The Official Tool Thread

[333]

Thank you to whoever changed the name of this thread.

sidewinder, I have a problem understand what it is you mind about longer albums if you're an album listener. I like a playlist as much as the next, but there's just a one-a-kind experience that comes with listening to a whole album. I dig the longer ones when I'm driving, but I can always pick up where I left off no matter where I listen to music thanks to technology.

Back on topic, though, Tool's lyrics is what does it for me, really. I've learned to, in some instances, detach myself from the music and just feel the lyrics. This being because I went through a phase (perhaps still going) of really just loathing Maynard's voice. He's a hell of a vocalist, but I don't know. I don't know how I feel about him anymore.

A lot of people, I think, loved them for their in-your-face rock, when they made very angry music. There's still a taste of hostility in what they write today, but some of the lyrics from their earlier days can still give me goosebumps. I find that more fans of this type of genre identify more with anger versus what Tool is trying to present these days. What they convey in their music presently, I feel, leaves much for interpretation. My love for words, lyricism and poetry is always touched when I listen to them, but what makes me weak, to be cheesy about it, are Adam Jones' riffs weaving in and out of Chancellor's subtle, beating bass lines. It's where it all comes together in my mind, or soul if you want to get all cosmic and shit.

[sidewinder]

Originally Posted by 333

sidewinder, I have a problem understand what it is you mind about longer albums if you're an album listener. I like a playlist as much as the next, but there's just a one-a-kind experience that comes with listening to a whole album. I dig the longer ones when I'm driving, but I can always pick up where I left off no matter where I listen to music thanks to technology.

I agree the album experience is like nothing else, which is why I listen to albums. I just prefer the tight feel of a 45-50 minute album, and I feel that longer ones have a tendency to have a little filler here and there. Trimming the fat on some of these albums (even the slightest amount) could turn a 4.5-star album into a 5-star one. And yes I can pause an album and pick it back up later, but I usually prefer to do it in one sitting, and sometimes grow impatient. My attention span isn't what it used to be...even if it's a great album.