Tool - Vicarious [hq - fullscreen]

[HalfGermanBeats93]

Awesome song! Big up 5/4 (Y)

[TheCatalyst1994]

It isn't Tool's video, I've seen it somewhere before, and the band was different.

[asaisastrangechild]

@TheCatalyst1994 that band stole tools video then

[Retrospectx9]

2:15 WAR OF THE WORLDS!!!!

[Kiki53754]

Thats it - no up side, no 'but if we do this it cld be better'. He's just stating it as fact and if theres any argument involved its that we shldn't be two faced about it - like we are currently. I'm not saying I agree, in fact I think its a pretty over-simplified opinion (yes we are animals and have animal instincts, but we have higher intel too, and thats what civilisation is - we're learning) but thats what the songs about.

[Kiki53754]

Wow u guys have far too much optimism to be listening to Tool! The songs not about encouraging us to stop violence. It's saying we get off on it - we enjoy watching other people suffer - be it gossipy news broadcasts of who murdered who and how, someone having their dreams crushed on X Factor - we love it. As he says in the song 'much better u than I'.

[iamindiependent]

I like it:)

[rensbitterhalf]

I am not nore do I ever wish to be part of this tool school for misguided fools , your just as bad as a pop fanatic brand,,,, if I have seen this so have your enemies . get smart or die on your knees , I CAN'T say If I woldl

[jeustor]

When we try to do something about it, we escape from the cycle of death...to a new cycle of immortality...5th dimensional reality

vi·car·i·ous/vīˈkerēəs/Adjecti­ve

1. Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person: "vicarious pleasure".

2. Acting or done for another: "a vicarious atonement".

[Hemsom1rojder]

@jeustor

Vicarious atonement is another awesome song y another awesome band ^^

[TheCoolPancake]

basically.....noone knows what the hell this song or video is about...

[MrYomom66]

what's up with the sperm eyes and wtf is this vid about????

[sulfur246]

Part Vam-pire , Part War-ior,

Car-ni-vor , and Voy-uer

Stare at the transmittial,

Sing to the DEATH RATTLE .

TOOL FOREVER !!!

[DiamondDavev2]

The message is to stop watching TV or you will want to see more and more violent things until "blood is flowing".

"Vicariously, I -- live while the whole world dies." Sums it up.

[Giomarach]

Now if you could get the audio from the hq audio one and put it on this...

[23Belligerent]

I would LOVE to see TOOL make a movie, in 3D. I would pay the shitty ticket price so see that. then get the DVD when it released too!

[89Coa]

And again,it's the lyrics that knock me off my feet! Fabulous!

[redxile666]

Only Tool would be able to create a video like this which had no obvious connection to the music, but was deeply symbolic to the message, as opposed to making it blatantly obvious. Only Tool

[kiriranxielo]

//listas.20minutos.es/lista/me­jores-discos-de-tool-257339/

//listas.20minutos.es/lista/me­jores-canciones-de-tool-257102­/

TOOL NEEDS YOUR VOTES!!

[linkinparkrocks375]

I wonder if tool is one of those bands that you can watch their music videos drunk? :P

[TheLavitikus]

tool is so fucking full of pulchritude

[MathiesContego]

"Boffin321" is A stupid hormonal Justin Bieber fangirl who inspired me to start A group called "Tampon Tea-Bags­®" because she REALLY gets offended when I talk to her about how females menstruate and whines to me about pain she goes through every month, send her messages to her account, she is REALLY dysfunctional and it REALLY gets on her nerves!!

[Doggg033]

@MathiesContego lmao and let me guess? You are the opposite of dysfunctional? You are functional for going that far, making a group online to harass a female about menstruation? Funny, your parents must be so proud of you.

Tool is more than music, it's an experience.

[martyismartyr]

I love how the locust tick thing disintegrates, it's pretty tight

[ggarro]

shite!!!.. I injured my neck last week headbanging to this video!, hahaha

[heatherb777]

"I need to watch this high....from a good safe distance!" 

[ogremilk]

Well that was shithouse

[rabidbanshee]

I get from the song the feeling that it's the human condition and the nature of the universe and to deny it or give it a higher meaning is hypocritical at best and dangerous at the worst.

But hey that's just me and it could just be about watching the news.That's the great thing about art, it's subjective

[edibleaspirations]

Love it!

[rockerlayne]

great video just dont watch it on acid

[shavarshodadjian]

@rockerlayne too late...;] but i really love it!!!!

[Theunravellingmusic]

One of the best music videos ever made. Thought provoking and inspiring. What more could you want?

[Jimm9349]

This is eye sex.  But was anyone else confused?? I thought I knew what the song was about by looking at the lyrics but.... WTF?

[Noxvill2]

@Jimm9349 You're ignorant, an idiot and not a fan of tool if you don't understand the relation between the song an the video.

