“WHAT IS THIS?!” RAP FANS FIRST TIME EVER HEARING TOOL 🤯 “THE POT” REACTION 

bro Sleep Token Ascensionism thank me later

Play 46 an 2 first thing in the morning during a shower, this song right after .. 😁👍

This is nice of you to put together fwiw.

I don't usually comment, but not only am I a proud member of the Tool army, you are my favorite reaction channel hands down. I'm also autistic, and I have never seen another reactor who just FEELS and analyzes the music the same way that I do, and I really wanted to offer a very autistic recommendation/request in terms of Tool. I said it in a separate comment originally, but I HAVE to recommend the live Drum Cam video of Tools song Pneuma. It's not necessary to listen to the studio version first, because even though they do have some really fantastic production on studio versions, they sound so incredibly amazing live and Pneuma is one of those songs that doesn't have as much of the studio production specific effects anyways. From an autistic perspective, the Pneuma drum cam video is just an absolute sensory EXPERIENCE of sight and sound, and you will get to see the insanity of the greatest drummer alive, Danny Carey. Known affectionately as "The Octopus" to fans, Danny Carey is a master of polyrhythm and syncopation, capable of playing 4 different beats at once, one with each limb. There's a running joke you can find posted on many Tool reaction videos that Danny Carey made a deal with the devil: to this day no one knows what Danny got, but the devil got drum lessons. He is one of the reasons there will never be another band like Tool again, because there will never be another Danny Carey. I also just really think that, given how really REALLY into the technical parts of music you get, and how fascinating you find particularly rock drumming, you will find it utterly riveting to watch not just a rock drummer, but particularly this man work close up. When I say no one can do what Danny Carey does, it is not an exaggeration. After the Pneuma drum cam, as far as Tool songs I would highly recommend to further your journey into them, in no particular order: Lateralus - Widely considered to be THE quintessential Tool song, it is difficult to describe, so all ill say is that it is based on the mathematic Fibonacci sequence Sober - specifically the 1993 live version because watching the lead singer perform this is POWERFUL, he is not just singing, it is a poignant and deeply moving physical performance about a man who struggles with addiction but can only create when under the influence, specifically an actual friend of the band. This song is brutal and raw, and this performance is THE rawest version of it in existence. The Grudge - another classic, you thought the scream he held in The Pot was long? Lol. Count the seconds on this one. Vicarious - not quite as musically complex as some of their other songs musically, but the lyrics, I think, will just grab you by the throat about how we, as a society, get off on watching tragedy and violence on TV, both fictional and real, that we are bloodthirsty living vicariously through death and destruction, and we "won't give pause until the blood is flowing". This song also makes very good use of the really cool studio production effects that you liked in The Pot Schism - one of their songs most famously known for its use of polyrhythms and switching time signatures, also lyrically a journey about humanity fighting amongst itself and falling apart, and the struggle to put the pieces back together after a fight even though you know they fit, you watched them fall. "I know the pieces fit" is the increasingly desperate refrain said over and over throughout the song, lamenting the inability to put them back together despite this. Jambi - a slightly heavier leaning entry in their catalogue, and also makes use of an item that many people are unfamiliar with, a "talkbox". A talkbox is an effects pedal with a tube that goes to the musician's mouth. Sound from an instrument is fed through it and modified and distorted by the musician changing the shape and level of openness of the tube. (This is a very bare bones explanation, they're really cool) Do yourself a favor and, avoid the official music videos though. They're really fascinating artistically, but they're just incredibly distracting and overwhelming acid trips visually and make it very hard to concentrate on the songs for a first time listen! This is also by no means a comprehensive list of songs, these are just a set of staple songs that are, I think, the best for someone getting into Tool, some more and some less complex, all of them extremely different but all so intrinsically Tool. I'm not a professional of any sort, just a really autistic fan and Tool holds a special place for me with the unique complexity of their work and the way it captivates, there is nothing else out their like them and there never will be again.

Tool - Right in two

Yup. Priceless!!

I was like noooooo, don’t start it over. I guess he gets it a lot in the comments.

Average TOOL fan

Wait till he realizes what the words actually mean

@@cdxxz4452 😂 ....wait for it....

Maybe it's time for 7empest? 😂

That's not what it felt like after actually finishing it, lol. awesome.

Lmao. HELLUV short. That may be the ONLY downside of any Tool song. Not even 7empest is long enough. I never want them to end.

​@@Sky14318Hello, my long lost twin. 😂

Saw them in Dallas Friday night. 11 songs - 2 1/2 hours 😂

Same here

Word

Yup!

Been here since the start. And it gets me everytime! lol. It’s like watching an adult birth.

Tool army bro. We all love it

YES!!!!!

Absolutely bro I would give anything to get a Men in Black light so I could experience that again

Agree

He should try a live concert

i feel like this everytime i listen to tool tbh. theres always something new to hear in it

I feel this right now 😆💙

Word! Spot on mate😂

@@halodax😂

Great description of tool.

Hahahaha YES!

This is why i didn't like the last album. Spent the whole time waiting for a maynard "solo" like the grudge or something. Then the album ended :/. His voice just aint the same

Hell ya brother! Love people who give different music a chance. 🤘

Hell ya man!

