I'm still working my way through all your Tool reactions. Not only loving your general commentary and analysis, but here you are 50:50 on your two favourite songs by them, when for me, neither is even a contender for top 10. THAT is how utterly brilliant they are - barely a dodgy song in their entire catalogue 😂
Don't talk your reactions down. Non-musical folks absolutely have valid opinions. I am a musician and I enjoy channels like yours specifically for learning about what lands with different audiences
I'd say it's more important than knowing about music stuff imo, it doesn't matter if it's all technical as long as you can make something that sounds good
Some very well trained musicians struggle to truly feel the music and lose themselves in it the way you should. I've seen some reactions where they are so busy trying to work out time signatures that they miss the whole point!
that is the WARNING (ego) interpretation there is a MESSAGE OF HOPE (egoless) tho ("for those who choose to hear it") "slide a mile six inches at a time"...
"I dont want to pick no more, I'm tired of fighting, I'm tired of it!" Said every TOOL fan at least once! That's what happens when your entire catalog is a masterpiece.
Dude- you know tool already breaks the mold so go ahead and break the rule that you have to pick favourite 😘 you’re reactions are making me feel like tool is brand new for me again! Thank you ❤
i believe that H. is about his son. His son's birth is forcing him to look at a literal part of himself and he's being confronted with his closed heart. his child seems to provoke this need for him to be a better person, to not be fearful anymore, and that the love he feels from his son connects them on almost a spiritual level and that his son's love is "considerately killing" his ego. something like that. any fellow Toolheads want to add to this, please do.
I really lilke this interpretation. I have studied these lyrics for over 20 years and leaned toward the idea that it was about his son but could never make sense of the "considerately killing me" line. I never thought of it in the way that it could mean considerately killing his ego or his old self.. THANKS!!
@@SMAC-wv5rw I’ve also always leaned towards the idea that the song was about Maynard’s son. When it came to the “considerately killing me” line, I personally saw that as a realization that as great as having a child is, there’s the side of it where your literally throwing your life away to raise your child and stress over wether or not they’ll grow up into someone healthy and respectable. Though ultimately it will be something nothing else comes close to, I see the line as a dark truth to the welcomed cost of your progeny. Though I do think the “considerably killing the ego” interpretation has a bit more merit.
This was always my understanding. "My blood before me begs me open up my heart again". Becoming a parent can be life altering. Your former self dies. Your new self is humbled and oddly vulnerable.
@@PeteOliva absolutely, that whole section is crazy. Justin, adam and danny destroying what's left of our minds lol. Also, danny's drum fill right after that, leading to the last chorus, is INSANE.
Tool is so esoteric about the meanings of their lyrics and such, it's always understandable when someone thinks this song is about heroin, especially if it's their first time hearing it. After hearing that this was, in fact, about his son, and the feeling of being a parent, it seems plain as day to me when I go back and read the lyrics, and listen to the sincerity and Maynard's voice. Especially, when he sings the repeating refrain of "I don't mind." The sacrifices we make for our children, however big or small, always feel like no big thing, when we see those precious smiles on their faces. Knowing, somewhere in their heart of hearts, that they are everything to us. That being said, I'm sure Maynard steadfastly employed his usual method of being just vague enough that the song could be about 10 different things.
@Fred Hampshire I get to see them again in October. My SO has been a tangential fan over the years, never been to a live show, but is now studying their discography for the first time. I've been sending him Polo's videos to get a read on what he's in for.
Dude... H has been one of my favorite songs for 25 years ❤ When I was a kid I heard a bootleg concert album where he introduced the song. He said "have you ever seen those cartoons where the character has to make a decision, and he has an angel pop up on one shoulder and a devil on the other. The angel's gonna try and get him to do what's good for him and the devil's going to try to get him to do what's bad. In life it's not like that, a lot of times is just friends offering you advice, trying to get you to do what's best for you but not really knowing what's best. It's up to you. you have to make your decision... this song's called H"
Thanks for sharing that! I had a bootleg album that had "Diarrhea of a madman cover, " you'll get it if you've heard it. Actually, i think it was an APC bootleg, and I think I got it at Innerworld in Oceanside. Wow, memories!
H. is a masterpiece and integral to the Tool lexicon although it isn't a staple in their live shows, Jimmy is another magnificent Tool track that gets overlooked, even by Tool fans, it's integral to the Judith/10,000 Days story arc
Paul D’Amour is credited with writing H. (as well as Stinkfist, Eulogy, Pushit, and Aenema). I hate being “that guy” but I hate seeing Paul overlooked for his contributions to some of Tool’s most memorable tracks.
Honestly bro, I found your channel from one of your very first Tool reactions, and I am glad I did. I subscribed after binge watching several. The variety of tunes you check out, and the energy in which you deliver your thoughts are all contagious. I wish you nothing but the best my man.
I want to be there when Polo sees Tool live. Having seen them 10 times I'm not sure his heart could handle it. 😂 When you are in an arena and Everyone knows the songs by heart it is an Epic experience!
I know. I almost hope we get a live reaction video from someone. Just Polo standing there with stankface would inevitably be part of it. We've all been there!
@@armchairgravy8224 In the early 90’s it was a guaranteed meat grinder that moved to the upper atmosphere. By 2006 (10,000 Days) it moved securely into Astro projection and never stopped after leaving the solar system.
