How Tool Used Math to Create "Lateralus"
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00:00 Intro
00:43 Title Card
00:50 The Fibonacci sequence
01:15 Syllabic Breakdown
01:59 Drums
02:27 Spiral/Golden Ratio
03:13 Vocal Structure
03:50 Lyrics
05:14 Spirituality
06:53 Conclusion - Hudba
At a Tool concert in NH about 15 years ago Maynard started chanting, "Think for yourself, question authority" repeatedly. He kept going until the whole crowd (myself included) was saying it with him. He'd say it, then the crowd would repeat it. This went on for what felt like forever, and kind of seemed ridiculous after a while. Finally he finished with these words:
"Think for yourself....."
"Question authority....."
"And don't ever repeat something just because someone else said it."
I laughed as hard as I ever had in my life as they closed with Opiate. Message received. Tool is the greatest band in the universe.
Haha, yeah I was at a show on that tour too, he called it the "non conformist oath" I think
The "Think for yourself, question authority" is also repeated on the Salival version of "Third Eye".
John Rogers It’s from Timothy Leary, an American Psychologist who used LSD to expand his consciousness...or so he said.
Good way to get your point across
@@mattdistad1338 there's a short track on a Gorillaz album which is basically less than a minute of dialogue title 'The Non-Conformist Oath'
Tool was like, "don't overthink or over-analyze", and Tool fans were like "hold my beer".
That must be a clue!
@@whatfreedom7 Perhaps they were utilizing reverse psychology to get people to analyze the song.
LMAO!
Clever bastards are using reverse psy......F#%&! Nevermind.
Didnt they also say think for yourself
Tool: "Overthinking, overanalyzing, separate the body from the mind."
*Tool fans have entered the chat*
Fuck anyone who uses entered the chat memes
@@diosantana2659 um ok? you must be fun at parties
@@diosantana2659 you mad cause you are the one that entered the chat
My exact thought
Tool backwards is Loot... go figure!?
When you zoom out on the lyrics, it's actually a commentary on this very thing: to not overanalyze, to embrace random, to embrace that not everything has to be perfectly placed.
but they are perfectly placed tho
@@arn3107that’s probably the point. Getting people to overanalyze a song about not overanalyzing
It's a challenge. Tool created this song with mathematical concepts that just beg to be analysed, but the only way to really understand it is to let go and just enjoy it without thinking too much about it. If you can resist the need to overanalyse, that's when you'll receive a true spiritual enlightenment. Don't think, feel.
Yet the song is rooted in the perfection of the fibonacci sequence. Spontaneous mathematical perfection.
how math used lateralus to create tool
Tyler Wheatley I LOVE IT!🤣🤣
How lateral is used tools to create math
dead
Woah
Too funny lol
Maynard pooped 5 times during the recording of Lateralus, 5 in itself is a Fibonacci number.
When he flushed, the poops spiraled down in a perfect Fibonacci spiral. And it was awesome.
Bro... LOL
Laughed way more than I should have
I added the thumbs down to this comment because it made me laugh and then i pooped.
HAHAHAHAHAH
Thats a perfect circle “ holy crap “
and here I am playing power chords in 4/4
Yes.
rip it brutha
yes hahahahha
just because it's simple doesn't mean it isn't effective
@@zacharyclarke4240 indeed
Funny how the lyrics warn against overthinking and overanalysing
It's not either, if you're not forcing it.
The song was made to be analyzed. The lyric likely encourages looking at the bigger picture as well, it's importance is easily forgotten.
You dont need to think about the song just feel it. Get lost in it. Then the math makes sense without ever thinking about it. No need to analyze it.
They don't warn against it. They completely encourage it.
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.
They most certainly want you to seperate yourself from your body
I feel like them saying "separates the body from the mind" isn't supposed to be a bad thing. Its about being in touch with the universe and that would be easier with a separated mind.
I feel like we’re doing exactly what Maynard told us not to do. Overthinking and over analyzing. 😂
I don't get it. He didn't tell us not to do that, he just said it separates the body from the mind. I'm thinking he is trying to tell us to do that, that's how he understands the universe and going with the spiral.
