TOOL - THE HOLY TRINITY [REACTION!] (Disposition/Reflection/Triad/Faaip de Oiad)
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- Skullz reacts to The Holy Trinity (Disposition/Reflection/Triad/Faaip de Oiad) by Tool
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THATS IT GUYS! We made it through Lateralus! Unbelievable album start to finish! Thank you all who have taken the journey with me! 10,000 Days is up next! 🌀🌀🌀
Ready and here for it.
10k Days is great, but I really hope you listen to Opiate EP (1992) before moving forward as it does come back into relevance later.
Can’t wait!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
The rides not over yet
10,000 Days is going to be funny at times, very emotional in other places. Can't wait for this.
“Ticks and Leeches” actually is a filler track! The story is that the producers wanted another hard track on the album, which pissed the band off. So they made one.
“Is this what you wanted? Is this what you had in mind? ‘Cuz this is what you’re getting.”
"... you filthy parasites." xD
and at the very end the band play the devils interval while mjk screams 'i hope you choke' hehe
yeah, that's why it's the weakest real song on the album. reflection is my personal favorite.
idk what you guys mean about weakest song on the album.. for me it's up there with the best. the ups and downs of that song, the drums that always shake me to my core, maynard actually going crazy on the voice which I love, everything is perfect for me around that song. The producers were right and nailed it, Tool delivered :)
When the man I loved passed away at 23 years old, I had this holy trinity as well as Shine on You Crazy Diamond on a playlist and would have it on repeat as I slept. It was the only way I could fall asleep at that point in time, it subdued my grief just enough that I could pass out at the end of the day.
Tool touches so many people with their music, and conveys so much that is left out of mainstream music. Tool was part of my growth as a person, a part of my awakening. And I'll always be grateful that Tool brought me and my love together. Even if he was gone too soon.
RIP Cezar Lubelski. You are sorely missed, every day.
❤️
The Moon's light is not its own, rather a reflection that we are seeing.
Disposition and Reflection are amazing on their own, together I consider them Tool's masterpiece. I don't care what I'm doing. On the back patio with tunes on with the wife, or on a road trip, these songs come on and everything else disappears and I receive the message of Maynard's words. Always moves me, encourages me to be better than I was yesterday. Put all the things weighing me down in check, right where they should be. Great reaction Skullz.
The lyrics and their delivery on Reflection are certainly some of their best. It's incredibly moving.
My absolute favorite TOOL song ❤️ genius level poetry
I sit out on my pergola with a coffee, earbuds and reflection every full moon. It is cleansing and empowering.
That would be magical
Crystal, next full moon🌕, know you’ve inspired someone else to be doing the same ☕️💖
Midnight full moon walks with the dog here.
@@bikimajic9610 I will send a long distance coffee cheers to you...
I wish I had a pergola
It's always touched me how the lyrics shift from "before I pine away" to "before we pine away" after we come to find we are all, one mind. ❤️ Yet another thoughtful, beautiful reaction.
This song has one of my favorite metaphors of all time. Note that the moon does not generate any light, and only glows at night because it's reflecting the light of the sun. So as full and bright as it is, and as much as its light may serve as a beacon of hope to those lost in the dark ("resuscitates the hopeless"), its light is not its own. Its source (the sun) is bright and endless and without her we are lifeless satellites drifting (literally: the Earth would not only be a dead barren rock without the light and warmth of the sun, but it would drift away into the cold depths of space without its gravity).
Also, I've always interpreted the "we are all one mind" line through more of an Alan Watts lens. The heart beating in your chest is no less a part of you than is the sun shining down from above.
I am very thankful to have discovered tool after Alan Watts. Because of his lectures I picked up meditation and self inquiry. This album is so direct
Disposition into reflection is the most beautiful part of Tool's discography.
I actually think Disposition goes really well coming off Lateralus too. All such great songs!
Reflection makes me cry every time I hear it. I have to be alone with my headphones. This album is like psychotherapy for me.
Reflection is incredible! 🤘
Triad has to be one of the most goddamn epic pieces of music ever written
as a drummer 33:10 and onward makes me want to quit the instrument. haha
@@jeremymullins1294 Watching him play that in that AI enhanced video makes you believe that he really is from another planet.
@@darrenwozniak4364 yes! Omg so good!
@@darrenwozniak4364 there's nothing else like it!
Maynard writes the lyrics after the band has composed the music. What I really admire is it's not always what he sings but what he doesn't sing to allow his fellow artists space to shine.
The second verse of Reflection is literally from the Moon's perspective talking to Maynard. "The moon tells me a secret" "This light is not my own and a million light reflections pass over me" "The source is light and endless... she" The moon is talking to him about the Sun... I swear to God these are some of the best lyrics ever.
Yes! The Moon is She, The Divine Feminine, The Subconscious and our emotion. Representative of the unknown - secrets within the Tarot.
