Tool - The Grudge REACTION & REVIEW! FIRST TIME HEARING!

[@grahamtingley6213]

Imagine the balls it takes to make this the opening track to an album...

[@benjaminz2523]

It definitely sets a 'no b.s. whatsoever/not playing games' tone

[@TheTurinturumbar]

Balls that has an event horizon. How they've not merged into one ball I'll never know.

[@alihijazi4451]

@@TheTurinturumbar they're orbiting around each other, and that's what's generating the gravitational waves lol

[@laurabuer4714]

I still think about this. No punches pulled, and hold onto your asses. We're going for a ride!

[@MrDuanepalmer]

This is Maynard in his prime. There was nothing he couldn't do. This might be his most epic scream

[@Mazzini11]

MIGHT be his most epic scream? LOL

[@Mazzini11]

@@MoistMouthMags Oh they're all pretty fuckin great, but 25-26 seconds long is the most epic, I think. The "die" on Jerk-off is my favorite one though!

[@ThatGuyYouArent2]

I thought the "I embrace my"s in lateralus were pretty intense contenders for most epic scream.

[@nlmarkas]

Amen

[@morphou8548]

Think he was very angry...;-)

[@truthunknown789]

Tool army member here: Your comment about Tool needing to confirm with NASA on their song writing before releasing an album was gold haha

[@THEDavidHeretic]

I think NASA probably confirms with them....

[@victor_.]

@@THEDavidHeretic yes, they need to ask permission from the aliens themselves.

[@teamfingahs4907]

Same: Easily one of the funniest things I’ve heard in a minute.

[@brucespeckin1235]

Totally agree.

[@1xmikax]

Dude I was about to post the same comment haha

[@denisvasiliev694]

I love seeing music professionals lose it like this. When he said he was afraid of being disappointed by Tool, i laughed and rubbed my hands.

[@ameliacharles2284]

My favourite song of all time and took that title the day it was released. I bought the cd and rushed home to listen to it. Nothing from the album Lateralus had been leaked. I had waited 5 years for new Tool. This opens the album. I hit play and I'm left open mouthed. As soon as it finished I hit repeat and did that 4 more times before getting to the 2nd track. I don't think this song will ever be replaced as my #1. I've listened to this song thousands of times and still occasionally hear new bits I had missed before (or forgotten from age!). My version of a masterpiece

[@theawakener4360]

There isn't a bad Tool song brother.....every single one is a masterpiece......you should try the song Lateralus ...they use the "fibonacci sequence"....that will blow your mind

[@JellyBeanz2018]

Came here to say the same

[@davidwindsor8689]

Lots of us agree with this sentiment. I feel like everyone has a Tool song that speaks most to them. Lateralus is that song for many of us!

[@paul.i3606]

Oh hell yeah brother ☯️

[@cornpop6154]

Oh no, the fibonacci mafia has arrived,.

[@jzeke1712]

Fettuccine sequins! Fettuccine sequins! Lol

[@Mubiki]

Dude, you are like the only person who has commented on one of the details I love most about this song... The "Bouncing Ball" sound that Danny creates on the drums as he slowly speeds up. It's really cool.

[@ericwalters9878]

Just enjoy it. Don’t stress about the “count” so much. #theultimate

[@mackoplacko]

just do as they sing in the song ''let this go'' and have a beautiful journey ^^

[@saskiakroonsberg]

“Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind” - TOOL (Lateralus)

[@davidpreston3562]

Seriously, I don’t Evan know wtf a count is…. Nor do I care. TOOL IS EPIC!!!!

[@thecoconutgum]

@@saskiakroonsberg -TOOL (Lateralus, Lateralus)

[@brucenadeau5920]

I DID say early do NOT TRY counting TOOL time signatures bro, it WILL DRIVE you insane!!! Think RUSH with a LOT MORE sub divisions. Carey and Peart are the two drummers who OWNED polyrhythmics!!!!

