Tool - Lateralus | First Listen
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ส.ค. 2019
- After the response on my first ever Tool reaction to their brand new single 'Fear Inoculum' - • My First ‘TOOL’ Song! ... I wanted to delve deeper into their discography! Here's my 1st reaction to their song 'Lateralus' from their 3rd studio album. What's next? Let me know!🙏🏻
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He found the key to youtube comments.
Step 1: Find Tool fans
Step 2: Ask for an explanation to Lateralus.
💯..yep!
Amen lol
haha! shit the bed!
D.m.t is the explanation
"I'm not gonna pull out my calculator and start doing math, I'm just gonna enjoy this"
So... you decided not to overthink it and overanalyze it, and opted instead to just feel the moment? How fitting lmao 😂
Yes 👏🏻
Then pulls out the blankey. Total alpha move.
eye think you'll find he said 'maths'. in the same way he says 'aluminium'. probably.
Tbf I’m trying to not get into “music math” when listening to any of Tool’s for hundredth of time :) I envy peeps that having that first-experience experience
@@MrPhooey442 he's learning quickly. the force is strong with this one...lmao
Don’t ask us Tool nerds to get into the lyrics. You’ll get College dissertations in the comments. Your instincts are right. Just relax and listen.
Epidemic989 how accurate is that 👍 experience by just experiencing
you are a poet sir.
Yess
I didn't really like tool at first because my friends who kept trying to introduce me to them would just talk over the music, telling me how great they were and how intricate there music is. It wasn't until I listened to them on my own did I come to love this band
*deep inhales* BOY LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT GEOMETRY!
“Euphoric Metal”
Exactly.
Loved this description
Hope you guys enjoyed! Can’t wait to dig deeper into their discography - hopefully you guys will tag along🤘🏼
#RoadTo50K⭐️
certain songs need to be listened as groups ie parabol/parabola, Judith(apc)/wing 1/wing 2 and stay away from official video's while good they are distracting from the music
Really enjoyed your take on this exceptional song. Don't be concerned when you listen to Tool about tapping your foot or nodding your head in time with the music. Their time signatures "wander" at the best of times which is part of what makes the music so dynamic to listen to. When they combine different time signatures for different instruments at the same time it can lead to some "what beat am I keeping here?" moments. Keep doing Tool songs and you'll have a tonne of views. The tool army have an insatiable appetite.
Tool is really about the vibe, and you nailed it man. Enjoy the ride.
Tool is like the Pink Floyd of this kind of music. It's a journey into the deep.
Tool is the end of the evolutionary process where Pink Floyd began.
Tool is constantly evolving. Mitosis.
Someguy 82 My oooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwn MIIIIIIIIIITOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIS
When you listen to Tool, unplug from everything going on in your life and close your eyes and just listen. It is almost a form of meditation. By the end of the song, you would have had an existential conversation with yourself about your life. Tool’s first EP came out in ‘92. I’ve been following since the beginning. So, album wise, 27 years they’ve been around. Enjoy your Tool journey. And you don’t need to understand the complexity of the song, it’s what you take out of it that matters. Cheers 🍻
Yeah, what she said......
gumbyrollers 🍻
Well said mam.
That’s it Angela :)
feebonachee is how you read fibonacci. It's a mathematical sequence that goes 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 and so on, you basically add the last number to the previous one to get the next one. The sylables in the verses go 1 1 2 3 5 8 5 3 and then 5 8 13
Black (1)
then (1
white are (2)
all I see (3)
In my in fan cy (5)
etc etc etc
Elchinodiabolero you sir have earned yourself a pinned comment! Thank you🤜🏻
Then is 1 syllable
@@DrewFortune97 yeah, I meant to write 1, woops
Thanks for the breakdown. Tool is just magnificent.
It's pronounced Fib-un-nachi
This song is simply a masterpiece. In my opinion it's one of best Rock-Songs ever written. Up there with songs like "Stairway To Heaven" and shit like that.
