My First Time Hearing Tool Stinkfist (Reaction!!)
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This is it, this is the reaction I've been waiting for...it's my favourite tool song by eons. Thanks Polo. Also I'd like to point out that everyone on my block love Tool and even the popo, they're always trying to knock my door down to get inside for a better listen.😆😆
I've never understood why "Ticks and Leaches" & "Jambi" don't get more love.
Prob because ticks n leeches is right before lateralus and Jambi is right after vicarious. They both kind of get forgotten about
Both are TOP shelf songs
Jambi gets love for sure
he’s gotta check out Lost keys + Rosetta Stoned.
because they're trash
What an excellent reaction! Can't tell you how much I enjoy listening to Tool with you. Thanks for sharing your journey.
Parabol/Parabola is a must. I know you'll get there, so I'll be patient ✌
Yes! Just don't pause at the transition.
I see what you did there 😉
I've been think the same thing but I can wait too. It'll be a good one
I personally think the static makes the drop even more impactful
Freshman year of high school… This song sent me on a musical journey that changed the trajectory of my life. While I’m an engineer now, I spent 15 years as a musician playing and touring in bands. 1000% due to Stinkfist.
There’s no way that percentage is correct! And you’re an engineer, eh? Nice try, Steven. If that’s even your real name…
Just playin. I’m just blazed
This song was probably a lot of people's first exposure to Tool. Perfect mix of "radio friendly song structure" and just Tooly Toolness Tooled up to ten. ✊🏽🔥
I know this song was created well before social media but it feels like it was written about it. More and more and more all the time. That screechy sound in the beginning is the discomfort before you like what they’re giving you. Next thing you know they’re elbow deep and you’re wanting more.
I agree with your comparison. It’s such a quintessential human experience and it’s been going on for a long time, and now more than ever.
Yep
Good music is timeless and reflects the human experience
You said it right that TOOL never gets old. Been listening to them since 1993 with the Undertow album and the music continually crosses decades.
It's just that timeless.
Ive been loving this song since 1996, definitely doesn't get old. The lyrics are on another level too. Especially the bridge. Those chords are amazing
Is that the bridge at 10:30. That’s the greatest part
This song was my introduction to Tool half a lifetime ago. It still gives me chills after decades of listening to it.
Part of me is jealous of anyone getting to experience Tool songs for the first time.
Part of me pities them, that their life before this point did not have this music as part of its soundtrack.
“Boredom’s not a burden anyone should bear”
Ahhhhhhhh......well said man....hell yes....I ran into a drug dealer once....she asked what takes u to that special place......I said TOOL lmfao....and so it still is....and puscifer and a perfect circle...
That should be in stone
you are a part..of..me! 🤘
Same. I missed a chance to see them live at a Lallapalooza in Greenville South Carolina when I was 18 or 19 because I didn't know that there even was a third stage. But I did get to see them a few years later at Neyland Stadium with The Melvins opening. Lot of good music in the 90's
Something kind of sad about, the way that things have come to be, desensitised to everything, what became of subtlety.
So true
I met Danny Carey at a Meshuggah concert. Listen to Bleed by Meshuggah. The drumming is incredible. Even Danny Carey's jaw was on the floor. Tomas Hakke is by no means better than Danny, but the difficulty of the drums in that song is crazy. The guitarist created the drum part on a computer, and it took Tomas almost 9 months to learn it.
This is still one of, if not their best CD, or whatever they're calling it now. This one put them on the map and solidified them as one of the best of their era. This whole CD is phenomenal.
Agreed. This album absolutely put them on the map and on so many ppl’s radar, including me.
Technically "Sober" and "Prison Sex" put them on the map after there demo but yes "Stinkfist," is my favorite TOOL song as well as "Phnuma."
@@gabrielkain1 Technically you're right. I find discussing semantics to be pointless, so I'll phrase it this way. Yes, the two songs you mentioned did indeed put them on the map, this particular CD launched their careers though.
@@MacMc691 Fair enough.
Still Waiting for Parabol/Parabola!!!! This will be Your Favorite TOOL Song!!!!
But don't pause at the transition!
Definitely my favorite tool song
The guitar part you don't like is supposed to make you feel uncomfortable! It's like a shot in a movie that makes your skin crawl just based on how it's framed and colored. I love that aspect of TOOL.
It literally made him make "The Face" and then he eased into it....
