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  • BetterManningNYG
    BetterManningNYG Posts: 777
    Mushmouthmatt wrote:
    i know how terrible and simple Godsmack is, that's why i was so surprised when i heard some of those riffs on 10,000 Days!

    what about all those mini songs or bullshit tracks Tool put on Aenima and Laturalus.. not sure on 10,000 Days.. like "Message To Harry Manback", "(-) Ions, Die Er Von Satan or whatever that is... do any of you guys actually listen to those tracks more than a few times before you skip over them? what's the point of that? you take those tracks away and how many songs are actually on a record? i guess PJ did that w/ "Pry, To", "Aye Davineta" and "Hey Foxymophandlemoma, That's Me".... that was pretty annoying too.

    depends on my mood. if i'm trying to listen to an album in it's entirety (as tool intended), i will listen to those songs. but no, i'm not scrolling through tracks specifically to hear (-)ions.

    that being said, these "mini songs" usually serve an interesting purpose. on 10,000 days, for example:

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showpost.php?p=3188376&postcount=36

    but it's one of those things where you really have to want to take the time. most people don't, and that's understandable.

    and it doesn't really bother me how many songs are on each album, because the extended length of each song ensures that you're still getting an acceptable amount of music. for those of us who enjoy their complex progressions and instrumentation, this is an essential element of a tool album.
  • yield2me
    yield2me Posts: 1,291
    Tool was probably the 2nd best show I've ever seen...PJ still has that top spot :)

    These guys are really incredible live plus 10,000 days is just brilliant
    “May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra
  • depopulationINC
    depopulationINC Posts: 2,074
    Alex_Coe wrote:
    On AOL music there is 6 songs: The Pot, Vicarious, Viginti Tres, Right in Two, Intentioned, Rosetta Stoned, and Lost keys. I listened to The Pot, it was okay. The instrumentals were okay but I don't like the singer. Vicarious was sorta samey, but relatively good.

    Still, I can't see where this rabid fanbase is coming from.


    Depth of lyrics
    The only thing I enjoy is having no feelings....being numb rocks!

    And I won't make the same mistakes
    (Because I know)
    Because I know how much time that wastes
    (And function)
    Function is the key
  • depopulationINC
    depopulationINC Posts: 2,074
    yield2me wrote:
    Tool was probably the 2nd best show I've ever seen...PJ still has that top spot :)

    These guys are really incredible live plus 10,000 days is just brilliant


    I agree, but Fugazi is still #1 live in my books
    The only thing I enjoy is having no feelings....being numb rocks!

    And I won't make the same mistakes
    (Because I know)
    Because I know how much time that wastes
    (And function)
    Function is the key
  • Alex_Coe
    Alex_Coe Posts: 762
    depopulationINC wrote:
    Depth of lyrics


    I don't consider that shit to be "deep". It's good, but not that good.
  • bharQ
    bharQ Posts: 1,201
    new tool is a lot different from the old stuff...... i think Opiate and the shows they were playing in 1991 would have blown away anyone just as much as seeing Nirvana and Pearl Jam in a club back then would have.... Maynard's voice at his prime is some of the craziest shit you will have ever heard.... even more powerful than Cornell at his prime I would say.

    Listen to Jerk-Off and Cold&Ugly off of Opiate or try and find some old DVDs and you will know what I mean... or "Hush" !!

    from the early stuff to aenima I think their lyrics and sound continued to evolve.. and then even more so on Lateralus... I wouldn't say they evolved a whole lot from Lateralus but they have stuck to that sound. I've seen em 3 times live and every time was amazing.
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  • Haijay
    Haijay Posts: 449
    Sure there's nothing wrong with cranking a little prison sex,sober, stinkfist,the pot or 46 and 2 when boozing it up, but most of the songs are long, repetitive and boring as hell. Part of the real attraction is that hard rock and "metal" sucks shit these days and they're one of the only "good" ones. Doesn't anyone ever wonder how a band as bad as korn can hang around? Apart from being the mtv and mainstream whores they are.
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    I saw tool last night here in Atlanta. Very Good show. Not as good as when i saw them 5 years ago on the Lateralius show but good.

    Maynard was into it. Not talkative but dancing and havign a good time. The bass player was animated and seemed to be into the show and Danny dominated the drum kit as usual. Their guitarist (i think his name is adam) might as well have been in death cab for cutie. He really did not seem into it at all but he played very well and that is all that matters i guess.

    The light show was FANFUCKINTASTIC. Possibly the coolest i've ever seen. During some of the slow songs or songs that build slowly the light show really kept my interest. That and all the interesting shit on the screens they had set up behind them. My favorite background bit was during rosetta stoned. They had all kinds of spacey shit going on it was sweet.

    They played Push It..... I don't know if i need to say more that was insane and it made me so happy it is one of my top 3 tool songs. Maynard killed the end of it.

    Also there was a drum solo section during the end of Lateralius and Brann from Mastodon came out and did a dueling drum solo with him on this small stand alone bongo/drum kit they set up for him. this was fucking awesome. To hear my two favorite drummers going back and forth with each other.

    all and all the experience was awesome. Some of the 10,000 days songs with long intros got a little tedious but besides that it was good. They played for about 2 hours.

