The new TOOL song

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#51 Post by nausearockpig » Wed Sep 18, 2019 2:38 pm

Six7Six7 wrote:
Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:09 pm
nausearockpig wrote:
Wed Sep 18, 2019 1:04 am
Mescal wrote:
Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:38 am
I heard a 5 or 6 lp vinyl version will be out in November.

+- 1 song per side and artwork (etchings?) On the other side.
And no standard CD? What a fucking rort. Way to fuck your fans you fucking cunts.
It's 2019.
So what?

Perhaps you’ve missed, or are ignoring the fact they released the exorbitantly priced Special Edition CD version, and are releasing the vinyl versions. All in 2019....

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#52 Post by JOEinPHX » Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:04 pm

nausearockpig wrote:
Wed Sep 18, 2019 2:38 pm
Six7Six7 wrote:
Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:09 pm
nausearockpig wrote:
Wed Sep 18, 2019 1:04 am
Mescal wrote:
Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:38 am
I heard a 5 or 6 lp vinyl version will be out in November.

+- 1 song per side and artwork (etchings?) On the other side.
And no standard CD? What a fucking rort. Way to fuck your fans you fucking cunts.
It's 2019.
So what?

Perhaps you’ve missed, or are ignoring the fact they released the exorbitantly priced Special Edition CD version, and are releasing the vinyl versions. All in 2019....
Vinyl is a medium that people are buying in 2019. In huge numbers.

CDs are not.

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#53 Post by nausearockpig » Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:16 pm

:lolol: vinyl is garbage, no matter what anyone says, hence why CD was invented. "Warmth" :lol:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... aa-880959/
This trend continues in RIAA’s 2019 mid-year report, which came out on Thursday. Vinyl records earned $224.1 million (on 8.6 million units) in the first half of 2019, closing in on the $247.9 million (on 18.6 million units) generated by CD sales. Vinyl revenue grew by 12.8% in the second half of 2018 and 12.9% in the first six months of 2019, while the revenue from CDs barely budged. If these trends hold, records will soon be generating more money than compact discs.
But whatever, all of that still doesn't justify the fact they put out the expensive CD version, but so far have announced nothing about the normal-priced version, when a lot their fan-base is still "stuck" in the CD world, just as a lot are stuck in vinyl world, and a huge percentage are happy with the digital medium.

I'm glad you love buying ones and zeroes of music, me, I like having a CD - gasp!

Interestingly this article mentions that vinyl "warmth" is actually distortion of the sound... but each to their own, unless you're a TOOL fan that wants CDs, apparently..
https://www.yoursoundmatters.com/vinyl- ... planation/

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#54 Post by JOEinPHX » Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:18 pm

nausearockpig wrote:
Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:16 pm

I'm glad you love buying ones and zeroes of music, me, I like having a CD - gasp!
The music on CDs is 1s and 0s.

It's a digital medium.

And it's 1s and 0s when it's recorded, because everyone records onto a computer.

You love 1s and 0s. You have for 30 years.

Stop being weird.

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#55 Post by nausearockpig » Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:26 pm

yeah i know, but you know what I mean. It's BS for old folk like me who just want a CD... but don't wanna pay $150.00 for it.... maybe in 40 yeas CDs will be like vinyl is now and i'll get my FI CD on my deathbed.. :lolol: and yunguns will roll their eyes at me because all music is "now" just beamed into everyone's brains (like Lobo from DC comics had one death metal song playing 24/7 in his head)...

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#56 Post by JOEinPHX » Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:38 pm

Here:

https://www.hdtracks.com/fear-inoculum

Download the FLACs and burn yourself a CD.

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#57 Post by nausearockpig » Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:45 pm

Damn, shoulda done that before buying on iTunes...

thanks!

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#58 Post by guysmiley » Thu Sep 19, 2019 12:05 am

Yeah the thing is out there for free and streaming. I think they made that clear. I like the album. It grew on me. Very prog rock. Which they've been hinting at for years. 7empest is a badass song. I still think they are a genius rhythm section. Some of those songs are harder to play and get your head around time-wise than the fastest shredder stuff. I guess this band just isn't for everyone. :noclue:

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#59 Post by nausearockpig » Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:00 am

It’s certainly a change from the last records that’s for sure. Anyone bitching that they’re not growing or changing is crazy. I guess many people want a change but still the same and somehow they want to like it but can’t appreciate the changes. Even though they wanted change? But also wanted the same?

