Spiral Out! Tool "Lateralus" REACTION & ANALYSIS by Vocal Coach / Opera Singer
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2024
- I have heard Tool's "Lateralus" before, but never in headphones where I could truly actively listen and analyze what I was hearing. This makes today even more special, as it's one of Kirk's favorite songs. No pressure. Let's break out the graphing calculators and have some fun!
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Tool's studio recording of "Lateralus".
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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YESSSSSSSSS!!!!! (he says as if he didn't just edit this video)
He says like he didn't make sure Lateralus was on the channel 😂
She says "You all, have been requesting Lateralus" but we know the truth, Kirk was rigging the poll :P
How you check off a Christmas gift and a work task all at once.
Kirk how many accounts did you set up to get this on the show 🤣🦇🤘
My absolute favourite Tool song.
I first heard this song while at sea, middle of the Pacific Ocean as a marine on a navy battle ship. The sun had just set and a dark storm was rolling in. The waves were crashing against the ship. I then put my headphones in and heard this song for the first time per a friend’s recommendation. Absolutely one of the most perfect moments of my life.
Oh man you really set the scene there. I'm assuming this resulted in instant fandom.
right on!!! thank you sir for your service
music is a healer
motivator...etc
much love-me
Hey, brother.
Tool became my favorite band while I was in Iraq, & Maynard quickly became my favorite vocalist. I wonder how you feel about one of his other bands, Puscifer?
That just gave me goosebumps lmao that's one of the coolest things I've ever heard
Holy cow man - congratulations! What an experience that must have been!
i love watching Lateralus reactions, when the listener is fixated on the Fibonacci sequence, then get trolled by Maynard with "overthinking, over-analyzing" immediately after.
Lol ..the paradox!
Jokes on you - im too dumb to notice that so when I first heard this I was just like "sound in ears make me happy in pants"
That wub-wub-wub sound is what the mothers heartbeat sounds like to an unborn infant. It is literally the first sound you (and any other human being) have heard in your life.
Exactly! such aprimal sound.. bloody awesome!
And the next thing is Tool
One more thing. The syllables in the verses increase and decrease with the Fibonacci sequence values. He pauses in between each.
Black = 1
Then = 1
White are = 2
All I see = 3
In my infancy = 5
Red and Yellow then came to be =8
Reaching out to me = 5
Lets me see = 3
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine = 13
Drawn beyond the lines of reason = 8
Push the envelope = 5
Watch it bend = 3
Thanks for taking the time to explain this so I didn’t have to
13 (the number of songs on the record)
he also repeats this twice, as if 1 1 and after that he continues to the next part
@@DavidLopes95 good job
Unbelievable but true! in 1385 Egino THIRD von Freiburg died
The person who mixed this whole album should get writing credit. Its the work of an absolute genius. Tool have some amazing sound engineering in their albums
That would b David Botrill who was the engineer 4 this album and the previous album Aniema
@@papajoeman23 Ænima - otherwise the douple/triple word meaning makes no sense and it's David Bottrill (couldn't resist, sorry ;)
@@isbjrn358 sorry bro
@@papajoeman23 And let's shout out Joe Barresi for 10,000 Days and Fear Innoculum.
Easily some of the most interesting combination of sounds since queen in my opinion
I always felt that the sound in the beginning was reminiscent of a heartbeat in the womb. Muffled by the surrounding fluid/tissues and thus creating the illusion of extra beats.
Then the crescendo of birth... "Black then white are all I see in my infancy"
Yes, it does sound like that. So many amazing things about this song
Damn… I never thought about this.. thank you for this comment.
Holy sh1t I never thought of that.
Yeah I think the drummer said that was the feeling he wanted to pass. Like a birth. And it’s so interesting that the women doing the analysis felt like she was been born, check at 4:10 when the full instruments start, she if afraid/scared everything is to loud and bright. If she was a baby she would be crying. Hope you guys understand my point. Cheers.
Exacto
One of the most technically competent and unique bands ever.
