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Originally Posted by Cheesegreater

Maybe some of us here at T.D.N are a little over-analytical, but sometimes I think Tool just plain sucks at communication.

A lot of people here are treating Danny's injury like the little boy who cried "Wolf!"

Tool always has to be so damn cryptic these days, and they never let their fans in on any information. This is what Tool gets for constantly fucking with their fans. Everyone knows that Maynard generally doesn't give a flying rat's ass about the fans and basically criticizes and chastises the listeners. It's like Tool is frustrated with how people take their music and image. "Come on people! It's just plain cryptic!" is the vibe I get sometimes. They're never down to earth. We've all read the meaning behind 46 & 2. Do you think they'd ever share that in concert? Of course not! They're totally against "sharing" their ideas cause they don't want people to "think" like they do.

So what happens when a member of Tool dies? Well, everyone will probably think it's a joke, and people should just chill out. This is their own creation. Tool cannot tell us something straight-forward and have people take it at face value. There's no down-to-earth side of them that says "Hey, this is really what's going on..."

Maybe I just can't take a joke, but I think it should be a wake-up call for Tool when something really fucked up happens and everyone thinks they're "Oh they're just fucking with our minds like they always do! haha!! Those rascals!" Then it's like "Wow, they said something they actually meant without the cryptaquote double-meaning bullshit."

I certainly hope Danny gets to feeling better, but am I the only one who thinks Tool is sending mixed messages when no one takes anything they say seriously?

I personally would rather discover what a sogn means to me. I'm so tired of people like Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan trying to say that their "music" (if it can be called that) has this deep, profound, exaggerated meaning. I heard Hilary duff on tv the other day saying "I've been through so much in the last year, and I have so much to say...blah blah blah". She then went into what she said the word dignity meant. COME ON. At least Tool's music can mean differnet things.

and I kind of like that they act like they don't give a shit about fans. If I have to hear Ferggy, Hilary Duff, Avril Lavigne, jessica simpson etc. babble on about how "I wouldn't be here if it weren't for my fans. they are so amazing". I may vomit. Musicians are where they are because a record company realized that they could make a shit load of cash if they marketed the artist/band to the general masses. Being mindless drones, the masses bought the album because the record company, image makers, etc. told them that the artist/band was cool.