Congrats my friend, this is officially the greatest TOOL reaction ever. The insight you have into this music you're still discovering is mindblowing, even for me, a 20 year plus fan. This band truly has no equal. Wish I could buy you a beer but you're a bit far.😁🇸🇮Buy a pair of headphones with the appropriate bass range, so you’ll be able to truly appreciate Justin. I guarantee you’ll be discovering new details on this album for years to come. Lateralus is an untouchable, mind bending masterpiece. All the best to you, brother!👍👍🤘🤘🍻🥃
Nice dude. Love reading positive posts! Take care!
Haha I appreciate the sentiment! If I start doing live streams, hop in! Maybe we can share a beer then! Cheers! 🍺
@@Skullzrapper If I can. Time is the main factor.🍺🥃
What would you give to listen to Tool with fresh ears?
@@TheSopheom TBH I wouldn't want to. Their music has enlightened me so much that I'd hate to start over again.
Reflection is one of my favorite songs. The moon is a reflection, so the moon makes sense. But man there is no wrong, it's really what you get out of it, what works for you. Use TOOL as a tool 😉🤘
With mushrooms
Also I’m sure someone else will comment this but the order for the next album is
1. Vicarious
2. Jambi
3. Wings for Marie and 10,000 days
4. The Pot
5. Lipan conjuring, Lost Keys, and Rosetta Stoned
6. Intension and Right in Two, and then I’m sure you could tack on Viginti Tres onto that one like you’ve done with Faiip here
This ☝️
I concur! #5 is gonna 🤯 lol can’t wait!
@@dwlindley2110 Yup!!! But, hell, I believe that almost EVERY damned song will blow his mind though!!!!!
Absolutely correct. 🤘🏻
Actually, Intension and Right in Two are different songs altogether, but they go along really well. And intension does blend into Right in Two, so it makes sense.
Correct.
Really looking forward for n.3!
Just some FYI: Faaip De Oiad literally translates to’ “Voice of God” in the Enochian language!! And the recording that plays during that song is from an Art Bell in his Coast to Coast broadcast. It was supposedly a caller that claimed to have been working at Area 51 ( he supposedly was calling from a pay phone ) when suddenly the broadcast was just cut completely!!!!
...and there was a major power outage
To add to this, the caller later called the show again and said it was a practical joke. HOWEVER, the power outage was real, and oddly enough it happened just as the caller got into the part of the story about aliens being interdimensional beings who have infiltrated our government and institutions. Even more odd was the power outage itself seemed isolated only to a limited area surrounding the caller and the studio. Coincidence? Maybe, but eerie to consider.
@@Brohaviorist Yup!!! And agreed about the eeriness of it all.
@@Brohaviorist I wonder if he knew someone in the local council etc who was able to temporarily shut the power off...
@@dan.j.boydzkreationz no clue. Seems a bit far to go for a prank call, but I suppose it's possible.
dude vicarous is gonna hit SOOOOOOO hard, i can't wait
Literally my fav song ever
The Moon was chosen because it *reflects* light, the Sun of course emits it.
"As full and bright as I am, this light is not my own" - he's speaking as the Moon.
Double meaning as he doesn't "own" (wasn't the creator of) his own light (animating life force) - he's borrowing it.
He references this light later in Wings
"This little light of mine; a gift you passed onto me
I'm gonna let shine and guide you safely on your way..."
TOOL just casually pulls back the fabric of reality and shows you the infinite - every. single. time. What you do with this information, is up to you.
And in my darkest moment the moon tells me a secret.. this little light that I've been looking up to at my darkest times..tells me a secret, he says guess what bro as bright as I am, this light is not even my own it's just a reflection from this bigger entity the Sun, that we all revolve around this bigger brightness that without her were all lifeless satellites drifting. She is the one who resuscitates the hopeless. And he prays he can make it thru the night so the light can lift him up before he pines away in this dark place he has been hiding.
That's what I've always taken from this.
Reflection is one of their most underrated pieces of music imo. God damn beautiful, chills every time
The only thing I have left to say is that I'm so glad Maynard healed himself and shared his process with us.
Thank you for sharing your process with us. :)
I could listen to an entire Tool album in the vein of Dispostion.