[Jimm9349]

@Noxvill2 And if you spend all day translating a meaning from their lyrics, you are in need of a life.

[Noxvill2]

@Jimm9349 it doesn't take all day to find the meaning to the song, unless of course, you're you and a complete retard.

[Jimm9349]

@Noxvill2 Well there are a lot of songs out there. I guess I should start with Tool, then Opeth, then I'll go to Devin Townsend, then Strapping Young Lad, then I'll move onto Burzum and Summoning, then Cradle of Filth and Graveworm. After that I will start to find the meaning of all of Megadeth's songs, then Exodus, then Slayer, then I'll move onto Dream Theater, then Porcupine Tree, then to Rush. Good day to you.

[Noxvill2]

@Jimm9349 Certain songs are more liked than others so people find the meaning easily. There's some songs by Opeth that I don't know, because I don't frequently listen to them. But there are others that I do and I take a few minutes out of the day to look over the lyrics and see what other people though, it's something that takes, what, 10 minutes at most? Megadeth's bad, it's easy to translate their lyrics. :I

[michaaaell018]

Holy fucking shit, wow.

[SteveIsTheMan1990]

I think TheLegitSoulja is thinking of DMT.

[MsDawn2012]

@SteveIsTheMan1990 Yes indeed!:-)

[quaxk]

masterful and beautiful

[pattonPwr]

amazing.

[demented669]

every tool song is made to make you think that is why every thing tool makes is ART.

they are just the TooL to bring forward thoughts from the ether to enlighten the subconscious of man to help him move out of the shadow of ignorance and bring him into the light and help him expand his mind

that is why they are true artist and i love them for it

[NyteRyd2r]

Wow

Rabid fanboi

They're not any kind of illuminati, even Maynard James Keenan hates his fans

[norcalirob1978]

Actually he hates his stalkers. Doesn't really care about fans.

[michaaaell018]

@demented669 Fuck yeah

[Hiarch123]

I think this song mean how we humans love violence. We thirst for tragedy to happen.

[SgtB1ggl3s]

No shit, Sherlock.

[TheLegitSoulja]

this is the shit you would see trippin on shrooms, acid, weed, and salvia. lol great song though

[HallowedBeDeath]

Why do you all need to know the meaning so badly? Interpret it for yourself.

[SilenceWithinNoise]

Here a little quote:

"Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people." by Luther Burbank

[zweiervento]

@SilenceWithinNoise

I would give that a +5 if i could. Thats a good quote

[ironfist3232]

7:26 = my fav part :D :O

[KBK016]

is there like some website i can find out the tool's songs meaning some i dont know and others i do please help!!! :)

[inabox999]

@kbk1016. This song is about how humanity lives VICARIOUSLY e.g. thru others. people love seeing others' tragedy and thats how they live, using other as a substitute.

[Shenmueproject]

yeah, but when i was listening to it my friend thoguh the band was jsut sick... *sigh* so i had to talk him through it lol

[element787]

@KBK016 try looking it up on google.

[phdrummer80]

PLEASE HELP IF I DONT KNOW THIS I WILL DIE.

the world would be better off.

[mkincade86]

as maynard would say.. think for yourself!!!!

[malscott]

cool video good music for it

[BleckenBecken]

so right, unSTEVOED. nothing more to say.

[brown996]

who the fuck put thumb down to comment of claytonleader?

[claytonleader]

Best band ever!

[matthewaunger]

tool's done more drugs than i have.

[MrJellah]

They're not aliens... They're representations of people's hearts and minds. The idea here is that we just stand there, watching the evil of the world propogate, and do nothing. When you try to do something about it, you escape from the land of death.

[Stuffzombie]

AND those snake looking things coming out of his eyes- We let someone/something else see life for us and analyze it for us

[JerryPRHS]

@MrJellah Actually, in all of Tool's music videos with the exception of Prison Sex, the lyrical content and the video for a song are two completely separate entities. Cool theory, though.

[MrVoodooevolution]

@MrJellah nicely put :)

[architechflying]

toool rules mother fuckers

[xtremesean99]

tools song are almost always about aliens.its strange

[unSTEVOED]

I don't understand why people are hating on this video, its a master peice. Open your mind. Not everthing in the world is Black and white. THINK FOR YOUR SELFS

[animator4life99]

i agree, animation is very time consuming. i'm gunna see them tonight should be a wicked show

[HelloFreeza]

The Official Vicarious Video is fully CGI, So I believe this is it, yes.

[tobicaster]

this is the one and only official

[bigjooo]

we are in our head because it like an matrix( we feel trough our sens, but sense are only electric signal interpreted by your brain) it nothing like magic or voodoo something, it physical. so drive with your hearth and make other people hearth vibe. just imagine..

