In my darkest moment, fetal and weeping A moon tells me a secret, my confidant "As full and bright as I am This light is not my own" A million light reflections passes over me Its source is bright and endless She resuscitates the hopeless And without her, we are lifeless satellites drifting... One of my favorite verses ever
@@travishall6442 Such a great metaphor for the ego. The phases of the moon reflecting an external source, it is during our "full and bright" phase we believe ourself to be the possessor of knowledge and wisdom where the ego is at it's fullest, before the inevitable waining period where the blank "new moon" phase humbles us once again with the truth that our light is not our own. Information exists beyond us and we are only a means of delivering and reflecting said information. Knowledge does not truly belong to us. The moon can be such a great teacher if we observe patiently enough.
I just lay flat in my room with my eyes closed, usually stoned as well. Its like a real quick psychedelic trip. Obviously not as strong but you get the same feeling in your chest, i love it.
As a nearly 30 year fan of Tool, it's funny to me that you mention being jealous if us for knowing about the band for such a long time. I, on the flip side, am jealous of you getting to experience it all for the first time. When I hear their music I am instantly transported back to where I was when I first heard each song in my mind, and it's cathartic to me to just sit and experience that. Great job with the Tool Tuesdays this year, guys. I look forward to TT in 2021.
It's a nice rewarding experience to find 80 minutes to lie down with some good headphones and listen to the whole Lateralus Album. Highly recommended for those who haven't done it in a while. - Much better than a movie.
"Reflection", IMO, is Tool's most underrated song. I've been listening to it quite a lot in recent months and it's really grown to become one of my favorites.
@@MostlyLost It's funny you mention that one because it's next on my underrated list for Tool. I overlooked it for awhile, but then after several recent listens I started diggin' it. It's actually got some similarities with Reflection in that it's really just a great vibing song with an uptick in the intensity in the latter half. That two-minute stretch starting at 3:51 is really cool!
@@MostlyLost Yes!! Intension is an underrated gem. I think The Patient is another one. I remember hearing it live in 2001. Its since become one of my all time faves.
Reflection is in my top 3 tool songs so intense yet calming at the same time and only maynard can pull something like that off and make it so hauntly beautiful
Perfect replacement in ages past. I don't feel he gets the credit he deserves. Tool might have been something far different by now had they picked someone else. Personally, it seems to me that the union of these four propelled them into a supergroup reminiscent of the 70s. With a perfect lineup, their later works just feel to me to greatly overshadow their earlier works. Had Paul not split, I'm doubtful they'd even still exist as a band.
@@chestercheetoh3857 I'd say the legal issues they fought and won were the biggest challenge to the band's continued existence. Their song "The Patient" is all about it. "I certainly would have walked away by now."
And here we are. Closing the book of Lateralus. The greatest album of all time...imo. I hadda feeling this would impact you guys intensely. Mission accomplished. See all of you soon. Dueces!✌✌
The greatest album of all time The greatest album of all time The greatest album of all time 10000000% Listened to a lot of music over the past 35 years of my life. Nothing tops Lateralus. Aenema comes close but Lateralus just an absolute timeless masterpiece.
27:48 Both of you scratch your left eyelid at the same time... for 2 dudes that had their eyes closed for over 20 minutes, that’s pretty harmonious if you ask me 😂👌🏼
This may be one of the greatest musical compositions I have ever heard in my life. These three songs are not just music, but the litteral embodiment of what tool is.
I love the "holy trinity" but to me, Reflection stands alone. That song has walked me through my darkest times. I can literally lay back with headphones, put that song on and leave my body. Leave it all behind for awhile...
I remember having this on repeat while I was fighting bladder cancer I would put my headphones 🎧 on during chemo & tool would take me out to space 🛸👽 They helped me beat cancer not once but twice 🤘🏼 Best band in the world 🌎 Closest thing we have to 👽👽👽👽 4 aliens giving us all goosebumps & melting us to the core. 🪬🌠🛰🌌🪬
Tool has done it again. I'm going through a tough time with my mother's health but Tool always has the song you need. If you allow it to help, it's there. I've obviously listened to all of their music countless times yet within 5 seconds of Disposition... I'm tearing up. It's so beautiful... They will help me get through this and accept life for what it is and the reality of it. I'm here to be thankful of this experience that I've had this far and hopefully for more to come. I tell my mom, let's focus on the journey we've had and not the final destination because mine could be tomorrow for all we know. But what my brain says isn't what I'm feeling. I wanna cry my eyes out to my mother but I have to stay strong and hope she can pull through so she can live a few more years. Maybe not. And that's an outcome I have to make peace with before I go down the dark hole of depression... I've been there for years. Medication and all. I don't wanna go there again. I promised myself no matter how bad it gets, I can't end up there again. I'll die before I end up in hell. Edit: Sorry but I felt I had to share. It's easier sometimes here then reaching out to someone.
@@STAR_GUARDIAN_V gotta feel it in your chest. The FI tour was amazing. I got to be at the first concert of this tour and the last concert of the tour. The pounding in my chest during Tempest was phenomenal.
You guys are the only people Ive seen experience tool on TH-cam and truly get into it like I do. Most of their stuff is an internal feeling not like most music.
Most coffins used to be made from pine. I always took the lyrics as meaning more, as in- waste away... in a pinebox. The end... at the end of the Trinity. Lyrics are always subjective, love the input!
