Tool: The Pot REACTION/ANALYSIS | The Daily Doug (Episode 307) 

I just want to wish EVERYONE who follows Doug and his family aswell all the best in 2022! It's why I love his page so much. We've had some tough times lately(that's everyone not just me) and that's why this page matters! You've got a great guy here, who if not everyday, every other day has mountains of information for me! Unleashes my inner Nerd for just a breather in this temperamental world, I clear the air and my mind. DOUG RELIEVES STRESS for us! He says, "Hey ya'll, welcome back!" And it's always good being back, Getting interested, Getting the gears spinning for what WE want to contemplate. It's not about the job/economy/politics/the real world. It's just about really great music and tools we can use to inspire our own writing!🎵🖤🖤🖤🎵 Congratulations on everything Doug, and continued growth in the new year!👏👏👏👏👏

When he pulled out the bong I nearly coughed up my beef stew LOL

Didn’t expect that bong hit 🤣

With Danny on the drums and Maynard with the lyrics/vocals, Justin doesn't get enough credit IMO. The bass in this song is just sick.

That hit from the bong was so unexpected, but at the same time perfect! keep vibing high doug!!!

Hahahaha , i was a little stunned when you whipped out the pipe , didnt expect that !! 😵‍💫😂🤣👍🏻. An awesome song btw , thanks again Doug .

Finally a reviewer who's one of the real people! Keep it deep doug !

Such perfect timing, I'm literally getting ready to leave to go see them tonight!

Also, the CD package had a very cool built-in stereoscope that you could use to view the far-out 3D pictures inside the package's booklet.

The production on this song is so incredibly good - everything sounds so amazing.What an engineering and mixing job; not to mention the crisp execution.

I died laughing when the bong came into view. Impeccable timing lol. Cheers brother 🔥😅

I can’t stop laughing :P One of the best video moments I’ve ever seen on youtube when you bring out the bong. I was suprised, used to see you with an occasional drink. Somewhat unexpected 😇

BRO THE BONG IS EVERYTHING ON THIS VIDEO LMFAO

Tool is getting ready to play the second leg of the "Fear Inoculum" tour that I saw that got canceled 2 days later from the covid virus thing. I saw them a long time ago for the "Aenima" too. Guys thundered both times. This last one was really perfection. Get tix.

No shame, Doug. Pleasantly insightful as usual. Thank you for your content. Also, be aware that there is a 2022 Tool tour currently happening, if you didn't know already.

Love this channel, love this song, this is only my second video of yours, but I love how you dive in and actually break it down in a great way. Your philosophizing is also great, an educated person listening to great music and able to get something out of it and share with us. I love what you do, keep it up and stay well my friend.

Doug, we formally induct you into the TOOL ARMY, welcome!!!

Visibility is the key to fighting stigma. Thank you for the bong rip. Sincerely.

Doug partakes? This is a fascinating development. You're full of surprises Doug. Another great reaction - this channel really has gone from strength to strength in my opinion.

Just one thing: right when you are talking about them keeping a straight 4/4 around 9:23, there is a polyrhythmic thing going on in the background: the whole band is on 4/4 together, and then the kick drum starts to play a 3/8 pattern on top of it. :)

Love Tool Tuesday. Can’t wait for some Fates Warning 😉

Adam Jones loves that drop D tuning ergo much Tool D minor. I feel it is a kind of limitation to his playing, but he does it quite well. If you are going to partake this is the song to do it to. Try Passage to Bangkok by Rush (2112) another weed friendly song. Tool would sometimes open their concert with the opening Passage to Bankok riff.

Hahahaha! I am sitting here enjoying my new favorite past time, watching Doug breakdown one of the best, complex bands of my lifetime, when ya pull out a flippin bong! My man! I laughed so hard I scared everyone in the room. 😂 You have my respect. I believe you may have just grown your audience by being an authentic person. Keep up the great work and carry on, sir.

