Preston. Thank you for this. And, once again, you’re on the correct path of thought. You referenced the many different interpretations of this song; and that, in itself, acknowledges the essence of Tool. The lyrics certainly come from a personal space for Maynard, but they’re written in a way that can be interpreted differently by different people and applied to their unique circumstances. This song helped save my marriage. I always liked this song. But, as my marriage approached a crash landing, The Grudge helped me through the darkest time of my life. At that point, I truly understood the song, for me, on an emotional level. Every. Fucking. Detail. To me, this song represents our desire to hold onto grudges as a feeling of power over those who have hurt us and the need to release that anger and let go in order to heal our wounds and repair those relationships. Even the otherworldly scream bear the end- I’ve learned to appreciate understand and feel every last second of it. It wasn’t some self-indulgent display of an amazing vocalist. That was the honest primal desire and attempt to exorcise the pain of transgression and the resulting anger- to rid oneself of their grudge- so that they may heal and become whole again. So that the subject can move on and repair the damaged relationship. He wants nothing more in life and that urge can be felt through every last second of that scream. I cannot count the number of tears I’ve shed at that point in that song. It still rocks me to my core. Thank you for your incredible reviews Preston. Keep on keepin’ on Brother.
Such a well put togeather review of this song, bro i wish all tool fans could understand this song on such an emotional level, but i can tell you it takes personal expierence to really relate that closely.
Jon-Paul, thanks for explaining Tool perfectly, and with a very personal story to wrap it all up. Maynard never tells people the reasons behind his songs for the exact situation you were in. The meeting if Tools songs are never if rarely one dimensional. The image between the stone, cornerstone, the one or many grudges, the eroding of everything by the water transmutating it, being fluid in life, taking the lead and making something beautiful/rich out of it. It inspires me today to make sure my friendships and loves are built with meaningful stones that will withstand the sands of time.
Wait on... let's bring that back!... this Comment is a masterpiece of illumination and edification. It expresses just what I wanted to say. Wow. Thank you sir. Thank you.
i wont even try to eclipse that masterful synopsis. suffice it to say, ive shed more than a couple of tears via that scream as well. for me its almost a.... shriek of just ..... fuuuuuuuck..... get this baggage the fuck OUT of me man. put.this.weight.the.fuck.down. if youre in that space and youre able to purge that ... shit. man..... all youre left with is a shaking exhausted utterly spent rubbery pile.
Makes a lot of sense. I've been in group therapy sessions and heard people SCREAM and RAGE out their grudges, addictions, darkness, anger - even done it myself. Holding on to a grudge is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. Every single bad emotion you feel happens in you, not in them, so you have to bear all the crap you want someone else, who knows nothing of your pain, to have. Letting go is freedom. Holding on is emotional self-imprisonment.
Once Tool is your no1 , no one else comes close... you still enjoy music, but it never reaches the same conscious thought as Tool. This is the Tool collective 😘🙏
Yeah, I have to disagree. They were my no 1 for such a loooooong time, but I had to move on. Still Love them. I wsaw them live in Birmingham on this tour, and I was very let down. It was a very very sad time for me.Still love them though.
I was waiting for the hold on brahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! scream from the Press-man which he delivered perfectly. At work I say hold on brahhhhhhhhhhhh! all day. I only watch these reaction videos to hear the Pressinator scream hold on brahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! When I get home and my gal has a roast in the oven I say I love you then hold on brahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
The whole format for Lateralus is based on the progression through the Tree of Life. The first node is Malkuth (Kingdom). The tenth node is Keter/Kether (Crown). So "Choose One or Ten... The One, The Ten" is the first and last, the alpha and omega, but it also implies that the Tree is inverted back on top of itself. That the Kingdom of Earth/Matter is not just a trap of drudgery, grime, pain, depression, and anxiety, but actually integral to the process of releasing attachments to those things, i.e. "Give away the stone" and "leaden grudges into gold". Saturn, in astrology, represents the intense manifestation of karmic debt "Drags you down like a stone, or lifts you up again". So all our misdeeds are judged and punished with impunity. In short, it's payback time. However, by working through them, doing the work, serving the time, or generally analyzing our own flaws, we are given the key to break out of the illusion of pain for our earthly toil, allowed a salvation, or a baptism "Let the waters kiss and transmutate". And if we grip to our egos, our pride, define our realities by our blind spots, "This cold and fated anchor", and refuse to let the illusion of reality dissolve around us, then the Cosmic forces will put you in your place, "Sinking Deeper" in our personal prisons. Eventually we must Let GO of the idea of control, the need to attempt to define or manipulate things which are ultimately outside of our basic understandings.
Also regarding Saturn, when Maynard references Saturn coming back around, I believe he’s referring to what is called the Saturn Return in astrology. Saturn takes 29.5 years to make a full revolution around the sun. When you are around 29.5 years old, give or take, Saturn will conjunction your natal Sun, which usually shakes things the fuck up in your life. Saturn is about responsibility, limitations, karma... he’s like a judgmental father, or the teacher with the most difficult assignments that you hated but you learned the most from. Basically, the return will show you where you’ve fucked up in life and where you’ve succeed and you will choose to either take accountability and continue to aim toward becoming your best Self, or you can hold a grudge or become resentful and turn your back on personal responsibility, which can only bring ruin. People usually notice a lot of changes around 30 years old....
@@OrthoLady man, I'm nearing that age very very soon. There's a similar concept in Vedic astrology called Sade sati(although might be unrelated.) Also, any idea what the "stone" references are?
Im not too much into tool’s music released before aenima. Its not bad and that period is very important in the context of their history, showing their evolution. But its too dark and depressively destructive for me, though very talented already. But after Maynard overcame some psychological problems and stopped expressing mainly pain and opposition, and added spirituality - tool’s art started resonating with me way much more. So, as i said, the early period is an important part of the whole experience, but not that satisfying and harmonic to be influenced by.
Before the release of the latest album, I would've agreed with you. There are definitely some very "...meh" tracks there and some of the interludes are just terrible.
I totally agree with this. I've listened to a lot of music in my day, but nothing I've listened to compares to the complex, thought-provoking, mind-altering sounds that come from Tool. In my opinion, Pink Floyd is the closest thing to how I feel when I listen to Tool.