You just got it the oposite way I think
BJ Smith and TheLegend28 , I don't think he tells us to or not to do something, he just gives us his perspective, reflecting what he feels and thinks of humans as a race and as individuals.
there is no clear order or suggestion in that song.
And that is beautiful.
Lol
@kalle kanin what is IT and how does it make this video stupid?
But 1:37 minutes is 1.616666667, which is 1.617, not 1.618.
Overthinking, overanalyzing separates the body from the mind.
97/60 is the closest proportion to the golden ratio that can be achieved in comparing whole seconds to a minute. There is less error in this approximation than those you would find in examples of the ratio in nature, so I sincerely doubt this is a coincidence.
LMAO
CrAzYCaM 8 that literally makes no sense at all
Soap McTavish ya from Kolkata India?
Irony
Has 5 letters in it which just so happens to be a fibbonci number, correlating with the 8 that follows it. At 1.65 it corresponds again with the bibifocci sequence..when these numbers combine they create a mathematical concept called the flower, dating back to the era of bififocci himself....just goes to show, things are Soo much more complicated when you just think about them 🤔
I was 21 and in college when Lateralus came out. I remember my friends saying TOOL had mellowed out and one guy said they "forgot how to rock." I on the other hand, loved this album and is arguably my favorite of theirs. TOOL is a creative force and are so intelligent as well, as evidenced by this song.
21, a fibonacci number. This is a sign from the gods.
Same for me, in every single way.
@@quackersandquackers9786 Your reply has 21 likes now. It's a sign from Gods indeed.
121
@@futurebreedmachine9302Your reply has 3 likes, the fettuccine sequence strikes again
When the song is longer than the video explaining it 😂
Word most thoughtful comment here, you win! 🤣
whats interesting to me is the way this song came together due to the bands unconventional writing methods.
Basically Justin came up with a short riff and Danny noticed it was the beginning of the fibonacci sequence. The band has always used sacred geometry in their music and it is one of the common threads in their style....
So they basically wrote the instrumentals with this sacred geometry in mind and then handed the music off to maynard to write lyrics afterwards. Adam Jones told maynard how the song was based on this sacred geometry, which inspired maynard to write the lyrics with the same theme.
This song is a prime example of tools unconventional writing style which is one of the key factors giving them one of the most unique sounds in all of rock. No band sounds even close to tool.
We are so fortunate that some strange luck brought together four dudes that are totally different from eachother in every way yet are able to cobble together contrasting sounds, rhythms, and musical tastes to create such special and influential music.
The Graceful Savage i remember maynard stating in an interview with joe rogan that most of the time he adds lyrics to the almost finished instrumental, and then they put it together, and makes changes if they feel it necesary.
Have you ever heard about Soen? They're similar to TOOL, but whit their own twist and they're great.
Strange luck? I don't think so.
well Tool's Lateralus is an unmatched masterpiece but there were people long before them that played "lateralus" check this out czcams.com/video/d46FV8rSbNE/video.html
Pedro Ivan Partida love soen. Great drummer and unique vocals
Polyphonic :The v-sauce of music
How to basic= vsauce??
Julius Mol chaotic v-sauce
I think Adam Neely has that position already
VSAUCE IS DEAD (at least VSAUCE1 - haha)
@@ilustrado7291 *dancing crabs*
No matter how many times I hear it, the final verse and chorus of this song makes the blood in my veins chill.
Gives me seizures sometimes. Euphoric ones though. So it's not all bad.
Maynard: accidentally drops acid once.
Maynard after the fact: lateralus
Tyler Westbrook dmt = 100 tabs of acid
« Accidently »
not even once
*drops acid while doing math
Was dosed enough acid to trip 3 days= Tool
People see this and grasp the complexity of just 1 song and wonder why new albums take so long lol
Brandizzle Jeffrizzle too bad the new album doesn’t seem to have any of the complexity shown in lateralus
@@rico9163 mate have you actually listened to it? There's just as much neat stuff in there as Lateralus.