Polo, just imagine being 14 years old and growing up on this album. This album forged my developing neurological pathways and changed my being. I am forever different now, thankyou Tool. This has always been one of my favorite songs
I was 13-14 when Undertow came out. Such a pivotal time of development on your way to adulthood. I heard Sober being played in some random store at the mall, and I was immediately drawn in. That bass. Those drums. That VOICE. What a hook. I went to Sam Goody and bought the album and listened to it religiously in my bedroom. Would fall asleep to the crickets and get scared shitless when the machine message awoke me. (it wasn’t until a year later did I accidentally open the back of the jewel case only to find a cow licking his own asshole, but that’s besides the point). Imagine the pain and restlessness of 14-15-16, waiting 3 years for another album. At that time we had no internet and no clue when your favorite band would release anything. Then seemingly out of nowhere Aenima dropped and everything changed. Everything was different. Elevated, Stinkfist was played over the airways and was noticeably more complex, but progressing from Undertows sound so there was familiarity. Then Eulogy with that unique opening for the first time and then this absolute GEM of a song in H. Wasn’t like anything I had heard. Deeper, more emotional. Clear and expansive. Like some sort of soundtrack to a 16 year olds night holed up in his bedroom after school days and hockey practice. That breakdown before the explosion at the end, I wanted to every one of my friends to hear it but not sure if they would understand. After little afraid they would dismiss it as just another song so I kept it to myself. It almost wasn’t worth it to share considering how ahead of time it was to me. Pure greatness - there’s no other way to describe it and the impact it has had on me and so many others who were lucky enough to live through that time and felt the same way. Thank you Tool
Great video. One thing I just have to say as a bass player that loves playing tool songs. Sometimes when you are giving props to Adam it's actually Justin playing up on the high notes. I like to call him the "lead" bass player because he isn't just in the back laying down rhythm. He brings bright notes and an unbelievable bass tone that leads the music at times.
I'm a classically trained musician who went to school for music and got a degree in it. I absolutely love hearing your opinion on these tracks (and some other reactors as well). To me, it's really interesting to hear the perspective of a non-musician and can even be quite insightful sometimes. We learn from each other 🙏
Yeah but how many videos are there where everybody does it early because they started phasing it in different and later. It became “I…I…I….I DON’T MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII…”
Well when I saw them live they actually did play H and everyone sang, I have seen videos from all the way back from 1996 and people have always hung onto that one part to sing along. Maynard actually paused a second for us to sing and he harmonized with the crowd it was magical! 🎉
the fact one of their older tracks is rivaling one of their newest ones to a new fan just shows how talented this band has always been. glad you are enjoying the ride, spiral out. keep the Tool reacts comin, the Tool Army is here with ya. much love man.
"i didn't know music could make you feel this good" -polo yah, probs better than heroin would make ya feel too. glad you chose Tool instead of Heroin. good work. lol.
It is so badass to watch how deep you are getting into Tool. It's been a pleasure to watch your journey into the greatest rock band of all time!! I love it man. I really appreciate how much that you appreciate their music and skills. So cool man!!
Tool never disappoints. Tool never gets old. So many masterpieces that it's not even funny. Their music is so far ahead of anyone else, it's not even fair. Brilliance at it's finest.
this has always been my favorite track I brought this song in for my high school English class to share it when we were allowed to bring in one song to share with the class and we would break down the lyrics still to this day it gets me every time god I love this song
Adam is just an AMAZING riff writer. He has a sense for what sticks with you, what combinations of notes and chords draw in your attention. If Danny is the beating heart of the band, and Justin is the color and mood setter with his creative take on the bottom end, Adam definitely the chief composer and is responsible for a lot of the harmonic and chordal impact the songs have, the chords that travel up your spine, so to speak!
I’m so happy that you’re getting so much enjoyment out of the tool catalog! This song gives the same goosebumps today as it did 26 years ago as an 18 year old! I’m loving your enthusiasm for these songs! Let’s keep it going! Have we done LATERALUS yet!?
I've listened to this song over 400 times. I chose 400 instead of a millions because... that's flat out accurate. That drum roll into the crescendo at the end still gives me goosebumps.
Saw Tool live way back in 2001 the first time, easily the best concert I've ever attended and I've been to A LOT of concerts over the years due to working at musical festivals for a couple decades. Tool is up there with the very best ever.
Bratha Thank you so much for finding Tool and then having the courage to explore this road. This whole album is incredible. When it first came out I could not stop listening to "Jimmy". The intro just got me. The interlude is really the beginning of it. Everyone has a different interpretation of what the song means to them and there's the beauty. Tool changes every time I hear them. But the goosebumps stay the same
I don't recall where I heard it quoted, but it's about his 11 year old self and finding himself after the lifetime spent trying to forget the horrible things that happened that year. I also heard a very different explanation for H, but I guess like you said, it's interpretation. Funny how they set it up so that each theory could make perfect sense 🙂
9:02 considerately killing me explained My son is 9 he doesn’t like mornings…most times we manage fine…one morning I wasn’t feeling patient and made him cry…walked him to school with tears in his eyes and told him he will be fine…I can still see his tears and feel his breathing as I hugged him…im crying typing this even now…it kills you and you love him
Both you and the song are gems! You take me back to the late 90s, when I was a teenager and discovered this album one night in MTV seeing AEnima. I should have be gone to sleep for long, to be up early for school next morning. But I was craving alternative music at night. My head exploded, when I found out a band like Tool existed and it felt like a whole world was opening up to me, opening my 3rd eye on what great music can be for you!
Bro…I’m a fairly new Reactor…and I’m hearing things I never would have listened to, or found…and it’s amazing! It’s actually exciting to have these experiences! I’ve been with tool since about ‘97…so I’ve been around. Love that you FEEL this like we do! Much love my brother!
This whole album is special. In my top 10 of all time and I have a very broad range of music leanings. From Metal to Jazz, Pop and Rock, Hip Hop, Latin Big Band, Funk and Soul etc it’s all good. This album thematically, sonically, and technically hit so well on every track. Even the interstitial tracks add to the whole.
