Vocal coach REACTS - Tool 'Lateralus'

In this video I listen to Lateralus by TOOL and it melts my brain.
Tool is an American rock band from Los Angeles. Formed in 1990, the group's line-up includes drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones, and vocalist Maynard James Keenan. Justin Chancellor has been the band's bassist since 1995, replacing their original bassist Paul D'Amour.
Vocal coach REACTS: Tool 'Lateralus' - has been created in the hope that you may learn how to harness your own vocal capabilities and be able to make smart, informed choices on stage that enhance your performance.
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[@ZDPQC]

Imagine hearing Lateralus for the first time again...

[@davidritchie9344]

This entire album was intense. I was in 11th grade when I first heard it and it totally changed my view on what music is.

[@DTredecim]

The first time I listened to this song I didn't understand. Many years later I was able to listen to it, and feel it. I felt like I was hearing it for the first time again, and I cried.

[@ZDPQC]

@@akira_kei_ very vicarious. 😉

[@aphexlane]

@@akira_kei_ same!

[@TxPathfinder1836]

That's what psilocybin is for my friend.....

[@dsbassman4184]

Audio engineer here - he's layering different tones and octaves and not fixing the slight timing inconsistencies that are usually (over)corrected in most radio mixes in pop and rock. One normal track, one breathy, and one an octave lower is what I'm hearing in that section. Possibly a slightly time modulated quick "slapback" delay that goes in and out of alignment with the original as well. You can also do this with the early reflections of a room reverb too. Usually pop/rock and even hip-hop doubles try to have the double sound as exact to the original as possible, whereas this is more like two different guitars playing the same line to sound bigger.

[@KenLavigne]

Thanks Dan for piecing that together. That approach makes sense. I have listened to it a few times since and really love Maynard’s vocal in this and keep hearing new layers. Thanks for the comment!!!

[@irpugsley]

There is also a digital “reversed envelop” effect also a forment shift. They are both polyphonic DSP effects. There a number of devices/softwares that do this. What one they used no idea.

[@scottshoe842]

I think you’re overthinking.

[@MegaJufy]

If audio enthusiasts didn't overthink, we'd still be using sheet metal strapped to an amplifier for distortion.

[@川新-k4i]

Ken Lavigne I can’t call myself professional audio engineer, more like a hobbyist, but what was often done especially in the earlier days of digital recording and in the metal genre was doubling the vocal track, shifting the duplicated slightly back or forth, and spreading both tracks in the stereo field. This obviously is very similar to a very short delay effect; due to the very short time shift (I think around 50-200ms, it is now 20 years ago that I last used that) and because both tracks are identical - not only similar - one will get typical phasing effects dependent on present frequencies. Reason for doing it this way instead of just using a delay effect: a delay effect costs calculation performance, doubling the track - not so much. As said, I consider myself an amateur, but this was recommended to me back in the day by professionals. Lateralus to me always sounded similar, especially the kind of „thinned out“ but widespread vocals. Of course you get similar effects when using multiple takes. I’m by far not knowing enough to analyse Tools track regarding what they used.

[@DerekR87]

wow how has no one commented on the fact that this song just made this man have a damn near DMT trip. fractal kaleidoscope geometry images??lol

[@sgtjonray]

I kept waiting for Joe Rogan to ask him if he's done DMT lol

[@andresvollbracht4188]

@@sgtjonray LOL

[@CousinCreepy]

Probably one of the straighter dudes I've seen react to this song, great job!

[@dadouttolunch6486]

Hahahahahaha!

[@chasebalcziunas4289]

That elk meat

[@robynholley2180]

one doesn't simply listen to Tool. one experiences Tool.

[@butcheyler23]

Yes Like doing peyote , leaving your body and entering the spirit world!

[@Codeaholic1]

It never gets old seeing people discover Tool for the first time. Give Fear Inoculum a try.

