To me this song is one of their more emotional ones. There's something about an old man still fighting and trying to remain relevant in today's world that gets to me. Especially when he says he just wants one more victory in life, just to remember the time he was young and strong and still had a place in this world.
Matt I don’t know you but you have 57 years of experience on earth. I’m guessing you’ve learned alot of lessons and had a lot of cool experiences. Plus you clearly have good taste in music. You are very relevant sir.
@@chrissmith3668 One of the lessons that needs to be learned is also that we have to become irrelevant. I have 2 sons and must make room for them. It's one of life's hardest lessons, but life is hard.
I've been listening to Tool for 20 plus years and i still have to listen to a song 3 or 4 times before it clicks. songs i thought were just "okay" ended up being some of my favorite of all time
I relate to that. I liked this one right off the bat but for me Descending took a while….but it absolutely became my fav song on that album Had it been titled “Ascending” I think I may have felt it more on a subconscious level….but yea there’s a long list of their stuff that grows on me
Descending has the same feel as well. This album kinda makes me think this might be their last one for a while, but Maynard was just on Rogan and it sounds like we may get another.
This song is the definition of a grower. I didn't care for it much after the first couple listens, but it's now easily my favorite song on the album. Probably has to do with me paying more attention to the lyrics. It's a masterfully written song about growing old and feeling irrelevant Love the reaction!
I completely agree. This goes for multiple of their songs in this album. But Invincible has a special place in my heart after listening to it multiple times. The lyrics are beautiful.
Saw them in concert in 2020 and hadn’t listened to the album much prior to the show. Pneuma live was absolutely incredible but they finished the show with Invincible and it blew my mind. I was on a high for weeks after the show. They reignited my love for music!
Same here. I heard them live in 2019, they played two songs from the album, Descending and Invincible, and I still remember this hypnotizing feeling when Justin came in with this riff in Invincible. I was in awe, jaw dropped, just taking in this incredible sound and hoping it never ends. It was my first live music show that I attended as an adult at 33 years old and I'm so glad it was Tool.
I didn’t like the album at first, but if you can appreciate the hypnotic nature of the songs. I feel the lyrics, they pump me up when I’m down. Especially towards the end when the song becomes more full. It definitely ebbs and flows like you said
Most, if not all Tool songs and albums require at least 3 fully focused listens through to truly appreciate the song, the lyrics; to have it resonate. Been listening since 1996. Fear Inoculum still took me a few listens to get into it. It, the process, requires focus and attention. Most people just don't have the patience. But after that, it pays dividends - emotional, spiritual. I time my commute to and from work by the number of Tool songs I can fully get through. 18 miles, normally 3-4 full songs. 😁
Tool just smokes every other band. It's an entire presentation where each aspect ebb and flows exactly where it's needed. The engineers can't mix shit music into great stuff. The entire tool production is a cut above the rest.
too long and repetitive... the more i listen to these songs the more i have start fast forwarding because when you repeat the same 4 measures 50 times in a row it's cool the first one or 2 times, journey, whatever.... after a while i can't listen to a 4 minute song stretched out into 12minutes and pretend like it's justified
The same 4 measures 50 times? Im not sure but i think time signatures are not a walk in the park. Grab 3 people and lets see you nail it. Its far more complicated
@@notimportant3686 i think the point is the song is extremely elaborate and to downplay the whole song saying it repeats itself is not an honest critique. Agree to disagree cheers 🍻
@@gue-ce8um absolutely an honest critique... it's a song I LIKE, that i can't listen to anymore because of how repetitive, long and droning each section is... what the hell are you talking about?
I know that you're not one for lyrics but I identify with what Maynard is saying here. He is lamenting the loss of his youthful flame that once raged so loud and was amazed by all who heard it; now he is struggling to keep his fire alive while the wind is blowing and the world is growing darker.
Being in the twilight of my life now, this song holds a very special meaning to me. Older means memories of my youth, things I've done, battles engaged, wins and losses. Thank you for making this one of the songs you've listened to. Be well.
Joe Barresi Not even Joe Barresi, who engineered and mixed Fear Inoculum and whom the band describes as “the guy we trust more than anyone” gets in the way of Tool doing their thing. “No-one tells us what to do when it comes to our compositions because we're so hard on each other,” says Danny.Dec 9, 2019
I've seen many TOOL reactions and I love how, no matter who the listener is, there is this spontaneous universal reaction to simply have their eyes closed at some point. It's like you can't help but feel lifted and your mind feels pulled to another place, another sense of feeling.