I never watched your review on this in months. Didn't think you'd appreciate it as much as someone who's been listening to rhis since the 90s. Keep listening to this.
Even though you've listened to a lot of their songs already, and think the songs you have left won't impress you as much, the one thing you have to look forward to is that the songs you didn't like as much will become your favourites a year or 2 from now after you hear them more times. I can't tell you how many times over the years that's happened to me with their songs, sometimes you just don't get the song until a lot of time has passed.
This album changed my perception and experience of what music can be. It pried my eye wide open. And then each subsequent album sent me on a spiritual odyssey that has never stopped and will never end. Thankfully.
I picture this song as the classic devil on one shoulder and angel on the other. The snake represents Maynard's past selfish self, which is being challenged by the angel on the other shoulder, or 'my blood'. This fits nicely into the song being about his son being born and necessitating a change in Maynard's priorities. Also the line, 'what's holding up is a mirror'. I love this song so much and is always my answer when someone asks about an underrated Tool song.
I finally figured out why I like your reaction videos. You listening to a favorite song of mine is the same as if I showed it first time to a friend. We all like to share music to our friends, but you actually listen to it and I can see all your emotions triggered by the track.
H was the the first Tool song I downloaded on Napster in 1999, back in middle school. I’ve probably listened to it 5000 times since then - it still gives me goosebumps when I hear it. I’m super pumped to hear the passion you’ve developed for Tool. Your reactions always put a smile on my face. Keep ‘em coming, Polo!😊
So jealous, this song and many others still hit hard but I wish I could hear them again for the first time like I did 20+years ago?! That's why these videos are so good!
46 & 2 cover by the O’Keefe Music foundation kids 16 to 9 yrs of age performing this song. You will not believe it. Thanks for doing Tool reactions, love everyone of them🙏🏼
So glad to see you react to H.!!! I can hardly wait for you to do Third Eye. Start with the album version. Then move on to the Salival version. That shit will change your life onto another insane trajectory.
H. has always been my favorite of Tool’s and to watch you fall in love with it the way you did was fantastic. You were so taken in before it got out of the first verse, and you would stop again before it even broke loose, I kept saying “Just you wait…”, knowing what was to come. Your reaction was thoroughly enjoyable to watch. Thank you.
Having watched almost every Tool reaction video on your channel in one day, the one thing I really enjoy is the evolution in how you react to their songs. The time changes you expect and those that surprise you, your reactions to Maynard's voice, the anticipation of Adam's riffs. It's so great to see. Over 20 years as a Tool fan, and they still surprise me, too. Just loving your appreciation of Tool and these reaction vids.
Fire! So happy you did this reaction Polo, it’s definitely an iconic track. Love that this song has different interpretations, I also always thought it’s was about H. However, been told it’s about his son coming into the world. Been a fan of Tool since 1993, now when I hear this song today I get emotional thinking about my own son. This band is timeless. Please also check out Jimmy too, but make sure to listen to the interlude (previous track) going into it.
Ive rocked with u since day one and i love these Tool reactions, it takes a certain kind of person to get it and u obviously get it "i didnt know music can make you feel this good" was so fucking on point.
I feel like an idiot. I have wanted you to do this for a LONG time. My favorite Tool song. I thought I’ve seen most of your videos but I missed this. I’m soooooo glad you liked it.😊
Polo, u are by far my favorite TOOL reactor, im so glad u found them AND enjoy them so much, as someone who has listened to them since the early 90's and claim they're my favorite band, ive come up with a term.for their music to me....."beautiful chaos"
Phenomenal song. Was always my favorite song on my favorite album from them. Sadly, hearing this and learning this entire album when I was young, I never even stopped to ask what the lyrics meant. It's something I rarely try to do. I just can't fathom trying to decide what someone else what thinking or feeling when they created it. Without the writer saying it explicitly, I just allow songs to take on their own meaning for each listener. Cant deny though, it does seem that the more people listen to a song with together, with a similar understanding of the meaning. The more power the song gains. For me it was always about vulnerability. Giving into temptation or trying not to. Realizing you're trapped and being fine with it.
Dude, I'm loving your reactions. Your journey of discovery with Tool has reinvigorated my passion for them. Tool was the band that made me realise music was important when I was young and it's really beautiful to watch you enjoying them as well. Please keep it up.
jeez man, keep it up. your reactions are 100% the songs I'd least expect you to be reacting to and definitely the songs no one else is reacting to. keep it up bro 🤟
That fill you stopped at on the second chorus is what I believe to be one of the best fills to have ever been recorded. Danny is an absolute miracle to music.
This was the first Tool song I ever heard back in 2000 during my lunch break one day in my sophomore year of high school. I heard it while I was smoking my first joint as well. I've been a huge fan of both ever since! Great reaction!
stumbled across your channel in a mashup of Reacts to Laterlus. This was my first ever rock song I heard (after sneaking my portable walkman / radio #Fancy) and tuning into the local rock station. That was when I was 12 or so, and 24 years later this song still hits & provides new meaning. Tool has been a rock, and a lifelong companion to see me through dark days. Really glad you enjoy it, and hope to see your reactions to some of their other songs. Eon Blue Apocalypse / The Patient. Those two have carried me many a time. Edit - just got to the end, heard about your playlist for Tool reacts & The Patient is the second one on the list. Gonna watch now.
POLO! I love your reactions! I work late and I turn on your channel for company and to listen to my favorite band at the same time. I have loved TOOL for the last 20 years and I love seeing and hearing you fall in love with them too. I have a little suggestion and request… I want to see you in the 4-Runner listening this band! I can’t wait till you’ve listened and lived the lyrics - it will become “next level”!