@Pool Marcus I understand what I think you mean. Tool is my favorite band, hands down, since I first heard them. As a 48yr man, they remind me very much of Pink Floyd. Not in sound style or even type of rock music. They are so similar to me, because both bands have such an utterly unique sound. What I mean is, as soon as you hear a Tool or Floyd guitar/bass/drum riff, you KNOW that's them, long before the lead singer has ever uttered a word.
I love your face throughout the entire song...it's that tool "concentrated smiling satisfied wtf" look that I've had thousands of times! You are awesome and just the correct person to do tool reaction videos
Sometimes we listen to things we love so often and frequently that we kill it or get over saturated with it. Watching you discover and react to those things is a way to find them a new. A rebirth of a past love.
"Tool just always impresses me"... right on man, been listening to them since the mid 90s in high school... still listening to them today... nothing like them, they are an experience of their own.
It's just a good song to remind people the weight and burden of grudges. Awesome reaction video as always. Cannot wait to hear about your first TOOL concert! :)
Nope. Zeppelin is just a blues based rock band. There have been hundreds of those throughout time. Floyd and Tool have their own completely unique sound. Find me another band that has put out a Shine on you Crazy Diamond...or an Echoes....or a Dark Side...at the same time TOol has the same kind of unique quality. You won't find bands that sound like either. Not to mention Zep stole half their first album. Zep has their place for sure and there is no denying it. I mean I hate to bring up the little kids...but Greta Van Fleet is sorta proving my point. You won't hear another Pink FLoyd...you won't hear another Tool. My man hit it on the head with his point.
Tool have a unique and great bass sound but that's it just like chilli peppers do, it's all about that bass sound, they are no where near pink Floyd they don't have the amazing guitar or drum sounds of pink Floyd. I've listened vto to tool tracks and it all sounds so similar. Floyd are way better. Plus vif you want bass and drums then check out Rush.
This song helped me learn that I shouldn't let anger or hate define who I am as a person. Helped me realise it fragments your soul and destroys you from within.
When I was younger the question came up "who is my favorite band?" It depends on my mood, but we came up with: if I got exiled/marooned/whatever and I could only have the music of one artist or band, who would it be? Who could I listen to, over and over? For years my answer was Pink Floyd, hands down. I think it was Lateralus (the album "The Grudge" came from) that changed "my favorite" to Tool.
Tom Kenney Same but I got back into tool on my dads CD of Ænima a year ago before FI released, won’t ever forget the first time I listened to lateralus either though
Just throwing this out there....Puscifer is an entirely different band, different vibe, same singer. Its obviously going to have some similar coloration, but its very different song structures. Its quality art. Id recommend something from the “conditions of my parole” album. Good stuff btw. I like watching reactions...it reminds me of the first time I heard certain songs and I get to relive those moments vicariously through your videos.
There is no favorite Tool song....it's impossible to decide which is best. My top 5 list would change depending on which day you ask. They're just that good.
I've been on a two hour trip thru the TH-cam wormhole. I've seen many of your previous reaction video but I just got caught up in watching your Tool reactions. Haha. I love it. I'm not even that big of a Tool fan. But I LOVE seeing someone discover something new that intrigues them, makes them think, and bring them joy.
Grudge may be the best opening song on any album. Just sets the tone and gets you amped for what’s coming. And if you want chaos, you gotta do Third Eye. That song is a journey like no other.
@@_BLACKSTAR_ Haha... I never heard of Opeth... You made me want to check them out... So I did... I'll hand it to you... They do seem fucking musically unbelievable... But based on what I've heard... While they seem perhaps as heavy as Tool (I'm listening now to "the pain I see in others")...which is saying a lot... And they are similar in their versatility... So I understand the comparison... but they don't seem nearly as all around brilliant as Tool ... Also, the singing is, while not exactly bad (the the satanic growl thing always seemed seemed hilariously childish to me)... And no disrespect to the singer, but it doesn't seem like he's in the same stratosphere as Maynard... Maynard is just a next level superstar vocalist/lyricist... I've never heard anyone sing the way Maynard sings... I've heard many people sing the way the guy from Opeth sings. I'll keep listening to them... But that's my initial take...
Yep. You said... nobody even comes close to TooL.. they're "just different" - and I also like the Pink Floyd mention - something I think a lot of people would agree with. I first heard TooL in '96 on the radio - Stinkfist.. during the grunge era, and was immediately drawn in thinking "holy shit, what is this?!?!" - unlike anything I'd ever heard before. Once I began to dig into the lyrics and put the meaning to the depth of the music, it literally changed my life, and as I've told many people, became a road map to higher consciousness. And it is virtually impossible to rate their songs, as they're each an epic journey of their own (at least since Aenima). I just stumbled on you and I'm loving watching your reactions, because it's reminding me of why I love TooL so much, and the overwhelming feelings it induces. As for this song's meanings, it's probably already been said, but it revolves around the "Saturn Return" - a supposed astrological event that can be learned about by googling it. It's said to happen every 29 years (iirc) in our lifetime, and I can say that I personally had this experience myself. He's referencing the choice we have to hold onto our grudges, our old ways, the destructive ways of the mind and ego, and to sink deeper into this cycle.... or to LET GO, transmutate, and rise higher, the way of spirit and higher consciousness.
My thoughts exactly n yeas plz lol I need dmt I can acquire the other 2 just fine lol but dmt it's NOT easy to find or chemist who knows wtf they're doing lol. I wonder if u can extract dmt from 4aco-dmt? Seems like a plausibility.
haknslash you forgot about freaking JUSTIN AND ADAM. Don’t tell me the bass and guitar doesn’t rock you sometimes. But yes SEEING TOOL LIVE IS UNPARALLELED to listening the albums. Like Danny Carey’s fucking drums literally kick you in the chest. Like their sound just punches you live. (In a good way) like you can feel the fucking music in the air they are incredible at putting on a live performance and experience
1998 I took my then 14 year old son to his very first concert...TOOL! It was amazing...I loved watching him experience every aspect of the event, then suddenly mosh pit mode was activated, all hell broke loose.....woohoo! Good times...