Me too! 💯
"One of the saddest tool songs" - :laughs in wings for Marie:
The greatest finale to any album, reaching the peak of the tree of life, this epic is about ego death, act 1. Disposition is symbolizing someone meditating and watching themselves change and everything around them as they go deeper within themselves, Act 2. Reflection is someone Reflecting on themselves and using the moon as an allegory, This person is in a space that the entire album has led them up to in this one moment, They realize they must crucify their ego before they pine away Aka wither away and be forgotten and lose themselves all together the ending of this song is them just barley reaching up to it then fades into triad, Act. 3 Triad is this individual finally reaching full enlightenment (the crown) this is the ego death sequence where the unconscious the conscious (ego) merge together with the self, the tree of life is complete as you hear the bass drum pedals symbolically making a stair climbing sound and climbing up a Pyramid in steps and then exploding into musical climax, then slowly fading out as the person having an out of body experience after the ego death returns to their body as a whole new individual 🙏 I hope you enjoyed the lateralus journey and can help you more than most music can actually do I hope you take the lessons within and apply to your own life and it makes you a better person, cause I know it did for me, cannot wait for the journey to continue for you, 10,000 days here we come haha 🌀
Beautiful breakdown 🙏🏻🌀
@@bikimajic9610 appreciate it 🌀
Holy cow, you nailed it, put into words the exact "feeling" that this whole things invokes. Just wonderful, thankyou!
@@MegMeg287 np after researching for the past two years on all the Philosophy and concepts of this album it seems to be very much the case of what this album is about, enlightenment, the tree of life is even on the cover art of the album the tree of life has 10 points theres 10 major tracks in the album 7 if you combined the holy trinity like it was originally intended to be and parabol/parabola and there’s 7 chakras of the human body, by him stating in the grudge the first track wear the grudge like a crown, the crown also being the top chakra and the top point on the tree of life which is also connected to the middle on it which is known as “the reflection” and there being 7 major tracks and 7 chakras I knew where this album was trying to take you, and that’s on a spiritual journey of enlighten, even every song links up with every chakras description, I love diving deep and figuring out this stuff because this is more than just an album or a band they are literally a tool, one that has helped me so much in my life 🌀
@@hank35682 I am with you. I discovered this band with this album and it has never stopped resonating with me. It has elicited different things for me over the years, depending on where I am at in my life..... And it has surprisingly grown WITH me. One would think, that once music has been recorded and "done".... That it is static and a snapshot in time. For some music that is very much the case. Tool though, have managed to create music that continues and evolves..... I guess because ultimately it is a Truth, an undeniable one, and throughout one's life and evolution, the truth is always felt, but not always understood. The understanding and realisations come with time and experience and living. I honestly feel like these guys, this band, when they come together and collaborate, are channelling the Divine.
Some people say that TooL fans are silly and over excited. I say they have no clue how this sounds when you are open to it and see it live. 50,000 people sitting in silence while these three masterpieces flow over them is an experience you never forget. This band gets into your deepest thoughts and your soul. It changes your outlook on music.
I dont use words like "favorite" or "best" when it comes to TOOL. this one(3) however i can say, is one of the more meaningful and emotion-provoking experiences ive had in my TOOL journey. it has very personal and special meaning in my journey through life. i have always suffered from a lack of emotional development due to abuse i suffered when i was young. discovering TOOL in 1992 was a pathway to my redemption (without knowing it at the time). its interesting looking back how each TOOL album rhymed with my state through some kind of twisted recovery . i was angry and lashed out at the world (Opiate / Undertow), i became introverted about my own identity and decided to grow past my sum of experiences and emerge as something new from my ashes (AEnima), i found strength in a newfound spirituality and life view and expanded my gaze outward and embraced my own existence and celebrated each breath (Lateralus), I took on a more adult point of view of the world around me and began to accept my place in life (10,000 days), and now ive mastered my emotions and dealt with my past through spiritual growth and intellectual acceptance of the universe for all its good and bad. i credit TOOL in whatever form it holds in my soul as an initial catalyst for my recovery from myself. anyways......blah blah blah..................screw it, TOOL is my favorite
Your blah blah blah resonates with a lot of people 😂
I loved reading your comment, I felt it. Reflection is my favourite, so much so, I’ve requested that it be played at my funeral. Blessings 🙏🏻
OMG that was...there are just no words, only feelings. I am so proud of the transformation you underwent. I won't say completed because I know the journey never truly ends. Thank you for that...I'm beginning the journey from pain and emptiness now...
Ticks and Leeches is a love letter to their record company…
Lateralus is like the episode before the season finale, and then THIS is the season finale
Now that you're done with this album, I'll tell you the greatest story of why this album is the best Tool album. It's a bit long, but who cares.
My best friend got married years ago. They seemed pretty happy (in my mind). I hear from him later that she has been partying and cheating on him. He had adopted her child and they had one of they're own together. She just up and left after she was caught.
He fell apart at this point. I didn't find out til later, he put a shotgun in his mouth, and pulled the trigger. By the grace of God (and the Magic of Tool), the shell didn't go off.
After this, He went to a large bridge in Jacksonville, put his wedding ring on the useless shell, and threw it off the bridge.
He told me this album was what got him through all the angst and pain he was dealing with.
Just think about the progression of the songs.
"The Grudge" Yeah I'm pissed, but Let it go.
"The Patient" Be patient, let things come to you.
"Schism" Don't let communication break down.
"Parabol/Parabola" All this pain is an illusion.
