Nice sift @enoch!

I discovered these guys a while ago on YT also. I don't usually care about watching reaction / review videos, but these guys are great. They are so enthusiastic and honest that it is almost like hearing the songs again for the first time myself.

Their reactions to Holy Wars (Megadeth), Master of Puppets, and One (both Metallica) are awesome for the thrash lover in me. And for other stuff, their vids for Killing in the Name (RATM), Digital Bath (Deftones), and Lateralus (Tool) are also all great.

Yeah, not an unfair comment. Don't know if she's deliberately restraining herself or just a bit unsure, but it still rocks.

I can understand picking Tool as a school project though, their music is so multi faceted and involved (not to mention the sheer number of instruments and effects used to create their sound), featuring some really wacky timings etc (Lateralus) that it probably constitutes a master class... =)

Most of my sifts are things that I genuinely enjoy, though I do have some that I sifted only because I knew they'd do well. As such, I had a hell of a time picking a favorite.

I ultimately went with

but not without strongly considering http://videosift.com/video/How-to-kick-the-shit-out-of-somebody, http://videosift.com/video/Hadoken, http://videosift.com/video/How-TV-Ruined-Your-Life-Episode-4-Love, and http://videosift.com/video/Incredible-Drummer-vs-Beatbox

Picking from the videos of others didn't seem like it would be much easier, but once I came across http://videosift.com/video/researching-happiness-for-72-years-and-what-do-they-find it was a no-brainer (click through and read the article for the full effect). That video was posted during an extremely difficult time in my life when I felt like I had nothing left and it gave me a glint of hope that I should keep on going.

Runners-up include http://videosift.com/video/The-Boy-With-the-Incredible-Brain-Daniel-Tammet, http://videosift.com/video/The-Fibonnaci-Sequence-in-Tools-Lateralus, and http://videosift.com/video/Jackie-Chan-vs-Benny-The-Jet-Urquidez

>> ^NordlichReiter:
I don't know about Fibonacci


If you're saying you don't know what Fibonacci has to do with Lateralus, this will explain it to you.

>> ^Farhad2000:
I agree with skforty. Actually someone should post Tool Lateralus. Am sure this guy did massive loads of LSD.


This guy's studio is a modern Mecca for users. There, he and his followers--yes, they are followers--regularly have what would be called acid tests if they had been held in the 60s. I was invited to one way back when, but found myself without further need for that certain kind of exploration. I still hold his art in high regard, looking at it quite frequently in one of his books, which I will Amazon link to above.
*drugs

"I heard a voice tell me that the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors is a womb for the gestation of the awakening human spirit."
(from video at 3:06)
*cult

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Tool, Lateralus, Fibonnaci, space, hubble' to 'Tool, Lateralus, Fibonacci, space, hubble' - edited by my15minutes

lateralus anyone?

Gotta chime in here.

Here's a cover that may be largely responsible for a 40-year career (it helps that the music was and has stayed great too):
http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/K/king_crimson_court.html

Roger Dean was a great match for the music of Yes--really seemed to complete them. His most elaborate work for the band:
http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/Y/yes.html

Led Zeppelin also produced a couple of fun covers, with cutouts and moving bits so you could customize them, kinda. Zeppelin III had cutouts with a rotating inner layer of different pictures that showed through. Physical Graffiti had a bunch of windows cut out, with different scenes for each one on the various inner sleeves of the double album. You can't get that with a CD, and the Internet images I found weren't very helpful either.

There are a couple of CDs with fun covers, though. Tool, also mentioned above, had a 3D cover for Ænima and another kind of 3D booklet and glasses for 10,000 Days; Lateralus featured a booklet printed on clear plastic, so you could peel away the image like in some anatomy books you may have seen. Also Beck's "The Information" was basically blank and came with lots of stickers so you could make your own version.

My favorite is from Lateralus by TOOL:

http://www.tprice.net/disco/tool/insidelateralus.jpg

Alex Grey does their artwork, and he's amazing.

I know. I still love them, but the last two times I saw them the majority of their songs were from 10,000 Days. And as much as I love the album, I wanted to heard more from Lateralus and Aenima. Especially this song, which is one of my favorites, for that 8:23 note. *shivers*

>> ^cdominus:
That would have been awesome to be there live, Maynard doesn't go long and high live like he did at 8:23 anymore. At least he hasn't the last few times I've seen them.

This clip was used in Faaip De Oaid, the last song of Tool's 2001 album Lateralus. It is really really creepy hearing this all over again.

Interesting.

To be frank I'm not much of a fan of the Lateralus period, and this video's pretty illustrative of why that is; a tendency to be obscure and difficult for the sake of being obscure and difficult. Once you've been let in on the hidden key to understanding it, this is compelling work, but without it's equally frustrating. I don't see the need to hide that key behind so many layers of obfuscation.

similar to this vid - http://www.videosift.com/search?q=lateralus, but this one has more to it.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'mashup, parabol, parabola, Lateralus, Tool' to 'mashup, parabol, parabola, Lateralus, Tool, 2001, space oddysey, kubrick' - edited by BicycleRepairMan

*whispers* it's in the tags! lateralus