String Quartet Tribute - Tool - Lateralus

[@rottinq]

this made me feel better from a bad stomach ache once.

[@Richdude1983]

Thank you for sharing this. One of my favorite Tool songs, along with H and Parabola.

[@MrMrEFE]

One of the most mature comments I have read in a long time. Some people lose a lot of time comparing bands when there's no point in doing that. If you like a band, enjoy it, if you don't, don't listen to it!

[@arrowchild]

oh...this makes my night! So many string quartet covers of songs like this don't quite translate...but they took into account the nature of stringed instruments here and...oh, it's lovely! As a Tool fan and a classical violinist, I'm stunned!

[@Tanzee86]

Beautiful... I love this song and with stings... just stunning :D

[@corrda1993]

Love the role of the Viola in this

[@neurochris]

man that painting is beautiful

[@KindaShort]

This is just beautiful.

[@rsjokes]

it once again shows the greatness of Tool's music. What other band can translate so well into other instruments?

[@phosphorescence]

I'M A HUGE TOOL FAN LOVE TOOL TO DEATH FOR THEIR INSIGHT AND EVEN THEIR SARCASM THEY ROCK!!!! So much philosophy... it's lead me to untold borders and beyond.

[@dannysilveira6252]

Wow - so good . Reminds me of neo-baroque - Peter warlock

[@LBpDC]

This tears me away from the sorrow of our collective soul divided. Makes me whole again.

[@boofalooaloo6875]

WHY HAS IT TAKEN ME SO LONG TO KNOW ABOUT THIS !!!!!!... ..

[@bumfighter888]

anybody seen the piano cover of this? i favorited it if you havnt. im floored at how well this song carries over so many ways. a testiment to how epic it truly is.

[@SHEMPTUBE2012]

This and a lot of VSQ tributes really remind me of the soundtrack from Battlefield: Bad Company. That game had an amazing soundtrack, and VSQ are amazing musicians.

[@scottkey4320]

Something of perfection

[@NMFUntouchable]

This rocks

[@bumfighter888]

i was going to comment on how the fact that this music can translate to an orchestra is such a testament to the musicianship of tool but i think the music speaks for itself. i cant really say anything to quite do it justice anyway

[@WarDecoy1]

Alex grey's artwork goes along with tool's music like peanut butter goes along with jelly

[@dalangilbert]

Holy Christ that's cinematic.

[@111thRutlandReapers]

This would be sweet with some AC shots thrown together behind it. Especially if the editor were to get the timing/fades/flashes down just perfectly.

[@MaxDeckard]

Bought this and the string quartet tribute to Aenima. Good listens!

[@alchemic85]

I downloaded it. For free! because I can, and know how.

[@jamescthompson4972]

Alchemic Overdrive haha quiet do you wanna get suuuuued

[@MaxDeckard]

I bought it because I can. And I support artists I appreciate. That being said, I download odd songs here and there.

[@Halbgottt]

iTunes store has it. Not sure where you could store buy the CDs.

Hard to argue with that comment, Tools is just something else, Some people call it the Led Zeppelin / PinkFloyd of our time, I like that type of comments

[@W4d5Y]

@csatimaci I count 3 fourths and 9, 8, 7 eights during the chorus. Nothing wrong with that!

[@LivingDeadVideos]

Despite a part of the time signature being 6/8 rather than 7/8 and repeats 9/8 twice, this version is almost entirely identical.

[@TheCatTommy]

Its by the artist Alex Grey, he did the cover for lateralus and 10,000 days. hes done heeeeaaaps of other paintings like that.

[@Juju-qf5zo]

Nice !

[@Jah4400]

omfg your highschool is awesome!!!! why cant mine be that cool :(

[@Dogmitry-Puplushka]

Just to add, i saw them play live with kirk hammett. it was f***ing amazing.

[@DueceFiveRWC]

@Ryunokiba well, one band has a drummer that is actually good, the other, has a guy named Lars that does the SAME THING in EVERY song.

[@cda1117]

@hellonieman Awesome though Meshuggah may be, I can't even begin to fathom a way for anyone to do a string cover of ANY of their songs... well maybe a few. Future Breed Machine, Combustion, and Dancers to a Discordant System are all the songs that I can think of that might have enough melody in them to make an interesting strings arrangement.

[@rottinq]

destruction of inhibition, construction of the whole

[@TheKcTy]

also, look at the painting called "GAIA" only if you want to though.