"Lateralus" Just let go. What happens, happens.
"Ticks & Leeches" Yes, she was sucking his life away. Almost literally.
"The Triad" A meditation to get back on thr right track.
Thank God for Tool!! (And shitty shell builds). I could have been without the best and greatest person I've met on this earth.
Thanks again, Skulls.
I'm crying (out of happiness) as I finish writing this.
I was 17 ... And had a loaded .45 in my mouth 46&2 was playing and these lyrics came thru like a beacon
I choose to live and to grow
Take and give and to move
Learn and love and to cry
Kill and die and to be
Paranoid and to lie
Hate and fear and to do
What it takes to move through
I choose to live and to lie
Kill and give and to die
Learn and love and to do
What it takes to step through
My mind was in a dark place until tool got into my soul. They saved my spirit I do believe.
2, 5, 10, 20 years later, you'll be watching others react to Tool to see if they get a glimmer of what you got out of it. It's an amazing trip to watch your reactions, you get so much out of it, share it brilliantly, and often elude to things I have never realized until now. Reflections indeed, off of each other and towards others. I love it
This may just be the best tool reaction series ever
tbh I have not found another reaction channel that comes even close. Skullz is truly devoted to fully unlocking these songs. Great respect!
The lyrics in reflection are life changing.
Literally just started and I have stopped everything I'm doing haha. Let's go guys!
Best part of this is that Fear Inoculum is my favourite TOOL album, but yet I still get to watch this and 10,000 Days first. God, life is good. 😂
Same here 😂
Haha Let's go my dude! The future holds great things!
What I really like about Disposition and Reflection is while listening to the record in sequence, the “ball drop” effect at the end of disposition flows directly to the beat into Reflection.
The "ball drop" is how the student knocks on the masters door in Buddhism.
@@TheSopheom it was also inspired by a sound from the animated short film “Street of Crocodiles” by the Brothers Quay
@@taksikimekurdele8415 Thank you! I did not know that, what a gem of a find!
Congratulations my friend on being 3/5ths of the way through the most comprehensive Tool review on the internet! 🥰
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Just started watching. Disposition leads into reflection if you listen to one after another straight on the album... just listen to tones of Danny drums at the end of disposition and the pattern they do and beginning of reflection... right, back to video.
I fucking love your reactions man their so genuine and the viewer feels exactly what you are feeling, your takes on all the subtleties and amazing, we think a lot alike my friend, most people can’t enjoy a song like this in 2022 this world is spiritually dead in a lot of ways especially my generation I’m Gen Z and I’m guessing your a millennial or somewhere on the border, this is so much more than music it’s truly an awakening of something primal within all of us BTW: The same guy who produced Ænima produced this album David Bottrill, 10,000 Days and Fear Inoculum are a different guy Joe Barresi same with Opiate and Undertow they were produced by a woman named Sylvia Massey, all 6 albums produced by 3 people who did 2 albums each pretty cool
The moon light we see is a reflection of sunlight. I see it as if you’re in a dark place, shutting yourself off to others , it can take just one person with a bright *disposition* to shine some light into your life
Someone once said "if Reflection isn't played at my funeral I'm not dying".
That goes for me as well . 🤗
You've really found the words to explain these songs. I've only been able to find the feelings that I haven't ever really been able to articulate into the right words. So thanks for that.
Dude all I got to say is how proud I am of you..... You are a good person with a good heart. Very happy I found you cause meeting enlightened humans is very helpful to me and my life. You rock bro!
Much love bro! I feel the same way! Good people gotta stick together 🤘
When he's in his darkest moment, basically thinking he's completely worthless, the moon tells him a secret: the light of the moon is not actually the light of the moon; it's the light of the sun reflected off the surface of the moon. A million light reflections (of the sun) pass over the surface of the moon. The source (the sun) is bright and endless. Her light revives the hopeless. Without her, we're just lifeless satellites (i.e. moons) drifting.
Such beautiful lyrics. The moon is revered as holy by so many ancient religions. It has a mysterious power to it. But it's really just reflecting the light of the sun. If you're the type of person who can wallow in self-pity, you can reflect the positive energy all around you back into the world, giving meaning to your life, just as the moon's light is really just the sun's light reflecting off an otherwise cold, dead chunk of rock floating in space.
They came out to watch us play. So...
"Why are we running away?"
“The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.” Shakespeare
That bouncing sound at the end of Disposition makes more sense when you listen to the transition straight into Reflection. Reflection always gives me a feeling of awe at the interconnectedness of all life on earth (plant, animals, microorganisms, everything) and how we all need each other to function properly. It’s absolutely beautiful. I’m a fan of all the Tool albums and there are some amazing songs left the cover but in my opinion you’ve just finished the pinnacle.
My background is Native Aboriginal so me hearing Reflection the first time when it came out reminds me of the smoke hut 🛖 with the ✌🏼 pipe 🪈 tripping out..
