This is the song that convinced me that Tool is & has been for some time the best band on the planet…..they’re up there with Hendrix , Sabbath (Ozzy era) & the Beatles 🖤🥶
It's all in fibinachi from the time sig slips to the vocal syllable the entire laterals album is in fibinachi sequence they actually did a early release where the songs where in the proper order it's called "the holy gift" look it up the whole album is one song
Watching other people becoming Tool fans gives me a lot more pleasure than I realised it would. I still get goosebumps, sometimes tears, every time I listen to them.
As current TooL fans, we can never hear them for the first time ever again, however we can enjoy watching people as they experience tool for the first time, and that's a pretty close approximation!
While I absolutely love people experiencing greatness for the first time, there is something otherworldly when they experience TOOL greatness for the first time. I get to re-have the same mind explosions vicariously through them.
I'm currently addicted to watching Tool reaction videos. That "what the hell just happened" reaction is priceless. To see other people experiencing Tool for the first time....vicarious joy.....so good....Also have to say--Derek Brooks--thank you!! Great job on the editing!
I have listened to Lateralus countless times since the album was released, I wore out a few CDs listening to it. I gave Tool repeated royalties for this album, it was so good. And it STILL blows me away!!! every time, a little further out on that spiral, it just keeps going....... wow......
But I think my favorite reaction was "D Music life" he was just like "what th..... OMG!". But he listened in a car, rather on headphones. I always think music is better inside of a car rather than head phones.
Dude I know wish we could erase it every day just to live it first time every day! Fifty first dates! and no Miracle, Parabola and The Grudge just as good.
These reactions are beautiful. Its like watching baby chickens hacthing and being born not knowing what to do with themselves but are so curious and happy to be here.
One night I was tripping and this song broke me down mentally I started crying and it felt like a weight was lifted off my chest. Most of Tool's music has helped me learn so much more of myself spiritually and mentally. Learning to process your trauma is so difficult but music is a great way to open your horizons and thats exactly what Tool and Maynard's other bands (Puscifer/A Perfect Circle) is great at. There is so much more to being human than working, eating, showering, sleeping, and repeating it the next day.
Not to mention each of their songs either have a message about drug abuse, breaking cycles of trauma, shadow-work, and a pinch of spiritual awareness that really makes you think and relate.
For some reason, I got really emotional watching these videos. Though us metal heads are in our millions, metal music gets dismissed by so many as just noise. Seeing people being truly blown away by it just proper hits me. If people gave it a chance, there'd be more metallers than anything else.
I’m a former club DJ, and life long music fan, Metal musicians push boundaries more than any other genre of music currently, and the musicians are above and beyond.
The reason I watch these reaction videos is just that- rock/metal gets dismissed as just noise by so many and to see the moment when people realize the depth and talent of it.... so satisfying! I saw Tool live for the 1st time back on 96 or 97.
I got into metal in the early 00s. Dimmu Borgir, of all bands got me into it lol.. Love the melodic and orchestral aspects... Then went down a rabbit hole... Always loved Tool tho.. Got into them in 2000... I'm an early, 90s hip hop head and electronic music head... But Tool always blew me away... I love all kinds of weird shit. Underground, pop music if it's good.. I never limit myself... Tool is definitely my favorite rock band...
& no one is listening to a "wrong rhythm" either. With how many time signatures Tool switches between in the middle of songs you can follow Maynard, Carey, Jones or Chancellor & still be on point.
I’m playing this at a talent show in about a month… and I’m drumming AND singing it. The bridge where the band is in six and the drums are in five is so hard because I’m singing and drumming in two different time signatures. I’ve got it down though, and I’ll post a video when it happens.
If anyone out there is just discovering Tool, welcome. May the songs find you where you are in your life, and whatever you hear, however you interpret them, that's exactly what they're about. You're the 5th member. What you bring to the song and how perceive the music. It's a tool for you to use to work through your life.
As a professional editor. I want to hire Mr.Brooks. His timing and sensibilities are impeccable and often perfect. I watch his vids constantly. Possibly my favourite TH-cam channel…
Tool and other musicians like this are artists. They share their heart soul and mind and connect in ways to others through their music. Their lyrics anyone can relate to. About just living. Accepting life. The good, the bad. Being you as hard as it is. Embracing life as it is and comes whatever that is and welcoming its randomness. But also facing your anxieties, worries, fears, etc and taking the steps to get out into the world. Also I have many musical friends. Some who are working in the industry indie and mainstream. Almost all when chilling and jamming out have said tool is probably their favorite cause tools music when broken down not only lyrically but technically in how music is written, played, and relates to math as well as how instruments are suppose to compliment each other and vocals in different ways according to rythym beat harmony etc and so much more. My friends explain this in much better detail. But all mostly agree tool is on a level of their own with how much they are perfectionists when it comes to making and playing music
It's one of my favorite things in life. Tool is responsible for getting me into reaction channels. Finding people finding Tool for the first time brings a Tool fan to tears.
I love watching people have that look of: "I just got tossed around in a washing machine of awesome", right after experiencing the journey that is the song Lateralus. That song is up there with Stairway to Heaven, Bohemium Rhapsody and Free Bird. I said what I said and no one can change my mind. It's that incredible.
The breakdown of how they utilized the Fibonacci sequence in this song makes this one of the masterpieces of our time. The essence of this song is so big and seems to forever spiral outwards into infinity. 🙂💚
@Aluudon8102 so I've tried to find proof of that claim, but I cannot find it anywhere. Maynard doesn't usually take part in the musical aspect of the band. He usually listens to the rough tracks and builds a vocal melody from there, initially based off vowel sounds. This would mean the musical aspect was already written, and the sequence already applied to the song.
@@joek3023 musical composition is based on patterns, I suppose it's technically possible that a really high level musician could unknowingly come around to the Sequence just by trying to do something interesting. However I don't believe that happened here. The "spiral" references are too on the nose. It's also clever and funny that he would compose poetry to a mathematically beautiful meter, and what's the chorus boil down to? "Don't over-think things, just vibe"
Wow. Watching all those reactions put together for such an incredible song literally brought me to tears. It's so beautiful to see the mix of reactions and emotions of people from so many different walks of life. Thank you
I am old enough for Tool to have been my favorite band for over 30 years, and I absolutely love this freaking video!! I love seeing more people listening to the greatest rock band in history!!
I have no idea why this made me cry.. I've seen Tool and APC live and have had so many journeys throughout my life with Maynard's music. It never gets played out. It never gets old. It's truly an experience. Absolutely genius 🖤
Love how you can see the different reactions, the people who immediately welcome it and feel the deep primal beats and riffs, dancing for the sake of moving to the song, and then the people who can literally feel the power of the music and are frozen in their absolute awe of its deep emotional power. Love this video
This song is spiritual. This song is a spiritual experience. I'm sorry I have no other word for it. Almost everyone in these reactions instinctively closes their eyes to take it in deeper. I mean WTF is that. Why do we all do that. I'm no where near smart enough to understand it, but I feel it. It's something truly special.
It is spiritual, but what kind of spirit? "As above, so below" and don't think, just go with the flow/"embrace the random" are directives that run counter to each other. The first is derived from Hermeticism (i.e., alchemy; e.g., The Alchemy of Finance), very much about thinking and being proactive, and is directed at one class of people; the other is passive, discourages thinking, and is directed at another class of people. Someone's directing how things are going, which is very much *not* random. Who is it? What kind of ride are they trying to take us on? What destination do they have in mind? Do they have what it takes to get us there? What will the consequences be if they fail? What is Tool's relationship with them and, subsequently, their motivation to write this song? All of those are important questions.