After you’re done with all the Tool Studio stuff, you will find that that different songs speak to you at different times. When I first started loving them I tried picking favorites all the time too. It’s been decades now and I’ve settled in to realize they all have a time and place where most of them meant something special to me. Sometimes you have to be a little younger to be inspired like that but I’m glad to see you are loving these guys.
I can't wait until you react to the entire Tool catalogue. As a Tool fan since the early 90's, your reaction videos aren't "silly" to this particular fan. They're awesome! I love seeing someone experience something I've loved for so long for the first time. It's like recapturing nostalgic memories vicariously through you:)
After you react to the entire catalogue I’d totally be down to watch all of your second reactions to each song…. In the entire catalogue. Again and again 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Wow. It's been a while since I've heard this song. You helped me see it in a new light. I loved this song before, but you made me really look at it and appreciate it again. It has one of my favorite bridges of any tool song. I couldn't wait till you got there.
i love your Tool's reactions...I definitively love this band too since the first hearing.....It was 15 years ago....My favorite song.....It depends of the mood 😉
You are my new favorite reaction channel. I have so much fun watching "toolsday"!! H is top five for me as well! This was such a fun reaction - I was yelling at the TV - "Ohh just wait!! Ohh just wait!!"
I remember the day I heard Aenima for the first time. It was the day it was released, a co-worker and I walked to the local music store at lunch got the cd, and went back to work. We didn't get anything done the rest of the day, we sat there mesmerized, glancing at each other with gobsmacked looks on our faces. You have to listen to the entire album in one sitting with headphones on, then do your reaction immediately after. I really enjoy your reactions to music I have loved almost my entire life.
Aenima was on repeat for weeks at my place, it really is right up there with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, the whole thing tells a story and it's... transcendent.
Glad you checked out H and loved it. It's cool how music can bring people together no matter what the person is like. TOOL seems universal and seems to bring all kinds of people to their music. Great reaction.
Welcome to Tool dude! I promise they will continue to surprise and impress you the further you get along in their catalogue. Happy listening, enjoying the reactions!
I remember being 16 years old in 1999 and visiting my brother in California for the summer and hearing eulogy on the radio and immediately after work going to a little record store by his house called Dimple Records and immediately buying everything that they had released up to that point and being completely obsessed since
That fill at 12:30, I suggested that in Rick Beatos video about the top drum fills of all time. Maybe not the most technical fill, but it hits so dang hard.
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I'm still working my way through all your Tool reactions. Not only loving your general commentary and analysis, but here you are 50:50 on your two favourite songs by them, when for me, neither is even a contender for top 10.
THAT is how utterly brilliant they are - barely a dodgy song in their entire catalogue 😂
Don't talk your reactions down. Non-musical folks absolutely have valid opinions. I am a musician and I enjoy channels like yours specifically for learning about what lands with different audiences
I'd say it's more important than knowing about music stuff imo, it doesn't matter if it's all technical as long as you can make something that sounds good
couldn’t agree more! i have a phd in music and i adore polo’s reactions. you don’t need training to understand and appreciate art. intuition is king.
Some very well trained musicians struggle to truly feel the music and lose themselves in it the way you should. I've seen some reactions where they are so busy trying to work out time signatures that they miss the whole point!
fr sometimes its j about how the song makes one feel, not the musical recognition of specific things
@@williambrookings722 nirvana
It actually was written for Maynards son
“My blood before me begs me open up my heart again”
that is the WARNING (ego) interpretation
there is a MESSAGE OF HOPE (egoless) tho
("for those who choose to hear it")
"slide a mile six inches at a time"...
@@soth1soltalk in clear English and your message will reach farther.
"I dont want to pick no more, I'm tired of fighting, I'm tired of it!" Said every TOOL fan at least once! That's what happens when your entire catalog is a masterpiece.
Exactly 😂 I think it’s more like “__ is my favorite song this week”
I ain't fighting it. H is #1
Agreed, H. Until I listen to my next Tool track
Amen
No...
Dude- you know tool already breaks the mold so go ahead and break the rule that you have to pick favourite 😘 you’re reactions are making me feel like tool is brand new for me again! Thank you ❤
i believe that H. is about his son. His son's birth is forcing him to look at a literal part of himself and he's being confronted with his closed heart. his child seems to provoke this need for him to be a better person, to not be fearful anymore, and that the love he feels from his son connects them on almost a spiritual level and that his son's love is "considerately killing" his ego.
something like that. any fellow Toolheads want to add to this, please do.
I really lilke this interpretation. I have studied these lyrics for over 20 years and leaned toward the idea that it was about his son but could never make sense of the "considerately killing me" line. I never thought of it in the way that it could mean considerately killing his ego or his old self.. THANKS!!
@@SMAC-wv5rw I’ve also always leaned towards the idea that the song was about Maynard’s son. When it came to the “considerately killing me” line, I personally saw that as a realization that as great as having a child is, there’s the side of it where your literally throwing your life away to raise your child and stress over wether or not they’ll grow up into someone healthy and respectable.
Though ultimately it will be something nothing else comes close to, I see the line as a dark truth to the welcomed cost of your progeny.
Though I do think the “considerably killing the ego” interpretation has a bit more merit.
Devo H. Keenan.
@@alpo6668 ooooohhhh. I never realized the song name was literally Devo’s middle initial.
This was always my understanding. "My blood before me begs me open up my heart again". Becoming a parent can be life altering. Your former self dies. Your new self is humbled and oddly vulnerable.