[@AlmissaGaming]

Their best album to me

[@lvincent8843]

The Fibonacci sequence follows a pattern where each successive number in the sequence is the sum of the preceding 2 numbers so it starts with 0 and 1 which equals the next number, 1 making the next number the sum of the preceding 2 numbers which are 1 and 1 so the next number is 2 which is added with the preceding 1 to make 3 which added with the preceding 2 equals 5, so the sequence goes 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, and on and on. It's a commonly found pattern in nature which represents a pattern of exponential growth but most interestingly this sequence is found to be intimately tied to the golden ratio which is a ratio found by dividing a full line into a longer and shorter line such that the proportion of the full line to the longer line is the same as the longer line to the shorter line with the resulting golden ratio which is 0.618... or 1.618.... Also known as "phi" and commonly written as the Greek symbol phi it is an irrational number that never ends nor repeats similar to "pi". The odd relationship between the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio was discovered by dividing any 2 successive numbers in the Fibonacci sequence. The further down the sequence you go you will notice that by dividing any 2 successive numbers the closer the sum approaches the golden ratio. In fact if you follow down the sequence and divide every 2 successive numbers the sums oscillate slightly higher and slightly below the golden ratio, getting closer and closer to the actual value of the golden ratio but never quite reaching it. The golden ratio is found throughout nature, art and architecture and is considered to be an aesthetically pleasing proportion. The golden spiral derived from the golden ratio is also found throughout nature from the growth of nautilus shells, in galaxies, in growth patterns of plants so the concept fits in with the overarching theme of the song which is about personal development, striving, evolving, discovering and feeling interconnected with the world. You'll notice the lyrics "as above so below and beyond I imagine" equals 13 syllables as the vocals follow up and down the Fibonacci sequence, best exemplified in the 2nd verse which goes "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) let's me see (3) there is (2) so (1) much (1) more and (2) beckons me (3) to look through to these (5) infinite possibilities (8) as above so below and beyond I imagine (13) drawn beyond the lines of reason (8) push the envelope (5) watch it bend (3). So the syllabic formula of the vocals swings up and down the Fibonacci sequence, a sequence intimately related to the golden ratio/golden spiral, as the lyrics urge listeners to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human and spiral out, keep going, spiral out, keep going.

[@ugg10video76]

Cracking reaction, so many hidden Easter eggs in this song. “Ride the wave”, waves when breaking have the same spiral geometry, there’s a great KZbin video on it all, worth finding it. Next up, polyrhythms masterclass by Danny Carey in Pneuma live, one man, four limbs and seemingly a separate brain for each! Saw tool live last year, 100,000 people, one band, one song but all nodding their heads to their own individual groove, epic.

[@erinraecowin]

He's already done Pneuma live

[@DroctorKloebner]

I know what you mean with people nodding in their own groove. But that's simply because 90% of the audience don't get a 7/8. Infact they don't get anything that is not 4/4. But well, as long as they still enjoy it, it's fine :)

[@Shake69ification]

If this is what Russel linked to, apologies, but look for “Fibonacci in Lateralus.”

[@phantomlord3280]

I love watching intelligent people listen to tool for the first time, you’re not alone with how you feel bud! Great video

[@kham08]

Goosebumps. Still goosebumps after nearly 20 years.

[@novembercrust]

There are so many 'vocal coach reacting to metal' type videos, but Ken's pure and precious enthusiasm for discovering Tool are the only ones I've found worth watching.

[@jimwalsh7755]

Rebecca Vocal Athlete and Charismatic Voice are both great with the metal genre as well.

[@sacredbob7126]

I literally cackled like a witch when he said "Tool this was your idea. I don't understand!" Don't understand, just feel it.

[@johnottonelli1190]

9:20 Here we can admire his first toolgasm

[@JaneDoe-qj1pp]

Yasss..... I introduced "Schism" to a therapy group of "young" women. They were transformed imediately. Much to their benefit.

[@annavillarreal1515]

😄

[@taylorleighton8426]

Second toolgasm at 1240 ish

[@crank01]

"im seeing this constantly evolving and changing yet, perfectly symmetrical..." Almost like a perfect circle? I wonder if he knew....

