Being nervous or anxious while first diving into Tool is the norm, they make you think differently but thats just their pure genius. Would love to see yall give Vicarious a spin!
This is the most beautiful conversation about TOOL. Yes, you’re confused, you’re moved to strong emotions, you go on journeys. The “going deeper” makes it a wonderful journey. Years and years of amazing art in their music and all the puzzles, jokes, and spiritual references for you to experience! Each member of the band is critical to creating these! You can follow Maynard through his other art for different styles of experiences as well with Puscifer and A Perfect Circle. ❤🤘🎧🎸🎧
I don’t know if this will put you at ease or infuriate you, but even after listening to tool for 20+ years, I still haven’t figured it out and find something new with each listen. So don’t be too hard on yourself 😉 It’s been said by so many people, but it’s more an experience than anything else. And being such a visceral experience, it will feel different and you will see and hear different things depending on your state and what life is looking like for you at the time. It will forever continue to evolve the more you listen.
TOOL... Spiral out... keep going. Yes, Tool videos generally, in my opinion, just confuse and distract you from the song. Good to go back to later and watch, but not during the first listen. This Parabol/Parabola track is one of my favorites from them. The message is so powerful... we're here, in these bodies, right now in this moment. so LIVE. Do LIFE. Yes there are ups and downs. But all of this we're currently experiencing is a facade, perceived as if in a mirror dimly. We're eternal spiritual beings and this will all be over in a blink. So choose to be present in this holy experience.
"I don't even want to figure it out because I like it like that." Perfect! The songs get better the more I listen then the layers sink in. Tool gives you more to process which makes for a better song. The difference between a full-course meal vs. a side of fries. Welcome, my friends! You two are the best.
The symbol wasn't a pentagram (which is 5 pointed) - this is a heptagram - 7 points. Commonly a symbol for warding off evil - but has lots of other meanings.
I like your reaction, but like so many other reactor videos, you pause the video exactly as the epic transition is kicking in, deflating the whole build-up to it.....
Most always best to forego Tool videos as others have said here in the comments. They are very distracting to the composition a whole, even for a lot of very seasoned listeners! Now, please do more TOOL soon...Official audio versions only for the 1st listen will net you the best results in most all cases..LOL
Perhaps the greatest TooL message and Maynard at his finest "Recognize this (life) as a Holy Gift and celebrate the chance to be Alive and Breathing" There is no band like TooL and may never be......
Actually what you heard are 2 songs, not just one. They are Parabol and Parabola. Much better this way since, as you will have understood, they are attached and must be listened to together. If you had taken any video of Parabola from TH-cam, everyone would have flooded you with comments saying that a piece is missing etc. Excellent as always!
To me it's a song about appreciating what you have. This opportunity that you've been given. You're alive, you have the capacity to be what you want. What you do with that is on you, but just cherish this existence that you have.
Following your thought...the band writes the music and the vocalist waits to write his part until the music is composed. That's different from most bands.
I'm completely in love with Dominika, and you're ok too Andrei. 😉 Keep up the awesome work for all the existential thinkers out there. And yes, the best bands IMO take time and effort to understand...Tool, Radiohead, Pink Floyd etc., and will keep you thinking 20+ years after the first hearing.
Im a fan Tool over 17 years, its always when I listnig a song for a 1000 time im discovery something new...plz reaction to Tool Invincible, Jambi and Vicarius... Sorry for my English. Greedings from Poland...🪬🪬🐻🐾 Grat Job you 2
Tool makes you feel insignificant. Other songs and genres promote the individual. Tool is more than you. Makes you feel small. That's why a lot of people like them but can't listen all the time.
There is no point in trying to decipher TOOL, as they are one of a kind, and they are amazing! They have over 30 years of music, I suggest listening to all of their songs and READ the lyrics, you will look at things differently, it's just brilliant music and artistry!
Tool music videos are abstract. They are from the mind of the guitarist, Adam Jones. They don't really seem to mesh with the music, just his crazy visual art.
6:29 - I'm pretty sure that you've been told "Do not watch the videos on first reaction" (or similar). ;D But this vid is great.. Still you should have taken the "audio"...