I love that they're not just technical for technicalities sake. They don't sacrifice their musicality for technicality. In fact, they use their technicality to enhance their musicality, and they do so in such unique & creative ways! Tool has taught me a whole hell of a lot on my journey as a musician & sound engineer. I'm extremely lucky to have had them as a very early and continuous influence in my 27 or so years of playing music and instruments of all kinds (as well as recording and sound engineering, of course). It says a lot about a band when non-musicians can enjoy and appreciate their music on a high level, but at the same time there is basically an unlimited amount of technicality and musical intricacies for musicians to geek out to.
"4 of the best musicians anywhere,they just happen to be in the same band" Sammy Hagar
@@xenophagia that was very well written.
Back in their early years they were a band that I would buy their albums but I never really spent a lot of time listening to and when a friend would ask about them I would answer to the effect of, yeah they are an ok band that I listen to when I’m in the mood for something different.
Now I absolutely love Tool and listen to them all the time. I think back to the 90’s now and ask myself my god what the hell was I thinking? Huge fan now!
I feel I must add, they are technically brilliant musicians, possibly to the point of genius, but so much would be lost if their production wasn't fucking ON POINT. I feel like they must have a lot of input there because there's a lot of coordination that needs to take place for an artist to get ideas as layered as tool's to flow through their production.
You could literally have a college class just on this one album. It’s that layered, nuanced, intricate, and deep.
Also that 9/8, 8/8, 7/8 time signature progression is significant because 987 is the 16th number in the Fibonacci sequence. In fact, the original name of the song was 987.
The artwork included with the album is also layered (literally).
@@radbarij Yes, it is Fibo number :D just wow
Furthermore, it represents a spiral as it uses descending, sequential numbers.
It’s the most inspired piece of art I know.
Search here on UA-cam for a video called Fibonacci in Lateralus, as it discusses all of these things.
This made me pee a little.
I'm here to show love to Justin Chancellor because it's necessary. He's holding it all together--the anchor of this song.
Bro him and Danny alone
Like I've seen tool live and I was fucking blown away. I hope to see them 1 more time
Yeah Adam used to be my favorite but after 10000 days came out, he became my favorite. What he does on this Album and even some of the songs on Ænema is like the other guy said, the heart of music. He's the one that pushes their music to that ethereal place where you can't help but close your eyes. He's amazing 👏
Justin is a bloke
They are all absolute geniuses, each one is just as crucial period, it doesn't work without either of them, DAmour was a boss, it's amazing they found someone just as good and different at the same time, and amazing in Justin
Yess Bass love
I think what's most enjoyable about Elizabeth's reactions is that every song, every artist, is appreciated for its uniqueness and she gives everyone a genuine pure reaction
It's people like her, the classically trained, that gave me a new appreciation for extreme metal vocals.
She simply respects music.
that's what pulled me in. so much emotion in every response to every artist in every genre.
You should definitely listen to A Perfect Circle if you haven't already. Its one of Maynards other bands he plays in. "3 Libras" is so beautiful as many of their songs are. I also recommend "Judith", "Passive", "The Hollow", " Blue" and many many more. Love your reactions and hope to see this band in the future!
The Noose
There are so many great songs from APC. Every song from the first two albums are bullet proof. You can’t say you’ve done a dive into Maynard’s music without listening to Judith.
great recommendations!
I think the irony of this song is how everyone gets so caught up in the fibonacci connection and miss so much more, like the lyric "over thinking, over analysing separates the body from the mind", rather than riding the spiral and letting it take them where it will 😉💖
Right!? The entire point of the song seems to be that we should embrace the random. The idea that over-analysis leads to loss of control.
@@stevenmcnoltyii4973 I love embracing ....Just don't touch the junk....😊
My brother James and I used to have deep convos while tripping acid in the woods over these lyrics. Spiral out!
Exactly
@@blackmetalpaganbushcraft9542 maybe you should quit doing drugs that free your mind from this fully immersive holographic multiverse.
I have a hard time listening to this song anymore. My brother James and I used to trip a lot and spent a lot of time in the woods listening to this album and meditating then freaking out then meditating again. He was killed almost 10 years ago in a bad misunderstanding. Still, one of, if not there best song. Spiral out James, I'll see you again in another galaxy my brother!
I'm sorry for your loss brother, you both have amazing taste in music and I hope he is in a better place
❤
So sorry, Patrick.
