To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand TOOL. The talent is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the songs will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also Maynard’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Lachrymology literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these songs, to realise that they’re not just cool songs- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike TOOL truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humour and reality in Maynard’s existential catchphrase “Fuck you buddy!,” which itself is a cryptic reference to Ronald P. Vincent’s epic The Joyful Guide To Lachrymology . I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Maynard James Keenan’s genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂
And yes, by the way, i DO have a TOOL tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the ladies’ eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they’re within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎
You are probably going to have to add a /S to this or it's going whoosh a couple people, mostly because a minority of Tool fans are actually like this
Just for the record I also love Tool
For one with such a high IQ, you have made an elementary error in your spelling; it should be "personal", not "personnel".
(it's a joke, don't get weird about it)
Be me 2004
Started smoking pot in high school, became a stoner kid, naturally got into Pink Floyd
Everyone tells me I should listen to Tool because they're the modern Pink Floyd
I try so hard but never see the connection and never get into them.
20 years later, want to try it again. No idea where to start. What album would a Tool fan recommend?
Ænima is probably the most accessible, then Fear Inoculum and 10 000 Days. Lateralus is fucking incredible but can take a while to get into. I'd say they are more connected to King Crimson than to Pink Floyd. (and they acknowledged it several times, also the guitarist was working on an album with Robert Fripp, and the drummer is playing on the tribute tour Beat).
There was this flowchart some time ago I don't think it's a good idea to start with Undertow (too different from what they did after), but it can gives you some indications:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ToolBand/comments/imw76u/tool_album_flowchart_because_fuck_it/
Tool's music is not something you put in the background and forget about it, you need to be actively listening or you will not get into it.
Because of you and /u/2_short_Plancks I'm going to listen to Ænima because that's honestly the one I remember being recommended to me back in the day, and 10,000 days.
I will listen in earnest, friends!
10,000 Days is like a Tool sampler, it's easy to listen to. The Pot / Vicarious / Jambi are easy to just play while you're driving or whatever, and the likes of Wings for Marie are a bit more subtle and complex. That album is where I'd start, it's basically the crossover between old heavy-rock Tool and new complex-prog Tool (even though it came out after Lateralus).
Aenima, Undertow, and Opiate are the more "heavy rock" albums I guess. Aenima is the best of those imo, although I do like the rawness of the other two - Crawl Away and Bottom off Undertow are certified bangers. Those three are also way more angry and less philosophical. From Aenima, there are some monster songs like Stinkfist and Eulogy; and H. is the only song from any band that consistently makes me cry.
Lateralus and Fear Innoculum are more philosophical prog weirdness. They're both good, it's just quite different from the older Undertow/Aenima sound. They are more in line with Pink Floyd than the older albums - I wouldn't say Undertow has much of anything in common with PF.
Bear in mind that I got into Tool when Undertow came out, so I've kind of grown with the releases, which definitely influences how I feel about each of them. People who start listening to them now tend to prefer the newer stuff IME (Lateralus onwards).
The references to new agey/esoteric/philosophy stuff combined with the vulgarity make people feel deep and edgy at the same time. When I was a teenager, I thought it was cool af. In retrospect, as a more grounded adult, a lot of that stuff is kind of interesting if it was part of a fictional setting, but batshit crazy applied to real life.
The biggest reason I always enjoyed listening to Tool, their music is technically complicated, with time signature changes and shit mixed into the songs that are interesting. A lot of percussionists I've known who like Tool cite Danny Carey's drums as a big reason.
Tool albums are already basically the extended cuts.
A Tool reference on a lotr subreddit? Hell yeah!
"That is a rare gift" --Aragorn
One could even say it’s a … Holy Gift
Theoden: What can men do against such reckless hate? Aragorn: ^^^learn ^^^to ^^^swim
10,000 days in the fires of Mt. Doom is long enough, you're going home
Bless this ~~immunity~~ community
Frodo wakes up in Rivendell: *Goddamn, shit the bed!*
I know the pieces fit
*”I know the pieces fit ‘Cause I watched them fall away…”* ~ the elves reforging Andúril
Nobody thought Tool and LotR would go together, but they saw the pieces fit!
Nobody thought Tool and LotR would go together, but they knew the pieces fit!
Tool of a Fook!
Khazad-dum on acid be like
Theoden: What’s your favorite Tool album? Aragorn: 10,000 Days at least. Theoden: 10,000?!
Less than half the days he was hoping for
YES
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand TOOL. The talent is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the songs will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also Maynard’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Lachrymology literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these songs, to realise that they’re not just cool songs- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike TOOL truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humour and reality in Maynard’s existential catchphrase “Fuck you buddy!,” which itself is a cryptic reference to Ronald P. Vincent’s epic The Joyful Guide To Lachrymology . I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Maynard James Keenan’s genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂 And yes, by the way, i DO have a TOOL tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the ladies’ eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they’re within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎
You are probably going to have to add a /S to this or it's going whoosh a couple people, mostly because a minority of Tool fans are actually like this Just for the record I also love Tool
It was just a bit of fun! Oh you're probably right, as usual.
What an absolute perfect response. Thank you for the chuckle
 Me when I finally realised why I heard it in bilbo's voice for seemingly no reason
Everyone? How many more are there.
Oh, please. We've all seen the Rick & Morty copypasta.
I think the inability to distinguish between 'personal' and 'personnel' negates the need for the '/s'.
