the lyrics progress though stages, finger/knuckle/elbow/shoulder deep yes it's literally about "butt exploration" however that's just an intentionally shocking metaphor, because the song is actually about anything that needs to continually ramp-up to achieve the same stimulation (drugs, news, driving fast, relationships... anything). and being intentionally shocking is also self-referential to the song itself, ironically the more times you listen to the song the less it shocks you and the less it means what it says literally. genius poetry though ANALogies
Im kind of sad that most people dont get the message really. On TOOL concerts they forbid filming with securities, allways as last song they played Stinkfist and you are all allowed to film...TOOL making it a satire and still many stand there with their smartphones and dont realise they dont live in the moment.
The stink fisting is a metaphor for the process of becoming desensitized to stimulation and needing more and more and more. It's not sexual at all, but it sure gets your attention lol. This song always makes me think of smart phones or social media...how far ahead of their time was Tool with this song!
"Disillusioned" by A Perfect Circle is where he wrote down all of his disdain for that technological side you're referencing. Smart phones and social media - "Time to put the silicon obsession down."
Yeeea, it's pretty overtly sexual. Go translate the interlude, for instance. That said, that doesn't mean his intention in using that medium was not more allegorical. Also, Cell phones and social media existed back then. It just wasn't anywhere near the same level. I know, because I intentionally resisted them both for a couple of decades. Like Maynard and many others, I saw where it was headed. You probably would have seen it coming too.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 This song came in in 1996...10 years before the Smart Phone and about 8 years before Social Media. The overt sexual nature of the metaphor is completely allegorical and designed to capture your monkey brain...as Maynard likes to do.
It's about being desensitized by our surroundings. It resonates with me as a veteran. I went from fear of nothing to overwhelming anxiety. I actually feel worse when everything seems ok because I'm on edge waiting for what's next. PTSD is a hell of a thing.
Disposition, Reflection, and Triad, the "Holy Trinity" from Lateralus. Tool at their best on all levels. Disposition is quiet, contemplative, and spiritual. Reflection is dark, brooding, and savage. Triad is raw, abrasive, and aggressive. It's an amazing composition. Thanks for the content, Aileen! Stinkfist plays fast an loose (no pun intended) with the line between symbolic and literal. The way I've always read the message of the song is that the more we indulge, the more numb we become, and the numb we become, the more extreme we become in our pleasure-seeking, hence the profession from finger, knuckle, elbow, should deep inside the borderline. Further still, if we are numb to the things, then our lives become meaningless and empty. The lyric at that climax right before the final verse: "Something kinda sad about / The way that things have come to be / Desensitized to everything / What became of subtlety? / How can this mean anything to me / If I really don't feel anything at all?" Some Tool songs lend themselves to an autobiographical interpretation, but I don't think Stinkfist is one of them. I tend to a more symbolic reading for this one.
There’s always double (or more) meaning with Tool lyrics. Yes it’s sexual, but also about getting what you want, and still needing more (money, fame, pleasure).
Okay I guess that’s one aspect of the lyrics. More broadly though would you not agree that it’s more about overstimulation resulting in depraved behavior and depression? About how the little things in life have no meaning anymore because of how desensitized we’ve become to everything. Think of when you were a kid a simple bug or flower or something could make your whole day now it’s completely meaningless. This is unavoidable to a certain extent but the more overstimulated we become the more we have to reach to feel again. (Like fisting when plain old missionary doesn’t do it for us anymore)
SO glad you're back to Tool - love your reactions to them. This song so fantastic - I've been jamming it for decades, and I still feel it 100% every time.
Awesome reaction as usual! I always enjoy your breakdowns. Plus, the look on your face when you realized what the different "borderlines" were. LOL. Sidenote: Maynard has said in interviews that the reasoning for staying in the background of the band is purely based on acoustics and the best position for him to hear his bandmates. He mentions that the band is so loud he can barely hear himself sing, so it made more sense for him to be off to the side.
It's Danny Carey's drum set to be specific. And in my opinion, it has a lot to do with the fact that people are starting to focus on Maynard and the way he dances. So, to focus on him more than the band when the whole concept of tool is that he is one instrument among 4 equal parts. So, if they were going to focus on him, then he was going to stand in the shadows and the other three members have spotlights on them, it worked because anybody that knows Tool knows all 4 members and their names. The other two bands are totally different conversations.
This song has a special place in my heart. It was the first Tool I heard when I was 17 in 1996. I still love them nearly 30 years later. You have such a poetic soul, so lovely to watch.❤
Adam Jones (guitarist) is a special effects artist and worked on Jurassic Park with Spielberg. The videos he directed for his own band are the GOAT imo.
Adam Jones does the videos, and I think the few videos done were more to show his talents. Before being Tool guitarist, he had a career making monsters for Hollywood movies. He worked with Spielberg on Jurassic Park, one example. The singing and musicianship are always outstanding from Tool.
The incredible ability of Maynard's poetry is how he gets to the heart of the matter in an almost narrative reveal at the climactic peak of the song. Yes, the double entendres are brilliant and powerful, and shocking at first listen, amusing thereafter. And there is a period of literal interpretation, which also works for the song. But then he hits you with: "something kind of sad about the way that things have come to be, desensitized to everything, what became of subtlety?" And it all becomes clear. The analogy reveals its true power. "how can this mean anything to me, when I really don't feel anything at all?" Apathy. "But I'll keep digging 'till I feel something." The desperation to escape the numbness of nihilism. The apparent panic and last ditched effort to find something, anything to cling onto. And the hurt that one can naively inflict on others in that selfish attempt to find some feeling outside the nothingness of their own dead soul. For it is the protagonist doing the "digging" to feel something. Do they know how much pain they may be inflicting? No. Because they are numb to everything. The layers upon layers of this man's poetry constantly awe and inspire me, even after 25 years of listening to them. There is always something more to be revealed. ... Oh, and the same goes for the music by the other three geniuses that make up this ridiculous miracle of an artistic collaboration.