There’s still a lot of complexity and interesting stuff, it’s just a bit different from Lateralus.
@@rico9163 This has to be one of the most thoughtless comments I've seen in a while. Did your ears even hear the drums in Pnuema?
@@rico9163 too bad you are ignoramus
Overthinking and Overanalysing this song is the true genius of this song. Your doing exactly what the song is about.
And you're here commenting on overthinking and overanalysing...
You’re
The brilliance of Tool is beyond genius.
It is "Transcendent".
Thank you for including Danny Carey footage with the fake mustache
Yeah what the hell is that?
@@sazger They played a show on Halloween 2015 in Arizona, monster mash. They all dressed as Led zeppelin so Danny had a fake stash & they opened with No quarter.
Your comment with that pfp made me laugh. 😂
Correction, how Tool used Lateralus to create Math
Hahahaha xD
sorry but you are wrong is how Lateralus used Math Tool to create You.
How tool used meth to create lateralus
@@mintylectable no how Tool used lateralus to create meth
Nice satanic profile image..
just imagine that all of this was a coincidence lmfaooo
Lol, thats the funniest part.
@@janjuko4024 Hes trolling in that and many other interviews
He said a guitar riff in the song was an accident and went hmmmm and then structured the whole song to the sequence.
That's at least what they said in several interviews
@@janjuko4024 You're a fool to believe him lmao. You basically are proving his point in saying don't repeat something just because someone else said it. He's a master troll.
The irony of creating such a complex, layered arrangement and write a chorus about overthinking. #maynardsatroll
Lmao. He is saying to seperate your body from your mind. Withering my intuition leaving opportunities behind. He is saying fuck the physical world and be one with the spirit. Hes not warning against it at all. Hes telling you that's the way to go. This is like the thousandth time I've seen this comment. And EXACTLY why I believe he never wants to talk about Tool. Because no one ever understands a fucking word he is saying. This entire song is about Alchemy and Hermetism. And all everyone ever wants to talk about is Fibonacci. When it's 10 times more complex than that. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism
Read that. You will start to understand how fucking insanely deep this band is.
@@tristanwright9733 Lol, he does not want to wither his intuition and leave opportunities behind since the song is about how intuition is good.
I don’t think it’s ironic at all. The point is to surrender to the mathematical chaos
@@tristanwright9733 it's cool you made up an argument that I wasn't making for your little rant. Was enjoyable.
@@kylemotty5951 stereotypical tool fan. convinced they´re one of the selected few who understand their art while being butthurt out of nowhere as soon as someone points out another interpetation.
For what it's worth I feel that, when it comes to Tool in general and this song in particular, it both is and isn't "that deep" simultaneously. They clearly put things together with some precision, with the syllable count, the length of the intro, and the 9-8-7 chorus, but there's still plenty of room within the rest of the song that is just a great song alongside the meaning, and those don't have to contradict each other. The chorus lyrics about overthinking, to me, don't necessarily repesent a specific _amount_ of thought and analysis as a problem, but rather the mindset. If your analysis takes away from your ability to feel the song, both the carefully constructed aspects weaving together and the more fluid, spontaneous ones, you're missing the point. The Fibbonacci elements are cool theming, but the point of the song is still to listen and enjoy it.
There's a lot of dialogue with prog,, and especially with Tool, that falls into the "technician vs. performer" debate. Specifically, both fans and critics of the band often consider their music to be meticulously crafted, each tiny detail imbued with specific intent. The line typically falls with fans calling the result deep and meaningful, and critics saying it's overcomplicated to the point of taking away from the experience, or that the attempt to create meaning falls flat. And... I find both sides to be at least somewhat wrong, because the very terms of the argument feel hollow. Yes, there are elements that are intentionally crafted a certain way to give a certain meaning... but there's still plenty of performer too, things that flow naturally and imbue meaning in more vague or emotional ways. The idea that any musician is pure technical skill with no feeling, that even something as made-to-be-subtly-complicated as Lateralus is therefore emotionally void, is incomprehensible to me. It doesn't matter whether it's as deep as the rabid fans say or not - it's only meaningless if you refuse to find any, and boiling the song down to the Fibbonacci sequence strips away a lot of the things that can provide it. It can add to it in context, but the song as a whole is more than just what was put in as the skeleton of the piece. It isn't worthless to look at the rest with an analytical lens too, so long as at the end of it all you don't lose sight of the feelings it gives you, regardless of artist intent.