I know I'm one of the people who was suggesting this one forever! I'm stoked you listened to it, it's always been one of my favorites. You wanna hear another song where Maynard is absolutely brutal, check out Jerk Off from Opiate. It's actually a live recording which makes it even better hearing how gnarly Maynard can actually be. Keep it up dude you're the best react channel on here
I just came up on your video, I'm 42 years old, I have been listening to Tool since I was in high school. Sober came on one night, I was watching then M TVs Headbangers ball, weekend sometime in 94, night time, alone... Then this happens.....
The grudge- you ever meet someone so eaten up by bitterness that they just suck to be around and all you wanna say is dude, let it go… that’s my interpretation of the grudge. Love your channel
Loved wtf😆always the reaction for a Tool song especially this one! For yourself... listen to their albums in entirety start to finish one day. And you need to see them live it's a must✌keep up the good work.
Ya need listen to albums in their entirety as they were meant to be listened! You would appreciate the songs alot more i promise you! Cool vid tho brah :) Also you listened to Puscifer? Singer's other band!! Also lisyen to Mr Bungle - if you appreciate music and musicians they will blow your mind! Mike Patton's (Faith No More) college band!
That scream from 09:40 to 10:04 is pure magic and animalistic and angst-filled! Love that fricking part!! And to watch you try and contain that smile and awe was absolutely the highlight of my day! Love your channel. 😀
Your Tool reaction videos are the only youtubes I ever re-watch. The most genuine reaction and enjoyment Ive seen of my favorite band. You get it, welcome to the club. Please do the new album when it comes out (soon?).
Watching your journey through Tool songs has been great, I have to say. You've had pretty much the same reactions to their songs as I have, and that's actually awesome - awe, contemplation, and perhaps the need to let it turn around in your head for a few hours. Little things about humanity, you know? :) And seriously, I'm so glad you got good earphones. Not just for your other videos, but also because Tool loves putting nuances and subtle touches in their music, and you can only really catch them with earphones. Others have already pointed out what kind of era of their music each album kind of symbolizes, so I won't repeat that. I will say that apart from maybe hearing Deftones' song Passenger, where Maynard sings backup, you're good to hear Third Eye now. It's a song you put on, kick back, close your eyes, and let the music paint tapestries in your imagination with. Three other song recommendations for you, to see if you dig the bands' music: - VAST: Here - Qwel: The New Wine - Filter: Jurassitol
If you wanna know a band that comes close to tool is Maynard James Keenan’s other band A PERFECT CIRCLE. it’s like tools sister it a a feminine softer sound to it but his voice really shines in this band. a really good song is THE PACKAGE
Davin Dew A-motherfucking-men!!! I have described the two as exactly that. Tool is the more divine masculine and A Perfect Circle as the divine feminine. The Package is my favourite song, their live performance is the best version of the song as well. The Hollow & Pet & 3 Libras.. gaaaaaah 💦 I really think he needs to also listen to The Humbling River by Puscifer, and if you haven’t then you need to. It’s the baby, but it’s pure fucking music & lyrical magic 💙
Tool songs have a different meaning and feeling every time you listen to them. I think you could study tool lyrics for years and never fully understand them lol
Maynard and tool have been on a journey through the shadow....or, the spirit world, if you like that term better. They have learned the secrets to the fibinatchi sequence, 46 and 2, the eye of Saturn, ascension, the serpents of light and so much more. The music and lyrics are like a audio adaptation of their journey. Their music can be appreciated on every lvl, but the underlying message woven through all their music is very very spiritual and meant to be seen through the 3rd eye. This would take at least an hour of writing to explain the short version, and that would be cruel butchering of the thesis. Only adepts of the highest rank of the opened 3rd eye (white and red) would understand.
@@shadowninjarider374 lol. He doesnt believe in the third eye and all that bullshit. He simply reads and follows Jungs teachings. He follows some of the Gnostic teachings and shit, but thats about it.
@@OrphanCrippler1 I mean.....really....how can someone really say they listen to any of Maynard's creations and say that he doesn't believe in the 3rd eye. Yes, he has read Jung, yes he has read the gnostic....but c'mon brah. Maynard has been into all the deep shit. Deep ass shit like you can't even imagine. As a long time mucisian and lyricist myself, I tell you to go deeper, then go DEEPER, then go plus ultra DEEPER, then.....go deeper still. Dont stop till you push the envelope and watch it bend. Then you gotta spiral out till you become a perfect circle. Then once your tool becones a Pucifer, you push it till it becomes a Tool again. You can't do this completely sober, so do some H and try to make it through the shadow and come out 46+2. If you fail to understand....just stop listening to Tool altogether and switch to....IDK....justin beeber or whatever.....dam kids these days....
It is truly awesome watching your subtle and not so subtle reactions as you are listening to these Tool songs. Reminds me of my own discovery. The wisdom they impart on us is truly a gift. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Love your reaction man. Love how you're genuinely pulled in. For sure it's beats, melodies and riffs that catch you at first, but then...you start to hear and analyze and it will take you somewhere else.
Bro there is no such thing as a bad Tool song. I haven't heard one yet. You should definitely dig more into more Alice in chains or check out Mad season
Yeah I second the mad season, but he really needs to do frogs from unplugged, I say that cause as a Alice fan I can hardly watch frogs talk about in the feels lol
@@kevinpritts1077 I know what you mean...I get that way when I hear certain songs of theirs. You know his struggle in his lyrics. And it was like that hard on their first 2 albums. I didn't understand it until I got older I just liked the music and Layne's voice. I was in Jr high when dirt came out.
OMG! Bro! I can’t remember the first time I heard a Tool song. I’m 35 and I’ve been listening to this song since I was 18 lol! This is so damn cool to see your first reaction to this song! SUBBED!
This one happens to be my favorite of theirs. To me, the lyrics are about the futility of anger and its destructive results, whether it be on the scale of an individual or entire nations. That scream just before the outtro always struck me as the primal way to "let it go."
There is a very specific meaning to this song, though. It's ok to not understand it fully. It should inspire you to dig deeper. Understanding the very occult reasoning behind the song. THAT'S WHY THEY WROTE IT.
Time for some old school TOOL brah! HUSH or COLD and UGLY from their first EP or ANYTHING off their UNDERTOW album man... their best and expressive stuff IMO. Shit is RAWWWWWW.
