Tool - Jambi (Reaction!) 

Now I'm crying.

I was told it’s about his Mom, this whole section leads into Wings 1&2 where does it reference his son? His mother was his center, she helped him get out of drugs and now he is straight edged meaning no drugs for him, well wine but that’s just Maynard.

I think people get confused at the part when he says “benevolent sun” but he’s talking about the sun not his actual son. I’ve always thought that it met his mother since he always refers to his mother being his light and his center.

@@Gideonite because it's literally a play on words. son/sun he does this a lot in his music, using words that could mean two things to subtly say what he means.

Hmmm... Maybe it's open for interpretation but I don't think it is about his mom.

IIR, they play it on this tour. Pending of course, if the tour doesn’t get postponed due to the … incident…

I was there too, Same tour but in San Antonio🔥👽👽👽👽🔥

@@Zeta9966 I think they played it at the 2020 concerts before the tour was cancelled. I saw the second-to-last 2020 show in Spokane and they played it. Helluva song.

With the wall of fire and the giant gauntlet thingy? So badass! Unforgettable!

That's what I thought, but then again I thought it was odd for them to be referring to a pee wee herman tv show. Although honestly it's the only other place I had ever heard the name Jambi.

Best. Outside les claypools wamolla

Steals my spirit away every time I hear it no matter how many times I hear it

When you hear the lead-in breath, just before the first note, that bit gives me goosebumps, and they don't let up 'till the end. 🙂

What a beautiful connection, dude!!!

Oh man…I usually don’t debate lyrics by I hope it is “damn my eyes” vs “dim my eyes”. Somehow that makes it more interesting to me.

Brother, I went thru the same thing with my son. I went away to prison when he was just 2. For the next 3 yrs he went thru hell bc of his mom's heroin addiction and screwed up lifestyle. She was basically running a trap house with all the trimmings. When I got out, I showed up at her house with child protection and took my son home. It's been almost 2 years now and the little guy has made leaps and bounds. Malnourished, despondent, and outright lethargic. He spoke very little and literally had zero skills that a 4 yr old should have. Since I've had him, he really has come into his own. He was ignored for 3 yrs. And saw things that no human being should ever have to see. I have full custody and couldn't be happier. Keep the faith brother, stay balanced be a pathfinder for your son.

Tool does that to people man. What an inspiration. There’s different tool songs that have made me cry at just the moment I needed them. Really cool connection. I hope you get your boy. Best of luck my friend.

Not trying to break balls, but it's 'damn my eyes', which is an old timey expression of frustration or anger

I agree

its about making wishes

I think he was being metaphorical I don’t think he meant anything to do with alchemy. Granted the only thing related to alchemy is the philosopher stone they can turn anything into gold but he’s talking about evolving A Grudge into something valuable like gold instead of letting it weigh you down like lead does.

Yeah but what does "red and yellow" have to do with alchemy though? Plfish77 is exactly right on this one

Yes yes yes. That is correct. A beautiful woman you are. That was what I wanted to say. Undertow all the way.

So true!! Sebs is going to love Invincible.

LET'S GO!

Oh yeah - you’ve done some good ones. This looks like a wonderful journey so far!

It looks like you haven’t gone through ‘The Trinity’ (Disposition, Reflection & Triad all together) yet. You should do that. Give Descending a listen also at some point. Can’t wait to see more of your Tool experiences 👊

@Gary Gardner I musta skipped over it as I was scrolling through. Thanks for the heads up 👊

And yes. Jambi is definitely a nod to pee wee.

This is how I have take it. And yes, it really might be “son” who is healing Maynard and his personal divisions (legion).

Nailed it brother.

It was one of the first songs I learned entirely. I also built my own sh*tty talkbox because of this song. It was junk but it worked!

@@ext93 Haha awesome!!

Agreed.

But before he must do Judith!

I think so. that's up next for the TOOL series

@@SebsDuran I don't think it does a lot of sense for you to be doing those songs before doing "Jimmy" from Aenima and "Judith" from Maynard's side project A Perfect Circle, since they're all songs about his mother and it works better if they're all done in chronological order.

@@pedromarques2077 I agree, there is a transformation if you do it chronologically

I've now listened to this song 5 times since recording this. Totally see what you mean. Carries a different weight.

would also like to see what you think of A Perfect Circles "Judith" and "Magdalena" think you would dig them too.

He was out same day

Is it? I’ve never thought that. Legion is “we are many” from the Bible which the song relates to often. His desire of goods and rock lifestyle vs his desires to be with family.

@@jokergreeting I dont think its a stretch to say the song is about his mom. Being he named the album 10k days. He often refers to critics and fans alike trying to put there stamp on his songs which was ok and in fact the point of his songs but not for wings. That was at least my thoughts.

Add Flood, Undertow & Intolerance 👍

Also this album was already after his mom passed away when he says divided and withering away he’s referring to the loss of his mother and about how he wants the sun to bring them back together so he feels whole after the loss of his mother he will be loved a lot.

Justin's unearthly bass tone + delay pedal. Sounds amazing