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Heavy Metal Sunday already knows how to swim, thank you.
Today's selection has been stuck in my freaking head for weeks. Really, I've woken up singing this song. Not that I'm complaining, it's a great song, but it requires a little back story.
The prog metal band Tool were close friends with guerrilla comedian Bill Hicks. Tool's lead singer Maynard James Keenan had worked as a comedian in Los Angeles prior to forming Tool and had met and befriended Hicks through mutual friends and performing at the same venues. Hicks heavily influenced Tool's early work, especially their second studio album Ænima. The title Ænima is a combination of the words 'anima' (Latin for 'soul' associated with the ideas of "life force" and a term often used by psychologist Carl Jung) and 'enema' the medical procedure.
This album featured many of Hicks' ideas, and you can hear Hicks performing at the beginning of the track Third Eye. But the biggest influence is the title track of the album, which is based on Hicks' Good bye you Lizard Scum off his posthumous Arizona Bay album. Tool took the idea from the bit and wrote what they have described as a "poisonous love song" to Los Angeles. The video was directed and created by guitarist Adam Jones, who prior to Tool had worked as a set builder and special effects technician.
WARNING: This video contains some disturbing images and the song has quite a bit of profanity. That being said, enjoy Tool - Ænima
( Here are the lyrics )
One amusing note. Keenan owns a winery in Arizona. He proudly boasts that he already has plans for building the first beach resort on Arizona Bay.
Learn to swim.
The prog metal band Tool were close friends with guerrilla comedian Bill Hicks. Tool's lead singer Maynard James Keenan had worked as a comedian in Los Angeles prior to forming Tool and had met and befriended Hicks through mutual friends and performing at the same venues. Hicks heavily influenced Tool's early work, especially their second studio album Ænima. The title Ænima is a combination of the words 'anima' (Latin for 'soul' associated with the ideas of "life force" and a term often used by psychologist Carl Jung) and 'enema' the medical procedure.
This album featured many of Hicks' ideas, and you can hear Hicks performing at the beginning of the track Third Eye. But the biggest influence is the title track of the album, which is based on Hicks' Good bye you Lizard Scum off his posthumous Arizona Bay album. Tool took the idea from the bit and wrote what they have described as a "poisonous love song" to Los Angeles. The video was directed and created by guitarist Adam Jones, who prior to Tool had worked as a set builder and special effects technician.
WARNING: This video contains some disturbing images and the song has quite a bit of profanity. That being said, enjoy Tool - Ænima
( Here are the lyrics )
One amusing note. Keenan owns a winery in Arizona. He proudly boasts that he already has plans for building the first beach resort on Arizona Bay.
Learn to swim.
