First Time Reaction | TOOL - "Lateralus"

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  • I highly suggest you listen to the original song without my commentary:
    TOOL - Lateralus (Audio):
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 1 тис.

  • @AileenSenpai
    @AileenSenpai  2 роки тому +420

    Sorry for rambling at times! I think this song in particular REALLY hit me hard. I know I tend to overanalyze but for some reason this song really just hit me so hard. I spiraled a bit and started thinking too much about life and existence! Thank you so much for watching with me! I'm so excited to hear more from TOOL. This band already has such a special place in my heart ❤

    • @warspyder7406
      @warspyder7406 2 роки тому +25

      It's your reaction, so stop and talk when you want. I would definitely leave those headphones on after the reaction, shut your eyes, and listen without stopping.

    • @chrislong1629
      @chrislong1629 2 роки тому +10

      Loved it, we all got emotional with you, even if we heard it many times before! It’s all good. 😊 Invincible should definitely be on your list at some point. That one hit hard for me personally about getting older, similar to where the band is at in their long career. Right in Two is a good one too, you can’t go wrong, spiral out!

    • @illuminahde
      @illuminahde 2 роки тому +19

      Tool is by far the most oddly emotional music I've ever heard. It's not that's it's sad, it's very introspective lyrically thus the listener can be put into a vulnerable state.
      A girl I dated years ago was really having a tough time dealing with the loss of her mother. I was 22 and she was 19. It had been about 9 months since she had died but she just couldn't allow herself to grieve. She was on a loop basically.
      Well, I had some mushrooms but I didn't want to give her any because I was worried about her not being able to hande them. I eventually caved because I a man and pretty girls are sneaky and stuff...
      Anyhow, Tool had just released 10,000 days. I put that on and it was incredible. We were in awe.
      The title track off that album is a two part song Maynard wrote for his mother. I don't know if I can accurately explain this but I watched her, my girl, actually deal with everything she had kept bottled up. We didn't talk at the time, that's kinda difficult on heavy doses of hallucinogens, but she could not contain her emotions.
      She was better after that. She was able to visit her grave and process the death as one has too to keep moving forward through life. It was like a cheat code for the grieving process.
      Sorry for the length, I just wanted you to know that's perfectly ok to feel how you felt. I have no idea what your life is like but I appreciate your candor and willingness to just be yourself. Keep doing that.
      ✌️ & 💕

    • @ryanclothier5674
      @ryanclothier5674 2 роки тому +7

      No need to apologize......seems like you're ready for the live version of Tool, Sober.

    • @003bsgj
      @003bsgj 2 роки тому +4

      I had a lot of trauma as a child, by the time I was in highschool my life could have been over, this album went a long way in helping me cope with the world. I listened to it daily. There are so many things to get out of this album about life, love and spirit. Emotional and physical connections... The grudge opens you up to your conflicts, the patient brings you to a place of self acceptance, schism tackles your problems communicating, Ticks and leaches addresses your adverse relationships, lateralus walks you through life from birth to death. That's the turning point in the album. After that you've dealt with your emotional and physical side, now the spiritual journey begins. From lateralus through disposition, reflection and triad you relax and feel your spiritual self. It's a different feeling from the first half of the record. By the time you get to Faaip de Oiad, you should be in a better place than when you started the album. Lol Of course then there's the outro about alien abduction to shock you out of it. Have fun with it.

  • @mtmelvin
    @mtmelvin Рік тому +18

    “If you allow TOOL to touch your soul, it will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible.” Perfectly stated! ❤👏🏻

  • @PowderedToastMan420
    @PowderedToastMan420 2 роки тому +325

    NO other bands compare to TOOL. Their DISCOGRAPHY is AMAZING.

    • @grntbggr126
      @grntbggr126 2 роки тому +5

      And yet so small. Only 5-6 albums in 30+ years.

    • @namesurname7172
      @namesurname7172 2 роки тому +4

      Death, Emperor, Mr. Bungle, maudlin of the Well, Swans, Daughters, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Soundgarden. Broaden your horizon.

    • @namesurname7172
      @namesurname7172 2 роки тому +2

      @@rayromero815 Stay mad.

    • @northof4912
      @northof4912 2 роки тому +3

      @@rayromero815 Only Zeppelin can stand with Tool. Tool took what Zeppelin did and went to a new level.

    • @rekrn12345
      @rekrn12345 2 роки тому +1

      @@grntbggr126 In part because when they first signed it was a 5 record deal and their studio screwed them over so they decided to get back at them by not releasing any more albums. That is why they all have side projects and why maynard himself has lead in 3 other bands. Pneuma was the last album in the contract so the hope for more is now out there.

  • @iamtheking9418
    @iamtheking9418 2 роки тому +244

    Right in Two…has to be next! It’s my favorite and it’s message is freaking amazing!

    • @christoffsimply3179
      @christoffsimply3179 2 роки тому +14

      Yeah, fully agree. Right in Two really puts Tool over the line into a category all their own. Never met a soul who wasn't blown away by that song.