H. is an uderrated masterpiece. I DON'T MIIIIIND!!! Chills every time, man
i don't know" what incantation, what psalm or mantra! "i don't know"
The BRUTAL bass/guitar riff under that part just always blows my mind.
@@PeteOliva absolutely, that whole section is crazy. Justin, adam and danny destroying what's left of our minds lol. Also, danny's drum fill right after that, leading to the last chorus, is INSANE.
Chills EVERY time yes. This song is amazing. Always has been ❤
Tool is so esoteric about the meanings of their lyrics and such, it's always understandable when someone thinks this song is about heroin, especially if it's their first time hearing it.
After hearing that this was, in fact, about his son, and the feeling of being a parent, it seems plain as day to me when I go back and read the lyrics, and listen to the sincerity and Maynard's voice. Especially, when he sings the repeating refrain of "I don't mind." The sacrifices we make for our children, however big or small, always feel like no big thing, when we see those precious smiles on their faces. Knowing, somewhere in their heart of hearts, that they are everything to us.
That being said, I'm sure Maynard steadfastly employed his usual method of being just vague enough that the song could be about 10 different things.
Who cuttin’ onions? *sniffle sniffle*
I had heard it was about a bad marriage that was killing them but not with malice, just "considerately."
H. is a gorgeous song.
Jimmy is fantastic as well, when you get to it. 😉
Jimmy is an under rated masterpiece. Sure it's not as complex as others but it hits like a truck
@@FredHampshire It's such a sad and powerful song.
@@laurabuer4714 Glow, Child, Glow - I'm heading back home. Damn, I'm getting emotional just typing the lyrics
@Fred Hampshire I get to see them again in October. My SO has been a tangential fan over the years, never been to a live show, but is now studying their discography for the first time.
I've been sending him Polo's videos to get a read on what he's in for.
@@laurabuer4714Awesome! I have to see them again before I die 😊
Tool’s music is so dialed in, it’s like a hand made, finely crafted Ferrari. Every live performance is spiritual and a journey. Absolutely epic.
Seriously one of the best bands ever! ❤❤❤❤
Dude... H has been one of my favorite songs for 25 years ❤ When I was a kid I heard a bootleg concert album where he introduced the song. He said "have you ever seen those cartoons where the character has to make a decision, and he has an angel pop up on one shoulder and a devil on the other. The angel's gonna try and get him to do what's good for him and the devil's going to try to get him to do what's bad. In life it's not like that, a lot of times is just friends offering you advice, trying to get you to do what's best for you but not really knowing what's best. It's up to you. you have to make your decision... this song's called H"
Thanks for sharing that! I had a bootleg album that had "Diarrhea of a madman cover, " you'll get it if you've heard it. Actually, i think it was an APC bootleg, and I think I got it at Innerworld in Oceanside. Wow, memories!
oh man, I remember that too!!!!! Thanks for bringing that back :)
H. is a masterpiece and integral to the Tool lexicon although it isn't a staple in their live shows, Jimmy is another magnificent Tool track that gets overlooked, even by Tool fans, it's integral to the Judith/10,000 Days story arc
They played stinkfist/h back to back when I saw them touring for lateralus
i love jimmy, great song
Jimmy is one of my favs. Glad someone else hears it like I do
Jimmy is pure greatness. Hope it’s on the next tour.
Cant forget the intermission to go with jimmy🤟🤟🤟
This is the album where tool really found what they are about. And I think Justin played a key part in that process.
yep they set a new standard .....
Justin shines in H
this is the album everyone else found tool. tool's been tool since '92, first ep.
Paul D’Amour is credited with writing H. (as well as Stinkfist, Eulogy, Pushit, and Aenema). I hate being “that guy” but I hate seeing Paul overlooked for his contributions to some of Tool’s most memorable tracks.
@@soth1sol hahahahahaha brilliant 🤣🤣
Honestly bro, I found your channel from one of your very first Tool reactions, and I am glad I did. I subscribed after binge watching several. The variety of tunes you check out, and the energy in which you deliver your thoughts are all contagious. I wish you nothing but the best my man.
Amen. Likewise.
I want to be there when Polo sees Tool live. Having seen them 10 times I'm not sure his heart could handle it. 😂 When you are in an arena and Everyone knows the songs by heart it is an Epic experience!
I know. I almost hope we get a live reaction video from someone. Just Polo standing there with stankface would inevitably be part of it. We've all been there!
I've only been blessed with 7 live performances but yes, every word you typed is the truth.
It's the closest I'll ever get to being part of a magical working. The energy of a Tool crowd is next level.
I saw them in NY back in 02' and it was amazing. One of my fave shows I've seen and I've seen A LOT.
@@armchairgravy8224
In the early 90’s it was a guaranteed meat grinder that moved to the upper atmosphere. By 2006 (10,000 Days) it moved securely into Astro projection and never stopped after leaving the solar system.
Polo, just imagine being 14 years old and growing up on this album. This album forged my developing neurological pathways and changed my being. I am forever different now, thankyou Tool. This has always been one of my favorite songs
I was 14 when i got into them too 😂😂
I was 13-14 when Undertow came out.
Such a pivotal time of development on your way to adulthood.
I heard Sober being played in some random store at the mall, and I was immediately drawn in. That bass. Those drums. That VOICE. What a hook.
I went to Sam Goody and bought the album and listened to it religiously in my bedroom. Would fall asleep to the crickets and get scared shitless when the machine message awoke me. (it wasn’t until a year later did I accidentally open the back of the jewel case only to find a cow licking his own asshole, but that’s besides the point).
Imagine the pain and restlessness of 14-15-16, waiting 3 years for another album. At that time we had no internet and no clue when your favorite band would release anything.