[@DanielHarris-tq4px]

I see what you did there!

[@Purity65dos]

'Overthinking, overanalyzing... Tool, this was your idea!' has me dead.

[@emmullgn]

H is the first song of tool that I listened to, other than on the radio. I listened while watching the sun set sitting on a beach, listen to them while in nature. Tool means something different to every listener, it's part of their beauty. Take time to listen to them when you're alone, don't hold yourself accountable to us and think you can only explore them here with us. They should be personal to you, we're just glad you're listening at all 🙂💗

[@silverisbull]

If your looking for a vocal song by Tool, try Pushit-Salival Version

[@josefsieffen18]

Definitely. One of the best live performances in history in my opinion

[@jpicco]

Good call! He’ll love that one for sure

[@Soljarag5]

💯

[@b4uc2far95]

I was fortunate to get to see that version live back in either ‘97 or ‘98. When he sang the lyrics “I must persuade you another way” the entire venue vibrated from the strength of his voice. Talking about goosebumps!!

[@dprob1985]

No...hate this song for people new to tool

[@adrianvillanueva7826]

In Hermeticism, there is a book created by the "Three Principalities" called "The Kybalion", in it Hermés Trismegistro left seven universal principles: 1. Mentalism 2. Correspondence 3. Vibration 4. Polarity 5. Rhythm 6. Cause and Effect 7. Generation Tool's reference in the song "Lateralus" not only refers to the Fibonacci Series but to the hermetic principle of "Correspondence" which reads as follows: "As below is above ... as above is below; As inside is outside ... as outside is inside " That is why the reference that the song says of "As below so above and all that I imagine" ... it can be interpreted that the correspondence is like the inside is outside and that the imagination (in this case, Mentalism) generates that Paradox that everything is in complete harmony.

[@seanmcclellan]

I believe I read this. Doesn't it have a chapter about "The All"? The infinite deity, but not quite deity? I really enjoyed that part. Got my head spinning.

[@adrianvillanueva7826]

Within Hermeticism, there is a "postulate" that says the following: "The ALL in itself is and must be unknowable, since no one, except the ALL itself, can understand its own nature, its own being." It can be said with respect to the above that everything transforms and changes, nothing remains, just as everything is born, grows, matures and dies. That is the nature of the ALL, because we belong to the whole, we are an essence of the ALL. "THE UNIVERSE IS A MENTAL CREATION HELD IN THE MIND OF THE ALL" ...

[@seanmcclellan]

Excellent, yes. I wasn't wise enough to understand it very well at the time. Thank you for your reply, it brought up a good memory from 20 years ago.

[@jessestanley1690]

20 years old and sounds like it was written yesterday timeless album 💿

[@ScottKJolicoeur]

Another fantastic tool song to listen to is Rosetta Stoned. It really displays Tools talent in bright light.

[@Demention94]

Vocally and musically I think it outshines even this

[@brittanyblue4495]

Rosetta Stoned is a fucking MASTERPIECE. And its not even that avant garde. Its essentially nonsense but it resonates and is somehow so familiar. Its one of the most creative pieces of music I've ever heard, and Im still blown away by how well it works. Ive said it before, I'll say it again. Only Maynard can make shitting the bed sound poetic. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@ScottKJolicoeur]

Brittany Blue not to mention that build up is amazing! I would love to see Ken react to even that part specifically. (The part where he does the scream then the really beautiful melody)

[@williamjolly1566]

You can hear this vocal dub that Maynard does in some of his other works like in A Perfect Circle. he records the lyrics twice, once just singing them through melodically like normal, then he records the lyrics again monotone and all as one note in key with the song; generally the root note of whatever scale/ key they're playing in.

[@Peaches1116]

“I feel like I’ve got all these memories in my brain that aren’t my own” this is how I feel having been a tool fan for 25 years 🎉

[@sevenduster27]

You’re definitely apart of 🔥👽THE TOOL ARMY👽🔥

[@BoilerBloodline]

I love your vids man. I can tell you have a true respect for great musicians. You made an incredible insightful point about Maynard’s vocals there near the end. Those who’ve not been fortunate enough to see TooL live may not know that’s precisely how much the band respects one another’s work. So much so that for years now Maynard has actually sang from the back of the the stage. They’ve always made it about the music.

