Interview with tool abot eulogy

E: Yeah. How did fans and critics react to the new record? Like I said to AP Magazine when they asked me, no one has ever really accused us of being unoriginal. We do see some negative commentary, most of our negative commentary would be centered around the fact that our songs are kind of poppy, you know, the catchy, happy-go-lucky sound.

E: Why should anyone buy your CD and where can they find it? You can find it on Smartpunk. But you know, if something happens down the road, we might go to a more aggressive distribution plan for selling it. R: We just finished up a three and a half week tour, went as far south as Florida, as far north as upstate New York and we went all the way out to Illinois.

So we did quite a few states and quite a few areas and it was our most successful tour to date for being by ourselves. We toured with a band called Aniston, from North Carolina, really good guys, check them out. And most of the time it happens on a one on one type circumstance. And just sitting down and having those one on one conversations is kind of like a treasurable moment. E: Cool. Mitch told me it was hilarious. E: Which band member is best at Halo? R: Ohhh… I would say probably Mitch. E: Do any of you have any secret talents or gift?

After seeing this fine acoustic band twice, and reviewing their CD, I sent them some questions and they were cool enough to answer all of them for us. And while somehow I missed that they had actually answered them, I finally found it today, so enjoy and more importantly go to their myspace and enjoy their music. Rob Kelly. I also play guitar and sing. Who else is in your band, and what do they do? With the exception of a phrase or two, I write all the lyrics.

I also write the music for the songs. Then it all comes to the table and we work out the bugs. There are four members listed on your myspace, but the picture only shows three.

Who is Nigel? Brian and I were friends, and we instantly gelled because of how well the box compliments an acoustic guitar. We played a few shows together….. We flat out stole him. We definately use a lot of alternate tunings and similar chords as Chris Carrabba. Haha, it can get intense. When you have a spiritual awakening you slowly kill your ego it's a very fucked up process and you actually do feel like you have died.

Still nothing to do with Jesus Christ Christ consciousness is a metaphor for awakening. But it's music so it really doesn't matter what the song means as long as it raises your vibration in a positive matter and makes yo have a positive outlook on life. Hail Satan. BrandOrion9 on August 07, Christianscanbemetalheads2 I agree he's using the way Jesus Christ claimed He would die for everyone's sins, and then died as an example only. Any other martyrs who stand on soapboxes pointing fingers in the world after the Crucifixion of Christ claiming to be better or know better than everyone else especially if they fail to speak from the heart with humility as Jesus did, had better be prepared to put their money where their mouth is and make a similar sacrifice to the public they want to believe them.

He's mocking them using Jesus as an ideal or example to hold them up against, not mocking Jesus himself. Cani if really doesn't make sense to be about Jesus himself. Jesus knew He would die for our sins, prophesied it even. He was meant to do it and when the time came welcomed it knowingly. These specific lyrics I think show he's talking about someone who wants to be a martyr but falls short of Jesus's example: "Not all martyrs see divinity but at least you tried" Jesus saw divinity "Ranting and pointing his finger at everything but his heart" Jesus did speak from the heart "Get off your fucking cross.

We need the fucking space to nail the next fool martyr" Jesus sadly didn't get off his cross, but people who martyr themselves pontify to the public putting themselves up on a cross.

He's mocking them for not seeing their own public demise coming. So he's not mocking Jesus, rather using His example as an ideal to hold televangelists, politicians, public figures, to mockingly.

Many of Tool's songs and themes are about calling out blatant and insidious hypocrisy. Christianscanbemetalheads2 My Christian Friends hears this and flips and says "I don't listen to santan music. I laughed and attempted to explain this to him.

General Comment The idea of the martyr is metaphorical. The tone is sarcastic, and at the same time grudgingly true. If you read carefully, no one dies. The miss him is that the recipient of the "Eulogy" has stepped down from his cross or pulpit. A person who talks a lot, but what he talks about has now import or merit "a lot of nothing to say".

Followed up with the refrain "We'll miss him" We wish you well You told us how you weren't afraid to die Well then, so long Don't cry. They are sending him off with a "eulogy", but he is not dead. The group "We" is wishing a the eulogized "you" well.

The martyrdom the speaker refers to seems to be how the eulogized must have spoken of and attempted to represent some ideal, the "divinity", but couldn't actually realize or perhaps even follow this ideal the martyr that fails to see divinity. The person seemed persuasive and showed conviction, but in the end, the eulogized only pointed fingers, in essence, blaming and finding fault, but not with himself. Again the refrain of "we'll miss him", maybe they will miss his theatrics, but the sarcasm is fully there.

The speaker points out the negative of the eulogized, and follows with "we'll miss him". This points to the speaker's ultimate disillusionment of the eulogized. The speaker believed what the target had to say, because he was under sway of the eulogized person's charisma. He was a voice above the crowd, he stood out.

The speaker was eager to identify, as he had similar feelings. It could even be assumed that the eulogized person tapped into the speaker's and others' feelings and sentiments, focused their dissatisfaction, and intimated that he "would die for me". In other words, this eulogized person, by speaking to and for the crowd, persuaded them that he felt as they did, that he was a part of them, and that he would make sacrifices for them.

This, of course, was a lie. A facade is a false face. By saying "don't step out of line" and "don't lie", this has already been done. The eulogized DID step out of line with what he said.

He did lie. Why then are you so surprised when you hear your own eulogy? The speaker is telling the eulogized that he is dead to the group now, the sacrifice is his role in the group.

But the eulogized man is surprised by this. This was not intended, even though he kept claiming that he was a part of them, and that he would "die" for them, make whatever sacrifice. He never intended to make any sacrifice. A metaphor that people are tired of hearing the martyr attitude, the woe-is-me. Perhaps here, the nailing of the martyr to the cross was forcing the eulogized person to publicly suffer for the group, some sort of calling out or shaming, and now get the hell out of here.

You're dead to us. You must be crucified For our sins and our lies Goodbye One could make the case that the speaker is subtly angry at himself and the group as well. He makes mention how he wanted to believe, how the group will miss the eulogized perhaps missing a martyr, as they need that , and does make mention "for our sins and our lies".

Still, he may be saying that last line as a way of throwing it back into the eulogized man's face. So to recap. The eulogy is for a living man, a man who could hear his own eulogy. A eulogy is supposed to be about the deceased person's merits, but this is about a non-deceased person's ultimate failings. The "goodbye" is the group forcibly sending someone off and away from them. JohnnyApocalypse on January 21, Link. Screw the edits..

And after reading thru 17 pages of them, this is without a doubt the best! Well done. Good good, but read between the lines.

JohnnyApocalypse Finally something of substance. Thanks for the in-depth analysis. This asshole certainly doesn't sound like a Bernie ;D. I view Trump finally being ostracized by his own people when I listen to this song.