Given the lyrics, I always think of the story of Narcissus...narcissism is mentioned in the song. Narcissus, in some versions of the myth, fell in love with his own reflection ("Reflection" is thus appropriately titled) and died (by pining away) because he couldn't pull himself away from staring at himself in the water. Narcissism comes from this story of someone being so in love with themself that they can't focus on anything else, even keeping themself alive. Sorry if someone mentioned this already, as this video is over a year and a half old at this point, but I scanned a good number of comments and didn't see anything! So fun to watch others enjoy different Tool songs for the first time. 😊
This completes the reactions to the Lateralus album. The only Tool songs left that they haven't heard some version of are: Sweat, Part of Me, Disgustipated, Merkaba, and Intension. I strongly suggest they do full album reactions, but idk if they have time for that. All things must come to an end. The end of 2020 can't come fast enough. This channel and H6 and Smokey's discovery of Tool has been one of the very few highlights this year. I've been there every Tuesday since AG was GW... still funny btw.. Thank you guys for going through the entire Tool discography. It's been a treat.
@@jcreature11 Alternate versions of songs. i.e. Third Eye (live) off Salival. Album versions of Pneuma, and Descending. Filler tracks like Mantra don't count as songs. So as for first experiences of Tool songs, those 5 are it.
I'm so overjoyed to see a reaction video wear the listeners don't speak during the songs. They just absorb the experience in it's entirely and allow the music to do what it was intended to do. Kudos guys!
The Holy Trinity!!!! Hollywood....get multiple packs of cigarettes......and a pillow and a blanket.....you might not come back......Smoke.....not a lot chunk but holy shit is Maynard gonna fill your soul
This is Tool's absolute apex. It's the most significant work these 4 people have made. Lateralus is a masterpiece of an album, but these tracks specifically are the height of their musical output. Everything that was happening in their lives allowed for them to reach this level, if only briefly (a place most artists never reach). They were still young enough men, most of which still didn't have a family to focus on and could devote themselves to their craft and output. These three pieces represent something more akin to classical music playing on rock (and world) instruments than rock songs. Are there even verses or choruses or bridges here? I was just getting into Tool as this album was released, I was 17 at the time and completely not ready and yet fully available for what this album had to give me. I saw Tool for the first time the next year on my 18th birthday and I hadn't really absorbed these three pieces yet. The band rocked like hell took about a 15-20 minute intermission and came back out to play this trilogy and it changed my life. I know people often say things like that, but in this case, it's not hyperbole. It changed my life. I was by myself in a sea of strangers who were all there tuned into the exact same frequency. I rethought the kind of person I wanted to be. The path I was on, the people I associated with, my relationship with myself and with art with an honesty I'd never been able to access. Sometimes we can have a deeply profound experience with art and it can shift our thinking and perspective on life. I purposely don't listen to these tracks very often, but I will sometimes during key moments of transition in my life. Lately I've been to Tool again and from a different perspective in life and again feel drawn to this piece. There is a lot obscuring behind a corner in my life at the moment and the best I can do is remain vigilant and open. Spiral Out.
I remember seeing Tool perform this live back in the day. 20 minutes later, I swear everyone's jaw dropped. There are literally no words to describe the feeling of seeing and hearing absolute perfection. The level of sophistication, complexity, and precision required to pull this off live is simply mind-blowing.
Here we go! Today is the day! What away to end the year! Thanks guys for allowing us to relive this journey with you and through you! Much love to you both for getting many of us through this year with Toolsday!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I just found you guys. Super excited to be here. I love new TOOL fans. Watching their faces as they get rocked off gives me joy. I saw TOOL the first time at a small venue in 1996 and I've been obsessed ever since.
Today is the day!!!! Prepare to be amazed. What a great way to end the year. Ready for some TOOLGATING!!! Thanks for a great year guys. Ready to see what is in store for next year. Much love guys! 🤘❤
These 3 masterpieces are TOOL's greatest work in my opinion. Reflection is one of the most incredible songs I have ever heard, and is in my top 3 for TOOL. See you on the other side. #SpiralOut #TOOLarmy #TOOLgating
I can't wait for this - I think Triad is one of Tool's most forgotten tracks because it has no Maynard (basically) and it's not a skit or interlude or joke track that stands out and is usually thrown in with this trinity and rarely appreciated just on its own.
You can definitely hear how Danny's love of African drums is brought to life in these tracks. Reflection sounds like a powerful war drum beating in the dark jungles of your soul.
Ive seen them play this trinity live 3 times on the Lateralus tour in 2001. Its amazing live and Danny is the only one who stays on stage for all 3 songs. Praise TOOL.
Trash Talkers, that was an amazing 1hr 44.40 minutes ( including 1 hour of TOOLGATING) Hollywood, Smokey, you have given us so many special memories this year, TOOL truly brings beauty and genius to all of us. I believe I speak for ALL Tool Army, and Tribe when said, WE LOVE YOU BOTH and cannot wait to see what you Cats have for us going forward. Thank you for sharing your TOOL journey with us 🙏 love to you and yours, this time next year, 100,000k subs EASY 😉
I've been a fan of Tool since 1995 - 96, they are, without question, my favorite band. I can't help but smile everytime you guys react to them - you are far and away my favorite reactors of Tool. I have a request that may not be very popular, and I'm not even sure if you would like it, but Punch Brothers is a band of ridiculously good musicians - nothing like Tool, but the musicianship and writing are absolutely ridiculous. I would recomend a reaction to a song called Familiarity (any live version), it may blow some minds. Even if you don't dig the song, I guarantee you will appreciate the talent.