I'm sorry for your loss, Patrick. I very sadly lost my brother too. Some POS gunned him down. I am glad however, that you and your brother had something so great to experience together. Always hang on to those memories and experiences the two of you shared. I send my best wishes to you and I hope all is well🤘.
Sorry for your loss Patrick,I lost my twin brother to suicide 9 years ago,spiral out brother 🤘
This is my favorite Tool song and this is quite possibly their best album.
I've been too scared to say this for a while now haha
Agreed
FI, Aenima, and Lateralus stand tall as a holy trinity.
Quite possibly?
This album is unquestionably their masterpiece. All their music is fucking great, but this album is very special.
Best album of all time in all categories.
"He's such a perfect singer for what tool does" is the best description of Maynard when it comes to Tool. Maynard could never be replaced as the singer for Tool. Great video! BTW one of my favorite Tool songs to listen to and play on guitar.
I love how she continued on to say (about Maynard’s voice), “it is the thing that is needed”
THAT is the comment that gave me chills because I’ve never heard a more true statement in my life.
Can any of them really be replaced. Maybe for playing older songs but in terms of creating new music I don't think so.
Lateralus on TCV?? Yes, please!
My personal favs from this album are Parabol and Parabola. This album, and those songs in particular, had a profound impact on me during a very difficult time in my life and helped me to be okay with the fact I even exist. I know that might seem a bit silly but it's true.
I absolutely LOVE watching you react to their music!! Please do more!!
I liked parabola before, but then I got in a terrible automobile accident and became crippled. Then I redsicovered that song, and it really was life changing. "This body, this body holding me, be my reminder that I am not alone in this body, this body holding me, feeling eternal, all this pain is an illusion." Really takes on a different meaning when you're in actual chronic physical pain.
same
Yes, she’s rather awesome in her breakdowns
I'm with you with Parabol/Parabola. I've seen TOOL live twice, both have cried and shouted the lyrics...
That transition between songs in just.....UGH!
Elizabeth PLEASE do Invincible off their latest album!! The amount of control, dynamics and maturity in his voice on that song is pristine!!! Please please do it. PS: please talk about the bass playing this time! Thx
Couldn’t agree more. It’s so so good.
Couldn’t agree more. It’s so so good.
Yeah, that is Maynard's most perfect performance for sure.
This, so much this. Favourite song of that album!
I second this motion! Please do Invincible!
26:40 There's a lot going on here in this bit that you find so hypnotic.
Justin starts what feels like a 6/8 groove. Then Danny enters with a 5/16 pattern on the high hat. Then Adam comes in with a splified version of the intro riff that feels 6/8, but as it develops into the complete riff it feels to me that it's in 4/4 and that Justin's 6/8 has actually been eighth-nite triplets this whole time giving us a 3 against 4 vibe.
Maynard then enters, also arguably in 4/4, thereby confirming the actual time signature. But as MJK joins in, Danny adds a slow drum groove on top of his 5/16 high hat work, making the drums feel like they're now 10/8.
Or _would be_ 10/8, if Justin isn't playing triplets, but rather the straight 6/8 we initially assumed before Adam and MJK came in.
I don't know how to give the drums a time signature in the context of Adam's and MJK's 4/4. One full 10/8 drum measure takes 1 and 2/3 of a 4/4 guitar measure.
It's an example of polymeter and of polytempo, since Danny's 1/8 note is a third longer than Adam's 1/8 note.
what the fuckin hell
25:00 When you couldn't pause it because you kept getting pulled into it, I teared up, because that's how this band makes me feel too.
"Swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human." Goosebumps every time.
Once you realize that everything, including Maynard's voice, the bass, everything is part of the sequence. Close your eyes and you'll spiral out 😁
Mushrooms or acid makes it even better.
Spiral out
“It feels like hypnotherapy to me..”
😂🤣 That is probably the BEST way to sum up Tool in one line (if you had to).
The lyrics in this song remind of the book "The Giver". I love how with Tool its not just a band that you listen too its more of a band that you experience.
The giver? Is that Lowry?
@@edwarddawson7849 yessir
I always thought the same! So glad I'm not the only one haha
Please do the opening track of this album, “The Grudge”. Would be curious to hear your take on Maynard’s seemingly impossible vocals forwards the end…
longest scream i have ever heard
Yessss I'd love to see her react to that legendary scream
The grudge was my introduction to tool and yeah that scream is next level
Such a primal scream, it's cathartic just listening to it.
