Doesn't he have a little bit of a shred on Cold and Ugly? i could be wrong.

That reminds me... THROW THAT BOB MARLEY WANNABE MOTHER****ER OUTA HERE!

[QUOTE]The masons are a group of people who are members of a huge global organisation whose purpose is nominally to take good, upstanding citizens, and for them to work together in order to achieve common goals, including, broadly speaking, the betterment of society. The members are taken from all major groups within society, although members have to believe in a Supreme being. Understandably rumours have surrounded the group literally for centuries, about them exerting secret control over the world's financial and political systems, meaning that there's an underground interest in them, particularly as there's a lot of masonic symbolism, including the pyramid and all seeing eye on the US dollar bill.[/QUOTE]

It's not mason symbolism it is Illuminati symbolism. When the Illuminati were persecuted and run out of Rome by the Catholics they gained sanctuary in the ranks of the Masons. That was then there way of surviving, by using the Masons as a front to support their own designs. The pyramid with the eye is a symbol for being enlightened, or 'illuminated'.

If you want to know about this kind of stuff, read Dan Brown's Angels and Demons, great book.

[QUOTE][QUOTE]Quote:
Originally Posted by ToolOwnsYou
Thats nice, yet you must not be catching on. I said you explain your opinion.. not give links to what others think.. [/QUOTE]




it's not what others think. It's what the band wrote. k? k.[/QUOTE]

You obviously didn't read it very well because the band did not write it.

[QUOTE]Compiled, written, edited by: [email]kabir@toolshed.down.net[/email] Your pal" Kabir Akhtar[/QUOTE]

It's the first thing written in the FAQ.

And yes I am quite aware that it's all the way back on the first page but I thought it needed mentioning.

And no, I'm not dissing the FAQ, I think it's a great piece of writing but it is just another persons opinion, not tool's.

:eek: Wow...whats that, some kind of 300 page argument bump? refl

IC36 and Madey-I am assuming that is something by Bill Hicks?

Consider the slack cut. Just setting the facts straight :D

I like on Jerk Off when hes like "you see alot of @ssholes that live in this part of the building here, we systematically removed them like you would any kind of termite or roach"

[QUOTE=Darkness Of Greed]I like on Jerk Off when hes like "you see alot of @ssholes that live in this part of the building here, we systematically removed them like you would any kind of termite or roach"[/QUOTE]

Yeah that part is cool.

Hey speaking of tool...does anyone know what Adam runs over his pickups? Like remotes and stuff to get all that weird noise? I use an x box dvd playback remote and a stereo remote, it sounds so cool!

[QUOTE=Med57]So, I my copy of [I]Aenima[/I] finally turned up in the post today. I've been through the whole thing 3 times now, and while I don't think it's as good as [I]Lateralus[/I], half of the songs on it really are absolutely incredible...Stinkfist, Eulogy, 46 & 2, Aenema, Pu**** and Hooker With A P[B][I]e[/I][/B]nis are all great, and most of the other non-filler tracks are all good as well. Being a massive Bill Hicks fan, I hadn't realised his act was actually sampled during Third Eye as well.

*good times*

Just thought I should share this with this thread, seeing as how a group of you effectively persuaded me to buy it. :p[/QUOTE]

:thumb:

Add H. to the list of amazing songs and you've got it.

I never was a huge fan of Jimmy, I personally think it's the weakest song on the album. The only weak (by Tool standards) real song, actually. Hooker with a pen[i]i[/i]s the 2nd weakest, lyrics are great, nice and heavy, but I have to be in the mood for it.

What do you guys think of the Dissectional on [url]http://toolband.com/[/url]? Me and my friend spent an hour on there just exploreing and finding new things... Its pretty crazy.

[QUOTE=Darkness Of Greed]What do you guys think of the Dissectional on [url]http://toolband.com/[/url]? Me and my friend spent an hour on there just exploreing and finding new things... Its pretty crazy.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, dissectional is pretty awesome, Maynards Dick is pretty sweet game...but I cant get past level one...

I don't think I played that...

Any news on the new Tool album?

[QUOTE=Sliptallica]Any news on the new Tool album?[/QUOTE]

I hear it'll be good.

Edit: In other news I just learned the intro to Ticks & Leeches on drums. :cool:

[QUOTE=Med57]So, I my copy of [I]Aenima[/I] finally turned up in the post today. I've been through the whole thing 3 times now, and while I don't think it's as good as [I]Lateralus[/I], half of the songs on it really are absolutely incredible...Stinkfist, Eulogy, 46 & 2, Aenema, Pu**** and Hooker With A P[B][I]e[/I][/B]nis are all great, and most of the other non-filler tracks are all good as well. Being a massive Bill Hicks fan, I hadn't realised his act was actually sampled during Third Eye as well.

*good times*

Just thought I should share this with this thread, seeing as how a group of you effectively persuaded me to buy it. :p[/QUOTE]

Yup, and a lot of us here believe Third Eye is their best song on that album. Loved Lateralus too, I thought that at points it was a little too instrumental; sort of a waste when you have a guy of MJK's magnitude.

I thought that Ticks and Leeches was the best track on that album, followed by Lateralus, Parabola, and The Grudge.

[QUOTE=Shadius]I hear it'll be good.

Edit: In other news I just learned the intro to Ticks & Leeches on drums. :cool:[/QUOTE]

That drum intro is unbelievable. Very nice :thumb:

[QUOTE=In Chains 36]Yup, and a lot of us here believe Third Eye is their best song on that album. Loved Lateralus too, I thought that at points it was a little too instrumental; sort of a waste when you have a guy of MJK's magnitude.

