Song reaction - Tool - Eulogy reaction video

[@rollershq7981]

Im always amazed by how intuitive you both are. This is the ultimate TOOL catalog breakdown and as a fan of this band I love it!

[@stephenlackey5852]

It is an absolute joy to listen to two intelligent open-minded people have open discourse.

[@ianscottt3642]

Religion is just a reference, remember this is multi layered. You’ve been looking at it through the lenses of psychology, why stop now? Crucifying the ego is a recurring theme in Tools music. To learn to point a finger at yourself instead of the rest of the world, and kill the martyr within.

[@johnkeenan2595]

I don't consider these to be "reaction videos" This to me is Sunday School for the avid/beginner TOOL fan. As a listener since '93 this is very refreshing. I look forward (w/ my Third Eye) to taking this extraordinary journey with you to the end. And beyond.

[@GoldTop57]

This song is so incredible. It’s hard to pick a favorite Tool song since they are all good, but this is up there. This is where you could tell they were exploring their capabilities and were much more than a heavy band.

[@kungfury6410]

One thing I find fascinating is that Maynard has said that the instrumentals are done first and then he lays down the lyrics after. It's so interesting how Maynard will manipulate words, by increasing the syllables or mumbling a word to make it flow with or just under the instramentals. Maynard will stretch a word into another bar and it changes the entire way the song sounds.

[@blazinbuc99]

I'm stoned to the bone my friend. This comment was recognized

[@cmote78]

Eulogy was the first song I heard after hearing that my grandfather had passed away. Aenima was loaded into the CD player in my car and Eulogy started to play when I started the engine. Needless to say, I was in tears the entire time and have a strong emotional reaction every time I listen to it now.

[@wendellpruitt3169]

The song Aenima tells you more about Maynard's thoughts on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology.

[@arnoldsoncarlson9487]

Please continue this journey. I can tell you are going to be deeply affected by what's yet to come.

[@VegasJPH]

All thumbs up, 0 down. That's the way any TOOL reaction video should be!

[@mikegalifos7145]

My favorite tool song is the one i am listening to. This band is in a space all to themselves. Love this band!!!!

[@anthonymichel4660]

Hi, I just subscribed and I really enjoy the reactions and the breakdown of the song. I especially like the visual appearance the both of you created, it's so professional and warm. Not only do we get to enjoy the music, we also get experience the warm and calming atmosphere like environment that makes your channel a one of a kind. Thank you. ✌

[@MoBot249]

Another great video! Keep it up her and him 😁

[@MrTangent]

One of my all time favorite Tool songs. Glad you liked it.

[@PowderedToastMan420]

Love the time signatures in this one. ✌

[@chriswhinery925]

This is my favorite Tool song. I don't think it's about anyone in general, it's more about the general dangers of demagoguery, thinking for yourself instead of having your thoughts dictated to you by whoever has a microphone and a platform to stand on.

[@justinajuste1236]

Every Saturday I'm looking forward for your videos! I enjoy every minute of it, thank you for sharing your experience with this amazing band and for all your intelligent discussions. can't wait till you reach the best of TOOL. 💙

[@initum1599]

Thank you :)

[@kylethomson2449]

I literally just binge watched your whole catalog today. Love it! If you think you may have heard a song before you do a video, and you have not "listened" to it. Just let us know that you have. The way you analyze the songs so deep. Even if you "kind of" heard a song before. Giving it a good hard listen is way different. As you already know. I can see you are going to love the development of the music, as the albums go on. I can see it in your face. I can't wait to see your reaction.

[@initum1599]

Thank you :)

[@aojigman]

Look up L. Ron Hubbard. LOVE your reactions !!!

[@helenespaulding9372]

Point of fact by a native English speaker: I have NEVER heard the word eulogy used except as a spoken tribute for a deceased person. Normally at a funeral.

