FIRST REACTION TO : TOOL LATERALUS ( I need more ) 

Rock on!

I'm in the same boat! Been a fan for 30 plus years and I still get amazed every time I hear them!

we can restore our first “tool trip” watching this video.thanks dude.

Elite

As a Tool fan, this is such a Tool fan comment

Welcome to the TooL Army my friend🙂 I've been a member since '94 and yes... crying is a normal reaction to some of their songs depending on your phase of enlightenment. I still cry when I listen to Wings for Marie/10,000 Days. The more you listen, the more you'll hear the little nuances they use to evoke feelings in the listener. It helps to read up on Carl Jung, Esotericism, Neoplatonics, Gnosticism, and astrology but its not necessary to enjoy it. Glad you awakened, enjoy the Spiral and let it go.

Like you, I knew about Tool but never listened enough to see their absolute talent and perfection. COVID led me spiraling down the rabbit hole, and now they are my all time favorite band/experience. I believe Danny’s drum cam was my gateway drug as well. I see them live next month. Couldn’t be more excited. Also, hello from another Berg/Burg!

Welcome to the Tool Army.. enjoy the ride. Spiral out 🙏

I, like your bro, have been a fan since the 90's, in the late 90's I had heard Undertow but only once and was kind of neutral on them, I liked Sober which I had heard a lot, got a lot of MTV/Radio play. I remember borrowing a cassette tape of Aenima. 1st listen, "hmm that was quite good" after a couple of listens "actually I like this" By the end of the week it was "hmm I think that might be the greatest album of all time?" It takes time to really grow with a person. I genuinely think their albums take time to settle, even if you are a fan, but when they do...f*cking hell it hits home. And BTW I still think Aenima is the best album ever made, its not as technical as the 3 that follow it, but there is a vibe on that album that is special, and I think its less contrived than Lateralus, 10'000 Days or Fear Innoculum. Despite me playing down its complexity its still very complex at times, and for me was the start of what the world now knows as Tool. Undertow and Opiate are quite different, to the point where its almost another band (almost, tracks like Swampsong were in the future format to some degree, but they had a different bassist and I think Justin joining was the final piece, he joined just before Aenima)

@@jacksmith4460 Yeah, same here. Had to just hit me at the right time. I have always liked the radio hits. And I actually owned the Aenema cd, but only played it a couple times. I was in a different place back then. I do remember seeing the Sober video for the first time. Back when MTV only played it on Head Banger’s Ball. So creepy… I’ve always been a big NiN fan, and I suppose they fit in the same category musically but this has started to hit me at a whole new level. I agree, Aenima is a great album. I listened to it earlier today again.

If that's how the loop goes then I'll put rosetta stoned at the end of the loop 😁

A true Tool fan will give you a different answer when asked the question of what his favourite Tool song is and it makes no difference how many times you ask!

The best Tool song is whichever you happen to be listening to at the time.

Exactly

Any given day, any Tool song can be my favorite - except The Pot. I’ve never been able to get into that one.

@@johngilbanni6385 i love "the Pot" however , Vicarious, Ticks & Leeches these 2 I dont like Vivarious - i just dont like it, the whole track Ticks and Leeches, the riffs, drums etc are all great, I just cant stand MJK's vocals on that one, just seems really ...well immature, its odd because I love "Hooker with a penis" which is a similar type of track, but feels more mature in a strange way even though it was made several years prior? But yeh 99% of Tool tracks...will hit the spot

@@jacksmith4460 he is mirroring the scum of the scum. It's meant to make you feel uneasy cuz the people he's mirroring make one feel uneasy :)

And that’s real fact. Even the ones that don’t hit you right away, end up becoming your favs. It’s insane and like no other journey. I’m still on that path and I’ve been listening to the since the early 90’s.

This blows people's minds.

@@TheClayCoKid Well .. Tool does that. :D

I'm not saying you're wrong with your 21 count, but There is 2 So 1 Much 1 More and 2 Beckons me 3 To look through to these 5 Infinite possibilities 8

Almost as if you were living vicariously through his eyes… 😉

He's only finger deep inside the borderline

I am OGT, back from '92, off the first EP. (sips Coke)

good call. And don't forget Puscifer.

Judith

Magdalena

Vicarious and Parabola are good TOOL songs to check out too

i will bro thx and love you all

I agree

Me too. It’s exactly why I’m here. I can’t listen to them for the first time again. I love watching people hear them for the first time. ESP. Jambi.

No sorry your not a tool. Fan

Nice list...

I know right! They made a song about their fans watching this stuff.

Yeah, I definitely wouldn’t call it the most influential metal song of the 21st century. It’s a great song. No doubt about it, but they aren’t metal like you said and I feel like Tool are they’re own thing. How many songs from other bands actually sound similar to this? They definitely have influenced some bands, but they are far from the most influential. I kinda prefer it that way to be honest.

agree 1000%

~Push It~ from Aenima. It changed my young life forever in a good way.

Kyuss really do need more reacting too. Green machine or thumb 👍

Have fun!