[@iancunningham485]

This guy needs to watch Tool in concert

[@iancunningham485]

This guy needs to see TOOL live

[@shyataroo]

He reacted to Danny Carey playing Pneuma live, and was floored.

[@iancunningham485]

I'm talking live in concert

[@jean-lucmercier2176]

I really like your analysis of Tool's music. You're absolutly right. They create a universe and drag you in it for a strange and mesmerizing journey into mysticism and poetry.

[@NoFedRevolution]

I heard from a friend that the vocal affect you mentioned at the start is 3 separate tracks of Maynard layered on top of one another, he sings the words in slightly different moods to give it a more mystical all encompassing feel.

[@p.o.9964]

I hear a strong King Crimson influence in this song. Tool incorporating fractals in to a song. One of the great songs of the early twenty first century.

[@danwebb1756]

Their live shows are legendary and worth every penny

[@cynicald5776]

I hate when people compare Maynard James Keenan to God....I mean he’s cool and all but he’s no Maynard James keenan

[@chriszewski]

Maynard is my shepherd; I shall not want.

[@dcs2690]

Lmao

[@WheredMyPiggyGo]

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

[@cynicald5776]

Edward Bradshaw “what you need is someone strong to guide you”

[@larrydj549]

He's rifling through his toolbox

[@dioxygene]

Thanks, your insights, as genuine as I can perceive from your stares, are so in line with what I feel...

[@bhelliom3]

I came to the comments at the end cuz I knew you said everything a Tool fan wants to hear and they satisfied, you have fed the army well this day.

[@nickmagrick7702]

4:46 it basically means "as on earth as it is in heaven". Its basically talking about how our condition we create is ultimately what determines our paradise or hell.

[@ThrasherGnar]

Watching your reaction to this made my night, brought me back to the first time I heard it. Your genuine and authentic reaction is seen and much appreciated.

[@derrickbillups5770]

Thanks for this, this song was the first tool song that I feel in love with since this album came out sophomore year of high school. It use to give me goosebumps cause it has such an emotional element. but 20 years later, I listen to the song so many times, thought I still get into it, its now nearly as raw. But I suppose being able to watch this and know the epic journey this is the first time you hear it. Even if just once, so happy to hear this in a way that felt new again! Thank you!

[@KenLavigne]

Thanks for the comment Derrick, It's an amazing song that reveals something new with every listen!

[@DocKing87]

So you’ve done Lateralus, Sober and Pneuma. You should move to something a bit heavier like Rosetta Stoned, The Grudge, Third Eye, or Jambi.

[@michaelb1761]

Or, something different and heart wrenching like 10,000 Days and Wings for Marie, which must be listened to together.

[@RobJFalcon]

Parabol/Parabola

[@hoosierjtf]

Don't mention Rosetta Stoned.. it's a lower echelon Tool song

[@DoubleRDubPlays]

@@michaelb1761 I agree with this.

[@dilpickel22]

@@michaelb1761 I think you have to listen to the whole albums, exspecial for Lat:

[@phantomlord3280]

If you really do enjoy listening to tool I would say check out “stinkfist” off the Ænima album. That’s when tool imo was at their “trippiest” and stinkfist is my favorite song by them

[@logankerlee]

I was 12 years old when this was originally released. I fucking loved this song as a kid. I didn't know how to analyze music or how to fully grasp the meaning behind the their lyrics but I knew that this music was damn cool and fun to listen to. I'm very glad to have been a part of my generation for being able to be around when this and music like this came out originally. This song makes me feel emotional as an adult. I'm remembering a load of memories as a kid. Time with friends who I've lost or just haven't seen in ages. Remembering going to my hangouts and just chilling with the buddies playing card games and bsing about life and our interests. Such great memories! The music of the 90's just gets me in that mood. Anything that was played on the radio from 92 - 2003 or so will likely have a similar effect with me. Thank you for choosing to react to this song Ken! You rock, buddy!