[@Soliloquy66]

...I am thinking this is about being wary of false prophets. Some people want to connect to someone that can show them the way...they have the answers. Kinda hints to the loud evangelists that yell and shout with their truths. This ideal weaves through several Tool songs...Reverend Maynard and the flock of sheep followers first comes to mind. Wonderful job. ☆

[@ryanstruve6786]

When you listen to Jimmy, a couple of things to consider. First, Maynard James Keenan is Jimmy. Second, eleven is the age when his mother had her stroke... Also, he was born and raised in Ohio before moving to Michigan, so the line "Under a dead Ohio sky" is a personal, not random thing.. Anyone from Ohio, myself included, knows what a dead Ohio sky looks and feels like....

[@mostresticator3000]

Being such a HUGE fan of Bill Hicks i always felt like he was who the song is about, but thats the beauty of TOOL, 100 people can listen to the same song and have 100 different interpretations of it.

[@Trepanation21]

Like most Tool songs, there's going to be an overarching theme that's used or implied by either the title or specific lyrics that evoke it, but that function as something of a guide-rail to a deeper-but-related concept. Like Sober being about *more* than "an addiction song", and "Stinkfist" using the sexual act of fisting to allude to feelings of emptiness vs pursuit of fulfillment, character building and relationships through hardship, etc. Tool will often use an on-the-nose title supplemented with certain evocative lines in the song to bring you a few steps into a series of more broad concepts that relate to the various human conditions and experiences. Some personal, some general, some scathing, some tender.

[@Gabriel_Moline]

30:03. In this gap, there is one thing that tied me up about the lyrics you showed. It was like , get off you fuckn’ cross, we need room for the next martyr. That’s a big part of this, I think.

[@contrabass5strings171]

Where are you from, guys? Your approach to this music is quite similar to mine, and to many of us here, i think. Good job!

[@helenespaulding9372]

I think the word you’re looking for in describing Manson being persuasive is charismatic. Magnetic.

[@edwin-jq4dp]

Manson?

[@aaroncole3941]

Love your reactions! And your accent!

[@shep4life]

Definitely one of my favorites by Tool

[@DMKali]

Maynard has written about hypocrisy several times before, especially when it came to religions. To me, this is just another example, but how we connect it to make sense is on us. It fits so many things...

[@ABCDEFR]

From the man himself, in an interview between Carrie Borzillo and Maynard James Keenan dated December 1996: *Who is "Eulogy" about? My guesses are Jesus Christ, Paul D'Amour (Tool's ex-bassist), or Kurt Cobain.* "There are no songs on the album about Paul. People might think that, but it's not the case." *Is it about Kurt Cobain? I wouldn't think you'd be a fan of his.* "I appreciate what he did. I'm not really happy with his professional widow. The song's about tendencies, NOT about a specific individual. It's about tendencies of people wanting to stand on a soap box and sacrifice themselves in some way. We don't need that process anymore. You're on your own now."

[@DMKali]

Awesome stuff! 🇵🇱💪🏼😎

[@PowderedToastMan420]

One of my favorite TOOL tracks. ✌

[@ReignSurvives]

Could be as simple as reflecting on your own past self. Could be the psychological Ego that is there to protect you, to speak for you. If you say I want to be a better person then you are saying "I want this flawed version to die and get replaced." So if you were to improve, then look back on things , it would be a perspective of "you claimed all this time that you would die for me, so why then are you so surprised to hear your own eulogy." The line about not all martyrs finding divinity could be about how our past self died for the next version and that's amazing but it doesn't make this past version 'good'. It also is that the next version is just another step on the path. To ascend you must die, you must be crucified. So it's killing your current incarnation (metaphorically) and then becoming a newer more perfect but imperfect version that will have it's turn to be the 'next fool martyr'

[@o0o-jd-o0o95]

this is my favorite song by tool

[@vaughnnewman8903]

Great song and a great album. IMO, it was Tool's turning point- they were getting much better not only in the cohesiveness of the members but were also evolving into their sound. Such a talented, unique band that is ahead of their time.

[@jasonmain6398]

Great to see my new friends enjoying one of my favorite bands. love you guys

[@supt529]

a lot of people think this song was about L. Ron Hubbard and the hypocrisy of religion.