🤘🏼🛸👽🤘🏼
Your enjoyment and genuine perspective on the holy trinity is everything we hoped for imo. Thanks for sharing your soul with us random folks sir. 😊
Much love man! Appreciate the reciprocity 🤘 Love that we can all come together every week and talk about awesome music! I learn a lot from the comments! 💯
I always love that sound at 31:39. It's like a bark or a "wow!" sound or something. Maynard perhaps? Sounds like he's making all sorts of noises way in the background.
The producer has always been the 5th member of tool in my opinion. Just brilliant all around.
Absolutely, that's usually overlooked by most 💯
Skulls, I’ve listened to your entire Tool journey. Then I’ve tried some other streamers. It’s not the same. You actually “felt” the music, and dug into the lyrics, not just reacted to it. That is the way real fans and musicians feel. Thank you again for the journey. I miss you brother. 😢
Reflection is so god damn emotional man
The moon does not create its light or glow... you can only see it because the light of the sun REFLECTS off of it. "This light is not my own."
T00L is pure magic my friend, so glad to see you take the journey. I never get tired of any of T00L or Maynards' works even after all these years!
It's important to recognize that part of the song after the moon is brought up is said BY THE MOON. She is telling our narrator her secret.
"As full and bright as I am
this light is not my own and a million light reflections pass over me. Its source is bright and endless. She resuscitates the hopeless. Without her, we are lifeless satellites drifting."
The moon is talking about the sun (and other stars) and how it is the source of all life.
Of course the metaphorical meaning here is like you said. All of us reflect on others and are reflected upon by others. Also, with this song mentioning "crucify the ego", the reflection part is highly important. None of us are alone, and none of us are an entity unto itself. We are all the product of the things around us and the people we interact with. None of us get where we are by ourselves. Those around us help to shape us. And we all depend on each other.
I have really enjoyed this journey with you, especially the "Lateralus"-album. Love your philosophical takes on the album and lyrics, really fascinating stuff and you really seem to know what you're talking about. All this amazing lyrical content along with some kickass music and no-one does it better than TOOL, in my opinion. So thank you and I'm looking forward to you getting into "10,000 Days".
Peace and love and all that good positive stuff, all the way from Finland.
I'll be right there with you
I said it during the H video and I’ll say it again. NEVER be ashamed to cry, especially when TOOL is provoking that feeling. Their music is powerful and that’s an understatement. You feel like crying because you actually get it… and that’s a beautiful thing. I always cry to TOOL. Great video man 💙
I appreciate your acceptance of that! I mostly try to keep it together just because it's genuinely difficult to finish a reaction once the tears start going lol. But thank you my dude! 🤘
@@Skullzrapper dude, if that's how the music makes you feel then roll with it. Just be prepared for 10000 days parts 1 and 2 when you come to it. They punch me in the heart every time.
I fucking absolutely love watching someone hear a TooL song for the first time. It's like the feeling of seeing your child walk for the first time, kinda like seeing someone reborn.
Funny you mentioned that in Reflection it might have served better to talk about the sun rather than the moon. That’s actually what he was talking about. The moon, as bright and beautiful as it is, is not a source of light. Rather, it simply reflects the sun’s light, without which the planets and moons would be cold and lifeless.
The greatest Lyricist of all time, bar none, and TooL is unquestionably the most cerebral band ever....They have been my guiding light for 30 years man, and they still get me choked up......the "ball" sound is Danny dropping a stick on a tom and controlling the bounce, My thought has always been was "watch the weather change" was a reference to how easily people, surroundings, atmosphere, intellect.....all of it a form of disposition can change, take it in....but the beauty of Tool is that your interpretation and what you get out of it is EXACTLY what Maynard was going for....he forces us to think, he forces us to contemplate and he has forced me to look at life.......all these songs....on one fucking album! Lateralus is the greatest piece of music I've ever taken in
Reflection is not about aliens , that's the rosette stoned on next album lol ... tool is amazing.
You have now become part of the family....Welcome to the Tool Army brotherhood....ONWARD TO BEARTARIA!!!
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27:40 when Maynard says we are all of one mind, he means something more profound than we are just reflections of each other. WE ARE each other. There is no separation between you and me ultimately other than what our egos dictate. We are like cells in a larger super organism, everything on the planet is connected intimately to each other, and ultimately everything in the universe is connected to each other.
Where my consciousness ends and where yours begins isn't clearly defined. Once you realize this, you start to understand by fundamental physics properties alone, we are literally connected with our consciousnesses as they bleed into each other. Like our auras, or our electromagnetic waves and energy radiating from our bodies and others bodies into one another. What kind of effect does that have on the ways we think? Feel? On who we are? Ultimately yes, this does mean we end up being reflections of each other and even with our own free will we are products of our environment and we become the characters we imagine ourselves to be and that other people treat us as. But its much more than just that too.