By far the best reaction to a tool song... lol thumbs up and now i gott watch these other videos of yours.. this was the first video ive seen of yours but it was better than previously seen vids. Keep it going bro.
King KTF, one of the things I really like about your responses and reactions is that you're attuned to transitions in the music and the shifts in emotion and affect they represent. And that goes a long way with bands like Tool - which is less a band than a force of Nature. Props brotha.
Preston. Thank you for this. And, once again, you’re on the correct path of thought. You referenced the many different interpretations of this song; and that, in itself, acknowledges the essence of Tool. The lyrics certainly come from a personal space for Maynard, but they’re written in a way that can be interpreted differently by different people and applied to their unique circumstances.
This song helped save my marriage. I always liked this song. But, as my marriage approached a crash landing, The Grudge helped me through the darkest time of my life. At that point, I truly understood the song, for me, on an emotional level. Every. Fucking. Detail.
To me, this song represents our desire to hold onto grudges as a feeling of power over those who have hurt us and the need to release that anger and let go in order to heal our wounds and repair those relationships.
Even the otherworldly scream bear the end- I’ve learned to appreciate understand and feel every last second of it. It wasn’t some self-indulgent display of an amazing vocalist. That was the honest primal desire and attempt to exorcise the pain of transgression and the resulting anger- to rid oneself of their grudge- so that they may heal and become whole again. So that the subject can move on and repair the damaged relationship. He wants nothing more in life and that urge can be felt through every last second of that scream. I cannot count the number of tears I’ve shed at that point in that song. It still rocks me to my core.
Thank you for your incredible reviews Preston. Keep on keepin’ on Brother.
Such a well put togeather review of this song, bro i wish all tool fans could understand this song on such an emotional level, but i can tell you it takes personal expierence to really relate that closely.
Jon-Paul, thanks for explaining Tool perfectly, and with a very personal story to wrap it all up. Maynard never tells people the reasons behind his songs for the exact situation you were in. The meeting if Tools songs are never if rarely one dimensional.
The image between the stone, cornerstone, the one or many grudges, the eroding of everything by the water transmutating it, being fluid in life, taking the lead and making something beautiful/rich out of it. It inspires me today to make sure my friendships and loves are built with meaningful stones that will withstand the sands of time.
Wait on... let's bring that back!... this Comment is a masterpiece of illumination and edification. It expresses just what I wanted to say. Wow. Thank you sir. Thank you.
i wont even try to eclipse that masterful synopsis. suffice it to say, ive shed more than a couple of tears via that scream as well.
for me its almost a.... shriek of just ..... fuuuuuuuck..... get this baggage the fuck OUT of me man. put.this.weight.the.fuck.down.
if youre in that space and youre able to purge that ... shit. man..... all youre left with is a shaking exhausted utterly spent rubbery pile.
Makes a lot of sense. I've been in group therapy sessions and heard people SCREAM and RAGE out their grudges, addictions, darkness, anger - even done it myself.
Holding on to a grudge is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. Every single bad emotion you feel happens in you, not in them, so you have to bear all the crap you want someone else, who knows nothing of your pain, to have. Letting go is freedom. Holding on is emotional self-imprisonment.
It's only the opening song to one of the best albums ever written...
And what a start it is too.
Agreed ma'am!
Yes!
a total piece of art!!!
The greatest**** it's ok, understandable typo
“Literally every TOOL song can be favorite.” Yep.
@@radbarij exactly
It all depends on what you are going through at the time.
My husband: what's your favorite Tool song, babe?
Me: yes
AND SINKING DEEPER
*greatest riff of all time starts'
Hell yeah man, I jump out of my chair every time I hear that part :)
100% true. My favorite all time riff from the first time I ever heard it.
So true every time that cymbal crashes and starts that riff I have to head bang .. coming from someone who never headbangs lol
I am not one to headbang or anything, but that part goes so god damn hard, it's an obligation
It's STUPID GOOD!
I love watching someone fall in love with TOOL the same way I did. Your reactions are genuine and I can feel them!
Me too! I’ve watched all his videos a couple years ago and I’m back watching again! Love it
Once Tool is your no1 , no one else comes close... you still enjoy music, but it never reaches the same conscious thought as Tool. This is the Tool collective 😘🙏
Super facts.
Yeah, I have to disagree. They were my no 1 for such a loooooong time, but I had to move on. Still Love them. I wsaw them live in Birmingham on this tour, and I was very let down. It was a very very sad time for me.Still love them though.
Lara Hill
Just for one show ...sad and you still have « the Grudge «
@@triffle69 I see what you did there. I will wear the grudge like a crown, but there are more layers to it.
Lara Hill
Well I am glad I am not your friend ....
Who else was waiting the entire time for him to hear the scream....
@Adam Peddle That's what they meant
I was waiting for the hold on brahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! scream from the Press-man which he delivered perfectly. At work I say hold on brahhhhhhhhhhhh! all day. I only watch these reaction videos to hear the Pressinator scream hold on brahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! When I get home and my gal has a roast in the oven I say I love you then hold on brahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
That and the finale with Dany Carey hitting everything.
@@normvlqtte6512 Danny Carey is.. a fucking.. MONSTER!!!!!
I think that scream is one of the greatest moments in Rock .
TOOL will be your #1 no matter how many bands you listen to. Don't stop. Keep going. Spiral out.
Spiral out 🤘
Yesssss!!!!!!!!♋
Spiral Out is Lateralus (HQ) 👽
@@libnicabrera796 I know...
@@libnicabrera796 thanks Captain Obvious 😒
The whole format for Lateralus is based on the progression through the Tree of Life. The first node is Malkuth (Kingdom). The tenth node is Keter/Kether (Crown). So "Choose One or Ten... The One, The Ten" is the first and last, the alpha and omega, but it also implies that the Tree is inverted back on top of itself. That the Kingdom of Earth/Matter is not just a trap of drudgery, grime, pain, depression, and anxiety, but actually integral to the process of releasing attachments to those things, i.e. "Give away the stone" and "leaden grudges into gold".
Saturn, in astrology, represents the intense manifestation of karmic debt "Drags you down like a stone, or lifts you up again". So all our misdeeds are judged and punished with impunity. In short, it's payback time. However, by working through them, doing the work, serving the time, or generally analyzing our own flaws, we are given the key to break out of the illusion of pain for our earthly toil, allowed a salvation, or a baptism "Let the waters kiss and transmutate".
