An emotional deep dive first reaction to 10,000 Days/Wings for Marie Part 2 with Sean Gaffney. See Sean's channel at / @gaffneyinkwell
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@goncaloalves1824 ай бұрын
Impossible not to cry to this song. It is so well done.
@CalebCromb4 ай бұрын
Heard it a million times....still makes me emotional and the hair stand up on my neck. Especially when watching someone new hear it for the first time.
@menotyou83693 ай бұрын
These are two of my favorite Tool songs, but two of my least listened to Tool songs. I have to not only be in the right mood, but I have to have a good half hour where I can weep like a 9 yo school girl in solitude.
@mmatthews904 ай бұрын
Sean definitely needs to hear Judith so he can see Maynard's growth shown in Wings. Absolutely love these reactions!
@patrickoneill68213 ай бұрын
and Jimmy!
@Vegaroth4 ай бұрын
the "Give me my wings" part is the one that breaks me on this song. Goddamn, every single time. Thanks for this video
@BricktowneMedia4 ай бұрын
Ask and ye shall receive!!
@johncarpenter37514 ай бұрын
We’re here for it! I can’t wait for Parabol and Parabola from their 2001 Lateralus album!
@PomadeJam4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much
@DMKali4 ай бұрын
@@PomadeJammake sure you react to both songs together. 👍🏼
@88ofhearts164 ай бұрын
Yep. Wow. Tears, both mine and yours. Yeah, that's TOOL. Nuf said. Thank you!
@mikegalifos71454 ай бұрын
The Bass is absolutely incredible from start to finish
@PomadeJam4 ай бұрын
agreed. some of the best bass ever.
@edrueter94 ай бұрын
Jimmy is also a tremendous story of maynard reuniting with his younger self after his mother's illness. I highly recommend you listen to this!!
@donrodztx4 ай бұрын
If this song doesn't make you cry, you aren't listening. Great reaction. To this day, my eyes still water when I hear it.
@scottsimms76514 ай бұрын
If Taylor Swift wrote and sang this song it would be hailed far and wide as the greatest single song in the history of human kind, but since a relatively obscure band and singer wrote it, the vast majority will never hear this masterpiece. Imagine not knowing the Mona Lisa exists but thinking a finger painting was great art.
@JapesJasper3 ай бұрын
Glorious comment. That is all I can say.
@Literallyjustmint3 ай бұрын
Obscure? Lol! Not even close. If you listen to rock and metal there is a very good chance you know Tool...
@calethosАй бұрын
@@Literallyjustmint When Fear Innoculum was released, it knocked Taylor Swift from her #1 spot. Many of her fans were up in arms about it, asking who this unknown band was that could disturb their queen's perch.
@JapesJasperАй бұрын
@Literallyjustmint you and I know this ... but honestly just listening to rock, many folk don't know Tool. They have won awards and shit, but they are a band unknown to many I would agree. Not to mention, in this day in age (is that the right phrase?) The vast majority of folk don't listen to rock or metal ... we are the minority
@JimmyIronballsАй бұрын
@JapesJasper who gives a shit if Taylor Swift fans know them? You know them, I know them, and we are both blessed to have this music in our lives.
@bartoszmisztal68614 ай бұрын
I vaguely remember Maynard saying that Tool will never play Wings for Marie live just because it's too personal and emotional for him. Great video, I'm genuinely excited to see more!
@EchoesDaBear4 ай бұрын
I don't blame Maynard for saying this! I wouldn't want to perform something so emotional either! He laid his heart out for us here, for all to see & feel...
@teamfingahs49074 ай бұрын
I recall Wings pt. 1 and 2 debuting in L.A. and Maynard couldn’t get through the whole thing. Had to be extremely hard. But it stuck on the setlist for the remainder of the tour.
@krisfyock53104 ай бұрын
They did preform it live , but I don’t think they will again. Like you said Maynard stated it was his biggest mistake emotionally
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
It would be like giving an eulogy over and over again...
@Wungolioth4 ай бұрын
Maynard has also said he has misgivings about putting something so personal into a song, and I think that has something to do with how feelings evolve, something perfectly said at one point in your life might not reflect what you feel at another point.