Like an Indie horror film indeed, Adam Jones, Tool's guitar player, has a career as well in movie special effects and make up. He creates all those bizarre, creepy creatures. Pushing the boundaries of the comfort zone, going elbow deep into the borderline. "Deep" messages.
I was wondering what you were hearing at the beginning maybe on a differant page but then you picked right up on everything. So damm love your emotion always can see it in your thoughts and face. Love it. You are real and seem to understand others reality as well. KLove you and your show. Thanks
Great reaction Aileen! Maynard, rarely, if ever, has 'directly' literal lyrics. Metaphor is used typically. Here, for me, he's equating the sexual act to drug addiction - so many lines can relate to that: "I can help you change tired moments into pleasure, say the word and we'll be well upon our way", "I'm not a burden anyone should bear", "not enough, I need more, nothing seems to satisfy"...it reads like an addicts whole perception of the drug their 'tied' to. I've always loved how cryptic MJK can be! Then there's the music - oh boy, the music!! I was 18 when this came out. Was already a Tool fan from Undertow days, and this had me hooked! Didn't take long before Justin Chancellor became one of my favourite bassists! Cheers!
Hi Aileen 😊 Absolutely brilliant reaction to Tool's Stinkfist😊👍 and completely spot on 😊👍 I have watched all of your Tool reactions. Counting this one you have done 16 reactions... So you know Tool. You've stated that you have reacted to live performances and album covers. As you rightly stated, this is the first reaction to an official video. Each of the 15 reactions that you have done have been spot on as you analyze them to the core. Watching your reactions I could see the growth in you by watching the videos. You have commented numerous times during those reactions how Maynard's growth has helped you. Through Maynard's lyrics you have learned coping skills in your life. In each of the reactions I read the comments and many in the comments have also stated a healing process through listening to Tool. When you react, you pride yourself going in with as little information as possible so it is a unique and truthful reaction. You have long ago stated that it is almost a duty on your part to react to what is presented to you in a honest and forthright manner not only for viewer but also to yourself. Your reactions allow the viewer to be one with you. You use it as a point of discussion to speak from your own experiences out to the viewer. In your opening statement you stated it has been a very very long, criminally long time since you've reacted to Tool to the point of saying you should be put in handcuffs. By the way I love your humor. You praised all the attributes of the band to the point that they send you on a trip, whether that be metaphorical or actual, in an attempt to understand. This is the reason why they presented the video for your enjoyment. On your reaction the video is heavily blocked and you put the disclaimer up about it being copyright protected. I was able to find that video so I was able to watch it and understand it the way you did and again you did a fabulous job. So let's get deeply analytical. As I have watched your reactions, when someone is presenting a music video to you, you are going to pay more attention to the video then you will to the music because you want to understand the message. If you don't understand the lyrics being spoken, you will look them up afterwards to use in your commentary. All this is a way of saying that you become immersed in the presentation that you are given. As I was watching the video, I could see the people trying all sorts of a stimulation. Eating nails to the point where they come out of their body in order to feel something. In other parts of the video they're hooking themselves up to electricity either by wires or plugging their finger into an outlet. Also, the use of light stimulation. (Continue)
Glad you asked, always wanted to see what u thought of the song Merkaba by tool. But also, there's a band called blueskyblackdeath "so dark" I think you'd really enjoy. Peace
Welcome (back) to the eternally rewarding, uplifting and educational world of TOOL!!! Song recommendations for you would easily be ALL OF THEM! You cannot go wrong. Pushit, Jimmy, all of Lateralus, Wings for Marie 1&2 are beautiful and sad, Lost Keys into Rosetta Stoned are a trip(literally)! Pneuma, 7empest and Chocolate Chip Trip are all great! Deep dive several times and enjoy! Seriously, I'm envious of anyone who is hearing this band for the first time!!! And, go see them live for a truly spiritual experience that you will never forget!!! ENJOY!!!,🤟😛🤙
I really can't believe we haven't done this yet. Such a classic song. And yes, all Tool videos are kind of like that. almost all (all?) of them were directed by Adam, the guitarist.
Yes! So happy you jumped back into the rabbit hole! Pushit had a double meaning as well, not sure if you checked out the live version on the Salival album. Please also check out more tracks on the Fear Inoculum album, Descending, Invincible, Tempest…spiral out! 🌀🤘
Adam Jones the Bass player does all the videos he also is a artist and movie animation artist in Hollywood, worked on about 20 or so very well known movies
Maynard's writing is something else. "Relax, turn around and take my hand." One line you could dwell on for ages. The line "desensitized to everything, what became of subtlety?" Rang true back then but jeez it's even more poingnant today.
I hoped you would get to this sometime as it is one of my favorite Tool songs. Of course art can be interpreted in different ways, but I don't think this one is meant to be taken so literally. Keep the Tool and The Warning videos coming!
