Classical Composer Reacts to TOOL: Third Eye | The Daily Doug (Episode 603)

[@johnseward2934]

People who don't like this track should reconsider the assumptions they bring to it. Its not a "song" in any traditional sense of the word. It is the sonic equivalent of a psychedelic experience and deep self introspection. Viewed in that light and given the quality of the soundscape, its an exceptional track and truly unique in the entire history of music. It still may not be someone's cup of lemontek and it certainly isn't the kind of track many people will want to listen to regularly, but it has earned its accolades. Personally, this is one of my top 5ish Tool tracks and one of my most cherished songs in all of music. There are so many details, sounds, narrative choices, and transitions that take so many listens to discover.

[@johnnyb6067]

I skipped it until I saw it live. Then I was disappointed with myself.

[@chriswebb7822]

@@johnnyb6067 The live version is a living being in itself...It hits me WAY harder than the studio version!!

[@jakefromstatefarm1405]

After I discovered Tool, this song was a skip. It was too weird for me, even in the realm of Tool. But after like 3 years I've circled back through the whole discography and fallen in love with this song 🤘

[@hank35682]

So glad there’s people out there that don’t just take this song at face value, it’s not just music 👁️

[@joseignaciodiazgonzalez6769]

just like pink floyd done it before.... they're not just "songs" ... they're journeys

[@dallasdenton4235]

Thank you for actually discussing the music's meaning. So many reaction videos say nothing at the end. You were well researched. Well done friend. Respect from a loyal Tool fan.

[@144megabytes]

Yea this channel has it all imo. Musical diagnosis, terrific balance of comment/music content, and the research/discussion around the music to round it out. It leaves you feeling like you truly explored the works he reviews.

[@Doug.Helvering]

Thanks! That’s my goal!

[@ferrisbueller9991]

@@Doug.Helvering You really do good work. Just subbed off this vid alone. Godspeed.

[@johnnyb6067]

For me their first album (Undertow) is about struggling with abuse and addiction. Their second album (Aenima) is mostly about facing the real world and feelings that was being hidden from in Undertow and not liking it. Third Eye closes it with a spiritual awakening which leads into their third album (Lateralus) which opens with letting go of the grudge and carries on to the realization that all life is one and all this pain is an illusion. Concept albums are cool. But who else has done a concept discography?

[@werefrosch]

I think king gizzard and the lizard wizard said they did/are doing

[@B0bCat11]

Holy molly dude

[@user-fm8xs3hr3w]

Taking a hit right as the song starts going as your first time listen is absolutely perfect! Great reaction/analysis.

[@QuantumBeeWellness]

Classic! I had to join him after that hehehehee

[@gustavovalladares5296]

This is peak Tool. This is every member of the band showcasing their best material, creating this monstrous album closer. Adam gives those excellent solos (IMO the best ones he has made in Tool's discography), Justin in the bass keeping it punchy and steady along with Danny, and Maynard screaming his lungs out and whispering gently.

[@boogabuga7657]

I love how Adam's busiest solo is hidden behind another simpler solo

[@toolhog10]

@@ByDesignKatonah I'm pretty sure Billy Howerdel was his tech during this time..

[@VeyroneR]

They are still in their prime. FI is top tier album and their live shows best in genre.

[@muttbull]

*_PRYING OPEN MY THIRD 👁_*

[@Themata]

i í i

[@alessiodimatteo6388]

Amen bro...

[@AncientActivist]

Doing it. Again. ❤

[@AncientActivist]

Actually, I have done this 3 times in my life. This is my 4th "reincarnation".... It's my rising from the ashes moment. Again.

[@ferrisbueller9991]

My Brown Eye....prison sex

[@TheBuglemouthBass]

That is without a doubt the best Doug thumbnail in the history of Dougs.

[@spoitras]

Imagine, they were opening the Aenima tour with this song. Many young dudes with backwards baseball caps were scratching their heads.