The Holy Trinity should be your next Tool journey, it's 3 songs but really just one and need to be played together. Disposition-Reflection-Triad, in that order. They've been my favorite band for 3 decades and I haven't found a bad song yet! You guys are just scratching the surface of the emotional rollercoaster that is Tool!
NEVER watch Tool videos for your first listen. They have little to do with the songs, and they're VERY distracting. Listen to the song a few times, then watch the video.
I think the lady likes live performances. Why not have a rest from discordant or Heavy Metal music and go for a true classic performance which has heartwarming beauty - Coldplay singing Fix You live from Sao Paolo. Everyone else has been moved - why not see if it moves you? This one you are listening to is more like music for an unfeeling age.. They say music reflects the society we live in.
To me, its the story from creation to enlightenment. The crackling sounds in the intro, the little circles, warping back into themselves, creating little rings, that also seem alive (because they have little branch like things): the very fabric of space time is created, atoms, molecules. We zoom out, and see its actually the floor, the basis, or reality. Then the three godlike creatures appear. They represent imho the same deities as the three creatures in 'zeit': the Norns, who shape humanity, the tree of life. They cut an apple: and it evolves. 5 star. Single cells. 6 star. Animals. 7 star. Humans. Then the many hands of your ancestors open the curtains. Pull you inside out. You are born. Part 2. In part two we meet a little pet like animal, and a human. The human detects the tree of life sprouting out of nothing. The human goes to the table, and looks inside himself. Cells. Things growing. His two sides mirroring themselves as they create each other. He detects the black ball. I think each ball represents a year of being 'awake', conscious, a measure of time. When its only one: it seems light. He can stroke it. Nothing happens. While the human watches reality outside (of his body, his brain, his house), his little pet buddy is struck down by time. This upsets the human. His first idea is to fight time. To fear death. But he stops doing that. He cuts open his pet friend, very gently, to see where his 'life' is. Is it in the tubes? No. All the tubes are there. He then walks the world, alone. And finds a leaf. Then. He realizes. He looks at the leaf. And finds out where its life comes from. It is the background consciousness, that is everywhere. We only think we are, because our cells keep up that illusion. And cells are not real, they are just kept up by the countless molecules keeping up that illusion. So where is our consciousness coming from. From the background. Imagine people being tubes, with a membrane on one side, and open to the other, pointing to a light source. We are born a circle, and the tube grows over time: displaying our lives on the membrane. We think this consciousness is unique to our inside. It is not. It is universal. God is looking at the universe: thru our eyes. There is no such thing as 'ego', as you and I. We are all One.
As with anything, if you wish to understand, you must start at the beginning. For Tool the beginning was in 1992 with their first ep Opiate. Although typically shorter and less 'complex' than the subsequent records, every track is still very much tool, a bit of a young and angry Tool but you'll recognize them for sure. If you really wish to understand Tool, its best to listen to them in the order they were released album wise as well as in order on the albums, be ready for some interesting and strange interlude songs if you choose to discover Tool this way.
hahaha That's the whole point about Tool, it is impossible to figure it out at the first listening, and I would say even after 100 times after ahha Every time the words, the tone, the music will give you a different interpretation and feeling! I have rediscovered Tool songs again, years later, because now, suddenly, the meaning that gets to me is different or deeper or ... There are always clues hidden everywhere. And yes, I would say, don't expect to understand all their videos because they are difficult to interpret, so yes, just go with the music and enjoy the ride, and you will be able to focus on the video another time 🤩😍😇
The videos with Tool are kind of distracting. They are works of art by themselves, but usually leave listeners perplexed. The songs by themselves are easier to digest without those images. Love all of it, but that’s an observation by many people who react to Tool.
you'd paused at the exact time when Eve was born.. i've my own interpretation of these songs (parabol+parabola).. i think parabol is Adam, he's sad and passive without Eve, and that's why Eve comes (parabolA with the female postfix A at the end).. so when it switches to parabolA, he's getting much energy and they both become active and energetic.. but the birth of Eva was painful, that's why there's "..the pain is an illusion.." during that process.. and that's why there was "..this body holding me.." on the other side, parabol and parabolA are two geometric curves that each opposite to other.. when y1=extremum1 the other y2=extremum-1 and together they fullfills all the area.. in other hand they're yin & yang.. may i'm overthinking and overanalyzing it, but this is just some philosophical stuff for me.. Thanks for your reaction.. keep up.. spiral out !!