The Grudge is the best song on this album in my opinion.
Just realized while she was analyzing this, the reason I like the whole “swing on the spiral” section and the lines leading up to it is because Maynard treats them kind of like olms(sp) or chants from certain cultures, where he uses the diphthongs to achieve a certain vocal resonance. As if this whole crescendo at the climax to this peace is meant as a type of overarching mantra of how someone chooses to approach life.
good point. it fits with the repeated cycles of expansion, growth, adding more layers of complexity and nuance, followed by a re-centering.
omg yes….you expressed what I’ve felt about this.
I can't believe there was not one comment on those incredible bass lines. They add so much to this song.
100%
Lateralus is my favorite song of all time. The way it builds beautifully to a powerful level of controlled violence, I listen to it when I'm feeling a little down, and by the end I'm ready to run through a brick wall. Spiral out, keep going.
It is so incredibly rare that the term musical genius can be used in the modern era, but TOOL is just about the only instance where I can safely say that every single member of the band is indeed a savant.
Adam and Danny play like they have synesthesia. Justin is an excellent mathemeticion, and Maynard is an incredible poet. Truly incredible.
100% dead on correct!
It’s about time we get a reaction on the Mars Volta.
De-loused in the comatorium is a awesome album. 🙃
Televators, maybe?
Wax Simulacra it's good too
Second the motion
I cannot upvote this enough
Pretty please
The thoughtful analysis of the music coupled with your obvious passion for music really makes these videos fun to watch! Thank you for your work!
You are brilliant!! Keep doing what you do as you were born to share your insights and expertise in the art of performance. I ALWAYS gain a greater appreciation of the artist's you review and experience a deepening appreciation and love for music through you commentaries.
Danny has stated that the 9/8 8/8 7/8 part resulted in the working title "987". Afterwards they found out that 987 is the 16th step in the fibonacci sequence. "Which was kinda cool" according to Danny.
987 is also the 16th number in the sequence
Maybe this is just because I’m a musician, but in the bridge when things get very solemn and the drums, bass and guitar are all in different time signatures I always cry. It’s so soft and gentle and even meditative but underneath it they’re wrangling a chaotic rhythmic storm.
Same here man...that whole section after "I embrace my..." is so moving both lyrically and musically. I love the polyrhythm high hat backbeat thing too, totally cool.
I always get weird logs when I say to people some Tools make me cry. Glad I'm not the only one 🤣
I'm over here crying when "feeeeeeeeel the rythym".
@@jimmyg.6487 That's because you're witnessing the beea-uuu-ty.
@@krisevans3554 My understanding was that was the whole point of Tool naming their band Tool in the first place. They want you to use their music like you would a psychotherapy session. At least one of them once said that in an interview. I'm not sure whether it was clear whether they were joking or not, but it seems to ring true! There are moments in several of their songs where I might get goosebumps and cry at the same time. 🤣 (A cry of catharsis, rather than sadness.)
The part of the lyrics about the colors is about how babies start seeing colors and how when their sight develops, more colors can be seen by our eyes
Love your analyses, especially with Tool songs. There's so much there that you bring awareness to. Listening to these songs in a whole new light now! Thank you!
Tool's individual instruments and vocals are always SO well mixed - I'm glad you chose this song. I love learning new musical things about songs I've been listening to for years.
Danny Carey has 8 arms and uses math for his drumming, pretty well one of the best on the planet, i have seen him and Neil Peart both live, so close in their level of skill, would love to see you do a breakdown of a Rush song, so much talent from a 3 piece band. maybe start with the song Tom Sawyer.
From a drummer's standpoint, the chops to play Tom Sawyer is stupid amazing, but he the FEEL to to be Danny Carey is unmatched.
I read a great interview with Danny Carey in Modern Drummer back in the late 90s. He stressed the importance and influence of Jazz drumming in his development. I believe Billy Cobham was one of his more prominent influences. Another power house on the drums, especially with Mahavishnu Orchestra.