[@logankerlee]

PLUS watching you react to this FOR THE FIRST TIME.. it's so damn cool! xD I'm honestly jealous. I wish that I could experience this song again for the first time. :) HOLY SHIT.. you clipped in The Matrix! xDD That's so awesome! I love that you did that. It really does help explain your thoughts/feelings on how you're feeling while listening to this for the first time. I want you to know that it's completely normal and natural. You're on a trip with this song and I'm glad that you're aboard! :) xD MILD criticism.. you paused RIGHT WHEN Maynard was getting into some vocals. :P Obviously you didn't know that was going to happen and you didn't want to wait to express your thought (good move), it just kinda irritates me when people pause music in the middle of vocal on the first listen. Know though, that I love your commentary on that pause, concerning the bass pulsing bit. Also, I laughed incredibly hard when you said "Okay words don't really make much sense right now." xD Welcome to the joy of this era of industrial/rock. Tool is second to none in that. Nine Inch Nails is a bit different than Tool. I can't compare them directly with one and other. I'll always prefer Nine Inch Nails over Tool, but this entire album is brilliant. I STRONGLY suggest that you give it a listen uninterrupted from beginning to end. You'll thank me after you finish.

[@NikkiSou]

You described something I’ve never been able to verbalize, which is how I feel about tool’s sound and production. Great reaction.

[@macroisthemicro]

I like how the song is 9 minutes and because of the reactions to the crescendo which are large and in charge in every tool song.

[@michaeltaylor6118]

I'm late to your game, but I'm glad I found you! Welcome to the Rabbit Hole! You have a wonderful analysis and appreciation for the power and awesomeness that is Tool.

[@sammarino9063]

I love that your mind is blown. Welcome to Tool reality, hard to know that they will change your life going in, then you listen, and you are never the same

[@novercalis4846]

Fun fact - The album construction - listen to all of it normally from track one to the last track. Now listen to it again backward, from the last track to the first one - this has been their hidden album. Layers on layers? they went further.

[@coolhands431]

I love watching people realizing what Tool is. Welcome to The Army, my friend.

[@diorama-rama297]

I've listened to this song a million time and it still gives me goosebumps every time

[@willswothez2257]

I discovered tool by accident. One day back in the AIM days I decided to log in into a random chatroom (you could just put random numbers in the address bar, and jump into a random chatroom for you younger folk). I was maybe 10 or 11 and the people in the chatroom were in their higher teens. I asked what they were talking about, the teens annoyed that a child had jumped into their chatroom were reluctant to make me a part of their conversation. Still there was one & I’ll never forget the girl who introduced me to Tool, her name was Maurey. She told me, “They’re just being assholes don’t worry about them. We’re talking about a band named Tool and it’s music. Look up a song called ‘Lateralus’, tell me if you like it.” I to this day over two decades later, couldn’t describe what I felt as a child. I still find it hard to describe to this day but in retrospect: a mixture of belonging, being, familiarity while at the same time recognizing it as an unfamiliar ‘something’- escapism to higher, place, plane, something beyond, and I’ve been spiraling ever since.

[@walkinguphill5178]

Reminds me of the exact moment I became a TOOL fan. Pry-ying o-pen my thirrrrd eye. Glad you are plugging in, sir. #spiralout

[@dimitrisagapoglou1484]

I have heard this song a 1000 times and every time I discover something else Tool wanna say, about the music ,the lyrics, math, irony ,bigger picture. This song is PURE ART.

[@leeteague8126]

This tour, and this song on that tour were amazing

[@ProjUltraZ]

bravo i saw them in 2000 or 2001 on this Lateralus tour... life changing in the way i think about rock

[@shakkari7765]

I loved how this was a real reaction to the song. Ken's comments were hilarious, but the emotion on his face showed it all. Love TOOL. Got my sub

[@ZolFox]

This guy feels and thinks about music like I do. I love it.

