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sweet tight lingures, you will not spam here. Enjoy your 2 week ban.....

thank you the guy sucked at making threads.

For this not to be spam, Justin Chancellor is one of my favorite bassists now thanks to Lateralus.

[QUOTE=NoLeafClover54]hey everybody, i just heard an amazing song by tool on the radio, ive never really paid attention to them and now i want to get an album. Any suggestions on what album to get[/QUOTE]

wow...i dont even know where to begin....every CD by TOOL is awesome....i cant really choose for you man!! i hope you start getting into TOOL more! they kick major @$$ and Maynard knows how to make ppl stop and think! but i will agree with the other guy who said to get Ænema( or Ænima) hell....whatever!!! different ppl different way i guess.....!!! but have fun with the CD! lOuD iS lOvE

I just listened to the whole Tool discography.

Interesting to really hear the progression of sound.

I'm excited for the new APC album. Maynard never fails to suprise us all.

i don't know about you, but i'd like to slip into maynards head for a little bit. if it's scary, i'd get out, but if its as calm and serene as i think it is, i'd stay for awhile and take a vacation.

Whats your fav TooL album? for me, its gotta be a toss up between Lateralus and Aenemia

[QUOTE=Stagefrightken]
I'll have to actually think of a proper sequence of books for you to start reading. I didnt find any of the reading difficult but some of the people I am friends with who have researched the same books have had problems comprehending alot of it. If you get a chance contact me on AIM and well try to work out a book list. AIM = SniffinLippy[/QUOTE]

Added you, but ill have to work out some books next week, as im away for a while. But I would really love to know more, something a bit more challenging than some of the run of the mill 'learn a fact, move to the next' style.

[QUOTE=Adam Jones is GOD]None thas new im afraid. As soon as there is, its going in here. Although the APC DVD release date gives me something to look forwrd to in the meantime[/QUOTE]

When is the dvd supposed to come out?

[QUOTE=CrapBassist19]When is the dvd supposed to come out?[/QUOTE]


November 16. But! yesterday i read that there is ANOTHER APC dvd coming out sometime in the future. This one will actually include live footage from their Thirteenth Step tour and Mer De Noms era...from their first tour i think i heard which was in either '99 or '00 with NIN. The dvd coming out in November i think will only include "The Noose" live and some extra stuff like their video collection, i think i heard. ..and some pictures or something that they took whilel touring...not an entire live concert as orginally thought. So now there is another dvd to look forward to...i don't know exactly when though.

[QUOTE=misunderstood]November 16. But! yesterday i read that there is ANOTHER APC dvd coming out sometime in the future. This one will actually include live footage from their Thirteenth Step tour and Mer De Noms era...from their first tour i think i heard which was in either '99 or '00 with NIN. The dvd coming out in November i think will only include "The Noose" live and some extra stuff like their video collection, i think i heard. ..and some pictures or something that they took whilel touring...not an entire live concert as orginally thought. So now there is another dvd to look forward to...i don't know exactly when though.[/QUOTE]

...that sounds like the DVD that is coming out on november 16th? You sue you not got mixed up?

[QUOTE=Adam Jones is GOD]...that sounds like the DVD that is coming out on november 16th? You sue you not got mixed up?[/QUOTE]


No, check this out:
"First off, what happened to all the footage the band taped on the most recent tour and where's the live DVD? The answer to that one is: It's coming. The band intends to put together a proper live performance DVD compiled from footage from both the Mer De Noms and Thirteenth Step eras of touring. It may be awhile though; the band will take their time with it and first let these upcoming releases (eMOTIVe and aMOTION) run their course." --- [url]www.aperfectcircle.net[/url]

you can this also at [url]www.basetendencies.com[/url]

Tool tickles me pink. ^_^

[QUOTE=xtreme450]i don't know about you, but i'd like to slip into maynards head for a little bit. if it's scary, i'd get out, but if its as calm and serene as i think it is, i'd stay for awhile and take a vacation.[/QUOTE]

I don't really think Maynard is the actual mastermind behind the lyrics and theories. I believe it is Adam and Danny. I would like to talk to Adam about Metaphysics and I would like to talk to Danny about Saunierre.......