I listened to this song again after a pretty intense trip that got me spending much more time in nature, and this song has a spiritual meaning for me too. Embracing the random, withered intuition, opening wide to whatever comes my way feeling the moment, it all felt right in a powerful way. I've mostly been agnostic my whole life, I think I'm either panentheist or pantheist now.
100% agree with you. Everytime I listen to Lateralus (or Tool in general but Lateralus in particular) its almost like a prayer to me and its definitely a spiritual experience. And I wouldn't describe myself as a religious or even spiritual person.
Dude i can’t express properly how beautiful is the work you do and how uplifting is to see people discovering new music and gettin lost into it. Seriously, thank you. Every time you make my day
Tool is like having your brain forcibly expanded without prior warning or consent, but you're still okay with it. AND the editting of this compilation was TASTY as always ❤!!!
I've never really been into Tool, but I've learned to trust Derek at this point. While unimpressed at first, the more I listened the better it got. Watched this video about a dozen times now and this has become one of my favorite songs. Thanks for opening my eyes!
Tool is like that unfortunately. At first you dislike it, then it grows on you and then finally you realize it’s great in every sense of the word I disliked every new tool album until I didn’t. You may have to hear it a few times but it does grow on you
I’ve been listening to Tool since 1992 and they are my second favorite band behind Pink Floyd . Tool is definitely in the top 5 bands ever . There’s no other band like them and there will never be . Open you THIRD EYE folks
All time favorite Tool song. Been a fan for more than 2 decades. Love how everyone closes their eyes while listening to them. Their music really gets into you.
For 30 years Tool has been it for me. This video just made me so happy. To get to share in that many people's possibly hearing Tool for the 1st time or one of their most amazing songs for the first time is good for the Tool fans soul. It took me back to sitting on the shore of Lake Michigan listening to Lateralus on a CD Walkman watching the sun come up. It was a pretty amazing moment for me all those years ago, so now seeing all of them vibing so hard really just brought me that little bit of Joy I needed for the day.
Lateralus was my first full length introduction to tool and it changed me. Watching others experience a piece brings me a lot of joy. I hope all of them go back and experience the full album.
So many were left completely speechless! Lateralus is not simply a song, it's a spiritual journey. I have listened to it thousands of times over the years, and it STILL leaves me with a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes by the end.
I don't think there will ever be another band like TOOL. It's serious music from a band that never takes themselves too seriously. This track, in particular, is a very inspiring piece if you read the lyrics. It's a celebration of humanity, creating, being, and striving to become more than mundane. This song always brings tears to my eyes, thanks to Maynard's message. It is a masterpiece of music and reason. Then you can go listen to Rosetta Stoned, which is complete hilarious insanity. Thank you, TOOL. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. It is a bright light that shines in so many ways.
This is my favorite song of all time, and seeing people get to experience it for the first time like this had me crying with joy. I’ve seen them a few times now live and it is the closest thing I’ve ever had to a spiritual experience. There is nothing in the world that hits me like Tool.
Honestly, the only band I can match to Tool in terms of what you talk about its Swans. But even so, they are a completely different beast, whereas Tool plays with these insane rhythms and complex patterns, Swans plays with simple repetions that build to an insane wall of sound that ends up acquiring meaning and impact after 5 or so minutes in some cases, and 10 in others. Even with those differences, I really think its the only band that can match that level of "trance" and "mystic journey" that Tool aims towards. If you don't know Swans I would greatly encourage you to give it a listen. Go towards the 201x trilogy, specially To Be King if you are looking for that absurd, never taking themselves too seriously, yet magical deep feeling.
There are only two bands that in my mind objectively surpass them, and I have explored almost every corner of music. Those two bands are my personal favorite, The Ocean, and the one that I think is the most talented, Intronaut. The skill difference is negligible though and both surpass tool. The Ocean are storytellers, and every single album they write has been part of a single or multi-album concept album. With their largest being their History of Earth concept, covering era by era the history of earth since it’s formation. It has 4 albums, confirmed, but could eventually be 5, and they are some of the greatest albums ever written, with their collective whole being the greatest piece of music ever recorded in my personal opinion, and I have a feeling the release of the “conclusion” album Holocene will solidify that claim even harder. The albums are Precambrian (Best one but hardest to stomach), then Phanerozoic I and II, and finally the soon to be released Holocene, which is shaping up to be something that could sit at the second best right under Precambrian, maybe (and it’s a big maybe) even the best of the saga. The band loves to play with different sounds and employs often hundreds of instruments in full orchestra, keyboards, choir, horn section, and so many more ethnic instruments that rarely see the light of day. True pioneers of modern music. Do not miss out on them. There is no band I recommend more, and it’s not even close. Intronaut mostly covers topics song by song, but their music is an absolute trip to listen to and can only really be understood once experienced. It is the most complex music I think I have ever heard while being able to balance it with natural creativity, and the band is unbelievably introspective (shocker right) and intense. Cannot recommend either of these bands and their incredible catalogue enough. Both of these bands also do not have a single bad song. It will all work it’s way into your bones in time.
This is precious... I kept smiling throughout the video! Thank you so much for sharing... I literally haven't been able to exist without Tool for the past few months, their music is one of the few things that keeps me grounded and functional and helps fight anxiety and depression. I do remember what it feels like encountering Tool for the first time - you just don't know what hit you or what holy mountain they descended from. Reliving it through these lovely people is priceless. Lateralus and Undertow are currently my No. 1. I fell in love with Tool 18 years ago, but I feel I'm now finally getting into their music in detail, and my fascination is bigger than ever, especially as a singer... so much to learn! I can't believe I'm soaking up their repertoire like a sponge now (singing it properly is another thing though XD). I'm just flabbergasted at how fluently Maynard switches between different techniques and emotions... one of the most beautiful and versatile voices I've ever heard! His voice is so gentle that he can put a baby to sleep, yet he can also tear your head off. Mastering the ability to switch between such dualities (and everything in between) is a lifelong process... True alchemy!
Listening to Tool is a cathartic experience and is made evident by the reactions of these newcomers. Excellent video. Thanks for putting this out there.
I am soooooo glad to see a bunch of people enjoying TOOL it makes me happy. They played a couple of shows here and it was THE experience. Greetings for all from CROATIA!
the fibonacci sequence set to music...with each member of the band is playing in a different time signature (9.8.7.) the lyrics track with the first 8 numbers in the sequence...pure genius...skill levels off the charts
9 and 7 ain Fib, bruh 987 is Fib, but that has no bearing on Carey's time signatures. Similarly, it only uses the first 7 cause, in music Fib applications, you start (1,1) not (0,1) like in math.
This song can literally bring me to tears just even thinking about how beautiful and perfect it is. It's such an inspiring song, and that's exactly what it's actually about: being inspired, finding creativity in everything around us; this song is literally begging us to grow and be better, to do more and be more. It's truly a journey about finding enlightenment. That's all aside from the fact that it's so brilliantly composed and performed by each member. It's definitely in the conversation for my absolute favorite musical work of all time.
I've been a Tool fan since the 90's. It made me emotional seeing younger people, diversity all around, finally embracing them. Music is powerful, and it's beautiful.
And the fact that everyone is just having the same almost out of body experience that all of us Tool fans had listening to this for the first time. This is such a human experience, there’s no better word to explain it than beautiful.
