Tool - Lateralus is a MASTERPIECE at EVERY LEVEL!! (FIRST REACTION)
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- The whole song is a Fibonacci sequence?! Rapper reacts to Tool - Lateralus for the first time and breaks it down!! My full analysis & first reaction to their song.
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Yellow and red are the first colors an infant sees.
Black and white are all I see
In my infancy
Red and yellow then came to be
Reaching out to me
Let's me see
Running NF
Definitely need to hear you react to Ænema by Tool
For a switch up try Tool “Right in Two”
Pronunciation: LatterALiss ❤ and Aenima would be awesome. I'm an audiobook engineer and just finished for the day, habit to correct narrator. No offense 😊
I gotta say it dude. Your channel is already big but if you wanna grow this thing to a crazy level, go ahead and go down this Tool journey. Every song is an experience.
Honestly, though - the Tool Army tends to show out for new reactions to songs, because we've already devoured all the rest.
Play Tool and here comes the Army!! Lol Yasssssss!!!
ill second that. Knox takes the time to fully understand what he's listening to, something many reactors and people in general won't bothered with, he wants to hear it out, completely. Thats the kinda mindset for fully appreciating Tool. and any music in general.
True story
Yes. This.
It's ashamed you only do reactions to metal once a week. Your reactions and breakdowns are next level. Tool deserves its own day at the very least. Toolsday if you will.
1000000%
I second this motion!
AMEN
Please!!
Yessssss 100% but does take a shit load of time to record these videos
Tool, as a whole, are on another level. Each musician is a master of their craft. If you ever get the chance, you must see them live. I’ve seen them live half a dozen times, and it’s mind blowing every time. The visuals they use, the lights, and of course the music…🤯
I’ve seen them 3 times.. last time I took my daughter. She ABSOLUTELY loved it said “ dad this is like a dream” made me so happpy.
Saw them when they came to Rockville in Daytona, a few months back. Sadly, being blind, I couldn’t appreciate the visual aspect of it, but the music as always was incredible. So there’s always that.
Tool was the second concert I ever attended (first was A Perfect Circle). 25 years and dozens more concerts later Tool still holds the record for the best show I've ever seen!
I saw them in October last year for the first time. It was so much more than a concert. It's was just a surreal experience
Saw Tool in '06 in jacksonville...the entire stage was part of the show. 4 tiny humans on this massive backdrop, iconic. Also. Maynard was tripping over the visuals and sang to the back wall/video for the whole 2nd set
The timing of the song is 9:8, 8:8 and 7:8. 987 is the 16th Fibonacci number. Also, the lyrics begin at 1:12. 1, 1 and 2 are the first 3 Fibonacci numbers.
46 and 2
New Subscriber, and big fan of Metal Mondays. It’s refreshing and rewarding as a Metal fan to see others appreciate the music we love. Your interpretation of most of these songs is spot on, and it gives a whole new meaning to “Reacts to…”
Also, reacting to multiple songs from a single artist truly gives you an appreciation for some of capabilities of each band.
With that said, we’re gonna need to step it up a notch and get those lyric sheets out for some of the biggest songs in the last three years…
1. Lorna Shore - …and I return to nothingness
2. Slaughter to Prevail - Demolisher
And one of my recent favs..
3. Fit For an Autopsy - Pandora.
That soft drum beat that builds in the beginning reminds me of a heat beat growing in the womb. * Also had the pleasure to see them live, I was not disappointed
The Reverand James Keenan is one of the most amazing musicians ever! Almost every Tool song is amazing song writing and you can always tell it's Tool from the musicality of it. I'm loving seeing a person that is enjoying them for the first time, any song! Prison sex, sober, Aenima, Lateralus, etc. They are all their own masterpiece
Also later stuff like 10,000 days', vicarious, the pot, wings for marie
'Ride the spiral until the end' could also be saying until your end, rather than the spiral's end. As in, keep pushing to go as far as we can in what we have of our limited human lives. This song is basically the Tool obstacle course. There are multiple points where he is saying 'embrace the random', and then musically they are literally pushing reality through itself, and the listener is in the position of trying to fight/control it, or embracing it. You have to make the choice to open wide to suck it in, to see the beauty.
Killing it as usual with your reactions takes a special kind of genius to figure out Tool brother keep it up
Appreciate you brother. Thanks for supporting!
Hands down, the best breakdown of this song. Love watching Tool newbies see what I've been seeing for 30+ years. Awesome
I have been waiting for this one for a long time.