[@JKa244]

Scratching their heads and shading their eyes

[@ferrisbueller9991]

Ever since I was a young kid I thought hats, baseball caps, were what was worn by the dinky sort of kids. The backwards cap (especially when the sun is making them squint) is a fashion choice of the stereotypes I did not want to be. Pretty stupid I thought I was cool for not wearing a hat. Also never wore jean as I didn't want to look like a farmer?

[@ethanmunoz7109]

I've never watched your content before and I clicked on this video and paused it then smoked a bowl, and when I played it you pulled out a pipe and I started dying laughing

[@rushyespearthowe]

I believe that the live version of this song from the Salival recording is PURE GENIUS! Soooo much emotion and great live playing from the band it hurts!!!

[@SantamanitaClauscaria]

@_Mr_Doug_Helvering its an amazing version. They sound better live. And for this track they don't use the same Bill Hicks speech at the beginning, instead they use a sample from another famous person. I won't spoil it, you'll have to hear it.

[@Themata]

​@@SantamanitaClauscariaI can recite the quote, but don't know who said it

[@SantamanitaClauscaria]

@@Themata I said I wouldn't spoil it but what the heck. It was Timothy Leary.

[@vk3fbab]

Love push it from Salival too. They reimagined that song wonderfully. No quarter. Need to get that CD out.

[@SantamanitaClauscaria]

@@vk3fbab If Doug hasn't yet heard both versions of Pushit that's an absolute must.

[@steamr0ll]

I have watched this channel for quite some time and have grown to look at it with fondness and a great deal of respect but this video is the best yet, i got a bit misty-eyed. Doug, you are an awfully good egg and I am glad you share yourself on the youtubes. Thank you so much!

[@Doug.Helvering]

Thanks for your kind words. This channel has given me a great outlet, and I thoroughly enjoy making these videos. The practice of doing intentional listening has reconnected me to my love of music.

[@BrandonGaddie]

I agree wholeheartedly!

[@_bats_]

Good egg is indeed right. It's cool that this format exists to bring this out of people who make the world a better place through videos like this one.

[@Chris.Minarich.LongIsland]

Justin rolling down that bass neck like The Incomparable Chris Squire!! This shit gives me the f’ng chills

[@sagitt1856]

TOOL = Psychedelic Metal. Perhaps one of the only bands to have succeeded so well in this fusion... to say the least audacious. Thanks, Master Helvering.

[@1848revolt]

I call them the Pink Floyd of metal. But they prefer King Crimson comparisons.

[@stifflersmom4490]

Nine inch nails

[@sagitt1856]

@@stifflersmom4490 I can't fault you, although I don't consider NIN to be of the same creative and qualitative level (at least as far as psychedelic inspiration is concerned) as TOOL. But, that's just my very humble point of view. Cordially.

[@aaroncole3941]

My favorite part of the whole song is where he's singing softly over the slidy bass!

[@Mvader7]

For me, Tool is a modern day Pink Floyd. Obviously not in the style of music, but in their ability to use the instruments, effects, lyrics and vocals to create an amazing sound scape that transports you to another place. Both are best enjoyed listening to through a good sound system, preferably whole albums in a single sitting.

[@Egoblivion]

Concert spectacle-wise too…

[@ShonnDaylee]

Truer words have seldom been spoken. It is a parallel that is brought up often, for good reason.

[@chriswebb7822]

@@DRSmith8808 I like it!

[@heinous70]

Glad I'm not the only one...

[@thelonesomefisherman7425]

I just deleted my comment, making the same comparison to Pink Floyd after finding this thread. The first time I listened to Tool, it was Wings For Marie part 2. I thought the bass player had gone to the Roger Waters school of bass playing.