[mpereirawolf]

Is this video official?

[bigjooo]

sure ! I bought this video as the official dvd tool vicarious package with some background of the making and a kind of lens like 10000 day album etc..this is the official video, there also an other one with a women wearing a patched costume.someone told me it was also an official but a need im not sure if it true.

[metallicafan12321]

there is only one official video i have seen that one it is a fan made video

[bigjooo]

My though is: inside your head is dry and crack, the EGO is the big animal eye coming up from the insect(une puce),nothing is more disturbing annoying than a (puce), it comming when you let the "eye" drive for you. then your sight is confuse(mirror wall) and you cant connect yourself to your inner(multiple red head universe) connect to your inner and destroy the animal eye(who is not rational). the eye of the earth is your own(we are in our head and change the outside by our action on earth)

[queenforlife96]

i dont think adam jones even knows what he makes his videos about

[MrJaythree]

Why must everyone have a definite explanation??? This is art....think of your own interpretation rather than being spoon fed one

[clash399]

just think about what the song is about and this video will make a lot more sense

and even better, watch it while your stoned

[chrisfuller1]

what in the fuck is the video bout, it is fucked

[stunna749rath]

have you ever seen an interview with maynard? He is actually very intelligent. just because some people dont see the world the same way you do you can't disregard what they are trying to show... and actully he's not high on acid he even states himself "i am one of those people that cant do two things at once, thats why when i sing i put all of my energy and focus into it and i cant control my dancing (he laughs)"

[FerroLotchiTube]

I don't get this video clip...does it have any story ?

[dbeyrle]

Adam Jones bases his videos off the sounds of the song. Not the lyrics entirely.

But if you will, here is the story.

The character, X, is in this dream world where he enjoys watching violence and turmoil vicariously. That is, without actually having any part in it. In the end, this destroys him.

It is almost impossible to decipher Tool videos, but this explanation is from Adam and Alex Grey.

[SubliminalStrike]

Rosetta Stoned is a great song, but this is not it. So why are you talking about it?

[sonponte82]

Great video, but I don´t understand it, like almost any other tool video (except hush).

[LotofMnyStLNotHappy]

Awsome vid!!!

[CanIplayWithMaddness]

i love this song

[skimmich21]

Hands down the best song ive ever seen played live,

[MrWaffels]

Agreed.

[199117mrs69]

this is by far the trippyest vid of theres

a hard fucking song to play but still good none the less

is there going to be a new cd some one msg me and let me know plzzz

[herdeszzz]

hey i bought this DVD but its just this song in there

[ilikeeggs666]

Holy crap what kind of drugs are they on and how can I get some.

[dragonchild25]

i heard that danny carrey (sp?) took DMT

[JiffyNo0b]

Adam has used DMT and Ketamine for inspirational purposes, they've referenced DMT, MDMA, and LSD in they're music and no doubt others that I forgot or never picked up on in the first place, but I'm sure the group has taken the whole gamut of psychedelics at one point or another.

[t00117598]

what song references mdma?

[JiffyNo0b]

Rosetta Stoned.

...10 to 2 AM, X, Yogi DMT...

X being slang for MDMA (Ecstasy). At least that's how I always understood it.

[t00117598]

come to think of it what song specifically mentions lsd? third eye maybe, i can't remember all the lyrics. yeah x probably does mean street pills there, i never really caught it before, he speaks so fast in that song.

[JiffyNo0b]

Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann).

Blame Hofmann is apparently a reference to Albert Hofmann the father of LSD. So, you're right it's not a direct reference per se. I'd say it's fairly obvious why they mentioned him though.

[JiffyNo0b]

Oh, and don't forget the Bill Hicks quote, "Today a young man on acid..."

[ObsceneAntichrist]

Yeah. The song is about a man being visited by martians after taking MDMA and DMT.

[IsomechickI]

whoooah. O.O

[samzer6657]

Just amaizing.

[smellmyface686]

Wow, i'm guessing alex grey did alot of this video?

[Stoltzfus]

Absolutely incredible.  Best independent video made yet.

[mobster1911]

This isn't independent, this is the official video...

[CommunistPanda75]

It's not independent dude.

[Stoltzfus]

This isn't made by Tool, therefore, independent.

[CommunistPanda75]

This Is Made By Tool You Dousche.

[bobross188]

maynard himself said adam did this video. your dumb

[listentostrick9]

THEse people are stupid, Adam Jones is the main voice when all the videos are being created, thus making it technically independant because the creator plays in the band!

[toolismyfavband]

3:18

crap dude!

[toolismyfavband]

love this song

[tyler713247]

Amazing computer animation

[ALPHAQUPNOW]

everyone talks about maynard too much, there are more band members than him come on now

[John0lolzerss]

I dont know why..But this song make's me think about what's After death....is there more..or is there nothing?

