There's a lot filler on this album.
Agreed. It's a charming piece of work (as much as Tool can be called "charming," I suppose) but it's flawed, uneven.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 13 May 2010 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Prison Sex for the blood shit and cum line. This is my favourite Tool album actually, later ones got too into trickiness at the expense of rocking.
― jabba hands is cool (chap), Thursday, 13 May 2010 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
And great for the pun "feel it inside of me!!!" ("feel it in sodomy").
There's some shitty pop song that was inescapable for a few years-- maybe that "Kryptonite" song, I can't remember-- where the dude says "inside of me" a lot and I always heard "sodomy," which was always a pick-me-up.
― Vanilla Douche (res), Thursday, 13 May 2010 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
WAU! Never caught onto this! O_O
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 13 May 2010 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
what do you guys mean by filler? like they only had enough good material for an EP but it feels like they added stuff to make it a full length? or just the quality of songwriting is uneven? what songs are filler?
― borntohula, Thursday, 13 May 2010 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Ironically, it sounds much less ominous on the Tool song than it does here (see 2:24):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3hPSAaYmZs#t=02m24s
― Vanilla Douche (res), Thursday, 13 May 2010 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
that was xpost, btw
OMG cannot stop laughing.... fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccckkkk!!
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 13 May 2010 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 13 May 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Intolerance 0
Really??
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 13 May 2010 23:24 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah that's a bit surprising to me too. it's got one of the most memorable hooks(?) on that album.
the other two songs that went without votes are less surprising, though not throwaway tracks by any means. the only thing about "crawl away" that i really don't like is the rhyme scheme "say, pay, me (pronounced may)." "disgustipated" has always been frustrating because of how drawn out that intro is, but its a gem once it gets going. it would've been interesting to see them try and play it live.
― borntohula, Friday, 14 May 2010 04:22 (thirteen years ago) link
this is one of the first cd's i purchased and i'm kinda disappointed i didn't vote. i don't know what i would've voted for though, it's been probably 10 years since i've listened to it.
intolerance is definitely one of the better tracks, though. i expected that to be in the top half of the results.
― also beheadings - have you seen any? (circa1916), Friday, 14 May 2010 04:53 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zdREH1BqGDk#!
― how's life, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 08:33 (ten years ago) link
It is impossible to overstate how bored every non-MJK band member looks in that clip.
― how's life, Sunday, 21 September 2014 10:59 (nine years ago) link
Sounds like very early Jane's or even Psi-Com
― MaresNest, Sunday, 21 September 2014 13:52 (nine years ago) link
title track and "4 degrees" severely underrated itt
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 16 April 2018 15:54 (six years ago) link
otm. Crawl Away is magnificent, too.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Monday, 16 April 2018 16:24 (six years ago) link
I listened for maybe the first time this century, and it exceeded my memories of it - banger after banger tbh.
However, I'd forgotten about the Rollins guest verse. When he says "I've gone to great lengths to expand my threshold of pain" I guffawed, which is probably not the intended reaction.
― chap, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 08:30 (three years ago) link
Damn it, I've got Swamp Song on a loop in my head.
I hope it SUCKS! I hope it SUCKS YOU FUCKER!
― chap, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 12:03 (three years ago) link
I haven't looked through the whole thing yet but I think there's a section in Sylvia Massy's book detailing the proper way to mic shotguns and pianos for this purpose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYju_s0Dfe4
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 19:08 (three years ago) link