WHAT AM I LISTENING TO?!?! ~ TOOL - ROSETTA STONED ~ [REACTION!]
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Skullz reacts to Lipan Conjuring, Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann), and Rosetta Stoned by Tool for the first time
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Rosetta Stoned is a masterpiece.
I love that the three guys provided arguably their most amazingly arranged and technically performed epic and Maynard went: “Yeah this should be our funniest song”
this song is hilarious but nothing beats die eier von satan!
@@Razzledazzle72 that’s definitely their biggest troll! 😜😂
I think danny carey's drumming on reflection/triad is when he's truly at his peak.
The progression of every Tool fan on Rosetta Stoned goes something like this "WTF is this ---> that bass/drum part is pretty epic, maybe I should listen to the second half again ---> Those lyrics are crazy funny, the whole song is pretty fun --> Man that song is stuck in my head, i have to listen to it again --> Rosetta Stoned is Tool at there best lyrics/playing/composition"
You forgot "What the fuck was this drop?!"
I think most importantly, in my humble opinion, is the fact that after Vicarious and 10000 Days, this song provides that great comic relief that you mentioned. It's great to laugh your ass off after sobbing like a baby.
Yep.
Am I the only one that thinks psychedelics improve your understanding of the song
@@maxratcliffe4113doubt it lol
Trippin', panic attack, hospital, ET looking alien, provides a message of hope for humanity, no pen, no memory, shit the bed !
I always saw Lipan Conjuring as like the ayahuasca ceremony that led to Lost Keys and Rosetta Stoned
Yep, me too!
The Patient says "The blotter got right on top of me", so I'd say the ceremony involved LSD for certain. Perhaps Ayahuasca, but probably DMT and Ecstasy too... Since he says he was doing "X, Yogi DMT and a box of Krispy Kremes,..." at the beginning.
But I'm almost sure you're right about Lipan leading into this as one continued story.
@@atelierbones my theory is that he took a trip on acid & DMT, and chased it with X to make sure it was good vibes.
Either that or he took the trip on DMT for the important message that he forgot, so he blotted acid and chased with x to try and get back to the same trip he’d taken, which ended up with him in hospital. The whole “abduction” is probably when the ambulance took him to hospital🤣
Totally agree
Bonnaroo 2007, Maynard asks the crowd who's on LSD....we all go apeshit....he says "I have a song for you fuckers" and they drop into this song. Took me on such a ride that I was numb to other music for the next day or 2 and couldn't enjoy anything less than Tool. Just melted my brain in the best way possible.
This happened to me when I first heard tool in 98. They are truly in a league of their own. I enjoy other music, but none of it is this good.
He also said we were all under arrest lol
@@blackace9406 The absolute confusion when the set was over and the massive crowd just started aimlessly wondering was intense. I was still peaking pretty hard and I started running through campsites with my friend like we were in the movie Patriot lol. We thought we were lost and kept running....and then a voice called us over and we were at our site. Still have absolutely no idea how I found home. God I wish I could go back.
@@blackace9406 was that the concert where he was wearing riot gear?
No. Just a mohawk.
He could actually be saying that he’s pooping in the hospital bed, or he could be using the southern slang “shit the bed“ to mean “screwed up” by forgetting his pen.
Yeah I think he means both simultaneously! 💯
A really funny story about this song:
When this album came out, I was able to listen to the ENTIRE album much earlier than most people. I got to this song, and I was like, “wtf is this song?!?” An internet friend asked me about the album, and I said something like, “oh it’s freaking great!! Although, there’s 1 song that’s very difficult to even describe.” He was like, “why’s that?!?” And I couldn’t really answer him other than to say, “it’s really unlike ANY of their others.” He went on to say, “but WHY though?!? Did they let Danny sing or something?!?” To that, I simply said, “I’m not 100% sure that they didn’t. 🤷♂️”
😂🤣😂🤣😂
The crescendo at the end with the "overwhelmed as one would be....." lyrics is possibly my favourite part of any Tool track.
Blame Hoffman, the founder of LSD for the "lost" akashic keys that unlock the hidden truth of the universe revealed to him. The keys he had but.... forgot or "lost".
Rosetta Stone was a legend/map/key decoding all languages. Rosetta Stoned is a super fun and clever play on words. I love this triad of tracks. Rosetta Stoned is a fun one to just blast and listen to. Love it 😀
Edit: The details of the type of newfound wisdom is often "mysteriously" forgotten by many who have taken part in such an experience as well.