In the words of my fave Howard Stern, You've done it again! You guys have made me appreciate my favorite band even more than I already did. What a fantastic reaction, it's really not just a song (or 3) almost like a score for the movie that appears in your head when you listen. Every single song really IS a work of art, you're absolutely right, there is no filler! Seen them countless times live and LOVED Tool for 25 years and yet you guys and your insightful thoughts have given me a renewed appreciation for how unique they truly are. So THANK YOU once again for taking time out of your lives to travel down such an unusual & unlikely path, and sharing it all with strangers who have become friends :)
These songs reminded me of when i was 15 and i did mushrooms, stayed up all night, and as the sun was rising i listened to all 3 songs while riding my bike around in a forest.
Also, I want to thank both of you for your openness to this music. In my opinion you have had the perfect Tool journey. Could you imagine if you started here? I think you guys took the best path to get to this point where this shit just clicks for you like a damn religious experience and not many people can say that. Tool is the truth. It’s like you have to be conditioned to it and then you can’t turn back. Shout out to all the tool fans cuz guys we truly are the few.
Lateralus made me a Tool fan for life. I was familiar with Tool before Lateralus, but had never had that deep spiritual/emotional/mental connection to their music. Then came Lateralus. I first heard the song Lateralus on April 21, 2001 while storm chasing in Kansas with a friend who worked with me at a TV station. Storm chasing is my life's passion. We intercepted a supercell thunderstorm which towered 50k feet tall into the heavens like a mushroom cloud commanding your attention in an otherwise clear sky. The lightning was constant, literally non-stop. The storm produced an F4 tornado which hit the town of Hoisington, KS and we watched the tornado illuminated by lightning and power flashes in the dark. On the 5 hour drive home we heard the song Lateralus on the radio and the lyrics, the sound, it encapsulated my experience chasing that storm. I was an instant fan. The album dropped a few weeks later and I bought my first Tool album and was immersed into the world of Tool. Soon after I purchased their previous albums and fell in love with their progression and journey as a band. Their music speaks to my inner being and takes me to a place of deep contemplation and harmony. Tool is my all time favorite band. I have been watching your videos and have found great satisfaction watching you both fall in love with Tool. Welcome to the Tool army.
Thank you guys so much! I have listened to every Tool Tuesday (some songs more than once), thank you for helping me to survive cursed 2020, waiting for more in 2021 (it MUST be better than 2020). Thank you, pray Tool, stay kind to each other, and worship Maynard.
Their magnum opus in my opinion. Reflection is one of the greatest songs ever made. To me these songs together are a spiritual journey in musical form. It's all about destroying your ego and reaching a higher level of consciousness.
This may sound a bit strange, but once you've heard every song from this album, you should try to hear the whole thing in CD form. TH-cam is good enough for the reactions, but to truly get the best experience, it should be from CD, in a killer sound system or high end earphones! And as loud as you can handle. (Man do I ever LOVE this album!!!!!)
I just love the evolution of the way you guys become a Tool´s fan. First just regular Tshirts, Tool's Tshirts, then the hats LMAO. I felt in love with Tool the very first time a heard them when i was a teen.
Fuck yeeeaaahhhh, at last! These three songs are the truth. And it'll only get better with repeat listens (not to mention full top to bottom listen throughs of Lateralus). It's just unbelievable in every aspect - songwriting, pacing, PRODUCTION. It's fucking amazing. Been a wild ride watching you guys go from where you started to ending up here. Happy New Year fellas. ✊🤘
Dudes. Imagine if you had started your Tool journey with this masterpiece? I'm glad you left it as long as you did or your minds would have blown too soon.
Just Extra Awesome... rewatching this one after starting out with Yall's 1st "Push It" reaction (which took me to the studio version, then Parable/Portola, then here) I'm in South Carolina riding out the Tropical Storm, and just got Tornado Alert on these first few words..."Watch the weather change"! Love Yall, Soooooo Happy Yall are in my life, Yall Never fail to put a smile on my face, and Egnight the Light in My Soul!!! Thanks All Involved with Yall getting to Be Yall!!!
25:30 I basically just commented so I can click on this timestamp when I come back to this video in the future. This is easily my favorite part of this reaction
Pine- to loose vigor, health or flesh(as through grief) Merriam Webster This is not just a song, it's an experiene! Thanx for being brave enough to share it with us! 💜💜💜
This is the way to bring in the new year guys! It’s been a great journey watching you guys react to their discography. I was 14 (which was 24 years ago) when I discovered Tool and would’ve loved to have this opportunity to see my reactions so cherish these videos and keep spiraling out my dudes!!!
One of my favorite things about Tool. You know how you hear a lot of bands replicate sounds and patterns in different songs, nothing Tool puts out sounds the same as something else. Each songs is just so unique. Definitely one of my favorite bands growing up in the 90’s and still today.
37:06 Perhaps it means that if we do not crucify the ego and it takes us completely, our spirit will be locked in it. If that happens, death could "pine away" all that we are, since death destroys all illusion. dear trash talkers, every week I look forward to opening a new chapter of this wonderful band full of magic with great enthusiasm and happiness. They are without a doubt my favorite reaction channel. Thanks to the music and your vision and predisposition in what you believe, it is possible to share in these difficult times a work of art of the fantastic four. I wish you a very blessed 2021 for you and for all subscribers. Thank you always, Spiral Out, Keep Going.
And here we go.... sit back, relax and get ready for the journey. Also, a requested reaction for APC- Orestes from Stone and Echo please! Keep it up fellas, love the channel!