Sober and Prison Sex are their most unique music videos. Adam Jones actually did the stop animations in those. Also The Pot with the giant snails is a good video too
It’s about how we as a society are so bombared with quick dopamine fixes through social media, games, drugs, sex, etc. that it gets to the point where people become numb and that nothing is enough to evoke an emotional response. And it’s true, everyone’s addicted to something or multiple things and there’s a point where nothing’s ever enough, hence the metaphor for going to the furthest extremes
Easiest click of the day. Tool videos are really weird and often takes away attention from the music and lyrics but I think you hit the nail on this one. More Tool!
Always loved this song 🎵 had no idea Tool did it. Guess I like Tool a lot more then I realized 😳 never really gave Tool a chance. Love this song,love Tool and thank you for reintroducing me to Tool. I get it now. Thank you!!!
To me, it’s about overindulgence for anything pleasurable, whether it’s drugs, alcohol, sex, etc. And if one goes too far with any vice, they become numb to the thing they once loved. Just discovered your channel. Instantly a big fan.
I would love to see you react to more tool. There are a lot of great songs that I think you'll enjoy. Eulogy, flood, bottom, reflection, third eye, That's just the name a few
Of all the band's that you can never be too analytical about, TOOL is at the top of that list. This was the first single off this album and the first song of theirs I remember hearing. I was hooked immediately. The layers of atmosphere and intrigue that it has really drew me in, while the music itself just blew me away. I know it's not their best song or the most popular, but it will probably always be my favorite.
Hi Aileen 😊Tool is back on your channel 😊 I will enjoy the reaction on mute here in the work breakroom and read the transcript and lyrics while watching your expression, hear the audio when I get home 😊 I have watched all of your Tool reactions and this is where your start being very analytical 😊👍 Looking forward to your cosplay on Twitch in a few hours 😊 Have a great day you and Arya with much love 😊👍💪❤️
This is one of my mom’s favorite Tool songs so it’s so cute seeing you react to it 😭 There’s always been something so whimsical about these Tool videos that just makes you watch in awe. Imagine an edible and a tool video marathon?? 🙂↕️Again loving this side parting hair thing you’ve had going on lately ❤️
I must say that this song is really beautiful, and how the song manages to get into your mind in the spirit, reminds us that life has to be explored, that all emotions have to be part of it, life is also a challenge, every day we find ourselves in situations or contexts that make us reflect, and we always have the possibility to react, dear Aileen your analyses are always significant and exciting you not only manage to listen to them you manage to get into the meaning you are really very good with a great heart continues so, and don’t worry if you block the video during reactions is always nice to hear but above all very informative continues so Aileen ❤🫶
This song is about whether people seek pleasure to distract themselves from life or to generate life. Great song choice. Please do 46 &2 by tool, and right in Two by tool
California ed ❤ I think the song express the difference in feeling in love 😢 sometimes people have different experiences in romance 😮 but if they want it to work it will be more than just a moment ❤
Awesome reaction as always! Keep it up! Could you react to "The End Justifies" or "Avenge The Fallen" by HammerFall two of their recent songs for their new 13th album, it's catchy, melodic
(continue) In an October 2001 interview with Maynard..."I have on my office door the lyrics to "Stinkfist" because I have viewed this as a very telling statement in reference to what I have called the "Age of Immediacy". That is, we want input/information/pleasure, etc., quicker, bigger, better. We grow bored quickly and need more now. And so the metaphor of a gradual increase of larger sized objects shoved up a particular human cavity is quite appropriate to express our desensitization. Do you think North Americans have finally been reached in some way by the events of September 11? Has the fist finally been shoved up deep enough to wake us up and make us realize that we are not watching a movie anymore? MK: "Yes, I would say the people who have been touched most are the families of the victims. But I'm not so sure about the guys in Iowa, Montana, or Arizona who get there information filtered through CNN. Because to them, information is coming in a very filtered way, thick with propaganda" In closing I have my own thoughts. How much pain do we need to endure before we finally wake up. Desensitization is a universal thought not a specific instance. If you're in the middle of it and succumb to it you become desensitized but if you take a 30,000 ft view and see all the BS that is around and all the people who are putting up with it then you see from your perspective that the world is f***** up and that's the beginning point for a change to take place. The song was written in 1996 but it can be applied today just as well because the lyrics are universal. Desensitized can also be apathy towards anyone or anything. We don't have to settle to be desensitized if we fight to keep our humanity we can rise above all the garbage. Stinkfist is what the totalitarian elitists want to do to us... Here this won't hurt and then they increase it little by little until they have you. It's like the analogy of boiling a frog. Don't put the frog in the hot water he'll hop out but if you put the frog in the water and slowly turn up the heat he never knows the difference until he's boiled alive. Let's take something that's not too far in the past the covid situation. Here in Texas we shut down for a short period. Because we were getting tired of the restrictions, the governor listened to us and we opened up. It is up to each of us to choose whether or not to be desensitized. As you stated very succinctly, being overstimulated causes one to not look at a situation as it really is and this is the definition of desensitization. We must always remind ourselves that we are human capable of being empathetic and caring. When we cease to have these attributes we have lost our humanity. Again great reaction Aileen... You are simply the best 😊 👍 Have a great day you and Arya with much love 😊👍💪❤️
It's just Maynard pushing buttons...😜 once again, some brilliant social commentary. And so prophetic, considering this came out in 1996. Spot on analysis, Aileen!👍😉
I used to dj at a metal club and when i first played this people hated it, a few weeks later they had picked up on the "show me that you love me" and "we belong together" lyrics and they decided it was a love song, watching couples slow dance together to this song was always makes me laugh
Senpaiiii I missed youuu and Tool missed you I got you Bottom Swamp song Third eye Sober Jambi Vicarious Eulogy Opiate2 Prison sex Four degrees The grudge Intolerance Push it The paint Right in two The pot Crawl away No quarter Reflection Sweat Lateralus Vicarious Stink fist Penuma Fear Inoculum Cold and ugly Schism Aenima Descending All songs I’d recommend
There's quite a few Tool videos with this kind of unsettling horror feel. "Schism" is a bit chill but still unstelling, but if you want to expand on the themes you've heard in "Stinkfist", "Prison Sex" takes it up a notch as well as the lyrics.