lol, I love seeing you not knowing anything about what is going on but loving it just in the first stop haha between Parabol and Parabola, when the song is about to come full explosion on! Can't wait to see the rest, but had to say this! 🤩🤣🤗
Put me somewhere I don’t want to be… Is an actual tool lyric from their song push it. It’s a sign from God… Push It should be the next tool song that you listen to.
I dont know how to turn my subtitles on you tube, but Tool is fun to watch with subtitles on. They try to make words out of the guitars and drums. Rewatch this one with subtitles on. Too funny. Took me a second to realize it wasn't you talking. Not just this song, all of them. Rosetta Stoned is hilarious with subtitles. lolol yall take care and enjoy.
I think it’s part a language thing and also they are trying to rationalize an art form that is like a Pollack painting and is meant to be experienced and taken at a philosophical level, stop rationalizing and trying to crack a musical code that is infinite.
One thing to note, the official videos for Tool are not related to the songs. One of the band members like to make videos and they were told they had to make something for MTV to show. The videos are just art.
Tool videos don’t match the music She’s right listen to tool leave the videos out
I agree, watching the videos is too distracting for first listens.
Being nervous or anxious while first diving into Tool is the norm, they make you think differently but thats just their pure genius. Would love to see yall give Vicarious a spin!
So cool to see people introduced to Tool. You guys looked mesmerized.
This is not only a song but an existential experience. Truly a masterpiece.
“I got it, I got it, I got it! No, I lost it” 😂😂
Fucking LOVE you guys 🙌🏻
Like Chunk from The Goonies with the water canister in the basement of the Fratellis - 'I got, I got, I got...I don't got it'!
This is the most beautiful conversation about TOOL. Yes, you’re confused, you’re moved to strong emotions, you go on journeys.
The “going deeper” makes it a wonderful journey. Years and years of amazing art in their music and all the puzzles, jokes, and spiritual references for you to experience!
Each member of the band is critical to creating these! You can follow Maynard through his other art for different styles of experiences as well with Puscifer and A Perfect Circle. ❤🤘🎧🎸🎧
Danny, Adam & Justin make the songs first, and then somehow Maynard puts the words to each song to match. Amazing!
I don’t know if this will put you at ease or infuriate you, but even after listening to tool for 20+ years, I still haven’t figured it out and find something new with each listen. So don’t be too hard on yourself 😉
It’s been said by so many people, but it’s more an experience than anything else. And being such a visceral experience, it will feel different and you will see and hear different things depending on your state and what life is looking like for you at the time. It will forever continue to evolve the more you listen.
💯%🌀
TOOL... Spiral out... keep going. Yes, Tool videos generally, in my opinion, just confuse and distract you from the song. Good to go back to later and watch, but not during the first listen. This Parabol/Parabola track is one of my favorites from them. The message is so powerful... we're here, in these bodies, right now in this moment. so LIVE. Do LIFE. Yes there are ups and downs. But all of this we're currently experiencing is a facade, perceived as if in a mirror dimly. We're eternal spiritual beings and this will all be over in a blink. So choose to be present in this holy experience.
"I don't even want to figure it out because I like it like that."
Perfect! The songs get better the more I listen then the layers sink in. Tool gives you more to process which makes for a better song. The difference between a full-course meal vs. a side of fries. Welcome, my friends! You two are the best.
You made sense. The first part of the song is very introspective. It leaves you with your thoughts. The second half let’s you get lost in it.
perfect analogy
The symbol wasn't a pentagram (which is 5 pointed) - this is a heptagram - 7 points. Commonly a symbol for warding off evil - but has lots of other meanings.
Truly, love your TOOL reactions! Love your personalities! Wish you all the very best!
Love this song...hearing it live was amazing!
