having a tattoo from 92 would be more authentic than something brand new to make such a claim.
It jumps.
different Bass player From, Undertow to AEnima
Nice job again, I agree that this is a pretty straightforward track, one of my least favourite tracks in the Tool discography. Still a killer track but the bar is set so high. See you on the next one. Thanks for doing this, mate. 👍
Appreciate you! Yeah still a great song, just a bit less ambitious compared to the rest of the album. Still awesome though 🔥
If you like nine inch nails you should check out ministry, Old school industrial and where Trent got his inspiration
Maynard needs more waffles. 😉
Pretty sure Maynard is referring to himself with the title
Lol well said.
Was kinda low key hoping this one was going to be about Maynard's son :P
lmao parents have to call out their kids BS too
or the bass player, at that time, but before , dig ,cool beans