I was shroomed the fuck out of my mind seeing this live in February. They released chrome confetti from the ceiling during the intro of this. That and stage smoke. It was a religious experience. This one sounds much better live
I tripped for the first time seeing this tour in 2019. This song and Pnuema, my head was on fuckin FIRE, brain sizzling. They tell me I looked like I was having a good time.
This. The sound engineering is great, but even those guys will tell you that it all starts with great players, and each member is a master of their craft and can duplicate it live so well
Seen them couple days ago... Sat next to a guy that seen em "many many many" times... Said this was hands down the best show... Was my first... I cried...
Love you guys' reactions to metal. I'm sure you've realized it but you can grab a totally different audience when you change genres like you're doing. Hope your channel continues to grow.
This song holds a special place in my heart. As a former MMA fighter, grew up as a white dude in the streets I became a warrior and nothing could stop me, until I met myself. Then at 18 I started having gout flare ups. Therefore, over time I become the warrior struggling to remain consequential. I was forced to re learn my life. Then, at 30 years old I was diagnosed with autism and once again I had to relearn everything. And I’ve watched my armor ware thin and the heavy shield I had forced on me at a young age (my body) was the only thing that eventually broke me down.
As much as I like Invincible, the best song on this album for you two specifically would be 7empest. If you're going to sit through a super long song, listen to one with some of the best drumming and guitar work in the history of rock music.
It's a shame to hear a musician say 'a 12-minute song, I don't have time for that'. I think of Mozart, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis or Franck Zappa ... the world wouldn't be the same without them.
I'll be 55 in less than 2 months. I FINALLY got to see Tool live in January of this year. SO worth the wait! Going to remember that show as long as my brain allows! So incredible!
Love to hear musicians perspective on this stuff & respect your insights. The greatest tracks or albums that become part of you, take time, they grow from repeat exposure, until your brain salivates at the prospect of the audio endorphins to come. Tool are human catnip. Be careful, addiction has a cost & it’s sublime. Tool ‘06 Nottingham Arena was the cleanest audio experience I’ve ever had. Quality live I’ve not heard apart from Rush. Oh yeah, Rush Tom Sawyer might be worth a listen. 🤘🏻
Seeing this song played live made me appreciate way more. Knowing that the "guitar solo" was actually the bass, and then the instrument soloing over that repetitive chugging guitar riff was Danny playing a xylophone type thing
You gotta love closet Tool fans. It's okay, you can give all the props to the producers, but once you see them live, and they sound just as good, you realize they are just that good. 18:31
The egg analogy is a great way to interpret this. More liquid, or fluid in the beginning, reaching out everywhere, and undeveloped. Then it undergoes a transformation and firms up on the places it's been.
I promise I’m not one of those self-righteous tool fans with my head up my own *ss about them (so I can respect and understand when people don’t just vibe with them as a whole)but this is such a great example of what I love about them. Each song feels like a story/journey to me. Not just a track blipped out to toss on the radio. A scene is laid, a path is forged. Each little series of drum fills or guitar breaks is like a little vista opening up as the bass pulls your steps forward and the vocals guide the way. It’s an experience front to back. Super cool and I am drawn to that in most of the music I listen to.
This is my absolute favorite band. That being said, I appreciate your critique. Thanks for the honest review and I look forward to more. By the way, I think LATERALUS was their best mixed album. FEAR INOCULUM sounded great, however compressed and cold. Just my opinion, I could be wrong. 😊
Aloha.... Yes given props to the master engineers has long been due to completion of bands that ,musicians ...ect. to REALLY appreciate the TIME putt in to bring it!! To the audience listeners... Mahalo for being the first to this recognition !!!
reacting the 1st time to music its awesome but with Tool i need to listen 3, 4, 5 times... especially the latest songs, this song is one of those, the meaning, the journey is very immersive and im still a young guy ... 😅
Karnivool - Simple Boy, opening track to a superbly mixed album. HEAVY BASS with beautiful top end, a wall of beautiful sound. Please give 'em a shot lads.
Bought the album when it came out. Reserved two hours to listen to it. Put on my best headphones... '20' minutes later, 80 minutes had passed. What a ride! :)
Take another trip down Deftones Lane. Diamond Eyes or Beauty School. Tool is deep and the magic of their collection is that if you are into it, the listener will catch nuances the more they listen.
