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Chances are this has been brought up before, but does this remind anyone else of something Jim and the boys probably would have thrown in during an improv session of the end (when he wasn't yelling at cops and dropping his pants). I'm guessing its probably a little tribute from tool to the doors, as they are obviously a big influence.
The Doors were a great band and I really enjoy their music, but I've never seen anything from the members of Tool to indicate The Doors were any influence on them. King Crimson, obviously. Pink Floyd and Led Zep, yes. What makes you say Tool is influenced by The Doors?
The Doors were a great band and I really enjoy their music, but I've never seen anything from the members of Tool to indicate The Doors were any influence on them. King Crimson, obviously. Pink Floyd and Led Zep, yes. What makes you say Tool is influenced by The Doors?
Only thing i could think of is Maynard really likes Appocalypse Now, and The End is absolutely mindblowingly effective in that movie. They were talking about having a "dead artist" appear on their album, but couldn't work out contractual difficulties. I wonder who it was?
With Tool, it's so hard to say. The whole "dead artist" thing could very well have been a joke.
Great movie indeed. I love the way the ceiling fan turns into a flashback/dream of a helicopter. Still, read Heart of Darkness. It trumps the movie.
Could have been, certainly. But I remember Blair writing about this a couple times, and it was in newsletters that actually contained relevant information to when they were recording and the recording process of 10,000 days. Not that I'm special, but I kind of get Blair's sense of humor and when he is screwing us around and when he isn't. I'm too lazy and time constrained to go look around for the mentions of it, but it just didn't seem like he was messing with our heads about this. And plus, with all the ambient sounds, and references to classic rock on the album (like the backwards lyrics on Intension), it probably would have fit well somewhere on there - maybe in Vigente Tres. My bet's on Morrison or Hendrix.
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The Doors were a great band and I really enjoy their music, but I've never seen anything from the members of Tool to indicate The Doors were any influence on them. King Crimson, obviously. Pink Floyd and Led Zep, yes. What makes you say Tool is influenced by The Doors?
I don't think they have ever said that they were influenced by them. But, listen to "the end, waiting for the sun, five to one, when the musics over" they are all very trancelike songs.
Definitely not stuff like "l.a. woman" or "roadhouse blues"
Only thing i could think of is Maynard really likes Appocalypse Now, and The End is absolutely mindblowingly effective in that movie. They were talking about having a "dead artist" appear on their album, but couldn't work out contractual difficulties. I wonder who it was?
I was told that the dead artist was Bill Hicks, a comedian, who was featured in AEnima. Not sure, but it made sense to me.
The Doors were a great band and I really enjoy their music, but I've never seen anything from the members of Tool to indicate The Doors were any influence on them. King Crimson, obviously. Pink Floyd and Led Zep, yes. What makes you say Tool is influenced by The Doors?
Because the Door's have deeper meaning in their songs as well. In my opinion, Tool is a 90's-new millenium version of the doors, but a bit harder and faster.
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