REFLECTION is freaking AMAZING. ✌️
Disposition feels to me like a part of this gestation towards apotheosis that the album has been driving us towards.
In mystical language, we are practicing detachment; being a witness for the self in Lateralus to becoming a witness to the environment as well. This fosters the growth of a model that suggests unity consciousness. But we have to let go of our pain to get there. Hence the need for Reflection.
For me, Triad is a call to arms. Bring to bear this newfound desire for change into the world.
I also thought Triad could be Maynard, or the band, falling back into that mortal chaos that’s plagued them. (Since they were also close to splitting up?) A “call to arms” is interesting though… It could be, yeah, choosing to face it.
The last track was a wonderful homage to the final days of the old Art Bell radio days. It also serves as a warning to what happens if you mess up the journey…
Absolutely spot on reaction as per usual. Bring the tissues for 10,000 days.. Wings for Marie.. part 1 and 2. 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I really enjoy how Tool is so unpredictable
I love how we are compared to the moon in Reflection. As beautiful as the moon is, it’s light is not it’s own. There is something greater in all of us as one mind. And just as Maynard says so much with so little, I feel the same about Adam. He’s not known as a guitar shredder but he does so much more with fewer chords. God tier masters of their craft.
You can tell an album is special when you are watching someone else react to it 21 years after you first heard it. Keep the tool journey going bro it has been amazing to watch
Aww, shucks. Love you too dude. I really needed that today. Quite the journey thus far eh? Worry not, 10,000 Days isn't going to let you down.
I’ve been listening to tool since I was 15 I’m 37 now and you always give the best and most interesting ways to dissect the songs, really appreciate it, keep it up.
Comments for the algorithm! Let’s go! Also Reflection is one of my favorite pieces of music of all time. She to me is the Sun. The light. The Source. God. That which illuminates all of us. Be like the Moon. Reflect the light to help illuminate others.
One of the best reviewa I ever saw. Like ever.
You made me feel like I heard the song for the first time, which is like a dream for me to ever experience again.
Thank you
Seeing triad live was the most amazing I have felt at a tool concert. There is an extra drummer and everyone is just doing their thing. Maynard even hangs around in the back and does something. It was fantastic. Look up a live version. They even add to the song.
Here I am in the comments, ‘helping’. 👊😎 Lateralus is such an amazing album. Im glad you got to experience it. I look forward to 10,000 days - and ultimately Fear Inoculum when you finally get there. See you next Tuesday 🤘
Appreciate you my friend! 🤘 See you Tuesday!
“Pine away” is to die. Taken away in a pine box. Love your reactions. Reflection is in my top 3. I think the last sub song is a prelude to 10000 Days. You’ll get it when you get there.
Pine means to have a mental collapse... has nothing to do with a pine box lol.
Pine away means to mourn or weep or cry.
Definition of pine away
: to become thin and weak because of sadness or loss. Since his wife left him, he spends his days alone, pining away.
@@Skullzrapper yeah I read that after being viciously corrected.
No worries my friend. I had an idea of what it meant. I wasn't 100% sure what it meant. Regardless I think we all got the gist of it and thats what is importsnt 🤘
Great reaction.. Imagine how this sounds 20 years later. Its still the best album ever recorded.. Whens there new album out Loooool 😂
I scrolled down and saw somebody kind of touched on Faaip de Oiad. It is a clip from Art Bell Coast to Coast AM. They took this guys live call and he frantically told this story about his knowledge of aliens and area 51 and he feared for his life and feared for the whole human race. Maybe coincidence, maybe not but the satellite actually dropped the radio feed during the call and they lost the caller. 17 whole years later a guy called another show and claimed he was the caller and it was a hoax. Can't prove that he is, can't prove that he isn't. Weird stuff. Art Bell said after the call, “Weird, weird, weird stuff. In all my life . . . . My uplink transmitter was dead as a doornail.” and “That’s beyond coincidence. It was done to you.”
The moon is chosen because it isn’t a source of light, it’s Reflecting the light from the sun.
Sun is it's own source, the light is it's own. Moon reflects the sun's light. Without the sun, the "source" (metaphorically or actual) all planets (people) are just lifeless satellites drifting.
Another great reaction, yours are the best tool reactions because you put thought into it and allow yourself to be moved
I appreciate that! It can be a tough balance sometimes! They're always throwing curveballs at me hahaha
The moon was telling him "as full and bright as I am this light is not my own". So he is referencing the sun, simply through the moon. Relating it to us and how our vital energies are not our own, and are simply borrowed from a brighter source.
I always thought that "ball" sound was the tip of Danny's drumstick bouncing on his drumhead.