I always think about how great it would be if someone sliced up scenes from the movie Highlander with this song and made a filmclip. The battle scenes in Scotland marching to battle, a single person through time being worn out by the 20th Century.... Just a thought.
I can almost guarantee you would love Porcupine Tree "Anaesthetize", the live version from Tilburg - The entire song composition is fantastic and Gavin is a beast on the drums
Not to mention, the entire overtone of the song is to understand the feeling of time beating you down and raging against it. So it sounds like marching for excessive time and the moment that the time of battle comes you morph into something else.
I think I can speak for everyone and say that we would love to hear your reaction to *Wings For Marie(10,000 Days).* It's such a personal song for Maynard, so much so that he can't play it live anymore because it's too emotionally draining for him. I'm lucky to have seen them perform it twice and it was nothing short of ethereal. Everyone was so attentive and quiet giving Maynard the respect the song commands. It's so emotive and such a masterpiece on many different levels. I highly suggest you give it a reaction, you'll never hear a more vulnerable Maynard, he lends his entire soul to the piece and it shows. I'm sure you've heard this a million times but lyrics are a must as it can be very difficult to make out the lyrics at times
I’ve been to a lot of concerts including 6 Tool shows and Wings for Marie parts 1&2 are the only time in my life that I’m pretty sure I had an outer body experience. It was like nothing else I’ve ever experienced.
There are times for long songs and others for short ones. I really appreciate a long song that takes your mind on an adventure, but I also really admire bands that can find a really sick groove or riff and only use it really sparingly once or twice in a short song. It's almost a tease but it makes you have to go back and listen again. To come up with something so wonderful and have the restraint to not exploit it like a typical pop song chugging out the hook over and over again for four and a half minutes straight. I feel like Tool often hits both of those notes, a song that takes you on a journey, but has some weird hook that you can't get enough and they only give you a couple of little tastes of, making you have to go back to hear it again.
They literally mixed this album for years. Maynard told stories how they had songs done for years and he had no idea what was going on all that time. I absolutely love this song.
According to Joe and Danny, the whole production and recording process was actually quite rushed. What took forever was writing it, and Maynard kept trying to write his parts over it, but by the time he came back around, the song had gone in a totally different direction, so he opted to hold out until he had the final arrangement.
Saw them do this as the last song. Incredible lightshow, sound. Finally got the cd. Interesting sounds. When Danny is cracking that snare with the strainer off, you don't normally hear that tone. Very powerful. JL Audio says so. 🤣
Funny thing about this album is that it grows on you! It took me several listens to like it and then love it. My first listen left me underwhelmed. I felt parts were monotonous like you said. I was expecting more of their 90’s sound of short traditional alternative metal songs. This feels almost like long prog rock music but with a Tool twist. I love this album now
if you like it you like it, music is everyones different taste...thats the beuty of (music) noones into the same genre on that given time, its the most human way of taste you play what your into, but your mate is into something else on that day/night.. MUSIC IS NOONES FAVOURITE.. hope yous understand without takin me the wrong way
Invincible is my new favorite. After 2-3 years of it being off shore, the lyrics started drifting in. As notedn in Pushit reaction, it completed the movie score. Change-ups made more sense with more punch than the music alone. Gives me a visual call back to Titus (2000) Or maybe because I’m 50.
Tool breaks molds. It's like being the Phoenix. You think you have an idea of how music should work, but this kind of music can be disruptive and destructive, but for "good" reasons. In order to grow, we have to die, metaphorically, and then rise from the ashes of what we knew or were familiar with. Now, how can you use what you've experienced to be "bold and proud"? Thanks for the reaction.
I like to put Tool in the background when I'm doing school stuff or I'm just working on something lengthy. And then I might come back later and listen to some of the songs cause they feel familiar, but Tool isn't something I'd put on to get hyped up to.
IMO, every genre of music has a characteristic sound. Every musician or band that I’ve listened to has a characteristic sound and style. It’s the same with artists of any types. If I’m not interested in a particular band or genre of music the first thing I notice is how it all sounds the same. It’s only with interest and repeated listening that the nuances and differences come out. Tool’s sound is so off the beaten track that I had to seriously listen to appreciate what they were up to. Their music is so multi-layered that I have to listen multiple times to really like them. As a result, some of my favourite Tool songs have been the ones I’ve had to listen to the most. They are a brilliant group of pioneering musicians who have decided and committed to a style and approach in composition arranging and mixing that’s refreshing. Invincible does build up. It’s a refined piece and the frying egg analogy was nice. I get exactly what you mean dude. If you can listen to more of Tools exploratory presentations then I certainly encourage it. They only get better as your senses acclimatise. One may ask, why should I have to acclimatise as it were? Well, I think that’s what new experiences are about, aren’t they?