[@christinel.4827]

He really knows how to descriptively put their music into words... 💜

[@milosvitin]

Best react vid ever 🙏, his eyes from bliss to scare 🤘, and he resonated with sacred OM at the end 🕉 spiral out

[@drhyshek]

Watching the music in your face with emotions was really interesting. You were in the moment. Watching you made me experience the song differently than I had before.

[@Purity65dos]

Tool just makes you high with music. Amazing band.

[@stabithathecrazycreepers6045]

Ive been a Tool fan since 92 and man its awesome to see people experience them for the first time! Everything they do gives full body chills. Maynard is still my celebrity pass lol!

[@KPheeze]

Ken, please please please for all of ours but especially your own sake, react to more Tool!! The experience is something you’ll never forget 🤘🏽

[@styrkarsnorrason3509]

For being your first time hearing this song you got it's meaning straight away man! The Fibonacci sequence is the mathematical formula for a spiral, and the song is about the fractal nature of the universe. It's meant to make you feel like you are flying through the spiralling arms of the galaxy.

[@x3wildcard]

It's so awesome watching someone else having one of their first "moments" with this track.

[@AngelsWips]

Also, I love the fact that you used the Matrix spoon analogy. Years ago when the first Matrix came out one of Tool's songs was that the end of the end of Matrix credits

[@joespradley2323]

Welcome to TOOL World, they take you on a ride and your lost in it and have no sense of time. They start you off slow and pull you in, your caught up and before you know it they are bringing you back down and you say Wow! Then you ask yourself where have I been this whole time not having known or listened to Tool before. Lol love your reaction. Tool Army!💪👍🇺🇸

[@christeenasaunders4018]

Something about watching people discover Tool makes me happy.

[@christianwilliamson9752]

Danny and the band are wizards. You are correct sir. They create a new feel or time signature

[@hellbenthorse]

"to create.. I'm not really sure.." masterpiece is the word you are looking for.

[@furionstormragezero]

Welcome to the trip. Your really feeling the travel to his dimension.

[@colegmr]

Good for you!

[@kevenbridges9433]

The sequence follows the rule that each number is equal to the sum of the preceding two numbers. The Fibonacci sequence begins with the following 14 integers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233 ... Each number, starting with the third, adheres to the prescribed formula. So 1 + 0 = 1 , 1+1=2 , 1+2=3 and so on. Maynard sings using the sequence up to the number 13. The same with the music. If you listen to the drums closely you will pick up the pattern. Not only the syllables divisione follow the Fibonacci sequence, but also the duration of the song, the time in seconds when the various parts of songs begin ( when the singing starts for example), the time signature and the lyrics itself. Everything in this song is based on Fibonacci or the golden ratio. It's an amazing display of compositional skill.

[@TheDega12]

it's nearly cute how much this song fried your brain man. it's so cute trying to understand. you are the man! keep up the good work man!!!

[@Tdub0911]

Greatest band in history. Maynard is a rock god. As above... is a few thousand years old. Add to it "all that is hidden, will be known".

[@andyman2462]

Tool is my favorite band.

[@TheJebusCripes]

I feel like Ne Obliviscaris - and plague flowers the kaleidoscope would blow your mind in a similar fashion to this. You should check it out.

[@crystalscolza1663]

You gotta do" the patient" by tool next...you are gonna love the range and feeling in his voice...raw emotion you can feel

[@lawrenceelgrin2205]

Here's what I found on Progbreakdown. Before we delve into this track properly, a cool thing about this track is that it uses the mathematical concept of the Fibonacci sequence throughout. The song is written in bars of 9/8, 8/8 and 7/8 repeating, and 987 is the 16th number in the sequence. The first section of the song runs at 01:12, the first four digits of the sequence being 0, 1, 1 and 2. The first verse starts at 97 seconds, or 1.618 minutes - the Golden Ratio. Each verse is 55 seconds long, 55 being the 11th number in the sequence. Finally, the syllables in the verses follow the first digits in the sequence.The song itself is 9m 24s long, 9 being the sacred triad 3x3=9. The Fibonacci sequence has a pattern that repeats every 24 numbers. the 9 and 24 is what I found with a little google searching on sacred geometry.

