My First Time Hearing Tool - Lateralus (Reaction!)
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In case you're not amazed enough yet; Do you realize that the rhythm of the lyrics follows the Fibonacci series? 🙂
1: Black
1: And
2: White Are
3: All I See
5: In it's Infancy
...
Tool is amazing!
Hey man. I know the word "crazy" has become a very broadly used phrase in contemporary north American lexicon... I argue too broadly... But your reactions are so far the only ones on a sewer-storm of "reactions" that I respect. And they are not "crazy", they are rational and authentic. That is why is respect them.
What is "crazy" is people not Thinking for themselves and the "reaction" genre completely bloated and put of control. That is lock, hermano.
You offer a reaction and a review. And while I still prefer to react to things myself, you are the only "reactor" (can't believe I'm even giving props to a reactor) that I can respect. Tu no loco. To el racional.
Bro a good Standalone video to watch is Danny Carey playing this song live in his Studio with his gold drum set it's just insane how good this dude is
They are amazing
Bro love your reactions. Makes me feel like I'm experiencing it for the first time...... Amazing and thank you! I also want to give you a little secret..... This whole song is based on the fibinaci sequence which is found in everything in nature the ratio makes a spiral (spiral out). From the time signatures to the lyrics. Check it! Fibinaci is simple you start with one and add the number before the last to get the next 1+1# 2+1# 3+2#5+3#8 and so on. Even Maynard's lyrics black(1)+(1)and # white (2) are # all I (3) see # in my in (5)fan cy# red and yellow them(8) came to be# reaching(down to 5) out to me let's me see (finishing descending back to 3). So the lyrics/syllables literally go 1 2 3 5 8 5 3 which are all fibinaci or sacred numbers HOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! So creative literally made out of creation of life! Hope this grabs you guys like it did me
"I've never heard anything like this"
None of us had! That's why Tool hooks you so deeply so quickly. It's also why Tool reactions do so well. We're all junkies chasing that feeling of the first high. We can't hear Tool again for the first time, but we can take pleasure in watching someone else do it.
I never realised that's why I'm watching these kind of vids, but there it is
That's the mf truth! It's why I'm here
I was really deep into Tool a decade ago. I put it down for several years and then recently dove back in a couple of months ago. It was almost...almost like hearing Lateralus for the first time. It was bad ass.
👏🏆🏆🏆
@@Phil_LFC_9 Like taking a tolerance break. Ha! I love it
The greatest band, the greatest album and greatest song ever 🌀 this song saved my life, I was battling depression for years until I discovered this song, it changed everything for me 🙏
That's the most depressing thing I've ever heard.
@@waytospergtherebro Except the ending.
Shrooms....future reference
Shrooms saved mine. Music helped but drugs did the heavy lifting.
@@TsmithJustin I didn’t mention I was also on acid for the first time while hearing this song for the first time, and I agree but they should only be used a few times I feel like making a life style out of tripping can lead to some pretty negative results too, all I needed was 3 shroom trips and 2 LSD trips and I felt like a changed person, I don’t even smoke weed now all I do is Tool 😆🌀ridin the spiral
Lateralus is Tool at their absolute apex. The entire album is flawless. The hungriest, most ambitious, free, vulnerable, introspective, healing and striving for something deeper. The album closes on a trilogy of songs that create a singular musical piece that might be the most amazing moment in rock music. That might be hyperbolic, but maybe not.
This album will never be replicated. The Lateralus fans are the monks. Welcome to the fold. Spiral out.
The Holy Gift
To me it feels like that perfect crossroads album that fused their earlier albums with the band they would go on to become after this album. When I grew up Aenima was my fav album of theirs for years because I was that magic age when it released, but I think this Album has overtaken it.
What he said
Not hyperbolic
Agreed.
I was so messed up from this song I forgot to add my usual closing statements. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Please like video if you enjoyed it with me 🤘🏾 leave a comment I’ll add my closing statements to Patreon but I think you guys get me 🤯
Amazing reaction. It's like you felt what I felt when I first heard it. Just wait. There is so much more. And your favorite songs will fluctuate. They're all that good. Can't wait until you hear The Grudge
Wings Of Marie parts 1 & 2 😉
Disposition, Reflection, and Triad all together but it will be long to review
Now search up 'what makes Lateralus special' and prepare to have your mind blown.