While everyone praises this song's complexity and virtuosity, I think this comment above is extremely underrated. Music is something that can affect us humans on a deep, spiritual and emotional level. Music speaks to ourselves regardless of the necessity of musically understanding it. Thought processes such as analysing or interpreting arent necessary to grasp the beauty of a song. That's not only the case with Tool's music, but with all the music out there. The greatest power of music, at least in my mind, is its ability to skip the rational and analytical filter of our mind and directly reach out to ourselves.
For me it doesn't matter if this song utilizes things like the fibonacci sequence and it doesn't matter how often time signatures change.
IMO, music should not be a competition, a comparison and ego pushing device.
Yes do nothing for yourself. Make this song your master won’t you heed the masters call?
Finally someone says what I think when watching analysis videos like this. They are pointing something out we may not have known, but that doesn't make it the sole intent of the song.
Half true. The thing is, Fibonacci sequence can be found EVERYWHERE in Nature. Complex Systems generally. I do know using Fib Sequence with the time signatures was on purpose. Danny Cary is big into archaic/hermetic/kabbalah numerology and "sacred" spacial geometry stuff. Also, he told me why he insisted on the time signature when I asked him. Specifically, for the reasons above.
Love this ❤comment
My dad has always told me about Tool using stuff like the Fibonacci sequence in their music but I never understood how that could be translated into music, this video does the perfect job of explaining.
Tool really deserves a place in the rock n roll hall of fame
Update: To be honest fuck those shit awards, that is way under them
I think you meam the rock and roll hall of fame deserves tool
rock n roll uh huh...
Dont hold your breath the rock roll of fame is a joke look how long it took rush to get in yet shitty pop and rap get in it's not even rock there judges know nothing of the history of great rock I propose that there be a new one called the real rock and roll hall of fame people who know rock music not these stupid gits
not after the snooze fest of a new album lol
That Hall deserves none.
The reference at the beginning is literally what he says. It's the reason why all "The White Stripes" videos use those colours. When you're born the first two colours you're able to see are black and white, then you develop the sense to see red and yellow. Then you gradually develop the ability to see the rest, except some people don't and that's where colour blindness comes from. It has nothing to do with aboriginal paintings or stones. It's what you're able to see when you're born and how you're vision develops over time.
It’s also a metaphor for being able to see in less polarized (black and white, good and bad) perspectives once you mature and grow. Being able to see the grey, being able to see the full spectrum of color of the complexities of life.
@@ericgoodwinart This comment hit me with a huge déjà vu slap. It rarely or sometimes happens but holy friction! I feel like I've seen those words in a similar order and context before.
The first colours humans were able to paint with were Black, white, red and yellow. In that order. A line of lyrics can have several meanings.
Thanks for saying this so I didn't have to. Maynard told me the version you mentioned in fact. Not the aboriginal stuff. But who knows? Coulda been both.
I learned this with my first daughter as well learning about her growing !
"overthinking, overanalyzing separates the body from the mind."
"You cannot know it, but you can be it, at ease in your own life."
Timeless wisdom.
When you're smart enough to attend math college, but still want to play in a band.
I'd rather go to meth college
"math college" lmao
Stijn Lavooij u mean major in math. There’s no math college silly
"Smart" is doing what you love, and making millions from it. And having millions upon millions of adoring fans. I believe you mean "intelligence", two completely different things, my friend.
When you're smart enough to conceive a clever CZcams comment but not smart enough to know there's no such thing as math college.
