I'd say the best Tool has done is Ænema. I'd count it up there with my top 5 songs.
This is one song you want to see performed live.
I know a lot of people like Tool, but I can't stand them. All their songs sound the same and are usually in weird timings. Unless you're the Beatles or Rush, you should use the simpler timings (that goes for you too, Radiohead.)
I have to give them props on their lyrics though, the ones I can make out or care to listen to are usually meaningful.
BTW, wouldn't it be pronounced "eenema" with the archaic ae thing?
Picking a favorite song is impossible. In lieu of my "favorite", here is a great song from Gordon (not that Gordon) that should put chills in the spines of many:
As I've said a few times on this board, the greatest piece of poetry in Canadian history is in this song:
Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd fifteen more miles behind her.
They might have split up or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep and took water Now all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
I can't pick just one. But I have a playlist of my top 10. I won't look for them all - just 3 at random:
Rain on the Scarecrow:
Prayer of St. Francis:
For What it's Worth:
(the other 7 are "Everybody Knows" by Leonard Cohen, "Logical Song" by Supertramp, "In the Ghetto" by Elvis, "Imagine" by John Lennon, "Streets of Philadelphia" by Springsteen, "Hurt" by Johnny Cash and "Zombie" by Cranberries)
I know a lot of people like Tool, but I can't stand them. All their songs sound the same and are usually in weird timings. Unless you're the Beatles or Rush, you should use the simpler timings (that goes for you too, Radiohead.)
I have to give them props on their lyrics though, the ones I can make out or care to listen to are usually meaningful.
BTW, wouldn't it be pronounced "eenema" with the archaic ae thing?
Maybe someday you will get it. Instead of starting a debate on TOOL I will move on. I will simply say they are a brilliant band; easily one of the best on the planet.
Picking a favorite song is impossible. In lieu of my "favorite", here is a great song from Gordon (not that Gordon) that should put chills in the spines of many:
As I've said a few times on this board, the greatest piece of poetry in Canadian history is in this song:
Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd fifteen more miles behind her.
They might have split up or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep and took water Now all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
Yup, I can't even read that without getting a bit of a chill. Though personally, it's not even my favorite Lightfoot song (that would be Early Morning Rain, followed by Sundown. This would be third, just ahead of Canadian Railroad Trilogy.)
Favourite song? Jeez, what day of the week is it? I've been on a steady diet of Queens of the Stone Age and Tool lately. I swear if my loved ones hear Lateralus or No One Knows one more time, they're going to have me committed. I do have a few tunes that fall into my "Greatest, Bestest Ever List". Here's a sampling:
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (Someone already mentioned it)
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - Bob Dylan
Redemption Song - Bob Marley
Ellis Unit One - Steve Earle
Picking a favorite song is impossible. In lieu of my "favorite", here is a great song from Gordon (not that Gordon) that should put chills in the spines of many:
As I've said a few times on this board, the greatest piece of poetry in Canadian history is in this song:
Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd fifteen more miles behind her.
They might have split up or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep and took water Now all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
I'm just curious - have you ever heard Simon Bar Sinister's cover of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald? It would rant in the top 5 cover songs I've ever heard.
Not sure if I have an actual favorite, I have tons that i like. Here's one that comes to mind right off the bat though, by long forgotten Canadian band... Harlequin
Champagne Supernova - Oasis
Jumping Jack Flash - The Stones
Wont Get Fooled Again - The Who
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straights
Rip it Up - Jet
One Headlight - The Wallflowers
She Talks to Angels - Counting Crowes
