...I think I might have to shoot myself in the face with a fire arm.

I love this album, BUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTT.... Even though I have to say I like everything that follows Rosetta Stoned, I still kinda feel those songs are replaceable (with the exception of the second half of Right in Two).

Shit, we're only dealing with 77 minutes here. I wouldnt get rid of these last three entirely, maybe save them for the fictitious second disc of the never-to-be-seen double album.

Anyways, if they kept going up from Rosetta Stoned in intensity, I think I might seriously suffer a brain aneurysm.

Perhaps its a good thing these 3 songs followed the onslaught of RS. They let us come down softly I guess. Otherwise, some of us seriously wouldnt be around for the next album.

can you, or do you want to, imagine that in the live show they play RS and follow it with Third Eye. Can you? They need to have enough medic stand by in case of any instantaneous combustion in the audience.

I dnt know whether or not to be afraid to see them play Rosetta Stoned or not.... in my opinion, Rosetta has the biggest build up, and biggest climax that I have ever heard in a Tool song. I think this song is gonna go down as one of their best.

Third Eye > Rosetta Stoned, in terms of climax. Salival Pushit too. As well as No Quarter. IMHO.

Wrong.

If anything, RS is just as strong as Third Eye, if not stronger. But as a person who fucking tattooed his back a Third Eye, I had to reconcile it. So now I say, Rosetta Stoned and Third Eye are just the natural extention to each other.

Never liked Salival Pushit. Too whiny. The album version is better. It used to be on my TOOL top 5 all time favs. And now Jambi has taken over Pushit's place on the list.

I'm so stunned by this post this is all i can muster up.

Haven't we already concluded that rosetta stoned > entire lateralus album?

You're also joking right? 1 song is better than an entire album? wtf?

And it was coming from a person who has been deeply affected what Third Eye represents in his views of life and what not. He got a Thirdy Eye tat on his back for god sake.

Nah thats cool man, Third Eye is incredible. But to say RS is anywhere on the same level, you gotta be smoking something funky.

I still think Third Eye > Rosetta Stoned, but who knows, maybe time will make my veiws different. In terms of climax though, I don't think ANY Tool song can touch the epic ending of Third Eye.

wow.

lol

doubble lol

i'm not sure if you're sarcastic or not

i think why he was so stunned was because you replied to an opinion with a flat out Wrong...

ps- are you refering to yourself in the third person? weird....

pps- Thirdy

lol @ roggles liking Intermission.

Of course they do. Those songs make an album. They finish it.

WRONG!

At this point I refuse to compare 10,000 Days or any individual songs thereoff with their earlier material. But I do believe there is a small chance that 10,000 Days > Ænima in a few months.

Right now Rosetta Stoned is my favorite track of the album. It's amazing but I doubt it will ever surpass Third Eye (= Best Song Ever).

Ænima > Undertow > Lateralus > Opiate

only if you know how to write....

although i agree with you that RS is better than Third Eye (if RS were a 10/10, Third Eye would be a 8/10 for the studio version and 10/10 when played live), Third Eye is not the worst track on Aenima. The worst track on Aenima is Pushit.

Edit: Upon further reflection, there's no worst track on Aenima. Each track has its own brilliance, and has its time and place to be appreciated.

wtf there are no worst tracks

I'm really surprised how fast people here come up with their far reaching opinions of comparing 10,000 Days with the incredible releases before. I mean even the first "leaks" haven't been circulating for more than week now, right?
I gotta say I bought this album yesterday and refused to hear anything of it before. After my first 11 listenings I'm really far away of judging anything. I can only tell that this one also is a great one and there's absolutely no need of being disappointed.