    • @MacAnAirchinnighJM
      @MacAnAirchinnighJM 2 роки тому +5

      Old song that will never lose its relevance. Seeing it live for the first time a few months ago when they came to the Bay Area blew my mind. But honestly every song they played that night did.

    • @joeroberts1408
      @joeroberts1408 2 роки тому +9

      Please include Intension, they go together

    • @jimmorris67
      @jimmorris67 2 роки тому +1

      One of my favorites

    • @vincecantu2828
      @vincecantu2828 2 роки тому +4

      Yes. The pot and right in two

  • @johnseward2934
    @johnseward2934 2 роки тому +121

    One of the greatest songs ever written and recorded, not just for Tool's catalogue but just music in general. Sonically, lyrically, emotionally, structurally. It has it all at an untouchable level. It often leaves people speechless for the last half, just like it did with you.

    • @Jagernotty
      @Jagernotty 2 роки тому +3

      At the risk of sounding like a fan-boy....this is mona lisa levels of musical masterpiece. Just the single note from the gong shake me to the core every time I hear it. Literally no other song have I ever heard an instrument play a single not in an entire song and it be so profound.

    • @mookiestewart3776
      @mookiestewart3776 2 роки тому +4

      The first tool song my friend showed me …. I’m a math guy so I instantly recognized the pattern they were doing and then the second half blew my mind

    • @GotStones1
      @GotStones1 Рік тому +1

      @@mookiestewart3776challenge flag thrown!

  • @mitchperry8994
    @mitchperry8994 2 роки тому +79

    The lines “Ride the spiral, to the end, we may just go where no one’s been” are what this song is all about. Precisely by NOT following the straight path, you’re able to go and accomplish that which hasn’t been done before.

    • @inscription8099
      @inscription8099 2 роки тому +6

      Yep, Live your own life, and you'll see, think, and do things nobody else has ever done in quite the same way before. All life is an experiment.

  • @Army_Rob
    @Army_Rob 2 роки тому +67

    Stranger: "do you take drugs?"
    Me: "Everyday"
    Stranger: "what is your drug of choice?"
    Me: TOOL

    • @neonom1024
      @neonom1024 2 роки тому

      Same day... some day people will learn to comment on UA-cam without using colons.

    • @ricardomartinezxx
      @ricardomartinezxx Рік тому

      Whats my drug of choice? Well, what have you got? I don't go broke....but i do it a lot, I DO IT ALOT! YEAH!

    • @bikimajic9610
      @bikimajic9610 Рік тому

      Hahaha yes I say that all the time! TOOL is my drug of choice 🤯

    • @zaclovesschool2273
      @zaclovesschool2273 Рік тому +1

      lsd + tool + a good headspace + a good environment = mmmmNMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    • @bikimajic9610
      @bikimajic9610 Рік тому

      @@zaclovesschool2273 and good headphones 🎧

  • @Xavier1320
    @Xavier1320 2 роки тому +46

    If TOOL had a song that was a final boss of songs/music.. that song would be ‘Third Eye’ … Enjoy!!!

    • @randysanchez3222
      @randysanchez3222 2 роки тому +1

      THIS!

    • @dainistamulevics
      @dainistamulevics 2 роки тому

      Choosing the best Tool song is like choosing between sight or hearing, but I think "Vicarious" is a more mature version of the "Third Eye." And the clip is a good launchpad for being shot into space. It can be scary and beautiful at the same time.

    • @neonom1024
      @neonom1024 2 роки тому +2

      7empest is the video game's final boss. Third Eye is the IRL realization that you're playing your life like a video game.

    • @JJsiN84
      @JJsiN84 Рік тому

      So good to see you once again, I thought you where hiding from me.

  • @saadesigner07
    @saadesigner07 2 роки тому +80

    My #1 album of all time. It's been 21 years and I still feel it when I listen all the way through.

    • @yakkodawakko9387
      @yakkodawakko9387 2 роки тому +3

      Same. Its still incredible

    • @PeteOliva
      @PeteOliva 2 роки тому +1

      Truly one of the greatest works of musical art ever created. This entire album is about enlightenment.

    • @justinquamme916
      @justinquamme916 2 роки тому

      Best song on the album is Resolution

    • @gavinfaith1209
      @gavinfaith1209 10 місяців тому

      @@justinquamme916... reflection?

  • @mariovrandecic5690
    @mariovrandecic5690 2 роки тому +36

    'Swing on a spiral of our divinity and still be a human'... this verse always hits me directly to the heart, no matter how many times I hear it

  • @EtzrakhZenekhai
    @EtzrakhZenekhai 4 місяці тому +1

    It is always incredible to see how all corners of the world react to the power of this song. I'm glad you are riding the spiral with us.

