I am a 70 year old man who first got into Tool in the early 90s because my sons who are in their 40s now thought I would like them. It is such a pleasure to see a young man like you enjoy these guys. The only bad thing about Tool is that you can only hear them for the first time once!
Radio fan lol.. how about push it, Jimmy, H, hooker with a penis, flood, 4°, swamp song, intolerance, jerk off, part of me..... do something a million others don't do....
Arizona Bay is the name of a production company that the late comedian, Bill Hicks, had plans to operate had he not passed of an aggressive cancer while still relatively young. The name, Arizona Bay, comes from one of Bill's comedy bits with the premise being Bill's belief that California needed to just slide off into the ocean due to how much he hated LA/Hollywood culture. When you remove California from the map, Arizona suddenly gains a Pacific coastline. Bill Hicks and TOOL's vocalist, Maynard James Keenan, had become close friends near the end of Hick's life. Maynard also hates LA and had heard Bill's bit about Arizona Bay. When Bill died, the band agreed to dedicate the entire Aenima album project to Bill Hicks. The album has recordings of his voice, renderings of Bill in the album art, and references to Bill scattered throughout the lyrics of the entire album. Apparently, he meant a lot to the band members and his passing inspired one of modern music's landmark albums.
I’ve been listening to this album since 96 and I still find details in these songs that I’ve never caught before. The creativity, originality and production value are all off the charts ✌️
Polyrhythms are playing multiple (usually conflicting) rhythms/time signatures played at the same time. A common example could be one part of the band playing triplets over a straighter 4 count, but they can get very complex (the band playing in a count of 7 but the drums going to a count of 11 or something super weird). A good example is right at the end of this song. You can hear the vocals and guitar matching up in a count of 3 and the drums and bass doing a faster 6 (with the drums doing a triplet every beat), and then suddenly the drums and bass are in a count of 4 versus the continuing 3 count of the vocals and guitar, which gives it a strange sounding rhythm that doesn’t quite line up at times.
Maynard, the singer, considers his voice just another instrument. It is intentionally set lower in the track in many songs which can make understanding the vocals tough in some
Been saying it a long time..Adam is the unsung hero...his rifts tell the story, Maynard vocalizes to the rifts...so underrated Adam is. It's always Maynard Danny then some Justin...nobody ever credits Adam, he gives the song bite and Maynard feeds off it.
yeah Adam is the "Tool sound" that is so iconic but from what you hear Maynard say on podcasts he's knows it and gets credit. it seems like Adam is essentially the band leader and even though all the personalities are very strong he gets the final say of how things are done and when they are perfect. also from what i've heard Maynard say he waits for the other guys to finalize the song and then he does the vocals last and often very quickly in comparison to the rest of the process.
The stuff slams in the car. This came out when I was in high school and I had a couple punch amps and some 12 inch pile drivers in the trunk and had my six by nines amped up for highs and it absolutely slammed! Better than a lot of rap music.
Start from the beginning. If you get the wrong song it will scare you away. Seen it happen. You have no idea what have done. This is the most intricate rabbit hole that weaves in and out of parallels and is such an amazing journey (every time I take) I find something new. Been a fan since ‘93 and seen them over 17 times. 4 geniuses found each other. Don’t try and categorize them, they are TOOL. Plenty of good people here to guide you. I’ll be spiraling out right along side ya. Have fun!!!!!!!
Craziest thing about this album is it was 30 years ago and we are just now catching up to this album. I hear something new in it even now after 30 years of listening… it’s amazing
Yessssssssss. So happy you are reacting to Tool. One of my favorites. If you like drums, definitely check out Pneuma studio or live. Their drummer Danny Carey is insanely good❤️🔥
10:29 "I heard a lot of music in the 90's and I never heard anything close to this" and that sums it up, and why this album is SOOO special, its 20 years ahead of its time
Welcome to the wonderful world of ''Progressive Metal'' with all of it's odd time signature songs. You just never know what to expect the first time you hear a Tool song, because they switch things up and go in unpredictable directions.
the bass and the kick in this song match the lyrics perfectly , the 2nd half when the double kick comes in, its like a torrent of water its sounds like what the singer is describing, master piece
You have been my favorite reaction to tool, and there are quite a few on here. I love seeing people listen to tool for the first time. You have a wonderful way of expressing what you're hearing. Many people don't know how to put it into words. It's just like hearing it for the first time all over again. I feel like a proud parent.
I love watching people experience the complexity of tool wrestle with how to digest it. It’s not always an easy listen but DAMNIT if they don’t give me goosebumps. If you like the harder sound of tool, I highly recommend “Fourty Six and 2” from the same album or “The Grudge” from Lateralus. I subscribed just to watch your journey. Spiral out 🌀
As someone who lived as an artist in Downtown LA for 16 years this is how I feel about LA too. Sorry Randy Newman. Not sorry. Also my neighbor shot the Undertow cover for Tool. Love them then and now.
So the song is about mom (mother nature) fixing the sickness that is L.A. by natural disaster. Mom is going to cause earthquakes and tidal waves and callifornia will sink into the ocean and Arizona will have an Ocean bay. They recommend everybody in L.A. pass the time by learning to swim so they can swim to the newly formed Arizona Bay when this happens.