Love you boys! Thanks for sharing your journey with us all! At 27:00 in your video is the beginning of one of the final movements of Triad, what Danny is doing right there is playing three polyrhythmic temps simultaneously, the kicks pattern, the snare pattern and the ride/crown pattern. That moment right there is why people say he's one of the greatest drummers alive. I played for 15 years and I could sometimes maintain a double polyrhythm. Combine that with the magic of Adam and Justin and Maynard, this is the pinnacle of Tool.
"You guys ever listened to Tool?"
"Yeah, but you guys ever listened to Tool...
With the Trash Talkers?"
I appreciate the half baked reference
"Yeah, but you guys ever listened to Tool...
With the Trash Talkers?"
on WEED???
Ever watched trash talkers... ON WEED?🤯
Its so fulfilling to admire great music with people that really get it. 👁️💖
What a big choice to close the year my friends. TOOL ARMY PRESENT
Present and accounted for!
present
present
In my darkest moment, fetal and weeping
A moon tells me a secret, my confidant
"As full and bright as I am
This light is not my own"
A million light reflections passes over me
Its source is bright and endless
She resuscitates the hopeless
And without her, we are lifeless satellites drifting...
One of my favorite verses ever
The lyrics of Reflection are some of the deepest I've ever seen!
Same here. That song, alone, has gotten me through some tough shit over the years.
The moon doesn't shine on its own. It's only because of the sun
@@travishall6442 Such a great metaphor for the ego. The phases of the moon reflecting an external source, it is during our "full and bright" phase we believe ourself to be the possessor of knowledge and wisdom where the ego is at it's fullest, before the inevitable waining period where the blank "new moon" phase humbles us once again with the truth that our light is not our own. Information exists beyond us and we are only a means of delivering and reflecting said information. Knowledge does not truly belong to us.
The moon can be such a great teacher if we observe patiently enough.
@@cambodianz Yes! I completely agree with this.
Best way to listen to this. Sitting in your parked car in the middle of nowhere, stoned out of your mind with nothing but the night sky to look up at.
Or even better, on a couple of shrooms
For maximum effect for me it has to be at ear-bleeding volumes.
I just lay flat in my room with my eyes closed, usually stoned as well. Its like a real quick psychedelic trip. Obviously not as strong but you get the same feeling in your chest, i love it.
Back in the early 2000's, I used to go for walks on the beach in San Diego after a few bong rips with Lateralus in my Discman. It was quite inspiring.
Facts
MAYNARDS lyrics in reflections are pure poetry. Once you are done go back and read them ..one of my favorites
How does one choose words so magical?
@@jakecameron2976 UpGrAdE!
@@jakecameron2976 i see a fellow upgrade enjoyer
Yes I hope they do a lyrics breakdown
@@jakecameron2976 raise your consciousness
As a nearly 30 year fan of Tool, it's funny to me that you mention being jealous if us for knowing about the band for such a long time. I, on the flip side, am jealous of you getting to experience it all for the first time. When I hear their music I am instantly transported back to where I was when I first heard each song in my mind, and it's cathartic to me to just sit and experience that. Great job with the Tool Tuesdays this year, guys. I look forward to TT in 2021.
And all these new fans get to listen to multiple ‘new’ albums. We had to wait years.
It's a nice rewarding experience to find 80 minutes to lie down with some good headphones and listen to the whole Lateralus Album. Highly recommended for those who haven't done it in a while. - Much better than a movie.
I always do that before sleeping
"Reflection", IMO, is Tool's most underrated song. I've been listening to it quite a lot in recent months and it's really grown to become one of my favorites.
@@MostlyLost It's funny you mention that one because it's next on my underrated list for Tool. I overlooked it for awhile, but then after several recent listens I started diggin' it. It's actually got some similarities with Reflection in that it's really just a great vibing song with an uptick in the intensity in the latter half. That two-minute stretch starting at 3:51 is really cool!
@@MostlyLost Yes!! Intension is an underrated gem. I think The Patient is another one. I remember hearing it live in 2001. Its since become one of my all time faves.
Reflection is in my top 3 tool songs so intense yet calming at the same time and only maynard can pull something like that off and make it so hauntly beautiful
Same here
Reflection is just magical
The sound effects in Disposition were Justin's bass guitar.
Amazing and creative.
One of my fav things to play, got to love bass whammy
Perfect replacement in ages past. I don't feel he gets the credit he deserves. Tool might have been something far different by now had they picked someone else. Personally, it seems to me that the union of these four propelled them into a supergroup reminiscent of the 70s. With a perfect lineup, their later works just feel to me to greatly overshadow their earlier works. Had Paul not split, I'm doubtful they'd even still exist as a band.
@@chestercheetoh3857 I'd say the legal issues they fought and won were the biggest challenge to the band's continued existence.
Their song "The Patient" is all about it.
"I certainly would have walked away by now."
Justin Chancellor was the reason I bought a delay and a bass whammy. I love his pitch shifting techniques. Amazing stuff to learn.
And here we are. Closing the book of Lateralus. The greatest album of all time...imo. I hadda feeling this would impact you guys intensely. Mission accomplished. See all of you soon. Dueces!✌✌
The greatest album of all time
The greatest album of all time
The greatest album of all time
10000000%
Listened to a lot of music over the past 35 years of my life. Nothing tops Lateralus. Aenema comes close but Lateralus just an absolute timeless masterpiece.