    Here was the setlist:

    Jambi
    Stinkfist (extended)
    46 & 2
    Schism (extended)
    Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned
    Pushit
    Wings For Marie / 10,000 days
    Lateralus (with brann from mastodon during drum solo)
    Vicarious

    anyone else see them on this tour have a review?
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    ugh. another tool thread. this is not quite as bad as the cornell threads but c'mon guys! Tool is really not that amazing. i've listened to them since Undertow came out and after AEnima it just got really really old.
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Mushmouthmatt wrote:
    ugh. another tool thread. this is not quite as bad as the cornell threads but c'mon guys! Tool is really not that amazing. i've listened to them since Undertow came out and after AEnima it just got really really old.

    Why so offended? THis is an old thread. I used the search function. I picked out a general tool thread and shared a concert review?

    I did not start a new thread just for the atlanta show like the 5 cornel threads for each show he plays.

    Plus i just looked on the first three pages there is not another tool thread on any of the first three pages.

    I hate all the cornell threads so i purposely used the search function to find another tool thread instead of making a new one.
    Charlotte 00 | Charlotte 03 | Asheville 04 | Atlanta 12 | Greenville 16 | Columbia 16 |Seattle 18  | Nashville 22 | Ohana Festival 24 x2 | Atlanta 25 x2
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    intodeep wrote:
    I saw tool last night here in Atlanta. Very Good show. Not as good as when i saw them 5 years ago on the Lateralius show but good.

    Maynard was into it. Not talkative but dancing and havign a good time. The bass player was animated and seemed to be into the show and Danny dominated the drum kit as usual. Their guitarist (i think his name is adam) might as well have been in death cab for cutie. He really did not seem into it at all but he played very well and that is all that matters i guess.

    The light show was FANFUCKINTASTIC. Possibly the coolest i've ever seen. During some of the slow songs or songs that build slowly the light show really kept my interest. That and all the interesting shit on the screens they had set up behind them. My favorite background bit was during rosetta stoned. They had all kinds of spacey shit going on it was sweet.

    They played Push It..... I don't know if i need to say more that was insane and it made me so happy it is one of my top 3 tool songs. Maynard killed the end of it.

    Also there was a drum solo section during the end of Lateralius and Brann from Mastodon came out and did a dueling drum solo with him on this small stand alone bongo/drum kit they set up for him. this was fucking awesome. To hear my two favorite drummers going back and forth with each other.

    all and all the experience was awesome. Some of the 10,000 days songs with long intros got a little tedious but besides that it was good. They played for about 2 hours.

    Here was the setlist:

    Jambi
    Stinkfist (extended)
    46 & 2
    Schism (extended)
    Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned
    Pushit
    Wings For Marie / 10,000 days
    Lateralus (with brann from mastodon during drum solo)
    Vicarious

    anyone else see them on this tour have a review?

    Tonight's my turn! :D
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    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • MLB5150
    MLB5150 Posts: 70
    Tool is an extremley talented band, their music is intricate and powerful. But I don't think there is such a thing as a casual listener to Tool. You either worship them or ecknowledge that they're there. I go in and out of listening/ liking them.

    But, Danny Carry is disguistingly good. Schism has what 7 different time signatures? He comes up with really strange ways of which to approach the kit, using religion and philosophy to create music and the actual construction and set up of his instruments.

    If anyone wants some Tool bootlegs, you can find them on this site:

    http://sgeltoob.blogspot.com/

    There are like 3 or 4 shows on there.
    "Who did you say you were, replacing might for miracles?" - ajc
  • Arctangent
    Arctangent Posts: 614
    Alex_Coe wrote:
    I don't consider that shit to be "deep". It's good, but not that good.

    then you obviously have no idea about all the hidden meanings in their songs and artwork.


    and damn you guys seeing tool in america who get pushit (and last night they played flood!);)
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    whoever said you either get TOOL or you dont, was dead on. i get TOOL and have been getting them for 15 years.
    as with all music i listen to, the only person's opinion that counts is MINE. so all you detractors can trash them and all you lovers can praise them to the heavens, it makes not a lick of difference to me.
    prison sex literally makes my skin crawl and if a song can do that then halle-fucking-lujah!!! the band is doing something right.
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  • Arctangent
    Arctangent Posts: 614
    catefrances wrote:
    prison sex literally makes my skin crawl and if a song can do that then halle-fucking-lujah!!! the band is doing something right.

    that song also has one of the creepiest, most disturbing videos ever made to accompany it
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Arctangent wrote:
    that song also has one of the creepiest, most disturbing videos ever made to accompany it

    its the only TOOL video i understand. besides HUSH. :D:p
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    Saturday night I have the opportunity to see Tool. I hope I can talk my husband into going. I really enjoy my two Tool CD's - especially Lateralus. I am listening to 10,000 Days now.
    The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Riverrunner wrote:
    Saturday night I have the opportunity to see Tool. I hope I can talk my husband into going. I really enjoy my two Tool CD's - especially Lateralus. I am listening to 10,000 Days now.
    The second half of the show has a very cool light show. Even if he is not a big fan of the band i think most folks can appreciate that.
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  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    intodeep wrote:
    The second half of the show has a very cool light show. Even if he is not a big fan of the band i think most folks can appreciate that.

    He likes that kind of stuff. Any explosives or fireworks? (just kidding).

    I have to say I was surprised to see that they were playing at SEMO (Southeastern Missouri University) in Cape Girardeau, MO. I didn't expect that, but glad I checked it out, especially since it appears that I will not be able to see PJ this year.
    The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi
  • verb_to_trust
    verb_to_trust Posts: 178
    i've always though tool was too pretentious to actually be a fan of.

    I'm like anyone else though.....cranking one of their songs that has a good riff while drinking a few beers is jsut fine.

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