What earworm songs are burrowing through your head today?

Flint · 08-31-2019, 03:29 AM

And yes, Lumber Jim, the Tool track was a real trip to listen to. It's all about a progression of textures getting layered on each other in a sequence that paints a mental picture. Hearing the track for the first time I didn't know where they were going when an instrument began the first phase of a new part coming in, but then once the momentum built up it made perfect sense. And I wondered, is this what listening to this band was always like? I just don't remember hearing a Tool song that I didn't already know where the parts were going.

Gravdigr · 08-31-2019, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

...a progression of textures getting layered on each other in a sequence...

Layers. On top of layers.

That describes Tool, overall, pretty well.

This last album uses a lot of track time to build some of those layers. Tool has (or seems to have) always had long tracks, but I was still a little surprised at how long these tracks are. And the number of long tracks.

08-31-2019, 03:29 AM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	And yes, Lumber Jim, the Tool track was a real trip to listen to. It's all about a progression of textures getting layered on each other in a sequence that paints a mental picture. Hearing the track for the first time I didn't know where they were going when an instrument began the first phase of a new part coming in, but then once the momentum built up it made perfect sense. And I wondered, is this what listening to this band was always like? I just don't remember hearing a Tool song that I didn't already know where the parts were going. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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