Rappers React To TOOL "Undertow"!!!

[@NooDLES411911]

These guys have just been killin it for so long its hard to comprehend. Tool is the best

[@Elliot-k8f]

An epic meditation on Maynards personal struggles with the deadly game of playing with hard opiates 🧐👍🙏. Powerful song. Brilliant band!

[@microgirl3789]

IMO one of their most raw and powerful songs. Really excited for this one! TOOLGAITING starts at 5! 🤘❤

[@Hollywood6IX]

See you at the Toolgate

[@-TRIAD-]

Christy, we should have all day TOOLGATING 😎😉🔥🔥 talk to you soon 💕

[@timothyjones3506]

Toolgating is something I can get behind.

[@-TRIAD-]

@@timothyjones3506 I like that you appreciate my invention 😉

[@PowderedToastMan420]

Trash Talkers (Rolling Stone) Tool‘s first album sounded like nothing else at the time. Dark, mysterious, angry, complex, meticulously crafted and loaded with oddly amorphous song structures, 1993’s Undertow confounded both music critics (many of whom tried to lump the band in with the then-popular grunge movement) and early Tool fans who’d been attracted to the more aggressive, metallic sounds of ’92’s Opiate EP, the band’s first official release.

[@billyjordhamo2788]

Hollywood and Smokedog. I love how you both feel Tool from the core of your sould. The goosebumps throughout your body and trying to bath in the agony and the tortured beauty that will bring tears to your eyes. Each week you both have a new fav song. I been there and i know every emotion both of you are feeling. Learn 2 swin!!!

[@Hollywood6IX]

Hell yea bro, Spiral Out my friend

[@Ylt716]

Hey guys , Gibson release video about Adam's Les paul custom 1979 , they elevate Tempest on that almost 7 minutes video.... spiral out 👌✌️

[@beelzebob23]

The music for that commercial is amazing.

[@Ylt716]

@@beelzebob23 absolutely amazing

[@jrayez4995]

I just found it. Definitely a must watch!

[@Ylt716]

@@jrayez4995 spiral out brah

[@kellysharp-southernplanner2368]

I saw my first TOOL show at 17. I’ve watched them eight times along with A Perfect Circle and Puscifer. Maynard is amazing.

[@rastomasstanford7708]

I've never seen them Live cause something always comes up. But if they come back to New York I'm gonna die if I don't see them.

[@tekkonblackkinkreet4927]

The majority of Tool’s stuff are concept albums , and the songs work around the concept. So it makes sense to have a self titled song. And Undertow has different meanings, a current of water below the surface moving in a different direction. But also can mean an implicit aspect or emotion that underlying the superficial aspects of something.

[@DusteyeMC]

you realize tool has a song with the title of the album on pretty much every album lol. Lateralus Aenema 10,000 days Fear Innoculum Opiate

[@Qliphirot]

Almost every record. AEnima - AEnema Salival - (none)

[@jordancarver5809]

Lmao literally every album except aenima is spelled different

[@jadecady3424]

Whaaaat

[@aaronkelly2217]

These guys are cons. Look at Hollywoods head at the beat drops. BS

[@Humanipathic]

Ænima / Anema same damn thing And Salival isn’t an actual album. It’s old songs & covers

[@kristendickinson8869]

You guys...seriously. this is why TooL army said from the get-go, please start from opiate & undertow first before diving into something as intricate as 10,000 days & newest fear inoculum. To us- we've watched the progression. I love that you love chunky old TooL. That's the point. Thats who they were before they morphed into this beautiful, tribal situation that they are now. I still love that chunky old shit, it's still relevant & could easily be received well today. Full on rippers. Crushing it still.

[@grntbggr126]

Perfect and ironic timing! "There doesn't seem to be a way out of the Undertow."

[@rite2beararms]

I can agree with that. No matter what, we're going down.

[@christopherodriscoll2343]

After getting caught in a riptide and almost dying a couple years ago, that line hits on a whole new level now.