^^^^ I agree with stagegfright...
I think Maynard is the lord of the poetry/final ideas but reading danny's site its certain that he has a big input to the broad theories....
So i think maynard is the mastermind of the lyrics, but not the theories, tool as band seem to all be exploring slightly different areas that come together as the braod ideas in songs....

The thing about Tool is how the different members play their own way, yet it all comes together to form wonderful music.

are there any deeper meanings to their videos? i mean there must be and its not all just random crap thrown around

any ideas people?

[QUOTE=sgrevs]are there any deeper meanings to their videos? i mean there must be and its not all just random crap thrown around

any ideas people?[/QUOTE]

I have always been thinking about that. I know there is some meaning to it. There hasn't been much discussion at all about the videos on this thread. So lets get some talk started. I'm gonna watch em agian, and see what I think.

the video for Ænima is weird but its got lots of water. song seems to hav sumthin to do with floodin away stuff n the like. must be some sort of link...no?

^^^ yeah because the song is basically talks about him wanting la to "flush away" so yeah id think it would have water in it....

Ænima
 

[QUOTE=sgrevs]the video for Ænima is weird but its got lots of water. song seems to hav sumthin to do with floodin away stuff n the like. must be some sort of link...no?[/QUOTE]
Well, if you want to understand the meaning behind that, just listen closely to the lyrics of the song, or look them up and take a read. The entire song is a Maynard rant against LA/California, and his wish that the entire state will be "flushed away". If you actually have the album (Ænima), then lift up the CD and look underneath it. It's a hologram of California disappearing off the map under the ocean.

yeah thats right i was gonna say the hole thing about California disappearing but you said it or me

The whole idea of flushing LA away is a Bill Hicks line....on one of his tours, he talks about how evil LA is and he can't way for the day that god will flush it away, like when he flooded the world in the noah bible story, because it was too full of sin.
The San Andreas fault is one of the most volatile in the world, and it will eventually crack enough to submerge california....but probably not in our lifetime.
Unless something unusual happens.....

Hence the line "learn to swim"

MAJOR BUMPAGE!!!one111

Could you guys put together a bibliography of books you've read/sites you've visited that are related to tool. As in theories tool use in songs, inspirations and influences...Yeha i think it would benefit alot of people...

/Ps my new user title pwns, doesn't it?

Lachrymology
 

I haven't seen this mention yet...Lachrymology "the sheading of tears." Supposedly this is what TOOL's music is really about, not just about their views of how un-compassionate religion is these days. But in the lyrics Maynard tries to get across that putting yourself in a vulnerable position, and learning and growing from the pain that has come your way. He mentions about crucifying the ego, which deals with meditation, also when he says, "the moon tells me a secret, your confident." Where does the moon get its light from? The sun...where does your confidence get its light from your ego. And to truly step aside from individuality (in my opinion seems hard) and to connect yourslef with everything around you. To understand better of 46 & 2 and everything TOOL is trying to get across watch the movie. Pi -faith in chaos-

TOOL- the band decided to name themsleves this because they wanted to teach the listerners (us) about Lachrymology, they wanted to be a tool (shed)

-peace-

p.s. yes TOOL is brillant, but their not everything, all you...go outside and do something productive.

Yesterday, I bought Aenima.

And the other day, i bought Lateralus, without even knowing anything about Tool.

Imagine my suprise.

[QUOTE=clearvision]MAJOR BUMPAGE!!!one111

Could you guys put together a bibliography of books you've read/sites you've visited that are related to tool. As in theories tool use in songs, inspirations and influences...Yeha i think it would benefit alot of people...

/Ps my new user title pwns, doesn't it?[/QUOTE]

[URL=http://toolshed.down.net]Tool Shed[/URL]

[URL=http://www.toolpantheon.com]Tool Pantheon[/URL]

I'll put more once I think of some. But that Tool Pantheon site goes into good detail on Tool's philosophoes and the philosophy behind Lateralus.

Tool videos
 

Someone mentioned Tool's videos and I think they're definitely worth discussing.

Just watch the Parabol/Parabola video. In my eyes it is full of symbols and a piece of art in it self (perhaps it is another way of conveying the same as is conveyed through the lyrics and music?)

I find it hard to understand the video (harder than the song it self), but does anyone know what it's all about???

Straf



P.S. English is my second language so don't kill me if I fail to write correctly :)