Love people who give different genres a listen. 🤘 🙏

As I white guy I agree

They have a very distinct sound like no other. Plus I just heard that they write the music first... then Maynard writes lyrics to the music. Crazy talented

Didn't know that. Love me some tool though.

I didn't know that, I'm deaf from one ear so I don't have any spatial sound awareness, everything sounds in the same direction for me. And this song is already a master piece for me.

​@TheShapingSickness my friend is as well. On speakers you'll be able to hear it still as the one ear will still pick up the change it just won't be as intense.

they won one for pneuma too, best composition i believe

Pneuma's composition is really fucking good@@rosa-gw1xm

I love it! It reminds me of what it felt like when I first found tool

Tool and Pink floyd for me

Idk about best at their respective instruments. But the best at what they do with the music they create. Adam uses so many different guitars to record for specific sounds, which is something I've found to be very unique to just him as a guitarist

@@KingOfLegends23-qb7myagreed. Maybe not best* in a traditional sense. I was in a band that covered a lot of tool and as a guitarist it was really eye opening to dissect the songs. Adam isn’t known for being some unbelievable guitarist, but his playing is extremely underrated. One of the few guitarist that focus more on the whole picture rather than his part. After learning and playing their songs you know more than ever, 99% of the listeners don’t realize how intricate and meticulously crafted these songs are.

@@NinjasAreRealTho Oh, yeah, absolutely. Everyone focuses on Danny and Justin and while I respect that, both Maynard and Adam are pretty underrated. As a vocalist who, coincidentally, dissected and learned their songs from a vocal stand point these two absolute vital to tying everything together to make the experience what it is

The best… that meet Maynard. He is the true orchestrator of this mass of genius

What a excellent explanation of the band Tool.

Yessiree!!!!!

that’s awesome!!

Same here 😂

Same. So here for this. I was cheesing through this entire reaction

No doubt. With ya.

I remember first discovering them the band is something else

Third eye well and truly squeegeed.

​@@eccehomer8182Yes, indeed. 😉

The Danny-gasm he has at 5:06 is classic. Those fills... lol

All of this! 🖤🤘🖤

I'm 51, have been on the journey since 92 w opiate. They were sooooo different from anything else i ever heard and still are. I saw them first row during Lateralus tour, right in front of Justin. unforgettable. chills writing this.

I'm 57 and a fan since Undertow, and my like for them continues to grow every day every time I hear or see something from them. Best band ever!

🤘🏼🔥 love❤

I got you sometimes it takes me hours just to get through one song cuz I keep repeating it and starting it over and over😊

Think he was telling whoever is watching this to skip ahead 😂 because we heard it already.

Lol

Took me a week to get all the way through Pneuma because of rewind.

Totally agree! No need to apologize.. I listen to TOOL on loops, never ever get tired of it.

Reporting for duty!🫡

Yup!!!

I was thinking the same lol

Flanking the side, sir!

Helloooo

There always seem to be a correlation between people who discovered Tool way younger than they probably should have and being able to use language in an impactful and artful way 😂. Well said

The first time experience you described reminds me of the first time I heard Periphery. I watched their music video Make Total Destroy. Stunned, jaw open, I thought: what just happened?

I agree wholeheartedly, I really loved it. I think one of the reasons I like watching music reactions is because it almost makes me feel like I'm listening to the song for the first time. This one got the closest to that feeling.

It’s no embarrassment… I’m right with you!

This!

It is rather outstanding.

Yes, but listen to the studio version first!

Dude he's not ready for that yet lol.

​@@jonsaylor756 😂

Scrolled way to far for this. The first time you heard schism…

@@chrisrodman7928 20 years ago maybe. Still amazing. You should listen to Right in Two. One of the greatest build-ups in a song ever.

Every album is like that

Exactly. 😂

I mean.. you have, that is why you have heard of them. ;) I understand where you're coming from though. Tool played some crazy parts in my psychedelic days.

Saw them in Toronto not too long ago and I agree entirely, absolutely fantastic.

I've got the pleasure of seeing them this June, never seen them live before but been a fan for many years. Cannot wait...

I literally was gonna say the same thing. Seen them in Toronto back in September and it was incredible, even despite being badly hungover. Lol. Incredible show.

Saw them 3 times in 4 days in October 23. Epic every time.

I saw them in January in Atlanta!

I can do the studio version with some lyrics and then the live performance all in one video for you? 🍿👀

​@@TeddyGreyOS YES, please!

Is that the song Maynard judo tossed a stage crasher, pinned him and then spent the next bit singing into the back of his head till security finally showed up?

​@@daveboutilier-wx1et no it's the one where he's wearing a pink onesie. Also you posted that a bunch of times fyi

Oops! I was having a poor connection. I didn’t think it even sent once. My bad

Idk I think Les claypool is a better bass player but they are 2 completely different styles

This needs to be pinned. When I first showed my brother this song, he thought it was about Australia lol... Although I think this is where the term comes from

Trump's guilty.