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#62 Post by Mescal » Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:42 am

Yeah, difficult song to play on bass.

But her timing's off

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#63 Post by nausearockpig » Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:58 pm

See the smile never leaving DCs face.

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#64 Post by Bandit72 » Sat Aug 01, 2020 1:12 am

I'm a TOOL noob. They're a band for some reason I have never listened to for no particular reason. This morning I just so happened to click on them after years of them not wanting to be on Spotify and listened to The Pot which I did actually enjoy.

There must be loads of Tool aficionados out there. Which album should I listen to first?? :noclue:

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#65 Post by nausearockpig » Sat Aug 01, 2020 1:51 am

Ænima. That’s their finest work.

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#66 Post by Mescal » Sat Aug 01, 2020 7:09 am

I prefer Lateralus.

Aenima is good too though.

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#67 Post by Hokahey » Sat Aug 01, 2020 7:29 am

Start from the beginning and hear the evolution.

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#68 Post by kv » Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:12 am

Hokahey wrote:
Sat Aug 01, 2020 7:29 am
Start from the beginning and hear the evolution.
:hehe: yup...start where they started, their first EP "opiate", first full length "undertow" and so on...some love the later tool, I'm of the earlier stuff

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#69 Post by Mescal » Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:45 am

I like Opiate. It's raw and punky.

Never had much love for Undertow though :wavesad:

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#70 Post by Hokahey » Sat Aug 01, 2020 10:17 am

Aenema was their peak. Lateralus was still incredible, but started to show signs of "paint by numbers" Tool. 10,000 Days was good. The new one does absolutely nothing for me.

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#71 Post by kv » Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:45 pm

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I like Opiate. It's raw and punky.
It's my fav of them all...for exactly your reasons..and it was the first I heard of tool...i prob wouldn't have listened to their later stuff without it

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#72 Post by Mescal » Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:08 am

Hokahey wrote:
Sat Aug 01, 2020 10:17 am
Aenema was their peak. Lateralus was still incredible, but started to show signs of "paint by numbers" Tool. 10,000 Days was good. The new one does absolutely nothing for me.
I like the new one ...

At least it's not 'paint by numbers Tool. They tried to do something new and it's still Tool.

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#73 Post by Hype » Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:48 am

I think Undertow is my ultimate fav, but Opiate is the one that I play the most. TOOL is one of those bands from that era that I find it hard to go back to. Like RATM. They're not timeless, despite how incredible they are. They suit a very specific mood and time and it's difficult to enjoy them outside of that.

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#74 Post by Hokahey » Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:50 am

Mescal wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:08 am
Hokahey wrote:
Sat Aug 01, 2020 10:17 am
Aenema was their peak. Lateralus was still incredible, but started to show signs of "paint by numbers" Tool. 10,000 Days was good. The new one does absolutely nothing for me.
I like the new one ...

At least it's not 'paint by numbers Tool. They tried to do something new and it's still Tool.
I disagree. It sounds exactly like paint by numbers Tool. I can't remember a single song from it.

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Re: Then new TOOL song

#75 Post by nausearockpig » Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:11 am

Maynards lyrics and vocals on the latest record are weak as.

I know he’s getting older and his voice isn’t there like in his youth but still. That record was not worth the wait. Those lyrics and melodies were phoned in.

I find Undertow to be too dirgy and droning. I only love the first three tracks (Intolerance, Prison Sex & Sober), the rest are too meh.

Opiate is like someone else said, punky for TOOL. From what I’ve read they put their hardest songs on that record. Cold & Ugly, and Part of Me are fucking insane.

Lateralus has some standout tracks but really, it’s 45% filler. Same goes for 10,000 Days.

If you’re really keen to immerse yourself, go buy a 2TB Drive the go here. https://tooldriveproject.net/

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