The Fibonacci sequence and its significance is tied to the Cult of the Pythagoreans. The golden ratio, golden triangle and the Pentacle are all symbols created by the Cult of the Pythagoreans, ironically they are created to creating music, the music scale, octave and even time measures as well. Maynard makes me wonder if he is Pythagorean as well...
Golden Ratio was more "discovered" than created tbf
The word “TOOL” consists of 4 letters. The 4th number in the Fibonacci sequence is 3. Lateralus was their 3rd studio album.
The two “O”s in “TOOL” can also look like zeroes, which is not in the Fibonacci sequence, but sounded out together sounds like “OOOOO”, which is what people say when they hear this song.
The letter “T” in tool is the 20th letter of the alphabet, and the 20th number in the Fibonacci sequence is 6765. Maynard was born in 1964. ‘64 is 3 years before ‘67 (the first two numbers of 6765), and the 3rd number of the Fibonacci sequence is 2, which is the number of parents Maynard was born to. And Danny Carey is 6’5” (the last two numbers of 6765)
The “L” in “TOOL” looks like a 1 when lowercase. The first number of the Fibonacci sequence is 1, which is the amount of Maynard James Keenan’s that exist in the world.
Mind blown!
Did Tool help ancient man build the pyramids? Find out on History Channel!
Haha good stuff! Yeah man - the longer this video went, the higher the woo content. Once it starts becoming gematria levels, I tune out.
I’ve never watched a video that I found so informative and interesting and completely and utterly hilarious at the same time. Your enthusiasm is much appreciated.
When you realize that the video discussing the song is shorter than the song itself...
It's not a bad thing. I like Lateralus. I'm just amused.
Either he made way too much sense or these edibles are amazing..
Easily one of the most creative, talented, powerful, profound, mind altering bands that have ever lived.
Producer: How much mathematical intricacy are you going to put in your songs?
Tool: _strange drum starts playing_
Yes
Yes
Math, thought
Intricate
In the universe
The spiral is growing inside
One more point:
The length of the album is 1:20:30
The album itself is a spiral
Check out "the holy gift"
@@EricaGrafton and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing...
@Sinosh 1:18:51
@@tristanwright9733 1:19:32
good point. Most ppl do not know that the answer to the question "how many grooves on a record?" Answer: ONE
Just had the pleasure of seeing Tool twice over the last weekend. Once at a music clinic they put on and second was at a music festival called Northern Invasion. Best weekend of my life.
YaBoi Yaz you must be a Minnesota resident. How was the clinic?
Yes I am! The clinic was great. It gave a lot of insight into how they work together and some of the struggles they have had over the years. They talked a bit about the new album and Adam mentioned that most of the songs on the album are going to be over 10 minutes long. Also hearing them play without Maynard was an eye opening experience, not only being able to appreciate how incredible the instrumentation is but also realizing how much MJK brings to the table. They showed a new music video for a "reworked" 10 minute version of Opiate with Justin on bass... that was really intense and really cool. There was lots of memorabilia and Alex Grey art as well. I also got to meet Danny and Justin personally and take pictures with them which was like a dream come true.
YaBoi Yaz That sounds like an unforgettable experience. I'm glad you had such a great time! Thanks for the first hand info, that must have been really amazing.
Dang, you missed something special my friend
Did you take any videos? Link?
This entire album is a mathematical tour de force. I spent many,MANY, nights (into mornings) with nothing but a note pad and headphones listening to it over and over again. I actually STILL do,and feel I've only grasped MAYBE 20% of all that's actually hidden in that album. Truly, a band that ALWAYS makes you think further then just what's lain out in front of you!
So true man. Maynard is a fucking genius. Goddamn, their music seriously does something to me when I hear it and It's amazing dude.
Not much on this earth can make me feel the shit that Tool & of COURSE.... Layne Staley, are able to make me feel 🤘
You are a "Classic Tool Fan". The guys I see at their concerts wearing MC ESCHER shirts. Am I close to the mark? I love seeing you guys instead of the METAL(!!!) riff raff with tattoos on their inner lip that says "FUCK OFF". You are definitely "one of my people" that can appreciate the full scope of their work.