  • @rickthompson3268
    @rickthompson3268 Рік тому +1

    Okay, so if you haven’t already listened to “Stinkfist” or “Schism” then they definitely need to be on your list of Tool songs.. they definitely will not disappoint and are amazing to listen to live.

  • @eviljeep
    @eviljeep 2 роки тому +33

    "Reaching out to embrace the random
    Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.."
    This bar hit me hard. I'm a guy with anxiety and having panik attack sometimes.. So my life today is not simple. Little things people do is sometimes a challenge for me. These lyrics help remembering that you have to try. Embrace the random whatever may come 👌

    • @AileenSenpai
      @AileenSenpai  2 роки тому +6

      thank you for sharing how you feel! I too can relate with the anxiety..These lyrics really hit me so hard as well

    • @edwardmunoz7853
      @edwardmunoz7853 2 роки тому

      @@AileenSenpai please check out A Perfect Circle " by and down" it's the same singer different band. It's his best vocal work in my opinion 💯🔥🤘 keep the reactions coming 🤘

    • @stevehunt9051
      @stevehunt9051 Рік тому +1

      Maynard has another band named "Pusicifer"(some decent songs) but I could never get into them like Tool or A Perfect Circle" (just BRILLIANT 👏 😉 😀)

    • @stevehunt9051
      @stevehunt9051 Рік тому +1

      Tool are the what Pink Floyd were back in the 70's. (Unique, Masterful and one of a kind musicians)

  • @crimsoncooper
    @crimsoncooper Рік тому +4

    Good grief watching your reaction videos are like listening to it again for the 1st time. It makes me cry. Witnessing someone else’s reaction to the beautiful journey that is TOOL reminds me of my own personal journey through all these years. Thank you!

  • @elbolsillo
    @elbolsillo Рік тому

    Tool fans love it when other people are new discoverers of Tool. Especially when it’s appreciated and/or understood.
    I had known of Tool as a kid, but didn’t appreciate them until my 20s.

  • @rjzavala87
    @rjzavala87 2 місяці тому

    Been a TOOL fan for years. Even seen them twice. I just discovered this song this past weekend. The last 2 minutes may be my favorite piece of music ever made. You gotta see them live if you get a chance. Theyre unbelievable.

  • @jesikats712
    @jesikats712 2 роки тому +28

    lateralus is an amazing song. definately one of my favorite tool songs

  • @kryptonianog9418
    @kryptonianog9418 2 роки тому +6

    3 songs and she's spiralling . That's gotta be a record . 😆

  • @darrennapier2874
    @darrennapier2874 2 роки тому

    "when you allow tool to touch your soul it will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible." wonderfully said!

  • @wfly81
    @wfly81 Рік тому

    This song (and so many other great Tool songs) makes me think of a roller-coaster ride. Especially how the intro emulates the anxiety of the slow climb of that first hill.
    But like Bob Marley said, "The thing about music, once it hits you, you feel no pain."
    So you get to experience the excitement and even the anxiety of a roller-coaster, but knowing that the music can't hurt you.

  • @thisistheyear99
    @thisistheyear99 2 роки тому +54

    Can't wait! One of the best songs ever written imo. Enjoy the journey, spiral out 🌀 👁 🧘🏻‍♂️ 🙌🏼

  • @saltysir
    @saltysir 2 роки тому +5

    Spiral Out. Welcome to the TOOL Army.

  • @MNelson900
    @MNelson900 2 роки тому +1

    "I can't wait to spiral out over and over and over again."
    We can't wait either.

  • @innerpeace-relaxationmusic
    @innerpeace-relaxationmusic 2 роки тому +1

    Right in Two is such a fitting song for this day and age. Please take a listen to that one.

  • @tonysoto8949
    @tonysoto8949 2 роки тому +47

    Right in Two and Parabol/Parabola are a couple other Masterpieces in the Discography to this one in a million artists/Band. Absolutely loved your his reaction. Subscribed and hope to hear more TOOL and maybe mix in some A Perfect Circle and Puscifer

    • @judecarpenter2990
      @judecarpenter2990 2 роки тому +2

      I agree Parabol/Parabola are definitely overlooked. Killer song.

  • @gregoryjohnson874
    @gregoryjohnson874 Рік тому +4

    I am 59 and have listened to all the great early metal/progressive bands for years. To me, this is the greatest song I have heard. The album is my favorite album and 2nd place isn't even close.

  • @joespradley2323
    @joespradley2323 2 роки тому +2

    Invincible, 7empest and Descending!

  • @robertkerns4282
    @robertkerns4282 2 роки тому +1

    I m always extremely jealous of someone listening to tool for the 1st time. I miss that feeling welcome to the tool army

  • @untilvalhalla13
    @untilvalhalla13 2 роки тому +55

    "Right in Two" is probably my favorite Tool song. Honestly, the whole 10,000 Days album is a masterpiece in itself. "Vicarious", "The Pot" and "Wings for Marie" are also top standouts off of it. "Parabola/Parabola" are amazing off of Lateralus.
    Another band that is another unique heavyweight in metal would be Opeth. Check out "Harlequin Forest" as a good starter song; live or studio. They'll also take you on a musical adventure.