At 19:32 of this video is Danny's Holy Grail polyrhythm. He's doing so much that it's hard to fathom how anyone could come up with it.
I feel like alot of people get wrapped up in the lyrics/story of Rosetta Stoned. If you just listen to the track without vocals... its beyond next level.
"Me, The Chosen One? They chose me? And I didn't graduate from f*ckin' high school" 😆👁🧘🏻♂️🌀✌🏼
At least you have a pen.
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Rosetta Stoned is maybe my favorite Tool song. I blasted this on repeat for months when it came out. The musicianship is mind boggling.
one of my favorite songs all time.
You’ll grow to LOVE this song
This is probably my favorite Tool track. I'd LOOOOOVE to hear it live some day.
I got to see them do it live and it was great! LOVE it when Maynard really belts it out late in the song.
Got to see the tour for this album. Absolutely amazing.
I saw them open with this at the Download festival in the UK, 2006 I think. I remember reading afterwards people speculating it was basically a fuck you to non fans in the crowd rather than playing something a bit more universally recognisable.
When that "overwhelmed as one would be" stretch starts my entire body lights up in goosebumps and inner ecstasy. I fucking love this song.
Lost Keys/ Rosetta Stoned was the first Tool song I ever saw live. Here in Denver about a week after 10,000 Days was released. I’ll never forget it.
Whatever Tool song I am currently listening to, is my favorite Tool song. But this is in my perennial top 3 Tool songs even when I'm not listening to it.
Such an underrated Tool song. Best one on the album imo.
One of my favorite parts on that song (and usually overlooked by people) is when he says that part of Peanuts' parents, right after that the bass imitates how Peanuts' parents talk in the cartoons (that "waahh waahh waaahh" kind of sound). I just love it, it's a brilliant little easter egg.
Rosetta Stoned was the song that brought me into Tool, many years ago. Never looked back. Cheers
This one will take you a while to completely digest I assure you...BUT once you do you'll see :) ....The bass from Justin in the back-half of this song is the peak of greatness for me!!
Yeah one of the coolest off beat bass lines ever. From that part to maynards screams is one of my favorite stretches of music in tools discography.
HECTIC bass eh!
Justin is a king
That groove in 6/8 that Justin and Danny get in is simply sublime. One of their finest moments.
The bass? Guys, what Danny is doing there is probably the peek of the Tool mountain
@@colinburroughs9871 yes! That is one od the most impressive grooves ive heard in my life
when I first heard this song I couldn't handle it. it felt like my brain was in fire and not in a good way. Years later, it might be my most listened to Tool song.
If Wings for Marie 1/2 are Tool being their most exposed and genuine, then Rosetta Stoned is Tool being their most sarcastic/trolling. Probably the biggest thematic swing of any album.
God damn, sh*t the bed.
Basically, blame hoffman (lost keys) features the dialogue between the doctor and nurse after they found a man who was high (in the story) and manic. The last like on blame Hoffman is “alright son tell me everything” and the first line in Rosetta stoned is “alrighty then, picture this if you will” it’s my favorite interlude section in general, only slightly beating Intermission from ÆNIMA
He was definitely Rosetta Stoned🤪while putting these words down🤩
I've always interpreted Rosetta Stoned as being the sequel to Faaip de Oiad. With "Faaip de Oiad" we listened to a person who worked at Area 51 reporting about the secret dimensional beings living among us and this is song is his verbal ramblings after he's found in a catatonic state.
I interpret it this way, too. I think they are warnings about the perils of seeking enlightenment. The road to Truth is not paved with gold. Or maybe it's all just drugs, man.
This song catapults me to the worst trip I've ever had. To the point where I'm nearly brought to tears. Unless someone else has had the same experience, there's no point trying to explain. Just how the song keeps wavering in and out of time and seems like it never ends even when it's supposed to. Sheer brilliance.
The song sounds like being stuck in a thought loop while tripping. As the song progresses you're slowly becoming aware of the loop, now making you imcredibly paranoid because you notice that you're losing control... until the tribal breakdown hits and you've completely melted. When maynard starts singing again is the moment you start to remember what's going on.
Yuuup. This song puts me right back on a very specific couch, post-edible from a suspicious source, terrified to be alone, and too scared to get up and call anybody. Glad I went through it. Never want to do it again.
