Musical Analysis/Reaction of TOOL - Invincible 

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Hard to believe that this album wasn't well recieved by a lot of the hardcore fan base. This album screams maturity! The lyrics, the musicianship, song structures, the theme and the production values all showcase the evolution of the band. Now that this concludes their commitment to a record label, it will be interesting to see if and how far they're willing to push the limits of their music to a new horizon. This band has pushed and exceeded every conventional and contemporary limit as to what's possible, having any remaining handcuffs removed, sure opens the doors to a lot wonder and what ifs... Thanks again for sharing your dopamine rush with the rest of us. Looking forward to your next installment. ✌🤘

I am not usually a lyrics person, but this song......it just speaks to me! I am an old man. My body is wrecked from 25 years of hard work with no ergonomics. I am full of metal from many surgeries. I live with chronic pain, so, "Beating tired bones, Tripping through remember when, Once invincible, Now the armor's wearing thin, Heavy shield down....." is me to a core!! Of course this is Tool, so what it means to me might not be what they meant at all! :)

Fucking Tool!!!! 30 years later.....so absolutely awesome!!!!! There is no band on the planet that can run with these guys....cerebral, plotted and accurate......gut punch

That was a bass solo. He's using a whammy pedal and an octave pedal to reach that tone 🤯

Seeing people have speechless expressions bc of tool is a hobby of mine.

Adam plays mostly in drop D tuning. This song is the highlight of Fear Inoculum for me, because lyrically it just resonates so strongly with me. I love the whole thing, but this one really hits me.

Notice the cadence of the beat is like someone trying to walk or march but is tired/fatigued like a tired struggling warrior. :) Knowing Maynard hears these songs before writing lyrics makes me love the way his brain works. :)

Are we allowed to call this mixture of stank face and bright smile the „Tool face“? 😎

I’ve listened to this track at least a few hundred times and I still get the same feeling. One of the best tracks that I have every listened to. Now here comes the crazy part. Culling Voices, Descending, & 7empest are even better. I really enjoy your reactions, keep ‘em coming!!!

I cannot decide if I like Invincible or Pneuma the most. Both are absolute masterpieces. What I love about both songs is how the guys “lego” the songs together, at least Adam and Justin. They have like 3 riffs each that they tweak and mix and experiment with. And in the end they come up with two near 10-minute songs that doesn’t sound boring or repetitive. Also, Danny is an octopus god and Maynard has a golden pen and voice.

"My face is sore, its makin me happy" Exactly! Decending.... just as awesome! If not, more!

Once again, one of the most beautiful, resonate and honest reactions. Can’t wait for descending

Insane cackle at the end followed by a long pause and a deep breath.........sums it up perfectly. See you on the next one mate.

Got tickets to the Vegas show Jan 23 , getting my big toe cut off this Tuesday, asked the surgeon if I should sell my tickets, he asked maybe, who you going to go see? I said Tool and he said absolutely not I’ll get you there.

Adam said that he often hears Justin come up with a sick bass riff, and he'll take it and give Justin HIS part. And then sometimes Danny will play a guitar or bass section

That “Anti solo” was a BASS solo! Blew my mind first time I saw this live. This song crushes me.

This song has a very deep personal meaning and association for me that has little to do with the common interpretation of the lyrics. I can rarely listen to it without crying. My daughter, when pregnant with my grandson, had a very big scare where she started to go into early labor at 23 weeks. She called me from the hospital and I could hear the fear in her voice as she told me that she needed me to come be with her. I leapt into my car and flew down the highway. A few minutes after getting into the car, through the fog of terror, and tears and prayers, I realized that Invincible was playing. My gramdson had already been named- Atrayu- a warrior's name. This song suddenly told me that our little Warrior would prevail- he would be Invincible. And he did. And he is. And I'll always remember that day when I hear this.

Lol... can tell this guy is a musician vs. The other reaction vids! As a musician I go through these emotions with tool too. Nice.