Definitely don't watch the videos. The videos are for the fans who are already used to them being weird lol
Totally agree!!
I like your reaction, but like so many other reactor videos, you pause the video exactly as the epic transition is kicking in, deflating the whole build-up to it.....
Most always best to forego Tool videos as others have said here in the comments. They are very distracting to the composition a whole, even for a lot of very seasoned listeners! Now, please do more TOOL soon...Official audio versions only for the 1st listen will net you the best results in most all cases..LOL
Perhaps the greatest TooL message and Maynard at his finest
"Recognize this (life) as a Holy Gift and celebrate the chance to be Alive and Breathing"
There is no band like TooL and may never be......
You should also hear mynards other bands. A perfect circel and Puscifer. TY for you work. Greating from Denmark.
I'm obsessed with this song. "All this pain is an illusion." Can't hear that enough.
6:17 - HEPTAgram.. Seven pointed star. :)
Fully enjoying watching your Tool journey!
When doing Tool songs 1st time, it's best to skip the official videos. They Are really cool, but very distracting. Best to just find lyrics only
skip the videos guys. audio only. great honest reaction to a first listen of amazing music
such an honest, and honestly enjoyable reaction. thank you
Listen, I've been a fan of Tool for 30 years, and you don't have to worry about understand or getting it. Just feel it. Let it transport you.
The videos Adam makes have nothing to do with the song on purpose.
Guys I would always say just listen to Tool without the video, it is to overwhelming for the first time.
Actually what you heard are 2 songs, not just one. They are Parabol and Parabola. Much better this way since, as you will have understood, they are attached and must be listened to together. If you had taken any video of Parabola from TH-cam, everyone would have flooded you with comments saying that a piece is missing etc. Excellent as always!
To me it's a song about appreciating what you have. This opportunity that you've been given. You're alive, you have the capacity to be what you want. What you do with that is on you, but just cherish this existence that you have.
Dominika`s 3rd eye is opening!!!!
Wait till You hear "46&2"😝😁
The depth of Tool's music and their unique sound and talent makes them a band that will transcend time.
Brave reacting to the official video...... embrace the chaos
We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion.
20:20 - Welcome to the Tool Army. :D
You guys just fell into the TOOL rabbit hole!🤘
Tool is Legendary!
Thanks!
They write all the music then send it to the lead singer he listens to it then writes the lyrics!!! Then his voice is like another instrument.
Lyrics AND MELODY!
@@ogLogLogLogL Yep, very important, cannot be overstated how important the melody is to their music!
12:03 "Its a little bit different Tool what we already heard from TOOL, because usually, or before with THE TOOL." Priceless 😂😂😂
Priceless.
Following your thought...the band writes the music and the vocalist waits to write his part until the music is composed.
That's different from most bands.
Their music is based in Path of the Kabbalah Tree. Understanding Kabbalah and you’ll understand Tool.
I'm completely in love with Dominika, and you're ok too Andrei. 😉 Keep up the awesome work for all the existential thinkers out there. And yes, the best bands IMO take time and effort to understand...Tool, Radiohead, Pink Floyd etc., and will keep you thinking 20+ years after the first hearing.
It's like they're not just four people making music... they become something else, called tool.
Im a fan Tool over 17 years, its always when I listnig a song for a 1000 time im discovery something new...plz reaction to Tool Invincible, Jambi and Vicarius... Sorry for my English. Greedings from Poland...🪬🪬🐻🐾 Grat Job you 2
Thank you for sharing your experience & emotions with us! 🤘🏻🌀
So unfortunate the timing of when you paused the video. That transition is magical.
the song express a very deep concept philosophical and metaphisical,for some even religious
“Spiral Out Keep Going” 🌀🌀🌀🌀
👁
If you can feel it……..
You get it…….. 🌀🌀🌀
Tool makes you feel insignificant. Other songs and genres promote the individual. Tool is more than you. Makes you feel small. That's why a lot of people like them but can't listen all the time.
There is no point in trying to decipher TOOL, as they are one of a kind, and they are amazing! They have over 30 years of music, I suggest listening to all of their songs and READ the lyrics, you will look at things differently, it's just brilliant music and artistry!
