Is Tool Perfect or Overrated?! Descending - Reaction Video 

Their live show this tour is transcendent.

People need to see them live seriously. Disposition/Reflection blew my mind in 01 live still my favorite tool experience.

@@PrymalChaos Truly

@@chrono050 i go back & forth between the trinity (Disposition/Reflection/Triad) in 2001 and Wings 1 & 2 in 2007 as to which is my favorite live Tool experience. Both were incredible nights and the best concerts of my life. I've seen them 10 times now and they NEVER disappoint.

Had the exact same experience

Yeah their albums do mature considerably with each release. I've really never seen anything like it. I just love Tool so much and FI is absolute gold.

@@cassiuscarter2832 Me too man, FI is a masterpiece IMO

Yeah. I've never really been successful introducing tool to people. They find it on their own.

I'm definitely finding this now with my channel. The amount of insanely talented players in the Japanese scene is mind boggling.

Haha. Look after yourself mate! Also, wow! I didn't even notice that the vocals ended that early. Excellent insight!

So we're on the down slope after the pinnacle? Could be. I like to be a pinch more optimistic than that but I like your take and appreciate your time that you took to come up with your interpretation. Continue to spiral out!

Having swam in the peaceful ocean off Hawaii surrounded by spinner dolphins.. I feel you man.

Great description

@@PrymalChaos I've lived in Hawai'i for ~20 years. Used to live steps from the ocean. Its... yeah.

The real question is; what is your least favorite song? Much harder to determine.

@@AlchemyofAspirations There are several I really don't care for, but I'd probably go with Third Eye. I really don't understand why so many people seem to love that one. It's really hard for me to listen to.

@@PongGod Interesting.

It's probably closer to your description. 😂

Great analogy!

I need to punish this album more. I think I’m just waiting for the right time. I typically reach for 10000 days at this point. I never gave it the time of day when it came out. Now I’m right into it.

Very basic but extremely difficult to replicate his playing and his tone. Best guitar tone ever in my opinion

I think so!

Thanks mate!

Noted. I usually do that when I mix/edit the video but I'm sick at the moment so I must have missed it! Sorry! And to make that mistake with a Tool song! I'm hanging my head in shame.

It’s all good. Maybe it helped me listen more closely 🤷‍♂️. Feel better.

As if that wasn't bad enough, imagine uploading a tool song and forgetting to balance the audio properly! Believe me, my level of self loathing far outweighs what you're feeling. 😆🤘

@@PrymalChaos hahah it's ok man, you're a fellow comrade in the Tool army, we still love you

Preach!!!!!

It just exists in its own space.

It's certainly a journey.

Oh shit I gotta do 7empest. Didn't that win a grammy?

Glad it's not just me. I swear I've seen reactors with zero musical experience review tool and act like they just straight up "noticed" the fibonacci sequence in the vocals of Lateralis. I'm sitting here wondering if it's 4/4 but with a really unusual snare accent going on.

@@PrymalChaos The trick is not caring, cause nobody cares. All I know is, it sounds amazing. There are no points awarded or prizes won for figuring out how TOOL does what they do. It's an experience, not a test. Spiral Out! 🖤🖖🏿

@@Sumbodysdaddy couldn't have said it better myself. Thank you.

Dude I only discovered Rosetta Stoned last year! It's a miracle of a song!

@@PrymalChaos crazy right! And some songs I have loved sonically but never listened to the lyrics til recently.

Yeah that makes sense.

@@PrymalChaos I'm not a musician but it's a slide, you see him drop it when it changes to the solo.

I think he actually uses a women's vibrator as a slide for some songs on this album.

You always gotta keep an eye on your shimmer reduction calculations!

I heard a rumour. Possibly a signature model.

Opeth is definitely on the cards.

@@PrymalChaos nice mate. If you do Ghost of perdition please do the live at the roundhouse tapes version or studio version not the red rocks one everyone does. Have a good one 👍

Agreed.

Yeah I think I would proba my rank them that way too, however Tool albums have this way of growing on you and occasionally they tend to reshuffle over time. Also sorry about the title.. one of the main tenants of RU-vid success seems to be click bait titles. Seriously it's a real thing. Believe me the answer to the question is "Perfect" 😆🤘

@@PrymalChaos Lol no worries I understand dude its for the youtube algorithm

Yes. That’s probably it. 🤟

Allow me to apologise for the clearly "click baity" title. It's pretty much the oy thing the RU-vid algorithm understands. 😆🤘 Tool are one of a kind.

Man. That's crazy! I love that tools records are completely playable by them as a 4 piece. It doesn't sound like it would be possible, but it is.

Of course everyone will suggest the Pneuma live drum cam video, but in that you can see what sort of enormous crate-rack of equipment Danny has, and some of how his magical Mandala pads make all sorts of other sounds. But then on top of all that, he's an octopus. And then imagine the other three are doing their version of the same thing to the same level of *"what?"*

Hahah. That polyrhythm he does near the start of the song with his right hand in Pneuma kills my brain every time.