[@jaimeecherivel2927]

Ænima is the album that really got me into Tool. I remember being like 13 or 14, putting this on my stereo in the bedroom and going to sleep. Talk about some vivid dreams

[@wingedmoonlight560]

Bro when u brought out the bowl I laughed out loud I did not expect that! Great stuff my friend

[@matthewgoodA1206]

To me this is an astounding and incredible masterwork. And just a wildly veering, complex and multi-layered journey. There is so, so much to it, all the things they threw in there and stuffed to the hilt. It’s a mind-sprawling composition that leaves other songs seeming quite simple.

[@dmnddog7417]

Even in all its murkiness, "Third Eye" is an amazing piece of music. It's one of my favorite Tool tracks.

[@DizzyD850]

this, to this day since it came out, is my favorite Tool song ever for the simple fact that it will take you for a ride.

[@VisceralAshes]

This is definitely an album worth doing a full review, like Black Sabbath, and Dark Side of the Moon, etc. So many young memories with my best friend and my girlfriend, smoking late at night, while listening to this album in it's entirety, traveling down wooded roads and under blue skies. Such an important album, it captured an entire time in my life.

[@AmbassadorDvinn]

The bass in this song is absolutely unrivaled.

[@jimmiekarbinwaglind8491]

This is without a doubt my favorite song by Tool! :)

[@dezmilad]

I'm so glad you did Third Eye, doug👏👏👏👏👏it's my favorite tool song and my favorite song about enlightment. It's super interesting for me to find out the whole song is in D just different scales of D. So it definitely helps with creating a bit of that trance (almost drone) feeling even though it's not like your typical trance/drone music. Thank you man I always learn from your videos 🙏🙏🙏 And they still have all these amazing transitions, arrangement wise. It's a masterpiece 🤘🤘🤘

[@biffbarely7045]

I was a Hicks enthusiast from his 1st appearance on the HBO's "Young Comedians" special. I thought it was awesome when Tool started referencing him in their music.

[@tf2kishi826]

dude i laughed my ass off when you pulled out the glass lololol

[@ibanezleftyclub]

Probably my top 3 favorite songs ever. From any band.

[@johnprice6066]

I worked with Bill Hicks' brother, Steve, back in the '80s... This song always makes me think of them both. 😊

[@jupiterandneptune6992]

Tool is great, talented beyond the majority of other bands, deep, philosophical, experimental and open minded. An artist's and thinkers type of music. Recomend hearing this album from start to finish, and take it's journey. Every 3 song's is a masterpiece almost and there's not a bad song on it. My favirot album probably that I've ever heard out of all music I've heard.

[@alexgram1276]

This is the closest to an acid trip you can get with a song

[@DrummerAndrew]

There is so much more TOOL for you to listen to and admire. Please continue to do so. It’s wonderful. And your comments are succinct and appropriate. Go and keep going. Cheers!

[@arthurdent1045]

I Highly recommend you listen to this album in its entirety, uninterrupted. especially after a few smokes. it is a journey!.. One of the all time great Albums ever. - - Great Review also!

[@disgustipated_462]

The respect that it deserves, thanks much!

[@JasonEwton]

I hadn't listened to this since I was a teenager. Still fucking parties.

[@trezhan]

They are so flicking amazing and downplay everything!

[@clintonchico9547]

Aenima is my favorite album of all time.

[@NoineNoineNoine]

Well done. I am now a subscriber. Enjoy your thought process and love that you let the songs play through without interruption!

[@travisthornton1792]

King Gizzard’s new album would be great for Metal Monday. Here’s their first single, “Gila Monster” kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4K7Y3apgqh1b68

[@EdwardRLyons]

Tool does so much with so little! Just pure genius.

[@thisistheyear99]

Great reaction, breakdown and commentary, as always 🤘🏼👁🌀🌀🌀🌀

[@palmereldritch_6669]

Top 5 Tool songs of all time. This song is a journey. I used to fall asleep to it in a bean bag as a teenager. So many weird little details. It's performance art as much as music.