@poloreacts this is definitely another great car banger for you. Hearing this in the car is what really changed my perspective on some things. I think it’s interesting how you pick up tool and Pink Floyd at the same time, which are my two favorite “experience” groups of you know what I mean.
Check out A Perfect Circle sometime if you want similar vibes. Another Maynard project you’d probably enjoy.
This is one of the greatest songs ever created. I used to tear up listening to it. Then about three years ago my wife was diagnosed with late term cancer,she is doing well now after a brutal battle but will be dependent on medication for her entire life. When he sings embrace my desire to...and then conveys all of these deep human feelings including weeping like a widow I can't help but she's a tear. I thought I would feel that for a while and was always overthinking and worrying. This song speaks to my soul on a level that no other song does. It's fucking beautiful and painful and full of wonder and love and open-mindedness, desire and true need. It's terrifying and comforting at the same time. Just incredible. Truly one of the greatest pieces of music ever.
I hope you are well my friend 🙏🏻. Shed a tear reading your story. I hope your wife is well and I hope you are well 😢
You saying overanalyzing at the beginning made me chuckle.
Haha I know, me too.
This guy gets it...
It may just be me, but I appreciate Danny's drumming even more after having watched his drum cam.
Tool's music has so many sounds that aren't "normal" sounds you would expect from the instruments they are playing so I never really thought about where they were coming from.
so when I saw the Pneuma drum cam video I was astounded by how many of those sounds were coming from Danny, and I too found a new level of appreciation for him and his skills.
Absolutely! It's not just you 😁
I love it when people find this out lol, he is the foundation for their music, he really is the metronome and the driver it’s just crazy watching him. One time I saw them me he did like a 15 minute drum solo that was so insane and mind bending you really didn’t even notice it! 😂
He's all we've got at this point. I don't see any Disney kids stepping up to actually play drums and look ugly. Rock might be fucked.
I always knew Hisoka had great taste in music
“Nobody’s messing with this band, man” hahaha DAMN STRAIGHT BRO 🙏😁
Now you get it haha 😂 there’s a reason so many of us requested this song cause we know the moment you do your life changes forever when you discover Tool you look at things in ways you never have, and you realize it’s the only music in the world that’s actually worth a damn at the end of the day lol
I'm about to listen. It sounds like a musical psychedelic. Here we go.
bro APC and RATM have just as much influence ......My pic has been Alex grey since 96
@@simonpacer1594 UA-cam didn’t exist in 96 😆
Everything changes when you hear this.
You’re talking about the fettuccine sequence right?
That swinging pendulum you have in the background fits TOOL music so well. Where can I get one!
Yeah, but I'm waiting for it to do a full rotation and it can't quite get around. Reminds me of watching for the old bouncing DVD logo to hit the corner of the screen.
@@Hurech 😂😂😂
check out perpetual motion machines, should be able to find them online pretty easily and there are a bunch of different types
I've had decades to mull over Tool's discography, and while my #1 of theirs is an endless cycle of "what I'm hearing right now is #1", I keep coming back to this one as my #1 more than the others. Let's be real, this song is original, unique, creative, complex, meaningful, and just a flat out banger.
"what im hearing right now is #1" is spot on. i've given up on trying to pick a favorite. Though, if i had to at this very moment, it would be Jambi
@@jasondarland2383 I literally can never decide. I’ll narrow it down to best album or to best title track but it can never be decided. Every Tool song is amazing in its own way
I tend to agree, I love a lot of tool songs but if I had to pick one to save for humanity it would be this one. Perfect song
Ahhh it's finally being played!
Danny is an earthquake on drums. Justin brings the thunder with the bass. Adam scorches the sky with crackling bolts of lightning on the guitar. Then Maynard pipes in with the disembodied voice of a god. Tool is Mount Olympus.
FUCKING DAMN STRAIGHT
1000 years ago Maynard would have been a prophet.
Well said Toolkin!!! Spiral out!
Justin is the one that really gets my body movin’ with this band
"Right In Two" by Tool is a Song that is so important and appropriate for the days we currently are living in
Couldn’t say it better! Silly monkeys, give them thumbs. . .
Agreed
Oh christ 🙄
That "feel inspired, fathom the power, witness the beauty, bath in the fountain..." part is a spiritual experience every time i hear it.
POLO, No matter how many times it has been done or how late your are. The most Unique thing about Tool is that everyone, everyone has a different perspective on their music and everyone has a Unique experience to their music and we are here for all of it #ToolArmy #Tool
This !!!! yes!
