Originally Posted by whoremoans

I agree with you almost 100%. Except I'd say he gave it his all through all of the Lateralus tour as well. 2001-2002. Even in some of the earlier shows from the 10,000 tour he had the same passion. I know age takes a toll on his vocal chords and he tries to preserve them by omitting certain parts of songs that are very demanding, I get all that. There's something more than that though. Almost seems like he feels obligated to the other 3 guys to keep the TOOL thing going. I've been to many TOOL shows since 1996 and the bands playing only gets better. These Melbourne shows proved that...very tight playing by Justin, Adam, and Danny. I'm not complaining about MJK...as long as we get to hear the music I'm cool with it. Do what you gotta do Maynard. Was cool to see Opiate back in the mix, figured the chance would be good what with the reissue and all. (got v5 and v3)

P.S. I'd be VERY surprised if they ever include songs like "eulogy" and "the grudge" in a TOOL set list ever again...although I'd still love to hear them even if Maynard left out some of the more taxing vocal parts.