This is my favorite Tool album and my favorite song on it. I'm not saying it's their best, but it had just released when I heard them for the first time. All the members of the band are masters of their crafts, but Danny Carey is one of those once ina decade or maybe in a generation level talents. Edited to add the production and mixing on their albums is really incredible too. I'm glad you listen with headphones so you get the experience of the song swirling around you.
There must be something special about the first tool album you hear, because that is how I feel about Lateralus. It was only after hearing it that I found out about AEnima. Each one is so different 🔥
Its the best Album they did, for sure IMO. I love Lateralus and 10'000 days (Undertow less so but it has its moments) but AEnima is a masterpiece. It has the technical parts but also there is a rawness to the emotion and song writing which is unique in the Tool Catalog, for me this record hit the perfect balance of technical whilst remaining very catchy.
@@Nicci-the-coach Lateralus is special to me because it was the tour I got to see them in concert, but you're right. I think the first album you hear that makes you a fan holds special meaning to you.
@@Nicci-the-coach it could be about the first one you hear to some extent, but I also think its important to understand the context of the time the album was released in. AEnima came out at the peak of grunge music It was not "cool" to be technical at the time and everything was geared towards raw expression, and strip down kind of vibes. As a grunge kid at the time, Tool were one of the first to get somewhere doing highly technical music in that context (others came before but not with the Grunge backdrop). Grunge was in many ways a reaction to Technicality obsessed 80's metal that became quite elitist in that regard, so Grunge tore a lot of that down. Tool not only managed to go against the grain, but they did it in a way that also did not clash with the Grunge movement at the time, it was technical but did not have the guitar solo wankery the music that Grunge pushed back on within it. Smashing Pumpkins were the only band of that time that dared to be so "Grand" in their visions, and as much as I love the Pumpkins in that time period, Tool took it beyond them, and by quite some way. At the time no one had heard anything like AEnima, not even from Too. Undertow was a good record but was still far more in line with the Alt rock and metal of the time that was coming via the Grunge thing. AEnima did well but it actually took a while to really blow up, and back in those times , even in the Metal community Tool were more of a cult following band rather than the monster they are today. I was for sure in the minority with my love for them. By the time Lateralus came out Mathmetal and Mathcore were starting to gain some shine and you had bands like Dillinger Escape Plan and Candiria pushing boundaries too , although both these bands are not directly related to Tool its shows the hunger for more technical music in the metal community at the time, as Nu Metal was king at this point and Nu Metal was like Grunge in that it was far more riff based and not about guitar solo's and more strip down. I feel by the time Lateralus came out Tool were starting to become a big band and their sound on Lateralus whilst ,great and its a killer album,they had become a little more "dry" and lost some of the Raw emotion, for me its a more cerebral record, which is fine but I think they lost some of the rawness which was so appealing. 10'000 days felt a little more emotive in that sense and songs like "the Pot" were a good example of that. AEnima was the first record Tool really showed off that technicality in a strong way, and I feel that will always be special for some people and doubly so given the context of the musical back drop at the time
Yes!!! Sensory overload. You got it. But there is an anchor beat that you can grab on to that always brings you back to shore. And it is majestic when you figure out how the pieces fit. Welcome to the Tool matrix! Might need to listen more than once. I’ve been OG Tool since ‘93 and I still need to listen a couple of times to some songs before I fully appreciate.
Maynard’s lyrics are poly as well… their meaning is multi layered. I’m loving watching you discover them! I don’t think there is any other band that can touch the marriage of brain and gut.
Arizona Bay is a reference to Bill Hicks. He was a comedian and one of the things he mused about was the hope that LA would break off and sink into the ocean, thus creating Arizona Bay.
TOOL is my soul music. I can only imagine that I get from TOOL what Religious folks get from Religious music. It's inspiring, informing and essential to my being.
Imagine being sober as you are. And imagine all of us potheads loving you. Not to say all stoners like tool or all tool fans are stoners but. 1 makes 1 sometimes. This definitely out a smile on my face thank you.
“I don’t know what to make of this, but I enjoy it!” Welcome to Tool my friend - if Tool becomes something you listen to off camera, that’s how it always starts, but like a good movie (i.e. Fight Club), every re-listen sheds light on new aspects that were impossible to catch the first time through. This journey is worth it ❤
The Arizona Bay portion of this song is referring to an album by Bill Hicks (comedian and satirist) where he said he hopes L.A. would fall into the ocean and we would be left with a more serene Arizona Bay.