Then seemingly out of nowhere Aenima dropped and everything changed. Everything was different. Elevated, Stinkfist was played over the airways and was noticeably more complex, but progressing from Undertows sound so there was familiarity. Then Eulogy with that unique opening for the first time and then this absolute GEM of a song in H.
Wasn’t like anything I had heard. Deeper, more emotional. Clear and expansive. Like some sort of soundtrack to a 16 year olds night holed up in his bedroom after school days and hockey practice.
That breakdown before the explosion at the end, I wanted to every one of my friends to hear it but not sure if they would understand. After little afraid they would dismiss it as just another song so I kept it to myself. It almost wasn’t worth it to share considering how ahead of time it was to me.
Pure greatness - there’s no other way to describe it and the impact it has had on me and so many others who were lucky enough to live through that time and felt the same way. Thank you Tool
Great video. One thing I just have to say as a bass player that loves playing tool songs. Sometimes when you are giving props to Adam it's actually Justin playing up on the high notes. I like to call him the "lead" bass player because he isn't just in the back laying down rhythm. He brings bright notes and an unbelievable bass tone that leads the music at times.
Like Cliff Burton.
Ya there’s many parts where people think it’s the guitar but no, that would be the lead bass homage thrashing your marrow.
I'm a classically trained musician who went to school for music and got a degree in it. I absolutely love hearing your opinion on these tracks (and some other reactors as well). To me, it's really interesting to hear the perspective of a non-musician and can even be quite insightful sometimes. We learn from each other 🙏
It’s fun watching this live in concert, when he screams “I don’t mind” you can hear the whole audience singing it with him. Very powerful
Yeah but how many videos are there where everybody does it early because they started phasing it in different and later. It became “I…I…I….I DON’T MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII…”
Well when I saw them live they actually did play H and everyone sang, I have seen videos from all the way back from 1996 and people have always hung onto that one part to sing along. Maynard actually paused a second for us to sing and he harmonized with the crowd it was magical! 🎉
You mean, when he useD to scream it. Aging sucks.
the fact one of their older tracks is rivaling one of their newest ones to a new fan just shows how talented this band has always been. glad you are enjoying the ride, spiral out. keep the Tool reacts comin, the Tool Army is here with ya. much love man.
"i didn't know music could make you feel this good" -polo
yah, probs better than heroin would make ya feel too. glad you chose Tool instead of Heroin. good work. lol.
It is so badass to watch how deep you are getting into Tool. It's been a pleasure to watch your journey into the greatest rock band of all time!! I love it man. I really appreciate how much that you appreciate their music and skills. So cool man!!
Lyrically and Maynard’s vocals in this one give me chills and euphoric feeling EVERY time I hear it! Such a masterpiece!
Tool never disappoints. Tool never gets old. So many masterpieces that it's not even funny. Their music is so far ahead of anyone else, it's not even fair. Brilliance at it's finest.
You just put how I feel about TOOL into perfect words "I thought I knew but I didn't know music could make you feel this good."
“I didnt know music could make you feel this good”…. Couldnt agree more my friend…. Wait until you see them live 🤘😭
this has always been my favorite track I brought this song in for my high school English class to share it when we were allowed to bring in one song to share with the class and we would break down the lyrics still to this day it gets me every time god I love this song
Goosebumps throughout, every time I listen to this track. Tool's the GOAT 🤘🏼👁🌀🌀🌀
I've been a huge tool fan for close to 30 years. I am so enjoying re-hearing them for the first time with you! Thanks man!
Adam is just an AMAZING riff writer. He has a sense for what sticks with you, what combinations of notes and chords draw in your attention. If Danny is the beating heart of the band, and Justin is the color and mood setter with his creative take on the bottom end, Adam definitely the chief composer and is responsible for a lot of the harmonic and chordal impact the songs have, the chords that travel up your spine, so to speak!
Beautifully written.
I’m so happy that you’re getting so much enjoyment out of the tool catalog! This song gives the same goosebumps today as it did 26 years ago as an 18 year old! I’m loving your enthusiasm for these songs! Let’s keep it going! Have we done LATERALUS yet!?
I had the same reaction to this song all those years ago when I first heard this. It just blew me away! Still brings back all those feelings.
This was my third ever tool song in 1997, following Sober and Stinkfist, and blew me away as it just did yourself. And that was prior to the internet.
I've listened to this song over 400 times. I chose 400 instead of a millions because... that's flat out accurate. That drum roll into the crescendo at the end still gives me goosebumps.
For those of us in the ‘Army’ we get much satisfaction and delight when you get pumped for a track inside the 1st minute…coz we know what’s coming 👊🏻
Saw Tool live way back in 2001 the first time, easily the best concert I've ever attended and I've been to A LOT of concerts over the years due to working at musical festivals for a couple decades. Tool is up there with the very best ever.
Bratha Thank you so much for finding Tool and then having the courage to explore this road. This whole album is incredible. When it first came out I could not stop listening to "Jimmy". The intro just got me. The interlude is really the beginning of it. Everyone has a different interpretation of what the song means to them and there's the beauty. Tool changes every time I hear them. But the goosebumps stay the same
I don't recall where I heard it quoted, but it's about his 11 year old self and finding himself after the lifetime spent trying to forget the horrible things that happened that year. I also heard a very different explanation for H, but I guess like you said, it's interpretation. Funny how they set it up so that each theory could make perfect sense 🙂
9:02 considerately killing me explained
My son is 9 he doesn’t like mornings…most times we manage fine…one morning I wasn’t feeling patient and made him cry…walked him to school with tears in his eyes and told him he will be fine…I can still see his tears and feel his breathing as I hugged him…im crying typing this even now…it kills you and you love him
Both you and the song are gems!