I was a casual TOOL fan back when this came out. I knew their radio stuff, Sober, Schism, Aenima....A friend of mine insisted that I go see them. The first time I heard this was in concert. This song was like a religious experience. When it was over, I said, "What in the hell was that?" He just said, "probably the greatest song ever written." 🌀🤘
A tribute?
@seangwill not sure I understand your question
@@LanceThompsonKssooner
Sorry. It's a Tenacious D reference. I'll see myself out 👍
@seangwill oh yeah, the "Greatest song ever written." I got it.
"Lateralus" is a masterpiece. The lyrics are in the rhythm of the Fibinacci Sequence. Amazing!
Spiral out
@@XxTelFEliTexX Keep going...
When I saw it live, I was with a friend of mine. After it ended and the lights came on, the whole stadium was stunned. I'll never forget that
Same.. nobody left their seat the entire concert. And every left in awe..
Same. I wish I could re-live that experience. The first time I ever heard the song was live on the tour for this album. I’m old. But it was mind blowing.
Same here. Summer 2002 in Buffalo. Tremendous show. They were on fire that tour.
Same 2002 Portland Oregon. Did they have those acrobats decend from the ceiling during the intermission at your guys show too?
@@Consider00 yes! They were like contortionists! I’ve never seen them do anything like that in the dozen or so times I’ve seen them since then. And Maynard stayed behind a screen the whole time. I’ve seen him do that off & on since them. Our show was at Shoreline Amphitheater in California
I love how Maynard's voice practically acts as an instrument in their songs, it's so diverse and adds so much to the song. It's just a part of the music and doesn't take over the songs, every instrument has it's place and stands out
I love how he adds a soothing quality to TOOL despite it being so heavy. Just amazing.
Listen to parabol/parabola next. It's two tracks and Parabol acts as an intro to Parabola. The transition between the two is extremely powerful
the transition from Intermission to Jimmy was my favorite... until i heard Parabol/Parabola
The Holy Trinity's transitions are cool as well. Also Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned and Intension/Right in Two
Yes!! Parabol/Parabola
& an outro… that song fades out with Parabol☺️
This feeling you're getting?
Imagine it live.
I smiled literally the entire show. Lol
I won't die in peace if I'm not witnessing this song live once in my life. Greatest piece of music ever written.
I saw this one live two weeks after 9/11. I was smashed against the railing at the front. The whole show was fucking insane!
I hope you get to see them, dude.
❤🌀
@@benkelly7182 well I saw them in Paris in May but sadly Lateralus wasn't on this tour setlist.
@@DomZwd ah right on. I saw them that same tour also. Incredible show but yeah no Lateralus for me either.
I second this strongly, brother in name
Saw em 2 months before the Vid 19 but they didn't play it 😢
You're making me smile. My pup and I would drive around listening to Tool. He passed away in my arms a couple of days ago. Your enjoyment of our band is... really making my heart happy. Thank you. 💔 also, don't apologize ever. Replay them and go back as many times as you want... thats why we adore this. Living "Vicarious"ly (great song too) through you again 😉
❤️
Sorry about your pup! That's the only thing dogs do wrong - they leave us too damn soon...
@Drummr88 aww thank you. Their only flaw.... this community is amazing. But I do miss everything about my boy-o
Sorry you lost a friend, sounds like he was loved.
@Dan Spice the MOST loved. Ever in the world. A pretty easy feat... since he was probably the coolest dude on the planet. I'm keenly aware because his brother is a derpy thing and is scared of music... especially tool and mommas other "scary sounds". Sigh... I miss my cool dude. But alas, it's just derp town over here now... I love the derpy fella too, don't get me wrong. I guess I just want my buddy back
With everything that you just said, I highly recommend your next Tool reaction by Vicarious!!! 🤘🏻🌀
Yes! So we can Vicariously experience it for the first time again lol
P.S. - Tool is the absolute pinnacle of mind expanding music. There is so much thought and emotion in their music and lyrics that they never get old.
You finally said it! Your hooked! You said, ITS MORE THAN MUSIC! Nuff said!!!!!!!!!!!
Michael Jordan “shrug game” = Lateralus. I love this analogy! Both masterpieces. Parabol/ Parabola or Schism next please!
@19:34 - the moment you realise how deep you're in it now lol. @poloreacts you're one of us now brother. No need to react to anything else from these guys, you really owe it to yourself to enjoy the albums in full, start to finish, instead of broken and scattered. The songs are on another level when consumed in the context of the album, and you're ready. You could even do album reactions, editing in your highlights and summarising at the end. I recommend starting from Opiate!