Doug just gets better and better. One of my all time favorite Tool songs. Glad you did this one.

The solo is a bass solo, playing bending harmonics, through an amp with distortion, a wah pedal and some feedback. Reminds me of Cliff Burton (R.I.P.). You might notice the absence of the bass in the rythym during this section. Actually two sections when he does the "Waaaa-ooooo" part right before the big break. Badass. \m/

I've got my tickets for Tool in NJ, end of Feb. See them if you can. What a show.

Being a 20+ year metalhead/guitar player, Tool has been one of the most significant reasons for me to continue listening and practicing various kinds of metal pieces, extensively - Adam Jones’ tone quality, instrumental prowess and musicianship/composure had been a great influence and had real impact on my own style (if something like that even exists 😊). So I must say, “The Pot” is the ultimate piece that the band has ever written; let me tell you why: Tool is almost always revered for their unmatched poly-rythmic wisdom and utmost harmony which manisfest as insane odd-time groupings that feel as if they are creating “divine order” out of “infernal chaos” 😊. Yet this might sometimes cause a kind of progressive divergence in the form of failing to maintain the unnatural hype they initially elevate at the start - mainly in the below songs I humbly practiced and listened on many occasions: - Lateralus (Lateralus): Too much attention to mathematical accuracy overshadows musical prowess. - Parabola (Lateralus): Cannot live up to one of the greatest intros of metal music history. - Schism (Lateralus): Even the extraordinary drum-final is not able to save the heavily descending hype. - Vicarious (10000 Days): Depletes mind-blowing riff structure too soon. - Jambi (10000 Days): Fails to maintain the feel following a masterfully composed heavy section. - Sober (Undertow): Dominated by intoxicating-but-in-a-positive-way vocal sections. - Forty-six and Two (Aenima): Only slightly shorter in time, but it’s there. You might notice, as a result of said divergence, the songs feel a bit “longer” than they supposed to - but then again, these are my own assessments and opinions; so that feeling might be only my concern. Among these masterpieces, I believe only “The Pot” does not suffer from mentioned adversities/conflicts: It maintains all the feel and mesmerizing progression introduced at the beginning, embracing us with carefully dispersed interludes and finishes with a diminished-measure crescendo, summing up a perfectly refined progressive-metal masterpiece. So, from the bottom of my heart, i thank you Doug - for reacting to and analyzing the song. Keep up the good work man!

Just LOVE it when people take the lyrics in consideration! Like most great writers, Maynard knows how to capture our feelings! Doug likes to mirror the lyrics to HIS experiences, but in the end it really doesn't matter..... you can put it to any anger! But let's NOT forget the other members! Each and EVERY one of them, come at you like a knife! After hearing this tune, I'm sure you feel the load less heavy!

Get your tickets Doug! They're coming to New Jersey February 26th. Gotta go see them!

Doug, you've gotta check out Brass Against's version of this with Sophia on vocals! Should do a Reaction to that!

Any time I have had a shit week I get back to this video - Makes all the difference!

As another commentor said you should 100% check out TesseracT next. They are a phenomenal band with amazing vocals.

Hey Doug fantastic analysis as always. As a student of music (I started late in life having played by ear for years), I'm learning a lot from you. Loving your journey of metal discovery. Thank you.

8:35 Danny's dynamics are beastly

It's interesting to me that Hooker With A Penis, Ticks and Leaches, and The Pot are all fairly straightforward aggressive rock songs by Tool standards, and all sit at about the same point in their respective albums. I wonder if that's a deliberate bit of symmetry or if they just like structuring albums a certain way.

Hit that bong my friend. My favorite way to jam to Tool! Spiral out!🌀

Great reaction. Cheers from Canada!

This is my first day watching you react to metal man and I gone this far. Damn bro salute 🫡 🔥

Nicely done! I bought this album at midnight when it came out, but I had never noticed the solo leading into a group nature that you pointed out.