27:48 Both of you scratch your left eyelid at the same time... for 2 dudes that had their eyes closed for over 20 minutes, that’s pretty harmonious if you ask me 😂👌🏼
Yeah I noticed that as well . Gonna trip em both out when they watch that back . At one and connected for a split second
The Trash Talkers are Unleashing the HOLY TRINITY 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Got my speech ready brother. Gonna drop it around 530. Till then....
Lord have mercy. The HOLY TRINITY. Nothing is this good. So happy they finally listened to the trifecta of absolute perfection.
To pine away: To lapse into a period of intense depression or melancholy due to one's longing for or grief over someone or something.
I understood this so much more personally when I lost my mom.
Man.. I thought pine away meant dying. This makes the song so much deeper. Glad I read this. Damn, what a fucking album Lateralus is..
@@thewildhealer541 in a metaphoric sense it does/can mean dying in this context. Dying of the ego but also from this physical form.
Basically it means wasting away.
This may be one of the greatest musical compositions I have ever heard in my life. These three songs are not just music, but the litteral embodiment of what tool is.
I think the embodiment of all they've grown to be can be heard in Sweat, the 1st song of their 1st album. It has a touch of everything in it
I love the "holy trinity" but to me, Reflection stands alone. That song has walked me through my darkest times. I can literally lay back with headphones, put that song on and leave my body. Leave it all behind for awhile...
I had an out of body experience listening to it just for a brief moment. I was so relaxed. No drugs or anything.
Makes two of us Amen 🙏🏼 tool army brother 🛸
🧑🏻🎤👽👽🐙
🎤🎸🎸🥁
I remember having this on repeat while I was fighting bladder cancer I would put my headphones 🎧 on during chemo & tool would take me out to space 🛸👽
They helped me beat cancer not once but twice 🤘🏼
Best band in the world 🌎
Closest thing we have to 👽👽👽👽 4 aliens giving us all goosebumps & melting us to the core.
🪬🌠🛰🌌🪬
Fuck yeah man!! Inspiring & badass story ✨❤️ glad you're doing better. Keep spiraling out into the abyss with our spiritual guides T🌀🌀L 😎🫠♾️
Tool has done it again. I'm going through a tough time with my mother's health but Tool always has the song you need. If you allow it to help, it's there. I've obviously listened to all of their music countless times yet within 5 seconds of Disposition... I'm tearing up. It's so beautiful... They will help me get through this and accept life for what it is and the reality of it. I'm here to be thankful of this experience that I've had this far and hopefully for more to come. I tell my mom, let's focus on the journey we've had and not the final destination because mine could be tomorrow for all we know. But what my brain says isn't what I'm feeling. I wanna cry my eyes out to my mother but I have to stay strong and hope she can pull through so she can live a few more years. Maybe not. And that's an outcome I have to make peace with before I go down the dark hole of depression... I've been there for years. Medication and all. I don't wanna go there again. I promised myself no matter how bad it gets, I can't end up there again. I'll die before I end up in hell.
Edit: Sorry but I felt I had to share. It's easier sometimes here then reaching out to someone.
Thanks for sharing bro. I'm sorry to hear what your going through. Mothers are very special. Stay strong. Keep the Faith.
I hope to God that Tool can tour in the new year so you boys can finally see them live. There's no experience like it on Earth.
They really deserve too as well!
Man do they??!! I think once these two see Tool, they will fully understand what we already know.
Agreed. Saw them for the first time last year before the pandemic. Man I tell ya, an experience it was indeed.
@@rubaidaallen2764 I would chip in to send these guys to a concert.
@@STAR_GUARDIAN_V gotta feel it in your chest. The FI tour was amazing. I got to be at the first concert of this tour and the last concert of the tour. The pounding in my chest during Tempest was phenomenal.
Finally
Yes! I'm patiently waiting as well my friend
OMG yes, Ive been wanting this since they watched the live version first. We need to keep mentioning this
Agreed! Sooooooo good.
Reflection is ... a spiritual experience by itself. This is definitely one of the most powerful Tool songs. It heals you!
My dude on the left be looking like the priest from opiate album's artwork during reflection 😂
lol
😂😂😂hollywood was on one, in flight for sure hahaha
Holy shit that’s funny!
The my dude on the left thing!
You guys are the only people Ive seen experience tool on TH-cam and truly get into it like I do. Most of their stuff is an internal feeling not like most music.
Watch lost vegas!
Lost in Vegas has only done some of Tools work. The only other reactor I've seen do the whole catalog is Drew Fortune. And he had similar reactions.
Pine away: To become thin and weak because of sadness or loss...
Thank you. Pine away means to waste away from sadness or grief. It has nothing to do with a freaking pine box!
Most coffins used to be made from pine. I always took the lyrics as meaning more, as in- waste away... in a pinebox. The end... at the end of the Trinity. Lyrics are always subjective, love the input!
Given the lyrics, I always think of the story of Narcissus...narcissism is mentioned in the song. Narcissus, in some versions of the myth, fell in love with his own reflection ("Reflection" is thus appropriately titled) and died (by pining away) because he couldn't pull himself away from staring at himself in the water. Narcissism comes from this story of someone being so in love with themself that they can't focus on anything else, even keeping themself alive.
Sorry if someone mentioned this already, as this video is over a year and a half old at this point, but I scanned a good number of comments and didn't see anything! So fun to watch others enjoy different Tool songs for the first time. 😊
This completes the reactions to the Lateralus album. The only Tool songs left that they haven't heard some version of are: Sweat, Part of Me, Disgustipated, Merkaba, and Intension. I strongly suggest they do full album reactions, but idk if they have time for that. All things must come to an end. The end of 2020 can't come fast enough. This channel and H6 and Smokey's discovery of Tool has been one of the very few highlights this year. I've been there every Tuesday since AG was GW... still funny btw.. Thank you guys for going through the entire Tool discography. It's been a treat.