The pure artistry of Adam Jones ❤️
Hell yeah, I'm glad you got to try this song out and liked it! It's one I enjoy a lot on the road, too, though it doesn't make going the speed limit very easy!
"Stinkfist" was my high school girlfriend's nickname.
was her b.o so bad you had to drive with your head out the window?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
because she fisted you?
Damn yall must have been wild 😂
I remember on MTV, this video was called Track 1 as opposed to Stinkfist...can't imagine why?....possibly my favorite Tool song...playing with the question (both literally and metaphysically) of alternatives to boredom...like a lot of Maynard's lyrics, there is the face value, and then there's the layers of symbolism that he leaves for you to discover, if you do choose. It's not mandatory to enjoy the experience, it's just there for those who care for such things. For thirty years, I have greatly appreciated those options...
The music video and the cover had the same imagery.
Maynard was so mad about MTV censoring their song title, he implored their fans to besiege MTV with phone calls and letters to protest.
MTV relented and even apologized on air.
@@riffgroove So satisfying. 😎🎸
Lateralus
Parabol
Parabola
Honestly, those early videos scared me and really weirded me out, even putting me off Tool for awhile! Intense.
TOOL are masters of a seemingly lost art in modern music, Dynamics. Something so Simple’s a volume adjustment has such a huge impact . You don’t need to be on 100 all the time.
Heard Radiohead before? :)
@@halfalligator6518 Mate, Radiohead is from the same era as Tool. Ask some new bands to try dynamic range.
@@SuperDoNotWantthe loudness wars fucked us 😂 hate all these “remasters” that are just borderline clipping the entire time with no real dynamic range. And casuals think the remasters are better
To think I was 15 years old in 1996 when this was released and I heard the album "Ænima" for the first time with friends, starting off with this one, following with "Eulogy", "H", "Forty-six & Two", "Hooker...", "Ænema", "Pushit" AND "Third Eye" on the SAME ALBUM! My mind was properly blown - and still is!
You need to do “Jerk Off” from their first EP. It’s recorded live and is so raw and powerful. Shows you the aggression they are capable of bringing. Please do it for us. Also, “Ticks and Leeches” from Lateralus album. Both will be a different take for you.
I second that
Third! That and the original Opiate. Both so raw! It’s only wrong if you get caught!
Both of these songs please
My first tool song. Where it alllllll began. Loving your journey man!
I bet I've listened to this song 10k times since it came out in 1996. You'll love it more as you hear it more.
Polo someone might have already given you this info but this is something every Tool reactor should have. Here are the songs (and interludes) that go together. The Interludes, which are not absolutely necessary but do add context/texture to the corresponding songs are marked with an (I).
*Opiate (1992, 1st release was an EP)*
Sweat
Hush
Part of Me
Cold & Ugly (live)
Jerk-Off (live)
Opiate
*Undertow (1993, 1st full album)*
Intolerance
Prison Sex
Sober (you've done)
Bottom
Crawl Away
Swamp Song
Undertow
4 Degrees
Flood
Disgustipated
*Aenima (1996)*
Stinkfist (you've done)
Eulogy
H
(I) Useful Idiot + 46 & 2 (you've done)
(I) Message to Harry Manback + Hooker with a Penis
(I) Intermission + Jimmy
(I) Die Eier von Satan + Pushit (you've done)
(I) Cesaro Summability + Aenema (you've done)
(I) Ions + Third Eye
*Salival (2000)* This is a live box set but definitely worth doing each song if you've done the original
Third Eye (live)
Part of Me (live)
Pushit (live) this is a MUST since you've done the studio version
(I) Message to Harry Manback 2 (can be skipped or added to You Lied)
You Lied (live Peach cover - Justin's former band)
Merkaba (live)
No Quarter (Led Zeppelin Cover)
(I) LAMC (can skip but might be funny to do as a stand-alone video)
*Lateralus (2001)*
The Grudge (you've done)
(I) Eon Blue Apocalypse + The Patient
(I) Mantra + Schism
Parabol + Parabola
Ticks & Leeches
Lateralus (you've done)
Disposition + Reflection + Triad (AKA The Holy Trinity)
(I) Faaip De Oiad (can be skipped or added to The Holy Trinity)
*10,000 Days (2006)*
Vicarious (you've done)
Jambi
Wings for Marie + 10,000 Days (you've done)
The Pot (you've done)
(I) Lipan Conjuring (can be skipped or added before Lost Keys)
Lost Keys + Rosetta Stoned
Intension
Right in Two
(I) Vigante Tres (can be skipped or added after Right in Two)
*Fear Inoculum (2019)*
Fear Inoculum
Pneuma (you did the drum-cam but could do the original)
Invincible (you've done)
Descending (you've done)
Culling Voices
Chocolate Chip Trip (drum solo)
7empest (you've done)
*Opiate 2* this was a special 30-year anniversary re-issue as a gift to the fans
I hope this list inspires you to do their entire catalogue!!!