I'll be "That guy." Hip hop has bars, Tool's got little easter eggs like this. Tool wrote this song to the fibbonacci sequence. Which is a geometrical patern seen through out nature, when you use arcs to connect the boxes that the fibonacci sequence outlines it makes a spiral, it's closely related to the "Golden Ratio" and is one example of what has come to be called "Sacred Geometry." The numerical sequence goes 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144.
The introduction section of the song is 01:12 long (0, 1, 1, 2 are the first four numbers in the sequence).
The first verse starts at 97 seconds, which is approximately 1.618 minutes - (The Golden Ratio)
Each verse is 55 seconds long (11th # in sequence).
The syllables in the verses coincide with the sequence, as the first part of the first verse goes 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 5, 3
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
This song has A LOT of stuff you can geek out on.
Also the "chugging" or "reving" you're talking about on the guitar is a combination of distortion effect, and "palm mutes" on the picking hand. Adam Jones is a Master of palm mutes, it's a nifty way of being able to play the same riff but have it occupy different spaces in the arrangement, Driving, undertone, build up. You can add a lot of dynamics to a song just by changing it up between palm-mutes, clear/open tones, and switching the effects you use on your guitar.
I was wondering how far I would have to scroll down
Don't stop there! The time signature from the main riff is 9/8, 8/8, 9/7 with 987 being the 17th Fibonacci number!
And the song is about not overthinking things, including this song...
The cool thing as well is the lyrics following the fib seq. are true to how we perceive light as we grow within the womb. Tieing in the concept of birth (the heartbeat), life, death, and the journey, the spiral.
@@codegrinny That's just Maynard's sense of irony coming through.
My guy, you have barely scratched the surface. There are 7 albums of pure gold bangers.
Each one a master class in song writing and dynamics in its own way.
Opiate
Undertow ( my personal favorite)
Ænima
Lateralus
Salival ( live album)
10,000 Days
Fear Inaculum
Keep going. Spiral out. You won’t be disappointed.
You must watch the video that explains the meaning of this song and the Fibbonacci Sequence (in text, while the song plays). It's next level. Spiral out :D
That video only explains half of it. 😁 The golden ratio is the natural log of Phi. Phi is the square root of 5 +1 over 2. Phi is an irrational number. By definition irrational numbers can't be expressed as a perfect ratio or fraction. The Fibonacci sequence when dividing a term over the next term *approximates* the natural log of Phi. But that division intrinsically is rational. Since the Fibonacci approximation is inherently rational, and the Golden Ratio is inherently irrational; This dichotomy is alluded to throughout the lyrics. "Over-thinking Over-analyzing separates the body (Golden Ratio) from the mind (Fibonacci)" "Separates my wind (Golden Ratio) from will (Fibonacci)"
The message of the song strongly suggests to stop "interpreting" and just "experience" things, life, music, existence. Something that atheists and the devout should agree on is that only God is omniscient; the sum of human knowledge is not synonymous. Understanding is not and cannot be Experiencing as we lack the prerequisites.
Swing on the spiral, brother.
Wow
Yeah you're definitely hooked. Finding new meanings and feelings on multiple listens is part of the fun of Tool. Lots of layers, lots of little bits and sounds you'll continue to discover, especially on this album which is mixed SO unbelievably well. It alternates between stank face and head trip for 79 minutes
Don't ever apologise for rewinding. I wish more reacters did it. I love seeing what hooks you in 🙂 This is one of my favourite Tool songs, and a joy to watch your reactioned. L&S.
The entire album is a masterpiece. You won't be disappointed by investing the time for it.
Parable-Parabola would be a good listen next. Be sure to get the 2 songs together. Powerful song as well.
I agree!
TOOL - The Grudge
The "revving" I believe you're referring to is called palm muting. When you rest the palm of your pick hand on the bridge of the guitar while you pick, it slightly dampens the vibration of the string and especially when played with distortion through an amp, creates that heavy chug chug chugga chugga chug. Stay with the path and you'll get into the djentier bands Tool helped influence and see the true depths of chug.
Thall
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@@snideful THALL!!
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This is absolutely my favorite Tool song, you should check out Right in Two by Tool as well.