The album sounded so dam clear it was UNBELIEVABLE when I listened to the album over and over for the first 48 hrs! It was so crisp and clear you could hear every little detail!
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To me this song is one of their more emotional ones. There's something about an old man still fighting and trying to remain relevant in today's world that gets to me. Especially when he says he just wants one more victory in life, just to remember the time he was young and strong and still had a place in this world.
Agreed. Im 53 this year. Hits home hard
Agree dude.
One of their best. Done
That's crazy I was on a road trip last night and felt the same way listening to this.
Totally agreed!
The whole album is mixed better than anything I've ever heard. I consider the album the most state of the art album to date. Fear Inoculum is 💯🔥.
@Craig barnes especially while on 🍄🍄🍄 hahaha
I can’t stop listening to this album since it was released
@@Takealiltripnsee drop acid then give it a listen.
Like 20 times so far lol
Who would have guessed an album released 13 years since their last is mixed better lmao
As a 57 yr old man, this song resonates, believe me. My favorite song in the new album.
Matt I don’t know you but you have 57 years of experience on earth. I’m guessing you’ve learned alot of lessons and had a lot of cool experiences. Plus you clearly have good taste in music. You are very relevant sir.
@@chrissmith3668 One of the lessons that needs to be learned is also that we have to become irrelevant. I have 2 sons and must make room for them.
It's one of life's hardest lessons, but life is hard.
56 here.. agreed.
As a die hard Tool fan I admit readily their music is not for everyone. But no one can deny the absolute skill that goes into making it.
Evil Joe Barresi does the mixing, Bob Ludwig did the mastering. The whole album really is a masterclass in audio engineering.
I would say Aenima, Lateralus, 10'000 days and Fear Innoculum are all mixing masterpieces in their own way
I like their new album but overall in every way it doesn’t reach the greatness of their past albums like Laturalus or 10,000 days
Yea, Joe Baressi was also the engineer on "10,000 Days".
Masterclass is spot on
@@jacksmith4460 don't forget Sylvia Massey with Undertow
I've been listening to Tool for 20 plus years and i still have to listen to a song 3 or 4 times before it clicks. songs i thought were just "okay" ended up being some of my favorite of all time
Same. At first i thought the whole fear inoculum album was meh at first, but then i gave it a couple more chances and ended up really liking it.
This is exactly how I felt about Eulogy.
Samesies
I relate to that. I liked this one right off the bat but for me Descending took a while….but it absolutely became my fav song on that album
Had it been titled “Ascending” I think I may have felt it more on a subconscious level….but yea there’s a long list of their stuff that grows on me
Descending has the same feel as well. This album kinda makes me think this might be their last one for a while, but Maynard was just on Rogan and it sounds like we may get another.
It's hard to explain, but the first minute plus of this track puts you in a trance, or something.
Incredible song
These dudes are in their 50's and now some in their 60's and are absolutely crushing it...
This song is the definition of a grower. I didn't care for it much after the first couple listens, but it's now easily my favorite song on the album.
Probably has to do with me paying more attention to the lyrics. It's a masterfully written song about growing old and feeling irrelevant
Love the reaction!
I feel like all the songs on FI are growers, it helps you appreciate them more for longer.
@@mylescasey8914 very true
I completely agree. This goes for multiple of their songs in this album. But Invincible has a special place in my heart after listening to it multiple times. The lyrics are beautiful.
I feel like Tool songs dont just "grow on you" but you grow with them, they become a part of you.
you emotionally connect to it after about the 4th way around. I skipped over it many times before i gave it a chance, now i can't live without it
Saw them in concert in 2020 and hadn’t listened to the album much prior to the show. Pneuma live was absolutely incredible but they finished the show with Invincible and it blew my mind. I was on a high for weeks after the show. They reignited my love for music!
Same here. I heard them live in 2019, they played two songs from the album, Descending and Invincible, and I still remember this hypnotizing feeling when Justin came in with this riff in Invincible. I was in awe, jaw dropped, just taking in this incredible sound and hoping it never ends. It was my first live music show that I attended as an adult at 33 years old and I'm so glad it was Tool.
Danny takes turns working off each instrument, even the vocals.
He is Bonham, Moon, Peart and Copeland all wrapped into one.
Underrated comment.
