Remember I'll always love you
as I claw your fucking throat away.
It will end no other way.
However, the extended version owns the album version.
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saw the gap again today
while you were begging me to stay
managed to push myself away
and you as well my dear
if, when i say i might fade like a sigh if i stay,
you minimize my movement anyways
i must persuade you another way
the beginning when the vocals come in
i find the salival pushit much more moving then the aenema pushit.. i seem to be one of the few
also in the verses early in the song when the bass is doing the whammy pedal harmonics... musical bliss
When I got into Tool after Aenima's release I passed off Pushit as a bit boring. Then I listened to the live version some time later, after Lateralus. Back then I came to the conclusion that its the best climax to a song Ive ever heard. People have said to me 'its good, but theres better climaxes'. Ive listened to a lot of music over my years, and still no song hits me quite as hard as the ending to this.
God what a huge question. I think the song really hits me after "Slipping back into you". The song makes me experience so many emotions its unbelievable, and this is the reason why I love tool, this song. I may be by myself, but any person who can make me feel anger, sadness, jealousy, hope, pride, and joy all in one song is all right in my book.
I think the turning point of this song, in contrast with the original, is the difference in the bass line around 7:30. That just blew me away. Sounds SOOO much better in the Salival version... gives the song a whole new feeling (cue MJK's message at the beginning of the song...) I think that's what kmg1171 was talking about, and I absolutely agree. It gives me chills...
What do you guys think this change in the bass line means? Maybe something like a turnaround in perspective in Judith/10kdays? I'm just thinking out loud here...
Yes!!
The first time i heard that new bassline i was like "Woah shit"
Im not saying that this is the best part of the song, not by a long shot, but I think it hits me the hardest. The very first line,
Saw the gap again today
Just the way that maynard says it and makes it flow with adams playing blows me away...... the amount of emotion he puts into that sentence stuns me......his voice is in perfect pitch and he sounds sad at the same....
jesus, i cant seem to write in a way that does it justice.
I love the part 11:04 (on salival) when the guitar chords go up really high. Its got that epic feeling that a lot of Tool's songs have towards the end.
Plus the "as I blow your fucking throat away", "there will be no other way" part. That gives me chills everytime I hear that.
Slipping back into the gap again
Im alive when you're touching me....Im alive when you're shoving me down.
as good as TOOL is musically..it would never have become anything without Maynards vocals,which are on display at this part of Pushit.
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I'd like to pick just one part, but the reason I like any part of this song is because of how it fits with the rest of the song. So basically I love the whole thing, I can't bring myself to pick just one part.
Perhaps when MJK introduces the song and says, "find a place that's not only comfortable, but vulnerable."
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Just reading parts of the lyrics gives me goosebumps. I would have to say that this song is perfect in any way possible. It starts of slow and very vulnerable, the getting more intense. The part that gets quiet is for me, where the turnaround is. Like the conflict has been solved, and after that there is just this unleash of huge frickin' power and ... sort of like a different emotion. But that climax... shit, it's hard to explain.
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I'm going to say that my favorite part is the "Remember I'll always love you / As I claw your fucking throat away / It will end no other way, It will end no other wayyyyyy"
I went to a show a while back where they played this song. Its strange though, the way this thing happened. I went to that show because of Aenima. Aenima was my favorite album ever at that time. I had just bought Lateralus and was not that into it when I first listened. It wasnt aenima (I like lateralus more now but thats another story)....
well anyways me and this girl went to the show and I didnt know that many of the other tool songs except undertow and some of the aenima songs. Push it I think i had listened to maybe the first 5 seconds and skipped over it because it didnt start like I wanted it to....I was a little closed minded about what I listened to back then.
At that show there was a song that started playing (this was the first time this girl had heard tool) and I thought "damn, this is good...wish I knew which song it was" then it came to the part...
"And i'm slipping back into the gap again
i feel alive when you touch me.
i feel alive when you hold me........down"
and we looked at each other with eyebrows raised and were like "shit, this is good".
Then we kept listening and I kept being more and more drawn into the song. I was really disappointed that I didnt know what the song was....all I knew was that this was some of the most beautiful and powerful music I have ever heard.
Then it comes to the climax...
"if, when i say i might fade like a sigh if i stay,
you minimize my movement anyways
i must persuade you another way"
when Maynard hits those notes on the last words of those last three lines, I could have sworn I had a seizure. Seriously, my neurons were firing in a really strange way. Like my brain had literally twisted in two. I was speechless, she was speechless......all I could do was cuss...."shit, fuck, unbeleivable, did I really just hear that, wtf?, how did they fucking do that?" and so on.
INterestingly, the same thing happened with reflection. Now pushit and reflection are probably my two favorites and I heard'em both for the first time live. It was truly unbelievable experience I will never forget.
the playlist that night was
The Grudge
(-)ions
Stinkfist
Undertow!!!
Mantra
Schism
Pushit
Disposition
Reflection
*salival spinning man intermission
Sober
Parabol
Parabola
AEnima
Lateralus
IMO, the best playlist ever. No if wings for marie pt1, 10000 days, rosetta, and right in two could be added to that....it sould be perfect, of course all IMHO :)
I went to a show a while back where they played this song. Its strange though, the way this thing happened. I went to that show because of Aenima. Aenima was my favorite album ever at that time. I had just bought Lateralus and was not that into it when I first listened. It wasnt aenima (I like lateralus more now but thats another story)....
well anyways me and this girl went to the show and I didnt know that many of the other tool songs except undertow and some of the aenima songs. Push it I think i had listened to maybe the first 5 seconds and skipped over it because it didnt start like I wanted it to....I was a little closed minded about what I listened to back then.