PS - don't worry about video length, the Tool Army doesn't care.
I'm in my mid 60's and grew up with 70's classic rock. Tool in the 90's were a revelation. Undertow and Aenima are heavy rock gold showing that hard rock music can have real melody. Stinkfist is a classic.
You HAVE TO continue with the next song on the album, Eulogy... My favorite song since 96 🫶
Hey buddy. Love this one. Top songs by tool IMO: "h" , stinkfist, schism, reflection, invincible, right in two, sober... and I'm blanking on the rest.
The reason the drums stand out so much is because while most bands highlight the vocals, Tool always just treated the vocals as just another instrument in the band. That can make it difficult to hear Maynard sometimes, but it really highlights the skill of the rest of the band.
This man said, "That'll take you through a car trip." When this album first came out, I bought it just before a cross country trip on the Greyhound... and I just listened to the album on repeat... it was a surreal journey.
TOOL army, “Disposition” “Reflection” and “Triad” must be next! Please listen to all of them together. Can’t wait :)
Yes he is ready for the holy Trinity now.
yeah! holy trinity
Without splitting the tracks up pleeeease
@@supliiiiiieeeeees yeah it's gotta be continious, and with the lyrics. do it polo!
are you trying to kill the man? you can only take so much
my favourite tool song!!!!
If you like songs where the drummer just beats the hell out of the drums, go No one knows by Queens of the Stone age. Dave Grohl goes absolutely ham on the drums, good film clip as well shows off just how hard he's going, even during the lower parts of the song.
No one knows is good, but you can't compare that to this.
I'll never forget the intro at 12 years old. The first ever sound I heard from TooL
I remember seeing bootlegs of this song live when it was still being worked out and written and it was such a massive step forward from the undertow album in how they approached songwriting.
The live version they do of this song is so cool, they add a jam in the middle that really kicks up the intensity.
I love to surprise people and do this for karaoke 🎤🤘
Tool did get me through many long car trips though 😊
🔥🤟This is still on my playlist!
“I love that part there”
Proceeds to rewind the whole song
Love these reactions man,keep rockin!
lol! 😂 All of us with Tool.
Aenema just SOUNDS better than their other albums. Something about the production. It's prog & psychedelic but still has that punk edge.
It's because it has that fuzzy vinyl sound. Nothing better than that
Once again another great reaction brother. You have to check out eulogy it's straight up fire, you will love it so much. Loving your TOOL journey mate, glad I'm here with you 🤘🌀🌀🤘
Aye I caught the premiere. I'm fucking drunk lol
Let's fucking goooooo
When you refer to the "structure", I think your referring to, what in music is called the time signature. Most commercial music is in 4/4 time and probably what your used to. This song is in 4/4 which is unusual for Tool, but this song was played on the radio, and most radio friendly songs are in 4/4. Tools time signatures are usually all over the place and take awhile or a trained ear to get used to. Having said that, I love the poly rhythms and time signatures Tool plays with.
Been listening to Tool for 18 years now and it never gets old. Timeless music
There is not a bad song on this album!
Also, I love that your highest form of compliment is whether or not you’d listen to it in your 4Runner. 😂
"Sometimes his meanings are so cryptic, and different people are taking it a different way." Yes, they are taking it multiple ways in the song lolol. Knuckle deep, elbow deep, etc. Turn around and take my hand, literally.
Maynard knows what excellent musicians he has and always highlights each one and uses his voice to accompany the instruments not to out do them. Great reaction!
Still looking for you to react to O’Keefe Music Foundation doing 46 & 2 cover. Much appreciated🙏🏼
Joe Spradley is not wrong. The O'Keefe Music cover of "46 & 2" is chillingly good.
My husband is a massive Tool fan. I knew Sober from MTV but nothing else. This was the first song my husband blasted for me on his stereo 25 years ago and will forever be my favorite.