I guess that experience is universal-- you hear this song for the first time and you're left speechless. That feeling of "holy shit, that just happened" like coming off a drug. Mindblowingly good, perfect, masterpiece, there's many names for it. But there's a reason it's my favorite song of all time 🤘🤘
2 things - Firstly this is such a wonderful mix of people to show listening and enjoying Tool, they may be well regarded but they are woefully underappreciated. They transcend genre and break all the rules of music. Time signatures that are virtually impossible to identify - just awesome. Secondly - This is an unreal edit. I remember when Derek had like 3.5k subscribers, it's so awesome to see his talent appreciated. Keep up the good work dude.
I just discovered TOOL last year just from watching these Compilation Reaction Videos. I'm speechless. Joyful. Crazy. This band are MUSIC MASTERS.🎵I felt like I was FLOATING. Loved watching so many of my favorite REACTORS getting their minds blown. Bravo 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Sometimes the best part of watching these videos is knowing whats coming, and how hard it hits. ...and knowing that these people have no idea where their souls are about to go.
The song is known for its distinct time signatures and corresponding lyrical patterns. The time signatures of the chorus of the song change from 9/8 to 8/8 to 7/8; as drummer Danny Carey says, "It was originally titled 9-8-7. For the time signatures. Then it turned out that 987 was the 16th number of the Fibonacci sequence. In a 2001 interview, singer Maynard James Keenan commented on the lyric mentioning black, white, red and yellow: "I use the archetype stories of North American aboriginals and the themes or colors which appear over and over again in the oral stories handed down through generations. Black, white, red, and yellow play very heavily in aboriginal stories of creation.The pattern is visible all throughout nature. I love all of you guys. Maynard has two other bands: A Perfect Circle and Puscifer. All three bands are great as well as active. He is beyond talented, and all his band mates are masters of what they perform. This song makes me think of an infant newly born hearing the heart beat. We all share the beginning with no memory of just how things happened. Seeing colors and hearing sounds with our little brains over stimulated, little arms raised taking it all in not knowing what anything is. I put the lyrics below. All of his bands lead you in all directions letting you the listener decide what it means to you. Black then white are all I see in my infancy Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me Lets me see As below so above and beyond, I imagine Drawn beyond the lines of reason Push the envelope, watch it bend Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must Feed my will to feel my moment, drawing way outside the lines Black then white are all I see in my infancy Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me Lets me see There is so much more And beckons me to look through to these infinite possibilities As below so above and beyond, I imagine Drawn outside the lines of reason Push the envelope, watch it bend Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind Withering my intuition leaving opportunities behind Feed my will to feel this moment Urging me to cross the line Reaching out to embrace the random Reaching out to embrace whatever may come I embrace my desire to I embrace my desire to Feel the rhythm, to feel connected Enough to step aside and weep like a widow To feel inspired To fathom the power To witness the beauty To bathe in the fountain To swing on the spiral To swing on the spiral to Swing on the spiral Of our divinity And still be a human With my feet upon the ground I lose myself Between the sounds and open wide to suck it in I feel it move across my skin I'm reaching up and reaching out I'm reaching for the random or whatever will bewilder me Whatever will bewilder me And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been Spiral out, keep going Spiral out, keep going Spiral out, keep going Spiral out, keep going
@@thesurfmonger4125 It's mainly "Lateralus" using the Fibonacci scale. In July 2017, Maynard's friend Joe Rogan described his writing process in his podcast; "He wrote a song to the Fibonacci sequence. The Fibonacci sequence is a mathematical sequence. It starts from one, the next number is one, and the next number being two, creates the 2+1 which is three, continuing in this mathematical progression. That's how they found the chord progression. It began linking up to the Fibonacci sequence." The syllables Maynard sings in the first verse follow the first six numbers in the pattern, ascending and descending in the sequence 1-1-2-3-5-8-5-3. "Black (1), then (1), white are (2), all I see (3), in my infancy (5). Red and yellow then came to be (8), reaching out to me (5). Lets me see (3)." In the next verse, Maynard begins with the seventh number of the Fibonacci sequence (13), implying a missing verse in between. He descends back down with the following pattern; 13-8-5-3. "As below so above and beyond I imagine (13). Drawn beyond the lines of reason (8). Push the envelope (5). Watch it bend (3)." The second verse adds the missing line to complete the sequence; "There is (2), so (1), much (1), more that (2), beckons me (3), to look through to these (5), infinite possibilities (8)." 1-1-2-3-5-8-5-3-2-1-1-2-3-5-8-13-8-5-3
I can remember a friend's brother that invited me and another to smoke with him. He had a huge speaker set-up with surround sound and this was the song he BLARED from those speakers. TOOL is soul music, man.
Derek, you offer a unique experience with your videos. It’s like being in a private booth at the concert with each and every individual concert goer reacting to the concert….. hopefully that makes sense❤😂🎉❤😂🎉
Love these videos man. Im 43 years old and been listening to Tool since before I was a teenager. Watching ppl experience them like this and being blown away is just a treat! Tool literally changed my trajectory in life and really opened my mind as an adolescent and a musician. Well before this song even came out too! Just a treat to get to see ppl being affected in a great way. Thank you so much!
I think Pneuma hits even deeper than Lateralus. Can you please do a mash up on that one? Only one thing wrong with any Tool song: it’s just not long enough. That’s how you know this band is the best in the world when their 10 minute + songs feel like they are only 3 to 5 minutes. Freaking legendary man
That's exactly how it feels to me! You don't just hear it, you experience it. 10 minutes feels so short. It feels like an eternity within a fleeting moment if that makes sense😂
I love to watch people react to Tool. It brings me back to when I first heard them and that special feeling that you’ve discovered something that feels like it was made just for you.
I enjoy the multiple reactions showing everybody’s reaction of a band and the music is truly great. It don’t matter what color religion or where you’re from you’re going to fill it in this shows where more like the people realize.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! There's nothing better than recruiting new rookies, ...when they have that ahh-ha moment. "I get it/now I see why".... the perfect and proper response is when SILENCE meets CONFUSIN ... IMO.
I legit enjoy watching tool fans be born.."vicarious joy," if you will. Watching them shift from enthralled, to intrigued, to having thier brain melted I'm more amazed people don't listen to more diverse music. I listen to pretty much everything. But then again, I was raised by musicians. I don't play music myself, but I had unrestricted access to everyone's collection. Jazz, rap, metal, local, , pop, classical, indigenous music from all over. We made mix tapes for eachother, almost compulsively..Nothing was off limits, or taboo, and this was before the internet was invented. Get out of your comfort zone, it's so fun
I remember when Lateralus came out. I cried tears of excitement so many times throughout the album on my first listen out of sheer shock because I could not believe what I was listening to. It is nothing short of creative genius. It is literally unfathomable to me as to how 3 human beings and Danny Carrey can create such a masterpiece.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 thank you Derek Brooks for your hard work editing this piece! You did well TooL brethern! I have watched every single person that you featured in this video react to Tool. But by far this is the best video I have seen of anything to do with Tool in the last 4 years beside the Pneuma drum cam. 🤘🤘🤘🤘
One of the best things about watching reactions to Tool, is that every person moves a different way. Their music touches everyone a little differently, yet it’s a beautiful paradox, because it seems as though everyone is touched by their music equally. It’s why their music grabs you the very first time and never lets go…ever.