At that show there was a song that started playing (this was the first time this girl had heard tool) and I thought "damn, this is good...wish I knew which song it was" then it came to the part...
"And i'm slipping back into the gap again
i feel alive when you touch me.
i feel alive when you hold me........down"
and we looked at each other with eyebrows raised and were like "shit, this is good".
Then we kept listening and I kept being more and more drawn into the song. I was really disappointed that I didnt know what the song was....all I knew was that this was some of the most beautiful and powerful music I have ever heard.
Then it comes to the climax...
"if, when i say i might fade like a sigh if i stay,
you minimize my movement anyways
i must persuade you another way"
when Maynard hits those notes on the last words of those last three lines, I could have sworn I had a seizure. Seriously, my neurons were firing in a really strange way. Like my brain had literally twisted in two. I was speechless, she was speechless......all I could do was cuss...."shit, fuck, unbeleivable, did I really just hear that, wtf?, how did they fucking do that?" and so on.
INterestingly, the same thing happened with reflection. Now pushit and reflection are probably my two favorites and I heard'em both for the first time live. It was truly unbelievable experience I will never forget.
the playlist that night was
The Grudge
(-)ions
Stinkfist
Undertow!!!
Mantra
Schism
Pushit
Disposition
Reflection
*salival spinning man intermission
Sober
Parabol
Parabola
AEnima
Lateralus
IMO, the best playlist ever. No if wings for marie pt1, 10000 days, rosetta, and right in two could be added to that....it sould be perfect, of course all IMHO :)
Wow, great story, man. I'm glad you got to experience the music that way. I agree, that's a kick-ass setlist. I don't even like "Pushit" that much and I'm less of a fan of the Salival version than the original, but that's awesome that you got to witness it the way you did, with a clean slate and no preconceptions in your mind.
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I went to a show a while back where they played this song. Its strange though, the way this thing happened. I went to that show because of Aenima. Aenima was my favorite album ever at that time. I had just bought Lateralus and was not that into it when I first listened. It wasnt aenima (I like lateralus more now but thats another story)....
well anyways me and this girl went to the show and I didnt know that many of the other tool songs except undertow and some of the aenima songs. Push it I think i had listened to maybe the first 5 seconds and skipped over it because it didnt start like I wanted it to....I was a little closed minded about what I listened to back then.
At that show there was a song that started playing (this was the first time this girl had heard tool) and I thought "damn, this is good...wish I knew which song it was" then it came to the part...
"And i'm slipping back into the gap again
i feel alive when you touch me.
i feel alive when you hold me........down"
and we looked at each other with eyebrows raised and were like "shit, this is good".
Then we kept listening and I kept being more and more drawn into the song. I was really disappointed that I didnt know what the song was....all I knew was that this was some of the most beautiful and powerful music I have ever heard.
Then it comes to the climax...
"if, when i say i might fade like a sigh if i stay,
you minimize my movement anyways
i must persuade you another way"
when Maynard hits those notes on the last words of those last three lines, I could have sworn I had a seizure. Seriously, my neurons were firing in a really strange way. Like my brain had literally twisted in two. I was speechless, she was speechless......all I could do was cuss...."shit, fuck, unbeleivable, did I really just hear that, wtf?, how did they fucking do that?" and so on.
INterestingly, the same thing happened with reflection. Now pushit and reflection are probably my two favorites and I heard'em both for the first time live. It was truly unbelievable experience I will never forget.
the playlist that night was
The Grudge
(-)ions
Stinkfist
Undertow!!!
Mantra
Schism
Pushit
Disposition
Reflection
*salival spinning man intermission
Sober
Parabol
Parabola
AEnima
Lateralus
IMO, the best playlist ever. No if wings for marie pt1, 10000 days, rosetta, and right in two could be added to that....it sould be perfect, of course all IMHO :)
man you are so lucky... Push it and Reflection are two of my favourite Tool songs also, I am gutted that I am extremely unlikly to ever hear either of them live.
Wow, great story, man. I'm glad you got to experience the music that way. I agree, that's a kick-ass setlist. I don't even like "Pushit" that much and I'm less of a fan of the Salival version than the original, but that's awesome that you got to witness it the way you did, with a clean slate and no preconceptions in your mind.
Ya I think its pretty cool too but for some reason I'll always have this regret though. After listening to this song more than any one song should be listened to ;), there is a definite place I go in my mind and its a cool place, I really like it there. Now if I had known the song and known what I like to do or think about when they sang it live I could have gone there during the show, if you know what I mean.....but thinking about the shock and surprise factor from hearing them both for the first time live...hmmmm, nah I take all that back, no regrets. ....lol...
man you are so lucky... Push it and Reflection are two of my favourite Tool songs also, I am gutted that I am extremely unlikly to ever hear either of them live.
I do feel incredibly fortunate, one might even say Im grateful to the 'Powers that be', for having that opportunity. I still want to see them play Right in Two and wings,10000 days live. I doubt I will ever have that opportunity as they dont seem to want to come to the southeast any more. Im not sure what thats about, but I looked recently and they weren't coming anywhere near me any time soon.
Wouldnt Right in two be a great final song to a show? I think so.