75gs fresh Amazonian fruit will help you visit the beings. Ask my how I know. LOL
My first time listening I felt nothing but euphoria and I didn't want to stop listening to it so I put it on repeat for 5 hours. I love it
Yeah same. Really captures how real it feels yet everyone else would just be like "wtf are you talking about"
Once again, you're the man....so check it out, they've talked endlessly about the fun in this song, like the time Dave floated away....they experimented with drugs like most of us, the song is chaotic and crazy in the beginning, just like a trip, notice that as the song plays out (and as he is coming down) things start to get clearer and then at the end you have the perfect TooL song, Danny absolutely killing it, Adam with enough riffs to stuff a pinata and Justin as always the glue that allows the others to fly......Maynards voice at the end is stellar.....these guys are genius and nothing is random, it's calculated and cerebral...look athis song for fun and you'll love it forever!
"sometimes a cigar is just a cigar..." enjoy the trip and have fun with it 😁
You’re in for the biggest treat of the album with Right in Two. Can’t wait for it.
100% agreed!!
Eh, one of tools lesser songs
@@heofonfyr5089 Yea, on its own is a great song, but for Tool, its really is bellow others. Same as Stinkfist.
Check out John Kew's drum cover of this. Will make you appreciate the insanity of the drum part Danny came up with out of his head.
It's so fucking AMAZING!! I miss him uploading. 😭
John Kew is a BEAST! Just shows how incredible Danny is to orchestrate this masterpiece
Good call, this is a must see for this song!
I'm not joking when I say I've been waiting for you to react to this collection of songs ever since you first started your TOOL journey!
This is definitely in the far deep end of the TOOL pool as far as listenability and ease of thematic comprehension, but it's also one of my favorites just because of the absurdly complex time signatures which, as you experienced for yourself, produce a wildly trippy listening experience.
In my personal opinion, this is the spiritual successor to Third Eye and the fully realized version of what they were trying to convey with that earlier song. It literally feels like you have been taken along for an unexpected psychedelic roller coaster ride!
In particular, the moment in the song when Maynard sings the verse with "…but I forgot my pen!" might very well be my favorite TOOL moment of all time.
Such a climactic crescendo of instrumentals and emotions, only to be abruptly reeled back to reality by the hilariously anticlimactic realization of human error by the protagonist.
It's serious & silly, chaotic & beautiful, triumphant & fallible, confident & self-deprecating all at the same time!
I tried to "like" this comment twice but CZcams wouldn't let me!
@@andrewhackney1421I'll provide that 2nd like
The whole middle of the song in 11/8 is my favorite. Like when that riff starts and sounds like it's in 6/8, then the drum roll comes in on the 11th beat and cuts it off, it's like... damn, go off dude
This song is Danny's undisputed masterpiece and one of the band's most beautiful and underrated songs.
what are Danny's other top 5 performances?
@@ilikeutubejustfine Danny's other top 5 performance are: Undertow, Aenima, Lateralus, 10000 Days and Fear Inoculum. The In his discography there is nothing that is not at the top
No worries you will catch it all after listening to it 46+2 more times. Spiral Out! Keep Going!!
You will be listening to this one for a long time to come. The lyrics are dense, but the musical structure is even denser and you will hear new details on every attempt.
Was never one of my favorite Tool songs, but if I allow, it totally envelopes and overwhelms me, and by the end I wonder why I don't listen to it all the time.
Taking the “Stoned” part out of it, this song is 100% relatable. You believe me don’t you? 😄
It reminds me of waking up from a dream where you feel you learned something incredibly important or imagined something amazing, but cannot grasp what it was. It's a strange intense sense of loss. The dirge solo in the back end of the song encapsulates the sadness so well.
@@merkaba48 So true! That feeling that if you couldv'e woken up 30 sec earlier and wrote down whatever your subconscious solved? Maybe there's a list waiting for us in heaven? Wait... What are those angels in heaven doing anyways? Oh yeah, watching us monkeys fight! 😆
I've got a rough day of super frustrating work to get through and I'm totally looking forward to decompressing with this later.
Danny does some very complicated drumming in this song. They are all playing different times signatures as Danny is playing a different one for each limb. It’s insane. That part that comes in after the breakdown is the greatest moment in all of music. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.
Have you see the john kew drum cover?
@@sintaxera yes! Sometimes I just listen to the drums only video of it.
damn! me too
Lost keys must go hand and hand with Rosetta Stoned. 🤞✌️
Lipan Conjuring!