This song is a masterpiece, and they have quite a few of them. Listen to them with high quality speakers and you will pick up details you might not otherwise. Best of the best… of the best 👊🏼
I fuckin love watching people that haven't and typically wouldn't listen to Tool discover them for the first time. Let's me relive the magic myself. Lovin the channel so far
When this first came out I had it on cassette tape and for months it never came out of the deck! I played it religiously 😊 my daughters loved the music so much it was years later that they figured out the lyrics and fell in love with it all over again. When they were hearing it as younger children they would call this the zipper song because my youngest said the ending just sounded like all the instruments got zipped up all at once, pretty Guinness for a 5 year old and as soon as we got in the car (or even before) the zipper song was #1request😮❤❤
I think you're absolutely right about all the other 90's and 00's and beyond bands taking bits and pieces from Tool.. But, then again, it's all mathematical, to an extent. I've been really enjoying the Tool vids I've checked out so far. It's particularly nice as someone who grew up as they were coming out and with them around, to see your thoughtful fresh honest takes on this masterpiece of a band. Drums have always been for me difficult to comprehend with so many other instruments overlapping so I really like that you draw attention to things I've not been able to recognize before still. Had to check out this song after the Parabola duo and LateralUs, such a different vibe, I think I'm gonna check out Eulogy next..
They use multiple time signatures in different dynamics at the same. The instruments are independent of the whole and well executed in a melodic masterpiece.
Favourite Tool songs; Right in two (song about Angels judging humans) Pneuma, Culling Voices, Fear Inoculumn, Invincible, Ænema, Vicarious, the Pot and Parabola.
It's true, Tool songs are like a drug trip without drugs. You will hear colors and see sounds. They are truly cinematic and so glad to hear you need more. We do too. Try "Push it" off the same album. The original first and then much later the Salival remix/remaster of Pushit. You will enjoy for sure.
Just noticed you liked my comment on the pot and are doing Ænema! Let's go! Very nice to see you pulling up the lyrics. They're important. Again only 2 minutes in. Already know it'll be good.
I would have been 11 when they started. Never got into them until 1996 as a teenager after spending my youth listening to oldies(parents) and then pop music and mtv hip hop and dance music. That changed when I listened to The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. That lead to Tool, NIN, Nirvana, all the great amazing rock bands from the 90's. Life changing band. enjoy your journey. I don't wanna recommend another song, but let others chime in now. Great start.
Damn it... You mentioned polyrhythmic stuff and now I have to recommend Pneuma. (There's the studio version and a live drum version. I recommend the studio followed by the live version, just so you know how it sounds, imagine how you think Danny Carey did it, then watch him work). There's probably a better song to go to next, but if you want to get stuck in on the drums, that's a great starter that you can get around to whenever to want to.
I gotta say your quote " its like he's givin a big middle finger to LA" lol awesome analogy. I love how into these songs your into as you discover each song. Keep it up and I'll keep showering up
I remember seeing them live about 2 weeks after the album came out. During the first 3 songs the lights were down so low you could barely see them. Maynard had a shaved head and wore only boxer undies. But in that moment, he didn't look like him. It was wierd. I was thinking, it sounds like Maynard but he looks like a black man. What the hell? When the lights finally came up and you could see them, he was covered head to toe in blue paint. This was back in the days when Maynard was out front. Ya just never know what your gonna get from them live. My all time favourite band. So much fun seeing someone discovering them and diggin it.
When the San Andreas fault line eventually gives way and California is separated, a new coastline will (probably) be along Arizona, hence the swimming and Arizona Bay references, "mom" being mother nature.
Simply put, a polyrhythm is when the hands and feet are playing different time signatures but you play measures that are divisible by both. IE playing 4 with your hands and 3 with you feet for 12 beats. You will end up playing 12 notes but 3 measures with your hands and 4 measures with your feet, ending on the same downbeat or 1. Hope that helps ❤
Just saw them in NOLA, a year ago. Now Biloxi, Mississippi in a few months. You have to see them Live. No drugs, No Alcohol. Just sit back and enjoy *Also do whatever you want* 😉
TOOL is the best live band I've had the privilege to witness - more than a handful of times between '06 and '20. The experience is transcendental af with or w/o mind-altering substances.
Trying to bring you slowly. They have way more depths to come! Try not to read lyrics, feel the music 1st time. Plenty of playbacks can follow, and these songs get better, the more you listen to them. 1 song from each disc for now, you’re ready for “Pneuma” drum cam Danny Carey version. This is off their last album, from a 13 year hiatus! I literally had to swim past Taylor Swift CDs to get a copy behind the Target desk, STILL IN THE BOX, but already opened. Anyways they came out #1, putting Swift at #2, who came out with hers the same day! Priceless YouTubing Taylor Swift fans crying about Tool, whome they never heard of, taking her crown.
I always forget to Gove these reactions a like... but the "I came in for a hanger and walked out with a tv" made me laugh and remember to like. Great reaction brother
yo that circular head nod that's how you know you're feeling that polyrhythm. in order to groove with it at least for me, i end up keeping time in two directions and sometimes three. like i'll be bopping to one beat then circling my head to the second and sometimes get a foot going on that third. it's really something.
Bro, just discovered your chanel and looking forward to hearing more! Loved the first two I've seen. No, you're not crazy... I've never heard that comparison before, but you're absolutely right about the Chester comparison. Some Tool fans might get offended by that, because we can be a pretty weird bunch. But the tone on the highs along with the transition to something more gritty... very similar, yet in two totally distinct styles. Excellent observation 👍
I dont know if any one has mention this... but this song is based on a monolog by stand up BILL HICKS called "Arizona Bay" he was a good friend of TOOL in the 90s. The album is partly dedicated to him. If you listen to the song Third Eye the spoke part at the beginning is from his stand up. Sadly Bill Hicks passed away in 94 ( If memory serves me correctly ) from cancer. One of the greatest of all time.
