Tori Amos influence!

[Alcawhorlick]

thought of one of her earlier songs when I first heard it.
a pretty damn sweet song

[RED_THE_HAT]

thought of one of her earlier songs when I first heard it.
a pretty damn sweet song

Strangely enough.... I think you might be right.....

[KFJ]

I thought the same thing exactly

[Valediction]

uh, what song are you talking about ?

[Madrid]

Go downtown, find people wearing black, greasy hair in their eyes... the ones with the tight pants and 10 size too small sweatshirts... have them play some of their music.

Then you'll learn ackward.

[Alcawhorlick]

uh, what song are you talking about ?


the pot
by Tool

[Seethus]

uh, what song are you talking about ?

heheh its funny he says that like Maynard and tori Amos mean nothing together.
To clear things up they are intimate friends, and have performed together, and the song in particular 'Muhammed My friend' They both sing in Ballad style.
Oh wait, is the start of The pot, ballad style?
... :D yep

[saturnineremedy]

professional widow - "it better be big...boy"

[justlikeme]

yeah, I agree...I thought of tori aswell

[Dolophane]

My girlfriend said the intro sounded like Tori Amos. I'd have to agree with her.

[21122012]

I thought Maynard's vocals throughout the song (but NOT the intro) took a whole lot of cues from Tori too.

[Andy DV]

thought of one of her earlier songs when I first heard it.
a pretty damn sweet song

good fucking call man.

[Alcawhorlick]

Wow, I thought I would be laughed at.
I think it was indeed Professional Widow. Probably some other songs too that I can't remember at the moment. And yeah you're right, not just the intro.

[Madrid]

Everybody thought the intro was ackward.
Anybody who thought the intro was ackward... probably not listened to Mars Volta a great deal.

[aziraphale]

Wow. I thought you people were insane when I first read this, but.....I hear it too.

[aziraphale]

I thought Maynard's vocals throughout the song (but NOT the intro) took a whole lot of cues from Tori too.


I find it deeply suspect that you are from Cornwall.....

[elburritobandito]

i actually laughed out loud when i saw this thread.. my girlfriend and i were listening to the album last night and said the exact same thing...

i HATED this song at first and have done a complete 180 in the last 24 hours.

[svet-am]

my wife said exactly the same thing when she first heard this song. a lot of the lyrics (turns of speech and construction) are VERY tori-esque. anyone think that this might be a cover of an un-released tori track or, at least, a co-write with tori? i think that adam mentioned in the GW article that this was their 'studio track.' it doesnt seem like too much of a stretch that, in the studio, they decided to do a cover of a rare (read: unreleased) tori track.