Classical Composer Reacts to TOOL: Third Eye | The Daily Doug (Episode 603)

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Жыл бұрын

#tool #thirdeye
In this #metalmonday edition of #thedailydoug, I'm returning to the music of Tool by listening to Third Eye. This song closes out their 2nd album, Aenima, and like most Tool songs, it packs a musical and ethical punch. In the song, we're encouraged to reach beyond dogma and open our 'third eye' to seek enlightenment and wisdom. Come along for the ride!
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@muttbull Жыл бұрын

*_PRYING OPEN MY THIRD 👁_*

@Themata Жыл бұрын

i í i

@alessiodimatteo6388 Жыл бұрын

Amen bro...

@AncientActivist 10 ай бұрын

Doing it. Again. ❤

@AncientActivist 10 ай бұрын

Actually, I have done this 3 times in my life. This is my 4th "reincarnation".... It's my rising from the ashes moment. Again.

@ferrisbueller9991 2 ай бұрын

My Brown Eye....prison sex

@dallasdenton4235 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for actually discussing the music's meaning. So many reaction videos say nothing at the end. You were well researched. Well done friend. Respect from a loyal Tool fan.

@144megabytes Жыл бұрын

Yea this channel has it all imo. Musical diagnosis, terrific balance of comment/music content, and the research/discussion around the music to round it out. It leaves you feeling like you truly explored the works he reviews.

@Doug.Helvering 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! That’s my goal!

@ferrisbueller9991 2 ай бұрын

@@Doug.Helvering You really do good work. Just subbed off this vid alone. Godspeed.

@user-fm8xs3hr3w Жыл бұрын

Taking a hit right as the song starts going as your first time listen is absolutely perfect! Great reaction/analysis.

@QuantumBeeWellness Жыл бұрын

Classic! I had to join him after that hehehehee

@johnseward2934 Жыл бұрын

People who don't like this track should reconsider the assumptions they bring to it. Its not a "song" in any traditional sense of the word. It is the sonic equivalent of a psychedelic experience and deep self introspection. Viewed in that light and given the quality of the soundscape, its an exceptional track and truly unique in the entire history of music. It still may not be someone's cup of lemontek and it certainly isn't the kind of track many people will want to listen to regularly, but it has earned its accolades. Personally, this is one of my top 5ish Tool tracks and one of my most cherished songs in all of music. There are so many details, sounds, narrative choices, and transitions that take so many listens to discover.

@johnnyb6067 Жыл бұрын

I skipped it until I saw it live. Then I was disappointed with myself.

@chriswebb7822 Жыл бұрын

@@johnnyb6067 The live version is a living being in itself...It hits me WAY harder than the studio version!!

@jakefromstatefarm1405 Жыл бұрын

After I discovered Tool, this song was a skip. It was too weird for me, even in the realm of Tool. But after like 3 years I've circled back through the whole discography and fallen in love with this song 🤘

@hank35682 Жыл бұрын

So glad there’s people out there that don’t just take this song at face value, it’s not just music 👁️

@joseignaciodiazgonzalez6769 Жыл бұрын

just like pink floyd done it before.... they're not just "songs" ... they're journeys

@gustavovalladares5296 Жыл бұрын

This is peak Tool. This is every member of the band showcasing their best material, creating this monstrous album closer. Adam gives those excellent solos (IMO the best ones he has made in Tool's discography), Justin in the bass keeping it punchy and steady along with Danny, and Maynard screaming his lungs out and whispering gently.

@boogabuga7657 Жыл бұрын

I love how Adam's busiest solo is hidden behind another simpler solo

@toolhog10 Жыл бұрын

@@ByDesignKatonah I'm pretty sure Billy Howerdel was his tech during this time..

@VeyroneR Жыл бұрын

They are still in their prime. FI is top tier album and their live shows best in genre.

@johnnyb6067 Жыл бұрын

For me their first album (Undertow) is about struggling with abuse and addiction. Their second album (Aenima) is mostly about facing the real world and feelings that was being hidden from in Undertow and not liking it. Third Eye closes it with a spiritual awakening which leads into their third album (Lateralus) which opens with letting go of the grudge and carries on to the realization that all life is one and all this pain is an illusion. Concept albums are cool. But who else has done a concept discography?