One of the best Invincible reactions I've seen, and believe me, I've seen a lot. Thnx!

One of the greatest songs ever. Every single person will resonate with this song at some point in life. Masterpiece.

I always imagined this song as a soundtrack for a Game of Thrones battle scene…. Last battle of one of the old warriors.

Another class reaction, like everyone else I am really enjoying you discover this album. First person I've seen notice the bass just 'poking' through, love that bit!

Your expression at 11:47 was priceless. And at the End "My face is sore" We've all been there dude! Spiral Out!

God I'll NEVER forget the morning this album released. After I picked up my copy I just couldn't believe me EARS! LOVE Tool 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Just fyi, Maynard/Tool mentioned they intentionally make the vocals sound equal or slightly behind the music that way you can hear and take in the instruments/music 1st and then come back to them to dig into the lyrics...so yeah their focus is the music as a whole first.

Best conclusion ever ❤️ love U !

I love the bass by Justin..Eddie Van Halen went to a Tool show with Wolfgang, his son.Eddie asked his son, who is this bassist?? Eddie was the best!!

This album is a rare treasure for a number of reasons. For a band who were blowing minds in the 90s to still be together is incredible. For them to release an album this good after all these years is also very rare. So many of my favourite bands from the era split up, went too experimental or just started sounding old and repetitive but Tool has even improved on their previous effort here… just my opinion.

Really enjoying watching you experience this album. The solo in this track is actually Justin on bass, which explains the low range

Enjoying that, we’re we? Too right! It’s a song that rewards more, the closer you listen to it, like a positive feedback loop. Tool are such magicians when they let loose. So inspiring, such a rush.

I love it when us Tool fans search to see peoples reactions

Also, the guitarist Adam Jones mentioned he does approach his songwriting as it were a film....so yeah man you're right on it!!

I just love your Tool reactions. They make me happy 😊

TOOL ARMY approves. Great reaction brother!

I can't wait until you hear 7empest as the closure for this album. Your head is going to explode man!!!!

Adam does more with fewer notes then Slash and Eddie (RIP) combined. 🤯

Dude, wait till you hear 7empest. You will need an ambulance!!!

You can take the warrior out of the war but you can't take the war out of the warrior. ✌

Yes!! This is the one I have been waiting for you to react to/breakdown/analyze John!! Love your channel!!

Just came here after watching them playing yesterday. The precision and control are almost all there, the energy and power are even more pronounced live.

How it started: let's analyze Invincible. how it's going: omfg DUN DUN DUN DUN DUNDUNDUN

Your breakdown/reactions are a true pleasure! ✌️

Your silence at the end speaks a thousand words! Looking forward to the next ones :)

Also, that solo that you referenced about being 'buried' at 14:34 is Justin on the bass. I'm sure you are aware of that, I just thought I'd mention it since you didn't

Perhaps the best, most technically insightful, and precise reaction videos to this song on the internet!!

Still makes me happy after 15,000 listens!

Great vid! The solo in the middle is a bass solo (:

Another great one….enjoying your take on these songs. Your speechless happiness at the end there was exactly how I felt after hearing this album when it came out. You have some gems coming up! Enjoy!

From an old warrior, this song is everything😌🙏

That intro is 🔥

It made me happy too! Thanks again for the reaction. Reliving this through you has been a wonderful journey.

Morning coffee and Tool. Life is good. Is Tool the missing food group. I think so. I thought my wifi stalled at the end. Just you collecting your brain. Classic Tool face.

When it rips so hard you can only giggle at the end!

I live watching this reaction!! Such an awesome song and such an awesome reaction!! Hahaha love the last lines!

I do enjoy your reaction and commentary on Tool. Please keep it up, many thanks.

I love love love your reactions to TOOL songs! They are my favorite and have seen them a few times and will be again this November 15th back in Boston Mass 😃

"My face is sore" LOL, nice summation of this song!