I didn’t like the album at first, but if you can appreciate the hypnotic nature of the songs. I feel the lyrics, they pump me up when I’m down. Especially towards the end when the song becomes more full. It definitely ebbs and flows like you said
Most, if not all Tool songs and albums require at least 3 fully focused listens through to truly appreciate the song, the lyrics; to have it resonate. Been listening since 1996. Fear Inoculum still took me a few listens to get into it. It, the process, requires focus and attention. Most people just don't have the patience. But after that, it pays dividends - emotional, spiritual. I time my commute to and from work by the number of Tool songs I can fully get through. 18 miles, normally 3-4 full songs. 😁
Tool just smokes every other band. It's an entire presentation where each aspect ebb and flows exactly where it's needed. The engineers can't mix shit music into great stuff. The entire tool production is a cut above the rest.
too long and repetitive... the more i listen to these songs the more i have start fast forwarding because when you repeat the same 4 measures 50 times in a row it's cool the first one or 2 times, journey, whatever.... after a while i can't listen to a 4 minute song stretched out into 12minutes and pretend like it's justified
The same 4 measures 50 times? Im not sure but i think time signatures are not a walk in the park. Grab 3 people and lets see you nail it. Its far more complicated
@@gue-ce8um i think you missed the point entirely
@@notimportant3686 i think the point is the song is extremely elaborate and to downplay the whole song saying it repeats itself is not an honest critique. Agree to disagree cheers 🍻
@@gue-ce8um absolutely an honest critique... it's a song I LIKE, that i can't listen to anymore because of how repetitive, long and droning each section is... what the hell are you talking about?
I know that you're not one for lyrics but I identify with what Maynard is saying here. He is lamenting the loss of his youthful flame that once raged so loud and was amazed by all who heard it; now he is struggling to keep his fire alive while the wind is blowing and the world is growing darker.
Being in the twilight of my life now, this song holds a very special meaning to me. Older means memories of my youth, things I've done, battles engaged, wins and losses. Thank you for making this one of the songs you've listened to. Be well.
Joe Barresi
Not even Joe Barresi, who engineered and mixed Fear Inoculum and whom the band describes as “the guy we trust more than anyone” gets in the way of Tool doing their thing. “No-one tells us what to do when it comes to our compositions because we're so hard on each other,” says Danny.Dec 9, 2019
I've seen many TOOL reactions and I love how, no matter who the listener is, there is this spontaneous universal reaction to simply have their eyes closed at some point. It's like you can't help but feel lifted and your mind feels pulled to another place, another sense of feeling.
“Once invincible, now the armor’s wearing thin… heavy shield down.”
Man don’t I know it 👴 🥱
I was shroomed the fuck out of my mind seeing this live in February. They released chrome confetti from the ceiling during the intro of this. That and stage smoke. It was a religious experience. This one sounds much better live
I love that others also really dig in with mushies. I couldn’t do that in public for a show, but to the albums 🔥🔥
I tripped for the first time seeing this tour in 2019. This song and Pnuema, my head was on fuckin FIRE, brain sizzling. They tell me I looked like I was having a good time.
@@johngilbanni6385 “they tell me” 😂
The mixing is unbelievable but if you were to see that live you would understand that those musicians make that song sound that good
The amazing about Tool is they sound just like that live. Once you see them live you realizing the brilliance lies in the band members
The sound quality in their live performances is also amazing.
Indeed. Just saw them and going again soon.
This. The sound engineering is great, but even those guys will tell you that it all starts with great players, and each member is a master of their craft and can duplicate it live so well
never seen you 2 so quiet. such a beautiful song, renders the listener speachless. simply beautiful. Best album of all time to me. Cheers.
I can you both respecting the music and thats pretty damn awesome.
Agree
They literally said they didn't like it. Looked to me like they were waiting for it to be over the whole time.
Dude, I love you giving credit to the guys behind the scene… now I gotta go back and listen to it a few more times… thanks…
I went to a Tool concert back in my high school days… honestly one of the best concert experiences in my life. This was back in 2000-2001
Saw them 2 weeks ago. They were remarkably tight and sound better than the album
Just seen them recently and they are still dope
Seen them couple days ago... Sat next to a guy that seen em "many many many" times... Said this was hands down the best show... Was my first... I cried...
I did too... At the old boathouse in Norfolk... In 93?
me too , in 93 -94 ( 2 Times ) and 96 or 97 for the Aenema Tour . They were all Phenomenal performances / experiences .