Yeah dude. I think Tool doesn't want you to focus on any one thing. They want you to be in the moment and experience the music.... Which is why you really should give a listen to Lateralus!
Arizona Bay is a reference to a stand up comedian that Maynard (the lead singer) was a big fan of named Bill Hicks. He had an album with that title and the basic premise is that he's praying for a giant earthquake to just drop all of southern California into the ocean, and if that happened then we'd be left with ocean front property in Arizona Bay. Sadly, Hicks died unexpectedly of pancreatic cancer in 1994 and it really affected Maynard to the point where this album, Aenima, was dedicated to him.
7:50 that drum part is a triplet of right hand floor tom, right foot bass drum, left foot bass drum, while he plays that other pattern on top of it with his left hand.
Best, most authentic Tool reaction ever!! I can't wait to see subsequent reactions! If I could suggest something, it would be Eon Blue Apocalypse, followed by The Patient. (Tool.)
Another commenter said it. Danny is a once-in-a-generation drummer. Like a Michael Jordan or LeBron James is to basketball. And yes! Pay attention to the endings. "46 & 2" is another. Tool does not fade...
Another artist that has a similar sound to MJK is the lead singer of Chevelle. Vocally, so strong, but the progressions are one and only to Tool. We called this Industrial Rock back in our day...
He’s just intensely whispering at very close range to the microphone. Always loved how with all his vocal capabilities sometimes he just chooses to whisper.
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I am a 70 year old man who first got into Tool in the early 90s because my sons who are in their 40s now thought I would like them. It is such a pleasure to see a young man like you enjoy these guys. The only bad thing about Tool is that you can only hear them for the first time once!
The sensory overload is what makes these great songs to listen to over and over. Enjoy the ride
It’s great for me being ADHD and bi polar….lol
@@50NewEyes try The Mars Volta lol
Lateralus, Forty Six & 2, Pneuma (Danny Carey Live Drum Cam version), Vicarious, Schism, Parabol/Parabola.
Radio fan lol.. how about push it, Jimmy, H, hooker with a penis, flood, 4°, swamp song, intolerance, jerk off, part of me..... do something a million others don't do....
Fear innoculum, Third eye, right in two, Rosetta stoned, reflection are all bangers.
the danny carey live drum cam of pneuma would be insane
YESSSSSSSS🎉
The whole discography.
You comparing tool to going to Walmart, expecting to buy shirt hangers, then walking out with a 66” TV, was hilarious and close to my heart.
😂😂😂😂😂
Arizona Bay is the name of a production company that the late comedian, Bill Hicks, had plans to operate had he not passed of an aggressive cancer while still relatively young. The name, Arizona Bay, comes from one of Bill's comedy bits with the premise being Bill's belief that California needed to just slide off into the ocean due to how much he hated LA/Hollywood culture. When you remove California from the map, Arizona suddenly gains a Pacific coastline. Bill Hicks and TOOL's vocalist, Maynard James Keenan, had become close friends near the end of Hick's life. Maynard also hates LA and had heard Bill's bit about Arizona Bay. When Bill died, the band agreed to dedicate the entire Aenima album project to Bill Hicks. The album has recordings of his voice, renderings of Bill in the album art, and references to Bill scattered throughout the lyrics of the entire album. Apparently, he meant a lot to the band members and his passing inspired one of modern music's landmark albums.
Bill meant a lot to a lot of us... there's a good documentary on him, I suggest everyone watch it. American: The Bill Hicks Story
I’ve been listening to this album since 96 and I still find details in these songs that I’ve never caught before. The creativity, originality and production value are all off the charts ✌️
Same. I used to fall asleep to this every night for months. Still one of my favorite albums of all time
Me too. I still remember back in the 90s seeing my first TOOL sticker at a skate park and being like who the hell is TOOL? Never looked back
@@justinbeckham718I still get down with a perfect circle ⭕️ too
Tool. High IQ musicians. All of them are brilliant. Every song is great. Can't wait to see more from you.
With this song, Tool is just predicting LA’s future….great reaction 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
Polyrhythms are playing multiple (usually conflicting) rhythms/time signatures played at the same time. A common example could be one part of the band playing triplets over a straighter 4 count, but they can get very complex (the band playing in a count of 7 but the drums going to a count of 11 or something super weird). A good example is right at the end of this song. You can hear the vocals and guitar matching up in a count of 3 and the drums and bass doing a faster 6 (with the drums doing a triplet every beat), and then suddenly the drums and bass are in a count of 4 versus the continuing 3 count of the vocals and guitar, which gives it a strange sounding rhythm that doesn’t quite line up at times.
Maynard, the singer, considers his voice just another instrument. It is intentionally set lower in the track in many songs which can make understanding the vocals tough in some
He also doesn't write the lyrics till after the music is done. He makes his instrument (voice) fit the rest after.