[@vince_atrium]

As a progressive metal musician, I can tell you. They play together and probably write (compose) the song as a band and rehearse and then play their tracks in the studio, like Smokey said, with the drums first. They typically don't make up the song in the recording session. The musicians almost always have it down note for note by then. Usually. ;) Memorizing music isn't too difficult by the way... As a musician, you can forget how to play your own old songs and basically you just need to memorize the songs that are relevant at the moment like playing an upcoming live set or playing an entire album you're about to record. Most of the time musicians have to relearn songs they haven't played in a while. Haha As far as the HOW they come up with it... basically they bring their individual ideas to their writing sessions and then typically add their contributions as a group. As they play they stop fora second and will be like, “oh, you know what would be good here?”. And “Oh, I have an idea for that section”... and then it just builds from there until it feels like it’s done.

[@chrisseals2236]

Something people either forget or don’t know is that by the time this album was released in 1993, Tool had already been playing these songs live for at least a half decade before they were signed. Tool formed in 1988, released their demo “72826” in 1991, which on a side note had slightly different versions of both “Crawl Away” and “Sober” on it, got signed to a contract and recorded both the Opiate EP and the Undertow album in 1992, Opiate was released later that year with the release of Undertow in 1993.

[@witoldjanik]

Holywood & Smokey - guys, that was one of your best reactions - in emotional way. Geeeeeeeezzz..... :) Beautiful picture. I'm so happy to see other people 'burning' the same as me this about 20-25 years ago, hehehe ;) Peace & love to all here. Stay health and safe! Love ya TT. Thanks.

[@DocRobert]

This is one of my favorite Tool songs. Glad you finally got to it. Love.

[@brandoncallaway8835]

I remember when I was young thinking that this was about drugs, but there are songs of such a spiritual nature that never made sense until I went through that experience, still am!. In his earlier works, he speaks of the voice or the calling, or the snake (which isn't satan) refers to kundalini shakti, or the feminine snake like energy that rises up the spine and produces strange life changing and ecstatic states. Knowing about all of the occult lyrics that they use in their music and if you go look up nearly every tool song lyrics were written by the entire band. Knowing that maynards into the occult, danny is in thelema and another order I forget what. Two of his earlier songs where he talks about the snakes voice that temps and drains him, then songs like 46 and 2 about jungs allusion to tramsfmutation alchemy of the spirit, extra chromosomes of the super human. All.of his earlier works were a spiritual transformation (the hard shit) their middle works about experience and how to get there (inside of spiritual experience) anagrams, alchemical symolism, alluding to his own symbolic forms of understanding of deity. I know that nobody on here is going to even remotely agree with me, but I believe that one or more of them had a kundalini awakening, which they show in their videos and the likes of which are superbly profound and hard to grasp without ever experiencing. That why all of their songs sound like ethereal drug like ecstatic states. I have experienced that for years now. It's like tools music is now a complete mirror of my spiritual life. I now realise more members in bands have had similar experiences talking about kundalini, gojira ouroborus, for instance. Serpent of light, crawling stately along the spine,..... Yea....

[@bettyrocker_Lia]

Love listening with fresh ears alongside two very insightful, evolved fellows. And the tribe

[@Humanipathic]

My fav song off the record. In my top 10 of TOOL.

[@gregwjohnson1986]

Anyone else want them to listen to disgustipated just to hear their reaction to the story at the very end?

[@srbaran]

I think the beginning is hilarious.

[@tiamat29]

F$%K YES!!!!!!

[@420graffin]

Yes.

[@beelzebob23]

Yes. Have to.

[@da9pauly]

Yes

[@thanospat6400]

Sylvia did some epic production work to help make this album...from the band smashing a piano in 1 of there songs to telling JMK to run around the studio block & comeback in sing the song like you mean it. She brought the angst out of tool in undertow....the musical milk to my day back in 94' love it!