Well analyzed & awesome reaction as always. & yes, you are right as to the adult meaning as well as the idea of the world being overstimulating and numbing. I also have to admit that the "a lot to take in" comment had me laughing lol. Thanks for the reaction! I always look forward to when you do Tool.
Lovely reactions.😊.Tools definitely a great mind bender! There videos too.. Mainy Maynard stands in the back by Danny usually sorta shaded because he doesn't like to steal the lime light to much from the instrumental band members.. he likes to bring forth them three to the front as they are all very equal & unique in there own ways. He knows he's got a good voice. But isn't pounding it as much as he use too, but the other three are still Smashing it.
The magic of Maynard’s lyrics is shown exceptionally in this song. The stinkfist reference can be taken sexually but it’s more a metaphor for our over indulgence in all vices that when overly indulged in will systematically damage us. As Maynard always does as in songs like Sober he makes the vice which in this case is the acceptance of a dear access penetration up to the shoulders which is wild but again an extreme vice that will cause you damage, while at the same time Maynard’s lyrical writing makes it sound like it’s something you will get used to and you will wind up lo it which is the perspective of the vice talking you into allowing this to happen. Genius level writing and in no way is Maynard telling people to go and practice this act, on the contrary he is warning us of the dangers in allowing yourself to over indulge in things like drugs, alcoholic, and sexual abuse of others or allowing others to abuse you with the excuse that you will love it.
Aileen, I'd like to invite you to take a journey back into time, likely around or near your birth. Invest the time to explore and react to the origins of Tool. Specifically, the sophomore, Undertow album, but also the freshman effort, Opiate. Songs: Intolerance/Undertow/Flood/Opiate/Sweat These are some the first tracks I ever heard from Tool live, at Lolapalooza 92/93' in Utah. No doubt they've evolved in a mental, emotional, and musical juggernaut, but if you listen to their beginnings, it's easy to understand how and why. Anyway.......dig watching the way the music moves you. Cheers!
"That was a lot to take in!" 😂😂😂
I'm dead 💀 🤣, Yo....
Came to the comments (AYYY OOOOOO!!!) to say this! 🤣🤣🤣
I definitely giggled like a teenager when she said that 🤣
Must be a shoulder deep
That's what she said... 🤣
I was going to say the same thing, man!!😂😂😂
the lyrics progress though stages, finger/knuckle/elbow/shoulder deep
yes it's literally about "butt exploration" however that's just an intentionally shocking metaphor, because the song is actually about anything that needs to continually ramp-up to achieve the same stimulation (drugs, news, driving fast, relationships... anything). and being intentionally shocking is also self-referential to the song itself, ironically the more times you listen to the song the less it shocks you and the less it means what it says literally. genius poetry though ANALogies
Im kind of sad that most people dont get the message really. On TOOL concerts they forbid filming with securities, allways as last song they played Stinkfist and you are all allowed to film...TOOL making it a satire and still many stand there with their smartphones and dont realise they dont live in the moment.
Not sure. Needs more ANALysis.
And there is less time from elbow to shoulder that finger to knuckle.
The stink fisting is a metaphor for the process of becoming desensitized to stimulation and needing more and more and more. It's not sexual at all, but it sure gets your attention lol. This song always makes me think of smart phones or social media...how far ahead of their time was Tool with this song!
"Disillusioned" by A Perfect Circle is where he wrote down all of his disdain for that technological side you're referencing. Smart phones and social media - "Time to put the silicon obsession down."
@@GeneralChaunce Ohh 100%, but this song was way before either thing existed and it has a very similar parable. It's almost a premonition.
It's actually not NOT talking about something sexual either. It could be anything, this song is about lack of moderation in any given thing
Yeeea, it's pretty overtly sexual. Go translate the interlude, for instance. That said, that doesn't mean his intention in using that medium was not more allegorical. Also, Cell phones and social media existed back then. It just wasn't anywhere near the same level. I know, because I intentionally resisted them both for a couple of decades. Like Maynard and many others, I saw where it was headed. You probably would have seen it coming too.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 This song came in in 1996...10 years before the Smart Phone and about 8 years before Social Media. The overt sexual nature of the metaphor is completely allegorical and designed to capture your monkey brain...as Maynard likes to do.
Love that you’re back on Tool spiral. That’s how I found your channel way back when.
Tool live is unbeatable... Saw them for the Lateralus tour and 10,000 days...peak musicianship
It's about being desensitized by our surroundings. It resonates with me as a veteran. I went from fear of nothing to overwhelming anxiety. I actually feel worse when everything seems ok because I'm on edge waiting for what's next. PTSD is a hell of a thing.
Marine Vet here, reach out if you need, PTSD is a bitch.
Thank you for your service!!!
The only thing that has consistently helped me is CBD tinctures, no buzz it just keeps things in perspective and more 'even'. Good luck.
"That was a lot to take in."
That's what she said
Nice one
Somewhere, Sigmund Freud is smiling
or he
Seems like she had more to say there, but it was cut. (9:00)
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In MTV, yes this was aired on MTV, the title was " Track#1"
Back when MTV was Music TV
It played for a long time also a very popular song when it came out
And Matt Pinfield would announce it with his fist clenched in subtle protest of the censorship ✊
LMFAO. No kidding?
