Showing posts with label Tool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tool. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
DC is NP in this Video
I used to listen to Tool quite a bit but, over time, they haven't been in my regular rotation. Even though there was a long gap between their previous album and their latest album, I haven't listened to Fear Inoculum between when it was released in 2019 and today. I also didn't attend their concert in Des Moines https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/2019/05/13/tool-new-music-album-concert-des-moines-wells-fargo-arena-tickets-descending-invincible-all-souls-ia/1192663001/. In that article, it's pointed out "Tool previously played in Des Moines in 1993 as part of a Lollapalooza tour that stopped at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. They returned to central Iowa in 2002 for a show at Hilton Coliseum in Ames" and I think I remember that they played in Cedar Rapids with a rapper as the opening act - I didn't go to that concert so I can't say for certain.
I thought about Tool as I watched Danny Carey join Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson on stage on September 27, 2022, as part of a Taylor Hawkins tribute concert. Hawkins was a fan of the band and, as I understand it, he met and became friends with Lee and Lifeson. I'm unsure how Carey was selected to be in Neil Peart's role and I don't bemoan the choice. He is a powerhouse drummer and plays all sorts of polyrhythms that I will never be able to play on the drums. I attempted to play "46+2" in 2000 with Ralph, Steve, and Jon (Free Beer) and I failed miserably.
I enjoyed watching Danny Carey play "YYZ" and I think he did a great job.
https://youtu.be/ C4mPNuAaB34 - Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson with Danny Carey w/HQ Audio - YYZ (Rush) - 2022-09-27
RIP Taylor Hawkins
RIP Neil Peart
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Monday, March 16, 2020
Honesty Oozing
I'll be 100% honest. I have not listened to the latest album by Tool, which means I have no opinion whether the following video is a good representation of the version on the album or not.
TOOL Posts Full Live Drum Playthrough Of "Pneuma"
TOOL Posts Full Live Drum Playthrough Of "Pneuma"
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Top 20 Drum Fills of All Time
- Sober - Tool
- Proto-Cosmos - The New Tony Williams Lifetime
- Sad But True - Metallica
- Every Little Thing - The Police
- Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
- Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
- Brother to Brother - Gino Vanelli
- Pride - U2
- Stargazer - Rainbow
- Stratus - Billy Cobham
- Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
- Separate Ways - Journey
- Rosanna - Toto
- Vinnie Colutia - Buddy Rich Tribute
- Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
- Aja - Steely Dan
- She Said She Said - The Beatles
- Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
- Tom Sawyer - Rush
- In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Two New Tunes from Tool
Tool's new album, Fear Inoculum, is out now and they are adding tunes from it to their setlist - Tool Setlist includes two new tunes - which is fine and dandy. I have to admit, though, that I started to listen to the album and stopped. I realized I wasn't in the mood for Tool and I didn't want my first listen to be tainted by not being in the mood for Tool. Regarding the setlist below, it surprises me that "Sober" is not included on their setlist.
- Fear Inoculum (Live Debut)
- Ænema
- The Pot
- Invincible
- Part of Me
- Parabola
- Jambi
- Forty Six & 2
- (-)Ions
- Stinkfist
- Pneuma (Live Debut)
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
10 Amazing Metal Albums With No Weak Songs
- King Diamond - 'Abigail'
- Metallica - '...And Justice For All'
- Mastodon - 'Crack The Skye'
- Slayer - 'Reign In Blood'
- Sepultura - 'Arise'
- Tool - 'Aenima'
- Cynic - 'Focus'
- Opeth - 'Blackwater Park'
- Emperor - 'Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk'
- Dio - 'Holy Diver'
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Monday, August 26, 2019
Thursday, August 8, 2019
New Tool - Not New Bayside
- Immunity long overdue
Contagion I exhale you
Lying I opened up to you
Venom in mania
Now, contagion I exhale you
The deceiver he says you belong to me
You don’t want to breathe the light of the others
Fear the light
Fear the breathe
Fear the others for eternity
But I hear them now inhale the clarity
Hear the venom, the venom in what you say — inoculated
Bless this immunity
Bless this immunity
Bless this immunity
Exhale, expel
Recast my tale
Weave my allegorical elegy
Enumerate
All that I’m to do
Calculating steps away from you
My own mitosis
Growing through delusion from mania
Exhale, expel
Recast my tale with my allegorical elegy
Forfeit all control
You poison
You spectacle
Exorcise the spectacle
Exorcise the malady
Exorcise the disparate
Poison for eternity
Purge me and evacuate
The venom and the fear that binds me
Unveil now
Lift away
I see you running
Deceiver chased away
A long time coming - I will change, I will change
I swear, just tell me what to do
Just tell me who to be
And I'll be who you want me to
Pretend I don't exist
You won't know I'm in the room
I'll be the ghost of something
That used to mean something to you
This beaten up heart
Is lost and confused
I wish that my younger self was here
He'd know just what to do
Boy could he talk
Well he'd know just what to say
Moving up is moving on from where you came