[@heyskipj]

Just relistened. Holy shit! This song is a one-act opera. Or the end of a Hollywood thriller. Fucking genius.

[@GeekFurious]

I think the song is less about the worshipped and more about the worshipper. Because the martyrs tend to be those who die FOR an idea. And the worshipped is the idea for which people die.

[@chrislegner4816]

Astute point about progression and growth from the first album.

[@brianhurst9883]

I've always felt this song was dealing with death of ego. Kind of fits with the tone of the album. Especially since this song comes a couple tracks before 46&2. Breaking through ego before stepping through shadow.

[@MacAnAirchinnighJM]

Ænima is my favorite album. It was my first Tool album and was always more digestible with the average length songs. Very heavy album.

[@daveangels]

my favourite tool song

[@joshreed7102]

I read where the song was about Ron L. Hubbard and Scientology.

[@TheOptimistiCynic]

I think the Ron L. Hubbard comment was made back in the day when saying it was about Jesus Christ would have been a pretty bad PR statement....so it's up for speculation imo and prolly as tool would like it.

[@TheOptimistiCynic]

Also Jesus fits the narrative a lot better and maynard had more reason to be mad at christianity because as he states several times about his dislike for his mother's congregation, but that is just my interpretation.

[@MrMegaChervy]

Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina!

[@Gabriel_Moline]

21:24. Don’t apologize. This is a reason TOOL exists, and puts out art like this. Perspective, intuition, objectivity, discussion, isn’t that what art is for?

[@jeremiahmackay226]

Well said Gabriel!

[@Gabriel_Moline]

jeremiah mackay Thanks.

[@danielpowers2191]

That JC Dobbs footage is just begging to be reacted to.

[@danielpowers2191]

Also, those AKG headphones are crisp. I own the same pair.

[@rustinpeace7956]

i hit like the moment she said you know , these days hahahahahha. PS. Those headphones are pretty awesome

[@initum1599]

Unfortunately those headphones broke some time ago :)

[@barryoconnor5179]

What a find, I've had to wade through loads of arseholes to find a someone watch with a good hear for the music as well a good breakdown of the lyrics.

[@initum1599]

We're glad you like it :)

[@Gabriel_Moline]

1:02. That is the correct pronunciation for the place where the writer wrote.

[@TenTonNuke]

"He had a lot of nothing to say. Took a stand on every little thing. Ranting and pointing his finger. You sure could yell." I don't see how anyone could interpret this to mean anything but mockery and sarcasm.

[@johncox1221]

love the little intium sketch on the bookcase

[@initum1599]

Thank you both. She

[@johncox1221]

i was speaking of the one on the bookcase. he and her from behind

[@pranaysingh6280]

Great video, next album is lateralus !

[@Supabasic13]

The production value in their albums are much greater from this one and on.

[@EiriUesugiKun]

Yeeeeeeeees, continue t0 spir4l ou7!! Your reactions are funny, especially when y0ur BF ... interve es xD

[@DCBabos]

@ 14:58 you nailed it! Exactly! Cult followers

[@patrickbernardy3100]

Jim Jones, perhaps? Especially concerning him demanding that his followers die for HIM, and at the same time, "don't you step out of line."

[@munkeebranestoo5259]

This song is about Andy Kaufman, the guy who played Latka on the show, Taxi. Man in the Moon is a movie about his life starting Jim Carrey. Great movie. He had a lot of nothing to say, because Andy was a jokester. He could go on and on, & in the end there's no point. Very funny man. We will miss him. You need to watch the movie, them you'll understand the song

[@munkeebranestoo5259]

We lost Andy to cancer. He tried everything he could try. Nothing cured it. Sad too, cause he was great comedian. You've GOT to see the movie

[@munkeebranestoo5259]

@@Gabriel_Moline done & done

[@Gabriel_Moline]

Excellent.

