This is the final boss of Tool songs lol. Love it.

Jim's mentioning that Danny is possibly the best drummer in the world made me so happy.

Jim, I dont want to see you sad because you dont upload often, we feel you no need to worry, we got your back

This song and Rosetta Stoned have always gone hand in hand for me. I truly think Rosetta is a direct response to this song. Third Eye expresses the teaching and healing aspects of psychedelics, while Rosetta Stoned seems to show that these drugs have other effects, especially when used irresponsibly. Maynard mentioned once in an interview that psychedelics are a great tool to jumpstart people on the right path, but for people not already making an effort to learn and to heal, the experience can be almost totally meaningless and absurd.

Jim- it's so good to see you. I've missed you so much.

Tool are heavily inspired by the works of Tim Leary, Carl Jung, Phil Hine, and Alaister Crowley, if you really want to go deep into Tool's lyrics, you need to check that stuff out. Aenima follows the early progression of a peyote trip, the angst, fear and anger that build up in your stomach, bad 'spirits' so to say, and the subsequent 'purging' giving way to the breakthrough in Third Eye; the 'welcome back' from his ego-journey that is conscious existence (and the pain therein). Laturalus is the 'plateau', climaxing with the title track, and 10'000 days is coming back to 'Earth'. I still haven't listened to Fear Inoculum properly (saving it for when I'm in the mind-space to hear something 'new'), but I wouldn't be surprised if it represent the 'integration' of the transcendental experience in mundane life.. "Think for your self, question authority.."

I just love how Carey can build up a beat in a way that it jsut roles over you... you get pushed by it, rolled around, fell the energy of the song in you chest and you loose your orientation, what makes you vulnerable for all the other aspects of tool.. Maynards voice, the heavy Riffs..... it all just rushes down on top of you and you get carried away, surrounded by the perfection that these musicians bring you. Frking love it everytime i hear it

Shrouding all the ground around me Is a holy crow above me Black as holes within a memory And blue as our new second sun I stick my hand into his shadow And pick the pieces from the sand Which i attempt to reassemble To see just who i might have been I dont recognize the vessel But the eyes seem so familiar Like phosphorescent desert buttons Singing an old familar song Beautiful, truly beautiful imagery.

I’ve watch a lot of tool reaction videos... like A LOT You’re my favorite. ❤️

So good to see you once again I thought that you were hiding

Above Björk and Motorpsycho, Tool and especially - especially - Aenima is _the_ Album for me. I remember listening to it, lying on the floor, eyes closed over and over and over again. It did hit the spot at the First listening. I am forever grateful to my guitarist and singer of that time in the 90s who recommended TOOL to me.

The movements in this song elevates it so much, it’s a symphonic journey. Which is what makes it one of my favorites. And the arrangement matches the subject matter perfectly.

One of the Best Tool songs to see live. It's quite an experience.

I hear something new every time I listen to this song. And I've probably listened to it 100s of times.

That's one of my favorite Bill Hicks quotes. I was appreciating it before there was a Tool. It's nice they help spread that message to a new audience and generation. Peace...

"Think for yourself, Question Authority." Tool opened up many (if not all) of their shows from the Lateralus tour with a recording of Timothy Leary, and in the end, they put that quote there in a echo type loop. This song comes from Aenima, the album before Lateralus obviously, but being the last song on the album, it works as a perfect bridge between the more external and harsher sounds and themes of Aenima, to the more internal, matured sounds and themes off of Lateralus. You were spot on with your analysis in my opinion. Awesome review/reaction as always Jim! Also, between the KZfaq grind and a Baby...I feel you made a sound decision. by the by, if you find yourself wanting to do another song from Aenima, I made lyric videos for all the major songs from the album and put them together in a playlist. I would be absolutely honored to have one of my lyrics videos be a part of your reaction vid someday. :0) I'll leave a link below just in case you are interested. Either way I love your work and look forward to seeing more from you. kzfaq.info/sun/PL85GmvDTY4K34Y9bNSJqX08ugzAyKF_hX

Congratulations on the new baby and the new home!

Possibly the most symphonic Tool ever got with their writing. This could easily be mistaken for the prog-rock answer to Stravinsky. There are even echos of the Rite of Spring in this, especially those filthy augmented 4th chords around the 8:10 mark. Also known as, 'the devil's interval', historically.

I love reactions to this song. I get to crank it, close my eye's and experience it with you. :)

Hi! Missed you Mallard....Jim 😁 Good to have you back!