@werefrosch 4 ай бұрын

I think king gizzard and the lizard wizard said they did/are doing

@B0bCat11 3 ай бұрын

Holy molly dude

@TheBuglemouthBass Жыл бұрын

That is without a doubt the best Doug thumbnail in the history of Dougs.

@rushyespearthowe Жыл бұрын

I believe that the live version of this song from the Salival recording is PURE GENIUS! Soooo much emotion and great live playing from the band it hurts!!!

@SantamanitaClauscaria Жыл бұрын

@_Mr_Doug_Helvering its an amazing version. They sound better live. And for this track they don't use the same Bill Hicks speech at the beginning, instead they use a sample from another famous person. I won't spoil it, you'll have to hear it.

@Themata Жыл бұрын

@@SantamanitaClauscariaI can recite the quote, but don't know who said it

@SantamanitaClauscaria Жыл бұрын

@@Themata I said I wouldn't spoil it but what the heck. It was Timothy Leary.

@vk3fbab Жыл бұрын

Love push it from Salival too. They reimagined that song wonderfully. No quarter. Need to get that CD out.

@SantamanitaClauscaria Жыл бұрын

@@vk3fbab If Doug hasn't yet heard both versions of Pushit that's an absolute must.

@sagitt1856 Жыл бұрын

TOOL = Psychedelic Metal. Perhaps one of the only bands to have succeeded so well in this fusion... to say the least audacious. Thanks, Master Helvering.

@1848revolt Жыл бұрын

I call them the Pink Floyd of metal. But they prefer King Crimson comparisons.

@stifflersmom4490 Жыл бұрын

Nine inch nails

@sagitt1856 Жыл бұрын

@@stifflersmom4490 I can't fault you, although I don't consider NIN to be of the same creative and qualitative level (at least as far as psychedelic inspiration is concerned) as TOOL. But, that's just my very humble point of view. Cordially.

@steamr0ll Жыл бұрын

I have watched this channel for quite some time and have grown to look at it with fondness and a great deal of respect but this video is the best yet, i got a bit misty-eyed. Doug, you are an awfully good egg and I am glad you share yourself on the youtubes. Thank you so much!

@Doug.Helvering Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words. This channel has given me a great outlet, and I thoroughly enjoy making these videos. The practice of doing intentional listening has reconnected me to my love of music.

@BrandonGaddie Жыл бұрын

I agree wholeheartedly!

@_bats_ Жыл бұрын

Good egg is indeed right. It's cool that this format exists to bring this out of people who make the world a better place through videos like this one.

@aaroncole3941 Жыл бұрын

My favorite part of the whole song is where he's singing softly over the slidy bass!

@alexgram1276 Жыл бұрын

This is the closest to an acid trip you can get with a song

@jaimeecherivel2927 Жыл бұрын

Ænima is the album that really got me into Tool. I remember being like 13 or 14, putting this on my stereo in the bedroom and going to sleep. Talk about some vivid dreams

@spoitras Жыл бұрын

Imagine, they were opening the Aenima tour with this song. Many young dudes with backwards baseball caps were scratching their heads.

@JKa244 Жыл бұрын

Scratching their heads and shading their eyes

@ferrisbueller9991 2 ай бұрын

Ever since I was a young kid I thought hats, baseball caps, were what was worn by the dinky sort of kids. The backwards cap (especially when the sun is making them squint) is a fashion choice of the stereotypes I did not want to be. Pretty stupid I thought I was cool for not wearing a hat. Also never wore jean as I didn't want to look like a farmer?

@AmbassadorDvinn Жыл бұрын

The bass in this song is absolutely unrivaled.

@Mvader7 Жыл бұрын

For me, Tool is a modern day Pink Floyd. Obviously not in the style of music, but in their ability to use the instruments, effects, lyrics and vocals to create an amazing sound scape that transports you to another place. Both are best enjoyed listening to through a good sound system, preferably whole albums in a single sitting.