This whole album is about a journey towards enlightenment / spirituality. The beauty of it is that it can be interpreted in a number of ways. Here is some of how it plays out for me and maybe some of what was originally intended
1. The Grudge is specifically directed towards Christianity and the anger that Maynard feels towards it due to its role in his relationship with his mother and his upbringing. However, he is ready to let that go and really begin a spiritual journey.
The Patient is very much how Skullz interpreted it. Just trying to make it through this difficult path of self enlightenment / finding God.
Schism - Now, this draws more from my own journey for sure - can be seen as the dissolution of the Christian church. If your spiritual journey starts with Christianity you look back at the history of what happened after Christ was here. The Eastern Orthodox church split from the Catholics then the Renaissance came and the Catholic church broke up a bunch more. There are all these pieces and they should fit, but by the end of he song there is lost confidence that the pieces can come back together.
Parabol / Parabola is a focus on what I do know. I am in this body, it is a gift, I can celebrate that I am here and now, I'm alive! I feel like I am part of something bigger. We are eternal there is more to this life!
Lateralus - Really starting to recognize human potential and also some recapping some of the journey from the beginning. Pushing outside of traditional ideas of God and religion. Embrace that we may not know what is coming, but we are divine. I can embrace who I am. We can swing on the spiral and recognize our divinity, but still be human.
Disposition - A changed perspective on life. I can now sit out and watch life without fear or anxiety.
Reflection - I recognized that I am alone in this universe and almost gave into the feeling of emptiness and meaninglessness. I saw a higher purpose, we can lift each other up and move on to a new reality. I can now see God in my own reflection and in everyone around me. Give up individual, cynical thoughts and actions and see what we are capable of.
Faai de Oiad - Looking for meaning in life? Maybe there is none. Maybe we're all controlled by aliens and lizard people.
Ticks & Leeches - Awesome song, but doesn't really fit with the whole thing.
Anyway, just my thoughts going through this album again. Thank you again, Skullz, for taking us on this journey with you. It's allowed rediscovery of an album I have loved and listened to a lot since it came out.
I added this comment to the main thread in response to him not getting how Ticks & Leaches fits in the journey. When I read your comment, which I really loved by the way, I thought I'd share with you how Ticks & Leaches DOES fit with the album.
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Ticks & Leaches is NOT a filler song. Musically, for me, it upsets the flow of the album so I understand why it would feel out of place. But SPIRITUALLY, it's an essential step in the journey of enlightenment. The album song by song is the journey of enlightenment and you're right, they are teaching their listeners how to heal. So what comes between getting into your body (Parabol/Parabola) and spiraling out towards enlightenment (Lateralus)? It's what you need to do once you get in your body...RELEASE THE ENERGY THERE!!!
Most people are stuck in their heads and dissociated. It's a journey to become an embodied human and once you get there, that is when you can RELEASE your anger, your sadness, whatever else is in there. Once you've released enough of that energy, then you can spiral out and let go of your ego (Triad). Ticks & Leaches IS that release!!! So it is NOT a filler song, it is an ESSENTIAL song!!!
Kudos to you for this incredible dive into this album. I'm really impressed by how much you got from a single listen. This is my favorite album of all time and will always be. It's been a while since I've sat with it, thanks for bringing it back to me!!!
@@richardkasden Thanks for sharing. I love how expressing your anger is an essential part of enlightenment.
@@Aaronsolnelson It absolutely is!!! You gotta get that bile out of you. When we're young and experienced trauma we were not developed enough to process those difficult emotions so the body just stores them. Those emotions then subconsciously become part of our inner filters, effecting how we see, experience and react to the world. We MUST release those emotions if we are ever going to be fully engaged with our authenticity and free from the past.
Love that interpretation Richard 💯
I burt my family's dinner and it's all your fault, Skullz! I clicked to watch your reaction on the Holy Trinity so fast, and got so absorbed in your dissection of the songs that I burt my dinner! 😂
Love it! I've been waiting for you to hear Disposition, Reflection, Triad for soooo long, and I wasn't disappointed. Your appreciation of Tool's music hits me in the feels every time.
These 3 songs are definitely a meditative journey. Disposition is so beautiful; I get choked up everty time I listen to it. But Reflection is by far my favorite song on the album. H. will always be my favorite from their entire catalog, but Reflection feels more personal. To me, it sounds like Reflection has almost a middle Eastern influence to it. I always imagine a genie coming out of a lamp and talking to me in Maynard's voice! And that bass! Adam Jones doesn't get enough attention or appreciation for his genius. His contribution on this album makes Lateralus my favorite of all albums.
When I saw these 3 songs played live I think my soul actually left my body for a bit.
What's next? Salivial or 10,000 Days?
I really like how you brake down and dissect the lyrics and put your own insights into it.......thanks for the awesome reaction and dissection 👍....... Spiral Out, Keep Going 🤘
I am excited for next week because we start 10,000 Days and get to listen to Vicarious one of my favorites lyrically. I love Maynard’s cynicism.
