You mentioned their first EP Opiate. Just keep going from there. Undertow is their follow-up album. Aenema, Lateralus, 10,000 Days then 13 YEARS later, Fear Innoculum. Live album is Salival. They do a rendition of No Quarter that will effing floor you.
Yes, I love it when someone can actually provide some musical insight for a song. Too many reactions are “I Like it” or “it’s so cool”. Do some more Tool! 😊
"Your next Tool song is your favorite Tool song." Tool is FULL of surprises. One person said listening to Tool is like falling down stairs but only hitting every 3rd or 5th step. You never know what's going to hit you but when it does, it's exactly what you wanted. I'd do Intolerance off Undertow, and onward. Full journey. Then go back to Opiate to remind yourself where they began.
Adam Jones isn’t really the standard “solo guitarist” who shreds and shows off his skill. He relies more on tones and placement. He does more with less notes that just about anybody I know. That said he goes in with more traditional action on Descending. Give it a look if you ever make it back around to more Tool. A lot to love with these guys! Thanks for the vid man 🤘👊 Edit: and yep you nailed Maynard. Most songs he sort of hangs back in the mix, using his part as an instrument instead of taking the point.
Honestly the official videos will take away from the musical experience…it’s too distracting…..don’t get me wrong the videos are a great masterpiece as well ….maybe if you wanted to react to the video itself that would be cool. always listen to the official audio Try the Lateralus album
So glad you got to this one. This is their most accessable but it's the total tip of the iceberg. Lateralus might make your head explode (in a good way).
Descending is one of my favorite tracks from Tool's latest, 2019 album Fear Innoculum (drum transcription video of Descending: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EhjmOoEHHcQ.html ). Lateralus is one of their most revered tracks off their 2001 album of the same name (drum transcription video of Lateralus: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QuLt_3mFr-k.html ). The Grudge is my personal favorite song from the same album (drum transcription video of The Grudge: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xi6DuqzBhHQ.html ). All those tracks are amazing, but Descending and Lateralus probably have the more interesting guitar "solos." I should mention that, if you decide to follow along using the active drum transcription videos linked above, diamond note heads are used to signify electronic pads (Danny Carey regularly mixes electronic and acoustic drums). You'll also quickly notice they love ever-changing odd-time signatures.
@@GuitarSoloReactions I think you'll enjoy those tracks quite a bit. Don't get me wrong, The Pot is great, but it is one of their more "accessible" songs; I'll be interested to see your reaction to some of their more rhythmically complex arrangements. Also, thanks for the sub. ;-)
I personally think it comes down more to the presence of different subdivisions and sincopated accents, even though, as you said, the core time signature is plain simple 4/4, with a switch up to 3/4 in a couple song segments
What a detailed and refreshing analysis. Your enthusiasm for the band is communicable, I guess that's why we tune in as consumers in part at least. Simple and surprising are just about on point for describing The Pot. As if anything about Tool is as simple as it seems, and surprising inside the confines of an unmistakable sound, that once you've heard it, you immediately recognize as Tool. Anyway, always fun to watch a beloved track strike a chord in another wandering soul. I'm not sure what you been exposed to other than your reference to KC, but I'll look through your catalog of reactions and try and make some recommendations accordingly. Great Sabbath T btw \m/
You don't know what you started. Every new Tool song will be your favorite Tool song. Try The Grudge. Don't watch their music videos. They didn't do anything for the music. I would not also do live. If you would like, I also recommend having the lyrics in front of you. Or if you want to check out the lyrics and listen to the song again off camera. But a lot of their songs are well thought out and have deep meaning.
If you haven’t already explored. check out the Aenima, Lateralus, 10,000 days and Fear Inoculum records. Aenima and Lateralus albums were produced by David Bottrill and to me this is when Tool went to another level sonically. I love opiate and undertow but musically they matured with Aenima. My personal favorite is the Lateralus album but check them all out. Once you do that you got to see them live before it’s too late. I’ve been to 6 tool shows, amazing experience
Yes, this song is a Fire🔥. Bassist is Justin Chancellor, his sound is so unique and heavy, someone said his sound is like a footseps of dinosaurs. And bass solo sound is so unique. I really love very creative style of each member in TOOL, so many good songs.
For a channel that has "guitar solo" in the name, I'd say Jambi is a great choice to continue your journey with TOOL. For the rest, I won't suggest my favorite TOOL songs because I imagine you will be inundated with requests but, if you allow me to give you some advice, it is better if you avoid the few official videos and perhaps concentrate on some "lyrics videos". Lastly for now... with Danny Carey's drumcam you're really on the safe side! You don't need to be a drummer or even a musician to appreciate it: it's truly something great; a pleasure for both the eyes and the ears. Furthermore, you can also use the video as a reaction for that song, as the live version is very faithful to the studio version.
@@GuitarSoloReactionsFor the rest, I won't suggest my favorite TOOL songs because I imagine you will be inundated with requests but, if you allow me to give you some advice, it is better if you avoid the few official videos and perhaps concentrate on some "lyrics videos". Lastly for now... with Danny Carey's drumcam you're really on the safe side! You don't need to be a drummer or even a musician to appreciate it: it's truly something great; a pleasure for both the eyes and the ears. Furthermore, you can also use the video as a reaction for that song, as the live version is very faithful to the studio version.
@@GuitarSoloReactionsI had added a couple of my tips to the comment above, but since you had already read it by now and I think you might have missed them, I pasted them as a response to your message. I hope you get to read them.
@@prefono Hi, thank you. What I like to do mostly is live videos. With Tool, as you know, not many that are sonically that good. I will definitely do the Danny Carey’s drum cam and take all your suggestions in for future reactions.
Best funk prog metal piece :) there is a lot of King Crimson in the song, but so much leveled up with all those polyrhythmic, polyphonic, polymelodic things and shifts.. high progressive-rock creation..
Keep going please!! I think you'll love it! Sober live of course but 46 & 2, H, Stinkfist, Schism, Ænema, Eulogy, Right in Two.... and then the newer stuff, Desending, Vicarious.... Can't wait! Loved your reaction! 😊 Tool Army!! 🖤
Great reaction and can't wait for you to go down the Tool rabbit hole. The pot is a great intro to the band, but since you listen to King crimson, I'm not worried about scaring you away. Jambi is another great one off of 10,000 days. But you'll soon find out the tool has never made a bad song
Jambi is a play on the vocals of the song. It's in written and played in iambic pentameter. It's easier to look it up then to explain. Check it out. Jambi's timing, etc will make more sense. Great comment though!
