Grudges are nothing more than our own self-imposed prison. We can choose to hold on to our grudges and allow them to drag us down, or we can choose to let them go and transmute the negative into something positive.
This album is introspective. It's likely more about himself not being able to let go of the anger, spite and hatred he feels for someone. The mood of the music to me fits so well because it feels like inner turmoil. It calms down at points, which feels like the beginnings of letting go of the grudge, then comes back full force during the climax of the song, as all of those negative emotions often come back to us when we think they're gone. This song helped me get over some negative anchors I had been carrying around for years.
btw this whole album is obsessed with the Fibonacci sequence. you'd love all the weird little theories about meanings of the songs and the album as a whole and whether it should have its tracklisting altered to put Fibonacci sequence-numbered tracks first, etc.
10:10 oh yeah and they use the Fibonacci sequence frequently so they can layer different time signatures over one another and have them sync up as they like lmao math rock musicians should be able to lay this stuff to waste but they have all of the math and none of the beauty
Sir, the Tool Army would like you to listen to the entirety of the Lateralus album...we love living vicariously off the emotions of ppl listening to these songs for the 1st time since we wish we could go back and listen to them again for the 1st time
scarlet letterman = young judgements (given or received), also think scarlet letter or highschool jacket. Saturn (Cronos) is the harvest god... like seasons it always comes back around. you always have the ability to show mercy. the song is about forgiveness. let go..... very refreshing to hear another mind contemplate on the tree of woe.
@@Egoblivion On shrooms, I’ve listened to a lot of TOOL on shrooms but but it’s pretty fascinating to see other peoples reactions for something I love so much 🤙
I saw this at welcome to Rockville on shrooms. By the time this show was over I was a different person. I feel so spiritually enlightened now. I can feel the negative energy transforming into positive. It’s amazing and it changed my life.
Your right, funny thing though - Saturn is Binah in Kabbalah but they also consider Earth (Malkuth) as a lower register of Saturn. If you look at it 'choose one or ten' - you could maybe read that as choose Kether or Malkuth (Earth or absolute transcendence). Charismatic Voice said she heard it was all references to Galileo and the Catholic Church. I think Maynard likes to overload his tracks with all kinds of plausible meanings that weave through the lyrics - so it's probably safe to shrug and say maybe it's a 'both and'.
My favorite song..... I'm turning 28 so I am in my saturn return years and I'm having difficulty letting go of certain things..... it's so painful... it's extremely personal and my ego is fighting tooth and nail to keep the old narrative going..... a part of me deeply wants to let go so badly. I'm having difficulty giving away the stone... so much pride and it is hurting me.
This song was actually inspired by Galileo and his struggle against the Catholic Church, specifically on the issue of the Earth orbiting the Sun (as opposed to the Vatican's previously established standard of the Earth being the center of the universe). The movements of Saturn were used as part of Galileo's testimony that the Sun is the center, not the Earth. The scream towards the end represents Galileo's outrage when he recieves news on his deathbed, that he has NOW been absolved of his accused heresy, and his house arrest is now ended. Again, on his Deathbed is when he was absolved, told he was right, and that he can legally exit his house.
All the songs off of Lateralus have a similar feel. Their albums are sort of themed that way. If you haven't done the title track, I strongly encourage you to do Lateralus.
Saturn sins is about when the god ate his children because he was afraid they would depose him. See Goyas painting. "Saturn devours his son." The ultimate vicious end of his grudge. I think he's saying we should not hold a grudge and evolve.btowardbpeave. My take your mileage may vary.
I always took Saturn to reference the Roman myth. As one story goes, Saturn believed his ten children would someday overthrow him, so he decides to eat them. The goddess Rhea replaces one of the ten children with a stone, which Saturn eats on accident. That single saved kid was Jupiter, who eventually fulfilled the prophecy. Personally, I enjoy the song from this point of view more than the astrological one lol.