@aarinmiles9904 ай бұрын
Another great watch. I must say that I'm particularly struck by Sean's empathy and openness to both new music as well as the sentiment which has some blatant critique of the faith/faithful that he seems to identify with. I find it refreshing and reassuring that there are those thoughtful and introspective members of faith based communities that won't just dismiss critique out of hand. I think far too often we find people reacting to push the uncomfortable away instead of trying to understand, empathize and through that find ways to connect rather than divide.
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
Thanks. Refusing to hear critique is way too common in all areas of life; the faith world front and center. But without critique, we can't grow, we can't improve, we can't course correct, we can't stop being wrong when we are wrong, and we can't know we're right when we are right. And still, we don't want to hear it. Which is why the Bible itself is chock-full of "religious" people killing the people G-d sent to critique them...
@johncarpenter37514 ай бұрын
17:10 that croaking sound is the guitar pick being scraped against the guitar strings. It’s called a pick scrape. The sound comes from the strings being wound, so there is tiny grooves in the string that when you scrape the pick against them you will get that sound
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
Got it - that's a great sound.
@alexgrindnshine25224 ай бұрын
As others have mention Do Tool: Jimmy- APC: Judith
@RH-xs8gz3 күн бұрын
The lines “Fetch me the spirit, the son, and the father. Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.” Are some of the most powerful lyrics I’ve ever heard. Anyone who recently lost a loved one who suffered for a long time will have a hard time listening to this song without becoming emotional.
@PomadeJam3 күн бұрын
Agreed. Hits me every time.
@tonyzahn89114 ай бұрын
That was the best breakdown I've ever heard of these songs (possibly of any song). I love how you described the thought process and the audacity of the demands directed at God himself. There's still traces of the anger there that is much more on display in A Perfect Circle's song "Judith," but tempered with loss, acceptance, and the maturity that ideally comes with time. My parents are thankfully alive and healthy, but this song still makes me teary eyed every single time, the emotion in it is so real.
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
Thanks, Tony. I've been hearing a lot about Judith - apparently the very real emotion while going through it all.
@Sky143182 ай бұрын
This MASTERPIECE is, imo, one of the greatest, most stunning pieces of music ever written. Of any genre. An astonishingly haunting yet beautiful requiem that takes you thru every layer of loss. You can feel the despair and sadness, the grief and pain but also the rage and injustice of it all… individually and all at once. Every time I hear it, I thank the universe that Maynard wrote it and allowed us to share in it. The first time I heard it… I sat in stunned silence. Frozen. When he says: “I only pray heaven knows when to lift you out”… I absolutely lost it. Just suddenly BURST into tears. Maynard is not “a singer”. He is a poet. I’m so grateful he allowed us this glimpse into his most personal process. Rest in peace, Judith. ♥️
@PomadeJam2 ай бұрын
well said. My favorite Tool music. And on my top ten favorite songs ever.
@questionme24 ай бұрын
PLEASE do Parabol/Parabola without a break. I think the transition there is too important to miss out on. Can’t wait for more of these Tool reaction videos! Great analyses!!!
@TraditionalHippie4 ай бұрын
Boy this will be a fun afternoon! Pt 1 & 2 back to back! This ballad made me cry when it came out 6:42 onions ahGain 23:06 God bless yall
@tjn91494 ай бұрын
If everyone approached faith, and lack of faith, the way Sean does this world would be a lot better off. Fantastic breakdown. Thanks gents
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@tiges19724 ай бұрын
Powerfully powerful song. I tear up every time.
@teamfingahs49074 ай бұрын
Seeing this live was absolutely amazing (twice in 07). They had a tarp up behind the band for the duration of the concert but dropped it at “give me my WINGS” The audience never showed the respect it deserves….. so probably the only tour they played it was supporting 10,000 Days tour.
@Literallyjustmint4 ай бұрын
Most gorgeous bass tone ever in my book
@PomadeJam4 ай бұрын
I can’t disagree
@sarahpope86584 ай бұрын
This was everything I hoped it would be! Part 2 is sentimental to me personally. My older sister died in 2008 from a car accident on April fool's day and she introduced me to Tool. Our family chose different songs and we made a soundtrack for her funeral. I played this song. I can't wait to see Parabol and Parabola!