That eerie tone Justin does with his bass in Blame Hoffman was the only time I’ve ever had to cover my ears at a concert. It was so damn loud.
Pretty much every live performance from Tool is literally going to blow your ears off!
I came prepared to my first to OKC not too long ago, and boy they were right, I'm so glad to bring my earbuds! Even a friend of mine who went to one years ago had tinnitus for days!
No one is ever ready for these tracks, even after listening to all of their previous tracks. These 3 tracks together take you to a place you have never been too before. It took me about a year before I listened to Rosetta Stoned past the first verse, I didn’t get Tool yet. At first it was just great music. But when you eliminate all distractions & even though you might have listened to these tracks before, I am amazed on how they play this track. Even more amazing is how did they write this track? And then for it to sound so fricking amazing. 10,000 Days is an album that has changed music forever!!!
same man, it took me a while to realize just how good this track is. I hadnt understood the joke yet. go figure tripping a few times gave me the insight to understand this one lol
I can’t wait for this one! I skipped over this song for years just because the beginning of the song is so crazy. Then not too long ago I watched a CZcams video of the song that showed the lyrics and now I play it all the time. What an amazing song and even if it was just a drug trip it is an amazing tale.
I always take the first “Sh!T the bed” as literal, and the rest as figurative. Like he screwed up.
Once you listen to this song a few times and just take it for what it is it’s easier to digest. For me personally I love this song. To me it’s their most progressive song because there’s so many changes and they’re very well crafted seamless transitions. This album is really the beginning of them really getting off on each musician layering different time signatures that end up connecting and resolving on the end of a measure
Yeah at fist I only listed to the first 2-3 minutes and then just skipped and decided I didn't like it. Fast forward 6 months, it's one of my favorites no doubt.
Yeah, I may have gotten some lyrics of this song tattooed on me today. I'll let you all guess which ones. ;)
Hmmm I have no idea But I Forgot My Pen 👀 lol
Great video btw! Glad you're enjoying TOOL. Also, nopes. lol
I’ll admit this song took years to thoroughly enjoy and I love it
Yes I don’t know how but it snuck up on me after a long time after the album came out and now it’s my favorite tool song.
Years? I totally understand if it needed weeks or months but years? Come on
It took me years to like this song... But the drums are absolutely amazing
The title has a triple meaning IMO.
-The Rosetta Stone was an artifact that allowed ancient languages to be translated.
-Stoned as in getting high.
-Stoned as in killed by having heavy stones thrown at you.
The narrator was given an important message, but was nearly killed by it, and now remembers nothing.
It goes to show that psychedelics can be a powerful tool of discovery, but also very dangerous when used improperly ;)
alright dad! i won’t do drugs anymore
@@joshchakraborty4808 I didn’t say that, son. Just to make sure you do drugs the correct way ;)
This has actually grown into one of my favorite Tool songs. The lyrics and the music can almost be two separate songs and then together can make a third, lol. But to me, other of course, Danny, Justin just murders it in this song. About a third through the song he starts that driving tribal beat with Danny syncing up and it goes into almost sounding like snapping fingers, that’s one of my favorite parts of any Tool song. Love it! Appreciate the honest reaction, this Can understandably be a grower, just be open to it and i promise, it will.
This song is one of my favs, once you listen to it a few times you will love it
.....very soothing, very relaxing,....
Uhh, not for long !
The more you listen to the album, the more it all flows together. Very tribal and cuts to the heart of humanity. It’s like Judith Marie got her wings and went to heaven while we’re all going nuts down here. Then aliens finally take over. Can’t wait for the next 2 tracks, Intension and Right in Two, will put everything in perspective. Lovin the journey Skullz🌀🤘
This song was a slow grow on me when the album came out (especially without lyrics available) but I absolutely love it now after time to recognize and appreciate the humor on top of the brilliant music.
Musically, this song is a masterpiece. Lyrically, it’s one of Maynards many attempts at comedy.
I agree, yet as funny as it is, it's engrossing as hell 😆
It's tragedy, not comedy!
@@merkaba48 facts!
The drums are insane on this. Some of Danny's best work.
You’re right about the one section after the chorus reminding your of H. Basically the same guitar playing
You have now experienced on this album the two gnarliest Tool songs ever in my opinion: Rosetta Stoned and Jambi. So many shifting rhythms and as a guitar player I think they feature Adam's best, tightest guitar work. Really the whole album is Adam's magnum opus to me. He does his thing so well here and the guitar sound is the most modern, crispy and gain-y of any of their albums.
