Is Andy King on The Pot?

[Lipan Conjured]

From his review:

Track 5 “The Pot” (Probably 6min 11 sec)
Oooooooh. This is THE one. Ya know what, pluggers? Radio might even go for this! Maynard’s vocals at the start are quite extraordinary. Place equal parts of Chris De Burgh, Tiny Tim and Bilal The Muezzin in a blender and run for your life. Easily the most commercial track to date. In fact, easily the most commercial track Tool have EVER done. That guitar is waaay strong again. Did Adam bribe Baresi? This is still twisted. It’s hard but commercial. The end spells a relief as climactic as a boil bursting. I go ‘Yessssss’ and the whole room of cool jouros looks round at me as if I’m a Bateman cartoon ‘The Man Who Ordered A Pork Sandwich In Blooms’. This is a SERIOUSLY awesome track. Just you mark my words.


"This is THE one."? "Radio might even go for this!"? "The most commercial track to date."? Am I missing something here? Was he just being sarcastic? How can anybody say this about this track? Deffinitely not the most commercial track. Despite its lenght I honestly think Vicarious fits as the most commercial track. I just don't get it.

Strange, strange, strange, song/album. I'm going to have to let this thing digest.

[T-13h]

Tool is going to crossover into the "black community."

Mark my words.

[HolyReality]

I could see it as a single. definitely.

[praefector]

keep listening

andy king pretty much nailed it with this one

radio listeners will eat up the part around 3 minutes..it actually has a bit of a nickelback rhythm to it.

[mike09]

Tool is going to crossover into the "black community."

Mark my words.

I be spiralin' out nucka!

[Alexandra]

This thread title made me laugh.

[mike09]

This thread title made me laugh.

Well, yeah. Threadstarter...he's a funnnnnnnnny guuuuuuuuuy

[ladiatia]

Pretty catchy and commercial in my opinion. Anyway, I love this song.

[embracingyou]

Haha... Andy King had one good point though, the track is surprisingly good.

[NoD]

nickelback rhythm to it.

You deserve to be gangfucked by aids for that comment

[magnolia]

This track is sooo Opiate. And I love it.

[myownredeemer]

I be spiralin' out nucka!

Thanks for the new signature.

[liquidswordz]

this is one of those songs that will be on the radio every day for the next ten years just like sober. ......yea it is sooo opiate....just much more refined. it kicks ass.

[praefector]

You deserve to be gangfucked by aids for that comment

eesh

insert some other catchy rock radio band in there

its a hooky rhythm

[Holydirt]

This track definately reminds me of an older, more refined Tool

[HolyReality]

I'm glad they've come back to their roots with this one...

[Light Reflections]

"This is THE one."? "Radio might even go for this!"? "The most commercial track to date."? Am I missing something here? Was he just being sarcastic? How can anybody say this about this track? Deffinitely not the most commercial track. Despite its lenght I honestly think Vicarious fits as the most commercial track. I just don't get it.
Listen to it more. All shall become clear.

[Etch_Coli]

This track is sooo Opiate. And I love it.
Quoted for Truth.

[blair's man sausage]

upon first and second listen I would agree that this could very well be the next single.

my friend: cool song
me: i think it's the next single
my friend: yup

[mike09]

Thanks for the new signature.

Your welcome. It looks good down below your posts. :)

[embracingyou]

This track is sooo Opiate. And I love it.

Totally agree, so getting a real early Tool feel about it. Feels fuckin' great!

[Neil]

This tune reminds me how versatile this band are.

My brother hated Lateralus because he said it sounded like it was made by Tibetan monks. (I loved Lateralus).

But man... this song is a real throwback to classic Pre-Lateralus Tool !! Its their funkyest song to date, and Maynard's vocals really are extrordinary.

[EulogyCallinMe]

I be spiralin' out nucka!
hahaha. this just made me blow a snot all over my monitor. now i have to clean it up before any of the cute girls notice that im the most disgusting man on the planet.

[StaringJunky]

This song is very commercial in that big parts of it recall comercial arena rock poprock/metal and also the new metallica (crappy) sound that is a huge commercial hit.

[Viginti Tres]

You deserve to be gangfucked by aids for that comment

congratulations, you've been immortalized

[von satan]

quite commercial sound to it IMO, i like it and i'm sure radio will go for it, better than vicarious (just)

[Ancalagon]

It's classic and funky. What stations want to play that shit other than classic rock stations who play a lot of Zeppelin?

I don't see this working on the modern rock stations around my house, even though I see a lot of average people as liking it.

[erazorhead]

im on the pot

[Kovach]

Am I the only one who doesnt like this song? I listened to it 3 or 4 times and I just dont feel it...