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
Sarah - wow. Good choice for your sister. I'm with you.
@DMKali4 ай бұрын
In my small bubble of a world & in my opinion only (for all the toxic haters who troll to comment blindly 😬), all these beautiful songs across his different bands about his mother, wasn’t Maynard raging against God, or his mother’s faith, it was all aimed at the hypocrisy in religion in general, and his mothers church (which was Southern Baptist)and how they treated her, talked about & mocked her. “What am I to say to all these ghouls tonight?” is a line from part 1. “None of them can even hold a candle up to you, blinded by choice these hypocrites won't see. Who could deny you were the one who Illuminated your little piece of the divine? He calls them the “collective Judas”?!? Heck, Opiate was about the hypocrisy & manipulation in religion, 100% Also, I’ve read the Maynard was presented with the question of ending his mothers life by unplugging her respirators, which were referenced in APC song “Orestes” “Gotta cut away, clear away Snip away and sever this umbilical residue Gotta cut away, clear away Snip away and sever this umbilical residue Keeping me from killing you…” If you search KZbin for a “commentary video” Maynard talks about his thoughts & lyrics behind “Judith”, it makes it pretty clear - but music means different things to the listener. Once an artist releases a song on to the world, their possession of it becomes irrelevant. That’s the beauty of music.
@heatheral-hammadi30464 ай бұрын
Southern Baptist (imho) tends to be one of the more hypocritical groups. I am also Christian but sometimes seeing the hypocrisy that goes on in all churches is……a lot. I can’t imagine having a sick mom only for the church to turn against her or leave her in her desperate time of need when she had done so much for them was definitely hard to swallow.
@MedTechMetal4 ай бұрын
I never knew that with Orestes. I'm shit at interpreting lyrics, but that's damn deep
@lucassmith1886Ай бұрын
@@MedTechMetalsame here. That makes it so much more interesting, and genius the correlation to Orestes as well.
@prefono4 ай бұрын
Best love song ever written! By the way... Part one and part two are not meant to be listened to together: they are literally a single song, a single piece which, however, for record and contractual reasons has been divided into two parts.
@kennethalbert46534 ай бұрын
Yes! On the album there is only the minimal necessary pause.
@SatanDynastyKiller2 ай бұрын
Your sentence makes no sense- part 1 & part 2 are NOT meant to be listened to together??? Yes, they LITERALLY ARE meant to be listened to together. AND that is what YOU state in next sentence - “they are literally a single song, a single piece…divided into two parts” Do the tool army annoy everyone like this- saying stupid stuff that you think is smart COS you listen to TOOL ?!
@darci48834 ай бұрын
I did see this performed live. What a privilege. They made a virtual thunderstorm on the ceiling with clouds and lightning, it was a stunning performance.
@pongosnodgrass70143 ай бұрын
Yeah...saw them do it @Manchester Apollo theatre England in 2007, jaw dropping...especially in the smaller theater
@Lateralus1384 ай бұрын
The sarcasm is aimed at his mother's church congregation and preacher who blamed her ailment on her "sins". To be very clear; Maynard is an atheist (or quite possibly agnostic with a disdain towards the monotheist god (if it exists, of course)). These two songs are first: a letter to his mother expressing his love and praise of her and his need to let go and second: a letter to any possible god if it exists (seeing she wasted her life on the same religion that scorned her) saying that: "If you exist and if she was right then no one deserves to get into your heaven and be praised more than she". The "None of them", again, is the judgmental church, congregation, preacher, etc... As many people keep stating: 'Judith'.
@kennethalbert46534 ай бұрын
"To be clear, Maynard is an atheist..." How are you certain of this ? Edit: your statement was grammatically weird, so you don't seem certain. It seems to me Maynard does belive in God, it is just unclear which one(ones) or if he believes in something that we could defined as god.
@lucassmith1886Ай бұрын
@kennethalbert4653 i agree with you. He used to speak very angrily when referring to God in their earliest stuff, but over time he has matured, and become much more spiritual overall. I dont know if I would call him a christian, but he has stopped "mocking" it so brazenly as he did before. He also has a song called "Sour Grapes," by Puscifer which is pretty amazing. It features a televangelist in the background, but has some of the best vocals building over it in almost any song he has. As a Christian myself, that song just makes me hyped up for God!
