Post by moneyisevil on Jul 19, 2005 16:32:43 GMT -5
Found this in a review from deep ago:
Before 'Jimmy': "Going back to 'Prison Sex' for just a minute... (waits for wild cheers to subside from idiots who think they're going to play PS again) ...A lot of people have a misconception of what that song's about. It's really just a step in a process... It's about identifying cycles of abuse and working through it. See, 'Prison Sex' is the about identifying the cycle, that's the first step...
The next step is working through it, and that's what 'Jimmy' is about...(The song "Jimmy begins"
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? JIMMY MEANS STARTING AGAIN?
Also i found this:
Review of Tool Concert, Houston, Nov. 8, at International Ballroom
Great show, one of the coolest concerts I've seen in awhile. It was the first time I've seen them play live. I didn't think the opening band, the Cows, weren'y anything special. Standouts in the set for me were Cold and Ugly, 46 & 2, and Aenima. Maynard was an incredibly bizarre and dynamic presence on stage, but when he talked to the crowd he was quite
lucid and had some interesting things to say about the meanings behind some of the songs (my paraphrases follow).
Prison Sex: it's about identifying the cycles of abuse
around you and within yourself, and starting to work through them
Hooker w/ a Penis: about how screwed up it is to be in a band with everyone judging who you are and what you do
Opiate: all religion isn't bad, in fact the core ideas are good; this
song is about the assholes who ruin it for everyone else
Aenima: metaphorically, it's about flushing things out/working things through from the soul/bottom/source upward (aenima is Greek for soul; it's also a term in Jungian psychology)
H.: has to do with the choice between right and wrong, and how it's not always clear-cut and easy
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HOpe u enjoyed...but i really wanna discuss jimmy and prison sex now that i have looked at the songs in a completley different manner...
Before 'Jimmy': "Going back to 'Prison Sex' for just a minute... (waits for wild cheers to subside from idiots who think they're going to play PS again) ...A lot of people have a misconception of what that song's about. It's really just a step in a process... It's about identifying cycles of abuse and working through it. See, 'Prison Sex' is the about identifying the cycle, that's the first step...
The next step is working through it, and that's what 'Jimmy' is about...(The song "Jimmy begins"
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? JIMMY MEANS STARTING AGAIN?
Also i found this:
Review of Tool Concert, Houston, Nov. 8, at International Ballroom
Great show, one of the coolest concerts I've seen in awhile. It was the first time I've seen them play live. I didn't think the opening band, the Cows, weren'y anything special. Standouts in the set for me were Cold and Ugly, 46 & 2, and Aenima. Maynard was an incredibly bizarre and dynamic presence on stage, but when he talked to the crowd he was quite
lucid and had some interesting things to say about the meanings behind some of the songs (my paraphrases follow).
Prison Sex: it's about identifying the cycles of abuse
around you and within yourself, and starting to work through them
Hooker w/ a Penis: about how screwed up it is to be in a band with everyone judging who you are and what you do
Opiate: all religion isn't bad, in fact the core ideas are good; this
song is about the assholes who ruin it for everyone else
Aenima: metaphorically, it's about flushing things out/working things through from the soul/bottom/source upward (aenima is Greek for soul; it's also a term in Jungian psychology)
H.: has to do with the choice between right and wrong, and how it's not always clear-cut and easy
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HOpe u enjoyed...but i really wanna discuss jimmy and prison sex now that i have looked at the songs in a completley different manner...