[@WestonWalterKennedy]

@Direwolf676 thank you! :-D

[@WestonWalterKennedy]

I cant begin to describe the beauty of that painting, where/how did you find that?

[@lanme85]

@druminid link plz

[@MrAvidLearner]

wtf,,, it ended... where's pt 2?!

[@TammyOShanter]

No Tool, no good music. Know Tool, know good music.

[@a866903]

@XVampII it's true in terms of poularity. But also, Tool has been making music for half as long. I mean Opiate came out in what, '92? Kill Em All came out in like '81. Also I would say certainly more talented in terms of songwriting, vocal performance, and their ability to deliver the "whole experience" rather than just entertain you with music. (just in case you wondered my opinion on your comment >_

[@RuRuKitty]

@supercj8899 *O* Apocalyptica should TOTALLY cover Tool songs!

[@Dogmitry-Puplushka]

Hahahaha, noted. Oh btw, they played this song; halfway through transitioned into "Orion" (Orion just so happens to be my first name) then went back into Lateralus.Then my head exploded.

Damn it you are right... ¬¬

[@crazytrain58]

@SaintUriel1 No.... YOU LISTEN TO TOOL. Tool does not indeed suck... Even though I am more of a heavy metal fan they are one of the best bands ever. I do also love classical music

[@damnation8794]

hey please can I get the source for the art

[@letitrejo9332]

Artwork by Alex Grey

[@futureiommi6969]

I think it would be awesome if tool and chevelle got together and collabed...

[@KycapLanew]

@stretchy1nipples xD @ your name. Also, I did get 10000 Days from my public library. Now Manyard knows when I'll return it! (lol, y'see, I replaced the word "God" in that common phrase with "Manyard"...probably because you who are reading this think that they're the same thing anyway xD)

[@PyramidHACK]

I don't know from where, but I've seen your username before.

[@IEatCereal4Dinner]

I think it would be pretty epic if Maynard sang while Vitamin String Quartet played

[@a866903]

@lanme85 search youtube for "thumphrey 05" or something like that. Or "tool piano covers"

[@BricktowneMedia]

@RuRuKitty I am pretty sure the do lol.

[@Nikki13SixX]

A lot of people I know that play ANY instrument know how to play Metallica songs...but not that many know how to play Tool. Not that they don't want to, it's just much much more difficult.

[@jamessharpe9297]

@Ryunokiba you are right they are way to different types of bands been each work there own style very well Thats y both bands have been around 20yrs & still pulling sold out shows from fans young & old. The fan bass of both band are very different having been to over 5 tool shows (i live in Australia and they tour very rarely hear) Metallic 3 times i must say tool fans seem to be a lot more opened minded & stranger bunch of people & Metallica fans loud heavy drinkers & kind of narrow minded.

[@PabloOC91]

I was sad when it ended and didn't finish T_T

[@MasonS002]

Chevelle actually modeled off Tool's older music when they first began their music career.

[@dormetheus]

Samuel Mason "modeled" is a word for it. maybe copied

@steveak93 Totally agree

[@KycapLanew]

@Droo121213 Yeah I actually really hated that. Trying to find Tool, and it wasn't there. All I-Tunes has is this string quartet tribute, and some Lulliby bullsh*t.

[@GodofReapers]

As a String Bass player of many years, I do think this could have been done a LITTLE better, but it is very good. It would be absolutely impossible to do this perfectly; string orchestra instruments just can't do that.

[@rugbystud106]

Tool.

[@HuskyBox]

Can you imagine if the Juggalo thing tried to become sophisticated?

[@postshift19]

I like this better than the way Tool plays this song.

[@Ramielxxx666]

ORGASM!!! BEST COVER EVER!!!!! love tool and love this cover i didnt fucking care if time it's 9/8 This music is perfect to me!

[@itznoxy7193]

Great idea I like the sound of it. A lot of parts were wrongly transcribed and too slow though.

[@richardaversa7128]

Ok look. Metallica is the thinking man's metal band, and Tool is the real thinking man's metal band.

[@kamikaze4172]

This could replace the Halo soundtrack

Please understand that I hate you now because the simply fact that I envy you...hahaahahaha

[@jamescthompson4972]

who are these ppl ?? what ...are they called string quartet tribute , or is this virtual instruments ?? either way its fuckin wickeeed !

[@daireemanman7667]

+Third Eye I'm pretty sure they're called The vitamin string quartet!

[@dormetheus]

Dairee Manman Anotomica: String Quartet Tribute to Tool . this group?