[@Gabriel_Moline]

Munkee Brayn Stoo There is one problem, still. Your last line said “them”, when you clearly intended to put “then”. It really matters grammatically.

[@munkeebranestoo5259]

@@Gabriel_Moline fingerslip. And idk why but, I was thinking of twiggy, latka's cousin on Laverne & Shirley. Scatterbrained... Too much info to keep it all straight

[@chriscary9269]

Song cane out in 96’ amazing how it still feels experimental when you compare it to the crap coming out these days.Tool is timeless

[@Trepanation21]

Oh please. Pretentious ass comment. All shit music sounds bad when you compare it to good music. Either because you're too busy and don't care to look, you're just listening to the same bands over and over for the last 20 years and never spending any time with new shit, or just having "today's music" shoveled into your mouth. There is so much good music and so many talented artists coming out these days, you just haven't spent any time looking.

[@dadouttolunch6486]

From canada, fully agreed! Cheers friend, 🤙🤘

[@deadohiosky1701]

You're still just scratching the surface. Exciting, isn't it? :)

[@Trepanation21]

It's you. You're the corny, pretentious Tool fan, Jimmy.

[@deadohiosky1701]

I’m sorry you have such a sad life.

[@chrisfrenette91]

Hi I love your videos, i feel like i am watching yuou experience the same journey i went through 20 years ago, tool sort of changed my life direction back then. Did you give a rating for Stinkfist in the previous video? I think I missed it :)

[@initum1599]

Hi, thank you for your comment. No, we didn't actually. I was also considering to stop rating completely, since I've progressed so much in the journey and each song sounds better and better. I would love to hear your opinion about this :) Thanks, She.

[@shawnaitchison7046]

The progression of Tool through the years is quite the journey. In Opiate the were still very garage bandish. Undertow to Aenima they definitely got more polished. Lateralus to 10,000 days they became perfectionists.

[@wendellpruitt3169]

This song is against Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard

[@jorycreighton7142]

Wish there was more music lol it's so it's so long but I agree.. it has very good accents.. before the time but in agreeance with 2000s rock like crossfade red mudvayne

[@happytrigger4233]

Tool are professionals...

[@trevorsimmons7395]

I came to understand this song is about multiple people, bill hicks (from the song third eye on this album) , hitler (inspired by dier von satanor eggs of satan) and jesus inspired by maynards religious mother judith marie,the inspiration for wings for marie from this band and the song judith from a perfect circle (maynards 2nd band as lead singer) and in the end a eulogy is a word about a person after they die.

[@googleisevil1041]

Dier von Satan is just a joke song. It’s a recipe for hash cookies

[@colbybostian1393]

this song is about L. Rond Hubbard, the founder of scientology.... He had a lot to say

[@jasonrichard5440]

Some of Maynard's music is about his mother, Judith. His father is a preacher.. But i could be wrong.

[@jeremyryan770]

Teacher not preacher :)

[@bradleybriscoe2608]

Jason Richard, with all due respect, Maynard's father was a High School teacher and the High School's wrestling coach. Mrs. Keenan was a housewife and held the family down, as best she should. Maynard was on his father's High School wrestling team.

[@jasonrichard5440]

@@bradleybriscoe2608 thanks for the info Brad. Like I said, I could be wrong, and appreciate that you gave me something new to think about

[@jasonrichard5440]

@@bradleybriscoe2608 Also, didn't she die of pneumonia?

[@jasonrichard5440]

@@jeremyryan770 thanks man, but wasn't A Perfect Circle song "Judith" about his mother? And very religious.

[@pwph8361]

Yippeee..... and I haven't watched you yet 😁

[@PixelPhobiac]

Thanks for sharing

[@stephenlackey5852]

Love your channel

[@mochn1991]

whatever you do i highly recommend doing jimmy/judith(apc)/10000 days part 1 / part 2 in one recording session

[@johncox1221]

sorry but i want this played at my funeral

[@dakotabutcher5681]

Yeah! You did miss something! Bill Hicks! Check out the work of Bill Hicks, as the album is dedicated to this guy, arguably the greatest comedian of all time. I haven't watched your video of Third Eye yet but I'm sure you'll get to him there.