Love you guys' reactions to metal.
I'm sure you've realized it but you can grab a totally different audience when you change genres like you're doing.
Hope your channel continues to grow.
Greatest rock band ever in my humble opinion. It resonates.
@AutomaticWriting anyone who is a musician and doesn’t have shit for brains recognizes that @stay_at_home_dad isn’t far off with that comment, bud
@AutomaticWriting lol
@AutomaticWriting Opinions don't care about degrees, or even other opinions.
@AutomaticWriting the guy clearly stated it was his opinion. Being weirdly aggressive on the internet doesn't make you intelligent or superior.
@AutomaticWriting it's true to him and a lot of others too!!!
This is the Tool reaction I have been looking for. Y'all experienced it, took it in. Thank you
I get goosebumps every time I listen to this song. The album is an absolute masterpiece.
Dude with the pillow behind his head has got it. Eyes closed, and your head starts rockin'
This song is amazing. It really hits home, hitting middle age, having struggled through the last years of my life. Got to keep fighting!
This song hits different when you are older. TOOL really takes you on a journey with every song
Tool humbles and uplifts. It's powerful shit. Thanks guys!
It's nice to know that there are others out there whose souls share the same space as yours 😌
I like your honesty. Tool is my favorite band and this is my favorite song but I like that you don't over-hype it just for likes.
This song holds a special place in my heart. As a former MMA fighter, grew up as a white dude in the streets I became a warrior and nothing could stop me, until I met myself. Then at 18 I started having gout flare ups. Therefore, over time I become the warrior struggling to remain consequential. I was forced to re learn my life. Then, at 30 years old I was diagnosed with autism and once again I had to relearn everything. And I’ve watched my armor ware thin and the heavy shield I had forced on me at a young age (my body) was the only thing that eventually broke me down.
That's beautiful man, props on the self work and hope you're doing well
God bless your intense white energy brother. Hopefully you move away from ignorant channels like this that attempt to downplay what is "pure".
As much as I like Invincible, the best song on this album for you two specifically would be 7empest. If you're going to sit through a super long song, listen to one with some of the best drumming and guitar work in the history of rock music.
Agreed. One of the best songs where Adam just goes beast mode.
Hard agree
x3
I'd put both of these songs together as the best on the album.
Tempest is a monstruous song .....the longest and the most accomplished of them all
It's a shame to hear a musician say 'a 12-minute song, I don't have time for that'. I think of Mozart, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis or Franck Zappa ... the world wouldn't be the same without them.
I'll be 55 in less than 2 months. I FINALLY got to see Tool live in January of this year. SO worth the wait! Going to remember that show as long as my brain allows! So incredible!
When the song ended.. those twinkling eyes of you ate saying so much 😂
a masterpiece, the precision of the whole Tool team is incredible
Love the egg in frying pan analogy 👍
No joke, after hearing this album for the first time, my first impression was this has GOT to be the best sounding drum album of all time.
This is my favorite Tool song by far. The lyrics and THAT riff at the end are just powerful. Love many other songs by them but this one gets me.
Love to hear musicians perspective on this stuff & respect your insights. The greatest tracks or albums that become part of you, take time, they grow from repeat exposure, until your brain salivates at the prospect of the audio endorphins to come. Tool are human catnip. Be careful, addiction has a cost & it’s sublime. Tool ‘06 Nottingham Arena was the cleanest audio experience I’ve ever had. Quality live I’ve not heard apart from Rush. Oh yeah, Rush Tom Sawyer might be worth a listen. 🤘🏻
Seeing this song played live made me appreciate way more. Knowing that the "guitar solo" was actually the bass, and then the instrument soloing over that repetitive chugging guitar riff was Danny playing a xylophone type thing
You gotta love closet Tool fans. It's okay, you can give all the props to the producers, but once you see them live, and they sound just as good, you realize they are just that good. 18:31
This song hits hard live
And on the album. Ha.
When this song came out, I went for drive to listen. I ended up pulling to the side of the road - frozen. It’s a journey in its own right.
Yes... close your eyes and just take it all in. The best way to listen to the greatest group to ever exist! True artists!
The egg analogy is a great way to interpret this. More liquid, or fluid in the beginning, reaching out everywhere, and undeveloped. Then it undergoes a transformation and firms up on the places it's been.
I needed this, cheers
A beautiful theme for anyone that has ever felt time’s wear and tear upon themselves.