    • @acxrn
      @acxrn 2 роки тому

      This!

    • @jacob1107
      @jacob1107 2 роки тому +2

      Right In Two is an INCREDIBLE song...beautiful melody, writing, and lyrics! Really makes you think, which I love about music

  • @justinmeade2327
    @justinmeade2327 2 роки тому +25

    Absolutely love the “rambling” at the end. Tool is so deep that you can’t talk enough about them. It’s incredibly amazing to see someone discover them and have their mind opened. Please keep doing more, they don’t have a bad song and the journey is absolutely life changing

  • @gregschmidt3094
    @gregschmidt3094 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Welcome to the Tool ride! You’ve just scratched the surface. Two to consider next - Parabol /Parabola and Right In Two. Both life-changing.

  • @trevormccannon679
    @trevormccannon679 25 днів тому

    maynard james keenan writing these lyrics in cohesion to the fibonacci sequence is genius

  • @ryanclothier5674
    @ryanclothier5674 2 роки тому +8

    I'm not sure what to say.....other than....SPIRAL OUT>>>>>KEEP GOING

  • @wfly81
    @wfly81 Рік тому +3

    I love that you call Adam Jones's "guitar solo" magical, because it's not a term often used to describe his more showcased moments...because they're not guitar solos in the traditional sense.
    But they are magical, as you said. They are ethereal, dreamy, incredibly narrative, and uncomfortably dark. They're gorgeous.

  • @johnsayre9935
    @johnsayre9935 2 роки тому +1

    Embrace life and live it. It is a powerful concept . Embrace the random, embrace whatever may come.

  • @dshay2012
    @dshay2012 Рік тому +1

    Hahaha! Lol... It NEVER gets old... watching people discover TooL is so much fun. Makes me remember and relive my own journey with them. TooL is my Gospel. Straight up, no joke. Instead of going to church I listen, sing and meditate to TooL. They ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS raise my vibration to a point of euphoria...Aura be BOOMIN after a good TooL sesh! I've watched a few of your reaction videos and I can tell you're really getting into them! It's like with each video, I can see your soul blossoming 😁 Watching your third eye opening... Hahaha. Amazing to watch. I'm happy to say, sorry kiddo--- YOUR HOOKED! So happy we converted you. Buckle up, the TooL journey is a beautiful and transformative one. Exploring your dark side, and realizing your light. 🙏 TooL just does not make a shitty song. PERIOD. EVERY SINGLE SONG IS A MASTERPIECE. So you have plenty of material for reaction videos! Aileen, my dear, you have earned yourself +1 SUBSCRIBER. I look forward to watching you continue your TooL journey, may it be a spiritual one and may Spirit Bless You! Yay!!!! TooL Army WINS AGAIN!!!! Hahahaha 😁🥳🤣🥳🤣👍✌️🙏

  • @howardcraven3664
    @howardcraven3664 2 роки тому +21

    Tool does not manufacture top 40 BS, they sing about life and touch souls.
    #ToolArmy

    • @Skurian_krotesk
      @Skurian_krotesk 2 роки тому +1

      I wish humanity would be advanced enaugh for music like this to be on the top in mainstream media but in a way it makes it special the way it is now.
      Not everyone can be self aware enaugh to see the beauty in dissonance.
      Have a wonderful day friend

    • @Heatwave9000
      @Heatwave9000 2 роки тому +2

      When you listen to the top ranking songs on the charts you start to realise how primitive humanity still is. Literally all these hip hop songs sound the same with the same boring beats and topics about drugs, sex and alcohol.

  • @Sir_Waddles_III
    @Sir_Waddles_III 2 роки тому +25

    I'm sure someone has already said it, but this song is based around the Fibonacci Sequence. The syllables in the first and second verse go
    1,2,3,5,8,5,3.
    The time signatures also follow the pattern and it is what they are referring to with spiraling out. Tool are actual geniuses.

    • @ascendedsleeper5693
      @ascendedsleeper5693 2 роки тому +4

      There's a video here on youtube from a channel called Polyphonic that does an amazing breakdown of Lateralus.
      It's actually mindblowing just how much thought went into the creation of this song.

    • @Kryptoche
      @Kryptoche 2 роки тому +3

      1,1,2,3,5,8,5,3 actually

    • @mokane86
      @mokane86 2 роки тому +1

      @@ascendedsleeper5693 or maybe the song practically wrote itself... 🤔
      how much thought goes into growing a snail shell?? (Fibonacci spiral)
      😂😂🤘

    • @ascendedsleeper5693
      @ascendedsleeper5693 2 роки тому +1

      @@mokane86 Yeah I agree that it all fits perfectly because of the math behind it, but if you watched the video I'm talking about then you'd see a lot of it is intentional.

