I was amazed and I think in awe when I heard this song first..I was literally on the verge of suicide when I heard Pushit and it was an overwhelming and mind blowing experience. The song expresses so many feelings..so many emotions..that to classify it as amazing is perhaps unfair.
__________________ we need you to find a comfortable space, that is not only comfortable but vulnerable..i want u to shut ur eyes and go there..and we'll meet you on the other side..
The version of Pushit on Salival is easily my favourite Tool song as every time I hear those opening,ethereal guitar notes I shudder.It has saved my life too...it is an amazing piece of aural art...
The version of Pushit on Salival is easily my favourite Tool song as every time I hear those opening,ethereal guitar notes I shudder.It has saved my life too...it is an amazing piece of aural art...
those opening notes, in conjuction with maynard's voice, create an awesome effect.
Yeah, everytime I hear those lines it gives me goosebumps. This song is SO amazing to see live, and I'm glad I've had that wonderful experience. This song truely is amazing.
__________________ l don't want to be alone again today...
Hold me close and together we'll pray
That this moment never fades away...
Fade away, fade away, like any other day.
I haven't seen it live (you lucky bastard), but still, whenever I put this song on, it grabs me, shakes me, and wakes me up to another world. Everything around me seems to fade away, and if I listen to this while staring at a candle, the flame condenses to a singularity, with nothing around it except the sound, which circulates, surrounding everything. There are a few songs that do stuff like that to me.
__________________ l don't want to be alone again today...
Hold me close and together we'll pray
That this moment never fades away...
Fade away, fade away, like any other day.
Maynard also really sets the scene for the journey and mood of this beautiful version, when he utters the words "we need you to find a comfortable space, that is not only comfortable, but vulnerable. I want you to shut your eyes and go there, and we'll meet you on the other side.." Maynard's angelic-voice intertwines and flows seamlessly through the layers of guitars and bongo-sounding drums, creating a soothing, uplifting and eerily-beautiful effect.. This song always inspires intense feelings of emotion.. every time I listen to this song I cannot help weeping.. in love, in pain, in agony, in ecstasy...
__________________ those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music
__________________ l don't want to be alone again today...
Hold me close and together we'll pray
That this moment never fades away...
Fade away, fade away, like any other day.
I consider both versions to be the epitome of tool's writing abilities. I do so because in both versions it goes thru so many different feelings/emotions/phases. No other band has written a song that will take its listeners thru such a gamut of emotions, imo. It really is like taking a journey through something that sucks you in, tosses you around, cleans you up, and lets you out on 'the other side'.
THis is the best song tool has ever fucking made!!!! Pushitme Shovingme..............
__________________ Come Embrace my Desire to - feel the Rythm to - feel Connected, enough to step Aside - and Weep like a Widow to - feel Inspired to - Fathom the Power to - witness the Beauty to - Bathe in the Fountain to _-*)))Swing on the Spiral of our Divinty and still be a Human(((*-_ . . . . . . . . . .
Damn right the song is amazing. What I think is really good is Maynard doesn't even have to make it all rhyme to make it sound like its "cleverly merged". Truly an amazing song!
__________________ NEVER say "This is what it means". Say "this is what it means to ME".
Tool really did an extraordinary job on the song. I want to cry whenever I hear it, but at the same time it comforts me. I am also comforted to know that there are other people who can appreciate the music, the art for what it is, and also to use it as a tool for whatever they can get out of it. It truly is amazing how a group of people can change so many people' s lives. I am so happy to be typing this right now!!!!
pushit does have meaning to it, not the most poetic lyric maynard wrote, vocals are pretty much unmatchable. i have a band, my vocalist can get nowhere near the notes maynard hits. if anything i would like to know how maynard has so much silence in the song, but still it sounds good as u wait. i cant play this song yet on my guitar, but i guess i'll try sometime.
It truly is amazing how a group of people can change so many people' s lives.
Have not heard the version on Salival, kinda difficult to get where i am at... However, aenema's version has for a while been a favorite song of mine. Regarding the quote, i do not believe that a group of people can change so many people's lives - only that people change their own lives in reaction to experience. As far as musicians are concerned, they are not the talent, but conduits for a greater force (that i call the "Flow" of music). It is where that force is tapped into that differs from person to person. Hence, there is no personal preference in music, just a combination of different (mis)interpretaions of the flow and the extremity of the delve therein.
I just heard this version a few days ago... as soon as i got used to it, wow. now it's one of my faves, definitely. For some reason though, these guitar notes in the beginning that you're talking about, (the ones while mjk is talking) remind me of Eon for some reason...anyone else think that, or am i just insane? :)