[@brucenadeau5920]

You're counting again, a NO NO with Tool unless trying to play with it! lol

[@eggstu]

Schism, the Patient, Lateralus are must listens. Really this entire album is genius

[@m.adampriest7719]

The Patient is criminally underrated.

[@MrDuanepalmer]

Aenima is the album after Undertow. TOOL will not let you down. They grow with every album.

[@sherm1739]

So the story on the interwebs is the scream is the first and only take. It was meant to go 29 seconds to represent the 29 years it takes Saturn to travel around the sun. But Maynard blacked out trying to make it there. Adam didn’t want to risk another take so they went with the 25 seconds.

[@PowderedToastMan420]

Thanks for your take David. I consider this band as my generations Pink Floyd. ✌

[@hockeylvr42]

This is prob one of the best tool reactions I’ve ever seen. From the “THATS THE BASS??” to the constant mind blows and complete disbelief of what you were hearing, everything in this vid was great. And of course you have to end with, “they used mathematics” because OOOHHH BOY that’s a deep spiral

[@jordannantais9975]

Not looped, he can hold a scream a ridiculous amount of time

[@eclipsewrecker]

Can here him live with acp performing The Outsider on late night

[@jordannantais9975]

@@eclipsewrecker I've seen APC twice, and the outsider is always a good one when he hits that scream

[@karstenmende7454]

As a bassist to another I wonder why you not even listened to it. I stared my Tool experience 20 yrs ago with exactly this song. It was like sitting in a Space Shuttle. I was just stunned until the CD spiraled out. The way they go completely different and strange without any disturbing. This tone they have is making all that weird changes bearable... and this living drum machine in the back. They are just awesome. They made a huge part of myself thinking as musician. You know what? All Tool music you had around all the time I had my first listen to this year. I only knew the song Sober. You missed a lot dude, sorry to say that. Happy to have you back on board.

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Oh I'm definitely back on board, can't wait to explore everything I've missed.

[@Danlows1]

Spiral Out

[@MrTelorix]

I love your reactions. Keep up the good work! "That's BASS!" had me dying. You should react to the title track Lateralus too. One of their greatest songs

[@brandonhinrichs387]

30 years 5 studio albums. 2 LPs. Zero bad songs and zero bad albums. If I had to compare them I'd say they're part Rush, part Floyd, part Sabbath

[@bogdanadzic9305]

Fear inoculum is a bad album

[@rikfradgley8566]

For my money.... The best way you can listen to Tool is to just let it play, let it run through and over you, wave after wave of brilliance. Analyze it later, but to get the full effect you must simply....LET IT GO!

[@natesoby7626]

If you like counting and mental pain Tool’s 7empest is a great one!

[@victor_.]

2 hour video for sure, lol

[@THEH0WLER87]

@@victor_. invincible was a bit of a melt to learn on guitar but very fun to play

[@ProsperoFinch]

The scream is 27 seconds long, which echoes the 27 year cycle of saturn’s return which is part of the theme of the song and referenced in the lyrics

[@ajcoopa]

This opened the Lateralus album... I mean, what what epic introduction. One of the few albums I will gladly listen to cover to cover still to this day.

[@Thinchap]

As a drummer, my take on Danny Carey is the paradox that he always makes simplicity sound complex and complexity sound simple. This is one of the few Tool songs that I can play, but it took me several years to learn it properly.

[@Andrew46_2]

If you thought this was crazy the song lateralus is based on the Fibonacci sequence so have fun counting that one.

[@InnerRested]

"Tool needs to confer with NASA for their songwriting" 😂😂 So funny yet so apt!! Just when I start to wonder am I wrong for appreciating Tool as much as I do... I hear another person's first take on one of their songs and it reminds me of how I felt the first time I heard "The Grudge".