Y'all been missing out all these years!!!!! WOW at these 1st reactions to TooL Maynard is "THE MAN" !!! This what we TooL fans been feeling all these years and I'm glad more people are finally hearing and experiencing TooL ! They should get to know Alex Grey and Allison's Art and what they are doing to inspire the world with artwork as a spiritual journey. So put the Music with Art and ride the Spiral all the way to the end!! yessss!!! excitement and exciting times! Enjoy!!! 🤘🔥🤘
This whole album is a psychedelic experience. it brings me joy and excitement seeing people experience their songs for the first time. This Lateralus album is a big part of my life
Hard to believe this album is almost 22 years old now. I still remember it coming out when I was in college. Lateralus was such a progression from Aenima. And then getting to see them on this tour was just pure bliss.
I really feel Justin was the missing piece. No offense to Paul, he was a great songwriter. But Justin was just more sonically ambitious and LATERALUS is when they fully incorporated that into the band.
@@seamusburke639 Sure, but it had to be a conscious decision by everyone to shift their music so much (longer songs, more instrumentals, more dynamics, etc.)
I remember driving to Florida w my family probably 15+ years ago. My brother put this on my "travel playlist" and he told me "hey listen to this..." and I was like wtf, a 7 minute song? I never knew what a journey it would take me on. I am so lucky to have grown up listening to tool but I do envy these people who have just heard it for the first time. I'm indebted to my brother for showing me such great music. These reactions were awesome to see
This is the song that MADE me pay for a show ticket. Lead Singer Maynard had his whole face painted pitch black, save his ears. (u couldn't see this face) Beautifully amazing concert. 🎉❤
I haven’t commented on this reaction yet. I absolutely love seeing the reactions from everyone. I mean it just kicks ass!!! Tool is beyond amazing!!! We could get into all the different time signatures and polyrhythms. But I just sit back with a beer and enjoy every minute of everyone’s reactions!!! And have a damn smile ear to ear. Another killer reaction to all!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🍻🍻🍻
As a lifelong metal head and rhythm guitar in an undisclosed metal band Chaotic Demise, we listen to various types of metal, rock, hardcore, etc as we get set up, geared up before any show/rehearsal. Tool is part of our playlist....helps gets us going....
So many Tool and APC songs speak to me and listen to me but Lateralus gives me every emotion from peace, drowning, escaping, surviving, smiling, laughing and raging. Often within a single sequence. I started following the sequence after a decade of listening to it daily when I needed to draw back becoming overly emotional or reacting emotional to situations. It is a ride.
This is incredible. I love that were getting through it without any pauses. Experiencing this with many who are hearing it for the first time brought back the emotion I havent felt with tool in a long time. Ill always love this band and the volume goes way up when tool is on but this was special. What an awesome feeling.
I've found that Lex, of the Brad and Lex channel, might not be the most knowledgeable of these reaction channels but she is the most entertaining (to me). Her enthusiasm seems very genuine and is adorable to watch.
The fact that this whole song was written with Fibonacci sequence ties is amazing. Talking about some old alchemy stuff as in black and white, then red and yellow… The off drum pacing Danny Carey pulls off are out of this world, and I think he’s one of the most underrated drummers and doesn’t get enough mention. EDIT: that guy asking about the IQ, Maynard is a genius that’s greatly misunderstood. Listen to all their music and you’ll see.
I’ve been a tool fan since I was only around 4 years old. I am now going to be 31 and both my children enjoy tool to their core. Just like myself I introduced them to Ænima album.
The Pot might get you into Tool, but Lateralus is where Tool gets into your soul!
TOOL is my religion.
Amen brother. You got Tool, Rush and Pink Floyd. And that's about it. That's all you need
It spirals into your soul like a corkscrew….
This is the song that convinced me that Tool is & has been for some time the best band on the planet…..they’re up there with Hendrix , Sabbath (Ozzy era) & the Beatles 🖤🥶
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"What Time Signature Will You Use In This Tune?" "All Of Them."
Fuckin' A man
This.
Is the most perfectly accurate comment I have ever read on TH-cam.
Easily.
9/8, 8/8, and 7/8
@@future1751 Yeah, but it´s easily countable in 8ths. Bob your head on the 8ths and you'll stick to the squares off the beat.
It's all in fibinachi from the time sig slips to the vocal syllable the entire laterals album is in fibinachi sequence they actually did a early release where the songs where in the proper order it's called "the holy gift" look it up the whole album is one song
Been a Tool fan for 20 years and still get chills from this song.
This whole album my guy
1997 for me, but yes. I still get lost inside Tool songs.
Yes me too, it's about twenty years since i heard schism and got hooked👍👍
You tool!
Since the beginning and I agree. I've grown with them, and I still get chills everytime I listen to this track.
Watching other people becoming Tool fans gives me a lot more pleasure than I realised it would. I still get goosebumps, sometimes tears, every time I listen to them.
Me pasa igual.....y eso que los descubrí en diciembre 23
Love that 🤟
As current TooL fans, we can never hear them for the first time ever again, however we can enjoy watching people as they experience tool for the first time, and that's a pretty close approximation!
Me too, friend!
While I absolutely love people experiencing greatness for the first time, there is something otherworldly when they experience TOOL greatness for the first time. I get to re-have the same mind explosions vicariously through them.
I love how diverse an audience this music relates to. That is the best thing about them for me.
It's like the wyld. Stalyns. Bill and Ted. ,. Tool Wii save the future
their sound has something for everybody
It's primal
Music transcends colour, religion, beliefs etc. That's the beauty of music. ❤ and Tool... Well they just do it very well indeed.😊
@@ryanagee3038this is exactly how I would describe it. This is why people have that out of body experience listening.
I have been a tool addict since the 90s and still am surprised how many people still havent heard their music.
Same, saw them twice in the 90's been a huge fan ever since.
I'm currently addicted to watching Tool reaction videos. That "what the hell just happened" reaction is priceless. To see other people experiencing Tool for the first time....vicarious joy.....so good....Also have to say--Derek Brooks--thank you!! Great job on the editing!
well put, nice pun
I have listened to Lateralus countless times since the album was released, I wore out a few CDs listening to it. I gave Tool repeated royalties for this album, it was so good. And it STILL blows me away!!! every time, a little further out on that spiral, it just keeps going....... wow......
But I think my favorite reaction was "D Music life" he was just like "what th..... OMG!". But he listened in a car, rather on headphones. I always think music is better inside of a car rather than head phones.
@@peterbelanger4094 Yo the last 30 seconds of this video is a weird kind of toolgasm post nut clarity.
Dude I know wish we could erase it every day just to live it first time every day! Fifty first dates! and no Miracle, Parabola and The Grudge just as good.
Theres a reason a lot of TOOL fans will immediately pick Lateralus as either their favorite or top 3 TOOL songs. Its a masterpiece
Exactly
Lateralus
Pot
@@RaidenDragonClaw yeah that's how most people I've seen rank those two songs
Parabol Parabola together for me
The Grudge and Jambi are up there as well.
Lateralus is not just a song, it is an _emotion._
It's a journey
No it's a song
The spiritual experience in a song
it’s emotion*s*
It is a spiral galaxy of emotion and thought intertwined!
These reactions are beautiful. Its like watching baby chickens hacthing and being born not knowing what to do with themselves but are so curious and happy to be here.
Excellent and poignant summary of the experience. :)
I've played drums for 30 years now, and this song makes me feel like a child. Like a little boy that was handed some sticks for the first time.
That's the power of Danny Carey 👌
Rumor has it that Danny Carey once made a deal with the Devil.
Nobody knows what Danny got, but the Devil got drum lessons.
Danny Carey is the man
@@theobstacle nice.
