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The riff to this song is almost Metallica like, and it continues throughout the song, building up to the climax towards the end. Most likely its about singer Maynard James Keenan's son, and how he would "wish away" his lifestyle if his son needed him too. It could be about the Genie from Pee-wee's playhouse, or the indonesian province. Jambi No one is really sure what this song is about. The song really rocks out as it builds up, with the drumming (by Danny Carey) one of the highlights. Its pretty straightforward for a band like Tool, but it works very well. Lyrically the song deals with modern society's fascination with death and violence, and how we are quite happy to sit and experiance suffering in the third person perspective, via television and movies. The song starts with an almost dream like guitar and bass build up, only to be rudely interrupted by what seemed (to me anyway) the sound of an alarm clock, trying to force the listener to wake up. Vicarious: The first radio single from the album, and its pretty much straight in where their previous album (Lateralus) left off. Its probably the most unique album cover i've ever seen. Inside, the booklet is filled with stereoscopic images, which when viewed using the lenses create a very, very cool 3d effect. The album comes with lenses attached to the outside of the case. some of the songs on this album are nearly 15 mins long!Īlso, a word about the packaging. Im still finding new parts hidden in the mix now, and the album was released May 2nd! I should warn you that if you dont like long meandering songs, avoid Tool. The thing with Tool is that, until you've really given the album a good number of listenings it can be pretty hard to figure out meanings of the songs.
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Some still believe in the possiblity of another imminent release from Tool, and i have to admit there is some compelling evidence. We believed that this album was some sort of hoax, or possibly a double album until we actually had the finished product in our grubby mitts. The band are notorious for playing practical jokes on their fans, so, with the tracklisting for this album being announced on their website on 1st April this year, a few of us were a bit sceptical, to say the least. The band pride themselves on following in the tradition of their prog-rock forebears bands like King Crimson and Pink Floyd, but combined with the energy of the early 90's metal scene. Tool have often found themselves pigeonholed into various genre's Nu Metal, Art-metal or just plain old Heavy metal, but i personally believe that the best term (if one must be applied) would be Progressive metal.