Late last year while visiting my parents, Mum asked me to put some Tool on (yeah, my Mum rocks ;). As the albums played through and I helped her out in the kitchen I explained what I knew of the lyrics and the meanings in them. Somewhere along the line she said "Wow, you should write a few of those down for me." I agreed, but didn't think much more of it until I got home.
A few days later, with Christmas approaching, I had the idea to make a book with all of the lyrics of the recent albums, and exlplanations to go with them as a gift for my Mum. Not wanting to be too ambitious I, gave myself a solid month to get it all together.
eek, that's a phenomenal piece of inspiration and a great gift ; ) *laughs* a coffee table Tool book....
I like it, a lot. Would I be a nit-picky asshole if I pointed out that your dedication has the word "tought" in it instead of "taught"? *shrugs* Perhaps it's an Aussie spelling?
Late last year while visiting my parents, Mum asked me to put some Tool on (yeah, my Mum rocks ;). As the albums played through and I helped her out in the kitchen I explained what I knew of the lyrics and the meanings in them. Somewhere along the line she said "Wow, you should write a few of those down for me." I agreed, but didn't think much more of it until I got home.
A few days later, with Christmas approaching, I had the idea to make a book with all of the lyrics of the recent albums, and exlplanations to go with them as a gift for my Mum. Not wanting to be too ambitious I, gave myself a solid month to get it all together.
Dude, that is really, really, really freakin' awesome. I have printed out 28 pages of lyrics, all formated to my tastes, so I have my own Tool lyric book, but that's quantum mechanics (really tiny) compared to the stature of what your creative genius actually DID.
My mom is cool like that too. She likes most of their songs, and really loves Maynard's lyrics. Although some are just a bit...yeah...*whispers "anal sex"*
Yes mstajaduh, I think the band would be proud too. That's quite a compliment eek. ;)
Tantobourne, not at all. Thankyou, I've made the correction ;) In spite of some hurried proof-reading I think there are a few other typo's that slipped through. In the real book the lower edge margin is a little smaller than it should be too, but what-are-ya-gonna-do? It came out pretty nice all in all and Mum digs it.
Thanks again everyone, I'm pretty darn stoked that you like it. :)
My mom is cool like that too. She likes most of their songs, and really loves Maynard's lyrics. Although some are just a bit...yeah...*whispers "anal sex"*
Haha, tell me about it. I had to explain Stinkfist to my mum :X
She's a big girl though, she'll survive, and hopefully learn that it's superficial and metaphorical like that.
But yeah, I didn't do Undertow, and Prison Sex is a lot more literal. Thank God I didn't have go though trying to write up the last verse for that one..
Thank you for sharing it with the community, very nice work. I'm going to print it out and staple it together. (Using some sort of insane stapler that can penetrate over 80 sheets of paper of course)
by the way, i printed it all out double sided so i only used 40 pages or so which is a lot easier to handle. my printer has a double sided printing option so it made it pretty easy.
Nate, if you find such a stapler, post a pic of it ;)
We used to have one at high school that might've had a go at it. It was just like an oversized regular stapler, but a lot beefier, and with a huge (almost 1m) handle for leverage (yes, it was bolted to the table).
I tried using a regular stapler and hitting the lever down with a big hammer...the son of a bitch broke my stapler. Perhaps I'll just print it out on really really thin paper.
This is one extremely impressive peice of work. kudos.
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Ok... after a lot of people emailing me, I've decided to contact the band and see what they think of the book. I've got mixed feelings about doing so, but hey, what've I got to lose?
The worst thing that could happen is that I could end up in jail for reproducing lyrics without permission I guess. ;)
This is great... i wish my mom loved Tool (she digs deftones though, hehe)
Well this book is fantastic, whenever some "dumb schmuck" ask me why Tool is amazing i can allow myself to slap this certain individual with this particular book of answers! I love it!
