- The Pot
Infobox Single
Name = The Pot
Artist = Tool
from Album =10,000 Days
Released =July 2006
Format = PromoCD single
Recorded = 2005
Genre =Progressive rock ,hard rock
Length = 6:22
Label = Volcano II
Tool Dissectional (U.S.)
Writer = Tool
Producer = Tool
Chart position = * #94 (U.S. Hot 100)
* #1 (U.S. Mainstream Rock)
* #5 (U.S. Modern Rock)
Last single = "Vicarious"
(2006)
This single = "The Pot"
(2006)
Next single = "Jambi"
(2007)|"The Pot" is the second single from American band Tool's album "
10,000 Days ". The song was their first #1 on the "Billboard"Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. In 2008, the song received a Grammy nomination forBest Hard Rock Performance . According to The Rock Radio, a video was shot over the winter holidays of 2006. [ [http://www.therockradio.com/2006/11/tool-finds-pot-of-gold-with-latest.html The Rock Radio: Tool finds "Pot" of gold with latest single ] ]Lyrical meaning
In a "
Guitar World " interview, Adam Jones confirmed that the title is a reference to an idiomatic term forhypocrisy (i.e. the "pot calling the kettle black ").Track listing
#"The Pot" – 6:22
Personnel
*
Danny Carey - Drums
*Justin Chancellor -Bass guitar
*Adam Jones -Guitar
*Maynard James Keenan - Vocals
*Joe Barresi - Engineering and Mixing
*Bob Ludwig - MasteringReferences
External links
* [http://toolshed.down.net/lyrics/10kdayslyrics.php#05 Official lyrics for "The Pot"]
* [http://www.lyricinterpretations.com/lookat.php/bands/tool/4ca3cf2ab041d18 The Pot interpretations]
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