Stop me if I'm boring you
I'm painfully aware
That you've got better ways to waste your time, time, time
I will change, I will change
I swear, just tell me what to do
Just tell me who to be
And I'll be who you want me to
Pretend I don't exist
You won't know I'm in the room
I'll be the ghost of something
That used to mean something to you
Say this isn't real
Say this was a joke
Say there's still space for me in bed
Cause I can't live alone
Oh pitiful me, I'll do anything you say
I'd soon as suffocate with you than stay away
And I knew all this years ago
But couldn't take the hint
You match my overcompensation
With your own ambivalence
I will change, I will change
I swear, just tell me what to do
Just tell me who to be
And I'll be who you want me to
Pretend I don't exist
You won't know I'm in the room
I'll be the ghost of something
That used to mean something to you
When I got the call
I was on the road
Three weeks in Europe 'til I got home
So what would make you stay
I'll build a mountain I'll change my name
I don't have to breathe if all my air gets in your way
I will change, I will change
I swear, just tell me what to do
Just tell me who to be
And I'll be who you want me to
Pretend I don't exist
You won't know I'm in the room
I'll be the ghost of something
That used to mean something to you
That should've meant something to you
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Monday, December 10, 2018
Friday, November 16, 2018
Classifying Beliefs of Many by One Trait
Classifying people as being 'this' or being 'that' based upon a single trait is dangerous and inaccurate. I just read these articles today, which alarm me:
I'll address what I think about "racist" and "GOP" being associated with each other first and then dip a little into stereotypes about musicians.
To me, if I say that "All [pick a nationality] are [pick a trait]," I'm making a judgment about a group of people based upon a single trait.
I think some racists are members of the GOP, but I do not believe that ALL members of the GOP are racists. I think judgments like that are dangerous.
My beliefs tend to align, politically, with the GOP on multiple issues, but I take pride that I can often see the counter argument to my beliefs in ways that surprise me sometimes. For example, I believe that America is a great country and that because of our greatness, we should not allow anyone to go to bed naked or hungry. We should be able to figure out how to help people who need help. There's a phrase that's been thrown around when discussing this - 'a hand up, not a hand out' - and that's where I sit.
At the same time, I strongly believe that abortion is murder. I marvel at how some can claim that a pregnant woman can choose to end their pregnancy and not be charged with murder. If a pregnant woman is murdered or in a car accident, I'm pretty sure I've seen there be double homicide charges brought against the accused. Why a double homicide if a woman can 'choose' to end her pregnancy? I'm a simpleton, really, when it comes to this. Does it really matter if a pregnancy is ended due to "fatally shooting a pregnant woman" or an abortion if "the pregnancy is ended" becomes the end result? Both acts result in a dead baby.
I also strongly believe that if I want to own a gun, I should be able to own a gun. I don't believe that one gun is 'more dangerous' over another - I just don't accept that logic. I think if a bullet pierces your aorta, then you have a problem, whether it was fired from a gun that has the ability to fire multiple bullets in one squeeze of the trigger or not. I think that if a gun is purchased legally, it does not mean that person is NEVER going to kill someone. I think it comes down to choice we, as humans, make. It's God's precious gift to me. If I own a gun, I have a choice to not shoot someone or to shoot someone. I don't own a gun. I make a choice. Thus, all legal gun owners are not murderers. There seems to be a belief that if you own a gun, you are not able to use it or to care for it properly. A sweeping generalization about gun owners has parallels to a sweeping generalization about members of the GOP being racists.
Then, there's fans of heavy metal music, like me. Over the years since becoming a fan of heavy metal music, I've heard statements like "All heavy metal drummers have no musical talent" or "All heavy metal fans worship Satan" - both are untrue. I never dispute that there are some heavy metal drummers have less musical talent than other drummers in other genres and I believe that some heavy metal fans worship Satan, but I do not believe ALL heavy metal fans do those two things. For example, I do not worship Satan - I am Catholic.
This just occurred to me. Tool's drummer, Danny Carey, is an amazing drummer, but he has different religious beliefs than I do, per Wikipedia. That does not make me judge his drumming in a negative light, though I recall reading an article, possibly, it could have been Modern Drummer magazine but it could just as easily have not been Modern Drummer magazine with feedback about the article including comments from readers saying that because of his beliefs, those readers with different views will no longer support Carey or his music. It's not just heavy music. I saw an example of some fans vacating support for a musician due to their spirituality. I am not grouping Tool with One Direction in the same group other than pointing out that after a musician stated that he no longer considers himself Muslim, fans are disappointed. Read the full article below.
My point to all of this?