This whole album is about self reflection. Tools music was very angry before this album. Of course they didn't fully let that go but there is a lot more self reflection in later albums. I don't know if Maynard had a specific grudge in mind when he wrote this but I think he was trying to let go of a lot more anger in general
If you haven't noticed by now, 90% percent of their songs that Maynard wrote, are about riffs within the band itself. They have personal beefs within the group, one including the amount of time that the rest of the band takes for their personal artistic touches to each song or album. The process of making their albums are made depending on the music that they create, and then he writes lyrics based on what he hears or feels. If they take too long, then he feels animosity towards his band mates and he displays his dismay within his lyrics. But on the other hand, if they hold out on creating their parts, then the grudge is withheld and it provides him with a driving force that is Tool!!!
0:00:00 (zero point) liftoff ... lateralus is tool's 'v is for vagina' by puscifer. elevator/lift machine starts /// we're going UP through the tracklist, folks!* 13 tracks correlate 1-to-1 with 13-chakra system. godhead = faaip de oiad (THE THIRTEENTH STEP ...by apc ...is about "addiction" yeah ...but, to ego) 'v is for vagina' by puscifer> album art design depicts "in-flight" brochure. bc we are "listening to"(synesthetically WATCHING) an "in-flight" "movie"... aboard vagina airlines. 10 tracks of 'v is for vagina' includes OPENING & CLOSING CREDITS tracks. the 8 tracks inbetween QUEEN B & REV 22:20 correlate w/ 8-chakra system. all of "queen b" is in that elevator/lift sound at beginning of lateralus album it is (meditative, zero-ing) LIFTOFF ...starting from the "ground" (& "gonads") * see "parabola" m/v for "let go (leaf)" "coincidentia oppositorum"chakra scene
I suspect he is just reading lyric interpretations from the internet and pretending it is just coming to him. He looked like he was reading during Maynard’s epic scream, which he didn’t seem to even notice.
@@thepooz7205 Well, I don't like the way it feels to be suspicious of everything and everyone and would like to still enjoy the mention. Plus, if you have watched his videos for any period of time, you would know that this man is very intellectually curious. (See his explanation of RATM first album cover). Regardless, those lyrics are very confusing to the masses and I appreciate his clarification for those who aren't familiar
Here is my own larger interpretation of this song. I have always assumed the band name Tool to be indicative of their intention of using the band as a tool for improvement (with a double entendre of also being a dick joke, to make sure they don't take themselves too seriously). Being such, it seems to be apparent that Maynard had a very rocky relationship with humans and God as a whole. With that, this is sort of what I have always assumed this song was, a tool to get closer to God by acknowledging his grudge with God and God's creations. Again, these are just some ramblings of a guy who has been listening to Tool for almost 30 years. I could be far off the mark, but it feels like a subject they may tackle, with the sort of ambiguous honesty I have always assumed Maynard's lyrics hold. I think Maynard often is using a form of self analysis where he stands outside of himself and uses you as I. Sort of like he is usig his shadowed Anima and his anger to attempt to point out the flaws of his ego. Sorry for the ramblings
You’re definitely not wrong. I think most fool songs have multiple meanings. Yes “fool”. 10,000 days. They are hyper intelligent and if everyone tapped into them… Man, we’d in a better place
There is a lot of talk about the song and the album. You have to start at their beginning, at least at Undertow. Tool's albums have been a chronicle of that process of letting go of trauma, deep-rooted trauma. While it can be appreciated here in this album, their entire discography is the process. You have to start at the beginning.
The start of the song gives it the tone… Ahhhhh f u. The rest of the song is a reconciliation. How do we process these feelings. Esp when Saturn ascends! 😉
sry... love the channel, can't take that background... apologies that my comment is a complaint... but damn dude... and oh, nice on the touch-of-knowing during the reaction... well done on the that bit and other points.
The pause you took about 6 and a half minutes into your video made my heart ache. You should get into the good habit of going back a few seconds when you pause videos, especially if they're musical reactions.... If they're TOOL reactions you can start the song from scratch every time you stop it... Even if don't stop it... None of us will ever complain
Tool never misses
That’s not true…….. they never ever miss…. 😂
Never Lllost
You’re goddamn right
Ever!