    • @BearInThaWoods
      @BearInThaWoods Рік тому +1

      @@Kryptoche Came to second this comment. Follow the syllables of the words.
      1 - black
      1 - then
      2 - white are
      3 - all i see
      5 - in my in-fan-cy
      8 - red and yell-ow then came to be
      5 - reach-ing out to me
      3 - lets me see
      Each line added together makes up the next line in the sequence. The sequence creates perfect spirals. Roughly what the Fibonacci sequence was discovered to create. The next line in the song also feeds into the sequence after 8
      13 - As a-bove so be-low and be-yond I i-ma-gine
      It's really an incredible piece of writing.

  • @QuickeMart
    @QuickeMart 2 роки тому +1

    The best comment I've ever heard when it comes to Tool is "The best Tool song is the last Tool song you heard."

  • @harrymetalhead3776
    @harrymetalhead3776 8 місяців тому

    Tool is legendary. Live show was incredible, and that was in 2009

  • @tobiaslarsen3861
    @tobiaslarsen3861 2 роки тому +3

    I would recommend The pot for the next reaction by Tool!

  • @TEXICANROCKNROLL
    @TEXICANROCKNROLL 2 роки тому +23

    Tool is by far one of the most cerebral, thought provoking bands I've ever listened to.
    Just wait until you start reacting to more of them, especially from their Fear Inoculum album

  • @Seppe2242
    @Seppe2242 Рік тому

    "So beautiful" sums up TOOL perfectly 😍

  • @joshualaurita891
    @joshualaurita891 2 роки тому +1

    Now you have officially been enlisted in the TOOL Army. Welcome to the ranks.

  • @alpur214
    @alpur214 2 роки тому +15

    The Grudge is another great track from this album. Would love to see you react to that! Wait til you hear Danny at the end!

  • @theawakener4360
    @theawakener4360 2 роки тому +3

    Yasssssssss! Spiral out!
    🙏🏽✨🌎🌀🐸😍🥰👽🧬

  • @MetaSynCreta
    @MetaSynCreta Рік тому +2

    I love seeing a new Maynard fan blossom 🌸🌼

  • @caseyparker8639
    @caseyparker8639 Рік тому +4

    This song had such an emotional impact on me that I ended up getting a tattoo to represent it to me in my own way. It's one of the greatest songs I've ever heard .. lyrically, musically and mathematically. It's beyond life changing IMO. So glad you discovered it and Tool as well.

  • @joeroberts1408
    @joeroberts1408 2 роки тому +15

    Intension and Right in Two should be listened to together. The message is still on point today.

  • @benmason9755
    @benmason9755 2 роки тому +4

    "Following our will and wind we may just go where no-one's been" is one of the greatest lyrics I have ever heard in my life. These are genuine words to live by.

  • @angelcaraballo4907
    @angelcaraballo4907 Рік тому +1

    Hands down this is my favorite tool song!! When I first heard this song via headphones I started crying and at da end of the song I didn't even realize I was crying and I couldn't believe this song brought me to tears the way it did do wit dat said tool isn't a band in my eyes... their a movement if that makes any sense.....#spiralout

  • @CFH50
    @CFH50 2 роки тому +7

    Great reaction to one of my favorite Tool songs. If you get the chance, go see them live, you won't be disappointed.

  • @lloewenberg
    @lloewenberg 2 роки тому +6

    You have your tool ticket, time to start down the rabbit hole. 🐇
    The Patient should be on your to do list. Beautifully done song. After 7 min youll wish it was 14 min.

  • @beguile302
    @beguile302 2 роки тому +4

    Welcome to the Tool Army! I say listen to all of it! Can't go wrong! And when you run out of Tool songs, there's also Maynard's other projects, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer (can't go wrong there either!) Cheers!

  • @auntiegravity7713
    @auntiegravity7713 Рік тому

    You are NOT rambling. You love philosophy and math and beauty and what this music does to the soul. So do I. It feels like I'm right there in the room with you and the dog, having a glass of wine and geeking out on this stuff. Thank you!

  • @litawells4264
    @litawells4264 2 роки тому +2

    Tool Army here, I have been a Tool fan since the 90s, yes I'm old....moving on.This song was released in 2001, I still remember the first time I heard it, I became captivated by it immediately. I can't tell you how many times I have listened to this song through the years, but what I can tell you is I am Just as effected emotionally by it today as I was 21 years ago. I can't think of another song that touches my soul the way this one does.There is however another song by Tool that comes close (Parabol/Parabola).Welcome to the Tool Army.

  • @codywilde945
    @codywilde945 2 роки тому +4

    Tool saved my life during a time when I didn't know if I even wanted to keep living. The 90's were very hard for me emotionally. They are still my favorite band and listen to them every day. Love the reaction! Spiral out! Keep going!

  • @pierceneel5045
    @pierceneel5045 2 роки тому +42

    Do the live version of sober! I feel like as a vocalist you'd rlly appreciate maynard's performance

    • @kakka213
      @kakka213 2 роки тому +2

      This

    • @tgil8786
      @tgil8786 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah. Good call

    • @evolutionviii12
      @evolutionviii12 2 роки тому +2

      And the Salival version of Push It...but only after hearing the studio version!