I believe there was a metal magazine, like loudwire or smth that actually made it one of the top metal songs of all time
Watching people discover Tool gives me great pleasure. Realizing they've been missing out on greatness for years and years!
You don't listen to Tool , you experience it. Welcome to the club.
Please do Vicarious or Jambi !!! It’s their heavier stuff but holy hell its amazing
Jambi is amazing. I would definitely watch every Tool reaction 💜
Vicarious!
That is not their "heavier stuff" lol.
@@krissmith1986 no its really not lol. Love most anything from the Opiate album
krissmith1986 compares to this album yeah, and I’d say undertow is the most aggressive and in your face
Tool-the patient
I never see anyone suggest this song and it’s one of the best off the lateralus album
I love it but I think it's a grower specially the vocals
Totally agree
I totally agree. The Patient dies not get the love it deserves.
@@markcusblakc8615 Maybe for some. For me, the melody hooked me right away. I cried the first time I heard it.
One of the best? No, it's the best song of the album!
I love the description euphoric metal. You do have to know how to listen. Put in headphones, and focus/relax at the same time. When you know what hes saying, it is a journey. Tool is an experience
In a way, Tool is the new Pink Floyd. Psychedelic and heavy.
Try The Pot and Vicarious
That bassline.
Intermission
Explosion 💥
“An absolute journey…” Absolutely. Tool is really getting me through a rough patch right now, and it’s so lovely to share in the reactions and experience with their music.
The Grudge next song first song on the Lateralus Album
Definitely The Grudge! 👊
Agreed
Yes definitely
The Grudge or ticks and leeches? TG that scream TaL Danny's polyrhythms.
The grudge is fiiiiiiiiire
If you want chill go Disposition, Reflection & Triad 22 minutes on the same album need to listen to all three together and you'll get an out of body experience. It's really mellow I listen to these 3 songs almost everyday
I think you're gonna like the new album then. The three songs I've heard are very much in that vibe and I've heard that the whole album is just one big disposition / reflection / triad - alike trip. :-)
@@tomadde I heard it has some really heavy songs too though.
You must often be on a lotta psychedelics...
Hell yeah can't wait for the album. This month is going so slow lol
@Adam Nah m8 I've never done drugs I feel that way without them but sometimes I drink and listen to it
It’s such a pleasure seeing newbies react to Tool. Don’t pay attention to that wording it’s too distracting. Just take in the music and enjoy.
I thought at first it might be the one video that explains the Fibonacci sequence. That one is just way too much when you’re first hearing it.
Don't pay attention to the wording? That's terrible advice, the wording and lyrics are an extremely important part of the music. That's like watching a movie with your eyes closed.
Ghost Grown Medicine I thought he was watching the one distracting video. Of course the lyrics are important!
This was a great way to listen to TOOL. Let the music roll over you. Keep on diving.
And spiral out
🌀 out!
Seems like Tool army has a new member now.
Now you have to review every Tool song.
This is the quintessential Tool song for me. The suspenseful and dramatic crescendo from chill to epic, Adam's thick-yet-squishy tone, Maynard's intellectual/spiritual/inspirational lyrics and unique vocals, Justin's layered complexity and driving style, Danny's...well, I'm not even worthy to try to describe it.
Lateralus also showcases what makes Tool hard to listen to at first but so rewarding to fully unpack - as often as not, the main rhythm is actually the lead guitar and not the percussion. You can tell because the vocal rhythm almost always follows the guitar, not the drums. This is weird, the percussion and bass are normally supporting the main rhythm in most bands while lead guitar plays over the top. If you try to bang your head to the drums while it's playing more like a lead instrument in its own time signature over the top of the rhythm of the guitar and vocals, you will quickly get lost and go WTF??
After about 50 listens to this song you can readily follow both the guitar and drums simultaneously while they are playing different signatures altogether - like they're not even playing the same song - and then they come together at the end for that epic finish...man, it doesn't get any more rewarding listening to music for me.