@Egoblivion Жыл бұрын

Concert spectacle-wise too…

@ShonnDaylee Жыл бұрын

Truer words have seldom been spoken. It is a parallel that is brought up often, for good reason.

@chriswebb7822 Жыл бұрын

@@DRSmith8808 I like it!

@heinous70 Жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one...

@thelonesomefisherman7425 8 ай бұрын

I just deleted my comment, making the same comparison to Pink Floyd after finding this thread. The first time I listened to Tool, it was Wings For Marie part 2. I thought the bass player had gone to the Roger Waters school of bass playing.

@matthewgoodA1206 Жыл бұрын

To me this is an astounding and incredible masterwork. And just a wildly veering, complex and multi-layered journey. There is so, so much to it, all the things they threw in there and stuffed to the hilt. It’s a mind-sprawling composition that leaves other songs seeming quite simple.

@tf2kishi826 Жыл бұрын

dude i laughed my ass off when you pulled out the glass lololol

@dmnddog7417 Жыл бұрын

Even in all its murkiness, "Third Eye" is an amazing piece of music. It's one of my favorite Tool tracks.

@ethanmunoz7109 Жыл бұрын

I've never watched your content before and I clicked on this video and paused it then smoked a bowl, and when I played it you pulled out a pipe and I started dying laughing

@Chris.Minarich.LongIsland Жыл бұрын

Justin rolling down that bass neck like The Incomparable Chris Squire!! This shit gives me the f’ng chills

@DizzyD850 Жыл бұрын

this, to this day since it came out, is my favorite Tool song ever for the simple fact that it will take you for a ride.

@jimmiekarbinwaglind8491 Жыл бұрын

This is without a doubt my favorite song by Tool! :)

@VisceralAshes Жыл бұрын

This is definitely an album worth doing a full review, like Black Sabbath, and Dark Side of the Moon, etc. So many young memories with my best friend and my girlfriend, smoking late at night, while listening to this album in it's entirety, traveling down wooded roads and under blue skies. Such an important album, it captured an entire time in my life.

@wingedmoonlight560 11 ай бұрын

Bro when u brought out the bowl I laughed out loud I did not expect that! Great stuff my friend

@johniicage2186 11 ай бұрын

"Really high on drugs"- Maynard *Lights bowl*- Doug

@dezmilad Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you did Third Eye, doug👏👏👏👏👏it's my favorite tool song and my favorite song about enlightment. It's super interesting for me to find out the whole song is in D just different scales of D. So it definitely helps with creating a bit of that trance (almost drone) feeling even though it's not like your typical trance/drone music. Thank you man I always learn from your videos 🙏🙏🙏 And they still have all these amazing transitions, arrangement wise. It's a masterpiece 🤘🤘🤘

@ibanezleftyclub Жыл бұрын

Probably my top 3 favorite songs ever. From any band.

@palmereldritch_6669 7 ай бұрын

Top 5 Tool songs of all time. This song is a journey. I used to fall asleep to it in a bean bag as a teenager. So many weird little details. It's performance art as much as music.

@clintonchico9547 Жыл бұрын

Aenima is my favorite album of all time.

@disgustipated_462 Жыл бұрын

The respect that it deserves, thanks much!

@biffbarely7045 Жыл бұрын

I was a Hicks enthusiast from his 1st appearance on the HBO's "Young Comedians" special. I thought it was awesome when Tool started referencing him in their music.

@JasonEwton Жыл бұрын

I hadn't listened to this since I was a teenager. Still fucking parties.

@derekrajala7990 Жыл бұрын

To me, "prying open my third eye" means that he (the character of the song) has been trying to force his way to enlightenment through drugs "smoke" and thought "reason". Which is a fight, the use of force, and therefore a losing battle. He leaves it to the listener to find the easy way in the wake of the song; instinct, relax, allow.

@tenaciousb7868 3 ай бұрын

I think the narrator, Maynard I suppose, experiences an ego death through a heavy dose of psychedelics, completely obliterating the lens through which he views himself in the world.. and instead reverting to the innocence of childhood for a fleeting glimpse. Almost remote viewing the moment life went from playing in the dirt to being plugged into the system/society, directly witnessing your own fall from innocence, catching a glimpse of it and pleading to himself to come back out to play, not to run away into ego and the stressors of life and this world. Having that dissociation from reality/time, and almost traveling inter-dimensionally to feel all time at once is the 3rd eye.