[@Gabriel_Moline]

11:27. I was gunna criticize. I then realized you were expanding the main point of the conversation, to the next album.

[@Gabriel_Moline]

26:33. I always thought the song was about a guy he knew that was influential in a time in his life, that he found out later was full of shit. Still, this is the first time seeing the lyrics. They didn’t come in the cd art, and there was no internet, and I never looked them up. We are talking early nineties, and I got on it around ninety seven. It is absolutely one of the best songs they have ever done. Top eight, easy.

[@colbybostian1393]

you said it right, otherwise.... I would have been offended... lol

[@Gabriel_Moline]

You guys are really great, and maybe you would do a live stream to get better insight for a topic you choose. I understand the pitfalls, or, no I don’t, cuz I’m not you, but it might be an option. I mean, you probably don’t need money, so you could channel all the super chats to a great charity. Hopefully, animals, cuz they don’t have a choice. Regardless. All the best.

[@helenespaulding9372]

I’m. New here. Your pronunciation was perfect. In What country do you live? Just curious.i checked your posted videos. Are you strictly reacting only to Tool? What genres are you intending to cover?

[@initum1599]

Hi, thank you for your comments. We live in the United Kingdom. (She) I definetely would like to listen to Perfect Cyrcle and Puscifer after Tool journey and we are opened for suggestions :)

[@johncox1221]

love euology i think einema is pronounced with a long I

[@m.6246]

Good 👍👍👌👌

[@jonthomson8392]

Nice

[@sicboi80]

GOOD BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@PowderedToastMan420]

I feel that Maynard hates religion because the congregation felt that Maynard's mom deserved her aneurysm/paralization (1976) because of her lifestyle. IE single divorced (1968) mother. ✌

[@PowderedToastMan420]

Maynard hates organized religion. ✌

[@TheVeckism]

This!

[@Gabriel_Moline]

15:16. Moralities from a preacher? Hilarious.

[@DCBabos]

He had a lot to say...he had a lot of nothing to say

[@AzaDio]

For me I see the first obvious reference is to Jesus, however this to me is just a metaphor. And deferring it to the simplistic view of religion does no justice. In fact the song could be referenced to many individuals who have died for a cause, the Martyrs past, present and future, religious, philosophical and/or political. The statement for me of this song is dont due for me or anyone else. We are all people. You are not my redeemer. I and I alone am my own redeemer and you are yours. Dont soap box your view as if it had something to with me and my way. Now that 6our dead I follow someone above ground. Myself. The song doe me is about living to become what you believe instead of dying to wash away the sins of the Masses. Focus on the development of self actualization. I always keep on mind Tool has at the very least a Thelemic inspiration at its core.

[@kotozllla]

You have a mistake in name of song its called Eulogy

[@initum1599]

Thanks. Fixed

[@kotozllla]

@@initum1599 thanks for reaction

[@johncox1221]

or like when i got a hundred thousand dollar life insurace policy and my ex tried to expidite my demise

[@jacobhanlon-dunn6254]

It’s pronounced like ‘ah-ni-mah’ 😊

[@HiFiAwardTour]

The Pot. Do it.

[@Supabasic13]

Its about the guy who started scientology

[@israelolguin1156]

Yes this song is about L. Ron Hubbard founder of Scientology. I think he is exposing the organization or cult and expressing or comparing God and a man made religion with false prophets. Great video and interpretation.

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

Bill Hicks

[@clintwood9472]

The song is about L Ron Hubbard, the founder of scientology. People frequently mistakenly attribute the song to Jesus Christ, but this is incorrect. It's an indictment of Hubbard's hypocrisy and anger at being chased out of the religion that he founded.

[@michaelpeterson9016]

Doubtful it's about any one specific person. Probably about an amalgamation of people like L Ron Hubbard and other charlatans. L Ron wasn't the first false prophet and won't be the last.