So glad to see you getting into them. Seeing new fans discover them is the closest thing to feeling that sense of discovery myself all over again. Enjoy!
This guy just feel only pure love for tool as I do, is an amazing and a unique band that ever in our lives that won't ever exist again.
Oh why oh why didn’t I take the blue pill?
...and a TOOL fan is born?
I've listened to this song probably a thousand times and I still catch new frequencies and layers and gives me goosebumps. And to truly get the song, lsd and dmt help lol.
11:28 After years of drumming I can tell you: This is not a snare. This is a Hi-Hat 😂
But tbh: This isn't as simple as it sounds! The thing is Danny Carey is such an amazing drummer that he can make it SOUND easy
Ls Metalhead Thanks man! Look at me pretending I know what I’m talking about 🤣
😂
A drummer myself Danny is above so much in many levels.
@@thehalfnavajo Definitely!
Danny Carey is one of the greatest drummers ever. The musicianship overall in Tool is a step above. The way some of there songs handle polyrythms and odd time signatures is amazing.
I love how now they have lyrics so easily available but back in the day I was literally sitting with my pen and paper trying to decipher tool lyrics😑
The end of this song still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it even 20 years later.
The hi hat sounds simple but when you realize everyone is playing in diffrent time signatures but makes it line up it gets more interesting
This was a good, honest reaction. Proof that even when Tool chooses to be mathematically precise in their execution, you don't need to be tuned in to that wavelength if you don't want to be, just relax and enjoy the ride. I've been a Tool fan since Aenima, but I would strongly recommend 'Reflection'. It's another journey of a song with a strong dynamic that you would enjoy.
“Euphoric Metal”
love it
It's great to see Tool attracting a new audience, their music definitely deserves to live on through the generations to come.🙂 Watching your reactions to the song made my day pall👍🏼
I think you’d really enjoy their double song Parabol/Parabola. It’s certainly an epic and has a a great uplifting meaning. Amazing instrumentals as always. The lyrics are important in most of their songs, but I agree with your method of just listening first and then digging in on subsequent listens.
You get a sub for T00L. Enjoy the rabbit hole...it's a wonderful experience
Euphoric metal is probably the best Tool explanation I've ever heard! 👍🤘
Ominous. That's the word I've always used to describe their music. There's an ominous, "gathering storm" energy to their sound. A force beyond your self and you're not sure what it is.
THAT WAS AWESOME. THANKS. KEEP DIVING INTO THIS DISCOGRAPHY. THE FIRST EP OPIATE AND THEIR FIRST ALBUM UNDERTOW ARE RAW AND HARD. THE LATER ALBUMS ARE MORE PROGRESSIVE.
THEY ARE MY MODERN DAY FLOYD.
Thank you for not over-analyzing the song on your first listen. It should just be enjoyed for the first few listens.
Even Maynard James Keenan hates talking about the math behind the song, because it's meant to make the song sound better... not to be the focal-point. The whole song is about spiraling out (growing/evolving), and the Fibonacci Sequence is the math that spirals are based on.
Also, listen to The Patient from this same album. Amazing song.
They've been around since the 90s. I remember listening in high school. They really came into their style with the Aenema album, lateralus was a home run, 10000 days was great. So far...hoping Fear will be good
Ooof "euphoric metal" is a great way to describe it. No other music takes me to places that Tool's does. It has a richness and complexity that I've yet to experience from any other artist. Great reaction video.
Welcome to Tool my good sir 🥃🤘🏻
May I recommend the following songs
The Pot, Vicarious, Parabol/Parabola, Stinkfist, Schism. IMO top 5 songs to me
The Grudge, Jambi, Right In Two or The Pot are all AMAZING Tool tracks. Gotta check them out man.
As a diehard Tool fan, the new song, Fear Inoculum, is just as it's supposed to be, you just have to listen to it multiple times for it to get to you.
