Called the octopus because he can play multiple rythems time signatures at the same time where it would take 4 different drummers all playing together to do what he does all by himself. Just watch his hands and the high hat going at 3 different speeds at the same time. One story is when John, the drummer from System of a Down was invited over to Adam Jones' studio to listen to the new songs as he was playing this for him he asked " are those multiple tracks mixed together"? Adam said nope, that's Just Danny playing, and john was like "he's a freaking alien.!
The sheer accuracy of and attention to every strike is profound. Even how he changes the volume of rim hits at the perfect intervals is mad impressive by itself.
don't get too hyped. Nothing too special about Tool shows other than the art show they put on while they play smh. Most boring concert I ever went to was a Tool show, even my buddy who is a hardcore Tool fanboy thought it sucked lol
@@keithgraham8588 I saw them a couple years ago for the 5th time and the second half of the show was kind of a snooze fest. But I almost shit myself when I got tickets to see them 2/22. I can’t think of another band (that’s still touring) that I’d rather go see.
@@keithgraham8588 bud that's literally the whole point It's meant to be a chillax show Want to lose your mind go to a cannibal corpse show lmao Tool has always meant to be a lean back get high experience
I like your reaction. You may want to pay more attention to how well skilled Danny plays those many drumming sounds precisely and on point. Before you wait on the big pop of the harder hits, notice the intricate and delicate drumming of the softer hits, and many of them in fact. How many sets of those drums he goes around with those octopus arms. He is one of the greatest drummers. Damn gifted.
From what I heard, Danny originally joined the group because he felt sorry for them, cause no one wanted to be their drummer. A wonderful decision he made!
Nothing like the poly-rhythmic time signatures like Danny Carey's. And hitting all the shots on Maynard's vocal's. Some subtly, some not so subtle. Danny is a machine
Just the control of the high hat while he playing the pads is nuts. It never falters it hits the same every time. He is the best living rock drummer for sure.
You two are always great. Thank you for uploading your explorations into music. So many of us "subs" love hearing/seeing these things again through new eyes. See you on the next video!
2:06 The Amazed Look On Kris’s Face..When Danny Starts Out W/His Originality Drum Trills At The Beginning Here..Is Absolutely Priceless!! This Is What Good Original Music Is All Abt Kids!! So Pick Up An Instrument & Make It Sing In UR Own Artistic Kind Of Way!!😊
Going to see them live again in less than 2 weeks.By far my favorite band.By the way the "warming up", parts you say are actually very intricate and just as difficult to play as the more explosive fills.
I requested this video, i'm glad you're reacting to it, as a drummer myself, Danny is my favorite :) He has his own name on the jersey ;) "You know why they call him the octopus? Because of his arms?" I lmao at that one ^^
*The dude, Danny, is older than me by a year. So he turns 61 yrs in 16 days from now. He isn't about to go off....he's already doing so. He's playing time signatures not commonly done. It is changing through these; 2/8, 3/8, 4/8, 5/8, 6/8. Some say it is a cycle of 33/8ths or 33/16ths. Try bobbing your head or tapping your feet to it in rhythm, and you find yourself constantly off. I just find it mind blowing when trying to find and even keep the beat.*
He is thee best drummer of today. Yrs ago when me and a couple friends saw them on the Lateralus tour, at the end of the show he tossed out an autographed drum head that my friend had caught. He then later gave it to me. Still have it to this day of course with my ticket stub from that show. Great video!!
It's hard to believe a human brain is capable of that. During that section he literally has four different things going on. Left foot on the high-hat, right on the kick-bass, right hand and left hand playing two different time signatures. Enough to give me a seizure. Hahaha. Incredible.
Danny Carey wears the jersey of the best player in a basketball franchise for the city they are performing in, that’s why he has a personalized Boston Celtics jersey. Danny is a Los Angeles Lakers fan. Met him at a Pavillions in Malibu and he had on a Kobe #24 lakers jersey and had his daughters with him. Dude is tall, maybe as tall as Kobe who I met (RIP 🙏🏾) and is 6’6” tall.
Those fills are friggin effortless… he makes this look so easy it’s sickening to a fellow musician His core NEVER moves and his elbows never raise or lower….