@@fortigan2174 Fascinating, I didn't know that.
@@fortigan2174that depends on the era, he didn't really start doing that till lateralus
if not lower just equally mixed and it's been that way a long time.
Been saying it a long time..Adam is the unsung hero...his rifts tell the story, Maynard vocalizes to the rifts...so underrated Adam is. It's always Maynard Danny then some Justin...nobody ever credits Adam, he gives the song bite and Maynard feeds off it.
yeah Adam is the "Tool sound" that is so iconic but from what you hear Maynard say on podcasts he's knows it and gets credit. it seems like Adam is essentially the band leader and even though all the personalities are very strong he gets the final say of how things are done and when they are perfect. also from what i've heard Maynard say he waits for the other guys to finalize the song and then he does the vocals last and often very quickly in comparison to the rest of the process.
You absolutely nailed it! T🌀🌀L gave birth to so many other bands in the 90’s. No one could touch them then, & to this day, no one has. ♥️🕊️🙏
The stuff slams in the car. This came out when I was in high school and I had a couple punch amps and some 12 inch pile drivers in the trunk and had my six by nines amped up for highs and it absolutely slammed! Better than a lot of rap music.
Yes! I had 2 twelves in my trunk in the 90s and the double bass drums and baseline thump!
@@scottmayo7545 good times! 🤟🏼
Alpine 10's lol - the one that always surprised me was Sarah Mclaughlin - Possession, shit's like a bass test cd
Opening tack on my Tool mix in the car...some passangers have the cheek to ask if they listen to something else...yes certainly, whilst your walking 😁
Listen to the whole album in a parked car in a rain storm.
Start from the beginning. If you get the wrong song it will scare you away. Seen it happen. You have no idea what have done. This is the most intricate rabbit hole that weaves in and out of parallels and is such an amazing journey (every time I take) I find something new. Been a fan since ‘93 and seen them over 17 times. 4 geniuses found each other. Don’t try and categorize them, they are TOOL. Plenty of good people here to guide you. I’ll be spiraling out right along side ya. Have fun!!!!!!!
There’s a quote “Tool has a lead drummer” etc. they’ll tell you, any minute now.
Love it
Craziest thing about this album is it was 30 years ago and we are just now catching up to this album. I hear something new in it even now after 30 years of listening… it’s amazing
Can't be. 90s were max 10 years ago...
@@FredLulle Yep. We can't possibly be this old.
I bought the CD brand new when it released, been listening to it ever since. This is the album that got me into listening to Bill Hicks. RIP.
@@jakerugg first heard them at the beginning of a bill hicks special on HBO I think… it was off their first album . Saw them in ‘93 on lollapoolooza
@@FredLulle fuk it's been 10 years already??
Your expression while listening to this is everything. Welcome to Tool.
TOOL doesn't have a bad song. Which ever recommendation you decide on is a masterpiece. Spiral out. 🌀☝️🇺🇲🤘
Yessssssssss. So happy you are reacting to Tool. One of my favorites. If you like drums, definitely check out Pneuma studio or live. Their drummer Danny Carey is insanely good❤️🔥
10:29 "I heard a lot of music in the 90's and I never heard anything close to this" and that sums it up, and why this album is SOOO special, its 20 years ahead of its time
Chester was a huge Tool fan and was heavily inspired by MJK, Tools singer.
Welcome to the wonderful world of ''Progressive Metal'' with all of it's odd time signature songs. You just never know what to expect the first time you hear a Tool song, because they switch things up and go in unpredictable directions.
Having been a massive tool fan for 30 years I just love watching people discover them, love this reaction 🙌🏼
the bass and the kick in this song match the lyrics perfectly , the 2nd half when the double kick comes in, its like a torrent of water its sounds like what the singer is describing, master piece
that's because he writes the lyrics after the music is finished
@@christophbreschthis was written while paul was still in the band so possibly not, he started doing that later
Tool's not music, it's an experience.....
You have been my favorite reaction to tool, and there are quite a few on here. I love seeing people listen to tool for the first time. You have a wonderful way of expressing what you're hearing. Many people don't know how to put it into words. It's just like hearing it for the first time all over again. I feel like a proud parent.
I love watching people experience the complexity of tool wrestle with how to digest it. It’s not always an easy listen but DAMNIT if they don’t give me goosebumps.
If you like the harder sound of tool, I highly recommend “Fourty Six and 2” from the same album or “The Grudge” from Lateralus.
I subscribed just to watch your journey. Spiral out 🌀
As someone who lived as an artist in Downtown LA for 16 years this is how I feel about LA too. Sorry Randy Newman. Not sorry.
Also my neighbor shot the Undertow cover for Tool. Love them then and now.
So the song is about mom (mother nature) fixing the sickness that is L.A. by natural disaster. Mom is going to cause earthquakes and tidal waves and callifornia will sink into the ocean and Arizona will have an Ocean bay. They recommend everybody in L.A. pass the time by learning to swim so they can swim to the newly formed Arizona Bay when this happens.