[@M1ke2112]

What up my broskies! 🤘. Here are clips of Tool in the studio for this album. Enjoy! kzbin.info/aero/PL3c_shcA0Y2YRR8d32x4aQVv5R23Ttkct

[@KarmaKraze_11]

Album: Black Sabbath Song: Black Sabbath Artist: Black Sabbath Same goes for the band, Metal Church.

[@kevinperry5816]

Artist: bad company Album: bad company Song: bad company

[@RDreamer]

@@kevinperry5816 iron Maiden by iron Maiden from the album, Iron Maiden

[@TheSmeltork]

Hell yeah. This is my favorite Undertow song.

[@ianschuchardt]

Its great to be back! Been on vacation so I have missed a few weeks. Great job guys!

[@Brotha_Teresa]

How could I let this bring me back to my knees?

[@lachof]

Yes, This line

[@kristendickinson8869]

No shit man. Right? Preach MJK

[@diesel_engaged6358]

One of the most legendary TOOL breakdowns/builds ever on this one

[@MegaIronleg]

THIS IS SONG 7 OUT OF TEN ANOTHER INCREDIBLE SONG, ANOTHER FAVOURITE LOL… THEYRE ALL FAVOURITE GREAT SHOW GUYS … ROCK ON 👊🖖

[@chelseatrevino6923]

Thank you for TOOL Tuesday!!

[@lacyhaller2869]

Adam and Justin usually write out their parts first and figure the timing out, then send it Dannys way to lay down the drum track

[@TheBensmith5]

A Perfect Circle "The Package". You two especially will enjoy ot

[@mylesmuir2569]

This song is very clearly about the cycle of addiction, IMO. It touches on chasing the dragon. It talks about how it destroys him, but he can't stop. It talks about the self-hatred that comes with that awareness of the grip that the drugs have over him, and finally, the euphoria they bring him.

[@Andrew46_2]

Tool minus Maynard released a new instrumental track last week named "The witness" which is pretty good. Put it on the list.

[@tiamat29]

best opening yet! I love how far off Hollywood goes with some of his descriptions! too funny! You guys are great!!!!

[@estern001]

Puscifer has a new album! For the love of God, please!

[@arejayheix]

You guys forget, they play these live exactly the same. When they write, they practice and develop together so when they record it’s already tight and memorized

[@dyrnwyn83]

These guys are great! Love Tool Tuesday and all other reactions. Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets With Silent Earth. Side note: kinda broke so I can’t get attention thru patreon, that’s why I’m commenting on old videos.

[@ryanpickelsimer1129]

First, loving Tool Tuesdays and I'm digging on some of your band reactions too. Second, nobody ever reacts to the old 92 Philly video that's online and sick. Y'all haven't done Jerk-Off yet, right? That's a good one, but it's basically a bunch of Opiate and Undertow live so find a song you want to here. (Hell, would be sick if you reacted to the whole video.) Thanks, guys!

[@TheMetal2t]

Really think you guys would love the live version on PUSHIT from the Salival album. It is a re-envisioning from the album version that I think you both would appreciate.

[@patrickking7575]

Love your reactions guys. Hope you plan on doing full album videos once you get through everything - you have to experience the albums as a whole. Regarding your questions about their creative process, I think you should check out the video seminars that Justin and Danny participated in for Berklee School. They went into GREAT detail about how they set up songs for Adam and Maynard, and it's a very unique process - you'll love it!

[@la213blanco]

Nice! Now all that’s left for you guys on that album is Disgustipated...the hidden track💪🏻😎

[@nevinhastings]

🥕🥕🥕

[@markmaloney3140]

Cant wait.

[@jasonjtd79dunne88]

This is necessary

[@paulhaire3982]

Let the 🐇 wear glasses.

[@lesmiitimore748]

🐰🥕🐰🥕🐰🥕🐰

[@GoldTop57]

Remember, in those days they did record in separate tracks, but there was a limit to being able to splice parts together, having no computers, only analog equipment. You had to get it right, or do it over most times.

