You might as well do the whole album lol. One of the best albums of all time

This song won a Grammy in ‘98. Mom = Mother Nature, and what he’s singing about is Los Angeles in particular

AEnema as an Album is dedicated to Comedian Bill Hicks, who the band toured with early in their careers, and became close friends with him. He died of Cancer in 1994, and a lot of the songs on this album refer to things Bill said. "Arizona Bay" was a bit he did where he talked about how shallow and how awful LA was, and how he couldn't wait till it dropped in the ocean. Thusly, Arizona Bay.

"Mom's coming round to put it back the way it outta be," and "Mom, please flush it all away" are Mother Earth references. After California slides into the ocean because of earth quakes and tidal waves it becomes "Arizona Bay." Hence the "learn to swim" line. Tool admired the late spoken word comedian, Bill Hicks who has a comedy album "Arizona Bay."

"Don't just call me pessimist, try and read between the lines i can't imagine why you wouldn't welcome any change, my friend" This is sooo good!

The song is about Los Angeles specifically. About how the world will be a better place the second the San Andreas Fault gives way and the whole West Coast drops into the ocean. They're from there.

This album and song really showcases the two sides of Tool. On one hand, they can be masterfully cerebral and powerfully poignant. Lateralus, Right in Two, Wings for Marie/10,000 Days, and Forty-Six and Two are perfect examples of this. The other side of Tool is... An interesting mix of tongue-in-cheek jokes (Die Eier von Satan is a spoken word bit that sounds like a passionate speech in German, but is actually a recipe for a cookies called the Balls of Satan), extremely snide critique (Aenima has a not-so-subtle jab at Scientology, and H.W.A.P. is a brutal diss of fans who hypocritically called them sellouts), and some oddly comical songs (Rosetta Stoned is an acid trip of a track in this regard).

This whole album is just fire, but most of them are.

Tools discography is a spiritual journey of growth and awakening.

YES!!!! My absolute favorite Tool song🖤The lyrics mean more to me now than ever before with the way this world has become. It is time. Please flush it all away!!

"Mom's gonna fix it all soon. " Refers to Mother Nature

You need to see Tool live. Hands down the best concert I have seen.

Tool has so many great songs, Ticks & Leeches, 7empest, Sober, Schism, Forty Six&2, The Grudge. Take care Aileen👋🏻❤️

Would like to see you react to "Vicarious". Not many reactors have done it (which baffles my mind) .It is definitely one of their best songs and the message of the song I believe will intrigue you.

This is the Greatest song ever written by Tool ... I was in North Hollywood in January of '94 for the Northridge Earthquake. (It was... Soul Changing...) This song captures that moment... That week... That year...

The energy in an arena when they do this live, and EVERYONE is screaming it at the top of their lungs right along.... amazing

They are amazing live! I honestly think they are better live than on album.

I saw Tool only once when they were a part of the 1998 Ozzfest Tour. That whole show was complete and utter madness. Tool was the second to last band right before Ozzy and right before them was Megadeth, Soulfly, Sevendust and System of a Down. I was practically legally dead by the time Tool came on along with like 75 percent of the crowd but as soon as Tool walked on stage everyone including myself got a second wind. This song was the high point of the whole concert. Something like 13,000 people in unison singing "LEARN TO SWIM! LEARN TO SWIM! LEARN TO SWIM! LEARN TO SWIM!" is something I'll never forget. However that all being said, I'm still a little miffed at Ozzfest for the way they set things up between the two stages. They gave a Sophie's Choice with Tool on one stage and goddamned Motorhead on the other. I picked Tool, but it was a TOUGH call.

Mom=Mother Nature. “Learn to Swim, see you down in Arizona Bay”. That’s him praying for California to slide into the ocean, thus creating Beach front property in Arizona.

This song is a lullaby to the fine people who populate LA, lyrics are required!