[@Senor_Fast]

I consider this tool's most profound song. A lot of people say it's lateralus but I think this song tops it. The spiritual journey the song puts you through is not matched. It puts you through so many emotions that it feels like a lifetime. Also the salival version manages put this song on an even higher pedestal. I definitely recommend giving it a listen.

[@grawl69]

One of my favorite Tool reactions.

[@jasonnielsen5976]

The pick scrape on the guitar at 15:16 gives me chills every time I hear it

[@13christbane]

this song always makes my eyes well up. tears of despair and sadness and then the big release and forgiving yourself and moving on.

[@keithk1559]

Forgiving ones self is the hardest thing I've ever done, still struggling with it to this day.

[@toms_video]

This is the best TooL reaction video I’ve watched. and I’ve watched a fucking lot of them. Old Composer has some good ones. And I love the Danny drum cam reactions. ..but this is dope. i love you.

[@lesliedavis2185]

Fave Tool album, and one of my fave albums altogether. Great live.

[@malin9314]

This made my morning :) Thank you Dough for covering Tool once again!

[@vlfreak]

Thanks for taking me back to my late teen years doug, loved loved (and still) love these guys.. many a late night spent soaking up tool.. so many layers

[@TheWonderer7]

One of the best Tool songs on their best album

[@johniicage2186]

"Really high on drugs"- Maynard *Lights bowl*- Doug

[@sumo-ninja]

That's not maynard. That's bill hicks

[@benstephenson8993]

Getting into TOOL is like having your first shot of alcohol… chances are that you’ll throw up the first time or two, but if you stick with it, it becomes addictive

[@danforsyth4608]

Well Doug it appears youtube only shows me your videos when you do tool but I have to say as a been there since the beginning life long tool fan when I watch your videos it's like I'm hearing it with a new ear love to watch you react to tool the way I do they are such an important band for this world I wish everyone could sit down like you do and experience a tool song and then tey to would know the feeling thanks for doing what you do!

[@derekrajala7990]

To me, "prying open my third eye" means that he (the character of the song) has been trying to force his way to enlightenment through drugs "smoke" and thought "reason". Which is a fight, the use of force, and therefore a losing battle. He leaves it to the listener to find the easy way in the wake of the song; instinct, relax, allow.

[@tenaciousb7868]

I think the narrator, Maynard I suppose, experiences an ego death through a heavy dose of psychedelics, completely obliterating the lens through which he views himself in the world.. and instead reverting to the innocence of childhood for a fleeting glimpse. Almost remote viewing the moment life went from playing in the dirt to being plugged into the system/society, directly witnessing your own fall from innocence, catching a glimpse of it and pleading to himself to come back out to play, not to run away into ego and the stressors of life and this world. Having that dissociation from reality/time, and almost traveling inter-dimensionally to feel all time at once is the 3rd eye.

[@treypav]

This is my top 3 favorite tool songs ever. Its incredibly written

[@tatuued]

i listened to traditional turkish music recently and found a similarity to that and tools music. don't know if they're directly inspired but i wonder if they use odd scales/rhythms like they do over in the middle east or even india; love ravi shankar too. tools music noticeably stands out in a sea of american music to anyone who gives them a chance.

[@kennethalbert4653]

15:00 ish His two sides thought of the other..... One - Chasing the tale of dogma Other- chasing smoke (weed, drugs) and reason. Bring the two together to become enlightened ! Tale of dogma Tail of dogma Just fucken brilliant !

[@mttscz]

After watching your Yamandu video, I think it would be lovely if you reacted to more brazilian composers like Tom Jobim! Passarim is a great record that blends orchestration, samba, bossa nova and the nostalgic recording tone from 1987 ❤ complex harmonies are a must in Jobim's work! :)

[@Agostoic]

Bill Hicks was well ahead of his time, one of the greatest for sure up there with Carlin. Also this song absolutely slaps still!

[@kl8455]

Bill was a comic's comic and left way too soon. Same thing with Kinison. Texan comedic geniuses.

[@vk3fbab]

Hicks was on point and tool were on point for calling it at the time.