@@davidkalisch7168 I'm a drummer as well.. I agree, but Neil and Danny are (and were, RIP Neil) both on that level that they can literally play anything. It just comes down the directions they want to take with their playing musically. You can see this in both of their written music. They could play with just pure mind shattering technicality if they wanted, but instead they use their technicality to enhance their musicality (which ends up being more mind shattering). Neil and Danny are one in the same in that regard, as well as their skill. It says a lot about a musician or band if they can play obscenely technical music that the average listener can understand and appreciate, yet at the same time musicians can infinitely geek out on the technicality and the musical intricacies. It's wonderful that there are so many bands that pretty much exist solely for other musicians due to their sheer technicality. Yet at the same time, I feel that musicality and dynamics have been largely forgotten about for quite a long time ( I'm speaking mainly of modern metal and it's sub-genres btw). Luckily dynamics and musicality seem to be making a comeback in the different genres of modern metal, which is great. Anyway, sorry about that bit of a tangent I went on lol.
While I agreed that Neil Peart was an outstanding drummer and perhaps one of the best of all time but the difference between the two is this, Danny Carey can play every single Rush song Perfectly if you wanted to but Neil Peart could not play these songs and that's a huge difference
The sheer emotion you feel out of that first guitar rif from Adam gives me chills every time. Earned my sub! Keep doing you!
Once again.. excellent reaction and analysis... your knowledge does truly fascinates me.. and captivates my inner being❤
Who else now needs that soundwave-depiction of this magnificent song?
Yes please.
Pause, screenshot, crop, print! 😉👍
Elizabeth, definitely do their Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned from "10,000 Days" - more and more incredible drums, not to mention the whole rest of it and hilarious lyrics. 🙂🙂
YES
PLEASE !!!!
Agreed
The bass in that is hypnotic.
@@sheadougherty5092 Rosetta stoned also has the most epic and glorious moment in music history, which goes from 7,00 to 9,15.
You describe a Tool song the way my brain hears it but I could never describe myself. The way you use your words is just so incredibly eloquent, graceful and brilliant. I wish I could get a transcript of your videos to go back and reread it because your level of knowledge about the construction of music just floors me. I love it!!! Please do every Tool song 🙏🙏🙃
Probably my favorite all-time. Amazing drums. Deep lyrics. Awesome vocals, and rhythmic, well placed strings.
This song is such a masterpiece in blending weird mathematical time signatures and syncopation together. It feels like everybody’s doing their own thing but in the end the pieces fit. One of my all time favorites.
I know the pieces fit 'cause I watched them fall away
@@Chaps_Jr but did he know they would?
@@amelzon1 *vsauce music*
You will have to listen to "The Grudge" one of the best tracks on the album.
Thank you for this video ^^
Second, The Grudge.
Third, The Grudge
Fourth, The Grudge
Jambi!
@@user-stanrbm oof. Can I plead the fif on The Grudge whilst calling seconds on Jambi? Is this fair?
Just found this channel and so glad I did!!! Thank you for expertly picking apart songs I’ve heard a million times and never got to truly admire the musicianship! If you enjoy Maynard and his singing capabilities definitely do a video on A Perfect Circle!! Different vibe but the sound is just *chef’s kiss*. Good luck to your husband with his surgery!!
I didn’t think I could love this song any more but your analysis made me fall even deeper in love with it all over again 🙏❤️
You need to do Anesthetize by Porcupine Tree, another amazing drummer and just an incredible song. (Also the raven that refused to sing is a masterpiece as well)
Oh man I agree, we need to see Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilson here
Oh man thought people didn’t know about porcupine tree that’s awesome! Sound of Muzak is awesome on drums! Love Gavin
yes more PT!
Yesss Danny and Gavin are my top 2 drummers!
I definitely recommend one of Tool’s biggest influences: King Crimson, specifically, the song “Starless” from the album “Red”.
I looked it up...what a bunch of incoherent noise...jesus Christ shame on you for even suggesting that shit crimson song was anything even close to tool.
@@muzien87 You don’t get it… understandable, nobody young appreciates the genius of King Crimson.
Another vote for Starless. I'd love to see your reaction to John Wetton's voice.
I watch many of your reviews. This is a fascinating review for me. I have listened to Lateralus hundreds of times, and maybe a dozen reaction videos on the song. Yours completely breaks down the sound (I should have known 39 min lol) and opens up multiple thoughts. Excellent review.