[@workingwithpaul]

LOL

[@brucenadeau5920]

We're ONLY 10 minutes in and I think I have commented more on this video already THAN I have all my comments combined for your Reacts! This IS your BEST react vid to date and there have been GREAT ones! I CANNOT wait for MORE Tool on here and watch you sink into the Tool Wabbit Hole lol

[@brucenadeau5920]

And to THINK.... This is the SAME drummer for Green Jell-o/Green Jellie back in the late 80's until Tool formed! Carey actually did the drumming on the Cereal Killer album before doing strictly Tool. ALL Tool fans are aware of this AND Maynard being in that band as well, and doing the "Not by the hair of my..." lines in the Three Little Pigs video lol

[@petejung3122]

Hey David, I went to the same thing with my first connection with Tool's music in 1992. (yep I'm old, but feeling young) Undertow was great, nice songs, the harchness and agressive tone of the album blew me away, but I was not in love, just a perfect album for area. It took then a long time, untill Schism was played in the mainstream that I was hooked. I've bought the album Lateralus and from then on the whole back catalogue. Lateralus (album) for me is still there legacy. It was a different Tool comparing to Undertow, more of my music taste then, so I was swallowed in, going deep into the rabbit hole. You're right about the prog-rock label, tool does it different, they make it grove, follow the impuls, the heart, but make it complex so it keeps interesting. They are able to make the complex sounds like a simple pulse and that's what I miss in other prog-rock music, the heart, the emotion, the forward pulse is lacking. I'm not into shredding, I find a single note merely more interesting when it's well placed than a bar of uncountable notes, but hey, that just me. Love your reaction by the way. Subscribed, I want to see you going in as well.

[@klausbremner_autotelic_art]

I went a bunch of years in the 2000's where I didn't really listen to them, but then got back into them in the last couple of years. .I get the feeling you are about to go down a Tool rabbit hole. 😂

[@klausbremner_autotelic_art]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqnWnZdna7mdibc I'm sure you will get plenty of suggestions, but I'll jump forward to the new album. Just so you can get an indication of where their direction went 20 years after The Grudge.

[@klausbremner_autotelic_art]

Also, the onslaught at the end of this song, is like the final mind blowing act and I think most people would have a similar look on their faces, as you do 😂

[@THEDavidHeretic]

@@klausbremner_autotelic_art Added to the que

[@TravisBaker561]

This is how the album starts, and that is one of the many reasons it's my favorite

[@floridabelle]

Reaction rating for DH: 9.2 😁 Seriously though, that was probably the best reaction yet to The Grudge I've seen so far. Can't wait for more! 👍❤️

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Wait....WAIT....you're giving ME a 9.2???? Wow that's high praise indeed, thank you so much. I don't deserve that high of a score...I was thinking around a 5.7.

[@floridabelle]

@@THEDavidHeretic Lol. Well, it was definitely better than a 5.7, so I figured I'd match the 9.2 you gave for the song. I don't actual give ratings though, I was just trying to be snarky. 😁 The reaction though was very enjoyable.

[@THEDavidHeretic]

@@floridabelle FEELIN' YOU Floridabelle!!!

[@floridabelle]

@@THEDavidHeretic 🤘👊🏻❗

[@rhisilver969]

@floridabelle knows her Tool :D

[@joshreed7102]

The more you listen to Tool song the more you like it.

[@CybrSlydr]

Every time he stopped it just before the guitars kicked in at the beginning, I'm like - "DUDE, you're like 5 measures too soon - just let it go!" :D

[@Salomon_G]

I mostly ignored Tool back in the day also. Until like 8 years ago. Didn't know what I was missing.

[@Andrew46_2]

Over thinking over analyzing separates the body from the mind. Spiral out. Keep Going.

[@se777en73120]

I highly recommend Tool’s “Right in Two”.

[@mutch17]

Wonderful song

[@dmanton300]

That riff at 3:50? I live for it. Lesser bands would write a whole song around that riff. Tool? They smash you in the face with it, play with it for 30-40 seconds, and move on. It is one of my favourite moments in any song, ever. LIVE FOR IT.