    • @Greenytica
      @Greenytica 2 роки тому

      Yeah the live Sober would be good.

  • @Arashmickey
    @Arashmickey Рік тому

    Tool covered a song called "Demon Cleaner" by Kyuss. The two bands can complement each other, and I often find myself listening to one after the other. Tool and APC stir the soul, then Kyuss songs like Catamaran, Writhe & 800, and Space Cadet soothe and calm me again. The fan videos of nature and space vistas also aid in this.

  • @dandaris2153
    @dandaris2153 6 місяців тому

    In 2017, I had to play that song (on bass) for an artistic event, with musicians who never played together and we only had 2 rehearsals. It's been my biggest mental challenge and a bit of a nightmare but, we did it!!!!!

  • @mariovrandecic5690
    @mariovrandecic5690 2 роки тому +14

    Tool has also their emotional side, except a philosophical one. And when they go emotional, it is 'to the core' and very personal, of course. I recommend listening "Wings for Marie (Pt 1)" together with "10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)". These songs are about Maynard's mother who had a stroke and went paralyzed for 27 years or about 10000 days. Warning, some tears can pour out while listening...

  • @shorap
    @shorap 2 роки тому +9

    This album came out right around the time I first starting getting anxiety and panic attacks. It helped me cope with something I had no context for and had no idea what was happening to me.

    • @deesteez4329
      @deesteez4329 4 місяці тому

      Same for me!! 89 ER visits in one year due to panic attacks!

  • @NathanExplosion1989
    @NathanExplosion1989 Рік тому

    I'm always so jealous of someone hearing and experiencing a tool song for the first time

  • @chriscary9269
    @chriscary9269 2 роки тому +7

    Puscifer and APC needs to be on your radar as well Maynards other 2 bands. He’s the greatest frontman of all time.
    Puscifer - Monsoons, mama sed, The Remedy ,
    APC -when the levy breaks , so long and thanks for the fish

  • @jayspin8093
    @jayspin8093 2 роки тому +7

    “Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits.”

  • @gmpsandw
    @gmpsandw 2 роки тому +4

    Just think, you've just scratched the surface... welcome to the rest of your musical life journey. Those who get it, get it, those who don't I feel sad for. Tools music is just amazing.

  • @Unlikely_Hero
    @Unlikely_Hero 2 роки тому

    Often feel like I'm all tingly and energized after listening to Tool, it's SO entrancing and immersive. At the end you're sometimes like "was I just getting emotional?" haha

  • @Isaiah-667
    @Isaiah-667 Рік тому +1

    The baby analogy is a new one for me. I see why you got there from the song. The black and white to red and yellow, its talking about the closed eye visuals of LSD at first versus later on in the trip. I think there was an interview that Maynard says that, but it was his explanation of the lyrics. Ive watched your videos for a while and am a pretty big fan. Just now seeing this one and i really like your analysis of the lyrics

  • @stephenmorelli6741
    @stephenmorelli6741 2 роки тому +3

    Oh hell yeah my wish granted

  • @paulmcclaren1202
    @paulmcclaren1202 2 роки тому +18

    Actually, from a scientific perspective, babies are color blind and can only see black and white. They then begin to develop red and then yellow. Educational baby toys that are intended to help with infant brain development are usually black, white, and red. I do like your take on it though as well. My son didn't see the color of his friends until they started teaching him about Martin Luther King in school and then he finally recognized that his friends had different skin colors than he did. I pray for a day when none of us notice skin color.

    • @Noukz37
      @Noukz37 2 роки тому +3

      Imagine how many other things we are taught to notice, separate and categorise and which are in fact irrelevant.

    • @pedrochevez2090
      @pedrochevez2090 Рік тому +1

      Sometimes pointing out things that do not need to be pointed out is utterly useless. Especially skin color.

  • @marcusjones6586
    @marcusjones6586 2 роки тому +1

    Black & white are the first colors that we, as infants see. Red & yellow are the next 2 colors.

  • @DerpyBerb
    @DerpyBerb 2 місяці тому

    I’m sure someone has said this by now, but the opening lyric of colors is in reference to literally how our brains have evolved to see color, but also the less literal meaning that you took from it is correct. There are multiple meanings intended here.

  • @gregwjohnson1986
    @gregwjohnson1986 2 роки тому +3

    Subscribed because of this reaction. I'm here for the journey now.

  • @PeglegSailor
    @PeglegSailor 2 роки тому +3

    I have always felt that Tool is an experience, whether you’re simply listening to their music or going to their concerts.
    I’ve only been able to see videos from their concerts, and I very much wish to go to one someday. Their shows work to enhance the experience of listening to their music, is the best way I could describe it. Lasers, lights, massive display screens with psychedelic imagery playing behind the band, just a crazy show that goes along with the music.
    Loved your reaction, as always.