So what Trump 24!​@@sharonstephens8242

I believe the lyrics describe a judge who put people behind bars for marijuana offenses and was then caught on drug charges and had the nerve to plead for leniency

​@@sharonstephens8242this is true! Shame it won't do much

Tool deserves the respect they get , and more ppl should experience them otherwise they gonna lose out on hearing some of the greatest songs ever made . Such a shame many ppl don't get them .

Army should have kept Maynard offered him the bird. (Made him full bird colonel)

Here! Here! Totally agree 🤘

Dont agree that tool and ratm should be compared... never .

@@barrychaisson560 good thing they’re not being compared. Just appreciated. There’s a difference.

Same... was just about to say the same thing... bro is hooked.

Yeah it's going to be a good time to watch him progress through all that is MJK.

As cliche as it sounds, listening to tool while tripping is intense. Very very extrasensory.

Thought the same thing ahahhahahaha maaaan, you don’t have a clue lol😂😂

Tool is literally extrasensory personified. And I LOVE em for it haha!

He said that and all I thought was, "if he's thinking that already, he may want to sit down."

The most accurate description for listening to Tool

Fucking great song

Like Trump. Yet no Epstein clients arrested. We ALL know why. So who are to wave your fatty commie fingers!

Hmm I thought kangaroo court was something like the court of public opinion. I learned something new

@@atrumluminarium it can be used in that way but the implication is that the public won't necessarily have all the details. In a true court case they may or may not have all the details but it is often a bias court whether or not they have all the details. :) your welcome.

@@atrumluminariumit’s both really, a kangaroo court just refers to anyone who’s put on “trial” official or other wise when the verdict has bee decided before the evidence has been presented and when the evidence is presented it will have no affect on the verdict, as it has already been decided.

Oh...we dont have to tell him. He is on his way.

This is an extremely underrated aspect of production. On a related note, King Diamond has talked about how in the past so many artists (himself included) were obsessed with the music sounding perfect in a studio setting while totally neglecting how it actually sounds in practice (through consumer-grade headphones, in living rooms, in cars, etc.) and it made him re-evaluate how the mixing and mastering are done. You shouldn't need to buy thousands of dollars worth of audio equipment in order to "properly" listen to an album.

Or better.

I prefer them live.

I've seen them 6 times I think? Always amazing. Any Tool fans out there, make sure you see Puscifer and APC to complete the trifecta if you get the chance!

@LMNT129 I've only seen them twice, but they are incredible.

Better. Recorded, you hear the music. Live, you FEEL it.

Which one though?? Lol

I feel you bruh took me three years to listen to most of tool and I’m still not done

With Teddy the Tool man tailor

Hidey ho neighbor

Talk about improving the home.....

Facts

Facts they are the top 3!

That was the first thing i noticed the first time i heard this song. Made it feel kind of psychedelic

Sorry to necro. The “pre echo” is bleed through of a previous take. It’s a thing with magnetic tape that sometimes previous information doesn’t get completely overwritten during silence. Imo it was accidental, and while they could have cleaned it up in production it was one of the best accidents ever so they left it in. Sometimes genius is recognizing that imperfections and accidents are beautiful too.

@@TheM4DH1PP0 except that almost nobody records to tape anymore. It’s all protools now.

​@TheM4DH1PP0 While that is a thing on some older recorded songs, you don't get that much on modern recordings. This is also something Tool did on earlier tracks, as well. You can hear it on "Jimmy," for example.

This is as close as we get now, but that's OK. I still get the chills

I'm having a hard time trying to argue with your opinions

Yeah that song has lyrics

I'm just visiting, and someone has probably already said this, but Maynard's voice is mixed as if it's an instrument. He isn't the lead singer. He is an instrument.

Man I listened to Jimmy after a hit of DMT and I'm pretty sure I've never been the same person since lol. Listened to them a ton on mushies but the DMT experience was next next level!

yes i came to say this they sound just like this live.

Their production is top tier, but it's mostly the composition that is insane. No one writes music like Tool and no one sings like Maynard.

The live shows are amazing. Mind blowing

Present

🫡

I raised my hand for the Tool Army head count! Just saw them in Nov and they are... everything.

If you like the fibonacci sequence, I got a song for you.

I just listened to architects animals for the first time just now....lots of lincoln park in that sound

Happy 10,000th Dayversary 🎉

The fact that he did some podcast interviews lately blew my mind!

@@paintedlady_81 when he overcomes his shyness he a really cool guy I've always wished the video of him performing sober had been professionally shot. His portrayal of an addict while singing brought tears to my eyes reminding me of my late grandfather who struggled with alcoholism his whole life.

He's not the lead singer he's the only singer -MJK

Don't forget he also hid behind a cardboard cutout of himself on a few occasions

He's more visible live now then back in the day. Saw them in 02 and he was in the shadows the entire time. Greatest show I've ever seen, hands down

What song should he start with? Pet?

@@crystal6708 I'm always partial to the live version of sober

The first A Perfect Song should always be Judith, in my opinion. Pet or the Outsider are food follow-ups.

@@crystal6708Orestes Live at Red Rocks. Moving

And Puscifer

Yes schism or sober both masterpieces and logically the best songs to go to next

Now I want to see an orchestra cover Tool...