And if we grip to our egos, our pride, define our realities by our blind spots, "This cold and fated anchor", and refuse to let the illusion of reality dissolve around us, then the Cosmic forces will put you in your place, "Sinking Deeper" in our personal prisons. Eventually we must Let GO of the idea of control, the need to attempt to define or manipulate things which are ultimately outside of our basic understandings.
chris helms excellent
As above, so below.
I always wondered what the "choose one or ten" part meant. I thank you for shedding light on this.
Also regarding Saturn, when Maynard references Saturn coming back around, I believe he’s referring to what is called the Saturn Return in astrology. Saturn takes 29.5 years to make a full revolution around the sun. When you are around 29.5 years old, give or take, Saturn will conjunction your natal Sun, which usually shakes things the fuck up in your life. Saturn is about responsibility, limitations, karma... he’s like a judgmental father, or the teacher with the most difficult assignments that you hated but you learned the most from. Basically, the return will show you where you’ve fucked up in life and where you’ve succeed and you will choose to either take accountability and continue to aim toward becoming your best Self, or you can hold a grudge or become resentful and turn your back on personal responsibility, which can only bring ruin. People usually notice a lot of changes around 30 years old....
@@OrthoLady man, I'm nearing that age very very soon. There's a similar concept in Vedic astrology called Sade sati(although might be unrelated.) Also, any idea what the "stone" references are?
No, there are no bad Tool songs. This guy gets it.
I think “Flood” almost qualifies. That intro is obnoxiously long and that’s coming from a Grateful Dead fan.
Thanks, Noob Noob
Im not too much into tool’s music released before aenima. Its not bad and that period is very important in the context of their history, showing their evolution. But its too dark and depressively destructive for me, though very talented already. But after Maynard overcame some psychological problems and stopped expressing mainly pain and opposition, and added spirituality - tool’s art started resonating with me way much more.
So, as i said, the early period is an important part of the whole experience, but not that satisfying and harmonic to be influenced by.
Before the release of the latest album, I would've agreed with you. There are definitely some very "...meh" tracks there and some of the interludes are just terrible.
@@Henrydingus01123 no way, flood is amazing. Right in Two maybe but not flood
You can't be done. You still gotta do stinkfist, and ticks and leeches for the sickest drums you've ever heard
I think he means he can no longer pick a favorite because they are all too good
Stinkfist...... Absolutely 👍🏼
Triad has the sickest drumming
@@OdinsRavensWolves this is also true, but I think triad is one of the last songs he should react to in order to fully appreciate it.
He did Stinkfist then took it down
tool is like a black hole, once you hear them there is no escape. to me they are on god level.
🐐🐐🐐🐐
I totally agree with this. I've listened to a lot of music in my day, but nothing I've listened to compares to the complex, thought-provoking, mind-altering sounds that come from Tool. In my opinion, Pink Floyd is the closest thing to how I feel when I listen to Tool.
Well said
once you realize the black hole isnt tool its maynard ... thats when the real trouble shows up
Anyone who enjoys tool please listen to Maynard’s rendition of bring me the disco king. him and Bowie together are hauntingly incredible.
TOOL is legit my favorite band of all time. Love the reactions! Subbed
Check out Opeth
Word!
"The only band that comes close, is Pink Floyd". THIS is what I tell people, they are literally heavy metal Pink Floyd.
Nec Ro Tool is heavy as fuck and they’re absolutely a progressive band in the caliber of Pink Floyd.
@Pool Marcus I understand what I think you mean. Tool is my favorite band, hands down, since I first heard them. As a 48yr man, they remind me very much of Pink Floyd. Not in sound style or even type of rock music. They are so similar to me, because both bands have such an utterly unique sound. What I mean is, as soon as you hear a Tool or Floyd guitar/bass/drum riff, you KNOW that's them, long before the lead singer has ever uttered a word.
More like rush and pink floyd had a heavy baby
@@Based_Remy angrier pink floyd
Porcupine tree is up there
Unquestionably the best band ever! I , like many others, have been there for 25 years. Your reactions are fantastic! Welcome to the club.
I heard stinkfist in '96 on the radio, and my fate was altered on that day.
I clicked so fast I dropped my phone. "The patient" by tool should be next!!
The package also.
Best song they've done
It's time for Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned.
Come on ya'll. You know he's ready. 🙏🏽
Oh shit I forgot about this masterpiece! Yes everybody thumbs up this!
SHIT THE BED
AGAIN
Let’s hope he remembers to bring a pen to write down notes.
@@conorwarren333 so he doesn't forget his fetal spooning with e.t
Tool- Third eye
The best tool song
Yes!!
He's not ready
Rosetta Stoned then Third Eye
@@chrisguevara Jesus, that killed me!
"I'm gonna stop rating Tool songs. They're all cold. Literally, every Tool song could be my favorite."
Same dude. Same.
Good pick. Maynard's a genius. The deeper you go down his rabbit hole & listen more, the better it gets.
Adam Jones... Justin chancellor... Danny Carey? No? 🙂
Preston your facial expressions say it all. Your TOOL journey has been wonderful to watch man
I love your face throughout the entire song...it's that tool "concentrated smiling satisfied wtf" look that I've had thousands of times! You are awesome and just the correct person to do tool reaction videos
You are BY FAR my favorite reaction youtuber! You have a genuine love for good music.
That minute-long drum fill at the end of the song, holy hell.
Tool gets into your skin, you feel it in your soul and you will never be already the same.
TOOL will always be 🔥#1🔥
I love how captivated you are by Tool. They were a big part of my teens and I still love them. 🌞
🐐🐐🐐
Sometimes we listen to things we love so often and frequently that we kill it or get over saturated with it.
Watching you discover and react to those things is a way to find them a new. A rebirth of a past love.
"Tool just always impresses me"... right on man, been listening to them since the mid 90s in high school... still listening to them today... nothing like them, they are an experience of their own.
Tool was born fron Pink floyd. The two best bands ever
It's just a good song to remind people the weight and burden of grudges. Awesome reaction video as always. Cannot wait to hear about your first TOOL concert! :)
Tool and Pink Floyd are absolutely kindred spirits. Awesome reaction as always man.