Disposition, Reflection, and Triad, the "Holy Trinity" from Lateralus. Tool at their best on all levels. Disposition is quiet, contemplative, and spiritual. Reflection is dark, brooding, and savage. Triad is raw, abrasive, and aggressive. It's an amazing composition. Thanks for the content, Aileen!
Stinkfist plays fast an loose (no pun intended) with the line between symbolic and literal. The way I've always read the message of the song is that the more we indulge, the more numb we become, and the numb we become, the more extreme we become in our pleasure-seeking, hence the profession from finger, knuckle, elbow, should deep inside the borderline. Further still, if we are numb to the things, then our lives become meaningless and empty. The lyric at that climax right before the final verse: "Something kinda sad about / The way that things have come to be / Desensitized to everything / What became of subtlety? / How can this mean anything to me / If I really don't feel anything at all?" Some Tool songs lend themselves to an autobiographical interpretation, but I don't think Stinkfist is one of them. I tend to a more symbolic reading for this one.
There’s always double (or more) meaning with Tool lyrics. Yes it’s sexual, but also about getting what you want, and still needing more (money, fame, pleasure).
yep. two translations. since '92.
for the one vs one for the many.
message of hope AND warning.
Okay I guess that’s one aspect of the lyrics. More broadly though would you not agree that it’s more about overstimulation resulting in depraved behavior and depression? About how the little things in life have no meaning anymore because of how desensitized we’ve become to everything. Think of when you were a kid a simple bug or flower or something could make your whole day now it’s completely meaningless. This is unavoidable to a certain extent but the more overstimulated we become the more we have to reach to feel again. (Like fisting when plain old missionary doesn’t do it for us anymore)
Explicit but figurative at the same time…
@@haydenblack5648 Some of that I get, except for the “depraved” part.
@@spiderbass65that was a reference to having your whole arm up someone’s asshole “shoulder deep within the borderline”
SO glad you're back to Tool - love your reactions to them. This song so fantastic - I've been jamming it for decades, and I still feel it 100% every time.
Awesome reaction as usual! I always enjoy your breakdowns. Plus, the look on your face when you realized what the different "borderlines" were. LOL.
Sidenote: Maynard has said in interviews that the reasoning for staying in the background of the band is purely based on acoustics and the best position for him to hear his bandmates. He mentions that the band is so loud he can barely hear himself sing, so it made more sense for him to be off to the side.
When he performs with Puscifer or APC he's mostly at the front, so it's basically just a Tool thing.
@@jrgdrumsandwatches Yep, because TOOL is significantly louder than Puscifer.
It's Danny Carey's drum set to be specific. And in my opinion, it has a lot to do with the fact that people are starting to focus on Maynard and the way he dances. So, to focus on him more than the band when the whole concept of tool is that he is one instrument among 4 equal parts. So, if they were going to focus on him, then he was going to stand in the shadows and the other three members have spotlights on them, it worked because anybody that knows Tool knows all 4 members and their names. The other two bands are totally different conversations.
"If you know, you know" 😂 fwiw, its both all and neither!
Thank you for your reactions Aileen. They are good for the souls of introvert that have all the feels.
This song has a special place in my heart. It was the first Tool I heard when I was 17 in 1996. I still love them nearly 30 years later.
You have such a poetic soul, so lovely to watch.❤
same here! (thanks to MTV)
Tool was a huge part of helping me while working thru my 20’s.
When I run into people I knew in my 20's, I just apologize for being a bad hang.
@@flyingardilla143 apology rejected
Adam Jones (guitarist) is a special effects artist and worked on Jurassic Park with Spielberg.
The videos he directed for his own band are the GOAT imo.
Yeeeeessssss...... I knew you were going to love that song... Tool is sooooo awesome...🤘
Adam Jones does the videos, and I think the few videos done were more to show his talents. Before being Tool guitarist, he had a career making monsters for Hollywood movies. He worked with Spielberg on Jurassic Park, one example.
The singing and musicianship are always outstanding from Tool.
Welcome back to tool, I hope you stay on a tool kick for a while again 💯 thanks
TOOL - Crawl Away
"constant over-stimulation numbs me" is even more relevant these days than it was back in 1996
I saw them at Coachella in 2006 and this was the opener and man did that drop hit hard with the crowd.
Adam Jones is the lead guitarist and also did/does all of the music videos.
The incredible ability of Maynard's poetry is how he gets to the heart of the matter in an almost narrative reveal at the climactic peak of the song. Yes, the double entendres are brilliant and powerful, and shocking at first listen, amusing thereafter. And there is a period of literal interpretation, which also works for the song.
But then he hits you with:
"something kind of sad about the way that things have come to be,
desensitized to everything, what became of subtlety?"
And it all becomes clear. The analogy reveals its true power.
"how can this mean anything to me,
when I really don't feel anything at all?"
Apathy.
"But I'll keep digging 'till I feel something."
The desperation to escape the numbness of nihilism. The apparent panic and last ditched effort to find something, anything to cling onto.
And the hurt that one can naively inflict on others in that selfish attempt to find some feeling outside the nothingness of their own dead soul.
For it is the protagonist doing the "digging" to feel something. Do they know how much pain they may be inflicting?
No. Because they are numb to everything.
The layers upon layers of this man's poetry constantly awe and inspire me, even after 25 years of listening to them. There is always something more to be revealed.
