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Parabola is the name of the second single from Tool’s album “Lateralus”. It was released in 2002 as a promo CD only. On December 20, 2005, the song as well as the music video were released on a DVD single along with the DVD single for “Schism”. The DVD also contains an optional “dual” audio commentary on the video by Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys fame. The dual commentary consists of two separate recordings of Biafra’s voice, one playing in each stereo channel. It is the band’s highest charting single.Music video
In support of this promo single, a music video was released — clocking in at over ten minutes because of the inclusion of the 3-minute “
Parabol” lead-in (a separate track on the album). It was directed by Adam Jones and, like other Tool videos, includes several abstract scenes (which can be seen on the single art). These include humanoids meeting and cutting pomaceous fruit, then vomiting a black liquid in a circle. Another scene, starring English musician Tricky, includes him dissecting a small biped and then wandering in the forest. It hardly met the criteria for being broadcast on mainstream music video stations, although some channels worked around this by cutting the “Parabol” intro. And Parabol/Parabola which is a(n) Arc of some type.
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Salvia_Smoker wrote:
magic song, indeed
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thedave316 wrote:
The guitar tone on this song is so freakin' mean, I love it \m/
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jimmi05 wrote:
tool is rad
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Goatboy46and2 wrote:
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalive !
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Goatboy46and2 wrote:
poss fave TOOL track.
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wodkaflamingo wrote:
yep, so powerful... just amazing. think lateralus is the best album..
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Patty_Duty wrote:
A truly powerfull piece of music, one of those rare goosebump inducing works. I wonder if the band got the same feeling when it was finished, I wonder if they knew what they had done and how they would effect people with 10 mins of music. What can I say... thanks Tool.
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visualito wrote:
Epic, just Epic.
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Risalis wrote:
no other song makes me wanna cry and smile and dream at the same time.. tool are just amazing..
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Swadhiszthana wrote:
this song always makes me feel... so ALIVE. so divorced from the world. so natural, just a part of universe. Eternal universe.
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aurgelmir wrote:
This is my best song EVER, of all songs. Since 2002.
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McFatum wrote:
goosebumps
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visualito wrote:
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment. Remember. We are eternal. All this pain is an illusion.
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Alliban wrote:
4.40 onwards is the work of satan.
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Rebuddle1 wrote:
holy shit this makes me cringe with a great feeling!!!! lol
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soapy_q wrote:
I did -- incredible!
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bjswick33 wrote:
If you like Tool then you need to see them live!
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larsi76 wrote:
awesome…
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cheese_10106 wrote:
pimpin song
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visualito wrote:
Parabol then, Parabola
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