*Later Edit* The overanalyzing line is especially poignant in this song because as much as people love to analyze this song to death, it loses its potency when you do. This song is best understood by letting it play straight through and letting your mind ride with it on the journey. Just turn off the lights, lay back, and listen.
Ride the spiral to the end
Tool gives us the interpretive key in the first verses of the lyrics.
The first verses are a clear reference to Alchemy and the four stages of transmutation: nigredo (black), albedo (white), rubedo (red) and yellow (citrinitas).
Then there is a reference to the first hermetic law: "As above, so below". It is the law of correspondences, of analogy, etc.
I truly believe this is the Greatest of all song ever recorded! Every aspect is raw, human, nature, thought provoking and humbling. An absolute masterpiece!
Thank you for your reactionm Knox! I was introduced to TOOL a few years ago, in Ireland, and since then, it's the rare week that I don't listen to one of their albums on loop while I´m driving. For me, they are one of the best bands of all time.
WE NEED MORE TOOL, I recommend Third Eye off their AEnima album
or Vicarious from their 10,000 days album
Danny Carrey is an absolute genius on the drums luv the content Knox keep killing it and listen to more tool brother🤘
God this entire album brings me back to high school. This album is a masterpiece
It’s Opiate and Undertow for me. But everybody Tool album has seemed to come out at a major turning point in my life. I sound like just a Tool army guy. But this band has helped me through so many bad or confusing times. I don’t care how people judge that, Tool is responsible for me not ending this existence multiple times. Even as a much older adult I will always respect and appreciate the emotion Maynard and Danny and Adam and Justin have put into their music.
You earned a new sub 50 seconds in. Watched your reactions and I’ll admit to just now subscribing. I like how you break the songs/videos down and the visuals in a video. You stopped and commented on the word Tool and what it looked like to you-that’s when I subscribed. The music and lyrics are art in their own right but not very often do people talk about the art on the covers of the albums. Tool is definitely in a league of their own in all aspects,glad you appreciate them on all levels of artistry
This is why you are one of my absolute favorite reactors. It is very rear that anyone gets this much out of this song at their first go! There is still a mountain of stuff to discover in this song alone, don’t get me wrong. But this was impressive!
Knox Hill, you are Tool sertified! 😜
You have an incredible grasp on music, lyrics and the complexities in these songs. Honestly the best break down and reaction videos out there. You got ansub out of me, now im gonna go check out your music and support ya! Cheers mate.
It greatly satisfies me that you react to my favorite band of all time. I knew that you would appreciate them and doing so on a higher level then most other reactors here on youtube. Loving to see you nerding out to it, makes me feel like a child in the candy store again. :D
And I know even you cannot catch everything at once here, it is nearly impossible. The beauty of tool is: It not only ages well but it gets better with each listen even after 20 years and more.
You're very close with the lyrics for the first verse! But instead of a single person growing into the colors, it's actually about humanity as a whole. More specifically, it's a reference to the evolution of different human languages, and their terms for colors. Historically, when a new language is created, the first color names they create are for black and white (light and dark, day and night)
Then typically the next colors that get named are Red (as in fire, meat, fruits), followed by Yellow (sun, wheat, tigers, etc.), Green (plants and spoiled food), and Blue (sky and water). And so on...
To me, this song is about the evolution of Humanity in its infancy. Learning about our place in this world. Over time, creating religion and spirituality. All the while, overthinking and over-analysing who we really are, and missing the beauty of the fact that we are just another part of the Natural World.
It is really fun to watch you get it. I'm impressed with your knowledge as well. I studied the fibonacci sequence for my job. Great job with this review !
Just now saw you get the paradox there is no end to the spiral ! Lol. Nice.
Bro why u so smart. I was going to search “philosopher reacts to Tool” but you got this. Thanks for taking the time you step outside the lines!
TOOL, Ren, and Viagra Boys have been my most played artists so far in 2023. Lateralus is one of the best songs I have ever heard!
The colors are based on Aboriginal painting & Alchemy- Philosopher's Stone 4 color sequence. The chorus is 13.
Gad DAYUM. Respect on this reaction. There’s a lot more references hiding but I’ve never seen ANYONE get this song as well as you did. Fuckin A. 👏 🌀
Me sitting here decoding a song I've listened to for YEARS with this dude, and because of the way you explain it and talk about you made me realize some of the rest notes follow the sequence too. Brain hurty.