@@theobstacle old joke. Still funny
It's been my favorite song for 22 years.
One night I was tripping and this song broke me down mentally I started crying and it felt like a weight was lifted off my chest. Most of Tool's music has helped me learn so much more of myself spiritually and mentally. Learning to process your trauma is so difficult but music is a great way to open your horizons and thats exactly what Tool and Maynard's other bands (Puscifer/A Perfect Circle) is great at. There is so much more to being human than working, eating, showering, sleeping, and repeating it the next day.
Not to mention each of their songs either have a message about drug abuse, breaking cycles of trauma, shadow-work, and a pinch of spiritual awareness that really makes you think and relate.
Thanks for sharing something so personal. That's why MUSIC is so amazing ....all over the world 🌎. It connects us.
I remember Tool fucking broke me on the wildest trip of my life.
Obsessed now, I understand
@@uniquecopy3338 did you see that Maynard cross dressed in Florida as a fuck you to DeSantis 😂😂 fucking comical I love that dude fr
For some reason, I got really emotional watching these videos. Though us metal heads are in our millions, metal music gets dismissed by so many as just noise. Seeing people being truly blown away by it just proper hits me. If people gave it a chance, there'd be more metallers than anything else.
True dat. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
I’m a former club DJ, and life long music fan, Metal musicians push boundaries more than any other genre of music currently, and the musicians are above and beyond.
I held back tears from the nostalgia of all the years listening to tool by myself and revisiting.
The reason I watch these reaction videos is just that- rock/metal gets dismissed as just noise by so many and to see the moment when people realize the depth and talent of it.... so satisfying! I saw Tool live for the 1st time back on 96 or 97.
I got into metal in the early 00s. Dimmu Borgir, of all bands got me into it lol.. Love the melodic and orchestral aspects... Then went down a rabbit hole... Always loved Tool tho.. Got into them in 2000... I'm an early, 90s hip hop head and electronic music head... But Tool always blew me away... I love all kinds of weird shit. Underground, pop music if it's good.. I never limit myself... Tool is definitely my favorite rock band...
Love how two people side by side can be rocking away to an entirely different rhythm within the same track at the same time.
& no one is listening to a "wrong rhythm" either. With how many time signatures Tool switches between in the middle of songs you can follow Maynard, Carey, Jones or Chancellor & still be on point.
I’m playing this at a talent show in about a month… and I’m drumming AND singing it. The bridge where the band is in six and the drums are in five is so hard because I’m singing and drumming in two different time signatures. I’ve got it down though, and I’ll post a video when it happens.
This is a flood. this is a vibe. THIS IS A FEELING
@@MadCritterSinging and drumming A TOOL SONG? Damn thats crazy, respect
polyrhythm my friend hahahah
If anyone out there is just discovering Tool, welcome. May the songs find you where you are in your life, and whatever you hear, however you interpret them, that's exactly what they're about. You're the 5th member. What you bring to the song and how perceive the music. It's a tool for you to use to work through your life.
Nice dude
👏👏👏👏👏
I LOVE THAT.
Amen!
Love it when people try bobbin their heads to a tool song they havent heard before
As a professional editor. I want to hire Mr.Brooks. His timing and sensibilities are impeccable and often perfect. I watch his vids constantly. Possibly my favourite TH-cam channel…
I came here to say this too... never disappoints.
I've watched "the pot" video at least 20 times. He's a genius and so are these reactions and comments
That means a lot coming from a fellow editor, much appreciated, thank you!
No doubt! This was amazing! All I do is watch reactions. THIS is quality work!
Oh he rocks the shit!!! He blends everything perfectly!!!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
i love the guy trying to count the beat timing and just shaking his head
Tool is the closest thing to a religious experience that I've ever had. I LOVE seeing people hearing tool for the first time.
Which is absolutely ironic given Maynard's feelings on religion, in general.
Tool and other musicians like this are artists. They share their heart soul and mind and connect in ways to others through their music.
Their lyrics anyone can relate to. About just living. Accepting life. The good, the bad. Being you as hard as it is. Embracing life as it is and comes whatever that is and welcoming its randomness. But also facing your anxieties, worries, fears, etc and taking the steps to get out into the world.
Also I have many musical friends. Some who are working in the industry indie and mainstream. Almost all when chilling and jamming out have said tool is probably their favorite cause tools music when broken down not only lyrically but technically in how music is written, played, and relates to math as well as how instruments are suppose to compliment each other and vocals in different ways according to rythym beat harmony etc and so much more. My friends explain this in much better detail. But all mostly agree tool is on a level of their own with how much they are perfectionists when it comes to making and playing music
@@aliquidgaming1068 agree 10000%
As above, so below. We are eternal.
It's one of my favorite things in life. Tool is responsible for getting me into reaction channels. Finding people finding Tool for the first time brings a Tool fan to tears.
I love watching people have that look of: "I just got tossed around in a washing machine of awesome", right after experiencing the journey that is the song Lateralus. That song is up there with Stairway to Heaven, Bohemium Rhapsody and Free Bird. I said what I said and no one can change my mind. It's that incredible.
I can never listen to “Lateralus” for the first time again, but watching other people listen to it for the first time comes close.
The breakdown of how they utilized the Fibonacci sequence in this song makes this one of the masterpieces of our time. The essence of this song is so big and seems to forever spiral outwards into infinity. 🙂💚
It was a complete accident. Maynard has said this before
@Aluudon8102 so I've tried to find proof of that claim, but I cannot find it anywhere.
Maynard doesn't usually take part in the musical aspect of the band. He usually listens to the rough tracks and builds a vocal melody from there, initially based off vowel sounds.
This would mean the musical aspect was already written, and the sequence already applied to the song.
How does 1 accidentally write a song according to the Fibonacci sequence? No way it was accidental
@@joek3023 musical composition is based on patterns, I suppose it's technically possible that a really high level musician could unknowingly come around to the Sequence just by trying to do something interesting.
However I don't believe that happened here. The "spiral" references are too on the nose. It's also clever and funny that he would compose poetry to a mathematically beautiful meter, and what's the chorus boil down to? "Don't over-think things, just vibe"
@@joek3023 the golden ratio is all around us.
For something so perfect, of course it is in there.
Actually started tearing up when that first solo hit. Like, these people have NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE. I was both excited and sad for them 😂
im actually crying like holy shit
Same.
same
Same
Wow. Watching all those reactions put together for such an incredible song literally brought me to tears.
It's so beautiful to see the mix of reactions and emotions of people from so many different walks of life.
Thank you
100% hit rate continues, so well done
I am old enough for Tool to have been my favorite band for over 30 years, and I absolutely love this freaking video!! I love seeing more people listening to the greatest rock band in history!!
I have no idea why this made me cry..
I've seen Tool and APC live and have had so many journeys throughout my life with Maynard's music. It never gets played out. It never gets old. It's truly an experience. Absolutely genius 🖤
Love how you can see the different reactions, the people who immediately welcome it and feel the deep primal beats and riffs, dancing for the sake of moving to the song, and then the people who can literally feel the power of the music and are frozen in their absolute awe of its deep emotional power. Love this video
This song is spiritual. This song is a spiritual experience. I'm sorry I have no other word for it. Almost everyone in these reactions instinctively closes their eyes to take it in deeper. I mean WTF is that. Why do we all do that. I'm no where near smart enough to understand it, but I feel it. It's something truly special.
It's about sensory deprivation. Close your eyes and your ears become sharper
It is spiritual, but what kind of spirit?