@EdwardRLyons Жыл бұрын

Tool does so much with so little! Just pure genius.

@johnprice6066 Жыл бұрын

I worked with Bill Hicks' brother, Steve, back in the '80s... This song always makes me think of them both. 😊

@DrummerAndrew Жыл бұрын

There is so much more TOOL for you to listen to and admire. Please continue to do so. It’s wonderful. And your comments are succinct and appropriate. Go and keep going. Cheers!

@benstephenson8993 Жыл бұрын

Getting into TOOL is like having your first shot of alcohol… chances are that you’ll throw up the first time or two, but if you stick with it, it becomes addictive

@thisistheyear99 Жыл бұрын

Great reaction, breakdown and commentary, as always 🤘🏼👁🌀🌀🌀🌀

@TheWonderer7 Жыл бұрын

One of the best Tool songs on their best album

@trezhan Жыл бұрын

They are so flicking amazing and downplay everything!

@arthurdent1045 Жыл бұрын

I Highly recommend you listen to this album in its entirety, uninterrupted. especially after a few smokes. it is a journey!.. One of the all time great Albums ever. - - Great Review also!

@lesliedavis2185 Жыл бұрын

Fave Tool album, and one of my fave albums altogether. Great live.

@jasonnielsen5976 Жыл бұрын

The pick scrape on the guitar at 15:16 gives me chills every time I hear it

@NoineNoineNoine 11 ай бұрын

Well done. I am now a subscriber. Enjoy your thought process and love that you let the songs play through without interruption!

@13christbane Жыл бұрын

this song always makes my eyes well up. tears of despair and sadness and then the big release and forgiving yourself and moving on.

@keithk1559 6 ай бұрын

Forgiving ones self is the hardest thing I've ever done, still struggling with it to this day.

@jindas4217 Жыл бұрын

Definitely listen to this entire album.

@jupiterandneptune6992 Жыл бұрын

Tool is great, talented beyond the majority of other bands, deep, philosophical, experimental and open minded. An artist's and thinkers type of music. Recomend hearing this album from start to finish, and take it's journey. Every 3 song's is a masterpiece almost and there's not a bad song on it. My favirot album probably that I've ever heard out of all music I've heard.

@malin9314 Жыл бұрын

This made my morning :) Thank you Dough for covering Tool once again!

@pudermcgavin4462 Жыл бұрын

Being reminded it came out in 96 makes me feel super old!

@vlfreak Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking me back to my late teen years doug, loved loved (and still) love these guys.. many a late night spent soaking up tool.. so many layers

@darkmagus64 Жыл бұрын

Tool never disappoints. 😂

@ZenPoet Жыл бұрын

This is the best TooL reaction video I’ve watched. and I’ve watched a fucking lot of them. Old Composer has some good ones. And I love the Danny drum cam reactions. ..but this is dope. i love you.

@tatuued Жыл бұрын

cool to get a classical view point. i come from rock and grunge and metal and jazz playing though my dad had me listening to classical and hymns at a young age. can only play satie and about 8 secs of bach aria. love tool, been listening since 93'. good message. appropriate name; useful tool if you can figure out how to utilize.

@danforsyth4608 Жыл бұрын

Well Doug it appears youtube only shows me your videos when you do tool but I have to say as a been there since the beginning life long tool fan when I watch your videos it's like I'm hearing it with a new ear love to watch you react to tool the way I do they are such an important band for this world I wish everyone could sit down like you do and experience a tool song and then tey to would know the feeling thanks for doing what you do!

@treypav Жыл бұрын

This is my top 3 favorite tool songs ever. Its incredibly written

@josueguillen2742 10 ай бұрын

This album/ song literally changed the way I saw music.