Man your voice is so satisfying lol, like I need your voice on an audiobook to just help me chill. Great reaction man
Haha! I’ve been thinking the same thing! Please read us a story -
The drumming in every song but specifically the outro in this one is INSANE and by Danny’s own admission the toughest to play live by far for him
Agree, that outro is beyond amazing
Grudges are nothing more than our own self-imposed prison. We can choose to hold on to our grudges and allow them to drag us down, or we can choose to let them go and transmute the negative into something positive.
Wise words 👏
This album is introspective. It's likely more about himself not being able to let go of the anger, spite and hatred he feels for someone. The mood of the music to me fits so well because it feels like inner turmoil. It calms down at points, which feels like the beginnings of letting go of the grudge, then comes back full force during the climax of the song, as all of those negative emotions often come back to us when we think they're gone. This song helped me get over some negative anchors I had been carrying around for years.
That scream is just so fucking primal. 😮
25 seconds long. So crazy
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oh hell yes one of my favorite songs of all time LFGGGGGGGGGGGG
btw this whole album is obsessed with the Fibonacci sequence. you'd love all the weird little theories about meanings of the songs and the album as a whole and whether it should have its tracklisting altered to put Fibonacci sequence-numbered tracks first, etc.
10:10 oh yeah and they use the Fibonacci sequence frequently so they can layer different time signatures over one another and have them sync up as they like lmao
math rock musicians should be able to lay this stuff to waste but they have all of the math and none of the beauty
Sir, the Tool Army would like you to listen to the entirety of the Lateralus album...we love living vicariously off the emotions of ppl listening to these songs for the 1st time since we wish we could go back and listen to them again for the 1st time
It’s literally one of my favorite things to do.
I've literally asked a group of friends what album if you could, listen to the first time again. My answer, and will always be, Lateralus.
Countdown to the scream in..3....2...1....
(25 seconds later)
0.0 what in God's name did I just listen too.
Cheers mate. Great reaction
We love TOOL!!!
scarlet letterman = young judgements (given or received), also think scarlet letter or highschool jacket. Saturn (Cronos) is the harvest god... like seasons it always comes back around. you always have the ability to show mercy. the song is about forgiveness. let go..... very refreshing to hear another mind contemplate on the tree of woe.
This is a groovy journey!! Glad I’m on 🍄🍄🍄🍄 for this 🤩🤩
You watched this reaction on shrooms or you first heard it on shrooms er….? I’m just interested because i love Tool and love psychedelics.
@@Egoblivion On shrooms, I’ve listened to a lot of TOOL on shrooms but but it’s pretty fascinating to see other peoples reactions for something I love so much 🤙
Turn it …up and. Down then up ect #toolarmy❤️🔨
I saw this at welcome to Rockville on shrooms. By the time this show was over I was a different person. I feel so spiritually enlightened now. I can feel the negative energy transforming into positive. It’s amazing and it changed my life.
i was there..... fucking sick!
God bless you. I wish I had your experience
Your right, funny thing though - Saturn is Binah in Kabbalah but they also consider Earth (Malkuth) as a lower register of Saturn. If you look at it 'choose one or ten' - you could maybe read that as choose Kether or Malkuth (Earth or absolute transcendence). Charismatic Voice said she heard it was all references to Galileo and the Catholic Church. I think Maynard likes to overload his tracks with all kinds of plausible meanings that weave through the lyrics - so it's probably safe to shrug and say maybe it's a 'both and'.
I always love the way you speak. Lol. It's so great. 🎉
THE best drummer in the world lets gooooOOOooo also maynards scream GEEZ
25 seconds
My favorite song..... I'm turning 28 so I am in my saturn return years and I'm having difficulty letting go of certain things..... it's so painful... it's extremely personal and my ego is fighting tooth and nail to keep the old narrative going..... a part of me deeply wants to let go so badly. I'm having difficulty giving away the stone... so much pride and it is hurting me.
It’s amazing that many of the things that we think define us are the things dragging us down.
Your gonna love this 1
This song was actually inspired by Galileo and his struggle against the Catholic Church, specifically on the issue of the Earth orbiting the Sun (as opposed to the Vatican's previously established standard of the Earth being the center of the universe). The movements of Saturn were used as part of Galileo's testimony that the Sun is the center, not the Earth.