"As above, so below" and don't think, just go with the flow/"embrace the random" are directives that run counter to each other. The first is derived from Hermeticism (i.e., alchemy; e.g., The Alchemy of Finance), very much about thinking and being proactive, and is directed at one class of people; the other is passive, discourages thinking, and is directed at another class of people.
Someone's directing how things are going, which is very much *not* random. Who is it? What kind of ride are they trying to take us on? What destination do they have in mind? Do they have what it takes to get us there? What will the consequences be if they fail? What is Tool's relationship with them and, subsequently, their motivation to write this song?
All of those are important questions.
I listened to this song again after a pretty intense trip that got me spending much more time in nature, and this song has a spiritual meaning for me too. Embracing the random, withered intuition, opening wide to whatever comes my way feeling the moment, it all felt right in a powerful way. I've mostly been agnostic my whole life, I think I'm either panentheist or pantheist now.
100% agree with you. Everytime I listen to Lateralus (or Tool in general but Lateralus in particular) its almost like a prayer to me and its definitely a spiritual experience. And I wouldn't describe myself as a religious or even spiritual person.
@@fearnomoshpit real. Nice way of wording it
I always find these reaction compilations really beautiful in a sense because it shows how music can really bring people together
Dude i can’t express properly how beautiful is the work you do and how uplifting is to see people discovering new music and gettin lost into it.
Seriously, thank you.
Every time you make my day
This song has always held a special place in my heart. Watching this group of people experiencing it got me emotional ❤
Tool is like having your brain forcibly expanded without prior warning or consent, but you're still okay with it.
AND the editting of this compilation was TASTY as always ❤!!!
I've never really been into Tool, but I've learned to trust Derek at this point. While unimpressed at first, the more I listened the better it got. Watched this video about a dozen times now and this has become one of my favorite songs. Thanks for opening my eyes!
Tool is like that unfortunately. At first you dislike it, then it grows on you and then finally you realize it’s great in every sense of the word
I disliked every new tool album until I didn’t.
You may have to hear it a few times but it does grow on you
If this doesn't touch your soul, you're dead already...
or they’re simply not ready
I’ve been listening to Tool since 1992 and they are my second favorite band behind Pink Floyd . Tool is definitely in the top 5 bands ever . There’s no other band like them and there will never be .
Open you THIRD EYE folks
I've always called Tool the modern day Pink Floyd. Two of my favorite all-time bands as well.
All time favorite Tool song. Been a fan for more than 2 decades. Love how everyone closes their eyes while listening to them. Their music really gets into you.
For 30 years Tool has been it for me. This video just made me so happy. To get to share in that many people's possibly hearing Tool for the 1st time or one of their most amazing songs for the first time is good for the Tool fans soul. It took me back to sitting on the shore of Lake Michigan listening to Lateralus on a CD Walkman watching the sun come up. It was a pretty amazing moment for me all those years ago, so now seeing all of them vibing so hard really just brought me that little bit of Joy I needed for the day.
I wish I could be as lucky as these people to get to hear this piece of art for the first time again.
Just like breaking bad
Lateralus was my first full length introduction to tool and it changed me. Watching others experience a piece brings me a lot of joy. I hope all of them go back and experience the full album.
So many were left completely speechless! Lateralus is not simply a song, it's a spiritual journey. I have listened to it thousands of times over the years, and it STILL leaves me with a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes by the end.
Tears falling down my face as I read this comment …
I don't think there will ever be another band like TOOL. It's serious music from a band that never takes themselves too seriously. This track, in particular, is a very inspiring piece if you read the lyrics. It's a celebration of humanity, creating, being, and striving to become more than mundane. This song always brings tears to my eyes, thanks to Maynard's message. It is a masterpiece of music and reason.
Then you can go listen to Rosetta Stoned, which is complete hilarious insanity.
Thank you, TOOL. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. It is a bright light that shines in so many ways.
This is my favorite song of all time, and seeing people get to experience it for the first time like this had me crying with joy. I’ve seen them a few times now live and it is the closest thing I’ve ever had to a spiritual experience. There is nothing in the world that hits me like Tool.
Honestly, the only band I can match to Tool in terms of what you talk about its Swans. But even so, they are a completely different beast, whereas Tool plays with these insane rhythms and complex patterns, Swans plays with simple repetions that build to an insane wall of sound that ends up acquiring meaning and impact after 5 or so minutes in some cases, and 10 in others. Even with those differences, I really think its the only band that can match that level of "trance" and "mystic journey" that Tool aims towards.
If you don't know Swans I would greatly encourage you to give it a listen. Go towards the 201x trilogy, specially To Be King if you are looking for that absurd, never taking themselves too seriously, yet magical deep feeling.
There are only two bands that in my mind objectively surpass them, and I have explored almost every corner of music. Those two bands are my personal favorite, The Ocean, and the one that I think is the most talented, Intronaut. The skill difference is negligible though and both surpass tool. The Ocean are storytellers, and every single album they write has been part of a single or multi-album concept album. With their largest being their History of Earth concept, covering era by era the history of earth since it’s formation. It has 4 albums, confirmed, but could eventually be 5, and they are some of the greatest albums ever written, with their collective whole being the greatest piece of music ever recorded in my personal opinion, and I have a feeling the release of the “conclusion” album Holocene will solidify that claim even harder. The albums are Precambrian (Best one but hardest to stomach), then Phanerozoic I and II, and finally the soon to be released Holocene, which is shaping up to be something that could sit at the second best right under Precambrian, maybe (and it’s a big maybe) even the best of the saga. The band loves to play with different sounds and employs often hundreds of instruments in full orchestra, keyboards, choir, horn section, and so many more ethnic instruments that rarely see the light of day. True pioneers of modern music. Do not miss out on them. There is no band I recommend more, and it’s not even close. Intronaut mostly covers topics song by song, but their music is an absolute trip to listen to and can only really be understood once experienced. It is the most complex music I think I have ever heard while being able to balance it with natural creativity, and the band is unbelievably introspective (shocker right) and intense. Cannot recommend either of these bands and their incredible catalogue enough. Both of these bands also do not have a single bad song. It will all work it’s way into your bones in time.
People used to say the exact same thing about Led Zepplin, then 20-30 years later we got Tool. I hope there's another on the way somewhere
I can think of one band, and in my opinion only one, Heilung, they are the only band that iv believe can send you on a journey like Tool
This is precious... I kept smiling throughout the video! Thank you so much for sharing...
I literally haven't been able to exist without Tool for the past few months, their music is one of the few things that keeps me grounded and functional and helps fight anxiety and depression. I do remember what it feels like encountering Tool for the first time - you just don't know what hit you or what holy mountain they descended from. Reliving it through these lovely people is priceless.
Lateralus and Undertow are currently my No. 1. I fell in love with Tool 18 years ago, but I feel I'm now finally getting into their music in detail, and my fascination is bigger than ever, especially as a singer... so much to learn! I can't believe I'm soaking up their repertoire like a sponge now (singing it properly is another thing though XD). I'm just flabbergasted at how fluently Maynard switches between different techniques and emotions... one of the most beautiful and versatile voices I've ever heard! His voice is so gentle that he can put a baby to sleep, yet he can also tear your head off. Mastering the ability to switch between such dualities (and everything in between) is a lifelong process... True alchemy!
Groupal Toolgasm. Amazing
Listening to Tool is a cathartic experience and is made evident by the reactions of these newcomers. Excellent video. Thanks for putting this out there.