I promise I’m not one of those self-righteous tool fans with my head up my own *ss about them (so I can respect and understand when people don’t just vibe with them as a whole)but this is such a great example of what I love about them. Each song feels like a story/journey to me. Not just a track blipped out to toss on the radio. A scene is laid, a path is forged. Each little series of drum fills or guitar breaks is like a little vista opening up as the bass pulls your steps forward and the vocals guide the way. It’s an experience front to back. Super cool and I am drawn to that in most of the music I listen to.
I love the way you deeply analyze every aspect of the songs you review.
This is my absolute favorite band. That being said, I appreciate your critique. Thanks for the honest review and I look forward to more. By the way, I think LATERALUS was their best mixed album. FEAR INOCULUM sounded great, however compressed and cold. Just my opinion, I could be wrong. 😊
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Yes given props to the master engineers has long been due to completion of bands that ,musicians ...ect. to REALLY appreciate the TIME putt in to bring it!! To the audience listeners... Mahalo for being the first to this recognition !!!
reacting the 1st time to music its awesome but with Tool i need to listen 3, 4, 5 times... especially the latest songs, this song is one of those, the meaning, the journey is very immersive and im still a young guy ... 😅
Invincible is incredible for exercise. Listen to it while doing cardio. It's fucking great.
It’s my go to for bench.
You boys funny af... You're bandmates, so cool y'all do this with your boys
I truly appreciate your technical analysis and breakdown of the song mix and mastering.
I think when you get older you’ll be able to relate to it and enjoy it more. I really enjoy this one. Pneuma is a favorite too.
Karnivool - Simple Boy, opening track to a superbly mixed album. HEAVY BASS with beautiful top end, a wall of beautiful sound. Please give 'em a shot lads.
Bought the album when it came out. Reserved two hours to listen to it. Put on my best headphones... '20' minutes later, 80 minutes had passed. What a ride! :)
Take another trip down Deftones Lane. Diamond Eyes or Beauty School.
Tool is deep and the magic of their collection is that if you are into it, the listener will catch nuances the more they listen.
Seen this live on the 10th... Im a different person after that show... It was beyond transformational...
I always think about how great it would be if someone sliced up scenes from the movie Highlander with this song and made a filmclip. The battle scenes in Scotland marching to battle, a single person through time being worn out by the 20th Century.... Just a thought.
I can almost guarantee you would love Porcupine Tree "Anaesthetize", the live version from Tilburg - The entire song composition is fantastic and Gavin is a beast on the drums
Gavin is one of the best with Danny out there on drums .
Not to mention, the entire overtone of the song is to understand the feeling of time beating you down and raging against it. So it sounds like marching for excessive time and the moment that the time of battle comes you morph into something else.
amazing reactions!!! as always!!!
Respect to your Honesty 🙏 Great Reaction🔥🔥 🔥🏆
I think I can speak for everyone and say that we would love to hear your reaction to *Wings For Marie(10,000 Days).* It's such a personal song for Maynard, so much so that he can't play it live anymore because it's too emotionally draining for him. I'm lucky to have seen them perform it twice and it was nothing short of ethereal. Everyone was so attentive and quiet giving Maynard the respect the song commands. It's so emotive and such a masterpiece on many different levels. I highly suggest you give it a reaction, you'll never hear a more vulnerable Maynard, he lends his entire soul to the piece and it shows. I'm sure you've heard this a million times but lyrics are a must as it can be very difficult to make out the lyrics at times
I’ve been to a lot of concerts including 6 Tool shows and Wings for Marie parts 1&2 are the only time in my life that I’m pretty sure I had an outer body experience. It was like nothing else I’ve ever experienced.
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There are times for long songs and others for short ones. I really appreciate a long song that takes your mind on an adventure, but I also really admire bands that can find a really sick groove or riff and only use it really sparingly once or twice in a short song. It's almost a tease but it makes you have to go back and listen again. To come up with something so wonderful and have the restraint to not exploit it like a typical pop song chugging out the hook over and over again for four and a half minutes straight. I feel like Tool often hits both of those notes, a song that takes you on a journey, but has some weird hook that you can't get enough and they only give you a couple of little tastes of, making you have to go back to hear it again.
They literally mixed this album for years. Maynard told stories how they had songs done for years and he had no idea what was going on all that time.
I absolutely love this song.
Remember hearing "Descending" teaser as far back 2012....
According to Joe and Danny, the whole production and recording process was actually quite rushed. What took forever was writing it, and Maynard kept trying to write his parts over it, but by the time he came back around, the song had gone in a totally different direction, so he opted to hold out until he had the final arrangement.