As a society, we are stronger when we are united. If 61% of Democrats authentically believe that GOP is racist, that's not good.
- 61% of Democrats Thinks the GOP is Racist
- Fans react as former One Direction star Zayn Malik says he no longer considers himself Muslim: 'So disappointed'.
I'll address what I think about "racist" and "GOP" being associated with each other first and then dip a little into stereotypes about musicians.
To me, if I say that "All [pick a nationality] are [pick a trait]," I'm making a judgment about a group of people based upon a single trait.
I think some racists are members of the GOP, but I do not believe that ALL members of the GOP are racists. I think judgments like that are dangerous.
My beliefs tend to align, politically, with the GOP on multiple issues, but I take pride that I can often see the counter argument to my beliefs in ways that surprise me sometimes. For example, I believe that America is a great country and that because of our greatness, we should not allow anyone to go to bed naked or hungry. We should be able to figure out how to help people who need help. There's a phrase that's been thrown around when discussing this - 'a hand up, not a hand out' - and that's where I sit.
At the same time, I strongly believe that abortion is murder. I marvel at how some can claim that a pregnant woman can choose to end their pregnancy and not be charged with murder. If a pregnant woman is murdered or in a car accident, I'm pretty sure I've seen there be double homicide charges brought against the accused. Why a double homicide if a woman can 'choose' to end her pregnancy? I'm a simpleton, really, when it comes to this. Does it really matter if a pregnancy is ended due to "fatally shooting a pregnant woman" or an abortion if "the pregnancy is ended" becomes the end result? Both acts result in a dead baby.
I also strongly believe that if I want to own a gun, I should be able to own a gun. I don't believe that one gun is 'more dangerous' over another - I just don't accept that logic. I think if a bullet pierces your aorta, then you have a problem, whether it was fired from a gun that has the ability to fire multiple bullets in one squeeze of the trigger or not. I think that if a gun is purchased legally, it does not mean that person is NEVER going to kill someone. I think it comes down to choice we, as humans, make. It's God's precious gift to me. If I own a gun, I have a choice to not shoot someone or to shoot someone. I don't own a gun. I make a choice. Thus, all legal gun owners are not murderers. There seems to be a belief that if you own a gun, you are not able to use it or to care for it properly. A sweeping generalization about gun owners has parallels to a sweeping generalization about members of the GOP being racists.
Then, there's fans of heavy metal music, like me. Over the years since becoming a fan of heavy metal music, I've heard statements like "All heavy metal drummers have no musical talent" or "All heavy metal fans worship Satan" - both are untrue. I never dispute that there are some heavy metal drummers have less musical talent than other drummers in other genres and I believe that some heavy metal fans worship Satan, but I do not believe ALL heavy metal fans do those two things. For example, I do not worship Satan - I am Catholic.
This just occurred to me. Tool's drummer, Danny Carey, is an amazing drummer, but he has different religious beliefs than I do, per Wikipedia. That does not make me judge his drumming in a negative light, though I recall reading an article, possibly, it could have been Modern Drummer magazine but it could just as easily have not been Modern Drummer magazine with feedback about the article including comments from readers saying that because of his beliefs, those readers with different views will no longer support Carey or his music. It's not just heavy music. I saw an example of some fans vacating support for a musician due to their spirituality. I am not grouping Tool with One Direction in the same group other than pointing out that after a musician stated that he no longer considers himself Muslim, fans are disappointed. Read the full article below.
My point to all of this?
As a society, we are stronger when we are united. If 61% of Democrats authentically believe that GOP is racist, that's not good.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Brilliant!
The equivalent of The Onion for heavy music fans is MetalSucks.net which I have linked to elsewhere on this blog. The latest funny thing that they posted is this article: Clickbait Magazine Says These are the 25 Best Metal Albums of All Time. In case you don't want to leave this page to view their Top 25, here they are:
Just in case you aren't sure that it's meant to be interpreted as satire, there's this clue:
25. Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
24. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
23. Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration
22. Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol
21. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
20. Tool - 10,000 Days
19. Slayer - God Hates Us All
18. Slipknot - All Hope is Gone
17. Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis
16. In Flames - Soundtrack to Your Escape
15. Korn - Korn III: Remember Who You Are
14. Morbid Angel - Heretic
13. Suicide Silence - Suicide Silence
12. Megadeth - The System Has Failed
11. Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death
10. Pantera - Reinventing the Steel
9. Lamb of God - Wrath
8. Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
7. Damn Yankees - Don’t Tread
6. Mötley Crüe - New Tattoo
5. Anthrax - Stomp 442
4. Guns N’ Roses - “The Spaghetti Incident?”
3. Adema - Topple the Giants
2. Metallica - …And Justice for All
1. Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave
Just in case you aren't sure that it's meant to be interpreted as satire, there's this clue:
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