BUT! A comparison with "Third Eye", "Pushit" or even the entire perfect Album "Lateralus" with a few Songs of 10,000 Days goes much too far. Of course everything's new and one tends to exagerate ... but please.
How can you tell now already that the INCREDIBLE MASTERPIECE OF !PUSHIT! can be compared with e.g. "Rosetta Stoned"? At this very moment this is not a bit possible ... let some time pass please before bothering us with those "unripe" opinions. It's nice to hear if you like special songs and the entire album in general but all these comparisons don't come to any satisfying end.

I personally like the fact, that after the straight and unusual guitar-dominance in "Vicarious" and "Jambi" the Album fades out with more progressive, atmospheric, toolish sounds in the end. So I gotta say that I like "Intension" and especially "Right in Two" very much. But so far I can't say that "10,000 Days" is such a round up, perfect album like "Lateralus" where "schismly" "every piece fits" from the beginning up to the end.

But I begin judging, too ;) ... let's see what time brings!

ok you're right. i'll edit and revise my post accordingly.

Better than Third Eye?
wtf... but how?

If you could add two Tool songs together which RS is the result of, I would say:
third eye + hwap = RS

but you think those other two songs are the worst on their album. Crazy.

I've found inspiration and pleasure in the psychedellic reality but eventually became disappointed when it went "well this trip sucks. didn't get anything great and beautiful out of it like last time. i mean i had fun tripping while playing minature golf but I didn't come out of the trip with a new perspective and understanding of life. that was lame." sooner or later, that disappointment became a pressure I imposed upon myself to have to find something significant when tripping. In a way the idea of having to find something significant from tripping became my "chasing the tail of dogma," which was totally against the point of tripping and why i wanted to trip the first place. Rosetta Stoned, both musically and lyrically, set the tone for me that it's ok just to trip out on playing minature golf. No pressure or I'll ruin my trip. That's why I, personally, has an affinity with RS and like it more than Third Eye. But I still like Third Eye a lot.

Those people who think that there must be a hidden message of great significance behind RS is totally ruining the band's trip.

this is an excellent album but it's not so beyond everything as Aenima and part of Lateralus were ..

i agree with you completly although tripping and playing minature golf can be dangerous, i once almost attacked 2 guys with my club for making a rude comment to my friends girlfriend, in front of a cop i might add! good friends kept me out of jail that night. they convinced the cop i was just kidding while i was laughing at the orange golf ball.

on topic, i feel that it's way to early to compare the new album to the great ones before it, it's like trying to choose a favorite child anyway, i love them all!

fucking hilarious! has anyone actually ever finished a game of moopoly (without playing with retarded people)?

LMAO. and i couldn't agree more :)

i love the fact that the forum for a band who's motto is "Think for yourself, question authority" or whatever, is full of people denigrating other opinions.

Personally my favourite album is Aenima... for a whole multitude of reasons. However if someone decides that they like Undertow, 10k, or Lateralus more Im not going to declare jihad on him or her.

I prefer the term "weak point" - it's so much more descriptive, because all Tool's songs are pretty fucking good; Intolerance, Hooker with a Penis, Ticks and Leeches, The Pot... all good songs, but not quite as strong as the rest of the offerings on their respective albums.

So RS is encouraging people to do things such as playing mini golf while tripping?


and its on an album featuring alex grey artwork?


hmm.

to clarify, the minature golf adventure i had was several years ago. lol,have to admit though, it's strange being questioned about any past drug habits by someone named Alcawhorlick.

Intension and Right in Two pwn the shit out of Rosetta Stoned. srsly

Yeah they matter, but you can't compare segues to each other. They're all dependent on what songs come before and after the individual segue itself. You can't say Lost Keys is better than Mantra, simply because neither would work in any other place but where it is.

Though I tend to throw Mantra into mix cd's every now and again.

"lol @ roggles liking Intermission."

Hey, Intermission is good stuff! How it pairs up with Jimmy is half of why I like Jimmy so much. Really good stuff as the ambiance tracks go.

Well, I, for one, really dislike Intermission. I think this is the only song I always skip. I cant freaking stand the tune... blah