Thanks for reacting to Tool, I love this video and wish DC had more drum cams but covid robbed us of that. (This was recorded just before pandemic) I hope you guys noticed at the point he's slow building the song about midway through, he is drumming with all 4 limbs at completely different timings, a leg on symbol (high-hat), a leg on bass drum, right arm double tapping something like 5 different drums, left arm triple tapping something like 4 separate drums, all at different beats and all gradually increasing speed to match the emotion of the song. Try tapping your head and rubbing your stomach, now add legs and do them gradually quicker over time and all different rhythms while changing the spots you tap or rub. He's probably the best alive today on drums.
@@diesel2460 It definitely is, you are too right, but I figured they may not be familiar with it so why muddy the waters. DC does polyrhythms better then anyone. Thanks for reply, appreciate you!
It's almost impossible to explain how insane what he does on the drums to anyone that doesnt play an instrument...The only way i've been even close to describing it is, imagine using your right hand to hit something 8 times, your left hand hitting a different thing 5 times, your right foot hitting 1 pedal 4 times and your left foot hitting another pedal 6 times...and making it all sync up...I read this back to myself and even i'm confused lmao. BUT he really is amazing
Since yall are checking out drum covers now i highly recommend yall check out "slaughter to prevail: demolisher" they have a mean ass drummer named evgeny novikov, as much as i love danny but evgeny is just something else
Great reaction I just found your guys channel a few days ago and have probably watched 20-30 reactions. Tool is one of my favorite bands, as you can tell by the user name. But KoRn has a special place in my metal heart. One question does that KoRn shirt you have on say "Still a freak" on the back of it. If so I have that exact same shirt.
its the incredibly different rhythms he does ...one with the left, one with the right , sometimes adding the foot action in....you cant count a regular 4/4 rhythm in this song.,..so different, so perfect!!!
OMG!!! Tool is one of my fav bands of all time!!! If you love Danny Carey check out one of my fav tracks by Tool '46 and 2'... It is 100% awesome sauce!!!
I like many below had requested this video. I knew you two would be awestruck. Danny is amazing to watch, but there is so much going on, a lot of it gets lost. Its a video you need to watch a few times and watch drummers react to the video to know just how crazy it all is. Check out the Godsmack drum battle. The lead singer is sort of like Prince. He can play anything. So he and his drummer have a duel. And the pay hommage to many drummers from other bands
I wanna make another suggestion down the Tool rabbit hole.. Tool - Sober (Live) at Reading Festival, I think is the one.. if you haven’t watched that one yet, y’all should check it out. It is one of the most amazing performances by Maynard (the singer) I have seen.
99% of the music we listen to is in 4/4, 2/4, 3/4, 6/8 time signatures. Most is in 4/4 (think 1-2-3-4 counting) He is a whole new level and will play 3-4 different time signatures but not even any of the ones I just mentioned. It’s really insane.
He goes on the use of space , timing metrics . Very tastefull and maybe appreciabably humble , sometimes those things he does are harder than (already) they seem . Like this kind of drumming
Glad yall reacted to this he is the goat of drums. Please do reactions to Tom Segura- first 48 and bikes. And theo Vaughn short set and Darryl strawberry thanks yall. I been binge watching all yalls reactions bored asf at work keep it up. More Chappelle as well do his skits from his show. Also all Daniel tosh stand up funny asf
Ok one foot is working the high hat the other foot is working the kick BOTH HANDS on the drums ALL 4 limbs are all doing something different with PERFECT TIMING!!!!!! Most people can't tap the top of their head & rub their belly at the same time HE'S THE BEST DRUMKER OF ALL TIME!!!! Thanks 4Sharing😁
Hell yeaa danny another classic man tool wild dream theater as well if your into more technical progressive music shit may not be for everyone but dream theater got a legend guitar player n both there drummers kick ass too.
I'm just south of indy... You would probably like the band godsmack....they have a video called drum battle...its cool af. It's the singer and the drummer battling.
neat side note about Danny Carey, he is 6 foot 5. He was also a basketball player and chose music over basketball when he went on to higher education. TBF, he even admitted he only received offers to play for some smaller schools and his chances of going pro would have been very slim to non-existent, he was still none the less a fantastic athlete for where he came from. Glad he chose to pursue music to the extent he did. Like other people have mentioned, he is getting close to his 60's and he isn't showing any signs of slowing down drumming and skill-wise. He's a complete beast.