The scream towards the end represents Galileo's outrage when he recieves news on his deathbed, that he has NOW been absolved of his accused heresy, and his house arrest is now ended. Again, on his Deathbed is when he was absolved, told he was right, and that he can legally exit his house.
Puscifer has a song based on that... Not this song
That’s 100% not what this song is about 😂
Seems like this guy chose 10 😂😅
TOOL The undisputed, Heavyweight Champions of metal.
They were being flippant to people that dictated their actions by something as frivolous as a planet ascending 👑
WOW!!! That was intense!! And with the background you had going to, thanks brother, always enjoy your content!!🤙🤩
Mr. Boyd. After years we meet again. Greetings.
The drumming is best I've heard. Scream and outro, just amazing. I like their songs, 4 degrees, H, The Patient.
This whole album is 💯🔥🧯🚒
All the songs off of Lateralus have a similar feel. Their albums are sort of themed that way. If you haven't done the title track, I strongly encourage you to do Lateralus.
Do Vicarious, it applies to all of us
He has done it 👍
time signature = Fibonacci sequence. ....tool army est.1993..............tool army est.1993............tool army est.1993...
New perspective… he’s addressing himself. Not someone else. “Until you choose to, let this go. “
@11:43 I play this whenever someone wants to say someone else is the best drummer…
I heard the inadvertantant quiver at the end! So intense!! 🌀 🤗 🌀
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhman I love that scream
A Lot of his lyrics are based on his relationship with his mother whom was deeply religious.
Saturn sins is about when the god ate his children because he was afraid they would depose him. See Goyas painting. "Saturn devours his son." The ultimate vicious end of his grudge. I think he's saying we should not hold a grudge and evolve.btowardbpeave. My take your mileage may vary.
I've always taken it as an internal struggle. A grudge can hold you back, and at the end of the day it's only your own actions that you can control.
You are exactly right Mr. L. Boyd,...let go; easier than it sounds, and it sounds pretty hard to do
I always took Saturn to reference the Roman myth. As one story goes, Saturn believed his ten children would someday overthrow him, so he decides to eat them. The goddess Rhea replaces one of the ten children with a stone, which Saturn eats on accident. That single saved kid was Jupiter, who eventually fulfilled the prophecy.
Personally, I enjoy the song from this point of view more than the astrological one lol.
This whole album is about self reflection. Tools music was very angry before this album. Of course they didn't fully let that go but there is a lot more self reflection in later albums. I don't know if Maynard had a specific grudge in mind when he wrote this but I think he was trying to let go of a lot more anger in general
If you haven't noticed by now, 90% percent of their songs that Maynard wrote, are about riffs within the band itself. They have personal beefs within the group, one including the amount of time that the rest of the band takes for their personal artistic touches to each song or album. The process of making their albums are made depending on the music that they create, and then he writes lyrics based on what he hears or feels. If they take too long, then he feels animosity towards his band mates and he displays his dismay within his lyrics. But on the other hand, if they hold out on creating their parts, then the grudge is withheld and it provides him with a driving force that is Tool!!!
The time signature at the centre of the track is 10/8 or something of that measure, so the one or ten could be a reification of that motif
0:00:00 (zero point) liftoff ... lateralus is tool's 'v is for vagina' by puscifer.
elevator/lift machine starts /// we're going UP through the tracklist, folks!*
13 tracks correlate 1-to-1 with 13-chakra system. godhead = faaip de oiad
(THE THIRTEENTH STEP ...by apc ...is about "addiction" yeah ...but, to ego)
'v is for vagina' by puscifer> album art design depicts "in-flight" brochure.
bc we are "listening to"(synesthetically WATCHING) an "in-flight" "movie"...
aboard vagina airlines.