[@scotthandler3314]

Black Sabbath has a song and album called Black Sabbath. First album. It was the dawn of heavy metal.

[@timfarrow1545]

Someone else on top with the song band abd album of the same name

[@marsjam4117]

Everything TOOL writes for albums has to be able to be recreated live in concert.

[@-TRIAD-]

Old school 🛠TOOL🛠 🔥🔥🔥🔥 let the TOOLGATING begin 🤘🤘😉

[@Hollywood6IX]

Toolgating starts at 5....see u then brother

[@pocketeights8]

been to 7 Tool shows now, and Toolgating is always my favorite part.

[@EKDupre]

Thanks for sharing your opinions on title tracks! I'm an artist too and I'm having similar discussion with my friends. Interesting takes both. Peace from Portland, OR

[@scotthandler3314]

Undertow is track #7. Notice it's listed before Flood. I guess you go under first and then the Flood consumes you. Cold and black is the demon. It's also interesting Swamp Song is before Undertow, and then Flood. Lots of references to water and drowning. Maynard was a Baptist I believe and was likely baptized. So a lot of religious references there with water, flooding, cleansing, getting caught in the undertow, etc.

[@timfarrow1545]

Bottom swampsong undertow flood i give you the liquid quad listen to them one after the other epucness right there

[@yezidhernandofuentescorred3200]

Disposition, Reflection, Triad, SALUDOS!!!!! from Colombia.

[@marke9727]

Undertow is the 7th track on undertow.

[@Raksasa187]

every studio Tool album got a title track tho :-D

[@theawakener4360]

Drugs,devil,darkness within its all the same energy we all fight within our lives....you can label it one or the other but its all the same entity that I believe he is talking about.....getting stuck in the undertow.....the more you fight you stay in it ...to get out of the undertow you have to surrender and just let go.....then you will rise out of the heavy waters....thats the picture I get while listening

[@frc393]

if you look at justin, adam and danny when they are playing they are constantly watching one another for constant changes in tempo. One day watch a tool concert and you will see.

[@nickelcapoccia2773]

Honestly it might be because I'm high...but the fact u guys went into your "nerd out" groove trying to figure out how tool comes up with songs is awesome. Also I want to check out some of ur guys music. Can u plug or even do a video of u guys giving commentary on ur own music. Kinda explaining what u were going thru or how u came up with something while u were in the studio. I appreciate u guys. I wasn't a die hard tool fan but have seen them multiple times. I also dug ur N.I.N. "perfect drug". Congrats to them being inducted to the 2020 rock and roll hall of fame

[@Toronic]

So this just a random comment not dealing with this video specifically. I just enjoy the friendship you two have and am envious I don't have a good bud like that. Thanks for the videos

[@ronnief7939]

True Tool heads, trying to figure out how they write the songs, coming up with the layers of music, picturing what & how they do it in the studio, wishing you were there.! It’s official,! Ya’ll are hooked.!🤘🏻

[@TheVeronicamitch]

One of the best songs!!! ❤️

[@ethanjacob123]

Maynard said he usually gets the music and then puts the lyrics to them. He says it’s like a puzzle he needs to configure with the music. But this is all stuff he said in joe Rogan podcast a year ago.

[@Gabriel_Moline]

9:20. Mr, Adam, Mr. Adam Jones takes control for a little while.

[@APEIRON_MUSIC]

Hoooooooooooo here we go! Is gonna be a good one!!

[@dandaris2153]

The last riff of this song sounds like the band called "Mastodon" but, before them ;)

[@brandonhinrichs387]

I'm pretty sure most of the songs especially from Lateralus on start as Danny just jamming to a random Tick on a metronome. Then then justin and adam just add their layers

[@TheChazz1225]

Their songwriting in Undertow is akin to how most bands would make an album today, with equal contribution from every member throughout the process. Maynard had an early version of Sober prior to joining up with Adam before their first ep. From Aenima onwards; their songwriting process involved the guitar and bass riffs being created first, the drums then finding the rhythm within the riffwork and finally off to Maynard for lyrics and completion. What Adam and Justin are able to create, Danny can then translate it all for us to make sense of as his drumming does really well in hiding the time signature changes throughout. Their creative approach to their songwriting is something I think anyone would want to have, it's truly incredible to see how elite they were even when they began.

