- Ænema
infobox single
Name = Ænema
Type = Single
Artist = Tool
Album =Ænima
Released = 1996
Genre =Progressive metal
Length = 6:39
Last single = "Stinkfist " (1996)
This single = "Ænema" (1997)
Next single = "Forty Six & 2" (1997)Extra tracklisting
Album =Ænima
Type = studio
prev_track = "Cesaro Summability"
prev_no = 12
this_track = "Ænema"
track_no = 13
next_track = "(-) Ions"
next_no = 7"Ænema" is a 1996 song by
progressive rock band Tool, released from their 1996album "Ænima ". It won a 1998Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance . [ [http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/metal.htm Rock On The Net: Grammy Awards: Best Metal Performance ] ] Adam Jones made a video for this song using stop-motion animation that appears on "Salival ". The song reached number twenty-five on the U.S.Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.Lyrical references
Keenan incorporates into the lyrics part of comedian
Bill Hicks ' "Arizona Bay " routine (from Hicks' CD album of the same name) by telling the listener to "learn to swim, see you down in Arizona Bay." Hicks appears in the liner notes/sleeve as a mad doctor, and a lenticular image below the CD case tray illustratesCalifornia falling into the sea, as is spoken of in the song. California falling into the sea is a prediction made byEdgar Cayce , also known as "The Sleeping Prophet," about the end of days in which California and New York are to sink into the ocean among a plethora of other devastating weather changes.It also refers to the
Church of Scientology with the line "Fuck L. Ron Hubbard and fuck all his clones" [ [http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/tool/aenema_20139381.html Tool | Aenema lyrics ] ] , this is because the band members of Tool are opposed to Scientology. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool_(band)#Undertow_.281993.E2.80.931995.29] [ [http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2002 33 Things You Should Know About Tool Article on Blender :: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More ] ]Video
The video for "Ænema" was directed by Adam Jones with art design by
Cam de Leon .ample
References
External links
* [http://toolshed.down.net/lyrics/aenimalyrics.php#13 Lyrics at The Tool Page] , submitted by Keenan.
* [http://toolshed.down.net/faq/faq.html Unofficial Tool FAQ]
* [http://www.toolband.com/album/lyrics/aenima.html Official lyrics of "Ænima"]
* [http://www.lyricinterpretations.com/lookat.php/bands/tool/585619f1a11f628 Ænima at lyricinterpretations]
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