Love this song and your reaction to it so much that I watched all the way through twice... so far

What an absolute joy. Loved watching you hear this for the first time. I first heard this on a treadmill and found myself suddenly running. I'm not a runner. I've since become a runner....mostly because of this song. You may need to listen to it a few more times to see the genius of the buildups and the overall journey, but for a first listen, you picked up on a TON of stuff. The groove at 18:12 completely freaked me out...had never heard anything like it. "Keep doing that guys, don't change." I felt exactly the same way. CHANGE NOTHING...JUST KEEP GOING! (Both you, and the song) :) EDIT: 20:42 is also insane, as you quick realized.

Love this... a reaction from a musician..and a pretty damn good one. Appreciates the nuances, and the art....and the difficulty keeping up...timing is everything

As a fan since 93' who listens to something of theirs most days. This is one of my favourites. Was the first one to click for me on the new album, followed by Culling Voices. Looking forward to you experiencing the test of the album 👍

Thank you for teaching me so much about music! ☺️🔥

You are so accurate in how Tool uses so many effects but they all share a common sound to tie it all together. Sets on song apart from another.

Very cinematic is what I think of. Great commentary!

😂😂🤤🤤 man I know how you feel! Wish I could hear this song again for the first time "made my face sore" 😂😂 I'm really enjoying your tool journey/reactions easily my favourite tool reactor. When I heard invincible live version before album dropped I just couldn't wait to hear this studio version, that 4/4 section made my insides so happy. Keep gracing us with your insights mate very interesting to listen to you are!🤘👍

Great dissection of such a powerful song! 🌀🌀🌀🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘 That bass line is something out of this world.

Been waiting on this one

This one just popped up in my recommended videos., and I gotta say, it makes me happy, too! Every time I listen, I hear something new it seems. In this song, during that groove breakdown, I love that Danny, in the fourth round (or whatever the fuck it is called) does not mute the hi hat. It is like a harbinger of what comes next. So fantastic, I want to hear it again and again. Starts at about 18:05 in your video. BTW, love the look on your face at that point, too.😊

"Making me happy".....that sums it up!!!!!

Hey John, glad you enjoy your TOOL journey ! Keep it up ! Just don't have a heart attack from all the syncopations ahah (the bass ;) ). Some details you might find relevant to better grasp the TOOL universe. For the guitar (but also for the bass), Adam tunes in Drop D that's why the E string is lower than standard tuning and it gives this heaviness. He likes open strings too. But you might have noticed also that the guitar is very bright and distinguishable, it's because Adam tweaks a lot with the EQ, mids and highs to have this heaviness mixed with this bright guitar tone. Among other things, he has this Diezel VH4 Amp he can also tweak with the EQ, mids (not a lot of gain in general I noticed). His 1979 Les Paul has Seymour Duncan pickups on the bridge that gives this powerful sound. And as you also noticed he uses a lot palm muting and pull-off techniques. For the middle section "solo", keep in mind that TOOL are composed of 4 members, each having their own part. As you clearly hear Adam on the guitar, this is Justin and his bass, with a whammy (if I'm correct). He is such a killer bass player. Finally, the synths are played by Adam most of the time. You can hear in Descending and even in previous songs. They have a regular keyboard but they also have a foot synths that Adam plays when he is playing the guitar. But here with Invincible, it's Danny who's playing the "synth" part. In live footage you can see it but if you pay attention you can deduce since Adam is the only one playing, no drums. As you said, they compliment each other so well. The guitar can be the percussions, the bass can be the soloist and the drums can lead as a guitar would. That's why TOOL is like no other band. Looking forward to your reaction on Descending and 7empest. As a guitarist, you should appreciate those two. "One" word to qualify these two songs : guitar effects.

When the song changes into a stalking tiger❤ chills me every time.

I managed to get a copy of this album on vinyl today, I swear it had me in tears on several occasions. Literally beyond words ❤

Excellent! Can’t wait to listen to any other Tool you choose to react to. 🤘🏽🤘🏽

Next one is Descending boys! Grab some popcorn!