Also you should hear what they do with the drums in the song "Right in Two"
Chester was a musician I came late to. I was a Tool fan in 1995.
Chester belongs in the company of Tool. I hope he's in peace.
This is my favorite Tool album and my favorite song on it. I'm not saying it's their best, but it had just released when I heard them for the first time. All the members of the band are masters of their crafts, but Danny Carey is one of those once ina decade or maybe in a generation level talents. Edited to add the production and mixing on their albums is really incredible too. I'm glad you listen with headphones so you get the experience of the song swirling around you.
There must be something special about the first tool album you hear, because that is how I feel about Lateralus. It was only after hearing it that I found out about AEnima. Each one is so different 🔥
Its the best Album they did, for sure IMO. I love Lateralus and 10'000 days (Undertow less so but it has its moments) but AEnima is a masterpiece. It has the technical parts but also there is a rawness to the emotion and song writing which is unique in the Tool Catalog, for me this record hit the perfect balance of technical whilst remaining very catchy.
@@Nicci-the-coach Lateralus is special to me because it was the tour I got to see them in concert, but you're right. I think the first album you hear that makes you a fan holds special meaning to you.
@@Nicci-the-coach it could be about the first one you hear to some extent, but I also think its important to understand the context of the time the album was released in. AEnima came out at the peak of grunge music
It was not "cool" to be technical at the time and everything was geared towards raw expression, and strip down kind of vibes. As a grunge kid at the time, Tool were one of the first to get somewhere doing highly technical music in that context (others came before but not with the Grunge backdrop).
Grunge was in many ways a reaction to Technicality obsessed 80's metal that became quite elitist in that regard, so Grunge tore a lot of that down. Tool not only managed to go against the grain, but they did it in a way that also did not clash with the Grunge movement at the time, it was technical but did not have the guitar solo wankery the music that Grunge pushed back on within it. Smashing Pumpkins were the only band of that time that dared to be so "Grand" in their visions, and as much as I love the Pumpkins in that time period, Tool took it beyond them, and by quite some way. At the time no one had heard anything like AEnima, not even from Too. Undertow was a good record but was still far more in line with the Alt rock and metal of the time that was coming via the Grunge thing. AEnima did well but it actually took a while to really blow up, and back in those times , even in the Metal community Tool were more of a cult following band rather than the monster they are today. I was for sure in the minority with my love for them.
By the time Lateralus came out Mathmetal and Mathcore were starting to gain some shine and you had bands like Dillinger Escape Plan and Candiria pushing boundaries too , although both these bands are not directly related to Tool its shows the hunger for more technical music in the metal community at the time, as Nu Metal was king at this point and Nu Metal was like Grunge in that it was far more riff based and not about guitar solo's and more strip down. I feel by the time Lateralus came out Tool were starting to become a big band and their sound on Lateralus whilst ,great and its a killer album,they had become a little more "dry" and lost some of the Raw emotion, for me its a more cerebral record, which is fine but I think they lost some of the rawness which was so appealing. 10'000 days felt a little more emotive in that sense and songs like "the Pot" were a good example of that.
AEnima was the first record Tool really showed off that technicality in a strong way, and I feel that will always be special for some people and doubly so given the context of the musical back drop at the time
Yes!!! Sensory overload. You got it. But there is an anchor beat that you can grab on to that always brings you back to shore. And it is majestic when you figure out how the pieces fit. Welcome to the Tool matrix! Might need to listen more than once.
I’ve been OG Tool since ‘93 and I still need to listen a couple of times to some songs before I fully appreciate.
You nailed it…Tool did indeed give birth to so many more bands and sounds of that era. So cool that you pieced that together!
Maynard’s lyrics are poly as well… their meaning is multi layered. I’m loving watching you discover them! I don’t think there is any other band that can touch the marriage of brain and gut.
Arizona Bay is a reference to Bill Hicks.
He was a comedian and one of the things he mused about was the hope that LA would break off and sink into the ocean, thus creating Arizona Bay.
TOOL is my soul music. I can only imagine that I get from TOOL what Religious folks get from Religious music. It's inspiring, informing and essential to my being.
Imagine being sober as you are. And imagine all of us potheads loving you. Not to say all stoners like tool or all tool fans are stoners but. 1 makes 1 sometimes.
This definitely out a smile on my face thank you.
“I don’t know what to make of this, but I enjoy it!” Welcome to Tool my friend - if Tool becomes something you listen to off camera, that’s how it always starts, but like a good movie (i.e. Fight Club), every re-listen sheds light on new aspects that were impossible to catch the first time through. This journey is worth it ❤
The Arizona Bay portion of this song is referring to an album by Bill Hicks (comedian and satirist) where he said he hopes L.A. would fall into the ocean and we would be left with a more serene Arizona Bay.
Exactly. When Cali falls into the ocean, the new beach will be in Arizona.
As a current and native resident of Los Angeles Im sure glad my mom got me swimming lessons as a kid, cause I approve Tools message in this song!