This album was Tools BAck in Black! To my ears, Tool will NEVER top this album.

Yea Danny won a drumming tournament a few years ago and was deemed the best drummer in the world with the drummer of dream theater in second if I remember correctly. He is truly amazing. I'm pretty proud of my drummer cause he can play almost every tool song ever. I don't know if Danny is still considered the best in the world but he's up there in the top five ever for sure.

dont worry man. We will be there when you upload no matter how often :) i care more for good, honest reactions than just quantity of content

Congrats on the new baby!! Great time you have ahead of you. Don't worry about us, take care of that little one. Much love friend!

Love watching your reviews, been listening to Tool for the past 3 years and my only wish is that I’d been introduced to these guys sooner. Keep going at it brother!

Congrats on the new child! I might suggest you listed to H. by Tool, it's about the experience of becoming a parent. Cheers!

i understand what you mean we’re stripped of our true identity as self, pure consciousness, because we are surrounded by distractions and such that we identify with not realising who we truly are within. i am yechidah i am atman

I usually skip the Tool reactions, as I'm so familiar with them , and everyone does them. I'll make an exception for my buddy Jim, on my favorite reaction channel. Good seeing you Jim...and it's absolutely right of you to make the right ,and proper , priorities....

This is probably my favorite song if that's possible with Tool. Another mind blown. I love it. #dannyCkillsit

Love this reaction. You truly get it.

"Today a man on acid discovered..." is also one of Bill Hicks' stand-up bits. RIP to one of the greats. I'm also with you on forgetting how great Tool is when I don't listen to them for a while. Its funny that all these reaction type channels on YT have got me listening to bands I love, yet for whatever reason haven't listened to in many years

I love your insight into the themes of the music Jim. Very little gets past you and even when it seems you may not agree with a concept, you still fully consider and explore the possibilities with an open mind. Your kid is lucky to have a cool dad like you!

tool does a fantastic and almost unprecedented job of making your skin crawl. they kind of induce a sense of movement get right into it with good headphones. then all of a sudden your hair stands on end. love it.

Good to have you back

What can you possibly say about this song, definitely in top 5 Tool songs, a true mastetpiece. No one even comes close to sounding like these guys. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1st guitar solo has a wonderful Fripp vibe.

Congrats on your baby! Glad to see you back, as I think you bring a great, calmer type of reaction to fans. Enjoy time with your child, that is your focus now. :)

So glad your back on Tool again Jim. There are so many 'Tool reaction' youtubers of lower quality, shall we say, that I love listening to your intelligent, educated, knowledgeable and interesting views and comments on Tool music. Keep spiralling!

Yes we do know that Danny is the best good to c someone else recognized it

Love these reactions, feeling accompanied and enjoying the songs while being far away ! Thanks Jim, Best wishes from South America!

Good to see Jim and still Toolin... Looks like the baby keeping you busy and up all night lol!

Your commentary made this song make much more sense for me, bro!

You are always so spot on when describing Tools musical emotions. Your facial expressions while listening are also appropriate: perplexed yet satisfied!

I'm at 15:00 in. So...............did you like it? lol...total sarcasm. I love how into it you were. You seemed to relish and notice all the tiny subtle spine-tingling moments of musical creativity. PS: More Tool! It's a guilty pleasure for whatever reason for me to watch Tool reaction videos. And yours are probably the best. You just get the music more than most. Plus you seem to be a super genuine cool human being. Really enjoy what you do!

Just woke up to this notification, and it made me so happy!

congrats! love your videos, not bothered in the slightest that life takes priority. all the best!

Just bought 2 tickets to Tools tour., one for copenhagen and one for praag. Cant wait... 😎

20:15 The fact that a relatively mainstream hard rock/metal band in the mid-late 90s was using that quote is pretty mind-blowing, but the fact that a stand-up comic was using that line in his act is even more remarkable.

i've watched quite a few music reaction videos (as have MANY people)... gotta say, your song assessments are the only ones that i ever get through, relate, and agree with.

i just synced you up with another guy reacting to the same song at the same time lmaooooo it was amazing.

We're not your boss mate, there's no clock to punch here buddy, we come here to see you not the other way around, you do as you do

13:52 That wah Build into Total Carnage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No song sounded like this before OR after. Thi8s album was their Back in Black or Dark side of the moon .

