I hate when people say Maynard is a god. This sounds so stupid coming from an actual Tool fan. He is a human being just like you or I. Of couse he IS in the greatest band in the world, and has gone through life experiences that make him a person the we can learn from. Although sometimes I wonder about Tool's true meaning. never-the-less, there is some value to be seen in Tool songs, but not so much that we should follow him blindly!
@joshthack Well put. The thing I like best about Tool is their sense of humor. They’ve got this habit of doing some real serious existential pondering……..then they make a recipe for some sort of baked goods (with hashish in them) sound like a Nazi rally, ominously yelling out “And no eggs!!!”. Add to that that “die eier” could mean “the eggs” but is also slang for “testicles”, making the song title “The balls of Satan”. I mean, if that isn’t subversive, absurdist humor I dunno what is.
@joshthack Well put. The thing I like best about Tool is their sense of humor. They’ve got this habit of doing some real serious existential pondering……..then they make a recipe for some sort of baked goods (with hashish in them) sound like a Nazi rally, ominously yelling out “And no eggs!!!”. Add to that that “die eier” could mean “the eggs” but is also slang for “testicles”, making the song title “The balls of Satan”. I mean, if that isn’t subversive, absurdist humor I dunno what is.
I’ve heard the recipe is for something known as “Maynard’s...
I’ve heard the recipe is for something known as “Maynard’s magic cookies”, but that may just as easily be an inane internet rumor/urban legend.
Ah yes, the beauty and mystery of the comments section in a thread 21 years old, which no one will ever read……a little lonely patch of digital ground on a dusty server farm somewhere in a farmland of our own Midwest….and as we descended, cries of impending doom rose from the soil. And I begged, “Angel of the lord, what are these tortured screams?” And the angel said unto me, “These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots! You see, reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day, and to them, it is the holocaust. And I sprang from my bed, drenched in sweat, like the tears of one thousand terrified brothers, and I roared, “Hear me now! I have seen the light! They have a life! They have a consciousness! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear classes! Can I get an amen? Can I get a hallelujah? Thank ya Jesus.
See? Hilarious. And those little people out there? They were yours too…..
I hate when people say Maynard is a god. This sounds so stupid coming from an actual Tool fan. He is a human being just like you or I. Of couse he IS in the greatest band in the world, and has gone through life experiences that make him a person the we can learn from. Although sometimes I wonder about Tool's true meaning. never-the-less, there is some value to be seen in Tool songs, but not so much that we should follow him blindly!
if you\'re not God, then who are you?
if you\'re not God, then who are you?
@joshthack Well put. The thing I like best about Tool is their sense of humor. They’ve got this habit of doing some real serious existential pondering……..then they make a recipe for some sort of baked goods (with hashish in them) sound like a Nazi rally, ominously yelling out “And no eggs!!!”. Add to that that “die eier” could mean “the eggs” but is also slang for “testicles”, making the song title “The balls of Satan”. I mean, if that isn’t subversive, absurdist humor I dunno what is.
@joshthack Well put. The thing I like best about Tool is their sense of humor. They’ve got this habit of doing some real serious existential pondering……..then they make a recipe for some sort of baked goods (with hashish in them) sound like a Nazi rally, ominously yelling out “And no eggs!!!”. Add to that that “die eier” could mean “the eggs” but is also slang for “testicles”, making the song title “The balls of Satan”. I mean, if that isn’t subversive, absurdist humor I dunno what is.
I’ve heard the recipe is for something known as “Maynard’s...
I’ve heard the recipe is for something known as “Maynard’s magic cookies”, but that may just as easily be an inane internet rumor/urban legend.
Ah yes, the beauty and mystery of the comments section in a thread 21 years old, which no one will ever read……a little lonely patch of digital ground on a dusty server farm somewhere in a farmland of our own Midwest….and as we descended, cries of impending doom rose from the soil. And I begged, “Angel of the lord, what are these tortured screams?” And the angel said unto me, “These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots! You see, reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day, and to them, it is the holocaust. And I sprang from my bed, drenched in sweat, like the tears of one thousand terrified brothers, and I roared, “Hear me now! I have seen the light! They have a life! They have a consciousness! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear classes! Can I get an amen? Can I get a hallelujah? Thank ya Jesus.
See? Hilarious. And those little people out there? They were yours too…..