My man.This song is truly amazing. They sound so fucking good, best drummer? Check. Best bassist? Check? Best guitarist? Check. Best Singer? Check.
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My man.This song is truly amazing. They sound so fucking good, best drummer? Check. Best bassist? Check? Best guitarist? Check. Best Singer? Check.
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i really wanted to post this so here
i hadn't listened to that for many years, almost forgot it exists.. i used to play this on repeat over and over and over again back when mp3s were a new thing, i was in eight grade or something. super nostalgic cover song for me. too bad there's no studio version but oh well, its still special.
This is probably fake but whatever I'm bored so here's the potential track listing:
His vocal performance on the track is actually incredible, it surprises me people would think it's phoned in.I feel like Maynard is just kinda phoning this song in, lyrically and vocally. I like the music and everything but he just sounds... Bored lol. Was listening to the latest APC earlier and even in the quieter songs/parts there he is exuding more energy.
I like the song I just feel like he's not even really liking it lol.
I agree, and think he's the one who's actually adding a lot of new flavor to the music.His vocal performance on the track is actually incredible, it surprises me people would think it's phoned in.
His vocal performance on the track is actually incredible, it surprises me people would think it's phoned in.
It's much harder to sing this way than most of the stuff he's done before. You might disagree with the direction he's taken the vocals, but the performance itself is nothing short of incredible.Ehhh I would by no means consider his performance here incredible. I know he's gotten older and isn't going to lay down shit like he could during the Anema days but as I mentioned before, even in recent APC there is a lot more nuance and dynamics. His best performance here is towards the end of the song imo.
It's much harder to sing this way than most of the stuff he's done before. You might disagree with the direction he's taken the vocals, but the performance itself is nothing short of incredible.
Late to the party just to say I loved the song. Like most Tool songs with me, I have to give it a few listens to take in the whole thing. Has me hyped for the new album. Seems to be a big hit with the fans as well.
Amazing. Haha.
It's crazy how at first I was like this sounds samey to now I'm seeing huge differences and think it sounds like its own thing. I think it's just that they have such a distinct bass and guitar sound that it's easy to sound samey at first but there's so many layers underneath that.
Agreed. On first listen I was like hmmm sounds like Reflection but it really is it's own song and there really are multiple layers of sound going on here. And god damn does Danny Carey just kill it on here. The man is on his own level.
I've always thought Tool was highly overrated, and this song is another boring weed-dude jam fest with terrible sounding drums.
OK then.I've always thought Tool was highly overrated, and this song is another boring weed-dude jam fest with terrible sounding drums.
Lmfao.I've always thought Tool was highly overrated, and this song is another boring weed-dude jam fest with terrible sounding drums.
I've always thought Tool was highly overrated, and this song is another boring weed-dude jam fest with terrible sounding drums.
I will say that there's something strange with the sound of the drums at the end of the song. Feels like a delay effect that's a bit too long or some track that's just slightly off timing, with some drums panned hard giving it a strange lopsided effect. It sounds kind of cool, but probably should be fine-tuned a bit more (at least in my head). It's interesting because it's only that part of the song. Everywhere else is normal.I will acquiesce though, I do personally find the drums at the end to be kinda poorly mixed.
I've always thought Tool was highly overrated, and this song is another boring weed-dude jam fest with terrible sounding drums.
It's a poor song. It's basic practice room riff jamming over what basically amounts to one chord, which leaves little room for actual melody on the part of Maynard. It's somewhat impressive musicianship, but it's sevrely lacking in terms of actual songwriting.
Tool's music just sounds completely hollow to me at this point. It hasn't evolved or changed at all for ages. I actually like parts of 10000 Days, but that was 14 years ago. I wish the time span was reflected in the quality of their songwriting.
I get that a lot of people love this shit, and that's awesome, but this is just a reprise of everything that's come before, only without any of the excitement and emotion. It sounds straight up lazy.
It's like accusing Meshuggah of just chugging guitars in all their songs. I'm not the biggest fan of TOOL but I can't question their talented songwriting and musicianship.There is more than 1 chord in FI and they are known for their heavy use of polymeters. You can't "practice room riff jam" in 11/8 while the guitarist plays in alternating 12/8 and 5/4.
You might not like what they do, but it's clear a huge amount of craftsmanship goes into their songs, including this one.
I've always thought Tool was highly overrated, and this song is another boring weed-dude jam fest with terrible sounding drums.
I will say that there's something strange with the sound of the drums at the end of the song. Feels like a delay effect that's a bit too long or some track that's just slightly off timing, with some drums panned hard giving it a strange lopsided effect. It sounds kind of cool, but probably should be fine-tuned a bit more (at least in my head). It's interesting because it's only that part of the song. Everywhere else is normal.
Still love the song even with this odd part. But that comment is some meteoric-level shit take that doesn't deserve a serious rebuttal.
Come back on Wednesday for a track-by-track review of the album.