This song reinspired me for an entire lifetime when it came out when I was in college. And it still is. This song taught me to embrace my own creative spirit, to follow my whims, to not get caught up in the what ifs, to not second guess myself at every turn, to trust my instincts, to embrace the daily energy of life. Don't overthink, just do. Live. To me it's the ultimate YOLO song. Live in this moment and embrace the beauty of everything that inhabits it. It will only come once. Seize it.
One of the most important songs in my life's journey.
The James Bond comment at 6:18 was hilarious, even though I know you meant Mission Impossible. Not busting your chops, just appreciating the reference. :D I like where your head's at, this song is definitely going to take you waaaaaaaaay out there, but at *this* particular moment, we're still on this side of the pond, learning to swim in Arizona Bay.
For anyone as mezmurized by Danny Carey's drumming as I am, check out my active drum transcription of this song: ua-cam.com/play/PLeaK9tcJzll3J89tut-aSN91hmXLrOwL8.html
Ok. I now love this channel. You just said one thing I will forever remember. " even their songs that are considered long....aren't long enough " spoken like a true music enthusiast and art lover
The genre is categorized as TOOL !!!
Dude, your reactions are priceless. Don’t change !!!
Perfect comment!!!
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10000 days, Tool’s best album. “Rosetta Stoned” mind blowing, “right in two” also really good.
Both Tool & Puscifer are really hard to place in a genre. Maynard is something else in his art form. Stoked youre getting in to this one. Youve got to check out the song Rosetta Stoned too. There is the most insane breakdown like 3/4 of the way through
OMG, Yes pleasse!!
Gotta listen to Lost Keys in the same listen but yes
Rosetta Stoned and Jambi
@@KWin246 for sure!!!
Tool is the greatest rock you will ever hear mixed with the greatest otherworldly rock you will ever hear. Truly an experience.
Probably the best song ever. If I only had 1 song I could listen to for the rest of my life, this most likely would have to be it.
One does not simply listen to Lateralus…Can’t think of another band that causes such a range of emotions. Great reaction.
This has probably already been said, but the thing I love most about this song, is that the entire message is about branching out and experiencing new things. This means that by listening to it for the first time, you are basically living the message in the song, even if only for only a few minutes. The song itself is basically a self fulfilling prophecy, and that's dope.
This song won top metal song on “top 100 metal songs of all time” in some big article a while back, and a lot of metal heads didn’t understand, but tool heads did, and music fans do now through reactions like this one ☝️ thanks polo 👏
ayyyyy brother man congrats on 100k! i subbed yesterday and you were at 99.9k lol
i love to see open minded, genuine souls amongst the sea of fake, attention seeking channels on youtube nowadays. i really appreciate your open mindedness when it comes to music of all types. i always say it is so dismissive when people claim to hate a song or a bands etc. in any piece of art, there is something going on within the piece that you can find to appreciate and get into. be it the kick drum pattern, bass lines, background vocals, melodies etc. when people say they hate something it’s because they already have their bias and with that their preconceived notions just look for something to not like about it. therefore they can say so quickly that they don’t like it. turning their minds off to giving the piece any sort of chance
keep on being you man ✊👍👏🙏
I just subbed and now he's at 133k! 🙏 🙌 🙌
Finally you listened to not only the greatest tool song, the greatest SONG of all time. Thank you!!!
Hey man, never cut yourself off from talking about your experience with the music and the band overall. It’s genuinely so cool to see someone who would probably not typically listen to tool, become a fan right in front of our eyes. Us Tool nerds love it!
Never a better cardio mix than Tool's albums, so easy to get lost in their music and before you know it you've cracked your record. You want to really be impressed, see them live.
Facts! They’ve always been my go to when working out.
I joke with my running buddies because I listen to tool a lot when I run. They ask how far I ran and I say about 2 Tool songs, or 4ish miles for the plebes. 😅
Tool is another level in rock. Tool makes my bones chill. Imagine waiting over 10 years for Fear Innoculum to be released!! More to check out..... Disposition, Third Eye and Right in Two, If you were to one more..... THIRD EYE
I love watching new Tool fans being born. It takes me back to the way i felt in the mid 90s when i was a little kid hearing Tool for the first time.
One of my all time favorites by these guys!! The builds, the drops, the offset beats, lyrics, vocals!! Beautiful song!!!