These videos are absolutely fantastic. I love seeing people fall in love with tool. I've listened to them for over 25 years and as I age and mature, I listen again and again, and the songs often mean different things as time passes. It's incredible.
Aside from thinking you should do all songs on all albums (lol), I'd really like to see you do 'Pneuma'.
Thank you!!
You could pick any one Tool song, and, teach a semester of music theory on it, alone.
Relax
This young lady is the best first reaction analysts out there. she does a great job
One of my favorite things about your videos is your ability to transmit the sensation of Frisson - a lot of the time, I end up getting goosebumps hearing you describe things in music that already does that to me. It's so rad, it's like YEAH! She totally gets it! I feel the same way about Danny, he's an absolute legend.
They are amazing in every level. I been listening to them when I was a teenager and gone to there live shows. I'm so happy And glad to see people new to listening to them. Continue and welcome to the journey 😊
"You all have been requesting Tool's 'Lateratus' a ton!"
The "you all": Kirk McCune, kirk_tcv, kirkabeth, notkirk, kirknorris, kirkzharoff...
Jokes aside, great analysis as always! I was introduced to Tool thanks to this channel and I loved it! I'm really glad to get to know new awesome stuff through your reactions!
This song is an absolute masterpiece, in every aspect. Musically, lyrically, the way they thought this through, the egineering, the mixing, everthing about this is absolute fire. One of the greatest rock songs ever recorded, from one of the greatest rock albums ever recorded.
I agree 100%🤘.
Amazing how fast you come to the essence of things. Love watching your videos, being a grunge and tool fan.
Yes!!!!!! FInally!!!!!!!!!How I've been waiting for this moment, even if it would take a mega review for this masterpiece
I still remember hearing this live for the first time back in 2007, absolutely changed my life.
Same here. A multi sensory experience that I'll never forget.
Maynards final «Spiral out» scream gives me goosebumps every time i listen to it.
This band is one of the greatest ever🤩
React suggestion; Leprous - Castaway Angels. Amazing vocals from Einar Solberg, and a beautiful musicvideo to go along with it🙏🏻
Love this song!! So glad you did a deep dive into this masterpiece of music. I would also like to point out that Maynard starts singing at 1:37 seconds into the song. If you take 37/60 you will get 0.616666. Add that to the first minute, this is as close to the golden ratio value (1.618003398875) as you can get with the intervals of a 60 second minute. Another subtitle way they weave math/the Fibonacci sequence/Golden ratio into the song.
Wow that is cool! Also, if you invert the division (60/37), it kinda fits (not so close as adding it to the minute) the golden ratio as well.
My favorite band of all time! Tool is absolutely amazing and I love seeing professionals and experts continue to be amazed by them.
One of the things I love about this channel is that Elizabeth actually understands the mechanics and theory of the other instruments, how they work, and why they're doing what they're doing. I've seen a bunch of other singer-reactions, and hardly any of them pay the slightest attention to the other parts of the song or members of the band, or how the various parts fit together to make a piece of art.
It's cool how the first half of Adam Jones' second "solo" consists of one note getting manipulated in crazy ways. He use lot note when few note do trick?
This; she really stands out in terms of how knowledgeable she is about composition, not just singing-technique.
One of your best to date! Enjoyed watching!
I love how excited you get!
YUSSS! Gloriously done!
YES! YES! YES! This is gonna be so good, I can't wait, thank you!
This is the album that formulated their sound and placed them into a sonic realm all of their own. Lateralus is our generations Dark Side of the Moon imo. It's flawlessly engineered and produced. You've already reacted to Wings for Marie but another gem of engineering from the 10,000 Days Album is Lost Keys/Rosseta Stoned. Please put that on your list for later reactions, I know we would all want to see that......also the live version of Pushit from Salival. It's completely different than the studio version and it is etheral!!
Agree 100% about that version of Pushit. I got to see them perform it live, eons ago. Game changer.
I still think Aenema is thier best album. I remember being somewhat disappointed with Lateralus when it was released but it has grown on me over the years.
This will always be a wonderful song.
I would say it's the album Aenima that transitioned them from their earlier, harder sound to the sound embodied by their first hit, "Sober". They then kept that sound until their latest album "Fear Inoculum", which I would say represents another clear demarcation into a new sound.