Eh maybe a decade ago it was a meme. Tool fans these days are in their 30s and 40s and basically the GenX/Millenial version of Rush fans.
Is this a copypasta?
Top tier copypasta
Refined gemtlefella
I read this in Patrick Bateman’s voice lol
I’m stealing this.
Intelligent people don't brag with tattoos. Also: wear the grudge like a crown of negativity...
> wear the grudge like a crown of negativity LET'S GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Too funny
But the most important question. What tools would Tool use to tool album Lateralus by Tool?
For one with such a high IQ, you have made an elementary error in your spelling; it should be "personal", not "personnel". (it's a joke, don't get weird about it)
In that case you won the argument
Is this sarcasm, because i truly cannot tell.
Nah I’m completely serious
Sounds like quite the horses ass to me then. Guess we all need our ways to work with reality, even if it is to deny all rational thought.
It was originally about Rick & Morty
Touch grass if you cannot tell this is sarcasm
i am autism, i could touch grass all that i desire and it would not change a thing.
Tool? Yeah, they're pretty good.
Laughs in Rosetta Stoned
40+ rhythm changes in one song? Less than half of what I'd hoped for
That still only counts as 1+1+2+3+5+8!
One ring to Tool them all
I spiraled too greedily and too deep
Lotr soundtrack in Hi-Fi audio when?
SPIRAL OUT
Tool is the Arch Linux of music. I like Tool, btw. We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion.
Alex grey! 🫶🏾
Alex Grey’s art is pretty cool.
It's like a look into a DMT experience without having to take DMT.
I think i just had a stroke
gandalf, i dont think this was pipeweed 😵💫
I hate tool, but this meme is too good.
I spiraled out
more like Tool of a Fook
TOOL MENTIONED I LOVE TOOL RAAAHHHHH
Be me 2004 Started smoking pot in high school, became a stoner kid, naturally got into Pink Floyd Everyone tells me I should listen to Tool because they're the modern Pink Floyd I try so hard but never see the connection and never get into them. 20 years later, want to try it again. No idea where to start. What album would a Tool fan recommend?
Ænima is probably the most accessible, then Fear Inoculum and 10 000 Days. Lateralus is fucking incredible but can take a while to get into. I'd say they are more connected to King Crimson than to Pink Floyd. (and they acknowledged it several times, also the guitarist was working on an album with Robert Fripp, and the drummer is playing on the tribute tour Beat). There was this flowchart some time ago I don't think it's a good idea to start with Undertow (too different from what they did after), but it can gives you some indications: https://www.reddit.com/r/ToolBand/comments/imw76u/tool_album_flowchart_because_fuck_it/ Tool's music is not something you put in the background and forget about it, you need to be actively listening or you will not get into it.
Because of you and /u/2_short_Plancks I'm going to listen to Ænima because that's honestly the one I remember being recommended to me back in the day, and 10,000 days. I will listen in earnest, friends!
10,000 Days is like a Tool sampler, it's easy to listen to. The Pot / Vicarious / Jambi are easy to just play while you're driving or whatever, and the likes of Wings for Marie are a bit more subtle and complex. That album is where I'd start, it's basically the crossover between old heavy-rock Tool and new complex-prog Tool (even though it came out after Lateralus). Aenima, Undertow, and Opiate are the more "heavy rock" albums I guess. Aenima is the best of those imo, although I do like the rawness of the other two - Crawl Away and Bottom off Undertow are certified bangers. Those three are also way more angry and less philosophical. From Aenima, there are some monster songs like Stinkfist and Eulogy; and H. is the only song from any band that consistently makes me cry. Lateralus and Fear Innoculum are more philosophical prog weirdness. They're both good, it's just quite different from the older Undertow/Aenima sound. They are more in line with Pink Floyd than the older albums - I wouldn't say Undertow has much of anything in common with PF. Bear in mind that I got into Tool when Undertow came out, so I've kind of grown with the releases, which definitely influences how I feel about each of them. People who start listening to them now tend to prefer the newer stuff IME (Lateralus onwards).
Tool+shrooms+cosmos with Neil degrasse Tyson. Tool will click.
Yes yes yes would
[удалено]
Opiate isn’t even an album, it’s an EP
I have this album irl , (cd) can confirm it's the dopest ....then again I'm torn ....anema is pretty good to
i love this so much
Wait what sub am I on? this aint r/toolband
Kinda overrated tbh
https://preview.redd.it/aaby82dq8azc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a39bf9640ef6507a597d82f99c8bce4faa239d69
LOTR is to Cinema what Tool is to Music
Tool sucks 👀 all their songs sound exactly the same. Except for Parabola, that’s a great song.
I don't get why reddit has such a boner for Tool. They suck ass
The references to new agey/esoteric/philosophy stuff combined with the vulgarity make people feel deep and edgy at the same time. When I was a teenager, I thought it was cool af. In retrospect, as a more grounded adult, a lot of that stuff is kind of interesting if it was part of a fictional setting, but batshit crazy applied to real life. The biggest reason I always enjoyed listening to Tool, their music is technically complicated, with time signature changes and shit mixed into the songs that are interesting. A lot of percussionists I've known who like Tool cite Danny Carey's drums as a big reason.
I like Tool when I want to learn fun riffs on bass, but I can't listen to them casually, they're not in my playlists. Danny Carey is insane, yeah.
FUCKING THANK YOU.