One reason why those Adam Jones solos just hit different might be because he experiences Synaesthesia - extra connections between senses, where someone might experience tastes looking at certain colours - Adam Jones "sees/feels" sound, so he's the one who takes the longest in the studio "sculpting" how exactly he wants his guitar parts to sound, because otherwise it would "feel wrong", like a sauce with too much salt or a landscape painting where the trees are the wrong shade of green
Thanks for your very intelligent reactions - better to over think than under think.
Tool is one of the best. Love this song. Great reaction.🥰
I didn't discover Tool until Schism hit the radio in my area in 2001. As soon as I heard the full album & heard this title track, I knew I had found the greatest collection of musical talent ever to happen upon each other. I've been a fanatic ever since.
This song was a true gateway for me. When I was a young chap, I would listen to this song eyes closed, ears wide open. I would listen to this song over and over and over, each time focusing my ears on something new, follow the drums one time, the bass the next, the guitar, the vocals. Each layer to the song took me somewhere new. When I needed to get through something rough, this song was the background track to my life. I could lose myself in this track so easily. Thank you for giving us your true feelings on this song. Ever since your first Tool track, I've been waiting for you to get to this one, cause this song....this fucking song....
Man, this song is such a masterpiece. That last verse that kicks off with "With my feet upon the ground I lose myself between the sounds..." gives me chills EVERY time haha.
Absolute perfection!! My favorite part as well!
Your favorite Tool song will always change. The songs change with you. Your outlook, your emotional state, your frame of mind always changes. There’s always the perfect Tool song waiting for each of them.
I know it’s slower and not as technical but “The Patient” is my “current” favorite Tool song off this same album. Been experiencing Tool since my early teens and there’s something that just stimulates all your senses when you really feel their music. Been loving your reactions, Polo! So glad I subscribed!
Please try parable/parabola with lyrics. It’s one of the best songs ever in my opinion.
In my mind, this is one of the greatest pieces of musical art ever created. It’s always such a joy to see people experience it for the first time. This album dropped at one of the lowest places of my life, and it truly helped pull me out of a downward spiral. The song “the patient”, will always have a special place in my heart. Great video!
I keep coming back. I love watching Tool reacts. This song is amazing.
As others have likely stated, this song utilizes the Fibonacci Sequence. I guess I was too lazy to type it all out, so I asked ChatGPT to:
"The song "Lateralus" by the band Tool does indeed use the Fibonacci sequence as an inspiration for its structure and lyrics.
The Fibonacci sequence is a mathematical series in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, and so on. The sequence has many interesting mathematical properties and can be found in nature and art.
In the case of "Lateralus," the Fibonacci sequence is used in the song's time signature and in the number of syllables in certain lyrics. The song alternates between the time signatures of 9/8 and 8/8, which creates a pattern of 9-8-8-9-8-8-9-8-8-9-8-8 and follows the same pattern as the Fibonacci sequence, in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers.
In addition to the time signature, the song also uses the Fibonacci sequence in the lyrics of the chorus, which goes:
Black
Then
White are
All I see
In my infancy
Red and yellow then came to be
Reaching out to me
Lets me see
If you count the number of syllables in each line of the chorus, you will notice that the first line has one syllable, the second has two, the third has three, the fourth has five, and the fifth has eight. This sequence of syllables matches the Fibonacci sequence.
Overall, "Lateralus" uses the Fibonacci sequence as a way to create a unique structure and rhythm for the song, and to tie together the different elements of the music and lyrics in a way that reflects the order and beauty of the natural world."
Oh cool. By reading that, it changed my understanding of it from 0% to 0.01%.
So, thanks for that!
Right on, Nathan! Thank you ✌️
Yeah. Lateralus is a true masterpiece. Descending is my current favorite Tool track as well, but only because it has that new track shine...and it would be crazy for Lateralus to be my favorite track for 21 years, right? Either way, you have so much more greatness ahead in your Tool journey. I envy all of you reactors in that way. Have a Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and spiral out...
This album is their masterpiece
This was voted the greatest rock song of the 21st century.
I love the song but, who ever created that pole is getting a little a head of themselves no? Still got most the century left before any kind of relevent comparison could be made. What if they invent a way for you to listen to music directly through your dick? We might not even know what true rock hard music is right now.
Should be all time
Yep I remember that and then I do want to say that they're album enema was voted and it tied with AC/DC's back in black as the greatest rock album before the 2000s I could be wrong but I think I believe and remember that off the top of my head
For realsies?