This was at the TD Garden, where the Celtics play, so that's why Danny has on a Celtics jersey. A few months before this show, I saw Radiohead at the same venue. For that show, I was in one of the secluded box sections. In the hallway, right across from where my door was, they had a ton of memorabilia along the walls, including the first shot clock ever used in a basketball game and Larry Bird's original jersey.
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Danny can play 4 different rhythms at the same time. It is said He can do five without the shorts.
With his ding dong
🤣🥁🤣
Hahahahaha
ba dum Chhh
Dead...
Did anyone mention he's basically a 60 year old man still Killin it!!!! I'm going to see them live for the 5th time in January! Tool forever🤘
Going see them in New Orleans in February for the first time . Cant wait
Hey Jace ............ I am 64 Today! and I play in a band... Still killing it! ROCK never dies!!
... and he's a freaking giant. Like 6'5", with arms like that and old man strength... I'd hate to piss him off.
@@silver04bullet1 saw them in feb 2020 for the first time, right before covid. Flew from seattle to NOLA to see them
I just saw them 2 weeks ago in St. Louis, it was absolutely incredible!! But you already know that...lol
Called the octopus because he can play multiple rythems time signatures at the same time where it would take 4 different drummers all playing together to do what he does all by himself. Just watch his hands and the high hat going at 3 different speeds at the same time. One story is when John, the drummer
from System of a Down was invited over to Adam Jones' studio to listen to the new songs as he was playing this for him he asked " are those multiple tracks mixed together"? Adam said nope, that's Just Danny playing, and john was like "he's a freaking alien.!
The sheer accuracy of and attention to every strike is profound. Even how he changes the volume of rim hits at the perfect intervals is mad impressive by itself.
I think this is the most memorized I've ever seen your girl.
I'm about to see Tool live in 2 weeks, and I'm so fucking hyped, Danny Carey is the greatest living drummer now that the GOAT Neal Peart passed on 🙏
Gonna be a great experience, saw them a few years ago, awesome sound visual feeling.....have fun
don't get too hyped. Nothing too special about Tool shows other than the art show they put on while they play smh. Most boring concert I ever went to was a Tool show, even my buddy who is a hardcore Tool fanboy thought it sucked lol
@@keithgraham8588 I saw them a couple years ago for the 5th time and the second half of the show was kind of a snooze fest. But I almost shit myself when I got tickets to see them 2/22. I can’t think of another band (that’s still touring) that I’d rather go see.
100% correct
@@keithgraham8588 bud that's literally the whole point
It's meant to be a chillax show
Want to lose your mind go to a cannibal corpse show lmao
Tool has always meant to be a lean back get high experience
I like your reaction. You may want to pay more attention to how well skilled Danny plays those many drumming sounds precisely and on point. Before you wait on the big pop of the harder hits, notice the intricate and delicate drumming of the softer hits, and many of them in fact. How many sets of those drums he goes around with those octopus arms. He is one of the greatest drummers. Damn gifted.
From what I heard, Danny originally joined the group because he felt sorry for them, cause no one wanted to be their drummer. A wonderful decision he made!
Nothing like the poly-rhythmic time signatures like Danny Carey's. And hitting all the shots on Maynard's vocal's. Some subtly, some not so subtle. Danny is a machine
This really gives a new appreciation to the talent of these musicians. Amazing talent!
You said it at the end. "That was smooth". Danny isn't about chaos. He's like Maestro Fresh Wes...back there conducting things! ✌️
Just the control of the high hat while he playing the pads is nuts. It never falters it hits the same every time. He is the best living rock drummer for sure.
You two are always great. Thank you for uploading your explorations into music. So many of us "subs" love hearing/seeing these things again through new eyes. See you on the next video!