[renzolikescheez]

dont think about that crap and enjoy life while you can.

[John0lolzerss]

I know =P n i am..I whas just really...ummm Out of it when i left that comment haha =P

[YayaptheGrunt1]

I have thought about that also, but then I realize that, like renzolikescheez said I should enjoy life while I can.

[choppaluke10]

Tool is cool.

[blahfuu]

I love tool. They kick ass so hard and so much that people with in listening distance of one of their songs shit Maynards foot prints.

[bbcardsfan3]

the greatest band to walk on earth

[sydstitches]

love tool, every single song and video is somewhat disturbing there own abserdly unique and beautiful way.

[lovre666]

i agree with you 100% ,but all the disturbing parts is what we like about tool ,right?

[sydstitches]

of course it is.

[fredblink18287]

Tools just fuckin' sick...not for just anyone, you either like it or you don't...the modern Pink Floyd I'd say, but darker...musically amazing.

[fuurry]

I wanna fuck this song.

[spiddlestix]

tool is soooooo metal - pump your sinkfist and bang you sister -peace

[livehappy4ever]

wtf?.....

[Cannedmeat420]

Tool's songs and videos don't just have one solid meaning. Why do you think they're called Tool?  You can use them for whatever; guidance, therapy, etc. I personally think that the videos mean something totally different from the song, but in some way they're connected.

[ReedAndrewSutherland]

maybe that means that you are mis-interpretting something then?

[Cannedmeat420]

Maybe it does. You seem like you have it all figured it though. That's what it means to me. Yes, I know the song has a solid meaning. "Vicariously I live while the whole world dies." The video is put in a way that seems like it could mean something else though. Who knows? All I figure is that you don't really either.

[elementcircle]

You're actually quite right about this. Tool (especailly Maynard) are all about find one's own inner meaning and expanding one's own thoughts- and not listening to everything without question. Why do you think they did that whole bit about Lachrymolgy? The band, like their music, lyrics, and videos, are a "tool" to learn and gain from.

[wiffboy]

What blew my mind in this video was the black hole sun. Obviously something to do with acid, seeing as Soundgarden's BHS video is just as fucked up and obviously influenced by some type of hallucinogen.

[got2haveamonster33]

this song is orgasmic

[reese373]

This song is fun to play on Guitar Hero World tour

[wiffboy]

Whoever put -1 is an idiot. You guys are stupid to criticize Guitar Hero. This coming from someone who plays guitar and musically educated.

I think GH has made many people listen to amazing stuff, like Tool, ZZ Top and friggin' Van Halen. That kind of stuff should be PRAISED.

Anyway, Vicarious is amazing. But I wouldn't be watching this video. Stare like a junkie.

[lolbat]

Sorry for my poor english...

I discovered Tool with Guitar hero. Since then, i'm a fan !

Incredible band

That's why i've put +1 for your comment and +1 for reese373...

[crazycrowd818]

you are 100% correct! for a long time i couldn't get my kid off that rap shit and since i got him that GH his musical tastes have become more diverse. never thought i'd listen to steve miller bands "joker" with him.

[walruswaspaul123]

A visual orgasm

[alilhighalillow]

If you guys haven't realized, TOOL's videos are largely analytical, open for speculation. It's not supposed to be blatant. Have they ever been???

[Uuubanton]

I like the song, but the video is pointless...

[ThatSkinnyWhiteKid]

My guess would be it makes more sense when you're on acid.

[XDragofrostX]

Just started listening to these Songs...

and they are wierd lol

[Linkle2]

ya, listen to the Pot by Tool, best song by them!

[AyaxTelemonio]

the video has no point, is pure visual imaginery. that´s why it´s cool.

[jimmyaka]

the final minute and four seconds are just mind blowing

[SunflowerSociety]

Wow. Bizzare vid but I love this song. Good lyrics but spooky vid.

[TCMustang]

O_O amazing... O_O

[Jman848]

i dont get it

[vikinglordSF]

what dont you get?

[Jman848]

the point of the vid

[bobo105012]

epic

[RaKooN13]

ahh, finally i see it!! awesome video, i was wonderin wen this was gonna be finished.

[westcoastdude06]

areneros is the best tool supplier ever!

[IckissAndCauliflower]

He's like a home depot!

[freakonaleash3112]

full of tools! agagaga

[IckissAndCauliflower]

... wow.

[sinzorak]

lol, nice

[aariusstudios]

One of the most awesome videos posted on YouTube!!!

[thirdeye47]

afuckinmazing

[AtheistLiving]

This is one nice tune,but not one of their bests.

[fojerbachas]

wow

[MPS186282]

another great tool video. keep it up!

[canofbeanz]

awesome simply awesome