You take me back to the late 90s, when I was a teenager and discovered this album one night in MTV seeing AEnima. I should have be gone to sleep for long, to be up early for school next morning. But I was craving alternative music at night. My head exploded, when I found out a band like Tool existed and it felt like a whole world was opening up to me, opening my 3rd eye on what great music can be for you!
I've been listening to this song and this band for over half my life and still get chills. I don't mind.
Bro…I’m a fairly new Reactor…and I’m hearing things I never would have listened to, or found…and it’s amazing! It’s actually exciting to have these experiences! I’ve been with tool since about ‘97…so I’ve been around. Love that you FEEL this like we do!
Much love my brother!
This whole album is special. In my top 10 of all time and I have a very broad range of music leanings. From Metal to Jazz, Pop and Rock, Hip Hop, Latin Big Band, Funk and Soul etc it’s all good. This album thematically, sonically, and technically hit so well on every track. Even the interstitial tracks add to the whole.
So glad you enjoyed this. My favorite Tool song for decades now
I never watched your review on this in months. Didn't think you'd appreciate it as much as someone who's been listening to rhis since the 90s. Keep listening to this.
Even though you've listened to a lot of their songs already, and think the songs you have left won't impress you as much, the one thing you have to look forward to is that the songs you didn't like as much will become your favourites a year or 2 from now after you hear them more times. I can't tell you how many times over the years that's happened to me with their songs, sometimes you just don't get the song until a lot of time has passed.
This is 💯 accurate
This album changed my perception and experience of what music can be. It pried my eye wide open. And then each subsequent album sent me on a spiritual odyssey that has never stopped and will never end. Thankfully.
I picture this song as the classic devil on one shoulder and angel on the other. The snake represents Maynard's past selfish self, which is being challenged by the angel on the other shoulder, or 'my blood'. This fits nicely into the song being about his son being born and necessitating a change in Maynard's priorities. Also the line, 'what's holding up is a mirror'. I love this song so much and is always my answer when someone asks about an underrated Tool song.
I finally figured out why I like your reaction videos. You listening to a favorite song of mine is the same as if I showed it first time to a friend. We all like to share music to our friends, but you actually listen to it and I can see all your emotions triggered by the track.
H was the the first Tool song I downloaded on Napster in 1999, back in middle school. I’ve probably listened to it 5000 times since then - it still gives me goosebumps when I hear it. I’m super pumped to hear the passion you’ve developed for Tool. Your reactions always put a smile on my face. Keep ‘em coming, Polo!😊
OH MY GAAAWWDDD! How had I forgotten!?! That song is an absolute masterpiece!
So jealous, this song and many others still hit hard but I wish I could hear them again for the first time like I did 20+years ago?! That's why these videos are so good!
46 & 2 cover by the O’Keefe Music foundation kids 16 to 9 yrs of age performing this song. You will not believe it.
Thanks for doing Tool reactions, love everyone of them🙏🏼
Man I love watching your reactions, you made me rediscover Tool. I´m just smiling along.
So glad to see you react to H.!!! I can hardly wait for you to do Third Eye. Start with the album version. Then move on to the Salival version. That shit will change your life onto another insane trajectory.
H. has always been my favorite of Tool’s and to watch you fall in love with it the way you did was fantastic. You were so taken in before it got out of the first verse, and you would stop again before it even broke loose, I kept saying “Just you wait…”, knowing what was to come. Your reaction was thoroughly enjoyable to watch. Thank you.
Dude-you picked one that I love! I get chills every time I play it--very powerful
Having watched almost every Tool reaction video on your channel in one day, the one thing I really enjoy is the evolution in how you react to their songs. The time changes you expect and those that surprise you, your reactions to Maynard's voice, the anticipation of Adam's riffs. It's so great to see. Over 20 years as a Tool fan, and they still surprise me, too. Just loving your appreciation of Tool and these reaction vids.
Fire! So happy you did this reaction Polo, it’s definitely an iconic track. Love that this song has different interpretations, I also always thought it’s was about H. However, been told it’s about his son coming into the world. Been a fan of Tool since 1993, now when I hear this song today I get emotional thinking about my own son. This band is timeless. Please also check out Jimmy too, but make sure to listen to the interlude (previous track) going into it.
Ive rocked with u since day one and i love these Tool reactions, it takes a certain kind of person to get it and u obviously get it "i didnt know music can make you feel this good" was so fucking on point.
Thank you for sharing this. This song means so much to me. I love to see others appreciate it too.
I feel like an idiot. I have wanted you to do this for a LONG time. My favorite Tool song. I thought I’ve seen most of your videos but I missed this. I’m soooooo glad you liked it.😊
Polo, u are by far my favorite TOOL reactor, im so glad u found them AND enjoy them so much, as someone who has listened to them since the early 90's and claim they're my favorite band, ive come up with a term.for their music to me....."beautiful chaos"
It always makes me smile when I watch people discover more TOOL! I love watching your reactions!
Certainly my favourite TOOL song, was smiling from the heart right through this, appreciate ya
Phenomenal song. Was always my favorite song on my favorite album from them. Sadly, hearing this and learning this entire album when I was young, I never even stopped to ask what the lyrics meant. It's something I rarely try to do. I just can't fathom trying to decide what someone else what thinking or feeling when they created it. Without the writer saying it explicitly, I just allow songs to take on their own meaning for each listener. Cant deny though, it does seem that the more people listen to a song with together, with a similar understanding of the meaning. The more power the song gains.