This is my favorite song of all time, ever, by anyone. It’s one of those songs that means different things to different people. For me, I had a moment of revelation listening to this in a really dark time in my life, and the lyrics “How can this mean anything to me if I really don’t feel a thing at all” brought me a point of view I desperately needed.
I base my outlook on almost everything on that sentiment now. If it means nothing, if I don’t feel anything positive, I dismiss it from my life entirely. Which is one way of interpreting the meaning here. The pointless clinging to a negative need that hurts you, and the realization to let that go for yourself.
One of the hardest Tool songs to learn on guitar cuz that sound you don't like is Adam de-tuning and re-tuning as he does a slide with his pick. That may mean nothing to you but trust me, it's really difficult.
Thank you for not reading into the lyrics too much. It's my pet peve when people go on tangents about what they think this song is about. To your point, their songs mean something different to everyone and it totally loses its luster and appeal when people try to dissect every single piece of it. Just go with it. They are the GOAT...just enjoy the magical journey you experience when listening to them. You rock , Polo!
Those "bad mic sounds" are excellent to boost your tension quickly. heh
Adam does those sounds using a metal guitar pick (I believe) scratching it against the cords around the pickups area.
Despite the insane lyrics, this song got some of the most radio airplay! 😳
Love your reacts. Basic song structure is Intro-Verse-Chorus-Verse-Chorus-Bridge-Chorus-Outro or ring out. Drums and bass are referred to as the rhythm section as they usually set the foundation for the time of a song. Also, usually what you're liking is the arrangement as well as where they are setting in the mix. (the frequencies they are in as well as how forward placed or loud they are in the final version of the song)For example, some times people complain Maynard is sometimes too low in the mix. Usually when you say note, you're meaning key. Just some music jargon for ya. Keep doing you!
Dude, I am loving watching you react to Tool. Like others have said, I am a bit jealous of getting to hear them for the first time again but that is why these reactions are so great to watch. I love that you get it and are enjoying it as much as many of Tool's fans got to the first time through. I can't wait to see your reaction to Parabol/Parabola, Right In Two and Rosetta Stoned. Those are my jams.
Between the verse and chorus, Adam just rolls back his volume knob and palm mutes the notes. For the chorus it's volume up and no muting. Danny just hits the drums slightly harder with more cymbals. They're masters of variation of the same riff. Exhibit A: Jami. Learning that on guitar is an exercise in memorization.
yeah, the intro can smart a little, but it's nothing to worry about, merely danny tuning up his tablas and adam turning up his guitar. this (the video, which is an amazing piece of art in itself) was my baptism into Tool. it is truly one of their greatest, so many brilliant sections, such darkness and fragility among such power and then euphoria as the song reaches its crescendo, and not toooooo long. i'm off to listen to it again.
The unpleasant intro is exactly like feigning a jab right before you come with the overhand right to start the exchange.
If you want to hear Maynard's voice just unrestrained, there are two collaborations he did and both are must listens -
Passenger with Deftones
Mohammed My Friend with Tori Amos.
you won't regret either.
I saw them in Baltimore on the 10,000 Days tour in 06 I believe it was….it was the weekend Paris Hilton had to spend in jail & Maynard dedicated this song to her 👍🖤🥶
Jambi
After Undertow, we were so afraid that they couldn't put out something as good. I remember buying the cassette. I was blown away
Disregard all of the other comments. You must do Eulogy next.
Right?!
Thats what i said too
Danny workin that ride like it owes him money this song...
Bro, you got to be a trendsetter and be one of the few people that has reacted to the tool song 4 degrees
They do an "Extended Stinkfist" version live. Check out the video recorded in Connecticut 2019.
All the songs have structure, some structural designs are more complex than others.
CONGRATS ON 200K
I have not been the deepest Tool fan but this is one my favorite songs of any group. Flow is just amazing and the desperation of the chorus gives goosebumps every time.
I think 5 out of the 6 shows I went to this was their opening song.
JAMBI!!!
“H” and “Jimmy” are two of my favorites
My guy! You did it, welcome to the party! I’m so happy! That intro is Danny on some electro drums followed by Adam. Maynard sings in a megaphone on parts of the song. Check out the official video, it’s creepy and amazing.
Eulogy need to be heard man tellin u💪🏼 love all the reactions ❤
After I heard "Sober" in middle school, I was hooked and couldn't wait until this album came out. Bought it the day it came out. It's an utter joy to watch you react to music I've loved from the time I was a kid. Sometimes Tool just finds us when we are ready and need it. Can't wait until you get through their whole discography.