Clarification: his first name is not Maynard.
Is this sarcasm
@@zpettigrew Thanks for your kind words!! ❤️❤️❤️
I feel that Tool will always be on a level of its own because no other band can match their entertaining sound, deep lyricism, and Shakespearean wordplay. Such an amazing group, regardless of whether you like metal (I love it) 💯
It’s true. They’re in a genre in their own. I’m blessed to have seen them live just on Sunday after being a fan since 2002 when I first saw schism on tv. No one sounds like them. My favourite band, hands down.
Tool = Full Metal Alchemists
Yesssa
Full Metal Mathematics
Amazing
Seriously.
I looked into it because of them.
Maybe it's the DMT..
maybe they're born with it ...maybe it's DMT.
Maybe it's maybellene
No, that’s what parabol(a) is based off of
...or the X, or the Yogi, eating Krispy Kremes, in a "need-to-know" pose....
Joe Jackson for sure
We have to be honest, TOOL is like Sin Cos Tan, random and unconstitutional but always badass
My dude like you should get some award or some kind of recognition for the description in this video I am floored I want to just share it everywhere and watch it over and over your amazing do more
"There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres."- Pythagoras
the best thing is that we're finally getting a new Tool album
ill believe it when i see it
Yassss i cant wait for 2022
Ha!
Tobías Yance I know right?? can't wait
Tobías Yance when
Hands down my favorite Tool song. Using the Fibonacci was brilliant.
Someone outside the band informed them about the Fibonacci sequence. They didn’t use it, or base anything on it. And, the “987” pattern was Justin’s idea.
English teachers when they find an old poem be like:
This is one of the best videos on your channel. Truly impressed with your work here.
You reuploaded it on Lateralus' 17th birthday, that's cool!
17/ 1x1+2 = 1.68 X tools albums 3 + 46&2 = 69... nice.
17/ 1+7=8 ...3,5,"8",13.... lol
17 + 4 (inches i have in my dick) = 21
:0
Glad I'm not the only person to piece this together exactly as above. The Lyrics have some Developmental Neuroscience behind them too. We are born blind. Then our vision creeps in and develops along the lines stated in the lyrics. As light hits our eyes, the rods and cones get the signal to proliferate in that exact order.
when an analysis of a song is shorter than the actual song
For the first few years of listening to this song I didn't even realize there was polyrhythms, it just felt really nice to my ear, natural and fluent
This video got me into Tool
Thank you, thank you so much for that!
Matheus C. Glad you love it, and oh, dont be like typical tool fans. Enjoy
Matheus C. It seems like you like RATM, watch their performance of know your enemy in the 90s with Tool's vocalist Maynard. And also, Tool performed with Zach Dela Rocha, just look for it
Oppressed Youths I've seen the whole show already, I love RATM.
Gonna check out tool with Zach as well!
i wish i can hear them again for the first time :( :) enjoy your oragsams..
typical Tool fan tells new Tool fan to not be like typical Tool fans
I'm not a Tool fan, but as a mathematician and musician who's always been trying to incorporate mathematics and physics in my music, I'm astonished. Amazing work.
I've been looking for this video. Ty for making this.
Published on the 15/05/2018 = 3/2018 = 0.0014866204 - not even close to the golden ratio.
Darius Khan in america it’s 05/15/2018 which = .34/2018 which = 0.00016848 which is also not close
@@bofadeligma7939 first numbers are a 1 and a 6 though....
It was published on the 17th anniversary of the album's release... Or so I understand from the comments... Damn I hate doing my own research
@@DariusKhan we're getting closer!
This is actually pretty cool considering how today is the seventeenth anniversary of the album "Lateralus"!
and 17 is a primary number, meaning something lol
@@Tacsmoker and 1 + 7 is 8, which is the 7th number in the Fibonacci sequence including 0.
This was really informative and nice. Thank you!