They have more than those u mentioned there not done yet
@@jcreature11 Alternate versions of songs. i.e. Third Eye (live) off Salival. Album versions of Pneuma, and Descending. Filler tracks like Mantra don't count as songs. So as for first experiences of Tool songs, those 5 are it.
Also L.A.M.C.
@@MilkHound have they done the Patient?
Intension is so great!!!
I'm so overjoyed to see a reaction video wear the listeners don't speak during the songs. They just absorb the experience in it's entirely and allow the music to do what it was intended to do. Kudos guys!
The Holy Trinity!!!! Hollywood....get multiple packs of cigarettes......and a pillow and a blanket.....you might not come back......Smoke.....not a lot chunk but holy shit is Maynard gonna fill your soul
Idk.. I think Triad is ALL CHUNK lol
This is Tool's absolute apex. It's the most significant work these 4 people have made. Lateralus is a masterpiece of an album, but these tracks specifically are the height of their musical output. Everything that was happening in their lives allowed for them to reach this level, if only briefly (a place most artists never reach). They were still young enough men, most of which still didn't have a family to focus on and could devote themselves to their craft and output. These three pieces represent something more akin to classical music playing on rock (and world) instruments than rock songs. Are there even verses or choruses or bridges here? I was just getting into Tool as this album was released, I was 17 at the time and completely not ready and yet fully available for what this album had to give me. I saw Tool for the first time the next year on my 18th birthday and I hadn't really absorbed these three pieces yet. The band rocked like hell took about a 15-20 minute intermission and came back out to play this trilogy and it changed my life. I know people often say things like that, but in this case, it's not hyperbole. It changed my life. I was by myself in a sea of strangers who were all there tuned into the exact same frequency. I rethought the kind of person I wanted to be. The path I was on, the people I associated with, my relationship with myself and with art with an honesty I'd never been able to access. Sometimes we can have a deeply profound experience with art and it can shift our thinking and perspective on life. I purposely don't listen to these tracks very often, but I will sometimes during key moments of transition in my life. Lately I've been to Tool again and from a different perspective in life and again feel drawn to this piece. There is a lot obscuring behind a corner in my life at the moment and the best I can do is remain vigilant and open.
Spiral Out.
These songs give me endless goosebumps and makes me emotional.
I remember standing in front of the record store an hour before opening to score the CD. I think i played it 24/7 for a month. Aw the memories.
I miss CD stores 😭 the 90s in general damn..
I love how this whole trilogy can be watched with eyes closed and you don't miss a single thing. :P
I remember seeing Tool perform this live back in the day. 20 minutes later, I swear everyone's jaw dropped. There are literally no words to describe the feeling of seeing and hearing absolute perfection. The level of sophistication, complexity, and precision required to pull this off live is simply mind-blowing.
Did they have the red and blue painted ppl hanging from the cieling?
@@stevilkenevil9960 Great memory....yeah. they did!
Here we go! Today is the day! What away to end the year! Thanks guys for allowing us to relive this journey with you and through you! Much love to you both for getting many of us through this year with Toolsday!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Happy Tool Year Jenny!
Happy Tool year to you Mark! I hope you have a great one!!
Saw Tool in 2002 on the lateralus tour and they jammed Triad with Meshuggah. God damn incredible
I seen that tour too Madison wi. At the time had no idea what I witnessed.
Ya brother I’m in Calgary Alberta and I was front row chest slammed into the metal barricade on that tour….one of the best days of my life.
I just found you guys. Super excited to be here. I love new TOOL fans. Watching their faces as they get rocked off gives me joy. I saw TOOL the first time at a small venue in 1996 and I've been obsessed ever since.
That guitar solo during Reflection when he repeats the melody from Disposition is my favorite moment in music.
Today is the day!!!! Prepare to be amazed. What a great way to end the year. Ready for some TOOLGATING!!! Thanks for a great year guys. Ready to see what is in store for next year. Much love guys! 🤘❤
This is like the Super Bowl of TOOLGATING, is it 5pm YET 😂
@@-TRIAD- work is taking too long....
@@microgirl3789 Thanks for being here sister. 😊❤
@@markmaloney3140 always ♥
These 3 masterpieces are TOOL's greatest work in my opinion. Reflection is one of the most incredible songs I have ever heard, and is in my top 3 for TOOL. See you on the other side. #SpiralOut #TOOLarmy #TOOLgating
Guys you can't forget to do their cover of led zepplin's no quarter. Haven't seen it recommended yet but it is otherworldly!
They’ve done it
Check their playlist tool tuesday. They have done a a lot already.
I can't wait for this - I think Triad is one of Tool's most forgotten tracks because it has no Maynard (basically) and it's not a skit or interlude or joke track that stands out and is usually thrown in with this trinity and rarely appreciated just on its own.
Agreed, i think THE most underrated tool song is intension though, nobody ever talks about it
What a long road it’s been and we are finally here. Can’t wait to watch this with you guys!
We will see you there
"The moon tells me a secret...my confidante. "
*your secret
You can definitely hear how Danny's love of African drums is brought to life in these tracks. Reflection sounds like a powerful war drum beating in the dark jungles of your soul.