  • @pwph8361
    @pwph8361 2 роки тому +1

    right I'm gonna stop you right there when you said 'we go into a straight line and follow the path',,,, yes and yes.. I never did that, but I LOVE that you just said that! No
    love x
    keep em coming

  • @bryansusnik3295
    @bryansusnik3295 4 місяці тому

    Look up the fibonacci sequence. That is what they used to write this song. I am so glad you are enjoying this journey known as Tool. They are in a level all by themselves.

  • @VatnikSlayer2799
    @VatnikSlayer2799 2 роки тому +7

    Lateralus is Tool's magnum opus. It's my favorite song of all time. The way that Justin uses the bass whammy pedal and the heart beat like percussion is so immersive. Along with existential lyrics that will give you goosebumps.

  • @spackle9999
    @spackle9999 2 роки тому +4

    I could tell immediately this music was calling to you. You're on a journey and music like this can help you. Keep developing your soul with these thoughts and these sounds. You'll get where you want to be.

  • @carlandersson7870
    @carlandersson7870 Рік тому +2

    Damn! That last part NEVER fails to give me goosebumps 😤✊

  • @leroysieben4547
    @leroysieben4547 11 місяців тому +1

    Love to hear your reactions Aileen, you are a beauitiful soul. Tool is the best band in the world..hands down!!

  • @the_sandman__
    @the_sandman__ 2 роки тому +3

    You are an extremely well spoken young woman, and I love your take on the song. As a tool fan of 15+ years, I absolutely love seeing people get turned onto their music. Watching people's minds get blown is like looking back through time at myself when I first heard them.

  • @fredbarnes2600
    @fredbarnes2600 2 роки тому +8

    Grant you I'm not fanatical about Tool. That having been said I've never heard a Tool song that didn't engage me in some good way. I like the traditional, almost tribal feel of this especially the drums. The flip side of that feel is the vocals seem a bit subdued compared some of their other songs. The thing I like about Tool best is the complexity engages you even if you don't understand the musical theory behind it. Great reaction

  • @Skullzrapper
    @Skullzrapper Рік тому +2

    "I embrace my desire to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human."
    Such a profoundly enlightening feeling this song expresses. Choosing to listen to yourself and chase your dreams and embracing all the highs and lows that may come along with that choice!
    Beautiful song and beautiful reaction as always!

  • @mattiamodena5791
    @mattiamodena5791 2 роки тому +1

    This song is something of a "spiritual battery" for me. When I'm feeling bogged down by things in life, when I feel particularly lost and on the cusp of a breakdown, this song in a way or another always finds me and somehow attempt to center me, makes me breathe by leaving me breathless, it opens up all the pores of my being making me more receptive to the world and letting me realize how blind I was getting, that my potential is still in me, that I can channel creativity once again. You perfectly get it, it's like you get reborn. I cried during this video, and it's a song that I've listened truly countless times, so much so that I at one point thought ok, maybe Lateralus is no more my favorite song ever, but when a piece does this to you I guess it even stops to be comparable to any other song. Thank you for the reaction, I just discovered you and it's immediately apparent to me that you're a genuine person with a beautiful sensibility. Keep it up, subscribed.

  • @proxtn4544
    @proxtn4544 2 роки тому +6

    I love that you really let in all the feelings from the music, I would love to see your reaction of Tool´s song 7empest, such a masterpiece and an incredible vibe you´re getting into with that song

  • @statich1
    @statich1 2 роки тому +3

    Once Tool really speaks to you...it never leaves. What a magical thing.

  • @jamedasilva6162
    @jamedasilva6162 9 місяців тому

    His point is not to separate the body and the mind. You want them to be synced and centered. Keep your mind body connection. I love you've dived in to tool over the last year, they force to think and it's not music meant to be passively listened to

  • @charliemays8503
    @charliemays8503 Рік тому

    Tool changed my life. 27 years and counting!

  • @HeliRy
    @HeliRy 2 роки тому +4

    When it come to crazy time signatures, this song being based off the Fibonacci sequence just wrecks my brain every time I hear it.

    • @neonom1024
      @neonom1024 2 роки тому

      It's not "based off" the Fibonacci sequence. They just incorporated elements of it into the rhythms and time signatures.

  • @justingibson6624
    @justingibson6624 2 роки тому +4

    First of all, welcome to TOOL!!! These reactions have been something special and it's really warmed my heart to see them. I can tell from these first three videos, you get it 100%. The subjective interpretation, the way you let it move through you and affect your mind, heart, and soul. Bravo! It takes some people years to get that. I am truly happy you have found your way here. Also, you picked three good ones to start with. Pneuma, Forty Six and 2, and Lateralus are some of the best. FYI: Look into Carl Jung and his work on the shadow for a little more insight into Forty Six & 2. As far as suggestions for future, Pushit is very sad but absolutely beautiful. Right in Two has genius lyrics. Descending is wonderfully melodic but carries a sense of urgency and warning. There's many others as well, of course. I truly hope you continue to enjoy this never-ending journey.