This song is a masterpiece, and they have quite a few of them. Listen to them with high quality speakers and you will pick up details you might not otherwise. Best of the best… of the best 👊🏼
Better late than never. I’m so jealous..wish I could hear Tool again for the first time. Enjoy the ride 💜
I fuckin love watching people that haven't and typically wouldn't listen to Tool discover them for the first time. Let's me relive the magic myself. Lovin the channel so far
"Tool gave birth to all those other groups". Now you get it. Welcome, brother =)
When this first came out I had it on cassette tape and for months it never came out of the deck! I played it religiously 😊 my daughters loved the music so much it was years later that they figured out the lyrics and fell in love with it all over again. When they were hearing it as younger children they would call this the zipper song because my youngest said the ending just sounded like all the instruments got zipped up all at once, pretty Guinness for a 5 year old and as soon as we got in the car (or even before) the zipper song was #1request😮❤❤
Every time you hear a new TooL "song", you have a new favorite TooL song
I think you're absolutely right about all the other 90's and 00's and beyond bands taking bits and pieces from Tool.. But, then again, it's all mathematical, to an extent. I've been really enjoying the Tool vids I've checked out so far. It's particularly nice as someone who grew up as they were coming out and with them around, to see your thoughtful fresh honest takes on this masterpiece of a band. Drums have always been for me difficult to comprehend with so many other instruments overlapping so I really like that you draw attention to things I've not been able to recognize before still. Had to check out this song after the Parabola duo and LateralUs, such a different vibe, I think I'm gonna check out Eulogy next..
its goosebumps man the sound takes you somewhere
They use multiple time signatures in different dynamics at the same. The instruments are independent of the whole and well executed in a melodic masterpiece.
All the sounds you hear is probably Justin he's a GOD on the bass
Favourite Tool songs; Right in two (song about Angels judging humans) Pneuma, Culling Voices, Fear Inoculumn, Invincible, Ænema, Vicarious, the Pot and Parabola.
It's true, Tool songs are like a drug trip without drugs. You will hear colors and see sounds. They are truly cinematic and so glad to hear you need more. We do too. Try "Push it" off the same album. The original first and then much later the Salival remix/remaster of Pushit. You will enjoy for sure.
Biggest recommendation I have for you is Jambi, one of their greatest songs imo
those sounds, that effect.... inspires imagery of violent crashing waves
Just noticed you liked my comment on the pot and are doing Ænema! Let's go! Very nice to see you pulling up the lyrics. They're important. Again only 2 minutes in. Already know it'll be good.
I would have been 11 when they started. Never got into them until 1996 as a teenager after spending my youth listening to oldies(parents) and then pop music and mtv hip hop and dance music. That changed when I listened to The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. That lead to Tool, NIN, Nirvana, all the great amazing rock bands from the 90's. Life changing band. enjoy your journey. I don't wanna recommend another song, but let others chime in now. Great start.
Damn it... You mentioned polyrhythmic stuff and now I have to recommend Pneuma. (There's the studio version and a live drum version. I recommend the studio followed by the live version, just so you know how it sounds, imagine how you think Danny Carey did it, then watch him work). There's probably a better song to go to next, but if you want to get stuck in on the drums, that's a great starter that you can get around to whenever to want to.
Half throat half singing I think. Not a full throating song fest since it's just that Hey hey hey hey repeated imo.
"Hate, I hate it" is what your hearing in the beginning
I gotta say your quote " its like he's givin a big middle finger to LA" lol awesome analogy. I love how into these songs your into as you discover each song. Keep it up and I'll keep showering up
This is music ... so refreshing to hear Tool again and your reaction to them ... thank you! 11:27 you nailed it, a giant middlefinger haha 👍
That sound? Almost every time you wonder what it is, it’s the bass guitar😊. Justin is unique
YES!!! Saw your "The Pot" react and immediately thought... "This guy needs to hear Aenima"
"Giant middle finger song!" - exactly! Awesome reaction!
I remember seeing them live about 2 weeks after the album came out.
During the first 3 songs the lights were down so low you could barely see them.
Maynard had a shaved head and wore only boxer undies. But in that moment, he didn't look like him. It was wierd. I was thinking, it sounds like Maynard but he looks like a black man. What the hell?
When the lights finally came up and you could see them, he was covered head to toe in blue paint.
This was back in the days when Maynard was out front.
Ya just never know what your gonna get from them live.
My all time favourite band.
So much fun seeing someone discovering them and diggin it.
When the San Andreas fault line eventually gives way and California is separated, a new coastline will (probably) be along Arizona, hence the swimming and Arizona Bay references, "mom" being mother nature.
D carry tool drummer drum solo live is a must see. Tool will definitely make your brain go into overdrive lol 😎👍🙂
Simply put, a polyrhythm is when the hands and feet are playing different time signatures but you play measures that are divisible by both.
IE playing 4 with your hands and 3 with you feet for 12 beats. You will end up playing 12 notes but 3 measures with your hands and 4 measures with your feet, ending on the same downbeat or 1.
Hope that helps ❤
If you want Tool reactions, this is where you come. 🙏
You have a fabulous ear. Your Tool reactions bring me joy. Thank you!