4:05 and Doug is now my favorite reaction channle,

greetings, m'man... You may be interested to note: that "phased meter" (meters of different lengths overlaying, and overlapping, and phasing through each other all over the place) sound, which is certainly a big (If not the biggest) Tool mainstay, is derived directly from "King Crimson"... a shining example of that about which I speak would be the piece titled "frame by frame" on the 'crimson album "discipline": clear as day at several points- one guitar is doing a seven, then a unison track splits off, throwing in a bar of six every other time, and cycles all the way through like that... so now you've got this long cycle... um, Well... thirteen "measures" long if you were the one doing the seven... If you were the other one... one could think about it any number of ways; take your pick, I don't care. the aforementioned album, plus the 'crimson albums "beat" and "three of a perfect pair" are actually where most of the obvious examples are. the only example of this type of rhythmic scheme in nature that I'm aware of would be the Balinese Gamalon Orchestra. perhaps a tiny bit in the music of South India. of course, there is the big one- most of the music of Africa and derivatives thereof... which as you will know is a vast landscape; a fact that is difficult to overstate- "poly-meter" is usually experienced in much shorter cycles though. but in a way that's the only technical difference. The Gamalon- I think that's where Fripp (of King Crimson) said he got it... Or else I just imagined that part because it's the only obvious place... It's been years. I speak of this "origin of "that Tool sound"" as fact, simply because Maynard explained all of this in detail at a concert that I was at. Maynard elaborated with hyperbole and props to the "elder band", who had in fact just opened for them. yes, you read that correctly... a lot of people thought that was odd. It was however strangely fitting... or perhaps not "strangely" just that I can't explain it clearly myself. It's in keeping with Fripps' philosophy of understating himself I guess. at the time (the cretaceous), as a crazy fan of both bands, I could hardly believe my luck at seeing such a show... Peace be upon you, sir.

i did not expect that doug

Yooo he pulled the bong out I had mine in my hands, and one with ya bro! Straight outta nowhere, starting to love this channel!

Watched a slew of your videos, saw you had looked at some game soundtracks I'm a fan of, and tool as well. Excellent content across the board. I've seen too many reasons to subscribe, please keep up the amazing work, and thank you!

The song is a rollercoaster with highs and lows ups and downs. They really did a great job with it. Loved the review keep up the good work!

That bong came outta nowhere! Like the Spanish inquisition on Monty Python 😂

bro as soon as i saw the bong...i wish i could sub 100 more times, was perfect 1000/10 grammy nom oscar academy all the wins

I came here for the Tool and realized that there was a reason I liked your reviews. 🤣😂

What a coincidence I was searching for a reaction video to this song out of nowhere and see your video which was uploaded only a few hours ago. Great stuff

Ha, the bong made chuckle

All right. Here we go. I wonder what he'll think about this one? It's my favorite Tool song. I listen to it when I'm angry at my boss from work.

i blasted the like button just because of the bong hit🤘🏼

glad i had my bong around when you took that rip because that shit was sneaky

"You must have been high" *hits piece*

You’ve gotta do some between the buried and me. Obfuscation is a personal favorite. It would be a definitive metal monday

4:04 notable jajaj!! Great videos bro. Keep up!

Check you out with the bong, Doug! Love Tool!

Love you more Doug. I just about spat my beer all over my screen when you produced the bong and sparked it.

Tool always leaves you wanting more. Damn dude I about fell out my chair when you hit that bong!

This great tune goes into what could be called a classic prog progression towards the end.

Multiple metaphors in this song. Stunningly Brilliant...

Ok you got me when you took a bong rip, I cracked up :)

I celebrate it here, Doug. Well done.

Once again, thank you for your perspective again! 🙏 awesome!

Loving the bong hit, perfectly timed lol

So happy to see Tool back on this channel. Keep up the great work Doug!