[@historianswag8517]

he achieves this with simple vocal doubling. He records multiple takes and they use them all. Easily 4 vocal track on this one at least. 2 melody takes that are balanced more toward one side or the other, 1 harmony buried, and one whispered take. You can sort of create a creepy version of this effect with some plugins or with a vocal doubler, but his are definitely multiple takes.

[@The_Spiritlord]

Read the kybalion by the three initiates. It's a modern interpretation of hermetic alchemy, which is what a lot of tool lyrics relate to

[@oscarsalgado3384]

Not sure, because these guys are amazing, but I think, the vocals were used doubling, but also, a "reverse" reverb tail is used in some passages. So, you will record the vocals and pass them through reverb, then use the tails, reverse them and put them before the vocals starts. That makes the effect of the whispering sensation. But uff, it is just a thought! Amazing reaction ;)

[@darensparks]

Excellent review!

[@mikestavisky8009]

I know this is years late..... but you're on the tool train finally!!!! (you'll never get off it I hope lol) this album changed me when it came out. imagine hearing this as a late teen.... imagine hearing it as a late teen while doing certain late teen dumb stuff... lmao. man it changed how I looked at music forever. you're right. a kaleidoscope. the milky way... that thing you did at the end with your head.. yeah bro. chyyyeeaaahhhh!!! the fetal position? or on your back stretched out? yes. both. a dark room. a cool crazy light/lava lamp.... some incense.... depart this earth. and remain on it. so good live. such a good life.

[@jacksmith4460]

this s track is a fucking masterpiece of epic proportions

[@PaulGuy]

The opening/chorus riff is in 9/8/7 beat phrases, not sure how it'd be written out, while the verse riff is 5 beats, most likely 5/4. The interlude feels like it falls into 4/4, then I've got no idea what the end is, 6/8 maybe? I've always liked how the vocals aren't a featured thing in Tool, they're just another instrument in the band. The songs aren't _for_ the lyrics/vocals, they're a part of the whole.

[@tatiaromero]

"Holly muggleness" hahahahaha I'm gonna use this at work from now on

[@unamericano]

Oh wow this was relatively recent! YEah Lateralus is widely considered their Magnum Opus but their roster is chock FULL of interesting tone and stylistic choices that will constantly keep your ears on their toes, so to speak. That is to speak nothing of the temporal WIZARDRY at work in their stuff. As a bassist I'm a huge fan of the bass/drum breakdown in Rosetta Stoned (a song about an acid trip) but other fan favorites are Schism, The Pot, Vicarious, 46 & 2.

[@bozoedge]

I love watching this play with you head

[@donnypatoine4475]

I love that "over thinking over analyzing.... w- tool this was your idea!?" 🤣👍

[@ewplayer3]

That music that Rufus said would unite the world in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure? This is that music.

[@emmasissr90]

Sylvia Massey was the engineer and i know it was recorded where hundreds of popular bands with gold records lining one all of the walls, one of the sounds you hear off of their album Undertow is Maynard shootijng a piano with a shot gun!

[@emalba7020]

Yep Tool will make you feel a lot of different ways all at the same time.

[@BathoryBat]

So, the thing about the fibonacci sequence is that it's pervasive in nature. It's in pineapples, in pine cones, in shells, in the number of leaves on a lot of plants. A lot of smaller flowers will have three or five petals. In the head of a sunflower the seeds make fibonacci spirals. But at its base, the Fibonacci sequence is a ratio. If you take any number from the sequence (after the first few) and divide it by the number that follows, you will get about 61.8%. it varies a little, sometimes it's 61.76, sometimes its 61.79. And further more, if you take a number from the sequence and divide it by the number three positions after, you'll get 23.6%. I mean, you'll probably find the actual numbers of the sequence, but I think the ratios, the relationships of the numbers might be more significant, especially since it's easier(or more straight forward) to transpose ratios into music than straight numbers.