One of my favorites from Tool! What a great song! Lateralus would be a great song to react to after this song.🌀🌀
Tool music videos are abstract. They are from the mind of the guitarist, Adam Jones. They don't really seem to mesh with the music, just his crazy visual art.
Can you try 'Every Planet We Reach Is Dead' - Gorillaz ?
It will take you to outer space.
Tool sounds like the guy drumming on a 5gallon bucket at the river front in Portland Saturday market.
You just wish they would stop.
6:29 - I'm pretty sure that you've been told "Do not watch the videos on first reaction" (or similar). ;D
But this vid is great.. Still you should have taken the "audio"...
14:09 - Don't worry. :)
I completely agree brother, TOOL just takes you on a ride. He's saying our bodies are temporary and our spirits live forever
The Holy Trinity should be your next Tool journey, it's 3 songs but really just one and need to be played together. Disposition-Reflection-Triad, in that order.
They've been my favorite band for 3 decades and I haven't found a bad song yet! You guys are just scratching the surface of the emotional rollercoaster that is Tool!
Hey guys... just relax and enjoy the ride... don't try to figure it out... ❤
NEVER watch Tool videos for your first listen. They have little to do with the songs, and they're VERY distracting. Listen to the song a few times, then watch the video.
Tool is always better to react without video, it is a completely different song experience without the videos
I think the lady likes live performances. Why not have a rest from discordant or Heavy Metal music and go for a true classic performance which has heartwarming beauty - Coldplay singing Fix You live from Sao Paolo. Everyone else has been moved - why not see if it moves you? This one you are listening to is more like music for an unfeeling age.. They say music reflects the society we live in.
To me, its the story from creation to enlightenment. The crackling sounds in the intro, the little circles, warping back into themselves, creating little rings, that also seem alive (because they have little branch like things): the very fabric of space time is created, atoms, molecules. We zoom out, and see its actually the floor, the basis, or reality. Then the three godlike creatures appear. They represent imho the same deities as the three creatures in 'zeit': the Norns, who shape humanity, the tree of life. They cut an apple: and it evolves. 5 star. Single cells. 6 star. Animals. 7 star. Humans. Then the many hands of your ancestors open the curtains. Pull you inside out. You are born.
Part 2. In part two we meet a little pet like animal, and a human. The human detects the tree of life sprouting out of nothing. The human goes to the table, and looks inside himself. Cells. Things growing. His two sides mirroring themselves as they create each other. He detects the black ball. I think each ball represents a year of being 'awake', conscious, a measure of time. When its only one: it seems light. He can stroke it. Nothing happens. While the human watches reality outside (of his body, his brain, his house), his little pet buddy is struck down by time. This upsets the human. His first idea is to fight time. To fear death. But he stops doing that. He cuts open his pet friend, very gently, to see where his 'life' is. Is it in the tubes? No. All the tubes are there. He then walks the world, alone. And finds a leaf. Then. He realizes. He looks at the leaf. And finds out where its life comes from.
It is the background consciousness, that is everywhere. We only think we are, because our cells keep up that illusion. And cells are not real, they are just kept up by the countless molecules keeping up that illusion. So where is our consciousness coming from. From the background. Imagine people being tubes, with a membrane on one side, and open to the other, pointing to a light source. We are born a circle, and the tube grows over time: displaying our lives on the membrane. We think this consciousness is unique to our inside. It is not. It is universal. God is looking at the universe: thru our eyes. There is no such thing as 'ego', as you and I. We are all One.
As with anything, if you wish to understand, you must start at the beginning.
For Tool the beginning was in 1992 with their first ep Opiate. Although typically shorter and less 'complex' than the subsequent records, every track is still very much tool, a bit of a young and angry Tool but you'll recognize them for sure.
If you really wish to understand Tool, its best to listen to them in the order they were released album wise as well as in order on the albums, be ready for some interesting and strange interlude songs if you choose to discover Tool this way.