@Senor_Fast Жыл бұрын

I consider this tool's most profound song. A lot of people say it's lateralus but I think this song tops it. The spiritual journey the song puts you through is not matched. It puts you through so many emotions that it feels like a lifetime. Also the salival version manages put this song on an even higher pedestal. I definitely recommend giving it a listen.

@socialxperiment3162 Жыл бұрын

I don’t know if anyone has mentioned it yet but your new and refreshed intro and outro are awesome!!

@UncleAnaesthesia Жыл бұрын

Yo Doug, I'd just love to chill, have a glass of something good and a big ol' blunt and ask you a bunch of technical questions about music. I'm always in awe of people who possess the gift of music and of the ear. I try to surround myself with those people to understand more and as it relates to the human experience.

$@fractalshapes$

@fractalshapes Жыл бұрын

love those 9th chords on the guitar during the "so good to see you"

@travisthornton1792 Жыл бұрын

King Gizzard’s new album would be great for Metal Monday. Here’s their first single, “Gila Monster” kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7eIZaaksqmmaYE.html

@costaldevomito Жыл бұрын

Hahaha the bill hicks sample about drugs and then you take a hit! Perfection! Also a linguistics nerd and its so importsnt to also dissect the lyrics as language is a very special type of music!

@SpiritArtLife 3 ай бұрын

One of my all time favorite Tool songs. Thank you for this.

@grawl69 9 ай бұрын

One of my favorite Tool reactions.

@DaedalusRaistlin 11 ай бұрын

Those cheeky tokes were great. Love hearing your reactions on my favourites, and this is one of my absolute favourites.

@Lateralus138 Жыл бұрын

It's talking about finally getting to know (or maybe as you said, rediscovering) one's self. We are so molded by other's influence throughout our lives that many people never really know themselves. We only know and believe what we are told to know and believe. The third eye is the gateway to one's self our your soul if you believe in that sort of thing.

@lsu1992 Жыл бұрын

This song live was a fundamental shift in my young life back in '96.

@66marbor Жыл бұрын

Went to see them tour this album, smallish venue in Toronto. They started with this track. Had some buddies on shrooms and one took a taxi home and waited in his car till we got back. The other just layed on the floor on the way to the bathroom and the song wasn't done yet

@Johnny_Blaze Жыл бұрын

Maybe check out Wings for Maria PT 1 and PT 2 together. Such a moving song. The story, the feelings, the music. I cannot listen without my eyes welling up.

@KahurangiSteez Жыл бұрын

To me this song is basically describing a DMT trip. Prying open my third eye. The whole thing is about talking to DMT entities and other related hallucinations.

@justinman114 11 ай бұрын

My man always has the best Tool reactions!

@Egoblivion Жыл бұрын

Ok, now the live version from _Salival_ while the song is fresh on your mind! Please with whipped cream and cherries on top!!!

@chriswebb7822 Жыл бұрын

I'll second, third and forth that!!

@kennethalbert4653 2 ай бұрын

15:00 ish His two sides thought of the other..... One - Chasing the tale of dogma Other- chasing smoke (weed, drugs) and reason. Bring the two together to become enlightened ! Tale of dogma Tail of dogma Just fucken brilliant !

@MB-ln9nv Жыл бұрын

a wild time is watching this song to the last scene of fantasia... the visuals interact with the music and lyrics. That movie is set to traditional music and it works.. The album goes well starting stinkfist when the 3rd cello is lit in the opening shot of the orchestral.... learned about this in early 2000s. it's great, a fluke, or whatever it is. 46&2, pushit and aenema are the best.... dinosaurs and the world ending line right up. hooker is the micky and the saucer scene. need an old version on vhs to do it right.

@tatuued Жыл бұрын

i listened to traditional turkish music recently and found a similarity to that and tools music. don't know if they're directly inspired but i wonder if they use odd scales/rhythms like they do over in the middle east or even india; love ravi shankar too. tools music noticeably stands out in a sea of american music to anyone who gives them a chance.

@seanburns2669 Жыл бұрын

I love that you're revisiting TOOL! A request, or a question; have you ever checked out the eponymous album by UK? It's a masterpiece. How can you go wrong with Bill Bruford, Allan Holdsworth, John Wetton and Eddie Jobson?! I didn't know any other way to make this off topic request, and I will now go back to TOOL.