I hope they see this and realize how much their music touches people
I am soooooo glad to see a bunch of people enjoying TOOL it makes me happy. They played a couple of shows here and it was THE experience.
Greetings for all from CROATIA!
I love how each person beats their bodies differently to this song. Each person can find their own rhythm in a tool song!!!
Tool was so far ahead of their time. On another level.
*is
They aren't done hopefully
the fibonacci sequence set to music...with each member of the band is playing in a different time signature (9.8.7.) the lyrics track with the first 8 numbers in the sequence...pure genius...skill levels off the charts
9 and 7 ain Fib, bruh
987 is Fib, but that has no bearing on Carey's time signatures. Similarly, it only uses the first 7 cause, in music Fib applications, you start (1,1) not (0,1) like in math.
This song can literally bring me to tears just even thinking about how beautiful and perfect it is. It's such an inspiring song, and that's exactly what it's actually about: being inspired, finding creativity in everything around us; this song is literally begging us to grow and be better, to do more and be more. It's truly a journey about finding enlightenment. That's all aside from the fact that it's so brilliantly composed and performed by each member. It's definitely in the conversation for my absolute favorite musical work of all time.
I've been a Tool fan since the 90's. It made me emotional seeing younger people, diversity all around, finally embracing them. Music is powerful, and it's beautiful.
And the fact that everyone is just having the same almost out of body experience that all of us Tool fans had listening to this for the first time. This is such a human experience, there’s no better word to explain it than beautiful.
I guess that experience is universal-- you hear this song for the first time and you're left speechless. That feeling of "holy shit, that just happened" like coming off a drug. Mindblowingly good, perfect, masterpiece, there's many names for it. But there's a reason it's my favorite song of all time 🤘🤘
Exquisite editing, as always. And the reactions were spot on, especially around the seven minute mark. Well done, sir.
2 things - Firstly this is such a wonderful mix of people to show listening and enjoying Tool, they may be well regarded but they are woefully underappreciated. They transcend genre and break all the rules of music. Time signatures that are virtually impossible to identify - just awesome. Secondly - This is an unreal edit. I remember when Derek had like 3.5k subscribers, it's so awesome to see his talent appreciated. Keep up the good work dude.
What’s better than listening to tool? Watching others enjoy it for the first time. That’s what good music does it touches and pulls on your emotions.
I cannot describe how much my mind was blown when I first heard this!!! Feels the same every time I hear it
I just discovered TOOL last year just from watching these Compilation Reaction Videos. I'm speechless. Joyful. Crazy. This band are MUSIC MASTERS.🎵I felt like I was FLOATING. Loved watching so many of my favorite REACTORS getting their minds blown. Bravo 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Welcome… you have years of discovery in front of you! 🙌🏼
Sometimes the best part of watching these videos is knowing whats coming, and how hard it hits.
...and knowing that these people have no idea where their souls are about to go.
The song is known for its distinct time signatures and corresponding lyrical patterns. The time signatures of the chorus of the song change from 9/8 to 8/8 to 7/8; as drummer Danny Carey says, "It was originally titled 9-8-7. For the time signatures. Then it turned out that 987 was the 16th number of the Fibonacci sequence. In a 2001 interview, singer Maynard James Keenan commented on the lyric mentioning black, white, red and yellow: "I use the archetype stories of North American aboriginals and the themes or colors which appear over and over again in the oral stories handed down through generations. Black, white, red, and yellow play very heavily in aboriginal stories of creation.The pattern is visible all throughout nature. I love all of you guys. Maynard has two other bands: A Perfect Circle and Puscifer. All three bands are great as well as active. He is beyond talented, and all his band mates are masters of what they perform. This song makes me think of an infant newly born hearing the heart beat. We all share the beginning with no memory of just how things happened. Seeing colors and hearing sounds with our little brains over stimulated, little arms raised taking it all in not knowing what anything is. I put the lyrics below. All of his bands lead you in all directions letting you the listener decide what it means to you.
Black then white are all I see in my infancy
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me
Lets me see
As below so above and beyond, I imagine
Drawn beyond the lines of reason
Push the envelope, watch it bend
Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind
Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must
Feed my will to feel my moment, drawing way outside the lines
Black then white are all I see in my infancy
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me
Lets me see
There is so much more
And beckons me to look through to these infinite possibilities
As below so above and beyond, I imagine
Drawn outside the lines of reason
Push the envelope, watch it bend
Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind
Withering my intuition leaving opportunities behind
Feed my will to feel this moment
Urging me to cross the line
Reaching out to embrace the random
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come
I embrace my desire to
I embrace my desire to
Feel the rhythm, to feel connected
Enough to step aside and weep like a widow
To feel inspired
To fathom the power
To witness the beauty
To bathe in the fountain
To swing on the spiral
To swing on the spiral to
Swing on the spiral
Of our divinity
And still be a human
With my feet upon the ground I lose myself
Between the sounds and open wide to suck it in
I feel it move across my skin
I'm reaching up and reaching out
I'm reaching for the random or whatever will bewilder me
Whatever will bewilder me
And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been
Spiral out, keep going
Spiral out, keep going
Spiral out, keep going
Spiral out, keep going
❤❤🎉🎉
Maynard is on a whole other level than the rest of us.
All we can do is enjoy his amazing genius.
@@peterbelanger4094 Absolutely correct,
Every track on the album is in that sequence no matter the.change in riffs or vocals
@@thesurfmonger4125 It's mainly "Lateralus" using the Fibonacci scale. In July 2017, Maynard's friend Joe Rogan described his writing process in his podcast; "He wrote a song to the Fibonacci sequence. The Fibonacci sequence is a mathematical sequence. It starts from one, the next number is one, and the next number being two, creates the 2+1 which is three, continuing in this mathematical progression. That's how they found the chord progression. It began linking up to the Fibonacci sequence." The syllables Maynard sings in the first verse follow the first six numbers in the pattern, ascending and descending in the sequence 1-1-2-3-5-8-5-3. "Black (1), then (1), white are (2), all I see (3), in my infancy (5). Red and yellow then came to be (8), reaching out to me (5). Lets me see (3)." In the next verse, Maynard begins with the seventh number of the Fibonacci sequence (13), implying a missing verse in between. He descends back down with the following pattern; 13-8-5-3. "As below so above and beyond I imagine (13). Drawn beyond the lines of reason (8). Push the envelope (5). Watch it bend (3)." The second verse adds the missing line to complete the sequence; "There is (2), so (1), much (1), more that (2), beckons me (3), to look through to these (5), infinite possibilities (8)." 1-1-2-3-5-8-5-3-2-1-1-2-3-5-8-13-8-5-3
I can remember a friend's brother that invited me and another to smoke with him. He had a huge speaker set-up with surround sound and this was the song he BLARED from those speakers. TOOL is soul music, man.
Derek, you offer a unique experience with your videos. It’s like being in a private booth at the concert with each and every individual concert goer reacting to the concert….. hopefully that makes sense❤😂🎉❤😂🎉
I know exactly what you mean, thank you
Love these videos man.
Im 43 years old and been listening to Tool since before I was a teenager. Watching ppl experience them like this and being blown away is just a treat! Tool literally changed my trajectory in life and really opened my mind as an adolescent and a musician. Well before this song even came out too! Just a treat to get to see ppl being affected in a great way. Thank you so much!