For me it was always about vulnerability. Giving into temptation or trying not to. Realizing you're trapped and being fine with it.
Dude, I'm loving your reactions. Your journey of discovery with Tool has reinvigorated my passion for them. Tool was the band that made me realise music was important when I was young and it's really beautiful to watch you enjoying them as well. Please keep it up.
jeez man, keep it up. your reactions are 100% the songs I'd least expect you to be reacting to and definitely the songs no one else is reacting to. keep it up bro 🤟
That fill you stopped at on the second chorus is what I believe to be one of the best fills to have ever been recorded. Danny is an absolute miracle to music.
This was the first Tool song I ever heard back in 2000 during my lunch break one day in my sophomore year of high school. I heard it while I was smoking my first joint as well. I've been a huge fan of both ever since! Great reaction!
Thank you. Made my day a bit better.
stumbled across your channel in a mashup of Reacts to Laterlus. This was my first ever rock song I heard (after sneaking my portable walkman / radio #Fancy) and tuning into the local rock station. That was when I was 12 or so, and 24 years later this song still hits & provides new meaning. Tool has been a rock, and a lifelong companion to see me through dark days. Really glad you enjoy it, and hope to see your reactions to some of their other songs. Eon Blue Apocalypse / The Patient. Those two have carried me many a time.
Edit - just got to the end, heard about your playlist for Tool reacts & The Patient is the second one on the list. Gonna watch now.
also - your perpetual motion contraption in the background is effin mesmerizing
POLO! I love your reactions! I work late and I turn on your channel for company and to listen to my favorite band at the same time. I have loved TOOL for the last 20 years and I love seeing and hearing you fall in love with them too.
I have a little suggestion and request… I want to see you in the 4-Runner listening this band! I can’t wait till you’ve listened and lived the lyrics - it will become “next level”!
This is the song that hooked me many years ago...heard it on the radio in the middle of the night. Had to pull over till it was done.
They have so many good songs I feel this one is forgotten but it's always been one of my absolute favorites as well!
Always thrilled when you do my favorite song from a band Polo!
Loving your Tool journey!!!! H. Is such a mind expanding song. Rock on Polo 🤘🏻
Haha, Polo, look at the moving sticks at 11:50 :D They match the build-up perfectly!
After you’re done with all the Tool Studio stuff, you will find that that different songs speak to you at different times. When I first started loving them I tried picking favorites all the time too. It’s been decades now and I’ve settled in to realize they all have a time and place where most of them meant something special to me. Sometimes you have to be a little younger to be inspired like that but I’m glad to see you are loving these guys.
I can't wait until you react to the entire Tool catalogue. As a Tool fan since the early 90's, your reaction videos aren't "silly" to this particular fan. They're awesome! I love seeing someone experience something I've loved for so long for the first time. It's like recapturing nostalgic memories vicariously through you:)
After you react to the entire catalogue I’d totally be down to watch all of your second reactions to each song…. In the entire catalogue. Again and again 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Don't stop. I hope you continue to prosper and grow. All genres all music. All love 🖤
Awesome song! Thanks for your reaction, boss!
Another one of my fav songs. So beautiful
Great reac man. Every time I listen to Tool, I hear details and layers that I didn’t notice before. Some true metal caviar here.
Wow. It's been a while since I've heard this song. You helped me see it in a new light. I loved this song before, but you made me really look at it and appreciate it again. It has one of my favorite bridges of any tool song. I couldn't wait till you got there.
great reactions bro....i always tune in....keep up the great work....welcome to the army.....and yes....masterpiece
i love your Tool's reactions...I definitively love this band too since the first hearing.....It was 15 years ago....My favorite song.....It depends of the mood 😉
This has always been my favorite Tool song. So cool to see your reaction. I still get the chills hearing this song. I can relate to this song.
9:16 in. Polo "what is this"?.
Me and many others, "THIS IS TOOL".
Love you brother.
Also it’s so satisfying watching the satisfaction and joy you get from finding a tool song that hits you. You’re so authentic. Love it!
TOOL & H. Have unlimited Horse Power in the forerunner hahaha!😂
The whole album is incredible. What you might not like first give year. Ever song is gold!
You are my new favorite reaction channel. I have so much fun watching "toolsday"!! H is top five for me as well! This was such a fun reaction - I was yelling at the TV - "Ohh just wait!! Ohh just wait!!"
I remember the day I heard Aenima for the first time. It was the day it was released, a co-worker and I walked to the local music store at lunch got the cd, and went back to work. We didn't get anything done the rest of the day, we sat there mesmerized, glancing at each other with gobsmacked looks on our faces. You have to listen to the entire album in one sitting with headphones on, then do your reaction immediately after. I really enjoy your reactions to music I have loved almost my entire life.
Aenima was on repeat for weeks at my place, it really is right up there with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, the whole thing tells a story and it's... transcendent.
Glad you checked out H and loved it. It's cool how music can bring people together no matter what the person is like. TOOL seems universal and seems to bring all kinds of people to their music. Great reaction.
Welcome to Tool dude! I promise they will continue to surprise and impress you the further you get along in their catalogue. Happy listening, enjoying the reactions!
I remember being 16 years old in 1999 and visiting my brother in California for the summer and hearing eulogy on the radio and immediately after work going to a little record store by his house called Dimple Records and immediately buying everything that they had released up to that point and being completely obsessed since
That fill at 12:30, I suggested that in Rick Beatos video about the top drum fills of all time. Maybe not the most technical fill, but it hits so dang hard.
"i dont wanna pick" haha I feel you. Also thanks for being real about your song selection.
Super hype that my all time favorite Tool song is up on your list too! Even my wife likes this one. It's just so raw.