I'm going to keep requesting it until you react to it!!
Tool - Parabol/Parabola.. you must listen to them both to get the full effect
I completely agree! You gotta hear them both together, in order, for the full experience! 👍
My absolute favorite.
Aenima was my first experience with Tool in 96 I was 14. It’s a far more digestible album in terms of song length and structure. It’s still my favorite. Now that I’m older I dig all their stuff but the long songs couldn’t keep my attention as a youth so it was aenima and A Perfect Circle for me back then. Thoroughly enjoying listening to them again for the first time with you. Keep it up.
The TooL reactions are starting to go the way of how the Harry Mack reactions started. You become aware of the fact that you want to listen to and experience all of these as quickly as you can so that you can get them into your rotation and listen to them on your own....so the videos are coming out rapid fire....and I'm here for it just like I was for the Harry Mack collection. :D
JAMBI!!!
Not that you have to do a reaction but Delta Empire has some excellent drum covers of a few Tool songs, 46 & 2, Stinkfist, and Ticks and Leaches. His cover of “Take a Look Around” by Limp Biscuit is also good.
Love your Tool reactions man! Jambi next!!! Try some Alice In Chains Love Hate Love Live at the Moore and KORN Blind Woodstock’99!
Not sure if you have already, but the track Eulogy after Stinkfist on this album is in the same vein and just as good. The verse with it's muted guitar.....WOW! It's another very straight song like Stinkfist, but slow and pounding.
That sound you "don't like" is feedback through Adam's guitar. He's a master at controling feedback to add ambience. Adam uses an EQ and Flanger pedals. Or you can just crank up the amp and stand in front of it with the guitar but with the pedals you can really dial in the sound you want.
I went from listening to Mobb Deep, Blackmoon, et al, and wearing Polo and Hilfiger all day long to listening damn near exclusively to heavy metal by the time I graduated high school. In Brooklyn, NY during the height of Biggie and Tupac respective successes.
I'm better man for it.
Still so much meat on the Tool bone. Check out "Bottom", "Crawl Away", and "Jerk Off"
Danny does hit hard, but the real reason you're able to hear the drums so clearly is because he's got perfect tempo. His heads ring so clean and crisp that you hear how on-tempo he really is.
Great temp but also one of the hardest hitting drummers , so powerful. You can hear the Bonham influences.
Let’s not forget the excellent quality of the recording
I recommend you play that album in your car, loud and just listen from start to finish. That’s a kick ass album from start to finish. Undertow I mean
ÆNIMA is my favorite Tool album. It combines their cerebral composition style with the raw sound from Undertow. I feel it's their perfect in between. Every Tool album is perfect in some ways but this is the one I will always connect more spiritually. Hands down.
Polo....keep in mind that Tool fans had to wait 3 years from Undertow to Aenema....and then 'Stinkfist' came and punched us in the f@ckin face. It was well worth the wait!!!!
Bro good on ya!
Fractured souls with amazing consequences
Imagine hearing it at 15yo. You should really listen to Undertow and Aenima. Albums I mean.
I hope one day you branch out and listen to Karnivool, especially their song Deadman or Simple Boy as your first song.
We are!
Third eye, Hooker with a Penis, Eulogy
All killer tracks
HWAP (Hooker With A Penis) is a track you will definitely want to digest the lyrics to! The ultimate F.U. to people who call them sellouts. Very hard hitting track, especially live!
You should listen to Deftones w/ Maynard James Keenan called Passenger you will Love It!
Heheee I knew you’d liked this one if you like this maybe listen to Bottom , Prison Sex or 4 degrees
Lol, can't wait for you to do Rosetta Stoned (+ Lipan and Lost Keys, they all go together)
Definitely look up the lyrics for those, study them even 😂🤘🌀
Justin kills on this song!
You should do the live extended version of this song. They add in a badass funky instrumental right after the soft breakdown
And you can hear who's never seen them do it live by the number of people still trying to scream, "I'll! keep! digging!!" - though the music has gone wonky.
The feedback is meant to represent the unpleasant. It had the effect it was intended! Remember it may hurt a little.
I think there was a hidden song on the first Tool cd if you still can find it. You had to advance the cd to number 69.
I think tool likes making people uncomfortable sometimes, Different emotions open up different thoughts
When Maynard's vocals start in after the instrumental, I swear that melody is a pocket I could live in for years