I love that slide on the bass tooo!! Sounds so good to my ears

Jim i have watched your reations to Tool and i must say that it felt really genuine! Thanks for this and welcome to Tool Army brother! Keep going! SPIRAL OUT ! \m/

Very good reaction, congrats on the wee one!, priorities first, happy to see you back and what a song you chose, what a work of art Tool is

I love your stuff. Listening almost exclusive to your Tool content though. Dunno what that says about myself ;) Can you react to Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm?

Third eye is one of Tool's most underrated songs. She is for me in the top 3

Jim, always interested to see your reactions as you seem to do some of the more overlooked bands & have a genuinely natural musical reaction to them. My only request would be Karnivool - New Day (the studio version). It is what the people want! As a personal additional request though I would also throw Monuments out there as they are a very under appreciated/represented band in the metal reaction scene here on KZfaq. Their guitarist is an absolute riff machine & they have quite a unique sound overall. Remember Jim it's quality not quantity! Sending good vibes from Cardiff bud!

Really glad to see you here, Jim. Tool, great as always! Your video, the same... It's a pleasure listening to you. Wish you all the best.

"Shrouding all the ground around me Is this holy crow above me. Black as holes within a memory And blue as our new second sun. I stick my hand into his shadow To pull the pieces from the sand. Which I attempt to reassemble To see just who I might have been. I do not recognize the vessel, But the eyes seem so familiar. Like phosphorescent desert buttons Singing one familiar song... "So good to see you. I've missed you so much. So glad it's over. I've missed you so much. Came out to watch you play. Why are you running away?"

First, bless that another soul has reincarnated

I’ve loved this track for Vinginti tres years

Congrats Jim on the little one and taking a break to jam to Tool!

Congratulations on the move and the baby!!!

So good to see you once again, Jim. I hope things work out well for you and soon.

Congrats on your baby, Jim! No worries about uploading. We'll be here when you do.

CONGRATS ON THE BUBBA!!!! All the best for your family!

Jim once again the most knowledgable reactor on youtube. I know alot of people react to Tool, but nowhere in depth as you do. You see them the same way i do, both musically and visually. Keep up the good work mate.

I'm digging that bass...Shit...Man..!!!

Love the emotion Jim, keep it up

19:40 "The only way to think for yourself is to not necessarily shun and ignore everything that you've heard and learnt, but to actually just question it a little bit". Sounds like a quote from Ken Wilber explaining higher tier perspectives in integral theory.

This will blow your mind fella lol

Congrat Jim!!good to have you back man!

Jim my man!!! Always honest and has a squeaky clean third eye!!

As soon as you said "we're finished" at the end I was like no we're not we listening to it again 😅

So yea when you're playing videos that are focusing on the visual effects maybe u could cast a full screen view ? That'd b awesome

Yay! More Mallard reactions! For real though, been missing your reactions Jim!

Congrats on the bub. I look forward to seeing the reactions whenever you are able to do them. Certainly not my favourite tool song, but its you reacting so I had to watch😉.

Love these tool reactions, definitely would love to see schism next!!!

The first part of the song reminded me of Porcupine Tree's album called Voyage 34. It's right up your alley, Jim! Voyage 34 is quite a different story on Porcupine Tree's catalogue, but brilliant as well.

YAY!! Can't wait to see how you take this song!

Do A Perfect Circle. Everything you just summarized, given back up to the ethos in the song... Gravity. Listen to it and react.

Congrats on the new baby

Hey, if you like this version of "Third Eye", check out the version from Salival.

Put the headphones on your new kid and play this song. Maybe they’ll grow up into a genius. Or Maybe they’ll become the devil incarnate. Or maybe their eardrums will just be ruined. But it’d be one hell of an experiment. Either way, congrats on becoming a Dad.

it's nice to see you once again...

Thank you Jim. Very cool.

Congratulations on the house and bairn Jim.

I'm a little late, but congrats on your baybay;]

Have fun changing diapers, and in a couple of years when (s)he's a toddler have a listen to H (also from Aenima). I personally didn't "get" that song until I'd been a dad for a few years, but Mr Keenan is spot on with the lyrics.

one of my fav songs :)

The base line is so hard in the beginning

Good to see you jim!

Welcome back, Jim! Life comes first, mate Always Quick question: do you have a dedicated sound card installed? A headphone preamp, too? I have an excellent computer, and great headphones, but need to get better sound quality from my rig. I feel that the bottleneck might be with the sound card, for some reason.

Welcome back Jimbo!!!!

it's about a psychedelic experience

You done it now! 🎶🔥

Welcome back. Your reaction vids are my favorite. Have you had many requests to react to Tool “ The Pot”? Give it a shot.

Congrats

So happy u know bill hicks.