As Much As I Hate Lists...

[mrs jesus]

So amusing how defensive Tool fans get; the moment anyone places even the slightest shade of doubt on the god-like image to which Tool fans hold that Maynard character, they go all ape-shit.

please don't lump me in with the maynard is christ crowd.

 

he is only a portion of what makes tool the amazing band that they are.

[HoboFactory]

Well I wasn't referring to you specifically nor anyone else in this thread necessarily. Just saying. It generally doesn't happen with a lot of other bands from what I've seen.

[no yu begin wher i end]

i don't like a lot of stuff on that list, but my god, i've seen limp bizkit on lists like this. at least these people were using their heads.

Maybe on Rolling Stone reader's choice lists. Usually editors of magazines have some sense in them when making out these kinds of lists. Sometimes they don't. Our local rock station had one of those kinds of countdowns going, and they placed bands like Staind, Sum 41, and Linkin Park well inside the top 50. Shit, I think Green Day was in the top 10.

[mrs jesus]

OMG GREEN DAY IS NOT RELEVANT TO THIS THREAD asfhsldkgh;saeg

 

;)

[little miss sunshine]

i love Tool. Happy to see them up there.

 

really bored right now

[Dan #2]

I do hate that the Rolling Stones charted higher than Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, Tool, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, Prince, Queen, Simon and Garfunkel, The Smiths, The Police, Janis joplin, John Lennon, Rush, U2, Pink Floyd etc. etc.

 

 

(i despise the Rolling Stones)

[saturnine]

tool should be #1. fuck the beatles. also, the mars volta should be #2 and #3.

[sockcrotch]

i hate the clash... it's all trumpety guitar

[CaptainRocket]

I HATE MUSIC!

[shade]

Pretty decent list. I was happy to see:

 

28. In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969)-King Crimson

 

 

"tool should be #1." - saturnine

 

Damn Right.

Edited June 11, 2005 by shade

[HoboFactory]

That's gotta be a joke, dude.

[mrs jesus]

i think if any beatles album were to be number one it should be something besides revolver but i would be ok with tool being number one ;)

 

also alice in chains should have been on there.

 

<shrug>

[Dan #3]

First of all I was quoting South Park. Second of all, Maynard is a god. Third of all, yes, yes I was going Ape-Shit.

[HoboFactory]

If Eric Clapton's "Unplugged" and Failure's "Fantastic Planet" didn't get on there, then Tool definitely shouldn't merit placement.

[mrs jesus]

failure? are you shitting me?

they're ok, but they are way overrated... and they have nothing on tool, NO-THING.

 

i agree clapton's unplugged should have been on there, though.

[HoboFactory]

Along with a couple of other Clapton albums.

 

[mrs jesus]

i think that fleetwood mac's tusk should have been on there.

 

i wouldn't take off rumours, but i think tusk would be better on that list than fucking meatloaf. jesus christ.

[HoboFactory]

First of all I was quoting South Park. Second of all, Maynard is a god. Third of all, yes, yes I was going Ape-Shit.

Maynard's a pseudo-intellectual douche.

[saturnine]

that is not being questioned

[Dan #3]

No doubt, but his vocals and lyrics are quite pretty.

[HoboFactory]

Decent vocals, the lyrics not so much.

[cavalier_eternal]

the lyrics are pretty basic, admittedly.

 

the only thing i really like about tool is the instrumental stuff. vocally, it's cool, but whatever. danny carey is pretty friggin amazing. i think, on the whole, tool fans do tend to go a little psychotic.

 

some of the stuff on that list i'm kind of ambivalent about.

 

i don't like the rolling stones, but they do have a lot of influence and such, i guess. some of that list i'd change around, but whatever.

[mrs jesus]

the lyrics are pretty basic?

 

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