2:06 The Amazed Look On Kris’s Face..When Danny Starts Out W/His Originality Drum Trills At The Beginning Here..Is Absolutely Priceless!! This Is What Good Original Music Is All Abt Kids!! So Pick Up An Instrument & Make It Sing In UR Own Artistic Kind Of Way!!😊
The fact that this man can play a groove like that in 33/8 time is nothing short of insane
Going to see them live again in less than 2 weeks.By far my favorite band.By the way the "warming up", parts you say are actually very intricate and just as difficult to play as the more explosive fills.
Love seeing the young people discovering this. Carey was raised in Kansas so by default…a basketball fan!!
I requested this video, i'm glad you're reacting to it, as a drummer myself, Danny is my favorite :) He has his own name on the jersey ;)
"You know why they call him the octopus? Because of his arms?" I lmao at that one ^^
Tool's time signatures are insane, and what their Drummer and Bassist can do are amazing.
*The dude, Danny, is older than me by a year. So he turns 61 yrs in 16 days from now. He isn't about to go off....he's already doing so. He's playing time signatures not commonly done. It is changing through these; 2/8, 3/8, 4/8, 5/8, 6/8. Some say it is a cycle of 33/8ths or 33/16ths. Try bobbing your head or tapping your feet to it in rhythm, and you find yourself constantly off. I just find it mind blowing when trying to find and even keep the beat.*
He is thee best drummer of today. Yrs ago when me and a couple friends saw them on the Lateralus tour, at the end of the show he tossed out an autographed drum head that my friend had caught. He then later gave it to me. Still have it to this day of course with my ticket stub from that show. Great video!!
Danny Carey is so damn complex! If you watch composers react to this song on TH-cam, even professional composers have trouble finding the one.
It's hard to believe a human brain is capable of that. During that section he literally has four different things going on. Left foot on the high-hat, right on the kick-bass, right hand and left hand playing two different time signatures. Enough to give me a seizure. Hahaha. Incredible.
BEST DRUMMER!!! OF THE WORLD!! AMAZING!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪💪💪🤘🤘
The most impressive part is how effortless he makes it look.
Like filing paperwork
Danny Carey wears the jersey of the best player in a basketball franchise for the city they are performing in, that’s why he has a personalized Boston Celtics jersey. Danny is a Los Angeles Lakers fan. Met him at a Pavillions in Malibu and he had on a Kobe #24 lakers jersey and had his daughters with him. Dude is tall, maybe as tall as Kobe who I met (RIP 🙏🏾) and is 6’6” tall.
Saw your first video on pneuma, glad you found this gem as well!
You are LITERALLY the only other person I've ever heard saying GOAT GOAT. God bless you.
Those fills are friggin effortless… he makes this look so easy it’s sickening to a fellow musician
His core NEVER moves and his elbows never raise or lower….
Joey Jordison - Disasterpieces - live in London drum cam. Crazy energy.
And yes, he is 62 years old... AND STILL KILLING IT!
The reaction on her face when she's asked why he's called the octopus. My mind went to the same place 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Thanks for reacting to Tool, I love this video and wish DC had more drum cams but covid robbed us of that. (This was recorded just before pandemic) I hope you guys noticed at the point he's slow building the song about midway through, he is drumming with all 4 limbs at completely different timings, a leg on symbol (high-hat), a leg on bass drum, right arm double tapping something like 5 different drums, left arm triple tapping something like 4 separate drums, all at different beats and all gradually increasing speed to match the emotion of the song. Try tapping your head and rubbing your stomach, now add legs and do them gradually quicker over time and all different rhythms while changing the spots you tap or rub. He's probably the best alive today on drums.
I don't think they're that far into the understanding of it due to their reaction, but I surely am and this man isn't human!! Lol!!!
It's believe called polyrythmic.
@@diesel2460 It definitely is, you are too right, but I figured they may not be familiar with it so why muddy the waters. DC does polyrhythms better then anyone. Thanks for reply, appreciate you!
At one point he holds 5 different beats at one single time. 2 with right hand, 1 with left, 1 with right foot, 1 with left. Danny Carey is nuts.