@Lateralus138Ай бұрын
@@lucassmith1886 Religion and the belief in fairy tale deities is a delusional mental illness and has to be treated as such. It has infected our species for far too long and must be dealt with. You can practice that nonsense in the privacy of your own home, but don't you dare spread that plague in public. It should be considered child abuse for those who force their children into it and the children must be taken. We can no longer allow this nonsense to fester.
@user-hf5jk4io7o4 ай бұрын
I really look forward to your insightful and empathic analysis and doubt I will be disappointed. This was a wonderful reaction to a very deep song. Thank you so much. ❤
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
Thanks! The song evokes the response.
@heatheral-hammadi30464 ай бұрын
You go deeper on a philosophical level and I love that. I also recommend Judith by A Perfect Circle. Maynard’s growth can be seen plainly. Going from an angry young man into a more emotionally mature adult (as we all do).
@attackofthequasars13 күн бұрын
Magnificent analysis. So emotional and kind. Thank you.
@kentmains77634 ай бұрын
Such a complex outpouring of emotion.
@mflambert2 ай бұрын
the progression of this starts with the song Judith by A perfect circle. Hate. Sadness. Acceptance.
@franki684 ай бұрын
An amazing song ,one of my favourites.
@a491254 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@shilanvoi4 ай бұрын
To have a glimpse into the personal evolution of Maynard, you should definitely listen to Judith (A Perfect Circle, but the same singer as Tool) and then to Jimmy. They represent different phases of coping.
@inatcacenco30064 ай бұрын
Thank You!
@user-pw7iq5of1h4 ай бұрын
Great reaction
@jamesstevens47954 ай бұрын
The whooshing sound of hospital machinery heard in the beginning, in the end becomes the sound of flapping wings in flight
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
Ah!! How did I miss that? That is beautiful.
@pongosnodgrass70143 ай бұрын
On a technical note...its also the normal electrical hiss coming through Adam's rotary speaker he's playing through...you hear him switch it on during the outro, where his sound suddenly swirls into rotary stereo. The effect bookends the entire piece 🤓
@Fireknight74 ай бұрын
I always visioned the last sounds you hear in this track were of the wings beating…but the breathing machine also makes sense to me too. Also…along with the songs mentioned in the comments I’d say Horizons by Puscifer goes along with the story line of Maynard’s mother. A final tribute to her as he scattered her ashes! Love the song break down fellas keep it up!
@Ronhickmott4 ай бұрын
I see the "cold flourescent" in this instance is in the funeral parlour looking upon her in the casket.
@gooseface80134 ай бұрын
Thanks guys
@afrolicia4 ай бұрын
I really appreciate your reaction!!!😢
@saltynuts33034 ай бұрын
I know it may not be much, but thank you both.
@PomadeJam4 ай бұрын
thank you
@Dexiray4 ай бұрын
I loved your parting words in conclusion "we don't have the strength to live in one place all the time"
@StalkingButler4 ай бұрын
Loving your Tool reactions. Really enjoy the in-depth breakdown. Keep them coming!
@JonnySativaSeed233 ай бұрын
These are some of the absolute best break downs of Tool songs I have ever seen. BTW am I the only one who thinks Sean looks a bit like Maynard? Keep up the great work fellas.
@BricktowneMedia4 ай бұрын
The first time I heard this track I got major Irish Jig vibes from the bassline....its driving force, its got a certain 'bop' to it...anyone else??
@vojkanjovanovic79404 ай бұрын
I got Irish vibes from Maynard's singing from: "High is the way..." I supose his family has Irish origin, "Keenan" sounds Irish to me.
@jimbojones89784 ай бұрын
Disappointed that this was divided into two, but I'm glad to know that it was listened to right away at least. (commenting before listening) will add more later if I feel I need to. Cheers.
@jimbojones89784 ай бұрын
The link to Sean's channel didn't work for me btw.
@jimbojones89784 ай бұрын
(I should add - disappointed on the divide for your react, but I get it, they're long. it's cool. I honestly couldn't say for sure if they WERE meant to be listened together, but having them paired together on the album and named that way leads me to see it that way, although divided for the tone 100%).
