CrazySexyBeast wrote:
Please do not give this a one off listen/response. One does not simply listen to TOOL. It's like Floyd that way ;)
They aren't giving me what I load up TOOL for! I'm missing that visceral rage reaction that I get from tracks like
Jerk-Off,
Schism, or
Aenima. It's recognizably TOOL, it's technically extremely proficient, it's artistic, it sounds like they need a Viagra! Did they all quit drugs again? It's like asking for Beethoven and getting Bach. :(
EDIT: May have been overly harsh / needed to vent. Had some tradesmen offer me their services on credit. Been hearing their same five Bon Jovi tracks all day / every day for two weeks now. Not a Bon Jovi fanboy. I can give
Fear Inoculum a third listen tomorrow.
RE-EDIT: James got fed. You can't fake the hunger/pain in the older stuff. It's the same sound without the empty belly.
Last edited at 10/10/2019 11:35 pm