Cool insight! Thanks!

Thanks mate!

Yeah could be!

I don't look for much new music either but Maynard, Chino and a few other guys i follow for 25+ years

Maynard is certainly special, but honestly any band that I have ever heard that are Tool - Adjacent seemed to be lacking Danny more than anything. 🥁

Ha! That’s funny! No I’m Australian (Sydney). But I guess I don’t have a very ‘stereotypical Aussie’ accent. And South African and Aussie aren’t all that different. You guys just hit your hard consonants more precisely. . . We are far more lazy

@@PrymalChaos nice man. Yeah but definately check out Tool live if you can one day. Fuck me what a trip

@@dexter161 oh man. I saw them here in Aus before the lockdown. I also saw them years ago. But this tour is absolutely mind blowing.

I'm with you. I have to apologize for the click bait title 😂 seems to be the only thing RU-vid's algorithm recognises.

Haha. It's mostly because I dust font understand his magic. It terrifies me. 😆😆

Unlike the volume levels in this video. I'll do better. 🤘🤘😆

It's the same synth effect (played by Adam himself with a bass pedal) from the song "Reflection".

It's the same synth bass pedal.

Oh cool!

I did not know that!

​@@PrymalChaos classically trained

Great comment! Yes I believe Maynard, much like the great Ronnie James Dio does his best to warn us about things in his lyrics. Maynard is deliberately vague most of the time in lyrics, but for what it's worth here's how Interpret Descending. To me, he is essentially calling out our apathy as a species. Mankind seems to be spiralling into a maelstrom of self involvement. We are less a species and more a collective of self fixated drones who seem to not only revel in mediocrity but actually aspire to be more self centred. While we are so fixated on looking inward and focussing on the "I" we become exponentially more oblivious to the development of the "us". And while we are all units rather than a whole, we can't achieve progress. A progress that is sorely needed to advance as a species and survive the limitless perils kicking on out door. Whether that be global disasters, acts of God, or just the demise of the species through inner turmoil. To that end, specifically it could be about borders, overbearing government, social media, popular culture addiction.. but I suspect that it is more likely about losing grip on identity politics. While everyone is too busy attempting to unify or balance society by calling attention to each of our fractally innumerable differences, we may be losing sight of the fact that we are far more powerful as a single unified organism. I mean the man has done a bunch of psychadellics. I don't know, there is a bunch of reading between the lines there, but that's just the vibe I get. For what it's worth.

You may have nailed it! Thank you!

No problem; great reaction!

Yeah sorry. Normally I try to balance the audio but my covid addled brain forgot this time. No-one is more disappointed than me. How do I mess up Tool of all bands.

Tool is perfect. But I suppose it depends on who you ask. People are either all in on Tool or just don’t get it. Not much in between.

It's a great sound!

@@PrymalChaos Go search for Adam Jones recording slide solo and you can see the guitar

@@aspark9101980 thanks for the tip!

It's funny how the spiral just keeps going. 🤗

Welcome!

Ready to have your mind blown.... The universe DID Make Tool's music! 🤯

@@PrymalChaos lol very true...the last of my mind is all over the walls now!!

Makes sense.

I think is a breath technique🤔

Could be!

I love a couple of tracks from APC but I suppose there are plenty of songs I don't know, so I can see myself diving into them at some point.

And don't forget about Puscifer...

@Wiktor Łyziński Like i've said, tool are in my top 10 bands. Songs like vicarious and lateralus for example feels like 5 minutes to me, like you've said. But many more songs from them i don't know, i can enjoy them but i get tired of them sometimes. I guess i'm just too much of a new metal (back in 2000's) / metalcore (now) kid, i listen to very few bands that goes beyond 4-5 minutes and don't have "classic songs" structure (like...intro, bridge, chorus, bridge, chorus, breakdown, chorus, outro). Tool, meshuggah, opeth and very few other.

Fair call!

Tool actually has songs

There's a video of him using a slide during a live performance and then just flicking it off when transitioning to the next section.

@@JL-1123 just gunna leave the same comment

They are really in a league of their own.

I guess Tool fans are passionate. Who knew.

Hi Brandon.. my argument would be that if you feel like you DO understand Tool you have probably missed the point entirely.

@@PrymalChaos Lol clever! Got to see them in Daytona Beach years back, with Tomahawk as the opener. Maynard came out and gave a speech.. “Repeat after me….. Think for yourself and question authority.” I laughed as the crowd repeated it.

@@Loki.Lyesmyth My favourite is this one. The message of the song is that people in positions of power are controlling you, at about 3:30 you see 100000 kids repeating "fuck you I won't do what you tell me" verbatim - as instructed by the guy with the microphone. 😂 I love Rage as much as the next guy, but I can't unsee the irony. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8de2W3rtZsA.html

My channel is about providing insight along side the "reaction". Gotta stop to say what's on my mind. Most people seem to like it.

Go listen to the song on Spotify then? 😂 this was a great video!

Then go listen to the song.... these comments are so ignorant to me