I'm glad some of my fellow posters agree with me that the Reno show was a very poor offering from Tool. Though Danny is still recuperating from his injury, he was amazing on the kit. Maynard's apathetic attitude and lack of effort were what really set me off. If he was sick, he definitely should have said something. If he was offended by the stage rusher, the crowd's response, or the way security handled it, he should have said something. He never addressed the crowd once during the show, which leads me to believe he just doesn't care. I was almost heartbroken thinking that I may never get to see them again in full force.

My contribution will be to help convey just how much I felt was missing from that show. While I do appreciate it when bands alter the live performance of a song for artistic effect or to spice it up a bit, the lack of singing from Maynard was definitely not a favorable subtraction by any means. Below I have listed the vocal parts that I noticed were missing. If I misremembered anything, please politely correct me.


-46 and 2-

My shadow.
Change is coming through my shadow.
My shadow's shedding skin
I've been picking
My scabs again.

My shadow
Change is coming.
Now is my time.
Listen to my muscle memory.
Contemplate what I've been clinging to.
Forty-six and two ahead of me.

I choose to live and to
Lie, kill and give and to
Die, learn and love and to
Do what it takes to step through.

See my shadow changing,
Stretching up and over me.
Soften this old armor.
Hoping I can clear the way
By stepping through my shadow,
Coming out the other side.
Step into the shadow.
Forty six and two are just ahead of me.


-Schism-

The poetry that comes from the squaring off between,
And the circling is worth it.
Finding beauty in the dissonance.

Between supposed lovers. 2x
I know the pieces fit (many times).


-Rosetta stoned-

You'd better listen (repeated).

(that hiiiigh-ya-ya-yah part).

--sang through the megaphone during most parts which he normally sings through the mic--


-Right in Two-

Angels on the sideline again,
Benched along with patience and reason.
Angels on the sideline again,
Wondering where this tug of war will end.

[Cutting it all right in two
/ Cut it all right in two]
/ Cutting our love right in two]


-10,000 Days-

--after the stage rusher incident, he cut off in the middle of the line that precedes what I have below--

Judith Marie, unconditional one.

Daylight dims leaving cold fluorescents.
Difficult to see you in this light.
Please forgive this bold suggestion, but
Should you see your Maker's face tonight,
Look Him in the eye, look Him in the eye, and tell Him:
"I never lived a lie, never took a life, but surely saved one.
Hallelujah, it's time for you to bring me home."


-Lateralus-

Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the line.
Reaching out to embrace the random.
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.

With my feet upon the ground I lose myself
between the sounds and open wide to suck it in,
I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out,
I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me.
And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been.

Spiral out. Keep going, going...


-Vicarious and Aenema-

--well, needless to say, these two didn't even happen--


I'm sorry to be such a downer, but I thought this was the only way I could express just how cheated I felt by that show. This was my 7th Tool show and by far the worst. Even their rusty performance at the Paramount Theater in Oakland last May was unspeakably more enjoyable simply because it looked like they gave a damn.