THE ONLY Tool Thread (lyrics, electronic, blues, bass, jazz)

Stone Magnet · 05-22-2006, 10:01 PM

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Well I'm getting kind of sick of the personal insults on this forum.

I never insulted you personally. Note the 'if's.

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as for any Odysseys in the song they would be completly lyrical

Partly musical, partly lyrical. The music only situates the atmosphere and spirit of the song. It can temperately tell a story, but the lyrics work as concrete. They solidify what the song is about and assist in the conveying of a message. The lyrics and music work together to propel the listener on an odyssey.

PostPsychosis · 05-22-2006, 10:08 PM

I suppose if thats what you like, but as I said lyrics don't do a whole lot for me. They are welcome but lyrics have never made or broken a song for me.

Merkaba · 05-22-2006, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by PostPsychosis

I suppose if thats what you like, but as I said lyrics don't do a whole lot for me. They are welcome but lyrics have never made or broken a song for me.

I somewhat agree. Lyrics have never broken a song for me (we'll exclude pop music to make this statement true) but then some lyrics have made a song for me, songs like Aenima and Reflection.
Reflection could be considered hard to sit through but the lyrics are quite spiritual and do make a significant difference to the song. It starts to feel like a journey rather then 11 minutes of tribal music. While Aenima's lyrics engulf the listener with emotion's of dispair and rage, situated perfectly alongside the music.
Tool's magic lies in their ability to match the tone of the music to the theme and emotion of the lyrics. Think about this for a second, apply it to songs like 'The Grudge', 'Bottom', 'Ticks and Leeches', '10,000 Days', 'Aenima'.

10,000Days particularly, if you don't pay much due to the idea of the lyrics then chances are it's going to be a long 12 minutes. Maynard sings with a sense of sorrow and grievance, thus the music is cold and errie. Probably not much fun if you don't really feel the want to put yourself in his position.

Stone Magnet · 05-22-2006, 10:31 PM

10,000 Days' musical climaxes = Awesome.

Wings For Marie isn't too exciting though, musically.

draxus · 06-02-2006, 10:20 AM

Vicarious is an awesome song, and so is Jambi, but the rest of the cd is too repetitive for my taste, their too long and they have really long Intros.The recordings sound like the singer is standing on the other side of the room b/c you can barely hear him. i like the first couple of songs though.

swim · 06-17-2006, 10:47 PM

Am I the only person who literally cried when they first heard this album? I'm just that much of a fanboy?

There's a "secret" song when you play Viginti trees and Wings for Marie in sequence at the same time as 10,000 days. Amazing.
So, who knows of all the other secret tool stuff?

tdoc210 · 08-13-2006, 08:59 PM

tool doesnt suck lol @ ignorance

sleepy jack · 08-13-2006, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by the death of capitilism

tool doesnt suck lol @ ignorance

Ugh, how come its ignorance when someone says a band you like sucks but when you say a band sucks its unquestionable fact?

tdoc210 · 08-13-2006, 09:08 PM

Because that the truth fool

TheBig3 · 08-13-2006, 10:08 PM

Well I don't think we should attack tdoc when he's on the right path. Saying a band sucks is usually bad form, save for when you think a member sucks, a la scott stapp.

05-22-2006, 10:08 PM	#152 (permalink)
PostPsychosis Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 172	I suppose if thats what you like, but as I said lyrics don't do a whole lot for me. They are welcome but lyrics have never made or broken a song for me. __________________ Descending from Heaven The Angel Sworn to bring them down The Hunter, The Thunder The Wrath of Heavens Coming Down

05-22-2006, 10:31 PM	#154 (permalink)
Stone Magnet Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Keswick, Ontario Posts: 731	10,000 Days' musical climaxes = Awesome. Wings For Marie isn't too exciting though, musically. __________________ Lock to field screen, row the ocean onto sentient ground. New rites of a Vedic sun to attend the blue horizon. Prevails flight resplendent, sails the shrine effulgent windship. Stillness breathes apex supreme - I walk toward the mountain. Crowns the sovereic rite to freedom. Shored the origin forms to a ground accede. Axiom core of the light shrine flight to shining. Glows serene to attenuate the space and time.

06-02-2006, 10:20 AM	#155 (permalink)
draxus Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Canton, Georgia Posts: 94	Vicarious is an awesome song, and so is Jambi, but the rest of the cd is too repetitive for my taste, their too long and they have really long Intros.The recordings sound like the singer is standing on the other side of the room b/c you can barely hear him. i like the first couple of songs though. __________________ Is'nt Here Just there With a T in front of it? So therefore, i am not here, ponder that for a moment.

06-17-2006, 10:47 PM	#156 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	Am I the only person who literally cried when they first heard this album? I'm just that much of a fanboy? There's a "secret" song when you play Viginti trees and Wings for Marie in sequence at the same time as 10,000 days. Amazing. So, who knows of all the other secret tool stuff? __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

08-13-2006, 08:59 PM	#157 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	tool doesnt suck lol @ ignorance __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

08-13-2006, 09:08 PM	#159 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	Because that the truth fool __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

08-13-2006, 10:08 PM	#160 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	Well I don't think we should attack tdoc when he's on the right path. Saying a band sucks is usually bad form, save for when you think a member sucks, a la scott stapp. __________________ I've moved to a new address