@@elbolsillo It truly was
One of my favorite songs and albums from them 🖤🖤🖤
You’re right tool is not a band, it’s a force to be reckoned with. The arrangements in their songs just cannot even be gotten close to buy other bands. They just don’t have that type of mindset and to have 4 people meet up and be able to pull this off is just like an absolute miracle, I am so glad you have found tour and opened your mind. A lot of people listen to tool, but don’t read the lyrics, it looks like you kind of read the lyrics off to the side and I hope you do because it takes each song to an even bigger level! As if it even could be. So, if you haven’t read the words, please do. Maynard has said that he thinks of himself as an instrument in the band, and just as they put all of their effort into their instruments, he tries to top them with his lyrics and how he sings his lyrics, because, as you know, he has like 20 different voices, and a voice to cover every mood of every part of a song to make the song that more poignant and perfect. Sorry I can’t stop writing, because just seeing you go down the tool rabbit hole brings me back to when I did it, and I love it. It is so awesome to see someone hear this stuff for the first time and get their reaction, and their honest reaction to something that we will probably never hear again musically
Fourty-Six and Two next
Also, have some lyrics handy. That shits deep
Lateralus is THE PERFECT ALBUM! From the beginning to the end!!!
This song is 23 years old now. Hits EVERY TIME!!!!
So deliciously relentless, and technical, and creative, and original, and utterly brilliant.
Yes!!
This particular song is absolute perfection. My favorite song on my favorite album. I can’t hear this song (specifically the last two minutes) without getting goosebumps every single time I hear it.
Been a tool fan since I was like 14. My favorite song of there's has changed 1000 time and will change 1000 more.
I absolutely love your comment "Danny's gonna let you know he's there" and your grooving leading into 16:23 when you realize what you are hearing and freeze up. You talk about goosebumps; I get them every time with the drum section starting at 18:02
This whole album is something really special, and thats an understatement
Love the MJ analogy, so true. And just like MJ, that greatness was the result of taking raw talent and then working harder than anyone else to perfect their craft. I don't any band spends more time crafting a single song than Tool. This is my #1 Tool song because it encapsulates the best of everything the band is to me: Unique, energetic, complex, powerful, beautiful, spiritual masters. And yeah, that ending :)
Favorite song of all time. It's so crazy to see played live I literally had tears in my eyes
This music has helped me through a lot. I’m always happy to know someone else has discovered TOOL. ☮️❤️
Wait till you find out the syllables in the lyrics follow the Fibonacci sequence.
In my opinion this song is the pinnacle of the cream of the crop for Tool. It’s not necessarily always my favorite of the moment but it’s always the best. I don’t think this album will ever be topped for me.
Tool is more than their great music. The way the lyrics weave perfectly with the music is their greatness. This song is a perfect example. Depth even beyond what you hear.
This is their best song of all time. The climax is AMAZING.
First time? Well better late than never. Now you'll be listening to it nonstop. Spiral out
I bet years down the line, if you keep up with listening to tool, you'll start to watch videos of people listening to tool for the first time also.
Right? Who knew this would be a thing? 😂
I love that you’re growing to love them, you’re not late, you’re welcome. Hugsnbellyrubs Polo
As the others have said, one of my favorite songs...not only from tool but in general. Their music is meant to speak to the soul...
I am really enjoying your reactions to Tool and would love to watch you react to "Right in Two" from 10,000 days and "Forty Six & 2" from ænima...
Every time somebody reacts to this song, the comments are filled with mid-wits screaming about the "Fibonacci sequence!" as if it is somehow super impressive or difficult to write lyrics to the Fibonacci sequence.
It isn't. It's just a gimmick. At best it is a mildly interesting factoid about the song. But people like to think it is some super deep, metaphysical or spiritual profundity. Even Maynard himself says that "including those numbers was a very pedestrian, sophomoric, move." and equates their use to "a dick joke" and that he could have done better by not including the Fibonacci sequence at all. And he's right.
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But the fans still want to think it is incredibly important. Talk about overthinking..
You'll find that a ton of Tool fans will tell you that their favorite song is the one they just finished listening to. I think you've officially hit that point, lol.
We all eventually find our "All-Time" but every time we go back and hear "this" song or "that" song again, it really tries to jumble that top 3 around again lol!
Btw, how many times have you seen "Spiral Out, Keep Going" in your comments and now know why? Lol
this song is a masterpiece, never gets old.
This song has gotten me through more hard times than I know. You agree 💯. Greatest ending to a song. Ever.