This is one of the best reactions I've seen, you nailed it.
dude i need more I love all your rap reactions but joining you in discovering tool is just another level for me take all my $$$ this hits different
Amazing breakdown of the song. Really enjoyed it
We have now entered hyperspace with tool got me😂. You're clearly a very intelligent well-rounded individual . I've always felt like every tool song is a spiritual worksheet
This was fun to watch. This is my favorite Tool album. Great breakdown, I love your breakdown of the lyrics as you hear them. This album is a spiritual journey to me.
Last thing dont forget the correlation between the circle of 5ths and also how the colour wheel is directly correlated
I love how Maynard basically unintentionally called you out on how you do your reactions 🤣
Every few generations, you'll get a musical genius, be it an individual or a group. Tool/Perfect Circle/Pusicfer, is our generation's musical master. It's a return to the symphony of sound that evolves the soul.
If you want to get semantic, the fibonacci sequence can start with 0 and 1, instead of 1 and 1. That's not how it was first defined, but you can naturally extend it back one number in the same iterative way that you add the previous two numbers to get the next. 0+1=1, giving the second 1 in the pattern, and it continues just as if it started with 1 and 1. Usually this small fact has absolutely no meaning whatsoever, but since this is Tool we're talking about, maybe that first 0 plays a role somehow in the patterns of the syllables, like a pause for the first beat in the phrase or something like that.
Its a heart beat
I wish all the time I could go back and hear Tool songs for the first time.
You know it young man, Respect to you.
It took me years of listening to Tool and even more years of math to realize the fibonnaci sequences in this track. Winding up and back down, fucking amazing
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You should react to Rosetta Stoned by TOOL, if you do make sure to pick the version which includes Lost Keys (Blame Hoffman), or just listen to the 2 official songs one after the other in the 10'000 days album. Love what you do keep it up
Bro you should do a lyrics side by side with rock for sure. A ton of rock is hard to understand but have super deep meanings that'll blow your mind like this song
If you listen, the sheer number of variations on how the fibonacci is expressed, one of the ones that took me more than a few listens to catch because its super subtle, around 17:30 in your video, listen to the guitar above the pulsing bass, count the chords in every expression, that one still gives me the stink eye.
I’m actually floored by your interpretation of this song. I don’t know if Maynard would agree with it, or if I do, but it’s very thought provoking.
Loving metal Mondays! The whole Fibonacci thing with this album is wild. Definitely the most famous piece of modern art inspired by math. They’re legends for a reason!
I can’t wait for you to stray away from the safety of the more commercial/accessible kinds of metal and get into the real crazy shit lol. There’s SO MANY hidden gems in the rough of metal sub genres.
Would love to see your take on
Thy Art is Murder-Holy War
Silent Planet-Northern Fires
Fit for an Autopsy-Far From Heaven
Cheers!
Every Tool song has a new feel the next time I listen. Tough to climb out when I’m back to their tunes.
Not a musician, but I heard someone saying that the rhytmic pattern is 9/8 8/8 8/7 with 987 being one number in the fibonacci sequence. Also the pulsating sounds in the beginning reminds me of the heartbeat of an unborn baby.
Always glad to see you do something like this. Metal Mondays are good days!
By the by, the fact that you know the emerald tablet and its alchemical history is kind of sweet. I'll tell you though, the original Arabic doesn't translate into quite the same feel as the English you often hear. There's slightly subtle nuance shifts. I don't know enough Arabic to describe how, but I know it's there.
I love that burbling heartbeatish sound in the beginning. What would it sound like inside an artery near the heart.
I like the fact that you're just going through the Tool journey, but you have a lot of knowledge about themes that come up in their music.
The strange beat in the beginning is actually a recording of Maynards wife and baby's ultrasound heartbeat 😮🤯
Yes the whole album is amazing 💯🔥🚒
Knox's head almost exploded on this one. You should check out Sober as well from Tool. Or check out the singers other band A Perfect Circle.
Your analysis is unparalleled.
“The grudge” is a must 🔥
He goes to 8, turns around back to 3, then starts back at 13 and walks to 3...
As a-bove so be-low and be-yond I i-ma-gine (13)
Drawn out-side the lines of rea-son (8)
Push the en-vel-ope (5)
Watch it bend (3)
Then did it again later. Nice review bro!
Dude. Keep going. Spiral out. Tool will literally save lives. It saved mine.
You might me be my favourite reactor. You seem to be a walking encyclopedia Britannica. But even you couldn't catch just how mathematical this song is. I think the vid is by a channel called Polyphonic but it breaks down just how insane this song is. It literally comes down to the timestamp of when the vocals start. It's truly insane
Man, this brings me back to my late teens. Eating all the mushrooms 🍄 and listening to TOOL, in a pile of goo with my friends on the floor. A cigarette magically appearing and passed around the group 😂 as well as water.