@@Wiggleattacks AEnima might have the best collection of songs but Lateralus is a different beast as a whole. Most of my fav songs are from Aenima even though Lateralus is better as an entity... If that makes sense
@@Bramble451 Yes but I feel Lateralus is when they became more structured and progressive with their sound. Each album is truly a growth from the subsequent album and to have them still progressing is such a blessing, esp at their age. It's all subjective but we can all agree that they've been in their prime for almost 30yrs and I'm just glad to be on this earth at the same time, sharing in this collective experience
I love your analyses….I subscribed on the strength of your musical analyses alone 🤘🏻☺️
Wow you do an amazing job at analysing Tool songs. Thank you for your knowledge and time in doing this
An absolute Masterpiece! Keep going with Tool songs, there's much more to explore.
Elizabeth, your pure joy for music is infectious! I LOVE watching your reactions! I'm a metal fan mostly, but love all genres of music. Love ya!
wow i loved your analysis, so insightful and intuitive!
Song almost brings me to tears with its beauty every time.
Love when you cover TooL. Always make a niche of time to hear your thoughts. Beautiful in form you are; congratulations on your welcoming a soul into this realm. Good health to you and all yours!!
This has been my favorite song of all time for over 15 years now. It took about a year before it opened and i realized what a masterpiece it is. Since then it has been growing and growing and im getting deeper and deeper. This will be my favorite song for a rest of ny life. Thank you Elizabeth for your great content and greetings from Finland
I love your tool reactions soo much.
I constantly think "yeeah!! Yes!! Thats what i try to talk about!!" Your emotions while watching are so real. I just love it!!!
Nicely done!
I remember buying at midnight the day it came out & having a blast digesting it for the next month. Great record, great song, great pick!
same here!
Guilty. *raises hand* ✋🏼
Since I discovered this channel I start to understand why music can boost my energy or trigger certain emotions. It makes me love my favourite songs even more.
This besides the endless enthusiasm and incredible expertise of Elizabeth which makes this channel into a real treasure.
Ive been listening to this song since i was 14 (now 31) and it still gives me goosebumps, tears, pure joy, reflection, love, happiness, therapy.
I LOVE the way she talks and analyze Tool songs. The way she react to the dept of the band is beautiful
Now you have the drum bug. Please please please do Porcupine Tree: Anesthetize live in Tilburg , NL hint: you may need to take your shoes off to count the time signatures 🤭😵💫😻😻😻. Drummer Gavin Harrison is the master of Rhythmic Illusions in his song writing. This song is an Experience as much as it is a musical masterpiece. Very much like TOOL. Just think Tool and Pink Floyd had kids…..
Hear hear!
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll second that
Yes
Absolutely...only discovered Gavin and Porcupine Tree in the past couple years, but they quickly became one of my favorite bands, and I think Gavin is probably my favorite drummer now.
You emphasized the musical intricacies of the song very, very well to the point of mastery. You lightly touched on the lyrics which are phenomenal in this song. One of the lines that really got me in the song that’s part of the repeat, is where he says “ pushing the envelope to watch it bend“. That is such a deep lyric on life when you stop and think about it. Your objective is to push the envelope as much as you can, but nobody ever thinks about watching that envelope bend because it’s reached it’s limit. That is a very deep, and thought-provoking, line… In my opinion. Such a great song by Tool! I will edit this post by saying, once you hear this song completely through… It’s like a drug. And what I mean by that is, by the time you’re done with the song, the driving and hypnotizing force of the song, you wanna do it again… And again… And again…
This is one of the best songs on the album along with a few others i can't think of the titles since i haven't listened to this CD is a long time. Great analysis of an incredible song!
I was in highschool when this album came out. Me and a friend of mine saw this live multiple times and listened to it many times. Great album!
Oh this is gonna be SO GOOD
The message I feel is to be gleaned from this song is not limiting yourself. How overthinking and second-guessing yourself may prevent you from seizing opportunities. This is also in how at the beginning when his lines build up to eight syllables then start slipping back, then reaching out a little further to thirteen. Also toward the end when he starts referring to the spiral which on a graphed Fibonacci sequence continues to grow out to infinity, talking about riding the spiral to the end and to keep going, it seems to be about overcoming fear of the unknown and uncertain an removing all limits to your growth. Just like you said there are so many layers to interpret, a lot of phrases jump out to this meaning. “Reaching out to embrace the random, reaching to embrace whatever may come” or “Ride the spiral to the end, it may just go where no one’s been, spiral out, keep going.” There really is a lot to unpack here.