I just got the time to finish reading the book, and once again, excellent work. And not to degrade it or anything, and I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but it was Disposition, Reflection, and Triad that were originally performed as one song, not Lateralus, Disposition, and Reflection as stated in the book.
Ok... after a lot of people emailing me, I've decided to contact the band and see what they think of the book. I've got mixed feelings about doing so, but hey, what've I got to lose?
The worst thing that could happen is that I could end up in jail for reproducing lyrics without permission I guess. ;)
Wow..........this is really amazing, you can tell it took some time to compile lol, i can't see what the band could get angry about with you sending it to them
OMG, that is amazing. You sure must've put a ton of effort into that. Kudos.
P.S.-Dude, your mom kicks total ass!! Make sure she knows that. I asked for Undertow for Christmas, and as soon as my mom saw that "Prison Sex"
was a song title, she deemed it something that Santa Claus would NEVER think of bringing a good boy...even after I explained to her that it was a metaphor.
Ironically Prison Sex is one of the few songs I think is pretty literal. What would you say it's a metaphor for? One of the reasons I didn't cover Undertow in the book was that I wasn't sure I wanted to be serving up 'I have found some kind of temporary sanity in this shit, blood and cum on my hands' to my mum. ;)
However, she did take Stinkfist in the spirit that it was intended. But then, I'm fairly sure that Stinkfistis a metaphor. :)
Anyway, my advice is to convince your mum that music can be an expression of all things, not just the happy la la ones, and avoiding coming terms with some of the ... quirkier ... sides of life doesn't help one deal with them any better.
Try Stinkfist out on her. I quite like the idea of that song as a disgusting guardian keeping out those who aren't ready to be open-minded.
Ironically Prison Sex is one of the few songs I think is pretty literal. What would you say it's a metaphor for?
Heh, well I think that we can all agree that it's not about getting taken down in prison...
Well, the more I think of it, dammit, you're right. It's not about a literal prison, but that's about where the metaphorical aspect ends. I dunno, I guess child abuse, rape, etc., and the consequences therein are not something my mom can palate.
Oh god, something about discussing Stinkfist with her gives me chills of revulsion. There's no way I'd ever be able to get past the fisting someone in the ass part. I managed to get Undertow, so I think I'll be happy and leave it alone. :)
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hehehe dude thankyou so much for the book, however you stole my idea- how very Australian of you ;)
I have always planned on writing a biography on Tool, maybe i might work on that.
But seriously dude, i think i speak for everyone here when i say that your efforts are well constructed and very informative- congrats
hehehe dude thankyou so much for the book, however you stole my idea- how very Australian of you ;)
I have always planned on writing a biography on Tool, maybe i might work on that.
But seriously dude, i think i speak for everyone here when i say that your efforts are well constructed and very informative- congrats
I've fixed up a couple of spelling mistakes, and added in the whispering from 46 & 2 that I'd previously managed to somehow leave out. Oh, and the PDF now has a propper electronic bookmark / contents to make it easier to find specific songs or albums, and it should also now be compatible with reading tools for the blind.
Late last year while visiting my parents, Mum asked me to put some Tool on (yeah, my Mum rocks ;). As the albums played through and I helped her out in the kitchen I explained what I knew of the lyrics and the meanings in them. Somewhere along the line she said "Wow, you should write a few of those down for me." I agreed, but didn't think much more of it until I got home.
A few days later, with Christmas approaching, I had the idea to make a book with all of the lyrics of the recent albums, and exlplanations to go with them as a gift for my Mum. Not wanting to be too ambitious I, gave myself a solid month to get it all together.
I would just like to say thank you. That is a tremendous work of art, and it was an even greater gesture to allow all of us the privillage to read it. I think that this is a perfect example of what Tool is trying to teach all of it's fans, the idea of working together to expand our knowledge as a whole. So much emphasis is placed on personal gain and advancement, that greed takes over and drives us insane, but it is acts like these that give me hope because there are still people out there working for the advancement of the human race and not the advancement of themselves. Thank you to everyone who took the time to read this post.