[@clintwood9472]

@@michaelpeterson9016 Nah. There are no ambiguous tool songs. Saying a tool song could be about anything is just a way of avoiding having to admit that you don't know what the song is about.

[@michaelpeterson9016]

@@clintwood9472 Yes because Stinkfist is literally about shoving your arm up someones colon up to your shoulder.

[@clintwood9472]

@@michaelpeterson9016 could be. Why is it tool fans are all so sure they've got a direct connection to Maynard's psyche? It's hilarious the way you clowns fawn over him.

[@GoldTop57]

Dan H I mean Maynard specially mentioned L Ron Hubbard on this album in the song Aenema, so I think it’s ridiculous to assume this wasn’t about him at least in part.

[@jorycreighton7142]

You're the perfect specimen

[@JoeSmith-if8ky]

All martyrs, but especially one from Seattle. Thoughts?

[@eventis7]

Eulogy was "the" song that got me into Tool...

[@patrickbernardy3100]

@@eventis7 Wow ... Kurt Cobain? Totally interesting idea. I'm not sure if Maynard had a problem with him, though.

[@JoeSmith-if8ky]

In my opinion, 100%

[@timlarosa]

Don't listen to any of the nonsense people are saying here about it referring to L. Ron Hubbard. The song is 100% about the late stand up comedian Bill Hicks who was a friend of the band

[@Syphercell_Reacts]

Even though this album was dedicated to Bill Hicks, this song in particular was actually about L. Ron Hubbard. The band have openly discussed this multiple times about it being about him in interviews. Maynard even referred to this song being a way for people to make their own decisions instead of people's tendencies to stand on a soap box and sacrifice themselves in some way. Don't follow the 'cult' leader per se, but make your own choices and be your own person.

[@timlarosa]

@@Syphercell_Reacts all I've ever heard about Hubbard was Danny making a flip remark in an interview. And going by what they say in the title song the album, there's no way they wish L Ron Hubbard "well"

[@Syphercell_Reacts]

@@timlarosa In the song where he says we'll miss him, and we wish you well, isn't being said as truly good wishes, it's being said sarcastically. Think of it as someone saying it like, yeah...we'll miss him alright, but actually meaning, I could care less to see him again, good riddance. That's why he says, you had a lot of nothing to say, like I care at all. It was just a bunch of lies and you didn't know or believe in what you were saying, yet you wanted me to do all these things for you still? So you claimed you'd die for me, yet you lied and didn't mean it at all, it was just words you spoke from atop your perch that had no backing, so don't be surprised when you hear your own eulogy, since you claimed you'd die for me. In essence, when those words turned to action, and things went wrong, well...you should have seen it coming.

[@Trepanation21]

You and every other obnoxious Tool fan are saying completely different things while criticizing each other's interpretation. "Oh, it's L. Ron! No, it's Bill Hicks! No, it's Andy Kaufman! Noooo it's Jesus! Or, or organized religion! No, it's definitely about SJWs and gladhand celebrity! Nuh uh, it's about Waco, TX! Nooooo it's totally about __________". For once, I wish people would write an "explanation" comment that affords the reader and channel/host the opportunity to make their own interpretation and connection - which, by my estimation, is probably how the band would prefer their songs be felt. All these dorkass Tool fans bumbling over each other to bludgeon a first time listener with a bunch of overwhelming "info" about the song. Just shut the fuck up and let people peel the onion themselves at their own pace. If you HAVE TO COMMENT, at least keep it broad and loose. Tool is to be used on the journey, not explicitly defined.

[@timlarosa]

@@Trepanation21 Maybe you should reach for a box of tissues. How's that for "obnoxious"?

[@sherwinlagan5375]

i think hubaw huhubaw

[@bruun1974]

Somewhat distracting yes. 😄❤‍🔥

[@TheOptimistiCynic]

You made a mistake in claiming this had sounds from their next album "10,000 Days" when in fact this was released in 1996, Lateralus was in 2001, then 10,000 Days was 2006. Edit: 11:18