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[FuckJesus]

'Mantra'

no lyrics yet Is there a Special Guest on Mantra?

(segue)

Some mystery surrounds this brief moment on the album. Speculation of what the listener hears can be interpreted many different ways... some may hear mutated whales under water.. perhaps others will hear layers of deep meditational chanting... who could it be? Is there a message here? The truth behind the track is that it is not played by any instrument or any member of Tool... in fact Mantra is a debut performance of a very special guest who also happens to be very close to one of the band members...

hmmm...


does anyone know anything about this?

[Peon]

Maynard squeezed his cat one day and slowed it down to about a minute.

[nthistogether]

maynard's siamese cat.

[Riicek]

'Mantra'

no lyrics yet Is there a Special Guest on Mantra?

(segue)

Some mystery surrounds this brief moment on the album. Speculation of what the listener hears can be interpreted many different ways... some may hear mutated whales under water.. perhaps others will hear layers of deep meditational chanting... who could it be? Is there a message here? The truth behind the track is that it is not played by any instrument or any member of Tool... in fact Mantra is a debut performance of a very special guest who also happens to be very close to one of the band members...

hmmm...


does anyone know anything about this?

Perhaps the FAQ has some information...
n00b.

[FuckJesus]

haha. well, thanks guys.
oh yeah, and thanks Riick, i've been registered longer than you fucktard

[FuckJesus]

...by one month....but still

[Riicek]

...by one month....but still I'm too much of a n00b to read the FAQ. I bet Kabir enjoyed writing it.

Yeah i know.

Too bad you can't read the FAQ OR edit your posts.

[FuckJesus]

haha....oh nooooooooooooooo thats so horrible.

i dont care how long someone has been around or how many posts they have (where i beat you both times) but yeah...i CAN edit my post...i just didnt...and i CAN read the FAQ and i did back in june or july or something...maybe i just couldnt remember.

[Cylith]

fucktard

Best word ever. *Comic Book Guy's voice*


Well maybe not THAT good, but it can still be my word of the day.

[FuckJesus]

its not original at all...picked it up off someone that posts here

[Cylith]

its not original at all...picked it up off someone that posts here

I never said you made it up, only that I liked it. When I quoted you, it automatically says "Originally posted by...." I didn't mean that you were the VERY first one.

[FuckJesus]

i know, i just was making sure that you didnt give me the credit for it.

[Cylith]

i know, i just was making sure that you didnt give me the credit for it.

Oh okay. Cool. Credit is officially not give to you.

[FuckJesus]

why thank you, friend

[FuckJesus]

maynard is mean to his cat...he was probably actually raping it

[Cylith]

lol, no problem

[FuckJesus]

slayer sucks in my opinion. tell me what you like about Slayer, in a detailed explination.

pleeeease

[Riicek]

Are you two gonna kiss?

[FuckJesus]

already did.

[FuckJesus]

n00b! n00b!....you're such a n00b Riicek...

damn

[Cylith]

slayer sucks in my opinion. tell me what you like about Slayer, in a detailed explination.

pleeeease

I don't feel like being detailed.

Mostly the way they sound.

Playing their songs on guitar is very very fun once you get good at it. (Though I still can't do much of it...especially the solos.)

Their live shows are fucking awesome in my opinion. I have their live stuff: the CD, the VHS, and the DVD. I've also been to one of their live shows...it was one of the best nights of my life (because of Slayer).

Their music is very controversial, which can be cool. Even though the band members themselves aren't actually Satanic...They pretty much admit that their music is controversial just because...(which is good, 'cause I don't support most of their lyrics).

Some of their lyrics are very good too. Example:

Fictional Reality (this is the song name)

Crisis feeds the lunacy
All fear the new machine
Consumed democracy returns a socialist regime

It's laid to rest without contest
All hail the new incompetence
Making you see what to believe
A drone in the world of anarchy

Treachery, mysery, violence, insanity
Scavengers closing in
Covering the truth again
Castrate society
Fictional reality

Insecurity afraid of things you cannot see
Words become the image of the enemy
You cannot dissect what is correct
Vengeance based on how things are said
Can't see your side - conflicts with mine
Frustrations lead to complete demise

Treachery, mysery, violence, insanity
Scavengers closing in
Covering the truth again
Every trial conspiracy
Compassion is the enemy
Paralyse, criticize
Breaking through the wall of lies

Suicidal hierarchy racing in reverse
Everything that's done today will be tomorrow's curse

Screams in my head preceed your death
Can't hold the rage when the truth is shed
Blind lead the blind line after line
In a world too shallow to defy

Treachery, mysery, violence, insanity
Scavengers closing in
Covering the truth again
Castrate society
Fictional Reality

[holy reality]

I seriously doubt it's his cat, because whatever it is, it sure as fuck says "iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii loooooooooooooovvveeeeee youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

i guess it sounds sort of cat like in a way, but.... i somehow doubt that, knowing how Tool likes to tool with us.

[Phlame]

the kitty myth hasnt surfaced in a while but imo its as good a guess as any about mantra

[Chris_Brightwell]

haha. well, thanks guys.
oh yeah, and thanks Riick, i've been registered longer than you fucktard
n00b or not, you proved your inability to scan an FAQ before posting a question that's been answered dozens of times in different places.