[@MB-ln9nv]

a wild time is watching this song to the last scene of fantasia... the visuals interact with the music and lyrics. That movie is set to traditional music and it works.. The album goes well starting stinkfist when the 3rd cello is lit in the opening shot of the orchestral.... learned about this in early 2000s. it's great, a fluke, or whatever it is. 46&2, pushit and aenema are the best.... dinosaurs and the world ending line right up. hooker is the micky and the saucer scene. need an old version on vhs to do it right.

[@tatuued]

cool to get a classical view point. i come from rock and grunge and metal and jazz playing though my dad had me listening to classical and hymns at a young age. can only play satie and about 8 secs of bach aria. love tool, been listening since 93'. good message. appropriate name; useful tool if you can figure out how to utilize.

[@Lateralus138]

It's talking about finally getting to know (or maybe as you said, rediscovering) one's self. We are so molded by other's influence throughout our lives that many people never really know themselves. We only know and believe what we are told to know and believe. The third eye is the gateway to one's self our your soul if you believe in that sort of thing.

[@costaldevomito]

Hahaha the bill hicks sample about drugs and then you take a hit! Perfection! Also a linguistics nerd and its so importsnt to also dissect the lyrics as language is a very special type of music!

[@pudermcgavin4462]

Being reminded it came out in 96 makes me feel super old!

[@jindas4217]

Definitely listen to this entire album.

[@UncleAnaesthesia]

Yo Doug, I'd just love to chill, have a glass of something good and a big ol' blunt and ask you a bunch of technical questions about music. I'm always in awe of people who possess the gift of music and of the ear. I try to surround myself with those people to understand more and as it relates to the human experience.

[@theivory1]

I would have to sit down and really calculate to produce an estimate of how many times I have listened to this song. It's a bunch. I've seen it live 4 times I think over the years. It's still my favorite by them.

[@josueguillen2742]

This album/ song literally changed the way I saw music.

[@fractalshapes]

love those 9th chords on the guitar during the "so good to see you"

[@seanburns2669]

I love that you're revisiting TOOL! A request, or a question; have you ever checked out the eponymous album by UK? It's a masterpiece. How can you go wrong with Bill Bruford, Allan Holdsworth, John Wetton and Eddie Jobson?! I didn't know any other way to make this off topic request, and I will now go back to TOOL.

[@suzannealdridge1404]

Thankyou I'll check that out. 👍

[@suzannealdridge1404]

@Doug_Helvering-....That was Excellent, Thankyou. John Cale and Brian Eno - Wrong way up, is an amazing album, if you havnt heard it.

[@socialxperiment3162]

I don’t know if anyone has mentioned it yet but your new and refreshed intro and outro are awesome!!

[@SpiritArtLife]

One of my all time favorite Tool songs. Thank you for this.

[@lsu1992]

This song live was a fundamental shift in my young life back in '96.

[@Johnny_Blaze]

Maybe check out Wings for Maria PT 1 and PT 2 together. Such a moving song. The story, the feelings, the music. I cannot listen without my eyes welling up.

[@66marbor]

Went to see them tour this album, smallish venue in Toronto. They started with this track. Had some buddies on shrooms and one took a taxi home and waited in his car till we got back. The other just layed on the floor on the way to the bathroom and the song wasn't done yet

[@alexanderdario]

A pure masterpiece! Like a lot of Tool works... May I suggest you to look the new work of Queens of the Stone Age? I'm so curious to see what you think about it...

[@DaedalusRaistlin]

Those cheeky tokes were great. Love hearing your reactions on my favourites, and this is one of my absolute favourites.

[@Emka111]

Great reaction, hope for more Tool / A perfect circle

[@paulpv7]

Chris Pitman on the synths in this song. He would join Guns n roses in 1998 and stay there until 2015. Contributed a lot to the Chinese Democracy album and played over 350 shows across the globe with them.