And btw, i love the fact that you kinda paused a couple of times, but after the middle, you didn't, that shows that the song starts catching you. That s the power of progressive, at one point, it sucks you in without knowing.
Breaking down Tool's songs and lyrics is a lifelong journey. Even when you do spend time on it, your interpretation may be completely different from someone else's. That's what makes them such an amazing band, they take you places in your own mind that you didn't even know existed. I feel like this song is about the cycle of life from birth to death and pushing the human condition beyond what it has been before. We take what people have done before us, and build on it to create something new. Welcome to the fold, my friend. Spiral out.
Pulled over on the way home to watch this... Its a rabbit hole you will go down, so much to listen to. Enjoy your journey if you continue it, so many tracks to choose from.
As long as you indicated, can’t have someone dying on my conscience 😂😂
@@DrewFortune97 nope, just slammed on my breaks in the middle of the M50 😂😂
little rabbit27 😂😂😂🚨🚨
Toolsexual here. I appreciate your reaction without even watching. Thank you.
The Grudge and Parabol&Parabola, next please! Welcome to Tool=GOAT!!
Sober - tool amazing
Second this
Anything off Undertow will do but 'Sober' s a must.
Tool is so dynamic that you can chill and listen, get hype and listen, sleep and listen, fuckin be dead and listen and you'll still enjoy their music.
You should have heard Parabol and Parabola instead. Super mellow and deep at the same time. This song is probably not a great entry point into the music of Tool. Revisit this when you've gotten more familiar with them. Still a nice video.
Edit. I should've waited till the end. My bad. You took it well 😉
Nalin X legend!🙌🏻🙌🏻
Parabol and Parabola are my favourite TOOL songs. I second this recommendation!
Nalin X commenting before you watch anything is stupid and narcissistic.
Pondering Presbyterian are you ok?
Nice! You should still check out Tool's earliest stuff like Undertow, just to hear their evolution as a band. I think you'd appreciate the more raw Metall-y aggression of the first album.
Yeah, I’d love to see a reactor actually go in order of albums
"I'm not gonna pull out my calculator and start doing math, I'm just gonna enjoy this"
The funny thing is that the inner message in this song is that one, yes it has complexity but you don'y need to dig that deep to understand, just enjoy the music, just like you realized at 8:50 .
DeePal072 like any aspect of live should be absorbed imo🖐
There's a video on the maths of laterals that explains it clearly. There's also an alternative albus song order along the lines of the fibonacci sequence too.
Agree with your conclusion too, the best way to listen to Tool is to lie down in a pitch black room and listen to the entire album... LOUD
You did it just right man. Wrapped in a blanket or scribbling on a pad there is no wrong way to enjoy tool.
Next has to be "The Grudge". In my opinion Tool's all time masterpiece.
justa guy Apparently another song named tempes7 is going to be THE song off of the new album
46 & 2 is their masterpiece imo
@@isoul7484 it is actually 7empest, and yes, loudwire says it is going to be something out of this world
The Pot would be a good one to check out. It's probably the singers' most impressive performance; and the message is great. It's also one of their 'heavier' tracks and the bass and drums go off.
The Pot is funky as fuck!!
I wouldn't call it their heavy track. Crosses more into a sorta funk/rock due to the minimal use of sig changes and standard riffs. Good song, but for their heaviest track I'd say Ticks and Leeches.
Obviously the pot is great fucking shit but holy hell calling it Maynard's most impressive performance is a horrible opinion
I think it is. Most of his vocal performances are subtle tenor. He performs it amazingly live, but I find myself being able to mimic his voice on my own. I can't do it for The Pot because he legitimately uses a register that only someone with training or just naturally great pipes is able to pull off.
@@StarsDie88 fair enough
The next Tool reaction should be Right In Two as the drum break in the song symbolizes the evolution of war. This is a song that’ll make you appreciate Danny Carey, the drummer, even more!