Yay! Finally! lol. My favorite Tool song, honestly. I first heard this song December 31, 1995 at one of the first few Primus NYE shows, where Tool played > 1 hour as an opening act, and about half their set was songs off of AEnima, including Pushit. The mind-blowing part regarding that show is that AEnima didn't get released until early *September* of '96, more than *9 months* later. So, we were some of the first people in the *world* to hear those songs. Oh, and even after Tool's set was done, we still had something like 90+ minutes of Primus to look forward to for everyone to ring in the New Year. If anyone wants to experience that set, here's a link to the actual show itself (video quality is total ass, no surprise, but audio is actually listenable): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qsWeeaaDr5rWoZs.html

He's talking about LA, not the world, although I'd say it's probably applicable to most of California, lol.

Amazing reaction my friend Aileen!!...I love your reactions to Dimash, the best male singer of the world (In my personal opinion)...Now I want to invite you to meet, who is considered one of the Best Female Singers of the World (The best in my personal opinion)...The passion and dedication when Dimash is performing a song can only be compared with the person who has influenced him to sing leaving everything on stage: His idol, the queen, the incomparable, the Goddess: Lara Fabian.....Lara is the best female singer and performer of the world...She is a lyric soprano with a amazing vocal range and incredible breath control...She speaks and composes in 5 languages and sings in more than 15 languages....That's why she is the inspiration for Dimash and several singers around the world...You can see covers of her songs on KZfaq made by singers of the stature of: Dimash, Diana Ankudinova, Polina Gagarina, Forestella, Sissel Kyrkjebo, Floor Jansen, Diana Navarro, Giulia Falcone, Morissette Amon, Gabriel Henrique, Rimar, Katrina Velarde, Cakra Khan and others...Please react to her songs, all masterpieces, in LIVE versions, because Lara is more impressive when she sings live, so you can see why she is the idol of Dimash...Try to do it in this order and almost all songs are from the same Lara’s concert “From Lara With Love” in Montreal 1999, one of her best works: 1) Je Suis Malade (Singing in French)...2) Caruso (Singing in Italian)...3) Je T'AIME (2002 Live version in Paris Singing in French)...4) Perdere L'Amore (1999 Live version Singing in Italian)...5) Adagio (1999 Live version singing in english)...6) Broken Vow (1999 Live version singing in English)...7) You are Not From Here (1999 Live version singing in English)...8) Quédate (1999 Live version singing in Spanish)....9) Ti Amo Cosi (2019 Live version Singing a trío with Dimash and Aida Garifullina)....I hope to see you first reaction soon and if you don't mind, I'd like you to mention me as the person who recommended reacting to Lara...Here you have the link of her amazing performance of the son>g “Je Suis Malade”....kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m66DrM5luK3YpY0.html

When I was in high school this album came out. We had to write a poem for English class. My best friend nelson forgot and when we got to class the next day he said “gimme a pen and paper quick”. We passed our papers forward and I asked him what he wrote and he said he wrote the lyrics to aenima. He got an A and our English teacher loved it.

Yeah, Maynard's asking for Mother Earth/Mother Nature to do her thing here and get rid of LA/California. Tidal waves & fault lines which would knock California into the Pacific Ocean and form Arizona Bay - hence the "learn to swim" for everyone in LA. (flush it all away)

I was listening to this song as I pulled up to the Dutch Bros for a drink and the kid who took my order heard about 20 seconds of this and was like "oh my god..." I told him, "welcome to my generation. We were pissed...and we still are."

Vicarious and right in two next please from tool

Love your reaction as always ! Tool are more than Music and Songs; it's an expercience and a trip...!

TOOL is the RADIOHEAD of metal.

"Ma" (mother) refers to Mother Nature, a metaphorical force capable of wiping/washing/flushing Los Angeles off the face of the Earth.

RIP Bill Hicks

Every member of the band was on absolute top form for this song. One of the best songs EVER

VICARIOUS!! That needs to be next 🤘🏻🔥 This song is insane, I loved your reaction, keep it up cuz you are killing it dear ❤️❤️

I’ve already clicked on this twice thinking it was already recorded! Hurry up! 😅😂

On this tour I saw them and met Adam jones parents as they walked out after the show. His mom proudly said “our son is the LEAD guitarist” lol

This song jams, they have more also

you haven’t done Aenema yet ! No way So excited actually.