[@dvaderwasframed]

The only bad thing about this is that I can only hit the like button once

[@bradseyda4289]

Y’all’s best reaction to date

[@sidarthur8706]

this song in particular speaks to me on a deep level. they're all holy mirrors but some are clearer than others. this song's partly about drug addiction but i think it's more about the desire to be lazy and the danger of being comfortable and blissful

[@Ma4t2t0_]

Love this gives me a feeling as if I'm experiencing tool for the first time seeing y'all's reaction to there masterpieces 🤘👁️🤘

[@munkeeBraynStoo]

I understand Tool now, Trash Talkers Life is the opiate We're all caught in life's undertow, and without ALL of the Tools/songs as an aenima, we're lost and just fumbling around, getting nothing done. Without our third eye open, we just scramble around on the lateralistic spiral of confusion and pain. Each Tool/song helps us like an inoculum in another area of life's myriad of troubles and curiosities, to alleviate our fears. Just the thought of it all makes me salival. (You see what I've done here, right?) 😁

[@jasoncochran2702]

Now that you've pretty much read the book of Tool I'd love to hear what you rap about now??? Tell me what to type in to hear ur music???

[@ronnief7939]

Oh yeaaaaah! 0 dislikes Tool heads FOREVA

[@airplanejazz]

When you guys finish this journey, the biography of Maynard is something you would really enjoy I think.

[@chrisstorms7511]

There are several songs that have the same name as the band and the album. ie. Black Sabbath, Bad Company, Iron Maiden, Body Count, Porno For Pyros etc.

[@ExploreNC]

This song live is pretty epic some of there older stuff early to mid 90's!! you should react to some live stuff from TOOL !

[@hvitekristesdod]

For me one of their most underrated songs

[@DogmeatDied989]

And I’m so comfortable, so comfortable

[@johnladd8421]

nerd talk is why I like prog. Especially if your a musician of any level. To wrap your mind around what their actually doing and the work it takes to make so many great songs is mind boggling

[@mattyone78]

On the studio stuff, they have rehearsed it so much at this point they can just feel it, and usually a live playthrough is done first for everyone to play along to when recording their individual parts. Being Tool though, may be different, but back then I would say it was likely that way.

[@hawks7775]

Have you done parabol and parabola ..got to do together please!

[@hawks7775]

Also you have 4 songs from Opiate left to check out

[@charliehunter9257]

My gentleman, you've outdone yourselves this Halloween season. Now, lets return to school and get back to the book of Tool... open your book of Undertow, to the titular chapter.

[@da9pauly]

Undertow is track #7 on Undertow

[@amandalamb5724]

Tool "Parabol with Parabola" together...they gotta be as one. And it's killer.

[@willowpiano]

Intolerance is the first track because when you hear the first audio part it's someone drowning or losing air in their scuba tank.. it's about how being in the military at west point lead him to believe that he wasn't right for that environment.

[@oneoverprime1608]

Fear Inoculum is the first title track that was the first song on the album. But they've taken the name of all their albums from a song on the album

[@jasonjtd79dunne88]

Smokey forgetting his name for a second was hilarious

[@Drivestort]

Rammstein has an album with title track titled Rammstein.

[@Rooster361]

Everybody comes in puts their session no particular order. This is after they've all come together with the logistic with the songs going to sound like, then they all record their part then cut it and then you edit it what you don't like what you do like, record it comes out like that.