[@4stoever]

This was fun to watch

[@Zanthxs]

Taken by Tool. Awesome.

[@vinchinno]

We don't know where you are at in your discovery of Tool, but i think it's time for a reaction of one of their videoclips. And since you didn't react to anything from the album Aenima yet, i suggest the videoclip of the title song Aenima. That's the one that did it for me, that's when i discovered Tool.

[@ojhazelby]

I can't see it mentioned yet (apologies if anyone has said it and it's deeper than my quick scan across the comments) so the time signature for the main riff where you get yourself tied in knots: one bar 9/8, one bar 8/8, one bar 7/8 and wouldn't you just know, 987 happens to be a fibonacci number

[@hiphxwk1974]

mysterious, yet familiar. thats how tool feels

[@johnmeany3947]

So glad you see Tool as the art they are!

[@Thequillss]

This helps: 1 Black 1 then 2 white are 3 all I see 5 in my infancy 8 Red and yellow then came to be 5 reaching out to me 3 lets me see 2 there is 1 so 1 much 2 more and 3 beckons me 5 to look through to these 8 infinite possibilities 13 As below, so above and beyond, I imagine 8 drawn outside the lines of reason 5 Push the envelope 3 Watch it bend

[@b-c-r-o-s-s]

People need this

[@VynxeVainglory]

Dope. I never realized this.

[@BricktowneMedia]

Perfection!! Excellent breakdown!!

[@mbochum83]

Also, the beats in the measures when the band comes in are 9,8,7 (987) which is in the sequence. The time the band comes in is in the sequence. There's a long video on youtube that covers every reference/relation to the sequence and it's incredibly amazing.

[@felipecampos3045]

Up

[@remylefevour]

Ken: What time signature is this? Tool: Yes.

[@jamesb0255]

All of them

[@Euminide]

They change time sig often. The range is between 2/4 and 5/8.

[@Sd3cinema]

Lol!

[@TheNerdshire]

My son's a drummer and still geeks out on time signatures and meter.

[@louplacente463]

Sometimes it’s 5/4. They are all over the place with their timing and it’s brilliant! 😎❤️✌🏼

[@gilhuberman261]

"Out of sync, but perfectly in-time" - you just summed up the rythm of Tool

[@serafin2550]

Last time I listened to Tool with one of my kids in the room my four year old daughter looked at me and said, "Dad, I feel like I am going somewhere."

[@emmullgn]

It's amazing what children can pick up on, especially when you consider how hard it is for some adults to just listen to something let alone comprehend it..

[@Monkeynumber99]

From the mouths of babes

[@lukesenior1254]

first time me listening to this song by tool too and it gave me goose bumps haven't felt like that from a song in a lil while but you know if a song makes you feel like that its something different and its an amazing feeling and different from feeling your emotions come up like maybe aggression to a heavy song

[@Penitten]

Or: My god, *shit the bed*

[@mikestavisky8009]

lmao "kids say the darndest(truest) things"!

[@BobbyDukeArts]

Lol, this was great! Spiral out. Keep going 🤘

[@krisosphere9940]

Glad to see you making the rounds Bobby always keep making no matter the medium.

[@coochiemane8833]

Didn't expect to see you here tbh 🤣

[@christinavaughan3095]

I'm not surprised to see you here, with you wearing your Tool shirt when you made those wings... Lol

[@petermccarthy1555]

🤘

[@germ4bass]

Hey Bobby rock on man🤘🤘🤘

[@VandyZD]

I’m sorry brother but it looks like you just had your first toolgasm

[@SirFigsAlot]

I've been a fan for 15 year and still have them.

[@imawreck6586]

It hit him at 8:30

[@heavenlypete4641]

@@imawreck6586 honestly it hit him once the opening riff came at 2.08

[@ralphwiggum6385]

Nope, that happened during Pneuma 😜😎

[@lenn7272]

Toolgasms never stop.