Just saw them in NOLA, a year ago. Now Biloxi, Mississippi in a few months. You have to see them Live. No drugs, No Alcohol. Just sit back and enjoy *Also do whatever you want* 😉
Keep listening to more Tool songs….you won’t be disappointed my friend, that’s a guarantee! 😃
I just got back from my first trip to LA since this song came out, and it hasn’t gotten any better.
TOOL is the best live band I've had the privilege to witness - more than a handful of times between '06 and '20. The experience is transcendental af with or w/o mind-altering substances.
I've seen them stoned and just last week sober. If I'm ever lucky enough that they go on another tour I will go the mushroom route.
I really enjoy watching new Tool fans . You are one of my favorites
Maynard uses his voice like an instrument itself. That is why he sings the way he does. His voice kinda melds with the music.
I was blaring this song on January 6th, 2021.
Trying to bring you slowly. They have way more depths to come! Try not to read lyrics, feel the music 1st time. Plenty of playbacks can follow, and these songs get better, the more you listen to them. 1 song from each disc for now, you’re ready for “Pneuma” drum cam Danny Carey version. This is off their last album, from a 13 year hiatus! I literally had to swim past Taylor Swift CDs to get a copy behind the Target desk, STILL IN THE BOX, but already opened. Anyways they came out #1, putting Swift at #2, who came out with hers the same day! Priceless YouTubing Taylor Swift fans crying about Tool, whome they never heard of, taking her crown.
@5:42....."There's just so much goin' on." When it comes to Tool, truer words have never been spoken.
"What sound was that?"
That was Jason playing some melodic bass riffs.
Sober reaction was beautiful 🎉 can't wait to watch this one now!!
I always forget to Gove these reactions a like... but the "I came in for a hanger and walked out with a tv" made me laugh and remember to like. Great reaction brother
yo that circular head nod that's how you know you're feeling that polyrhythm. in order to groove with it at least for me, i end up keeping time in two directions and sometimes three. like i'll be bopping to one beat then circling my head to the second and sometimes get a foot going on that third. it's really something.
Bro, just discovered your chanel and looking forward to hearing more! Loved the first two I've seen. No, you're not crazy... I've never heard that comparison before, but you're absolutely right about the Chester comparison. Some Tool fans might get offended by that, because we can be a pretty weird bunch. But the tone on the highs along with the transition to something more gritty... very similar, yet in two totally distinct styles. Excellent observation 👍
I dont know if any one has mention this... but this song is based on a monolog by stand up BILL HICKS called "Arizona Bay" he was a good friend of TOOL in the 90s. The album is partly dedicated to him. If you listen to the song Third Eye the spoke part at the beginning is from his stand up. Sadly Bill Hicks passed away in 94 ( If memory serves me correctly ) from cancer. One of the greatest of all time.
"don't know what to make of it but i enjoyed it" how the Tool rabbit hole starts xD
Yeah dude. I think Tool doesn't want you to focus on any one thing. They want you to be in the moment and experience the music.... Which is why you really should give a listen to Lateralus!
Arizona Bay is a reference to a stand up comedian that Maynard (the lead singer) was a big fan of named Bill Hicks. He had an album with that title and the basic premise is that he's praying for a giant earthquake to just drop all of southern California into the ocean, and if that happened then we'd be left with ocean front property in Arizona Bay. Sadly, Hicks died unexpectedly of pancreatic cancer in 1994 and it really affected Maynard to the point where this album, Aenima, was dedicated to him.
Welcome to the Tool Army my friend. They inspired so many bands. I like to think of them as Pink Floyd 2.0
"Sober" live by Tool mid 90's is superb...You can see, feel, and hear the anguish.
7:50 that drum part is a triplet of right hand floor tom, right foot bass drum, left foot bass drum, while he plays that other pattern on top of it with his left hand.
Best, most authentic Tool reaction ever!! I can't wait to see subsequent reactions!
If I could suggest something, it would be Eon Blue Apocalypse, followed by The Patient. (Tool.)
Next, the most overlooked Tool masterpiece- JAMBI! That song saved my life.
Another commenter said it. Danny is a once-in-a-generation drummer. Like a Michael Jordan or LeBron James is to basketball. And yes! Pay attention to the endings. "46 & 2" is another. Tool does not fade...
Another artist that has a similar sound to MJK is the lead singer of Chevelle. Vocally, so strong, but the progressions are one and only to Tool. We called this Industrial Rock back in our day...
I think you nailed the description, sensory overload for sure. Keep on truckin dude!
& I think you are on point with what tool did for sooooo[oo] many bands. I'm glad you noticed it
Maynard is from the Midwest, but Tool is an LA band, so... Your ears are amazing!
Chester should remind you of MAYNARD
I adore your genuine , cerebral reactions. Please more like this from My Gen x generation
Danny's drum beat sounds like a helicopter ,in that moment you stopped
….he’s basically saying when the San Andreas Fault goes off, there will be a beach in Phoenix & California will be gone 🤯
He’s just intensely whispering at very close range to the microphone. Always loved how with all his vocal capabilities sometimes he just chooses to whisper.
Moms comin round to bring it back the way it ought to be🌝
Danny Carey has to be one of the greatest drummers ever.