[@tidewell]

Undertow track listing: 1. "Intolerance" 2. "Prison Sex" 3. "Sober" 4. "Bottom" 5. "Crawl Away" 6. "Swamp Song" 7. "Undertow" 8. "4°" 9. "Flood" 10. "Disgustipated" (Song ends at 6:45. Sounds of crickets chirping can be heard for 7 minutes and 5 seconds at 13:50 a hidden message plays while the crickets continue until the end.) There were tons of Easter eggs in the artwork for the album, I'd recommend checking out. "Disgustipated" was listed as track #69 on the CD (basically with 60 individual blank tracks at 1 second long leading up to it). Many Tool fans might write it off as a track not to be taken seriously... but in the context of the time this album was released, this was making a strong point of "this is art and we are not your average rock band... we will make you to listen with an open mind!" PS - "Sober" and "Prison Sex" were the singles off the album and both had music videos

[@airplanejazz]

Yeah, I saw you guys wondering how they make the song. Maynard has said that the band makes the song and he then gets it sent to him and he writes the lyrics. He’ll also make criticisms to the music as well when he gets the music as he’s working. They’re amazing.

[@Wired4Reality]

In my opinion, this song is about Doubt. He's speaking a out making this album - "two times in" on their second album. Doubt is screaming at him, always trying to make another great song, another great album.

[@afautismsfinestshortsandvines]

In the last few days I have had an unhealthy relationship with you guys! I’ve watched every tool reaction video from you guys! I love how Hollywood went from ‘that dude looks like every mass shooters ever’ to 🧐‘I don’t think that is Justin’ I love watching you guys fall in love with my favorite band! Listen to ‘triad’

[@rainonyourparade3045]

We all have been there. Lol.

[@tilemonkee5510]

You DO that by being seriously skilled musicians!! Lots of practice! Till your hands bleed! Hey, have you guys done Rollins band? Step back would be grrrrreat. XD

[@egratudo1974]

if you do disgustipated, be aware that after the first part ends you will hear a cricket noise for a long time and then there is more lyrics at the end that start with "It was daylight when you woke up in your ditch" make sure you hear it out to the end.

[@jaelynn7575]

It's called talent fellas. Something younger generation's music seems to lack.

[@sindelismsucks2968]

What's going awn everybody!? The Trash Talkers now have a Facebook group, come and join the fun. facebook.com/groups/4335765226475388/

[@jaystanley9363]

You guys should check out "destiny lab".."unseen zones" ...very fitting for the last couple days..they have a Cypress Hill vibe

[@Kneestonelight]

"Hi, we're Bad Company. Here's a song called bad company off of our album, "bad company"!

[@Carl-gj4ed]

Most rock bands don't produce "bars". Most rock bands "jam". They get together and play for hours in a "rehearsal" space until something sticks or until the cops are called on them. I used to rent one for $350 a month. Some band's record their sessions in case they find a gem of a song. The band plays each week and work on the bits that flowed from the week before. Eventually, after months of refining, you get a song. This is why great bands take years to release albums. In rap, the producer makes your music/beats. In rock, the producer records your tracks and makes sure each instrument sounds good. Rock bands know the songs they want to record. During some recording sessions, they even play at the same time while recording and they can lay down their tracks, by memory, because they've been working on that track for months and it's all muscle memory.

[@markmaloney3140]

Great job guys. Peace to the Army.

[@airplanejazz]

So this wraps up the Undertow Album. I think you guys should finish Opiate. Then go to Parabol/Parabola then finish your journey with, IMO, the best piece of work Disposition/Reflection/Triad. Then you guys should do the albums in order cause I’ve noticed you ask about stories and the lead ins to songs. I think when you listen to the albums all of the way through you’ll get a better perspective of the vision of the band.

[@deerjerf1]

It also takes nearly a decade to get an album ;)

[@jaelynn7575]

Hope you've heard Sublime self titled, and Chris Cornell Euphoria Morning.

[@noelsmith9184]

AC/DC Back in Black - Back in Black.. was track 6 on the album 🙂