vicarious vs schism

[insaner]

vicarious
schism
no fucking contest vicarious
vicarious sucks

[ObviousParadox]

how in the hell can you have been here this long and still post something like this?

[insaner]

tried to make this a poll but i suck.

[Saltank]

Schizm seems more intelligent while Vicarious is more hardcore.

[NoD]

Schizm seems more intelligent while Vicarious is more hardcore.

I have to say schism > vicarious. Schism is just so fucking powerful even 5 years later, I can't even understand how they conjured up some of the stuff from Lateralus.

[layersbeyondimagination]

schism by 10 miles. vicarious is very good but more of a balls out rock song.
schism is one of the greatest accomplishments in rock, it's unbelievably beautiful and complex especially "cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion/between two lovers etc." right at that part, very few songs have ever come close to the climax schism has right there. maynards vocals are perfect.

[Jimmeny]

Schism is better than Vicarious because Vicarious recycles a few ideas musically. However, if Vicarious had come before Schism, I would have to use the same logic to say Vicarious was better! I guess it's just a problem with knowing Lateralus too well, and unfortunately Vicarious does sound abit like Lateralus II (not that that's a bad thing)

[slicknickshady]

Schism is more catchy and hooky for sure and thats never a bad thing but also Vicarious is much more heavy which is not a bad thing either. Tool gained a lot of new fans with Schism and hopefully those fans will still but this new Tool album even if they think it's just OK. It's not bad marketing. I love them both Equally. They are Equal Children.

[Sinner_In_Me]

Schism is better than Vicarious because Vicarious recycles a few ideas musically. However, if Vicarious had come before Schism, I would have to use the same logic to say Vicarious was better! I guess it's just a problem with knowing Lateralus too well, and unfortunately Vicarious does sound abit like Lateralus II (not that that's a bad thing)

Give it time my friend....

[insaner]

how in the hell can you have been here this long and still post something like this?

likewise.

[Ryan]

- didn't blow me away at first.

- after 10 or so listens it's grown on me, fucking amazing, blown away.

- love the new approach.

[Jimmeny]

All opinions are wrong until the album is taken in full and judged in it's own right.

[Ertai]

the end of vicarious and the end of schism are similar... also i hear alot of the grudge in it..

[insaner]

All opinions are wrong until the album is taken in full and judged in it's own right.


well theres a reason i said vicarious vs schism, not vicarious alone.

[toocooltool]

Im doing a vicarious / madonna remix

should be ready soon.

[dark_Speedo]

Vicarious is so much better, schism sucks compared

[SpiralReflection]

Right now Vicarious, I'm really digging it, I think I like it better than most Lateralus songs (save Lateralus and D/R/T)

[dark_Speedo]

no joke, this has to be the best song i have ever heard in my life

[amitface]

We've only had it for an hour, man. I can't compare songs yet

[Tyro]

Eh. I still need to listen more. Undertow took months to grow on me, so, there is still hope.

[kamyar]

i vote for vicarious..

it has elements of schism which i like but it also has just a badass hard rockness to it which i love.

[thepatient_10k]

the end of vicarious and the end of schism are similar... also i hear alot of the grudge in it..


yea that makes sense, the grudge and vicarious are both in 10/8 time

[Valediction]

Vicarious is a real song, that takes time to digest and appreciate and maybe a little brains and taste, not like this verse-chorus-verse trash some of you kiddies have grown up with.

Hey, if you don't like it you can always go back to your superficial disturbed and staind albums. Enjoy.

[theremin_scape]

tool is a band where i cannot pick one song over another. this is a band who's members strive to take each song as far as they can take it. each song is far too different from the next for comparison to be made.

[minusblindfold]

i have to say that this is one of the first tool songs i REALLY liked on the first listen. all other tool songs were much more of an aquired taste. i will see how this song stands the test of time for me, but as of now im really diggin it

[toology514]

vicarious hands down, no contest.

it's like putting fucking clay aiken against david bowie.

[ProdigyDub]

i have to say that this is one of the first tool songs i REALLY liked on the first listen. all other tool songs were much more of an aquired taste. i will see how this song stands the test of time for me, but as of now im really diggin it

Agree completely. I liked exactly 4 Tool songs upon first listen--46&2, Schism, Parabola, and now Vicarious.

An amazing piece of music off of what will no doubt be a truly amazing album.

[The Schlone]

I have a feeling "Schism" will top "Vicarious" in the hearts of most after the album has time to settle, but this is just one of those matter-of-opinion things that could be debated forever.

Let the new stuff digest before you compare; that's all I'm saying.

[mike tyson]

Schism.

[Bogart]

I would have to say Schism..

[Psilo]

I dont know if anyone can be fully truthful with their answer until we give this shit time to sink in. its been 1 day vs ~5 years of listening to each song respectively.

but id agree, schism.

but still, lets give it time :)