I thought that Ticks and Leeches was the best track on that album, followed by Lateralus, Parabola, and The Grudge.[/QUOTE]

Except for me of course, I maintain the fact that push!t is their second best piece of music to date, only second to no quarter which is simply amazing. (even if it is a cover)

[QUOTE=Otherside]The bigger opeth fans would probably recommend Blackwater Park, but I think me and Gmac would say to get Morningrise.

And if you do get a TMV album, clear-vision was right in saying get deloused in the comatarium before getting Frances the mute.[/QUOTE]

i'd say morningrise is the best album, but bwp is a good album to get first

[QUOTE=clearvision]Except for me of course, I maintain the fact that push!t is their second best piece of music to date, only second to no quarter which is simply amazing. (even if it is a cover)[/QUOTE]

Pu**** is number one for me. number 2 would probably be The Grudge. No Quarter is up there too.

Push.it is great, But Third Eye has amazing work.

[QUOTE=opeth_oasis]i'd say morningrise is the best album, but bwp is a good album to get first[/QUOTE]

Morningrise is the most melodic. I'd say that BWP, ****ation, or Deliverance would be more to the likes of many Tool fans; they have more of a dark, brooding quality rather than high mdeival style.

I have this Rock and Popular music class at my university. The teacher said that for one class we could bring in some music we like and play one song for the class (150-200 students). I brought in the Aenema disc and said I had a 13 minute song (Third Eye), and asked if we could skip the first 2 minutes and play half. Unfortunately I trusted my teacher to do this and he accidentally skipped like 8 minutes. We heard the remainder but... :upset:

Eh, in that case it would have been better just to have shown a shorter song, even if it wasn't as good as Third Eye. I maintain that Third Eye, Lateralus, and Reflection are the greatest peices of music Tool has written, but in a case where you can't play 10+ minute songs, you'd be more fit just to show the whole of a shorter one.

Ænema would have been a good song for that. Very user friendly for the new Tool fan.

Notsogood choice-Ticks & Leeches. :p

You could have also acquired the radio edit versions of Laterralus and/or Schism. They chop out about half of each song. :rolleyes:

I've never heard the radio cuts of either of those... but I'd imagine them to be fairly butchered.

I hate when they do that to songs. Mr. Radio dickhead did the same thing with Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine. They cut out the breakdown near the end where Morello is just trem picking as fast as he can, and Zack is just saying "Fu[B][I][/I][/B]ck you I won't do what you tell me" repeatedly. :rolleyes: Oh well, I never listen to the radio anyways.

The singles are probably your best choice for a shorter, good to play Tool song. Like Stinkfist, Sober, etc...

[QUOTE=Dr. Jake Destructo] Oh well, I never listen to the radio anyways[/QUOTE]

There you go.

I've never heard the radio edit of Lateralus, and based on your description I really don't want to. I've heard Schism on the radio before, but it was the whole song, at least I believe it was.

I don't think Schism has a radio edit.

If it does, I think they cut out the quieter intermission part in the middle. That'd make the most sense.

The only radio editing Tool has done is censor out swear words, such as on "Aenema" or "Eulogy".

Every song they've put on the radio I have heard in their entirety, including "No Quarter"

Hello, I use to be a part of this forum (stumpetioto) but i left i was here earlier on and i use to joke about song meanings and people took me a bit serious but im back i just wanna share some stuff i found out..

You know the cow on the back of Undertow? The reason its licking its *** is because Bill hicks once said that "who would of thought that heaven is made in a cows ***" (a reference to shrooms) Has anyone else noticed that?

**** radio-edits...

I hate it when they do that. With Alice in Chains, they completely messed up the vocals in the songs, and sometimes did something like add a stupid guitar, cut a solo short or did a new drum part.

Therefore I would stick a scalpel in my eye before listening to a radio-edit of a T00L song.

My friend just left. We jammed to Schism. It was quite fun. I'm getting microphones and whatnot to record a solo from the drum contest in the drum forum. When I do I'm gunna try to get these guys to record Schism with me. I can't wait to get my recording stuff.

/highly anticipates

Are you going to get a good set of several drum mics?

In time yes, but for the drum solo I'm only getting two, because I have little money at the moment. As time goes on I'll keep buying more and more.

[QUOTE=Sliptallica]I don't think Schism has a radio edit.

If it does, I think they cut out the quieter intermission part in the middle. That'd make the most sense.[/QUOTE]

Actually I think they stop it just before the quiet bit. They dont even play the outro. at least that's what I remember...

[QUOTE=Kage]Are you going to get a good set of several drum mics?[/QUOTE]

On second thought, my Birthday is before the entry for the solo is due, and maybe I can get more mics for my birthday. That'd be awesome.

I find it hard to believe that Tool would have radio edits in some places and not in others.

Seriously, I've always heard Tool songs in their entirety on my station...even 9 minute Lateralus and 12 minute No Quarter.

Radio stations probably differ. THe DJs on my favorite station like Tool a lot, so I don't think they'd cut songs.

This is well off topic but I found an interesting little tidbit while listening to "blue" off of 13 step.

He mentions in Anima a bunch of times to learn to swim right? Well in blue he mentions that he never quite learned how to swim. The mans a hipocrit...lol I just thought that was kinda funny...I'll shut up now..