Tool vicarious live 2013

This video is less trippy than some of the more obscure ones they have released in their time, but more of a commentary on war, and the way it is perceived. To that effect, it works with the song very well. Hearing a song about how people 'vicariously' experience things like war and devastation through their televisions without really understanding it works perfectly with the media footage of artillery shellings and tank advances.

Music alone, this was a great way to open up the album it belongs to, and a great song to get me into this band. Many descriptions and reviews on the internet are misleading about the content of this Vicarious DVD, and for that reason I didn't purchase it until recently. What a mistake to wait! This DVD is essential for any Tool fan and an excellent find for any prog fan who likes the surreal, psychede Log in.

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Jerk Off 6. Opiate 6. Intolerance Prison Sex Sober Bottom Crawl Away Swamp Song Undertow Flood Stinkfist Eulogy Useful Idiot Message to Harry Manback Hooker with a Penis Intermission Die Eier Von Satan Like "junkies staring at a screen", the more we watch the more we feel safe in accepting violence and death, because we've already 'experienced' it.

It also exposes our lack of desire to do as Davesz mentioned. Most people don't care until it affects their life personally. We naturally prefer to look out for ourselves rather than look out for others, which is part of why there is so much violence. We haven't evolved to a point of communal "hippy" thinking, and perhaps it's counter-intuitive to our nature.

That's what I get out of it anyway! I'm sure there's more, as there are over comments :- carolynsanity on April 19, It has been in a constant state of cycling since its existence, it devours itself, and because we are part of the universe it devours us as well, it's nothing personal. I'm not sure if that's what he was referring to in the song but that's what I got out of the song. Basically, we live in fear of death, we read these events that happen in horror, glued to the screen petrified like "I'm glad that wasn't me" and finding satisfaction in the fact we survive when in reality death is just a part of life and there is nothing to be afraid of.

AlmightyPhoenix on May 01, General Comment I think that this song is about the hypocrisies of today's society. How everyone is entertained by death, as along as it doesnt effect them. There were no secrets in this song, loool. Anyway, enjoy life. Hope you find something that makes you content, and happy if possible.

General Comment Simple enough, as human beings we watch others to judge our own behaviour in comparison. The problem is that in today's 24 hour media society we've become obsessed with the miniutae of watching others suffer but we can do it "from a safe distance" and no one needs to know how much we enjoy it. TV, newspapers, websites, it's all there, all the gory, nasty detail we could ever want to revel in and with no strings attached!

You ask anyone if they enjoyed it and they will all say, "Oooh no! It's disgusting and tragic. I can't understand why. Brilliant track. General Comment When this album first came out I was listening to Vicarious while driving. Funnily enough, the photo on the ad was very much like the cover of Lateralus, with the photo of a human being illustrating the layers beneath the skin.

What really caught my attention were the words in bold italic underneath the image: "REAL BODIES ON DISPLAY" This song really made sense to me after I saw that: I could picture people at the exhibition bypassing all the fake plastic skeletons, respiratory system drawings, etc etc, and heading straight for the "real bodies" where they would stand in droves and "stare like zombies" at this dead body on the table. I could also imagine that people "wouldn't give pause" to even consider going to the exhibition until they learn that real dead bodies are on display.

And the fact that the advertisers found it necessary to even mention it on the ad as if that makes the whole experience more "appealing". But the funny thing is: I am no different. I would have been there front row centre, looking at the dead body.

Even though it's wrong, you can't help but look. Carnivore and voyeur. Thank you Tool. Anyway, I was late to work that day. But who cares!!! One last parting thought: Think about all those times you watch TV, or watch a movie, or even watch a motor race and hope for a crash, a murder scene, etc.

We are all monsters. We just need to admit it. General Comment Woo, first comment. Incredible song, I'm pretty sure it's about how we all sit on the couch, hypnotized, watching TV and all the tragedies that are broadcasted that we take pleasure in viewing. Vicarious shows a sarcastic view of this. I can't wait for the new album to be out! You would have to be on the edge of leaving the physical world to understand this song. He uses negative emtional associations aimed at seperating the operator from the spectator.

StilettoDinosaur on February 24,