Therapist reacts to Vicarious by Tool

Therapist analyzes the lyrics to Vicarious by Tool to discuss the ways in which people often find enjoyment from the pain and suffering of others. The song discusses the reality that hostility toward others and toward ourselves often rises up within us and it's important to be cognizant of the ways we direct that hostility. We can direct it toward things that actually need to be destroyed.
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[JoeBlow_]

watching people try to "bop" to TOOL time signatures never gets old.

[nikolah.]

Glad you reacted to Vicarious. For a Therapist i would recommend this songs: Right in Two(about human nature, also religious dissonance), parabola/parabol(Taking Life as a gift and overcome Pain), Forty Six & 2 (A song about human evolution, 46&2 stands for our modern human chromosomes, taking a step forward)

[EUROCLIO]

Vicariously i watch somebody reacting to tool

[kencer]

The one thing about Maynard is he knows how to write about human nature, his self awareness is amazing

[Maltozombie]

“Credulous at best your desire to believe in angels in the hearts of men” is very possibly my favorite lyric of Maynard’s ever. 🤝

[Quietus]

This song encapsulates why "Reality" TV is watched by so many.

[DMKali]

The take away lyric in this song;
“The universe is hostile, so impersonal. Devour to survive - so it is, so it's always been”

[Synisterz]

I’ve been a tool fan my whole life, but these reactions are the first time I read all the lyrics along with you and it’s given me an even greater appreciation for the music

[sarabrothern]

It’s also about morbid curiosity. When suffering is happening on a screen, it feels like a safe way to watch the worst parts of the human experience, knowing that it’s not happening to us or people we know. It’s a way to finally be a secret observer of the most heinous acts. It’s the same as not being able to look away from car accidents

[MegaAlan]

As a man of a certain age and a vet of Kuwait, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, i recommend Invincible.

[mikeb]

Tool gets in your soul man. GOAT band. Also, I’ve never wanted therapy, but after watching this I definitely want therapy.

[CybrSlydr]

I've never taken the lyrics to say that we derive "joy" from the suffering of others, I've taken it to be something much more basic, as in a hunger that needs fed, with zero emotion at all. Just something we're drawn to because there's this part of our psyche that needs fed.

[mattlane]

I never thought id enjoy a new reactor. But this lady rocks hard. Her lyrical knowledge is top tier and she rocks out with the music. I love this reaction channel

[-TRIAD-]

Rubbernecking is a Perfect example for the meaning of this track. Great reaction and breakdown 👊🔥🔥

[paulhewitt]

"Tool is deep, y'all"...truer words were never spoken! Someone's hooked :) Right In Two, H., Stinkfist, or Fear Inoculum are some other deep tracks that you'd probably enjoy.

[michaelacappabianca]

I like your breakdown. I would just add to what you said about the pain making us separate ourselves from others. The opposite of that instead would be feeling empathy or sadness with them. It should hurt us to see others suffering if we’re empathetic and in reality that it could also BE us in that same situation. It comes from the dark parts of us or maybe otherwise refers to one’s ego which is just that a “self” identity. Consciousness is universal. We are all connected expressions living personal experiences. Tool is very powerful music and deeply profound. He’s definitely influenced a lot from psychedelics. Most of the artworks for Tool are made by Alex Grey. It gets deeply spiritual into that idea of oneness and collective consciousness

[shawnnaotten]

Listening to Tool & Perfect Circle just never gets old!

[infernalchaos]

Adam Jones, the guitarist, used to be a Hollywood special effects guy. He's worked on Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park, among others.

And he does the effects for their videos.

[JesseTemple]

This song was released in 2006, only 2 years after Facebook and long before the cancer that is social media consumed our reality. There are SO many parallels between this song and social media, long before it began to ruin society. It's interesting to me how relevant these lyrics are today, 18 years later.

[IncarnateSable]

Seeing an actual therapist take pause from the questions the song is asking makes me appreciate how incredibly good Tool are at their job