It's almost impossible to explain how insane what he does on the drums to anyone that doesnt play an instrument...The only way i've been even close to describing it is, imagine using your right hand to hit something 8 times, your left hand hitting a different thing 5 times, your right foot hitting 1 pedal 4 times and your left foot hitting another pedal 6 times...and making it all sync up...I read this back to myself and even i'm confused lmao. BUT he really is amazing
I took guitar classes for a bit and that shit felt impossible. I can’t fathom how he does it. He’s not just multitasking he’s quadruple tasking lmao
Since yall are checking out drum covers now i highly recommend yall check out "slaughter to prevail: demolisher" they have a mean ass drummer named evgeny novikov, as much as i love danny but evgeny is just something else
I love you guyz, and I loved your reaction to this! hope to see you react to more!! stay blessed!
8:20 Danny Just Keeps That ‘Kick Drum’ Pumping At UR Heart!!…Good Lord!! Almighty!”
Hes 60 years old. My favorite band and by far my favorite drummer.
Great reaction I just found your guys channel a few days ago and have probably watched 20-30 reactions. Tool is one of my favorite bands, as you can tell by the user name. But KoRn has a special place in my metal heart. One question does that KoRn shirt you have on say "Still a freak" on the back of it. If so I have that exact same shirt.
one of my two of my favorite drummers...Neil Peart(RIP) and Danny Carey
its the incredibly different rhythms he does ...one with the left, one with the right , sometimes adding the foot action in....you cant count a regular 4/4 rhythm in this song.,..so different, so perfect!!!
Carey isnt a drummer, he's a freakin WIZARD summoning wicked beats & rythmns with akimbo WANDS
Not only is the man a beast on the drums. He’s 6ft 5inches 180lbs and looks 215lbs. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Tool - Schism
Love the reactions!
Love the shirt man...
Korn was my jam.
It's about time!!! 🤘
Danny is a big J Hawk fan. Loves basketball. Usually wears a jersey from the city that he's playing in. 🤯
You’re part of the Tool Army now!!
#ToolArmy is 🔥🔥🔥
Tool's fan base is incredible!
Hard-core fans & for good reason...
Tool is a phenomenal band! 🥁🎤🎸🎵
Lets goo!!!!🔥🔥
OMG!!! Tool is one of my fav bands of all time!!! If you love Danny Carey check out one of my fav tracks by Tool '46 and 2'... It is 100% awesome sauce!!!
Danny's drumsticks look like hummingbird wings in his hands. ✌💯🔥
I like many below had requested this video. I knew you two would be awestruck. Danny is amazing to watch, but there is so much going on, a lot of it gets lost. Its a video you need to watch a few times and watch drummers react to the video to know just how crazy it all is. Check out the Godsmack drum battle. The lead singer is sort of like Prince. He can play anything. So he and his drummer have a duel. And the pay hommage to many drummers from other bands
This was awesome. It's refreshing to see a new generation EXPERIENCE Tool. Welcome to a whole new rabbit hole
To quote one of my favorite reactors Mr video and his reaction to this.... "Bitch got them hands" lmao.
His timing is so perfect! Unbelievable!
I wanna make another suggestion down the Tool rabbit hole.. Tool - Sober (Live) at Reading Festival, I think is the one.. if you haven’t watched that one yet, y’all should check it out. It is one of the most amazing performances by Maynard (the singer) I have seen.
Glad you guys checked it out! 🇺🇸❤️🔥
These two don't know nearly enough to appreciate what Danny does
99% of the music we listen to is in 4/4, 2/4, 3/4, 6/8 time signatures. Most is in 4/4 (think 1-2-3-4 counting) He is a whole new level and will play 3-4 different time signatures but not even any of the ones I just mentioned. It’s really insane.
Since you guys on a drum kick. I recommend matt garstka. Check out a song from their band called tooth and claw (drum play through)
WOW!! This was a special one! Glad y’all enjoyed it🔥
January 13th, Ford idaho center. Can't wait!!! Spiral out, keep going... ..... ........ .............
He goes on the use of space , timing metrics . Very tastefull and maybe appreciabably humble , sometimes those things he does are harder than (already) they seem . Like this kind of drumming
He's a huge Kansas Jayhawks basketball fan as well.
These guys are amazing live. All of them are amazing artists.