Ive seen them play this trinity live 3 times on the Lateralus tour in 2001. Its amazing live and Danny is the only one who stays on stage for all 3 songs. Praise TOOL.
There are no "singles", just an album, in the truest sense of the word.
Got to see them perform the Holy Trinity LIVE. It was quite epic.
Well this wont be my regular Tuesday commute tonight, I will have to save this one for when I get home and can strap on the headphones. So excited!!!!
Trash Talkers, that was an amazing 1hr 44.40 minutes ( including 1 hour of TOOLGATING) Hollywood, Smokey, you have given us so many special memories this year, TOOL truly brings beauty and genius to all of us. I believe I speak for ALL Tool Army, and Tribe when said, WE LOVE YOU BOTH and cannot wait to see what you Cats have for us going forward. Thank you for sharing your TOOL journey with us 🙏 love to you and yours, this time next year, 100,000k subs EASY 😉
Happy Tool Year. Thanks for being here James. Still waiting for the email....
@@markmaloney3140 still trying to figure out how to get it to you Uncle Mark
@@-TRIAD- still there?
This music just takes you some place else. I wasn’t in my body for the last 20 minutes.
Goosebumps are a raisin' as I watch this. Glad you guys are along for this ride I've been on so many times!
Their masterpiece
It truly is
I've been a fan of Tool since 1995 - 96, they are, without question, my favorite band. I can't help but smile everytime you guys react to them - you are far and away my favorite reactors of Tool.
I have a request that may not be very popular, and I'm not even sure if you would like it, but Punch Brothers is a band of ridiculously good musicians - nothing like Tool, but the musicianship and writing are absolutely ridiculous. I would recomend a reaction to a song called Familiarity (any live version), it may blow some minds. Even if you don't dig the song, I guarantee you will appreciate the talent.
Thanks for the recommendation 🤘
In the words of my fave Howard Stern, You've done it again! You guys have made me appreciate my favorite band even more than I already did. What a fantastic reaction, it's really not just a song (or 3) almost like a score for the movie that appears in your head when you listen. Every single song really IS a work of art, you're absolutely right, there is no filler! Seen them countless times live and LOVED Tool for 25 years and yet you guys and your insightful thoughts have given me a renewed appreciation for how unique they truly are. So THANK YOU once again for taking time out of your lives to travel down such an unusual & unlikely path, and sharing it all with strangers who have become friends :)
And side note, I think that clip was the least snarky I've ever seen MJK! What a lovely sentiment from him :)
Absolutely love all your Tool Tuesdays... It just goes to show good music can cross into other people's favourites.. Tool transcends those barriers
You have been one of the only happy things to happen this year. This was a great way to end 2020. Thank you so much! 🌀🌀🌀
These songs reminded me of when i was 15 and i did mushrooms, stayed up all night, and as the sun was rising i listened to all 3 songs while riding my bike around in a forest.
You guys closing out the year with this made my day. Fuck yeah! Tool Army present.❤️
Lateralus is definitely my preferred album from Tool and it might as well be the best album that exists on the surface of this planet... Love it!
The Holy Trinity was on repeat as I fell asleep, for probably about a 3 year period when I was in a tough place.
Mentally and spiritually soothing.
You two are my "Go To" pair to react, reflect and experience everything Tool.
Reflection does it again it melts another two faces..
♨️🍳🔥
😳🤪🤯
😆🥴🤣
Every time I hear these I think "wow I forgot how good this is"
Hope you guys loved this one. Blow it up for a while it's fire
What stain on humanity has disliked this.
I mean as a tool fan these 3 are low on my list.
@@davidjames5286 "Reflection" is really great, IMO, but the other two aren't particularly special.
@@davidjames5286 but does that warrant a downvote?
Also, I want to thank both of you for your openness to this music. In my opinion you have had the perfect Tool journey. Could you imagine if you started here? I think you guys took the best path to get to this point where this shit just clicks for you like a damn religious experience and not many people can say that. Tool is the truth. It’s like you have to be conditioned to it and then you can’t turn back. Shout out to all the tool fans cuz guys we truly are the few.
Lateralus made me a Tool fan for life. I was familiar with Tool before Lateralus, but had never had that deep spiritual/emotional/mental connection to their music. Then came Lateralus. I first heard the song Lateralus on April 21, 2001 while storm chasing in Kansas with a friend who worked with me at a TV station. Storm chasing is my life's passion. We intercepted a supercell thunderstorm which towered 50k feet tall into the heavens like a mushroom cloud commanding your attention in an otherwise clear sky. The lightning was constant, literally non-stop. The storm produced an F4 tornado which hit the town of Hoisington, KS and we watched the tornado illuminated by lightning and power flashes in the dark. On the 5 hour drive home we heard the song Lateralus on the radio and the lyrics, the sound, it encapsulated my experience chasing that storm. I was an instant fan. The album dropped a few weeks later and I bought my first Tool album and was immersed into the world of Tool. Soon after I purchased their previous albums and fell in love with their progression and journey as a band. Their music speaks to my inner being and takes me to a place of deep contemplation and harmony. Tool is my all time favorite band. I have been watching your videos and have found great satisfaction watching you both fall in love with Tool. Welcome to the Tool army.
Brothers it has been fun watching you both take the TOOL journey during 2020.
Can't wait for this guys....from Day One I, along with many other Trash Talkers, have told you this is one of Tool's crowning achievements.
Now you both know why we call this "The Holy Trinity"..