[@LanceThompsonKssooner]

So apparently he tried to make it 29 seconds to correlate to Saturn's 29 year cycle. Most people say it's about 27. It also thrashed his voice and it was the end if recording. He doesn't do it live. Aenima is the follow up to Undertow. A little more commercial (probably by necessity) but great as well. This is from the third album Lateralus.

[@saragarland1270]

This has got to be my favorite video you’ve done! Lateralus is my favorite album of all time and the first tool album I bought when I was 15-I listened to it over and over, still do at 33 and it never gets old or boring. And the album art by Alex grey is amazing.

[@RJ-bi4nm]

I was 14 when Ænema came out and it blew my mind, Tool has never disappointed me!

[@justinmah6279]

Been a Tool fan about 20 years, since I was 14 or so. Watching your reaction to it makes me glad I never became a musician, watching you struggle to put it together (even being obviously someone who understands music and time signatures). Really glad I can just sit back and appreciate the music as a listener without trying to break it down too much. Great video, I'm in for the journey with ya.

[@ricardomartinezxx]

I'm late to the game, this is old,. It I can tell you, the opposite is true, I've loved Tool forever, once I started playing the bass and singing it, wow, it's a whole other level, figuring out and bring blown away by the complexity of the music and singing. I've gotten immense joy and pleasure from learning and playing their stuff

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

7empest does the same with the subdivisions - but in seven - and that song is twice the length. It won a Grammy.

[@win300mag1]

The entire Lateralus album is a freaking masterpiece. My personal favorite Tool album. Every song is an awesome ride!

[@elliottpack9786]

You nailed it! Enyone can make a song full of different time signatures, but doing that and making it flow and-AND! play it live! Is otherworldly.

[@slantz49]

I see more TOOL breakdowns in your future and we will be here to watch it all

[@spicey22]

I love when most of the tool songs make the reactor silent at the finish. Its like they had a labotomy. Not many bands can do this

[@ThatGuyYouArent2]

I love watching the end of this song just rip people apart lol! So glad to see you enjoyed. :)

[@ProsperoFinch]

The song is in 5/4 the entire time, although one can argue that the breakdown in the middle to 10/4 with subdivisions of 3 - 3 - 4, which is why at moments it sounds 4/4 or 7/4

[@Bloodslayne]

You gotta start doing Tool Tuesdays. Only way to keep up with their catalog.

[@teekay9886]

I'm laughing my ass off when folks are doing a count on this joint, and then Danny just goes "yeah, go count this one" on the outro... He beats the shit out of your math skills to oblivion... 😆

[@avigayegos1496]

undertow is a baby compere to Lateralus and aenima . we would like to see you do them both

[@johnw6137]

Dude undertow was literally just the beginning for them. After that they ascended to one of the greatest bands of all time. This album alone listened through as a whole is so good there are no words to describe it. Danny Carey on drums is top 3 all time.

[@Ad0rak]

Dude if you keep listening to Tool you're off to a journey that will change your life ... if you're ready for that (and I hope you are) I'm looking forward to many more Tool reactions. Tool seems to be really trending in reactions since they've released Fear Inoculum and as a diehard fan for many many years, I'm almost a little sad that so many people didn't know Tool and are only now learning about them (great for them though). But you made the biggest mistake by just ... not going on this journey all those years ago. You've been forgiven and you shall once again experience Tool. Welcome. Embrace it.

[@GoldTop57]

This is one of the greatest albums of the last 20 yrs. you need it

[@springer90]

This is Tool's best album, this shit got me through high school. It's still good!🔥🤘👽

[@sk8boardin4life]

ive watched a million reaction videos to tool and Im going to subscribe to you becuase I can see that you feel what their music does to a person lol. I feel it too. Its insane. 16:54 that moment for me is insane.