That is what makes you a n00b. It has nothing to do with how long you've been here.

[Cylith]

I seriously doubt it's his cat, because whatever it is, it sure as fuck says "iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii loooooooooooooovvveeeeee youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"


Are you joking? Because I sure as fuck am not hearing "I love you."

[Riicek]

n00b or not, you proved your inability to scan an FAQ before posting a question that's been answered dozens of times in different places.

That is what makes you a n00b. It has nothing to do with how long you've been here.

Thank you Chris.

Can i have a blowjob? ( I don't think it was in the FAQ)

[FuckJesus]

haha, god. does it really matter that much? i never said he was a noob...i dont think that i am...but maybe i am just because i didnt look at the FAQ before asking a simple question...if that bothers you...i dont know what to say...i couldnt care one way or the other if i was considered a noob or not...but, just for the record, i am sorry that i didnt not look in the FAQ for this simple question.

[FuckJesus]

bah...so much hate

[Cylith]

so negative, blind and cynical

[FuckJesus]

yup...seems to be so.

[Cylith]

yup...seems to be so.

Oh yeah! Well...uh...Your face seems so!!

...sorry, sorry...just got caught up in all the hate...

[nthistogether]

this thread should have been at most, maybe 5 posts long. Or it could have gone Question, answer, thanks. This reminds me of the Predictablility thread, how most posts just turn into flame wars. Come on guys, don't be like this.

Can I have a blowjob?
1. He was talking to FJ
2.Do you not think before you speak?

[FuckJesus]

jesus! i guess we are all fucktards!

[Cylith]

this thread should have been at most, maybe 5 posts long. Or it could have gone Question, answer, thanks. This reminds me of the Predictablility thread, how most posts just turn into flame wars. Come on guys, don't be like this.

Can I have a blowjob?
1. He was talking to FJ
2.Do you not think before you speak?


1. I don't think I flammed on this post...
2. And we're typing, not speaking...which I think only makes your point make more sense. (so don't get mad at me for flamming with this post)

[FuckJesus]

i think that you should change your avatar Cylith.

:)

...cause it fucking sucks you stupid fuck!




jkjkjk

[nthistogether]

alright bitch, if you want to be technical and nit-picky, and show how witty and smart you are, you spelled flamed wrong.

I shouldn't have posted this, because it just contradicts what I said(...go ahead..) earlier, but I just wanted to point it out to you. I was just trying to say, we can do without this kind of stuff.
Have a good night.

[Cylith]

alright bitch, if you want to be technical and nit-picky, and show how witty and smart you are, you spelled flamed wrong.

I shouldn't have posted this, because it just contradicts what I said(...go ahead..) earlier, but I just wanted to point it out to you. I was just trying to say, we can do without this kind of stuff.
Have a good night.

I wasn't being nit-picky. I was helping your point. I also asked you not to flame me for it because of that. I guess you just flamed me for helping you...hope you're proud.

And I'm a very bad spellier. You'll see many spelling mistakes in my posts (probably).

EDIT: I never said I was witty. (and with the post you responded to, I wasn't trying to be)

[The_Naked_Stalk]

I believe that some of the sounds created on "Mantra" were done by Adam Jones using one of his many errrr.... creative uses of the Epilady (a device used for hair removal) and the rest were just done electronically; however, I could be wrong. It's happened before, and it will probably happen again.

Be peaceful,
James

[mosquito]

I'm sorry, but after speeding it up, it sounds nothing like a cat being squeezed. More like a saw or something.

[reddish]

I sure hope it was an epilady. I'm not going to listen to a band that tortures animals. If it was really a cat, I'm going to sell all of my Tool cds and buy the new Primus DVD thing. Les is nice to animals.

[nthistogether]

In defense of the siamese cat theory, if you speed up a sound that has been slowed down, it doesn't sound very much like the original. And there could have been much more tweaking than just slowing it down. But yea, now that I think about it...a cat?

To me, it sounds like a moan, some kind of tribal moan. You know that sound in Parabol? That deep WOOAAOWWW? (They also used that sound at the beginning of their show, while they were coming out?) I thought maybe it was that sound tweaked. *Shrugs*

[Cylith]

I sure hope it was an epilady. I'm not going to listen to a band that tortures animals. If it was really a cat, I'm going to sell all of my Tool cds and buy the new Primus DVD thing. Les is nice to animals.

If it is a cat...they could have gotten it to make that sound, without hurting it.

[reddish]

If it is a cat...they could have gotten it to make that sound, without hurting it.How would you know? You need go and lsiten to some Slipknot and stop sqeezing cats.

[UncnciousShadow]

hey maybe maynard will squeeze danny slow it down and slap it on their new album ;-) Oh and Reddish what would you say if i told you i fucked a cat up the ass once?

[All-One-Mind]

can I flame somebody please?

[AllforUnity]

Why did he say it was his cat then?

[clown137]

i squeezed my cat to check it out. it did shit all

[clown137]

and for Cylith to know i didnt hurt my cat while doing it It just sat there, then yawned.