Led Zeppelin should be on your list friend.
Nope. Zeppelin is just a blues based rock band. There have been hundreds of those throughout time. Floyd and Tool have their own completely unique sound. Find me another band that has put out a Shine on you Crazy Diamond...or an Echoes....or a Dark Side...at the same time TOol has the same kind of unique quality. You won't find bands that sound like either. Not to mention Zep stole half their first album. Zep has their place for sure and there is no denying it. I mean I hate to bring up the little kids...but Greta Van Fleet is sorta proving my point. You won't hear another Pink FLoyd...you won't hear another Tool. My man hit it on the head with his point.
DedHedJosh I can appreciate that.
Tool have a unique and great bass sound but that's it just like chilli peppers do, it's all about that bass sound, they are no where near pink Floyd they don't have the amazing guitar or drum sounds of pink Floyd. I've listened vto to tool tracks and it all sounds so similar. Floyd are way better. Plus vif you want bass and drums then check out Rush.
Nobody knows what this song is about... it's the final frontier for tool fans to decipher
Was jamming this song to my HUMVEE crew on our first push into Iraq from Kuwait.......it was an interesting night.
Fuck yea man!!
It was the last one I played on my final deployment in Iraq while getting ready for take off.
I'm happy to hear our men and women in uniform have great music taste. Thank you for your service.
Russell Rose badassssss
This song helped me learn that I shouldn't let anger or hate define who I am as a person. Helped me realise it fragments your soul and destroys you from within.
When I was younger the question came up "who is my favorite band?" It depends on my mood, but we came up with: if I got exiled/marooned/whatever and I could only have the music of one artist or band, who would it be? Who could I listen to, over and over? For years my answer was Pink Floyd, hands down. I think it was Lateralus (the album "The Grudge" came from) that changed "my favorite" to Tool.
Tom Kenney Same but I got back into tool on my dads CD of Ænima a year ago before FI released, won’t ever forget the first time I listened to lateralus either though
Just throwing this out there....Puscifer is an entirely different band, different vibe, same singer. Its obviously going to have some similar coloration, but its very different song structures. Its quality art. Id recommend something from the “conditions of my parole” album. Good stuff btw. I like watching reactions...it reminds me of the first time I heard certain songs and I get to relive those moments vicariously through your videos.
I love Maynard but puscifer is garbage
@@shaylyman8758 and you're wrong about one of those things
Queen B
i see what you did there...vicariously...
@@shaylyman8758 puscifer is very good you're crazy, I've seen tool, apc and puscifer live. All great in own ways
There is no favorite Tool song....it's impossible to decide which is best. My top 5 list would change depending on which day you ask. They're just that good.
I recently revisited Right in Two and I think that's cracked the top of my list, such a well composed song
Exactly right. The favourite TOOL songs vary according to where you are in life's journey and your personal circumstances, challenges or joys.
Rex you said it perfectly. Vicarious and Parabol/Parabola ALWAYS speak to me, but so many other songs just grab me at random times.
Those two definitely and I'd add Lateralus and Jambi and Pushit...and..lol... you see how hard it is even do a top 5 list!
My #1: Schism, no doubt about it.
My #2: forget it, I won't even try to limit that list.
I loved watching that with you bruh. That shit is deep!
You’re my favorite reactor you get it. We get you spiral out my friend. I’ll carry you in my heart to all of my concerts
I've been on a two hour trip thru the TH-cam wormhole. I've seen many of your previous reaction video but I just got caught up in watching your Tool reactions. Haha. I love it. I'm not even that big of a Tool fan. But I LOVE seeing someone discover something new that intrigues them, makes them think, and bring them joy.
You don't just listen to Tool, you experience Tool.
Yep, they're in a class all to their own
One does not simply listen to a tool record
Absolutely. Will take you to a different place every time.
tool isnt music, tool is a religion..
and you can see it on his face
Grudge may be the best opening song on any album. Just sets the tone and gets you amped for what’s coming. And if you want chaos, you gotta do Third Eye. That song is a journey like no other.
Tool is gonna stay your favorite band. Trust me.
ya, until he discovers Opeth.
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Haha...
I never heard of Opeth... You made me want to check them out... So I did... I'll hand it to you... They do seem fucking musically unbelievable... But based on what I've heard... While they seem perhaps as heavy as Tool (I'm listening now to "the pain I see in others")...which is saying a lot... And they are similar in their versatility... So I understand the comparison... but they don't seem nearly as all around brilliant as Tool ...
Also, the singing is, while not exactly bad (the the satanic growl thing always seemed seemed hilariously childish to me)... And no disrespect to the singer, but it doesn't seem like he's in the same stratosphere as Maynard... Maynard is just a next level superstar vocalist/lyricist... I've never heard anyone sing the way Maynard sings... I've heard many people sing the way the guy from Opeth sings.
I'll keep listening to them... But that's my initial take...
black star more like Mastodon
@@jakeybball get serious.
@@jakeybball I dont get the mastodon hype. I've tried, it's just not good in my ears.
Yep. You said... nobody even comes close to TooL.. they're "just different" - and I also like the Pink Floyd mention - something I think a lot of people would agree with. I first heard TooL in '96 on the radio - Stinkfist.. during the grunge era, and was immediately drawn in thinking "holy shit, what is this?!?!" - unlike anything I'd ever heard before. Once I began to dig into the lyrics and put the meaning to the depth of the music, it literally changed my life, and as I've told many people, became a road map to higher consciousness. And it is virtually impossible to rate their songs, as they're each an epic journey of their own (at least since Aenima).
I just stumbled on you and I'm loving watching your reactions, because it's reminding me of why I love TooL so much, and the overwhelming feelings it induces.
As for this song's meanings, it's probably already been said, but it revolves around the "Saturn Return" - a supposed astrological event that can be learned about by googling it. It's said to happen every 29 years (iirc) in our lifetime, and I can say that I personally had this experience myself. He's referencing the choice we have to hold onto our grudges, our old ways, the destructive ways of the mind and ego, and to sink deeper into this cycle.... or to LET GO, transmutate, and rise higher, the way of spirit and higher consciousness.