[@gkscsa]

*half a minute into the song* DAVID.EXE has stopped working

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Yeah pretty much

[@mutch17]

Lol

[@workingwithpaul]

lol

[@DyaTrill]

My good man. I can very nearly guarantee you won't be disappointed in any of their albums. They are all worth it.

[@Ylt716]

Liked first then subscribed .....!

[@asdagffhnm]

ahahaha I laughed out loud for the counting part at 5:30 :D :D ..that's what everyone does who understand music and plays an instrument :D awesome stuff!

[@HzizsVynryn]

I feel you on not liking Tool right away. I think there's something to be said about one's taste in music maturing, and that Tool's music has so many layers that additional listens adds more to the experience each time. Love the channel!

[@serch54]

That section where you were figuring out the timing has definitely been me!

[@AlienorchestraNetoslo]

whatever it is from TOOL it's perfect, thank you for your reaction, David!

[@THEDavidHeretic]

FEELIN' YOU Alien!!!

[@RyanMovingViolationz]

This was actually their second album after Undertow.....Undertow, Aenima and then Lateralus! You have to check them out of you haven't already

[@donnievasey8528]

3rd. Opiate is their first album.

[@RyanMovingViolationz]

@@donnievasey8528 No Opiate is technically not an album, so Aenima is their second....thank you, I'll be here all week!

[@kevinbrown9478]

They don't have a bad song. And this type of song is a norm for them.

[@DeathPenny]

Do dive into the rabbit hole, been listening to these songs since release, and i still hear new things and love them more.... I almost envy you, if you stopped listening to TOOL after undertow, you have so much music to listen for the first time, I hope you can keep your mind in one piece. Spiral out man

[@THEDavidHeretic]

I'm gonna try my best.....no promises....

[@jmarra07]

Man, I only recently stumbled on your reactions, and they're amazing, as a huge TOOL fan

[@supervisedchaos]

2:20 could have also been a golden age for music there were metallica nirvana soundgaden... lots of good music in the 90s that sort of overshadowed tool. They have been my favourite since I discovered them in the 10000 days era

[@Hyrodz]

Im glad I found your channel l. Tool is one of my top 5 bands. I have seen them live several times. You have a whole lot to react still and I cant wait for more, thanks for reaction to Tool. Please try and react to the Band Nightwish " ghost love score" live at wacken is a good start. They're a metal symphonic band.

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Already in the que, added your name to the requesters

[@rikucophour]

Loving your Tool reactions mate, every song on this album is a masterpiece!!

[@carlosportillo2781]

Do it. Give us more Tool reviews! Very entertaining.

[@prefono]

Welcome in Tool's trip again. You still donvt know what to expect... I can only say: greatness!

[@ABCDEFR]

Man's face turns progressively redder as he learns to let this go (2021, colorized)

[@Bloodslayne]

Dude, I'm watching this again! And I'm loving the going back and forth. You're like an onion. Do more tool reactions. If possible, and I haven't seen anyone else do this, listen to each album starting with Aenima from start to end and release each song a week. It will blow your mind.

[@Bloodslayne]

3rd time watching! Just love your reaction. Please add H to your list. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJibp4eJrq15obM

[@robertwest7889]

Never bang your head to the drums in a Tool song, concentrate on the guitar for the headbanging. Nice job man!

[@gandalfthesober5502]

He can hold his scream that long because he uses the Wim Hoff breathing technique.

[@ajaldini28]

You should listen to "Invincible" from their newest album.

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Already in the que, added your name to the requesters

[@seaofbeer13]

I've listened to this album since it came out, same with 10.000Days and I still rewind or restart songs to just stare at how good it all sounds.

[@natedawg8778]

Another amazing reaction 👌 If you are gonna react to more Tool I'm here bro. And don't be sorry you gotta keep going back, Tool is an EXPERIENCE. Love it

[@sidneymartin7346]

Yeah! Keep em coming! Check out that Salival Live Version of the song Pushit; even though it's live, it is audio only. I requested it with the link many, many videos ago. 😉 However, I can repost the link again if needed. I know you are a busy man. Tool never disappoints, they only grow and evolve with each album. This album Lateralus is their best, in my opinion, but I absolutely love every album of theirs. Seen them many times in concert. Absolutely love them. ❤

[@THEDavidHeretic]

It's still in the que, working it's way up.

