in the intro amirite?

My friend said the same thing when I showed her the song.

i thought the same thing to myself. guess i'm not the only one.

I disagree, but, is that a problem?

wow, before i just got sucker punched by this song the only one i heard previous was vicarious. i guess their not a band you can so easily pin down anymore- must listen to rest

ha ha ha i never thought so at all.....adam levine sounding like jimmy boy..fuck nah

Maroon 5 was my first thought....

My bro thought it was james blunt.

you guys didnt know, the guy from maroon 5 IS MAYNARD!
It's his alter ego/costume

maroon 5 rocks

For what its worth, I was thinking Maroon 5 as well.

Thi was my first thought as well. When it starts i still feel like its maroon 5 meets the chemical brothers....

First 46 seconds, the voice did sound like the Maroon 5 dude. But then, the Undertow Maynard came from the shadows lol

he sounded different to usual but i definatly didnt think maroon 5

My first thought was Maroon 5 guy too in the intro there. I don't see how anyone could see otherwise, unless of course you haven't heard Maroon 5. In which case, you're lucky :P.

I've never heared Maroon 5, so i'm not entirely sure why im even wasting anyones time posting on here... The song is awesome tho

Sounded like Maynard to me, but what do I know...

mars volta?

Ugh
he does NOT SOUND like Cedric from The Mars Volta. Trust me. Just fucking DROP it. It's like saying any guy who sings in a high register sounds like Robert Plant.

I am surprised to see the comparisons to maroon 5 and in another thread, Tracy Chapman.

To me, Maynard sounds like he is twisting some rasta flavor into his voice a la Marley, and the point your finger line reminds me of his early work "Judge Not"

not too big of a stretch considering the song's subject matter

Ironic, mustbevicarious, because I was going to mention Robert Plant. Not that it sounds like him but that Maynard wishes he was him. ;)

Hell of a song; Zep would be proud!

True.

And it does sound like Adam Levine.

The first thought I had was that Maynard sounded more like he does with APC than with TOOL.

i read in an interview that one of maynard's testicles exploded while he was recording the intro.

Hell yes he sounds like adam from maroon 5 . I laughed my ass off when I first heard this song . Though I have to admit I kinda like it in some ways. I don't think this is a song that will have a high replay value.

Why are we comparing Tool to a band so derivative as Maroon 5? They're not bad, I guess, but they certainly don't have the chops, will or sonic ambition of Tool. Hell, if we're talking about other bands, why not Hawthorne Heights or Breaking Benjamin or Linkin Park? Maynard sounds like them too, right?

I for one am certainly NOT comparing the two. All I'm saying is that, for the first 10 seconds of 'The Pot', made me think of the singer from Maroon 5. I don't even know his damn name. As soon as the music kicked in, I thought differently. Personally, I love the song.

On a sidenote. Hawthorne Heights is fucking trash.

he sets the tone of the song

Why are we comparing Tool to a band so derivative as Maroon 5? They're not bad, I guess, but they certainly don't have the chops, will or sonic ambition of Tool. Hell, if we're talking about other bands, why not Hawthorne Heights or Breaking Benjamin or Linkin Park? Maynard sounds like them too, right?



ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha excelent post

uhm

I heared Maroon 5 too...My wife heared James blunt....Made me think of Freddy Mercury......Not the voice, but the timbre and resonance. Also....Do I hear 'train kept a rollin' in there?

Hate maroonblunt

agree

this friend of mine thoguht it was a Maroon 5 song at first....
then he went "the music sounds like Tool"

the only Tool song he heard is Schism though

yeah,been there...my friend thought that the maroon guy is lending his vocals to that one....shit

I think he is singing in that tone to reflect singing from a perspective, my interpretation is that it is from his mother's point of view. maybe a comeback to 'judith'. like, "james, why are you being such an asshole ("fuck your god"), are you friggin' high?"
and yes, he sounds like adam levine.

I've certainly convinced myself that the opening verse is NOT by Maynard. He has such a distinct timbre to his voice that is simply 100% lacking in those first few lines, but the first time you hear "You musta been...high," that is certainly Maynard.

The liner notes say "More Credits | toolband.com / toolarmy.com," but I can't find any more credits at either place. I'm dead certain that somebody else did the opening vocals. And, yes, it does sound like the dude from Maroon 5 to me as well.

Edit: Listening to it once again, when the guy singing the opening lines gets to the word "practically," he drops out of his near-falsetto voice, which I'm sure is much closer to what his voice sounds like normally. Even then, it's lacking that "Maynard" quality that you hear on the entire rest of the song. The more I listen, the more convinced I am. :)

Listen through headphones. It's Maynard.

And my housemate said James Blunt - I don't hear it.

I really think that Rosetta Stoned sounds much more "Undertowish".

In all honesty, I feel like Undertow + Lateralus = 10,000 days.