[@amberlydavis5643]

This is my favourite past time, it makes me so fulfilled. Tool is my favourite band & and their music is truly a story and experience.

[@joshuaellis8679]

Comedians opening for metal/rock bands have become way more common. Metal festivals always have comedy shows now. Big Jay Oakerson opened for Korn for an entire tour one year.

[@SnerMerNer]

I've got a wild suggestion for you. It's one of those albums where you have to listen to it all the way through from start to finish, and can't just pick out random songs. The album is called "Sol Niger Within" by Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects. Worth a listen, even if it's not on camera.

[@justinman114]

My man always has the best Tool reactions!

[@darkmagus64]

Tool never disappoints. 😂

[@Egoblivion]

Ok, now the live version from _Salival_ while the song is fresh on your mind! Please with whipped cream and cherries on top!!!

[@chriswebb7822]

I'll second, third and forth that!!

[@kl8455]

Bill Hicks was on Letterman a number of times. the last time he did a set they show censored Bill and did not air it. Later on Letterman had Bill's mother on the show after Hicks had passed and the audience watched the set Bill had done then. pretty sure Bill had an album called Arizona Bay and tool references that in the song Aenima.

[@ClarkKasheta]

Adam Jones's genius is on full display on this track. His coloring, his vision and his mood. It really is art.

[@anniken325]

Loved tool since 1992 and have really enjoyed your journey of knowing them.... all the way to being a feal fan... nice Chanel

[@paltoos5077]

Dear Doug , I bet you will be delighted with this : Therr Maitz, Gruppa Skryptonite - Natural Blues . I would really like to see your reaction to this masterpiece

[@catmanduu66]

Such an incredible album. I full listen would be cool. Three of the songs on the album are just audio journeys you could say. The last one, (-) Ions, reminds me of the scene in Frankenstein when the monster is being created. The sound of storms and electricity. There is even a song in German. To me, being in German it sounds like the song is about something harsh but it's really a very wholesome song. Great reaction as always Doug.

[@13christbane]

he is reading a recipe in german

[@Despicablehobbit]

I have listened to this countless times, and if I need a pick me up I'll play this on bass, and when I'm done I feel like I have purged. Despite all this, I still got chills listening to it via a reacts KZbin video 😅 Mark of a good song right there

[@simonworthington7979]

Great video. Thanks Doug. Make sure to check out the Salival version of this if you haven't. My preferred version, although this still rocks too.

[@yellowkangdexasthur4904]

Nice timing with the pipe

[@KahurangiSteez]

To me this song is basically describing a DMT trip. Prying open my third eye. The whole thing is about talking to DMT entities and other related hallucinations.

[@exerciseforidiots2296]

Such an incredible journey, you nailed it👊🏿

[@zpe1200]

I think you are the first reactor to get this song right esp the thing about the last song overview of the whole album.

[@tommonk7651]

Bill Hicks was from Valdosta, GA, where I went to college. Hicks was fearless....

[@Dolphins-ov5oe]

Imagine coming up with this material and then recording it

[@mostlyanchors168]

I got to say, you’re the only one who I would recommend a distant second reaction video. You almost grab the threads, but miss the cloth. Seeing you catch the cloth would snap all of our heads back. Why, because you’re musically intelligent than most. Yeah, they’re always in D minor. That’s easy to pick up. Yet there’s about a thousand miles of nuance in there all over the place that you only see some of because you’re “reacting”. I watch you for the extra things that I don’t catch on easily, and I learn from that musically. Please consider doing something in which you listen offline after doing your first listen as many times as it takes, and comment of that - the everything else you missed the first time. Why? That’s what most of us do. We hear new shit more than a year after listening to this album every day straight for a year. You could spend a lot of time commenting on how they use the different modes and, with this song, it wasn’t just 2 time signatures against each other. Danny had something unique going on with each appendage.

[@WDS66]

You should back to back do the live version off the Salavial box set and compare the two. They rework it live. Both versions are masterpieces.