It always felt like a spiritual and eye-opening experience.
Good times 🙃
Aenima by Tool is one of their best songs... or even delve into frontman Maynard's other (equally amazing) band, A Perfect Circle and check out 'The Package' or 'The Pet.'
you need to do parabol/parabola next
the songs transition into each other seamlessly so make sure to watch the music video version
Idk if I’m correct in this, but if you imagine what a baby would see in the womb as it’s eyes developed, it would start as black, then white as the eyes develop to detect light, and as it developed further I think it would see red and yellow. Since it’s in a womb it doesn’t have a pure white source of light that it can see, it would just see light coming through the skin and tissue of the mother. Like when you stick a bright flashlight to your palm then look at the back of your hand, you see reds and yellows as the light passes through your tissues. So that would be similar to what a baby would see in a womb, at least I imagine that’s what it would see.
Black -> White -> Red -> Yellow could be referencing the philosophers stone. This is the order the colors should appear if doing it correctly.
Such a clever reaction! I really enjoyed this thank you
I have been waiting for this one for so long...
I started watching Knox thanks to his ERB reactions, then left internet for a bit. Now I'm back to witness my fellow toolheads using Knox's pristine brain like they were given access to NASA computer to crack the Maynigma.
I like this symbiosis.
Knox, awesome video as always man! Where in the DMV are you from? im also from the DMV. Go Caps! haha
A masterpiece... Kabbalistic magickal knowledge given to people and they are all dumbfounded. I LOVE that you know about the Emerald Tablet and Alchemy! Now you made me happy bro!
Good job. I like your interpretation.
This song was meant to be played in order on the album. To mention something additional that I don't see many others from the Tool Army saying.. Do yourself a favor and play the whole album.. Nonstop.
Dude, I suggest you do Tool's discography, from start to end...or a few tracks from each from beginning to their last album, Fear Inoculum. You will see their progression with time and age. They're still killing it!
TODAY IS MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN BIRTHDAY (THE VOCALIST AND LYRIC WRITER OF TOOL)
I am late to this but you should check out Right In Two
“That’s trippy.” Welcome to TOOL my guy.
I'm telling you man.. Right in two is one of the best tools songs. Well. One of the best songs ever written. If you've reacted to it already then I guess I missed it and that's my bad but yo. Right in two is such a good song. Well worth the listen.
You missed the 13 both times
“As below so above and beyond I imagine” is 13 syllables
LFG. I'm just enjoying this breakdown. Tool is made to experience rather than listen to. And it's f'ing awesome seeing others experience TooL 🤘
u got to react bp’s coachella performance
Great,now I understand tool AND Fibonacci…
"Its gotta be something over 7, 8, 9"
Yes.
As below so above and beyond I imagine = 13 syllables. The highest fib number reached by the lyrics
Knox, you need to check out Sabaton’s new song 1916, it’s a cover of a Motörhead song written by Lemmy Kilmister. 🙂🤘🏻
If by Tool, go for 46 & 2, or Right in two
If you're looking for something different I'd say go for Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize
The timing on this track is so crazy! As a drummer this one is very hard to play. Danny is a beast on the drums! Knox, you ever need some good "acoustic" drums I can help you out!
Been listening to Tool for decades... I love them. But now that I'm older I feel more connected to A Perfect Circle. Esp Weak and Powerless ❤
Tool will always make your brain hurt, but hurt so good!
pneuma drum cam is crazy to watch as well
best analysis
You need to watch the pnuema live drum cam just to see Danny in his office
Okay. For the same reason that this shows the beauty of nature and complexity of self, listen to and take time breaking apart the lyrics for Thou's Free Will. The revulsion of all we strive for, the lies we're fed and the barbarity of nature that would consume us in a heartbeat leaving nothing left. Psychedelia hits all different.
This song is a masterpiece
Listening “Tool” is an experience.
It's in the lyrics
The only band that has ever made me sad that they themselves never got to experience Tool
I like to think of the song as the protagonist reaching out to make a change from the pattern he constantly seems absorbed in. He's reaching out to embrace the random, embrace the desire to feel the rhythm, feel connected - as part of his old mundane life, he has become narrow minded and one dimensional. That's my though anyways.
Right in two or Vicarious are another couple of tool songs you should analyze
Schism is by far the most lyrically dense from Tool, it'd be a shame not to do Schism.
You should react to Right in Two next
Yes this!