@nicknick29034 ай бұрын
Please play the Pucifer song Sour Grapes for him, Thats the sermon I would want played at a funeral. It's sung in the voice of an Evangelical Preacher, and its a great sermon
@TraditionalHippie4 ай бұрын
I love the Late for Dinner mix. It spoke to me, literally.
@EchoesDaBear4 ай бұрын
Wow...two in one day! GREAT reaction gents. I just commented 3 hours prior to this on Part 1. I think what is so poignant here, is that Maynard is clearly NOT religious, nor likely spiritual - hence his misunderstanding of his mother's faith through her 'hell', yet he ends this song with 'Hallelujah' - meaning praise the Lord - so for a non-believer like Maynard, this is huge for him to say! He still may not fully understand, but he's reconciled that was her way, and since he loves her unconditionally, it was a 'good' way - and fully deserving of her entry to heaven! This is principally why you need to react to Judith - A Perfect Circle, for any reason more to see how Maynard has changed his tune (angry to accepting). Thank you for sharing your insights (especially as it was personal at times). I love the idea of your funeral service! Funny, as it's how my mom's service was...friends and family sharing stories. My mom was not a religious person, but spiritual (as I am) - she lived her faith in how she interacted with others, how she loved & cared for others (which in ways was her undoing as she didn't care & love herself as she should have!) THIS is how you show that you've touched people! Not some priest 'spewing' biblical words, but anecdotes, on how you, as God's creation, impacted the world while you were here! That's also how I want my funeral to be! Again, my sympathies & love to your losses. Cheers gentlemen.
@PomadeJam4 ай бұрын
excellent thoughts, thank you!
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
Let's start a new trend in funeral services - religious, spiritual, and others - that they are story circles! Blessings on your mom and the gifts she passed on to you.
@BuzzaB773 ай бұрын
I find this tribute extra touching after you consider the anger and dismissive-ness he showed towards her beliefs / religion in the song "Judith" he performed with his other band A Perfect Circle. Her death clearly humbled him, made him reflect on his views. and whether he became religious afterwards or just swallowed his pride, the way he wrote these lyrics using religious idioms shows such a maturing. its an equally beautiful and tragic lesson.
@PomadeJam3 ай бұрын
Agreed
@XathexX4 ай бұрын
Bring me my WINGS! epically powerful.
@TheNewAmericanMedia4 ай бұрын
Great analysis as usual. Hope you cover every Maynard song from all 3 bands.
@shane52004 ай бұрын
Finish it off my listening to Tool Jimmy and a perfect circle Judith.
@heyskipj4 ай бұрын
Had similar feelings, re: Ghouls in the congregation claiming things about my Mom at her funeral. They did not know her yet believed they could speak for her under the guise of their religion that she didn't believe in. Infuriating.
@scottsimms76514 ай бұрын
There are videos of the music from these 2 songs being played in concert in the years prior to this album’s release. There are no lyrics yet. Maynard had not written them yet. Think about the band writing this intricate musical symphony not ever thinking Maynard would write a eulogy to his mom over it.
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
Wow.
@riznob100004 ай бұрын
I've always interpreted the 2 songs as the first being Maynard talking to his mother as she lay dying in the hospital, with the final slam/thud punctuating her actual death, and the second song being Maynard conversing with her spirit as he's still in the hospital room.
@craigriley98924 ай бұрын
Please do Schism. Id love to hear your thoughts on that song!
@charlieevergreen35144 ай бұрын
Another great commentary on Tool, thank you! Nothing I’d disagree with, but one point I’d like to add: I think the phrase “the light and the way” is directly referencing Jesus, and the singer is indicating that the mother embodied the ideals of Jesus as she saw them, unlike her peers that would “only read about” Jesus. I’m not a Christian, but I’d say that the religion does encourage people to follow the example of Jesus, and in that way, BE “the light and the way”. I imagine there are those who read that idea as blasphemy, and they are welcome to hold that opinion. As I said, it’s not my religion, and I’m voicing my thoughts on a song’s lyrics, not philosophizing about the truth or falsity of Christianity. I also think his anger is pretty complicated. He’s angry that his mother’s faith might be misplaced (if Christianity isn’t true), angry that, even if Christianity is true, heaven might not even “know when to lift her out”, angry that she “didn’t have a life”, possibly angry with the conflict between supporting her belief (to support her well being), when he doesn’t believe it in real life (though the song doesn’t indicate that). The discussion of the symbolism of the instrumentation is especially interesting, and I can now appreciate a few things here that had escaped my attention before, so that’s always satisfying. Thanks again.