I have loved this song for ages and today is the first day that I have seen the video and I had my mind blown all over again. I can't tell you overjoyed I am right now. It makes me appreciate Tool on another level. Their music is like the gift that keeps on giving.
Tool's best album.
their best album is always the next one.
Nothing beats ænima IMO
@@ba_2three458 Ænima is a conceptual Masterpiece, musically and as well!
@@ba_2three458 preach.
@@ba_2three458 Agreed. Lateralus is amazing, but nothing comes close to Aenema
God this man is so utterly convincing in every one of his videos.
The bit about overthinking the nature of the world, starting at @4:53 is very much rooted in Buddhist philosophy. Especially about uniting the body and the mind, intuition, and *not* thinking, and letting yourself feel connectedness to other humans and living things. It's a recurring theme throughout a lot of Tool's music, not just this song or album.
Wonderful piece, thank you for this
Laterlus is the bestest song ever written. Period. It took me fifteen listens to get it, but there's no longer any doubt. LATERALUS IS TRANSCENDENT. Like no other song. Mathematics are real and truly do affect perspectives.
Oh this mainstream math. They should have used Lucas numbers
I love how I can now relate this to technical analysis since I recently nerded out on that.
Truly a great video! And show how amazing this band really is!
I wonder what will aliens think when they find a copy of Tool's Lateralus after ravaging the Earth. They'll regret having destroyed the race that created such a masterpiece.
Well said
Then be proud after browsing the internet
There is a huge probability of the aliens overlooking Tool, but most certainly they will see all the Karens here. After that sight, they'll be pretty happy to destroy earth for good
Shut up!! Tool sucks!!!!!!!!!!!
@@mai_pareshaant yeah...
Polyphonic, you're riding the spiral with this one
I really think it's a song about an out of body experience that was cut short - like he tried to induce the OBE, and felt the beginning of his consciousness spreading out just before the moment of success, only to be forced back into his body. The vibrations I experienced when I tried this were almost the same as a musical rhythm.
So sick! Great work 💜
I love tool even more now. best band in the entire universe
I struggle with ADHD, and when I first heard Lateralus it really connected with me. As everything builds up then ebbs away in the song it feels like the constant struggle of maintaining mental focus the neurotypical people take for granted, for my type of ADHD I struggle with being hyper focused on things then shortly being completely disinterested in it, constantly looking for my next thing to hyper fixate on. And the lyrics only further deepen that connection with me. I guess it's just another way of looking at the message. Still to this day s my favorite Tool song, though Pneuma is a very close second.
Hey i got adhd too and damn i feel in general reaaally connected to their songs and i got always stimulated when i hear their songs. Pneuma is my favorite.
Has it ever happened to you where you actually hyperfocus on listening to Tool? I can usually listen to music (and there's a lot more bands that I absolutely love) while I'm doing most things (except when I'm stuck trying to start or doing THE impossibly boring tasks, then I actually need noise canceling headphones), but with Tool I absolutely can't. I might pace or sit, but it completely draws me in. I wonder if it's the tempo/ rythmic changes... The only other music it ~sometimes~ happens with is Vivaldi's Four Seasons 🤷
Yeah. I have Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. TOOLs music - Lateralus specifically can actually cause seizures. Problem is, these seizures are euphoric and transcendent. So I keep going back despite the risk.
Same, man. ADHD can be a bitch. For me, its the facts that the song keeps changing and it's layered *perfectly* so it sounds "full" if that makes any sense. Keeps me hooked
I have ADHD and those are my two fave songs too! Must be in the brain.
Wow! Great job! Loved it
Awesome video. Beautifully made.
Tool are an incredible band across the board, but in the creation of Lateralus they were touched by the divine. It's a masterpiece on par with anything created by Mozart, Beethoven, The Beatles or anyone else you could name. I have it in my will that I want it played in full at my funeral.