If I saw you two someplace I would assume you're into Tool lol.
hahaha That's the whole point about Tool, it is impossible to figure it out at the first listening, and I would say even after 100 times after ahha Every time the words, the tone, the music will give you a different interpretation and feeling! I have rediscovered Tool songs again, years later, because now, suddenly, the meaning that gets to me is different or deeper or ... There are always clues hidden everywhere.
And yes, I would say, don't expect to understand all their videos because they are difficult to interpret, so yes, just go with the music and enjoy the ride, and you will be able to focus on the video another time 🤩😍😇
Thanks for doing Parabol/Parabola. We need a video of you sweet dog :). Take care.
The videos with Tool are kind of distracting. They are works of art by themselves, but usually leave listeners perplexed. The songs by themselves are easier to digest without those images. Love all of it, but that’s an observation by many people who react to Tool.
Definitely check out more Tool, they are the best band I've ever seen live! Also consider checking out the band Polyphia- GOAT, it's really cool.
21:00 - Hey! I can relate to the difficulties of expressing my feelings and thoughts.. But that does not mean you are stupid!
you'd paused at the exact time when Eve was born..
i've my own interpretation of these songs (parabol+parabola)..
i think parabol is Adam, he's sad and passive without Eve, and that's why Eve comes (parabolA with the female postfix A at the end).. so when it switches to parabolA, he's getting much energy and they both become active and energetic..
but the birth of Eva was painful, that's why there's "..the pain is an illusion.." during that process.. and that's why there was "..this body holding me.."
on the other side, parabol and parabolA are two geometric curves that each opposite to other.. when y1=extremum1 the other y2=extremum-1 and together they fullfills all the area..
in other hand they're yin & yang..
may i'm overthinking and overanalyzing it, but this is just some philosophical stuff for me..
Thanks for your reaction.. keep up.. spiral out !!
FYI, I love this reaction, I laughed my face off
You two are great I'm subbing now. Another band you may consider checking out is Hayajan- Ardon Wahed great I think you will enjoy it.
Some reactionists stop every 15 seconds....not cool
To perfectly describe what this song is about you have to check out a book called “power of now”.
"It makes you feel" ...and that's enough, I think.
lol, I love seeing you not knowing anything about what is going on but loving it just in the first stop haha between Parabol and Parabola, when the song is about to come full explosion on! Can't wait to see the rest, but had to say this! 🤩🤣🤗
20:40 - Yes, we all have to find the answers of our excistance and the reason for us beeing here! :)
I love you both!
Put me somewhere I don’t want to be… Is an actual tool lyric from their song push it. It’s a sign from God… Push It should be the next tool song that you listen to.
I dont know how to turn my subtitles on you tube, but Tool is fun to watch with subtitles on. They try to make words out of the guitars and drums. Rewatch this one with subtitles on. Too funny. Took me a second to realize it wasn't you talking. Not just this song, all of them. Rosetta Stoned is hilarious with subtitles. lolol yall take care and enjoy.
I believe the word you're looking for is, Transcendent. 'o)
There is no right and wrong with Tool it’s what’s in your mind and your mind’s reaction to Tool
Tools music and tools videos have no relation to one another they're both expressions of art in different mediums
I think it’s part a language thing and also they are trying to rationalize an art form that is like a Pollack painting and is meant to be experienced and taken at a philosophical level, stop rationalizing and trying to crack a musical code that is infinite.
One thing to note, the official videos for Tool are not related to the songs. One of the band members like to make videos and they were told they had to make something for MTV to show. The videos are just art.
Tool, good surround sound, alone in the dark, perfect.
More tool. I think you've been "inspired"
you asked how to describe this.... call it art?😃
Been a TOOl fan for many years , the music is so good I've given up trying to understand some of the lyrics :)
I love your reaction……Tool isn’t just music, it’s an experience. ❤ it !!!
Looks like Lateralus is awaiting for you. Cheers
I love your puppy in the background!
You have not done tool until you react to Lateralus, in my opinion one of the best songs ever written
Uffff simplemente gracias !!!!!!
Video was made by Adam Jones, the guitarist
🌀🌀🌀🧘🧘🧘🙏🙏🙏 Thank you so much for Tool!
Great reaction and great sound your channel!!
I'm not a nice person. I help my brother