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Oh, and the same goes for the music by the other three geniuses that make up this ridiculous miracle of an artistic collaboration.
Like an Indie horror film indeed, Adam Jones, Tool's guitar player, has a career as well in movie special effects and make up. He creates all those bizarre, creepy creatures. Pushing the boundaries of the comfort zone, going elbow deep into the borderline. "Deep" messages.
I was wondering what you were hearing at the beginning maybe on a differant page but then you picked right up on everything. So damm love your emotion always can see it in your thoughts and face. Love it. You are real and seem to understand others reality as well. KLove you and your show. Thanks
Great reaction Aileen! Maynard, rarely, if ever, has 'directly' literal lyrics. Metaphor is used typically. Here, for me, he's equating the sexual act to drug addiction - so many lines can relate to that: "I can help you change tired moments into pleasure, say the word and we'll be well upon our way", "I'm not a burden anyone should bear", "not enough, I need more, nothing seems to satisfy"...it reads like an addicts whole perception of the drug their 'tied' to.
I've always loved how cryptic MJK can be! Then there's the music - oh boy, the music!! I was 18 when this came out. Was already a Tool fan from Undertow days, and this had me hooked! Didn't take long before Justin Chancellor became one of my favourite bassists!
Cheers!
Hi Aileen 😊 Absolutely brilliant reaction to Tool's Stinkfist😊👍 and completely spot on 😊👍 I have watched all of your Tool reactions. Counting this one you have done 16 reactions... So you know Tool. You've stated that you have reacted to live performances and album covers. As you rightly stated, this is the first reaction to an official video. Each of the 15 reactions that you have done have been spot on as you analyze them to the core. Watching your reactions I could see the growth in you by watching the videos. You have commented numerous times during those reactions how Maynard's growth has helped you. Through Maynard's lyrics you have learned coping skills in your life. In each of the reactions I read the comments and many in the comments have also stated a healing process through listening to Tool. When you react, you pride yourself going in with as little information as possible so it is a unique and truthful reaction. You have long ago stated that it is almost a duty on your part to react to what is presented to you in a honest and forthright manner not only for viewer but also to yourself. Your reactions allow the viewer to be one with you. You use it as a point of discussion to speak from your own experiences out to the viewer. In your opening statement you stated it has been a very very long, criminally long time since you've reacted to Tool to the point of saying you should be put in handcuffs. By the way I love your humor. You praised all the attributes of the band to the point that they send you on a trip, whether that be metaphorical or actual, in an attempt to understand. This is the reason why they presented the video for your enjoyment. On your reaction the video is heavily blocked and you put the disclaimer up about it being copyright protected. I was able to find that video so I was able to watch it and understand it the way you did and again you did a fabulous job. So let's get deeply analytical. As I have watched your reactions, when someone is presenting a music video to you, you are going to pay more attention to the video then you will to the music because you want to understand the message. If you don't understand the lyrics being spoken, you will look them up afterwards to use in your commentary. All this is a way of saying that you become immersed in the presentation that you are given. As I was watching the video, I could see the people trying all sorts of a stimulation. Eating nails to the point where they come out of their body in order to feel something. In other parts of the video they're hooking themselves up to electricity either by wires or plugging their finger into an outlet. Also, the use of light stimulation. (Continue)
That was pretty spot on 💯
Glad you asked, always wanted to see what u thought of the song Merkaba by tool. But also, there's a band called blueskyblackdeath "so dark" I think you'd really enjoy. Peace
Welcome (back) to the eternally rewarding, uplifting and educational world of TOOL!!!
Song recommendations for you would easily be ALL OF THEM!
You cannot go wrong.
Pushit, Jimmy, all of Lateralus, Wings for Marie 1&2 are beautiful and sad, Lost Keys into Rosetta Stoned are a trip(literally)!
Pneuma, 7empest and Chocolate Chip Trip are all great!
Deep dive several times and enjoy!
Seriously, I'm envious of anyone who is hearing this band for the first time!!!
And, go see them live for a truly spiritual experience that you will never forget!!!
ENJOY!!!,🤟😛🤙
I really can't believe we haven't done this yet. Such a classic song. And yes, all Tool videos are kind of like that. almost all (all?) of them were directed by Adam, the guitarist.
5:29 yup🤷🏻♂️ 😅
definitely literally written and then open for interpretation music matched well with the lyrics uncomfortably powerful
Yes! So happy you jumped back into the rabbit hole! Pushit had a double meaning as well, not sure if you checked out the live version on the Salival album. Please also check out more tracks on the Fear Inoculum album, Descending, Invincible, Tempest…spiral out! 🌀🤘
Adam Jones the Bass player does all the videos he also is a artist and movie animation artist in Hollywood, worked on about 20 or so very well known movies
He doesn’t have stage freight. He only hangs on the side with tool for better communication and acoustics. In his other bands he’s out front mostly.
Maynard's writing is something else. "Relax, turn around and take my hand." One line you could dwell on for ages.
The line "desensitized to everything, what became of subtlety?" Rang true back then but jeez it's even more poingnant today.
Adam Jones (guitarist) created all TOOL video’s
🔧🌀⚙️🌀👁🌀⚙️🌀🔧
One hell of a humble, talented dude that guy
The guitar player of Tool, Adam Jones, made most of Tool's music videos, using that stop-motion technique and the 'claymation'.
i saw tool years ago. maynard stood at the rear left of the stage facing the back curtain for the whole show.
I hoped you would get to this sometime as it is one of my favorite Tool songs. Of course art can be interpreted in different ways, but I don't think this one is meant to be taken so literally. Keep the Tool and The Warning videos coming!