This is one of my favorite Tool songs. I’m over 50 so it definitely resonates with me.
Maynard was also in the army, and is expressing how time is an adversary that not just soldiers but all mankind strive to overcome.
Gonna push back mate and say "Descending" is the greatest track every recorded and mixed.
Period. Joe Baressi is a production master.
I wasn’t much of a fan of this song after first listen either, but once I dived into the lyrics and seen it played live. It is now one of my favs.
Saw them do this as the last song. Incredible lightshow, sound. Finally got the cd. Interesting sounds. When Danny is cracking that snare with the strainer off, you don't normally hear that tone. Very powerful. JL Audio says so. 🤣
Much respect for your process here. Eyes shut, mind open, immersed in the moment.
Funny thing about this album is that it grows on you! It took me several listens to like it and then love it. My first listen left me underwhelmed. I felt parts were monotonous like you said. I was expecting more of their 90’s sound of short traditional alternative metal songs. This feels almost like long prog rock music but with a Tool twist. I love this album now
if you like it you like it, music is everyones different taste...thats the beuty of (music) noones into the same genre on that given time, its the most human way of taste
you play what your into, but your mate is into something else on that day/night..
MUSIC IS NOONES FAVOURITE.. hope yous understand without takin me the wrong way
It is flawless. The more you listen to it the more you hear it.
Invincible is my new favorite. After 2-3 years of it being off shore, the lyrics started drifting in. As notedn in Pushit reaction, it completed the movie score. Change-ups made more sense with more punch than the music alone. Gives me a visual call back to Titus (2000) Or maybe because I’m 50.
Would you watch it live???
Their stage shows are superb
TH-cam doesn't really do it justice. You have to be there.
I like the burnt egg analogy. An old man resembles a burnt egg in a way, and this song is about growing into an old disgusting eggman lol
with Tool you only have one thing to do: listen (carefully) and bow to their greatness!
Tool is a Live Performance the albums are a bonus
Remember "Pneuma" was 12 minutes also but I know it's different watching a video.... I think lyrics up to read along and just enjoy the journey
If you love the mixing, check out Devin Townsend Live at Royal Albert Hall. Amazing especially being live.
Let me see this guy make a hit record
Seen this live, my face was completely melted off by the end of the night.
Tool breaks molds. It's like being the Phoenix. You think you have an idea of how music should work, but this kind of music can be disruptive and destructive, but for "good" reasons. In order to grow, we have to die, metaphorically, and then rise from the ashes of what we knew or were familiar with. Now, how can you use what you've experienced to be "bold and proud"? Thanks for the reaction.
I like to put Tool in the background when I'm doing school stuff or I'm just working on something lengthy.
And then I might come back later and listen to some of the songs cause they feel familiar, but Tool isn't something I'd put on to get hyped up to.
IMO, every genre of music has a characteristic sound. Every musician or band that I’ve listened to has a characteristic sound and style. It’s the same with artists of any types.
If I’m not interested in a particular band or genre of music the first thing I notice is how it all sounds the same. It’s only with interest and repeated listening that the nuances and differences come out.
Tool’s sound is so off the beaten track that I had to seriously listen to appreciate what they were up to. Their music is so multi-layered that I have to listen multiple times to really like them. As a result, some of my favourite Tool songs have been the ones I’ve had to listen to the most. They are a brilliant group of pioneering musicians who have decided and committed to a style and approach in composition arranging and mixing that’s refreshing.
Invincible does build up. It’s a refined piece and the frying egg analogy was nice. I get exactly what you mean dude. If you can listen to more of Tools exploratory presentations then I certainly encourage it. They only get better as your senses acclimatise.
One may ask, why should I have to acclimatise as it were? Well, I think that’s what new experiences are about, aren’t they?
The album sounded so dam clear it was UNBELIEVABLE when I listened to the album over and over for the first 48 hrs! It was so crisp and clear you could hear every little detail!
"Reaction vids, struggling, to remain...relevant."
What do u mean by that?
@@marylandstationmusic9422 it's a joke based on the song lyrics
@@darwinblinks ahhh okay okay I need to get into the lyrics
The production values are fantastic. Tool = a journey.
Danny Carry on the drums. Brilliant. Just now found your page, but if you haven’t heard Pneuma , Live. Oh my God. It will take you in. Enjoy!
Danny Carey does everything related to his drums himself. This includes mic set up, and piece placement.