I loved that, subscribed with faith for other tool reactions
Always a pleasure seeing people embrace tool
Welcome to the fam
Thank you Drew
Best band ever!! Happy you reviewed this magnificent album!!! Love that got comfy with your blanky 😂😂😂😂😂
Euphoric Metal, ha! Love it. Great reaction bro. Keep em coming.
love it too!
i would label them as alternative progressive metal, they've gotten more progressive with each album... pure genius band and all members are equally as important as each other but Danny is another level respect :)
Subbed for the tool ride. Let’s go!
you are hilarious! i needed that laugh thank you. i said the same thing when i read their stuff but now im hooked i need a daily Tool fix every day!
I'm happy you come to embrace the face value my friend great video on innoculum can't wait to see this one😁🤙
Lateralus is Tools album of cerebral experience if that's a way to explain it in short.
10,000 days is the album after it and it's the most emotional one. The album before lateralus Aenima is more metal and also has a couple of songs where Maynard in one song expresses his absolute hatred of the then LA era, Tool is from Las Angelos at stuff like a real metal disstrack(?), Aenima is special, the theme of the Album is spirituality.
Undertow is the album before Aenima and that's deffintly Tool in their younger days, with more rage.
Then there is Saliva which is their "live only" album. Which is amazing.
You don't need drugs to enjoy Tool, it could deffintly help you just space out though if you do LSD and then listen to lateralus (the whole album) by yourself in a calm room.
Spot on with your Label of Euphoric Metal! By far my favorite band because I hear something different every time I listen to them. That is musical genius!
I'm straight edge and fucking love Tool
Dude, I love how humble and transparent you are in your reviews. I'm 46 and have been into Tool from the beginning. It's fantastic that "my" band, after such a long hiatus, is back and so well-received by a whole new generation! It gives me hope. haha. ;) Seriously though, you've got me as a subscriber.
Great comment, appreciate the kind words!
That’s what’s great about TH-cam, people - different generations, genders & nationalities coming together for a common interest🤘🏼🤘🏼
@@DrewFortune97 Absolutely, brotha! Spiral out!
Good reaction. Much of this album fits your apt description of euphoric metal.
Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
Black (1)
then (1)
White are (2)
all I see (3)
In my infancy (5)
Red and yellow then came to be (8)
reaching out to me (5)
lets me see (8)
Each line's syllables add to to the previous two lines before it (1+1=2, 1+2=3, 2+3=5 and so on)
The next verse goes up to 13 before it spirals back to 5.
Good to see youngens getting into Tool. Most of these songs were made before you were born, and that's perfectly fine! I wish I could relive Tool for the first time. Can't wait for that new album!
Next year, Danny will have been their drummer for *thirty* years
Dan J. Boyd that’s crazy
Aaw Tool! Saw em in Lisbon in July just gone! absolute class
Stinkfist, the opening track from Tools second album Aenima, was the song that made Tool a household name in the music world. Tool generally always likes to close their concerts with this song. Highly recommended for beginners of Tool music :)
The beginning lyrics of the song use the Fibonacci number sequence, where each number is the total of the two before it.
Black (1)
then (1)
white are (2)
all I see (3)
in my infancy (5)
red and yellow then came to be (8)
reaching out to me (5)
lets me see' (3)
The song was originally called "987" because it the time signature changes in a repeating sequence of 9/8, 4/4, then 7/8. Justin Chancellor, Tool's bassist, had this to say about the song: "For me, the song 'Lateralus' was the turning point. I wrote a bar of nine, a bar of eight, a bar of seven, and we originally called the song '987'. I saw it as something that kept getting shorter and shorter and, like a spiral, it kind of folds in on itself."
They can be a bit hard to listen to sometimes, but if you do it your own way and dont stress the songs, you will probably have a great time. You will most likely enjoy Tools popular songs like the grudge, ticks and leeches, sober, 10.000 days and so on. Have fun!
the song is about connecting to one's Higher-Self and the cosmos, to ascend and FEEL the ebb and flow of the energies of the Universe.