Where do you reside, Doug? Tool has been touring for awhile, doing so now as a matter of fact. As you know, Tool is a musician's band. Almost every musician I have known (being one myself for 40+ yrs) appreciates the level of musicianship from Tool. This particular song is fun with Maynard having a contradictory time signature at the beginning along with Danny's usage of various polyrhythms throughout a relative straightforward 4/4 song for them. This may be their best "pop" song. Great intro of the band to others. Peace.

Seeing Tool tomorrow night for the first time!

That bass guitar is simply ridiculous! This song is Justin's opus magnum.

I just can't believe this tune is 15 years old

Tool has a way of doing just that, the way you get pulled in. I'm so glad I found your page. Hope you have an awesome day 🤘

YO the bong rip 🤣 Absolutely the right move!

When you took a hit I lost it!! LOL! And....I have those same curtains....carry on...

The final part of this is classic prog- just an amazing powerful song

Hitting the bong just added to the overview and made me like you even more. Salute!

Ohh, Doug is playing along on his Bong-o and right on time?!

“And they leave me wanting more.” You and me both man!

I still can’t believe you caught the Fibbionacci thing on the first listen of Lateralus. This is why I subbed. Totally impressive music theory knowledge.

Respect.

The fact that you represent classical composers getting high is 100% why I'm here! Of course classical composers like music and love listening to it in all kinds of states...

One of the BEST Tool songs, among all of their other BEST songs. p.s. that bong scene, that was fun to see. 👌😅

Simply a great song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love this song. It's the one I usually play to people who have never heard Tool before, as I find it's one of their most instantly accessible tracks. Maynard's vocal performance on this is awesome.

You HAVE to do Wings for Marie part 1 and 2! Right up your alley

This song is so relevant to our country right now. Everyone sitting on their high horses judging and canceling anyone that they don't agree with.

MY MAN! Like the second you hit that bad boy. Big fan of your stuff haha you are awesome,

Damn! When he pulled out that bong and hit it like a pro... I was not expecting that at all!!!

4:07 I didn't expect you to indulge in the devils lettuce as well, my good sir

love yr reactions

I'm going to the show this Saturday I'm so exited.

Just saw Tool last night in Tacoma. They played this track, and it was off the wall. Highly highly recommend seeing them on this current tour if you can. Thirty plus years into their career, and they still sound on fire. And the setlist this round is something else.

Best Tool song out there. How could you not have reacted to this yet? I watch a lot of these reviews but, not all. Wow. Enjoy. Also...the best Instrument in this song is Maynards singing. EVERY instrument is amazing in "The Pot". I just think this is Maynards Masterpiece.

Colorado was the first state to legalize cannabis recreationally but California was the first state (in 1996) to pass a law legalizing cannabis for medical use, paving the way for other states to further cannabis legalization.

Incredible review of an incredible song by one incredibly handsome man. 🤘🏻

Just started watching your channel, but instant thumbs up at the bowl hit! my man!

Whoa....Doug hits the "pot". A first for me, LOL.... Cheers, Doug (ps, King Crimson "Eye's Wide Open"

Just you and me burning pot and hearing pot

Uh-oh, Doug broke out the bong! Fantastic!! 😆

G'day Doug. A few days ago I caught a glimpse of one of your vids (Master of Puppets - Metallica) and now I'm hooked. I'm a fanatic of all types of music and even dabbed in playing a few instruments in my time, and my favourite genre is Rock and Metal. Thank you for dissecting and explaining the music for all to understand, it's something I try to do whenever I listen to music. Where is the subscribe button, I'm here to stay. Now onto this video. I've Been a fan of Tool for years and 'The Pot' is one of my favourites. (many times, while dabbing myself!) Have you ever looked at 'Stinkfist', which was released back in Oct 1996? Thanks again for your videos, seeya again soon. Cheers from Australia.

I really enjoyed this reaction!! Thanks Doug!!!