@PomadeJam4 ай бұрын
great comments, thanks
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
Good insight, Charlie. I think you are right.
@kennethalbert46534 ай бұрын
"Jimmy" would be a great place to go from here !
@jamesstevens47954 ай бұрын
Since the subject of what’s appropriate to be said at one’s funeral has arisen I think Eulogy should be reviewed soon 😊
@PomadeJam4 ай бұрын
:)
@williambrookings7224 ай бұрын
I would also recommend listening to Jimmy next which explores his coming to terms with his childhood loss when his mother had her brain haemorrhage. After that The Patient is less obviously about his mother but IMO reflects on her resilience and will to go on from her perspective Judith by APC shows more of Maynard's anger at the hypocrisy of the poiusly religious and anger at God/fate
@synerg87804 ай бұрын
I would love to see a song by song Lateralis album reaction.
@nicknick29034 ай бұрын
They Segway into each other
@XathexX4 ай бұрын
Listen carefully at the end. Are those wing beats?
@ubiquinoxxrosiles27664 ай бұрын
Yep you can hear them at the beginning of part 1
@loyaluwang42284 ай бұрын
I thought it was heavy breathing lol
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
I think maybe they are wings...
@johnnyb60674 ай бұрын
You should check out the song Bottom or Undertow next.
@user-vf1oj9lv3v4 ай бұрын
I hope you show him Judith next by APC so he can link these songs together and evaluate Maynard’s spiritual journey in his songs. My mom passed in 2013 at age 78 after battling multiple myeloma for at least a decade and going through a stem cell transplant and isolation etc so I can relate a bit to Maynard being angry that his mother suffered for over 20 years.
@PomadeJam4 ай бұрын
my father died after a long and terrible battle with leukemia at the age of 61 and I relate as well.
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
For my dad, it was Parkinsons. So many of us - this is why we need artists like Maynard.
@dennislarsen60524 ай бұрын
It is interesting that you have reacted to Vicarious, Wings and Right in Two. To my knowledge, they are the only Tool songs to mention angel's. To me, this outlines a theme for the album, 10.000 days contains a real search for a source of good in the world, and an examination of morality. Where do we find altruism and goodness? Not in the hearts of men (plural) says Vicarious, not in earthly possessions says Jambi, not in the church says The Pot, and we have actually thrown them out in our disability to do anything but fight over the ground we stand on, says Right in Two. We find goodness in Maynard's mom says Wings, and to lift that out of the cold realm of the overly literal, I think wings provide the key, that when you choose to look past the small, petty troubles that weigh you down, and provide uncompromising love and understanding to someone, then you choose to become the good in the world. Interestingly, from Maynard's own hostility towards "the collective Judas" I think it is fair to say, that no-one can be an angel for everyone, and maybe that is how we reach the situation described in "Right in Two" that we will fight to sustain our small, meaningful communities, where good is synonymous with "us" and evil is anything that threatens that sense of belonging. Great album!
@PomadeJam4 ай бұрын
Very thoughtful comments. That is my favorite Tool album.
@dennislarsen60524 ай бұрын
I have always been partial to Lateralus. Musically I love the mix of soft and hard, western and eastern, and the total disregard for convention when it stands in the way of art. To me it is where tool goes from being another great, angry prog/grunge band to something more like a modern Beethoven, that cares more for art than genre and industry. And the examination of human relationships in Lateralus are just peerless in their honesty and depth.
@dennislarsen60524 ай бұрын
Oh and by the way, great job on the reaction, these are by far my favorite tool reactions so far. Great analytical depth and musical understanding.
@PomadeJam4 ай бұрын
Lateralis is my second favorite, but sometimes it moves into first. And yeah, I’m really enjoying hearing and seeing Sean’s impressions too.