Sober and Prison Sex are their most unique music videos. Adam Jones actually did the stop animations in those. Also The Pot with the giant snails is a good video too
I absolutely love your tool reactions ! Thanks for another great video!
It’s about how we as a society are so bombared with quick dopamine fixes through social media, games, drugs, sex, etc. that it gets to the point where people become numb and that nothing is enough to evoke an emotional response. And it’s true, everyone’s addicted to something or multiple things and there’s a point where nothing’s ever enough, hence the metaphor for going to the furthest extremes
It’s not actually about fisting. All metaphor for excessive stimulation
Allllll their videos are intentionally bizarre
Best Tool song reaction on TH-cam, especially when you had the realization about the lyrics, and what they really mean. You rock, Aileen!
Almost 30 years ago. Can you imagine listening to this as a 16 year old. I can...that drop then the lyrics
Loved seeing them play this live last year!
I've thought a long time and I think your my favorite reactor. 👍🏻🤟🏻
Easiest click of the day. Tool videos are really weird and often takes away attention from the music and lyrics but I think you hit the nail on this one. More Tool!
Always loved this song 🎵 had no idea Tool did it. Guess I like Tool a lot more then I realized 😳 never really gave Tool a chance. Love this song,love Tool and thank you for reintroducing me to Tool. I get it now. Thank you!!!
Someone's eyes watered up for a moment. Yeah, this song is quite moving. It's a metaphorical song.
To me, it’s about overindulgence for anything pleasurable, whether it’s drugs, alcohol, sex, etc. And if one goes too far with any vice, they become numb to the thing they once loved.
Just discovered your channel. Instantly a big fan.
I would love to see you react to more tool. There are a lot of great songs that I think you'll enjoy. Eulogy, flood, bottom, reflection, third eye, That's just the name a few
Of all the band's that you can never be too analytical about, TOOL is at the top of that list. This was the first single off this album and the first song of theirs I remember hearing. I was hooked immediately. The layers of atmosphere and intrigue that it has really drew me in, while the music itself just blew me away. I know it's not their best song or the most popular, but it will probably always be my favorite.
I absolutely love Tool. Seen them twice in 2001.
I used to call their videos DISTURBING EYE CANDY.
Great reactions.
Love your channel. 😊
Hi Aileen 😊Tool is back on your channel 😊 I will enjoy the reaction on mute here in the work breakroom and read the transcript and lyrics while watching your expression, hear the audio when I get home 😊 I have watched all of your Tool reactions and this is where your start being very analytical 😊👍 Looking forward to your cosplay on Twitch in a few hours 😊 Have a great day you and Arya with much love 😊👍💪❤️
This is one of my mom’s favorite Tool songs so it’s so cute seeing you react to it 😭 There’s always been something so whimsical about these Tool videos that just makes you watch in awe. Imagine an edible and a tool video marathon?? 🙂↕️Again loving this side parting hair thing you’ve had going on lately ❤️
I must say that this song is really beautiful, and how the song manages to get into your mind in the spirit, reminds us that life has to be explored, that all emotions have to be part of it, life is also a challenge, every day we find ourselves in situations or contexts that make us reflect, and we always have the possibility to react, dear Aileen your analyses are always significant and exciting you not only manage to listen to them you manage to get into the meaning you are really very good with a great heart continues so, and don’t worry if you block the video during reactions is always nice to hear but above all very informative continues so Aileen ❤🫶
Very good thought process when analyzing this song!
Love this song by Tool and also think that Aileen is very beautiful on TH-cam 🥰😘❤️😍
Exceptional first analysis. :)
This song is about whether people seek pleasure to distract themselves from life or to generate life. Great song choice. Please do 46 &2 by tool, and right in Two by tool
IMO, Stinkfist has the absolute Heaviest Riff ever conceived!!!
Heaviest bass line certainly. Lol
Great Break Downs - Thanks - A picture paints a thousand words. As does Maynards voice.
Aileen's facial expressions were priceless. This song and video aren't for everybody, but it's one of my favorites from Tool.🤘
I would love to see you do Parabola next. Probably my favourite Tool song.
California ed ❤ I think the song express the difference in feeling in love 😢 sometimes people have different experiences in romance 😮 but if they want it to work it will be more than just a moment ❤
Awesome reaction as always! Keep it up!
Could you react to "The End Justifies" or "Avenge The Fallen" by HammerFall two of their recent songs for their new 13th album, it's catchy, melodic
This was every 5th song on FM99 in Norfolk, VA back in the day.
Yes it's tool🤯🤘
(continue) In an October 2001 interview with Maynard..."I have on my office door the lyrics to "Stinkfist" because I have viewed this as a very telling statement in reference to what I have called the "Age of Immediacy". That is, we want input/information/pleasure, etc., quicker, bigger, better. We grow bored quickly and need more now. And so the metaphor of a gradual increase of larger sized objects shoved up a particular human cavity is quite appropriate to express our desensitization.
Do you think North Americans have finally been reached in some way by the events of September 11? Has the fist finally been shoved up deep enough to wake us up and make us realize that we are not watching a movie anymore?
MK: "Yes, I would say the people who have been touched most are the families of the victims. But I'm not so sure about the guys in Iowa, Montana, or Arizona who get there information filtered through CNN. Because to them, information is coming in a very filtered way, thick with propaganda" In closing I have my own thoughts.