Thank you guys so much! I have listened to every Tool Tuesday (some songs more than once), thank you for helping me to survive cursed 2020, waiting for more in 2021 (it MUST be better than 2020). Thank you, pray Tool, stay kind to each other, and worship Maynard.
You guys should do a live listening party of a whole album. Aenima will always top it for me listening to it all the way through in one sitting.
I'm rewatching all your Tool reactions again because you two have been my favorite to watch still!
The pinnacle of marvelous music. This is the greatest album of my life and Hollywood’s face describes it perfectly 🤘🏼🤪
Sit back. Relax. Let tool take your mind and soul on a journey. EPIC!!
Now imagine hearing this after hearing all of the other songs on Lateralus lol. Best album of all time.
Their magnum opus in my opinion. Reflection is one of the greatest songs ever made. To me these songs together are a spiritual journey in musical form. It's all about destroying your ego and reaching a higher level of consciousness.
This may sound a bit strange, but once you've heard every song from this album, you should try to hear the whole thing in CD form. TH-cam is good enough for the reactions, but to truly get the best experience, it should be from CD, in a killer sound system or high end earphones! And as loud as you can handle. (Man do I ever LOVE this album!!!!!)
Absolutely! No stupid commercials interrupting the vibe.
Reflection is one of my favorite Tool songs! Glad you guys enjoyed it. Reflection's lyrics are deep
I just love the evolution of the way you guys become a Tool´s fan. First just regular Tshirts, Tool's Tshirts, then the hats LMAO. I felt in love with Tool the very first time a heard them when i was a teen.
Thanks for that interview clip at the beginning. I've never seen it...and that approach makes so much sense when taking their work into perspective.
Fuck yes! The trinity. Holiday is going to enjoy these 3.
Fuck yeeeaaahhhh, at last! These three songs are the truth. And it'll only get better with repeat listens (not to mention full top to bottom listen throughs of Lateralus). It's just unbelievable in every aspect - songwriting, pacing, PRODUCTION. It's fucking amazing. Been a wild ride watching you guys go from where you started to ending up here. Happy New Year fellas. ✊🤘
Tool has always been like a Portal to another Demension. I enjoy watching new folks get their mind blown & fall in love w/ them
There’s a live version focused primarily on Justin going ham....so epic.
Do you have a link to that please
I got to see this live. It was amazing!
Same! Did they have the contortionist couple from the Schism video dangle from the ceiling together like worms all thru these songs. Amazing!!
@@g.danielvelazquez7494 yes they did
I love watching people react to tool
I knew it , my favourite Tool song and my favourite ever
Dudes. Imagine if you had started your Tool journey with this masterpiece?
I'm glad you left it as long as you did or your minds would have blown too soon.
Just Extra Awesome... rewatching this one after starting out with Yall's 1st "Push It" reaction (which took me to the studio version, then Parable/Portola, then here) I'm in South Carolina riding out the Tropical Storm, and just got Tornado Alert on these first few words..."Watch the weather change"! Love Yall, Soooooo Happy Yall are in my life, Yall Never fail to put a smile on my face, and Egnight the Light in My Soul!!! Thanks All Involved with Yall getting to Be Yall!!!
25:30 I basically just commented so I can click on this timestamp when I come back to this video in the future. This is easily my favorite part of this reaction
In the words of Meg Ryan “yes, yes, YES!”
Best two comments right here.
Pine- to loose vigor, health or flesh(as through grief) Merriam Webster
This is not just a song, it's an experiene! Thanx for being brave enough to share it with us! 💜💜💜
This is the way to bring in the new year guys! It’s been a great journey watching you guys react to their discography. I was 14 (which was 24 years ago) when I discovered Tool and would’ve loved to have this opportunity to see my reactions so cherish these videos and keep spiraling out my dudes!!!
The look you dudes have at the 15 minute mark is what music is all about. Keep swinging on that spiral my friends.
One of my favorite things about Tool. You know how you hear a lot of bands replicate sounds and patterns in different songs, nothing Tool puts out sounds the same as something else. Each songs is just so unique. Definitely one of my favorite bands growing up in the 90’s and still today.
I had listened to tool songs thousand of times but listening them with you guys is just whole new experiences....
37:06 Perhaps it means that if we do not crucify the ego and it takes us completely, our spirit will be locked in it. If that happens, death could "pine away" all that we are, since death destroys all illusion.
dear trash talkers, every week I look forward to opening a new chapter of this wonderful band full of magic with great enthusiasm and happiness. They are without a doubt my favorite reaction channel. Thanks to the music and your vision and predisposition in what you believe, it is possible to share in these difficult times a work of art of the fantastic four. I wish you a very blessed 2021 for you and for all subscribers. Thank you always, Spiral Out, Keep Going.
And here we go.... sit back, relax and get ready for the journey. Also, a requested reaction for APC- Orestes from Stone and Echo please! Keep it up fellas, love the channel!
Love your channel
Thanks man, glad to have you aboard
"This feels like I'm being abducted into an alien spacecraft..."
...in comes the moon. Welcome to the 5th dimension, fellas.
Imagine if they heard “Faaip De Oaid” after this too
Semper Fi
Love you boys! Thanks for sharing your journey with us all! At 27:00 in your video is the beginning of one of the final movements of Triad, what Danny is doing right there is playing three polyrhythmic temps simultaneously, the kicks pattern, the snare pattern and the ride/crown pattern. That moment right there is why people say he's one of the greatest drummers alive. I played for 15 years and I could sometimes maintain a double polyrhythm. Combine that with the magic of Adam and Justin and Maynard, this is the pinnacle of Tool.