[@rez667]

I love watching people try to count tool songs :-D so many time signature changes.. always make em look funny. Love your channel, you got yourself a new subscriber kind sir :-)

[@THEDavidHeretic]

FEELIN' YOU Rez!!!

[@keyvantoqroljerdi2380]

I love the way tool is always full of surprises. That's what makes them special and its amazing to see you being dragged into it.

[@carlnietoweise4653]

Nothing will push you into music theory more than jazz, or get you to appreciate those subtle nuance's that can set a jazz piece apart from another composition. Just as LOOKING isn't SEEING, hearing isn't LISTENING.

[@rr18630]

Hey brother, watching your 2nd video right now (of course the first one was Pneuma drum cam) and I just wanna say your content is great! It's original, it's full of your own emotions and thoughts not "acting" for the camera and what's most important - somebody reacting to Tool who can actually as much as count the time and hear the nuances... keep doing what you're doing!

[@THEDavidHeretic]

FEELIN' YOU Remo!!! Thank you for the encouraging words, I really appreciate them. Glad you're enjoying the show.

[@anthonyoliva6692]

Great Jam & Great reaction...BTW I love chowing down on on some good meatloaf with some mash potaters while listening to this

[@Ogt92]

Hey man nice review. I subbed for more Tool reactions. I'm a drummer that can cover a few Tool songs and it's fun to watch your musician head spin. You must do 7empist. But any Tool will blow your mind. Dig in to lyrics.. Pease from WA State!

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Everyone keeps asking for that one, but no one has given me a link yet.

[@jasonthompson869]

This some is off of one of the most esoteric albums of our age… utterly divine brilliance…

[@tidewell]

that was a pure 25 second scream in the studio too

[@jeremydyck1213]

Best reaction for grudge I’ve seen. Please do the album. I need to watch you break down the beats.

[@tavisenloe2020]

Blown away by the complexity of the song, then falling into the groove. Excellent way to describe Tool to someone new to the music. Can we get some more bands to open an album with an eight and a half minute “deal with this shit” type of song? Sets you up for over an hour of lost in the music. Just an epic album. NASA must be very proud.

[@kevinfurr3311]

I go to these reaction videos to see people who know the guts of music so much better than me grind their brains to mush. Your knowledge and reaction is priceless to me. Musical orgasms.

[@apatheticallyconcerned6574]

When I am listening to music in the car, I enjoy tapping my fingers on the steering wheel and tapping my left foot like I am playing along on the drums. I don't even try to do this with Tool songs.

[@73av8r5]

Entire Lateralus album is a masterpiece. Been a fan since the early 90s. 👍🏻

[@sergiobarr1289]

The simple is the foundation of complexity; the simplistic falls into the complicated. Keep up the good work. greetings from Chile :)

[@Superkjeg]

at 16.26 it actully felt like you were starting to pay attention to the song. Cheers buddy, I enjoy your review.

[@dek86s]

this track is on another level!! amazing groove!!

[@Luthanor1]

Never seen someone take tool so seriously and listen that hard right away, got me subbed bro

[@bobdole7127]

It was hilarious watching you at the beginning of the song trying to nail down the time signature, just thinking, "Oh boy... he better grab a calculator lol."

[@tool45322]

With the insurgence of tool reaction videos over the past year, my new favorite past time is watching them try to figure out Tool's time signatures.

[@chadrange2147]

I heard he tried to do 27 seconds to represent Saturn's rotation but nearly passed out so they just kept it

[@marree]

not sure how I got here but I've been watching your videos since yesterday and I'm really digging your Tool reactions!

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Isn't KZbin a wonderful and mysterious thing....