How much pain do we need to endure before we finally wake up. Desensitization is a universal thought not a specific instance. If you're in the middle of it and succumb to it you become desensitized but if you take a 30,000 ft view and see all the BS that is around and all the people who are putting up with it then you see from your perspective that the world is f***** up and that's the beginning point for a change to take place. The song was written in 1996 but it can be applied today just as well because the lyrics are universal. Desensitized can also be apathy towards anyone or anything. We don't have to settle to be desensitized if we fight to keep our humanity we can rise above all the garbage. Stinkfist is what the totalitarian elitists want to do to us... Here this won't hurt and then they increase it little by little until they have you. It's like the analogy of boiling a frog. Don't put the frog in the hot water he'll hop out but if you put the frog in the water and slowly turn up the heat he never knows the difference until he's boiled alive. Let's take something that's not too far in the past the covid situation. Here in Texas we shut down for a short period. Because we were getting tired of the restrictions, the governor listened to us and we opened up. It is up to each of us to choose whether or not to be desensitized. As you stated very succinctly, being overstimulated causes one to not look at a situation as it really is and this is the definition of desensitization. We must always remind ourselves that we are human capable of being empathetic and caring. When we cease to have these attributes we have lost our humanity. Again great reaction Aileen... You are simply the best 😊 👍 Have a great day you and Arya with much love 😊👍💪❤️
It's just Maynard pushing buttons...😜 once again, some brilliant social commentary. And so prophetic, considering this came out in 1996. Spot on analysis, Aileen!👍😉
The lyrics are a metaphor, used to describe anything one might resort to, in order to quash the feelings of unending, black hole inducing boredom.
It can also be a one of the greatest breakup song ever... 90s rock/alternative/metal etc writers and 90s in general wrote the best lyrics. :)
I would love to you hear Tool H I think you love that one
Tool always said the meaning of their songs is "whatever it means to you."
Maynards words cut like razor blades
Shoved into the barrel of a baseball bat.
Danny Carey is a god tier drummer. Saw them live this January 2024 and he’s still a mastermind.
If you loved the horror element of the vid watch the "pan's labrynth" version of "46 & 2"... it's almost as if the movie was made for the song
Aileen……………..stinkfist is a masterpiece! Video and song.
"That was a lot to take in" ☠️Dead!!☠️
I used to dj at a metal club and when i first played this people hated it, a few weeks later they had picked up on the "show me that you love me" and "we belong together" lyrics and they decided it was a love song, watching couples slow dance together to this song was always makes me laugh
Senpaiiii I missed youuu and Tool missed you I got you
Bottom
Swamp song
Third eye
Sober
Jambi
Vicarious
Eulogy
Opiate2
Prison sex
Four degrees
The grudge
Intolerance
Push it
The paint
Right in two
The pot
Crawl away
No quarter
Reflection
Sweat
Lateralus
Vicarious
Stink fist
Penuma
Fear Inoculum
Cold and ugly
Schism
Aenima
Descending
All songs I’d recommend
also eulogy is a great one.
LOVE the look on your face watching this! ✌️❤️🔥🤘
There's quite a few Tool videos with this kind of unsettling horror feel. "Schism" is a bit chill but still unstelling, but if you want to expand on the themes you've heard in "Stinkfist", "Prison Sex" takes it up a notch as well as the lyrics.
Well analyzed & awesome reaction as always. & yes, you are right as to the adult meaning as well as the idea of the world being overstimulating and numbing. I also have to admit that the "a lot to take in" comment had me laughing lol. Thanks for the reaction! I always look forward to when you do Tool.
“Open to interpretation” the essence of great art.
Good song for analyze
Stinkfist is a musical mind fuck, awesome TOOL song!!
Great ramblings!
I think you nailed the metaphor. Maynard is a genius. Remember this song is almost 30 years old and more apt today than ever.
Lovely reactions.😊.Tools definitely a great mind bender! There videos too.. Mainy Maynard stands in the back by Danny usually sorta shaded because he doesn't like to steal the lime light to much from the instrumental band members.. he likes to bring forth them three to the front as they are all very equal & unique in there own ways. He knows he's got a good voice. But isn't pounding it as much as he use too, but the other three are still Smashing it.
That whole album is my favorite, Eulogy, H., Jimmy, Push It, Aenema, Third Eye
Nice reaction. Tool is a very important band.
More Tool please. And it gets better and better.
The magic of Maynard’s lyrics is shown exceptionally in this song. The stinkfist reference can be taken sexually but it’s more a metaphor for our over indulgence in all vices that when overly indulged in will systematically damage us. As Maynard always does as in songs like Sober he makes the vice which in this case is the acceptance of a dear access penetration up to the shoulders which is wild but again an extreme vice that will cause you damage, while at the same time Maynard’s lyrical writing makes it sound like it’s something you will get used to and you will wind up lo it which is the perspective of the vice talking you into allowing this to happen. Genius level writing and in no way is Maynard telling people to go and practice this act, on the contrary he is warning us of the dangers in allowing yourself to over indulge in things like drugs, alcoholic, and sexual abuse of others or allowing others to abuse you with the excuse that you will love it.
Aileen, I'd like to invite you to take a journey back into time, likely around or near your birth. Invest the time to explore and react to the origins of Tool. Specifically, the sophomore, Undertow album, but also the freshman effort, Opiate.
Songs: Intolerance/Undertow/Flood/Opiate/Sweat
These are some the first tracks I ever heard from Tool live, at Lolapalooza 92/93' in Utah. No doubt they've evolved in a mental, emotional, and musical juggernaut, but if you listen to their beginnings, it's easy to understand how and why. Anyway.......dig watching the way the music moves you. Cheers!