10 tracks of 'v is for vagina' includes OPENING & CLOSING CREDITS tracks.
the 8 tracks inbetween QUEEN B & REV 22:20 correlate w/ 8-chakra system.
all of "queen b" is in that elevator/lift sound at beginning of lateralus album
it is (meditative, zero-ing) LIFTOFF ...starting from the "ground" (& "gonads")
* see "parabola" m/v for "let go (leaf)" "coincidentia oppositorum"chakra scene
First reactor I've ever seen that caught on to the kabbalistic references in this song
I suspect he is just reading lyric interpretations from the internet and pretending it is just coming to him. He looked like he was reading during Maynard’s epic scream, which he didn’t seem to even notice.
@@thepooz7205 Well, I don't like the way it feels to be suspicious of everything and everyone and would like to still enjoy the mention. Plus, if you have watched his videos for any period of time, you would know that this man is very intellectually curious. (See his explanation of RATM first album cover). Regardless, those lyrics are very confusing to the masses and I appreciate his clarification for those who aren't familiar
BTW, @mrlboyd, in kabbalistic terms, the line "choose 1 or 10" means to choose between the crown or the kingdom
🤘🏻🌀
A scarlet letterman is someone who commits adultery. This song is literally about infidelity
You sir have a wonderful voice. You need to do animal documentaries. Or be the announcer at baseball games!
Interesting take on his sincerity. I never thought about that. However, listen to Parabol/Parabola. I think his intention is clear.
I think Maynard is talking about himself. Forgiveness in order to be happy.
My favorite band and drummer.
Evgeny Novikov is close.
Here is my own larger interpretation of this song. I have always assumed the band name Tool to be indicative of their intention of using the band as a tool for improvement (with a double entendre of also being a dick joke, to make sure they don't take themselves too seriously). Being such, it seems to be apparent that Maynard had a very rocky relationship with humans and God as a whole. With that, this is sort of what I have always assumed this song was, a tool to get closer to God by acknowledging his grudge with God and God's creations. Again, these are just some ramblings of a guy who has been listening to Tool for almost 30 years. I could be far off the mark, but it feels like a subject they may tackle, with the sort of ambiguous honesty I have always assumed Maynard's lyrics hold. I think Maynard often is using a form of self analysis where he stands outside of himself and uses you as I. Sort of like he is usig his shadowed Anima and his anger to attempt to point out the flaws of his ego.
Sorry for the ramblings
You’re definitely not wrong. I think most fool songs have multiple meanings. Yes “fool”. 10,000 days. They are hyper intelligent and if everyone tapped into them… Man, we’d in a better place
I think its pretty spot on ❤
I also think the surface level meaning of the song is entirely spot on too
This whole album is kinda representative of his previous albums and life being so angry and him moving on
I think Maynard is the person who has the grudge. The song is a means of catharsis.
How to: Handle a Grudge.
There is a lot of talk about the song and the album. You have to start at their beginning, at least at Undertow. Tool's albums have been a chronicle of that process of letting go of trauma, deep-rooted trauma. While it can be appreciated here in this album, their entire discography is the process. You have to start at the beginning.
Tool.
It was personal. The band had a blow up before this recording.
I’d say it’s Maynard’s personal grudge.
The start of the song gives it the tone… Ahhhhh f u.
The rest of the song is a reconciliation. How do we process these feelings. Esp when Saturn ascends! 😉
Was this the first reaction to "The Grudge" that didn't acknowledge Maynard's scream?
Yep
A lot of refferences to gallileo and the catholic church here. Also the greek god saturn who consumed his 10 children
sry... love the channel, can't take that background... apologies that my comment is a complaint... but damn dude... and oh, nice on the touch-of-knowing during the reaction... well done on the that bit and other points.
He's talking about himself. I have to let it go.
I came for the Tool reaction. Subbed for the- Tool reactions… ::sigh::
It makes better sense if you reverse it -- he's talking to himself.
#TOOL > any band
Longest scream recorded. 25sec
1 to 10 = 10 Commandments. This song can relate to the Church, history and its approach to the world.
The pause you took about 6 and a half minutes into your video made my heart ache. You should get into the good habit of going back a few seconds when you pause videos, especially if they're musical reactions.... If they're TOOL reactions you can start the song from scratch every time you stop it... Even if don't stop it... None of us will ever complain
Should definitely go back 10 secs or something.
123,123,1234
Basic?