The Beatles never got anywhere close to writing anything as good as Lateralus, even though The Beatles are far more popular and influential
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Going to be a cringe funeral
as a tool fan i implore you to go outside
@@ameliacharles2284 plus a lot of their stuff was written by George Martin
Im groovin' to the background music
Lol
Its great wonder if its in fibonacci :-)
Big thanks man! Well done \m/
I guess not many realize that music is and always has been a mathematical equation. This is a very good breakdown of that process. Understanding music theory is a wonderful way to learn how and why your favorite music is your favorite music. I would suggest anyone who loves music to learn a bit of it's theory. There are reasons people lean to certain styles and writings in music. Everyone has their own beat they gravitate towards. Most just don't take the time to find out why. 'Dance to the beat of a different drum' is stepping out of ones internal beat to enjoy that of another. Harmony when done correctly. A perfect love song.
Man, I read How Tool used meth instead of Math.
Pretty accurate though
Nicolas Gomes you were probably on meth , and misread the word math mate
Why not both
I wouldn't be surprised if it were a combination of both
Tool uses psychs, not meth.
You must've been high on meth
one of the best analysis videos. Keep the good work on mate.
Make one on Dream Theater.
Subscribed, I've never heard another person relate. Thank you.
Dude great video !
Probably the first time I've found math to be cool.
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Everything is math
I noticed nobody ever mentions the Mandelbrot set, it’s all over their music and their artwork.
This is very fascinating! I had no idea!! Tool is brilliant!
Best analysis of this masterpiece I've seen yet.
Even Maynard said the attempt was futile as music is the Fibonacci sequence thus making it irrelevant
simply said... it´s a masterpiece
A perfect dissection and explanation. Thank you sir, for your mutual appreciation of this masterpiece. 🌙💫😌
I think the best part of this song is that the math of it isn't something you need to understand. You can have no clue what anything mentioned in the video is and still connect to it, even a complete idiot like me who almost failed math can connect to Lateralus. You think you don't get it but you subconsciously do and you love it. Lateralus, along with other songs from the album is a song celebrating our humanity and I feel like it's the only song machines will never understand. They can know the math but they cannot feel it.
Tl;dr this shit goes hard.
I can attest! Before this video I knew that I had a strong connection to this music and that there was something very special about it. But I had no idea what. It’s wonderful.
This is easy to follow and doesn't seem insane
2:25 onward, "hold my beer"
Descendant of Kraff it’s not insanity, it’s truth. Take a mushroom
Never even heard the song (yet), but quite interesting; I'll have to check it out now.
I will say this, tool is in good company on this stuff. Leonardo DaVinci was aware of Fibonacci as well as the golden ratio; he integrated it in to much of his work...and he was truly a renaissance man; artist, sculptor, mathematician, engineer and architect.
I'm sure they're glad you agree.
You forgot to add Goedle, ESCHER and Bach. Also masters - and "good company"
Such an extremely beautiful piece of music!
One of my favorite songs... amazing!!
Maynard disliked this 324 times.
Because he overanalyzed it
Do a vid over the story behind Rush's 2112
Read “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand
Wow. I knew a lot of these connections between the penning of Lateralus and Fibonacci numbers, but this video was amazing.
A more accurate title for the video might have been ''How Tool used the principle of the Fibonacci sequence and Golden ratio to structure a song and lyrics''
Tool never had to ''do the math'' , the mathematical operations leading to the results Tool used were done for them centuries ago.
Tool used the first numbers of the Fibonacci sequence.
The Fibonacci sequence is a mathematical, additive sequence which breaks down to ''current number +previous number = next number'' or '' N1+N2=N3'' (starting from 0 or 1)
''Going to infinity'', using an extremely large Fibonacci number divided by the previous number in the series approximates the outcome of the equation:
''x+1=x^2 or x^2-x-1=0'' x=1.61803 a.k.a. the Golden ratio or ''Phi''.
Constructing squares using this ratio or the Fibonacci sequence '' 1,1,2,3,5,8'' , eventually a ''perfect spiral'' that extends filling exactly the available space for each winding can be created.
3:20
1 minute and 37 seconds is 97 seconds.
97/60= 1.6166
It's not 1.618 but it is the closest ratio to Phi resulting from dividing 2 relatively small integers.