I’m here for it skullz 😉🎶✌🏽 can’t wait for next week ! Tool4life 🤘🏽intention & right in two it’s amazing 🤩 🌀🎶🔧
YES! Im sure he has been told they are a package deal like alot of other songs. Love them both!
Your reaction is spot on! The first time I heard it I was like “WTF!!!” This is a song that takes numerous times of listening to, to fully understand musically the level at which Danny, Justin, and Adam are playing at. It’s such a brilliant concept for the song as well. It’s slowly became one of my favorite songs by them and Adam creatively kills it. It’s soooooooooo good! 🔥🤘🔥
100s of listens but has become in my top 3
Justin on the feedback ON HOFFMAN is GENIUS!! And "Stoned" is just that. Just like that! Thanks for your reactions. I get you're vibe All the Way. Thanks
Come on Tuesday get here already!
William Manspeaker (Green Jelly) used to have the true story of what happened that birthed this song...he had a vlog page about it. He's been through some rough bits in the last several yrs. LSD trip in the desert that turned into an alien abduction. True story with William and his wife and a friend.
Make sure you bring your pen!
Tool has ended up being the perfect confluence of four highly talented, extremely thoughtful, well read, deliberate human beings that, every so often, meld into this one awesome, unbelievable organism. It's difficult music with difficult lyrics and sometimes a difficult message. For me, it's as close to perfection as has ever been achieved, and it makes me embarrassed at how little I have actually done with my brain in my life...
Listen to it again. But only focus on the music! It is an amazing song
The lyrics in this song are quite strange, yet also somewhat relatable
I think this song might be Danny's crowning achievement in Tool. It's so inhuman, you genuinely forget that someone is sitting behind the kit on this one...
Hey Skullz,
I'm prepping for next week and think you should do Intension, Right In Two (one of my favorites), and Viginti Tres together.
Listen to it again while focusing on the lyrics and trying to hear them, the vocal performance is amazing
Another song that was *Amazing* live
"Bob help me!!" I believe refers to Bob Lazar of Area 51 fame.
That's the irony of Tool video reactions. Most if not all Tool fans will have their eyes closed the entire song. And let it center in them.
Like a few of you guys Rosetta was one that, obviously I dug being a Tool guy, but I never gave it the reverence it deserved UNTIL the night some months back I had a whole weekend alone, no wife no kids just me and the dog…and a sack of mushrooms. That Friday night I dosed up and sat back and listened to Lateralus and 10,000 back to back, and this song was the one that dug itself into my brain and hasn’t let go since. RS is the one I go to 1st now when I gotta jam Tool. The fungus was able clarify the message they were trying to convey, and now I “get” it. Good luck with this one Skullz, 1 time through isn’t nearly enough for it though, give yourself a while to chew on it.
This is a pretty normal reaction for this song without using drugs haha. Great video
Hospitals are weird places,
You can see people taking their first breaths
people taking their last breaths
people shedding tiers of joy
people weeping on the floor
it's the only place where good news and bad news are synonymous
I always felt like lost keys was about the anxiety Maynard felt visiting hospitals and his mom
Very cool interpretation.
S*** the bed is an idiom for messing up, he's not in a mental asylum yet :P.
I love unreliable narrators so it's amazing to have one in a song, to go 8/9 minutes hearing his thoughts about this amazing experience and then "all i needed to do was write down this world changing information... but i forgot my pen" is incredible. Another example would be Tenacious D's Tribute, the song being a tribute to the greatest song ever made, because they couldn't remember how it went.
I love Roserra Stoned in a way I can't even explain. It's just one of these amazingly perfect songs. Everything about it is perfect: perfect polyrhythms, perfect lyrics, perfect players (it should have been first, I know), perfect sound production...
I've set on these lyrics a few time in the past, but I've never even thought of connecting it with Lipan Conjuring or Lost Keys, and now I feel like a dummy. I mean, you talk about it like after a month of thinking, and this is your first time hearing it!
Outstanding!
There are just so many things I could say about Tool, but it would take forever. They are just an absolute treasure. A masterpiece of music. My favorite band, ever. A gift.
If you took all the complex equations that could explain the universe and made them into music.