@dennislarsen60524 ай бұрын
I would love to see what Sean makes of the Lateralus title track, but you probably have a very long to-do list, judging from the other comments. Once you get in a bit deeper, I would enjoy hearing your thoughts on albums as a composite work of art. It seems to me that the "tool method" of writing and composing from where the bands current life state is, really gives each album a theme and feel, that makes them just so powerful, and it is rarely explored. To me, the song "invincible" off Fear inoculum is a tongue in cheek, funny comment on this. (Another great song for the list!)
@robthomas45734 ай бұрын
Sirs. I think you are ready for LATERALUS.
@Wungolioth4 ай бұрын
I would suggest you listen to Jimmy, it's the midway point of the Judith Marie Saga.
@adamscott984 ай бұрын
Great video, shame ya didnt show him judith by APc first, its basically a trilogy 😀
@TheNewAmericanMedia4 ай бұрын
Something about that earpiece keeps scratching on the shirt. Gotta find a way tonposition the mic to avoid that on future episodes. Small glitch, but an important one to fix. Keep up the great work!
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
My wife and I were trying to figure out what happened - cuz I didn't use the earpiece mic. It was my papers on my computer, scratching over the microphone. So very embarrassing...
@heatheral-hammadi30464 ай бұрын
The sound at the end isn’t a breathing machine it is supposed to be Judith’s wings. Judith had a stroke and was bedridden for 27 years. 10,000 days. She was really a believer but Maynard felt that at the end the church turned against her and left her. The hypocrisy he saw made him very angry at God for a long time. Wow, the fact that you wrote your mom’s eulogy sitting at the very place where she fell really hit home for me. Sometimes I sit in the spot in my bathroom where my husband took his last breath. Speaking of eulogy, of course, Tool has a song called Eulogy. Good listen.
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
The machine into wings is beautiful. Don't know how I missed it! My heart is with you as well; the image of sitting where our loved ones fell is overpowering. Thanks for the comments.
@dryferr55574 ай бұрын
I think there's a reason why this song is rarely mentioned amongst the best Tool Song
@snrckrd2 ай бұрын
The ‘faith community’ lol
@TravisBall14 ай бұрын
Love the perspectives and deep dives. Would love to see Rosetta Stoned and Lateralus, but most of their catalog could stand up to this kind of dive. However, before you do any of that, please please please go out and get a good set of headphones for this music. There is a lot more to the mix you could be missing out on with the little white earbuds we see. Just a thought. Keep up the great work.
@ryanengle31884 ай бұрын
The entire journey of TooL and 10,000 days Starting with Jambi and that leading into Marie Pt1 and Pt2 and not to be forgotten Judith from his other band APC. James is clearly hurt on the loss of his mother and his dealing with it. Her conviction to her religion. How she has done no wrong but has been "struck down by god with this disease." Then her beating at the gates of heaven saying its her time. Its her time. Let her in. She did no wrong. She lead the way. It really makes me angry when you laugh at this. These songs are James singing out his pain after witnessing his mothers devotion to God. She Suffered for 23 years. And was still devout. She told him this was her cross to bear. And for what? James was there as a son supporting her for 23 years as she slowly died and she never slipped away from her devotion to god. That maddened him, as a rational human being. He saw her as a saint and led the way as she should and was unjustly being punished or given an unjust cross to bear. James is in pain throughout this album. And he is very well in expressing his pain and thoughts. You guys are the juxtaposition to his thoughts and feelings and make his points for him in these songs. Do not judge others unless thee be judged. your laughing at another's way of grieving his mothers death is gross. If your confused about the timing of Tool songs. You have no reasonable respect to review them. You should look up Dana Carey
@PomadeJam3 ай бұрын
are you talking to us, or another commenter? This song made us both cry, I don't know where you're getting that we find the song funny. It is profoundly moving.
@dpaquette694 ай бұрын
Thank you for your breakdown of these songs from Tool! My mother died a few years ago after suffering for a long time. I can not listen to these songs without tearing up thinking about her. Maynard and Tool have a great gift of bringing emotions out of listening to their music, and I hope you guys continue to break down Tool's songs.
@PomadeJam4 ай бұрын
thank you
@GaffneyInkwell4 ай бұрын
My heart is with you. Very grateful for Tool (and vulnerable artists like them) that help put words and music to our feelings.