Stinkfist is short, and it's a classic. Highly recommended
React to LSD, Psilocybin, and DMT
Matt Byrne *react to Tool while on all three*
I was about to say try listening on DMT and scrolled down one comment and saw this lol
My thoughts exactly n yeas plz lol I need dmt I can acquire the other 2 just fine lol but dmt it's NOT easy to find or chemist who knows wtf they're doing lol. I wonder if u can extract dmt from 4aco-dmt? Seems like a plausibility.
@@babypandabear100 dmt a hidden history group member ? :D
One of the best feelings in the world is hearing your 8yo son say: "dad can we listen to TOOL again?" Yes son. Yes we can.
Tool is on another level. You need to seem live. Changed my life back in ‘98. Props
I was stoked for 2020. hopefully 2021 can have shows. hate to think we just possibly got the last tool album.
Now go see them live in concert. Danny and MJK live is just unreal. \o/ 🤘
haknslash you forgot about freaking JUSTIN AND ADAM. Don’t tell me the bass and guitar doesn’t rock you sometimes. But yes SEEING TOOL LIVE IS UNPARALLELED to listening the albums. Like Danny Carey’s fucking drums literally kick you in the chest. Like their sound just punches you live. (In a good way) like you can feel the fucking music in the air they are incredible at putting on a live performance and experience
They are a religious experience live.
1998 I took my then 14 year old son to his very first concert...TOOL! It was amazing...I loved watching him experience every aspect of the event, then suddenly mosh pit mode was activated, all hell broke loose.....woohoo! Good times...
@@CanadensisKrew thank you!
Tool is on another level, damn :0
I know I'm one of the people who was suggesting this one forever! I'm stoked you listened to it, it's always been one of my favorites.
You wanna hear another song where Maynard is absolutely brutal, check out Jerk Off from Opiate. It's actually a live recording which makes it even better hearing how gnarly Maynard can actually be. Keep it up dude you're the best react channel on here
I believe it's about the Internal weight of holding on to a grudge. in the lifting of the weight of letting it go and moving on.
“TOOL IS JUST DIFFERENT!!!” Best anyone’s ever put it!!’
"FLAWLESS VICTORY!!" Absolutely loved that. Hearing them open with that live was nothing shy of amazing! Great reaction/review!!
I think it makes me very happy to see that my favorite band makes you so happy. Hope you get to see them live soon!!!
Maynard does the Math. Keep doin what yer doin KTF
*Adam. ftfy
nah, read Schism lyrics, Maynard does the math
I give this song 10 "Hold on, BRUHHHHHs." Out of 10 "Hold on, BRUHHHHs"
Yes, I'm always waiting for Tool. Keep 'em coming.
That scream+the riffs. Fuck me. Goosebumps each and every time.
I just came up on your video, I'm 42 years old, I have been listening to Tool since I was in high school. Sober came on one night, I was watching then M TVs Headbangers ball, weekend sometime in 94, night time, alone... Then this happens.....
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Gojira - The Heaviest Matter of the Universe!!!!!
GIFT OF GUILT
LOVE
Where the dragons roam
@@HOOTIEHOOT He already did the gift of guilt.
Clone
Janes Addiction - Three Days - is a must. One of the best rock songs ever written. Different, but an epic journey, similar to a Tool song.
I like mountain song or ocean size
Three days is beyond epic!!!
+1 for Three days!
Great song
The grudge- you ever meet someone so eaten up by bitterness that they just suck to be around and all you wanna say is dude, let it go… that’s my interpretation of the grudge.
Love your channel
Loved wtf😆always the reaction for a Tool song especially this one! For yourself... listen to their albums in entirety start to finish one day. And you need to see them live it's a must✌keep up the good work.
Welcome to the spiral…
Reminds of the downward spiral, another great album and musician
Ya need listen to albums in their entirety as they were meant to be listened! You would appreciate the songs alot more i promise you! Cool vid tho brah :) Also you listened to Puscifer? Singer's other band!!
Also lisyen to Mr Bungle - if you appreciate music and musicians they will blow your mind! Mike Patton's (Faith No More) college band!
I think he needs a good 2.75 grams of mushrooms in tea and after 25 minutes begin Lateralus.
the next song "The Patient" is even better
Been waiting for him to do the patient!
With Eon Blue Apocalypse leading into it
Lost Keys into Rosetta Stoned as well (as one track)
+1 for The Patient
Nah I think The Patient is a little worse but it's an amazing song
Tool - Third Eye (Salival Version)
I didn't care when I caught my gf cheating on me in high school because I was listening to this album, and it was much more interesting
That scream from 09:40 to 10:04 is pure magic and animalistic and angst-filled! Love that fricking part!! And to watch you try and contain that smile and awe was absolutely the highlight of my day! Love your channel. 😀
Your Tool reaction videos are the only youtubes I ever re-watch. The most genuine reaction and enjoyment Ive seen of my favorite band. You get it, welcome to the club. Please do the new album when it comes out (soon?).
Awesome reaction as always bro, I think it's time for THIRD EYE!!
when I was tripping, and I heard that "let this go...choose to" I just entered a new dimension.
Mushrooms or acid?
TOOL TICKS AND LEECHES ITS TIME NOW TO HEAR THAT SONG
danny carry loses his fucking mind in that song!
I just started watching you today and as each song experience passes, I see YOU evolving... Such a wonderful thing to see😂
Watching your journey through Tool songs has been great, I have to say. You've had pretty much the same reactions to their songs as I have, and that's actually awesome - awe, contemplation, and perhaps the need to let it turn around in your head for a few hours. Little things about humanity, you know? :)
And seriously, I'm so glad you got good earphones. Not just for your other videos, but also because Tool loves putting nuances and subtle touches in their music, and you can only really catch them with earphones.
Others have already pointed out what kind of era of their music each album kind of symbolizes, so I won't repeat that. I will say that apart from maybe hearing Deftones' song Passenger, where Maynard sings backup, you're good to hear Third Eye now. It's a song you put on, kick back, close your eyes, and let the music paint tapestries in your imagination with.