Tools music could be studied for a century and still not be fully unpacked and understood. I love the intricacy they bring to every part of their music from time signatures down to the most minor inflection in a syllable it all seems to have meaning
Oh thankyou so much. You are speaking my souls language from a previous time and place that i forgot or put aside. It’s nice to be in touch with this me again.❤️🙏👽
one of the coolest gifts ever. just like how it means some thing unique to each of you.
Whenever someone does this song, a TOOL fan will feel the need to confidently point out the exact Fibonacci sequence (even if the reactor notices most of it) that they themselves didn't notice for 10 years until someone pointed it out to them.
MJK was on Joe Rogan’s podcast discussing this song. He called his use of the fib seq in the lyrical syllables as “sophomoric”. I’ve heard another clip somewhere in the past 20 years where he equated it to writing a “good dick joke”.
Amazes me that 20 years later, it’s still blowing our minds while he wrote it almost as a joke.
Never take Maynard’s interviews seriously :-) it’s always dick jokes. Even when it isn’t.
@@astrolopitekos I mean, they've been selling the double-box wrench shirt for years.
Always Always Always more than one thing at work with Maynard.
Fool literally looked at this song and was like “I can do better.”
He said that in the interview.
Fool this is your Magnum Opus how could you even say that 😂
Regardless of motive it SOUNDS badass!😍
I love the initial percussion in this song, with the very wet, bloody, echoed heartbeat-like sound. It gives me a visual of some sort of heart either coming to life or just barely hanging on to life at the beginning, setting up a very corporeal feeling for the whole track.
Beautiful mastery of sound design.
I love your insight and appreciation. You rock!
I just wanted to pause before the crescendo of the intro begins, to say that I appreciate that you explained how the sound was interacting with you audibly from left to right at about the 3:45 mark. I have a disorder known as Single Sided Deafness and I've been unable to hear from my left side my entire life. I have never and will never know what stereoscopic sound is like.
So, after just putting myself out there like that...I just wanted to thank you. :)
I'm glad you can still enjoy music :) Out of curiosity, can you feel vibrations on your ear on the left side? so would you still be able to get some of the sensation through feel even if not by sound?
@@TroublesomeOwl Thank you. That is a smart assessment. I can feel "pressure" on my left side if the bass is pronounced enough to cause fluctuations in the air.
Considering that in order to make that happen I would need to listen to the audio at a very, very high level and doing that would likely cause damage to my functional ear.
Let's just say if Bethhoven was only to hear his music through air pressures similar to how I can with my deaf side. Then that poor man was missing out on a full blown orchestra of sounds.
Think of front to back instead of sides. It’s not entirely the same but it’s a way to get stereo 🤔
This is the greatest song ever written. Seriously. I'm personally a nobody but I keep walking around UA-cam anyway, posting the same thing wherever/whenever LATERALUS "pops" up because I truly believe it to be the ultimate rock and roll achievement. It's Beatle-esque in parts, Pink Floyd-ish in parts, Black Sabbath-y in other parts, and it takes you on a syncopated philosophical journey that doesn't resort to pulling romantic heartstrings or hyping up some silly party atmosphere. It's introspective and uplifting, dark and inspirational, grounded and extraterrestrial all at once. Just for clarity... My second favorite song of all time is Sam Cooke's rendition of A CHANGE IS GONNA COME.
Tool - одна из тех групп, которых принято называть культовыми. В своё время банда сильно повлияла на меня в музыкальном плане. Расширила границы сознания, выступив неким "инструментом") Недавно этот альбом как раз переслушивал. Приятно было увидеть твою реакцию. Спасибо!
love it you are right on. love your channel !!!!!!! you are part of the ones that get tool now. CONGRATS !!!!!!
I HAVE BEEN LISTEN TO TOOL FOR OVER DECADES WOW!!!!!!!!
I feel like I've been waiting my whole UA-cam life for this ☺