Funny thing, I listen to Tool since over 20 years, but for a long time I was missing so much depth. One example is that only since like 2-3 years I started to really hear Danny, now I am huge fan of him and Aenema is my personal best Danny's performance. Drum parts blow my mind every time I listen to this song nowadays. Watching videos like yours helps to explore deeper parts of Tool phenomena, so thank you very much and keep doing what you do !

You are the best! It’s like you’re looking at my list of favorite bands and reacting to them. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥☺️😉😊

Listened to this MANY times and I only just now realized the end is someone (or mankind, or LA) grasping for breath, breaths getting shorter and shorter, then one last longer gasp, and death. Wow just wow. Pure ART.

Awesome reaction! Love the observation of the second half being a bit more feminine. I think mother nature is representative of that too. Feminine traits I think lead to more understanding and compassion which leads to solutions. And their next album Lateralus was all about letting go of your problems and healing 💯

What a perfect song!

Seeing this song performed live is an experience among itself.

when he said "moms gonna fix it soon. yea moms gonna put it back the way it oughta be" he is talking about Mother nature. the force that has the power to finish off this civilization.

“Pass the god damn butter” Say that over and over as the song begins and you’ll get how Danny came up with the rhythm.

Thank you for doing this song, when I first paid attention to the lyrics, I was like ....ohh, ok, I need to "learn to swim" and I'm glad I live in Buffalo, NY✌️

At the 9:45 mark, that's literally a lyric from another Tool song. Lateralus. It's crazy how many songs from this era are coming back up and resonating in today's world. This song, Rage Against the Machine, N.W.A. The fight for human rights. The police brutality is back in the news, even though it never really stopped being a problem. When "Mom" flushed, she didn't make sure to jiggle the handle cuz the shit's still floating around.

Def my fav tool song

My all time favorite Tool song. This is the song of my people.

When he says "mom's gonna fix it all soon." He means mother nature is going to correct the flaw of human.

if some of yall didnt this song is dedicated to the comedian bill hicks, the lyric "learn to swim, see you down in arizona bay" was a routine he did talking about how california would float away into the pacific and part of arizona would become arizona bay.

Love this song ...anytime any fucking day

I can never stop listening to this song and "Jambi" over and over again..they have been on my playlist for 20yrs...I never get tired over hearing them both..it's like a new experience everytime I listen to them

By mum I assume he was referring to mother nature. The one most capable of flushing it all away. Easily my favourite Tool song. Great reaction btw.

You should react to ticks and leeches by tool 🔥

Finally, an articulate deep thinker that grasps the concept. Love your trane of thought. Ty.

A cutie who’s into Tool?!! I’m in Heaven 😍Subscribed!!!

Arizona Bay..lol..Great video🔥🔥🔥🔥

Nicholson‘s Joker [re Gotham]: This town needs an enema! Maynard [re LA]: same

I look at the ending, with the chanting, as a rain dance. Praying to mother nature for the rain to fall, to flush it all away. 🙏

AEnema is the definitive Tool record.

2 seconds in. Holy love your VOICE IS AMAZING

OMG! I love the way you explained the song!! Perfect reaction from a beautiful reactor. 🤟🏼

My cousin bought this album in 1996 when it was released and we both listened to it from beginning to end. This album was my first introduction to TOOL and it changed my life. I have been a huge TOOL fan ever since.

Bill Hicks; Arizona Bay. Brilliant controversial comedy album. "Learn to Swim, see you down in Arizona Bay"

Working, a few years back, in Phoenix, this was the chant ":Learn to swim" by he local wait staff.

One of thee greatest outro's. And you nailed it, as always. 🖤🤘🏽🖖🏿👽

PLZ EULOGY!!! Best song of Tool

"mom, please flush it all away" he's talking about mother nature

Great reaction, as always! He's actually singing about L.A. in particular. He's always voiced his displeasure living there.