Three other song recommendations for you, to see if you dig the bands' music:
- VAST: Here
- Qwel: The New Wine
- Filter: Jurassitol
If you wanna know a band that comes close to tool is Maynard James Keenan’s other band A PERFECT CIRCLE. it’s like tools sister it a a feminine softer sound to it but his voice really shines in this band. a really good song is THE PACKAGE
Davin Dew A-motherfucking-men!!! I have described the two as exactly that. Tool is the more divine masculine and A Perfect Circle as the divine feminine. The Package is my favourite song, their live performance is the best version of the song as well. The Hollow & Pet & 3 Libras.. gaaaaaah 💦 I really think he needs to also listen to The Humbling River by Puscifer, and if you haven’t then you need to. It’s the baby, but it’s pure fucking music & lyrical magic 💙
Pusifer is like them. Think it's more Maynards style
Its Billys band, not MJK's. Just sayin.
That wouldn't be the first APC song I'd recommend a new listener. Great song tho, just not a good entry point.
Tool is the consciousness
APC is the heart
Pucifer is the libido
Tool songs have a different meaning and feeling every time you listen to them. I think you could study tool lyrics for years and never fully understand them lol
Maynard and tool have been on a journey through the shadow....or, the spirit world, if you like that term better. They have learned the secrets to the fibinatchi sequence, 46 and 2, the eye of Saturn, ascension, the serpents of light and so much more. The music and lyrics are like a audio adaptation of their journey. Their music can be appreciated on every lvl, but the underlying message woven through all their music is very very spiritual and meant to be seen through the 3rd eye. This would take at least an hour of writing to explain the short version, and that would be cruel butchering of the thesis. Only adepts of the highest rank of the opened 3rd eye (white and red) would understand.
@@shadowninjarider374 lol. He doesnt believe in the third eye and all that bullshit. He simply reads and follows Jungs teachings. He follows some of the Gnostic teachings and shit, but thats about it.
@@OrphanCrippler1
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Dude....tool LITERALLY has a song titled third eye. JS
@@OrphanCrippler1
I mean.....really....how can someone really say they listen to any of Maynard's creations and say that he doesn't believe in the 3rd eye. Yes, he has read Jung, yes he has read the gnostic....but c'mon brah. Maynard has been into all the deep shit. Deep ass shit like you can't even imagine. As a long time mucisian and lyricist myself, I tell you to go deeper, then go DEEPER, then go plus ultra DEEPER, then.....go deeper still. Dont stop till you push the envelope and watch it bend. Then you gotta spiral out till you become a perfect circle. Then once your tool becones a Pucifer, you push it till it becomes a Tool again. You can't do this completely sober, so do some H and try to make it through the shadow and come out 46+2. If you fail to understand....just stop listening to Tool altogether and switch to....IDK....justin beeber or whatever.....dam kids these days....
A Perfect Circle - Disillusioned
It is truly awesome watching your subtle and not so subtle reactions as you are listening to these Tool songs. Reminds me of my own discovery. The wisdom they impart on us is truly a gift. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Love your reaction man. Love how you're genuinely pulled in. For sure it's beats, melodies and riffs that catch you at first, but then...you start to hear and analyze and it will take you somewhere else.
I'm not certain, but my take on many of Tools songs is for them to be an individual introspective experience that you draw your own meaning from.
Awesome song
Bro there is no such thing as a bad Tool song. I haven't heard one yet. You should definitely dig more into more Alice in chains or check out Mad season
spiderbaby420 already asked for "River of deceit, Artificial red, and Long gone day"
Yeah I second the mad season, but he really needs to do frogs from unplugged, I say that cause as a Alice fan I can hardly watch frogs talk about in the feels lol
@@mattockamis I've seen other people ask for river as well. If he sees it enough he may do it eventually lol
@@kevinpritts1077 I know what you mean...I get that way when I hear certain songs of theirs. You know his struggle in his lyrics. And it was like that hard on their first 2 albums. I didn't understand it until I got older I just liked the music and Layne's voice. I was in Jr high when dirt came out.
You're tool videos are my go too default options, I catch myself watching them over and over.
OMG! Bro! I can’t remember the first time I heard a Tool song. I’m 35 and I’ve been listening to this song since I was 18 lol! This is so damn cool to see your first reaction to this song! SUBBED!
You definitely need to try A Perfect Circles song Pet
The Noose
Yes!
Blue
Yes, yes and yes!!!
I’ve heard a ton of bands, and Tool is still my favorite
This one happens to be my favorite of theirs. To me, the lyrics are about the futility of anger and its destructive results, whether it be on the scale of an individual or entire nations. That scream just before the outtro always struck me as the primal way to "let it go."
You've taken the trip man. Welcome to the club. Tool is an experience everyone should have. It's literally food for the soul.
Fucking love it , Pres. You're making me go back and listen to songs i havn't listened to in a decade. This is why i love your channel man
TOOL: flood
Hell. Yes.
This ground is not the rock I- thought it to beeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Akilleus agreed. Waaay underrated.
Daniel Nudds I listened to Flood at least 10 times yesterday
Subjective Object Me too!
There doesn't need to be one single meaning - it's art. That's the beauty of it. Glad to go on this Tool journey with you, brother!
There is a very specific meaning to this song, though. It's ok to not understand it fully. It should inspire you to dig deeper. Understanding the very occult reasoning behind the song. THAT'S WHY THEY WROTE IT.
Time for some old school TOOL brah! HUSH or COLD and UGLY from their first EP or ANYTHING off their UNDERTOW album man... their best and expressive stuff IMO. Shit is RAWWWWWW.
So underrated
I'm so happy that you have a willingness to be on a musical journey. It's a blessing in itself.
By far the best reaction to a tool song... lol thumbs up and now i gott watch these other videos of yours.. this was the first video ive seen of yours but it was better than previously seen vids. Keep it going bro.
The Grudge ending is certifiably epic.
Please do Pushit from Salival. It's nearly 15 minutes of awesome!!!
Live version ftw.
John Coleman my faviort version
Once you hear the live version, there is no need for the album version
Yo 🔧 STINKFIST 🔧 please man
Stinkfist is 1 of there best
I Love This. I hope you get to see Tool Live at least once in your lifetime. Thank you Preston! Keep doing what you do
King KTF, one of the things I really like about your responses and reactions is that you're attuned to transitions in the music and the shifts in emotion and affect they represent. And that goes a long way with bands like Tool - which is less a band than a force of Nature. Props brotha.