TOOL

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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That’s right. TOOL.

I just got in. Was away for a few days, visiting a few friends in my old university town. Today, we drove up to Tilburg with 6 of us to attend a concert.

Yeah. TOOL.
That’s right. TOOL. I just saw TOOL. TOOL, dammit.

They were just as good as when I saw them the first time, four years ago. Only the show was more professional, and longer, too. I’m sure I’ll elaborate in the morning, but now, the 300+ miles in the car and the concert have gotten the best of me. Coldy’s gonna crash.

I saw TOOL. And they ROCKED. They rocked HARD.

Learn to swim, see you down in Arizona Bayzzzzz[sup][sub]zzzzz…[/sub][/sup]

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I just got their new CD, “Lateralus” and it’s not very good the first time around. Seems to me that they have turned into APC,( A Perfect Circle, sideband created by maynard james keenan that because wildly popular) too mellow and not much heavy about it. Just my opinion though, I could be wrong. Anybody want a TOOL cd?

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*became (this is what happens when I listen to music, type and have a conversation at the same time…)

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So…you like rock hard tools?

:eek:

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I’m jealous Clog-Boy. I’ve wanted to see Tool since Ænima came out in '96. They’re touring the US this summer with King Crimson (a proggers fantasy!), but there are no planned dates near Washington.

As for Lateralus, I started a [url=“http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=71096”]thread* in IMHO to discuss it. I like it, but it’s going to take a year to fully digest it.

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Preview is my friend.

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I’m jealous. I love Tool. I know people that don’t love Tool. Those people suck. You love Tool. You do not suck. Sleep well, Coldfire. Bastard. :smiley:

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Umm, yes, please?

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Saw Tool on the second stage at one of those Lollapaloozas way back when. Only about 1,000 of us paying attention, and they fucking smoked.

AEnima [sub](sorry; I don’t know how to do the cool A-E thing together)[/sub] is such an amazing album, I make it a point to ask my friends if they have it.

I was going to rush out and get the new disc, but am I hearing rumblings of dissention?

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Nah, get it. It’s really good, especially if you consider the entire album as one work. There were a few times that it made me think, “Oh, sweet Jesus, I’m worshipping at the altar of a prog rock band.” But I got over it.

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Lucky bastard.

Studi

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And what, do tell, is wrong with prog rock?

– Montfort, resident prog rock snob

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Oh, you know. Effete intellectualism. General pretentiousness. Lack of soul. Concept albums, for the love of God. That just leads to rock operas. No one wants that.

You know I’m having fun here, right? To come into a thread started by Coldfire and imply disdain for prog rock? ('Sides, I don’t really think Tool is a prog rock band. They’re far too cool for that. :))

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Just for the record, though, if anybody starts talking smack about grunge I come bomb their house.

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I know the pieces fit cuz I watched them fall away.

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I’ll accept your distate for prog rock if you withdraw this statement from the record. :slight_smile:

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You suck, Coldy.

I’m jealous, but my day will come. Actually, maybe I *shouldn’t * go to a TOOL concert, they were one of the bands I used to listen to pump up for rugby matches. I might start tackling people.

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mmmm…tool…stinkfist…dreamy…

The general consensus I hear on the new album is that it’s not so much ‘bad’ as it is ‘just another tool album’. They haven’t made any strides in their music, they haven’t evolved at all…which, in my opinion, isn’t really a big deal. I thought once A Perfect Circle was formed, Tool was done, but I guess not.

jarbaby

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Lux, I simply HAVE to ask permission to use this in my sig. If anything stamps the steel of the punk movement (boy am I old) that’s it.