I think Pneuma hits even deeper than Lateralus. Can you please do a mash up on that one? Only one thing wrong with any Tool song: it’s just not long enough. That’s how you know this band is the best in the world when their 10 minute + songs feel like they are only 3 to 5 minutes. Freaking legendary man
That's exactly how it feels to me! You don't just hear it, you experience it. 10 minutes feels so short. It feels like an eternity within a fleeting moment if that makes sense😂
The comment I was hoping to find, the pure raw emotion and discovery I've found with pneuma, hits me so much deeper
@@Lucifurian66x carves something into your soul man. when i first hear this omg...
Oh yes. Pneuma. First they need to read a few definitions of the word. So they can have context to what they're about to hear. Haha
I love Pneuma!!
I love to watch people react to Tool. It brings me back to when I first heard them and that special feeling that you’ve discovered something that feels like it was made just for you.
These compilations are brilliant, always a good day when I see you have uploaded! Please never stop with these! Do more Rush / Tool!
After listening to tool for over 25 years I still love watching people be speechless and instantly become fans
This is one of those songs where you simultaneously feel inspired for the future and melancholy that you could never create anything that good.
I enjoy the multiple reactions showing everybody’s reaction of a band and the music is truly great. It don’t matter what color religion or where you’re from you’re going to fill it in this shows where more like the people realize.
You just keep Nailing It… so Impressive! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
2001 was a great year. T'was the year I was introduced to Tool. I have never looked back. No-one even compares. They are on a different level.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! There's nothing better than recruiting new rookies, ...when they have that ahh-ha moment. "I get it/now I see why".... the perfect and proper response is when SILENCE meets CONFUSIN ... IMO.
I legit enjoy watching tool fans be born.."vicarious joy," if you will.
Watching them shift from enthralled, to intrigued, to having thier brain melted
I'm more amazed people don't listen to more diverse music.
I listen to pretty much everything.
But then again, I was raised by musicians. I don't play music myself, but I had unrestricted access to everyone's collection. Jazz, rap, metal, local, , pop, classical, indigenous music from all over. We made mix tapes for eachother, almost compulsively..Nothing was off limits, or taboo, and this was before the internet was invented.
Get out of your comfort zone, it's so fun
The king of editing has once again graced us with majestic presence
I remember when Lateralus came out. I cried tears of excitement so many times throughout the album on my first listen out of sheer shock because I could not believe what I was listening to. It is nothing short of creative genius. It is literally unfathomable to me as to how 3 human beings and Danny Carrey can create such a masterpiece.
Omg underrated comment "3 human beings and Danny Carrey"
I've read almost all of these comments in this one made me laugh so far out loud-- absolutely well done
3 human beings and danny carey LMFAO
It absolutely warms my heart to see people listen to Tool for the first time. Welcome to the club 🤘
I absolutely love seeing people from all walks of life enjoying the same thing
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 thank you Derek Brooks for your hard work editing this piece! You did well TooL brethern! I have watched every single person that you featured in this video react to Tool. But by far this is the best video I have seen of anything to do with Tool in the last 4 years beside the Pneuma drum cam. 🤘🤘🤘🤘
One of the best things about watching reactions to Tool, is that every person moves a different way. Their music touches everyone a little differently, yet it’s a beautiful paradox, because it seems as though everyone is touched by their music equally. It’s why their music grabs you the very first time and never lets go…ever.
I love seeing people still discovering music I grew up with and loved.
Y'all been missing out all these years!!!!! WOW at these 1st reactions to TooL Maynard is "THE MAN" !!! This what we TooL fans been feeling all these years and I'm glad more people are finally hearing and experiencing TooL ! They should get to know Alex Grey and Allison's Art and what they are doing to inspire the world with artwork as a spiritual journey. So put the Music with Art and ride the Spiral all the way to the end!! yessss!!! excitement and exciting times! Enjoy!!! 🤘🔥🤘
You deserve points for watching all of these and editing them together really well.
Greatest band.
Their greatest song.
This makes me tear up.
This whole album is a psychedelic experience. it brings me joy and excitement seeing people experience their songs for the first time. This Lateralus album is a big part of my life
So it’s about taking LSD fun
Listening to Tool is one of the greatest peaceful moments in life. I can listen to them for hours and completely relaxed the entire time.
Hard to believe this album is almost 22 years old now. I still remember it coming out when I was in college. Lateralus was such a progression from Aenima. And then getting to see them on this tour was just pure bliss.
I really feel Justin was the missing piece. No offense to Paul, he was a great songwriter. But Justin was just more sonically ambitious and LATERALUS is when they fully incorporated that into the band.
@@seamusburke639 Sure, but it had to be a conscious decision by everyone to shift their music so much (longer songs, more instrumentals, more dynamics, etc.)
I remember driving to Florida w my family probably 15+ years ago. My brother put this on my "travel playlist" and he told me "hey listen to this..." and I was like wtf, a 7 minute song?
I never knew what a journey it would take me on. I am so lucky to have grown up listening to tool but I do envy these people who have just heard it for the first time.
I'm indebted to my brother for showing me such great music.
These reactions were awesome to see
This is the song that MADE me pay for a show ticket. Lead Singer Maynard had his whole face painted pitch black, save his ears. (u couldn't see this face)
Beautifully amazing concert. 🎉❤
I haven’t commented on this reaction yet. I absolutely love seeing the reactions from everyone. I mean it just kicks ass!!! Tool is beyond amazing!!! We could get into all the different time signatures and polyrhythms. But I just sit back with a beer and enjoy every minute of everyone’s reactions!!! And have a damn smile ear to ear. Another killer reaction to all!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🍻🍻🍻
Imagine writing one of the most powerful, uplifting, emotional, complex, and groovy songs of all time.
ALL TIME
As a lifelong metal head and rhythm guitar in an undisclosed metal band Chaotic Demise, we listen to various types of metal, rock, hardcore, etc as we get set up, geared up before any show/rehearsal. Tool is part of our playlist....helps gets us going....
So many Tool and APC songs speak to me and listen to me but Lateralus gives me every emotion from peace, drowning, escaping, surviving, smiling, laughing and raging. Often within a single sequence. I started following the sequence after a decade of listening to it daily when I needed to draw back becoming overly emotional or reacting emotional to situations. It is a ride.
This is incredible. I love that were getting through it without any pauses. Experiencing this with many who are hearing it for the first time brought back the emotion I havent felt with tool in a long time. Ill always love this band and the volume goes way up when tool is on but this was special. What an awesome feeling.
Your editing is absolutely first tier.
7:23 is my favourite. Tool will make you jump right out of your seat, it is unsettlingly amazing!
Haha that was my favorite part too, the dude’s brain just kinda short circuited and he didn’t know what to do
I've found that Lex, of the Brad and Lex channel, might not be the most knowledgeable of these reaction channels but she is the most entertaining (to me). Her enthusiasm seems very genuine and is adorable to watch.
The fact that this whole song was written with Fibonacci sequence ties is amazing. Talking about some old alchemy stuff as in black and white, then red and yellow…
The off drum pacing Danny Carey pulls off are out of this world, and I think he’s one of the most underrated drummers and doesn’t get enough mention.
EDIT: that guy asking about the IQ, Maynard is a genius that’s greatly misunderstood. Listen to all their music and you’ll see.
I've been a tool fan since undertow...I'm tearing up watching this. So much joy 😊
Dude this is my absolute most favorite TH-cam video ever. Watching them get mine blown by Tool and friggin loving it.. best video dude. Love it
vibed with it so much. god tier musical content. how did I not know them before? 🤘
I’ve been a tool fan since I was only around 4 years old. I am now going to be 31 and both my children enjoy tool to their core. Just like myself I introduced them to Ænima album.