Vocal coach REACTS - Tool 'Lateralus'

Imagine hearing Lateralus for the first time again...

This helps: 1 Black 1 then 2 white are 3 all I see 5 in my infancy 8 Red and yellow then came to be 5 reaching out to me 3 lets me see 2 there is 1 so 1 much 2 more and 3 beckons me 5 to look through to these 8 infinite possibilities 13 As below, so above and beyond, I imagine 8 drawn outside the lines of reason 5 Push the envelope 3 Watch it bend

Last time I listened to Tool with one of my kids in the room my four year old daughter looked at me and said, "Dad, I feel like I am going somewhere."

Ken: What time signature is this? Tool: Yes.

"Out of sync, but perfectly in-time" - you just summed up the rythm of Tool

Why am I hooked on watching people react to Tool?

"Overthinking, overanalysing? Tool, this was your idea."

Watching singers trying to nod along and find a quarter note is hilarious, it never gets old.

wow how has no one commented on the fact that this song just made this man have a damn near DMT trip. fractal kaleidoscope geometry images??lol

"There was some... sort of polymetric... rhythm going on" Yup, that's Tool.

Lol, this was great! Spiral out. Keep going 🤘

"I feel like I've got all these memories that aren't my own...that are flooding into my brain." Wow...honestly, best description of Tool songs I've ever heard. Ever. I just subbed. I sincerely hope you do WAAAAY more Tool songs. Seriously. You clearly have the ear and mind for what they create. It's a glorious rabbit hole to fall into. I only wish I could re-experience it all anew. Been a fan since I was 16....21 years ago.

Oh god, we've created a monster.

This video should be called: "A listen of Tool coaches a vocalist"

Youtuber: tries to explain Lateralus Tool fans: yes we know

"I've got all these memories that kind of aren't my own flooding into my brain" that would be the collective consciousness Tool speaks about in their music

Audio engineer here - he's layering different tones and octaves and not fixing the slight timing inconsistencies that are usually (over)corrected in most radio mixes in pop and rock. One normal track, one breathy, and one an octave lower is what I'm hearing in that section. Possibly a slightly time modulated quick "slapback" delay that goes in and out of alignment with the original as well. You can also do this with the early reflections of a room reverb too. Usually pop/rock and even hip-hop doubles try to have the double sound as exact to the original as possible, whereas this is more like two different guitars playing the same line to sound bigger.

This was deeply satisfying to watch. Not everybody who I talk in to listening to tool reacts to it with actual open-mindedness. Seeing someone hearing laturalas the first time and really paying attention and feeling the song is so nice to see.

My whole body tingles whenever I hear this song. I've heard it 10000 times and it always does. I hope it never stops

I love seeing the reactions of people who are open to new things to songs from this seminal album. The little crooked smile, the eyes going everywhere, the moving with the unknown rhythm... It's everything, man.