“It’s all feel, maybe that’s why.” 👌🏻

F Yeah! Glorious song! It is hard taking in the lyrics on the first sitting but are worth checking out. Great job!

New subscriber. I'm exactly the same way, as a musician, as you are, in regards to taking in a song all at once and just hearing vocals as another instrument, and then getting to the lyrics later. Anyway, to me your Tool reactions are the best on RU-vid because of this, and the fact that you're a musician with similar tastes. Some reaction videos are great from non-musicians; those are also interesting to experience through those ears. But someone more like me is very enjoyable. Your stank faces and body bobs are so familiar. lol. Good job on these FI videos. Look forward to more.

I'm joining you for the first time on invisible and I have to tell you I totally get your reaction at the end ! They can take us on rides that are hard to get off of !

Loved your comments, John. Nice you picking the bass shinning in drums minor intervals. I also react to good music as you do. I believe this album is so mature... it seems to me that they decided to use only what worked better in the last decades... Great album and great band.

Simply stunning.

This one and Descending gave me my first LSD flashback right at the Tool concert back in 2019.

I also wondered if some part of the drumming and tempo scheme was intended to relate to military cadence. If the warrior is going into battle, this makes sense to me, and is a great way to build up intensity in the song. Loved this and related to it.

Tool has three covers they do. Stranglehold, Demon cleaner live and No quarter. All worth a listen

Just came across your reaction. Wow, you are gifted sir. I really enjoyed watching the reaction from someone who obviously knows what he is speaking about even if I have no clue what you said!

Just know I was laughing in joy at the end of the song with you :)

I've been loving to see your latest Tool videos. Can't wait for you to get to 7empest.

Love these reactions! Keep in tune with the emotions - Descending and 7empest will deliver!

"My face is sore and it's making me happy". One of the best TOOL reaction lines ever! They are just amazing and Invincible is my favorite song on the new album.

I've been listening to this band since Undertow released and the end of this song has to be one of the pinnacles of their library. I mean, I love the whole song, but that ending... I used to hang out in an underground music/skate shop (skate boarding wasn't so popular/tolerated back then) and they got copies of Undertow on release day and played it. I think I might've seen a video before on Alternative Nation or something, but they played it in the shop and I was hooked.

love your reactions, comes from the heart. People who don't get it would say: "what is this weird guy doing on youtube, just banging his head to some music and looking surprised." But we get it, it's just the magic of Tool that gets you. I just enjoy watching you react to it, I know what's coming and how it makes/made me feel and then to see you react in the same way, lovely!

1992...chilling at U of Delaware Main St....some dude slow-crawls by me and he has Prison Sex on the radio I would say a bunch of other shit, but that drive-by.... that 'passing of Tool'.... I went on to see that band ('93-'13) over 52 times. Waterloo Village NJ was the first Lollapalooza bullshit that I saw them and knew they were gonna break out

For a period of 4 yrs, I was one of the world's top FPS PC gamers. Now, with a terminal illness and a long list of other maladies which have stolen my competence from me, the sense of inevitable futility in reluctantly accepting my loss is unshakeable in this song.

This song in Particular shows the beauty of Maynard's vocals

Saw them perform this live in February, and I felt like my soul floated out of my body. There is no describing Tool accurately to one that has never experienced their music. Its a spiritual experience for me.

this is like a Ferrero chocolate, they capture you with the first layer and when u keep tasting there comes another layer even better, but then the Core ... come on .. the freaking cooore is so damn good and then u realize u are full in love with this song ... Beautiful song , top Song, Epic song, mi favorite song !! Shut up and Take all my money

I really appreciate your reactions

The most meaningful reaction video to Tool that I've seen yet

You want an experience? Come out to the southwest and camp in the desert, campfire, stars and this album on shrooms. Me and my navajo bud had a life changing experience. We both are better people Bound to this flesh. Make it worth the short time we are here.

Your perspective and point of view makes me listen to songs I know and love differently. I would absolutely LOVE to watch you review every single TOOL song. 🤞🏻🙏