Took me a LOT of listens to appreciate and adore this trio. Lol An honest reaction is so much more impactful than a false one. Always a pleasure watching you react to TOOL Skullz!!! 💜🌀💚
Interesting you noticed some motifs repeating from other songs as the drums from the Grudge are in this one too
Rosetta Stone is an aid to learning another language….Stoned is at a different level. This song is a masterpiece. His vital signs are stable so was he stoned ? So many references to try and communicate them all. Just brilliant
Remember…
Time does not pass while you’re listening to Tool. It is conceivable to achieve immortality by creating/playing a mix wherein there are no gaps between their songs.
This song is so freaking awesome; another masterpiece. I have to be ready for it. It definitely took me a couple of listens to really appreciate it. It's so freaking brilliant and though I don't have a favorite Tool song, it's one of my absolute favorites ;) and can we talk about the bridge? Absolute heaven
Just after the "ah.ah.ah.ah.ay" vocal and before the nutty bass section, he very subtly sings "I believe you".
This song is the perfect example of pure art. I love that they weren’t afraid of it, what peoples first reactions might be, or if it would ever make the radio. And like any really great piece of art, the beauty and appreciation grows over time. Took me at least 3 or 4 listens and reading the lyrics to even begin to understand…now one of my favorites for all the reasons mentioned above. Give it time, and yes, turn it up sit back and listen with your eyes closed. When you come to, you really will feel like you just took a trip to wonderland.
Rosetta Stoned is easily in my top five Tool tracks. I honestly feel like I'm not as good at reading deeply into songs or picking up on complex instrumental riffs as many Tool fans, I just enjoy the sounds pouring into my ears. Lyrics/vocals are the first thing I usually like about a song, along with the overall melody, and the lyrics in this track crack me up with the story they tell. The mournful way he sings "I forgot my pen!" 😂
Loved this! Interesting that you touched on the language/translation barrier. That concept is baked into the song name. The Rosetta Stone is an ancient tablet that has the same passage of writing repeated in like 2 or 3 different languages and it was used to decipher and translate those languages. So yeah, you were spot on 😎
I love this song, but I understand how it has a high admission cost for most people. Even for the massive Tool fan that I am, it still took about 6 years of skipping this track before I started to give it a chance, and since then it's become one of my favourite Tool songs of all time. It's just incredible.
Re: feeling uncomfortable or not being able to interpret: you don't need to try with this one. This one, in my opinion, is purely there to enjoy the ride. Tool are a serious band but they also have a strong sense of humour... it's there if you look. And with this one I've always considered it just a fun ride for the sake of it. The lyrics are very much Maynard's sense of humour.
If you give this one time you'll realise the music is absolutely insane, and you might even come to enjoy the lyrical part.
IMO it can easily be listened to just on its own. Lost Keys enhances it, and adding it is my own preference normally. But IMO Lipan Conjuring can be left out.
Also I LOVED that you kept the track playing and got into the whole build up and section with "Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position..." That part is some of the best music of all time and I could see that you were lost in that moment and enjoying it for what it was. I've seen some reaction videos where they pause right at that point to talk about something and it kills the moment! Lol
Another stellar reaction Skullz keep it up! Can't wait for Right in Two! 🤘
LFG!
Excellent attempt at digesting this crazy song lmao.
The next songs are "Intention" and "Right in Two". Intention leads into Right in Two very nicely, but you should do them separately for the sake of first reactions
I can't wait for your thoughts on Right in Two, it's not the best Song that they have made, or even on this album, but it's one of my personal favorites for sure!!
Love this song! After the build, when he says “for all the world to see”, gets me every time!!
This is one of my favorite Tool songs! It’s a wonderfully hilarious song that is laugh out loud funny and a pure delight. I don’t pretend to understand anything deep about it, but the concept of being the chosen one who forgot the message because he didn’t bring a pen is amazing.
I always have to be in a off than less centered state of mind for this one haha.
I’ve never tried dmt or anything like that - but funny fungies a few. So. Get the jist of it. It’s just so different from what I’m used to hearing - cool story behind it though for sure 🌀🤙🏻
It freaked me out too the first time, but at some point it was my favourite song on the album 😅
The musicianship is incredible! I play guitar, a lot, and I know most Tool songs (yes I have a silverburst Les Paul). This is so hard to play in it's entirety because of all the repeating notes that change every so slightly in rhythm etc. Just counting it is insane enough! Then there's the whole you are gonna have arthritis in your hands by the end aspect! It's truly a bizarre musical masterpiece!
This song is such an adventure. Roller coaster. Craziest song
The moment weve all been waiting for