@suzannealdridge1404 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou I'll check that out. 👍

@suzannealdridge1404 Жыл бұрын

@Doug_Helvering-....That was Excellent, Thankyou. John Cale and Brian Eno - Wrong way up, is an amazing album, if you havnt heard it.

@joshuaellis8679 Жыл бұрын

Comedians opening for metal/rock bands have become way more common. Metal festivals always have comedy shows now. Big Jay Oakerson opened for Korn for an entire tour one year.

@thereal_ap232 4 ай бұрын

Killer bowl man!! I appreciate your content!! New sub from NC

@mttscz Жыл бұрын

After watching your Yamandu video, I think it would be lovely if you reacted to more brazilian composers like Tom Jobim! Passarim is a great record that blends orchestration, samba, bossa nova and the nostalgic recording tone from 1987 ❤ complex harmonies are a must in Jobim's work! :)

@theivory1 Жыл бұрын

I would have to sit down and really calculate to produce an estimate of how many times I have listened to this song. It's a bunch. I've seen it live 4 times I think over the years. It's still my favorite by them.

@amberlydavis5643 9 ай бұрын

This is my favourite past time, it makes me so fulfilled. Tool is my favourite band & and their music is truly a story and experience.

@Dolphins-ov5oe Жыл бұрын

Imagine coming up with this material and then recording it

@Agostoic Жыл бұрын

Bill Hicks was well ahead of his time, one of the greatest for sure up there with Carlin. Also this song absolutely slaps still!

@kl8455 Жыл бұрын

Bill was a comic's comic and left way too soon. Same thing with Kinison. Texan comedic geniuses.

@vk3fbab Жыл бұрын

Hicks was on point and tool were on point for calling it at the time.

@Emka111 Жыл бұрын

Great reaction, hope for more Tool / A perfect circle

@anniken325 6 ай бұрын

Loved tool since 1992 and have really enjoyed your journey of knowing them.... all the way to being a feal fan... nice Chanel

@zpe1200 Жыл бұрын

I think you are the first reactor to get this song right esp the thing about the last song overview of the whole album.

@reneelyons6836 Жыл бұрын

⚒T⚙⚙L🛠 Yes, please!!

@paulpv7 Жыл бұрын

Chris Pitman on the synths in this song. He would join Guns n roses in 1998 and stay there until 2015. Contributed a lot to the Chinese Democracy album and played over 350 shows across the globe with them.

@JesseJames7-8-9 Жыл бұрын

Easily the most overlooked Fool song. Great react 🤌

@pauldavis2535 Жыл бұрын

We’re listening ❤

@yellowkangdexasthur4904 Жыл бұрын

Nice timing with the pipe

@anemazoso Жыл бұрын

Their greatest album imo

@dergerd9262 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Doug

@simonworthington7979 7 ай бұрын

Great video. Thanks Doug. Make sure to check out the Salival version of this if you haven't. My preferred version, although this still rocks too.

@kl8455 Жыл бұрын

Bill Hicks was on Letterman a number of times. the last time he did a set they show censored Bill and did not air it. Later on Letterman had Bill's mother on the show after Hicks had passed and the audience watched the set Bill had done then. pretty sure Bill had an album called Arizona Bay and tool references that in the song Aenima.

@catmanduu66 Жыл бұрын

Such an incredible album. I full listen would be cool. Three of the songs on the album are just audio journeys you could say. The last one, (-) Ions, reminds me of the scene in Frankenstein when the monster is being created. The sound of storms and electricity. There is even a song in German. To me, being in German it sounds like the song is about something harsh but it's really a very wholesome song. Great reaction as always Doug.

@13christbane Жыл бұрын

he is reading a recipe in german

@tommonk7651 Жыл бұрын

Bill Hicks was from Valdosta, GA, where I went to college. Hicks was fearless....

@alexanderdario Жыл бұрын

A pure masterpiece! Like a lot of Tool works... May I suggest you to look the new work of Queens of the Stone Age? I'm so curious to see what you think about it...