This song is about a judge in California known to incarcerated people for weed related offenses. Then, later found to be a cocaine addict himself

I like the format. Doing a straight listen and then going back works well.

add Descending to the queue

I am always reading the „high” as a double meaning as well. As in „intoxicated” but also „from a high horse”

Arguably the best entry point to the uninitiated in Tool

5:52 one if the funkiest breakdowns of all time. It never gets old and I’ve heard this song hundreds of times since it came out.

Best reactionist on KZfaq. So well thought out and brilliant. I know you will enjoy Invincible and hope you give that a shot

Maynard is giving a masterclass in doing lyrics, and you are the dux!

Pomade Jam goes into the depth of Tool, their music, lyrics and how it all fits together. There's so many layers, the depth is still for me to discover and that's why they are my favourite band and I'll never go tired listening to them.

The song got its impetus from an incident where one of Maynard's friends was arrested for a small amount of marijuana near Maynard's home in Arizona. A sheriff's deputy and the judge in his friend's case were both later found to be involved in corruption and the judge specifically was caught in possession of cocaine.

I think your insights in to these songs are always interesting and, more importantly, not the same as my own. broadening my understanding of this music, perceptions of others, and (ultimately) myself. Thank you

Just clarifying for you both, the solo was the bass guitar doing the solo. You can tell because you can still hear the regular guitar doing its palm muting chug thing. I'm also wondering why this guy analyzed every last syllable but just didn't say anything about the "Ganja Please" line? Honestly just curious on how he interpreted it.

Love your Tool reactions - thanks so much, guys!❤

Just want to say thanks, as someone of a similar age to Sean I'm deeply jealous that he gets to experience these amazing tunes for the first time. It would be nice to be able to ride that emotional rollercoaster again. I love your content, and the thoughtful and insightful interpretations Sean extracts from a first listen to these complex songs and themes. Often there's no 'Canon' answer, and it's always refreshing to hear someone else's take on what the hell Maynard is talking about. Keep it up.

I always learn something watching your Tool reactions, keep it up 🤘🌀

I always learn something new from your videos..... "Writing for the second screen" was a super interesting topic!

Brilliant reaction!

What a fantastic conversation! I enjoyed this breakdown immensely!

Saw them last night - magickal band.

Two other fun little detail: When he says "steal, borrow, refer" he pronounces "refer" so it sounds like "reefer", which of course is old slang for pot. And the "ganja, please?" at the end. Just to make it perfectly clear what specific hypocrisy he's talking about.

As always a great watch! I truly seeing the first time discovery and the thoughtful discussion of the themes, well done guys!

The other best thing about this song is it’s probably one of the only songs that is radio single friendly that has two bass solos. The interesting thing about that is radio friendly singles usually have no bass solos. 😂 Just more Tool genius. Also, most think it’s the guitar instead of the bass. Great reaction guys. Most thorough and thoughtful I’ve come across. This is the first time watching. I’ll definitely have to watch more. 👍

The only time I'm ok with a chanel not pausing

Love the new format!

Always look forward to your videos

'You must have been high' could also mean 'you must have been (in your mind) above other(s)' ('high eye' ~ watcing someone from above).

Keep it up. I`m loving the Tool analysis. Sean uncovers a lot of things that I never thought about. Please do the song Descending (and or Culling Voices).They have some great lyrics that Sean would have fun with.

Loving these insights from Sean! Keep 'em coming! :)

Great analysis from a single listen! Some observations: * Cozened Indigo can refer to fake tears themselves as well as the ink used to convey them. * The first Kangaroo line hanging the juror is ironic playing on the hung jury idiom. * Pissing all over the kettle implies no pot to piss in.

Great video! Piece by Piece is great!

Some of the solos in this song are coming from the bass. You can hear the guitar doing the rhythm behind it but that's why it has so much "growl". Justin is doing that on a bass! Tool treats the bass as a first-class instrument, and The Pot really shows off its capability, from the killer isolated groove near the beginning of the song to the wailing solos with a wah pedal later on.

You NEED to follow this up with “The Doomed” by A Perfect Circle… Also you need to do “Life of Brian” by Puscifer… I also second Descending.

The first Tool song I heard

because of the accusatory waving of fingers I always took the "must of been high" line as both 'not of sober mind' and also 'on their high horse' thinking themselves above as hypocrites often do.

Loved this reaction. I've listened to it 4 times. Love your analysis. I reawant you to do both versions of Pushit. Do the studio version then the Salival Tour version. Ove the content, Spiral Out!

I'm not sure if you take requests, but I absolutely love your analyses of Tool songs, you certainly pick up on things that most people don't, and I would love to hear your take on Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned. Keep up the great work.

Please add to the list Invincible and Pushit (both versions if possible), as well as the live version of Sober from 1993 (such a performance by Maynard) and Pneuma (at least the drum cam version, if not both). There are really too many great options to request them all but I think these would be enjoyed quite a lot. I'll be here for them all though, thanks for the breakdowns!

Hey everybody . For a good time, and at yet another layer of flavor to this fantastic song, go look up " who was Muddy Waters?" And see see how this person is relative to heavy metal music.

I found your interpretation fascinating, very much like my own, being english I had no idea about the whole judge thing. I mean it is obviously about some kind of governmental hypocrisy, that story just never made it over the atlantic. The joys of metaphors right :)

::waves:: we are over here guys!! Welcome back!

So since Sean mentions the age of this song , how about taking him way back. The “ Bottom “ or “undertow “ would be fantastic pieces for the series

Tool army in the house!!! Spiral out!!

I also think he says “shed without a reason” not “trapped without a reason” towards the end. In between the weeping shades of indigo.

Banga!

the grudge has alot to disect. and its a banger

Snow equals cozen which equals trick or deceive. The old deceiving the young equals "snow the cradle".

Guitar growl and guitar solo was all bassist Justin.

Gotta do vicarious soon

I would like you to listen piece by piece. We want to hear your commentary as we go.

@6:17 Sean rubbing his temples like me trying to play along with Danny's drum patterns,😄. I always hear "hair" not "head" in the opening, fwiw.

38:10 to 39:00 Um, could you say this louder for the people in the back. Thank you for time doing this.

This man knows what a good story is. What about Rosetta Stoned?

I really think your guest would benefit greatly from a decent set of over the ear headphones! Ear buds simply cannot replicate the nuances of Tool's music.

I always thought the cozened indigo, reference to lawyers and a kangaroo court as a reference to how laws are written (on paper with ink) by politicians crying crocodile tears about issues they themselves are guilty of and enforced by courts without a hint of justice. Hypocrisy.

Lyric Video? Oh you mean Karaoke? :0p

As you both must know by now, Tool is more of an experience than a band (as cheesy as that may sound). Continue down the rabbit hole and Spiral Out...

Here's a bit of interesting coincidences led Zeppelin was sued by Willie Dixon in 1985 for plagiarizing song that he said you know that you need love which was released as a single by muddy Waters hence the eyeballs deep in muddy water Jimmy Page was known for plagiarizing people that were already dead led Zeppelin has The lemon song which they got sued for plagiarism Chester Burnett got the rights to credits for that song so got lemon juice up in your eye Jimmy Page is drug use was pretty famous the ganja please you must have been out of your mind because he was using that as he didn't remember things that he may have stole from somebody else there's a few other things that might be worth looking into you I'm not sure how much I believe it but there's probably some truth to some of these things maybe why Maynard said the lier lawyer mirror cuz everyone one way or another kind of steals a rif or something from other bands whether they steal it or they borrow it it's kind of the other lyrics that might fall into play I think there's three distinct different stories going on here