A Perfect Circle - The Package
please
the singer is Maynard from Tool
This performance was in Boston Nov. 14 2019
I was at this show in Boston it was unbelievable. When they came out for the encore Danny switched into Lakers uniform. Kobe R.I.P.
Glad yall reacted to this he is the goat of drums. Please do reactions to Tom Segura- first 48 and bikes. And theo Vaughn short set and Darryl strawberry thanks yall. I been binge watching all yalls reactions bored asf at work keep it up. More Chappelle as well do his skits from his show. Also all Daniel tosh stand up funny asf
12:47 Great triol with floor and meduim tom blast notes.
Ok one foot is working the high hat
the other foot is working the kick
BOTH HANDS on the drums
ALL 4 limbs are all doing something different with PERFECT TIMING!!!!!! Most people can't tap the top of their head & rub their belly at the same time HE'S THE BEST DRUMKER OF ALL TIME!!!!
Thanks 4Sharing😁
If you guys want to see something akin to the octopus, watch an organist play. I'd suggest Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue.
watch the triad live drum cam one of my favorite danney carrey videos
Descending from the new album is killer...and Parabol/Parabola...gotta find the vid that merges the two without interruption.
Tool never disappoints
I loves you guy's faces when you realized he was going through different time sequences...😎
Hell yeaa danny another classic man tool wild dream theater as well if your into more technical progressive music shit may not be for everyone but dream theater got a legend guitar player n both there drummers kick ass too.
People called Danny Carye "The octopus"
You will be see why 😉
He's wearing a 33 Boston jersey but look at it it says Carey on the back. He is the 🐐
Would love if you continue tool songs
i saw a comment that said Danny made a deal with the devil. The devil got drum lessons, we don't know what Danny got LOL
Danny’s the 3 best drummers in the world
I'm just south of indy...
You would probably like the band godsmack....they have a video called drum battle...its cool af. It's the singer and the drummer battling.
You was watching the Octopus. One of the greatest drummers alive
Danny is a huge basketball fan and will wear custom jerseys at every city he plays at, professional and college
neat side note about Danny Carey, he is 6 foot 5. He was also a basketball player and chose music over basketball when he went on to higher education. TBF, he even admitted he only received offers to play for some smaller schools and his chances of going pro would have been very slim to non-existent, he was still none the less a fantastic athlete for where he came from. Glad he chose to pursue music to the extent he did. Like other people have mentioned, he is getting close to his 60's and he isn't showing any signs of slowing down drumming and skill-wise. He's a complete beast.
The time signature is what is insane. It's not a 4/4 but a 33/16
You should check out the godsmack drum live show battle. It's also really something to enjoy.
Thing is they pull off that slow burn like no one else.
Bro you guys should react to river vs hiss. You'd love it to hear. It's the dopest battle so far🤘
Tomas Hakke "Clockworks" Drum playthrough and also Spencer Prewett "Lucid" Drum playthrough.
Neil Peart (RIP) and Danny Carey are.the goats, at least in the world.of.Rock. They even became.friends and had total respect for one another.
Jay Weinberg of Slipknot has fire drum cams
Danny is not a drummer, he is THE drummer!!
bro was like 58 when this vid was recorded, looks fit as hell and looks like a king on that drumset
Respect....The Master....Sensei
I’m in the 4th row, center at this show. So damn good.
This was at the TD Garden, where the Celtics play, so that's why Danny has on a Celtics jersey. A few months before this show, I saw Radiohead at the same venue. For that show, I was in one of the secluded box sections. In the hallway, right across from where my door was, they had a ton of memorabilia along the walls, including the first shot clock ever used in a basketball game and Larry Bird's original jersey.
They say Danny Carey made a deal with the devil. The devil got drum lessons but no one knows what Danny got out of the deal.
Sorry, all talent missed on this review. Glad you both are exploring great music, stay on the path. So much more to realize!
Check out Tony Kenning from Def Leppard dude is a legend on drum lost his arm in car accident and plays with one arm now
60 years young, the greatest drummer alive period
What you don't realize is how difficult that beat really is to do live. It doesn't always sound crazy but it always takes total focus.
This was filmed live at Boston Garden home of the Celtics. Whenever he plays at sports teams home he wears thei uniforms.
Peace and love