    • @AileenSenpai
      @AileenSenpai  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you for this wonderful comment! I’ll be looking into these as well ❤️❤️❤️

  • @eggstu
    @eggstu 2 роки тому

    Whenever you get there, make sure you listen to Disposition/Reflection/Triad in one swing. 3 amazing songs that were meant to be 3 parts of a musical journey

  • @6ic6ic6ic
    @6ic6ic6ic 2 роки тому +3

    46&2 Is viscerally amazing but Laturalus is a masterpiece. My two favorite Tool songs although really it's a Flux state of preference. Another deep and masterful song is Schism. But really you can't go wrong with any of them. Good shit. Lots of people like Tool and lots of people react because it gets the views. But I feel like you get it. You're not just paying lip service to the algorithm. Much love.

  • @barte3822
    @barte3822 2 роки тому +4

    Love your reactions so I subscribed. Welcome to the Tool Rabbit hole. Tool made it possible for me to get through rehab and recovery; it will be 3 years clean in July.
    Sober, Undertow & Parabol/Parabola are important songs for me, along with Right in Two.
    I know you will eventually get around to them. Keep spiraling out.
    ✌♥️

    • @AileenSenpai
      @AileenSenpai  2 роки тому

      I appreciate your suggestions! I’ll be doing those ASAP! 🤘🏼💗

  • @elbruces
    @elbruces Рік тому +1

    If you count the number of syllables per line in the verses, it counts out part of the Fibonacci sequence, which is related to the mathematical "golden spiral" that he sings about later.

  • @donstuie
    @donstuie 11 місяців тому

    One of the beauties of Maynard's lyrics is that they are (mostly) purposely open to interpretation. You can dissect them and find the mysteries of the universe, or consider all of the metaphysical elements of a slice of toast.

  • @tonymoranda5070
    @tonymoranda5070 2 роки тому +24

    Great Reaction Alleen. To be honest there really in not a bad tool song, it just depends on how you want to feel at the end of the song. Their best work IMO is on the Fear Inaculum album. My personal favorite is "Decending". enjoy the ride Alleen!! spiral out!!

    • @georgeroy7314
      @georgeroy7314 2 роки тому +1

      Descending is a trip, no doubt

    • @berniefreeman4909
      @berniefreeman4909 2 роки тому +1

      Descending is a Master Masterpiece.

    • @cthibodaux21
      @cthibodaux21 2 роки тому +1

      For me, 10:33 to 11:13 of Descending is towards the top of the best things I've ever heard in my life... gives me chills every. single. time.

    • @berniefreeman4909
      @berniefreeman4909 2 роки тому

      @@cthibodaux21 Concur

    • @kenhoward2340
      @kenhoward2340 2 роки тому

      When it's LIVE.. Sh*t..

  • @frankspaan6160
    @frankspaan6160 2 роки тому +12

    Love your reaction! Can't wait till you're a little further along your Tool journey when you have to jump to A Perfect Circle and listen to Judith in order to understand Wings for Marie and 10,000 Days! Those 3 songs are the greatest testament and true emotions of one man's inner emotional struggle (Maynard) put into lyrics and masterfully articulated instrumentally like no other artists could wish to achieve! For now, I would recommend Right in Two, Parabol with Parabola, The Grudge, The Patient and for an all around Tool Experience, Eulogy. Can't wait for more Tool reactions. 👍

    • @richardclark1127
      @richardclark1127 2 роки тому +2

      Why does nobody mention Jimmy and Orestes in the Maynard's mom saga? Should go from Jimmy to Judith to Orestes to Wings part 1&2

    • @virgil5650
      @virgil5650 2 роки тому +1

      @@richardclark1127 Jimmy lyrically is incredible...well the whole song is haha

    • @frankspaan6160
      @frankspaan6160 2 роки тому

      @@richardclark1127 you're right! Orestes is such an amazing and emotional song! I figured, by the time she got there that people would let her know about the whole saga.

    • @justintkd1054
      @justintkd1054 2 роки тому +1

      Maynard's mothers song saga concludes with "Horizons"

  • @Gnomojo
    @Gnomojo Рік тому +2

    It’s funny you can watch her playlist and see her arm sleeve just get longer. It’s a great sleeve gents.

  • @thegoatchild3545
    @thegoatchild3545 Рік тому

    21 years later this song is still just as powerful and magnificent a mindfuck as the first time
    Truly amazing! You really need to watch How TOOL used math to create Lateralus from Polyphonic. 👍👍🤘🤘

  • @saga1ism
    @saga1ism 2 роки тому +4

    Beautiful chaos in a box....is Lateralus. Everytime I hear this song, i always feel it's too short. If you wanna check out just how detailed and magical this song was. check out the video "The Math of Lateralus"
    You've embraced the random...