[@ShadaOfAllThings]

@stevesellers 2 different styles, dont compare them

[@hellonieman]

good! now cover some meshuggah!

[@stevesellers]

Tool is alot bigger than metallica. Alot more talented. Also, why do something that has already been done?

[@RoosteerCogburn]

you clearly just ignored the entire comment just to diss Metallica.

[@Esotericway]

The difference between knowing your shit and knowing you're shit. ;)

[@Orficedestroyer]

@stevesellers Tool is my all time favorite band without a doubt, but to say they are bigger than Metallica is a farce my friend. i am a fan of both bands, and i personally think tool is superior, but it hasnt had as much exposure as metallica unfortunately.

[@Djou-Karl]

the fuck is this shit? I have the Anemea tribute and the Ark Sano piano tribute. But I can't seem to find any physical copy of the Lateralus tribute??? All I get is shitty MP3 download links. I wanna own a physical copy of that product!

[@mockmockers123]

aslo there was no such thing as the wotld wide web in 81 it was easier for bands to make it big becuase the lack of exposure. internet is a great tool however old fashion music and hardware for buisness is important.

WTF Why is people discussing about Metallica vs Tool? I'm sorry perhaps I don't know much as you guys but they are too different from each other to me, and honestly I am 99% sure thay Maynard may have listen to more than 1 song by Metallica and Vice versa, after all Both Band are freaking awesome but its like compare ... what? Nirvana with the Ramones? C'mon they have their own style.... there is no point to argue

[@csatimaci]

Yes it is definitely not the original time signature.

[@AyaxTelemonio]

@kjc1589 And more people know Linkin Park than Faith no more

[@MasonS002]

Well, they tried.

[@amirelam9594]

and succeeded...

[@MrShahid0072]

Doesn't matter.. tools sucks anyway. Who cares

[@endajd.]

@@MrShahid0072 Yeah and comparing you to the worst song Britney Spears is insult to the song. You suck more and will suck even more and still none cares

[@haircut74]

there's alot of things wrong. i'm sure that i could easily sit down and write a better arangement lol. it would take a while but it wouldn't be that difficult. whoever wrote this probably wrote it in 9-9-6 because most musicians "can't handle" goin from 9 to 8 to 7 from bar to bar. 9-9-6 makes it as though its just two bars in 3 and then one in 2 divided into triplets. but that's not how its supposed to be. the complexity is the nature of the whole song, and taking it away just ruins it.

[@BeneTheOrca]

Really nice cover, but Tool without drums is somehow missing something...

[@Aw1nt3r5]

@SubsistenceSC Unfortunatly Metallica is bigger. But in no ways better. The only reason why Metallica is known by more people is because they produce mainstream metal, and a lot of their songs while they are original follow the same basic principles. Tool songs have much more diversity and arent built to be soaked up by the masses. Its not that Metallica has been selling out, its that Tool just has music that isnt as widely accepted.

[@dirtshaman]

I'm glad Juggalos don't listen to quality music such as Tool.

[@pasdenom2139]

dl kick

[@druminid]

The piano cover to this song is better in my opinion.

[@haircut74]

yeah i think i could do it easily, its only a quartet so its not too many parts, and at the risk of sounding like a pompous douchebag, i'm super awesome with music in general. it's pretty much all i'm good at. and math.....lol

[@LPFan33]

google 'Alex Grey'

[@TJSloan-rz3yp]

well it is a remake, and besides, you should embrace their creationism. if you want to here the song the way it was meant to be played, then listen to the original lateralus. Otherwise, just enjoy this.

[@Nikki13SixX]

Every guitarist I know that listens to metal knows Master of Puppets, which I'll admit is a difficult song, but let's take a moment and notice that the guitar in Tool isn't even the best part. I don't think that Lars could do half the shit that Danny Carey could do.

[@BMWLANCE61]

Lars is largely considered to have once been a fine drummer, not now. He has stagnated and long ago been far surpassed by drummers such as Danny Carey. He's looked upon as a "has been" by most musucians.

[@haircut74]

they fucked it up. vital notes have been changed, and they can't get the rhythm of the chorus right, it sounds like its 9-9-6 instead of 9-8-7, which just makes it way too simple.

[@dirtshaman]

k.

[@no-relic]

Oh god they messed up a lot here...

[@PeterYohansen]

What's with all this Tool/Metallica arguing? Just shut up and listen to the damn song.

[@douglasmarkwith]

Good, but strays too much from the original.