I discovered your channel recently. Your reactions are great! Love Tool!

Tool was lightspeed but when the bassiest Justin joined,they went true superluminal.Justin is among the great.Hes very underated.

Love your reactions Senpai!! Hope this is the beginning of your next Tool spiral!! Right in Two is amazing also! Beautiful bit haunting message!

Really loved to see some Type O Negative on the channel. Peters dark humour goes hand in hand with Tool.

Her heart rate dropped when she was listening and spiked when she tried to relate to a world of idiots. One of us!!!

Definitely would like to see your reaction to Ticks & Leeches, it's one of the heaviest intros from Tool in my opinion. Something that just kicks down the door and pulls you for a wild ride from the jump. Has an awesome balance of depth yet simplicity in it's meaning.

Here for it!

I've been listening to this song for 27 years!! You have been The only person to react as I did when I was15 years old!! Thank youfor your reaction!! You are appreciated

You should do Ticks and Leeches next. Their record company wanted a song for radio play and they came up with a masterpiece!

JFC! 😆 Multiple Toolgasm’s during this reaction 😂 In all seriousness, I really enjoy your Tool reactions, you get the spiritual side, the mental side, the emotional side, & the music side of Tool. Keep rockin’ 🤘🏻

Also really need to listen 2 eulogy

This song is about California falling into the Ocean because of the San Andreas Fault that runs through the whole State.

Subbed just because you are all in with the Aenema. This and "Third Eye" are probably my favorite Tools in my Tool Box. Something in life isn't working? I take either song and bash that problem over and over again with them playing at 11 on the dial when possible.

Cover to cover one of the best albums ever made. “Moms comin round to put it back the way it ought to be!” Mother Nature is a strong force that will reset herself regardless of human life. She is an unforgiving, living to survive, being, in herself, no? I just Love it all!!

The world is better with you in it.

What makes this great is Maynard is protesting exactly what she is doing.

thanks to you I shall be checking out more tool songs ! this was amazing

He's talking about mother Earth giving California a flush when the San Andreas fault line lets go sending a tsunami inland. Hence "learn to swim - see ya down in Arizona Bay".

I came to Tool through Bill Hicks and this song, along with Eulogy, are the most obvious homages to Bill's philosophy and beliefs. Since you're loving Tool, I'd recommend watching some Bill Hicks as a companion to this entire album! ❤️

As much as I dig the drumming gotta give props to the bass player them two are a vibe

Perfect response to any song by Tool. "Jesus Fucking Chris" Perfect.

“Mom’s gonna fix it all soon.” Mother Nature

Simply the most calming channel I have found in the past 2 days.

Maynard= genius he has to listen to the almost finished project before he puts lyrics to it

I love that you have a dark sense of humor. I think one needs that given "the state of the world" in relation to this song and beyond. lol sad but what can you do. You're voice in this sounds unnecessarily pretty and I like your shirt! You should check out the band Coheed and Cambria on your journey. Coheed and cambria- "the light and the glass live acoustic" is a great start. But literally every song they have in their diverse catalog is amazing. Another rabbit hole. keep it up. love from Canada 🇨🇦 ❤️

When anema was released it didn't come out of my CD in my truck for 6 months and I spent 3000$ on equipment for a standard cab Chevy and not a word of that is an exzagartion

"I wanna see the ground give way. I want to watch it all go down. Mom, please flush it all away." Mom isn't very nurturing in this context. She's rearranging humanity's face. A project that has become increasingly evident in the last couple years. He was singing about LA, but this applies virtually everywhere now. A hundred times worse now than it was when this song came out. This was one of the first Tool songs I ever heard as a teenager. This album, and also Sober, and Prison Sex were my introduction to the band. Became aware of both Tool and Rage Against the Machine around the same time, and they both had an impact that's still with me to this day.

This song will be worth tons when this shit actually happens. Good stuff!

The first time i heard this , my friend said the drums had a “ tribal” feel. Danny ( well everyone in the band ) is/are amazing .

Tool is ridiculously genius