I really love how they ended with Faaip de Oiad. If I remember correctly it's an old recording that Danny had of a phone call to Coast to Coast AM sometime in the 90's(I think). But considering the denser subject matter of the album, especially if you lean heavily into the more pseduo-spiritual/scientific angle of it all it gives the album this heavy air of mystery towards the very end. A sense of wonderment almost in that the entire album has focused, led, and directed you towards the climactic point of having an out of body experience/astral projection, or what have you... And from this relativistic standpoint of being separated you would be operating in a similar space to the alluded "Extra Dimensional Beings" from the sample.
Although the sample has been explained over years as having been a prank call(again I think this is the case but I could be mistaken about the actual context) but in any event valid or fake I think it was actually an incredibly tasteful way to instill a bit of wonder and mystery at the very end... Also if you are listening to the album seamlessly on a loop it almost perfectly flows back into the Grudge(similar to how seamlessly The Wall from Pink Floyd is also a seamless loop).
The Moon specifically says "this light is not my own" and talks about how "the source is bright and endless". The source is the Sun, and the Moon is speaking about how all the light that you see come from it, it really comes from the Sun. And the speaker/singer/Maynard takes that into consideration and realizes, just like the Moon, the light he shines with comes from someone else. This song is basically about him figuring that out and accepting it. Who the "Source" of his light refers to is up to interpretation. His son, his mother, some other loved one he lost or is having trouble with, who knows. But this is definitely an applicable song to life and relationships.
The moon is definitely a very specific metaphor.
The moon doesn't create its own light. It reflects the sun.
"As full and bright as I am, this light is not my own, and a million light reflections pass over me. The source is bright and endless, she resuscitates the hopeless, without her, we are lifeless satellites drifting" is the moon telling her "secret" to Maynard. Without the reflection of light from the sun the moon is literally a lifeless satellite. But for life on Earth, the moon is essential. Many cosmologists and microbiologists posit that a moon specifically like ours may be an essential part of the equation of the formation of life in general, let alone the development of complex life.
Anyway, the point of the line is really about finding understanding that there is a source of life/consciousness/spirit/whatever that is channeled through us, and whatever "light" we put out into the world is not "our own" but a reflection of that source.
YOU HAVE BEEN THE BEST in these musical introspection / reflective experiences with Lateralus i have seen on yutube so far . Keep up this amazing sharing . 🙏By the way , Danny's work in reflection is simply astonishing ...the complexity of his time signatures blows me each time .
I really need this right now !!
Fukk Bank of America !
15:34 "It was like some mystical deity coming out to tell you something you needed to hear. Something within yourself that hasn't communicated with you in your consciousness. Coming out and saying hi for the first time"
Yeah, hes part of the Tool army now
The "ball" sound at the end of disposition m is Danny letting the drumstick bounce on the snare drum...
Not the "My dog stepped on a bee!" Lmao
😂😂😂
13:30 Don't worry, it is enough just to hear the music and see someone else who feels it too !
It is likely more difficult for you (knowing there are watchers) than it for us appreciating your appreciation !
Yeah its a balancing act lol. Felt like I was just listening to music and not reacting 😂
The moon doesnt produce its own light but reflects the light that hits it.
David Bottrill is the produce of this album and I0000 days plus Salival He was stunned when they asked him to produce. So much he almost turned it down. Adam and Maynard brought him examples of music he had produced and likes and told them him the direction they wanted to take the band ..I’ve always been under the impression the last song gives insight to the direction of the next album but the Voice of God also is a reference to your mind. You are your own God , the body is the temple When you say prayers (or cast your intension) you have a give yourself hope that they are received and subconscious begin looking for any seers
These 3 touch my soul 🌼🤩 I'm a weepy chick too, but shit how can you not be? Thank you Skullz you're the shit! This is a masterpiece no doubt about it ❤️
It sounds hyperbolic but for me Tool represents the pinnacle of art. Their power to evoke such strong emotion and explore such deep existential topics through lyrical poetry and hypnotic music is just incredible
The sound of a “ball dropping” was created by Danny letting the tip of his drum stick fall on the snare with the snares disengaged and bounce to a halt
Haha it's obvious to anyone who's ever sat at a drum kit because everybody knows the first thing you do the first time you sit on a drum stool is the dribble thing on the floor tom or snare.
Great reaction as usual bro. Great lead in to 10,000 days. You will definately see that once you get into it.
"As full and bright as I am
This light is not my own and
A million light reflections pass over me
The source is bright and endless
She resuscitates the hopeless
Without her we are lifeless satellites drifting"
The moons light isn't its own it's the sun ("the source") reflecting off of it. Without the sun the moon is just a lifeless satellite drifting.
It's so hard to choose a favourite Tool track but Reflection's lyrics are incredible and the atmosphere it creates is otherworldly.