It's active-meditative, spiritually empowering, encouraging the listener to open one's Third Eye and explore a level of consciousness and spirit beyond the normal beyond the normal state of mind, someting beyond material (pushing beyond the the envelope of the material world).
The lyrics describe the state of mind from infancy onto adulthood, then onto spiritual awakening and spiritual explorations "as above, so below" is a ancient Hermetic-gnostic concept that the physical world is connected to and mirrors the spiritial and COSMIC realm..
the spiral is this galaxy, and like many galaxies spin in a spiral, mirrors the cycle of life and existence, and the spirit realm is also a spiral that ebbs and flows...
Yay! More TOOL! I’m sticking around to see you discover more 😊
Ps. The Fibonacci sequence can be found in nature. For me I have never really followed the mathematical part of it other than to know that when written out as a picture it forms a spiral which can be found in everything (snails, etc). Which in essence is the natural scientific symmetry if that makes any sense. It’s actually quite beautiful if you spend a few minutes reading up on it.
Edit: hence the reference to swinging on the spiral 💛
Annnnnnnd he's hooked. Dive deep in that rabbit hole man it's deep but worth the journey.
React to GOJIRA! I suggest to begin with Stranded, Flying Whales and Silvera. If you enjoy them, I think you'll enjoy everything they have to offer!
You'r in for a treat my friend.
Enjoy Tool. ❤
Very good review,man!!
You described it perfectly when you said its uforic metal👌👌
Well done with the video👍
You've got a new subscriber😉
❤️🤘🏼
I highly recommend listening to the song Pushit , specifically the salival version, it's a live version of the song and it really takes you on a journey to another dimension! Think you'd like it
Keep on with the lyric-videos because tools lyrics are amazing. Just as the music. Tool is always making me relaxed and when I listen to them it feels like someone is tickling my brain haha!
Some great songs to react to: Parabol, Parabola, Schism, The Pot, Sober
Euphoric Metal. Sounds right to me.
I’ll stay around for more tool man🤘
And ministry. Or primus. Or faith no more. 😉
listening again, feels like a brand new time seeing this, and hearing this. thanks internet!!! (al gore, excelsior!)
Nice to welcome another convert 😄❤️
Watching you discover Tool reminds me of when I discover Floyd. Floyd was before my time but it was a wonderful journey. Enjoy!!!
Haven't seen these songs mentioned by others but I would recommend diving into 46 and 2 and also H.
man i still feel it move across my skin and get goosebumps everytime I hear that guitar start bending.
Dude you know what, 'euphoric metal' is genuinely the most beautiful way I've heard to describe Tool's music, great shout.
Trademark that shit👀👀
YOU DID IT THANK YOU 💓💓💓💓
Great vid, Drew. You get it. I know all that math stuff, but I just listen to the song for its own sake. I know I've listened to it more than 700 times. It gives me that euphoria every time!
Their song Rosetta Stoned(2006) is 20 minutes long and the epitome of an adventure. Very powerful song. Check it out. Enjoyed your reaction man.
its not 20 minutes long lol but yeah it sure is an awesome trip
With lost keys i believe it is
@@cdawg3 with lost keys it's 14 mins long ... Without lost keys it's 11:11 mins 😉
13:13 - 13:57 This is the face you make when the undertow takes you, the face you make as you spiral out. This is the face you make when you witness the power, when you fathom the beauty.
tool still my fav band of all over the time...just amazing band
You’re on the right path...welcome brother!
maynard, the singer says that their music is a "tool" to help the listener process whatever they may be going through. you did just that.
as for all the numbers stuff, there is a geometric pattern in the shape of a spiral that shows up all through nature called "the golden ratio" everything from galaxies to snail shells. and their is a mathematic formula that it follows, the Fibonacci sequence. over analyzing allows us to see this but digging so deep into it its easy to forget how beautiful it is. the message i get here is to follow your heart, and not to get to caught up with the day to day. at least that's how i feel about it.